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Cardboard Connection
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Originally appeared as a manuscript in 1977. A card routine reprinted in Art of Astonishment Vol 2 by Paul Harris (1996). This routine was the progenitor to Harris's better-known (and much improved) approach to the Linking Cards plot, The Immaculate Connection, which was published in 1983 as part of Tannen's New Stars of Magic series, and performed by David Copperfield on national television.
Synopsis
The centers of any two cards are openly torn out creating a pair of impromptu "rings." These cardboard rings are linked together. The linked cards are then magically disconnected and can be handed out for examination.
Variations
- The Crabtree Connection by Roger Crabtree (1978). Published by Supreme Magic Co. as a separate manuscript.
- The Best Gosh Darn Impromptu Linking Card Effect You'll Ever See!, page 149 in Quantum Leaps by Harry Lorayne (1979)
- Castillon Connection by Gene Castillon in The Lost Pages of Kabbala (1981). Reprint in The Legendary Kabbala, E-Book Edition 2004.
- The Immaculate Connection (with 3 cards). Manuscript by Paul Harris (1983). Reprinted in Art of Astonishment Vol 2, (1996)
- Osmosis by Sylvain Mirouf, a four-phase Linking Card with just 2 cards. Published in Art of Astonishment Vol 2 (1996)
- Linkage by Sean Fields
- Smoke Rings by David Forrest (uses one card)
- See also: Linking Cards..