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  • He never saw what the letter said so it could just say

    State your name, your table and on the food a hidden label

  • stop clapping very annoying

  • too much appllause

  • I would put a gun to his head and tell him to tell me how he did that.

  • guests weren't random? it would have been more impressive if he gave penn a frisbee and told him to throw in randomly into the audience

    whoever it landed on (not who catches it), gets to make the decisions. and then THAT person has to throw 3 more frisbees.. and whomever those land on..

    then i would be impressed. but im guessing this was all rehearsed then and they all got into the show together.

  • penn said he was going to kill that lady if she was in on it hahahahaha

  • how on earth was tht done?

  • i can understand filling in you name and table number as you read everything but how would they know the food choice?

  • I don't know how the magician got the card with the right food choice at the right table. However, I believe that the magician knew which food choice was at which table all along. The host mentioned how strong the food smelled. Both pizza and Indian food have pretty distinctive smells.

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  • If he really wanted to blow their minds, Why didn't He choose Penn instead of the girl?

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  • When he was about to show the 'American' meal, i thought some Kanye West would go off

  • They never did show what was on the envolopes

  • Observe how the first guy is concentrating about reading the information "in his head" as the magician is talking to him. At this point the other guys have already opened and read their "information", so they are home free. Another thing that teels me this explanation is right, is to notice how no one of the three guys seem to be shocked by finding their name written on the paper. They actually look like they don't give a dame.

  • WHEN ASKED BY THE MAGICIAN, READ THE MESSAGE THAT CORRESPONDS TO THE TABLE NR. YOU ARE SITTING AT USING YOUR OWN NAME:

    TABLE 1:

    "A man by the name of ______ will be asked to sit at table nr. 1, where he will be served Chicken tikka masala.

    TABLE 2:

    _______ would be instructet to sit at table nr. 2, where he will be served burger and fries.

    TABLE 3:

    Which leaves ________ sitting at table nr. 3, where he will enjoy a pizza.

  • This is my best bet on how the trick is done:

    The girl and the three guys are real and randomly picked.

    The trick is all about the envelopes. The papers in all three envelopes have the same informations written opun them. It my look something like this:

  • Did these pieces of paper have the exact words? Or was it simply "I 'say name'" so on -.-

  • People, seriously. Do you think the producers are idiots? The show has an expert magic judge to prevent cheating. Every magician must perform their trick in front of the judge and the reveal the exact method to them before doing the trick for Penn & Teller. During the show, the judge rules on P&T's guesses via earpiece worn by host Jonathan Ross. The girl is NOT a plant.

  • Don't believe that the girl wasn't in on it, just because he said so. If he would have let Penn or Teller choose the girl, I would be really amazed.

  • That was amazing!

  • amazing

  • Daniel is hottttttttt!

  • @robotizm - bad genes, stay away or your children will be droopy

  • chuck norris knows how to do that trick

  • 12 people were blatenly hungry when they watched this

  • I don't understand people's need to comment on how the trick is done it just ruins it for others

  • i wonder if Penn and Teller do know these magic tricks but just say they don't because they actually want people to go to Vegas

  • @leekohl well i think some of them are known by penn and teller and still go to vegas because they are very entertaining and the rare ones that do fool them they go to vegas anyway

  • @leekohl No, because Penn said about the two French men in the first trick of this show that they were the best big stage act he has ever seen, yet Teller figured the trick out.

  • thanks to @visitjustin and @utupoe111 i was able to figure it out. all three cards had the same print on it. so table one says the first paragraph, table 2 says the second paragraph and table 3 says the third paragraph. i believe that the people were chosen at random and at the top of each card it probably says something along the lines of "fill in your name and food item as needed" something like that

  • this guy is a risk taker and he deserves to win.

    well done!

  • at 9:50 "if you're in on it i'm gonna kill you" lmao

  • @Makingnewnamesisdumb No, they say at the start of the show that there are no people in the audience who are in on the tricks or any camera tricks

  • I'm pretty sure this won't fool Derren Brown though! After watching so much Derren Brown stuff I thought these magic are trivial. :S Guessed not.

