The Plunger Principle

11-25-2011, 06:41 PM

Do you guys know, if there is an inventor of the Plunger Principle? I read, that it's Jack McMillen, but I'm not sure.
Help, please!

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Plunger Principle

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History

There was some initial controversy over the invention of the original plunger principle used as a r***** c*** e*****.
A simple version of it first appeared in the September, 1931 issue no. 6 of Seven Circles Magazine by Lawrence Kam entitled Priceless Card R***. The trick was published again in 1935, claimed this time by Burling Hull, in his Stage Magic, No. 3 (pp. 79-82). William Larsen, Sr., in the first issue of Genii 1936 September defended Jack McMillen as the inventor, as showing Larsen and T. Page Wright the trick in 1928.

Just found it!^^

I hope, it's right...

TheMisdirectingHand · 11-25-2011, 08:29 PM

Now we wait for Mark.

KGaborMagic · 11-25-2011, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMisdirectingHand

Now we wait for Mark.

Perfectly said.

11-25-2011, 09:05 PM

Right...

Mark · 11-25-2011, 10:15 PM

Jack McMillen is known as the inventor. At least he was the first to show it publicly (and it's not about when it was first published but about when it was first performed). We will never know if he really was the first to come up with it, nor do we know that for any other effect ever created.

But yeah, if you would have to credit anyone, it would be him. But if you got it from another source you may very well want to credit both Jack and the person who put together that source, especially if that person did something to the original.

11-25-2011, 10:27 PM

Thanks Mark!

la0o9 · 11-25-2011, 10:33 PM

what's the plunger principle?

Kelan · 11-26-2011, 02:24 AM

La, the move is seen at 0:36 in the vid

la0o9 · 11-26-2011, 04:00 AM

oh that...

Kelan · 11-26-2011, 03:15 PM

I'ma kill the person who edited mah post. Speak up or die! XD

Admin · 11-26-2011, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Kelan

I'ma kill the person who edited mah post. Speak up or die! XD

Your post was edited because the video you originally embedded included a very clear link to a magic exposure site.

Albert · 11-28-2011, 07:09 AM

Kelan, you still going to live up to your words?

Kelan · 12-02-2011, 02:26 AM

Oh. EHEH.

*Bow downs to Admin*

We'z all good right? XD

11-25-2011, 08:29 PM	#2
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11-25-2011, 10:33 PM	#7
la0o9 Move monkey atm Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Not where you'd want to go :P Posts: 747	what's the plunger principle? __________________ "Doubt isn't the same as saying people are bad, it simply means you actually care, 100% trust is nothing more than ignorance"~ Akiyama Shinichi- Liar Game "It's not the destination but the road to it that is worth the trip" "Be careful what you wish for... it might just come true"~ old saying "It's a small world, but only relatively" "Reality is not the world, it is the way humankind depicts the world, thus when you alter a person's way of seeing the world, you alter reality itself"

11-26-2011, 04:00 AM	#9
la0o9 Move monkey atm Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Not where you'd want to go :P Posts: 747	oh that... __________________ "Doubt isn't the same as saying people are bad, it simply means you actually care, 100% trust is nothing more than ignorance"~ Akiyama Shinichi- Liar Game "It's not the destination but the road to it that is worth the trip" "Be careful what you wish for... it might just come true"~ old saying "It's a small world, but only relatively" "Reality is not the world, it is the way humankind depicts the world, thus when you alter a person's way of seeing the world, you alter reality itself"

11-28-2011, 07:09 AM	#12
Albert DarkSleightZ Artist Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 671 Donor Score: 110	Kelan, you still going to live up to your words? __________________ "Bluffing is an important act to all strategies." - Lelouch Lamperouge

11-25-2011, 10:15 PM	#5
Mark Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 935	Jack McMillen is known as the inventor. At least he was the first to show it publicly (and it's not about when it was first published but about when it was first performed). We will never know if he really was the first to come up with it, nor do we know that for any other effect ever created. But yeah, if you would have to credit anyone, it would be him. But if you got it from another source you may very well want to credit both Jack and the person who put together that source, especially if that person did something to the original.

11-26-2011, 02:24 AM	#8
Kelan kittydakat Join Date: May 2011 Location: USA Posts: 142	La, the move is seen at 0:36 in the vid

11-26-2011, 03:15 PM	#10
Kelan kittydakat Join Date: May 2011 Location: USA Posts: 142	I'ma kill the person who edited mah post. Speak up or die! XD

12-02-2011, 02:26 AM	#13
Kelan kittydakat Join Date: May 2011 Location: USA Posts: 142	Oh. EHEH. Bow downs to Admin We'z all good right? XD

11-25-2011, 09:05 PM	#4
oliver Guest Posts: n/a	Right...

11-25-2011, 10:27 PM	#6
oliver Guest Posts: n/a	Thanks Mark!