Wow, nice job! I was pretty darn close. My comment from 2 years ago bones343 2 years ago The table the briefcase was placed on, when was it placed on stage? The show is so edited I have no idea if it was there the whole time or brought out after they had finished the rock-paper-scissors. Assuming after the r-p-s game, the slip was in the base of the table. The sole of the shoe near the toe, when pushed against the base, slightly comes apart, allowing the paper to be loaded.
I've seen every Penn and Teller episode and had seen yours. To now know the secret is really messing with my head. I swore up and down when you walked away during Rock, Paper, Scissors that's when the paper got to the shoe! Great job Richard Bellars. BTW where is the DVD you mention for sale? Hitting the husband with a playing card from across the house would be very entertaining to me!
Trick was beautifully designed, and with Penn and Teller in mind. With Rock, paper, and scissors, Penn and Teller HAD to keep their eyes on each other, which is not where a magician wants their eyes.
6:38 "Well if he's managed to get it up there, he is a magician." I miss Jonathan Ross. A quick wit, good voice, good banter, comfortable, and the perfect host.
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+Richard Bellars - when you told penn that you didn't write the note - then somebody else did. If somebody else did - then they put the note in another shoe or the same shoe if you slid it off too them in the background - then when the host went to retrieve the brief case - that was your way of getting the host, penn, and teller far away from you and attention on them. Your accomplice then slid your shoe to you - notice how dark your background is, and a black shoe, and a loafer - you could have put the shoe you WERE wearing in the bottom of the briefcase podium
+Pengo L At the end of his trick the camera goes away from him and the stage and on Penn and teller and all of a sudden there is a table to set the briefcase on I'm positive that this is when the trick is pulled off. Not 100% on if it is because of the table or if Penn was on to something or was a little off on the way he did it. Just thought it was weird that a table comes out of nowhere.
+swanztuh He even takes a quick look off stage while penn and teller's backs are turned. Waiting for the table and possibly the answers that someone else wrote. And if he was telling the truth I when Penn asked how it got to the shoe then I'm not exactly sure on that.
The trick is the table, shoe and toes. Stage hand wrote it, brought it out hidden in the tables leg. The table either has a false back or you pressed something to spring load the mechanism with the paper. Your shoes look like a half size too big for your feet and has a slight curve on the front. The sole has been cut so you can take the paper with your big toe and curl it into your foot. That would explain A: The bottom of your shoe was never shown and B: the paper dropped from the toe and was not already in your heal.
If you listen to him speak at 7:10, he says "Show them the laces", which is valid proof towards why he has a hole in the bottom of his shoe to curl in the prediction. The is either a mechanism in the shoe to open a hole (a simple flap of some sort) that when held a certain way or pushed a certain way it opens the flap. Also, he holds the top of the shoe when he grabs it at 7:17 at the top of the foot, possibly preventing the flap from opening.
Javier Camacho Yea i think this is it. Also notice how he rushes to grab the shoe once the host guy pulls the piece of paper out. He saw that the bottom of the show was getting turned towards the audience, and quickly reached for it.
The briefcase served as the perfect distraction. A gag joke to just have a latex glove inside, but it allowed an assistant to bring out a stand to prop the case on as Penn and Teller were going back to their seats. (This part of the clip is edited so that we don't see the stand being brought out, but you'll notice that just moments before there was no stand and then as Teller is asked to bring up the case the stand is there.) The assistant who brought in the stand was his secret accomplice who wrote down the accurate prediction and hid it somewhere within the stand as he brought it out. The magician was then able to get the prediction and slip it into his shoe. He even admits at the end that he did not write the prediction.
I think what I love most about this guy is how humble he is that he got burnt the first time, but was courageous enough to try again... and succeed! Congratulations! P.s. You're one of the only people I know who have responded to TH-cam comments, and really it makes the whole thing special. I hope you've realized you've made people's day haha!
+Elibrius Project Holy shitballs how did I forget to reply to the guy that praised me for replying!! Appreciate your words, they made me go all fuzzy inside, big love and I hope you enjoy future videos too. RB
I really respect the fact that you came back after a failed first attempt. It's hard to to come back after a rejection. It's even harder to come back and actually be excellent. Hats off.
