Paul Daniels Orange Tree automata illusion-No Spoilers

[TheStickOwnage]

Diamonds are so hard that you couldn't smash one to pieces with a hammer, so I don't know why they were worried.

[d4m4s74]

@TheStickOwnage the rest of the ring maybe? Gold can break.

[eggz09]

@TheStickOwnage learn to material science, having something wich is hard is completely diffrent from having something wich is elastic or brittle. yes diamonds are very hard but hardness is a measure of somethings ability to scratch or resist scratching wich is why diamond dust is put on blades to cut through almost anything, but diamonds actually shatter very easily, that is were we get diamond dust.

[TheGreatOldOnes]

The ring would obviously be real...you idiot.

[chanco815]

Ok, so the butterflies OBVIOUSLY aren't real, and the orange tree is fake, but with real oranges stored in it, but What about the ring ?!

[WylieWatson]

Interesting to see Basil Fawlty in the audience at 0:05.

[TheDave78]

@WylieWatson Oh my god it's really him!!! :D

[jmjmartin]

Ah Ha....Just found the Max Malini thing too.....Another thanks!

[MavisRileyJunior]

@jmjmartin I think I uploaded him doing another .Dante illusion. Have a look.

[jmjmartin]

@MavisRileyJunior...Thanks for the heads up :-)

[jmjmartin]

Loved this performance. He also did a bit of Malini on another show, didn't he?

Would have liked to see him pay homage to other great magicians 'in-character'.

Thanks for posting!

[navespacial]

what is basil fawlty doing beside that woman?

[nyce2meetu]

its easy to figure out. after he placed the ring in the box, he turns and cover the view of the table situated next to the wall, a team member then reaches his or her hand in a small passage through the wall, into the table, into the bottom of the box.

thats why he had to start the illusion with the table next to the wall, before moving it later on.

[mikefromauckland]

@nyce2meetu No. Incorrect. He already had it sequestered away before he closed the box. So much easier than an idiot behind the wall. lol

[mittROMNEY666]

fake and gay

[romion44100]

so easy illusion ,this woman from audience is with him , and there were 2 rings one in the gun and the 2nd at the orange tree ,, so easy illusion

[xxleadinglifexx]

@romion44100

That would mean that he did actually smash the ring in the gun. Rather, I agree with Nayson, a member of his team was behind the wall with a hatch of some sort we can't see and takes the ring out. From there the woman is either a plant and there were in fact two rings or the ring is placed quickly into the orange.

[daltonsbadboy]

I found this video off of wiki leaks link

[yobnez]

At - 2:12 - he stands in front of the small glass case blocking any view of it. It would be easy for part of his team to switch the ring at that point...thus perfecting the illussion.

[MavisRileyJunior]

@yobnez A member of his team who is invisible?

[Nayson]

@MavisRileyJunior A member of his team who is behind the wall, the other side of the small hatch that we cant see!

[alzaher]

@MavisRileyJunior he/she doesn't have to be invisible. It can be easily done by facilitating the stage to make them switch the handkerchief. Like a small opening in the wall enough for his team member to stretch his/her hand and do the job.

[eggz09]

@MavisRileyJunior notice how its up against a wall? a small part of the wall would break away the ring is put in the device and the wall is sealed

[TheTrilbyWill]

@MavisRileyJunior panel in the wall, glass case openable at the back. only the woman can see and she's distracted.

thats a guess.

[timmy25able]

@TheTrilbyWill That's what I was gonna "say"

[timmy25able]

There's somebody in the fireplace...

[chipgowest]

@MavisRileyJunior no someone puts their hand through the wall and in to the bottom of the table top and switches whats in the glass with another cloth without the diamond. thus switching it. quite obvious realy

[aaronisdapimp]

@yobnez the ring was gone before he even put it in the glass

[gnackattack]

@yobnez you're an idiot, he obviously palms it when he folds it in the handkerchief

[LynnettesDowry]

I figured it out.

Damn. :'(

[DanVielwerth]

Caroline is lovely.

