Magician REVEALS trick and still fools Penn & Teller!!! - Asi Wind on Penn & Teller: Fool Us
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- Asi Wind, one of David Blaine's chief consultants, reveals his secret on Penn & Teller: Fool Us and still fools two of the best magicians in the world.
NYC based Corporate Mentalist (mind reader) Asi Wind is one of magic's most influential thinkers and performers. Magicians all over the world study and perform his creations. He was presented with the Merlin Award for the most original show (previously given to Penn & Teller and David Copperfield).
Wind’s off-Broadway show, “Concert of the Mind,” completely sold out, extended its run, and received rave reviews and critical acclaim. Asi Wind was born and raised in Tel Aviv, where he was voted "Best Magician in Israel." He currently resides in New York City, and spends most of his year performing across the globe. - Zábava
"You can't un-know it"
You sir overestimate my memory
Paint thinner? Or alcohol?
Right!, I was about to say..... Wait, what were we talking about again.
@@matthewseelow That's the spirit! Good job, proud of you! :)
😂
I am pretty sure I had seen this episode before but still couldn't remember this trick when I watched it again today, so yeah, he overestimates our memory
The guy literally had the blueprints as his backdrop on stage..... zero fucks
Almost nobody pays attention to the background. It's like giant misdirection. He kept the attention on himself. The background was out of everyone's conscious view. Many magicians use assistants, usually beautiful women in sexy outfits, to make themselves and what they're doing move out of everyone's conscious view.
Did he, though?
Thing is, that mechanism had nothing to do with the trick outside being slight misdirection. Everything needed was in the pinebox which was removed from the table when he was demonstrating the fake table. The card was loaded at the 2:03 mark. Also he dropped hints when talking to Alison, such as fingerprint and mentioning Tommy. Fingerprint being a old Dai Vernon's comedy routine that gives a long over elaborate explanation, but in reality is quite simple and quick.
@@raventheblackheart7934 How did he force one out of 52 options?
@@chain_of_nothing pretend I hand you a deck of cards and let you shuffle them however you like, I Then take that card and place it in my pocket. I already know the card I want you to pick by the time I put it in my pocket. I will ask you to pick two of the four suits, you say two, now if you picked one of the two suits I wanted you to, I would just say the other two were removed,if not then the two you picked would be removed to leave the two I want in. then Id have you pick one of the two remaining suits, If you picked the right one good i remove the other suit, if not then the one other than the one I want is removed just wording it as if it is ment to be. ill then give you a set of seemingly random cards out of the remining suit, one of those three or four cards is the one I wanted from the beginning, but up until this point it appears you have been making all the decisions leading you to the flourish and reveal by either how he did it or simply pulling out the card "You picked" from within my pocket in any order I wish, I already knew where it was and what card it was.
its not exactly how he does it but the principle trick is the same, adjusting answers to questions to make the choice I already determined from the start.
I love that a huge drawing of the inside of the table was right behind the stage the whole time.😂
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How I think it's done:
1:00 - Forcing the picture cards.
- He says "Do you want to pull out the number cards or the picture cards?" Note the ambiguous words "pull out".
- If they say number cards you say we pull them out to throw away and then choose from the picture cards.
- If they say picture cards you say we pull them out to use and choose from the picture cards.
This gets us down to only 12 choices at which point it's a free choice of Jacks, Queens, Kings, and suit.
1:53 - There are 3 decks in the box. One with Jacks, one with Queens, one with Kings. They're marked so he can pull out the correct one.
- Each box contains 51 blank red backed cards and 4 blue-backed cards of the chosen type, one of each suit. In this case he pulls out the box with the 4 Kings.
2:00 - The kings are at the back of the pack. He pulls the cards out slowly taking his time to select the correct suit of king with his thumb and holds it to the back of the rest of the deck as he pulls them all the way out. In this case the King of Clubs.
- The 3 Kings of the wrong suit are left inside the box. Note how he points the opening away from the audience the whole time he carries it and when he puts it down on the table.
2:11 - He spreads the cards. As he pulls the two halves apart he pulls the King of Clubs from the back of the entire pack over to the back of the pile in his left hand using his thumb. You can even hear the card swipe across the others. He then slides it out from behind them as if it was in the middle the whole time. Ta da, it's the selected card!
But the trick is not over. Next he has to get rid of any evidence.
3:54 - He closes the old "empty" box of cards. Something there would be no need of doing if there weren't cards inside that could be seen or could fall out.
4:20 - The assistant comes and removes the wooden box with the extra 2 decks and and the "empty" deck box with the extra 3 cards.
And just like that the evidence is gone!
He then tells his long story of how it was(n't) actually done to distract you from ever thinking about the wooden box or "empty" deck box. Trick complete!
Congrats !
I came up with this exact theory a couple years ago.
I was going to make a video about it for my yt channel.
There is no point now though haha.
Lets see how good you are :P
czcams.com/video/4Lb-6rxZxx0/video.html
This woman is wrong, and so are 99% of the people in the comment section.
i think you nailed it
🤦🏻♂️ the guy in a sweater is in his team.
dude before he left the house: "im telling you man i got a good feeling about this sweater"
Yea and he was like I will wear a mic too that’s hooked up to the set.. it’s all a trick
@@Zach-gg6ct So Penn and Teller were in on the trick too? 🤔
They don’t show wiring him up with the mic. That doesn’t make good television.
Although I can understand the simplicity of a *_Persian Shield_* ... I prefer the complexity of a *_Pothos_*
@@gunslingerfire both make for decent plants, if not too related
I love that when he asks the audience if they want to see it, there's one woman with her ears covered, shaking her head and mouthing "no". Cracks me up.
