The online equivalent is scrolling down before the video is even finished to already engage in the comments section. ...Yes, the young American attention-span is abysmal.
@@1Thunderfire Good point; it's highly likely a generational thing, with people under 30 having virtually no patience anymore. There's ADHD; and then there's the Gen Z attention-span.
I've been taking a magic class for the last three months and this could not be a more accurate representation of my little brother vs my aunt reacting to me doing illusions for them
@@FortressofTrees That would have been me and my grandma when I was a kid. She always pretends to be amazed at anything anyone does and I was always the skeptical one.
I love watching magic on TV because there’s no way to fake it. Unless they use editing, special effects, and paid actors. But I’m sure they wouldn’t do that.
@@r3dd3v1lL Given that Jon's comment is clearly intended sarcastically, despite the deadpan delivery, I can't tell if you've failed to get the joke or are going for some next-level meta-sarcasm. I'm going to assume the latter, just because I want it to be the case. 🤣
Reminds me of Derren Brown's Russian roulette TV special when one of the tabloids ran a headline the following day saying that it had been faked, because obviously an illusionist doing a television show featuring firearms would actually run the risk of shooting himself dead.
Just yesterday I was thinking with my son did famous TH-cam content creators use private account to comment on other videos on YT. Now I have my answer :)
*THIS IS THE TRUEST THING EVER* When David Blane did the not eating whilst sitting in a glass box the Americans arrived in droves every day to cheer him. When he did it in London people flew Big Macs around him hanging from drones...
Living in a city that gets a lot of tourists in the summer, I think many people would stand there and stare. And then ask each other stupid questions, loud enough for everyone to hear. Not just the crowd around the street performer.
@@hoarder1919Reading my comment now, I don't even understand what I was trying to say at the time. Probably just being another idiot on the internet. But not an american one I'm afraid.
I love how Alasdair did his research on magic tricks, most pepole would have just edited some bs but he actually did a back palm and a dl I am genuinely suprised and delighted by that (although I am not American) but I am a nerdy person that likes to pretend to have magical powers to entertain people
Hello, I am one of the gullible people who will drop their jaw, shriek "Oooh", and be utterly mystified by your simplest tricks. Thanks for freaking my mind 😁
@@Littletime839 doing that with a computer may be harder to do than actually take time to learn the trick. People seem to think that computers are machines where you press a button and everything you want is done. No, it's still a lot of work for even basic effects.
This made me think of a friend telling me that when they were working in a home for the elderly there was a commercial or something where they threw fire balls, and this old lady was like "It's amazing what technology can do these days" to which he replied, "Yes, editing is pretty amazing these days" and she frowned at him, "I meant allowing people to throw fire from their hands!" During her lifetime technology had done so much mindboggling shit, that people being able to launch fireballs was really just next down the line. Editing was not wher her mind went.
When I was a kid, small handheld transistor radios were a thing. People would play music very loud over the incredibly tiny tinny speakers. Nowadays those transistor radios are a thing of the past, fortunately. Now people play music very loud over incredibly tiny speakers of their phone. But I really groaned when some kids remarked, after watching a fragment from the original Alien (1979). "Whoa, look at the quality of that video! I didn't know they had FHD resolution back then"
ABK’s acting is phenomenal. With other people playing multiple sketch characters, you usually watch the same person rattling off different lines, sometimes with different accents. But here? He’s disappearing into these characters. Love it.
Thanks Alasdair Beckett-King, I was feeling kinda down in the dumps and this really cheered me up. And congratulations on the MtG sponsorship. WB is my favorite color combination
And here’s the Australian version: ABK: “Can I interest you in an illusion?” Australian: “Yeah, nah, you’re right mate.” (Keeps walking because the pub is about to open.)
@@feurigerStern I know Americans don't have the best of reputations for many reasons (same as us Brits really) but I do admire your general enthusiasm and can-do attitude.
I feel like Americans get undue hate because they talk too much and they're too loud (even though most of them mean well). Meanwhile, Canadians get the better reputation because people confuse being polite with being nice.
