Psychic Cringe Fails 2 - The Best of James Randi
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▬▬▬▬ Video Segments ▬▬▬▬
0:00 - Psychic Trick Explained
2:03 - Uri Geller Fails on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
3:57 - Cheap Haircut, Cheap Trick - Psychic Humiliated
8:49 - Dowsing Rod Fail (Warning! - Old Glitchy VHS Video)
13:41 - Aura Challenge Fail
17:03 - 'Psychic Revelation' Pastor Trick Exposed - Zábava
i am obsessed with the fact that not a single one of these individuals had the psychic foresight to predict that agreeing to publicly debunk themselves would destroy their credibility
That is because some of these individuals actually believed their own lies. The best lies are the ones you tell yourself I guess.
I don't think they knew
🤣🤣
Hubris?
Unfortunately both Uri Gellar and Peter “The Ripoff” Popoff kept many devout followers. To them, keeping the faith no matter how ridiculous it was was more important to their lives than giving it up. I do not necessarily criticize them because it is even worse today then it was back then and many of us today are guilty of the same thing.
science has yet to explain the link between psychic abilities and awful hairstyles.
styles change throughout time. that was IT back then
John Tower it's beyond human understanding
There are some things man is just not meant to know.
Pfffft, shows how much you know! That hair's totally in fashion on "the other side" right now.
and sequins
I love the way James calls people a liar in the most polite way possible
I am sure Allen, Alfred, Alice, Ann, Bill, Charlie, Colin, Connie, David Derek, Eileen, Ellen, Florey, Frank, Fred, George, Jim, Joe, John, Karen, Kathern, Kevin, Lilian, Lisa, Liz, Lynn, Mark, Mary, May, Michael, Rob, Ron, Shirly, Sidney, Stanley, Sid and Steve all agree.
Yeah he comes across as a genuinely kind person even when he’s telling someone they don’t have a leg to stand on
Sad part is that he is part of that bunch... I did challenge his people over at his own forums and was banned without breaking a rule. Calling out their lies.
I like how they have scientists on standby to immediately call out their bullshit
Uhhhh, the purpose of this video was to debunk scammers…. How did you miss that???????
@@JudeTavonFenwick no I know.
It's just hilarious that they have a team of scientists and an expert magician to debunk such a pretty basic trick. Like it was bound to humiliate this guy
@@JudeTavonFenwick that is what he is saying thought, wth
But the static….
@@JudeTavonFenwickno offense but it sounds like
You don’t know what the Fawk
You’re saying
It's like 'To Catch A Predator' for psychics.
"To catch a psychic, who couldn't foresee his trap"
Third dude with stache was actually a predator
@Miss Anthrope they merely amuse me. I'm fine with it 😊
lol hahaha
Not so fun fact... The one at 4:00 was actually a predator and a horrific one at that.
I went to see a brilliant Psychic once. I asked her ...
"Do you see me ever going to jail?"
She said.... "NO!"
So I robbed the bitch! 😂
joejitsu034 now im about to rob you of that joke. ''Twas very funny lol.
Yasmeen chickefoot No worries brother.
same here son
*slowclap*
EDIT: The joke was funny but the dude himself is psycho, he actually thought I was disparaging him and/or his joke and because he knows me so well he says "you're not funny". You have a lot of information to base that claim on, don't you my friend? Fuck you
voteZDLR Don't be jealous because you're not funny 🙂
“I’d say about half a dozen” *proceeds to list every single person who ever lived*
😂
And went on alphabetical order from A's to Steve's
And the neighbor’s dog
My favorite part of the James Randi set is when he debunks them and walks away, not a handshake nothing. And they stand there wondering what to do 🤣🤣🤣
Forced to stand there in silent shame and contemplate their life choices. Priceless
They clearly will never deserve a James Randi handshake. His mission is to stop scams.
Amazing how the Carson appearance didn't hurt his career. They found him more believable for not feeling strong that day.
I laugh my ass off at that as well. Best comment 😂
That moment when he squats down and kind of laughs, you know he's thinking "jesus chrsit what the hell am I gonna do, I'm stuck now."
Hehe I noticed that laugh too, it was such a tell/giveaway that he was full of it. I don't know why I still feel a little bad for these guys knowing they are conning people, but they are definitely conning people.