I came looking for this XD 🤣🤣🤣
Because she is smart. She wants to be fooled. Knowing the secret ruins it.
true la la la
@jqbtube woah bro, you need to apologise. You're being very rude and disrespectful today.
@@BloodySeaGullsRoss
He has to apologise? What are you? Four years old and your older sibling called you a bad word? This is the internet, free speech is a thing, and he's technically right. Of course the reveal would be part of the trick. He wants to get the trophy.
I love how the entire time he's doing the trick within a trick, he has the blue prints for the card spinner in the background in plain sight!
This was my favorite part too! So ingenious.
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@Observ45er Only 48? There are 12 different face cards, 16 if you include aces. My guess is there actually are 12 face cards hidden in that contraption and he's using the fake top as an indicator where they are, and then he sleight of hands the card into a blank deck.
@Observ45er 48 is a multiple of 12 (the total number of face cards) meaning he could use the paper as an indicator where the cards are, using the empty spot as a zero point.
I don't see any other reason why there would be 48 otherwise, when the total number of different cards is actuially 52
@Observ45er I know it's just paper, I'm just saying it could still be used to indicate where the actual cards are hidden.
My favorite part of these is when they pan to P&T and they both have massive smiles on their faces. The amount of joy they get from watching someone perform magic is awesome.
The fact that the performers are allowed to upload it to their own personal channels honestly just shows how genuine penn and teller or the network it’s run on is
Probably had an agreement beforehand to be honest
@@superghost6 No other show I know about would ever let that fly as an agreement. The show doesn’t need all these performers, they’d be happy to take others who don’t require that and make much more money by doing so. The agreement would basically have to be that the performers would own the footage of them shown and can monetize it. The fact that they allow that, is a real class act on their part.
I hope your profile is ironic
@@UserOfTheName It is not, that’s me in my pfp
Why would they refuse when they take the Ad revenue anyway?
"Do you still wanna know how it's done?"
3:46 lady clamping her ears and shaking her head lol
I hate her
@@enzo4742 why would you hate her lmao?
She can still hear though
I saw that too XD So much respect. She knows whats important XD
@@furrydreamer4443 the funniest part is that she's acting like he's the devil making her a dubious offer...
I've rewatched this trick more than any other trick on not just P&T but ANY magic show.
The thinking that came up with the idea behind it is just beautiful to me and the storytelling from Asi is sheer perfection that only adds to that beautiful idea. I absolutely love this video.
Oh pulease, the guy in the audience was part of the trick as was Penn. You were not only fooled, you were duped. This was the worst trick I have ever seen because it involves fraud by the show host or even hosts. HOLLYWOOD!
I love how Penn and Teller aren't even phased as if they were expecting him to fool them from the beginning. They truly respect him
I have to say this is one of the best routines I've ever seen.
Yes
10/10 on delivery
I think this is what Penn and Teller really wanted their audiences in the 80s and 90s to walk away with. The interesting part is not the trick. Sure, the trick is interesting, the mystery is interesting, not having any idea how it was done is interesting.
But a good trick is still amazing when you know how it's done. The magic isn't in the trick. The magic is in the presentation that captivates you, even when you know exactly how the trick is done.
And then sometimes, like this guy, the magician has one more trick up his sleeve.
@@ClokworkGremlin That sounds about right.
Id have to agree, utter brilliance!
This guy is basically the "They had us in the first half..." meme
@Wuxxy 😭😭😭
he had me in the first half.. and in the second half.. and in the Third half...
3 halves
Not gonna lie
@Wuxxy you have achieved maximum comedy good sir
This has to be one of my favorite performances on the show, if not the best. It appeals to enthusiasts just as much as anyone, if not more.
yeah, and it's a trick designed specifically for a show where you think you're going to reveal how tricks are done and designed to fool specifically penn & teller.
What I especially love about this is: the "magic" effect itself is already finished after only 2 minutes, and while nothing that seems impossible happens in the 4 minutes that follow, the original effect is enriched well beyond its initial impact. P&T might well have been able to guess the method if he'd just stopped after the initial effect, and yet he pulls us all along with a much more satisfying explanation, only to leave us retroactively fooled when it's pulled away!
What a treat.
I LOVE the way you "stole the mystery", and then returned it, that was beautiful.
I agree 100%. I love the feeling of being amazed and not knowing how it was done. Yes, I know it's not real but I love that somebody can be so talented like this that they can fool me anyway. What he did here was, as you said, beautiful.
Personally, I hate the mystery. I want to know how it's done. Knowing the mechanics and psychology behind it is FAAAAR more interesting.
@@naverilllang you have a right attitude to be a magician then
@@boonraksaboonparn4988 but neither the time, the desire, nor capacity to be one.
@@naverilllang me too, however it is a little annoying when a see well performed trick and know exactly how it was done and basically ruin it for myself hahahah
He used a trick to trick us into not noticing his own trick.
Lol
“This is not called juggling, it’s called misdirection”
@@insannie48 Oof! A man of culture!
We've been bamboozled!
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As someone who loves to see how mechanisms and machines work, this trick is awesome. Even if I don’t know how it’s done, I still walk away understanding a really innovative way in which something similar *could* have been done.
Exactly! It both scratches the itch for those who love to know how magic works, and for those who like to experience wonder, without having to compromise one for the other, as is usually the case. It’s such a great routine
This is my favorite trick in all of magic. I absolutely love the journey you took everyone on. I love it!
