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[[Follow the Leader]] is a classic plot in card magic where some red cards and some black cards are placed face down in two piles. As the top cards are turned face up and switched, the pile of the face down cards are shown to have followed with them. | [[Follow the Leader]] is a classic plot in card magic where some red cards and some black cards are placed face down in two piles. As the top cards are turned face up and switched, the pile of the face down cards are shown to have followed with them. | ||
| − | In 1929 [[Faucett Ross]] came upon a letter from amateur German magician Dr. Reinhard Rohnstein to [[Ottokar Fischer]] describing this effect and showed it to [[Dai Vernon]]. See the story in [[Ibidem]] | + | In 1929 [[Faucett Ross]] came upon a letter from amateur German magician Dr. Reinhard Rohnstein to [[Ottokar Fischer]] describing this effect and showed it to [[Dai Vernon]]. See the story in [[Ibidem]] No. 6, July 1956. |
Dai published it in [[Five Close-Up Problems]] (1933) and is also included in [[Early Vernon]] book (1962). | Dai published it in [[Five Close-Up Problems]] (1933) and is also included in [[Early Vernon]] book (1962). | ||
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*Karl Fulves' ''Random Followers'' in Packet Switches (Part Two) (1973) | *Karl Fulves' ''Random Followers'' in Packet Switches (Part Two) (1973) | ||
*[[Larry Jennings]]' ''Larry's Leader'' in [[Larry Jennings on Card and Coin Handling]] (1977) | *[[Larry Jennings]]' ''Larry's Leader'' in [[Larry Jennings on Card and Coin Handling]] (1977) | ||
| − | *[[John Fedko]]'s ''Exchango'' in Apocalypse Vol. 3, | + | *[[John Fedko]]'s ''Exchango'' in Apocalypse Vol. 3, No. 12, dec. 1980 |
| − | * [[Gerald Deutsch]] & [[Peter Marshall]]'s ''Follow the Leader Updated'' in [[Apocalypse]], Vol. 9, | + | * [[Gerald Deutsch]] & [[Peter Marshall]]'s ''Follow the Leader Updated'' in [[Apocalypse]], Vol. 9, No. 2, fev. 1986. |
* [[Jose Carroll]]'s ''Red and Black'' in [[52 Lovers I]] (1988) | * [[Jose Carroll]]'s ''Red and Black'' in [[52 Lovers I]] (1988) | ||
*[[Alex Elmsley]] & Brother John Hamman's ''The Atomic Aces'' in [[The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley]] - Vol. 1 written by [[Stephen Minch]] (1991) | *[[Alex Elmsley]] & Brother John Hamman's ''The Atomic Aces'' in [[The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley]] - Vol. 1 written by [[Stephen Minch]] (1991) | ||
| − | *[[Juan Tamariz]]' Fabulous Change in [[Apocalypse]] Vol. 17, | + | *[[Juan Tamariz]]' Fabulous Change in [[Apocalypse]] Vol. 17, No. 10, oct 1994. |
*Dr. [[Reinhard Rohnstein]] & [[Dai Vernon]]'s ''Day Trippers'' in [[Card College]], Vol. 4 (2000) | *Dr. [[Reinhard Rohnstein]] & [[Dai Vernon]]'s ''Day Trippers'' in [[Card College]], Vol. 4 (2000) | ||
*[[Darwin Ortiz]]'s ''The Color of Money'' in [[Scams and Fantasies with Cards]] (2002) | *[[Darwin Ortiz]]'s ''The Color of Money'' in [[Scams and Fantasies with Cards]] (2002) | ||
Revision as of 14:02, 20 September 2009
Follow the Leader is a classic plot in card magic where some red cards and some black cards are placed face down in two piles. As the top cards are turned face up and switched, the pile of the face down cards are shown to have followed with them.
In 1929 Faucett Ross came upon a letter from amateur German magician Dr. Reinhard Rohnstein to Ottokar Fischer describing this effect and showed it to Dai Vernon. See the story in Ibidem No. 6, July 1956.
Dai published it in Five Close-Up Problems (1933) and is also included in Early Vernon book (1962).
Examples
- Al Baker's The Migrating Cards in Greater Magic (1938). Reprint in The Secret Ways of Al Baker (2003)
- Audley Walsh's Ten Card Color Change in Tarbell Course in Magic - Vol. 2 (1942)
- Ed Marlo's Follow the Leader in The Cardician (1953)
- Karl Fulves' Fellow Followers and Mini Followers in Packet Switches (Part One) (1972)
- Karl Fulves' Random Followers in Packet Switches (Part Two) (1973)
- Larry Jennings' Larry's Leader in Larry Jennings on Card and Coin Handling (1977)
- John Fedko's Exchango in Apocalypse Vol. 3, No. 12, dec. 1980
- Gerald Deutsch & Peter Marshall's Follow the Leader Updated in Apocalypse, Vol. 9, No. 2, fev. 1986.
- Jose Carroll's Red and Black in 52 Lovers I (1988)
- Alex Elmsley & Brother John Hamman's The Atomic Aces in The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley - Vol. 1 written by Stephen Minch (1991)
- Juan Tamariz' Fabulous Change in Apocalypse Vol. 17, No. 10, oct 1994.
- Dr. Reinhard Rohnstein & Dai Vernon's Day Trippers in Card College, Vol. 4 (2000)
- Darwin Ortiz's The Color of Money in Scams and Fantasies with Cards (2002)
