Magigram Volume 16 (Sep 1983 - Aug 1984)
by Supreme-Magic-Company

The Magigram, Volume 16, The Supreme Magic Company, Ken de Courcy, editor

Including an Index to Volume 16, 810 pages

• cover page and 24 page index to Volume 16

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1. Volume 16, Number 1, September, 1983, 66 pages, including front & back covers
1. advertisements
7. Lets Face It - editorial by Ken de Courcy
8. The Supreme Slogan Competition - judged by Ken de Courcy
10. Your Face - Stan Lobenstern (USA)
11. Mental Hypnotism - Herb Rungay
11. Belted - Jack Bridwell
12. A Sucker Trick for the Tele-Frame - Pen-Ana - Ernie Jones
13. Patter Bits for Good-Bye Paper Tear - Eric Hawkesworth
14. A Routine for Nesto Box - Mike Petitt
17. Don't Brag - John J. Wilson
18. Kennaugh's Kolumn - Alan Kennaugh on the Show Business Scene
20. Close-Up Rainbow Ropes - Henrique
22. Cutting Middle to Top - Ken de Courcy
23. Hopalong Coin - Arthur Setterington
24. Harry Stanley Reminisces
31. Black Magic - Arthur Setterington
32. Magic at Everybody's Fingertips - Alan Ward
33. Cane and Hat Stand - Alfred Kellerhof
34. An Impromptu Change Bag - Geof Pattenden
35. News and Views from the Colonies - George Johnstone
37. The Improvised Raymond Tube - Serge Bourdin
37. The Thatcher Wand - Ken de Courcy
39. Chinese Interlude - Jon Shailes
41. Arthur Carter Column - Arthur Carter
    • An Arthur Carter Divination
42. The Answer's to Hand - Ken de Courcy
42. An Alternative Ending for Ghost Hunt - Ron Thursby
44. Horace Bennett's Bafflers - Horace Bennett
    • Bennett on Bertram - or - There Go Those Coins Again
49. More Routines in Rhyme - Bill West
    • The Chinese Sticks
50. Psycho-Kinetic-Neurotic-Kebang! - A Routine for "Bang-Bang-Balloons" - Old Doc Young
51. Loading Coins Under the Cards - P.K. Ilango
53. Thoughts on Cecil Lyle - article - Peter Warlock
55. My Magic World - Edwin [Hooper]
56. advertisements

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1. Volume 16, Number 2, October, 1983, 66 pages, including front & back covers
65. advertisements
73. Lets Face It - editorial by Ken de Courcy
74. Jaws - Ernie Jones
75. X-Ray Vision - W. Rory Coker
76. News and Views from the Colonies - George Johnstone
79. Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Magic Circle Showcase
    79. Jack Stephenson - profile
    79. Jack Ambrose - profile
    80. Bob White - profile
    80. Walter Mitchell - profile
    81. Maurice Lennox - profile
    81. John Ed. Stokoe - profile
    82. Max Mawson - profile
    82. Fred Robinson - profile
    82. Bill Wilson - profile
    83. Harry Seed - profile
    83. Simon Thirsk - profile
    83. Paul Cato - profile
    83. Martin Duffy - profile
    84. A Short History - Jack Ambrose
    85. Tricks - A Real Miser's Dream
    86. E.T. Go Home!
    86. Okito Box from Nowhere!
    86. First You Jigsaw It - Then You Don't
87. Laugh Lines - jokes
87. First Class! - testimonial
88. The Linking "Lovers" - Alan Ward
88. K.O. Your Clients!!! - Ron Mann
89. cartoon
90. Rope, Handkerchief and Ring Mystery - Ken de Courcy
92. Blank on the Front Blank on the Back - Myster Yaffe
94. Chosen Silk from Flower - Henrique
96. Magical Mentality - Or The Power of Thought - Ron Mann
99. cartoon
100. Mental Marvel - Robert Hamilton
101. Harry Stanley Reminisces
108. Useful Magic - testimonial
109. My Way with the Gag Bag - Maurice Phillips
110. Detecting the Forgeries - Ian Adair
111. The Party Conjuror - Keith A. Nolan
112. Jumping Stool Plus - Cleve Canham
112. Coin Through Spectator's Hand - Ralph L. White
114. Arise, Sir Box - Simon Green (Simon Taylor)
114. cartoon
115. Kennaugh's Kolumn - Alan Kennaugh on the Show Business Scene
117. Arthur Carter Column - Arthur Carter
     • An E.V.T.V. Prediction
118. With Those Laces in My Hair - Myster Yaffe
120. advertisements

