Penn didn't really give many details, though. The moment he mentioned the "container" for the hero so plainly, I thought it very probable that they were fooled. They never do that unless they're fooled.
Eric Leclerc I worried for a second there too because if you didn’t fool them and they were speaking pretty straight forward with a code, that would be a bummer, it’s such a great perform and I really enjoyed it.
Same here. I was like "is Penn trying to communicate something in code or did he fool them?" and then Penn's like "You fooled us!". Came out of nowhere XD
Bro at first I was like “Isn’t this guy a little too extra lol?” but I really enjoyed the act and smiled when you looked so happy to fool them. Great performance!
Yeah that put me off at first too, but he won me over as the performance progressed. And he looked so crushed when Penn started to give him all those backhanded compliments, couldn't help but empathise.
@@zacbru Huh, interesting how different peoples' tastes are. I thought he was absolutely wonderful beginning to end haha. He could've done a Hindu Chicago Opener, and I'd have been enthralled just by his personality :P
Eric was so natural, consistent with displaying his boyish, naive side from the start to the end, jumping, kicking, punching the air, with joy of celebration. So much positivity and energy. That is magical besides the brilliant original trick. I luvvvv it.
The utter joy and emotion in your eyes at the end really shows how special this was for you and much more than just winning a trophy! Congrats man! Killer effect and classic Leclerc performance!
The only thing better than him doing this is the fact he is gonna share the trick with us! He makes it look so effortless but still jaw dropping. Loved it!
My guess: he first demonstrates the box, with all peanuts showing. Then with the assistant, they shake and spin the box, then put it on the ground upside down (it had flaps on top and bottom). When he opens the flaps on the new top (previous bottom) there is a device (thin transparent sheet of plastic maybe) that catches the peanut he drops into the box. Then, he dives in, and grabs that thin sheet with the peanut in it, and submerges into the mass of peanuts where he puts the one peanut in his mouth and the thin sheet in his pocket.
I haven’t seen how it was done yet, but I’m guessing the peanut he “found” is not the same as the one Teller signed. Since he got a good look at it before dropping it in, he could have a pen hidden in the box in a way he could find and use it to draw the number on any of the peanuts.
@@LeclericShow I gotta ask, how did you do it? You jump in the box. We hear the SCRITCH sound of the blanket coming lose. The Peanut is on the blanket, and you are blindfolded. Wouldn't the force of the jump just chuck that peanut into the air? What if it ends up under your shoe, you'll step it down into the rest of the packing peanuts. Did you practice with the placement of the peanut drop, and the placement of your feet as you jump hundreds of times just to get it right?
@@Ex0dus111 He said in a comment on the explanation video that he picked it up before jumping, while going around the box, but that part was cut out on the TV edit so we can't see it
I agree. I also think he already knew what it would be. I mean, come on. What has Teller been known for? His non-verbal participation. So, you ask him to put down his favorite right from the constitution... it's going to be #1, freedom of speech. I think he had pre-made 1s in his outfit and just picked the one that matched Teller's. It's a good trick that could have went wrong had he assumed wrong. If not that, it has to be the type of peanuts he had Teller choose from. I'm assuming they could have been possibly magnetic, the marker had some element that made it magnetic, or the peanut was pre-coated in a chemical that made it react to a black light or something in the blindfold. I mean, why have him select one from a pre-separated bag of peanuts and then use tongs to drop it in instead of having Teller come up or have the assistant pick one out of the box and hand it to Teller to write on and drop it back in the box? This shouldn't have fooled them.
@@geraldeaves3340 It's... not a 1. It's a T. For Teller. He told him he could just initial it, the amendment thing was a joke. 😅 But he also said to initial both sides, and Teller didn't, and neither was the end result. Also, the peanut had the same chunk missing.
Wow Eric, I remember I was like 14 or 15 when I watched your 365 Project and that made me a fan of yours. Years later, being almost 23 it makes me happy to see that you are still doing this and that you’ve achieved your dreams. Keep it up! Hope to meet you someday.
I saw the reveal before I saw the performance. Knowing how it was done didn't take anything away from it; your performance was just that good (and messy). Their guess wasn't far off - theoretically - they knew you had to have a way of keeping that peanut separate, but they didn't figure out the how. Congrats!
Why would it need to be kept separate though? He still had the marker when he went in the box didn’t he? Wouldn’t it be just as easy to write on another one?
@@GhostSal I find "faking" it the most boring ones , it's like cheating. And magic is like ... magic. Faking is lame and takes away from the act , because you can always compare the two at a stop screen and easily tell when it's being fakes or not. Hence breaking the whole concept on the spot.
@@brianmagicman3556 Penn and Teller, 2 of the most renowned magicians in the world, could not figure it out and you somehow managed to, if you did good on you mate but like Penn said the most important thing isn't to fool people but to put on a good and innovative show.
