Okay, it took me few a minutes but I understand how he did it. I will explain for those who are still intrigued. Let me start by saying he had no assistance on this illusion at all, he did all the work himself, also if he had any kind of earpiece Ellen or anyone else there would have seen it there. Let’s dive into this, he has duct tape, a blindfold and two silver dollars. In order to see how this works, we have to examine the purpose for each item. The Duct tape along with the blindfold seemingly convinces the audience that there is no way he can see through it, which is correct, he cannot. However, there are still two silver coins, you might be asking yourself why those are there. The coins are actually not there to obstruct his vision even more than it already is, but they are there to allow him to more easily move his facial muscles away from the duct tape under his eyes, creating a small amount of space to where he can barely see below him. You might have missed this at first, because he only moves his facial muscles while the audience is already distracted when he wildly wraps the duct tape around his head at 1:13. What’s also important is that the people drawing do so on white paper and use a permanent marker, doesn’t seem to out of the ordinary yet it is very important for this trick to be done. Once the people have drawn whatever they want, he tells them to give it to him face down so that the audience hears that and it registers in their mind, avoiding skepticism. But if you look, you can see that the permanent marker bleeds through fairly well, so when he looks through the small gap he has created under his eyes (with the help of the silver coins keeping that space steady) he can look down at the drawings and names, so he get’s a couple seconds to see it before they put it above his head. The trick is very well done, not extremely easy to figure out.
the best i heard it explained which seems more accurate the more I see this trick performed by eric is that it's all done by himself along w/ the tape and coins (no sidekick in the audience needed). If you have a quarter on you hold it around your eyelid in an angle where when you look up at the coin you can see objects below you. W/ a quarter you can see objects but can't make out clear pictures, but if you use a smooth coin that acts more like a mirror, which i'm sure eric uses, you can make out objects below you just fine. That is why he holds the pictures below him when he asks for the pictures face down (you can still see black marker through white paper whether the picture is face down or up) and tells the audience the joke about not using his fingerprints and not having a g/f to misguide the audience as he shifts through and looks at each picture below him. How is he able to see through the tape around his head? Well the wrapping the duct tape around his head is another misdirection he uses. When your face is oily or sweaty duct tape is easily detachable (you can see how the first tape put over his eyes is not stuck on his face properly in this and the AGT audition). And the original strip of tape w/ the coins on them is sticky on the top half on the eyebrow but lose on the bottom half so he can look down w/ the coins (he asks Ellen to pull the tape off at the end of the trick but notice how he makes her pull from the top and struggles because it's stuck on tight. If she were to pull the tape from the bottom it would come right off). When he wraps the duct tape around his head he uses this time to adjust the tape to give him a little seeing room. Notice how he never wraps the tape below the bridge of his nose. There is a small open space between the nostril and the cheek. When you flare your nostril it gives more room. He could have switched up the routine than the one he did on AGT but he did everything the exact same because each part is integral to pulling off the trick. W/ all that said, it still takes a lot of skills to pull this off so my hat goes off to Eric
Zenden Ong Well it's pretty obvious who handed their paper to Andy and in what order. You don't need to see to know. And after the first two it's pretty obvious who the last drawer was. Common sense...
Would seem true... IF THE PICTURES WERENT UPSIDE DOWN!!!! its the fingers. He rubs the pics moments before to get an idea of the pictures. From there he knows. He even hinted in his words if you listen. Its clear as day. He is blinded but he has practice so much he can feel the wetness of the markers on the drawings. Before you post long ass post. Watch closely. He clearly asked for them to be upside down for morons like you. And before you say he saw through the paper. Look at the pictures. Only thing dark enough to past through is their names. Other than that they are too faded to see.
Poppy UK oh poppy shut the fuck up that's what humans do we try and figure things out that are interesting to us just because you want to believe that psychics and all this garbage is true
Why? Poppy UK To not be FOOLED. That's why. How is it spoiling anyways? All yall chose to scroll down and read the comment section -_- You chose to get spoilers.
you can see he flipped those paper on 1:45 , 1:48 , so he can see what's kevin, ellen, and tony drawing from under the duck tape. there's a space of a duck tape on his nose
90% it's a basic technique that uses a plant in the audience known as a thumper. The thumper sends Morse code signals using an RF transmitter to a receiver on the magician, which can be placed anywhere on the body (probably a piezoelectric). It's basically a wireless telegraph. The blindfold and duct tape are misdirection.
this is a show with live audience, so there is no actual way to script this for it will take more than one take for people with very little acting experience (I assume) like tony and the other guy to achieve this. This is either some sort of magic, Or he has the most sensitive fingers in the world and a girlfriend.
EXPLANATION: Just watch out where his thumb goes on 1:14. He pushes the tape on his left eye under the blindfold up with his thumb so he can have a little see through down his nose. The paper is thin so you can see the drawings from the other side, too - you can see that when they lift it over his head. See 1:56 for an example. Thats also why he has to shuffle through them - to see every single back side of them. Also notice that he especially notices the driver in Ellens car. Thats just because she drew a thicker line there so it shows through the paper stronger than the rest. From the front its not a main detail. The most obvious clou is that he explains the blindfolding so excessively. You should start to smell it right there. Thumbs up if you agree!
+volcomXdiamond He came to my school as well. Nobody expected to be chosen and he still guessed correctly (sailboat, elephant, and llama - though he did say horse before guessing llama). I know there must be a way but I can't figure out what it is.
common sense tells you its either staged, he can see through the tape out the bottom, or that somebody is giving him the answers. Any of those are possible, but one thing i can assure you with 100% certainty, is that he is absolutely 100% positively not psychic or "reading minds"....Its all trickery, clever trickery at that...but trickery nonetheless
I know there is a psychological technique where he subtly gives off some hints and clues to the drawers about cars/wizards/guy with glasses backstage then reminds them with some symbolism(like hand gestures, sounds, words, other actions). Then they draw exactly that. I'm surprised people have not figured it out after all this technique has been portrayed in so many different movies,tv shows,etc. I also use that technique for impressing someone by lets say I want them to think of a color (red). So i start to point towards my shirt which is red, or say stuff like "I'm dead serious" to rhyme the word dead with red. Or he is noob and just blatantly looking down at the imprints of the drawing behind the paper.