These tropes and behaviours are so accurately distilled, you should start maiking your own whiskey!! The last time I watched a street magic show on TV when in the States (probably David Blane or Chris Angel), the thing that always made me laugh was how the people would jump away and run in circles saying "omg, he's a witch! How is he doing that? OMG DUDE!) 😆
Lol American here, a lot of times the people are actors and they're told to be loud, excited, etc. because it makes the show interesting. Or honestly a lot of the people could've been drunk if it was a tourist hotspot. And most of the "(insert group here), doesn't know basic geography etc" street interviews are fake too. The film crew asks a lot of people questions until they find the few that really don't know the answers and they edit it to look like everyone they asked didn't know. Or they use actors too. Watched it happen in town one time. Crew asked everyone that walked by questions. The host was getting really angry when no one got them wrong.
@@thehappydragon9491 It seems to be endemic. I was recently watching some Family Feud episodes, and everyone always gets really excited and screams "Great Answer" no matter how utterly stupid the answer is. Over here if someone gave a dumb answer the mother or grandmother would give them a smack to the back of the head and call them a pillock 😂
@@adelucas4824 Lol, my grandma would've done the same and called me a dumbass😂 The audience of those game shows are prompted to applause and cheer by a sign. It's pretty interesting to see behind the scenes imo.
@@thehappydragon9491 You might not know this, but Americans are notoriously extremely enthusiastic and excitable compared to basically every other culture. That's why those paid actors act like that... they are acting the way Americans behave
This was so delightful and it's an ad?! Woah! Okay I enthused a bit as part of the joke even though I'm not American, but also genuinely your ads are always just as enjoyable as your regular vids which is really awesome.
John Hodgman once summed up _Mindfreak_ as "Criss Angel walks across a swimming pool while a bunch of gross people in Las Vegas freak out and swear." That was about right.
I am German, but I really like well made magic tricks. I mean, you could argue 'it's fake. Yeah? And? It's still an amazing show of incredible talent, training and effort. And that's the cool part.
@@robertnett9793 Absolutely. I respect the art, dedication and training and love this kind of stuff. I was just referring to my reaction to Mr. ABK uploading as throwing my coffee cup away and going "Oh my Gosh, yes! What is HAPPENING? Geez! No way!" 🤩 (quietly in my head, as is the German way aka zum Lachen in den Keller gehen)
Reminds me of when I was dressed as a Roman Emperor at a party and British street magician started doing his tricks whilst I got everyone drunk. I knew how he did his tricks but I acted like I was surprised all the same, hyping him up whilst declaring he would be Britain's chief druid with his sick druid magic. That guy was sick
"...as if it has a little bit of poo on it." I didn't expect that so soon from the beginning and it took me a moment to realize what he said, brilliant and yes, they do be doing that
I thought he meant less "it's a waste of the 2 quid you spent to buy a throwaway deck of cards" and more "it's a waste of all the plastic-coated paper that you can now just throw away". In terms of materials a pack of MTG cards is much less wasteful.
I gotta weird complement, but great work on the sponsor ad! Idk if you even get to have input, but it was on theme; thankfully brief (unlike my comment); and genuinely intriguing. “What’s the streets of New Capenna mean? Obscura family? That sounds cool and illusiony. Neat!” I haven’t even touched a magic card in ages, and you’ve piqued my interest. Well done, sir. If I forget to actually check into it, it’s because I lack object permanence.
This reminds me of when I went to Universal Studios, on that Ghost House place where they have staff dressed as ghosts that jump-out-and surprise-you-but-sort of-gentle-so you don’t have a heart attack. Up ahead I heard screaming, The “ghost” jumped out and I said “hi”. They just sort of awkwardly didn’t know what to do..
I got a friend that does a card trick where he does a series of dealings and shuffles, does a final dealing of cards arranged in a four by four grid, you slowly point to two at a time to remove until you have two left, with the final card you have stay being the one you picked. I know it's slight of hand, but I still have no idea the process behind it and he pulls it off incredibly well.