Wes barker you got the trophy Eric lecler you got the trophy wow Chris ramsay was he on fool us hes next Then alex boyer Is anyone else left got my support(from a random 14 year old boy)
Thanks TO YOU brother! You were right by my side from day 1 of this thing! You helped me more than anyone achieve this goal! You're a true friend and a real gem! YOU'RE NEXT baby!! Let's get you that trophy! xo
Wow so exciting first the video then Alex ok Q and A time Eric was this filmed before or after Covid 19 alex are you two really brothers or were you just using it as a term Alex are you really going on fool us if your not you really should and finally Eric will you sub 2 me or comment on one of my vids pls I'm a big fan and you to alex
Im not gonna lie, when Penn was talking at the end, I couldn't tell if they had you figured out or not. Either way, I didn't care if they knew how it was done or not, because this was easily one of the most entertaining performances on Fool Us. When he said that you fooled them, my jaw dropped because it came out of nowhere. Congrats!
I interpreted that part to mean: "We can probably guess how you did it, but reality TV is about entertainment and fooling us is a gimmick, so you win" :)
I watch this at least once every couple of weeks to just see Eric's reaction at the end, always makes me smile. The pure joy and elation is amazing and you can tell it is so much hard work paying off. I saw Eric first then watched Chris Ramsay and Wes Barker as well and I love their friendship and authenticity in pranks and magic. Original thoughts and ideas and true friendship and showmanship on the internet is rare. Follow this guy, he is awesome! He does everything 1000%! Need more Leclerc on RUclips!
POSSIBLE SPOILER: So much miss-direction aimed specifically at Penn & Teller. Why are the peanuts he offers to Teller in a separate bag? Unimportant. Misdirection. Shaking the box? Painting with glue? Unimportant. What was the most important moment to catch? What he didn't hide. He did the trick right in front of them without trying to hide it. He looked at Teller's peanut. Now he knows exactly what Teller wrote. It's pretty hard to make a very unique "T" on a small lumpy piece of styrophome. It's even harder to spot a forgery from that far away. Once he saw the peanut, all that was left was to jump in a box with a thousand peanuts and a sharpy, make the mark and pop the peanut in his mouth. Truck done. He did exactly what he said he wouldn't do-throw out a red harring. Multiple red harrings, while he brazenly did the simplest thing right in front of them. Woops. I was wrong. That's not how he did it.
He is my favorite musician. He is what’s got me into magic since I was a young kid. I have been watching him for almost a decade now. Congratulations so so much!!! You deserve my guy!!!
@@phoenixfire6482 Looked like a 1 to me. He asked him to write the number of his fav amendment. Why would Teller make a T. Also, almost everyone would write a 1 on the spot like that. That or maybe 14.
@@TP_Gillz It's clearly a T. You can see it especially well when it's in his mouth. He asked him to write his favorite amendment as a joke then two seconds later told him to simply sign it. I don't even know why this is a discussion but whatever.
I’ve watched your 40 magic tricks video hundreds maybe even a thousand or more times because ever since you first posted it my daughter always wanted to watch it before bed. She’s almost a teenager now and it went from her to her little brothers wanting to watch it. We also watch Fool Us so seeing you on there was an awesome treat for us all. Great job!
Eric you are so f*cking amazing. That is an absolutely incredible effect from top to bottom, truly perfected. The humor, the effect, and overall presentation put all together made this like a work of art. The fact that you even consider letting us in on the secrets without selling the trick for a bunch of money just shows how great of a person you are. We are all so pro us of you and congratulations on the fool, you totally deserve it!!!!!
What if... the way he looked at the peanut, he memorized the exact way it was written. Jumped into the box, wrote on another peanut. Put it in his mouth and tada!!! Or it's pure magic and fooled me too😬
the box had a fake botton, before he trowed the peanut he made it upside down. When he jumped inside he got the peanut and his weight destroyed the fake botton. You can see that when the box is at his side you can see the fake botton 6:31.
Knowing how the trick was done, I'm still impressed every time I watch this. There were no tells especially from Penn and Teller's view, until 8:53 and by then he had already won, and it wasn't a big enough tell to actually give anything away. Very well done. one of the best tricks I've ever seen.
@@thegadgetzone hard for me to tell on a small screen but does the cloth show itself as he's jumping around? That's my only guess. It wasn't fully tucked into his pants and you can see it out the back I think.
St. Jimmy sometimes racist people say all asians look the same and he’s implying that by saying Fabien and that guy look the same, I’m not really sure how to exslpain it and I don’t think this guy had any intentions of being racist but I can’t be the only who thought what I did when I read the comment.
@@owendoesthings231 The dude on the right is literally Fabien as well, he has the same shirt on underneath his jacket. At 5:33 you can see him standing out in front of the audience, too
I LOVE how wholesome it felt watching you get so excited. I am about to go peak at the reveal video but I can't even imagine a way it *could* be done let alone making a legitimate guess. On the surface the effect is so simple, too. Presents clean and straightforward, so it's easy to get into. Thanks for the entertainment!
i think the peanuts on choice had an magnetic coding...and inside the cartoon near the top flap was a magnetic plate hidden...once he dropped the peanut it gets attracted to that plate...when he opens the flap he hides in hand
Man this was Soooo Damn good! I love how you don’t become someone else on stage, it’s just you and obviously just you is more than amazing. 90% ecstatic 10% jealous bud! Congrats!