Bbfishman The eyepatch he put on b4 he put the duck tape covers both eyes. When he duck tapes his face it reinforces the blind fold so he's completely blind. Prior to the eyepatch and ducktape no form of communication devices were visible. However it is possible it is staged, but you have no evidence. And you don't have any proof the psychic powers do not exist.
Kelly Mao Yes, I have packaging tape that is used regularly in my home. Folding a flap over at the end, is the best way to remove it and to find the start, for the next strip to be used, while still on the roll. {sorry to disappoint, if you were attempting humor} Have a good day!
see 0:40 u can see TONY's name is on the sheet before he drew anything so im pretty sure the names are pre-written by backstage before the three drew anything
he either told them what to draw at first, or they drew it without him knowing, but then when the audience saw the drawings, a camera-man or someone in the audience told him what the drawings were through a radio to a mini ear piece.
Wow, sorry, but your observations skills require you to never to give testimony in a court trial. The papers were most certainly blank, and they all clearly drew on them. Not could only visually see them drawing, but you could hear the sounds of marker to paper as they were drawing.
From 1:08 you can obviously see that Ellen and Kevin were drawing something on their papers and you can actually hear the sound of markers going across paper. Kevin was also continuing to draw until the guy asked for the drawings back. Your argument, is invalid.
My sister saw David Copperfield in person, up close in the audience. He did a very similar trick (she saw him twice, so she paid close attention 2nd time) and has no earthly idea how he did the trick. Illusionists/magicians are amazing, that is why we love them. Knowing how it is done erases the magical part.
Nice trick. If Ellen was not in on the plot, then it's a simple feat. Make an app that translates SMS into morse code - a series of short and long burst vibrations. When the phone receives an SMS, instead of merely an alert, the message is vibrated immediately in morse code. Have someone lost in the audience send a short SMS -- maybe two or three words to the guy's phone which is taped somewhere on his back where he can feel the vibrations plainly, but padded so the phone makes little noise. An app like this already exists in the Google Play store. Mischief managed. It might have been funnier and less painful to use two very large SpongeBob-branded band-aids.
Justin Tjoandi It's possible. It also presupposes coordination with Ellen and/or her staff and a budget for expensive all-in-the-ear spy/stage comms, The snitch needs to be in the director's booth so he can speak loud enough for the "mind-reader" to hear, but so the audience won't hear the snitch. Smart phones and tape seem cheaper and more discreet.
I have seen someone do this exact same trick in real life and then they also had audience members write down about themselves and he picked the cards out of a basket at random and guessed everything and more that was on the card. Same duct tape face business and everything. One of the most chilling experiences. I can assure you that this is entirely possible. I don't know how, but it is. I was the lighting designer for the event and I was completely baffled.
We have some talents in the comment section too. No matter how close i look i can not see said earpiece. And if he saw the drawings from under the blindfold i dare someone to recognize drawings through that gap withing a half second as he did (?)
Reading minds does not require reading the electrical patterns within the brain. You usually read them from how the person looks (face and posture) and acts. The next thing you need apart from that is the ability to connect all these details to make a reliable profile of the person.
+YanisLux Sorry to burst your bubble but that's not how these 'magician mindreaders' work, they aren't psychological geniuses, I'm not sure how this particular trick is done but it's either, a, actually really simple (as they usually are) or, b, staged - tho prob not.
Funny how everyone keeps saying he's a fake lol. He's not. Was on America's Got Talent and amazed the judges, you can't stage anything like that on AGT since it's against the rules. And if he was a fake would he really be on the Ellen Show? As posh as she is and amazing the show is, cmon the shit can't be staged. Instead of calling out someone fake just cause you don't know how they did it, just enjoy the trick. The whole point is that we don't know how he does it. Lack of understanding is not fake.
To all those commenting it's fake. No it's not. It's a clever trick. The man puts the idea of drawing a car into Ellen's head. She subconsciously draws a car. It's a clever trick. He puts the idea into your head and makes you think it was your own idea
This is a magician trick. If he really could read minds, he'd be the richest man on the planet as he'd be able to invest in things after reading someones mind. Oh, you're thinking of a great invention for a patent? Wrong, that's my patent now.
when you read someone's mind you don't actually read it!! what you do is you actually catch just a few strong thoughts that they put out there, you aren't always able to catch these... and sometimes you feel as these thougths were your own ideas... but in reality, its just other peoples feelings.... its really creepy, and it drives one crazy, drives you to depression, suicide, anxiety, and phobias, so it is nothing to brag about or cool, or a superpower... its actually hell, and nothing to do with what this individual is trying to portrait.
This guy was on americas got talent 2 seasons ago and he was amazing. It's not rigged or a setup. He did a trick almost identical to this one. Contestants on AGT cannot have any setup or pre-arangement with the judges because A. its against the rules and B. It wouldnt make sense to be part of a trick and send them through to to next round. So all of you skeptics, check him out on Americas got talent, go Eric Dittleman!!
Almost all tv entertainment are pre arranged. There was a case where one of the tv contestants became famous because he can outsmart the rest with his answers. It turned out later that he was picked to win the contest, and people from the tv secretly get in touch with him and tell him beforehand the questions to be asked and also the correct answers. Don't believe right away what you can see in the entertainment world...
Oliver Bland There are other ways, of course. Take into consideration the fact that when the blindfold was tested, it was before any of the other shit was placed on it. Just that is already misleading. Then the fact that he holds on to the drawings, even though there's absolutely no reason to, as they could just hold it above him without him having to interact with the drawings at all. There's a lot of room to fool people without having to go directly to a blatant fake.
In the case of the quiz show that 52RGD referred to, if she or he would have watched the entire movie whichever would know that the scam was discovered, and everyone involved was in big trouble. It was a major scandal, back in the 50's or 60's when it actually happened! That includes the guy who got the answers. He was completely humiliated. I believe the network had to take the show off the air. They can't do that now on game shows, largely because of that incident. "Ellen" is not a game show, and nobody "wins" anything. So, we're actually talking apples and oranges here.
Okay now to all of you that are complaining that it's trickery, he's not reading minds blablabla... Wow congrats geniuses! Of course it's trickery, what would you think? The thing is: his trick is god damn CLEVER, and makes it look like he actually reads minds, that's what is so amazing about his performance! We can all agree it was a trick, but you guys have to admit that it's a trick that is very difficult to do and to make it look realistic. He's obviously very talented.
