HOW I Fooled Penn & Teller!!! (FULL EXPLANATION!)
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- MAGICIANS ONLY! Magic Spoiler Alert! A full tutorial and explanation of the ruses and methodology I used to fool some of the best minds in magic! I decided to reveal the secret because we invented this Magic Trick SPECIFICALLY for this show! It has never been done before AND I will never repeat it again!
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Eric Leclerc is a globe trotting speaker and magician performing feel good magic for your brain. He currently hosts the popular hidden camera show TRiCKED on BYU TV and Disney channel, and is a regular guest on National Geographic's top rated show BRAIN GAMES . His original magic and hilariously crazy attitude have made him a 2-time winner of the "Canadian Magic Championship"
Also, he just fooled Penn & Tell on their hit Vegas show called FOOL US on the CW.
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GUYS!!!! I'm trending on YT right NOW!!!! It's BECAUSE OF YOU!!! I don't know if liking, or sharing, or commenting will help boost this BUT this is so surreal to me!!!! Please help launch this shit!!! xoxoxo
Good work man! you deserve it!
You said if we wanted to see the secret we had to like the video. Seemed fair
The Matreciman everything happened so fast
Great trick man, love the energy!
@@LeclericShow #42, lookin good!
Greatest method ever. Love it! (DO NOT SEND ME THAT CLOTH)
SEE YOU IN AN HOUR BRO!!!!!! IM PUMPED!!
@@LeclericShow Who is the bottom?
@@VanessaHolguin I would guess, Wes
Is @Eric back on Bob? I'm guessing you should make the truth from the FU, both make things you say, so its not just from one person. Unless Chriss is on, then it might be little akwards for him 😉
Great trick
Every magician goes through 1000s of books trying to figure out the possibilities while some random worker at a custom cloth store knew the whole time lol
Lol yup I work at the random store 😂😂😂
Imagine some dude comes to your store and asks for a customized cloth with that design and a few weeks later he watches the TV and sees the same dude
Jenna Smith ofc you do
can we just take a moment to imagine the faces of the hotel room services when they saw this glue covered suit in the bathtub.
it was in vegas, nothing out of the ordinary there
Anzu Wyliei wtf
the food ain't nothing I want slip open bag of weed on a table left the room when I came back to cleaning service people in the room I think they were managers and supervisors they said nothing
I doubt the maids first thought was glue...😆 🤣 😷 🤒 🤢 🤮
I imagine them showing no surprise whatsoever because that's probably not even close to being the weirdest thing that has ever been found in a bathtub in a Vegas hotel room.
When you were asked if it was a mess to practice at home, you should have said that normally you practice it without the other peanuts, so this time it was significantly harder
lol
And without the glue.
Damn that would have been a good joke.
My immediate thought after this: That probably wasn't the first time the cleaning staff at a Vegas hotel found a suit covered in glue in the bathtub.
or anything sticky that looks like glue
"The Elmer", as it's known.
You guys don't leave suits covered in glue in the bath tub? uncultured.
If it's glued to a bathtub in Vegas it stays in Vegas.
Winner winner chicken dinner?
You guys should troll Penn and Teller by having Alex wear the packing-peanut cloth as a cape for his performance.
EDIT: if this gets the most likes, I hereby relinquish the peanut blanket to be repurposed for wardrobe.
Absolutely!
this is great
Yes! 👌 they be pissed when they understand what it is 😆
Cool Idea!!!
thats an amazing idea hahaha
I love it when magicians explain their retired tricks, especially after showing them on Fool Us. I get why people think some of the fun is lost, but I find it even more impressive and fun to watch when I have a little understanding just how much goes into each trick to make them look so natural.
Speaking of looking natural, please rethink your camerawork here though. (Love ya!)
Too much movement?!
@@LeclericShow Yes. It's making me seasick watching it
@@LeclericShow how you grab the exact peanut which was on the cloth if you jumped on the cloth, jumping makes the cloth loosing its grip form the wall of the box and let the other peanut mixed instantly, you also wore blindfold.
@@randomstuffs9103 yeah that’s the real trick 🤣
@@davidbryson4413 yeah my thoughts exactly
The secret is so simple and satisfying, it's one of those cases where the most impressive part is the misdirection. Having a guest on stage, scattering packing peanuts on the floor in the beginning, using a bird's-eye view, using a simple flimsy cardboard box, revealing the contents of the box in the end, the gimmick was so cleverly hidden. It wasn't about forcing Penn and Teller to guess one obvious method out of several, it was about carefully choreographing a routine to completely mystify them.
