I imagine in 10 years time, ya know how sometimes your parents get a call like 'Brian, Josie's really drunk' Instead it'll be a concerned friend 'Mr Brushwood, Josie's scamming again'
Lol, right. I'm just starting the video, saw Jason and I'm gonna watch him the whole time. I wonder if there will come a time that Brian includes him in one of these as a red herring.
Josie knows how to get money out of her father without even trying and, better yet, HE offers it up and it isn't just 10 or 20 bucks its 100+! I need a father like that! XD
I thought the whole part where Brian messed up, was a cruel joke to offer her more money, so when he got it right the second time, she couldn’t get out of doing the dishes.
@@TheGodOfAllThatWas well, no. Brian believed he’d win regardless. My thought was, he reeled her in with more money, on the second try, to do all the dishes whenever he asked, after he convinced Josie, that he could lose. Albeit, he didn’t try to lose, so my thought process is irrelevant, and it would also make Brian a real scoundrel. Lol
I was expecting Josie to offer up half the money to Jason up front to throw the trick. That's what I would have done as soon as Jason was used as a "check".
Of course, when you're doing this for drinks at the bar, the flub in the first go-round can be a "flub," that draws the mark into a double or nothing wager... which is then, of course, nailed.
One thing you can do to make it more convincing is: pretend to read Person1's mind, then P2, and then say "Oh, you guys are trying to trick me, I'm getting mixed signs! You cheaters, one of you is lying!" and then pretend to read P1 mind again, only this time "you're completely sure where the penny is". That's gonna make them a little confused and there's no way that P1 would know if P2 was trying to throw you off by thinking of a different beer-cap-thing... It's gonna make you seem like a wayyyy more serious magician than you actually are... And it further sells the idea that P2 might actively be trying to sabotage your trick, making it impossible for them to "be working with you".
Someone start a petition to make Josie a permanent part of Scam Nation. I can't put my scam on it but she just brings something extra to the Killer Candy. What is it? Sweetness maybe? Extra large comedy? Locked door? I don't know but make her a permanent part of the Scam.
Happy birthday! My cousin taught me this at Christmas about 20 years ago. Good stuff. Not putting it under either of them would be good too, because then when your mind reading is 0 you know it's not under any of them. She performed the trick very well. Now she just has to trick her friends into doing her chores, Tom Sawyer style.
Oooooh. And I got a message from the Royal Mail today saying my mystery box is waiting at the post office for me. £16 customs charge, but now I can't wait for it to arrive.
Helped a friend with a similar method, instead of using a 'temple jaw clench count' I had my hand on the table and strummed the amount of fingers on it to tell the mentalist where the coin was. If it was in the 5th slot, I didn't move my hand or removed it from the table.
At first I thought this said "drain their minds with a psychic turkey" and I briefly thought you were talking about that trick where you use a turkey baster to get water out of your ear.
I think the mistake followed by the double-or-nothing is an excellent way to get someone much more interested and very "invested" in how it turns out! This is one I knew from the start. I've used it a bit, too. Still... LOVE the channel and very cool to see Josie getting in on these. Keep it up!!!
Ohhh! I thought the double or nothing was on purpose to scam a rube 😂 You are such a good showman! But Josie is smart - if this wasn't a video, I'm pretty sure she would have left the table with her winnings after Round 1.
So many gems in this show. 1. Happy Birthday Josie. 2. Will Jason honour us with reading his newest book? He was amazing with the last audiobook. 3. Brian's finger... Did the counter reset? 4. That VPN commercial was awesome... Kinda wish it was shot like the old robot overlords Domain.com ads. 5. Bribing your kids to do chores?
How can I value my privacy, or they value mine? They are giving you a sale on fake privacy. There is another company that gets all my data. Do I trust them more than my
I really enjoy these types of communication. Also like the hidden verbal communication they explored how to guess people's information on their ID card
@@alwaysfallingshort No I was unsure what you meant when you said Jason is a "confederate." Is there some meaning to that word I don't know? Because otherwise I'm not sure what this has to do with the american civil war.
@@buurbagturd3539 The term "confederate" means someone who is conspiring with someone else, or in allegiance against the greater group (and can also be used as a verb, "Jason and Brian confederated to trick Josie.") The American Confederacy was a self-titled group of states who wanted to succeed. The term confederate came before the attempted succession and general association with the term for the Southern army.