@@noomiidwr what's his name
@@traitorjoseph1893 James hydrick
What he should've done the same thing as usual, I mean when the Styrofoam fly's everywhere because of his blowing he could've just said "I can't focus my powers on the page alone" or something, that way he wouldnt have looked like a total buffoon
It's that feeling when you're on national tv, with a dodgy haircut and in your pyjamas. What the fuck do you do?
Imagine if you actually had psychic powers but you were only strong enough to move the page of a book. How sad
And Then a bit of static between the pages ruins it all 😂.
@@bastrixer Curse you, electrostatic forces!
you have no place in the universe.
@jason lul wait for real
Psychic powers are more about feeling your surrounding and less about breaking the physical law
I watched a documentary on his institute and what actually made me sad was when people came who TRULY believed that they had psychic powers and his people proved they didn't. There was a guy who thought he could sense emotion from pictures and he was devastated when they showed him he couldn't under scientifically controlled conditions. They said that essentially he had naturally good cold reading skills.
Hey man, I'd be content with that kind of talent. Not supernatural powers, but I'd call it a good consolation prize, personally.
@@Catman_CM Yeah, I mean that's still a hell of a skill, to be able to read people like that. It's pretty rare, actually.
This right here is why these demonstrations are so important. Some of these people aren't even frauds, they just lack the knowledge to explain their own abilities and jump to conclusions. They're essentially their own victims, and they need to be saved from themselves just as much as the victims of the actual fraudsters.
Couple things.. The guy with the dowsing rod was clearly manipulating it.. he didn't even try to hide the fact he was moving it himself.. And James Randi predicting the guy would find it on try 3 was better than any of the other 'psychics' there lmao
James Randi is a real wizard, he created this show to call out the fake wizards
That's just simple math, though. His odds go up with each guess, from 1 in 7 (14%) at the start, to 1 in 5 (20%) on the third attempt.
I'm psychic too. I knew that all of them were gonna fail
Whoosh me all you want, but you ain't psychic, you're just sensible.
@@EdwardNavu I'm not gonna r/woosh you. I'm just gonna tell you that you cant take a joke.
Edward knave Chris is just joking.
Chris is a god
Amazing teaches me sempi
What if these people really are Psychic but James Randi is a better one and is being an epic troll by stopping their powers?
that'd be the best thing ever.
'Lol nah, this my spot'
agree. i think randy has psychic too
Banjo The Fox some "psychics" actually claimed that to be the case
Banjo The Fox Ah, No!
What I love about these old shows is how straight they are. No crazy edits and cuts, over the top presenters, like they're trying to appeal to a 4 year old with the attention span of a goldfish. They're not even trying to embarass the guests, just allow them to display their "powers" and apply controls to test them.
The only thing I find confusing is that these people know they're frauds, but went on here anyway. Maybe they thought it was good enough to get past any controlled test. Either way, Randi remains undefeated.
Narcissism is crazy stuff. It makes you think you can outsmart anyone or anything.
You're absolutely right about the lack of edits. If these shows were made today, they'd be full of overly dramatic cuts, swells of stressful music, closeups of faces "reacting" to statements, etc. Truly awful.
I think they go on the shows under the pretense that the show is gonna play nice and promote their supposed abilities, not expecting to be challenged. When put on the spot live on air, they have little choice but to play it out.
I suspect some them really believed in their own "powers". Like the dousing dudes.
Pretty sure they all just wanted a chance at the million dollars.
"We said that by chance you would find it on your third or fourth attempt, you found it on the third attempt so your results, sadly, seem to be no better than chance."
That was just a completely hilarious and spot on conclusion to that segment :D
Sad part is he got lucky 3/7 is better then 4/7 haha
This is why psychics dont win the lottery and healers dont work at hospitals
they say they lose the gift if they do it just for financial gain
@@Arizona_lilly right lol except they charge ppl hundreds of dollars for these readings... 🤔🤔🤔
🤣🤣😂😂
@@Arizona_lilly And yet both sell there services all the time. They just don't ever seem to do them in situations where they can't con their way out when things go wrong.
Lol. You’ve commented this on more than one video
@ IRBADL TALD - Some hospitals actually using healers to this very day, and i´m talking about USA, Europe etc.. Scary how those Quacks, can get their tentacles in anywhere.
"The styrofoam and the lights create electricity...that pulls the page down..."
Um....nope, that's called gravity.
P smith003.5 HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Zack Vahn THATS WHAT I SAID!⬇🌍⬇
Zack Vahn that actually made me lol
Zack Vahn why have you taken "GradeAUnderA's" picture as you're own
Probably because this is the internet, and that stuff happens. A lot.