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1. Volume 16, Number 3, November, 1983, 66 pages, including front & back covers
129. advertisements
137. Lets Face It - editorial by Ken de Courcy
138. 'Flash' Magic Growing Flowers - Ian Adair
139. At Homb with McComb - Billy McComb
141. Magic as Entertainment - Harold Taylor
145. Raves for Our Costume Bags - from "From Our Point of View" (M.U.M.)
146. An Easily Made Fire-Bowl - Norman Rhodes
147. Staggering Simplicity - Ken de Courcy
149. Simplex Card in Wallet - Harry Carnegie
150. A Simple Paper Tearing Effect - Joe Stuthard
151. Harry Stanley Reminisces
158. Weedy's Wonders - Weedy the Clown
162. Two Wongs! - John Savill
163. Mondo Monte - My Version - John Teo
164. The Pranky Magic Test - Brian Marr
165. Dice Choice - W. Rory Coker
166. News and Views from the Colonies - George Johnstone
168. cartoon
169. Routine for Supreme Spelling Lesson and Dunce's Cap to Wizard's Hat - Nigel Harbour
172. Kennaugh's Kolumn - Alan Kennaugh on the Show Business Scene
177. Traffic Lights (Safety Magic) - Ray Cooper
178. Kompere Korner "Introductions" - jokes
179. Arthur Carter Column - Arthur Carter
     • A Utility Drawer Box
180. Cagliostro's Spectacles Mark 2 - P.B. Privett
181. Quartet - Tom Sellers
     181. 1. Those Infectous Spots
     181. 2. A String Penetration
     182. 3. AN Easily Made Cigarette dropper
     183. 4. Three Dice Prediction
184. advertisements

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1. Volume 16, Number 4, December, 1983, 66 pages, including front & back covers
193. advertisements
201. Lets Face It - editorial by Ken de Courcy
202. The Magic of Colombini - Will Ayling
     • Fabian's Whirl
204. Val's Varieties
     • Ideas for the Wilting Flower
205. The Seabrooke Scene - Terry Seabrooke
206. Tape Measure Mentalism - Jesse Demaline
208. Happy Days - Peter Warlock
210. Jack Read's Kompere's Korner - reprinted from Magicana
211. Tala's Ruby - Ken de Courcy
212. Seeing is (Dis)believing - Being a Visual Change of Four Cards - Davorke
213. Fusion - W. Rory Coker
214. Funny Bits - jokes
215. Eggstra Dove - Jack Bridwell
215. Aeroplane and Pilot - a Magical Papercut - Alan Ward
216. Floral Fantasy - Ravelle and Andree
217. cartoon
217. Mail-Box - correspondence
218. More Unfinished Symphonies - Ken de Courcy
     • Pip Pip
     • The Linking Rings Before...and After
     • A Way with the Packet Tricks
     • Pencil-Hue
219. Grand Match - Arun Bonerjee
220. Patter for Clippo as an Opener - Ralph L. White
221. The Talking Hand - A Little History on Ventriloquism - Jean De Merry
222. E.S.Pee - Jack Bridwell
222. Left the Engines Running
223. Super Foo-Can - Dr. Peter Faesi
223. Super Goods & Service - testimonials
224. Taking the Biscuit - Leslie May
225. No-Skill Ring on Rope - Anatadeb Banerjee
226. The Magician - Norman Lee
226. The Present - joke
227. Party Bits - Sinclair
     • With Dice
     • With Cards
     • With Dominoes
229. A Letter from Stanton Carlisle - testimonial
230. A Pack Vanishes - John Howie
231. Ring Rhapsody - Ravelle and Andree
232. Your Key - Ernie Jones
233. Smile-A-While - jokes
234. Four Coins Production - Tom Sellers
234. A Study in Anti-Gravity - Frank Richmond
236. 30th Century Silks - Ravelle and Andree
237. News and Views from the Colonies - George Johnstone
240. Chameleon Thimble - Adi Kaufmann
240. Super Service - testimonial
240. More Lines - jokes
241. Permutation Plus - Arthur Setterington
242. Harry Stanley Reminisces
243. The One-Eared hares - puzzle
243. advertisements

