"Alright Penn, think of your birth month number. Now add 6 and take away your birth month number. Now multiply your NEW UNIQUE number by 2. Your number is..." *lifts shirt to reveal 12 carved into his chest*
"Alright guys, I want you to think of a number between 1 and a billion. Now.....add 3. Now....subtract the number you started with and let's see if I can guess your number. Is it 3?"
Nothing says humble magician like "I made up literally ever magic trick ever and I didn't even mean to I just sort of did it after becoming the best lawyer"
advertising. His stuff on facebook, I wouldn't say the stuff of legend, but it gets his name and face out there, so people want to see if he can do that live or not. Even if he gets the answer wrong, it still gets people interested.
@Pi it's both. They film multiple acts in a day with one audience. Those acts are then cut into more than one episode (and each episode is multiple acts). It get's hard to keep track of the original broadcast order if you are watching the individual acts on youtube, and it was never possible to know what order they were filmed in (unless you were there) since they are often rearranged in editing before broadcast anyway.
He chose Casey at Bat not because it’s more TV appropriate, but because he didn’t want to admit he didn’t know Howl, one of the greatest poems of the last 70 years.
to bad, he has a really soozhing voice. i love it when he talks :) his stage persona is one of the best out there. to me, there is only one silent actor who did at least as great as teller does and thats cardini
Why are so many people so mean to this guy in the comments section? I personally met him at a magic convention once and he was one of the nicest most welcoming magicians at the event.
okay he obviously put the cards in red black red black order while he was looking at them and tossed the cards that were not in that order. Then he just did a series of cuts so that they remained in red black red black order and then he just put one on each side repeatedly.
Penn says "boy" when he starts addressing the magician which usually means they haven't fooled but this is the rare occasion where the magician actually fooled them when he mentions that word
To the people saying it is not magic he memorized the card. Grab a deck take out 21 cards. Memorize them in 10-15 sec. Divide them into 5 packets mix those packets. Pick them back up in random order. Count random numbers of card put at the bottom do this two times. Then seperate them as qucikly as he did. Now you get it. It is impossible lol
If you break down the trick A) The first segment was memory. B) The cards are sorted to even red and black by "Eliminating" combinations that are greater than 2 cards of Red-Red or Black-Black and thrown into the air. C) The cards are now red-black-red-black etc D) the cards are "split" into piles which has no bearing on the trick as the bottom card will never have more than one red/black combination. E) Re-stacking the cards he asks Penn and Teller to give him a number, again, it will never be more than two Red-Red-Black-Black combinations and never three of a kind. F) The remaining part is simple, know where the multiple combinations are, otherwise use hand motions to make it seem more complicated than it is. The essential combination overall (working backwards) is: Red-Red-Black-Black-Red-Black-Red-Black-Red-Black-Red-Black-Red-Black-Red-Black-Red-Black-Red-Red-Black. #didn'tfoolme
+WeMakeVideosCA Spot on what I was thinking. I was genuinely baffled that P&T then went on to say he fooled them, when "all" the guy did was doing precisely what he said he was going to do - and how is that even a "trick" then?! I have to put that "all" in quotes though, for that level of memory skills is admittedly very impressive.
he sells the effect, I bought it, so I do know the actual method, and like I already said the first half really was just memorization, while the second half was trickery... of course I'm not just gonna expose the full method here, if you really want to know how it's done, go buy the trick, its only $10, and its called binary code
I'm pretty disappointed in how Rick cut this... instead of showing this as it aired, he cut out the deck swap as well as the moment when Penn and Teller actually say what he did. He'll probably delete this comment when he sees it, but it would be nice if he just let the act stand as it was performed and aired.
