Every second of their performance was refined to perfection.including what to do if something It was their PRESENTATION that made this effect a classic. Especially as it relates to this classic effect which both Harry Sr. Most experienced magicians will tell you that that taint necessarily so. I think many new magicians make the mistake of thinking that simply by knowing the "secret" you can recreate the magic. perform the classic floating lightbulb on several occasions over the years. Well, I too was lucky enough to watch Master Magician Harry Blackstone Jr. I have videos of him performing it in the TV studio and on stage and as he says, "This is something you will remember as long as you live". Great theatrical moment when the bulb travels over the audience's heads and returns ( with you holding your breath) back to Harry and through the hoop to safety. Leave the Light Bulb to The Blackstones and wonder and marvel at that incredible magical, It will save you less stress and trouble. I'd suggest you look at Perry Maynard's Lite Flite in which you can float one of those SMALL neon balls, like you get in the vendor machines but in this case LIT, and work with that. It works best if you attempt to perform the 'ordinary Floating Bulb in the Walk around the audience part of the normal light bulb, IF you are tall. I did read some years ago in an article by or about Harry that some 15 different methods of set up are in the repertoire and used according to the venue. They have licenced it to young Darren Romero and I think Gay coached him in what is performed as 'A Tribute To Harry Blackstone'. That is the Blackstone idea and presentation still owned by the family. The book has more thorough details and more illustrations.įloating it over the audience is just NOT on for you. I believe both 4 page manuscripts may still be obtained from Magic Books By Post at £2 and £3:50 respectively. Supreme also put them out though they obviously originated in the USA Both the same set up with either Ball or Bulb in the illustrations. This was also put out by Harry Stanley ( Unique Studios) as The Close Up Floating Light Bulb and also as The Orb Of The Orient with the Ball. In it there is the Fu Manchu/Mohammed Bey collaboration with NO room/stage set up. 21 pages of valuable information, moves, handlings and suggestions. Though Blackstone first used a Floating Glass Of Milk!Ī MUST HAVE book ( again Tannens) is Hull's Miracle Floating Electric Light. he did send me a private video of his show in which he performed it on a cabaret floor.īurling Hull claimed to have invented it, with The Great Blackstone being one of its first performers. Mike hand made them and they came with a thick booklet on all the necessary and the handling to perform it in cabaret with no room set up.!! He may still have the odd one. were simply cheap light up in the hand plastic bulbs, gimmicked up. It was fearsome and the fear of dropping it kept it out of my Act. The first was from Tannens in New York and was a 250 watt glass bulb. It was in rehearsal for 12 months before its first performance. I have performed my own Floating Ball for over 30 years and eliminating the stage or venue set up took up a lot of those. It needs great skill & sensitivity and many many hours of rehearsal to 'perfect'it. There are very very few magicians who could present this properly and very few venues where you would have the set up & time facilities to perform it in. It is not generally practical for the solo performer, especially if you are not going to have good control over lighting and setting.Ĭraig Browning Elite Member Posts: 4426 Joined: Nov 5th, '05, 14:53 Location: Northampton, MA * USA Yes, the Floating Light Bulb is a most excellent effect for a stage show. he response when the light bulb fell to the ground was, "Hey, it's only a trick!" I also know that there are some very "tricky" situations involved in the handling that even Harry fowled up a few times. However, I know that parts of the set-up do require a hidden assistant. This routine was one of the more guarded of the Blackstone legacy and as much as I was entrusted by Harry Jr I never once set-up this piece that was typically left in the hands of the lead male tech in the show. there are a few version on the market, only one of which, a very old manuscript put out by Irelands in the late 60s through the 70s, outlines the original Blackstone set-up which, I must add, isn't complete. Jr only brought it back into vogue as a reflection upon his father's legacy much as he did with the Bird Cage, Buzz Saw, Bunny to Chocolates and a few other key bits seen in his show. To be honest about it, this is the first time I've seen this postīefore we go there however, the effect was originated and made famous by Blackstone, Sr not Jr.
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