He told you how he did it he just make a joke out of it so you wouldn't know. The drawing leaves imprints on the paper notice how he takes the paper face down and then places his palm on the back of each sheet in turn. He gets an impression of the drawing and then has to go from that while blindfolded. He hides the method by joking about it. I've seen similar acts before like this and the main link I see between them is that they touch them
The quaters help keep the tape from making a full connection. Meaning, the bottom of the tape is slightly open below his eyes. So we can see slightly looking down.
so many hater on here. i got picked on a live show on a ship to go up to one of these guys, i had a full beard and long hair,and wearing a suit. he knew exactly that i was a U.S. marine and he knew that i was on the golf team in highschool. he also guessed that i had exactly 1850 dollars in my checking account at the time. i wasnt a plant in the audience, im not saying this is real but by looking at me you would have never guessed any of that from being there for about 30 seconds. maby they can actually do this stuff :)
Or maybe he spoke to someone in your travelling party who would be able to provide this information? There is no physical way to learn this sort of information.
there were 1800 people in that theater and all my pics on facebook are mostly me in uniform or out in afganistan, nothing what i looked like at the time of the cruise.....and i was only with my 1 friend who was with me the whole time
seductivesnake1 What does the number of people in the audience matter? The more people in an audience in fact the easier it is for them to do these tricks as it raises the chance that a comment will mean something to someone (not saying that any of these is HOW he's doing it exactly, just giving you a multitude of ways that it can be done. Every "magician" have different tricks up their sleeves). Of course you looked like yourself, even if you changed your hair / facial hair. These people also sometimes have helpers that go around listening to conversations before the show to feed them information. He could also have easily had someone talking to him during the show with how easy it is to hide one of those ear buds that people on the news use so their producer can talk to them (a high profile evangelist was busted doing this. People would fill out cards before the show saying what they wanted prayers for and his wife would read them to him pinpointing the people in the crowd). There are a multitude of ways of doing this kind of thing and the human mind is easily tricked when they do their job correctly. Don't be fooled into believing psychic power is real, especially if it means spending money on this nonsense. If it was true someone would have collected the million dollars James Randi has offered to anyone that can prove they have supernatural powers once he's put controls into place (he's a magician himself so he and those working with him understand how most of these tricks work allowing them to put the correct controls in place that makes it impossible for the trick to work). If you don't know who James Randi is you should check out a few of his videos.
flystix you all take this shit way to seriously, and ya know what? even if it is fake i don't really care. either way i know what he guessed about me wasn't something you can just ease drop on in the hallway. especially the part about the bank account. maby you should live life a little and believe in magic sometimes, it will brighten your cloudy day.
seductivesnake1 I enjoy magician's like Penn & Teller, they can be entertaining. The line should be drawn when the line is being blurred between fantasy and reality though. I understand that what I'm seeing is sleight of hand, I'm not looking for any kind of answers to a problem I may be having or some solace from the loss of a loved one. That's when magic turns from fun to dangerous. People spend a lot of money on charlatans that say they can contact a dead relative, read your mind and help you with a problem you're having, or faith healers who say they can heal a physical or mental ailment through the use of the supernatural. That kind of trickery is downright evil.
u know I love reading comments under these sort of clips (magic, illusions and stuff) where people try to act like they understand very well how things happening and try to explain the act and try to show others how smart they and showing they are sad about others who did not understand the act as they did. Every such video has such funny comments like that. I feel sad for them.
Semifinal used the earpiece too (accomplice told him what color Howard picked and Eric then knew what to tell him to draw to match his drawing.) Quarterfinal was mechanical trick; when the cases were laid flat, it tripped a second bottom that says "you will choose this case"- so he just needed the non chosen ones to stay upright & the chosen one to lay horizontal at one point. Meanwhile he adjusted a dial to show the right number in the window of the accompanying card.
I think he had someone in the audience that he knew with an ear piece that could see the drawings, he as well may of had an ear piece and the person told him what the drawings were . . .Just a thought .
this is so lame... the audience is in on it, so is everyone onstage... those drawings were done earlier, he saw them all..i didn't see any of them drawing after they got the clipboards, and there's no way you can draw that much in a few seconds.
I saw a person doing that live. it's real, it is a gift and of course it's scary to see. and that person moved little objects from one place to another. it gives you chills :O
Am I the only one who finds this equally amazing whether he's done the research/has the observation skills or intuition to act like a mind reader, or he's a "real" mind reader? You'll never know for sure. That's the fun of it :)
Sorry for this long rant. Scroll past if you want. If you don't agree that's fine. No hate though, please. Block and report me if my opinion bothers you that much. Now, last time I stated my opinion I received hate for it, which is understandable considering I didn't go about it the right way. So let me elaborate: I've seen a lot of comments saying "I know how he did this" and "I know how he did that", which is fine. Though in my opinion whether it was intentional or not, it just makes you seem like...well, a know-it-all. I've also seen, "If you think a magic trick is less magical after you know how it works then you're stupid." That's almost like saying, "If you think a tv show is less entertaining after hearing how it ends then you're stupid." I get that some people like knowing that kind of stuff, but others don't like spoilers. Honestly I guess I should just stay away from the RUclips comments after seeing how awful some people are. Anyways, that's all I felt I needed to say.
I agree completely...... Can w also take a second to say that people have there own opinion and there is NO reason to start a comment war. Personally I think it was real.....others might think it's fake. Honestly the comment section isn't to hate on people or try to be right and make a point. (Even though that's what I'm doing right now😂) I'm done now, you may continue scrolling through the comments
fedemehlhorn123 You're probably right, but everybody cares about what people think even if it's only a little. I mean isn't that why everybody's always trying to make a good first impression?
If he could really do this he would be a billionaire poker player not a mediocre tv magician. A simple trick is a friend in the audience feeding him the information via Morse code vibrator in his pocket, very easily done. He hasn't tried to claim James Randi's million yet has he?
Bless your innocence, if he had morals and a supernatural gift he would fight crime or find kidnapped children, not do tricks on television that people with no supernatural gifts could just as well.
I have a strong feeling that Eric looks down at each picture while he explains the previous one to the audience. For example, in the case of the first picture, he knew exactly what it was, but took some time out to look down at the next picture by asking Tony a question or two, and giving him pieces of detail one after the other. He does this with each of the drawings
As whole time they had been showing the pictures to the camera and audience, it looks as if someone in the audience in telling him what has been drawn on the paper. He must have something inside his ear of in the blind fold to hear from his assistant.