"once I show you how it's done, you can't unknow it"
uh, I beg to differ. my memory is terrible
Haha me too, dont worry about it Ill of forgotten how its done tommorow
Me going into history final be like 'I know nothing'
"You can't unknow it." Sir, I know where the liquor store is. I can unknow anything!
HILARIOUS! I'm in the same boat. Was it ♤ or ♧?
People have “ruined” movie plots for me, and I only remembered when I got past that part in the movie. “Oh, yeah! Soandso told me that would happen.”
I love when he asks the crowd if they still want to hear how the trick is done and a woman has her ears covered and is shaking her head no 😂
lol that's weird for me. I'm always more impressed after I know how the trick is done. To each their own.
Yeah that is weird. She is the type who would blindly trust the government and not even want to know when they are lying to her. Democrat most likely. I always want to know how they do the trick because there is no such thing as magic so its always a trick, obviously.
@@Astrochronic: Take it easy, guy. Wasn't planning on overdosing on cringe today.
@@InternetUsername Nothing more cringe than Democrats.
@@Astrochronic: Stop watching television. Get off social media.
I don't know how many times I've seen this very trick, both "live" on TV and on this channel. It's not few, and every time, I get amazed, and entertained! Love this act, and it's so perfectly executed! Thank you!
He tricked us all about revealing the trick that was a trick in itself - Legend
well, he may have revealed A trick, but he didn't reveal his trick.
That was the point, he did that for us, so it would still be magical.
His trick is all in the wooden box. Everything once that leaves the stage is elaborate misdirection.
My theory is that in the box is a deck of blank cards and he has some way of selecting a card from a deck in his clothing, you can see at 1:54 that he very intentionally blocks line of sight to his left hand using his right, maybe that means something is coming out of his sleeve.
@@MrHahn576 one is a number, don't you know ?
@@MrHahn576 He just need to print 1 car, the one the audience member told him. Don't ask me how he did it, but thats what he did.
The background is literally a blueprint for the inside of the table lmfao
Yeah it's not like he said everything's there for a reason or anything. Wait, shit,
Everyone has literally missed the fact that the guy is actually the actor Karl Urban.
@@-danR He literally isn't lmao
@Suffer No Fools Nope that's a blueprint of the inside of the table lol
MEOW🌬❤🍔🍟🍺🕶💭💥💥👀👂👁👃👁😃👍❤❤
That was pure magic. That was magic of generosity, big heart and ingenious ideas. Never felt as happy and comforted after a mere magic trick.
I think the meta-illusion you have here is my favorite I have ever experienced. The story, the execution, brilliant.
"I did not have to drink, I drank because I had to."
typical Israeli English LOL (I am not laughing at the guy, he's awesome)
@@ianschneider970 I feel like that was good use of English. The wording conveys intent even though the meanings could be the same. The sentences were deliberate. It felt nuanced and appropriate, and I appreciated the message.
"...for the trick to work."
That's the key detail to why the sentence makes 100% sense!
But, because he himself skipped a small detail (which we all assumed anyway), it does still manage to sound funny/paradox at the same time as entirely making sense, which is something I really like. A very neat rhetorical device! XD
Literally me on friday night
Oh that's so funny, I didn't even notice lol
this one is simple...the wooden box has a tiny card painting demon in it.
I loled pretty good at this comment 😂😂
I know that tiny card demon, he used to spray paint on walls and called himself Banksy, he came a long way to be featured on this show
that's silly, obviously there was 52 decks of cards in the wooden box XD
there's a little imp in there that paints a card at a fraction of a second when a card is said.
@@empxrubix9387 I love Discworld
A great magician and a wonderful story teller. So very enjoyable
This guy has insane charisma.
This guy came up with an incredible trick, revealed it to everyone, and then did a completely different trick? ABSOLUTE LEGEND
Pure distraction deception optical illusions hiding in plain sight.
The amazing thing is he didn't show the trick. The trick was making everyone believe the mechanism was part of the first trick.
You'll notice he never places the mug in that spot, so the entire mechanism is the misdirection, and the real magic was in the box that was taken away in plain sight.
well the thing is with the trick he showed us it would be pretty hard if not impossible to not only memorize the position of every deck of cards and which card is in it but to have perfect muscle memory to mov et the magnet to get the card you want all without looking.
Saw that coming seconds into the video
The grand illusion is very complicated magnetic mechanism, i think magicians will not use such hard machines, it's just not practical. The real revealing was that wooden box has extra hidden bottom part, but he never showed us the wooden box, instead, he switched to transparent one to give better example. At 1:52 he put something into the wooden box and it took whole 2 secs to pull deck out, obvious manipulation. 2 seconds is way too long to get unnoticed, either he put a card from his sleeve or just picked one among others within the box (properly organised) and put inside the only single deck.
“I told you that every single thing on the stage is part of the illusion...myself included.”
*snaps his fingers and instantly vanishes*
I'd love to see someone actually pull off a batman-stealth-hi-bye like that on stage. Would have to be some increrible setup.
WHERE'S MAH GURL?!?!
😂😂😂
Hahhahaha
Hopefully he's the only one. If he snaps and half the audience turns to dust, we might have a situation.
Bravo, good sir. - BRAVO!
I can't remember the last time I had so much fun reverse engineering a trick. Kudos for the brilliance of removing the loaded box from the stage before presenting the illusion. I'll say no more here.
