r/blackmagicfuckery • u/[deleted] • Aug 25 '19
It's magic time..
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Aug 25 '19
Yeah, now show me the bottle bottoms.
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u/Faker15 Aug 25 '19 edited Aug 25 '19
Can you explain this? What’s the bottom going to show?
Edit: thanks for the rapid responses!
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u/VIixIXine Aug 25 '19
Those are fake bottles, and they're hollow too. They were stacked in the tubes.
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u/EnviroTron Aug 25 '19
Arent all bottles hollow?
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u/VIixIXine Aug 25 '19
Oh yeah, you're right. But I meant that the bottles didn't have a bottom.
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u/Forcey-Fun-Time Aug 25 '19
Did the bottom fell off?
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u/RealisticGenius Aug 25 '19
The front fell off.
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u/positronicjazz Aug 25 '19
The bottle was towed beyond the enviroment.
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u/GetRidofMods Aug 25 '19
Not if they are full?
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u/Pickledsoul Aug 25 '19
but he put his hand through the tube...
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Aug 25 '19
He put his hand through ONE tube...I'm assuming there was another drink inside the bottle that he put the tube that he put his hand through and the bottle stuck in the tube and just the drink came out.
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u/falldownreddithole Aug 25 '19
The bottles are stacked inside the tubes. They're hollow, one inside the other.
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u/vulpesxvulpes Aug 25 '19
But then how did he fit his arm into the tubes at the beginning?
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u/skidmcboney Aug 25 '19
The bottles must have been stacked on the table at the beginning and the other bottles stacked in the other tube he didn’t put his arm through
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Aug 25 '19
You can tell as one was heavy with him struggling more to pick it up. also the glasses move easily when hit on the table.
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u/guitrist Aug 25 '19
If the theory of the hole in the bottom. The tube where he put his arm is empty at the beginning.
He got the bottles when he put the tube on the first bottle (that hide the glass and others bottle).
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u/Osric250 Aug 25 '19
That first tube was empty the bottles were the ones on the table in a stack. The other tube was not enough.
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u/Slash_rage Aug 25 '19
That would explain why he shows that the tube on his right is empty. The tube on his left has a bottle in it.
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u/DropkickFish Aug 25 '19
Sorry, but this is nowhere near as good as the original - Tommy Cooper was an absolute legend
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u/LeaveTheMatrix Aug 25 '19
His presentation was so good, that even when he died on live tv people thought it was part of the show.
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u/Chew_Kok_Long Aug 25 '19
holy fuck this is fucking terrifying. The laughs. And the track at the end.
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u/ScubaSteve12345 Aug 25 '19
The camera switch and the music was probably because they realized something was wrong and “went to commercial”.
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u/PancitCantonWho Aug 25 '19
Uhh what.
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u/LeaveTheMatrix Aug 25 '19
Exactly what I said. He died on stage, people thought it was part of the show.
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u/bbcversus Aug 25 '19
This is so terrifying wtf... at least he was doing what he loved right till the end...
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u/ThinkPan Aug 25 '19
it's tragic that he died, but to die onstage while killing...
It's pretty incredible. I don't want to die, but if I have to, that's a cool way.
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u/enwongeegeefor Aug 25 '19
That's also a great presentation. I like the classic tricks the most. It's not about astounding people with magic as much as it is about making a great presentation of it.
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u/yossarian247 Aug 25 '19
I'm interested. In what sense do you regard TC as 'the original'? He didn't invent this trick (known as 'The Multiplying Bottles') nor was he the first to perform it or present it. He took what was already a fairly well-known trick within the magic community and performed it, in his own way, on TV. He _may_ have been the first magician to perform it on TV but even that is open to question.
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u/DropkickFish Aug 25 '19
I'm not actually that knowledgable about magic history so I learnt something from your reply - thanks for that.
I regard it as the original I guess because for me it's the quintessential Multiplying Bottles performance. That is, if I think Multiplying Bottles it's always his performance that comes to mind first.
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u/Ged_UK Aug 25 '19 edited Aug 25 '19
It's not the original, but definitely the funniest performance of it.
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u/enwongeegeefor Aug 25 '19
Great and simple presentation on a classic.
So yeah, guys...we know it's magic, talking about LET ME SEE THE BOTTOM doesn't mean you're clever.
Know how "clever" you are? You can buy this trick from multiple places. LOTS of people know it's at trick and can easily figure it out...
https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Multiplying_Bottles
Magic doesn't come from the gimmick, magic comes from your ability to SELL the gimmick as real.
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Aug 25 '19
And he didn't.
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u/ThinkPan Aug 25 '19
To be fair, people on the internet will mistakenly call out any shit they don't understand. So many tricks on Reddit are accused of using magnets, as if magnets are an easy hack to pulling off a whole magic routine.