there was no deck switch though, I assume he did that fake move just to throw penn & teller off, but considering the real method doesn't actually involve any switches I am surprised he would cut out the 'faked move'
The trick itself looks simple to me as a programmer. As it's about red&black, you only need 0 and 1 (base-2). So, for example, 8 cards go like: 0010-1101 (black-black-red-black etc.). Binary code is easily translatable without calculation (unlike decimal) to hexadecimal (base-16), for example, 0010 in binary is 0x2 in hexadecimal, and 1101 in binary equals to 0xD in hexadecimal. You basically need to remember only 16 such matches by heart. In the end you get a row of hexadecimal values. In my example above, 8 cards get translated to just two letters: "2D". Then you use the usual trick of assigning words to every hexadecimal letter and constructing a story from it. Say, 2D would mean "2 dudes". And that's it. To "remember" the original cards, you need to do the same but backwards. 2 dudes is translated to 2D; value '2D' is translated to binary '0010-1101' (just 16 matches to remember). Voila, you've remembered the order of 8 cards. The rest of the trick is a combination of classical techniques and some other mathematical quirks like that. However the guy does it by reciting a poem, and that's which is pretty impressive.
+carsten There are also things in programming like binary trees. Basically, 0 can mean "go to the left" and 1 can mean "go the right". So if you have imagined some sort of a labyrinth imagined in your head, where each dead-end contains some object, a stream of binary code can lead you to the answer. That's how some of the compression schemes work.
+carsten That really does seem like a simple theory, but would you feel confident you could memorize 21 cards, while reciting a poem, that quickly (Both speaking the poem, and memorizing) ?
All I'm going to say is its a simple algorithm. All he has to do is remember what order to place the cards in which pile after he has simply forced the same types of shuffles. It does take memory, not memorizing where they where just memorizing how to repeat the shuffles and separating them afterwards.
+elwhyify it's the same as shuffle tracking and sequencing like you would in the game of blackjack only this time it's easier and you don't need to know the exact sequence rather than just red or black which is easier,
The remembering the red and black card order in the beginning is pretty easy. Remember the number of red and black cards in succession instead of color after color and then alternate between left and right piles. That's why he didn't want the applause back then. The second time was truly deserving of applause though. Especially with the poem in between, which would completely ruin my memory. And the stacks and reordering.
I don’t think it was memorisation. I think I’ve worked it out from looking at it (and this is no comment on rick. This was an awesome routine and a MILLION miles better than the crap that goes on Facebook with the sticky notes). Well, worked out a way he could have done it? He said there were 21 cards. I think it was either 20 or 22. I think when he “memorised” them (remember he was throwing one or two away) he just ordered them red black red black alternating, culling cards across. Then when he came to deal down the piles he just had them in even numbers (so they alternated throughout. I.e whatever was on top, the opposite was on the bottom). Then it wouldn’t matter which order they were stacked up in. Then the cards from top to bottom doesn’t change the order of the cards. Then when dealing them down he does lots of little like cross hand type things where he’s distracting from the fact he is just colour sorting them from the red black order. That visual distraction mixed with the incredible poem memorisation made for a really slick little routine. I am always more interested in the method than the actual punchline for whatever reason but I really like this routine either way :)
+Rick Lax I think you partnered with a display company to make ultra high resolution displays and used those instead of cards. Also I have some other crazy and untenable ideas.
I get all of the hate because of his Facebook games, but I've probably watched this routine 6 or 7 times over the last couple of years just because of how impressive it is. To memorize and recite a poem like that with the energy and pauses, plus handling and keeping track of the cards, PLUS making the jokes and playing with Penn and Teller. Simply impressive.
To memorize anything and recite it like that is not difficult, I bet there are plenty of songs you could recite, after some practice you could easily increase the speed. The handling and keeping track of cards is a good skill but no more impressive than any other magician who has spent a few years at his craft. PLUS the jokes...well each to their own I suppose.
The things on FB are awful, they are just simple algebreic formulas applied to have a physical manifestation to give the affect that something wonderful is happening when its just simple mathematics and probability; but this.... this is just wonderful
Yes, that was cool ... but we know HOW he did it. It's a memory trick. Definitely impressive, no doubt. He's got a great mind. But the truly amazing magic tricks are the ones in which we do NOT know how he did it. And I've definitely seen more amazing tricks.
I recall seeing a sleight-of-hand where it looked like he cut the cards but he really didn't. If you watch closely, you can see it. If I have the time, I'll review the tape and post the time/point at which it occurs.
