Derren Brown "people swap" [4 full synched video segments]

[boozebluntsnbitches]

i think it's partly because people would rather doubt their own perception than other people's actions and that they're just too ashamed to admit their confusion.

[IMBLUESTREAK23]

My psych professor showed this video to our class in a lecture hall of rougly 500 people. When they showed the black guy at the end, the entire building ERUPTED in laughter. It was the funniest thing of the day for sure!

[sasoon38]

she aint even notice she was talkin to a nigga

[Axlite2]

I'd like to see this tried with men. Girls would switch etc... I wonder if men pay more focus on the appearance.

[jonsicoli]

Wow. This is amazing.

[DTrinh09]

wow how did she not notice when he switched with the black guy? can it be any more obvious? how about a girl! lol

[Bizarro23]

I actually fell for it the first time! When the confederate said "careful with the car" recollecting the moment back in my memory I recognized it as Derren along with Derren's voice.

[iLikeShapes]

lol

[domb09]

she was just intimidated by the big black man. i know i would.

[kutieboo]

what about a big white man... no?

[domb09]

i'd probably still be intimidated. haha.

[kutieboo]

LMAO!!!

[MrHoppity]

Not all hats are gay? but: this is one off them

[yowassupbro2]

this program fuses magic, misdirection, psychology, showmanship and gay hats

[goouttothemeadow]

Absolutely Awesome

[pinkskies21]

love it, how did she not notice the black guy?

[kutieboo]

well why would she have noticed the BLACK guy??

[AlbanZap]

....well he was white then turned black, you twat. Y'know it's not racist to recognise peoples skin colour, fool...

[WolfDarrigan]

To be honest, I didn't even see the first switch, but after I saw the second one I went back and re-watched it.

[tu4eva]

surely, she had 2 notice the black guy.. lol

[engeladam409]

brilliant

[52blades]

Its Luke Jermay. ^-^

[felicity4711]

I'm surprised no-one noticed. I wonder if I would have.

[Gengstaboy978]

i already knew when he did that the first time he stayed wit the big o picture comon now ppl!

[itsyanyan]

NO FUCKING WAY! THIS GUY IS AwesoME!~

[jayweh]

the same thing happens to me in my bar. I remember not people but their drinks and what table they go to. but don´t ask me about the people´s faces. if they switch places get confused:) working in a bar/restaurant makes you really work your mind on remembering things. good training for your brain cells.:)

[poizon009]

Brilliantly done. The portrait is a picture of Derren. Therefore, people get a bit of a lag in their mind and believe that they confused the person they're speaking with to the portrait

[Muffinmanv2]

LMFAO at the black guy, note to self, take a good look at the people who speak with me and avoid large pictures of odd looking men.

[Auron12786]

probably wouldn't have worked if the 2nd person was wearing different color clothes, or if the 2nd person was a woman

[Godlesswanderer]

When he did it in New York the second person was an Asian woman and it seemed to work. The video is somewhere around here.

[hmmBEEFY]

that was awesome... i wonder what would happen if they switched with a midget

[mischief13]

@hmmBEEFY lmao

[LoisLane210]

Lol. That is all kinds of cool.

[kamikrazi123]

man im retarded lol. didnt even no what he was doing until i saw the last one... im so racist =(

[Cliffbowl]

I like how the skin color "changed" for the last lady, and she didn't even know.

[keithburgun]

This makes me giggle like a little girl!

[wintercherry100]

Derren Brown is all kinds of hot!

[omgwtfbbq12345678]

Hahaha oh wow

[Phaypher]

The thing is `bout the Darren painting, ppl think that it`s just the painting they saw, not an real person.

[katherineanne83]

hahaha! i love derren brown!

what a sense of humor.

[dianep123]

Nothing magical or even trickery here... people are notoriously inattentive, they did a scientific study at an university with 2 identical twins each with a bright and red and blue t-shirt, they also swapped them after the subjects signed the consent form and 90 % didn't notice anything wrong even when asked about it afterwards.

[Clovions]

LOL they black guy how did she not notice.

[Jizzmonster]

Holy shit that trick worked on me and I'm just sitting here watching this on a computer. After the second swap I was really confused...I was like "wait wasn't Derren just there". That is pretty amazing lol.

[DJAtomikBomb]

On the second one, is that Luke Jermay? It looks like him.

[Magicofja]

Yes thats Luke

[anicetus2007]

No. The first switch is Derren > Luke Jermay. The second switch is Derren > Anthony (can't remember his last name)

[sandsofxion]

lol what if they traded the Map with somehting else

like a painting and asking her opinion on it

[TeaBagged2o6]

omg, that was crazy, he just did the trick on me.on the first one i was looking at the guy and then i was like "wtf? who's this guy" haha i was about to click a different clip untill i read the name and saw it was still darren :D amazing

[TapTT]

Didn't see the first swap x)

[Iran2freedom]

how about if they switched it to an ape ? will it still work as long as the ape count point forward and have a british accent ?

[taylerdurden14]

I CANT BELIEVE...

[mrjb777]

hahaha the last one was hilarious

[MartieD]

Haha, I didn't notice they changed before the third time, and of course I didn't read the info first :)

[JaggedScythe]

XD @ the last switch

[monkeyfacedking]

classic

[ei612]

hahaah thats so funny. i can't believe the last lady didn't notice the difference. that or she didn't want to seem foolish by asking.