Wow, your comment is pure stupidity, bro. #1 You take an assumption for true #2 If he just guessed it right, it does matter no fuck if there are infinitely many universes around in which he is wrong.
If there are infinite universes, then there would be a universe that figured out how to bust into all the other universes and wreak havoc on them, but I don't see that happening...
bojangles Multiple Universes have different laws of physics...the busing may have happened already but we will not be able to appreciate it since the laws of our Universe do not allow it.
two papers... for two shoes... for different outcomes in rock-paper-scissor... For darts he used magnetic plate where darts were flying in specific sequence... and for words... not sure, but it was like "not thinking of a white elephant"...
Great gag! As I keep telling my wife, 99% of magic is stuff that's been done before, sometimes CENTURIES before - the thing that makes it unique is how it's presented and performed; THAT'S the stuff of magic. Nicely done!!! :-)
I suspect the use of a 'little person' with nice handwriting who was secreted in the plinth that the darts were on. During the Rock, Paper , Scissors section a subtle wander over to the plinth occurred for no reason. Brilliant performance/presentation. Very entertaining. First class.
absoluteego Sir Magic John : Don't know; he left the plinth before he called the outcome of RPS (5:35). There could have been some sort of tapping signal worked out, but then he doesn't go back again to collect anything. More likely, he already had one with "Penn wins" and one with "Teller wins" attached to the plinth somewhere, and wrote the score himself (as he admitted) very stealthily. Since he only denied not using his pocket, I suspect he dropped it down the front of his pants during his "taking off the belt" joke (Edit: I just noticed that he denied this, to another person below. Guess not).
At the end someone brought a table out for the briefcase to be opened on, He stood behind it and could loaded his shoe Most likely toe drop down front for paper to be added,. However how he wrote the score was beyond me??
It's very faint, but you can hear Penn at 10:17 saying, "You think he hid the prediction at the base of the table", He gotcha! But sadly did not have enough time to figure it out, and already crowned you as a fooler.
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A live version of this trick is on my channel. You should work it out easily from that and definitely enjoy a more relaxed performance. (When I'm not shitting myself on Fool Us.).
I know it was a joke, but your trick is actually brilliant! As long as the number of possible outcomes is low enough, like 12. Or, if a briefcase has 36 tiny pockets inside, you just name the proper pocket... On a child audience it may work.
You can see the magician walk over to the pillar, and once Teller won he made a clicking noise, then left the pillar. This means there was a person recording everything on a piece of paper inside the pillar, then the magician made a clicking noise to signify that Teller won, the person writing inside the pillar quickly wrote it down, and put it in the magicians shoe. This would explain why he loudly announced both Penn and Teller's scores in the darts game AND the words they made during the 6 letter word section, so that the man inside the pillar knew what to write down. It's fairly simple, actually.
or you know he just wrote down the scores and points while they were doing rock papers scissors, on two sheets, then put teller wins in right shoe, and penn wins in left.
That's why he waited till after they were done to write it, you can see him quickly distract both of them for about 5 seconds or so. The camera focuses then on P&T, so you don't see what he is doing.
For those who haven't figured it out, the darts were actually bowling pins; the score was the result of a game of bowling between Penn and Teller, with the scores divided by five. The letters that spelled the words were not magnetic, but instead had putty on the back of them. The game of Rock, Paper, Scissors was played on the count of three, with no opportunity for shooting. That's because the shooting was needed for the cannon, which shot the prediction into the shoe of the magician. The briefcase's combination was 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, which was the same as Penn's luggage, which was how it was opened so quickly.
When he walks over to the black box in the middle of rock, paper, scissors, that's when someone gave him the paper because as he walks back to Penn and Teller, you can see the black box seal its self back up as if someone just handed him something from inside, and was closing the seal in the box.
Due to the timing, I think the person slipped "Teller wins" in the right shoe and "Penn wins" in the left. The slips were otherwise identical. The pass happened right when they showed their results, so their eyes and bodies were focused on that.
thanks for putting all of these together! Hours of entertainment/sleuthing. These guys are so good it takes hours at one frame at a time tryna find the gaffe.
The black box to the right of the table. my theory is that there is someone in it and is writing everything in the paper and then During the show puts it in his shoe.
