5 of 50 Greatest Magic Tricks - Zig Zag Lady

[@magicmonkichi]

@andrew8907 this illusion was indeed done on Full House back in the day, but it was not with this exact prop. I'm pretty sure this one is still in the magic Castle's museum.

[@andrew8907]

this was done in full house :) with the exact same apparatus

[@Burnokkk]

I know how it's done. It's a classic, really. Fairly simple. Although Google spoils this trick, I found it out myself and I was right.

[@profsat5]

This is one of the oldest tricks around.Very easy to to see how its done.When the box is split look on the left side and you should be able to tell.Hint,the blades are not as wide as the box .Very easy.

[@acooldude0]

Well there isn't many possible ways it can be done, it just looks pretty cool how they do it here.

[@jandpproductions201]

Just how!

[@kevinmartinez723]

Her torso remains in the center hidden behind a mirror that reflects the same pattern of the back curtains. The blades are easily bend by the assistant away from her body. Her arm is just stretched so she can show her hand and I think the stomach is fake. The cabinet is much more deeper than it appears when she's ''separated''. That's my best guess!

[@Ryausub]

the two blades he slides in go to the right of her stomach that is turned and pushed against the left side of the box (viewers' right and left) I don't get how having her left had held up makes it any harder to turn your body sideways. There is a very good reveal showing exactly how it looks (with the middle part of the box open while the trick is done), just google 'zig zag lady trick' and the first link should be it "masked magician reveals tricks"

[@sirg85]

woooooooooooooooooow

[@TomcatBlackAce]

Search Zig Zag Lady on Wikipedia, I think it tells you how they do it, and there's a picture describing it.

[@Cashback13]

So How do you explain when he puts the two sliding bits in then and that there is a big gap in the middle plus the woman in in a dress that doesn't allow her to be very flexible! Where has the middle part of her body? her left arm is near her head which always faces forward so how could she put her body in the place you claim in is?

[@Ryausub]

*SPOILER, DON'T READ IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW HOW IT WAS DONE* She turns her body inside, the black stripes on the sides make it seem more pushed to the side than it really is (although it does take someone tall, thin and moderately flexible.) Other than that and that the patch of skin is most likely fake, the rest is self-explanatory.

[@ValkerionTM]

xD Nice there.

[@rrichbitch101]

I am from 2020 lol

[@Ryausub]

The only part I can't fully explain is the 'stomach' patch of skin on the part of the box that moves over. It is most likely just fake skin perhaps with a simple device behind it to make it 'breath'

[@Ryausub]

"sometimes people don't want to know how it's done" Which is why I put the *SPOILER* tag on my posts... If you want to know how it was done (or sometimes just how I think it may have been done), read them, if you don't want to know, just don't read them... Are my posts really so irresistible that your eyes can't look anywhere else?

[@Ryausub]

I put a spoiler tag before I stated how it was done... And what else are people going to say in the comments section? If you don't want to know how it was done, don't look at the comments of a magic video, especially the comments that have "*SPOILER DON'T READ IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW HOW IT WAS DONE*" at the top of them... And personally, I find the methodology behind magic just as, if not more fascinating than the illusion itself.

[@LiMaoTang]

@Isanion ... i understand how the trick works (she sucks in her tummy, shuffles to the extreme left, etc, and the trick is done)... but how can that be her arm?? it covers too much area...... that's the only piece that confuses me

[@SLYGARR]

This man invented it .What have you invented?

[@atomicpenguin12]

I'm fairly certain that can't possibly be true, because the masked magician reveals the secrets to a lot of the tricks on this list and if what you say is true then they made a mistake because, while there are a few tricks like this that still cannot be explained, there are a great deal more that simply aren't (floating table for example)

[@farc300]

tht might be true for everyone but criss angel. Every trick he mimicks of criss angel matches perfectly

[@SassyTheWhiteMaltese]

from the begining of the responses, someone said to google "zig zag lady trick" the first response is the trick revealed. be warned, once you see it, you'll go, oooh yeah, and then poof, the magic is gone. i kinda regret seeing it because this one has amazed me for years. oh well.