I love people trying to figure this out. I'm a mentalist myself and have done this feat many times. I can assure you all that there's no electronic devices involved. This feat is actually 50 years old, just differently performed. It's so easy to do, you don't even need electronic devices
Notice how when the man is handed the darwings, he shuffles each one of them and looks at each one of them while distracting people by touching them and making a joke. Since he is taping around his head, his nose makes a budge around the tape, so he is able to see when he looks down. I'm guessing, since the markers are fairly thick, and you can see a drawing through the back of the paper, he was able to see the basic details of everyone's drawings. 1:46 and 1:48, for example. You're welcome wrold. :D
hah . the thing is , he tape his eyes crossed above his nose right . so , he could see what's below because there's a small open gap at the side of his nose . besides , he tape his head above his nose where the gaps are open . then , he tell the guy (who wears a cap) to grab the drawing above his head . before that he actually sees the drawing when he holds it before by seeing down and not moving his head . . . it's simple . why didn't you all get tht ?
I hate to break this to some of you but this is possible without trickery. However, that wouldn't agree with your views of reality, would it? The joke is on you then.
It would have been wayy more believable if he used an audience member, not people who work on the show, because it's obvious they planned something beforehand. There's no way on earth he could've done that without him having prior knowledge of what they were gonna draw.
God, he uses misconception ( the actual duct tape, he can just see under it and that's why he only duct ties the top of the blindfold.) and time so he can examine the drawing in his hands.
KarateandClub He holds the drawings in his hands... He talks to the people around him to give him time to examine the first drawing, from then it's just acting to buy time to examine the next picture that is in his hands...
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I think the real trick here is that he still has eyebrows in the end
This comment made my day! Cx And yes that is the real trick
Hahaha I know right
Exactly what I was thinking :P
haha
What do you mean?Did not get you.Anyone minds explaining
HOW DOES HE STILL HAVE HIS EYEBROWS??
I was thinking the same thing
Blindfold
Marlina H That's the real magic trick.
Marlina H lol right lol=0
+Marlina H THATS WHAT I WAS THINKING
guys its obvious he has another eye duhh
dude it was the sharingan, clearly
PatisinCom It was byakugan .
Kuryana TFM what about rinnegan? he had another corpse in somewhere watching their drawns
Kuryana TFM it's obviously the eye that Gaara has he used it to cheat in the shonnen exam
deltaholding3 i heard it was Chuunin?
Okay, it took me few a minutes but I understand how he did it. I will explain for those who are still intrigued. Let me start by saying he had no assistance on this illusion at all, he did all the work himself, also if he had any kind of earpiece Ellen or anyone else there would have seen it there.
Let’s dive into this, he has duct tape, a blindfold and two silver dollars. In order to see how this works, we have to examine the purpose for each item. The Duct tape along with the blindfold seemingly convinces the audience that there is no way he can see through it, which is correct, he cannot. However, there are still two silver coins, you might be asking yourself why those are there. The coins are actually not there to obstruct his vision even more than it already is, but they are there to allow him to more easily move his facial muscles away from the duct tape under his eyes, creating a small amount of space to where he can barely see below him. You might have missed this at first, because he only moves his facial muscles while the audience is already distracted when he wildly wraps the duct tape around his head at 1:13.
What’s also important is that the people drawing do so on white paper and use a permanent marker, doesn’t seem to out of the ordinary yet it is very important for this trick to be done. Once the people have drawn whatever they want, he tells them to give it to him face down so that the audience hears that and it registers in their mind, avoiding skepticism. But if you look, you can see that the permanent marker bleeds through fairly well, so when he looks through the small gap he has created under his eyes (with the help of the silver coins keeping that space steady) he can look down at the drawings and names, so he get’s a couple seconds to see it before they put it above his head. The trick is very well done, not extremely easy to figure out.
Wow! Very well explained, I would've never figured that out, his trick is brilliant.
woah! thats just...wow
Wow, that's all I can say
he was on americas got talent and almost won... how is it that all of national tv didn't see it? and what ab his other acts.
Because you are literally 10200101043939488% smarter than me i will sub to you
He's wearing a moulded earpiece and is receiving feedback from a partner in the audience
+microshnee i thought so aswell
+microshnee I'm pretty sure other audience members as well as some staff would hear them talking if that were true.
+TallMist he did this on Penn and Teller and was exposed.
microshnee Um, Penn and Teller don't give out the magician's secrets. So, no. Even if he didn't fool Pen and Teller, they did not say how.
+TallMist They caught him cheating
the best i heard it explained which seems more accurate the more I see this trick performed by eric is that it's all done by himself along w/ the tape and coins (no sidekick in the audience needed). If you have a quarter on you hold it around your eyelid in an angle where when you look up at the coin you can see objects below you. W/ a quarter you can see objects but can't make out clear pictures, but if you use a smooth coin that acts more like a mirror, which i'm sure eric uses, you can make out objects below you just fine. That is why he holds the pictures below him when he asks for the pictures face down (you can still see black marker through white paper whether the picture is face down or up) and tells the audience the joke about not using his fingerprints and not having a g/f to misguide the audience as he shifts through and looks at each picture below him. How is he able to see through the tape around his head? Well the wrapping the duct tape around his head is another misdirection he uses. When your face is oily or sweaty duct tape is easily detachable (you can see how the first tape put over his eyes is not stuck on his face properly in this and the AGT audition). And the original strip of tape w/ the coins on them is sticky on the top half on the eyebrow but lose on the bottom half so he can look down w/ the coins (he asks Ellen to pull the tape off at the end of the trick but notice how he makes her pull from the top and struggles because it's stuck on tight. If she were to pull the tape from the bottom it would come right off). When he wraps the duct tape around his head he uses this time to adjust the tape to give him a little seeing room. Notice how he never wraps the tape below the bridge of his nose. There is a small open space between the nostril and the cheek. When you flare your nostril it gives more room. He could have switched up the routine than the one he did on AGT but he did everything the exact same because each part is integral to pulling off the trick. W/ all that said, it still takes a lot of skills to pull this off so my hat goes off to Eric
This seems spot on. You can watch him do it in the video. And yes people THEY DREW STUFF
Max Galusha Doesn't explain how he knew which drawing was being held over his head?
Zenden Ong Well it's pretty obvious who handed their paper to Andy and in what order. You don't need to see to know. And after the first two it's pretty obvious who the last drawer was. Common sense...