They need to bring back live tv humiliation like this. There are ALOT of people who need to be brought back to reality in todays day n age ALOT.
James is a personal hero of mine. No group of people disgust me more than people who think they’re psychic, in all its forms.
I like how he let's them expose themselves, never directly accuses.
Captain Ron That is the secret of his power, and the weakness of their "power"
That's exactly what testing is. He's not there to debunk anyone, just test if they're correct. If they are correct, they should be able to pass the test
Normally whenever people expose themselves in public it is a bad thing.
They think or want to prove they can fly, he provides them with the building and camera crew to show off their abilities.
Theres a very important reason why he only does so indirectly.
People get very defensive over their beliefs, and challenging a belief is the same as a personal attack to 99% of people.
The way he tossed the transcript at him killed me 😂😂
Angelina Vargas
He was like “you bitch!” 😂😂😂
'here, go on, catch this. You stupid fucking dickhead, what does it say?'
@@JT-km6th you made my day.
Time stamp?
@@Soapia99th 1:44
You gotta respect Randi for bringing in the real cash to pay up the psychic in case they actually demonstrate their psychic ability under controlled conditions. He knew he never would need to, but still he'd bring it along because science isn't about assumptions, but actual, testable results.
Dude had a standing offer for fifty years to pay a million dollars to anyone that could demonstrate a genuine supernatural ability.
Somehow it never got claimed.
@@TheZigzagman Because Randi was a cheat himself. Somebody DID fulfill all his criteria, and Randi CHOSE to not honor his supposed 'offer', and Randi's rationale was 'nope, psychic powers just aren't real' out of his own 'belief'. It's great that he took down bullshitters but it's not like he was a truthful honorable guy himself. He was the cheat who cheated the cheaters, but also cheated somebody who wasn't a cheater.
@@jamescarter3196who was that?
@@jamescarter3196
No they didn't.
@@jamescarter3196
The only person to successfully 'beat' James Randi's challenges broke a seemingly impossible code.
However, he was professional cryptanalysis called Matt Blaze and didn't try to claim the money since he wasn't using psychic abilities.
Why aren't there TV programmes like this any more? I know you'd need a psychic to be able to get Randi on the show, since he's dead. But this is brilliant! Skepticism, simple logic, and simple tests, that a genuine psychic (or whatever) ought to be able to carry out. But not one of them ever has. Funny.
People these days are too braindead to think beyond anything as mind-numbing as I'm a celebrity
Plot twist: James Randi is such a powerful sorceror that he can negate everyone else's magic.
Dumbledore in disguise in the muggle world
I just had coffee blowing out of my nose from reading this
Black clovers very own
Arthur Conan Doyle believed this to be true about Houdini
@@ktlee08 He tasked with finding unknown wizards and tests for them
I love the way they send them off after failing miserably: "Well, sir - you´re a hack. Thank you for coming."
[Applause. Takes emergency exit and boards the Shame Express to oblivion]
Lasse Bauer 13:24
Lasse Bauer Hahahaha awesome comment
Lasse Bauer shame express lol, good times!
Lasse Bauer that's why James Randi is one of my favourite people
He even looks at the guys hand like he was going to shake it, then claps to silence the guy lol
James Randi is a legend.
Its beyond terrible that people like Caputo or Tyler Henry pretend to talk to your dead loved ones.
I love how this man Spent his life proving these frauds wrong. And I love how they just come up with so many excuses as to why they can't pull off what they say they can do when confronted, especially the guy in the third clip.
I guess openly admitting it would be the death sentence of their careers. These people are master bullshitters, and they've got to keep up the pretense of their lies if they want to keep their most gullible clientele.
@@NunyaNuni Yeah pretty much. No one wants to be put on the spot and outed like that. So they go back to pulling explanations out thin air.
Yeah, I mean if you think about it, (assuming psychic abilities are real) they aren't very powerful or useful if the smallest things can stop it from working or being better than chance... Huh...
I'd like to watch a "psychic" do a reading for a foreigner. They couldn't come up with any names hahaha.
Hahahahahaha!!!! XD
Yeah, but if he "read" the name Muhammad, he would probably get about 20 people he/she knows. It is the most common name in the world. Unless that person he is doing a psychic reading for is from, say, Taiwan.
is it the most common name in the world? or most common in the muslim majority countries??
