Psychic Cringe Fails 2 - The Best of James Randi

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  • Опубликовано: 12 янв 2025

Комментарии • 18 тыс.

  • @Chodmunch
    @Chodmunch  8 месяцев назад +87

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    • @mostawesomecomment6553
      @mostawesomecomment6553 8 месяцев назад +4

      Everyone knows that foam static blocks phycic powers.
      This whole video is just more propaganda from Big Science.

    • @skinnybuddha8988
      @skinnybuddha8988 8 месяцев назад +4

      Happy this video is blowing up again

    • @obiwanduglobi6359
      @obiwanduglobi6359 7 месяцев назад +3

      @@mostawesomecomment6553 Lol, psychic powers never have been proven in the first place! It's so refreshing to see how all those mumbo-jumbo folks make an utter fool of themselves!

    • @Superbates123
      @Superbates123 7 месяцев назад

      People want to believe and are therefore easy marks. These people are nothing more than scammers and fakes.

    • @RemoGutierrez1
      @RemoGutierrez1 5 месяцев назад

      💛💛💛

  • @jaredcress4328
    @jaredcress4328 3 года назад +11691

    i am obsessed with the fact that not a single one of these individuals had the psychic foresight to predict that agreeing to publicly debunk themselves would destroy their credibility

    • @nabinoorshahil2715
      @nabinoorshahil2715 3 года назад +623

      That is because some of these individuals actually believed their own lies. The best lies are the ones you tell yourself I guess.

    • @jhtsurvival
      @jhtsurvival 3 года назад +34

      I don't think they knew

    • @pollydybell9627
      @pollydybell9627 2 года назад +8

      🤣🤣

    • @toddadams8420
      @toddadams8420 2 года назад +14

      Hubris?

    • @inspectorgadget346
      @inspectorgadget346 2 года назад +106

      Unfortunately both Uri Gellar and Peter “The Ripoff” Popoff kept many devout followers. To them, keeping the faith no matter how ridiculous it was was more important to their lives than giving it up. I do not necessarily criticize them because it is even worse today then it was back then and many of us today are guilty of the same thing.

  • @Jtower1967
    @Jtower1967 8 лет назад +17501

    science has yet to explain the link between psychic abilities and awful hairstyles.

    • @xKomodoFireWolf
      @xKomodoFireWolf 7 лет назад +166

      styles change throughout time. that was IT back then

    • @all-timealien4483
      @all-timealien4483 7 лет назад +197

      John Tower it's beyond human understanding

    • @ArchangelSteve
      @ArchangelSteve 7 лет назад +236

      There are some things man is just not meant to know.

    • @PutItAway101
      @PutItAway101 7 лет назад +163

      Pfffft, shows how much you know! That hair's totally in fashion on "the other side" right now.

    • @WarriorOfWriters
      @WarriorOfWriters 7 лет назад +44

      and sequins

  • @BovineIntervention
    @BovineIntervention 4 года назад +5539

    Imagine if you actually had psychic powers but you were only strong enough to move the page of a book. How sad

    • @bastrixer
      @bastrixer 4 года назад +672

      And Then a bit of static between the pages ruins it all 😂.

    • @andrewrobotbuilder
      @andrewrobotbuilder 4 года назад +361

      @@bastrixer Curse you, electrostatic forces!

    • @zenokarlsbach4292
      @zenokarlsbach4292 4 года назад +17

      you have no place in the universe.

    • @darklinkmorningstar4939
      @darklinkmorningstar4939 4 года назад +4

      @jason lul wait for real

    • @kiklopdodo5800
      @kiklopdodo5800 4 года назад +65

      Psychic powers are more about feeling your surrounding and less about breaking the physical law

  • @christophernye1970
    @christophernye1970 9 месяцев назад +48

    James Randi a man of his time, exposing the charlatans that TV was so happy to promote.

  • @AbleAnderson
    @AbleAnderson 5 лет назад +3588

    That moment when he squats down and kind of laughs, you know he's thinking "jesus chrsit what the hell am I gonna do, I'm stuck now."

    • @traitorjoseph1893
      @traitorjoseph1893 5 лет назад +2

      @@noomiidwr what's his name

    • @beepbeeplettuce5890
      @beepbeeplettuce5890 5 лет назад +16

      @@traitorjoseph1893 James hydrick

    • @beepbeeplettuce5890
      @beepbeeplettuce5890 5 лет назад +167

      What he should've done the same thing as usual, I mean when the Styrofoam fly's everywhere because of his blowing he could've just said "I can't focus my powers on the page alone" or something, that way he wouldnt have looked like a total buffoon

    • @DF-cc5im
      @DF-cc5im 5 лет назад +110

      It's that feeling when you're on national tv, with a dodgy haircut and in your pyjamas. What the fuck do you do?

    • @scoots8519
      @scoots8519 5 лет назад +11

      @@beepbeeplettuce5890 Now in prison!

  • @WickedScott
    @WickedScott 4 года назад +5440

    It's like 'To Catch A Predator' for psychics.

    • @cocodrilo1443
      @cocodrilo1443 4 года назад +190

      "To catch a psychic, who couldn't foresee his trap"

    • @Bee-zw9je
      @Bee-zw9je 4 года назад +148

      Third dude with stache was actually a predator

    • @cocodrilo1443
      @cocodrilo1443 4 года назад +5

      @Miss Anthrope they merely amuse me. I'm fine with it 😊

    • @RedNovaMedia
      @RedNovaMedia 4 года назад +2

      lol hahaha

    • @kardoxfabricanus7590
      @kardoxfabricanus7590 4 года назад +53

      Not so fun fact... The one at 4:00 was actually a predator and a horrific one at that.

  • @captainron4924
    @captainron4924 4 года назад +2644

    I like how he let's them expose themselves, never directly accuses.

    • @leecroft1983
      @leecroft1983 4 года назад +60

      Captain Ron That is the secret of his power, and the weakness of their "power"

    • @92brunod
      @92brunod 3 года назад +65

      That's exactly what testing is. He's not there to debunk anyone, just test if they're correct. If they are correct, they should be able to pass the test

    • @raymondschricker8040
      @raymondschricker8040 3 года назад +21

      Normally whenever people expose themselves in public it is a bad thing.

    • @strategic1710
      @strategic1710 2 года назад +12

      They think or want to prove they can fly, he provides them with the building and camera crew to show off their abilities.

    • @undertyped1
      @undertyped1 2 года назад +21

      Theres a very important reason why he only does so indirectly.
      People get very defensive over their beliefs, and challenging a belief is the same as a personal attack to 99% of people.

  • @jonaswox
    @jonaswox Год назад +311

    "We said that by chance you would find it on your third or fourth attempt, you found it on the third attempt so your results, sadly, seem to be no better than chance."
    That was just a completely hilarious and spot on conclusion to that segment :D

    • @Digibullet32
      @Digibullet32 10 месяцев назад +7

      Sad part is he got lucky 3/7 is better then 4/7 haha

  • @grindamadurin
    @grindamadurin 6 лет назад +4456

    Imagine having your supernatural powers foiled by styrofoam

    • @CanadianBullFrog
      @CanadianBullFrog 6 лет назад +168

      grindamadurin what if we were all psychic and styrofoam ate all our powers?

    • @grindamadurin
      @grindamadurin 6 лет назад +69

      @@CanadianBullFrog im crying now! Boycott styrofoam

    • @FARISEO25
      @FARISEO25 6 лет назад +51

      grindamadurin just like bolt

    • @JuanAguilar_DonJuan
      @JuanAguilar_DonJuan 6 лет назад +20

      In other words kryptonite

    • @phuthuthusollymola8251
      @phuthuthusollymola8251 6 лет назад +61

      God forbid he's ever attacked by a mad man wielding a Styrofoam weapon.

  • @angelinavargas8511
    @angelinavargas8511 5 лет назад +3726

    The way he tossed the transcript at him killed me 😂😂

    • @lovelyaya1811
      @lovelyaya1811 5 лет назад +121

      Angelina Vargas
      He was like “you bitch!” 😂😂😂

    • @JT-km6th
      @JT-km6th 5 лет назад +200

      'here, go on, catch this. You stupid fucking dickhead, what does it say?'

    • @Afghan.Jalebi
      @Afghan.Jalebi 4 года назад +29

      @@JT-km6th you made my day.

    • @Soapia99th
      @Soapia99th 4 года назад +14

      Time stamp?