One of these days, I hope Josie goes online or to the library and checks out some books and finds one of those takes on a magic trick that Brian doesn't know about. It'd be nifty if she were to turn the tables and teach him a new rendition of an old trick he might not understand fully, or might think it's one trick when it's actually a different one. It'd blow his mind and he'd be so proud.
> you can add a few blinks to locate the coordinates on a 5 * 5 array You mean like e.g. blinking with the left eye for the x coordinate and blinking with the right one for the y? Yeah, that could work - might require a bit of practising together, but what the hell.
Her first guess on how the trick was done is equally valid, even though you couldn't really do that one with an audience. But 2-on-1 like in the video, she nailed a method that would have worked just as well.
Tbh we got a good side view of the "mind reading", it wasnt that difficult to figure out after we saw that, but without out of the box thinking or just witnessing the cheating, its impossible to tell.
I loved this technique as a kid. But this presentation is awesome. As soon as Brian touched Jason's temples I immediately watched for the flex. *pop*. Yes! I love this trick.
I'm gonna be honest, for a trick like this, especially when framed as a bet, I would rather go straight for the one signalled to me instead of the whole "not this one, not this one, etc." Because it opens too much wiggle room for them to say "you didn't read my mind" or "you got it wrong" after the first one if you don't make it 100% clear that you are eliminating the wrong choices or if they don't hear the not or whatever, and then if you try to correct them they think you're backpedaling and trying to cover a screw up. I find the misses or process of elimination is great for a lot of tricks, especially card tricks, but for something like this, the effect is stronger when you get straight to the reveal
I figured this one out before it was explained. I saw his ear move once the first time and knew he was clenching. Also blinking could could do the same thing since your hands are covering the eyes except to you
In one of the fist 2 demonstrations, I even noticed "Huh, Jason's wiggling his ears/doing something with his jaw, that's weird" and I still caught on like right when Josie did.
Fooled me; I thought Jason was blinking when his face was hidden by Brian's hands. But the real lesson for Josie wasn't the trick, it was to learn that the answer to "double or nothing?" should always be "nah, I'll keep the cash I've already won."
That reminds me when I screwed up my first performance on a comic convention. It was as spectacular as this but once with a key and the other with cards. To bombs on the same day! What a way to start a carrier.
First one you should have agreed to putting away the dishes, on the double or nothing you add back the washing dishes. It makes it seem even more fair.
As soon as Jason was in the video I knew he was in on it and I watched for clues of how they were communicating. At first I thought it was when he took a drink from his glass, but he didn't do that on the second attempt. Then I thought maybe there was some blinking or something while Brian's hands were on his face obscuring the view, but Brian closed his eyes on the second attempt to read his mind so I was all sorts of stumped.
I've been watching enough Scam Nation to know that Jason was in on it! I even saw his jaw clenching during the "mind reading" parts! Nice trick i'll try this one out.
Josie is going to be a force to be reckoned with come school year 21-22. I'm happy to have gotten this one, but her arsenal is going to be magnitudes beyond mine in....yeah now.
Uncle Jason is sus. Not gonna lie, I thought he gave it away with the SUPER obvious nod while Brian was indicating caps at 2:35 but I wasn't paying attention, lol. In retrospect, 5:33.
I imagine in 10 years time, ya know how sometimes your parents get a call like 'Brian, Josie's really drunk'
Instead it'll be a concerned friend
'Mr Brushwood, Josie's scamming again'
You make it sound like Josie will be getting caught in ten years time...
@@Sceadusawol it'll be Josie's equivalent of Jason being very concerned
At least she'll have a steady back-up income. Though I really hope at some point she takes over as part of *The Modern Rogue, the Next Generation!*
Now, when Jason is there, I assume he is in on it.
Lol, right. I'm just starting the video, saw Jason and I'm gonna watch him the whole time.
I wonder if there will come a time that Brian includes him in one of these as a red herring.
@@ussenterncc1701e there have been a few that he was just there if I recall. But mind reading and Jason my first thought is that he's in on it
Yeah, this has happened before.. Was hoping she would guess
Yes
As soon as I saw Jason, I figured he was a confederate.
That honest moment of: I fd up. was so precious.