+Crimson Kng He didn't memorize anything but the original 12 cards. this time he didn't use the whole deck but he could have if he did a true false shuffle. Im not calling it a false shuffle because the deck was already shuffled. Rick Lax sells his tricks, you could buy this one if you wanted to.
In the beginning segment on him you can tell in order to make the flowers disappear he used a special table that sucked the flowers in. If you look in slow motion you see a hole in the top of the table where the flowers went then confetti falls to cover the hole. In real speed its impressive but slowed down it's still very quick but you can see the secret.
you guys may not know this, but the "nice long poem" was used by penn and teller in one of their acts, penn recited the poem while teller escaped from a stright jacket, as he was hanging upside down from the ceiling. its pretty cool of the guy to use the same poem...he is obviously a huge fan
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Surprised he didn't say, "For this to work you've got to like and share this video"
@BroskyWhoDatedHoski cos he always does for his social media
Lmao
2:03 teller did exactly what I've wanted to do to rick lax for ages now
"Alright Penn, think of your birth month number. Now add 6 and take away your birth month number. Now multiply your NEW UNIQUE number by 2. Your number is..."
*lifts shirt to reveal 12 carved into his chest*
*opens the trunk of a car to reveal 12 corpses*
Werecarebear and pans back to show two more corpses, Penn. and Teller.
This is the only place you can make fun of him without getting your comment deleted.
Finally there is somewhere where we can call him out on his bullshit 😂
The uncesonsored version of Teller flipping the bird would make an amazing gif!
haha
I thought that was him saying he only knew the first verse.
Nikko M the
Why can't he talk?
Joseph Gilbert he does but he'a decided not to talk in public. part of his image
If I fool you, you've got to like and share the video. Deal?
Chen Vannlydeth nailed it. except those ones never work on me. this one was better
like and share the videauoo
Chen Vannlydeth lol
Did not fool me with simple math and tricks
You were unable to fool me and I'm sure many other people.
But he didn't ask people to share and like his facebook page
Or ask people to lock in their number
*+ScoffSlaphead72* 2 years after
In a right hand corner of the kitchen
"Alright guys, I want you to think of a number between 1 and a billion. Now.....add 3. Now....subtract the number you started with and let's see if I can guess your number.
Is it 3?"
Nothing says humble magician like "I made up literally ever magic trick ever and I didn't even mean to I just sort of did it after becoming the best lawyer"
A real piece of shit
Look at the face he makes after, it was supposed to come off as sarcasm
r/punchablefaces
They use A LOT of editing. I bet it was quoted out of context. If not, he’s the source he appears to be on FB.
When penn says “you fooled us” I could see rick lax’s thoughts and all he was thinking was: “I’m going to have a great career on Facebook”
🤣🤣🤣
Rick Lax discovered algebra but 800 years after everyone else
If he can do cool things like this, then why does he make all the shit he does on facebook??
JackWolfDM my thoughts exactly!
advertising. His stuff on facebook, I wouldn't say the stuff of legend, but it gets his name and face out there, so people want to see if he can do that live or not. Even if he gets the answer wrong, it still gets people interested.
what part of this did you find cool?
He probably knows they're dumb, but he also understands it's what gets views. How he comes up with dumber ideas every time I don't know.
JackWolfDM because this is nowhere near as impressive as it looks
Apparently everyone has seen this guy on Facebook, but me.
And me
Clicked one video one time, and now the FB algorithm has him popping up every time I watch any video 🙃
same lol
Teller giving Rick Laxitive the bird was so satisfying.
When I saw this in my recommendations I thought someone edited Rick Lax's facebook videos into P&T as a meme. Oh boy...
J S i thought maybe it was green screened for like half the video. Cause the setup looked similar to a previous trick
Same
Ohhh he was a lawyer. It ALL makes sense now 😂
why dont you do stuff like this on your Facebook as opposed to your sellout 'like this' crap
Jacob Williams no shit.
Jacob Williams a
This. The Facebook stuff is SO groan worthy. Add 5 ! Now subtract 5!
srsly?