Would seem true... IF THE PICTURES WERENT UPSIDE DOWN!!!! its the fingers. He rubs the pics moments before to get an idea of the pictures. From there he knows. He even hinted in his words if you listen. Its clear as day. He is blinded but he has practice so much he can feel the wetness of the markers on the drawings. Before you post long ass post. Watch closely. He clearly asked for them to be upside down for morons like you. And before you say he saw through the paper. Look at the pictures. Only thing dark enough to past through is their names. Other than that they are too faded to see.
***** True Plus if you saw when he ducktaped his eyes you could see a circular shape and not his eyeball
The trick here was actually when his eyebrows didn't come off.
I was thinking that
+Natalia Pestka He put something to protect them I guess (look is left hand at 1:00)
why cant everyone just enjoy the show instead of coming up with possible explanations for how it happened and spoil it for everyone
Poppy UK oh poppy shut the fuck up that's what humans do we try and figure things out that are interesting to us just because you want to believe that psychics and all this garbage is true
Why? Poppy UK To not be FOOLED. That's why. How is it spoiling anyways? All yall chose to scroll down and read the comment section -_- You chose to get spoilers.
i liked your comment becoz it was 29!
maharg semirg wow, you really got butthurted by her comment
Poppy UK everyone got butthurted by your comment, hahaha
What's more amazing is that he still has eyebrows afterwards. lolz
Yeah I asked the same question lol
you can see he flipped those paper on 1:45 , 1:48 , so he can see what's kevin, ellen, and tony drawing from under the duck tape. there's a space of a duck tape on his nose
The drawings were upside down
+Alison Is A Cat semi-transparent papers? Lol
+Uncle Jake he didn't flip them. He just put them in a different order.
+Uncle Jake don't be jealous he was on the Ellen show and u weren't
+King Zeus no he's right and YOUR'RE the one who's jealous
someone should have drawn an optical illusion... "it's either a circle or a square... no definitely a triangle... no wait!..."
90% it's a basic technique that uses a plant in the audience known as a thumper. The thumper sends Morse code signals using an RF transmitter to a receiver on the magician, which can be placed anywhere on the body (probably a piezoelectric). It's basically a wireless telegraph. The blindfold and duct tape are misdirection.
either an ear piece or a blindfold peek. notice the gaps near his nose and how he keeps tilting his head upward
Yeah he TOTALLY didn't put duct tape on his eyes. Earpiece? Possible.
you can still do a duct tape peak from the gaps near your nose. takes practice so I am sure its one of the two
the damn drawings are above his head
+Meme Machine
I think he was suggesting a teleprompter. Either way he's wrong haha.
+Michael Edwards Yeah but the first two pieces of tape were on his eyelids. I'm thinking earpiece.
And he still has eyebrows in the end!!!
Hair don't fall off that easy when glued. Some part of hair definitely have been stuck on the tape.
Andreas Andreou
LOL yeah...
he probably told them to draw specific things before the show started, that's how he knew exactly which writer would go out...
He should've gotten people from the audience or anyone other than the staff of the Ellen Show. THEN I'd believe this.
well then he would just plant fake audience members
this is a show with live audience, so there is no actual way to script this for it will take more than one take for people with very little acting experience (I assume) like tony and the other guy to achieve this. This is either some sort of magic, Or he has the most sensitive fingers in the world and a girlfriend.
TheExpanic no magic, just scripted since he chose people from her staff.
RLJSings not scripted.... i'd say more like a hearing device....
he was also on i guess last year's season of America's got talent and he was pretty amazing, u should check it out.
EXPLANATION: Just watch out where his thumb goes on 1:14. He pushes the tape on his left eye under the blindfold up with his thumb so he can have a little see through down his nose. The paper is thin so you can see the drawings from the other side, too - you can see that when they lift it over his head. See 1:56 for an example. Thats also why he has to shuffle through them - to see every single back side of them. Also notice that he especially notices the driver in Ellens car. Thats just because she drew a thicker line there so it shows through the paper stronger than the rest. From the front its not a main detail.
The most obvious clou is that he explains the blindfolding so excessively. You should start to smell it right there. Thumbs up if you agree!
blind folds are good, but you can still say backstage "hey im drawing a wizard"
+volcomXdiamond He came to my school as well. Nobody expected to be chosen and he still guessed correctly (sailboat, elephant, and llama - though he did say horse before guessing llama). I know there must be a way but I can't figure out what it is.
I know how he does it when he said that some people say that he feels it head feeling all of them and therefore he knew wt they were
Simplest explanation lol
common sense tells you its either staged, he can see through the tape out the bottom, or that somebody is giving him the answers. Any of those are possible, but one thing i can assure you with 100% certainty, is that he is absolutely 100% positively not psychic or "reading minds"....Its all trickery, clever trickery at that...but trickery nonetheless
I know there is a psychological technique where he subtly gives off some hints and clues to the drawers about cars/wizards/guy with glasses backstage then reminds them with some symbolism(like hand gestures, sounds, words, other actions). Then they draw exactly that. I'm surprised people have not figured it out after all this technique has been portrayed in so many different movies,tv shows,etc. I also use that technique for impressing someone by lets say I want them to think of a color (red). So i start to point towards my shirt which is red, or say stuff like "I'm dead serious" to rhyme the word dead with red.
Or he is noob and just blatantly looking down at the imprints of the drawing behind the paper.
This trick is sold.. and the principle is quite easy
I don't think he can see through black tape.
Bbfishman The eyepatch he put on b4 he put the duck tape covers both eyes. When he duck tapes his face it reinforces the blind fold so he's completely blind. Prior to the eyepatch and ducktape no form of communication devices were visible. However it is possible it is staged, but you have no evidence. And you don't have any proof the psychic powers do not exist.
Yeah its a trick. Its impossible to mind read.
Oh my goodness he is right... it never comes off, if you don't fold the end. ;)
...and you tried this out yourself?...
Kelly Mao Yes, I have packaging tape that is used regularly in my home. Folding a flap over at the end, is the best way to remove it and to find the start, for the next strip to be used, while still on the roll. {sorry to disappoint, if you were attempting humor} Have a good day!
Odd that everyone has the same handwriting and font
see 0:40 u can see TONY's name is on the sheet before he drew anything so im pretty sure the names are pre-written by backstage before the three drew anything
He wrote the names at the bottom
he either told them what to draw at first, or they drew it without him knowing, but then when the audience saw the drawings, a camera-man or someone in the audience told him what the drawings were through a radio to a mini ear piece.
