D'Lite'd
/D’Lites are probably the best selling magic trick of all time. This, I’m sorry to say, is just a fact.
For undoubtedly some legal reason that I’m not all that interested in, Rocco (the inventor of the D’lite) rebranded and came out with Prisma Lites a few years back. They’re the same thing.
At the end of the download for Prisma Lites, Rocco is talking seemingly off the top of his head about the “millions” of things you can do with Prisma Lites. And then offers three examples…
Let’s rate these examples.
“Maybe you wanna take ‘em on a dance floor next time you go dancing.”
Pros: The idea of lights and a dance floor go well together.
Cons: He doesn’t exactly suggest a trick with these. Just that you would take “em” on the dance floor. Also, I don’t spend a lot of time on a dance floor. I guess maybe at a wedding? Do I want to be the guy who brought two d’Lites to a wedding? Hmmm…
Rating: 5/10
“Maybe you wanna show your friends how you can take a light out of their ear and blow it and make it disappear.”
Pros: Simple. And pulling something from someone’s ear is classic.
Cons: Pulling something from someone’s ear is also shorthand for what a hackey magician does.
Rating: 4/10
“Go up to your mother and tell her, ‘Look, you dropped something on the floor.’ She looks down, you reach up and pull a little red light and make it disappear in frunna ‘er eyes.”
Pros: An absolute masterpiece of trick structure. Your mother will be amazed.
Cons: None.
Rating: 10/10
It’s clear from these examples that the d’Lite has many uses. It can be used to make a light appear on the dance floor, with your friends, or in front of your mom.
Andy, isn’t that all essentially the same thing?
No. Shut up. Those are all wildly different applications of what must certainly be the greatest gimmick of all time.
In fact, I just thought of another great trick in the spirit of Rocco’s ideas. Maybe you go to your grandma’s for Sunday dinner and you say, “Grandma, there’s something in the marinara.” And you reach in and pull out a light and make it disappear right in front of her fat face.
See? Like Rocco and Einstein said, use your imagination.
If, for some reason, Rocco’s ideas aren’t enough. Here are some other uses for d’Lites/Prisma Lites that I’ve written about.