Jacob Williams because people are dumb as shit and he capitalizes off their stupidity. Can't blame him I guess, he's just so god damn annoying...
because people are retarted and love sharing simple shit
Wow reading all these comments just confirmed the feeling I got from him just by seeing the type of jacket he chose to wear
I actually enjoyed it, too bad his fb page is pure cancer
It is now 2020, and his FB page is alive and well and still "pure cancer"; people are still eating it up, sadly...
They are going to sit over there and delibewate
Don't be mean! Johnathan Woss is gweat!
Weally guys gwow up
Cmon! That's weally insensitive!!
Wick lax was weally good
obScurity this is why he got replaced
2:06 that's the girl on stage during " Shin Lim "
They film multiple episodes at a time.
Do you mean, they have more than one act in in an episode? If so, you would be correct.
@Pi it's both. They film multiple acts in a day with one audience. Those acts are then cut into more than one episode (and each episode is multiple acts). It get's hard to keep track of the original broadcast order if you are watching the individual acts on youtube, and it was never possible to know what order they were filmed in (unless you were there) since they are often rearranged in editing before broadcast anyway.
Ikr
@decent balderas you're one stupid fuck bud.
all lawyers are good on fooling people!!
+Buddy Salinas *at* fooling. Lol. But if that's true, what does that say about you?
Loiyaboy how da fuck do u know wat he does
LOL. Ain't it the truth
Buddy Salinas guess that's why he calls himself a magician
@Mentally Awakened no he said he got very close to being one
Teller at 2:02 is all of us when we see Rick Lax on FB or anywhere else
I 'liked' the video after Teller flipped Rick off.
Gawd, his arrogance and slimeball-y-ness are hard to top.
beatz04 not really, he wasn’t arrogant or slime ball y
@@brandaccountname9833 when you see a magician on Television perform a Trick, they probably didnt think of it, I DID! 😂
5:48 Teller looked adorable when he was pointing out the cards
This guy is the reason ad blocker happened.
2:01 - sums up pretty much how people feel about Rick Lax XD
Does anyone realize how cool it is he recited Casey? That was the first thing Penn and Teller did on their first TV special!
3:43 the woman on the right was a volunteer for Shin Lim's performance
I genuinely do think it’s just a memory trick, he has incredible memory
2:02 Good Job Teller
"i'm gonna go through the cards right now, I'm gonna take out those twelve" to which twelve is he referring? something was edited out
press the "like" button to LOCK IN your answer
He chose Casey at Bat not because it’s more TV appropriate, but because he didn’t want to admit he didn’t know Howl, one of the greatest poems of the last 70 years.
7:20 those are contestants on agt
he just memorised card, magic my arse😭😂
so much yes
I'm like 90% sure he just used the poem as a mnemonic device and speed-memorized the cards.
i remember when i first started doing card tricks as a hobby this was the first trick i learnt lol.
I really enjoy Rick Lax and think he does a great job.I follow him on facebook and I am never disappointed !
You went from an actual good magician to a facebook meme-fuck.
I've always loved it that TELLER doesn't talk.😄
to bad, he has a really soozhing voice. i love it when he talks :)
his stage persona is one of the best out there. to me, there is only one silent actor who did at least as great as teller does and thats cardini
+Benjamin Lehman It makes me wonder if PEN doesn't write ..
+The Sqoou 😂😂
Why are so many people so mean to this guy in the comments section? I personally met him at a magic convention once and he was one of the nicest most welcoming magicians at the event.
Jealousy of how incredibly smart he is maybe? I do know that he is a bit snooty sounding... but that isn't a reason not to like someone.
This isn't magic, this is a memorization routine that is just well done
NickSkam well what is magic? All magic is just pretending you're doing something you're not. Whether it be via memory, or a double lift lol.
This isn't mentalism or memory
okay he obviously put the cards in red black red black order while he was looking at them and tossed the cards that were not in that order. Then he just did a series of cuts so that they remained in red black red black order and then he just put one on each side repeatedly.