This was planned. Notice they open the markers but they don't draw anything? It was already drawn. Fake reactions.
Re watch it hun they draw
Wow, sorry, but your observations skills require you to never to give testimony in a court trial. The papers were most certainly blank, and they all clearly drew on them. Not could only visually see them drawing, but you could hear the sounds of marker to paper as they were drawing.
From 1:08 you can obviously see that Ellen and Kevin were drawing something on their papers and you can actually hear the sound of markers going across paper. Kevin was also continuing to draw until the guy asked for the drawings back. Your argument, is invalid.
That's not how this effect is done...
Maybe they discussed what they were going to draw before hand so he would know
My sister saw David Copperfield in person, up close in the audience. He did a very similar trick (she saw him twice, so she paid close attention 2nd time) and has no earthly idea how he did the trick. Illusionists/magicians are amazing, that is why we love them. Knowing how it is done erases the magical part.
Anybody notice that the handwriting on the bottom was the same for all of the drawings?
wow thats true
Because the clipboards where dedicated to them, in starting with names written on paper.
Piyush kumar Dongre Yeah and the part he explain the drawings was that earpiece ?
Nice trick. If Ellen was not in on the plot, then it's a simple feat. Make an app that translates SMS into morse code - a series of short and long burst vibrations. When the phone receives an SMS, instead of merely an alert, the message is vibrated immediately in morse code. Have someone lost in the audience send a short SMS -- maybe two or three words to the guy's phone which is taped somewhere on his back where he can feel the vibrations plainly, but padded so the phone makes little noise. An app like this already exists in the Google Play store. Mischief managed.
It might have been funnier and less painful to use two very large SpongeBob-branded band-aids.
In simpler theories, anyone checked his ear for an earpiece?
Justin Tjoandi
It's possible. It also presupposes coordination with Ellen and/or her staff and a budget for expensive all-in-the-ear spy/stage comms, The snitch needs to be in the director's booth so he can speak loud enough for the "mind-reader" to hear, but so the audience won't hear the snitch. Smart phones and tape seem cheaper and more discreet.
I'm addicted to Ellen! I have to waKE UP AT 6AM TOMORROW and it's midnight right now!
I CAN'T STOP!
who the hell is that guy with the accent standing to Ellen's left! DAYUM!!!
I have seen someone do this exact same trick in real life and then they also had audience members write down about themselves and he picked the cards out of a basket at random and guessed everything and more that was on the card. Same duct tape face business and everything. One of the most chilling experiences. I can assure you that this is entirely possible. I don't know how, but it is.
I was the lighting designer for the event and I was completely baffled.
The eyebrows are strong with this one
I'm more amazed by the way he pulled off that tape.
Probably even waxed his eyelashes.
ikr. if i pulled duck tape of my hair, a bunch of hair would be on it
I guess the ductape was the most impressive :D
its a real trick they just cut out all the drawing part because they wouldnt want you to see ellen draw something for like 10 minutes
Hey sky what are you doing here but i love your vids man
Alex Thunder he's fake not real
OMFG SKY!!!! I
Luna Lightning Don't tell me you are that stupid.
Jennifer, it's actually recorded. Not live at all. Haha
We have some talents in the comment section too. No matter how close i look i can not see said earpiece. And if he saw the drawings from under the blindfold i dare someone to recognize drawings through that gap withing a half second as he did (?)
in your opinion is he actually reading their minds so?
Reading minds does not require reading the electrical patterns within the brain. You usually read them from how the person looks (face and posture) and acts. The next thing you need apart from that is the ability to connect all these details to make a reliable profile of the person.
+YanisLux or it was all just staged?
+YanisLux Sorry to burst your bubble but that's not how these 'magician mindreaders' work, they aren't psychological geniuses, I'm not sure how this particular trick is done but it's either, a, actually really simple (as they usually are) or, b, staged - tho prob not.
Funny how everyone keeps saying he's a fake lol. He's not. Was on America's Got Talent and amazed the judges, you can't stage anything like that on AGT since it's against the rules. And if he was a fake would he really be on the Ellen Show? As posh as she is and amazing the show is, cmon the shit can't be staged. Instead of calling out someone fake just cause you don't know how they did it, just enjoy the trick. The whole point is that we don't know how he does it.
Lack of understanding is not fake.
He's so cute with an earpiece in aww
To all those commenting it's fake. No it's not. It's a clever trick. The man puts the idea of drawing a car into Ellen's head. She subconsciously draws a car. It's a clever trick. He puts the idea into your head and makes you think it was your own idea
That was AWESOME!!!
This is a magician trick. If he really could read minds, he'd be the richest man on the planet as he'd be able to invest in things after reading someones mind. Oh, you're thinking of a great invention for a patent? Wrong, that's my patent now.
Yeah
when you read someone's mind you don't actually read it!!
what you do is you actually catch just a few strong thoughts that they put out there, you aren't always able to catch these... and sometimes you feel as these thougths were your own ideas... but in reality, its just other peoples feelings.... its really creepy, and it drives one crazy, drives you to depression, suicide, anxiety, and phobias, so it is nothing to brag about or cool, or a superpower... its actually hell, and nothing to do with what this individual is trying to portrait.
+Justin Thyme Damn. You're right. Don't know why I didn't think of that earlier.
+Marylou Vallejo it is hell.
"Mind reading" is a magician act
This is where the duck tape challeng started
he has a wireless micro headphone stuck on his ear and someone is describing the drawing for him
This guy was on americas got talent 2 seasons ago and he was amazing. It's not rigged or a setup. He did a trick almost identical to this one. Contestants on AGT cannot have any setup or pre-arangement with the judges because A. its against the rules and B. It wouldnt make sense to be part of a trick and send them through to to next round. So all of you skeptics, check him out on Americas got talent, go Eric Dittleman!!
I just saw him live at my college in anville, pa. This trick was one of my favorites, along with his blindfolded charades.
That is absolutely amazing!!! I love Ellen's face!!!
Almost all tv entertainment are pre arranged. There was a case where one of the tv contestants became famous because he can outsmart the rest with his answers. It turned out later that he was picked to win the contest, and people from the tv secretly get in touch with him and tell him beforehand the questions to be asked and also the correct answers.
Don't believe right away what you can see in the entertainment world...
