Fred Kaps Performs Chinese Sticks Magic Trick on The Ed Sullivan Show

[@theotherwalt]

I have watched this several times since it was posted. Fred Kaps had a wonderful routine, his banter, his smile, his conversation was perfect. It is wonderful to watch.

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

I actually don't like Fred Kaps aka as Bram Bongers. I think his patter was a little bit racist. All this talk about Chinamen being happy. And red in China is the colour of money. He had not even studied the subject and was lying about their culture. Nevermind though. I have published a tutorial on how this trick works in another comment if you want to make one.

[@carl_anderson9315]

I’m recently getting way more entertained by watching Ed Sullivan, Dick Cavett and Johnny Carson than most of today’s late shows.

[@okaphwiz615]

世界中のマジック入門書とマジック ショップにあるチャイニーズ スティック。これをカプスが演じると最高のエンターテイメントになってしまう！ この映像はずっと探していました。本当にありがとう！心から感謝します！

[@willminkorea2010]

Wow-that's amazing

[@NateWithWho]

LOL love this guy

[@willminkorea2010]

Fred Kaps was a Dutch magician.

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

His real name was Bram Bongers, but he was so embarrassed to have Bongers as a stage name, he changed it to Kaps.

[@alphadream953]

his charm is so modern

[@naomibrooker9923]

FRED KAPS. WAS AVERYY CLOSE FRIIEND OF MY HUSBAND AND. I. WE WERE TOGETHER ALONG TIME IN. PARIS AS WE WERE BOTH PERFORMING THERE. HE AND CHANNING OFTEN SHARED MAGIC MOVES AND FRED,S MOVES WERE SPECTACULAR. AND. ADDED SO MUCH TO CHANNING,S ARTISTRTY. IT WAS SO SAD TOLEARN OF THE UNTIMELY PASSING OF DEAR FRED. I AM NO LONGER A WIFE OF CHANNING POLLOCK BUT I DEEPLY ENJOYED MY YEARS AS HIS FIRST AND MOST EXCELLENT PARTNEr 😄😄😄😁😁

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

​@@naomibrooker9923 Fed Kaps real name was Bram Bongers. His magic was quite dated and unoriginal. I actually really preferred Channing to Bram Bongers. Channing was very refreshing and original. He didn't steal stuff like Bram did.

[@theusher2893]

​@SteamlocoScrapper Could you have not been an absolute dick about it?

[@seanmcclure]

GOAT

[@keithhyttinen8275]

56 weeks later, Fred had the unfortunate duty to follow the Beatles first appearance. He did card tricks for three minutes as the girls continued screaming and carrying on.

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

He was hopeless anyway, so who cares. I call him Fred Kraps!

[@magicelliotth]

Please say this is a joke.

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@magicelliotth It is a actually kind of a joke. I actually call him Bram Bongers which is his real Dutch name. He was kind of hopeless though. An overhyped performer.

[@josephgabriel3609]

@@magicelliotth Seems like our PE friend is jealous of Fred Kaps. Fred was famous for decades and appeared on numerous international television shows and the top nightclubs in the world. Wouldn't call that "hopeless." Highly skilled performer, hence his worldwide fame. Some humans are funny when they're anonymous online. LOL!

[@Skeletor611]

I heard that he took this routine from Roy Benson

[@sungear]

His lines were good, but me and the audience took a while to catch on.

[@Zero.freingetei]

Try

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

Let me post a tutorial for you. There is a weight inside the stick. The string is threaded through the weight. He can pull the string up on the same stick, but he can also tilt the stick upwards and the weight drops to the back of the stick in a channel also pulling the tassle up. You will notice, every time the tassle goes up when he pulls down on the other stick, he also tilts the original stick upwards, so the weight drops and pulls up the tassle.

[@Tecom38415]

That is not a tutorial that is exposure

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@Tecom38415 No it's a tutorial. You could make your own and perform it from that info.

[@Tecom38415]

@@PreservationEnthusiast good luck 😂😂

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@Tecom38415 It's easy. Use some tubing. Put a lead weight and a string inside. We should be giving out the tutorials to more effects, so people don't get ripped off by expensive magic shops.

[@Tecom38415]

@@PreservationEnthusiast ripped off? Lmao

[@keithhyttinen8275]

Spring device up his left sleeve

[@tonwolter7147]

No way, think again

[@jandjmagic4361]

not even close

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@jandjmagic4361 There is a weight inside the stick. The string is threaded through the weight. He can pull the string up on the same stick, but he can also tilt the stick upwards and the weight drops to the back of the stick in a channel also pulling the tassle up. You will notice, every time the tassle goes up when he pulls down on the other stick, he also tilts the original stick upwards, so the weight drops and pulls up the tassle.

[@jandjmagic4361]

@@PreservationEnthusiast I don't need you to explain how the Chinese sticks work to me, I already know that. Which is why I told the OP that they guessed wrong. Also it's kinda rude to reveal how a trick is done for people who didn't ask for a reveal...I know how hundreds of tricks are done, but you don't see me going on videos and revealing them.

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@jandjmagic4361 I'm sure I know 100's more. I perform many of them! You were being a bit smug. Kind of like "I know and you don't... not even close" Whenever I see magicians being smug in the comments, I expose the effect. You'll see I have also exposed it in the main comments too.