Introduction: "no red herrings"
Explanation: *filled with red herrings*
FIIIIIIIIIIILLED
@@LeclericShow I mean, you're making fun of it but you said yourself "when you approached them with the bag we wanted to throw them off" ... nothing against the trick or your performance but saying "no red herrings" is not exactly true.
@@waspgaming9077 he changed his mind on the respect thing lol
WASP Gaming all magicians do is lie, what did you expect?
Saying no red herrings WAS a red herring 😑 the magician matrix 🤣
In magic its common, when you learn the method, that you feel ripped off. But I can honestly say this is so genius, brilliant and original. I can't stop smiling. This is a clinic in creative problem solving in magic. Well done Eric!
I actually think I love knowing how it's done, rather than the actual trick being performed.
I just enjoy seeing the creative process on how to take an existing trick and completely change how its performed.
THIS!!! means the world to me xoxoxo
I don't agree that knowing the secret/gimmick takes away the 'wonder'. It still looks cool
Remember, people, don't get ripped off. Rip off. Conned. Taken advantage of. Done up like a kipper.
I feel like whoever cleaned that hotel room with the suit in the bath tub definitely thought the glue was something else
So, you essentially let you Freak Flag Fool.
Some people see a box half empty, your audience sees a box half full.
Thanks so much for revealing the secret. That's what I love about Penn & Teller - they always have a number of tricks that they reveal to the audience, and a trick revealed is every bit as charming as a secret trick to me, because I can appreciate just how hard the darn thing is to accomplish when someone shows me how hard it was to accomplish.
ETA: The camera people and editors of the show must have been in on it, because the cut away from you while you removed the marked peanut from the box, and they showed an overhead shot of you IN the box full of peanuts, but only after you removed the cloth and had it hidden from view.
i read that the producers have to learn the trick, and it's part of the way they determine if penn and teller guess right
@@humanbean3 Of course they are, they need to know how the trick works so they don't accidentally cut to the wrong camera angle and reveal the whole thing.
I can just imagine Penn and Teller's faces watching this video lol they are going to dream about this cloth for a long time
I'm pretty sure they discuss the method after the recording of the show segment...
The contenders have to provide the method to the trick in written form to the Fool Us team beforehand. There is a famous magic trick inventor/engineer whose name I forgot watching from the producer's studio. He talks to Pen and Teller through their earpiece letting them know if they figured the trick out.
@@Zorbonoult Yeah, but they never tell P&T how the trick works. They still obey magicians code.
@@user-eu5jc6qj4r I don't know. Maybe that's the way in most cases. But I know of an instance where they learn how the guy fools them. You can look up 'Penn Talks About Being Fooled by Kostya Kimlat'
@@Zorbonoult The tricks are always explained to the Judge - the backstage magician (Michael Close, who originally shared the role with Johnny Thompson before his passing.) who can arbitrate whether Penn and Teller's guesses are correct if there's a dispute. So they know.
everyone : its gonna be super hard
Eric: we tacked a cloth inside the box
lolll so true
lol
I think the best way to fool a magician is to be simple
@@kendarr definetly
To paraphrase Terry Pratchett. Do not hide something in the last place they will look. Hide it where they will never look at all.
I know this isn't true for some people, but for me, I REALLY enjoy magic tricks SO much more when they are revealed. It doesn't "spoil" it for me to appreciate all the ingenuity and skill and hard work and secrets that went into pulling off such a visual event.
It's such a nice explanation because it doesn't "ruin" magic. When you explain ball and cup tricks it makes the whole thing un-magical. When you explain this trick, it's just such a funny way to pull it off! Obviously there were easier methods like pocketing the peanut, which would've visually been the same. But Penn and Teller would've easily guessed that. This is just an awesome way to pull it off that's super simple yet virtually impossible to guess!
Eric in the introduction at Penn and Teller: "No red herings, no weird moves to make them think something else..."
Eric in this explanation: "We kind wanted to throw them off a little bit..." Alex: "And they know about change bag."
Yes, exactly. And that was what they guessed in the end. That the peanut "went into a container". So you fooled them by using a red hering although you promised not to use a red hering..