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1. Volume 16, Number 5, January, 1984, 66 pages, including front & back covers
257. advertisements
265. Lets Face It - editorial by Ken de Courcy
266. At Homb with McComb - Billy McComb
268. Rope-en-Knots - U.F. Grant
268. An Oldie
269. Arthur Carter Column - Arthur Carter
     • Thank You, John Wade
270. Val's Notions - Val Andrews
     • Supreme's Ding-Dong
     • Torn Papers to Flag
271. A Long Life of Legerdemain - Brian Lead
272. One-Handed Bag Puppet - Wayne Eagles
272. Sorrowful Tale - poem
273. Die & Tube Surprise - Frank Cooze
273. A Sid Lorraine Review of Treasury Transpo
274. Off-Beat Wonder Bat Routine - Arun Bonerjee
275. Running Gag Bag - Brian Marr
275. Prompt - testimonial
276. A Baffling Case - Mike Rogers
278. Octaliar Addendum - M.A. Roelofs
279. Milk Jug Magic - Ravelle & Andree
     279. A Little Fairy
     280. Say When!
     280. Diminishing Milk Bottle
     280. Moo-Moo!
     281. Glorious Milk Stout!
     281. Milk Silk and Confetti
     282. Ding! Ding! And the Jug
     282. The Boy, the Bucket, the Bell!
     283. Little Marvel!
     283. Andree's Three Cups
284. Pen Knife Routine - Brian Berry
285. Super - testimonials
285. cartoon
286. News and Views from the Colonies - George Johnstone
289. Corner Count - Tom Sellers
290. Where's the Fella! - Ken de Courcy
290. Fanx for Funny Fotos - testimonial
291. Patter in Rhyme for Thimbles - Arnold Furst
292. Have a Date with Me! - Paper Tear - Ian Adair
292. Not a Tight Fit - a tip - Bernard Creed
293. "Cee-Bee" Comedy Routine - Cyro
293. The Magic Lolly - Stuart Leith
295. Slinky Card Discovery - Fred J. Petrick
296. Variations - Keith Downs
298. Comic Fortune Telling - cartoon and joke
299. Tele-Vision - Andre Robert
301. Cover Girl Cover-Up - Henrique
302. Bewildering "20th Century" - Bill Shewan
306. Watch Your Magic - Tricks with Watches - Jack Bridwell
     306. Watch Tray
     306. An Alarming Appearance
     306. Card to Watch
     307. Hold-Up
     307. Watch Out
     308. Watch-It Bag
     308. Watch My Magic
309. The Grammatical Word - puzzle
310. From the Top of his Head - Tip using a Thumb Tip - Ian Adair
310. Got the Tools but not the Okay - re: unauthorized production
311. advertisements