Truly a brilliant presentation! 👏
Since the very start of the act I found myself looking at the circles and other drafts of the mechanisms on the back screen. I love that it was staring you right in the face from the second he began. What a lovely way to deconstruct, yet reconstruct that magical moment - also giving the audience a rare window into the mechanics of the performance - something that magic lovers like myself (who love tinkering in general) a unique peak inside the workings all at the same time! So unique, so satisfying!
Why does this feel more like a Ted talk than a magic show
@@hedgefund1844 I am dead
the foreign accent, the cheering
Gimli's better
Because ted was talking
The best TED talks ARE magic shows.
Contemplate this on the Tree Of Woe.
For all the people worrying about the mic'ed-up audience member, here's what happens (according to people who've been to a taped episode): Before filming begins, if the act requires audience participation, a *producer* walks around after everyone has taken their seats, and asks people if they would like to be part of the act on stage. If they say yes, he mics them up, explains where to walk to get to the stage, to be careful of the stairs when they come off stage, and not to leave with the mic pack on. When the trick is done the volunteer(s) return to their seat(s) and the producer retrieves the mic from them. Also, P&T have stated many times: "plants/stooges" are never allowed.
Maybe that’s just what they WANT you to think.
additionally, you have to tell someone who works for the show beforehand how the trick is done to ensure it follows the rules-- one of these rules is that the trick cannot involve a plant in the audience. on top of this, penn and teller choose the member, so saying the guy in the audience had something to do with it would actually suggest that penn and teller are in on the trick
You’d be very dense to think people with this level of mastery and genius would allow or resort to plants 😂
so what you are saying is they can only raise their hand as a volunteer if they have a mic?
@@mmg-hw4yf Yes
I love this. Literally the trick is just the pull of the correct card out of the deck, and the "explanation" is an amazing way to get rid of the trash! It's an absolutely amazing trick.
Very fun to watch! Ultimately I believe that initial wooden box was hiding a normal deck that you were able to easily control and slip that King of Clubs into the shown blank deck, but that's what makes the "explanation" a great misdirect!
“I drank because I had to.”
I feel that, brother.
There are only so many appropriate and inappropriate comments you can give to that, tbh, Andrew Poindexter. Made me laugh a little bit. Hope you're well.
cheers, i’ll drink to that
Also in recovery brother
@@theNimboo keep that head up high king, you've got this!
😂🤣
"I lost something in the store"
Your 50 sheckles?
No. Okay.
I thought the same :))))))))
Exactly what I saw
ok
Understandable, have a nice magical day sir.
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What I really love about this performance is the fact that in my opinion the real trick isn’t the card prediction. Yes, it is an important aspect to the routine,, but only as a setup to the real trick,. I feel like the real trick is an illusion to make the audience, Penn, and Teller believe they are watching a magician preform a card trick, then “reveal” how the trick is done in a convincing manner, only to pull the rug, (or paper wheel in this case) out from under our feet to reveal that that was the real illusion/trick all along.
It’s such a brilliant concept for a trick that’s designed to fool both the audience and magicians who are watching for different reasons. First, the card trick portion imo was done very well and in a very entertaining way. The “trick reveal “ was especially brilliant as it was shown in a very logical and convincing way useing a method I’m pretty sure has done before which would bring both experienced magicians and audience on the same level before the big reveal. Note that Penn and Teller don’t really talk about the card trick that much,, but instead put emphasis on the line “We didn’t even know what the plot was”.
In magic you are telling a story as much as your performing a trick. A watching magician, a lot of times will know the plot of the trick well before the audience does. The fact that P & T couldn’t figure out what the plot of the trick was until the audience realized what was really happening WAS the main point of this and they admitted as such..
It’s the only explanation I can think of when right after Penn says that he and Teller did not see the paper wheel reveal coming and then immediately proceeds to talk about holiday F.U. trophy, and not even try to explain how the card trick was done, tells me that not knowing what the ending was going to be, WAS the trick.
Correct me if I am sir but if Penn or Teller revealed that that realized the “deck wheel” was just a paper mirage during their portion of the show, who’ll you have to say they were not fooled? You don’t really have to answer that if you don’t want to, I just want to tell you how awesome trick looks from my perspective. Very well done! The fact that you use both a childhood story ad the glue for all three acts, and the concept of “the magician who for one moment wants the audience to see things from his perspective “ That Penn and Teller themselves love to use in their acts made it all the more believable and just a brilliant move on your part.
If you ever have a show in North Carolina I will be there.
Heyo, North Carolina!
Interesting that the cup placement for the “trick” and the cup placement for the “reveal” are on 2 very different places, and despite the magnets on the bottom of the cup, it comes up incredibly easy the first time when starting to explain, but not during the “reveal”. Very well done
The table is there only for showmanship. That's why he doesn't use it in the trick itself.
The real trick is on the wooden box that has been removed from the stage, it contains 4 deck boxes each with 13 cards with different suits each with blank cards with different colored backs.
He pick the clubs deck, separates the king around 2:02, pulled out the king ang blank cards but leaves the 12 clubs cards on the box.
The rest is the prestige, and a cheeky wooden box and card box removing from the stage.
Asi doesn't even rotate the cup after the card has been selected. So, the whole idea of using it to rotate a ring with supposedly different packs of cards is completely false--albeit interesting.
@@megaturon1212 My mind was running along those lines as well, but you explained it more fully.
@@megaturon1212 You are going out of your way to ignore the obvious plant.
That's the most respect Penn has given to any magician. He literally didn't even attempt to guess because he was that fooled. This guy is badass!
Mark Lord For the Holiday edition, Penn and Teller don’t guess
@@compl9x361 Didn't realize that. Thanks.
