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Magi-Cola
can to his ear to shake it, the hand holding the
EFFECT: The magician picks up a can of soda
water gun goes to his pocket and drops off the
and begins to open it. A stream of soda shoots
water gun. He brings the can to eye level and
out nearly hitting a spectator. The magician
turns it over. He calls attention to the fact that
apologizes profusely.  It s kind of a chaos theory
the can is empty. To finish he hands the can to
thing. No way to predict how it will squirt. He
an audience member to inspect.
holds the can up and shakes it.  That s odd. He
turns that can upside down. Nothing pours out.
He shows the top of the can to the audience. The
The squirt gun in a
can is completely empty.  Really random& 
thumb palm position.
By pressing with the
edge of your palm
against the trigger the
squirt gun can be
made to fire.
BACKGROUND: This is a quick and easy way
to use the squirt gun gimmick. To your audience
it will look like you managed to make 12 ounces
MATERIALS:
of soda vanish right in front of them. In addition
1 Miniature squirt gun
to that, there are several possible variations of
1 Empty can of soda
this effect that come to mind. It could be used in
conjunction with the  Healed and Sealed effect
METHOD: The magician is holding a miniature
by Anders Moden (as performed by David
squirt gun filled with water in his right hand. He
Blaine). You could  open the can then pour the
picks up an empty can where the tab has been
contents into a borrowed hat and make the soda
previously pushed in. His hand is covering the
disappear, etc. The squirt gun is a way to create
opening. As he opens the can he squirts a stream
the illusion of a can filled with liquid in the mind
of water from the water gun towards the audience
of your audience.
(he also makes a  pffft sound). When he lifts the
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