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1. Volume 16, Number 6, February, 1984, 66 pages, including front & back covers
321. advertisements
329. Lets Face It - editorial by Ken de Courcy
330. Fun with the Wilting Flower - Ian Adair
331. A Sel-Dem Prediction - Jessie Demaline
331. Routines in Rhyme - Bill West
     • The Chinese Sticks - Another Routine
332. The Mayes Concept - Jack Mayes
333. cartoon
334. Bottle Gravity - Magini
335. Fabian's Knotty Ring - Aldo Colombini & Will Ayling
338. The Aeolian Whistle - miscellaneous information
338. A Wager! - puzzle/joke
339. Arthur Carter Column - Arthur Carter
     • The Lost Card System of Robert Harbin
340. The Watcher - J. Hogan
341. Happy Days - Peter Warlock
342. Liquor & Longevity - A Oldie Sent in by - Scotty McGregor
343. Shuffled Kings - Manfred Bacia
346. A Rembrandt Etching in Five Minutes - miscellaneous information
347. News and Views from the Colonies - George Johnstone
351. Super-Specs - W.J. Gladman
352. The Cut & Restored Paper Doll - Len Edwards
353. A Reversing Reverse - Pancrazi
354. "Do It Yourself" Bank Notes - Peter Oran
357. At Homb with McComb - Billy McComb
359. Illustrated Silks - Henrique
361. Tip-Tops - Ian Adair
     • A Feather Flower Tip
362. Harry Stanley Reminisces
369. Horace Bennett's Bafflers - Horace Bennett
     • Bennett's Benzais
371. Bits & Pieces ... This & That - Doug & Joan Haigh
374. About 'Prison Shows' - Val Andrews
375. advertisements

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1. Volume 16, Number 7, March, 1984, 65 pages, including front cover
385. advertisements
393. Lets Face It - editorial by Ken de Courcy
394. Bananananana - Ernie Jones
395. Paper Towel Dove Production - Jack Bridwell
395. Kitty Kapers - Graham Boylan
397. Finger Flinging Gags with the Severed Finger - Ian Adair
398. Cardice - Sinclair
400. It's Off! - W. Rory Coker
401. Puzzle Magic with Reversable [sic] Portraits - Alan Ward
402. Words Fail! - testimonials
403. Two-Times-Four Card Trick - Herb Rungay
404. Arthur Carter Column - Arthur Carter
     • Direct Message
405. Sight Gags - Val
406. Happy Days - Peter Warlock
407. The Taste Tells! - Charles W. Cameron
409. News and Views from the Colonies - George Johnstone
411. Funny Fillers
412. Harry Stanley Reminisces
420. The Ventriloquist-Compere - Val
421. Fabian's Lobby - Aldo Colombini & Will Ayling
423. An Odd Thing - Ken de Courcy
425. The Circle of Juda - W. Rory Coker
426. Recommendations - testimonials
427. Rabbit Tricks - David Gilchrist
429. Val's Notions - Val Andrews
     • Supreme "Vis-Appear" Ideas
430. 'A' Dictionary of Daffy Definitions - Charles Mallinson
432. Oz Cloze-Up - Ben Harris
438. An Improved Experiment - Kenneth Lang
439. advertisements

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1. Volume 16, Number 8, April, 1984, 65 pages, including front cover
449. advertisements
457. Lets Face It - editorial by Ken de Courcy
458. At Homb with McComb - Billy McComb
460. Extra Saucy Ending - Ian Adair
460. Wun-Liners and Phun-Liners - jokes
461. The Magical Silks! - Ron Mann
462. Belly Laffs! - jokes
463. Children's Party Entertainment - Dennis Rhodes
465. 'A' Dictionary of Daffy Definitions - Charles Mallinson
467. Coins and Sleeves - Rink
470. Taking Up My Pen Again - Henrique
472. Impressed! - testimonial
473. Puzzle Magic - Alan Ward
     • Granny's Puzzles
     • Matching a Number
     • Naming the Cards
474. Sight Gags - Invisibility - Val Andrews
474. Presentation for "Any Magazine"
475. Escaping from Magic - Howard Peters, The Escape Magician
477. A Century of Sympathy - Len Belcher
478. Card Seance - John Howie
479. A Musician Looks at Magic - Sydney Twinn
481. Routine for the Classic Penetration of a Cigarette - Lewis Ganson
483. Arthur Carter Column - Arthur Carter
     • A Name in Thousands
484. Harry Stanley Reminisces
490. From Our Point of View - David Goodsell in M.U.M. - review of "The Ganson Book"
491. Fabian's Lucky Aces - Aldo Colombini
492. That's My Boy - humor
492. Whispers in the Wings - Harold Long
493. Fogel's Eternal Triangle
     • Children's Entertainers
     • Club Entertainers
     • Book Test
     • Lotto
     • Great Jewel Robbery
     • Fogel's Presentation of "The Eternal Triangle"
497. Blind Date with One Envelope - Gerry Walker
498. And Now It's Thirty-Three - Supreme Magic Catalogue No. 33 - Ken de Courcy
499. Holidays - Sinclair
500. Wise Quote
501. The Seabrooke Scene - Terry Seabrooke
503. advertisements
511. missing
512. missing

