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Shortchange Trick

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Shortchange Trick refers to the trick in which the performer apparently demonstrates how a con artist shortchanges unsuspecting marks, by counting the bills and then showing money has disappeared. Popular versions include George Starke's Hornswoggled and Bert Allerton's Bamboozle.

Publications

  • Shorty: A Baffling Short Change Routine: Ray Grismer, 1978; 1981 (with props).
  • The Magician and the Flim-Flam Femme: Larry White, 1999 (with props).

Sleight-of-Hand Bill Steals

References