EFFECT: The magician picks up a can of soda
and begins to open it. A stream of soda shoots
out nearly hitting a spectator. The magician
apologizes profusely. “It’s kind of a chaos theory
thing. No way to predict how it will squirt.” He
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
can is completely empty. “Really random…”

MATERIALS:
1 Miniature squirt gun
1 Empty can of soda

METHOD: The magician is holding a miniature
squirt gun filled with water in his right hand. He
picks up an empty can where the tab has been
previously pushed in. His hand is covering the
opening. As he opens the can he squirts a stream
of water from the water gun towards the audience
(he also makes a “pffft” sound). When he lifts the

can to his ear to shake it, the hand holding the
water gun goes to his pocket and drops off the
water gun. He brings the can to eye level and
turns it over. He calls attention to the fact that
the can is empty. To finish he hands the can to
an audience member to inspect.

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
of soda vanish right in front of them. In addition
to that, there are several possible variations of
this effect that come to mind. It could be used in
conjunction with the “Healed and Sealed” effect
by Anders Moden (as performed by David
Blaine). You could “open” the can then pour the
contents into a borrowed hat and make the soda
disappear, etc. The squirt gun is a way to create
the illusion of a can filled with liquid in the mind
of your audience.

Magi-Cola

The squirt gun in a
thumb palm position.
By pressing with the
edge of your palm
against the trigger the
squirt gun can be
made to fire.

Copyright 2004 Andrew Mayne

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