I actually wasn't convinced that was a mistake. He recovered so well, I thought he might just have been building suspense
@@andymcl92 I thought so as well at the beginning like the faild magician set up.
Bright girl, she's got a future... but if she was a genius, she whould've taken the 60 and walked off set.
I would have loved to see her just walk off the set. Just like Peace everyone I got paid today.
Josie knows how to get money out of her father without even trying and, better yet, HE offers it up and it isn't just 10 or 20 bucks its 100+! I need a father like that! XD
Video: (includes Jason)
Everyone: I mean... obviously.
I thought the whole part where Brian messed up, was a cruel joke to offer her more money, so when he got it right the second time, she couldn’t get out of doing the dishes.
But doesn't that negate the whole concept of double or NOTHING. No dishes done. No money changes hands. Back to "nothing" happened.
@@TheGodOfAllThatWas well, no. Brian believed he’d win regardless. My thought was, he reeled her in with more money, on the second try, to do all the dishes whenever he asked, after he convinced Josie, that he could lose. Albeit, he didn’t try to lose, so my thought process is irrelevant, and it would also make Brian a real scoundrel. Lol
She doesn’t have to do dishes, it was double or nothing
technically speaking, i agree with you
Top notch detective work, you didn't want to toss a time stamp or anything to confirm
I was expecting Josie to offer up half the money to Jason up front to throw the trick. That's what I would have done as soon as Jason was used as a "check".
Not sure Brian knows how 'double' or nothing works.
Or he was just hoping Josie doesn't know how it works 😋
ain't called scam school for nothin'
And Jason doesn't know how double or "nothing" works...
1:48 Josie is such a clone of her dad. She even makes sounds just like Brian
Of course, when you're doing this for drinks at the bar, the flub in the first go-round can be a "flub," that draws the mark into a double or nothing wager... which is then, of course, nailed.
But if it's double or nothing, then you just end up breaking even.
One thing you can do to make it more convincing is: pretend to read Person1's mind, then P2, and then say "Oh, you guys are trying to trick me, I'm getting mixed signs! You cheaters, one of you is lying!" and then pretend to read P1 mind again, only this time "you're completely sure where the penny is". That's gonna make them a little confused and there's no way that P1 would know if P2 was trying to throw you off by thinking of a different beer-cap-thing... It's gonna make you seem like a wayyyy more serious magician than you actually are... And it further sells the idea that P2 might actively be trying to sabotage your trick, making it impossible for them to "be working with you".
9:17
THAT WAS THE MOST WHOLESOME THING EVER
Someone start a petition to make Josie a permanent part of Scam Nation. I can't put my scam on it but she just brings something extra to the Killer Candy. What is it? Sweetness maybe? Extra large comedy? Locked door? I don't know but make her a permanent part of the Scam.
I dunno fam. I think Nord VPN can't stop people from hearing me singing show tunes in the shower at full volume through the door lol.
Brian, Josie is adorable. Cherish this time together because it just flies. Love your videos
Happy birthday!
My cousin taught me this at Christmas about 20 years ago. Good stuff.
Not putting it under either of them would be good too, because then when your mind reading is 0 you know it's not under any of them.
She performed the trick very well. Now she just has to trick her friends into doing her chores, Tom Sawyer style.
> Tom Sawyer style.
I see you're a person of culture. :-)
Oooooh. And I got a message from the Royal Mail today saying my mystery box is waiting at the post office for me. £16 customs charge, but now I can't wait for it to arrive.
I bet Josie's grown a strong distrust of Jason in recent times. :P
Helped a friend with a similar method, instead of using a 'temple jaw clench count' I had my hand on the table and strummed the amount of fingers on it to tell the mentalist where the coin was. If it was in the 5th slot, I didn't move my hand or removed it from the table.
I didn't know Jason's book was in paperback.
This might be the single fastest I have ever placed an Amazon order.
That proud papa moment was so great
At first I thought this said "drain their minds with a psychic turkey" and I briefly thought you were talking about that trick where you use a turkey baster to get water out of your ear.
Happy Birthday, Josie!
I think the mistake followed by the double-or-nothing is an excellent way to get someone much more interested and very "invested" in how it turns out! This is one I knew from the start. I've used it a bit, too. Still... LOVE the channel and very cool to see Josie getting in on these. Keep it up!!!
