Marlo variation on the Curry turn over change

[Bob Cunningham]

I have been learning the Marlo variation on the Curry Turnover Change from "Classical Foursome".

I learned the original move 30 years ago, but never got good enough to avoid spectators sensing something was wrong. The Marlo variation seems to me to be easier and more deceptive than the original move. Has that been the experience of others here? If so then why is not more widely taught/known?

In my own reading I have come across dozens of references to the original Curry move but have only recently come across a reference to the Marlo variation. Am I missing something? Is there some reason this is not widely used in published card magic?

[Richard Kaufman]

The Curry Change was a backward step from an existing and much older gambler's switch. The gambler's technique, needless to say, does not involve having the third finger stuck into the deck. I believe Marlo's published handling is essentially this gambler's technique minus some of the subtleties.

[Philippe Billot]

The Curry Change was a backward step from an existing and much older gambler's switch.

Please, have you a reference for this old gambler's switch ?

Thanks in advance

[Jonathan Townsend]

? youtube link to the item done properly in context? nothing like seeing a performance to get a feel for the utility of a worker item.

[Ian Kendall]

Anything by Armando Lucero would be a good place to start...

[Jonathan Townsend]

I'm not sure the opening change on his coin routine (or that video) is easily found.

[Chris Aguilar]

The Curry Change was a backward step from an existing and much older gambler's switch. The gambler's technique, needless to say, does not involve having the third finger stuck into the deck. I believe Marlo's published handling is essentially this gambler's technique minus some of the subtleties.

Steve Ehlers uses a good version of the Gambler's switch in a blackjack based routine. It might be on his "Arizona Expert" dvd.

[Bill Mullins]

I'm not sure the opening change on his coin routine (or that video) is easily found.

Why would a coin routine be relevant to learning how to do a card switch?

[Jonathan Townsend]

I'm not sure the opening change on his coin routine (or that video) is easily found.

Why would a coin routine be relevant to learning how to do a card switch?

He does the four card change before introducing the coins.

[Bill Mullins]

Is it the same switch as he is using here(at the start of the video, where he rings 3 kings in for 3 aces, and then immediately rings in the remaining king for the remaining ace?

[El Mystico]

Fred Robinson has a nice change, reminiscent of the curry change, in The Magic of Fred Robinson. No need to jam your finger under the top card.

[Jonathan Townsend]

Is it the same switch as he is using here(at the start of the video, where he rings 3 kings in for 3 aces, and then immediately rings in the remaining king for the remaining ace?

Yes, that looks like an edit of the first few seconds of the routine ("Menagerie") and the last coin transit.

How does the turnover look to you?

[Harry Lorayne]

Soooo many have told me over the decades that they use/do The Curry Turnover Change just as I taught it way back in 1962 - plus they use some of the effect I taught alongside.