The professional material of Ted Lesley gets harder to find as time goes by. Here is a great example of his thinking.
In the middle of the stage is a small table, on which sits an elegant table lamp in switched on condition. The performer has for example a playing card selected, which is torn to pieces. During the process of tearing a little piece falls “accidentally” to the floor “unnoticed” by the performer. The magician pushes the pieces of the torn card into his left fist, takes a revolver, throws the bits into the air and fires the gun at the same time. All the pieces vanish into thin air and instantly the light in the table lamp is extinguished.
Then the performer goes to the lamp, reaches into the top hole of the shade, unscrews the bulb and shows it to the audience. To the astonishment of the public inside the bulb is now the restored card. A spectator himself can handle the bulb, there is no preparation for him to find. The spectator is instructed to hold the bulb at its socket and move to a grocery bag, which sits beside the lamp or on another table. The performer gets hold of a small hammer and smashes it to pieces. The smashed pieces fall into the grocery bag and the spectator can remove the restored card and finds that a corner is missing.
The audience will tell the performer immediately that a piece of the card fell to the floor. The assisting spectator himself picks it up and compares it with the missing corner at the card he still holds and the little piece matches perfectly. But this is not all! The magician throws the socket and the remaining pieces of the bulb into the grocery bag, screws its neck and inflates it. Then he fires the revolver towards the bag and it explodes. At the same time two things happen: Firstly the shattered bulb vanishes and secondly the table lamp light up again. This ending of the routine is a sure fire applause getter.
You are not limited to a “Card In Light Bulb”-routine there are many other tricks, like “The Borrowed Bill In Light Bulb”, “Milk In Light Bulb”, “Orange Juice In Light Bulb” or even “Salt In The Light Bulb” possible with this outfit.
But the best is still to come: The trick works with nearly every table lamp, which you can find in your friends home or in your hotel!
You receive the English instructional manual with all the supplied gimmicks in good condition!