Both I believe. I looked it up on Wikipedia and it states in the world, however that source is from Wikipedia.
Fuck Google you're a fucking moron...
Imagine having your supernatural powers foiled by styrofoam
grindamadurin what if we were all psychic and styrofoam ate all our powers?
@@CanadianBullFrog im crying now! Boycott styrofoam
grindamadurin just like bolt
In other words kryptonite
God forbid he's ever attacked by a mad man wielding a Styrofoam weapon.
The way that guy was waving that stick around while that dramatic music was playing had me dead. I can't for the life of me understand why he would do that ON TV.
No one imagined the internet would make this stuff immortal.
The way he walks away as he claps is hillarious 😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂 16:59 dude had a bad attitude !
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 im legit crying at 13:35 though
I'm embarrassed watching this
Yeah, it's quite uncomfortable. Imagine the audience... they must've been cringing
WhoWantsToKnow81 I would have gotten up and left
Serenity Affinity its hard to believe no one was bursting out in laughter
John Conway
Lol at least you're honest
Same. so hard to watch but I can't stop watching.
Being able to flip a page in a phone book is the lamest power possible.
You do know that is physics anyone can do it lol chi is real but not what we are lead to believe ! its not some super power .
Power lol maybe wrong word for it its a form of energy it can after effect throw a stone into water and that is it ! .
sorta like how kinetic energy works
Especially in the age of cell phones.
Hmmm better use my super power to look up the number for the bat cave...oh sh.t phone books dont exist anymore because we have digital contact lists...better use my other super power...crawling into a hole and dying kapow!!!!
@B lmao
Its DC's newest superhero
“Hey, girl...”
James Randi really needs a movie to be made about his life!
Bruce Lee vs styrofoam was epic XD
“The paper is being PULLED down, see?”
*proceeds to lift the page and have it fall the opposite way he said it would not once, but THREE TIMES*
The cringe was suffocating. Lol
LoL 😂
He should have then said the foam was causing reverse electronic gravitational rotational circolosis.
@@RoyalCaymanian 😂😂😂
@@spartanstick4556 The foam was causing static which prevented him using his psychic power. Don't you get it?
@@PreservationEnthusiast
*Slaps forehead*
Duh, I can't believe I didn't understand that. I'm an idiot. Lol
''we have the transcript right here'' WHIPS IT AT HIM.
Shawn Senior A wizard never throws a transcript too hard, nor too soft... he throws it precisely as he means to.
@@keirantalent nice one ;)
I seriously LOST IT when I saw that 😂😂😂😂 I’m still laughing about it
It was definitely passive-agressive :D Love it !
that wasn't a fnck passive!
I love how scientific he approaches these tests, making sure the zinc ore was all taken from the same samples, etc. James Randi was a treasure and I've always respected him since my dad first introduced me to his content 20 years ago. I wish i could have met him before he died
Poor phone book guy just needed the money for a decent hair cut!
RIP James Randi, the world desperately needs more people like you, especially now.
He died?????????
@Mansoor Shakeel Hell is not metaphore for bad events
I didn't know he had passed on. This year has been the worst
@ what do you call a decade of bad shit?
2020 :(
We still have penn and teller to debunks
I love that James never shakes their hands after their failed 'demonstrations.' The act of clapping and walking away without a backward glance is just so dismissive. Great stuff.
Yeah he made that last guy say his silly claim again and then just left him hanging like a total idiot. That's got to be the Randi slamdown.
I think it may be a sign of great restraint on the part of Randi, not to just tell them they are frauds and should piss off.
"Thank you for coming to the show"
He's a hero who has no time to shake hands with these criminals.
Thats a great observation, love it :-)
Quacks, frauds, liars, deceitful and charlatans, one of my favorite quotes from Professor Stephen Hawking comes to mind when he said…”There are no miracles or exceptions to the laws of Nature.”
I was really hoping with the zinc ore one that he'd come out and say "Turns out, neither of these was zinc ore, but actually plastic molded to look like zinc ore."
“What’re your powers?”
“Do you have a phone book? I’m about to blow your mind “
Soooo... Nothing changes for me?
"Use the styrofoam, Luke."
What a load of crap.
The last one shame on you.
You've got access to a supernatural ability that only a few humans possess, and what you can do with it? Move a single page of a nearby book
The heat from the light is creating static electricity on the foam
Clearly.
i am a lizard
It would’ve been funny if James said ok then and removed the foam and put a couple of lit candles in front of it instead. That way we could see the flames being blown instead of the foam lol
@@babycakessr.8704 Or just told him to turn the pages towards himself.