How did he really do it?
and also the cards cover might be open from one end, so he can put blank cards and the chosen card in the card cover with one hand. Thats why his assistant took both the brown box and the deck cover. And even giving cards to penn and teller is a force on them and clear misdirection,because they did'nt ask for it, but he gave it to them, because he knew they cant find anything there, and the real mystery that is box and card case had gone during the show itself, which i'm surprised penn and teller did'nt notice. Usually during the act the stuff does'nt go out. Lol
mike rocks Well, he said EVERYTHING is a part of the illusion.
What I like even more than the trick itself is how good a storyteller he is.
Do not judge someone else’s past; you don’t know your future
@@maximdorokhov785 w h a t
czcams.com/video/4G6e4TaJxkI/video.html.
@@maximdorokhov785 I’m so confused
I agree.
Hands down best act I’ve seen on this show!! Absolutely amazing!!
I've watched this show a LOT, and this trick is hands down my FAVORITE ONE.
that one woman covering her ears and shaking her head when he asked the audience if they were sure they wanted to learn the trick LMAOOO
I noticed it too lol.
Don't know why but it reminds me of the girl in class who always reminds the teacher to check for homework.
She lives in bliss
She is the girl who responds to Dora the Explorer's questions
@@deepanshujindal8697 LOL best shit I’ve seen 🤣🤣🤣
I lost something that day. I lost a mystery... and 50 shekels
50 shekels and a forskin
Thats where I thought he was going too lol
Oi vey
I immediately thought that
When i learn how magic tricks are done, i dont lose the magic. Yeah, the mystery is gone, but my amazement stays. I learn how intricate a trick is, how much work had to be done to pull it off, and honestly? I think thats as good as the trick itself.
This was beautiful- truly art❤
Love it every time I rewatch the trick. Thank you for the amazing performance.
"do you still want to know how it's done?" 3:46 lady shaking her head and covering ears with a look of despair on her face
LOL i knew there had to be someone else that saw it. she ACTUALLY doesn't wanna hear it, she's not trying to be funny.
Because she didn't want to pay the 50 shekels.
@@pauldavis5665 lol good point!
wrong show to come to lol
He revealed a version of the trick that could have been done with all 52 cards being a free choice. But the version he did was only 12 cards and much simpler, so simple that it would probably have not fooled them if he hadn't distracted them so well with the more complex explanation.
12 decks in the wooden box, the face cards are a force (pick the face cards? keep them. pick the numbers? discard them, aces were never an option), the suit is a free choice. 3x4 = 12. Wooden box easily holds 12 decks and we never see inside of it. Everything else is misdirection and the blueprints and explanation he gives are for a version of the trick that could theoretically be done with all 52 cards being a choice, where as the trick he actually did only had 12 choices and only needed the wooden box.
This guy's a master - the performance, the narrative, the humour, the RIPPING UP OF THE WHEEL, perfect. I'd LOVE to see what's in that box he got rid of so well. But then, I'd lose the mystery!
Where's his iPhone video? trick
When the mystery is revealed, the trick is even more interesting.
Haha, just like he said "Nothing is Innocent". So when he performs a trick then shows how its done, only to reveal that that WASN'T how he done it at all, we can Truly Trust his words that EVERYTHING has a purpose. I was quickly distracted & dropped the thought about the 'Box Switch'...ONLY cus it quickly became 'apparent' that it was irrelevant, lol.
But an 'alarm' rang in my gut when I saw that..ESPECIALLY the 2nd time (yeah I watched it twice), & tho idk wtf it has to do with the real trick.. I know it is the key... but how?!
@@brago900 where's iPhone video trick
Maybe I'm a little slow I thought this video was amazing I even got chills watching it.. but perhaps someone smarter than me can answer this question....
Once he revealed that the decks of cards were just a 2d picture on paper, he did reveal the trick right?
In practice, if he just exchange 52 real Decks on that 3d wheel, instead of just the pictures, that's how he would have done the trick right?
Was he showing one way the trick could have been done, but just not how he did it to both let us have our cake and eat it too?
I guess what I'm saying is I don't understand him replacing an actual deck of cards with a 2d picture, I don't understand how that changed anything.... all he would have to do when he did the trick is use actual card decks instead of a picture no?
Anyone?
So he did show A way to do the trick, just not how he did it?
I have watched this trick probably a dozen times! I just love it! I love for way too many reasons, but the biggest one is the man on the stage doing the trick! Absolutely wonderful, fun and exciting to watch!
This is a unique moment in magic where the explanation of how the trick worked was more entertaining than the trick itself.
So good and such a pleasure to watch!
Sir do you have any idea how it's done?? Also just saw ur collab with faad magician loved it🤣🤣🤣
@@sarthaksharma213 One of the easiest ways would be to have spread out deck in the cover of the wooden box and full deck of blank cards and just taking the card when the choice has been made. It took a little bit for him to take the deck out of the box so in that time he can easily grab the chosen card and hide it behind the deck. Just beautiful sleight of hand after that.
Small world. Just came here from Karan Singh Boomer's video. 😆
@@prateekkish SAME😂😂
@@65EKS65 that's what I thought too. Still pretty clever as a whole.
Seeing Teller dressed as an elf gives me so much joy.
And Penn makes the perfect Santa Claus.
Penn should’ve dressed as an elf and Teller as Santa, that would’ve been funny.