Fantastic trick mate. The best thing was tellers face. Judging by his reaction at 6:11 I think he genuinely believed that you messed this up. Then when they cut back to him at 6:34 he looks soo relieved. Also I figured out Helen's trick from this episode, but I have no idea how you have done this.
At 6:20 I think there's a chance that evem Eric himself thinks he's messed up, just for a second. At 2:59 Eric asks teller to intitial both sides, but Teller only signed one side of the peanut. Immideately after Eric opens his mouth, I'm sure he expected a response from the audience, you can see his glance to the camera, which I interpret as being very worreid for just 1 second.
Even after watching the reveal video, your performance on P&T F'Us was remarkably well done. Knowing how the trick was performed, I am still at a loss for how you did it with such fluidity. Well done.
Penn: The important Thing is to Entertain the crowd d to be funny Eric: 😐 Penn:Not so important is the fact that you fooled us Eric:🎊🎉🎊🎉😋😂😁😄😃😍😘🤗😜🤤🤑🎉🎊🎉🎊
Man, I’m so happy for Eric! Seeing him all the time being such a character on Chris’s channel. This was awesome. Gotta be top 3 Fool Us acts in my opinion.
I remember the dude who did the phone book routine. This is literally the same trick I think. He looked at tellers signature, during the 20 seconds in the box he drew something that looked close enough on a different peanut, And when he fell out at the end he let it go into a pile of peanuts where they wouldn't be able to go look at it again.
He used a cloth that looked like peanuts to create 2 seperate compartments he dropped the peanut onto the cloth so it didnt get mixed up with the others. while in the box he stuffed the cloth down his pants. i think, mayb, he shoulve not looked at the peanut maybe so it wasnt posible to have signed a peanut that looked like the same one like u said.
@@danm7298 You can see the entire top of the box and all the extra peanuts move across the surface. This is very unlikely how he did it. Additionally, that would be much more difficult to be 100% accurate with this method. The method I mentioned is 100% every time.
@@iWinttv yes it is how he did it. He has a video where he explains how. those r the peanuts in the one compartment. On the other side of the box there r no peanuts. Because of the cloth that seperates the two sides like i said
@@iWinttv He has a video showing how he does it. i promise thats how he dies it. the peanuts you see are one the one side. the bottom of the box in the second compartment doesnt have any peanuts.
I hat the idea that the peanut Teller picked was special. It came from a seperate bag so it might be prepared so that it's the only peanut in the box that's magnetic or something like that. Then he just swiped a huge magnet around inside the box of peanuts and the only one that sticked to it was Tellers. But your theory is way cooler and easier :D
He didn't really fool them. P&T often fake being fooled coz it's the name of the show. And in this act Penn even said the purpose of the show and the fooling part isn't important. This guy won bcoz he is good, but did not really fool P&T.
@@AF-lt2fr they do a lot of filming and splice acts together to make a show. Remember Alice mentioning she wears the same thing in so many episodes? Or when they had the inventive episode last season in other episodes in the same season the magicians mentioned how they invented their trick even though their act didn't air on the inventing episode.
The trick is so simple when you think about it. For a start, no one can distinguish one packing peanut from the rest. Secondly, writing on a packing peanut is impossible to do well. Teller struggled himself to write anything meaningful on the peanut. The game was up when our magician studied the peanut that Teller had 'wrote' on before entering the box. He then knew roughly what the peanut should look like. Jump in the box. Grab any peanut. Take out a concealed marker and simply mark it similar to the peanut that Teller marked. Stuff it in your mouth. Simple.
Depuis votre présentation à l’école La Vérendrye, à Thunder Bay, j’ai adoré ton matériel! And to see where you’ve come from then, I feel so proud to have seen you from the start to now! Congratulations Éric Leclerc, never doubted you would fool them! 😊❤️
Of all the checks that I’ve seen this one was the most incredible and then genius, but could be on TV. Thank you so much for sharing. It was also pretty gutsy that you will never be able to do this trick again, but that just tells of your talent.
@@jayturcotte7928 i use to work nites and everyone was tired we all took caffiene pills and drinks.by the time lunch rolled around.we were dead tired.and most of that crew had 2nd jobs togo to after ha.i felt horrible for coming up with the suggestion
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My dad should go to this show he’s good at disappearing.
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@@LeclericShow And I mean that. The mentalist they have on there now he's okay. And I certainly Miss Jason ss the host!!
Hahahhahaa!
Your comment with that prof pic though I can hear it 😂😂
Same with my father! xD
This time Penn fooled me. The way he spoke and his compliments really made me think that you didn't fool them.
Penn didn't really give many details, though. The moment he mentioned the "container" for the hero so plainly, I thought it very probable that they were fooled. They never do that unless they're fooled.
oh buddy! Trust me I was CRUSHED when I heard the tone he was using
Eric Leclerc I worried for a second there too because if you didn’t fool them and they were speaking pretty straight forward with a code, that would be a bummer, it’s such a great perform and I really enjoyed it.
@@LeclericShow I could only imagine the bead of sweat rolling down the most uncomfortable places waiting for Penn to say ya FOOLED US!