Hah! I used to baffle my mates all the time with a trick that sounds almost exactly like this. If you want to know the secret, I can tell you what to Google. But I won't spoil it unless you do!
ORORORORO!!! I spend half of my day sleeping! ORORORO!!! Then I sometimes get up and tell you that I am a famous content creatorORORORORO!!! Please don't sleep while driving, dear al
"And not so enthusiastic they have no sense of object permanence" is one of the best descriptions of an American audience I've ever come across ahahahah
I generally watch videos with captions on. (Sound levels change a lot in my work space, so I keep them on as default) I recommend you do too. I almost pissed myself.
I love your American accent. Most people imitating Americans either do a Southern drawl or a Midwestern nasal twang. I like that you did a kind of West Coast stoner voice. It fit the character well.
This is pretty accurate. As an American, I don’t think many of us are genuinely baffled by magic tricks, but cheerfully playing along is culturally required. I literally used “someone who shouts out how the magic trick is done” as an example of an insufferably rude person in conversation the other day.
YOOOO!! ABK got a MTG sponsorship!? that's rad as hell! I knew I picked a good time to start going to prereleases again with New Capenna, it was a sign haha
This skit is so good that I can't stop making [American Noises] of delight. I did, however, accidentally eat my gun in my excitement and will be needing a lift to the nearest privatized hospital.
I've seen enough English ghost hunting programs to know there are over excitable English women with no object permanence, but props for making me laugh at the American mad lad
I’m going to be saying “I saw nuffing mate” all day just like I did with “p-p-protomolecule?!” and “and no one else, sasa ke?”. How do you have such a high echolalia quotient in your writing! 😁
I wonder if I'd be good audience. My inner reaction to close up magic is same as the American dude's. I love it! I don't know why people say magic is boring or something, to me it's freaking impressive 👏 But I'm slightly on the spectrum so my expressions are pretty emotionless and I've been called a robot countless times (which is funny to me because if I were a robot, I should be able to count every single time someone's called me a robot). So I'd love and appreciate the magic act, but you couldn't tell... Yeah I'd be bad audience. I'll go practice smiling in case I ever get to see a magician in action!
I was watching a stage show at Disney once, and the waves of British calmness flowing off me were too much for the American woman sitting beside me, who turned to me and urged me to "Get Enthused!"
Only audience you need are the Canadians. Even if they can't be fooled completely, they will always portray polite bafflement.
Canadian here, can confirm
Yup, can also confirm. Source: l'm a politely baffled Canadian.
As a Canadian, I can verify this comment.
Until they see a baby seal, then they go absolutely berserk.
Sorry, but it's true. Sorry, sorry.
Derren Brown is from Croydon. He was stabbed over 96 times learning to perform street magic to the locals. A true British hero.
And that was just the people that knew him.
That is absolutely shocking. Truly unbelievable.
Only 96 times in Croydon?
That's why David Blaine loves the UK. He doesn't have to keep catching bullets in his teeth.
So…you’re saying 97 was the magic number?
I see what Lis did there.
so what did he learn
As an American I would like to say this is true but I got so excited I ran away before it was over.
It was overwhelming for me too but please come back
He does an even better trick next
The online equivalent is scrolling down before the video is even finished to already engage in the comments section.
...Yes, the young American attention-span is abysmal.
@@JanetStarChild As a young American, I agree.
@@JanetStarChild You think that's just Americans?
@@1Thunderfire
Good point; it's highly likely a generational thing, with people under 30 having virtually no patience anymore.
There's ADHD; and then there's the Gen Z attention-span.
“Well that’s the whole deck ruined.”
Yup.
That’s exactly what every card playing member in my household would say 😂
Why is your family carrying cards?
@@sergiowinter5383 That's a good answer.
Little bit of rubbing alcohol and it'll come right off right?
Card replacement service strikes again!
@@gnaskar Security.
I've been taking a magic class for the last three months and this could not be a more accurate representation of my little brother vs my aunt reacting to me doing illusions for them
I choose to believe your aunt is the one who is charmed and amazed, and your little brother is really grumpy about the ruined deck of cards.
