Applause Please 2 *The Encore by Louie Foxx

Applause Please has been a hit of Louie Foxx’s show for about a decade!  After releasing it to the magic community 8 years ago, the prop has gone through many changes based on feedback from magicians who use the trick and Louie’s pleased offer Applause Please 2: The Encore!

Louie has performed it for kids, adults and everything in between at libraries, school assemblies, comedy clubs, theaters, and on cruise ships!  The basic effect is you use an applause sign that lights up when you step on the foot switch throughout your show.  During your show something disappears and reappears inside the lightbulb inside of the applause sign!

The Applause Sign and base are built by Ackerly Builds.  The remote control units have been upgrade to be completely battery powered, so you don’t need to plug it into a wall, this makes it much more versatile than the original version!

Warm Up:  You show an applause sign and light it up by stepping on a switch and the audience claps.  When you look away the sign lights up on its own and the audience applauds.  The applause surprises you and you look back at the sign just as it turns itself off.  This comedy “look don’t see” bit is repeated until the audience is warmed up and ready for the show!

Routine 1: An applause sign is utilized throughout your show. During your show, you pour a bottle of juice into a folded up newspaper and the liquid vanishes! You step on the foot switch to turn on the applause sign and it DOESN’T light up. When you open it up the light bulb inside is FULL of the juice that just disappeared! You twist the end off the light bulb and pour the juice out!

Routine 2: An applause sign is utilized throughout your show. You show a handkerchief, and it changes color from Red to Yellow.  You then teach the audience how the trick works and reveal that there are two handkerchiefs.  You demonstrate the trick again, while “teaching” how the trick works and at the end the red handkerchief has vanished!  You step on the foot switch to turn on the applause sign and it DOESN’T light up. When you open it up the light bulb inside is the missing red handkerchief!

Bonus effect 1:  An applause sign is utilized throughout your show.  At some point during your show, you make a red handkerchief disappear!  You step on the foot switch to turn on the applause sign and it DOESN’T light up. When you open it up the light bulb inside is the missing red handkerchief!

Bonus effect 2:  You borrow a dollar bill and have it signed, it ends up inside the lightbulb of the applause sign! You get video of a routine that Louie did for a library tour almost a decade ago.  The method isn’t taught, but if you own a thumb tip, you can figure it out and is included as another example of a routine you can do where an object reappears in a lightbulb.

Your Applause Sign is brilliant! It’s the perfect effect to control the audience AND blow their minds. I’ve been using it for a few years in my Fun & Games & Magic Show. The kids love it! I open and close my show with it and use it as a running gag throughout.

I’ve also brought it to a number showcases to get the crowd all revved up. You did it again Louie! The simplicity of design and use is unsurpassed!

John Abrams
Magician & Author of The Handbook for School Assembly Performers

You get:

• Remote controlled applause sign!
• Plastic lightbulb with 2 bases (one for liquid and one for the silk routines)
• Flash drive with instructional video
• 9v battery
• Evaporation liquid vanishing trick (sports drink style bottle)
• Dye tube
• Yellow and red silks

You get everything you need to put Applause Please 2: The Encore into your show right away!