Discover the Hotel Trick: “A Night on the Town”

Delve into the captivating Hotel Trick, also known as “A Night on the Town.” A strong narrative enhances any magic performance, and this trick offers a compelling storyline that can be tailored to your style. Both sleight-less and sleight-of-hand variations are available for learning.

Originally introduced to Jon by Persi Diaconis in the 1970s, this ebook traces the trick’s origins and its evolution into modern adaptations.

Core Effect:

In this performance, two Queens and four Kings are displayed. The Queens are placed face down side by side, while two Kings are added to each Queen, creating two three-card packets. With a magical gesture, the Kings and Queens separate and reunite in their respective packets. The routine is accompanied by a whimsical tale of four gentlemen (Kings) enjoying a night out, who encounter two ladies (Queens) of the evening. Each lady retreats to a hotel room with her chosen gentleman. A hotel detective (Ace of Spades) suspects something amiss and checks the rooms, only to discover the gentlemen in one room and the ladies in the other.

• ONCE UPON A TIME
• THE BASIC ACTION PROCEDURE
• TELL ME A STORY
• A BIT OF HISTORY
• ACES AND KINGS / Henry Christ
• THE HOTEL MYSTERY / Edward Marlo
• AND THEN…
• THE KING CAN DO NO WRONG / Gerald L. Kaufman
• THE DIAMOND ROBBERY / Peter Kane
• ROSENTHAL ON THE HOTEL TRICK
• A NIGHT ON THE TOWN / Edward Marlo
• SPIN OFFS
  • FLATFOOT, FLOOZIE AND THE BOY-BOY / J. K. Hartman
  • ONLY THE LONELY / Lou Gallo
  • A NIGHT IN THE BIG EASY / Jon Racherbaumer
  • LET OM / Jon Racherbaumer
  • DOUBLE BACKING TO MOTEL SIX / Jon Racherbaumer
  • STEALING THE HOTEL TAO / Bob Farmer
  • HOT LINE / Aldo Columbini
  • HOTEL 81 / Jack Avis
  • HOTEL DALEY / Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson
  • K. I. S. S. ME DEADLY
• SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

1st edition 2020, PDF 68 pages.