    • @Rparhar91
      @Rparhar91 4 года назад +26

      @@Soapia99th 1:44

  • @irbadltald2532
    @irbadltald2532 5 лет назад +4940

    This is why psychics dont win the lottery and healers dont work at hospitals

    • @Arizona_lilly
      @Arizona_lilly 5 лет назад +172

      they say they lose the gift if they do it just for financial gain

    • @savannahjohnson633
      @savannahjohnson633 5 лет назад +269

      @@Arizona_lilly right lol except they charge ppl hundreds of dollars for these readings... 🤔🤔🤔
      🤣🤣😂😂

    • @Xynth22
      @Xynth22 5 лет назад +82

      @@Arizona_lilly And yet both sell there services all the time. They just don't ever seem to do them in situations where they can't con their way out when things go wrong.

    • @BobGymlan
      @BobGymlan 5 лет назад +6

      Lol. You’ve commented this on more than one video

    • @retrobeep2000
      @retrobeep2000 5 лет назад +22

      @ IRBADL TALD - Some hospitals actually using healers to this very day, and i´m talking about USA, Europe etc.. Scary how those Quacks, can get their tentacles in anywhere.

  • @MikeBarbarossa
    @MikeBarbarossa 5 месяцев назад +91

    The 37 names she gave were coincidentally the 37 most common names of the time, giving her the best shot of matching . "Bill, David, Mark, Michael, Rob, Steve " were all in there, and the most common men's names of the time

    • @costilla1212
      @costilla1212 3 месяца назад +10

      Nowadays you'd have to give names like Tyrone,Juan,Ling Ling & Mohammed 😂
      RIP America

    • @PAUL-ESNEED
      @PAUL-ESNEED 3 месяца назад +1

      ​@@costilla1212 this

    • @Sashazur
      @Sashazur 2 месяца назад

      ⁠​⁠@@costilla1212 RIP common sense. Wanna know what the most common US names are now? You can look it up online. I just did on the social security website which goes up to the 2010s and they are as white as you must think you are. Noah, Liam, Jacob, William, Mason, Ethan, Michael… Unless Mohammeds, Ling Lings and Tyrones have replaced over half of the population in the last ten years, I’m pretty confident that this data is still accurate.

    • @deathislife1993
      @deathislife1993 2 месяца назад +7

      @@costilla1212 Yeah, that doesn't sound like a racist take at all. The U.S. has a multitude of problems, but cultural diversity and names you think are weird aren't anywhere on that list of issues.

    • @harrisonhurst6480
      @harrisonhurst6480 2 месяца назад +6

      ​@@costilla1212 Holy hell... just being straight racist now huh? Get out of here with that hate.

  • @derekk.2263
    @derekk.2263 4 года назад +2268

    Being able to flip a page in a phone book is the lamest power possible.

    • @allmightlionthunder5515
      @allmightlionthunder5515 4 года назад +12

      You do know that is physics anyone can do it lol chi is real but not what we are lead to believe ! its not some super power .
      Power lol maybe wrong word for it its a form of energy it can after effect throw a stone into water and that is it ! .
      sorta like how kinetic energy works

    • @jameslong9921
      @jameslong9921 4 года назад +24

      Especially in the age of cell phones.
      Hmmm better use my super power to look up the number for the bat cave...oh sh.t phone books dont exist anymore because we have digital contact lists...better use my other super power...crawling into a hole and dying kapow!!!!

    • @hrnbrigade4991
      @hrnbrigade4991 4 года назад +4

      @B lmao

    • @fmfdocbotl4358
      @fmfdocbotl4358 4 года назад +22

      Its DC's newest superhero

    • @untilwemeetagain_
      @untilwemeetagain_ 4 года назад +1

      “Hey, girl...”

  • @chrisbrewer47
    @chrisbrewer47 5 лет назад +4137

    I'm psychic too. I knew that all of them were gonna fail

    • @EdwardNavu
      @EdwardNavu 5 лет назад +21

      Whoosh me all you want, but you ain't psychic, you're just sensible.

    • @Noptical
      @Noptical 5 лет назад +161

      @@EdwardNavu I'm not gonna r/woosh you. I'm just gonna tell you that you cant take a joke.

    • @daveschannel49
      @daveschannel49 5 лет назад +17

      Edward knave Chris is just joking.

    • @pringle8253
      @pringle8253 5 лет назад +9

      Chris is a god

    • @Elemenatie
      @Elemenatie 5 лет назад +2

      Amazing teaches me sempi

  • @iloveyoshi0xo
    @iloveyoshi0xo 8 лет назад +4413

    I'd like to watch a "psychic" do a reading for a foreigner. They couldn't come up with any names hahaha.

    • @AlishaArlene
      @AlishaArlene 8 лет назад +36

      Hahahahahaha!!!! XD

    • @DD2225
      @DD2225 8 лет назад +194

      Yeah, but if he "read" the name Muhammad, he would probably get about 20 people he/she knows. It is the most common name in the world. Unless that person he is doing a psychic reading for is from, say, Taiwan.

    • @TheGeckoNinja
      @TheGeckoNinja 8 лет назад +73

      is it the most common name in the world? or most common in the muslim majority countries??

    • @DD2225
      @DD2225 8 лет назад +76

      Both I believe. I looked it up on Wikipedia and it states in the world, however that source is from Wikipedia.

    • @hacnsm
      @hacnsm 8 лет назад +25

      +Fuck Google
      Don't be that dude

  • @frydaybeats4021
    @frydaybeats4021 4 месяца назад +30

    That's why magic sets come in styrofoam packaging, it keeps powerful magic under control.

  • @banjothefox9263
    @banjothefox9263 7 лет назад +5455

    What if these people really are Psychic but James Randi is a better one and is being an epic troll by stopping their powers?

  • @imUmoron
    @imUmoron 5 лет назад +892

    The heat from the light is creating static electricity on the foam
    Clearly.

    • @tonyboleno8191
      @tonyboleno8191 4 года назад +29

      i am a lizard

    • @babycakessr.8704
      @babycakessr.8704 4 года назад +41

      It would’ve been funny if James said ok then and removed the foam and put a couple of lit candles in front of it instead. That way we could see the flames being blown instead of the foam lol

    • @bobjoe3492
      @bobjoe3492 4 года назад +33

      @@babycakessr.8704 Or just told him to turn the pages towards himself.

    • @grantorino2325
      @grantorino2325 4 года назад +36

      One of the reasons why Styrofoam was even invented in the first place was because it DOES NOT CONDUCT ELECTRICITY in any way.
      Jeez, Hydrick, I learned that in high school!

    • @theST1NG
      @theST1NG 4 года назад +23

      The best part is watching him attempt to demonstrate the static cling, and every time he drops the page it falls in the opposite direction. Hilarious.

  • @shawnsenior5885
    @shawnsenior5885 6 лет назад +1639

    ''we have the transcript right here'' WHIPS IT AT HIM.

    • @keirantalent
      @keirantalent 6 лет назад +211

      Shawn Senior A wizard never throws a transcript too hard, nor too soft... he throws it precisely as he means to.

    • @bruh7895
      @bruh7895 6 лет назад +5

      @@keirantalent nice one ;)

    • @faceshredder2576
      @faceshredder2576 6 лет назад +34

      I seriously LOST IT when I saw that 😂😂😂😂 I’m still laughing about it

    • @billout12
      @billout12 6 лет назад +26

      It was definitely passive-agressive :D Love it !

    • @1ma4ighter
      @1ma4ighter 6 лет назад +14

      that wasn't a fnck passive!

  • @nic.25
    @nic.25 7 месяцев назад +145

    The guy trying to turn pages had problems with static electricity, I'm sure it was his funny costume that was the cause of the static 😂

    • @justayoutuber1906
      @justayoutuber1906 7 месяцев назад

      Dude was a child molester and murderer. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hydrick

    • @amberty2002
      @amberty2002 5 месяцев назад

      🤣 🤣 🤣

    • @risenfromyoutubesashesagai6302
      @risenfromyoutubesashesagai6302 5 месяцев назад +5

      Or that hair cut and wierd little mustache

    • @titusgray4598
      @titusgray4598 5 месяцев назад +1

      You see the fabric had not been appropriately tuned for the air polarity, this means that my telekinesis cannot be emanated from my puckered asshole. My sphincter magic is very delicate, you see.

    • @MrLittlekate
      @MrLittlekate 3 месяца назад

      He would have turned a few pages since, he is in prison to this day

  • @intiorozco5063
    @intiorozco5063 4 года назад +4231

    RIP James Randi, the world desperately needs more people like you, especially now.

    • @r.m.k.1974
      @r.m.k.1974 4 года назад +19

      He died?????????

    • @r.m.k.1974
      @r.m.k.1974 4 года назад +4

      @Mansoor Shakeel Hell is not metaphore for bad events

    • @bacondren4129
      @bacondren4129 4 года назад +56

      I didn't know he had passed on. This year has been the worst

    • @mark-ish
      @mark-ish 4 года назад +21

      @ what do you call a decade of bad shit?
      2020 :(

    • @mont9150
      @mont9150 3 года назад +18

      We still have penn and teller to debunks

  • @skinnybuddha8988
    @skinnybuddha8988 5 лет назад +1444

    This dude had a huge reward for anyone that could prove they had abilities. He destroyed so many careers but it's their fault.