Then again, P&T always say (that is Penn says it) "Magicians always lie!"... And they are right.
I more took from 'weird moves' that that the trick wasn't based around purposely "flubbing" a trick. like including a "flash" to make them think they saw the trick. The trick itself was pretty unique in terms of scale. but yes the red herring thing was a straight lie.
It wasn't a container but it did contain the only packing nut! Wow good job
they guessed the peanut fell into a container inside the box, not that it was a change bag.
lie is part of magic trick and not vice versa)
I don't care about getting the most likes, as one magician to another, this was genius. I literally paused this before you revealed the method, went back and watched the performance again and again, and my idea of how it was done was so far from what actually happened I feel like an idiot. Bravo. You deserve the 100k and most importantly, that trophy.
This guy: I'm gonna fool them honorably with no red herrings.
Also this guy: I used a bag to try to throw them off.
I was thinking the exact same thing!
and also this is clearly not how he did the trick I would say it is very likely that he did just use a marker
@@jonathanclark7444 He never explains how he retrieves the marked peanut.
@@marine2tough yeah
Magicians lie, who knew? 🤷
This is so clever and amazing! There's a lot of tricks where the method is actually just some gimmick, sleight of hand, or hidden technology, but this is just extremely simple and clever! A freaking cloth! So simple but so genius. Absolutely love it! When the reveal is just as exciting and fun to watch as the trick itself, you know its good.
That's the best cheat sheet i've ever seen.
Love the pun. Have a Like! 👍🏻
And that comment is quite nuts.
@@Atariese pun on pun on pun
ouuuu this is goooood!!!
he should join forces with val valentino the masked magician and do a netflix or youtube special. it would be awesome.
Thank you for this. For the last 6 months, I've wondered how a glue covered suit ended up in my hotel bathroom.
i grew up watching this dude on a show called, “Tricked” where he would go up to strangers and do a crazy trick in front of a hidden camera. it’s great to see him hit the big stage.
You "grew up" on it? Jesus, how old is that show?
@@HOTD108_ i think it came out around 2015 or 2016. but the show would be on every week or two for the next two or three years. so i watched it for a pretty long time. probably just up until 2019.
@@user-uq3xi8et3u are you 6
@@jonathanclark7444 no i’m 5
@@user-uq3xi8et3u so you are still growing up
I was wondering how the assistant wouldn't have noticed that half of the box didn't weigh the same as the other half, but then I remembered that packing peanuts are so light the whole box would feel almost empty anyways. This trick is ingenious, thanks for the explanation!
It was a actually INCREDIBLE how light the box was filled with the peanuts... almost no difference!!
I’m still wondering how he doesn’t lose with peanut when he jumps in. His weight should have knocked loose the sheet
The explanation is the last trick.
@@nicholasanthony2092
Which last trick do you refer to?
🤔
Nicholas Anthony Yeah, I’m wondering if this is BS because the trick couldn’t really work the way he’s describing it.
He must have grabbed it when walking around the box but we didn't see it on camera.
its packing peanuts. theyre literally made to absorb force and make sure stuff doesnt get knocked. it probably moved a little but if they tacked it properly it would have stayed
We're still trying to scrape that suit out of the tub.
-Housekeeping
I love seeing the explanations of tricks.
It never takes anything away from them. Seeing how misdirection, persistence of vision, and other things can be manipulated to fantastic effect is always rewarding.
It is INSANE how simple but amazing some of these tricks are!
Like.....it's a cloth.....that he hid in his pants! Lolllllllllllllllll
I LOVE IT!!!!
"I'm gonna wash it. Don't worry."
Well, what's the point of winning it then?
The mystery of it baby
@@LeclericShow don't wash it :0
If you wash it I’m unsubscribing
Of course that's not how he did it. He's f@$+ing with his viewers. He had a marker. He saw what pen wrote. So, he used his marker and copied what pen wrote. No one's gonna write something complicated on a small surface peanut.
@@mikamaldonado1784 justs top it and start believing all u winnie
At the same time in Las Vegas, two well known Magicians bite in they shoes "F#*&!!, he just fliped the Box!"
lollllll
@@LeclericShow Hey ,Eric Do you Know William Shatners Home Address ?
@@LeclericShow Eric Do you watch Star TrAck ?
@@LeclericShow Are you a Sci fi fan ? Which Sci fi movie is your Favorite ?