"You rat bastard, you've been good all year and now I've got to give you a present." *pulls out nail gun*
This is still my all-time favorite episode of Fool Us
I love when magicians show you a trick, reveal how it's supposedly done, then fool you again by changing the ending. I use to perform magic tricks myself and the reactions I got from those kinds of tricks were the best.
It’s funny how everyone in the comments is calling the audience member a plant because he was already mic’d up. I’m sorry, do you want to watch a 1 minute segment of a camera crew attaching a mic to his sweater? Ever heard of editing?
Plus if you've ever been to a live recording of a show there are microphones hanging above every person in the audience to pick up the applause to make it sound louder on playback.
I believe the wooden box has a blue deck. He takes the chosecard and places it at the back of the redclear deck. Then pulls one card/cards slightly out and through sleight of hand push the chosencard in the middle
2:04
@@hannesye1541 1:55 is a better timestamp
No i just want real when its said to be real...
The wooden box is what contained the secret to the trick. The entire second half was a ruse to get it off stage.
ooh
Yep. We never got to see inside it!
He starts with a simple trick that's basically forcing the spectator to pick between 12 cards.
He then just has to reach into the box and pick out the box with the named card. (Note how, as another comment pointed out, he clearly doesnt reach far enough into the box to pull out a deck that would be concealed in the table nor did he ever spin his mug.)
The rest of the trick is simply a ruse to get the box and card box which is presumably marked. Why would he take an empty box off stage unless there was something that he didn't want to be seen on/in it? Card box or wooden box.
Magic is 90% acting and 10% slight of hand.
but if the trick was hidden in the wooden box..there was no way to set up every fcking card under it
@@rottenmango5996 you dont need to set up every one of the 52 cards. Just 12 of them. The 3 face cards from each suit. If the spectator says "numbers" we get rid of the number cards and make him pick from the face cards. If the spectator selects face cards, we make him pick from the face cards. You give them the illusion of free choice when in reality, they have no choice. All he needs is 12 decks.
The presentation of this is exquisite. That truly took my breath away.
I can only imagine the intricate engineering & design that goes into the really big stage illusions.
That table is so cleverly designed.
Bro fooled me 3 times. First with the trick, the part of the explanation, then the trick after the explanation. He even told us not to think anything is innocent, but as soon as the explanation started I put my guard down. Fabulous
Explanation:
Dude in the sweater is on the payroll...
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@@nicolesibylla2541 I thought that too, but wouldn't that mean Penn Jillette would have to be in on it? ..Or the entire audience was in on it?
Yeah I still think the best part is the explanation is also a trick, as I briefly described above, yeah and for me, that is briefly.
@@nicolesibylla2541 That _is_ one of the easiest ways to do such a trick... but it's not going to work on Fool Us; Penn isn't going to make life that easy for someone he knows perfectly well really is a top-class magician.
@@TynamM someone mentioned it earlier but he asked "which card do you want to pull out" which means you either want to get rid of the numbered cards or draw a face card. So all the cards in the wooden box are face cards. He never showed the box.
i didnt even notice the blueprint in the background that was there the whole act. lol
Why is that important?
@@ItsThatVogue Because he said that nothing on stage is for show, everything's important.
Tirael Rosenburg yeah but why is the blue important it doesn’t interfere with any decision making it doesn’t matter if the colour of the deck ended up being blue!
@@ItsThatVogue i just thought it was neat he had a bluprint of the mechanism he was using behind him the whole act
@@xIDevine design "blue"prints to foreshadow his mechanism reveal. It also helps to disguise the real trick if P&T guess early about a mechanism.
One of the best tricks I've ever seen - not the first trick because I've seen so many like it. But the reveal of how the trick is done was spectacular. Brilliant.
That one lady at 3:47 REALLY didn’t want to know
Lol I saw that too, very funny.
As if he really came on the show just to reveal his trick... some people aren't the sharpest card in the deck
Bryan Magicians can be weird, strange, unpredictable people, that’s often the point. So if she gets her joy from magic in being mystified, I get it. Hopefully she unplugged her ears and was able to catch that the magic “lesson” was a part of an even bigger trick that strengthens the original.
Lol
And the guy/lady in front of her has a fake face!!
A good magician is like a good comedian. It's not that they're real or even all that funny, it's that they know how to put on a good show. That's why it's all under the umbrella term of entertainment.
cringe
I don’t think you understand comedy lmao
The guy is an illusionist not a magician
name 2 good unfunny comedians
Guys, I think he meant the comedian doesn't have to have be personally funny. By that I mean that maybe the comedian isn't even that funny when in company of close friends and family. The comedian only has to be very good at telling jokes.
To this day, out of all the magic I've seen, this is the best trick. Ive never seen something with so many twists and with such perfect showmanship.
Azi...
Wow...
Now I must subscribe...
Being from a small town in Nova Scotia, I have never had the pleasure of watching a great magician in my life and now at 58 years of age I hope I someday will! The closest I have come is referring to a dear friend of mine, a great musician, as Musgician... stating that as soon as he begins to play he makes people dissappear! You, my brother are the epitome of a class act in the art of magic and imagination!
My wish for you is 'As the good Lord adds years to your life may he also add life to your years'
This is one of the most magical acts in magic that i have ever seen. He somehow treated us as equals and with respect while also still making us wonder with shock and awe. He is now in my top 5
Same here. Shawn Farquar is another one of my top fives.
Like he said everything on stage is a part of the illusion nothing is innocent. So is swapping the wooden box for a clear box. I think the key to the trick lies within the wooden box.
Yep, got rid of the evidence so Pen. And Teller wouldn't even think about it anymore.