  • This was a con.

  • Nick Einhorn

  • I have this guys book.

  • I HAVE HIS BOOK.

  • Is it at all possible that the volunteers were planted in the audience?

  • I know how he got each plate right and how he got them to the right table, but I have no idea how he guessed the names.

  • .....o.o

  • " If you're in on it on gonna kill ya!" haha

  • Hah. Not random at all. Those men were all young.

  • @IriathZhul that could be the girl picking people she found attractive

  • The first volunteer in the audience is really pretty!

  • whenever they pick a "random" person from the audience I simply don't believe it.

  • @kccody dpends i guess cuz i got picked once and i wasnt part of the trick but yea sometime ppl are actualy picked before

  • @kccody I know. I always want to but its hard

  • The meat of magic is lying guys lol chill out.

  • Come on guys, just one word: confederates !

    can't understand why they didn't even ask

  • Okay so to summarise:

    - The different table numbers/foods only require 6 different envelope combinations

    - Each envelope has the info for all 3 tables, so it doesn't matter who gets what

    - They all basically say [insert name] to get the names

    - The audience members aren't plants, they just play along (don't want to be the one to ruin the trick, it'd be awkward). You can kinda see the disgust on their faces as some of them do it. No fake surprised faces like a plant would have.

  • @Adzyz Yeah, but doesn't the food get revealed *after* they say what they got?

  • @Adzyz none of the three looked surprised which was kinda weird. :) BUT how would the magician give the right envelope before knowing who will sit where? The food is revealed later so you are not 100% correct to me ;). ALSO this would be considered a cheat if you ask me!

  • @Adzyz And no surprised look like someone who opened an envelope and saw only 1 message that happened to be right would have.

    Though I love Penn's "if you're in on it, I'm going to kill you" to the girl.

  • @Adzyz I agree they look very disgusted :/

  • Those two are just such QUICK performers- I love Penn, explaining back to the magician what had happened during the trick, in a tone of voice that would suggest that he and Teller really knew what the trick had been... and then faltering, partway through, as if he was only realizing it AS he was saying it, that they really had NO CLUE what was going on. :D

  • wow I am 110% fooled

  • I wish they had let the audience see the cards

  • nick was soooo amazing.

  • The three guys were very stoic. Had I been picked, I would have been "wow!!! this is amazing.."..but they guy gave NO reaction...

  • I dont' trust any magician who "randomly" chooses somebody from the audience himself. The only "random" choosing I find believable is when the magician tosses a ball into the crowd and they throw it around a bit or whatever, like David Copperfield.

  • why they didnt show what is writen on the cards???

  • Stop ruining the tricks for people! PLEASE!

  • @Mommabearlds if you want to be fooled then dont read the comments. some people like discussing how they think the trick is done. STOP telling people what they can and cant do like you're god or something. remember...you dont have to read!

  • All of them were very careful when they put their envelopes and messages back on the table, so the message was covered by the envelope. Not satisfied, the magician covers them with the food containers right after removing them.

  • HERE IS HOW THE TRICK WAS DONE - imgur . com/tVMxu.jpg

  • @visitjustin That doesn't make sense the card in your photo reads table number 3 with pizza, but the table number is one and the envelope is yellow not red!

  • @visitjustin Well if that photo hasn't been edited, then the only option is the audience members where in on it because they didn't even read out what was on the cards at all. That card clearly says sitting at table number 3 enjoying pizza, but is sat at table number 1 who had tikka masala, so then the question is why were the names blanked out if the whole thing was rehearsed and why did the girl get the order wrong?

  • @visitjustin The card in this video at table number 3 is red, yet in the photo, it is yellow and reads table number 3.

  • @visitjustin i can't find this site. will u please help?

  • @visitjustin I still don't get how he did it :/

  • It's called NLP. If you listen to how he emphasizes his words, I believe that's how he's doing it.