[IKurtC]

i want that cartie

[spidermanbcv]

he stood right in front of the case where the ring was placed for safe keeping, so no one could see it. blatantly taken out then. i do love Paul Daniels though. his houdini coin trick is amazing

[remix311]

most unenthusiastic volunteer

[1BloodyRoar1]

@remix311 u cant expect too much from her considering he borrowed her ring

[pedrao15]

That was a fucking nice presentation! Your showmanship was so relaxed and confident that it feels like real magic, even for me, a magician :D

[bronzewingsonfire]

actually it is very very VERY obvious how he did it... try to keep your eyes always on the ring!!

[26highstreet]

Knowing daniels he probably already had a couple of fake rings knocked up and switched the rings, kept the diamond for himself, so a good little trick and a nice little earner for daniels.

Probably bought debee a nice tight leather dress as well

[mickf479]

Plant or what?

[MavisRileyJunior]

@mickf479 No.Orange tree.

[icedbread]

he has the piss taken somtimes but he is one of best in the world

[FungasUK]

@icedbread Agreed - he's an easy target, but performed some of the greatest stuff during an era when magic was seen as old fashioned and out of date. Superb stuff.

[killarklan]

actually hammers do break diamonds but they have to be big enough. they don't crush them but they can shatter them

[mrbusters]

No,really tho.....this was the best orange tree illusion i've seen so far. Well,besides the fake one on the movie the illusionist.

[mrbusters]

He knew the ring ahead of time and had a duplicate made well before the trick. Then he preformed the trick, gave her the duplicate ring and then stole that shit!

[Altar2012]

Sorry , a diamond can be the hardest stone . .. it is still breakable !

[monkeyman822]

Wat the... How??

[carryon01]

When I learned of Paul Daniel's comments about homeless people, I just felt he was a man without compassion. Yeah, you grafted, but people have emerged from many different backgrounds, take off your blinkers.

[dazlovesboyo]

An easy trick to explain but the presentation is beautiful.

[slocorini]

i hate when people give out the secrets. its dumb when people who know how these tricks work, tell it to people.

[kimcleaton]

That tree is absolutely beautiful. What a mechanical wonder.

[gassfactor]

paul daniels is a mug

[jeyrod1]

screw the trick! give me that cartier ring and the orange tree! those two alone are worth millions today!

[klisher]

light travels at about 50 mph through diamond

[zakwilks]

paul daniels is a bitter mean old cunt..

[pigsbishop99]

Paul's greatest trick was promising to leave the UK if Labour got elected. He never went of course, prat!

[mikelheron20]

Neither did Jim Davidson. These people raise our hopes only to dash them.

[david203]

The Marvelous Orange Tree also plays a central role in the movie The Illusionist.

[vitruvian8807]

Wow, that is really cool! Back then, that mechanical trick must have been awesome, it still is. It's true that once you know how something works, it's not as wonderful anymore, but to make something like this is just awesome.

[quoththepickle]

I totally agreed vitruvian8807, I would ecstatic if I were to have the opportunity to make such a nice mechanism. :D

[Simpson654]

What is truly mysterious is the blue skirt on the lady. How times change!

[CheapNeon]

obvious trick is obvious

[MeltUp3]

I love that orangetree. It almost moved me to tears when he showed it. It's a masterpiece in magic and I would pay much more than 300.000 GBP for that.

[OzzyDave6969]

she was a stand in ... it was my mum

[Schnorbs]

I can remember watching this years and years ago, and being absolutely fascinated by it. It's a lovely trick, and reminiscent of Penn and Teller's watch/hammer/fish trick too, now I think of it!

[ethalinia]

I love this :D

[mikelheron20]

After he put the ring and the handkerchief in the casket (suspiciously near the wall) he stood in front of it and distracted attention with the pistol. Plenty of time to open a concealed door in the wall and remove the ring. I don't know if that was how it was done but it easily could have been.

[romannosejob]

doubt the ring even went in the box, would have been palmed and swapped either after it went in the hanky or even before.

[carudatta]

yes, the ring was genuinely wrapped in the hanky and put into the box with it.

[MeltUp3]

Romannosejob:

I feel sorry for you. You can't even enjoy a piece of history in magic without having to prove yourself.