One of the reasons why Styrofoam was even invented in the first place was because it DOES NOT CONDUCT ELECTRICITY in any way.
Jeez, Hydrick, I learned that in high school!
The best part is watching him attempt to demonstrate the static cling, and every time he drops the page it falls in the opposite direction. Hilarious.
Lol. Love how after exposing them, he just let's the camera pan in on them for extra second hand embarrassment lol.
Guy: Probably half a dozen
James: *mentions 37 names*
Why can't he just say 6 . There's no need to use the word dozen!!! Lol jk
@@mwg911hk ikr
Notice how they never say, LaSean, Shaquille, Dino, Poindexter, Tito or Prince.
mwg911hk
Based on that logic, there’s no need to say 6 either.
@@mwg911hk I guess half a dozen means anything around 6, not 6 exactly.
Its so funny seeing that phone book guy try sizing it up, thinkin "damn how am i gonna blow around all this shit??"
Probably more thinking "I'm never going to live this down." 😂
@@bubblegumxo and he's thinking f..k me.I just bought this psychic outfit yesterday...well the guy who sold it to him definitely saw him coming!!!! or perhaps the psychics barber was good friends with the outfitter," hi George I've just sold an outfit to a loony tune, he wants a crazy haircut, George " ok send him over I'll do my worst "
@@peterfitzgerald7327 😁😆😅🤣
Not a single lottery winner has been a psychic
This man is brilliant and I consider him one of the greatest minds when it comes to reasoning and critical thinking. He is definitely up there with those like Carl Sagan.
I once had a fantastic psychic reading. The psychic not only knew that I had eaten in a restaurant within the last 3 months, but he even knew that the restaurant's name had a vowel. But what was truly stunning was that he knew the waiter or waitress asked me if I would like a beverage at the start of the order process. Now, I ask you, how could anybody in the world have guessed all of those things? Impossible! I'm a true believer now.
Ralph…f’n funny 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆
😄😄😄😄
I actually had the best psychic reading inside a restaurant. The waiter or waitress asked me if I would like "a beer as usual".
Lmao they all ask if you want a drink at the start, and most people go out every few months. Specially now days just to show social media.
That guy with pages made me laugh far more than I should have
Shazam Guy convicted
Jimmy Page
Masqerader ahhh damn, I actually felt bad for that disgusting piece of shit ...
first sentence of his Wiki bio.."James Allen Hydrick is an American former stage performer, self-described psychic and convicted child molester"
samira sadiq fuck that
To this day, no one has won the $10,000 reward for proving that psychic powers are real.
The James Randi Foundation was actually offering $1,000,000 at one point and still no takers. Weird huh?
It like 1 500 000$
We need a James Randi for modern psychic mediums
Damn, wonder how he felt sitting there for 30 seconds, knowing damn well he got no psychic abilities 😐
With that silly hairstyle and outfit!
Kmsl!!!!
i bet he spent that entire 30 second period thinking of what his next excuse would be
I think he spent the entire 30 seconds going “ok maybe there’s a slim chance I have psychic powers after all” and actually trying
@@Moondial I was thinking that, but at the same time I was thinking "Dear God, I hope he's not thinking that".
I met him once at my community college. He was very nice and apologized for having gas from the Taco Bell he had eaten earlier. A man of the people.
I choked on a carrot.
Thank you for the laugh, but I agree. Respectful, confident, and a proud part of the LGBTQ community.
@@FatFrogChonk disgusting filthy creatures
Randi or the fraud guy? Who did you meet?
@@FatFrogChonkwhat does the lgbt have to do with this?
Historical TV moment 1: Hydric dressing like a chess piece.
Historical TV moment 2: the look on Hydric’s face when Randi pulls out the jar of foam pellets.
3:58 honestly, this is a pretty good trick, to make the page turn this nicely with your breath from that distance without being obvious. Really cool. Shame he didnt become an actual illusionist, rather than a fraud, he could have been real good and original.
Instead he became a piece of crap pdfile
This dude had a huge reward for anyone that could prove they had abilities. He destroyed so many careers but it's their fault.
Gavin star honestly what’s reality TV?
Unfortunately they are probably thriving thanks to our inability to use common sense.
@Gavin star have you heard of politicians?
And not a single person has claimed Randi's prize to this day.
