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  • the first cone would have done it for me

  • @twacar actually, he says "which hand do you think it's under" to which she replied "left" and he collapsed the right hand.

  • @sirbobby38rs well yaaaa if she thinks it's under her left hand then she doesnt think it's under her right...no he's gonna crush that one.. duuhh

  • i honestly wish amy was around during this time. that would be hilarious to see amy experience this trick lol

  • @keleic OMGYES

  • just think one small teeny tiny little mishap and ellen wouldnt be here with us today lol

  • Its probably pre-planned before the show. All for show business.

  • a magnet braclet or smth like this on his hand why you think is this cool jacket

  • 1:46 how could he see where that cone was then?

  • I'm not to sure how he knew which one it was in, could of been a magnet or something, but Ellen was obviously in it... When he says..."you are genuinely sweating aren't you?" he takes his arm, around her body, and taps her left arm... Obviously a signal to her that it is in the left cup...

  • the spike is a rare earth magnet and he is wearing a ring made out of rare earth magnet, he can feel the puk of the magnets, maybe.....i guess......and if thats not how he dose it.....i am a jenious 0_0

  • she is soo adorable!!

  • Probably one of the best tricks ever shown on Ellen...

  • he knows where the spike is. Because when there's only 2 cups -- he asks where do you think ellen? left or right. Ellen says left -- he's like well ok, you think it's on the left side (then he goes for the right cup). If ellen had said right, he would have gone to the right too. But this time he'd be like...ok you said right....so im going to crush the right cup....

  • @votefan He was talking about her left and right...so she said left, it was to her left, the viewers right

  • @votefan I'm with you on this one. Ellen clearly says her left. He clearly goes to her right. So it was pre-planned. Still fun to watch though.

  • @twacar Correction, she actually says she thinks the spike is under her left hand which is why he went for her right.

  • @votefan u are making no sense!!!!

  • It would be easy enough to know which one the spike was on by memorizing the wood grain, but I don't know how he psyched her into guessing the right (left) one.

  • @electrostatic1 ....he uses the power of suggestibility. He clearly knows where the spike is, but she somehow convinces Ellen to choose the correct cup by maybe shaking her "wrong" hand, so, Ellen's mind is convinced that there is danger beneath the shaking hand

  • @trenpatcht how would he no where the spike is? He didn't touch them?

  • she said left but that was her right hand

  • @WeirdGlow She said the spike was under her left, so he pushed on her right.

  • how did he do it?

  • that was fricking awesome!

  • Luckiest man alive!!! He would have been tarred and feathered if he didn't guess correctly!!

  • lve seen this trick go wrong on a knife , its better for him to use his own hands .. then have to regret a mistake like that lol

  • I would've shitted my paints

  • hahaha, awesome trick. i'm not sure exactly how it's done but i have a guess. people underestimate the extent magicians will go to make something appear magical.

    -first he tells her to mix it. (that means nothing, she's legitimately mixing it)

    -then he mixes it, with a very sensitive touch and a lot of practice he can tell by weight and how hard it is to move, which one is the spike.

    -then she mixes it, and while blindfolded he listens for where the spiked cup is being moved.

    crazy but due able

  • Justin Piñon seach him he is better

  • He prob has a magnet that detects metal and so he knows, then he hints to Ellen which one is the one with the metal stick.

  • I actully dont get this, wtf!

  • i don't understand this.

    someone explain...

  • at 1:34 ellen is like why the fuck did you do that man? lol

  • lol i was gunna say under my right hand!! lol tht wouldve hurt!!! :((

  • I think he should use his own hand on a trick like that. As you can see by doing a quick search, the old spike-under-the-cup trick often results in a stabbed hand.

  • you can see when it comes down to the last two cones that he is wiggling his index finger on her left hand

  • This is a pretty risky thing to do. There have been cases when the magician has messed up. Just, in this case, he could definitely expect to be sued for a million dollars!

