66 entries in Spongeball / Appearance & Production
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Dr. Lazlo Rothbart Surprise Sponge Climax three sponges two in spectator's hand, when spectator opens his hand, several small ones appear
Related to Jan. 1940
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 7)
2
Milbourne Christopher Sponge Ball Idea sticking sponge ball on end of pencil before production
Jan. 1946 185
Hubert Lambert The Leapin' Leprechauns small sponge balls under glass, glass covered with newspaper, large ball finish
1948
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1948)
30
Don Alan It's Flashy! sponge balls appear in a flash, with flash paper
1951 5
Bill Simon Sponge Surprise fifteen to twenty small sponge balls appear
1954 33
Tony Slydini Sorcery With Spheres two sponge balls, one travels from the magician's hand to the spectator's hand. Next a third appears and then a fourth. At the end two balls transform in many tiny balls in the spectator's hand.
1960 88
Tony Slydini Spherical Switchcraft Four sponge balls are put in the right hand and then they disappear. To reappear from the spectator's pocket
1960 98
Remo Inzani Sponge Ball Routine potato as finale
1967 297
Fred Kaps Chinese Chow spongeball under bowl multiplies and then fruits appear, with chopsticks
Inspired by 1967 304
Phoa Yan Tiong Rice Bowl and Balls two final loads under bowl
1967 310
Ernesto "Ernest" Pracchia Bolitas y Conejos production of sponge rabbits
1967 39
Ernesto "Ernest" Pracchia Prodducción de Dados production of eight large dice, sponge
1967 40
Jerry Mentzer Something From Something production from sponge ball
1973 116
Amedeo Vacca Spongeball "Split" ball split with finger
1974 53
Jerry Mentzer Something from Something sponge ball multiplies into three balls
Also published here
  • "Something from Something" (Linking Ring, February 1971)
1975 1
"Wrapper Magic" sponge ball from cigar wrapper
1976 25
Frank Garcia My Version of the "10" Count balls appear from purse frame
1976 95
"The Slow Motion Transposition and Impromptu Routine" sponge from purse frame, split in two, one in each hand, travel into one
1976 102
Flash Opening balls from flash paper flash
1976 137
James Renaux Jimmy Reneaux's Idea
1976 155
Frank Garcia The Grand Finale purse frame, many small balls appear
1976 183
Frank Garcia Imaginary Sponge
1976 200
Harvey Rosenthal A Novel Sponge Production
1976 14
Karrell Fox The "Wiggly" Apple green balloon apple made, burst, a sponge rubber snake appears from within
1976 35
Erhard Liebenow Ball Production large ball appears behind a card
1978 6
Karrell Fox Havin' a Ball sponge balls appear and are put in paper bag, also invisibly with landing sound, giant sponge ball comes out of bag
1979 184
Karrell Fox Dia-Ball-ical #124 one-to-four sequence, sponge balls
1979 259
Karrell Fox Dia-Ball-ical #428 four-to-eight sequence, threaded sponge balls
1979 261
Johnny "J.J." Johnston Cointraption reverse coin through table, small trapdoor, spongball kicker
Related toAlso published here Nov. 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 11)
936
Ken De Courcy Married Sponges sponges appear in paper fortune teller fold
1980 6
Jim Cellini Something for Nothing purse frame and sponge ball routine
1982 85
Jay Sankey Sponge Ball Production in Power Case
1983 87
Tommy Wonder Dice Climax climax for dice stacking routine, sponge 4
1984 137
Peter Samelson Samelson's Sensational Sponge Ball Surprise cigarette paper changes to sponge ball in flash of fire,
1984 35
Peter Samelson The Samelson Split clean handling for splitting of ball into two on the table
1984 37
Meir Yedid Continuous Sponge Balls between fingers, at once
1986 47
John Carney Current Classic two spongeballs appear and travel together in spectator's hand
1986 (ca.) 2
John Carney Sponge Ball Production visual
Also published here 1987
Lecture Notes Collection (Issue Carney Uncovered)
1
John Carney Sponge Ball Production visual
Also published here 1987 1
Karrell Fox "Shell-Shock" sponge balls appear under shells as finale
1988 40
Hiroshi Sawa Permanent Separation sponge ball is split apart five times
1988 84
Johnny "J.J." Johnston J. J's Cointraption reverse coin through table, small trapdoor, spongball kicker
Also published here 1990 38
John Carney Sponge Ball Production visual
Related to 1991 4
Dan Garrett Thumb Tipnique on producing large things from oversized thumb tips
Also published here 1991 13
Aldo Colombini Tip Top cards with clowns with different colored noses, one color is selected and performer appears to wear the same colored clown nose
1991 2
Dan Garrett Thumb Tipnique on producing large things from oversized thumb tips
Also published here 1992 13
Jay Scott Berry Orb Warp sponge ball appears, changes into silk streamer and back, sponge vanishes, using Diamond Tip
1995 14
Jay Scott Berry Master of the Spheres four sponge balls appear one by one, using Diamond Tip
1995 16
Jay Scott Berry Lunar Eclipse sponge ball appears, changes to silk, silk changes color and changes back into matching sponge back, ball vanishes, using Diamond Tip
1995 17
Dean Dill Prayer Production with a laser pointer or flash light
1997 70
Dean Dill Wind Up Production with a laser pointer or flash light
1997 72
Steve Silverman Elbow Production with a laser pointer or flash light
1997 73
Dean Dill Pocket Production hands start empty, with a laser pointer or flash light
1997 74
Alan "Ace" Greenberg Alan Greenberg's Thumbtip Tip v-shaped cut
Sep. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 9)
50
Dan Garrett The Cosmic Egg egg materializes in empty hands and is cracked into glass, also for sponge ball appearance
2002 3
The Infinite Production
Also published here
  • booklet "Balls-a-Plenty"
2005 22
Tom Stone Benson Burner stand-up Benson Bowl routine with dozens of sponge balls as final load
Also published here 2010 195
John Carney, Roberto Giobbi Flash Production of a Sponge Ball
Related to 2010
Secret Agenda (Issue June 11)
174
Troy Hooser The Bottomless Box Objects produced from bottomless box, strange things happen when placed in it (Produce crystal balls, linking ribbons, spongeball routine, ring links on ribbon)
Inspired by 2010 41
Tom Stone Benson Burner stand-up Benson Bowl routine with dozens of sponge balls as final load
Also published here 2010 3
Hiroshi Sawa Hat and Bunnies large sponge bunnies appear in sponge hat
Feb. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 2)
65
Kazu Katayama Hanky-Panky Balls
  • Tokyo Workshop
five red sponge balls produced with top hat, they transform to five knotted red silks
June 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 6)
42
Alexander de Cova Der Karottentrick endless multiplying sponge carrots or bananas
2015 263
Jon Racherbaumer The Nature of Nothingness invisible sponge ball, matchbook and die, one item chosen by spectator, it becomes visible
Inspired by Dec. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 12)
20
Michael Sondermeyer Lubor-Würfel mit Inhalt appearance of sponge balls, special way to hang parts of the boxes onto the fingers
Related toAlso published here
  • "Lubor-Würfel mit Inhalt" in "Magische Welt", Nr.1, 1993. P. 11.
2019 14
Roberto Mansilla, Roberto Giobbi, Jim Cellini Spongeball Production from Purse Frame
2019 59