Definitely
Agreed. Because when the other guy lifted up the wooden box from the table, there was no resistance. But you can definitely see that Asi Wind was exerting effort to lift the clear box and mug when he was about to remove the table mat.
He had all the face cards in the box and one pack of blank cards. That way he could have the guy call out what he wants to “pull out” and force him to take a face card. Then it’s as simple as adding it to the blank deck
@@Knifehands__ They also don't have a whole lot of time, and they only see it once. If it's a trick they haven't seen before done in that exact way, it's tough .
That was awesome. Peace and blessings from Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Bravo! I think this might be the best trick I've ever seem. I got goose bumps and that weird rushing feeling in my head.
it's funny how he doesn't ever show what's in the wooden box
@@jasenrock I know little about magic tricks, just a disclaimer. My guess is the whole thing is to trick us into not paying attention to one thing, the wooden not see-through box. If you minus everything from the trick isn't not that magical, you take one card from a deck and place it in a blank deck and pretend you knew all along. Doing that without being noticed seems plausible for someone who does magic to do so. Then follow through with the diversion, give everyone a way to do the trick that could work but show that you didn't use that way and blow their minds. Probably two decks in the wooden box, one blank the other normal. Just take the right card and slip it in. Or he could have cards all over his body he could slight of hand them. Again, Idk anything about magic, just that it's not real :)
@@elvewizzy sounds about right, I wouldn't know ths specifics of how he'd do the trick but makes sense!
He did play around in the wooden box for sure tho
elvewizzy That might make the most sense, because if you pay attention he doesn’t show the card at first when he’s fanning through. I think the card was on the bottom of the deck and that small break was him moving the card
2:03 he does an interesting little flick of the deck after scrolling through them, I think there's two decks in the box, the decks are split between picture cards and blanks and non picture cards and blanks, he just separates the one card and adds it to the blanks at that flicking point
*Plot twist: The whole audience was hired by the magician and told everyone to select the king of clubs.*
And they were paid 50 sheckels a person.
Possible or just the guy with the sweater
@@Lio0909 Well the face cards were a force. Narrows it down to 12 possible cards. There's either 12 decks in that box or a single deck with the 12 face cards he adds.
@TONY MONTANA No, Penn has said before that the whole show is misdirection, and they often give the trophies to good acts so they can bring them on their show. They know how it was done, you obviously didn't listen to what Penn said at the end. He's giving him a 'special trophy', they wasn't fooled, they just liked him and his performance. Also It's simple if you put a couple of your brain cells together and think for a moment. YOU have no clue.
@TONY MONTANA You really are slow aren't you? Check my first comment. There were 12 cars possible, he forced the picture cards. In that wooden box are either 12 decks, one with each picture card, or a single deck and 12 separate picture cards which he slides in, either method would work providing the wooden box is big enough. That's the whole trick. The rest had nothing to do with the trick. The method was easy to predict, it's simple, and has been done before. As I said, they often give trophies to good acts, regardless if they knew how it was done or not.
Wow!
Even if he hadn't fooled them it really wouldn't have mattered because this was such a unique and interesting way of performing a magic trick.
Someone watching this trick gets so many moments of enjoyment out of it.
Being all struck by the trick especially when he turns the deck to reveal all blank cards.
The rush when you realize a magician is actually going to let you in on the secret of his trick which is so rare.
Being fascinated by just how much goes into this simple barely two minute long card trick.
And of course the best part of all the realization that you actually have no idea whatsoever how he really performed the trick
“You can’t unknow it”
Bold words talking to someone watching this the second time and not remembering the trick
Everything on stage is important? how about we actually get a look at that wooden box hey?
Lol i was thinking same
It's eh
Right, if you force a king you could easily have 4 decks in that box
@@phaggott Or even easier, have one blank deck and one regular deck, and slight of hand the chosen card in. It would mean that his forcing a card was unnecessary but it would be more resilient.
@@0-Kirby-0 🤔🧐
0:35 That " _YES_ " made me clear my throat
Relatable
I’ve been laughing at this for too long now. Replaying the “Yes” over and over
You made my night with that comment lmao
yo bro
;D
Fuck dude 🤣
So heres what ive got.
"Would you like to take out the numbers or the faces"
This wording ensures the random person always guesses a face card, he simply removes the numbers if you ask to take them out, or has you pick from the faces if you have them take out a face.
Next, the wooden box doesnt have a trap door. Its just filled with either A, 12 individual decks, one for every single combination e.g 1 with a king of spades, clubs, and so on for each royale, with the rest of the cards as blanks. Alternatively its B, where the box has 3 decks, one for king, queen, and jack. If it's B, what he does is take out the deck with the correct face card, and then uses the black contraption at the front of the deck which holds a copy of each of the different suites for said card. With that the trick is done, and the rest is misdirection with him taking away the culprit box and replacing it for a clear one while "explaining the trick"
This is a super simple trick with a very elaborate distraction. All you need to perform this trick is dextrous hands, a single blank deck of cards, and a single normal deck of cards that you can quickly pick any card from to insert into the blank deck. Nothing complicated for a skilled magician. Indeed, you can clearly see some suspicious hand movements as he opens the wooden box to take the deck out the first time (suspicious in that you can't see his hand for a few moments, in which time a lot can happen). Of course, that is what Penn and Teller would have seen too, but then you brainwash everyone to think along completely different lines with the idea of decks rotating inside the table, a trap door and a magnetic mug. And the wooden box that probably contains the additional cards involved in the actual trick is conveniently removed from the stage.
Very cool. I love it.
He put the cookie in his mouth with the napkin.