Guess people with powers are very, very _humble_ and none of them actually wants to win millions of dollars instantly. Yeah, that's the only explanation.
He still does. He's offering a million dollars to anyone who can prove the existence of God or psychic powers.
“One minute later” you can see this guy sweating and trying to figure out how he can weasel out of it. Probably the longest minute of his life.
Thanks for that laugh m8 i needed it lol
😂 The way the guy with the poor man's Harry Potter wand laps up the applause is hilarious !🤣
James Randi is a hero. I'm so glad he outlived Sylvia Browne who he was after for years. I could imagine if he had died first, Sylvia would have told everyone that Randi contacted her from "the spirit world" and said she was right about everything, topped with an apology.
Agreed. We need much more people like him promoting critical thinking rather than superstitious beliefs.
I can't stand Sylvia Brown
@@kenmaddock7469 Yes!
I actually remember thinking that at the time, you brought it right back! The nasty piece of work definitely would have pulled some awful thing like that. Vile woman. The whole lot of those cold reading, magic trick using charlatans are scum who prey on anxiety, love, fear, and bloody charge for it!
I wish he was here for that stupid scam artist with the Karen hair from Long Island.
The ability to psychically detect zinc ore is probably the most pointless "talent" that man could think of.
It's everywhere.
You'd eventually get tired of those constnt tingles, then, used.
It'd be as another sense
It is similar to having the psychic ability to tell if popcorn is salted or not.
Unless you're a thief
*That man*
*That man is carrying a lot of pennies*
Rattlesnake Biscuits This comment is underrated as fuck hahahahah
@@HerecomestheCalavera oh my god, are you referencing Angry Video Game Nerd pre-fame short film? lol
Clive looks like a calm and genuine man
God right through the names in alphabetical order LMAO 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I hated the healer who made the old ladies believe in that. It made me want to cry at how manipulative it was :(
To be fair, they are not the smartest to believe him in the first place. Still a dick move though.
Jim Jones lasting legacy is preachers like that . They saw how much money he accrued by taking everyone's possessions
In a lot of ways I think it's terrible and wrong but I feel like there is a silver lining to it, it really depends on the tactfulness of the preacher. I don't think there's anything necessarily wrong with telling an old, dying woman "your son is going to be okay thanks to all your prayers". Even though that message obviously didn't come from God, it's still a thoughtful message. It may be a message delivered under false pretenses, but sometimes lying is better than telling someone the truth. If it makes someone happy and nobody is actually getting hurt from it, I think it's honestly thoughtful. It's like telling someone what they want to hear, versus what they need to hear. If it makes them happy, that's all that matters in my opinion.
What is wrong is when these people act like they are healing terminal illnesses. It's one thing to be realistic and tell someone it'll be okay, you've got a long life left to live, etc. It's another thing entirely to prey on people's beliefs and make them think they are genuinely healed of all their ailments. Especially in exchange for money. These types of people are just a small part of what gives religion a bad name.
spartan456 you’re defending the wrong guy if you’re sticking up for Peter Popoff. Believe it or not, he’s still going and still on tv (though nowhere near as large as he used to be) and still conning anyone and everyone out of their money!
Personally, I think Popoff is one of the most disgusting con men out there. He’s one of those preachers who try to convince the gullible into buying into his ‘supernatural power’ (or ‘miracle spring water’) and that the more they donate to him the more ’unexpected’ or divine rewards they will receive. They will try to convince you that if you donate to them even with the last of your money rather than paying bills like you should that a large chunk of money will ‘supernaturally’ appear in your bank account or your bills will suddenly and ‘supernaturally’ be paid.
When that doesn’t happen they just tell you that you didn’t have enough faith!
It was already terrible when Popoff and his people were fake healing but now they’re trying to take peoples last dollars with the promise of winning the lottery! I’m not religious but this almost makes me wish I was so I could imagine Peter Popoff and his staff burning in hell for all eternity!!!
@@pat5star Oh nah, that guy can go fuck himself. I was just saying that in some ways this kind of thing isn't inherently evil if it's done in a certain way. The way Popoff and others like him do it are purely predatory and malicious.
The calm cold savagery in this is amazing
And funny too.
Chiafade now I would have loved it if James had said "here you go bitch" but James is way too classy for that
Savagery is best served cold
I think that's important (that he's calm) and it's where a lot of people trip up. If you stay calm and talk rationally and politely you'll lose the arguement and not make any headway at all
But none admitted to doing wrong, so this was all really just a pissing contest at the least, a furthering of mental illness at most.
