Where did the idea for the black magic 8 ball come from? What are the origins and history of the famous magic eight ball toy and game? What is the secret hidden meaning behind the magic 8 ball? Although widely known since the 1990s around the USA as a popular plastic children's toy distributed by Mattel, the crazy concept of a fortune-telling psychic black magic eight pool (or billiards) ball first appeared, interestingly enough, in the Three Stooges movie You Nazty Spy in 1940, when it was referred to as a black 'magic ball.' That movie may have been a slapstick comedy, but the virtual Magic Eight Ball app has since become a real fortune-telling device in many eyes. Interactive Black Magical Eight Ball Toy: History & Origins of the Virtual Magic Ball