Samuel Hobbs good I know
Wrong trick
@@MaskedGuyCh Are you sure about that?
@@alexion2001 100%
When?
THIS is why you are so well respected & liked by everyone and even more by magicians. Absolutely brilliant, well done!
Good to go
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This is the best misdirection in history. Illusion is easy to figure out when you think about it but still best misdirection in history. Coming out with premise that he will explain it in the end was fantastic. Perfect presentation. I won’t say how it was done
I really love the metatext and how all the second part works as much as misdirection and to woah the audience even more!
I find that I truly enjoy this show for a pretty simple reason: Professional curtesy. Penn and Teller genuinely take such pleasure from being entertained by these fellow magicians and show honest respect for the craft. That's priceless
These are the Fool Us spots I like least. Fool Us should be a talent-spotting show -- a chance for an unknown to get noticed by a wider audience. A professional doesn't need to take a slot from such an unknown; they can get their own gigs elsewhere or at other times.
The best trick since my childhood! He explained how to do the trick and didn't explain it at all. Distraction using another trick. Bravo!
I love how the theme on this trick is right out of P&T's playbook of showing how a trick could work, and then they end the trick with another trick.
"Fantastic" is just inadequate. Making the reveal into just another illusion is absolute genius!
I love how he explains that everything is important, but literally every single element that is essential to the original trick he carefully de-emphasized, played off, and removed from the stage (including the cards). Kind of fun to see how magicians manage to hide things in plain sight. He tells the audience exactly how to think but directs their attention at the wrong elements, haha.
I especially like how AS he is saying that everything on stage is part of the illusion he casually closes the deck box. Good show.
don't forget the casual playing with the drape (5:52) before the "reveal" of the 2d cards...the cards were really there, they cast legit 3d shadows as he rotated the disk...something about that little flip got me very suspicious.
@@schubertslastnote They cast shadows because they cast those on the table underneath it. I'm pretty sure there are no decks there ever, i watched it too. The distance between the cardboard thingy and the table beneath is just enough to cast those shadows.
@@schubertslastnote The cards were never under the table, all of that was done as a massive misdirection to take the attention away from the wooden box and get it off stage.
classic misdirection!
@@paveljuga7068 Exactly. My Theory is that he counts on the Dude saying "pictures". Because its very likely and he directs the conversation in that direction. Then he simply got 12 card decks in his wooden box.
I want to add to the above posts: When he reaches in the wooden box. He doesnt reach deep enough to be able to pick up a deck inside the table.
This is my all time favorite performance on Fool Us. It is so good!!!
When I think about magic tricks that really wow'd me, this one always comes to mind.
He only needs access to a dozen cards in his wooden box. His wording with the audience member was the trick: "Do you want to pull out the numbers or the faces?" If the audience member says faces, he proceeds as he did in the video. If the audience member says numbers, he'll reply "Ok, now that we've pulled out the numbers, we have the faces left. Which do you want to pull out next?" And continues his wording to be consistent till he's down to one number. So all he needs is to have the twelve face cards in the box which are propped upright on the bottom so he can pull it out with the deck that is attached to the bottom of the lid. From there it's just slight of hand to keep the card hidden till he slips it in place in the deck. You can actually watch him do it as he fans them out. It's very clever, but I'm surprised it fooled them. I assume since they didn't act all baffled and such, they wanted to give him the trophy (since they admit he's earned it plenty by fooling them off-stage) or they didn't put much effort into figuring it out since they assumed he would beat them. They clearly have a lot of respect for this man.
took me like 4 watches to figure out exactly how he did it. Fucking brilliant
Yup, You're 100% Correct on that assessment. He only had 12 Cards in the box, or on his body to grab and sleight it into the blank deck. Truly it was an easy trick, but his misinformation of explaining how it could have been done, but wasn't done; was the key to misdirecting everyones attention from the wooden box to start with.
You're right.. I love finding a fellow smarty pants in the comments lol.. I've used this trick before at parties.. Not to this degree but to write a card on a piece of paper and 'force' the pick while making the audience think it was free choice.. It is so easy and works so, so well.
Clearly there's a trick, but if you are watching magic, the last you want is to know the solution . If anyone ask you , ok, but is far better to keep magic as it is, magic and ilusion.
U guys are geniuses , :0
Probably the most intelligent magician ever to have come on that show. Absolutely incredible how he laid the plot!
Absolutely! Have you seen his creations?
He came on the show? How did he do that without getting arrested for indecent exposure? Is that a magic trick?
@@anonamatron indecent exposure what
@@justinquintela3369 After appearing, he came? Maybe it was hands-free, from over excitement?
@@justinquintela3369 He was making a stupid joke.
Loved your Huberman pod, as a beginnger magician who performs a lot (hello future me) love it!
i've watched a lot of routines from pen and teller's show and i've also watched other channels explaining them. I come back and watch this video occasionally. Despite being amazed each time, i have no desire to lift the veil and try to search an explanation for it. The illusion is just so well crafted i dont want to ruin it.
The presentation, the narrative, the charistma.. the twists and the actual trick. Just brilliant. I think this has to be my favorite one. I'd love to watch you live at some point.
I love how the trophy from a distance just reads "Merry F U" xD
Well done. You're only 10 years behind everyone else now
@@Kyrelel Really?
Dude wasn't even remotely in the same league as Penn and Teller from the way Penn spoke of him! Penn was like yeah this guy is the best and every once in a while he likes to come up on our show and kick ass, walking off with our trophy.
@PES EF All it takes is a little something sometimes.