[flyinbrian87]

Was thinking the same! I really just enjoy watching the orange tree videos to enjoy the mechanics of the automata.

[ram79la]

@mikelheron20 agreed

[TheLostSupport]

I think you all need to remember that diamond is ine of the hardest substances on earth and a hammer is not going to do anything to it.

[MavisRileyJunior]

I think you need to remember it's a magic trick.

Hammers dont break diamonds and orange trees dont grow rings!

[YouNoop]

yeah but if u know that befoe u dont even need to watch it to the end

[Bigodon]

I almost applauded your answer. Perfect.

[mikelheron20]

Diamonds will shatter if struck hard enough. They're hard but not indestructible - otherwise you wouldn't be able to cut them.

[Chris180Z]

No they wont shatter with a hammer, in fact I have never heard of a diamond shattering, sure they can be cut, they are usually laser cut, back in the days people use to cut them with a hammer and chizzle, though this would take a very very long time to do.

[D202116]

Diamonds shatter just like glass, cutting them is difficult, shattering isn't.

[mikelheron20]

Unlike hardness, which only denotes resistance to scratching, diamond's toughness or tenacity is only fair to good. Toughness relates to the ability to resist breakage from falls or impacts. Due to diamond's perfect and easy cleavage, it is vulnerable to breakage. A diamond will shatter if hit with an ordinary hammer. The toughness of natural diamond has been measured as 2.0 MPa m1/2, which is good compared to other gemstones, but poor compared to most engineering materials. (Wikipedia)

[MacDufferfish]

Didn't you just contradict yourself? Diamonds are brittle but hard, like ice.

[WesByNorthWest]

@MacDufferfish

Actually diamonds are hard and brittle.  Nothing can cut a diamond, but if you hit it along one of its weak points, it'll shatter.

[mikelheron20]

No I didn't contradict myself. I am agreeing with you. Diamonds are both hard and brittle - they will shatter if struck with a hammer.

[MacDufferfish]

Oh. Well then we all agree. :D

[achan1058]

@TheLostSupport Hammers can actually smash diamonds. Diamonds are hard, but rather brittle.

[dw3541]

that doesn't mean diamonds are unbreakable. They can be shattered.

[quelorepario]

@TheLostSupport You actually have no clue how fragile is a diamond. It is the hardest elements on earth (nothing can scratch it), but precisely because of that it is also the most fragile. The harder, the weaker to shocks.

You should review your physics textbooks ;)

[Piemonkey]

@TheLostSupport Diamonds break when smashed by a hammer. They're hard but that doesn't mean they're not brittle. Think of it like an iPhone screen. The harder it is to scratch, the easier it is to shatter. Diamonds have a high resistance to both but smashing it with a hammer will chip is pretty badly.

[mrgreger]

@TheLostSupport Truly incorrect, smashing a diamond to pieces with a hammer is indeed possible. It is _the_ hardest substance known to man, but it is also brittle and thus possible to destroy with a simple hammer.

[TheStanleyMusic]

it was never in the gun..

[bleedingheart2000]

When Paul puts the knife behind the box, I think he hits a switch making the handkerchief rise.

[hudstar]

Last of the old school showmen

[KOKAYT1]

???

[matt9741399]

The glass box blatantly gets swapped by someone backstage when Paul stands in front of it to present the gun. When he steps away to reveal the box again, the handkerchief is folded in a different manner to that when he first placed it in the box.

[nathanlulu]

yes..rather obvious

[Pamathey]

Aw, you go on and ruin it. ;)

[matt9741399]

Sorry!

[PrometheusWithLight]

That's probably it, but it's possible to do that trick without someone backstage. (The ring is removed, yet still felt through the same mechanism as the "unbroken match" trick. From there, when putting the knife down behind the tree, the ring could be attached to a hook, pulled up the tree, and onto the hankie.)