@@FortressofTrees D@mn, beat me to it. I was going to ask how his little brother got that cynical.
@@FortressofTrees That would have been me and my grandma when I was a kid. She always pretends to be amazed at anything anyone does and I was always the skeptical one.
I fully believe it's the little brother who's the cynic. Kids are more observant than adults, so they'd oft see the slight of hand.
Aunts notoriously praise their niblings, even when they are not amused.
OK, did any of you guys know that ABK could do magic tricks? Because he's _actually doing the trick._ I'm impressed.
Nah, it was all CGI
You wouldn't by any chance happen to be American?
@@devanbrowne8706 LOL not at all. I just have a sufficient understanding of how to watch frame-by-frame xD
I saw nothing, mate.
It's just be'ind 'is 'and.
[American Noises]
[Red Tailed Hawk Cry]
((obsessive-compulsive singing of the national anthem))
Oh, jaw, gee.
Yup, that's somewhere here
I love watching magic on TV because there’s no way to fake it. Unless they use editing, special effects, and paid actors. But I’m sure they wouldn’t do that.
Watch Penn and Teller Fool Us. It's a great show.
@@r3dd3v1lL Given that Jon's comment is clearly intended sarcastically, despite the deadpan delivery, I can't tell if you've failed to get the joke or are going for some next-level meta-sarcasm.
I'm going to assume the latter, just because I want it to be the case. 🤣
Of course! People are not allowed to lie on TV 😂
Once upon a time they had magicians on the radio.
Reminds me of Derren Brown's Russian roulette TV special when one of the tabloids ran a headline the following day saying that it had been faked, because obviously an illusionist doing a television show featuring firearms would actually run the risk of shooting himself dead.
That is a sweet ass transition into a sponsored segment. Wow!
holy smokes it's not Otz
@@notaspider4084 relax, this is not otzdarva.
Just yesterday I was thinking with my son did famous TH-cam content creators use private account to comment on other videos on YT. Now I have my answer :)
The whole video was an ad actually, very well done but an ad nevertheless.
Hiiii, Otz!
In this episode of "Things ABK is better at than you" he will demonstrate how he casually knows sleight of hand tricks.
*THIS IS THE TRUEST THING EVER*
When David Blane did the not eating whilst sitting in a glass box the Americans arrived in droves every day to cheer him. When he did it in London people flew Big Macs around him hanging from drones...
Hahaha 😭
the "fans" in america were paid to be there. Had a friend made 500 bucks during that nonsense.
This is the single funniest thing I have heard so far this year.
I was never so proud to be British as when we, as a nation, came together and told David Blaine to stop fannying about.
@@OptimusSledge almost as marvelous as the 2012 Olympic show.
As a former stage magician and busker, can confirm this is pretty much how it goes down for real... Get out of my head ABK!!!
I'm an American and I'm not ashamed to admit you've got us nailed there.
Idk, I feel like Americans have been taking levels in Cynicism over the past couple of years.
@@Whitby_Abbeys_Ghost *sigh* Multi-classers....
@@Whitby_Abbeys_Ghost With our last two presidents, we will catch up soon...
@@Whitby_Abbeys_Ghost
Only the ones old enough to remember the previous century and lament on how disappointing the new one has been.
Living in a city that gets a lot of tourists in the summer, I think many people would stand there and stare. And then ask each other stupid questions, loud enough for everyone to hear. Not just the crowd around the street performer.
Wow, look at how he turned the ace of hearts in to the ace of spades.
Why aren't more people noticing this?!
@@ABeckettKing To be fair I only noticed it when you tweeted about it.
@@AzimovTube I feared as much, but allowed myself to dream.
@@ABeckettKing Look at that back palm! Did you actually learn it for the sketch?
his flatcap is just the beanie flattened sideways on top of his head 😂
Correct.
Whoah, those are some powers of observation! You must be some kind of magician!
@@nevermindthegermans6242 whoah, those are some powers of excitement. You must be some kind of American.