    • @BobGymlan
      @BobGymlan 5 лет назад +8

      Gavin star honestly what’s reality TV?

    • @monster762
      @monster762 5 лет назад +26

      Unfortunately they are probably thriving thanks to our inability to use common sense.

    • @alansmithee419
      @alansmithee419 5 лет назад +8

      @Gavin star have you heard of politicians?

    • @-Vitalis-
      @-Vitalis- 5 лет назад +29

      And not a single person has claimed Randi's prize to this day.
      Guess people with powers are very, very _humble_ and none of them actually wants to win millions of dollars instantly. Yeah, that's the only explanation.

    • @mdusibisi
      @mdusibisi 5 лет назад +21

      He still does. He's offering a million dollars to anyone who can prove the existence of God or psychic powers.

  • @emmy4691
    @emmy4691 7 лет назад +1639

    "The styrofoam and the lights create electricity...that pulls the page down..."
    Um....nope, that's called gravity.

    • @jamesshaw6110
      @jamesshaw6110 7 лет назад +3

      P smith003.5 HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

    • @enjitodoroki202
      @enjitodoroki202 7 лет назад +2

      Zack Vahn THATS WHAT I SAID!⬇🌍⬇

    • @uncle1886
      @uncle1886 7 лет назад

      Zack Vahn that actually made me lol

    • @kateostinelli3851
      @kateostinelli3851 7 лет назад

      Zack Vahn why have you taken "GradeAUnderA's" picture as you're own

    • @jarnalyrkar
      @jarnalyrkar 7 лет назад

      Probably because this is the internet, and that stuff happens. A lot.

  • @gayesthusky2177
    @gayesthusky2177 Год назад +17

    Historical TV moment 1: Hydric dressing like a chess piece.
    Historical TV moment 2: the look on Hydric’s face when Randi pulls out the jar of foam pellets.

  • @faceless_lurker
    @faceless_lurker 7 лет назад +608

    I love that James never shakes their hands after their failed 'demonstrations.' The act of clapping and walking away without a backward glance is just so dismissive. Great stuff.

    • @pigknickers2975
      @pigknickers2975 7 лет назад +55

      Yeah he made that last guy say his silly claim again and then just left him hanging like a total idiot. That's got to be the Randi slamdown.

    • @MetaalMeerkat
      @MetaalMeerkat 7 лет назад +41

      I think it may be a sign of great restraint on the part of Randi, not to just tell them they are frauds and should piss off.

    • @vaitalv9361
      @vaitalv9361 7 лет назад +6

      "Thank you for coming to the show"

    • @anaamore6907
      @anaamore6907 6 лет назад +8

      He's a hero who has no time to shake hands with these criminals.

    • @thedr00
      @thedr00 6 лет назад +4

      Thats a great observation, love it :-)

  • @caesarstrings
    @caesarstrings 4 года назад +1380

    “The paper is being PULLED down, see?”
    *proceeds to lift the page and have it fall the opposite way he said it would not once, but THREE TIMES*

    • @spartanstick4556
      @spartanstick4556 4 года назад +58

      The cringe was suffocating. Lol

    • @RoyalCaymanian
      @RoyalCaymanian 4 года назад +85

      LoL 😂
      He should have then said the foam was causing reverse electronic gravitational rotational circolosis.

    • @dincmesrine472
      @dincmesrine472 4 года назад +4

      @@RoyalCaymanian 😂😂😂

    • @PreservationEnthusiast
      @PreservationEnthusiast 4 года назад +27

      @@spartanstick4556 The foam was causing static which prevented him using his psychic power. Don't you get it?

    • @spartanstick4556
      @spartanstick4556 4 года назад +13

      @@PreservationEnthusiast
      *Slaps forehead*
      Duh, I can't believe I didn't understand that. I'm an idiot. Lol

  • @dmand1111
    @dmand1111 2 года назад +976

    Now this is what I call entertaining television. Calling out scammers scams on live television and watching them act like fools

    • @SpilcedJeans
      @SpilcedJeans 2 года назад +27

      Nowadays they just give them TV shows

    • @toddgaak422
      @toddgaak422 2 года назад +23

      @@SpilcedJeans Or elect them to public office.

    • @SpilcedJeans
      @SpilcedJeans 2 года назад

      @@toddgaak422 you can just say you support Trump you bigot. He's not the president anymore.

    • @zellie9
      @zellie9 2 года назад +5

      yup this is quality tv. they should bring it back

    • @lu_re7198
      @lu_re7198 2 года назад +1

      @Todd Gaak. Exactly. 😂

  • @evhvariac2
    @evhvariac2 5 месяцев назад +12

    Basically a guy in pajamas blowing phone book pages

  • @user-kh3ev6vq1v
    @user-kh3ev6vq1v 4 года назад +294

    Wow, this James Randi guy sure is a sneaky devil. Can't believe he cheated that poor guy out of 10k by putting magical styrofoam around the phone book to block all the psychic energy like that. Outrageous!

    • @les_5184
      @les_5184 4 года назад +1

      😂😂😂

    • @xKouture
      @xKouture 2 года назад +6

      Had us in the first half

    • @rottweilerfun9520
      @rottweilerfun9520 2 года назад

      Psychic Kryptonite.

    • @LissyVee
      @LissyVee 2 года назад +1

      the nerve!

    • @deecook8393
      @deecook8393 2 года назад +7

      Doesn't say much for psychic ability when it can be negated by a packing peanut.

  • @joanna7350
    @joanna7350 4 года назад +1066

    James Randi is a hero. I'm so glad he outlived Sylvia Browne who he was after for years. I could imagine if he had died first, Sylvia would have told everyone that Randi contacted her from "the spirit world" and said she was right about everything, topped with an apology.

    • @Zeresrail
      @Zeresrail 4 года назад +72

      Agreed. We need much more people like him promoting critical thinking rather than superstitious beliefs.

    • @daveybass655
      @daveybass655 4 года назад +36

      I can't stand Sylvia Brown

    • @joanna7350
      @joanna7350 4 года назад +7

      @@kenmaddock7469 Yes!

    • @mccarthy5825
      @mccarthy5825 3 года назад +34

      I actually remember thinking that at the time, you brought it right back! The nasty piece of work definitely would have pulled some awful thing like that. Vile woman. The whole lot of those cold reading, magic trick using charlatans are scum who prey on anxiety, love, fear, and bloody charge for it!

    • @ezziboo
      @ezziboo 3 года назад +5

      I wish he was here for that stupid scam artist with the Karen hair from Long Island.

  • @spyroluver0951
    @spyroluver0951 5 лет назад +433

    I hated the healer who made the old ladies believe in that. It made me want to cry at how manipulative it was :(

    • @TheIZI6
      @TheIZI6 4 года назад +19

      To be fair, they are not the smartest to believe him in the first place. Still a dick move though.

    • @travislindsey7256
      @travislindsey7256 4 года назад +9

      Jim Jones lasting legacy is preachers like that . They saw how much money he accrued by taking everyone's possessions

    • @spartan456
      @spartan456 4 года назад +3

      In a lot of ways I think it's terrible and wrong but I feel like there is a silver lining to it, it really depends on the tactfulness of the preacher. I don't think there's anything necessarily wrong with telling an old, dying woman "your son is going to be okay thanks to all your prayers". Even though that message obviously didn't come from God, it's still a thoughtful message. It may be a message delivered under false pretenses, but sometimes lying is better than telling someone the truth. If it makes someone happy and nobody is actually getting hurt from it, I think it's honestly thoughtful. It's like telling someone what they want to hear, versus what they need to hear. If it makes them happy, that's all that matters in my opinion.
      What is wrong is when these people act like they are healing terminal illnesses. It's one thing to be realistic and tell someone it'll be okay, you've got a long life left to live, etc. It's another thing entirely to prey on people's beliefs and make them think they are genuinely healed of all their ailments. Especially in exchange for money. These types of people are just a small part of what gives religion a bad name.

    • @pat5star
      @pat5star 4 года назад +8

      spartan456 you’re defending the wrong guy if you’re sticking up for Peter Popoff. Believe it or not, he’s still going and still on tv (though nowhere near as large as he used to be) and still conning anyone and everyone out of their money!
      Personally, I think Popoff is one of the most disgusting con men out there. He’s one of those preachers who try to convince the gullible into buying into his ‘supernatural power’ (or ‘miracle spring water’) and that the more they donate to him the more ’unexpected’ or divine rewards they will receive. They will try to convince you that if you donate to them even with the last of your money rather than paying bills like you should that a large chunk of money will ‘supernaturally’ appear in your bank account or your bills will suddenly and ‘supernaturally’ be paid.
      When that doesn’t happen they just tell you that you didn’t have enough faith!
      It was already terrible when Popoff and his people were fake healing but now they’re trying to take peoples last dollars with the promise of winning the lottery! I’m not religious but this almost makes me wish I was so I could imagine Peter Popoff and his staff burning in hell for all eternity!!!