Same here. I was like "is Penn trying to communicate something in code or did he fool them?" and then Penn's like "You fooled us!". Came out of nowhere XD
Bro at first I was like “Isn’t this guy a little too extra lol?” but I really enjoyed the act and smiled when you looked so happy to fool them. Great performance!
Yeah that put me off at first too, but he won me over as the performance progressed. And he looked so crushed when Penn started to give him all those backhanded compliments, couldn't help but empathise.
@@ImVeryOriginal In this show, if he gives compliments, you failed.
This acting would have be weird for a card trick, but since he basicly glued himself and dove in peanuts, it works.
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@@zacbru Huh, interesting how different peoples' tastes are. I thought he was absolutely wonderful beginning to end haha. He could've done a Hindu Chicago Opener, and I'd have been enthralled just by his personality :P
This is almost like a PSA: "Cocaine. Maybe once?"
Lol
Eric was so natural, consistent with displaying his boyish, naive side from the start to the end, jumping, kicking, punching the air, with joy of celebration. So much positivity and energy. That is magical besides the brilliant original trick. I luvvvv it.
I get a sub!
The utter joy and emotion in your eyes at the end really shows how special this was for you and much more than just winning a trophy! Congrats man! Killer effect and classic Leclerc performance!
Kyle Leon I agree. You can really see his heart and soul went into performing this. So much respect :)
The whole group/crew of friends seem close. Its killer to see hard work paying off for any of the members of their crew.
@@dowhatmakesyouhappy7002You don't need to put the name. It's obvious who you're referring to without it.
The only thing better than him doing this is the fact he is gonna share the trick with us!
He makes it look so effortless but still jaw dropping. Loved it!
Can we talk about how Teller's favorite amendment is the 1st? As in the Freedom of Speech?
He wrote the letter T..... lol
His favorite amendment is actually the fifth. He uses it constantly.
Whos isn't?
@@benclaypaper I have a love for the 2nd
@@RowdyBrian17 us bearers are gonna have a great time in the coming years.
My guess: he first demonstrates the box, with all peanuts showing. Then with the assistant, they shake and spin the box, then put it on the ground upside down (it had flaps on top and bottom). When he opens the flaps on the new top (previous bottom) there is a device (thin transparent sheet of plastic maybe) that catches the peanut he drops into the box. Then, he dives in, and grabs that thin sheet with the peanut in it, and submerges into the mass of peanuts where he puts the one peanut in his mouth and the thin sheet in his pocket.
I haven’t seen how it was done yet, but I’m guessing the peanut he “found” is not the same as the one Teller signed. Since he got a good look at it before dropping it in, he could have a pen hidden in the box in a way he could find and use it to draw the number on any of the peanuts.
Eric revealed how it's done and you're not far off😊😊😊
you're 💯 right
@@kekchanbiggestfan That means that Teller made it extra hard for him because he picked a slightly broken peanut that was missing one corner.
Close
That shot at 5:42 destroyed all my theories in an INSTANT. I was absolutely convinced the box was somehow empty before he dove in.
Clearly you missed 2:21
I actually remember him from Brain Games on Nat Geo. Love his illusions.
I thought I recognized him!
thanks
Ohhhhh. I remember that now.
YES. This is where I recognized his name from.
OMG THAT'S HIM
This act was an original act..i loved it..never seen anything like this on fool us...💯💯
Damn, you look like the happiest man on earth when Penn said that you fooled him
was unreal! :)
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@@LeclericShow I gotta ask, how did you do it?
You jump in the box. We hear the SCRITCH sound of the blanket coming lose. The Peanut is on the blanket, and you are blindfolded.
Wouldn't the force of the jump just chuck that peanut into the air? What if it ends up under your shoe, you'll step it down into the rest of the packing peanuts.
Did you practice with the placement of the peanut drop, and the placement of your feet as you jump hundreds of times just to get it right?
Ex0dus111 I feel as if he may have wrote on another peanut because he saw what Teller wrote so he could have made a copy while in the box
@@Ex0dus111 He said in a comment on the explanation video that he picked it up before jumping, while going around the box, but that part was cut out on the TV edit so we can't see it
6:54 moment when his watch disappeared.
Well spotted. Weird.
Weird. Also the white paint on his chest is different afterwards
Wow!!!! Now that's really weird. Good eyes 😎
@@punchforpound2808 So someone in one clip didn't react the way YOU think they should, therefore everything is fake.
They film a dress rehearsal, then use both sets of footage
when you hear Penn whisper "this is great", i think youre in good shape.
There was one big mistake in the act: Glueing himself, so he can't hug Penn, Teller and Hannigan after winning the trophy.
good call!!! lol
I agree. I also think he already knew what it would be. I mean, come on. What has Teller been known for? His non-verbal participation. So, you ask him to put down his favorite right from the constitution... it's going to be #1, freedom of speech. I think he had pre-made 1s in his outfit and just picked the one that matched Teller's. It's a good trick that could have went wrong had he assumed wrong. If not that, it has to be the type of peanuts he had Teller choose from. I'm assuming they could have been possibly magnetic, the marker had some element that made it magnetic, or the peanut was pre-coated in a chemical that made it react to a black light or something in the blindfold. I mean, why have him select one from a pre-separated bag of peanuts and then use tongs to drop it in instead of having Teller come up or have the assistant pick one out of the box and hand it to Teller to write on and drop it back in the box? This shouldn't have fooled them.