(just a joke mate, no offence 😃)
@@hoarder1919Reading my comment now, I don't even understand what I was trying to say at the time. Probably just being another idiot on the internet. But not an american one I'm afraid.
I love how Alasdair did his research on magic tricks, most pepole would have just edited some bs but he actually did a back palm and a dl
I am genuinely suprised and delighted by that (although I am not American) but I am a nerdy person that likes to pretend to have magical powers to entertain people
Hello, I am one of the gullible people who will drop their jaw, shriek "Oooh", and be utterly mystified by your simplest tricks. Thanks for freaking my mind 😁
It's all editing now int it they all do it now with computers don't they
He actually learned how to conjure flame in his hand, that's dedication.
And actually a good back palm. You don't learn that in 10 minutes.
@@Littletime839 doing that with a computer may be harder to do than actually take time to learn the trick. People seem to think that computers are machines where you press a button and everything you want is done. No, it's still a lot of work for even basic effects.
Whenever you said "what is HAPPENING" I heard Tim Robinson
Obscura. The shadow cabal approves.
Oh look, it's the shadow cabal
Don't be fooled that guy is not actually in the shadow cabal.
@@HagobSaldadianSmeik Correct - he's in the second shadow cabal =P
Oh hey it’s MMO hour-long rant guy!
Oh hey it’s MMO hour-long rant guy!
This made me think of a friend telling me that when they were working in a home for the elderly there was a commercial or something where they threw fire balls, and this old lady was like "It's amazing what technology can do these days" to which he replied, "Yes, editing is pretty amazing these days" and she frowned at him, "I meant allowing people to throw fire from their hands!"
During her lifetime technology had done so much mindboggling shit, that people being able to launch fireballs was really just next down the line. Editing was not wher her mind went.
Oml 😂😂😂
The world would've been better if we invented fireballs from hands before editing. Or much worse, idk. Either way, cooler
That's sorta wholesome though 😁
When I was a kid, small handheld transistor radios were a thing. People would play music very loud over the incredibly tiny tinny speakers.
Nowadays those transistor radios are a thing of the past, fortunately. Now people play music very loud over incredibly tiny speakers of their phone.
But I really groaned when some kids remarked, after watching a fragment from the original Alien (1979).
"Whoa, look at the quality of that video! I didn't know they had FHD resolution back then"
You described how they manipulate the deck just perfectly! Bit of poo explains everything
ABK’s acting is phenomenal. With other people playing multiple sketch characters, you usually watch the same person rattling off different lines, sometimes with different accents. But here? He’s disappearing into these characters. Love it.
Thanks Alasdair Beckett-King, I was feeling kinda down in the dumps and this really cheered me up. And congratulations on the MtG sponsorship.
WB is my favorite color combination
The "I saw nothing mate" broke me. I know someone who is exactly that guy
Aren't we all that guy once in a while? It all depends on who's asking, and what we didn't see...
And here’s the Australian version: ABK: “Can I interest you in an illusion?” Australian: “Yeah, nah, you’re right mate.” (Keeps walking because the pub is about to open.)
I love the part when he just chucks the coffee away when he goes for the card, brilliant
I love how knowledgeable the magician is, that he can give an overview of what makes the trick work.
I find it quite sweet how excited Americans get and how they love to play along! Even if it can get quite loud...
We do get obnoxiously loud, but our enthusiasm can be boundless.
@@feurigerStern I know Americans don't have the best of reputations for many reasons (same as us Brits really) but I do admire your general enthusiasm and can-do attitude.
Aww, that's sweet. Thank you! My heart is genuinely warmed a little.
I feel like Americans get undue hate because they talk too much and they're too loud (even though most of them mean well). Meanwhile, Canadians get the better reputation because people confuse being polite with being nice.
As an American all I can say is: "How are there moving images and sound coming out of this box! Have you SEEN this! What is going on here!?!"
Every clickbait youtube video ever
These tropes and behaviours are so accurately distilled, you should start maiking your own whiskey!!
