Use this trick as a Fish in Light Bulb routine, Salt in Light Bulb, Silk in Bulb, Card in Light Bulb, any Liquid in Light Bulb, or nearly anything that can fit inside the solid bulb. Or, use our personal favorite – Borrowed Bill in Light Bulb.

As a Borrowed Bill in Light Bulb routine — 

Imagine borrowing a bill of any denomination you desire from a participant in the audience (even plastic foreign currency). As you bring them up to help, you explain that sometimes in the right lighting you can tell if a bill is counterfeit or not. You then walk over to the lamp and turn it on. You then ask them for their bill and hold it near the light as if inspecting in the light to see if it is real or counterfeit. The lamp shines bright (60 watts) as you explain that you believe that the bill may be counterfeit, but let’s check. You rip off (or cut plastic) a large corner of their bill and give it to them as a receipt.

Now you openly destroy their currency right in front of their eyes. Or you can also use your favorite method for vanishing their bill. As soon as the bill vanishes the lamp goes dark (you have complete control of the timing the lamp goes out at all times). You look at the lamp and then at the participant, and then back at the lamp again. You walk over to the lamp and say, “I think the lamp detected that your bill was no good”. You take the lampshade off as if to fix it, but as you do the participant can visibly see the bill inside the bulb. (NO FUNNY MOVES OR FUMBLING EVER). Without touching the bulb or bill you pick up the lamp and ask the participant to carefully unscrew the warm bulb from its socket. Upon doing so you ask if the bill is really concealed inside the light bulb. As they reply with a “YES” you instruct them to place the bulb inside a clear plastic zippered bag, which they have been holding, and that has been completely visible the entire time. You state that the only way in which to get to the contents of the bulb is to break it. At no time do you even touch the bag or bulb. You state the only way to get to the content is to break the bulb. Slamming the bag and bulb against a table the bulb quickly shatters, leaving a bill and broken glass inside the plastic zippered bag. You have them unzip the bag and carefully pull out the bill. Upon unrolling it appears to be missing a corner. You ask them to line up the receipt corner that they were given earlier. It is a perfect match (including any serial numbers)!

Billy’s Borrowed Bill in Light Bulb routine has been a visual audience-pleaser. THIS TRICK PACKS SMALL AND PLAYS VERY BIG! Your audience will have long forgotten the guy who made their bill reappear inside a lemon, but will remember you as the guy who shed new light on an old trick!

Our Non-Liquid style Light Bulbs can withstand the closest of close-up inspection! What about future bulbs you ask? Future bulbs can be ordered by the dozen or the included instructional video shows you how to easily make them in less than 5 minutes with a standard light bulb and common household items.