@@LeclericShow Dude you're Soooooooooooooooooooooo coooooooool you Don't even reply me Anymore.
But how did you manage to jump in blind folded and grab the peanut before it got mixed in with the others????????????????????
One question: How did you catch the one peanut sitting on top of the cloth? Because when you jumped into it, you went straight through and everything must have been mixed together.
maybe the cloth folds itself somehow and wraps around the one peanut?
@@Allen_Leigh_Canada either that or the glue... One peanut stuck to his suit that he mouths
i think he literally just landed mouth first on the peanut
@@nicko_mode3356 😂that's a funny method
I had the same thought.
This is insanely clever. Probably one of my favorite manic tricks.
I don't expect to win this, but anything's worth a shot, right?
Mine and my wife's second wedding anniversary is coming up, and I'd love to surprise her with this sheet. I have a vision of using it as a tablecloth for our dinner table. After a few days of her not understanding why this is our new tablecloth, and me playing it off that it's totally normal, I'd then show her the Fool Us episode. Then, after her still not quite getting it, I would show her this behind-the-scenes video. We have done a lot of silly surprise-based things in our relationship, and this one would really throw her for a loop.
Either way: Kudos to you for the incredible entertainment. You rock!
thanks for the reveal! Knowing how it is done is the magic for me, like the whole "magnets in the peanuts", it didn't need to be that technical, just well thought out and clever. I appreciate the trick much more now.
"I left it in a bath tub in Vegas"
"Ummmm right"
Hahaha you even make your mate speechless 😂😂 hilarious dude! 🔥🔥Skills too!
Imagine getting away with a trick when the "secret" of the trick is hanging out the back of your pants. Sleight of Pants level: 1000
To be fair, when you are looking at the trick the first time that looks like misdirection too
To me magic is so much better when revealed. To show actually how they fooled penn and teller and all of us adds so much to both the trick and magician.
It's funny. Whenever I see a trick revealed, it's always something I just never expect. Very nice.
Everyone: What will you be using to try and fool pen and teller
Eric: Deez Nuts
I'm a researcher and writer. I always say, as an engineer, if you're really smart, you can design something complicated; and if you're even smarter, you can design something simple. This was GENIUS! It's one of the few tricks I've ever seen revealed where the reveal rivals the illusion in its elegance and entertainment value. All good wishes!
as an engineer you should understand what reverse engineering is, then each detail in focus begins to have its true meaning, and not the one intended for the public)
Very generous of you to share your secret! It was a very entertaining & fun trick to watch
So bummed I missed this when it debuted. This was fantastic. What I love so much about magic is just how far they will go to persuade you. Very nice work.
Eric and his team is a FREAKING genius for thinking of that act. Congrats Eric, you deserved the 100k subs!🔥👍
I *LOVE* how this is essentially a video on how Eric fooled them with the modern equivalent of ''it was done with mirrors''.
Goes to show that some of the best magic, is some of the simplest.
Yeah. But how did you grab it so quick when you jumped in. Would there not have been a flurry of peanuts as soon as you hit the fabric?
You and everyone that helped you come up with this trick are amazing. You all did a seriously fantastic job!!!
I've been waiting literal DAYS for this Eric! Thanks for delivering.
Pressure was ON bro! Since 8am this morning!
You deserved this since so long time ago, I follow you since you made daily videos (I missed them).
Greetings from Spain and keep making us happy with your good and funny energy =D
I was one of the ones that thought you just wrote on a new peanut. But hearing how you actually did it, gives me so much more respect for the performance! Well done!!
I can’t believe that this was what took it over 100,000. The LeCleric show was probably the best magic CZcams channel of it’s time!
Eric: uploads video titled "How I Fooled Penn and Teller!"
Penn and Teller: That m***** f*****!
the kids
@@groveanderson4774 that's why Teller doesn't speak. such a potty mouth...
I don't think they need to wait till the video to find out...
They sorta guessed it, there was a "container" to hold the hero, it just happened to be half of the box or w/e. But still, the act of dropping the peanut in the box is where the magic happens.
Yeah a jar can mean anything dosnt have to be an actual jar.
The producers would let Penn and Teller know if it was the same thing. They work with other magicians back stage who knows the act and if penn and teller guesses right, the contestant will not have the final word but rather the hosts. So if they didn't say anything, it is probably valid.