The last time I watched a street magic show on TV when in the States (probably David Blane or Chris Angel), the thing that always made me laugh was how the people would jump away and run in circles saying "omg, he's a witch! How is he doing that? OMG DUDE!) 😆
Lol American here, a lot of times the people are actors and they're told to be loud, excited, etc. because it makes the show interesting. Or honestly a lot of the people could've been drunk if it was a tourist hotspot. And most of the "(insert group here), doesn't know basic geography etc" street interviews are fake too. The film crew asks a lot of people questions until they find the few that really don't know the answers and they edit it to look like everyone they asked didn't know. Or they use actors too. Watched it happen in town one time. Crew asked everyone that walked by questions. The host was getting really angry when no one got them wrong.
@@thehappydragon9491 It seems to be endemic. I was recently watching some Family Feud episodes, and everyone always gets really excited and screams "Great Answer" no matter how utterly stupid the answer is. Over here if someone gave a dumb answer the mother or grandmother would give them a smack to the back of the head and call them a pillock 😂
@@adelucas4824 Lol, my grandma would've done the same and called me a dumbass😂 The audience of those game shows are prompted to applause and cheer by a sign. It's pretty interesting to see behind the scenes imo.
@@thehappydragon9491 You might not know this, but Americans are notoriously extremely enthusiastic and excitable compared to basically every other culture. That's why those paid actors act like that... they are acting the way Americans behave
I never dreamt of an art deco expansion for MTG, nor this sponsored video would ever be a thing.
Congrats! Truly magical!
I love that you have subtitles. Awesome video!
This was so delightful and it's an ad?! Woah!
Okay I enthused a bit as part of the joke even though I'm not American, but also genuinely your ads are always just as enjoyable as your regular vids which is really awesome.
John Hodgman once summed up _Mindfreak_ as "Criss Angel walks across a swimming pool while a bunch of gross people in Las Vegas freak out and swear." That was about right.
Im not afraid to admit i would be the enthusiastic guy in such a scenario.
"WHAT IS HAPPPEEENNINNGGGGG??" That is spot on for our reaction to most everything going on at the moment.
Love how they're all played by the same guy yet I easily view them as different characters
Ah, Tragic: the Garnering!
Should have known.
Amazing video, as always! The "bit of poo" was such a perfect description!
I'm German but I definitely act American when I see you uploaded.
You amazing magical ginger wizard
Er ist definitiv einen Zauberer!
I am German, but I really like well made magic tricks.
I mean, you could argue 'it's fake. Yeah? And? It's still an amazing show of incredible talent, training and effort. And that's the cool part.
@@robertnett9793 Absolutely. I respect the art, dedication and training and love this kind of stuff.
I was just referring to my reaction to Mr. ABK uploading as throwing my coffee cup away and going "Oh my Gosh, yes! What is HAPPENING? Geez! No way!" 🤩 (quietly in my head, as is the German way aka zum Lachen in den Keller gehen)
Cooler Name :)
This is 100% accurate, from someone who's performed on both sides of the pond.
every few months I have to binge this entire channel again. and it's hilarious every time!
I hate to be a downer here, but it's nice to see that Magic finally admit that all their players should learn slight of hand to win games.
Reminds me of when I was dressed as a Roman Emperor at a party and British street magician started doing his tricks whilst I got everyone drunk. I knew how he did his tricks but I acted like I was surprised all the same, hyping him up whilst declaring he would be Britain's chief druid with his sick druid magic. That guy was sick
So this video was just an Ad for Magic The Gathering? Im not even mad about it. If only all Ads were this brilliant.
Brilliant as always!, keep it up!
Reg Turd, a man for all seasons. I think I've met Reg or someone like him a few times in my life. Never one to get carried away.
My neighbour is one such man
Look we've all met misery guts types like Reg. He's a living national stereotype.
The nod to American reality tv editing with the replay and confession cam was a real nice touch
"...as if it has a little bit of poo on it."
I didn't expect that so soon from the beginning and it took me a moment to realize what he said, brilliant
and yes, they do be doing that
Lmao, the opening statement about how you're handling the cards is so random 😂😂😂
"That's the whole deck ruined" - that's what I think every time!