    I actually guessed exactly what she was going to guess for the numbers as that's the most evident part.

    Skip to 2:20 Which table to serve which dish TWO.

    Then 'Lets go back for the next ONE.'

    Obviously the third goes to the leftover space. I'm not sure how he's doing the other ones but I think it's safe to assume it's the power of suggestion (NLP).

  • @ritherz Good catch. She could've changed her mind though...what then?

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  • @mekkabon I think you underestimate NLP. Lookup derren brown on youtube. He's an expert at it (does more stuff like this). He did a special on tv that would blow your mind... makes this look like child's play. (and more truely random audience members too)

  • @ritherz - You do realise Derren Brown doesn't actually use any NLP as part of his magic act, right? He sells DVDs explaining how to do his tricks, and none of them rely on suggestion. That's just misdirection so people focus on his language instead of what he's doing with his hands.

  • @RFC3514 I believe most of his acts revolve on misdirection and magic tricks, however there are a few NLP's that he slips in when he attempts tot make you think of a card. I must say that most of the time he uses a swami gimmick. When he is "reading" youre mind.

  • @Solonatc - Derren isn't an idiot and wouldn't dream of performing a "guess your card trick" unless he was absolutely sure of which card you had picked (either because he saw it or because he forced it). The "NLP" bits of his shows are separate from the tricks, and are done the same way as every "psychic" show out there (he tapes 5 or 10 conversations and only airs the one that worked).

  • "[Instert name here] was sitting at [Insert table # (written on back of food container] and he was enjoying [Food (written on food container]."

    ^that was written on the card.^ I wins.

  • @utupoe111 Exactly what i thought when i saw it =D

  • @utupoe111 That's exactly what I instantly thought. I can't believe Penn and Teller with their 100 years of combined knowledge didn't suggest this... It would be so simple.

  • @utupoe111 YOU WERE EXACTLY RIGHT. - imgur . com/tVMxu.jpg

    

  • @utupoe111 That doesn't work because the last guy's said "Which leaves" first! and she could've switched

  • @utupoe111 That seems like the solution -- that options were there -- but they read it much too 'naturally' to be filling in the blanks, look at the way the first one 'reads' off the card; and any sign on the back of the lid would show; and the last one starts... "which leaves..." That leaves too many variables/blanks/brackets to put on the card for them to reliably read it.

  • @utupoe111 Which really does suggest the players were rigged, the cards were blank, and they knew exactly what to say -- which is a bit of a let down!!

  • @dbes02 It's cheating magic. No skill, sleight of hand, or clever distractions were necessary.

  • @utupoe111 how is any particular type of magic cheating? ALL magic is cheating, there is no right or wrong way to hide the truth of what you are doing. if you fooled your audience, you were a successful magician.

  • @violetpolkadots Alright creep. Have fun with your magic.

  • @utupoe111 LOL!! I was thinking the exact same! :D

  • @utupoe111 You win... nothing. Try again. The participants have what incentive?

  • @utupoe111 Definitely not. You can see all the way around the dish, the part originally facing the audience for the last one ends up facing the back when he puts it down.

  • @utupoe111 yeah and he asks he guys to open their envelopes and gave them just enough time so they could read and understand wat was written on it.. and he said there is a mesage for "each" of you.. please read " your message" clearly.. it could be tat therewere 3 messages on each envelope

  • @bilal8882000 three messages - no way they would read only their message!

  • @utupoe111 but it is kinda cheating not fooling. I mean the magician says for them to read what is "written" but they insert info which is misleading!

  • @utupoe111 also you must be wrong about the food! The first guy totally has no time to read the hardest to pronounce food. He is looking the whole time at the envelope! If everyone must insert the information they must get at least a little confused and/or read at least slower ;).

  • @LucaTurilli89 Dude, I ended up being right. There is a picture that literally shows how it was done, haha.

  • @utupoe111 lol where is the picture pls show me :).

