-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Penn & Teller: Fool Us....how did the guy do this trick?
- Thread starter Synth_floyd
- Start date
- Status
MaddenNFL64
Member
Salmonax said:
Same. I love the show finale tricks, penn & teller are the best
.How was "kenny" given a microphone so quickly after being chosen?
In fact he has the mic on when he's supposedly just sitting in the audience. I know there's a small delay between him being chosen and the camera resting on him so theoretically the production team could have quickly sorted him out.... I doubt it though.
In fact he has the mic on when he's supposedly just sitting in the audience. I know there's a small delay between him being chosen and the camera resting on him so theoretically the production team could have quickly sorted him out.... I doubt it though.
also i am still stumped on the dart prediction one.
how did he get the specific numbers! ahhhh. i noticed on the piece of paper that it does not say how teller won ro sham bo, soo he could have had the other option (penn winning) in the other shoe, and could have put the papers in his shoe anytime after the word creating part. he has said himself on youtube of all places that there were no midgets hiding in the boxes.
how did he get the specific numbers! ahhhh. i noticed on the piece of paper that it does not say how teller won ro sham bo, soo he could have had the other option (penn winning) in the other shoe, and could have put the papers in his shoe anytime after the word creating part. he has said himself on youtube of all places that there were no midgets hiding in the boxes.
BetterThanNothing
Member
In response to the OP: I imagined the word brick. No joke.
I remember seeing something similar on the internet where you were forced to quickly do some math and other easy to do things and at the end were forced to think of a color and a tool. Red Hammer is what i chose and it was what the little flash program chose as well. Same thing happened when it asked to choose a vegetable and i chose carrot, it was right.
Guess i'm just a predictable guy.
I remember seeing something similar on the internet where you were forced to quickly do some math and other easy to do things and at the end were forced to think of a color and a tool. Red Hammer is what i chose and it was what the little flash program chose as well. Same thing happened when it asked to choose a vegetable and i chose carrot, it was right.
Guess i'm just a predictable guy.
For those that liked Shawn Farquhar's sealed deck trick, he also does this very good card routine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgVwJek-fXY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgVwJek-fXY
Diprosalic
Banned
Jeff Albertson said:
ugh. he just can signal him which card he looks at with his hand that he has in his pants. he always changes his posture. sometimes with fingers open or closed. it's quite obvious. no need for any deck switching.
look how awkwardly he streches his fingers after the second card at 3:04
Schmattakopf
Member
The woman is strong and flexible and when the box floats, she's propping herself up using the post or the man behind the box. Or so goes my guess.Rapstah said:
BruiserBear said:
Fantastic trick... I really enjoyed that. It's tricks like these that have me shying away from figuring out the secrets... Just too incredible of a presentation to want to spoil the effect (as if I could!)...
Also, Piff was fantastic! Actually had me laughing out loud and clapping. I'd love to see that guy live.
â Narayan
Member
God damn, that's amazing.satriales said:
satriales said:
This guy is really amazing. You can tell he especially loves close-up magic; the trick in this video where he has the named card in his mouth works completely differently for the viewer (in this case us watching the video) and doesn't really work for the audience farther away. Love it.
parrotbeak
Member
Has the Prestige one been discussed already? That's the most esoteric reveal I've come across. Most of P&T's cryptic answers have been googleable, but I don't get what they meant by, if they knew everything about the trick would they be able to replicate it. Why did the contestant magicians immediately concede defeat after that question?
It's the second act in this clip, starts around 8 minutes in. The first act was posted in this thread already.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9BTB4aApzo
It's the second act in this clip, starts around 8 minutes in. The first act was posted in this thread already.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9BTB4aApzo
Ashes1396 said:
It really depends on how far away they are. I imagine if he's actually up on a stage there's no real way for it to work at that distance, but it doesn't matter. It still works in a theatrical sense since the audience knows he's playing to a particular viewer, so it's actually beneficial to have them in on it for that moment.
