MonsterBaby Steve Wilson Exact same thing here! I was younger but I remember clearly how I ended up on the moon and was in complete disbelief when he found me!
He removes the three starting circles which means whatever number you choose you will always retrace your way to the top star and then move three extra times to land on the city. Once you're there you will always end up on the moon four steps from there in whatever direction. So people who say that they ended up somewhere else counted wrong.
So great to scroll through the comments and feel all the Nostalgia from people. Everybody knows it's just math and simple counting "trick" but everybody is / was happy. Man. The 90s were utopia and we didn't knew.
I remember having to climb on the cabinet to reach our tv for this trick as a kid. That permanent limp I have from falling always adds salt to the fact he keeps getting it right
family reunited 30 years ago to watch this special, I remember my cousin touching the screen,. "You're on the moon" it's probably the coolest TV moment I've ever witness in my life.
Haha so funny. Love Copperfield. I remember analyzing this for a half hour as a kid. Anytime you start three positions outside the puzzle and then go backwards the same number you started from, you will always be three positions past the entry point. On the second turn everyone was in the city.
@@badcornflakes6374 I was 8 and I would put “our” intelligence up against the 2000s generation every day of the week and twice on Tuesday. Go eat a tide pod.
I remember this punk kid, Michael St. Pierre. who was in my middle school classroom (I think maybe 4th or 5th grade) he was such a bully. Anyway, he taped the trick off his TV at home & brought into class to show us. I remember him saying, "I'm not sure this will work off the videotape like it did on TV....... " 🙄
Wow this brings back memories. This was from a tv special probably from 1993. I had it recorded on VHS and watched it all of the time. I'll never forget watching him "fly" for the first time.
Born in 2002 but I vaguely remember the 80s/ 90s life (vhs tapes, box tv, 360p). I remember my old man showing this to me, my older brother, and two little sisters. Life was kind of good back then I guess.
The trick is amazing built. If you count 5 to 15, you step 3 to the first real symbol ("Star"), and 2 to 12. Because he took the "X" and the 2 arrow, if you step reverse 5 to 15, you will exactly 3 step from the first real symbol ("Star"), right on the "City". Because he left only 8 symbols, if you step 4, you can only be on Moon, which is 4 steps from the city both direction. This is only math, but the performance is great!
he removed the 3 starting points and asks to move backwards... so we'd always end up at the same spot. from there its just 4 spaces to the moon no matter clockwise or anticlockwise. the real magic is his charisma and technique in distracting the audience from seeing the obvious logic all the while. thats the illusion and he's a master at this no doubt
You will always end up on the City before he removes the tokens, after that its the moon for you. Pick any number 5-15, count it out on the wheel, reverse direction and count the same number. NEVER count your start point as 1. That is where a large number of people fail to have this work, this trick relies on math and if you can't count right it won't work.
Wow it was fantastic. I was on the toilet when I’m doing this by the time arrow point at the moon the pooh feel down y not try on the toilet as well fellas... it’s amazing.
he just simply told you to do a simple math function ([(x-2)mod(12)]*4)mod(8)]mod(3)=2 understand that (a)mod(b)=K [ K=b.n+a ] example (21)mod(5)=1 because 21=5.4+1 (15)mod(5)=0 ....... 15=5.3+0 everytime you do a circle,it's a MOD we have 1 is star, 2 is the moon,3 is Statue of Liberty...(after he remove some image 2 times at 3:06 ,and he want you stay in 2,the moon) set S=([(x-2)mod(12)]*4)mod(8)]mod(3) if x-2 is prime number,and [12
Is this a joke? I don't understand anything you said but even if it works, it's the long way to get there. You essentially started counting from the city but he misdirected you with the arrows. So when you count the same number backwards you will always end on the city. Then he takes some locations away and leaves 3 on either side of the city. So if you move 4 in either direction then you land on the moon. Simple. No 'Mod'
The real magic is that hair
The Dork Knight its magical indeed
😂
When he said think of a number...i thought of 9.....Ofcourse......fucker saw my brain
😂😂
This is not David the Magician, this is David the Mathematician. 🙂
I remember doing this in 1992 as the show aired. Simply awesome.
Must have been so dope!
@@allaheatsflipflops1286 indeed!
I still got the moon since 1994!
Ha! Old person 😏
I remember doing this too as a kid when it first aired live. My whole entire family gasped in astonishment. Good ol days.
I remember when i was about 10 or 11 i did this trick at home and lost my damn mind!!!!, lol
MonsterBaby Steve Wilson Exact same thing here! I was younger but I remember clearly how I ended up on the moon and was in complete disbelief when he found me!
Dude it's fake I was on the city part
I am ten and I'm freezing out!!!!
I was freaked out too. Never forgot it.
OMG the same here! :O I love him. :D
After 30 years i touched the screen again and still amazes me
if he didn't "find" you, that means you can't count or follow simple directions.
Except for putting your finger on the screen, because, come on.
jesetomson
Aaahhh DON’T THINK SO!!!
He is a demon! That’s all!
