Penn & Teller's M&M Faceoff - Matt Baker - Fool Us Season 10
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- Will Penn & Teller fool themselves with a bag of M&Ms? Watch Matt Baker's performance on Penn & Teller: Fool Us to find out!
Two-time Greater Atlanta Magician of the Year and Georgia Tech Professor of Mathematics Matt Baker challenges Penn and Teller to play a game with M&Ms and predict the outcome themselves! Will Penn & Teller's predictions come true? Will they fool themselves in the process? Watch the video to find out!
"Unequivocably a great trick... You created a really beautiful thing."
-- Penn Jillette
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-- Teller
S10, E5 "The Bill-In-Penn's-Head Trick", Air date: December 1, 2023
For more about me and my magic, see www.mattbakermagic.com - Zábava
I love Teller's look at 5:06. He knows he picked the 2, but has not yet shown us. He is already deep in thought trying to figure it out. 😎
I think you're wrong. He knows he _didn't_ pick the 2, and is wondering how it's gonna end up 'turning' into a two.
Yep, electromagnetic dice and or cup is what I believe he's hinting at. The rest is math, David Copperfield did this as a card trick thirty years ago on cbs. Still fun to see a new take on it
@@tobyfitzpatrick3914 I was thinking that would sorta be cheating. I think what happened is, somehow the color of those disks changed to whatever would give Teller a 2 pt advantage. The color of the disks were not revealed until after the m&ms were decided.
@@JohnDoe-ol3yz That's a possibility, but maybe too complicated. Have a read of my Observations in the post above.
@tobyfitzpatrick3914 no I think he picked the two already but is doing the math in his head to see if he had another mathematical out or if there's a magnet that would have always changed it to two.
The real magic here is having 20 M&Ms in one snack sized pack!
lol
How many are there, normally ?
@@2-minutephysiatry506I dunno I eat them all in one lol
According to the company:
"You can expect to receive 17 M&M's in a “Fun Size” bag of M&M's. You can also expect that to vary by 1 M&M. The lowest amount of M&M's you can expect to receive in a “Fun Size” bag is 15 M&M's. The highest amount of M&M's you can expect to receive in a “Fun Size” bag is 19 M&M's."
@@DustinPlatt Sounds like the company is confused regarding tolerances...
I feel the real magic here is the sleight-of-face to hide the arithmetic you're doing in your head while you talk. Loved the framing of the trick using concepts everyone can understand, Georgia Tech students are lucky to have someone who can demonstrate the concepts so cleanly and clearly.
This one took me a while to figure out.
I immediately understood the interchangeability of the M&Ms... but, man, the disk colours really got me : ) Ended up coding up a little simulation to test a few variations and that let me see where the trick was. It's absolute genius once you figure it out. It's just such a shame that this superb trick didn't get through - especially when the '3 card monty' had previously won a fool-us trophy : /
This trick deserved the win SO much more... but I don't think he should have mentioned mathematics quite so much. Without the unnecessary rationalisation, it would have been an absolute mind-bender. Almost felt like REAL magic for a moment.
what really impressive every time is Teller coming up with his Code Talk on the fly.
I don't think Matt had to do the math in his head. When handing out the winner/loser stickers, he quickly looks at the back of the paper, where I believe he has all the variations to double-check the order of things and the number of things to add (this time I believe 1 green) during the magical moment of the trick
Teller is the one who doesn't talk@@AgiHammerthief
@@AgiHammerthiefalso, they come up with it together while the magician talks to the hostess. The length of the interview is edited down.
This trick just became an assignment for my stats students. lmfao
The respect, admiration in Teller's eyes for you.. and your humility and graceful presentation.. has us inspired Professor
Yeah, that was a near-perfect magic trick. It's a shame we knew his background was in mathematics though... without that, it was an absolute mindbender.
In fact, I doubt I would have figured it out if it wasn't for the math clue. That made me think about the interchangeability of the M&Ms and how the disk selection altered things... and once you start pondering, you can drill down and isolate the trick. Still, it's bloody impressive - really deserved the win.
Winner or no, that was a staggering work of beauty. Well done.
Great performance Matt! Shame that they were not fooled 😥
I was definitely fooled even though I saw your lecture about this exact, or at least similar trick at The Session 2023 😅
I saw how you cheated: 1/2 of the M&Ms were actually W&Ws.