  • So.... Ellen said left hand, but he crushes the right cone....?

  • @TheEdomingo1 he asked which one she thought the spike was under and she said left hand so he smooshed the right cone

  • @TheEdomingo1 yeah, the point wasn't for her to get a wood-thing through her hand, now was it?

  • @TheEdomingo1 He was asking which hand was the needle under. She said left so that means that the needle isnt on the right... then proceeds to crush the right cone. Get it? Pretty cool I think!

  • This trick IS truely dangerous.

    I've performed my own version of this trick many times. I was able to get my tutor in magic to create me a spike for this trick; Even he highly advised me against performing it though.

    He DOES work out where it is.. but it does not involve looking or touching the cups

  • he couldn't have felt for pulse because ellen didn't know which one it was

    the weight of the spike didn't have to do with anything because ellen mixed them up an extra time at the end

    he was able to see through his blindfold, but only the lower portion. When ellen looked through the blindfold, she looked through the middle portion. When he chose which cup to crush, he looked down through the part of the blindfold that he was able to see through (he probably had some not obvious indicator)

  • @constellation96 I'd say it's a lot faker than that. If Ellen really didn't know which it was she would be shitting her pants instead of smiling.

  • @mrkiky She doesn't know where the spike is, and from experience (as the magician) her reaction is pretty common actually.

  • @DannyJosephMagic Well anyway, it isn't anything about reading her as she doesn't know where it is. So there's probably an indicator on one of the coasters. So it's not really mentalism, but a magic gimmick.

  • Imagine he makes a mistake hahahahahaha

  • @Crimewave9

    That would not be hahaha that would be OMG A SPIKE JUST WENT THROUGH ELLEN'S HAND!!!

  • @softfishy it's happened before I'm afraid. (obv' not to ellen.. the videos however -are- actually on youtube.)

  • @DannyJosephMagic

    I know, poor people :(

  • Ellen has a brilliant 'I-Hate-You' face.

  • Oh mah gawd! It's not her left hand he shoves down at the end! It's her right! It's a trap!

  • I've seen a clip wheree this actually went wrong...It was bad. the spike went through the hand of the Mentalist. Not that one though...

  • love keith barry!

  • What is this trick called?

  • Keith Barry?

    

  • @SuperPickleyBones yup hes amazing

  • I wanna know how he did that!!

  • holly shit i would not trust him....go ellen

  • kieth barry:) i love youu so much your amazing , im so hapy your irish cause i am too :D iloveyouu kieth:) you actually unreaal:)

  • /watch?v=oaUXxadeo4c&feature=r­elated

    

  • Keith barry is so sexy.

  • @ASpadedAce The "feeling for a pulse" is part of his narrative to throw people off from the real method, its all part of his persona. All his tricks are planned and pre-arranged. He just does tired old tricks that look new to you. You don't actually believe he reads people any more than any other parlor trick magician telling you they actually make a rabbit magically appear, do you? Ellen really trusted him? Really? They rehearsed that trick several times before tapping and you fell for it

  • for his next trick, he makes ellen briefly think she like men, it was amazing!

  • And that's Ellen when she's about to orgasm. Lol I love her.

  • LOL

  • Omfg!!!! I was scared for u Ellen!!!!

  • lol...she said "bye"

  • i would have peeed my paaants if i was in ellens place

  • @xoxoJGWS i would have done more than that... :) ;)

  • It's easy. THe spike weighs a lot so when he moves them he knows which one is heavier and avoids it.

  • @ashthegreat she moves them again afterwards, he doesnt touch them after that.

  • got part 2? xD

  • i about shit myself

  • Keith Barry

  • fuck yea keith barry

  • "I'm gonna volunteer andy" XD!!!

  • The Mentalist thing here is to get Ellen to chose right hat in the end :). At this point he said "You think it's under your left! You made all the decisions, Ellen" while in fact she had no idea what to do and not made her mind up yet.