[squirreldemon]

lol at the end how did she not see the change of skin color lmao i evy derren

[jeliff7]

LOL

[reflectionofnevar]

AY! that always makes me giggle ..

love the human mind

[otherwisesaid]

The last one is Amaaaazing!

[newkiraj]

I agree I can't believe she didn't notice!

[helenzebcharles]

derren brown is a genius

[yfguitarist]

Hilarious twist on an old joke. I believe it was on Candid Camera where someone first did this trick

[ballsoforangepeel]

what realy pisses me off is that whenever somebody mentions the word black or indian people start shouting racist its only racist if you say theres something wrong with that colour or race (btw im NOT racist)

[ballsoforangepeel]

( sorry i didnt seee the latest comment by Fraw24)

[QueenFugly]

great!!! finish, how do u not notice that??!

[rosemaryellis123]

i love the fact the last guy is black.. fricking hilarious lol

[Fraw24]

RACIST RACIST RAR RAR RAR

[rosemaryellis123]

its not racist lol

its just funny how she doesn't even notice he's completely changed colour =]

[Fraw24]

Ye i know was just a joke reply to rosemaryellis123 ;D

[happypeanut11]

... Greenhouse gasses wise, it is you that is wrong. The UK's average CO2 emissions are 11.01 tons per person, whereas in the US it is 24.09 tons per person, a figure topped only by Australia(27.54 t/person). In your elections you chose an idiot(bush) over the one person with a chance of making you change(al gore), and that reflects your lack of respect for the world and its resources.

[markdcarter]

What if Al Gore's in it for the money and power, his trick's on a far greater scale than Derren Brown's - and guess what? You can't see it. Magic!

CO2 emissions? You mean pretext for global taxation?

[sleepontheroad]

lol it shows how many shortcuts the mind takes during our daily life. Just... wow!

[johnykoop]

its funny how, igndsgn, can say all that being an american, whos country claims to be land of the free, yet is the most dangerous country on the planet  and causes all the problems in the world

[jebussaveme100]

HAHAHA LOVE YOU DERREN!!!!!!!!

[bob291171]

This is all based on Short-term-memory and interference. When the picture of Derren is passed between the unsuspecting member of the public this interferes with the memory of first meeting Derren. If you look closely eye to eye contact in the beginning only lasts for a short period which is lost quickly. Nice psychological move though.

[johnykoop]

its arse not ass

[johnykoop]

god i love derren, u americans must be in awe of our british genius superiority

[yotengomuchosanos]

no, but i am in awe of how up your ass you are..

[markduff]

hahah classic.

[lgndsgn]

Is that why your country has the worst health-care system (the highest death-rate from curable disease), the most unreliable public transport, the longest working hours, the highest prices, and the least generous welfare system (compared to America and other European contries that is)?

[BonnyBam8383]

Why are you americans always so bloody sensitive. He was joking, it was tongue and cheek. Every country has problems of some sort, the NHS is crap but then again, it is free for everyone, america has problems also, religious fundamentalism being to name one, but it is irrelevant, because he was joking!!

[happypeanut11]

America sucks you asshole its a fucking blot on the world. You're the main producer of greenhouse gases and your wars are tearing the world apart. And actually, the NHS is one of the best health care systems in the world, and poverty in the UK is far lower than in the US, with average standard of living being higher in the UK.

[lgndsgn]

first of all, the uk is far smaller than the us. second of all, i just made that point b/c every derren video i've seen there has been at least one person claiming how the UK is so much better than the US. it's not - ultimately britain is no better off than the united states. get over yourself.

[happypeanut11]

fair enough, no hard feelings. i just get pissed off when people start slagging off my country. i know we're smaller, but essentially we founded you, you are, like it or not, our offspring. respect your elders!

[wazzup9918]

You're wrong. US GDP per capa has always been 10-15k higher per person than the UK, the UK is only slightly better than the US with greenhouse gasses, and you get way less waiting time and much better doctors in a private healthcare system where the standards for a doctor is much, much higher b/c they make much more money... As for Iraq, I guess you would rather Saddam... lol...

[happypeanut11]

Since when does the average pay of a doctor have and correlation to their standard? They all go through similar if not the same training. I would also like so say that whilst I personally agree with the Iraq war, Saddam Hussein was a shit that needed wiping up, popular opinion would swing otherwise, in the UK anyway...

[Enochian13]

OK, I understand misderection is very powerful, but c'mon, how do you not register the difference between a white guy and a black guy?

[pcsbear]

The same cognitive-illusion phenomenon is demonstrated in the Youtube video entitled "colour changing card trick". I recommend you do a search and watch it.  You may be surprised.

[woutertron]

They must have tried that last one a couple times over, at least. The woman was probably feeling incredibly confused, but I think since she's processing information at the same time, she's more confused about the map than she is about the person holding it. If that makes sense at all.

[saved2play]

The last one was the best. I would probably get fooled by every one but the last. That Derren Brown loves to push the envelope.

[gothicblonde]

Hoe handsome is this man? =)

Fabby!

Hes amazing!

Hes my god! ^_^

xxxxxxxxx

[markduff]

your his god.

[zxxinyoface]

haha, i was fooled just now with teh first switch

[Schroeder182]

fantastic!

[xxjunkyxx]

ooo shiet!!! how did the last one not fool them!!!

[ProDeoSolus]

nice. ingenious.