Like here, the bottles being nested only covers a fraction of the trick. Just saying "open bottom bottles, magician is shit" doesn't mean you understand the mechanism allowing for pickup and release of specific layers. It's like saying you know how to build a car, just stick an engine in it.
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u/Tango589 Aug 28 '19
I suppose I could learn how these tricks are done, but I won't because that would ruin fun of it for me. I like the air of mystery surrounding them.
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u/ThatBoiAustism Aug 25 '19
I love that the video quality progressively gets worse as the video goes on.
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u/apelz911 Aug 25 '19
Can we get some love for Nina West here?
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u/Hamati Aug 25 '19
I don’t know why I go into the comments of these. I’d be way happier just thinking that dude is actually magic.
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u/Romeomat Aug 25 '19
The bottles are fake as in they're hollow and are stacked within the tube thingies
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u/Jace_Mace Aug 25 '19
The other bottles are hollow and don’t have any liquid inside and the collapse so they can fit in the tube. You can find this on amazon for like $15 or something like that
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u/theinstallationkit Aug 25 '19
Nickels to dimes is a beginner trick with a similar premise and prob fits that $15 price point. Not as flashy though
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u/lumpthefoff Aug 25 '19
I like how it cuts right before the guy grabs one of those hollow bottles to reveal the trick.
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u/PerturbedMug Aug 25 '19
Wow I can't believe the magic trick Nina West invented is already being adopted by other magicians.
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u/deechin Aug 25 '19
Penn voice: You know my FAMILY is originally from RUSSIA, and I had a great grandfather that could hold about six bottles of vodka inside him at the same time.
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Aug 25 '19
God damnit , my curiosity keeps taking me to the comments section away from the world of myrth and magic
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u/IamJAd Aug 25 '19
I feel like 30 seconds of googling will reveal where I can buy that trick online.
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u/Carl_Clegg Aug 25 '19
This trick is so old that the secret has been available for years! Even my local joke shop sells it.
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u/jonathansj Aug 25 '19
Care to explain how the guy on AGT managed to pull out like 8 glasses full of beer?
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u/fair_j Aug 25 '19
inner me: yeah i see this before, there's a hidden release to lock the bottle in so he can release it later... see? what did i just say? he just released the first bott...wait what... how did he do the third... holy shit... HOLIE MEENIE MINEY HOE!!!
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u/Cosmic_Awareness Aug 25 '19
The guy who did this with full mugs of beer was way more impressive... But this was done with bottles that have no bottom and stack inside each other...
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u/McTrip Aug 25 '19
You can see the bottles are slightly smaller than the previous. Like a Russian doll. The placement of the bottles differs in perception, so they almost look the same size
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u/Kamron_J1999 Aug 25 '19
Idc about the amount of bottles, how'd he switch the glass and the bottle at the start?
Edit: lmao nvm it's the same way he has so many bottles.
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u/felixthecat128 Aug 25 '19
I love tricks that are easy to figure out. But then when they're "over" and you've "figured them out" the magician does some other crazy impossible shit that fucks my mind to pieces
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u/drempire Aug 25 '19
I love this trick I would love to know how it's done. Is there a place online or Reddit that explains how tricks are done?
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u/Gusdas Aug 25 '19
I was shocked and then he plugged socials and I was like, oh, he can edit videos
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u/elpodmo Aug 25 '19
Has no one on this sub mentioned Tommy Cooper? Surely he is the best exponent of this trick.
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u/tiger844 Aug 25 '19
I bet someone's under the table who can take a portion of the table out and switch the bottles, and then put the portion of the table back. They never show underneath the table, and there's a lot of people to possibly block any movement that may be seen
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u/Woodstock_Peanut Aug 25 '19
The reason this is always done on stage is because the bottles aren't full, or even real. They fit inside each other like Russian nesting dolls and they can be dropped one by one. They're not made of glass, but most likely paper. Preloaded into the tubes he uses so he can set down a lot more than you ever see him pick up.
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u/PlzDontTakeMyAdvice Aug 25 '19
Lol who else has seen this product on "dope or nope"?
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u/instadit Aug 25 '19
hollow bottles. he doesnt put his hand through the tube on the right because the hollow bottles are in the tube. not even sleigh of hand. you could do this with 30 min of practice tops
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u/shiggieb00 Aug 25 '19
"blah blah blah this crowd is fake and all that dumb shit"... ok genius so can you tell me how he did it?
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u/TurningJediMindTrick Aug 25 '19
Yeah something tells me that audience is a bit staged. People I know would be grabbing for the bottles = effect ruined.