After seeing a guy handle a deck of cards like that, I'm never playing poker again.
parrotbeak
Member
Whenever I lost a big pot on the river against a regular in Vegas, I always left suspicious. But what can you do. I just always try to tip well and be friendly with the dealers. Converse, try to get on their good side.
Even in the poker circuit I was in here, some people were trying to learn how to bottom deal and had bought dvds on it. That circuit got messed up anyway with rival hosts trying to bully each other, some armed robberies at other games, so I dropped out.
Even in the poker circuit I was in here, some people were trying to learn how to bottom deal and had bought dvds on it. That circuit got messed up anyway with rival hosts trying to bully each other, some armed robberies at other games, so I dropped out.
Synth_floyd
Banned
DogWelder said:Twins.
Yeah obv they're (both?) twins. Penn says "If Teller and I knew exactly how you guys did that trick we would not be able to duplicate it."
perryfarrell
Member
satriales said:
OMG, I friggin LOVED that one.
Mechanical Snowman
Member
Maybe that was a bluff to fool Pen and Teller, added specifically to this routine to distract them away from the real method. That's the only explanation I can think of. It ruined the trick when I saw it, but after they said it wasn't a card switch it made me wonder if there's a version without the obvious sleight of hand.SmithnCo said:
perryfarrell
Member
Synth_floyd said:
So the twin of the blonde taller dude ends up in the box where the chick comes out of? And the dude with the tutu climbs out, while the chick was in there all along? It seems you'd only need one pair of twins.
parrotbeak
Member
Penn says, "if we knew everything, would we be able to do that act?"Synth_floyd said:
They respond, "Thanks for your time."
Then Penn says "that secret kept quiet the rest of your lives will make you one of the best magic acts the world's ever seen."
Pretty high praise if it's just twins. Plus how do they keep that secret in today's wikipedia'd world?
Well, maybe, I dunno.
perryfarrell
Member
^ same. This show is really great. British TV ahead of the curve again.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
I find magic so fun to watch...then I get really frustrated when no one explains how its done lol.
Loved that show where the masked dude explained all the tricks to popular shows.
Loved that show where the masked dude explained all the tricks to popular shows.
Grimm Fandango
Member
satriales said:
Dear god...
POWERSPHERE
Banned
God magicians blabber with some corny shit. I went to the Magic Castle in LA, which was awesome, but pretty cringeworthy a lot of the time, too.
Gav said:
this is my take on the trick.
the sealed deck isnt sealed. watch when he takes out the pen, you'll see he's holding the new deck because he made the mistake of not tilting it to the audience right away. penn & teller both call him out on that.
you can also see the bottom flap of the deck is up and he folds it down with his finger. most likely the plastic is glued to the flap to give the illusion that it was never cut.
then when penn gives him the signed card he puts it under the deck and when he removes one card from the deck saying dont worry it's a joker it's actually the unmarked version of penns card he swaps for the signed card.
the trick requires some crazy good finger work and the fact the cards get swapped when the deck is in penns hands makes it even more impressive.
You are correct about the "sealed" deck being open from the bottom. This is why he does not let Penn hold the deck to examine it.big_z said:
However the card switch is not done after it is in Penn's hands, that would be impossible. The key to the trick is knowing what card Penn has immediately after he picks it. This is why he says "it is alright if I know the card." Knowing the card is vital to the trick as it allows him to locate the correct card in the ordered deck, pull out the corresponding unmarked card and then hold that position such that he can slide Penn's card in at that spot. The reason he "pulls out a card" after it is in Penn's hand is because there's a card on top of the sealed deck that hides it--the Joker.
As for how he locates the position of the corresponding card, this can be done in several ways. The simplest I can think of is just putting various markers in the deck at specified intervals and then counting cards up or down from those spots--after all, it is an ordered deck.
**Edited to make the explanation less confusing.
The Outsider
Member
Corran Horn said:
Any idea what the name of that show was, out of curiosity?
- Status