Magical Street Lights by Astor, Ian Adair

This wonderful paddle effect was invented by Ian Adair as Paddle Waggle.  It is one of my favorite paddle effects.

This version by Astor has a couple of nice features that make it perfect for actually performing:

• the handle has a little ridge which makes it perfect for doing the paddle move.
• the inside of the plastic slides has some felt like material which keeps them in place.

Effect: It’s one of the cleanest and most surprising paddle routines that you will see. Magician takes from his pocket a small, nicely made paddle made from plastic. Over the paddle fits three plastic covers. The small covers are in alignment and cover the body of the paddle completely. Covers are decorated with colored plastic spots on each side. Magician freely shows the set-up then pulls the covers off to show the plain surface of the paddle beneath.

Covers are replaced and the magician commands the spots to JUMP, to leave the covers and to appear on the paddle beneath. Astonishment WHEN TWO OF THE SPOTS DO SO! The third set of spots remains static on the cover. Everything is freely shown and the spots have actually penetrated through the covers. The magician attempts to cause the last two spots to vanish and appear on the paddle.

Now for the beautiful climax … instead of the two spots leaving the cover, all six spots come together on it.

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