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'''Passe-Passe Bottles''' is a classic stage illusion or platform magic transposition effect, in which a whiskey or wine bottle, and a stemmed glass or tumbler, magically and inexplicably exchange places under cover of two tubes at the hands of the performer.<ref name=ModMagic1/> A marvelous, classic illusion when performed well in a swiftly placed manner, and with an entertaining patter, the effect was used by performers as early as 1876.<ref name=ModMagic1>"Passe-Passe Trick", in [[Modern Magic]], by [[Professor Hoffmann]] (1876).</ref><ref>''The Passe Passe Bottles'', in [[Magic and Its Mysteries]], by [[J. Dazley Theobald]], 1880, p. 82.</ref> | |||
Utilizing two tin or pasteboard cylindrical tubes, the performer places one of them over the bottle, and one over the glass. The performer commands the covered glass and bottle to "change places", and when the tubes are removed they are discovered to have been transposed. This is repeated with appropriate patter as long as desired, and with the performer occasionally pouring wine or liquor out into another glass to show that the bottle is genuine.<ref name=ModMagic1/> | Utilizing two tin or pasteboard cylindrical tubes, the performer places one of them over the bottle, and one over the glass. The performer commands the covered glass and bottle to "change places", and when the tubes are removed they are discovered to have been transposed. This is repeated with appropriate patter as long as desired, and with the performer occasionally pouring wine or liquor out into another glass to show that the bottle is genuine.<ref name=ModMagic1/> | ||
Revision as of 07:09, 19 July 2015
Passe-Passe Bottles is a classic stage illusion or platform magic transposition effect, in which a whiskey or wine bottle, and a stemmed glass or tumbler, magically and inexplicably exchange places under cover of two tubes at the hands of the performer.[1] A marvelous, classic illusion when performed well in a swiftly placed manner, and with an entertaining patter, the effect was used by performers as early as 1876.[1][2]
Utilizing two tin or pasteboard cylindrical tubes, the performer places one of them over the bottle, and one over the glass. The performer commands the covered glass and bottle to "change places", and when the tubes are removed they are discovered to have been transposed. This is repeated with appropriate patter as long as desired, and with the performer occasionally pouring wine or liquor out into another glass to show that the bottle is genuine.[1]
The effect is most simply performed using the old pasteboard or thin-gauge tin tube sets, as the more modern heavier metal tube varieties require more dexterity, and extra moves by the performer, and even require reaching a finger into the top of the tube, when lifting one of the tubes away from the glass --- a move not required when using the older pasteboard or tin tubes, which can be grasped simply by using pressure on the outside of the tube.[3]
Modern Extensions of the Effect
Passe-Passe illusion, utilizing the same basic method to perform. - Genii, Vol. 17, 1961.
Around 1919, an extension of the effect, usually credited as having been created by Arthur P. Felsman in Chicago, added an extra bottle for comedy effect.[4]
And, in the 1920's, a further extension of the effect became the modern Multiplying Bottles.[5][6][7] The Multiplying Bottles effect has been criticized by some performers as tending towards giving away the secret working of the simpler, classic Passe-Passe effect, by virtue of repeating essentially the same effect multiple times. This, of course, by definition violates the old cautionary maxim to "never repeat the same trick more than once!"[3]
See also:
See also
- "The Magic Organ Pipes", or "The Devil's Supper" ("Le Souper du Diable") - in Hoffman's Later Magic, p. 525.
(Credited by Professor Hoffman to an amateur European magician named Antonio Molini, the "Devil's Supper" effect, that was being performed as early as the late 19th Century, utilizes a somewhat similar principle, or related performance method using tubes, as that employed in presenting the Passe-Passe effect.)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Passe-Passe Trick", in Modern Magic, by Professor Hoffmann (1876).
- ↑ The Passe Passe Bottles, in Magic and Its Mysteries, by J. Dazley Theobald, 1880, p. 82.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gingles, J. - "My Secret Hobby & Favorite Escapes (puns intended)", from Accidents of Luck - A Personal Memoir, Washington, DC, 2007.
- ↑ Felsman's Magical Review, Vol. 1, No. 2, Nov. 1919. -- In an ad in this 1919 issue, Felsman advertises the Passe-Passe Trick with the extra bottle for comedy effect, stating: "Supplied only by us and taking one week's time, as we make this trick 'to order only'."
- ↑ Jack Potter, Abracadabra, Vol. 63, 1976, p.16.
- ↑ Lloyd E. Jones in Genii 1978 July, Vol. 42, No. 7, page 424
- ↑ Genii Forums - "Origin of Multiplying Bottles".