Had the honour of watching this Trick live !! it’s mind blowing ⚡️ And Matt is one of the kindest person you’ll ever meet.❤
"one of the kindest *person* ??
Yes. Matt Baker is a great guy.
was there a different margin?
now THIS is magical ! I loved it and the originality ... and Teller's face ! Bravo !
Amazing! Great performance, Matt!!!
Loved it! Thanks, Professor Matt!
Mind blowing. Wow. Thank you for sharing.
Lots of fun to watch. Had me fooled. Thanks
Go Jackets! Congrats on making it to the show. Penn and Teller have always been my favorite Magic duo. Hope to meet you one day!!
OUTSTANDING! So many smiles. Thanks so much. What a gorgeous procedure -- tricky indeed (I sure don't get it) ... greatly entertaining!
Was able to vaguely understand how the trick worked untill the dice had two on it, had my jaw dropped.
You can see Teller's brain on fire
My gracious, beautifully done!!
Great and very smooth performance ! Congrats.
A very cool and amazing trick. I couldn't take my eyes off it
That is an excellent trick, so many things along the way proving it's completely impossible. Well done!
Wow. Definitely fooled me Matt! Great routine.
What looked like it may be a convoluted trick turned out to be entertaining as all heck! Well done 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
That was really fun. Thanks
fabulous
Very special performance. Really impressive❤❤
you can change the rules after you see how they distribute the m&m's
Awesome job! What a fooling trick!
Bravo! Great performance!
Did you have a special connection with the people packing those M&Ms?!? I can't think of another way to do the trick. Very well done.
Wow, crazy complex trick I'm guessing, so wild they figured it out geez. Love it!
They tend to get the complex, because they think that way. Some of the simple tricks fool them (check out Moxi fooling them with an over the counter trick deck - great performance, though).
What an amazing trick, i loved it.
Amazing trick! 💚
Even when I'm good at math, even when I sat down I thought about possible ways of doing this... I stil don't see full picture (& I want to left it at this status). Matt, great job! :)
Cheers from Poland
Well I immediately know this trick started with loaded M&M bags because there's zero way you get that many M&Ms in one of those Halloween candy sized bags.
M&M’s….. Maths&Magic.
Great trick.
With the only assumption that the M&M bags are all props with the same number of pieces of the same colors, I could make some math work, but there was still a few "random" things that would make the math more complicated than what I wanted to spend time thinking about this trick. Well done Sir.
Yeah at this point any time I see a magician give participants a choice of sealed and branded items I just assume they've been opened, fixed, and resealed.
Its like a shuffle resulting in a mixed deck. Why would you?
Really liked this trick!
That was awesome. I was positive you had them fooled by the look on Teller's face knowing that he had chosen the 2. His mind was processing what was happening. I really like the cryptic style they give with the explanations of how it's done. Sorry mate that you didn't get through. You had me thoroughly fooled.
It's the prediction on the dice that throws me... ❤
Remember that Penn referred to that as an “electric” moment. Since Teller doesn’t speak on stage, it’s safe to assume the die was gimmicked.
True. Teller never actually states whether he originally set the die to a 2 or not. We only know when he lifts the bowl it's on a 2. Watch his face as he lifts the bowl. I think Teller knew what happened but the audience doesn't.
Very nice. You fooled me!
Nice one! I feel like this is one of those tricks that I could teach my 7 years old how to do. Not because it's easy, but because there is a lot of self-working math involved that he'd only need to adjust a few things. The only change I'd make is to change the dice with a loaded dice and make it a "random" roll under the cup.
Very nice work! I loved it!
A loaded die will not roll the same number every time. It just has more probability for a number.
Thanks for making math more befuddling for me! Strong performance; lots of fun!
Pause at 4:39 - Given what's on the table, you can distribute the M&M's any way you want and Teller always wins and the margin is always 2. The mechanics grip he used to open the candy package means he revealing his chosen candies, not a random set from inside a sealed bag. He knows what arrangement of candy to use because the electronic dice (available at any magic store) told him Teller's chosen number via a thumper. He did a great job though--his sleight of hand was great!
Are you saying that teller didnt originally choose the die to be 2?
