Jon Racherbaumer - Rub-a-Dub Digest

ABOUT RUB-A-DUB: The rhyme is of a type calling out otherwise respectable people for disrespectable actions, in this case, ogling naked ladies - the maids. The nonsense "Rub-a-dub-dub" develops a phonetic association of social disapprobation, analogous to "tsk-tsk," albeit of a more lascivious variety.

The Rub-a-Dub Move's inauspicious beginning began in 1909 at a time when, relatively speaking, magicians had a limited number of utilitarian sleights and techniques at their disposal. Besides, the Rub-a-Dub Move happened inthe blink of an eye and was only an offbeat way to make a card disappear.

I hope this short manuscript demonstrates the usefulness of the Rub-a-Dub move. It certainly has been applied inhundreds of ways over the years - quite a feat considering that the move takes only a few seconds to do andalways triggers a strong response.

    Prologue
    Introduction
    My Introduction to Rub-a-Dub
    Expert Card Technique's Rub-a-Dub
    Card Control's Rub-a-Dub
    Greater Magic's Rub-a-Dub
    Marlo Stirs the Plot
    Rub-a-Dubbing Deviations
    Rub-a-Dub Deluxe / Glen Morphew
    Ultra Rub-a-Dub / Allan Ackerman
    Sankey's Rub-a-Dub / Jay Sankey
    Rub 'N' Tug / Tyler Wilson
    Rub-a-Dub Gone / Edward Marlo
    Hand Sandwich / Dan Garrett
    Hands up Vanish / Jack Parker

Brick Tilley does the Rub-a-Dub:

1st edition 2022, PDF 35 pages.
word count: 6789 which is equivalent to 27 standard pages of text