Or, and I think that's way simplair of an explenation, he has an ear piece. The same way Ellen does the pranks with celebrities.
Yeah, how else would he do it??
Oliver Bland There are other ways, of course. Take into consideration the fact that when the blindfold was tested, it was before any of the other shit was placed on it. Just that is already misleading. Then the fact that he holds on to the drawings, even though there's absolutely no reason to, as they could just hold it above him without him having to interact with the drawings at all. There's a lot of room to fool people without having to go directly to a blatant fake.
In the case of the quiz show that 52RGD referred to, if she or he would have watched the entire movie whichever would know that the scam was discovered, and everyone involved was in big trouble. It was a major scandal, back in the 50's or 60's when it actually happened! That includes the guy who got the answers. He was completely humiliated. I believe the network had to take the show off the air. They can't do that now on game shows, largely because of that incident. "Ellen" is not a game show, and nobody "wins" anything. So, we're actually talking apples and oranges here.
Apple new earphones must have something to do with this.
I remember this guy from Americas got talent
Eric from America's Got Talent! He's amazing!
This is not planned guys, he have his own show
Then what is your explication ?
just one of those things which is too good to be true..
Okay now to all of you that are complaining that it's trickery, he's not reading minds blablabla... Wow congrats geniuses! Of course it's trickery, what would you think? The thing is: his trick is god damn CLEVER, and makes it look like he actually reads minds, that's what is so amazing about his performance! We can all agree it was a trick, but you guys have to admit that it's a trick that is very difficult to do and to make it look realistic. He's obviously very talented.
I have seen him in person, amazing, can not figure out how he does this.
For a lesbian Ellen is always surrounded by good looking men...
it really bugs me that i don't know how he did it
He told you how he did it he just make a joke out of it so you wouldn't know. The drawing leaves imprints on the paper notice how he takes the paper face down and then places his palm on the back of each sheet in turn. He gets an impression of the drawing and then has to go from that while blindfolded. He hides the method by joking about it. I've seen similar acts before like this and the main link I see between them is that they touch them
That's the man from America's got talent! He's great!
The quaters help keep the tape from making a full connection. Meaning, the bottom of the tape is slightly open below his eyes. So we can see slightly looking down.
the only reason i'm surprised is because he still had eyebrows after he pulled the duct tape off.
earpieces... if that weren't the case he could simply describe the drawings and THEN hold them up
He folded the earpiece into the adhesive and then attached it to his ear...as he said, it is the most important part of the show!
Wow he must be a pro at headbands
so many hater on here. i got picked on a live show on a ship to go up to one of these guys, i had a full beard and long hair,and wearing a suit. he knew exactly that i was a U.S. marine and he knew that i was on the golf team in highschool. he also guessed that i had exactly 1850 dollars in my checking account at the time. i wasnt a plant in the audience, im not saying this is real but by looking at me you would have never guessed any of that from being there for about 30 seconds. maby they can actually do this stuff :)
Or maybe he spoke to someone in your travelling party who would be able to provide this information? There is no physical way to learn this sort of information.
there were 1800 people in that theater and all my pics on facebook are mostly me in uniform or out in afganistan, nothing what i looked like at the time of the cruise.....and i was only with my 1 friend who was with me the whole time
seductivesnake1 What does the number of people in the audience matter? The more people in an audience in fact the easier it is for them to do these tricks as it raises the chance that a comment will mean something to someone (not saying that any of these is HOW he's doing it exactly, just giving you a multitude of ways that it can be done. Every "magician" have different tricks up their sleeves). Of course you looked like yourself, even if you changed your hair / facial hair. These people also sometimes have helpers that go around listening to conversations before the show to feed them information. He could also have easily had someone talking to him during the show with how easy it is to hide one of those ear buds that people on the news use so their producer can talk to them (a high profile evangelist was busted doing this. People would fill out cards before the show saying what they wanted prayers for and his wife would read them to him pinpointing the people in the crowd). There are a multitude of ways of doing this kind of thing and the human mind is easily tricked when they do their job correctly. Don't be fooled into believing psychic power is real, especially if it means spending money on this nonsense. If it was true someone would have collected the million dollars James Randi has offered to anyone that can prove they have supernatural powers once he's put controls into place (he's a magician himself so he and those working with him understand how most of these tricks work allowing them to put the correct controls in place that makes it impossible for the trick to work). If you don't know who James Randi is you should check out a few of his videos.
flystix you all take this shit way to seriously, and ya know what? even if it is fake i don't really care. either way i know what he guessed about me wasn't something you can just ease drop on in the hallway. especially the part about the bank account. maby you should live life a little and believe in magic sometimes, it will brighten your cloudy day.
seductivesnake1 I enjoy magician's like Penn & Teller, they can be entertaining. The line should be drawn when the line is being blurred between fantasy and reality though. I understand that what I'm seeing is sleight of hand, I'm not looking for any kind of answers to a problem I may be having or some solace from the loss of a loved one. That's when magic turns from fun to dangerous. People spend a lot of money on charlatans that say they can contact a dead relative, read your mind and help you with a problem you're having, or faith healers who say they can heal a physical or mental ailment through the use of the supernatural. That kind of trickery is downright evil.
2 words = Spy earpieces
thank you thank no need to clap I know
Bravo bravo well done
You're a wizard, Eric.
Omg just when you couldn't think Kevin could be any more cute. He can draw too! Andrew was great!
Why aren't his eyebrows gone after the duct tape been over them. Lmaoo
u know I love reading comments under these sort of clips (magic, illusions and stuff) where people try to act like they understand very well how things happening and try to explain the act and try to show others how smart they and showing they are sad about others who did not understand the act as they did. Every such video has such funny comments like that. I feel sad for them.
Semifinal used the earpiece too (accomplice told him what color Howard picked and Eric then knew what to tell him to draw to match his drawing.) Quarterfinal was mechanical trick; when the cases were laid flat, it tripped a second bottom that says "you will choose this case"- so he just needed the non chosen ones to stay upright & the chosen one to lay horizontal at one point. Meanwhile he adjusted a dial to show the right number in the window of the accompanying card.
1:40 :: that sensitive fingers joke has got to be the best joke I've ever heard on datime tv, and Tony's reaction tops it off!
I think he had someone in the audience that he knew with an ear piece that could see the drawings, he as well may of had an ear piece and the person told him what the drawings were . . .Just a thought .
this is so lame... the audience is in on it, so is everyone onstage... those drawings were done earlier, he saw them all..i didn't see any of them drawing after they got the clipboards, and there's no way you can draw that much in a few seconds.