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1. Volume 16, Number 9, May, 1984, 65 pages, including front cover
513. advertisements
521. Lets Face It - editorial by Ken de Courcy
522. Children's Party Entertainment - Dennis Rhodes
523. After Delivering an "Oldie" - joke
523. The Boys in the Trench - filler material
524. Slip-Off Spots for Children - Gerry Walker
524. Polygripped Plus & Treasury Transpo - Gerry Walker
525. 'A' Dictionary of Daffy Definitions - Charles Mallinson
527. So Young to Die - Martin Chapender (Harold Martin Jones) - Peter Warlock
530. Coin Through the Table and Elusive Coin and Box - Rink
533. Tough in the West - joke
534. Whispers in the Wings - Harold Long
534. On Exposure - Oscar Oswald
535. At Homb with McComb - Billy McComb
536. Gags for All Occasions
537. The Broken Tambourine - Wilfred Tyler
538. Busy Year - testimonials
538. Girls - jokes
538. cartoon
539. Harry Stanley Reminisces
545. Shogun - Ray Cooper
547. cartoon
548. A Quick Passing of a Coin - P.K. Ilango
548. Strictly for "Punch-Men" - humor
548. Holidays - joke
549. Interlocked Coin Production - P.K. Ilango
551. Time Warp Backwards
     • The Coin Wand
     • The Obedient Sixpence
552. The Silk to Stick and Then Some - Cleve Canham
554. The Anonymous Card Trick - Mat Roelofs
555. Stamp Card Stumper - Roy Baker
555. Opener - joke
556. TYKF - Thank You, Karrell Fox - Ken de Courcy
557. Chinese Frolics with the Washing Machine - Ian Adair
558. More Hanky Panky - To Cut the Braid of a Button-Hole Without Leaving a Mark
559. It's a Hold-Up! - W. Rory Cocker
560. cartoon
561. Arthur Carter Column - Arthur Carter
     • Message Plates
562. Kennaugh's Kolumn - Alan Kennaugh on the Show Business Scene
     • The Blackstone Story
566. Visual Gags with the 'Legs Table' - Ian Adair
566. Titters - jokes
567. advertisements

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1. Volume 16, Number 10, June, 1984, 65 pages, including front cover
577. advertisements
585. Lets Face It - editorial by Ken de Courcy
586. Two from Adi Kaufmann
     • A Surprising Feat of Skill
     • Colour Changing Pencil
587. Their Magic My Handling - Astro-Sign - Arun Bonerjee (Calcutta)
590. Whispers in the Wings - Harold Long
591. 'A' Dictionary of Daffy Definitions - Charles Mallinson
593. Harry Stanley Reminisces
599. Blendoplay - Henrique
601. 15 Gags and Business using Supreme's Wiggly Wand - Ian Adair
602. Fast Milk - Cleve Canham
603. The 'W' Sketch - Gerry Findler
605. Belt-Up (Safety First) - Ray Cooper
606. Dove Through Cloth - Jack Birdwell
607. That's The One! - W. Rory Cocker
608. All Done by Colours - Roy Walton
608. cartoon
609. Ascanio's One-Handed Coins Through Table - Arturo de Ascanio (Spain)
617. The 1904 Mirror Challenge to Houdini - article by Frank Korval
621. Children's Party Entertainment - Dennis Rhodes
     • Supreme Comedy Wands
623. News and Views from the Colonies - George Johnstone
625. Winnie the Witch - Edwin [Hooper]
625. 'Impressable' Magic - testimonials
626. Kennaugh's Kolumn - Alan Kennaugh on the Show Business Scene
     • The Blackstone Story - Gay Blackstone The Inspiration
629. Arthur Carter Column - Arthur Carter
     • Lexicon Telepathy
630. Multiplying Foil Balls - Ralph L. White
630. Service! - testimonials
631. advertisements