Congrats on the sponsorship. Good on anybody making a better living off comedy.
If Reg thinks it's wasteful to use playing cards for illusions, imagine when he finds out how much a MTG pack costs!
I thought he meant less "it's a waste of the 2 quid you spent to buy a throwaway deck of cards" and more "it's a waste of all the plastic-coated paper that you can now just throw away".
In terms of materials a pack of MTG cards is much less wasteful.
Especially when you have to tear up Chaos Orb
Reg hasn't understood the point of any form of entertainment that was invented after 1967.
@@connordarvall8482 Ah - who needs that so called 'entertainment' invended after 1967 anyways?
Marjorie Taylor Green sells playing cards??!?
*sees new ABK video, runs away in excitement*
That “I saw nothing” just killed me LOL
"I see noth-ing . . . NOTH-ING!"
"I see noth-ing . . . NOTH-ING!"
Subscribed, shared and paid for two cups of coffee. Oh man. Thanks for making this hellhole of a planet a little bit better.
In Britain, we process happiness... differently.
Indeed... differently.
@Trevor S. Indeed.
I gotta weird complement, but great work on the sponsor ad! Idk if you even get to have input, but it was on theme; thankfully brief (unlike my comment); and genuinely intriguing. “What’s the streets of New Capenna mean? Obscura family? That sounds cool and illusiony. Neat!” I haven’t even touched a magic card in ages, and you’ve piqued my interest. Well done, sir.
If I forget to actually check into it, it’s because I lack object permanence.
This reminds me of when I went to Universal Studios, on that Ghost House place where they have staff dressed as ghosts that jump-out-and surprise-you-but-sort of-gentle-so you don’t have a heart attack. Up ahead I heard screaming, The “ghost” jumped out and I said “hi”. They just sort of awkwardly didn’t know what to do..
I got a friend that does a card trick where he does a series of dealings and shuffles, does a final dealing of cards arranged in a four by four grid, you slowly point to two at a time to remove until you have two left, with the final card you have stay being the one you picked. I know it's slight of hand, but I still have no idea the process behind it and he pulls it off incredibly well.
Hah! I used to baffle my mates all the time with a trick that sounds almost exactly like this.
If you want to know the secret, I can tell you what to Google. But I won't spoil it unless you do!
@@JackFoz454 Do tell, please.
@@lagrangepoint9386 Only K4RN4GE911 gets to call it. I am not a magic-spoiler! Except... except on request, I guess.
@@JackFoz454 Nah, no spoilers. Keep the magic alive.
OMG! So funny. I wish ABK would post more often.
This vid was supposed to go out last week... but magical forces intervened.
@@ABeckettKing Did it get stuck behind your hand? 😉
"Wasteful."
Never have I lost it so hard to a single word.
Lol I'm a magician and this is spot on. And good job on that trick. It's not easy
OH MY GOD, HOW DID YOU GET IN MY COMPUTER? THIS IS CRAAAAAZY!!!
At this rate ABK will be getting that Knife Tennis Association sponsorship in no time!
Yes whatever happened to Knife Tennis?
0:47 The captions say “[American Noises]”. That’s gold. LMAO
"American Noises"
ORORORORO!!! I spend half of my day sleeping! ORORORO!!! Then I sometimes get up and tell you that I am a famous content creatorORORORORO!!! Please don't sleep while driving, dear al
Curmudgeon doesn't get enough usage in my opinion.
Great video 👍
"And not so enthusiastic they have no sense of object permanence" is one of the best descriptions of an American audience I've ever come across ahahahah
As a professional magician I just gotta say ... Dude! This was awesome!
"i will watch but i won't enjoy it" is my ethos
I generally watch videos with captions on. (Sound levels change a lot in my work space, so I keep them on as default)
I recommend you do too.
I almost pissed myself.
I've done street magic and the best audience really is Americans, they loved it but British people looked at me like I was trying to steal their shoes
There's something extremely pleasing about watching you venomously spit the words "I saw nuffin' mate"
Mackensie is the kind of guy who includes a heart when signing his name.