    So he's taking away her decision, while assuring here she "MADE" all decisions, is a clever game. Makes you think you are in charge, while in fact you are not... because from the start he was the one to chose what hat Ellen had to try out :).

  • i just adore how ellen looks here, she has this cuteness to her. her hair and everything on this time is soooooooooooo hoooooooooooooot

  • What if he screwed up?

  • @OwlCityFan26 She'd lose her hand?

  • @OwlCityFan26 He has a trick, he wouldn't

  • @OwlCityFan26 even if he happened to screw up, then the spike would go through both of their hands, causing minimal pain, because when you think about it, there is not much in your hand.... bones, and a little muscle. so if it missed the bones, it probably wouldn't have been a big deal haha just a HUGE paparazzi explosion.

  • It's a trick anybody with enough money to buy the licensed secret and its routine, even from an online magician trick store can perform anywhere anytime with anyone. Good trick, great suspense, but no mentalism whatsoever involved and risk free. Exciting moments thou when it's performed. Love you Ellen!

  • Epic

  • The only reason why she said left because she did a monologue about left ..duh...

  • love ellen!

  • so now i know why the magician always get another person to do this

  • As soon as I caught onto what was going on, I so would not have gone through with that trick!

  • Keith Barry <3

  • it wouldve sucked if that shit was like SHENK!!! and went right though her hand that dudes career would be over

  • I shat myself honestly.

  • ellen is like ... uhhh

  • good, but why would you be able to nagivate to the top of the cups if you were blindfolded...

  • the one with the spike weighs more when he puts her hand on them the heavier coaster will be more sturdy and since she moved them so many times the weight difference becomes apparent she'd be more nervous over the heavier one giving away its location, he also moved them himself to verify in case she didn't move them the last time, he picked a coaster at random if the first one was the one with the spike he would just move along and ask her again building the suspense

  • @gettavid I don't think he has absolutely no idea, but I don't think it's a failproofway either. What if she tries to pull her hand away, and it accidentally lands on another cup?

  • im sure it had something to do with magnets...like the spike being magnetic....but i really dont know....

  • yes, the coaster with the metal spike will weight differently, but remember ellen was the last person who mixed it up (and the last person to touch it before her hands pressed down) , so therefore it would have been impossible for him to judge.

    he COULD have done some other trick to identify the spike (e.g. nudging the coaster) but thats just my opinion

  • ellen's face for the first cup is priceless!

  • It's not too difficult to figure out. The coaster with the metal bit will have a different weight from all the others so when he mixes them up, he'll know which one it is. He moves three, so if one of them feels different, then he knows that it's the one with the metal bit. If they all feel the same, then the one that he didn't move will be the one with the metal bit.

  • i like how she screamed even if there was no spike. by the way, shouldnt that guy be risking his own hand?

  • Well, there is not doubt about that the Mentalist knows where it is from the beginning. At the last two cups Ellen says "Left" - but it is really her right hand he presses down. Was I the only one who noticed that? :)

  • @heidi1988dk uh.. you are retarded.. ellen says she thinks its underneath her left hand so the guy pushed down the right hand... it makes sense...

  • @heidi1988dk  she said she thinks its under her left so he pressed her right

  • I'm a Magician by Trade, i do mostly Kid's Shows and Restaurants. Last year I bought the Close Up version of this Trick. That one can't be done Blindfolded. I know how this is done but I can't give details. Only to say this, He knew where the spike was the whole time. He wouldn't risk it if he didn't.

  • @drscrubbles

    yea i knew theres no such thing as magic. That is what you tell the kids, right? that you do it by tricks?

  • Its a much more intense with a bullet, and you dont have to spend as much time mixing cones up.

  • i would never do this! dont feel like having 1 hand only :)

  • ohmygosh that is so cool

  • i don't think she really likes him that much X) lol!

  • when he moved them he probably felt the weight of the spike

  • @WeatherHunter But ellen was the last one to move them.

