Inside the magic ball contains a floating die. The real magic eight ball looks like an oversized black/white 8 ball, just like a billiard ball. Since 1950 when the magic eight ball was first introduced, it has gone through several revisions and it is now owned and manufactured by Mattel toy company. Abe Bookman filed his final two trademarks in 19. to create a fortune telling device in the form of an eight ball as we know it today.
In 1950 they commissioned Alabe Crafts Inc. While the ball shaped design was not a big hit, it certainly caught the attention of Brunswick Billiards. Then a gain in 1948, a new design was introduced in the form of a crystal ball. After Carter’s passing, Bookman redesigned the Syco-Seer, to a smaller tube shaped version that went by the name Syco-Slate. The first fortune telling device went under the name Syco-Seer, which they managed to sell both before and after the creation of their novelty company Alabe Crafts, Inc. Carter filed a patent for a cylindrical fortune telling device, but unfortunately he died before the patent was granted in 1948.Ĭarter had his partner’s name, Abe Bookman, attached to the patent.
Carter – who’s mother was a famous Cincinnati clairvoyant. The initial component was invented in the 1944 by a man called Albert C. However, it would take another ten years until the the real Magic eight ball would take shape. A billiards 8 ball was used as a fortune telling device in that short film. Who invented the Magic 8 ball? Well, the magic ball was first seen in the 1940s short film “You Nazty Spy” starring the comedy group, the ”Three Stooges”.
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