[@007HomeBoy]

@sureshtmg watch it and what the hell , so easy

[@ValkerionTM]

-Responds to old conversation- :3 ~? ...Sup

[@nothere413]

This trick is simple to do. All you need is some magic powder and a magic potion.

[@DeadJ0ker27]

the only thing i cant think of is that the women in the box folds herself into the top box.

[@LiMaoTang]

@Isanion @Isanion ... i understand how the trick works (she sucks in her tummy, shuffles to the extreme left, etc, and the trick is done)... but how can that be her arm?? it covers too much area...... that's the only piece that confuses me AND.... the opening is too close to her hand to be her forearm

[@aboveyourself]

don't mess up

[@hpathbp25]

No you don't, you only think you do because you can't understand it. You're not really looking for the secret, you want to be fooled. If you really wanted to know, you would look it up in a magic store. Don't spoil the magic for yourself, just let it amaze you.

[@farc300]

my only guess is tht she is squished all up at the top. He starts at the botttom with the dividers so she can use it to sort of climb up there. Her hand isnt actually her hand. Not sure about tht part.

[@acooldude0]

I can figure out most tricks. This one kind of stumps me a bit, lol.

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

I can tell you if you want to know.

[@iashish2]

'haha u my bitch ' showed ur character right there!!

[@TheoWadeFraser]

Do you know what faking is? Darren Brown does it alot. Look it up. ;)

[@narcberry]

GUISE THIS ONE IS REEL MAGIK!

[@TheoWadeFraser]

Then how is there a massive gap inbetween her head, her feet, her belly and her foot? Your explanation holds little weight.

[@Ryausub]

So you read my reply that had "*SPOILER, DON'T READ IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW HOW IT WAS DONE*" at the top of it and got angry because I wasn't lying? You could have, I don't know, not read it?

[@gb389]

except for the people who actually want to know how it's done, they'll still have problems,

[@TheoWadeFraser]

And your suggestings her neck/torso is fitting through that middle bit? No. Its FAR too thin and her head/face is too far away from her stomach and hand. I don't believe in real magic, I am an illusionist myself, but this is NOT how he is doing it.

[@Ryausub]

What?... how would me not having invented anything be relevant to... well anything?

[@stan123blue]

2 women in there.

[@MatarTechPC]

This should be #1 NOT 5

[@ROGAMAGS]

obviously its more than one person, how can the woman feel her tummy if the girl that went in had a dress on?

[@TheoWadeFraser]

Of course I'm not going to reveal the trick, but I will tell you that your explanation is a false one.

[@TheoWadeFraser]

I did not need to look it up. I know the sollution... and now you do too.... ruining the magic of it. Do you know what faking is?

[@JeEhaO]

if it was real magic, he would not need that stupid box

[@fake2]

but you are wrong. :-)

[@sureshtmg]

google toolbar- Zig Zag Lady Illusion Revealed By Masked Magician. u will b crystal clear like me.

[@livedandletdie]

eerhm how to explain it well errm he put girl in box. inserted those metal plates pulled the midsection and someone checked it out. It's gimmicked not very difficult to understand I believe there is a certain catch to see what is the real deal.

[@Ryausub]

You don't think anyone other than me would like to know how it was done? How about the guy I was responding to who asked "Just how!"? I put a spoiler tag on it so that anyone who didn't want to know could simply not read it... If I didn't care about others I wouldn't have wasted my time putting that there. You're one of the people that searches for "magic tricks revealed", watches the videos, then complains that they spoiled it aren't you? Get over yourself and just don't read/watch reveals..

[@iashish2]

Nah! U don't impress me much !!

[@Protoss7]

want that girl

[@ValkerionTM]

Someone with a brain for once~