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  • I used to be able to do that... Then I took an arrow to the chest...

  • Why are english people judging american's talent.

  • boobs~!

  • what is your fuck off

  • How do they switch that fast?

  • Charlotte Pendragon its a milf

  • I have to agree with the comments, they are established Illusionists and shouldn't need to prove them in front of these 3 'judges', this Illusion is amazing, but they perform it as they would in their show, but here there's no background, the audience hasn't been warmed up, the whole atmosphere around the illusion is lost, to me it's pulled a little bit out of context, but still, great job Charlotte & Jonathan!

  • Pendragon is the family name of the brittish royal family proper heirs.

  • FWIW, the Pendragons were seeking a divorce as of last year and he was forbidden to be in contact with his wife for at least five years after he fired a gun at her during a heated argument. Very, very sad story. I saw them on the original World's Greatest Magic special back in 1994. Don't know why on earth they were on AGT given their reputation, unless they had somehow fallen on harder times and couldn't get a contract.

  • too bad he will never win cause them stupid americans always vote 4 musicians #WTF

  • I saw her live at this theatre in CA like a week ago with my grandma. It was awesome

  • this is so stupid.. the back of the box can be opened and the bag is opened from the bottom ... >_>"

  • Since when does Sharon Osbourne have the right to judge people who actually have talent?

    I've done this trick before in casual shows, but I can't imagine doing it with this kind of speed

  • mrs pendragon is fine

  • Having seen Jonathan and Charlotte do their legendary "Metamorphosis" routine in the '80s - and knowing them to be one of the FOREMOST magic acts in the world - I couldn't understand WHY they elected to do AGT.

    I was relieved when they gave a PERFECT rendition of Metamorphosis - but what the...?

    Turns out that after a brilliant '90s, they have had a rough '00s - a professional injury to Jonathan, then a shooting incident - followed by him doing 8 months in JAIL.

    And NOW...?

  • did she died?

  • i hate magic, every time i see it i always wanna figure out how they do it :(

  • They got some publicity. Jonathan said it himself "There to prove that I'm alive" and there ya go.

  • She's hawt. 

  • WOW.

  • This is ridiculous. What were they thinking about, appearing on this? Are they that strapped for cash? They look old and tired, and if that wasn't enough, they are performing one of their most famous illusions, nowhere near as fast or slick as it once was. It's undignified. As an amateur magician and fan of magic, I am really saddened to see such a great act reduced to this.

  • she looks like meg ryan lol

    

  • hahaha. 2:21 wtf

  • the way this trick was done was so obvious i could do this with no practice at all

  • really weird that they still have to join this program.

    They already were icons in the magic world!

  • WHAT THE HELL?!

  • can you go out the back of the box?

  • WHAT HAPPENED?! I BLINKED! *-*

  • i dont understand this! the pendragons dont need this pseudo validation. they've been doing this for a verrrrryyyyy long time,

    dont they hold the record for quickest Metamorphosis?

  • Would have been more amazing if I didn't know how to do it.

  • what's the song

  • Wait what??

  • @jeanfrancoisvachon Charlotte Pendragon is not Jonathon's assistant. She has rightfully earned the title of a full magician on her own right.

  • @GhostPirate6 sorry i will change the info!

  • @jeanfrancoisvachon And that should also say, "his wife".

  • @GhostPirate6

    She is rightly regarded as a magician in her own right. Anyone who can pull off probably the fastest metamorphosis in the business is highly skilled

  • @hermankatnip Last I heard Jonathon was arrested and now Charlotte is performing as a solo act.

  • People are saying that the Pendragons shouldn't have been on the show because they are established illusionists/magicians. But are David and Dania and Kevin James.

  • could not agree anymore myoldreteacher

  • Their version is still the greatest

  • goshhhh.........

  • why the fuck is the old lady almost naked?

  • MICHAEL JACKSON'S WIFE

  • Thats super easy to figure out! 

  • @trsracer57 ok tell me how

  • shes wearin an awesome outfit

  • dont you all just nonsense here , this trick 1-2 second to switch is really impossible , know the secret is useless , and feel very sad you all just explain the secret here , very poor

  • wtf that is the crtazist shit ive ever seen and its impossible wtf omg

  • that wasnt just obvious you can see the lids trapdoor it is simply open top trap door then they switch weakness

  • @mrattaintruefreedom Yeah, but are you surely sure? No one can assume us of that!

  • i got a magic tressure and it got a hole in the back dats how they did it

  • they shouldn't have been allowed to compete...since they are professional and already have appeared on World's Greatest Magic...but maybe that's why they didn't move on from the second round...because the producers realized their huge mistake!