@@geraldeaves3340 It's... not a 1. It's a T. For Teller. He told him he could just initial it, the amendment thing was a joke. 😅
But he also said to initial both sides, and Teller didn't, and neither was the end result. Also, the peanut had the same chunk missing.
Talk about sacrificing for your art lol
@@geraldeaves3340 the amendment thing was just a joke...
Wow Eric, I remember I was like 14 or 15 when I watched your 365 Project and that made me a fan of yours. Years later, being almost 23 it makes me happy to see that you are still doing this and that you’ve achieved your dreams. Keep it up! Hope to meet you someday.
The janitor backstage holding his head in his hands after the box tips over..😂
I saw the reveal before I saw the performance. Knowing how it was done didn't take anything away from it; your performance was just that good (and messy). Their guess wasn't far off - theoretically - they knew you had to have a way of keeping that peanut separate, but they didn't figure out the how. Congrats!
Why would it need to be kept separate though? He still had the marker when he went in the box didn’t he? Wouldn’t it be just as easy to write on another one?
@@GhostSal He could try to fake Teller's mark, but it would be quite hard to make him believe it.
@@GhostSal I find "faking" it the most boring ones , it's like cheating. And magic is like ... magic. Faking is lame and takes away from the act , because you can always compare the two at a stop screen and easily tell when it's being fakes or not. Hence breaking the whole concept on the spot.
The energy that he came out with lol he was built for this 😂😂
Me and my dad were SO happy when you fooled them. We’ve been watching you since 2011!
When he says ‘bye little buddy’ at 3:40 he sounds exactly like Ryan Reynolds
He sounds like him a lot really. Could be cousins.
Lol YES
pretty sure this guy is discount Ryan Reynolds
I thought the same! Lol
@@NightGuardianAce people wont know you're referring to honest trailers lol
Definitely one of the best acts I saw on Fool Us👌🔥
That means so much Ameer! Thanks so much bro!
Yeahh
Pretty obvious how it was done
@@brianmagicman3556 Penn and Teller, 2 of the most renowned magicians in the world, could not figure it out and you somehow managed to, if you did good on you mate but like Penn said the most important thing isn't to fool people but to put on a good and innovative show.
Reminded me of my Honeymoon.
Dude you smashed it!
I died at Allison’s “I was so scared you were gonna hug me” at 8:36
Amazing act and amazing stage presence... Well done what an accomplishment 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Wow, When Penn was talking about needle in a haystack tricks I thought for sure he was going to say "You didn't fool us".
This is my favourite Fool Us act ever!! Even better than Chris Ramsay’s.
Who?!
@@LeclericShow *Ramsey
*Criss Ramzee
Chris Ramsay can I join the 52 😂
Wes barker you got the trophy
Eric lecler you got the trophy wow
Chris ramsay was he on fool us hes next
Then alex boyer
Is anyone else left got my support(from a random 14 year old boy)
5:36 "oh shit what come before 14?"
5:40 "bruh why you countin' out loud with these fools?"
The deafening silence when you tricked the audience into thinking you messed it up was amazing.
Insider story: the THREE magicians who went on before me messed up their trick :/ So I knew the fake mess up was going to play haaaaaaard
@@LeclericShow No way really? Do they not air the failed acts?
So proud of you bro! You killed it🔥🤘
who's this?!
Thanks TO YOU brother! You were right by my side from day 1 of this thing! You helped me more than anyone achieve this goal! You're a true friend and a real gem! YOU'RE NEXT baby!! Let's get you that trophy! xo
Eric Leclerc ❤️🔥🤘😎
Love you so much...
Your syrian fan ..
Eric .. Alex ... thanks for you existence 💙
Wow so exciting first the video then Alex ok Q and A time Eric was this filmed before or after Covid 19 alex are you two really brothers or were you just using it as a term Alex are you really going on fool us if your not you really should and finally Eric will you sub 2 me or comment on one of my vids pls I'm a big fan and you to alex
Im not gonna lie, when Penn was talking at the end, I couldn't tell if they had you figured out or not. Either way, I didn't care if they knew how it was done or not, because this was easily one of the most entertaining performances on Fool Us. When he said that you fooled them, my jaw dropped because it came out of nowhere. Congrats!
I interpreted that part to mean: "We can probably guess how you did it, but reality TV is about entertainment and fooling us is a gimmick, so you win" :)
I watch this at least once every couple of weeks to just see Eric's reaction at the end, always makes me smile. The pure joy and elation is amazing and you can tell it is so much hard work paying off. I saw Eric first then watched Chris Ramsay and Wes Barker as well and I love their friendship and authenticity in pranks and magic. Original thoughts and ideas and true friendship and showmanship on the internet is rare. Follow this guy, he is awesome! He does everything 1000%! Need more Leclerc on RUclips!
