Lesson Notes

For more information on the history of what was covered in

this lesson, you can check out the following references:

● The Splat Change is also known as the Flip-Over Change

and was published by Paul Harris in A Close-Up Kinda Guy,
1983.
● The “Shape Shifter” transformation is Marc DeSouza’s
handling of Oscar Munoz’s “Pirouette Change”. Both first
appeared in Steve Beam’s The Trapdoor issue 48, 1993.
● The Snap-Over Change is quite old and can be found in
Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin’s book Secrets of Conjuring and
Magic, 1868. However, vaguer descriptions are found in
even earlier texts.
● The Snap Change first appeared in the French magazine
I’Illusionniste, Jan. 1905, by Van Lamèche.
● Noel Stanton’s “Pivot Color Change” can be found in The
Gen, June 1964.
● Paul Harris published the “Instant Replay” and “Simple
Switch” flourishes in A Close-Up Kinda Guy, 1983.
● Lennart Green published his Top Shot in his Green Magic
videotapes, 2000.
● Daryl’s Hot Shot Cut was published in For Your
Entertainment Pleasure, 1982.
● Audley Walsh’s “Long Distance Spinner” appeared in The
Tarbell Course of Magic Volume 4, 1945.