If l get this right he is saying that the dice told him what number was chosen and then he swapped the pack to match the difference. Any way this is pretty fun
@@edward9643 No no, teller chose the 2, but the dice 'told' the magician that it was in fact - 2. So from that point on he could set up the game as he wanted.
And why are you telling every thing that you know or might know😅😢😂
@@stantheman143 still don't quite get it
Damn this was a good routine!
Great trick. Pretty clever 🤓
Amazing! I still don't understand how it works
Even I got this one (after watching this twice). 🎉
Professor should teach math using magic tricks, it will be fun😮
I really thought you fooled them, but they are indeed very knowledgeable (I hope that it is properly written) and it might the reason. Great trick, anyway... Congrats!
Great work Matt :)
Thanks, Rune!
I really enjoyed that trick
Man is way too much thinking for me to ruin the enjoyment of the trick. But I'm impressed they figured out it so fast. You can see at 5:04 Teller has turned into NASA super computer running all permutations in his head 😂
I love how Tellers seems to be in deep thoughts when he knows the scores.
😮 great performance 👏🏼 totally fooled me. I could see the slight of hand for the cards to calculate the points for either side but the die is what totally throws me off.
Yes exactly for Teller randomly picked it...
@@bretth4988it was a gimmick dice, look up electronic dice or specifically “unifi dice.” That die comes with a bluetooth piece that produces a thump sound for whatever number is facing up.
If he never spoke about equations or being a math teacher, they might not have guessed his technique
He shouldn't tell he is a math teacher. Hearing that I instantly know direction I need to figure it out.
How?
Wow, bring this man to the casino!
If Pen and teller could explain how they dont fool them. It would be great
They do, but they provide their explanation through analogy, metaphor, etc. in hopes that those who have figured out the trick (i.e. the performer) understand, and those who haven't don't. It's very rude and unprofessional to spoil someone else's work.
I hate how Penn laughed in the end.....superb trick professor
You can see Teller thinking hard when he blinks at 5:36
Ok i wasn't expecting that 😊. Normally there's some card trick 👍 or something.
Very impressive trick, although being a bit of math nerd myself I figured it out. But to perform it and make the magic happen is another story. Nicely done.
I was waiting for Penn to say that Teller and him were “two peas in a pod” but he never said it.
I want a reveal, now!
Thinking like a mathmegician I have an idea how you worked this one out, but i just can't work out the numbers.
Observations:
1. I believe the Professor performs what is known as a "sloppy shuffle". It doesn’t matter how many times this is done before being told to stop.
2. With an eagle-eye, the Professor watches whether Teller cuts an odd or even number of cards. This will determine who he will ask to deal, knowing that Penn has already chosen to be the loser.
3. So, as Penn has chosen to be the loser, he will always be dealt the Brown, Red & Orange cards. If he is to be the winner, then _he_ would have been asked to deal, with Teller receiving these cards.
4. The mathematical magic is that now, no matter how Penn chooses to swap, _he will somehow always lose by two!_
5. As Penn suggested, the die has been electronically set to flip to a two.
What if you chose a 5? Would it then still flip to a 2? And if so, wouldn't that be a number not chosen by the participator and thus be invalid?
I don't actually think that the dice was electric, Teller obviously selected a number and put it under the bowl.
I want know how this trick is done
I usually decipher most of the tricks done in this show but I have to admid I do not know how this one was done, he beat me at math.
Isn't that card trick in the intro mathieu's from the original series?... kinda rough to use a trick in your intro that a previous winner used on the show.
How did he do it?
Keep aside that game, how did he guess the hidden dice have value 2? Genius. Fine know how Pen and Teller got this.. great trick.
Awesome trick!
someone explain it to me.... i'm dumb. i cant figure out how this trick works ...
I miss my band camp girl .....
A barbie doll is no substitute for the magical presence of Alyson.
Alyson was super cringy. Jonathan was the real deal.
Alyson didn’t have Jonathan’s charisma, but she still had her own quirky charm. The new lady has a raspy voice, can’t project, and seems robotic.
That is no Barbie doll.
Um……does it depend on the number and colors in the bag?
