As a child I was very much into magic tricks and had several, most of which came from the toy store and were made my Fisher-Price, so you can only imagine what bright colors they had. I used to put on magic shows in my backyard, along with circuses. (When I put on my musicals, they were always in my living room, too sophisticated for the outdoors.)
Anyway, I think my favorite magic is one called "Origami" where there's this box, the magician unfolds it and it becomes bigger, a girl gets in, said box is refolded down to a smaller size, has three or four "swords" inserted into it, said swords get removed, box is unfolded and the assistant jumps out, (in a whole new costume, mind you). It bothers me that I don't know how it's done. I could watch it for hours. I could never be a magician's assistant or do a show with magic in it, because I don't think I could keep the secrets and the last thing I would want is some magician to be mad at me.