*”Janitors, its your turn now.”*
POSSIBLE SPOILER: So much miss-direction aimed specifically at Penn & Teller. Why are the peanuts he offers to Teller in a separate bag? Unimportant. Misdirection. Shaking the box? Painting with glue? Unimportant. What was the most important moment to catch? What he didn't hide. He did the trick right in front of them without trying to hide it. He looked at Teller's peanut. Now he knows exactly what Teller wrote. It's pretty hard to make a very unique "T" on a small lumpy piece of styrophome. It's even harder to spot a forgery from that far away. Once he saw the peanut, all that was left was to jump in a box with a thousand peanuts and a sharpy, make the mark and pop the peanut in his mouth. Truck done. He did exactly what he said he wouldn't do-throw out a red harring. Multiple red harrings, while he brazenly did the simplest thing right in front of them.
Woops. I was wrong. That's not how he did it.
yeah it is a possibility.....but y are you wrong
Idk how he did it but I would have had the ziplock.of peanuts contain special peanuts with iron pellets in them, and had a really strong magnet on me.
ForMoney -§- Hey! That’s an intelligent guess! Very rare under magic videos.
But for a trick that big, he’d need a MonsterMagnet.
"Write your favorite Amendment" ....99% of people are going to write the number 1. I'm sure he had planned if it wasn't.
That would have been my guess too
He is my favorite musician. He is what’s got me into magic since I was a young kid. I have been watching him for almost a decade now. Congratulations so so much!!! You deserve my guy!!!
Teller's favorite amendment is the 1st: Freedom of Speech. XD
Jokes are always better when they're explained.
@@phoenixfire6482 Looked like a 1 to me. He asked him to write the number of his fav amendment. Why would Teller make a T. Also, almost everyone would write a 1 on the spot like that. That or maybe 14.
@@TP_Gillz It's clearly a T. You can see it especially well when it's in his mouth. He asked him to write his favorite amendment as a joke then two seconds later told him to simply sign it. I don't even know why this is a discussion but whatever.
I watched this because Chris Ramsay mention you, and now I can understand why he was so happy for you, this trick was amazing. Very well done!!!
I’ve watched your 40 magic tricks video hundreds maybe even a thousand or more times because ever since you first posted it my daughter always wanted to watch it before bed. She’s almost a teenager now and it went from her to her little brothers wanting to watch it. We also watch Fool Us so seeing you on there was an awesome treat for us all. Great job!
Wow!!! Amazing message to read this morning!!! 😻 all the best!!
You can see that you were nervous when they were asking questions and when they were fooled the face you had just warmed my heart
Eric you are so f*cking amazing. That is an absolutely incredible effect from top to bottom, truly perfected. The humor, the effect, and overall presentation put all together made this like a work of art. The fact that you even consider letting us in on the secrets without selling the trick for a bunch of money just shows how great of a person you are. We are all so pro us of you and congratulations on the fool, you totally deserve it!!!!!
I can't imagine why anybody would want to earn aliving diving inot a huge cardboard box full of packaging material so why not give the secret away.
What if... the way he looked at the peanut, he memorized the exact way it was written. Jumped into the box, wrote on another peanut. Put it in his mouth and tada!!! Or it's pure magic and fooled me too😬
Bang on the money!!
I've looked at the shapes and everything the peanut dozen times, and reconstructed it's geometry. seems to be the same one
@@samallcott5171 just watch the video where he reveals the trick. It has nothing to do with rewriting the number. Teller was close with his guess.
the box had a fake botton, before he trowed the peanut he made it upside down.
When he jumped inside he got the peanut and his weight destroyed the fake botton.
You can see that when the box is at his side you can see the fake botton 6:31.
08:37 lol did Alison say that "oh i was so scared that you were gonna hug me"
Yes because the guy is a huge fraud
I can't unsee Penn's neck spilling over that insanely tight collar 😂
I love hearing on Alysons mic “I was so scared you were gonna hug me!”
She's such a scaredy cat.
That wasn't a "trick". That was a Vegas act. Loved the energy and comedy along with the performance.
Fantastic trick!
To be perfectly honest, I don’t want to know how you did it because I’d rather remain fooled 👍
I love his reaction! So sincere and you can tell how much he wanted it
Knowing how the trick was done, I'm still impressed every time I watch this. There were no tells especially from Penn and Teller's view, until 8:53 and by then he had already won, and it wasn't a big enough tell to actually give anything away. Very well done. one of the best tricks I've ever seen.
Explain
@@thegadgetzone hard for me to tell on a small screen but does the cloth show itself as he's jumping around? That's my only guess. It wasn't fully tucked into his pants and you can see it out the back I think.
Are we just going to ignore the fact that Fabien is now sitting in the crowd? He's the real magician. @5:40
That’s kinda racist I know you didn’t mean for it to be tho
St. Jimmy sometimes racist people say all asians look the same and he’s implying that by saying Fabien and that guy look the same, I’m not really sure how to exslpain it and I don’t think this guy had any intentions of being racist but I can’t be the only who thought what I did when I read the comment.
@@owendoesthings231
Or maybe people are just making jokes based on stereotypes. It's called context.
@@owendoesthings231 that's stupid...
