RW>RN> I saw it done in the 1985 movie The Soldier, with Ken Wahl.  Of
RW>RN> course, it's probably just another Hollywood stunt, but was very
RW>RN> effective.
 
RW> I saw that one too. I thought he put alcohol in the lightbulb, so nobody
RW> would notice from the color of the liquid. Of course it could have been
RW> white gas.
 
Whatever he added to that combustible liquid did suds up, which made me
think it was a detergent.  And the way the lamp fixture was made, the hood
obscured the bulb.
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

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