It was wrong followed the directions lol
Fuck you
lmao
I remember doing this live in 1992 and it dont hit different in 2024!!! David did that!!!💐💐💐💐
I understand how this works now. But the first time I did this, I was twelve, and it blew my mind.
For real, wasn't that fun? 😃
damn, I´ve been doing this since the 90's, he always gets it!!
MayIUseYourBathroom you’re dumb since the 90’s
@@pointlessminutes3212 cmon have some fun in life
its a trick lol
''no matter where you are, I will find you''
He removes the three starting circles which means whatever number you choose you will always retrace your way to the top star and then move three extra times to land on the city. Once you're there you will always end up on the moon four steps from there in whatever direction. So people who say that they ended up somewhere else counted wrong.
Tell us more, captain.
@@theunknowndarkpassenger5632 lol
Tbf, I didn't know how it worked.
Though, saying that, I am a fucking idiot.
Regardless, thanks for the info.
Hi, David!!!!
I'm on the Statue of Liberty and I've counted correctly
aaah these Tv Specials and others like it through the 80s and 90s were just that MAGICAL. good old days of Tv. Now its nothing but crap n trash.
So great to scroll through the comments and feel all the Nostalgia from people. Everybody knows it's just math and simple counting "trick" but everybody is / was happy. Man. The 90s were utopia and we didn't knew.
I found it. I finally found it. I remember doing this at home the night of. I was amazed! Yer a wizard, David! LOL!
Man I gotta say that James Earl Jones has such a soothing and comfortable voice :)
The vocal force is strong with him for sure.
He was awesome in, Field of Dreams.
Holy shit, even after so many years and through CZcams, he guessed right. Real magic...
I remember having to climb on the cabinet to reach our tv for this trick as a kid. That permanent limp I have from falling always adds salt to the fact he keeps getting it right
This boggled my mind for years back in the day. Of course now you know it's just a math trick but back then, it was an insanely impressive one.
That is still impressive; many people don’t think of Math as magical, yet here is a case where math lead to magic
Wait but it doesn't work?
family reunited 30 years ago to watch this special, I remember my cousin touching the screen,. "You're on the moon" it's probably the coolest TV moment I've ever witness in my life.
Who remembers this as a kid in the 90s on Fox? Man what a time to be alive.
Haha so funny. Love Copperfield. I remember analyzing this for a half hour as a kid. Anytime you start three positions outside the puzzle and then go backwards the same number you started from, you will always be three positions past the entry point. On the second turn everyone was in the city.
Nice
I analyzed this for 29 minutes, huh.. guess you aren't as smart as us 2000s kids. Still didn't get it though
@@badcornflakes6374 I was 8 and I would put “our” intelligence up against the 2000s generation every day of the week and twice on Tuesday.
Go eat a tide pod.
ahahahahaha the illusion of free choice! i love it! he's not an illusionist!.. he's a math wizard!
I remember this punk kid,
Michael St. Pierre. who was in my middle school classroom (I think maybe 4th or 5th grade) he was such a bully.
Anyway, he taped the trick off his TV at home & brought into class to show us. I remember him saying, "I'm not sure this will work off the videotape like it did on TV....... " 🙄
he was a bully? i hope he got kicked in the nuts, repeatedly
Wow this brings back memories. This was from a tv special probably from 1993. I had it recorded on VHS and watched it all of the time. I'll never forget watching him "fly" for the first time.
Haha.. I remember watching this in my moms room by myself when I was knee high to a grass hopper. It freaked me out! 😂🤣
Bruh fr 😭😭 just watched it rn and I’m like am I to high or did he jus do some real ass magic
That's no moon. It's a space station.
I remember voting "Yes or No" by tv touch screen on Nickelodeon. I was such a fool,....still fall for today.
When he says you can go in either direction 4 times, you end up in the exact same place
We all know. Lmao. It was still amazing seaing it first time.
Of course its a simple trick. But when I saw this at a kid at home, it was mind blowing stuff°!
I did this originally and thought it was awesome. I did this when it first aired. This is still impressive.
I was 8 when this aired. Brings back great memories.
his voice is just hipnotisable and like computerised,very soothing to listen
"You are on the moon!" once was being my earworm for years because he was correct. 🤣🤣
If I watched this as a kid, I'd have believed real magic exists.
man the real magic exists, believe
He will find me because he had a very special set of skills.
Born in 2002 but I vaguely remember the 80s/ 90s life (vhs tapes, box tv, 360p). I remember my old man showing this to me, my older brother, and two little sisters. Life was kind of good back then I guess.
This is amazing!! No matter what number I choose, he always gets it right!!
What a vanity look at him today all this beauty gone to ashes
This trick simultaneously creeped me out and blew my mind. Something about the ethereal music and background mixed with the game pieces was weird.
The very first time this went live on T.V. All the numbers were right! Amazing David Copperfield!
After 31 years I touched my screen and I paused the video by mistake 🤣🤣🤣
Wow he gets ne every single time
Okay, mr. Darth Vader.