@@owendoesthings231 The dude on the right is literally Fabien as well, he has the same shirt on underneath his jacket. At 5:33 you can see him standing out in front of the audience, too
Awesome act. And I think this is probably my favorite way that Penn has announced being fooled.
this guy actully seemed emotionally overjoyed at fooling them! everyone else seems a little smug, but i felt happy for this guy! well done!
When he asked him if he used a container he answered him by not answering him lol
He asked if he had placed it directly in a container or whether he had let it flutter down. He answered it fine.
@@hainsay I'm so sorry
3:12 The silent guy in the room appreciates our freedom of speech. Teller is one of the greatest minds in television.
I LOVE how wholesome it felt watching you get so excited. I am about to go peak at the reveal video but I can't even imagine a way it *could* be done let alone making a legitimate guess.
On the surface the effect is so simple, too. Presents clean and straightforward, so it's easy to get into. Thanks for the entertainment!
CONGRATULATIONS, one of my favourite acts, Chris is next!!!
I have a method, but you’d end dirty with a chance of exposing due to a double. Can’t wait to see how you did it brother! Congratulations 🎉
It would be an amazing alternate ending though. Come back out with Tellers peanut glued to your body and just never open your mouth.
i think the peanuts on choice had an magnetic coding...and inside the cartoon near the top flap was a magnetic plate hidden...once he dropped the peanut it gets attracted to that plate...when he opens the flap he hides in hand
He placed the box upside down after he was done shaking it. You can figure out the rest
@@LcNcKc he placed it in the same orientation as when they picked it up
@@LcNcKc no brother he put it back right side up... I could be misunderstanding you but I rewatched it a few times to make sure...
Man this was Soooo Damn good! I love how you don’t become someone else on stage, it’s just you and obviously just you is more than amazing. 90% ecstatic 10% jealous bud! Congrats!
If this is how he is all the time I'd go mad how annoying
@@slyguy1798 and that's why u have no friends
Yes, so helplessly good. We can only imagine what kind of catcher mechanism he used.
"...nearly as much is the fact that you fooled us." * COMPLETE ESCALATION *
I need this guy's energy to go through the shitshow that has been 2020.
how's 2021 treating you lol
Fantastic trick mate. The best thing was tellers face. Judging by his reaction at 6:11 I think he genuinely believed that you messed this up. Then when they cut back to him at 6:34 he looks soo relieved. Also I figured out Helen's trick from this episode, but I have no idea how you have done this.
@GoodRiddanceGooglePlus I reackon he maybe had teller, even if just for a few seconds. He deserves an oscar for the way he sold that "false failure"
At 6:20 I think there's a chance that evem Eric himself thinks he's messed up, just for a second. At 2:59 Eric asks teller to intitial both sides, but Teller only signed one side of the peanut.
Immideately after Eric opens his mouth, I'm sure he expected a response from the audience, you can see his glance to the camera, which I interpret as being very worreid for just 1 second.
I think after jumping into the box he wrote on a peanut as exactly teller did and put it in his mouth
*WOW, never seen anyone celebrate like that after getting the FU trophy. Really love his energy. lol.*
Even after watching the reveal video, your performance on P&T F'Us was remarkably well done. Knowing how the trick was performed, I am still at a loss for how you did it with such fluidity. Well done.
Thanks Shawn!! Means a lot! That was 6 months of my life crammed in 8 minutes! :)
I LOVED the joy, when you heard "You fooled us"!
I don't think I've ever seen more genuine reaction from any other magician when Penn tells them "You fooled us."
This dude has really good energy and stage presence.
This is an instant classic performance
word xo
Love the energy man. Instantly puts people (me) in a good mood. Great that you fooled them too!
Absolutely amazing! The sheer joy you expressed when you fooled them was my favourite part, its so nice to see people genuinely happy.
Such a fun routine! I love it when magic is so goofy and so wildly imaginative. You have an infectious energy as a performer, too. 👏
Beautifully done! Your stage presence is admirable brother 😁
Penn: The important Thing is to Entertain the crowd d to be funny
Eric: 😐
Penn:Not so important is the fact that you fooled us
Eric:🎊🎉🎊🎉😋😂😁😄😃😍😘🤗😜🤤🤑🎉🎊🎉🎊
Huge congratulations! One of the most entertaining acts I’ve seen on Fool Us!
Man, I’m so happy for Eric! Seeing him all the time being such a character on Chris’s channel. This was awesome. Gotta be top 3 Fool Us acts in my opinion.
Nearly choked at Allison's "I was so scared you were gonna hug me"
Besides the trick being awesome, this guy Fabian was the perfect member of the audience somehow. 😄 His chilled and relaxed way fit perfectly.
Dude, I loved you in Psych, glad you're still doing stuff!
When was he in Psych?
5:41 How dafuq is Fabian already sitting back with his jacket on, in the middle of the countdown??!?!?!?!
I remember the dude who did the phone book routine. This is literally the same trick I think. He looked at tellers signature, during the 20 seconds in the box he drew something that looked close enough on a different peanut, And when he fell out at the end he let it go into a pile of peanuts where they wouldn't be able to go look at it again.
Dang. That is good
He used a cloth that looked like peanuts to create 2 seperate compartments he dropped the peanut onto the cloth so it didnt get mixed up with the others. while in the box he stuffed the cloth down his pants. i think, mayb, he shoulve not looked at the peanut maybe so it wasnt posible to have signed a peanut that looked like the same one like u said.