  • david always wears that jacket l0l

  • that was sooo cool! awesome effect

  • thereis a hole at the top and then the tv people speeded it up a retard can figure it out and its also common sense people use ur brain for once

  • @locochic123 I am a magician and know this effect. You are so incredibly wrong it's not funny.

  • @locochic123

    Please have my babies !!!!!

  • the back of the box or whatever it is called is open. but thumbs up for the speed!!

  • what the....

  • hahahahah 2:22

  • she stood on top of the chess and i was like well i know the top has to open,....... then i was like #WTF WHERE SHE GO

  • Well...Charlotte is a lot sexier now than she was back in the days! =O

  • Trap door at the back of the chest, and the bag he wrapped in had another opening at the bottom of it. it's easy to understand how it was done, but it was still executed very well

  • @bigbengamer I assure you, no trapdoors on the back. Anyone getting out would be seen from spectators on the exrteme sides. =)

  • @RiddickTheKiller I assure you, I've seen this trick hundreds of times over. I know exactly how they do it.

  • @bigbengamer I perform it hundreds of times every year. I assure you, I know how to do it.

  • @RiddickTheKiller in the back of the box she didnt tighten the bag dumb dumb

  • someone knows the music while presentation?

  • dam that was sick, i like the girl

  • Jonathan Pendragon ( Real name Claude Yarborough) WENT TO JAIL APRIL13 2010 ON for assaulting her! He was convicted on two felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon and spousal abuse!

    He was arrested at gunpoint in San Luis Obispo, California, on charges of assaulting his wife and performing partner, Charlotte, featured in this video clip with a deadly weapon, spousal abuse, terrorist threats and firing a weapon in an inhabited dwelling.!!!

  • thats easy i figured it out by watching

  • I agree with Flec, enjoy it attempt to not question it and be blown away without the want or need to analyze every little thing. Afterall why does the sun shine or the wind blow, most of us don't question that we simply sit back and enjoy it.

  • What on earth are The Pendragons doing on AGT, and what are they doing subjecting themselves to the critique of these three 'judges'? They are established illusionists who have been performing quality magic tricks for years, and certainly do not need to prove themselves on any 'talent show' such as this.

  • they aren't, maybe they wanted the cash prize?

  • @myoldreteacher maybe they want to get famous or win the money that you get form wining the show, wouldn't you?

  • @pablow2310 - They already are famous, and are internationally renowned illusionists! Maybe you're right, and they are looking for the money or wider exposure for their act, but it's an odd thing to see them on this show, and being 'judged'!!!

  • @myoldreteacher

    I second That .. True :))

  • @myoldreteacher

    America's got talent only wants singers. the voters are uber biased and really stupid -___-

    Even at Jeffrey Ou's piano, more than half his song was vocal cut because one of the girls kicked off the chord.

    But what about the audience? It was totally unfair.

    This show is just stupid -___-

  • @myoldreteacher This is true for a number of the acts that make it to the stage. What they're doing, there, is hoping for a chance with some instant exposure and the chance for a prize that the vast majority of acts in existence never come close to achieving on their own because, quite simply, there are thousands of people doing what they do, and thousands of other types of equally enthralling acts in existence. AGT may be just another reality show, but it gives people another chance to make it.

  • @myoldreteacher I'm delighted to give you your 100th Thumbs Up for that comment.

    Couldn't agree more.

    I've never been much of a fan of the wavy-arms, grand-illusion style of magic myself, but this is a cracking illusion performed perfectly by absolute masters. There's no way this belongs on AGT. They are better than that.

  • I saw them 30 years ago and it is still SO INCREDIBLE.. Thank you.

  • could the back of the box be open

  • We can all sit here and say how its done, but it's still amazing to watch.

    There may be a trap door, there may be mirrors, they may even be an elephant for all I care.....but the speed of it all is the most impressive thing.

    Accept how good it is, and enjoy it...don't ruin it for the the people who don't know, and don't want to know.

  • @flec321 you can see it was a trap door in the box at the top.

  • @flec321 lol I still don't know how it's done... how is it done ? :P

  • The bag is the easiest part. You don't see the bottom of the bag so for all we know its just a sheet. With the clothes she's going a layer down so her outside outfit would be rip-off velcro like strippers have meaning getting back in the bag and changing clothes takes no time at all.

    Hardest part is the switch but as others have said it would be a trapdoor on the top since as you can see they both position their feet to the side of the trapdoor (on the black part).

    simple but well executed.

  • @emily1997ish you fool....she's supposed to be in a different outfit, it's an extra bit of 'magic' they add to the routine!

  • sweet fucking jesos

  • Estes ilusionistas são demais.

  • wow thats amazing.

    and they also have an awesome last name.