Eryk Pawlik yep James earl jones is the voice of darth Vader and person plays death Vader is David prouse
Eryk Pawlik bell enlantic yellow pages and movies he in is fields of dreams and meteor man and batteries not included
Fantastic!
The trick is amazing built. If you count 5 to 15, you step 3 to the first real symbol ("Star"), and 2 to 12. Because he took the "X" and the 2 arrow, if you step reverse 5 to 15, you will exactly 3 step from the first real symbol ("Star"), right on the "City". Because he left only 8 symbols, if you step 4, you can only be on Moon, which is 4 steps from the city both direction. This is only math, but the performance is great!
I don’t even really care how’s it’s done 😂😂….. that was fun
I remember seeing this as a kid and it really blew me away, Awesome!!
The Warlock, David Copperfield found me again! Even all these years later! There’s no hiding from him, even on the moon! 😎
Math can be fun.
he removed the 3 starting points and asks to move backwards... so we'd always end up at the same spot. from there its just 4 spaces to the moon no matter clockwise or anticlockwise. the real magic is his charisma and technique in distracting the audience from seeing the obvious logic all the while. thats the illusion and he's a master at this no doubt
Awesomeness
You will always end up on the City before he removes the tokens, after that its the moon for you. Pick any number 5-15, count it out on the wheel, reverse direction and count the same number. NEVER count your start point as 1. That is where a large number of people fail to have this work, this trick relies on math and if you can't count right it won't work.
Maybe that's the reason he never found me or my sister when we watched this trick on TV.
Do people feel smarter stating obvious facts? Lol
It didn’t work
After almost 20 years later. This is still amazed me 😱😱
What a freakin showman!
Damn thats still good... I saw him live when he was in his prime.. it was INSANE....
Ted Cantu He's still in his prime. :P
Ah yes.. But of course !!! ;-)
i remember doing this at home too!!!! i was sooo excited!!!!
Watched this on tv as a kid and my mind was BLOWN
And he does know where she is!
Great!!!Ur amazing
Wow he really is magic! I was on the moon from the tower! Amazing magic! David Copperfield is the greatest magician of all times!
He got me!😭
this freaked me out as a kid. i asked my friend with me if the show was live lol.
haha, nostalgic memories!
when I did this with him, that ending scared me and gave me a nightmare LOL
Not going to lie he got it correct
Omg. I really was on the moon at the end. 👍
lady Liberty
yup he got me nice
Force!
It'll always be the moon no matter what you choose.
i saw him in at the MGM, the night the guy shot out of the mandalay bay. he locked us in for security
really cool 😎
Dope
What’s cool is that, when you think about it, the key to the magic here is MATH
I was in the city!!
you will always land on the tree I'm guessing my connection is slow but I can't believe this astonished me as a kid
It's all about patterns. Whatever number you choose within his range, you'll end up at the same spot.
Omg it's true how does he know! And he does it to Ms.Green well
magic!
That's so cool
Wow it was fantastic. I was on the toilet when I’m doing this by the time arrow point at the moon the pooh feel down y not try on the toilet as well fellas... it’s amazing.
he just simply told you to do a simple math function
([(x-2)mod(12)]*4)mod(8)]mod(3)=2
understand that
(a)mod(b)=K
[ K=b.n+a ]
example
(21)mod(5)=1 because 21=5.4+1
(15)mod(5)=0 ....... 15=5.3+0
everytime you do a circle,it's a MOD
we have 1 is star, 2 is the moon,3 is Statue of Liberty...(after he remove some image 2 times at 3:06 ,and he want you stay in 2,the moon)
set S=([(x-2)mod(12)]*4)mod(8)]mod(3)
if x-2 is prime number,and [12
Big Bang lmao nah I’m on the m o o n
Math is magic
Is this a joke? I don't understand anything you said but even if it works, it's the long way to get there.
You essentially started counting from the city but he misdirected you with the arrows. So when you count the same number backwards you will always end on the city. Then he takes some locations away and leaves 3 on either side of the city. So if you move 4 in either direction then you land on the moon. Simple. No 'Mod'
“Simple math”, you said?
well it's the function i found to show u guys with ANY number from 2 to 15, the last point is always on the moon. its not magic at all
I've done this 100 times and he still always finds me!!
You really don't get it
i didn't move close to my screen or touch it at all. I even had to pause it for a minute when i came back this fool still found me
Thank you dear David!
You still are my hirror
AH SWEDEN
I remember this from my childhood. Mystery of the Orient Express I believe
I wonder how many moms told the kids the tv had the Diablo in it after seeing this
Cool
The moon baby
Dear David. I touch the screen, but the video keeps skipping 5 seconds or playing the next one on CZcams. What am I doing wrong? 😢😮
lol He FOUND ME!!!! LOL
I miss watching this as a kid, even though knowing that this is a trick you can't win lol. you'll end up on the moon no matter what
cool i like the title saying tv or computer screen
Take a random number of steps forward, now take the same number of steps back...
Clicks fingers, you're back where you started.
It's moon everytime
Shit, works every time 😂😂
Real magic
From Flaying Live The Dream...
LOL ... He can only fool those understand his instructions. :D
cool