[viewtiflmee]

I think that it could also slip in a compartment inside the gun or even in the magician's hands when Paul charge it (did you notice that he is the one to press the switch?) and from there it could be put inside the tree carillon from when he receives it to the end of the trick

[andrjeje]

I dont know why you are so excited. Whats the big thing in this show? I really can't understand. Is it all about how the ring moved from the small box to a tree?  Answer me please ;)

[fishstickiscool]

well when houdin would do that he wouldn't show that it was clock work and would have the illousion that he could speed up and down time the dude here just showed how it actually worked

[PrometheusWithLight]

Right. In Houdin's real version, he placed a seed into a pot with soil, and the entire tree grew out, then sprouted flowers, then oranges, which could be passed out. That's damned good for clockwork.

[viewtiflmee]

If I may, apart from the show itself and the beautiful piece of clockwork the thing that's really mesmerizing is the "savoir faire" of the magician on stage....really "old school", gorgeous:)

[kraltran]

great to see this. good upload

[khalio22]

why only an orange tree. i want someone do it with apple or mango tree

[waddleduckie1]

That is so fascinating!!!!

[MELIPAISITA]

what kind of accent does this magician has i can understand his English pergfectly work by word my i say english is not my first langauge but comparing the accent of a British is a lil more hard to capture and understand word by word

[Jourell1]

Paul has a British accent, more exactly he has Yorkshire accent from east England. Don't worry it is fairly thick and a lot of people have trouble understanding it. Even people who do have english as a first language

[MELIPAISITA]

thanks anddd noo i said that i do understand it so well its amazing i love this accent i dont knoww is perfect in my ears lol

thanks for the answer

[Sevendogtags]

@Jourell1 But i didn't have any problem...!

And my first language is not english!

[PePeButte]

umm lets have sex 2night

Thanks =) 8H

[Shawney1010]

hey guess wat!!! THIS GUY IS MY 3RD COUSIN IN LAW!!! NO JOKE!!!!!!!!

[yagi6993]

Way to uphold the family name, old bean. ._.

[HONCH123]

Why is john cleese doing a security job..maybe he didnt earn enough those days...anyway dont believe that ring was worth 350.000 squids...debbie macgee exchanged it for the one paul got for her when she was out of her mind and married him

[PAZ2012]

THIEF

[helltopay1]

im a black cab driver in london picked him up twice and you know what? a really top bloke 100%

[HONCH123]

Did you happen to look like the lovely Debbie macgee...He probably fancied you

[helltopay1]

cant really see where your going with that comment,dont think you would ever get past the producers of Britains got talent do you geezer?

[HONCH123]

WTF you talking about...not another relation of paul daniels..What you on about geezer..hahah Geezer who uses geezer anymore..even the south london scum has stop using geezer years ago..are you still watching fools and horses GEEZER

[helltopay1]

the illusion is not in the illusion so ask yourself if i was an illusionist would i see things as an illusion or just another illusionist pretending to be an illusion,EDFGTHJ

[drewmeister88]

i would love to own one of those...

[fatg1t]

That was a superb trick! Paul Daniels proving his sheer class yet again! Wonderful! That was just so good!

5 stars!

[DAVIDRCGRAY]

Paul is salt of the earth, im sure he couldnt give a fuck about the posh birds ring either way

[kit964]

How can anyone say Paul Daniels is 'salt of the earth'. Fair enough you can say he was a talented magician but the guy himself is a jumped up ego freak, full of his own importance.

[hectorrebecca]

brought on by the mediocre debbie

[BloodyRamon]

yes the oranges are real however the tree is a plastictrick as mechnical toys

[BillyBobsEel]

that tree is soo cool

i saw something like that in a film about a magician. the one in the film was probly just animated but i didnt think it would realy exist...

[V4lkz]

film was the illusionist

[Supersmooth007]

Wasn't this in the illusionist? - Why does he say "Just for those who thought it was all mechanical" - cut an orange? He wound it up on a timer around 4:50secs, you can hear it. Paul Daniel has great patter accompanied by his gags but he contradicted! I mean you do not want the audience to think that you think that they are thinking that it is mechanical? do you? It is like going into a shop/store telling the sales assistant, "Im looking not stealing" I think Paul Daniels chop cup was the best!

[bundleofstix]

He told them the tree was mechanical all he meant by "Just for those who thought it was all mechanical" was that the oranges were real, not just part of the mechanics.