He uses advanced memory techniques, he saves the order of the cards in the poems.
Definitely miss this Rick Lax on Social Media... this was the man I started follow so long ago.
“I passed the BAR and then tried writing an entire book on deceptions” typical lawyer
3:31 "so if I did that right, you gotta like and share this video, alright?"
I’m surprised he didn’t use Red Bull in his act am I right Drew Gooden fans
Penn says "boy" when he starts addressing the magician which usually means they haven't fooled but this is the rare occasion where the magician actually fooled them when he mentions that word
That was the cutest little middle finger i've ever seen.
Rick Lax makes me feel the way I feel when I get stuck at a family reunion talking to family members I hate
Imagine the trick if he’d poured Red Bull on those cards.
To the people saying it is not magic he memorized the card.
Grab a deck take out 21 cards. Memorize them in 10-15 sec. Divide them into 5 packets mix those packets. Pick them back up in random order. Count random numbers of card put at the bottom do this two times. Then seperate them as qucikly as he did. Now you get it. It is impossible lol
If you break down the trick
A) The first segment was memory.
B) The cards are sorted to even red and black by "Eliminating" combinations that are greater than 2 cards of Red-Red or Black-Black and thrown into the air.
C) The cards are now red-black-red-black etc
D) the cards are "split" into piles which has no bearing on the trick as the bottom card will never have more than one red/black combination.
E) Re-stacking the cards he asks Penn and Teller to give him a number, again, it will never be more than two Red-Red-Black-Black combinations and never three of a kind.
F) The remaining part is simple, know where the multiple combinations are, otherwise use hand motions to make it seem more complicated than it is.
The essential combination overall (working backwards) is:
Red-Red-Black-Black-Red-Black-Red-Black-Red-Black-Red-Black-Red-Black-Red-Black-Red-Black-Red-Red-Black.
#didn'tfoolme
Rick lax: "I invent magic tricks"
Also Rick lax: "Take 100 and subtract your age, and that number should be that many years less than 100"
I'm pretty sure you just memorized those 21 cards
+WeMakeVideosCA Spot on what I was thinking. I was genuinely baffled that P&T then went on to say he fooled them, when "all" the guy did was doing precisely what he said he was going to do - and how is that even a "trick" then?!
I have to put that "all" in quotes though, for that level of memory skills is admittedly very impressive.
the first half of the trick was just real memorization, but the second half of the trick was not
Darcy Willowhite Ok, if you have an alternative, I sure would like to hear it, then.
he sells the effect, I bought it, so I do know the actual method, and like I already said the first half really was just memorization, while the second half was trickery... of course I'm not just gonna expose the full method here, if you really want to know how it's done, go buy the trick, its only $10, and its called binary code
he still technically memorized the 21 cards, the trick is he messed with how he memorized the cards.
Still by far one of my favorites
I liked this trick so much that I'll come back in a few days and finish the video.
remember to like and share
Go to 0:17 and put it on slow motion. It is actually hilarious.
and actually shows how the trick is done
I'd imagine Starbucks would look at you a bit oddly if you walked in with your own table...
Really wish he hadn't fooled them, really hate this guy
What a beautiful game. 5 years later I can only offer my best of support now.
He’s best trick is turning a 10second video on fb into a 5 minute one
How did he fool them wasn’t that just good memory
This is the magic I like Rick come back to this
Not just me others also
+RasPE Nitros Just you
I’ve never seen more than 2 minutes of content from this guy other than this video
I'm surprised he didn't ask them to like the video to lock in their answer
I'm pretty disappointed in how Rick cut this... instead of showing this as it aired, he cut out the deck swap as well as the moment when Penn and Teller actually say what he did. He'll probably delete this comment when he sees it, but it would be nice if he just let the act stand as it was performed and aired.
there was no deck switch though, I assume he did that fake move just to throw penn & teller off, but considering the real method doesn't actually involve any switches I am surprised he would cut out the 'faked move'
@@NotoriousDRC what's the real method?
When he looked Penn in the face saying Strike 2 he switched them.