It really does show up the utter hubris and often delusion these people have. Often times they’ve learnt a trick, or a technique. And the idea they could trick or fool randi for the money shows the greed. I love randi. I would have loved to have met him and thanked him for all his work.
James Randi a man of his time, exposing the charlatans that TV was so happy to promote.
Now this is what I call entertaining television. Calling out scammers scams on live television and watching them act like fools
Nowadays they just give them TV shows
@@SpilcedJeans Or elect them to public office.
@@toddgaak422 you can just say you support Trump you bigot. He's not the president anymore.
yup this is quality tv. they should bring it back
@Todd Gaak. Exactly. 😂
"So, what's your special power?"
"I can make me carreer disappear instantly"
"really? how can you manage that?"
"i was dumb enough to come here"
You know, if I were James Randi and someone would admit something like that, I'd give them the money. If any of the people were like "okay, it's fake", I'd respect it.
Hahahahahaha 🤣🤣🤣
@darth geekboy
Wow. Talk about hanging in there
Uri gellar went on to have a very successful career becoming extremely well known in multiple countries worldwide and becoming a multimillionaire in the process all on the back of basically spoon bending.
🤣😆🤣
James Randi is that one professor when the student cites wikipedia 😂
These poor people are seriously cracked out
james randi is very Professional for not roasting the crap out of these fakes
Jesus Lopez it was a more polite time
Jesus Lopez These people make themselves look like idiots
I feel like the overly polite manner in which he addresses them afterwards is at least passive aggressively roasting them lol.
@schoob4822 It shows that excessive politeness can be malignant as it benefits utter charlatans, or at least makes them feel comfortable conning people and getting away with it.
I LOVE the fact that when he tried to "demonstrate" that the light and styrofoam made the page fall back, it instead just fell forward (three times).
He tried to manipulate science 🧪🤣.
I think he was also trying to fold the page a little to give a little lip that he could blow under without moving the foam.. Then the presenter turned over a bunch of pages and scuppered his only chance of pulling it off hahaha
Hm
i laughed each time bro
@@gemstar7286he must be a Democrat!!!
Clive seemed like a genuinely decent guy who probably really misguidedly believed that his "dowsing" technique worked. Felt kind of bad for him. The rest of them are a bunch of creeps and scammers though.
Yea that must have felt bad for the guy, the others were lying through their teeth and already knew they would have to have an excuse for failure, he seemed genuinely dejected lol
I’ve seen dowsers find water leaks underground. Some people can do it in my opinion
@@dpr828 dousing "works" because there's water fucking everywhere, not because they're actually doing anything. You can walk around damn near anywhere in the US that's not a desert (and even then, many places there), dig a hole, and find water lmao.
Actually after 15 years it was discovered that it was Hydrick’s haircut that lost him his psychic powers. That bowl cut was lethal to those around him.
That was the trick, the paper was scared of his 'do hence the paper moving away from him
When I saw that guy, I can't help but picture this exact moment: czcams.com/video/WQBc8yxjdSs/video.htmlsi=9mbVj_PDM9W0E8Za&t=34
@@flat6pilot Lloyd had a better bowl trim
So this is what Dumbledore does whenever he's not at Hogwarts.
Pretty much
Watch out if you diss him he might turn u into a frog
Lmao
Dumbledore wishes he was 1/2 the badass Randi is.
doubledoor 🤣😂🤣
Wow, this James Randi guy sure is a sneaky devil. Can't believe he cheated that poor guy out of 10k by putting magical styrofoam around the phone book to block all the psychic energy like that. Outrageous!
😂😂😂
Had us in the first half
Psychic Kryptonite.
the nerve!
Doesn't say much for psychic ability when it can be negated by a packing peanut.
love how you can see him purposely making the side movement with his arm in the dowsing rod one.
I like to imagine james randy is a kind of power stealing wizard who tricks people with abilities to come to him so he can increase his powers.
he was haha
If I ever have to do battle with psychics and wizards I know what armor ill be using.
Glued together packing peanuts.
That's unprofessional. You better get yourself a custom made Styrofoam armor set
I'm going to wear leg warmers and a bow tie
Better make it a +1 Styrofoam armor reinforced with lights and paper. And keep a few balloons handy for additional static electricity.
LOL Styrofoam hat
Neither did his hair.