+Bernardo Santos yeah but if you watch it closely his shoe is never actually close enough to the box for somebody to slip it to him though I agree it has to have something to do with the box because it wasnt used in any other way.
+Michael Lanahan he did use the box as the platform for the darts, but i agree, it's more voluminous than a simple dart tray needs to be. The pixel quality is a bit low, but i beleive i see a darkening of pixels between his feet at 5:36 , just as he does a little head jog as soon as he sees teller wins. also, right before this point he beelines for the box unexpectedly after the tie, almost as if he semi forgot to get over there and lucked out with the tie. of course, there is a moment right after teller opens the case that he escorts teller away quickly, asif to get him back in his seat before he sees something. This could have been the drop also.
+Bernardo Santos I figured it out. It's not a hole near his shoe, but rather near his WATCH which makes contact with the box. The box possibly has somebody in there. It may have been slipped inside his watch. And if you look closely at 6:50, he seems to be messing with his belt buckle. It may be possible that he dropped the answer down his right side. As he removes his shoe, the paper simply falls into the shoe.
+Alex Phan The best part: Someone in the box wrote the answers, He palmed the paper(s) from the top of the box and stashed them in his watch BEFORE the outcome of the rock/paper/scissors @ 5:33. Therefore he had to palm TWO papers - one "Penn Wins" one "Teller Wins". He just needed to slip the proper one down a tube and into his shoe as he adjusted his belt buckle @ 6:50.... without using his pocket.
My knowledge of video quality/rendering is most definetely not great, I just go by what it says next to the "quality" heading on the settings icon, I'll assume you're right.
After watching the reveal I must say that I am impressed by the ingenuity behind the method of this trick. That said, it's kind of annoying that the edit of this performance cut out a key part of the act. The viewer at home is doing the exact same thing Penn & Teller are doing, trying to figure out how it's done, and by cutting out such a key part of the act they made that impossible. That's obviously on the producers of the show and not Richard. Great performance Richard. Boo producers.
I like the idea that I read from previous posts mentioning that he did a complete shoe switch. the only time he could have made the switch would be a 6:10 , having the shoe hidden inside of the small table. the table that Teller places the briefcase wasn't there previously, meaning someone had to wheel it on from offstage. The shoe with the note was in the table, allowing richard to do the swap at 6:10. you can even see him do a little jump to make the show swap less noticeable(?).
I believe someone wrote the prediction and it was hieden in the table that you used as support for the suitcase (that is why the table wasn't on stage at first because when you or they brought it up to you, the prediction was loaded in there by someone else). Then, if you didn't used the pocket to slide the gimmick down your shoe, then you move your feet inside the bottom part of the table to load it up in the side of your shoe. Either way, if you didn't do it that way, it would still work for others, but without a doubt you did a nice presentation there. God bless.
+FernandoP1 - Art Zone Productions wrong... there was a small persion in the black tower betwenn that table and the dartwall... he gets the paper into the prepared pantspocket @ 5:35
+Melodic Guitar Rock/Metal GuiltyGearRockYou if so how did he pass the paper to him and then put that paper in his shoe. the example you provided has him touching the box and leaving the box before they knew who won the game, with no time to write it.. keep guessing
+that guy unless he had the first two results written down on two sheets of paper and then one that declared penn the winner in one shoe and the other with teller
Road Track Racer fair enough, if that box was a tool to grab the papers from and there was two options depending on who won.. that would definitely be plausible. you don't necessarily need someone in the box though. someone back stage could of loaded them in there and hoped p and t didn't inspect it.
jagrcantakeyou no he said in a comment on here that it was edited b/c they kept drawing 8-9 times. What you see in the video is the last 2. He walked over there bc he was tired of standing right there.
The note was in his right shoe. Which was on the opposite side of the podium. No to mention Penn and teller both stood right next to it and would probably notice something weird with it. The only place I can think of where he would get the note is the table they bring out to put the briefcase on. When he walks behind it to tell teller to go back to his seat. That was unnecessary action and if you watch that point he moves kinda akwardly once he's behind the table. And the host is putting on a glove as a distraction. My best guess is the table is hollow in the back and he switched shoes with the one with the answer in them.
Brady Mayes Ohh good call. Yeah it definitely had to be placed in his shoe at some point, just the way it was edited made him walking to that box seem unnatural.