  • I feel sorry for the other magicians on this contest. Imagine turning up to the auditions and finding the Pendragons are competing. You'd be tempted to pack your bags straight away

  • Yeah the Pendragons were actually already super uber famous in the magic world =D

  • even though the secret in revealed-they did an amazing job

    I have never seen such a speed before

    I first i was thinking that this is fake-coz thereis NO WAY the can change in smth like 0,3 seconds

    thats just overthrows all theorys about physixs and mathmatical analysis

    Conclusion-he is a real magician

  • Well said, KNIGHTCleric! Hell, knowing how that trick is done makes it even MORE amazing, because it simply is not possible to do it that fast -- and that well. I've never seen a better executed illusion in my 60+ years.

    And his missus has a superb figure for a girl her age. Actually, she has a superb figure for a girl half her age!

  • lol what if she came out of the box naked on accident

  • From where Jerry Springer is standing backstage can't he see how it's done?

  • The secret is in the mailbox. Just ask Charlette.

  • u notice her cloths changed hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

  • Claud is Myth.

  • noo.. NOO.. NOO!!?! The fact that did they were fast supports how professional they are, but of course the camera angle was never able to show to the back of the box, so it still leaves a mystery on how it was done.

  • i think he should show the people if that box is open from the back

  • I love how Jonathan is after the switch. Like it was nothing. Just standing, fixing his sleeves.

  • very old Houdiny's illusion

  • It is, but the Pendragons easily the do it best. They hold the record for the fastest version.

  • ujtryfyjrdydejrfkumUHDASKR%#I@­#*($G

    thats because i am speechless

  • i didnt kno famous people could come on here...lol

  • I totally agree

  • there's a door on the top of the chest and behind it, in the beginning the guy climbs out back, and when she goes on top of it, she falls through the hole on top (which can close ofcourse) in that same second the guy jumps from behind the chest on top of it and grabs hold of those curtan thingies. im not a illusionist, but this is pretty basic stuff to figure out, hehe.

  • u can clearly see he goes on top while she holds out the curtain a sec, and when he throws it away u can see him standing at the very back of the chest, to avoid standing on the hole :D

  • I think you have seen the invisible. I can't see him standing at the back, and by the way, it's not necessary.

  • Haha... I personally know how this is done. And honestly, you aren't even close.

  • No, certanly you are not illusionist, thank god. But I know perfectly what you are. We don't need to know how "clever" you are.

  • WOW! Great

  • theres obviously a hole in the back...

  • coming from an professional illusionist,  please don't reveal illusions especially when u don't know how they are done

  • Don't try to reveal tricks, specially when you don't have even a far idea of how it's done. Obviusly there's no hole in the back-

  • WOW Claude Yarbrough looks like he went through a lot in the last 8 years! Poor guy! still good to see these vegas performers still doing their thing. keep it up!

  • I can see George the giant at [[0:08]]

  • haha a masterful one.

  • I know how! ,, Its a back door, And its a opening in the bag,, So when she take the black thing over here

    The man going trough shes legs, and he hold the black thing

    And she throw it up and she jump down,, and he still staying there, Hope this help = P

  • I've seen that trick 100 fucking times and I still have no fucking idea how its done. trap door in the back maybe?

  • wow, how? :O

  • the box has trap door on top and when the chick raises up the curtain, the dude simply just climbs up and the chick jumps down into the box.

    they gotta be fast and the timing has to be right. the rope that they to use to tie the bag is fake and the lock and the sword doesnt interfere with the act at all

  • Err.. then how does the girl/guy stand on the box when it's a trap door? -.-

  • the trap door is in the back of the box, the giant bag is glued to the back edges so she really walks into the bag.. lol but it looks like the bag has no hole in it, which it does

  • the first 'magicians' to go through! (In Chicago)

  • What is the song playing throughout during this video?

  • famous people are allowed to adution for this show?

  • Yeah, I thought anyone was allowed...

  • magicboyb and peepers60 in ten years they don't remember siegfried and roy anymore, that the jury never heard of the pendragongs says more about their future..

  • A few things first what makes me laugh is that the juges have no idear who they are. Second I love that they still have it. therd it was very funny when piers said we will see you in vagas as if it was a big thing for them. therd i think they will defanatley win comining there talent with the story they have i place my bets. Cant wait to see what comes next

  • are they in the finals?

  • people like these, talented as they are, are not what these talent shows are about. They were very well known worldwide and these shows should be about everyday people

  • the show actually recruits them. I'm a magician and I have a friend that was asked to be on the show. Yes there are alot of walk-on performers, but the show seeks out talented people, that aren't incredably well-known, to assure that the show will in fact be entertaining. When I say "not well-known," I mean to the average american, not magician. Because I can assure you that EVERY magician knows who the pendragons are lol

  • how the hell they didnt know who they were?? they were very famous they won awards,an world record(fastest metarmophosis) tv shows etc are these judges fucking stupid or what? how can they judge talent if they didnt know nothing about one of the best ilusionists (and his wife also a magician)ever!  this pisses me off!!