  • I so thought this was gonna be Simon Baker lol

    :(

  • haha... that sucks.... and i kow there is some show somewhere with the same trick and the dude actually did f*ck up and the nail went right all the way through his hand...

  • When she screamed at 2.01 it sounded just like Dory :D

  • @MissFroggy86 She IS the voice of Dory! lol

  • when they zoom in on the spike at the end you can see how much her hand is shaking.

  • IM gonna volenteer andy! lol shes so funny

  • do it with your own hands asshole!

  • LMAO "No,No,No,NO...AHHHHH"

  • There's another trick like this on YouTube, but it got fucked up and the person accidently stabbed their hand.

  • @Bladen12345 thats cause the person moved her hand onto the wrong one

  • AARRHHH what if she chose right?! That was sooo cool.

  • @shortysk8er266 he knew where it was so if she said right he wouldve gone ok well get rid of the left

  • just saying

    but at 0:33 you can see a bit of the last cone on the right, isn't it so weird that he moves the rightside of his jacket up a bit right after

  • Maybe he's wearing a magnetic ring so he can figure out where the spike is? Just a thought.

  • I dont think she knew cuz at 2:40 when you look at her hand it's really shaking :D

  • I know how to do that trick

  • @dman15333 then EMAIL ME.... hehe

  • lol I doubt he was ever on the show again

  • He was probably like OH THANK GOD THAT WORKED!!!

  • Even though I know he made it this still scares the living crap out of me

  • i think the producers gave her a nod on the ones that were okay...they saw where it was from the cameras

  • @Car1yle It wouldn't matter, she didn't have control of her hands, he did.

  • @Car1yle oooohhh yeah, i bet, but even then i would be worried

  • 1:36 Her face was "I cannot believe you just did that!"

  • scary... ^^

  • Hes got a magnet attached 2 his wrist or finger which can detect the steel nail. Criss Angel used 2 do this too. Its an old trick.

  • @rforracing

    but cool :)

    maybe ellen knows to.. i dont think that she would let him take those risks with her hand.. xD

  • bull shit, the cone with the blade was just heavier =.=

  • @ozitzelav77 this would be a valid point... if he didn't turn around and let helen mix up last with blindfold on... how is he supposed to know which one was the heavy one?

  • i think when he moved the cones around, he could feel that one of them were a bit heavier.

  • Doing this trick with the hand _of_the_spectator_ is really stupid !!! Magicians somtimes fali, and when they do, I strongly believe they should be the one who suffer from the consequences -not a trusting spectator !!!

    I strongly believe that, whatever the performance, spectators should NEVER be put at risk !!!

  • I love the "OH NO YOU DIDN'T!" look she gives him after the first cone. lololollolol! xD

  • 1:41 she's thinking "you're crazy"

  • Of course he knew where the spike was. It's impressive on how he knew which one had the spike.

  • She was freakiing out! 'HAISHUAISHIAHSIA

  • He prolly had some magnet in his hand so he could feel the pull.

  • @slouder42 Ellen wasn't married to Portia at the time

  • man i would of pissed my pants if that was me

  • holy shit

  • He knows where the spike is. She said its under her left and he says you made all the decisions ellen, and the pushes her left hand? I she made the decision, why would he push it down?

  • @tyler121515 that was her right hand he pushed. If she faced us, and it was the audience's left, it was her right.

  • @tyler121515 he pushed her right hand....

  • how does he do it?

  • lol this is hilarious!!!!

  • i wouldt hav done it id b 2 scard

  • I don't know how... but is there a possibilities of magnets or something here?.?

  • @Naruava oddly enough i think he has a magenet embeded in hes hand.i know it sounds silly..but how does he get ellen to make all the decisions?thats the odd part

  • haha class keith barry!!!

  • I screw up with this one in 2009.12.18

    I from that moment I have a phobia to this trick!

  • people screw up on this so much and get stabbed ellen shouldn't have done it