I went to see a psychic once. I knocked on the door and she said “who is it “. So I left Lmao
reminds me of a joke i heard in Fallout 3: ''I was going to attend the clairvoyants meeting, but it was cancelled due to unforeseen events.''
🤣🤣
We have a few local here. I've often thought about bursting through their door and asking if they knew I was coming.
@@_Clayton.Bigsby_ 😂😂😂 Hilarious
@@_Clayton.Bigsby_ "Well, I didn't know. But what are you here for?"
And then you go "You tell me"
7:29 - when you didn't study for the test the next day...
I love how this comes round every couple of half years or so and three quarters
The way he politely thanks and dismisses them after proving that they're full of shit is so passive-aggressively savage!
This is my favorite part, too. Then has the audience applaud them like he didn't just destroy their entire livelihood......ha. Savage!
too bad he was such a nasty negative and angry human being
They way he left them standing there looking is 🤣 😂😂😂😂
But also very professional.
@@jjaniero He was? How so? I'm new to knowing about him so this is news to me.
“...and the neighbors’ dog.”
My sides are in orbit.
ranger1986ka I’m laughing ,too.
@ranger1986ka nah youre probably just autistic or something
I laughed too
The way he says it is the best part. Like as if asking, "Are you fucking serious?"
I peed my pants!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🐶
One of the great outback Australian philosophers once said, bullshit could take you to the top ,but it won't make you stay there.
Wow, that's valuable information. If I ever have to protect myself from psychic forces, I just have to carry around some packing peanuts! 😂
" Oh no. My only weakness. An older man with 10k Dollar and styrofoam " 🤣🤣🤣
Bullets ....... My only weakness
THEBEAST911 BEAST911MODE how did you know...? XD
@@JoseDKira11 lmao
"The styrofoam and the lights form electricity which pulls the page, look it pulls the page down"
Bruh no that's gravity
Rose Cake RIGHT
Styrofoam can hold an electric charge and I think paper does as well, but you’d be able to see some styrofoam stick to the paper when he moved the page.
Plus it kept falling on the wrong side each time he tried
Joe C paper is one of the well known insulators. Which means that it really doesn't like to add or remove electrons. It's not impossible, but unlikely you'll get it to hold a charge.
My mustache and my Asian kung fu outfit is causing psychic anomalies.... maybe static charge? Can that be it? Oh it can't. Huh. so I can't do it, since obviously I am breathing on it. Now if you RIP a telephone book in half, that's a real thing, and not as hard as people might think. Actually, telephone books are pretty funny, member when those were a thing? All the numbers didn't start with 555 either. Cause fucking morons would call them. I blame Jenny and Tutone.
18:01 "Hello Petey, can you hear me? If you cant you're in troubleee." That had me rolling 😂😂😂
we need more of this, in this age.. LOVE THIS!
5:37
"Pulls the page down."
Page goes opposite direction
XD
Twice lol
that had me dying XD
From an actual source or just his facial hair?
It's called "gravity"
no... its psychic honest! LD LOL
I've fallen way too far down the youtube wormhole. I was watching fishing videos and some how ended up here?! Where am I
Facts
keep going east until you hit the water can;t miss those wicked tuna guys It looks like I might have tripped down the same wormhole
I was watching a lot of fail videos to get here
Just enjoy the ride bruh
I was watching a how to video on car repair
Ohhhh my god the second hand embarrassment hurts.
The phone book guy's costume is what we would call "problematic" today.
Randy was so incredibly deferential and polite to those frauds, who certainly didn’t deserve it. He was a classy guy.
Handed their asses in class. Respect.
Treat people how you want to be treated
That's the way to do it in my opinion. When you have to be condescending and rude, it makes people think your arguments are weak and don't stand on their own. Some debunkers on CZcams are like this. (I admit I'm being a bit of a hypocrite since I can be very rude if I get mad, but it's still true.)
He was a pedophile moron....
@@caspers.8846 And it seems you are a detractor
Dude with the styrofoam problem was straight up laughing cuz he knew he wasn't gonna be able to do shit to those pages, LMAO.
that dude was actually a child molester...glad he's still locked up
the guy name James
The outfit & hair cut were pretty good clues that he was full of shit….
Yet his fancy suit almost guaranteed success , perhaps some lacy frills or a purple velvet sash would have amplified his psychic resonance .
Funny how when he was confronted by a test which would indicate if the page was being blown over, rather than turned with psychic power, he became helpless.