  • @utupoe111 - Actually, you don't need all that. Each audience member only needs to fill in his name. The cards can simply have 3 messages, one for each table, with the correct food. If they are willing to fill in their name, they'll also be willing to pick the correct message (labeled with their table number). I think P&T underestimated people's natural tendency to play along and "not ruin the trick" (which is basically how stage hypnotists make a living).

  • @utupoe111 You are the reason why some tv judges need an extra guy or girl with them, there is always room for error and you showed that. I would have figured they would have checked that shit out.

  • EXPLAIN IT TO  ME INTERNETZ!

  • Keep in mind that during episode, whenever a random audience member is involved, they usually pick the audience member before the taping occurs or pause the taping so they can mic them up without interruption.

    That, and the discussion process between Penn & Teller isn't actually that short. They edit it out in post production. They may have very well suggested plants in that time frame and were told no by the producers (who are told how the trick works), which was then edited out for time.

  • They aint dollars, there the good old GULDENS!!!!

    GIVE US BACK OUR GULDENS!

  • The initial woman should be chosen more random (no interaction from himself) - I believe Penn and Teller dont stage stuff, but it would make the trick even more stunning

  • Go to 9:25 - 9:29

    the 1st of the 4 guys standing is scratching his ass first and then puts his hand on his balls :D :D

  • ask motherfuckin penn and teller to motherfuckin pick a motherfuckin random person

  • bitch was in on it with her three deadbeat cousins

  • The note says:

    " you'll get fifty dollars dollars if you co-operate, say this:

    .... "

  • I'm pretty sure the producers of the show, as well as the host, are in on how the trick is actually done. I remember watching other episodes where the host alludes to knowing how the trick is performed. I also don't think the show would have this trick on the show if it were simply just plants, or having the men read generic cards. There is some sort of "trick' and we can't figure it out which is why we are watching and he is the magician with 500,000 sold magic books.

  • I love how the American anthem plays for the burger and fries

  • 4 planted people, ohhh how i was fooled...

  • What they should to to be completely random he should have either penn or teller pick the first woman

  • 9:53 Shit, how did he know...

  • Occam's razor would dictate the audience members were planted.

  • Man that was soo fake I doubt they got fooled they just wanted someone to get in

  • At 1:48 the magician says " I'm gonna do that by choosing a WOMAN (and in that moment he looks directly in to Catherin) completely random from tonight s audience." Than he looks around like he is trying to find somebody ( just bad acting ) and again looks at her and than chooses her!

    She is plant, no doubt !

  • how much is he paying that women

  • I like the people in the comment section that can easily explain the trick. Maybe THEY should have a "Fool Us" show.

  • And also, he didn't even do anything! By the time he had the new info (the guy's names) he was no longer in contact with the envelopes. Therefore he didn't, it had already been done.

  • You would think there was a rule that said "no stooges" (as DB likes to say)

  • The audience is certainly rigged. Reason 1: notice how the 3 guys don't even let off a single emotion when they read their cards and it had their names on it? Doesn't make any sense. Reason 2: notice at the and the women replies "oh yes i was chosen at random". She says it as if it was a line she was told to say

  • @RishadanPort

    Nah, the fact that they don't show any emotions makes me think even more that they AREN'T stooges. Who would hire bad actors? I believe it is a case of dual reality. The cards probably had something along the lines of "[insert your name here] will be sitting at table n°..." written on them.

    The members of the audience, either thinking the real magic trick has yet to come or not wanting to spoil the trick, plays along. The audience, however, perceives this differently

  • the only way I can figure out how it was done is that maybe the three guys had money in the envelops and were told they could keep it if they played along.

  • @Kiddeth do you think the selected audience members would speak out in the middle of a set, blowing the magician's cover? 99 out of 100 wouldn't. my guess is the notes said "(State your name here)" etc.... the fact the notes are not shown to the camera is cause for extreme suspicion. these types of deceptions don't deserve to be labelled as "magic". we want real talent please mr. penn & teller.

  • @88jezzzz thats what i said.