Ohhh! I thought the double or nothing was on purpose to scam a rube 😂 You are such a good showman! But Josie is smart - if this wasn't a video, I'm pretty sure she would have left the table with her winnings after Round 1.
5:33 "You sound constipated" 😂 😂 😂
I love how Jason title grows longer every year
So many gems in this show.
1. Happy Birthday Josie.
2. Will Jason honour us with reading his newest book? He was amazing with the last audiobook.
3. Brian's finger... Did the counter reset?
4. That VPN commercial was awesome... Kinda wish it was shot like the old robot overlords Domain.com ads.
5. Bribing your kids to do chores?
Re: #5... Bribing kids to do chores isn't a new (widespread) idea, but Scamming your kids into doing more chores than normal...? Excellent idea!!! 😂
Happy birthday Josie! (Let’s pretend this was filmed this week).
Brian, Jason love your shows guys. You are great!
I could actually see Jason’s ears move during the mind reading and I was like hmm. But that’s a great trick
I loved that moment when it clicked in her brain... that had me rolling
How can I value my privacy, or they value mine? They are giving you a sale on fake privacy. There is another company that gets all my data. Do I trust them more than my
the second his hands went to jasons temples i knew what was up XD
lmao i love this father daughter thing...
I really want to see Josie and Jason work together behind Brian’s back and mess him up
Happy Belated Birthday Josie!!
I really enjoy these types of communication. Also like the hidden verbal communication they explored how to guess people's information on their ID card
Happy belated birthday, Josie!!!
I totally misread the title as psychic turkey and was intrigued, still good , but still wanna see that psychic turkey
Oh my god I need to see that video now
Brian is going to have the best home movies and Josie will be a force to be reckoned with in college.
Raising the stakes until Josie can buy a dishwasher
You know Jason is a confederate when he finally shuts up. I'm actually the exact same way.
what?
@@buurbagturd3539 I'm saying Jason gets quiet when he's in on a scam.
@@alwaysfallingshort No I was unsure what you meant when you said Jason is a "confederate." Is there some meaning to that word I don't know? Because otherwise I'm not sure what this has to do with the american civil war.
@@buurbagturd3539 The term "confederate" means someone who is conspiring with someone else, or in allegiance against the greater group (and can also be used as a verb, "Jason and Brian confederated to trick Josie.")
The American Confederacy was a self-titled group of states who wanted to succeed. The term confederate came before the attempted succession and general association with the term for the Southern army.
@@alwaysfallingshort ah okay, didn't know it had that definition, never heard it used that way before. thanks.
Jason put his glass in a weird place and took a drink each time too, so it could easily have been that.
Happy Birthday Josie!
Happy belated Bday, Josie!
Jason should’ve given Brian a fake answer the second time around just so Josie could win all Brian’s money! Great episode guys!
I was waiting for them to do what Josie said and put nothing under the caps for her turn xD
9:17 When Josie gets it :D
Happy belated birthday Josie!
She shouldn't have been greedy ^^
And she still needs to learn the most important lesson.
Whenever Jason is arround, he is in on it. ;)
Josie's power in the force is getting stronger
Must be hard for that little girl having a father who doesn’t want to work.
One of these days, I hope Josie goes online or to the library and checks out some books and finds one of those takes on a magic trick that Brian doesn't know about. It'd be nifty if she were to turn the tables and teach him a new rendition of an old trick he might not understand fully, or might think it's one trick when it's actually a different one.
It'd blow his mind and he'd be so proud.
Since the hand hides the eyes of accomplices, you can add a few blinks to locate the coordinates on a 5 * 5 array.
> you can add a few blinks to locate the coordinates on a 5 * 5 array
You mean like e.g. blinking with the left eye for the x coordinate and blinking with the right one for the y?
Yeah, that could work - might require a bit of practising together, but what the hell.
This is the same dude with the spikey hair 10+ years ago?! Damn time flies!
Her first guess on how the trick was done is equally valid, even though you couldn't really do that one with an audience. But 2-on-1 like in the video, she nailed a method that would have worked just as well.
Another way to indicate it is by blinking. Brian's hands are blocking Josie's view of Jason's eyes, so he could just blink the right number of times.
