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The [[Genii-Orben Poll]] was conducted in 1949 and reported in the [[Genii 1950 February| February, 1950 issue of Genii magazine]]. The article complained about how boring magic had become. "The largest single complaint about magic was its unoriginality." Amateur, semi-professional and professional magicians listed their most used tricks in their repertoire.  
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| editors          = [[Richard Kaufman]], [[Stephen Hobbs]], and [[Jon Racherbaumer]]
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| frequency      = quarterly
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| publisher      = Richard Kaufman
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| firstdate      = Winter, 1996
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| finaldate      = Winter 1998
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| language        = English
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'''Looking Glass''' was a quarterly magic magazine written and edited by [[Richard Kaufman]], [[Stephen Hobbs]], and [[Jon Racherbaumer]], published by Richard Kaufman. Four issues were released between early 1996 and the end of 1998 before the magazine ceased publication because of Kaufman's duties as editor and publisher of the newly-purchased [[Genii]]. '''The Looking Glass''' contained new and novel close-up magic of the kind that elevated [[Richard's Almanac]] more than a decade earlier, as well as reviews and discussions on books, videos and marketed tricks of the day.
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Kaufman promised, in the magazine, never to reprint it in book form.
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The list consists of 85 tricks, the most popular first, with the total votes following the name of the trick. The ones with over 100 votes included:
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* [[Linking Rings]] (287)
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* [[Cut and Restored Rope]] (246)
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* [[Die Box]] (141)
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* [[Billiard Balls]] (137)
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* [[Paper Tear]] (123)
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* [[Twentieth Century Silks]] (111)
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* [[Vanishing Cane]] (107)
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* [[Egg Bag]] (100)
  
[[Looking Glass|Read more about Looking Glass.....]]
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[[Genii-Orben Poll|Read more about The Orben-Genii Poll...]]

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The Genii-Orben Poll was conducted in 1949 and reported in the February, 1950 issue of Genii magazine. The article complained about how boring magic had become. "The largest single complaint about magic was its unoriginality." Amateur, semi-professional and professional magicians listed their most used tricks in their repertoire.

The list consists of 85 tricks, the most popular first, with the total votes following the name of the trick. The ones with over 100 votes included:

Read more about The Orben-Genii Poll...