So how does the goldfish get into the bottle? It was actually there the whole time, only it was hidden by the bottle cap. The fish rests on a thin see-through piece of plastic that is inserted under the cap, with a little tab sticking out.
When the magician covers the bottle with the cloth, he pulls out the tab and the goldfish falls straight into the closed bottle. Just make sure to perform this quickly, you don’t want to leave the fish in the bottle cap for too long and end up with a dead fish as your grand finale.
Secret Behind the Straight Jacket Escape
The secret to this trick is preparation and of course practice. When the straight jacket is being fastened, the magician must tense their muscles and also hold a deep breath. This makes the body bigger and once released gives them more slack inside the straight jacket to work with.
This may not always be enough, Harry Houdini famously had to dislocate his shoulder one time in order to be able to finish the trick.
Fish in A Bottle Trick
In this trick a closed water bottle is shown to the audience. It can be examined and shaken in order to assure them that there is nothing but water inside.
Then the magician takes a cloth (or a hand towel if you’re trying this at home), says the magic words, and a goldfish appears swimming happily inside the bottle. The cool thing about this trick is that you can do it right in front of your audience for the full wow effect.
Head Drop Trick
This trick is similar to when your grandfather stole your nose when you were a kid, or in this case the magician sneezes and suddenly their head falls off. In most cases they reach up and grab it, making everyone in the audience suddenly need to sneeze but desperately trying to hold it in.
So, can magicians really disconnect their body parts without any damage? Of course not, you should know better by now.
Secret Behind the Head Drop Trick
All you need to create this illusion is a hanger without its top, two sticks and some tape. You create a triangle shape with the sticks which are connected with tape to both sides of the hanger. When the sneeze comes, the magician moves his head slightly down, while lifting the coat up with the sticks that are connected to the hanger making it appear as if the head has dropped.
It’s better to perform this trick against a dark background with a black hanger so that the audience won’t be able to see what is really holding up the coat.