@@astropgn True but Penn and Teller didn't want to guess it. They wanted him to win the prize regardless of whether they were fooled because they liked it.
The wording was specifically, “Did you place into a jar or did you let it flutter naturally into the box?” And he most certainly did drop into the box. After that, P&T didn’t guess anything else and let him have the W.
@@leonardvole9760 The fact they didn't consider the answer was both, is proof they were fooled.
Really clever. I love it when the solution/method is really straight-forward but soooo effective.
I loved the trick, the way you presented it on stage was wonderful. Very high energy and fun loving.
Just sign the sheet “This was down my pants. Enjoy!”
"Twice."
@@juha-mattisantala1103 hundreds of times due to practice*
When you think of it, it's really surprising that a simple false bottomed box could fool P&T.
I guess in the end it comes down to putting on a good show
Such a good trick. One of my favs
I’ve been watching this channel ever since I was a kid, I love your magic and I’m so happy I’ve been able to grow up and see the growth of easily my favorite magician.
OMG that was so frickin clever!! I would never thought about something like this!! You are genius!! If I will get that cloth I will frame it and send picture to you! I promise!! You don't need to wash it!😂 Congrats man!! ❤️💪
You glossed over how you actually grabbed the peanut tho... even if it was sitting on the cloth, you jumped on top mixing it all up.
Did you remove it when opening the box before the glue?
Yeah I was thinking the exact same thing. Watching the footage of the show again, he jumped feet first on the box. The cloth could have made the peanut jump or something, looks like he didn't have much control over that.
With the most likes !
@@reginood 10% chance of failure haha
Not to mention he was blindfolded. Was it a magician's blindfold? Did he remove it? I still have questions!
Probably stepped exactly on it pinning it under his foot then just had to retrieve it.
Thank you for sharing the Secret...makes your performance even more Amazing!!!!
The simplicity of this is beautiful!!! Thank you for sharing :-)
Me: Yeah I want that cloth.
Eric: Shoves the cloth in his pants.
Me:
Again you mean lol
even more so now lol
Definitely the moment I realized I wanted that cloth so bad.
@@LeclericShow yeah sure...
I have literally never clicked anything so fast in my life. Dude that trick was insane
Thanks Zachary! Glad you thought it was worth it! :)
The fromunder cloth is up for grabs!!!! Great trick congratulations on the win!
Damn Eric I love the energy you put into the trick. Without that level of showmanship it wouldn't really work, as half of the magic is how entertained everyone is. Nailed it, and I love tricks that use common household items (packing peanuts, cardboard box) a lot.
September 2020: Dangerous act on Fool Us: Magician covers himself with glue and jumps into a box of knifes
Most of the trick when revealed, I'm like duh!!
But this one, I'm like "Good Job!!"
Yeah, Penn has said the method for most magic tricks is ugly, but this is beautiful, so simple and it fooled them and everyone so badly!
the way he handled the audience member was really clever too.
Very nice xD Love the trick, reveal, theater, everything.
A brilliant illusion. I love hearing about reveals of great tricks like this - it makes me appreciate the creator(s) all that much more!
Can't wait to see how this trick was done I loved this trick
Awesome story bro but honestly I'm IN LOVE with that cloth pattern, it would make a sick campy t-shirt 🔥🔥🔥
New sub, came from Ramsey's channel. Next stop 1 million subs, keep grinding.
This is why I love magic. Sometimes the most elaborate looking tricks have the simplest answers.
The funniest thing was the look from Teller and the audience when he fell over with the box. I love and like (attention ambiguity) the performance very much. 👍👍💪
Breath of fresh air in today's rush to go viral, when someone actually delivers on their promise!
This is surprisingly a really interesting and well put together trick. Glad I saw this!
Genius. Absolute Genius. I love this so much. Great trick and the explanation video makes it even better. Brilliant stuff xxx
My family has watched you since Tricked, and you have always intrigued us! I can’t wait to see your future videos including Alex on Fool Us!!
When you jump in, the cloth falls and everything mixes. How do you get the marked one?
he took it before he jumped at minute 4:20 of the original video
Of course that's not how he did it. He's f@$+ing with his viewers. He had a marker. He saw what pen wrote. So, he used his marker and copied what pen wrote. No one's gonna write something complicated on a small surface peanut.
@@mikamaldonado1784 Yep. This is a trash attempt at grabbing any youtube following after his 15 seconds of low-brow tv fame and it didn't work.