Normally math magic doesn't do much to *feel* magical. Even if I don't have the exact method, I can still feel the hint of something. This just feels flat-out impossible. If Teller had chosen a win by 6, how do you possibly force that? There's outs, like changing the rules so you lose a point for mismatches, but even so?! It's a brilliant trick and I loved it!
Rewatching and working the math, I've figured out a lot more about how this has to be done. but this is just so cool.
I can wrap my head around everything but the dice, if the magician had known the number It would all make sense, and yet he doesn't
@@arsenigold9470 Penn says "really an electric moment, when you revealed the dice", and I had the same conclusion when I first watched the trick.
I really want to know how he did it
I’m pretty sure i know how this was done, and yet the part that fooled me wasn’t the math… it was the magic. I have no idea how you did the load of the inconsequential bits! You clapped first! How is that possible?!
Yep, me too. The word *electric* did it for me although I kinda had it figured out before then.
@@CB-xr1eg The die is a known gimmick, but the color decks were new to me. Reminds me of those pucks they would give you when waiting for a table at a restaurant.
I would say this was to obvious because of the colors of m&ms.. and they would have been the same in other packets too based on the color cards .. if pen didn’t give or exchanged anything there would have been another move before the trick ended
No need for 'another move' ... if Penn and Teller didn't exchange anything at all, then Teller still wins by two. And no matter what they exchange, Teller wins by two... that's not where the trick is. But it IS where half of the math lives ; )
i had this guy at GT for a math class, and he's awesome!
what a bunch of malarkey though! i want them to prove they understand the trick by writing a paper about it :D
Why does Brooke wear same outfit everyday..
Well I usually know how stuff is done but I didn't get this one.
And the yellow ones?
I want Alyson back!!! But the trick fooled me completely.
BTW - the attempt at showing the digits of pi on that dome wall is wrong. It appears that the designers chopped off the right margin of a printed version of pi before making the graphic. Groups of 'n' digits are missed at regular intervals.
are you lost?
Hahah teller sitting there like how the hell hahah
i really feel penn and teller was fooled
Huh. It sounded to me like Penn was hinting the dice was gimmicked with his "electric" comment, but I don't see why that would matter since Teller knew the number he chose before he placed it under the bowl.
its part of the method
They mean the magician knew what number teller picked.
The dice doesn't 'change' ... it just tells the magician which way up it is. The table 'reads' the dice electronically, and then informs the magician wirelessly - usually using a vibrating device placed on an arm or a leg. But, even when you know this - it's still one hell of a good trick.
There are even dice that don't even need an under-table reader... they are charged wirelessly and send out a signal each time the top face changes using a tiny internal sensor. I have a set of two and they were quite expensive... once you take them out of their carrier they start signalling once the top face is unchanged for about 4 seconds. The benefit is that you can use them anywhere.
when they said "boys", it means they didn't fooled
My guess is that he has multiple outs in the first phase. Like maybe mms of those colors don’t count or the first dics is double or something. He comes up with rules on the fly that result in a winner by six or less.
The dice is the hard part. It could just be a dice that changes its face under the bowl. I think that was the hint. But that’s a bit lame.
That's a great trick. I have to think the die is gaffed in some way. Seems like Penn thinks there was something electric? Magnet perhaps?
Either way, I enjoy these math based tricks. Really nice job.
It's an electronic die, the magician is wearing a hidden sensor that tells him the orientation of the die after Teller places it. Still a great trick though, the math behind it is very fun to figure out and there's still some sleight of hand involved to ensure that the prediction comes out to be correct!
oh my...,Brooke Burke
Oh man. Penn and Teller speak way less in code for this season.
I miss allison
If Teller had the TRUE pick of the dice... explain that ( not say N ) but ...
Teller could freely choose what number he wanted and the outcome of the game wouldn't have changed. What bag of candy was opened could have changed.
@@aaronanderson6958 the bag was chosen by Pen and BEFORE the dice pick.
She attaches herself to the fence using concealed rods she had prepared in her clothing before. She can stabilize herself and lift the lower section of the box. Tip it ober and shes out. This task was too effortless.
What the heck are you talking about? Fence? Clothing? box? You're obviously not describing the M&M trick the rest of us out here have just watched.
No Alisin no watchie
You realize this is the personal youtube channels of the magician preforming the act, right? He has literally no control over who Fool Us chooses as their host.
Where is Allison?
Band camp