    • @spartan456
      @spartan456 4 года назад +2

      @@pat5star Oh nah, that guy can go fuck himself. I was just saying that in some ways this kind of thing isn't inherently evil if it's done in a certain way. The way Popoff and others like him do it are purely predatory and malicious.

  • @D4veJap4n
    @D4veJap4n 9 дней назад +3

    Hahah I bet that guy with the phone book was actually trying to move the page with his mind for the first time ever when he was kneeling down lol

    • @ShinStriderHiryu
      @ShinStriderHiryu 7 дней назад +1

      Then probally realized he has no power at all

  • @jaredcraver3898
    @jaredcraver3898 4 года назад +392

    Its so funny seeing that phone book guy try sizing it up, thinkin "damn how am i gonna blow around all this shit??"

    • @bubblegumxo
      @bubblegumxo 4 года назад +21

      Probably more thinking "I'm never going to live this down." 😂

    • @peterfitzgerald7327
      @peterfitzgerald7327 3 года назад +16

      @@bubblegumxo and he's thinking f..k me.I just bought this psychic outfit yesterday...well the guy who sold it to him definitely saw him coming!!!! or perhaps the psychics barber was good friends with the outfitter," hi George I've just sold an outfit to a loony tune, he wants a crazy haircut, George " ok send him over I'll do my worst "

    • @rachelc9180
      @rachelc9180 3 года назад +4

      @@peterfitzgerald7327 😁😆😅🤣

    • @ArronP
      @ArronP 6 месяцев назад +1

      haha funny asf

  • @ball_soup
    @ball_soup 5 лет назад +478

    “...and the neighbors’ dog.”
    My sides are in orbit.

    • @lemonadelemon1960
      @lemonadelemon1960 4 года назад +8

      ranger1986ka I’m laughing ,too.

    • @fakename287
      @fakename287 4 года назад +3

      @ranger1986ka nah youre probably just autistic or something

    • @melissanormand7817
      @melissanormand7817 4 года назад

      I laughed too

    • @darklordojeda
      @darklordojeda 4 года назад

      The way he says it is the best part. Like as if asking, "Are you fucking serious?"

    • @hellahounds4753
      @hellahounds4753 4 года назад +1

      I peed my pants!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🐶

  • @Howlrunner82
    @Howlrunner82 5 лет назад +417

    " Oh no. My only weakness. An older man with 10k Dollar and styrofoam " 🤣🤣🤣

    • @THE9B9AST9
      @THE9B9AST9 4 года назад +3

      Bullets ....... My only weakness

    • @JoseDKira11
      @JoseDKira11 4 года назад +2

      THEBEAST911 BEAST911MODE how did you know...? XD

    • @THE9B9AST9
      @THE9B9AST9 4 года назад +2

      @@JoseDKira11 lmao

    • @LTCOLPatrickWayneHerron
      @LTCOLPatrickWayneHerron 3 месяца назад

      Wouldn't that suck if dudes kryptonite was actually Styrofoam and paper with ink on it?

  • @lassebauer
    @lassebauer 8 лет назад +2029

    I love the way they send them off after failing miserably: "Well, sir - you´re a hack. Thank you for coming."
    [Applause. Takes emergency exit and boards the Shame Express to oblivion]

    • @l.l.a.s3645
      @l.l.a.s3645 8 лет назад +8

      Lasse Bauer 13:24

    • @ssimon64
      @ssimon64 8 лет назад +6

      Lasse Bauer Hahahaha awesome comment

    • @FRANK45CASTLE
      @FRANK45CASTLE 8 лет назад +6

      Lasse Bauer shame express lol, good times!

    • @ficklemytancy1250
      @ficklemytancy1250 8 лет назад +7

      Lasse Bauer that's why James Randi is one of my favourite people

    • @silvereagle90000
      @silvereagle90000 8 лет назад +26

      He even looks at the guys hand like he was going to shake it, then claps to silence the guy lol

  • @alanwatts8239
    @alanwatts8239 5 лет назад +635

    "So, what's your special power?"
    "I can make me carreer disappear instantly"
    "really? how can you manage that?"
    "i was dumb enough to come here"

    • @DizzyedUpGirl
      @DizzyedUpGirl 4 года назад +9

      You know, if I were James Randi and someone would admit something like that, I'd give them the money. If any of the people were like "okay, it's fake", I'd respect it.

    • @paulaclayton309
      @paulaclayton309 4 года назад

      Hahahahahaha 🤣🤣🤣

    • @monkeywkeys3916
      @monkeywkeys3916 4 года назад +1

      @darth geekboy
      Wow. Talk about hanging in there

    • @gangstar8652
      @gangstar8652 4 года назад +1

      Uri gellar went on to have a very successful career becoming extremely well known in multiple countries worldwide and becoming a multimillionaire in the process all on the back of basically spoon bending.

    • @leehenry5764
      @leehenry5764 4 года назад

      🤣😆🤣

  • @faded039
    @faded039 5 лет назад +407

    Guy: Probably half a dozen
    James: *mentions 37 names*

    • @mwg911hk
      @mwg911hk 5 лет назад +13

      Why can't he just say 6 . There's no need to use the word dozen!!! Lol jk

    • @uliloolilu780
      @uliloolilu780 5 лет назад

      @@mwg911hk ikr

    • @PURPLE.REIGN.1999
      @PURPLE.REIGN.1999 5 лет назад +13

      Notice how they never say, LaSean, Shaquille, Dino, Poindexter, Tito or Prince.

    • @suned3128
      @suned3128 5 лет назад +1

      mwg911hk
      Based on that logic, there’s no need to say 6 either.

    • @MaxxMcGeePrivate
      @MaxxMcGeePrivate 5 лет назад

      @@mwg911hk I guess half a dozen means anything around 6, not 6 exactly.

  • @moemonte88
    @moemonte88 7 месяцев назад +27

    5:23 how I sound to my probation officer when I fail my drug test after the 3rd attempt

    • @russell-di8js
      @russell-di8js 5 месяцев назад +2

      funny, got me chuckling so thanx!!

  • @angelabarrineau3404
    @angelabarrineau3404 2 года назад +1066

    I went to see a psychic once. I knocked on the door and she said “who is it “. So I left Lmao

    • @arcturus4295
      @arcturus4295 2 года назад +94

      reminds me of a joke i heard in Fallout 3: ''I was going to attend the clairvoyants meeting, but it was cancelled due to unforeseen events.''

    • @kactusjaxson2965
      @kactusjaxson2965 2 года назад +4

      🤣🤣

    • @_Clayton.Bigsby_
      @_Clayton.Bigsby_ 2 года назад +18

      We have a few local here. I've often thought about bursting through their door and asking if they knew I was coming.

    • @diamondlucas5973
      @diamondlucas5973 2 года назад +5

      @@_Clayton.Bigsby_ 😂😂😂 Hilarious

    • @Solanin0803
      @Solanin0803 2 года назад +12

      @@_Clayton.Bigsby_ "Well, I didn't know. But what are you here for?"
      And then you go "You tell me"

  • @beautifuldiva0208
    @beautifuldiva0208 5 лет назад +923

    The way he threw those papers was some Thug life kind of stuff.

    • @Hotboytrue
      @Hotboytrue 5 лет назад +5

      Shut up

    • @basti_marr
      @basti_marr 5 лет назад +14

      Shit was like be some fucking man

    • @drrydog
      @drrydog 5 лет назад +3

      same thing I thought lmao

    • @beautifuldiva0208
      @beautifuldiva0208 5 лет назад +50

      Hotboytrue you should take your own advice

    • @xxbellajasmina
      @xxbellajasmina 5 лет назад +6

      Beautiful Diva 🤙🏾💯💯💯💯💯😭😂🤣

  • @eliasgermer8762
    @eliasgermer8762 2 года назад +586

    I LOVE the fact that when he tried to "demonstrate" that the light and styrofoam made the page fall back, it instead just fell forward (three times).

    • @gemstar7286
      @gemstar7286 Год назад +19

      He tried to manipulate science 🧪🤣.

    • @tosspot1305
      @tosspot1305 Год назад +74

      I think he was also trying to fold the page a little to give a little lip that he could blow under without moving the foam.. Then the presenter turned over a bunch of pages and scuppered his only chance of pulling it off hahaha

    • @ColdeWater-qe2wl
      @ColdeWater-qe2wl Год назад

      Hm

    • @bee1275
      @bee1275 Год назад +1

      i laughed each time bro

    • @MrMirack
      @MrMirack Год назад +5

      ​@@gemstar7286he must be a Democrat!!!