Um? watch it again they obviously draw
Actually, there were no shills and they actually did draw those pictures. It was just a magic trick and you can't figure out how he did it.
The audience is in on it because they can see the drawings... Duh...
Actually the man was on Americas got talent 2013
Deborah Mitchell right... my bad. america's got talent is all legit right?
I saw a person doing that live. it's real, it is a gift and of course it's scary to see. and that person moved little objects from one place to another. it gives you chills :O
Am I the only one who finds this equally amazing whether he's done the research/has the observation skills or intuition to act like a mind reader, or he's a "real" mind reader? You'll never know for sure. That's the fun of it :)
Sorry for this long rant. Scroll past if you want. If you don't agree that's fine. No hate though, please. Block and report me if my opinion bothers you that much.
Now, last time I stated my opinion I received hate for it, which is understandable considering I didn't go about it the right way. So let me elaborate: I've seen a lot of comments saying "I know how he did this" and "I know how he did that", which is fine. Though in my opinion whether it was intentional or not, it just makes you seem like...well, a know-it-all. I've also seen, "If you think a magic trick is less magical after you know how it works then you're stupid." That's almost like saying, "If you think a tv show is less entertaining after hearing how it ends then you're stupid." I get that some people like knowing that kind of stuff, but others don't like spoilers.
Honestly I guess I should just stay away from the RUclips comments after seeing how awful some people are. Anyways, that's all I felt I needed to say.
I agree completely...... Can w also take a second to say that people have there own opinion and there is NO reason to start a comment war. Personally I think it was real.....others might think it's fake. Honestly the comment section isn't to hate on people or try to be right and make a point. (Even though that's what I'm doing right now😂)
I'm done now, you may continue scrolling through the comments
+Hanabi Hyuga You need to stop giving so much importance to what other people think about what you say or do.
fedemehlhorn123 You're probably right, but everybody cares about what people think even if it's only a little.
I mean isn't that why everybody's always trying to make a good first impression?
You know they could've told him what they were going to draw before the went onstage. That or it was an earpiece
Oh! I saw this guy on America's Got Talent!
Omg he was on Americas got Talent. Thumbs up if you've seen him on there
If he could really do this he would be a billionaire poker player not a mediocre tv magician. A simple trick is a friend in the audience feeding him the information via Morse code vibrator in his pocket, very easily done. He hasn't tried to claim James Randi's million yet has he?
You really think a "mind reader" would be allowed to play poker?....Have you ever seen Rainman
How would they know he was a mind reader? Rain man was about a savant not a mind reader otherwise on the money. ;)
TheWNK if you were really a mind reader you wouldn't tell anyone about it...you would rather play poker or fight crime
That sounds pretty clever :P
Bless your innocence, if he had morals and a supernatural gift he would fight crime or find kidnapped children, not do tricks on television that people with no supernatural gifts could just as well.
3:03 woman in back is creepy!
The woman is creepy??? What about the guy (sitting next to her) with his vulture-like posture and mannerisms?!
I have a strong feeling that Eric looks down at each picture while he explains the previous one to the audience. For example, in the case of the first picture, he knew exactly what it was, but took some time out to look down at the next picture by asking Tony a question or two, and giving him pieces of detail one after the other. He does this with each of the drawings
At 2:48 and 2:59, you can actually see him bring that paper back and forth to get to see it better
he did it on America's got talent to Howie, Howard, and Sharon.
And yet he uses glasses in his life!!!!
no way they drew those pictures that fast n wasn't even moving their hand much lol
As whole time they had been showing the pictures to the camera and audience, it looks as if someone in the audience in telling him what has been drawn on the paper. He must have something inside his ear of in the blind fold to hear from his assistant.
called a thumper. The plant uses morris code, reciever can be anywhere on his body. The blindfold and duct tape are misdirection.
I met him! He's super nice and seriously talented.
Wait. When did Ellen actually draw her picture? Or was she off screen when she did it?
It's on the internet so it must be true
but it was live also?
ENZOxDV9 yes its live. everytime you play this video it happents in real live time.
I love people trying to figure this out. I'm a mentalist myself and have done this feat many times. I can assure you all that there's no electronic devices involved. This feat is actually 50 years old, just differently performed. It's so easy to do, you don't even need electronic devices
Notice how when the man is handed the darwings, he shuffles each one of them and looks at each one of them while distracting people by touching them and making a joke. Since he is taping around his head, his nose makes a budge around the tape, so he is able to see when he looks down. I'm guessing, since the markers are fairly thick, and you can see a drawing through the back of the paper, he was able to see the basic details of everyone's drawings. 1:46 and 1:48, for example. You're welcome wrold. :D
This trick is so unrealistic it decreases how impressive it is!
What if his eyebrows came off..................
hah . the thing is , he tape his eyes crossed above his nose right . so , he could see what's below because there's a small open gap at the side of his nose . besides , he tape his head above his nose where the gaps are open . then , he tell the guy (who wears a cap) to grab the drawing above his head . before that he actually sees the drawing when he holds it before by seeing down and not moving his head . . . it's simple . why didn't you all get tht ?
I wish I had something like that. I would do so well on my school tests!
I hate to break this to some of you but this is possible without trickery.
However, that wouldn't agree with your views of reality, would it?
The joke is on you then.
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No one, and I mean no one, can replace Ellen!
I did not even think of that! I feel dense now.
Yeah how does he still have his eyebrows😕😕😕😕😕😕⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️
It would have been wayy more believable if he used an audience member, not people who work on the show, because it's obvious they planned something beforehand. There's no way on earth he could've done that without him having prior knowledge of what they were gonna draw.
God, he uses misconception ( the actual duct tape, he can just see under it and that's why he only duct ties the top of the blindfold.) and time so he can examine the drawing in his hands.
Great idea Neo! He did ductape the top of his head! And is obvious he can see the bottom of the duct tape. EVEN WHEN THE DRAWING IS ON TOP OF HIM.
KarateandClub He holds the drawings in his hands... He talks to the people around him to give him time to examine the first drawing, from then it's just acting to buy time to examine the next picture that is in his hands...
i love watching Ellen ..she is so spirited !!!
He said 'can you see through the blindfold' but he didn't use the blindfold only the duck tape, which must be see through