I love your American accent. Most people imitating Americans either do a Southern drawl or a Midwestern nasal twang. I like that you did a kind of West Coast stoner voice. It fit the character well.
This is pretty accurate. As an American, I don’t think many of us are genuinely baffled by magic tricks, but cheerfully playing along is culturally required. I literally used “someone who shouts out how the magic trick is done” as an example of an insufferably rude person in conversation the other day.
YOOOO!! ABK got a MTG sponsorship!? that's rad as hell! I knew I picked a good time to start going to prereleases again with New Capenna, it was a sign haha
This skit is so good that I can't stop making [American Noises] of delight. I did, however, accidentally eat my gun in my excitement and will be needing a lift to the nearest privatized hospital.
I don't think there is such a thing as a "privatized hospital" in America. Somebody is trolling . . .
😂 This legit made me laugh out loud
This man is on a whole other level. The portrayal is on point
That's all three sides of my brain. I relate to all of them.
You have the best sponsors. And well-deserved too
Documentary levels of accuracy
It is a documentary, the names are all there on the screen and- WAIT A MINUTE THAT'S ABK!
Man you should totally make some audiobooks, your voice is nice.
American comedy: Optimistic and joyful
British comedy: Cynical
You nailed it!
Whats there to be optimistic and joyful about? I live in England
Optimistic and joyful. That sums up Antony Jeselnik lol.
And yes, us Brits are cynical
@@flaviusbelisarius7517 um.....Wayne Rooney?
@@flaviusbelisarius7517 Because you don't live in the US?
@@Kat-gp6gj I failed to specify. I live in Leeds. Even the Americans can do better than Northern England
I love how the American was so excited by the trick that he ran all the way from New York to London
1:17 this part is underrated
Well that was indeed scary when he made the card disappear!
I've seen enough English ghost hunting programs to know there are over excitable English women with no object permanence, but props for making me laugh at the American mad lad
I've worked on those shows. They really pile it on. If they didn't then there wouldn't be a show because... there are no ghosts.
We need to see more of Mackensie Oakland and Reg Turd please.
Pfft, who needs object permanence.
Oh hey, a phone!
This is awesome. I love the Curmudgeon
I like how him signing it had nothing to do with the actual trick.
The times square background is perfect. You just need an entire crowd of people gasping and clapping. Very joyous, thanks.
Whoooo!!!! I forgot you were MTG represent!
I’m going to be saying “I saw nuffing mate” all day just like I did with “p-p-protomolecule?!” and “and no one else, sasa ke?”. How do you have such a high echolalia quotient in your writing! 😁
Oye beltalowda!
I will never forget that kid from the David Blaine street magic special who just goes, "...cool."
My favorite magic card trick is buying a single booster of Onslaught in my entire life and pulling my boy Rorix Bladewing as the rare.
I wonder if I'd be good audience. My inner reaction to close up magic is same as the American dude's. I love it! I don't know why people say magic is boring or something, to me it's freaking impressive 👏
But I'm slightly on the spectrum so my expressions are pretty emotionless and I've been called a robot countless times (which is funny to me because if I were a robot, I should be able to count every single time someone's called me a robot).
So I'd love and appreciate the magic act, but you couldn't tell... Yeah I'd be bad audience. I'll go practice smiling in case I ever get to see a magician in action!
I was watching a stage show at Disney once, and the waves of British calmness flowing off me were too much for the American woman sitting beside me, who turned to me and urged me to "Get Enthused!"
As an American, I apologize.
As another American, I don't apologize.
As a Briton, I trust you thought very deeply about punching her repeatedly in her smug, stupid face, but instead resorted to a barely audible tut?
We're split in two. Just like the rest of the USA.
😂
We don't take kindly to calmness 'round heyare
I like how the American isn't amazed at the card disappearing but amazed how he could get it behind his hand
'I'll watch but I won't enjoy it' Me puting the next episode of the Rings of Power