  • @justayoutuber1906
    @justayoutuber1906 7 месяцев назад +31

    The guy at 4:15 is James Alan Hydrick who was convicted of kidnapping and torture in 1977, for which he was imprisoned. Hydrick was imprisoned for child molestation in 1989; he remains in a psychiatric hospital. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hydrick

    • @roxterat
      @roxterat 5 месяцев назад +3

      what in the world.... I mean, he kinda looks like one but for real...

    • @roxterat
      @roxterat 5 месяцев назад +11

      "He escaped three times: he allegedly kicked through a concrete wall in a Georgia jail, broke through gates at a South Carolina prison, and finally, in 1982, he pole-vaulted over a fence at a state prison in Utah." now THOSE are some real Psychic powers!

    • @lonestarbug
      @lonestarbug 4 месяца назад +2

      @@roxteratShazam.

    • @Sara88890
      @Sara88890 2 месяца назад

      "Hydrick was born in South Carolina to 36-year-old father Billy Hydrick and 13-year-old mother Lois Hydrick." Seems being a p3do runs in the family

    • @rachels6808
      @rachels6808 19 дней назад

      A shame he used up all his psychic powers on flipping a flimsy page instead of predicting his fate.😂

  • @PatTheBatmanFan
    @PatTheBatmanFan 6 лет назад +603

    “One minute later” you can see this guy sweating and trying to figure out how he can weasel out of it. Probably the longest minute of his life.

    • @MCCOLDT
      @MCCOLDT 6 лет назад +7

      Thanks for that laugh m8 i needed it lol

  • @ralphadamo1857
    @ralphadamo1857 2 года назад +1866

    I once had a fantastic psychic reading. The psychic not only knew that I had eaten in a restaurant within the last 3 months, but he even knew that the restaurant's name had a vowel. But what was truly stunning was that he knew the waiter or waitress asked me if I would like a beverage at the start of the order process. Now, I ask you, how could anybody in the world have guessed all of those things? Impossible! I'm a true believer now.

    • @charlenemack7040
      @charlenemack7040 2 года назад +25

      Ralph…f’n funny 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

    • @bjornkarlsson7364
      @bjornkarlsson7364 2 года назад +11

      😄😄😄😄

    • @klausstock8020
      @klausstock8020 2 года назад +127

      I actually had the best psychic reading inside a restaurant. The waiter or waitress asked me if I would like "a beer as usual".

    • @SkinSlayer26
      @SkinSlayer26 2 года назад +4

    • @AstrixCloud
      @AstrixCloud 2 года назад +8

      Lmao they all ask if you want a drink at the start, and most people go out every few months. Specially now days just to show social media.

  • @BackwoodsFilms
    @BackwoodsFilms 4 года назад +1117

    The way he politely thanks and dismisses them after proving that they're full of shit is so passive-aggressively savage!

    • @jacobseal
      @jacobseal 2 года назад +31

      This is my favorite part, too. Then has the audience applaud them like he didn't just destroy their entire livelihood......ha. Savage!

    • @jjaniero
      @jjaniero 2 года назад +6

      too bad he was such a nasty negative and angry human being

    • @cherrydonner5298
      @cherrydonner5298 2 года назад +5

      They way he left them standing there looking is 🤣 😂😂😂😂

    • @arakano
      @arakano 2 года назад +3

      But also very professional.

    • @arakano
      @arakano 2 года назад +10

      @@jjaniero He was? How so? I'm new to knowing about him so this is news to me.

  • @nuberiffic
    @nuberiffic Месяц назад +2

    Once again south park summed it up best in the John Edward episode:
    "...I'm getting a Buh, Guh, Duh, Tuh, Kuh..."
    "Kenny!"
    "...Kenny says Hi"

  • @melvinsprewel8287
    @melvinsprewel8287 5 лет назад +1100

    Damn, wonder how he felt sitting there for 30 seconds, knowing damn well he got no psychic abilities 😐

    • @keyserobel6812
      @keyserobel6812 5 лет назад +45

      With that silly hairstyle and outfit!

    • @jerryfuller1261
      @jerryfuller1261 5 лет назад +3

      Kmsl!!!!

    • @mattiassinabafagas356
      @mattiassinabafagas356 5 лет назад +63

      i bet he spent that entire 30 second period thinking of what his next excuse would be

    • @Moondial
      @Moondial 5 лет назад +62

      I think he spent the entire 30 seconds going “ok maybe there’s a slim chance I have psychic powers after all” and actually trying

    • @melvinsprewel8287
      @melvinsprewel8287 5 лет назад +13

      @@Moondial I was thinking that, but at the same time I was thinking "Dear God, I hope he's not thinking that".

  • @yuhand_ayaninura
    @yuhand_ayaninura 5 лет назад +1419

    So this is what Dumbledore does whenever he's not at Hogwarts.

    • @Pirz-ik2nv
      @Pirz-ik2nv 4 года назад +7

      Pretty much

    • @shedmahmood7078
      @shedmahmood7078 4 года назад +11

      Watch out if you diss him he might turn u into a frog

    • @hyicrotai9801
      @hyicrotai9801 4 года назад +4

      Lmao

    • @Eckalicious
      @Eckalicious 4 года назад +16

      Dumbledore wishes he was 1/2 the badass Randi is.

    • @liarodmora24
      @liarodmora24 4 года назад +5

      doubledoor 🤣😂🤣

  • @itbelikethat8583
    @itbelikethat8583 7 лет назад +839

    "The styrofoam and the lights form electricity which pulls the page, look it pulls the page down"
    Bruh no that's gravity

    • @hollidayharris6530
      @hollidayharris6530 7 лет назад +2

      Rose Cake RIGHT

    • @phoneticjomama
      @phoneticjomama 7 лет назад +27

      Styrofoam can hold an electric charge and I think paper does as well, but you’d be able to see some styrofoam stick to the paper when he moved the page.

    • @egregiousmalady4287
      @egregiousmalady4287 7 лет назад +35

      Plus it kept falling on the wrong side each time he tried

    • @XepptizZ
      @XepptizZ 6 лет назад +3

      Joe C paper is one of the well known insulators. Which means that it really doesn't like to add or remove electrons. It's not impossible, but unlikely you'll get it to hold a charge.

    • @Napalm38382
      @Napalm38382 6 лет назад +1

      My mustache and my Asian kung fu outfit is causing psychic anomalies.... maybe static charge? Can that be it? Oh it can't. Huh. so I can't do it, since obviously I am breathing on it. Now if you RIP a telephone book in half, that's a real thing, and not as hard as people might think. Actually, telephone books are pretty funny, member when those were a thing? All the numbers didn't start with 555 either. Cause fucking morons would call them. I blame Jenny and Tutone.

  • @TruthSurge
    @TruthSurge 7 месяцев назад +2

    16:56 "well, thank you very much, James, for making a complete imbecile of yourself on television in front of the whole world!"

  • @IamKnucks
    @IamKnucks 2 года назад +2073

    Imagine having such pathetic psychic powers that a couple peanuts of styrofoam can totally disarm you.

    • @TheAdatto
      @TheAdatto 2 года назад +65

      Cryptonite

    • @fblack9033
      @fblack9033 2 года назад +19

      Wasn't that a South Park episode?

    • @joshuawaring4180
      @joshuawaring4180 2 года назад +51

      Not exactly pulling an X-Wing out of a Swamp.

    • @CoolGobyFish
      @CoolGobyFish 2 года назад +87

      He could have said that his power is too strong and would move styrofoam along with page. Strange that he didn't think of that.

    • @rahawk69
      @rahawk69 2 года назад +18

      Worst Xman ever! lol

  • @tylerdurden7869
    @tylerdurden7869 2 года назад +580

    “What’re your powers?”
    “Do you have a phone book? I’m about to blow your mind “

    • @DoomPotato
      @DoomPotato 2 года назад +12

      Soooo... Nothing changes for me?

    • @klausstock8020
      @klausstock8020 2 года назад +29

      "Use the styrofoam, Luke."

    • @waynejones750
      @waynejones750 2 года назад

      What a load of crap.

    • @waynejones750
      @waynejones750 2 года назад +1

      The last one shame on you.

    • @rizizum
      @rizizum 2 года назад +21

      You've got access to a supernatural ability that only a few humans possess, and what you can do with it? Move a single page of a nearby book

  • @basedbattledroid3507
    @basedbattledroid3507 5 лет назад +859

    "This isn't a magician's trick."
    Dresses like a magician

    • @wilsoncrocker
      @wilsoncrocker 5 лет назад +8

      he wasnt lying. it was a scam artists trick.