@@mikamaldonado1784 First, it's Penn*, not "pen". Second, Teller wrote on the peanut, not Penn. Third, it is the same exact peanut. Teller writes the T upside down. You can look at the peanut as Teller holds it side by side with the peanut in Eric's mouth, and every ink mark and crevasse is exactly identical. It is the same exact peanut.
@@alainhoyek6673 I'd rather he explained it that another fan guess on youtube.. even if you are right.
It's been a long time man! I'm so glad to see you still making videos. I've been watching since Project 365
You got superb energy. Awesome.
That was a genius trick Eric! I love to try and figure out on my own how tricks on Fool Us™ are done and a lot of the time it's easy to spot switches or forces when you have the ability to slow down the video, go frame by frame and look at every detail but with your trick, none of that helped. I think it's very brave and honest for a magician to reveal their trick and I wish more magicians would do so. It's fun to be fooled but it's even more fun to be able to fool others. Anyways, you have earned yourself another subscriber and I can't wait to see Alex's trick in September. Wish you all the best and I look forward to see your future CZcams content.
Edit: P.s. I wouldn't mind taking that nutcloth
Thanks IDV22! You're the forst one to add the TM next to Fool Us.... I liked that.. not sure why lol
Yea but you didn't explain how you got the peanut. You jumped in "blindfolded"how'd you grab it before it got mixed in with the rest?
I imagine you see him glue 1 arm which is probably the one he reaches under the cloth with to grab the peanut and any other peanut that comes with sticks to the glue
He took it from the box at minute 4:20 of the original video
@@alainhoyek6673 Everyone would have seen him reach inside dumbass
Right!? Is this really how he did it? Hmm....
Bouphe's Number 1 Fan lol 4:20
you basically did what we do in 3d animation where you render only a portion of objects for a crate for physics sims, and have the rest be an image
Love the trick and love the fact you told everyone. Gives so many new ideas and concepts to do something. Love the trick
Eric, how did Penn & Teller react or what did they say when they found out the real solution?
When you jumped in, how did you make sure to grab that exact peanut? I imagine you jumped through the cloth and then peanuts went everywhere, no?
My question exactly. Did he grab it while the other guy was looking at the glue?
There was only one peanut on the cloth. He jumps in & immediately grabs the peanut. He then lands ON THE EMPTY CLOTH. The cloth collapses and he stuff it down his trousers. Only at this point is he in amongst the rest of the peanuts. The VITAL point is that the cloth MUST remain attached so that only one peanut is in the "cloth side".
Grabbed it as he jumped in
Ya Boi Gary grabbed a single peanut off a cloth while falling blindfolded?
Magician blindfolds aren't really blindfolds :P
Well played. Thanks for the reveal. It was very satisfying.
Thanks for sharing the trick! Love to know how these are done.
Eric: "I ship myself"
Ah so he really was touching cloth
I've been a LOONG time fan and I can't believe how far you've come. Making daily videos to fooling two of the greats. Bravo sir 👏
Don't care about the gimmick, you're easily one of my favorite magicians! Made me start learning sleights and false cuts... Working on performing.. don't ever stop!
That means so much thanks man!!
Brilliant method! Absolutely well-deserved win!
"to kind of throw them off a bit"
so much for no red herrings
never trust what a magician tells you ;)
Yeah I remember that quote 😂
@@Gnarlf it was his bio video though, that's just cheese
Lying is one of the basics of magic
Debatable! lol
This was an excellent trick, very enjoyable and smartly done, especially that I didn't even think about the packing peanuts not actually being there which should have been the first thought with how often empty isn't empty etc in magic- the diversion and 'belief set up' on this was brilliant and I'm sure would have many who've seen this having a d'oh moment for missing this possibility, you just made it a given to the audience that the box was full, perhaps that twist on empty was a clever way to catch us off guard with a real 'shoulda thoughta that' sucker punch. The madcap entrance, the fact we see all the peanuts fly before you start the trick (or so we think!- for any magicians this shows the best time to trick your audience is before the trick starts in their eyes- the analytical brain is more likely to not have kicked in yet and thus accept things at face value that act as blinkers when the trick proper starts), all of it staging-wise, made it very possible to not even be looking for that bit of obvious.
This.
BRILLIANT simplicity.
Thank you so much for sharing!