Derren Brown Evening Of Wonders (5/8)

Recorded performance of Derren Brown's stage show "Evening of Wonders"

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[blairmonte]

It is an ideomotor reaction. He begins with a classic suggestibility test; the Chevreul Pendulum. Those four of the ten who react strongest and quickest are isolated and used for the table-turning effect. There is little friction between table and floor which means the sum of the member's minute ideomotor responses will easily break the coefficient and send the table in the suggested direction. Ouija boards are based off the same principle. Look up the Chevreul Pendulum and try it at home.

[hermanessences]

"Sadly not anymore", lol :D

[noname311298]

can someone explain the flying table trick?

[tarrizzzzzzzzz]

@blairmonte Probably :p the flying table still puzzles me, though...

[MegaMagicman20]

that was one of the best table flot routines with the cloath iv ever seen! he did it better then the guy that makes them!

[bschmittBR]

Dear Zeus, that was the most amazing coincidence. The name of my maternal grandfather is 'Vicente', which is portuguese for Vincent. I thought that if I happened to be on the stage I would've written Vincent, because it'd be a fair adaptation considering the english speaking context. This number was absolutely fantastic for me.

[themagicfreak4]

@LelouchOfBritannia its wood, i have one

[firewoodforall]

magnets

[matt3756]

dude with the binoculars at 5:26 lmao

[dominickkk5]

@silent99dude99 yes, i agree. it's a sort of variation on the classic 'zombie ball' effect.  not sure how he manages the hand on top bit.

[silent99dude99]

@Llynok Yeah except the 3 or more times where his hands are on top, or not touching the table....at which point enters the WTF factor...

[Llynok]

@buckckck Derren has a hold on a firm extension to the table through the cloth. You'll notice that the cloth is much more on his side, that is, there is more of it on the side he's on. At 4:22 he's reaching for the cloth, and you can see his right hand pass along side it, along a rigid part in the cloth. Just before that, he points at Jon to direct audience attention at him. Once Derren has a firm grip, attention comes back to him. His right hand doesn't leave the table until 5:14.