Publications by Karl Rabe

  • Perverse Linking Rings – Only the assistant can seem to link the rings in this unique take on the classic.
  • The Bottle and Glass Trick? – The magician is trying to perform The Bottle and Glass, but the assistant keeps stealing the show making bottles appear.
  • Bill’s Three Card Trick – A simplified take on the 6 card repeat for a performer with limited dexterity… and a unique magical surprise ending.
  • I Want My Mummy – Adams Magic meets Ricky Jay… the classic Mummy Mystery raised to a new level with an iPhone.
  • Duo Sphere – A new take on Stratosphere for two performers with two sets of tubes and balls. The balls travel back and forth between the tubes.
  • Rabe’s Nest of Boxes – Inspired by Tommy Wonder’s Books of Wonder and his performance of nest of boxes at LL Publishing. The auction ends when the assistant pummels the watch with a sledge hammer, breaking the table into pieces… but what is that remaining.. a present…
  • The Inventor’s Notebook – A periodic column published on the Ann Arbor Magic Club website.
  • Fleeze; The EZ Flea Trapeze – A construction and performance guide for a unique flea circus trapeze act
  • Dancing Diamonds – A downsized take on the spot card with a gambling theme and verse based patter.

Other Unique Effects

  • Tennis-Sphere – The pink tennis ball has a mind of its own in this Stratosphere adaptation with a tennis theme, the tennis ball pumper upper and a Wilson devlil’s hank tennis towel.
  • Lend me a hand – The assistant’s hand gets chopped off with a chain saw and seems to have a life of its own, but nothing a little duct tape won’t cure.
  • Wild Babe – A Babe Ruth Baseball Card take on the classic Wild Card routines, heavily based on Tommy Wonder’s Tamed Cards theme.
  • Lunch Box Surprise – A pantomime routine in the school lunchroom.
  • Go Blue / Go Green – A large silk changes school colors in accompaniment to the music.
  • Rising Whatever – A comedy twist on the classic Indian Rope Trick.
  • Why are Fire Engines Red? – A comedy routine inspired by and created in memory of magician John Osborne.
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