Tbh we got a good side view of the "mind reading", it wasnt that difficult to figure out after we saw that, but without out of the box thinking or just witnessing the cheating, its impossible to tell.
everyone is talking about how Jason was in on the trick but not about 5:57
I loved this technique as a kid. But this presentation is awesome. As soon as Brian touched Jason's temples I immediately watched for the flex. *pop*. Yes! I love this trick.
This is an oldie but goodie, but if you were my dad, I would not make any bets with you. Lol
I'm gonna be honest, for a trick like this, especially when framed as a bet, I would rather go straight for the one signalled to me instead of the whole "not this one, not this one, etc." Because it opens too much wiggle room for them to say "you didn't read my mind" or "you got it wrong" after the first one if you don't make it 100% clear that you are eliminating the wrong choices or if they don't hear the not or whatever, and then if you try to correct them they think you're backpedaling and trying to cover a screw up. I find the misses or process of elimination is great for a lot of tricks, especially card tricks, but for something like this, the effect is stronger when you get straight to the reveal
I figured this one out before it was explained. I saw his ear move once the first time and knew he was clenching. Also blinking could could do the same thing since your hands are covering the eyes except to you
Such a great twist of Black Magic.
those magician hands at work at 11:15, so smooth he can't help himself even when he's not performing
Happy birthday, Josie!!!! 🥳🥳
My guess: Jason blinks n times, where n is the the bottle cap number from 1 (closes to Brian) to 5 (farthest from Brian).
That was my guess, the hand placement would've been great for it
In one of the fist 2 demonstrations, I even noticed "Huh, Jason's wiggling his ears/doing something with his jaw, that's weird" and I still caught on like right when Josie did.
Missed opportunity to go "Wow Murph, you forgot already?"
Could use blinking if you block line of sight to the cheater's eyes well enough
She doesnt have to do dishes!! She won the first bet. The second bet was “double or nothing”...
happy birthday to Josie
I think it's funny that months later, I'm still running into nods for Killer Candy by Jason Murphy. It's pretty great!
Fooled me; I thought Jason was blinking when his face was hidden by Brian's hands. But the real lesson for Josie wasn't the trick, it was to learn that the answer to "double or nothing?" should always be "nah, I'll keep the cash I've already won."
That reminds me when I screwed up my first performance on a comic convention. It was as spectacular as this but once with a key and the other with cards. To bombs on the same day! What a way to start a carrier.
F
First one you should have agreed to putting away the dishes, on the double or nothing you add back the washing dishes. It makes it seem even more fair.
You guys are great! Great stuff!!
I live sloe so I don't lock the bathroom door. I guess I don't need Nord VPN.
My first thought on how it works is your friend blinks for the placement
Happy belated bidet, Mini-Schwood, you're continuing to steal the show.
As soon as Jason was in the video I knew he was in on it and I watched for clues of how they were communicating. At first I thought it was when he took a drink from his glass, but he didn't do that on the second attempt. Then I thought maybe there was some blinking or something while Brian's hands were on his face obscuring the view, but Brian closed his eyes on the second attempt to read his mind so I was all sorts of stumped.
Happy birthday Josie!
Called it!
I never EVER trust when Jason and Brian are together 😂
I've been watching enough Scam Nation to know that Jason was in on it! I even saw his jaw clenching during the "mind reading" parts! Nice trick i'll try this one out.
Josie is going to be a force to be reckoned with come school year 21-22. I'm happy to have gotten this one, but her arsenal is going to be magnitudes beyond mine in....yeah now.
a wild Jason appears!
me: Oh so Jason is in on it
Josie come on! :D
i think they dont understand how double or nothing works, josie has a free pass to avoid the dishes now since brian lost round 1
One of the few scams I caught when it happened. I thought it was Jason blinking his eyes though, not the jaw flexing. Nice job.
She should have taken the money after she was up!
I knew Jason was in on it i just couldnt work out how. 1st i thought he took a drink when your hand was over the coin but the 2nd time he didnt
5:09 yes Josie
Now that’s a good code
Is it really double or nothing if you don't give her a choice to reject the offer? 😂 She should have taken the $60 and run!
If Jason is "randomly" invited to a Josie episode...
60$ to do the dang dishes xD
I'm in love with Josie
Uncle Jason is sus. Not gonna lie, I thought he gave it away with the SUPER obvious nod while Brian was indicating caps at 2:35 but I wasn't paying attention, lol. In retrospect, 5:33.