  • @88jezzzz sorry, you mightn't but I certainly would just say its bullshit to the audience. Maybe he planted 5-10 guys around her, they then looked at her real willingly while she chose (then they played along at the end) that's my guess.

  • I'm just surprised that P & T didn't even suggest plants! That seems so obvious--since we, the audience, never saw the cards the guys read.

  • How to do it w/o audience plants (my theory): he knows what food is where, and there're only 6 different possible plate positions (ABC,ACB,BAC,BCA,CAB,CBA)- so he has 6 sets of 3 envelopes in his suit. He picks the right set, and it doesn't matter who gets which envelope because each envelope says the same:

    "At table 1 read: My name is [say your name], and food is A

    At table 2 read: My name is [say your name], and food is B

    At table 3 read: My name is [say your name], and food is C"

  • I think the letters instructed the guys to read the note and fill in the blanks properly.. with their names and the dishes that were labeled for them to know what was under it.. but hidden from the audience. Willing voulenteers.. even random people.. tend to comply with performers requsts if they get to see how it is done. I mostly think this because none of the guys seem to be surprised.. or even try to act surprised like a "planted " assistant would.

  • @keiko52 But how do the letters know what food is where? Magician just had enough letters for every possible outcome?

  • In all the past episodes i have noticed every person they pulled out of the crowd at "random" had a microphone pack on their belt. Seems like its not so random to me, if the producers had time to mic them.

  • @MegaZeroBlues

    they do the scene twice in the magic of television. The person is randomly selected, and then set up with mic and then "randomly selected" again.

  • there is nothing random with magic lol. 

  • Each envelope probably had choices saying "if you're sitting at table x, say this (insert name)". Probably just nice guys playing along. If I was Penn or Teller, I'd have asked to see the envelopes

  • @derstrom8 But they wouldn't have known what the food was! I think all 4 of them were on it!

  • @ShahnamPersia Yeah, you've got a point there. Didn't think of that..... XD

  • Yeah, it says "Pizza" on the envelope to the guy who said "chicken with rice". They are either all plants, or just nice guys helping him

  • wich research say that sir ? all research say the opposite women under pressure/fear/stress make more than 78% wrongs decisions

  • @Fatallica1985 It's a magic trick dude. The last I checked, that's 100% irrelevant.

  • The most obvious answer is plants in the audience, but, don't they say at the start of the show that "there are no audience plants"?

  • This might seem like a dumb question but what does penn say when he is on about to a magician that something

  • not impressive at all.

  • errr.. how is it a trick.. they are all in on it.. the girl, the guys.. ez..

  • it's obvious that the lady he picked from the audience was in on it. He could have had Penn or Teller pick the random audience member if it truly wasn't part of the trick.

  • Wadsworth Constant applies.

  • why is he wearing a hat.inside?

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  • Penn Jillette is fucking hilarious.

  • That's a pizza?!

  • @Izzhov Italian music played in the background. So you know it's Italian style.

  • That lady is creepy as hell, does she ever stop smiling?

  • now I have to find out what TheCTFelethonChain said.....

  • What you didnt see

    Envelope #1: [Your name here] sitting at table number [number of table] enjoying [smell of food in front of you].

    Envelope #2: [Your name here] sitting at table number [number of table] enjoying [smell of food in front of you].

    Envelope #3: [Your name here] sitting at table number [number of table] enjoying [smell of food in front of you].

  • @TheXShark1 hmm.. smells like chicken marsala and rice pilaf

  • @TheXShark1 Oh yeah, everyone knows that distinctive smell of PILAU rice.

  • If a magician want real random then he must do something like that beach ball thing some other dude did, where he just threw out a beach ball and let it randomly drop down in the audience.

  • when any magician looks for a random audience member, it looks suspicious.

  • The plates are marked in a strangely obvious way.

    05:53 - 2 stripes, top of first plate

    06:15 - 1 stripe, second plate

    06:34 - 3 stripes on last plate

    Letters must contain instructions on what to say regardless of the table placement.

  • @tjakal i dont see stripes