Effect: You are walking down the street and
casually pick any spectator.
You ask them to come with you to a nearby car and pick a
dead fly off the windscreen.
You hold it in your hand do a few passes with the other hand
and appear to be really concentrating and the fly slowly comes back to life to
the surprise of the spectator.
Preparation: Freeze the fly
Method: You need to catch a fly and chill
it. which puts it in a temporary coma, this can be done by swatting the fly
hard enough to immobilise it then placing it in a small container in the
freezer for a short time.
The fly then needs to be quickly taken to a suitable
windscreen IN THE SHADE and placed there.
It is important that the car is in the shade to prevent the
fly from defrosting too quickly.
Then go and find a spectator and take them back to the car
which should appear to be randomly picked.
The heat of your hand will revive the fly which should soon
start to move.
A lot of this trick is in the actions of you reviving the
fly.
It may be necessary to practice how long it takes for the
fly to revive itself.
Freezing the fly as quickly as possible with dry ice is a
better way of freezing the fly as because it is quicker it causes less damage
to the fly.
This is a great trick but depends on the
magician creating an atmosphere with an entertaining routine and patter about
black magic to enhance the trick and create misdirection to allow himself an
opportunity to pull off the trick.