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11. Volume 16, Number 11, July, 1984, 66 pages, including front & back covers
641. advertisements
649. Lets Face It - editorial by Ken de Courcy
650. Quick Telephone Test - Ian Adair
651. Red Stocking - humor
652. E-Zee Dead & Alive - Sinclair
653. Super Quips - jokes
654. Predicted Coincidence? - W. Rory Cocker
654. Robert Houdin's Famous Rabbit Trick
655. Children's Party Entertainment - Dennis Rhodes
     • Method of Presentation
656. Tip-Tops - Ian Adair
     • Your Show Always in Your Car
657. Spot-On 20th Century Silks - Michael Symes
659. Kennaugh's Kolumn - Alan Kennaugh on the Show Business Scene
     • The Blackstone Story
663. Calling All Chucklers - jokes
664. News and Views from the Colonies - George Johnstone
665. cartoon
666. From Supreme - The Houdini Seance - David Goodsell writes from M.U.M.
667. The Performing Aces - Dave Campbell
671. cartoon
672. Blown Sympathetic Silks - G. Upham
674. Twin Card Quickies - Ralph White & Will Ayling
     676. The Second Card Quickie
679. Visual Gags - Val
680. Two Tips for Magicians - Bill Stahly
     • One for the Mentalist
     • One for the Prop Magician
681. advertisement
682. My Children's Act - Luis Gavilondo
685. Review from Down Under - re: Supreme Magic Co. Ltd. - H. Chandler
686. The Ghostly Canibal [sic] Cards - Mark Collins
686. Merry Xmas Paper Tear Gag - Ian Adair
687. Harry Stanley Reminisces
694. Two Hot Ideas from Iceland - Baldur Georgs
     • The Birthday Card Trick
     • For the Children's Entertainer
694. The Wand - humor
695. advertisements

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1. Volume 16, Number 12, August, 1984, 65 pages, including front cover
705. advertisements
713. Lets Face It - editorial by Ken de Courcy
714. Gagging Around - humor
715. Patter Routine for Snip It - Ken de Courcy
716. Coincidental Cut - Arthur Setterington
717. Keeping Up with the Catalogue - interesting items from Supreme's Catalogue 33 - Ken de Courcy
718. From Leat's Notebooks - The Professor Sketches at Work
719. Tips on Midget Pea-Can - Neil Roberts
719. Smash Crash Coin - Mat Rowlofs
721. E.T. (Extra-Terrestrial) - John Leo
726. Ribbon Trix - Jack Bridwell
     • Houdini Ribbons
     • Ribbon Bag
     • Quick Bouquets and Ribbons
     • Ribbon to Pipe
     • Bottle in the Air
     • Production Ribbons
     • Ribbons to Lollypops
729. A Few More Gags Using Comedy Case - Ian Adair
729. Love - joke
730. More Gozinta - Keith Churcher
730. Other Notions - Jack Groom's Living and Dead test
731. Arthur Carter Column - Arthur Carter
     • E.S.P. One
732. News and Views from the Colonies - George Johnstone
734. A Prelude to the Vanishing Wand - Jimmy Flowers
735. Children's Party Entertainment - Dennis Rhodes
     • Supreme Props for All Occasions
736. Tip-Tops - Ian Adair
     • Having Fun with the Hindu (Budha) Papers
736. Encyclopaedias of Magic - testimonial
737. Clip Note - Sinclair
738. Laff Lines - jokes
739. Hung One - Hung Two - Hung Three - Jack Roy
740. At Homb with McComb - Billy McComb
     • A Tribute to George Johnstone
746. Resonance - W. Rory Coker
747. cartoon
748. Gags Using the 'Tape Measure Watch' - Ian Adair
749. An Apple - Ravelle & Andree
     • Apple gags
750. Supreme Service - testimonial
751. Harry Stanley Reminisces
759. advertisements

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