You know the playground trick whereby four of you can "levitate" a fifth person using just your fingertips (you first hold your hands over his head and count to 20)? How does that work, then?
posted by bonaldi on Nov 21, 2007 - 20 answers

Quick change artist identification... [more inside]
posted by flibbertigibbet on Aug 11, 2006 - 3 answers

How did actor/magician Harry Anderson's "Needle Through the Arm" magic trick work? [more inside]
posted by jca on Jul 11, 2006 - 7 answers

Teach me a card trick. Inspired by a recent post on card tricks, I'd like to learn a simple but reasonably impressive trick with which to pester children at family gatherings etc. [more inside]
posted by bystander on May 15, 2006 - 17 answers

How is this small object levitation magic trick done? [more inside]
posted by underwater on Apr 10, 2006 - 10 answers

How is this magic trick done? [more inside]
posted by AmbroseChapel on Nov 4, 2005 - 22 answers

DailyShowFilter: Last night, Vitto Mortensen pulled reptiles from his coffee cup... [more inside]
posted by LordSludge on Sep 28, 2005 - 29 answers