If only it were as easy as lying to them and saying "Nope, didn't do it like that." However, reading up on this show, Jonathan wears an earpiece because the producers (or the one) has to know the trick. Then if Penn and Teller (well, just Penn) says something and the contestant is lying, Jonathan will have to call them out on it.
That Kid in Africa I saw a contestant say one time that the contestants have to perform and explain the trick to 2 magicians backstage before they perform it on stage
@@ThatKidinAfrica the producer of the show knows the method and can hear what Penn and Teller are discussing. Said producer is the one that makes the call that they were fooled. He will also decide if the contestants fudge their answers but mainly he will tell Penn "you don't have it" if it is close.
i think it was Piff's first appearance where they actually guessed wrong, but Piff thought it was close enough that he conceded. When they were talking about it backstage after everyone realized he actually did fool them, just not the way they thought, but close. But he got enough exposure from that and AGT that he ended up with his own show in Vegas anyway a couple years later.
I have actually figured this one out! The briefcase is the key! The briefcase has a small wireless printer cleverly concealed in it. An offstage assistant sends the info to it for printing. When teller brings it up, he handles it just long enough to spin it around and retrieve the printing. He then quickly backs off and says "oh please open it so I don't touch it". Inside are rubber gloves, which gives him a reason to jokingly unbuckle his pants which seems like a simple joke, but it is actually the key moment for him to slide the printing into his pants, shuffle it down his pant leg, and drop it into his shoe when he lifts his heal. Genius! Had to watch it twice before I figured this one out.
I love prediction tricks, and this one was amazing! If you had predicted the tie by rocks on that rock paper scissors, and then the win by teller with paper vs pen's rock, my mind woulda been blown into another realm where I would have started a new religion on your name.
I'm surprised Penn & Teller were so far off. The suitcase and gloves served no real practical purpose in this trick other than to generate a cheap laugh - and one of the golden rules of magic is that nothing is superfluous. Thus, their true function had to be to serve as an excuse to get the podium on stage. And the podium was necessary because inside it somewhere was hidden the piece of paper on which an accomplice had written all the correct answers backstage - while the games were going on. Then the issue becomes how the paper got transferred to the shoe. I'd guess it was done using some skilled sleight of foot while Bellars was leaning on the table at 6:14.
They were very aware of the table and their guess was a lot longer. They basically thought that I copped the prediction from the side of the table. They did think the table was pat of the method.
Richard Bellars Indeed. And very plausible given how, as you showed us, you could easily move your foot in and out of your shoe without using your hands.
my favourite thing about youtube videos of magic tricks and illusions is reading through the comments section afterwards and seeing a ton of people like "m8 that woz s**t i could do better" ........... haha ok trevor
There was nobody else on stage guys. I moved over there because without the edit that was about the 8th or 9th time they'd done it as they kept drawing.
One of the best performances on the show. Having Penn and Teller compete in 3 games was one of the smartest things you could do. Made the whole act way better than most prediction artists. That trophy was a stunner too, I didn't expect you to fool them. 😎
He employs little magical shoe elves. If you look closely, his shoe is a few sizes too big to afford space for those poor indentured servant imps who write down his "predictions" in the dark while breathing in noxious foot odors. Really well known trick in magic circles, though it's considered quite immoral to perform. Case closed; can't fool me.
Great trick! Nicely done. It's good to have various props on stage such as that black dart stand. That way when people try to figure it out, there are several places people will focus on. I agree with the person who said an assistant wrote it off-stage but i disagree with the whole shoe switching business. I think the front of the shoe has an opening of some kind and the note was place at the base of the suitcase stand and all Mr. Bellars needed to do was to "dock" with whatever was holding the note with his shoe. Whether that was the way it was done or not doesn't diminish the fact that it's a great trick.
Ok I'm pretty sure I've got it, after the 3 challenges have been done and the result is known, it is written by a third party on the paper and put inside a separate shoe which is placed in the leg of the table with the briefcase and a switch is made at 6:12 whilst everyone is distracted by the briefcase. Right or wrong?