@@danm7298 You can see the entire top of the box and all the extra peanuts move across the surface. This is very unlikely how he did it. Additionally, that would be much more difficult to be 100% accurate with this method. The method I mentioned is 100% every time.
@@iWinttv yes it is how he did it. He has a video where he explains how. those r the peanuts in the one compartment. On the other side of the box there r no peanuts. Because of the cloth that seperates the two sides like i said
@@iWinttv He has a video showing how he does it. i promise thats how he dies it. the peanuts you see are one the one side. the bottom of the box in the second compartment doesnt have any peanuts.
One of the best energic performance I've seen on Fool Us. Great showmanship!
To each his or her own. Couldn’t finish the video - too much “showmanship” …
I'm a Canadian so I love eric,plus I devoted a year of life watching him do 365 days of magic so there's no turning back now.
My guess has to do with the fact that there was a separate bag of packing peanuts for Teller to pick from. Maybe all of those were glow-in-the-dark?
but hes blindfolded?
good guess, but all of the peanuts in the bag were normal packing peanuts.
@@amrisleepy How can you tell when he is in the box?
Holy shit! You're one of the best magicians that I've ever seen. Congrats on fooling Penn and Teller!
I think it was very simple: while he was in the box he just wrote the letter on another peanut. There you go
The number T
I hat the idea that the peanut Teller picked was special. It came from a seperate bag so it might be prepared so that it's the only peanut in the box that's magnetic or something like that. Then he just swiped a huge magnet around inside the box of peanuts and the only one that sticked to it was Tellers. But your theory is way cooler and easier :D
@@Dragoonking17 Different density, when shaken it went to the bottom. It also had different touch, so he could find it by touch.
I thinks so too, because the the peanut he spits out has the T on the opposite side of where Teller wrote it.
@@Dragoonking17 ya for me it was obvious but for P & T not so much
the reaction beat the routine i’m afraid... 🤣
really thought he was going to say you didn’t fool them. congrats man
My kids and I love to sit down and watch your show Tricked on BYUtv a few times a month. It's a blast. Congrats!
Yo this is a great performance! And what's even better is that you did fool them
He didn't really fool them.
P&T often fake being fooled coz it's the name of the show. And in this act Penn even said the purpose of the show and the fooling part isn't important. This guy won bcoz he is good, but did not really fool P&T.
@@crissysims4357 source
@@nathanfeldman9510 Penn and teller fool us - every episode of every season
@@AF-lt2fr they do a lot of filming and splice acts together to make a show. Remember Alice mentioning she wears the same thing in so many episodes? Or when they had the inventive episode last season in other episodes in the same season the magicians mentioned how they invented their trick even though their act didn't air on the inventing episode.
The trick is so simple when you think about it. For a start, no one can distinguish one packing peanut from the rest. Secondly, writing on a packing peanut is impossible to do well. Teller struggled himself to write anything meaningful on the peanut. The game was up when our magician studied the peanut that Teller had 'wrote' on before entering the box. He then knew roughly what the peanut should look like. Jump in the box. Grab any peanut. Take out a concealed marker and simply mark it similar to the peanut that Teller marked. Stuff it in your mouth. Simple.
It was that obvious it did not occure Penn and Teller.
Depuis votre présentation à l’école La Vérendrye, à Thunder Bay, j’ai adoré ton matériel! And to see where you’ve come from then, I feel so proud to have seen you from the start to now! Congratulations Éric Leclerc, never doubted you would fool them! 😊❤️
This is the episode that got me hooked to Fool Us. Way to go!!!!
Of all the checks that I’ve seen this one was the most incredible and then genius, but could be on TV. Thank you so much for sharing. It was also pretty gutsy that you will never be able to do this trick again, but that just tells of your talent.
It's crazy to see your progression from sorcerers safari magic camp (you were one of my counselors) to now! Congratulations and awesome job :)
"I was so scared you were going to hug me!" LOL
love the energy on stage hahaha :D
WOOOOOooooOOoooooo!!! :)
Fabulous, Original Magic! Penn took the words right out of my mouth. Congratulations!
This blew my mind, literally. And once you posted your reveal... I was still in awe. So amazing! 👏
Sorry for your loss. Get well soon.
I’d of just jumped in box and drawn a T on random styrofoam
He had 20 seconds to mark one inside the box. Remember he saw the number 😉
😂😂😂The entrance 😂❤️
That entrance winded me for the entire performance lol
@@LeclericShow LMFAO unreal how adrenaline dump just hinders everything. Could not tell though my man.
@@jayturcotte7928 i use to work nites and everyone was tired we all took caffiene pills and drinks.by the time lunch rolled around.we were dead tired.and most of that crew had 2nd jobs togo to after ha.i felt horrible for coming up with the suggestion
The smiles, laughter, humour, wonder and curiosity that you've given me today is the Real Magic; thank you, sir!
Never change what you do, except to give more of it! 😄🇨🇦👍🏽
I liked this routine so much, that I won't watch your reveal video out of respect. And I don't want my astonishment to vanish.