@@FrenchysPlaysTV He didn't. The cards are sitting on the table at the time, he's not holding them.
The trick itself looks simple to me as a programmer. As it's about red&black, you only need 0 and 1 (base-2). So, for example, 8 cards go like: 0010-1101 (black-black-red-black etc.). Binary code is easily translatable without calculation (unlike decimal) to hexadecimal (base-16), for example, 0010 in binary is 0x2 in hexadecimal, and 1101 in binary equals to 0xD in hexadecimal. You basically need to remember only 16 such matches by heart. In the end you get a row of hexadecimal values. In my example above, 8 cards get translated to just two letters: "2D". Then you use the usual trick of assigning words to every hexadecimal letter and constructing a story from it. Say, 2D would mean "2 dudes". And that's it. To "remember" the original cards, you need to do the same but backwards. 2 dudes is translated to 2D; value '2D' is translated to binary '0010-1101' (just 16 matches to remember). Voila, you've remembered the order of 8 cards.
The rest of the trick is a combination of classical techniques and some other mathematical quirks like that.
However the guy does it by reciting a poem, and that's which is pretty impressive.
+carsten There are also things in programming like binary trees. Basically, 0 can mean "go to the left" and 1 can mean "go the right". So if you have imagined some sort of a labyrinth imagined in your head, where each dead-end contains some object, a stream of binary code can lead you to the answer. That's how some of the compression schemes work.
+carsten That really does seem like a simple theory, but would you feel confident you could memorize 21 cards, while reciting a poem, that quickly (Both speaking the poem, and memorizing) ?
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+Michael Gurzhiev (tms5) You didn't finish your comment. What do you think?
That’s not how it’s done, it’s not by memory
This was amazing , what a great job by this man. Must be smart to remember all the patter
All I'm going to say is its a simple algorithm. All he has to do is remember what order to place the cards in which pile after he has simply forced the same types of shuffles. It does take memory, not memorizing where they where just memorizing how to repeat the shuffles and separating them afterwards.
Lemme guess how he did it. He memerised the order and has good memory abilities
no
There is actually no memory required at all. He wants you to think that is how it is done.
there is some minor memory techniques used for the first half
Yes, you're quite right. You need a good memory to memorize the poem.
He ensures his shuffles and discards leaves him with alternating red and black so cuts don't matter
Relax, Rick lax.
Been binge watching Fool Us all week. Such a good show. T^T
Thank you teller for giving him the finger
sequencing and shuffle theory
+Ryan Correia go on...
+elwhyify it's the same as shuffle tracking and sequencing like you would in the game of blackjack only this time it's easier and you don't need to know the exact sequence rather than just red or black which is easier,
The remembering the red and black card order in the beginning is pretty easy. Remember the number of red and black cards in succession instead of color after color and then alternate between left and right piles. That's why he didn't want the applause back then. The second time was truly deserving of applause though. Especially with the poem in between, which would completely ruin my memory. And the stacks and reordering.
The poem is part of the memorization
I don’t think it was memorisation. I think I’ve worked it out from looking at it (and this is no comment on rick. This was an awesome routine and a MILLION miles better than the crap that goes on Facebook with the sticky notes). Well, worked out a way he could have done it?
He said there were 21 cards. I think it was either 20 or 22. I think when he “memorised” them (remember he was throwing one or two away) he just ordered them red black red black alternating, culling cards across. Then when he came to deal down the piles he just had them in even numbers (so they alternated throughout. I.e whatever was on top, the opposite was on the bottom). Then it wouldn’t matter which order they were stacked up in. Then the cards from top to bottom doesn’t change the order of the cards. Then when dealing them down he does lots of little like cross hand type things where he’s distracting from the fact he is just colour sorting them from the red black order. That visual distraction mixed with the incredible poem memorisation made for a really slick little routine.
I am always more interested in the method than the actual punchline for whatever reason but I really like this routine either way :)
awesome, very fun and entertaining to watch!!
Loved this, great trick, no idea how it's done, especially as I never want to understand magic, I want to be ignorant and amazed all at once
I love this trick but it doesn't top Shawn farhuquar
Sounds like I didn't just fool Penn & Teller...I fooled all the RUclips commenters, too.