    • @Ria-sd2ex
      @Ria-sd2ex 5 лет назад

      😅😂😆

    • @spangdeez498
      @spangdeez498 5 лет назад +1

      James hydrick.... there’s a hilarious documentary on here about him.... it’s his ‘‘ martial arts” outfit.... he went to prison for molesting young boys and is now in an institution I believe for life after his prison sentence..... kind of a sad story actually..... his dad used to beat the living shit out of him as a kid.... you should watch it, quite interesting actually

    • @spangdeez498
      @spangdeez498 5 лет назад +1

      But yes he’s def a fraud just blows air out of his mouth obviously

    • @garyenwards1608
      @garyenwards1608 5 лет назад +4

      Those are raditional chinese wizard garb

  • @J_GoTTi
    @J_GoTTi 26 дней назад +1

    The “lights, static, and the electricity” bit is super embarrassing! 😂
    He picked up the page 2-3 times, and EVERY TIME it went the opposite way the “psychic” wanted it to go! 😂

    • @hihosilverlining
      @hihosilverlining 16 дней назад +1

      And that pesky traitor gravity getting in the way and making things fall down !

    • @J_GoTTi
      @J_GoTTi 16 дней назад +1

      @ lol right. It was just super funny to me that he tried however many times to flip the page, and every single time, even with him having it half way there, he failed every time. Cracked me up.

  • @Abelhawk
    @Abelhawk 6 лет назад +5422

    Plot twist: James Randi is the only real psychic in the world and he wants to throw everyone else off his trail.

    • @radfatdaddy4169
      @radfatdaddy4169 6 лет назад +333

      Abelhawk I've had the theory that he's actually a wizard, a wizard that feeds off the psychic force of others. That's why they all feel weak around him.

    • @trashman1694
      @trashman1694 6 лет назад +37

      Yeah something weird going on with this shit lol

    • @Dogboy73
      @Dogboy73 6 лет назад +3

      Lol

    • @kreation
      @kreation 6 лет назад +16

      Watch Red Lights...it's exactly what you just said. LOL

    • @shineyourlightandlove384
      @shineyourlightandlove384 6 лет назад

      check out these guys; let me know what you think ruclips.net/video/oEgcNEEExBg/видео.html

  • @therealMrA
    @therealMrA 5 лет назад +1258

    The ability to psychically detect zinc ore is probably the most pointless "talent" that man could think of.

    • @muchotexto4248
      @muchotexto4248 4 года назад +56

      It's everywhere.
      You'd eventually get tired of those constnt tingles, then, used.
      It'd be as another sense

    • @HerecomestheCalavera
      @HerecomestheCalavera 4 года назад +74

      It is similar to having the psychic ability to tell if popcorn is salted or not.

    • @rattlesnakebiscuits
      @rattlesnakebiscuits 4 года назад +26

      Unless you're a thief
      *That man*
      *That man is carrying a lot of pennies*

    • @getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917
      @getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917 4 года назад +4

      Rattlesnake Biscuits This comment is underrated as fuck hahahahah

    • @brandontaylor3874
      @brandontaylor3874 4 года назад +7

      @@HerecomestheCalavera oh my god, are you referencing Angry Video Game Nerd pre-fame short film? lol

  • @zileman
    @zileman 4 года назад +337

    “The styrofoam and lights create electricity, look.”
    *starts to demonstrate gravity*

    • @sammycinnamon7300
      @sammycinnamon7300 4 года назад +1

      Turns out hes a prolific nonce! Locked up for life!

    • @dadgonegamer2654
      @dadgonegamer2654 4 года назад +4

      The greatest magic trick of all.

    • @ezziboo
      @ezziboo 3 года назад +3

      His mama cut his hair and sent him to the stage in his pajamas.

    • @wmeuse2375
      @wmeuse2375 6 месяцев назад

      Slightly smarter than flat Earthers then.

  • @droketheroper
    @droketheroper 17 дней назад +1

    7:30 that expression is like when a child realizes an adult isn't believing their phony story

  • @thomaslowman1556
    @thomaslowman1556 7 лет назад +342

    Damn that foam static!

    • @peterd440
      @peterd440 7 лет назад +6

      They don't make sleepwear like that anymore.

    • @ryancox4498
      @ryancox4498 7 лет назад +3

      That must be what Magneto made his helmet out of!

  • @shazamguy3145
    @shazamguy3145 8 лет назад +2216

    That guy with pages made me laugh far more than I should have

    • @masqerader
      @masqerader 8 лет назад +35

      Shazam Guy convicted

    • @VinceMenger
      @VinceMenger 8 лет назад +8

      Jimmy Page

    • @samirasadiq907
      @samirasadiq907 8 лет назад +32

      Masqerader ahhh damn, I actually felt bad for that disgusting piece of shit ...

    • @ajjackson1526
      @ajjackson1526 8 лет назад +37

      first sentence of his Wiki bio.."James Allen Hydrick is an American former stage performer, self-described psychic and convicted child molester"

    • @ssimon64
      @ssimon64 8 лет назад +2

      samira sadiq fuck that

  • @madcinder257
    @madcinder257 6 лет назад +603

    wait... so Psychic types are weak to Electric?

    • @madcinder257
      @madcinder257 6 лет назад +30

      James Randi used Electric Terrain.
      Psychic moves are weakened!

    • @TheRealAb216
      @TheRealAb216 6 лет назад +6

      if you just rub your feet on the carpet you can beat them lol

    • @ChoppedBananas
      @ChoppedBananas 4 месяца назад

      Psychic armor= a well rubbed balloon.

  • @Tarm-n5i
    @Tarm-n5i 5 дней назад +1

    He failed twice and flipping the page to prove they were clinging. They both flipped over the correct direction lol

  • @kevinshinnock6667
    @kevinshinnock6667 5 лет назад +460

    "the styrofoam and the light forms electricity" but why should that matter if you're NOT using science to turn the page. gave himself away with thaf sentence

    • @Lukeor
      @Lukeor 5 лет назад +41

      Also, we should all take note. Free electricity from styrofoam.

    • @kevinshinnock6667
      @kevinshinnock6667 5 лет назад +9

      Lukeor max planck is looking down at us all pissed and whatnot

    • @atlachanacha
      @atlachanacha 5 лет назад +6

      more interestingly< when he showed how the pages were sticking due styrofoam , page fell down, and rolled AWAY from styrofoam. so if anything, that should´ve helped him

    • @jacklondon8845
      @jacklondon8845 4 года назад +1

      Lol

    • @darklordojeda
      @darklordojeda 4 года назад +1

      Considering the lights are only functioning due to electricity kinda kills his argument.

  • @TheCoffeeNut711
    @TheCoffeeNut711 7 лет назад +2903

    5:37
    "Pulls the page down."
    Page goes opposite direction
    XD

  • @johncarrington3951
    @johncarrington3951 4 года назад +256

    It's the stupid hair and clothes that's causing static.

  • @gregc33487
    @gregc33487 22 дня назад +2

    I like how respectful Mr. Randi is even after debunking these people.

  • @patrick764
    @patrick764 2 года назад +1813

    Randy was so incredibly deferential and polite to those frauds, who certainly didn’t deserve it. He was a classy guy.

    • @PrettyMiyaw19159
      @PrettyMiyaw19159 2 года назад +36

      Handed their asses in class. Respect.

    • @Freestyleny
      @Freestyleny 2 года назад +17

      Treat people how you want to be treated

    • @Trip_Fontaine
      @Trip_Fontaine 2 года назад +47

      That's the way to do it in my opinion. When you have to be condescending and rude, it makes people think your arguments are weak and don't stand on their own. Some debunkers on RUclips are like this. (I admit I'm being a bit of a hypocrite since I can be very rude if I get mad, but it's still true.)

    • @caspers.8846
      @caspers.8846 2 года назад

      He was a pedophile moron....

    • @Freestyleny
      @Freestyleny 2 года назад +2

      @@caspers.8846 And it seems you are a detractor

  • @beatleswife640
    @beatleswife640 5 лет назад +335

    I'm not feeling strong tonight.

  • @LetMeTellYouSomething144
    @LetMeTellYouSomething144 4 года назад +554

    Dude with the styrofoam problem was straight up laughing cuz he knew he wasn't gonna be able to do shit to those pages, LMAO.

    • @BG-yb4fe
      @BG-yb4fe 2 года назад +2

      that dude was actually a child molester...glad he's still locked up

    • @BG-yb4fe
      @BG-yb4fe 2 года назад +1

      the guy name James

    • @webstercat
      @webstercat 2 года назад

      The outfit & hair cut were pretty good clues that he was full of shit….

    • @bretttobin9632
      @bretttobin9632 2 года назад +6

      Yet his fancy suit almost guaranteed success , perhaps some lacy frills or a purple velvet sash would have amplified his psychic resonance .