  • Sooo funny!! This Video was just on TV in the UK as being the second show of a NEW Series of America's Got Talent 2009. Whahaha..

  • :) :) :)

  • Michael Douglas's brother. No?

  • how the hell did they do that :S

  • I agree . Its sad that they have come to going on this show. They were fantactic (still are by the looks of this). Sad what happened to them.

  • why are there alwasys people who feel the need to explain how they think it's done, if you figured out nobody cares, stop trying to prove your smart, there are many people who know how all the trickts are done, they dont post a coment on every magic video on youtube explaining how it is done,

    We are all very impresed that you know how it is done, now just shut the fuck up

  • For God's Sake they hold the world record for the fastest time for this illusion. hahahah!!

  • there must be a hole at he bottom of that "bag" and a trap door on the lid of that box

  • he stole it from houdini

  • 2:25 she changed her suit "_"

  • Wow. This was really sad to see the Pendragons on America's Got Talent, especially because nobody knew who they were. Anyone who knows magic knows the Pendragons. They are incredible illusionists and incredible people (I've met them personally). I think they still hold the guiness world record for doing this illusion faster than anyone else. Good to see them doing what they love again. Hope to see them back in Vegas soon where they belong.

  • awaawaawoowa!! (Borat LOL)

  • Johnathan Is a very Nice person Got to Meet Him In our RIng meeting Ren Clark 15 IBM He Is a very Passionate Person Very Detailed with his Art He Is No Fly by night He Is truly One Of the BEST ..MAD PROPS 5STARS

  • The trick is that the box ( if u notice its surface ) it looks like solid metal but it aint .. The moment she raised the cloth he was standing behind her.. ofc it needs practise in order to make it that fast but easy to figure out.. Now the real trick would be when he opened the box none should be in it

  • This is a easy trick figure out. Notice the lock of the box. Black. Its black spent speciall rubber with a opening, you can see it at 2:20. The bag in the box is not a bag, just a "tube" shaped blanket.

  • i think the trick is behind the box

  • Gimmick. The box has a door in the back. After the guy was locked in the box, he could get out the box behind just make sure not to be seen. Then he prepare himself. The female did some flourishes around to give him time. Now, the female got to the top of the box and cover the WHOLE scene with the curtain, so the male can stand on it, just make sure not to be seen by the audience(he is now standing right next to the female). Then the rest is just simple process of reversing.

  • all know the secret, but magic is more that secret,,, is the timing, the art, the emotions, and history, the pendragons best.

    criss

  • ur explanation seems good but i have one query..if the man creeped out from the back door jerry could have spotted him?? the black curtain only covered the front area

  • Yes, but they didn't spoil it or no one else will keep watching it LOL

    Just like Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal, the way he leaned forward. Simple, by hooks, but the recorders and the backstage workers don't go to the camera and spoil his trick, so they can make money and keep the customers in interest in it so they would watch it over and over.

  • That is cool Paul but no one not only does not give a shit but this is for entertainment purposes no one wants to read a boring dumb ass rant like that.

  • Lol then don't read it?

  • And sorry, I don't give a shit about what you think, nor "YOUR ASSUMPTION" of what others think. I am just providing informations on how simple magics are performed and to whomever is eager to know the secret.

  • Well then why be so critical in your comment?

    Your whole entire comment is critical. Not only that half the crap you said was not even right.

  • Well then why are you so critical at my comments? And if you think there are mistakes then say it.

  • Give me a break.

  • Sure.

  • might have been a hole at the back of the box ._.

  • er the back of the box's open...

  • no way on 1.57 shes throwing it up on 1.58 hes on top of the box, even if it is open they couldnt change that fast

  • i'm a magician and i know how this trick is done, and is a very special metod whith no hoeles in the back, in fact in the normal presentation of this trik the magician calls an espectator to chek the box.

    this trick is a clasic of houdini.

    PD:(sorry for my english)

  • arn't the Pendragons professionals anyway, and shouldn't be on the show, they are great, but they have been on tv for over 30 years, cmon let the new blood have a shot

  • i love this guy no risk no fun thats kinda like my modo its...wats life withourt a riski hahahah comment me if u like :D:D

  • how do u do this?

  • i wanna go on stage. and fart on the mike hahaahahahah

  • im not sure but, the woman is wearing black at the begining and then red and the end, not sure if that has anything to do with how the trick was done or anything, just a thought xD