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[[File:ZombieAd.jpg|right|thumb|230px|Ad for "Zombie" in [[Tops]] (1943)]]
 
{{See also|[[Zombie (magazine)]]}}
 
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'''Zombie''' is a floating ball illusion invented by [[Joe Karson]] in which a silver ball floats behind a [[Foulard]].
 
 
The inspiration came to Karson when he was fooling around with the simple impromptu trick where the magician interlocks the fingers of both hands and a lighted match appears to magically suspend in air behind it. He patented the Zombie in [[1940]].
 
  
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The '''Zombie''' effect is a one-person [[Floating Ball]] illusion invented by [[Joe Karson]], in which a silver ball floats up, down and around as if performing, behind a [[Foulard]] held by the magician, even occasionally peeking over the top, or sitting briefly on the top edge of the foulard, etc.
  
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The inspiration for the effect came to Karson when he was fooling around with the simple impromptu trick, where the magician interlocks the fingers of both hands, and a lighted match appears to magically suspend in air behind it. He patented the Zombie effect in [[1940]].
  
 
==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
*1946 - [[Tips on Zombie]] By [[Joe Karson]]
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*1946 - "[[Tips on Zombie]]" by [[Joe Karson]]
*1963 - [[Further Tips on Zombie]] By [[Neil Foster]]
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*1963 - "[[Further Tips on Zombie]]" by [[Neil Foster]]
*1965 - A la Zombie By [[Ian Adair]]
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*1965 - "A la Zombie" by [[Ian Adair]]
*1970 - A la Zombie Plus By Ian Adair
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*1970 - "A la Zombie Plus" by Ian Adair
*1977 - Teach-in Series: Zombie, the  Floating Ball By [[Lewis Ganson]]
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*1977 - "Teach-in Series: Zombie, the  Floating Ball" by [[Lewis Ganson]]
*1981 - Al Schneider on Zombie
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*1981 - "Al Schneider on Zombie"
*1983 - The Ken Brooke Series No. 7: The Finn Jon Zombie Routine
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*1983 - ''The Ken Brooke Series'', No. 7: "The Finn Jon Zombie Routine"
*1983 - [[The "How To" Book on Zombie]] By [[Merlyn Shute]]
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*1983 - "[[The "How To" Book on Zombie]]" by [[Merlyn Shute]]
*1991 - Magic City Library of Magic No. 20 - Zombie Ball By [[Leo Behnke]]
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*1991 - ''Magic City Library of Magic'', No. 20 - "Zombie Ball" by [[Leo Behnke]]
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[[Category:Illusions]]

Latest revision as of 21:05, 20 July 2015

Ad for "Zombie" in Tops (1943)
See also: Zombie (magazine).

The Zombie effect is a one-person Floating Ball illusion invented by Joe Karson, in which a silver ball floats up, down and around as if performing, behind a Foulard held by the magician, even occasionally peeking over the top, or sitting briefly on the top edge of the foulard, etc.

The inspiration for the effect came to Karson when he was fooling around with the simple impromptu trick, where the magician interlocks the fingers of both hands, and a lighted match appears to magically suspend in air behind it. He patented the Zombie effect in 1940.

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