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== Variations ==
 
== Variations ==
* '''A Card Named Bill''' in [[Magic Dungeon Mentalism]] by [[Robert Wagner]] & [[Howard Adams]] (1972)
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* '''A Card Named Bill''' by Paul Marcus in [[Hex]] by Bill Madsen (1969)<ref>http://forums.spookclub.com/viewtopic.php?t=1756&view=next&sid=4a6e8ef686858f409025323c243d5556</ref>
* '''Oscar''', markedted trick by [[Nick Trost]] (1980)
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* '''Oscar''', marketed trick by [[Nick Trost]] (1980)
 
* '''A Card Named Fred /Christened Reverse the Second''' by [[Ali Bongo]] in [[Abracadabra]] Vol. 73 (1981), popularized by Don Alan under the title "Clyde" and "Fido".
 
* '''A Card Named Fred /Christened Reverse the Second''' by [[Ali Bongo]] in [[Abracadabra]] Vol. 73 (1981), popularized by Don Alan under the title "Clyde" and "Fido".
 
* '''The Dream''' in [[The Smagorad]] by Denny Laub and Gary Inglese (1983) - inspired by "Say It Again Sam" marketed by Stoner's Magic Shop, a card was selected mentally by a woman in the audience from a deck that had different names written on their backs. The mentally selected card had the woman's name.  
 
* '''The Dream''' in [[The Smagorad]] by Denny Laub and Gary Inglese (1983) - inspired by "Say It Again Sam" marketed by Stoner's Magic Shop, a card was selected mentally by a woman in the audience from a deck that had different names written on their backs. The mentally selected card had the woman's name.  

Revision as of 19:59, 6 March 2012

Fred Trick was the card routine created by Fred Lowe (with Paul Marcus[1] ) originally called "Christened Reverse". It was seen by Dave Campbell in 1971 who developed a different method to create "Fred the card" trick (as a dedication to Fred Lowe).

Phil Goldstein developed a version in the early 1980s, entitled "Final Fred" and presented it in a lecture at the 1985 FISM convention in Madrid.

It reinvented years later by Trevor Duffy and coincidental called it the "Phil" Trick.[2]

Variations

  • A Card Named Bill by Paul Marcus in Hex by Bill Madsen (1969)[3]
  • Oscar, marketed trick by Nick Trost (1980)
  • A Card Named Fred /Christened Reverse the Second by Ali Bongo in Abracadabra Vol. 73 (1981), popularized by Don Alan under the title "Clyde" and "Fido".
  • The Dream in The Smagorad by Denny Laub and Gary Inglese (1983) - inspired by "Say It Again Sam" marketed by Stoner's Magic Shop, a card was selected mentally by a woman in the audience from a deck that had different names written on their backs. The mentally selected card had the woman's name.
  • Female in Thirty Five Years Later (1986) by Ed Marlo - All the cards have a different name on the back and the card selected is the only card with the spectator's name on it.

References

  1. Paul Marcus, Magicana (New Zealand) Volume 30,No. 175 (May-June 1982)
  2. Nick Trost's Subtle Card Creations, Vol. 3, page 759, (2011).
  3. http://forums.spookclub.com/viewtopic.php?t=1756&view=next&sid=4a6e8ef686858f409025323c243d5556