    • @GradKat
      @GradKat 2 года назад +5

      Funny how when he was confronted by a test which would indicate if the page was being blown over, rather than turned with psychic power, he became helpless.

  • @TruthSurge
    @TruthSurge 7 месяцев назад +9

    liars exposed. never gets old.

  • @Nichole-Kerr
    @Nichole-Kerr 7 месяцев назад +5

    The thing is , in the 1970’s when URI Geller was a huge famous worldwide household name. My father and us 3 boys and me all believed what we saw on the tv, when we saw URI Geller bending spoons and forks. We all tried to bend spoons but to no avail! 😂 This guy fooled the whole world!

  • @EvilDead24
    @EvilDead24 5 лет назад +548

    “How many names did she reveal to you?”
    “About 1/2 dozen”
    “37 names”

    • @evelynbell5288
      @evelynbell5288 5 лет назад +17

      Static electricity my ass,he has foam for brains.

    • @negannegan1451
      @negannegan1451 5 лет назад

      @@evelynbell5288 fake!

    • @gabinhok
      @gabinhok 5 лет назад +5

      about 3.6 roentgen

    • @fabioribeiro4627
      @fabioribeiro4627 5 лет назад +1

      @@gabinhok Watching HBO's Chernobyl, huh?

    • @DoktorFreaman
      @DoktorFreaman 5 лет назад

      3000 they were all my dead uncle.

  • @somchay1851
    @somchay1851 7 лет назад +789

    ''I'm not feeling strong tonight.''

    • @MyAccount217
      @MyAccount217 7 лет назад +2

      lmao

    • @fredinatub
      @fredinatub 7 лет назад +7

      The sad thing is he went on to have good career on TV and people loved him. I remember in the 90's people used to put spoons on top of they tv sets when Geller was on and say that they spoon bend lol.

    • @manofiske3318
      @manofiske3318 7 лет назад +10

      "In the 90's"?
      Not so much.
      His heyday(the silly spoons and watches routine) was "in the 70's"

    • @silva6605
      @silva6605 7 лет назад +1

      ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • @awesome1990s
      @awesome1990s 7 лет назад

      😂😂

  • @flickdasher1775
    @flickdasher1775 5 лет назад +529

    if i had psychic powers and all it enabled me to do was turn the pages of a book, i'd feel a bit cheated!

    • @Quiscalus777
      @Quiscalus777 5 лет назад +33

      And only be able to turn it in the absence of foam lol.

    • @Anti_everything_and_everyone
      @Anti_everything_and_everyone 5 лет назад +20

      @@Quiscalus777 I low key felt so sorry for him. It's just embarrassing to watch to him fumble his way through the static story, but you could hear thr defeat in his voice. And in his little martial art suit. Oh, it's all too much. 🤣🤣

    • @user-gg6pe3wg3q
      @user-gg6pe3wg3q 5 лет назад +3

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @pinkypete6079
      @pinkypete6079 5 лет назад +11

      But just imagine back in the day when people actually brought porn magazines how handy that would of been as a teenager 😂😂

    • @flickdasher1775
      @flickdasher1775 5 лет назад +5

      @@pinkypete6079 before or after they were stuck together?

  • @JaramF1
    @JaramF1 2 месяца назад +1

    These are always hilarious. When i was a kid growing up in the UK Uri was always on it. Had moments on shows saying put a spoon on top of your tv, then a circle would appear on the screen he saying say put your hand on it and say.... jump.... jump spoon.... jump... ahhhh. Holarious looking back

  • @rei1sba315
    @rei1sba315 5 лет назад +624

    imagine spending hours warming your psychic abilities up just to move a very very thin sheet of paper a little bit

    • @djlaw56what
      @djlaw56what 5 лет назад +7

      Souns like mob psycho series

    • @dstruthers2950
      @dstruthers2950 5 лет назад +9

      Mind over matter. Telekinesis. Even little motion is a BIG accomplishment

    • @darkgreninja8349
      @darkgreninja8349 5 лет назад +2

      @Tekboy 808 nah I'm pretty sure it's physically impossible so yeah it's simply impossible

    • @xXCao_RenXx
      @xXCao_RenXx 5 лет назад +1

      Its just... Its just POWER xD

    • @thatonehead
      @thatonehead 5 лет назад +3

      D sTRUTHers scientifically it is impossible.. the closest we’ll come to telekinesis would be computers that you could control with thought. Like those prosthetics that can be moved with your mind

  • @sheldonleroy3963
    @sheldonleroy3963 5 лет назад +537

    "sorry you don't have psychic powers, thank you goodnight".. Lmao

    • @sheldonleroy3963
      @sheldonleroy3963 5 лет назад

      @Joshua Forter idk watch it over and over . I didn't know this comment had 177 likes lol I only watched the video one time

    • @MrOpportunity45
      @MrOpportunity45 5 лет назад

      @@sheldonleroy3963 idiot

    • @LAVATORR
      @LAVATORR 5 лет назад +1

      For a normal person, that is the most average statement in the world.

    • @sheldonleroy3963
      @sheldonleroy3963 5 лет назад

      500 likes lol cool man I'll smoke a bowl for that

    • @sheldonleroy3963
      @sheldonleroy3963 5 лет назад

      People who don't use their real names and talk shit to strangers I'm sorry ur parents didn't care about you

  • @MicSlingersMusic
    @MicSlingersMusic 5 лет назад +273

    I don't know what was funnier Jack Tripper "not feeling it" or Bruce Lee losing to his archnemisis...styrofoam! Lol

    • @pinkypete6079
      @pinkypete6079 5 лет назад +2

      Don't insult bruce lee like that lol

    • @jeanhartely
      @jeanhartely 5 лет назад +1

      I don't recall Bruce Lee wearing rayon jammies like that.

    • @n34z3r
      @n34z3r 5 лет назад

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @invideye5242
    @invideye5242 Месяц назад +1

    ‘Under the conditions agreed upon, now you should atleast try the psychic power to turn the page of the telephone directory.”
    “It’s not going to turn for you?” “Well, have you reached the point then which we can declare the demonstration terminated?”
    A lot of time and energy to flip a page.

  • @princesszahara6953
    @princesszahara6953 8 лет назад +1780

    I'm embarrassed watching this

    • @WhoWantsToKnow81
      @WhoWantsToKnow81 8 лет назад +95

      Yeah, it's quite uncomfortable. Imagine the audience... they must've been cringing

    • @princesszahara6953
      @princesszahara6953 8 лет назад +33

      WhoWantsToKnow81 I would have gotten up and left

    • @iniguezleo707
      @iniguezleo707 8 лет назад +48

      Serenity Affinity its hard to believe no one was bursting out in laughter

    • @thatthingyouseeatthecorner5249
      @thatthingyouseeatthecorner5249 8 лет назад +28

      John Conway
      Lol at least you're honest

    • @illona2537
      @illona2537 8 лет назад +20

      Same. so hard to watch but I can't stop watching.

  • @PrinceIsot
    @PrinceIsot 2 года назад +293

    The bowl cut guy that doesn't want to admit he was blowing the pages is hilarious

    • @democracymanifest8256
      @democracymanifest8256 Год назад +40

      Imagine the internal “ah fuck!” moment when he saw what James Randi was doing.

    • @paulbrown6464
      @paulbrown6464 Год назад +25

      Have to give him credit to appear in public looking like that

    • @davemustaki134
      @davemustaki134 Год назад +7

      I read comments about him somewhere else with these clips people were saying he got in trouble later for other things I don't want to get into details but you might be able find something about him?

    • @paulbrown6464
      @paulbrown6464 Год назад +5

      @@davemustaki134 not that interested

    • @davemustaki134
      @davemustaki134 Год назад +1

      @@paulbrown6464 good

  • @johnnygymrat4335
    @johnnygymrat4335 Год назад +808

    I love the way James calls people a liar in the most polite way possible

    • @TheeGlocktopus
      @TheeGlocktopus Год назад +37

      I am sure Allen, Alfred, Alice, Ann, Bill, Charlie, Colin, Connie, David Derek, Eileen, Ellen, Florey, Frank, Fred, George, Jim, Joe, John, Karen, Kathern, Kevin, Lilian, Lisa, Liz, Lynn, Mark, Mary, May, Michael, Rob, Ron, Shirly, Sidney, Stanley, Sid and Steve all agree.

    • @Kintaku
      @Kintaku Год назад +10

      Yeah he comes across as a genuinely kind person even when he’s telling someone they don’t have a leg to stand on

    • @RightfootWestHam
      @RightfootWestHam 8 месяцев назад +1

      Sad part is that he is part of that bunch... I did challenge his people over at his own forums and was banned without breaking a rule. Calling out their lies.

