Post: Sugar Crisp Cereal, 1950s
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| Speaker | Now with news of an exciting free offer, | 0:01 |
| Post Sugar Crisps and Post Toasties present, | 0:03 | |
| the master of mystery, world famous | 0:06 | |
| Blackstone, The Magician. | 0:08 | |
| - | Here, I have five playing cards. | 0:11 |
| I would like you to think of two of them. | 0:14 | |
| I cover them with my handkerchief, | 0:18 | |
| and there is one you did not think of. | 0:21 | |
| And you did not think of this one, did you? | 0:24 | |
| So you also thought of | 0:28 | |
| nothing! | 0:31 | |
| Speaker | This is only one | 0:33 |
| of the 15 mystifying Blackstone Magic Tricks | 0:34 | |
| that come free, with easy directions, inside these | 0:37 | |
| special packages of Post Sugar Crisps | 0:40 | |
| and Post Toasties. | 0:43 | |
| Now Blackstone, The Magician | 0:45 | |
| shows another of the mystifying tricks | 0:46 | |
| that you can get | 0:49 | |
| in Post Sugar Crisps and Post Toasties. | 0:50 | |
| - | And here, a bottled water. | 0:54 |
| And it's magic water, because look. | 0:57 | |
| It will not run out of the bottle, | 1:02 | |
| because you have a control of it. | 1:05 | |
| See, the opening is still there, | 1:09 | |
| and you take it like this. | 1:11 | |
| (water pouring) | 1:15 | |
| It's magic. | 1:17 | |
| Other astounding Blackstone tricks include, | 1:19 | |
| The Floating Coin, | 1:22 | |
| The Laughing Elephant, | 1:24 | |
| The Magic Colors, | 1:26 | |
| Disappearing Card, | 1:28 | |
| Magic Chains, | 1:30 | |
| Phantom Card. | 1:32 | |
| 15 thrilling tricks in all! | 1:34 | |
| Boys and girls, what fun you'll have with my tricks, | 1:37 | |
| fooling your friends, even dad! | 1:40 | |
| And with my easy to follow directions, right in the package, | 1:43 | |
| put on your own magic show! | 1:47 | |
| Charge admission! | 1:49 | |
| Speaker | Get these special packages of Post Toasties, | 1:51 |
| and Post Sugar Crisps! | 1:54 | |
| One of Blackstone's own magic tricks comes free inside each | 1:55 | |
| package that says, "Free Magic Trick!". | 1:59 | |
| - | Start collecting my magic tricks | 2:03 |
| with easy direction, today. | 2:05 | |
| Mystify and fool your friends! | 2:07 |
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