+Rick Lax I think you partnered with a display company to make ultra high resolution displays and used those instead of cards. Also I have some other crazy and untenable ideas.
+Rick Lax if you can fool youtube commenters, that actually says a lot lol
+Rick Lax Very cool. Though I have to guess that there is no trick.
+Rick Lax To be fair, RUclips commenters can be pretty stupid. ;)
Oh, uhm, that includes me I guess...
+Rick Lax To be fair, RUclips commenters can be pretty stupid. ;)
Oh, uhm, that includes me I guess...
Magician turned Facebook Con-Man Rick Lax.
Never underestimate a lawyer's memory
9:06 what was teller smelling?
if there was any chemical substances attached to the cards that allows him to identify if it's red or black
+WeMakeVideosCA im probably completely wrong , but he may be smelling rick's drink to see if the scent was potent enough to mark the cards?
+Zrkled He was checking what the drink was- it was coffee flavoured tequila, apparently.
WeMakeVideosCA if he use any substances u dumbfuck
Smelling Ricks shit content
I get all of the hate because of his Facebook games, but I've probably watched this routine 6 or 7 times over the last couple of years just because of how impressive it is. To memorize and recite a poem like that with the energy and pauses, plus handling and keeping track of the cards, PLUS making the jokes and playing with Penn and Teller. Simply impressive.
To memorize anything and recite it like that is not difficult, I bet there are plenty of songs you could recite, after some practice you could easily increase the speed. The handling and keeping track of cards is a good skill but no more impressive than any other magician who has spent a few years at his craft. PLUS the jokes...well each to their own I suppose.
The things on FB are awful, they are just simple algebreic formulas applied to have a physical manifestation to give the affect that something wonderful is happening when its just simple mathematics and probability; but this.... this is just wonderful
Just what the world needed, someone with a talent, Nay a gift, of simple arithmetic. Fuc q
Yes, that was cool ... but we know HOW he did it. It's a memory trick. Definitely impressive, no doubt. He's got a great mind. But the truly amazing magic tricks are the ones in which we do NOT know how he did it. And I've definitely seen more amazing tricks.
+Crimson Kng You are trolling right?
+Charles Dubber I don't even know what that means
To memorize a deck of cards is close to impossible, and no that wasn't the method
I recall seeing a sleight-of-hand where it looked like he cut the cards but he really didn't. If you watch closely, you can see it. If I have the time, I'll review the tape and post the time/point at which it occurs.
+Crimson Kng He didn't memorize anything but the original 12 cards. this time he didn't use the whole deck but he could have if he did a true false shuffle. Im not calling it a false shuffle because the deck was already shuffled. Rick Lax sells his tricks, you could buy this one if you wanted to.
Somebody please enlighten me about the irony on Teller's name ;)
I don’t think there is any ; other than the obvious.
In the beginning segment on him you can tell in order to make the flowers disappear he used a special table that sucked the flowers in. If you look in slow motion you see a hole in the top of the table where the flowers went then confetti falls to cover the hole. In real speed its impressive but slowed down it's still very quick but you can see the secret.
I was hoping clicking on one of the Penn and Teller videos would take me to a tutorial.
Take care and God bless.
7:21 OH MY GOD
Teller is the funniest guy ever
you guys may not know this, but the "nice long poem" was used by penn and teller in one of their acts, penn recited the poem while teller escaped from a stright jacket, as he was hanging upside down from the ceiling. its pretty cool of the guy to use the same poem...he is obviously a huge fan
oh, i guess he did mention at the end that they had used it in an act, at least now you know what act
I think what I should say about the trick is that a alternately coloured order would make the trick incredibly easy to perform.
Didn't like the trick myself. I found it a bit dull but I do acknowledge it was clever none the less
He looks like that guy from hawaii five o
+Jesterminutesir???
not even close to hawaii five o guy
Is it possible that he really does have that good of a memory.
"I create my own tricks." See's everything that everyone has done.