[mjmichael11]

the ring was kept in the cage under it so you can a little hight above there

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[LadyJasmine2]

Does anyone have the clip of Paul doing the Magic Kettle trick? I loved that as a kid, and would love to see it again...can't find it anywhere!

[stephaz1971]

This is just rubbish!

[egaliterian]

ha ha, good one, exellent.

[OneWorld4us]

Wow !, I thought the illusionist effect didn´t exist, thank´s a lot for this vid.

[noforgivin]

lol wicked i hate paul but this is quite funny.

Aaron

[rageffect]

how the ring got there is simple. just watch closley.

[ItsBinary]

MUTTONCHOPS

[egnilk66]

What would he need her as a plant for???  She just supplied the ring.

That's cool though....that's the trick from "The Illusionist"

[Dizzi800]

actually it was done by Houdini....Or Mr. Houdin. I forget who...

[Magnetohydrodynamics]

no the trick from the illutionist is taken from here, the original tree is much older than the film

[samboni10]

yeh it was originally invented by magician jean eugene robert-houdin in the 1800's

[DimaAnderson]

who influenced Ehrich, who later became known as Houdini

[crozboz]

Ehrich Weiss - Ehrich was his fist name - later known as Harry Houdini.

[magic4magic]

wow - i have seen the original tree in real life - in action at the magic circle . IT takes somewhat a level of skill to do a trick like this with a ring that costs £300.000 (loaded. and to anyone that thinks these things are simple - dude be amazed - it took robert houdin around 2 years to make the original and then another year for him to master it. so dont ever say there simple when there clearly not, well that is if you make it by hand. Modern machinery may speed things up al altogether.

[Rarisnes]

Resp. to "magic4magic": If the ring cost 3 og 300.000, as you know, its all the same. He speak a lot - everything can go in slow motion - there is good! time. - but its nice and wonderful trick (trick = something everybody can do with exercise). Point: Magic is something somebody can do. Trick is something everybody can do. Nice film! Thank you all!

[rayblack2004]

shes blatantly a plant

[MavisRileyJunior]

Can't decide if that's is a pun or wether you are stupid enough to think she is in on it.

[spectrelives]

of course she's in on it.

[MavisRileyJunior]

Only in on it as far as supplying an expensive ring.

[nathan87]

Hmmm...didn't really like that trick.

[taper11]

You don't like oranges?

[nathan87]

I liked the automata, I'm an engineer! Buut...ummm this is a magic show. Seemed to me like PD just wanted to feature that tree in some way, and fair enough. However the patter just sounded convoluted, and really the use of the tree seemed entirely inconsequential to the flow of the trick.

[MavisRileyJunior]

Er...lets see you make a tree that produces real oranges!!

[nathan87]

Oh, was that meant to be the magic bit? Pretty easy, conceal the blossoms in tubes looking similar to the leaves and the oranges in suitably shaped leaf arrangements - a gear and cam system in the box might then pull on wires to push out the blossoms and open the leaves at intervals.

[MavisRileyJunior]

If its so easy go make one.I'd like one.

[nathan87]

It would be expensive! heh, although I could provide a drawing...

[malmsteen80]

hey man do u know where i can buy one?

do you know anybody who can make this orange tree?

[Halo3PlayarWut1]

Probably the Swiss, for a couple hundred thousand euros.

[spectrelives]

he didnt say that was magic. he said it was a mechanical marvel that ppl of the 19th century used to think was magic. The real trick was how the ring ended up there.

[fraserkatie]

£3,00,000! Whew!

[MavisRileyJunior]

Wow inflation!

[orlando098]

huh? 300,000 pounds is correct ($600,000) (as fraserkatie said, with an unnecesary comma after the 3) - however Paul Daniel's Magic Show ran from 1979 - 1994, so you might be able to double the amount by now

[fraserkatie]

That tree is absolutely gorgeous! I love the way how the oranges start appearing and the top one reveals the ring that the lady thought was smashed! Wow! £3.000 pounds for that ring! Phew!

[taper11]

I wonder if the tree can also make orange soda!