    • @gerasimosskarakis811
      @gerasimosskarakis811 8 месяцев назад +6

      @@RightfootWestHam It depends. If your challenge was highly moronic it makes sense to just wave you away. And lets be frank, there are a lot of people trying to prove bullshit using the same moronic arguments over and over and over again, without checking if what they are saying has been debunked OUTSIDE their echo chamber forums/church groups.
      The dumb arguments/people vastly outnumber those who have the time to waste answering them, so yeah...

    • @RightfootWestHam
      @RightfootWestHam 8 месяцев назад

      @@gerasimosskarakis811 It was well documented highly respected person that no one dared to look in to.
      Can you do me a favor, go and read those rules for the test.
      Then come back to me and tell me the issue with that contract.
      If you cant, then I explain it to you and you can sit there like everyone else: "Yeah that is not cool" .
      You are displaying the same issue as back in the day in those forums, you dont want to put in effort and time to research something. But go ahead, prove me wrong. I be waiting.
      Everything I have stated stands as truth.

  • @2007enthusiast
    @2007enthusiast Год назад +7

    James Randi is that one professor when the student cites wikipedia 😂

  • @spiritbx1337
    @spiritbx1337 4 года назад +330

    Why haven't we tapped into this infinite renewable energy of light on foam?

  • @XRROW_
    @XRROW_ 2 года назад +835

    James Randi did the world a service that it just didn't appreciate. Rest in peace, you are a legend in my eyes.

    • @Loctorak
      @Loctorak 2 года назад +13

      Wym? Loads of people (myself included) appreciated it then and continue to appreciate it now.

    • @jimbocrispy6908
      @jimbocrispy6908 2 года назад +22

      People don’t like it when their fantasies are dispelled.

    • @matthewwhite8882
      @matthewwhite8882 Год назад

      @@Loctorak I think they mean that there are more people in the world who prefer their “woo” nonsense than there are skeptics. E.G. Uri Geller & Peter Popoff were absolutely exposed as frauds by Randi on Johnny Carson, which was the biggest tv show at those times, and both of them were still able to continue to flourish with successful careers. After the Popoff exposure, people were mad at Randi, not Peter Popoff…wtf!??

    • @One.Zero.One101
      @One.Zero.One101 Год назад

      The famous Harry Houdini also made it a life's mission to expose psychic frauds. Too bad there weren't any videos in those days. It's really fun reading about it.

    • @leviathandrumming2175
      @leviathandrumming2175 Год назад +8

      ​@@LoctorakName one person under 30 who even knows the name James Randi.
      Thats the point he's making dude

  • @lancehandy6648
    @lancehandy6648 5 лет назад +630

    Styrofoam and lights form electricity. UNLIMITED ENERGY, WHY HAVE WE NOT BEEN USING THIS.

  • @Awaywrdson
    @Awaywrdson 7 месяцев назад +3

    I absolutely loved this guy !! I always knew him as " The Amazing Randi" !! He took down fake fortune tellers and other scam artists taking people's money who came to them for help. More power to him and others like him !! ✊️

  • @rzxt
    @rzxt Год назад +437

    I like how they have scientists on standby to immediately call out their bullshit

    • @JudeTavonFenwick
      @JudeTavonFenwick 10 месяцев назад +5

      Uhhhh, the purpose of this video was to debunk scammers…. How did you miss that???????

    • @rzxt
      @rzxt 10 месяцев назад +21

      @@JudeTavonFenwick no I know.
      It's just hilarious that they have a team of scientists and an expert magician to debunk such a pretty basic trick. Like it was bound to humiliate this guy

    • @dekuuchiha9990
      @dekuuchiha9990 9 месяцев назад +6

      @@JudeTavonFenwick that is what he is saying thought, wth

    • @ZacharyNaftali
      @ZacharyNaftali 8 месяцев назад +5

      But the static….

    • @runeplate123
      @runeplate123 8 месяцев назад +11

      @@JudeTavonFenwickno offense but it sounds like
      You don’t know what the Fawk
      You’re saying

  • @hu0189743
    @hu0189743 7 лет назад +774

    The calm cold savagery in this is amazing

    • @Psmith-ek5hq
      @Psmith-ek5hq 7 лет назад +22

      And funny too.

    • @NightridewithNikki
      @NightridewithNikki 7 лет назад +19

      Chiafade now I would have loved it if James had said "here you go bitch" but James is way too classy for that

    • @d.olluwu
      @d.olluwu 7 лет назад +1

      Savagery is best served cold

    • @BuIIetBiII
      @BuIIetBiII 7 лет назад

      I think that's important (that he's calm) and it's where a lot of people trip up. If you stay calm and talk rationally and politely you'll lose the arguement and not make any headway at all

    • @sheogorathprinceofmadness2223
      @sheogorathprinceofmadness2223 5 лет назад

      But none admitted to doing wrong, so this was all really just a pissing contest at the least, a furthering of mental illness at most.

  • @jessel4life
    @jessel4life 7 лет назад +361

    I'm waiting for The Amazing Randi To reveal that he is 972 years old and the one and only true psychic and that he has just been looking for his true equal all of these years

    • @SIenderplier
      @SIenderplier 6 лет назад +6

      omg yes x'D

    • @k0smon
      @k0smon 6 лет назад +1

      Ah////// He already revealed he is gay, and he has a boyfriend.

    • @xxalmostgoldenxx
      @xxalmostgoldenxx 6 лет назад +8

      k0smon what has that got to do with it?

    • @Queen_of_the_Aisle
      @Queen_of_the_Aisle 6 лет назад +1

      😂😂😂💀

  • @mikem1765
    @mikem1765 4 месяца назад +5

    James Randis unparellelled ability to cut through other peoples bullshit might actually be proof of the supernatural.

  • @brian4019
    @brian4019 5 лет назад +98

    I love how Randi basically says, Ok - you suck and gives them a round of applause leaving them standing there not knowing what to do

    • @oneandonlyjaybee
      @oneandonlyjaybee 5 лет назад +11

      That's the best bit. So awkward for them but Randi just don't give a flying f**k

  • @Joeythajanitor
    @Joeythajanitor 4 года назад +887

    “I heard the question, but the question is not valid because it’s making an assumption that is not true.”
    I’m definitely remembering this the next time my girl wanna argue.

    • @kalstonii
      @kalstonii 4 года назад +64

      Just say “youre making unsupported assertions, which hold no merit by definition”

    • @theImmortalsquirrel87
      @theImmortalsquirrel87 4 года назад +6

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @Mngalahad
      @Mngalahad 4 года назад +18

      gotta reach that 3000 thousand word count.

    • @spectreshadow
      @spectreshadow 4 года назад +8

      @@kalstonii I'm using this to shut someone up in an argument XD.

    • @timmarrier
      @timmarrier 4 года назад +5

      The loaded question fallacy

  • @TheFakeyCakeMaker
    @TheFakeyCakeMaker 5 лет назад +368

    You have pyschic powers. You choose to turn book pages. Like...REALLY?!

    • @mjh277
      @mjh277 5 лет назад +53

      There's usually too much static around everything else 😂

    • @adeleyeomotayo2680
      @adeleyeomotayo2680 5 лет назад +3

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @keymaster430
      @keymaster430 5 лет назад +4

      lol, no shit, right? The first things I'd be moving are women's skirts and blouses!

    • @erldagerl9826
      @erldagerl9826 5 лет назад +2

      Who dressed that fool? Prince Valiant?

    • @Mary.Q.Contrary1968
      @Mary.Q.Contrary1968 5 лет назад

      @@erldagerl9826 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @tonyoj4751
    @tonyoj4751 14 дней назад +3

    "I want to join the xforce "
    "I can move pages with my mind...sometimes "

  • @lord_straxus
    @lord_straxus 2 года назад +184

    James Randi was so passive aggressive with these fraudsters it was great. He would be like "Well, you failed, let's give him a round of applause. That's right, there's the exit over there. Take care."

  • @jesperjee
    @jesperjee 6 лет назад +546

    Tries to convince people he can move paper with his mind, fails to ask a barber to give him a decent haircut.

    • @johneggmuldoon3176
      @johneggmuldoon3176 6 лет назад +8

      Like Lloyd Christmas in Dumb and Dumber!

    • @muertinix
      @muertinix 6 лет назад +11

      It's the 70's man, give him a break.

    • @kenrickkahn
      @kenrickkahn 6 лет назад +1

      LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @angelomartin5229
      @angelomartin5229 6 лет назад +6

      probably tried to do it with his powers and some scissors

    • @whoknowswhocares885
      @whoknowswhocares885 6 лет назад

      It was the fashion of the time
      It’s the costume that makes him look fucking weird

  • @beakt
    @beakt 5 лет назад +460

    Whenever someone throws a transcript in your lap, you're not having a good day.