I don't even care how you did it, it's very impressive though that after your first time in the show you had the pride to go back up, you sir did great and I applaud you for not giving up when others would have. That's incredible
wow, I can usually figure these things out, but I have to admit, I am stumped on this one since I assumed the same as Penn, that you used you leg as transport to your shoe for the paper, you got me! awesome work, and incredible stage presence. you are likable, and confident, right from the start and that goes a very long way to gathering your audience trust. great job toy our sir.
There's someone small inside that black rectangular box who writes it down and then slides it into his shoe through a hidden slot when he's standing next to it. That's my guess. Or someone under the table with the words on it or whatever. Some variation of that.
Agreed. He had no real reason to walk over to the black box. He had the two magicians distracted which was perfect because all the attention was on them.
Marc no he said in a comment on here that it was edited b/c they kept drawing 8-9 times. What you see in the video is the last 2. He walked over there bc he was tired of standing right there.
Marc I was thinking the same thing, but how would he know that they would tie on the first round? He went over to the box on the second draw. But then I see the comment above which says they drew 8 or 9 times before.
Very well done. My guess is that the note is hidden inside the table that comes on stage to put the case on. A dark hole to put a foot inside and using some sliding tool to squeeze it inside... Just a guess. Good performance.
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I know he was writing the results, i know he didnt have the note until the last part of the act and i also know that he slips the note into his pants, seconds before saying he had it on his shoe (you can see him do something with his belt)
I remember you coming to the victorian inn pub, now shut down and turnt into a co-op and you got me stuck on a rubber band trick and took my watch without me noticing xD glad to see you going so far and to finally fool penn and teller, well done:)
why does he walk strangely at 5:30 and act weirdly at the podium. It seems blatant enough to be another red hearing, but I want to believe it was a mistake and glimpse into his method.
Excellent stuff Richard! The world needs more Richard Bellars! Top attitude and the tenacity to go back and fool them. Your mentality and outlook is a skill in it's own right.
I won't give away how Richard Bellars did it here, but after seeing his video on how he did it I have to say it was absolutely BRILLIANT on it's simplicity. Thank you sir.....95%+ of the fun of magic is trying to figure out how the magician did their trick.
Here's my guess. This was after watching it 3 times and reading about all the things that it wasn't. I believe a portion of your shoe sole was cut out. The paper was placed on that portion and when the table was brought out you lined your foot up with the cut out portion and stepped down hard and by using an oversized "patch" with some sort of bonding adhesive, sealed the sole up with the answer now inside the shoe. If so brilliant!! If not, BRILLIANT!!!!
when the host put on the glove Bellars was making a joke with fiddling with his pants, he touches his belt and such, perfect time to sneak the note down his leg into the shoe, no not pocket, but still pants.. was i right?
i have to say ive watched this video dozens of times... and its an amazing trick! i absolutely have no clue how you managed to pull that off.. bravo man
There are two papers, one in each shoe and the papers are placed in his shoe sometime after the words are read out but before the conclusion of the paper scissors rock. That way both papers have the same details on them just one says Teller wins and the other says Penn wins.
+John Thorgard I agree. Makes sense. I just wish I knew how he got the paper in his shoe. Id like to think someone is hiding in the black box he uses for the darts or under the floor. That person wrote down the results and somehow got them into his shoe. The brief case was all a distraction so he could get the prediction into his shoe.
Hey Rich, amazing job man! if you crafted this trick then it is absolutely amazing! Once the trick was completed, I realized immediately how it was done, and that furthered my respect for your ability and cleverness ten fold my friend. Well fucking done.....
Crazy thought but subliminal messaging is "Bullshit". Check out the VT. The word HOME is behind me (Housey) and it was even sneakier. The glove in the briefcase was a nod to their glove joke from their phone to fish routine from the pilot.
I meant it was even sneakier for toilet but I had to edit that part of the VT out of this version. But the letters that fell from the briefcase were the letters in toilet.
+Richard Bellars I'm sorry if this sounds rude, but I haven't found any link between you and the website you provide, are you actually affiliated in any way with the website? Because if I'm going to purchase something I'd want to support you not others.
Damn, Richard, you rocked this! I was guessing swami, pocket to shoe like Penn thought, but if that's not how it happened, I'm beyond stumped. Well done, sir!
At 5:53 you can see him motioning to bring the podium out. At 5:58 you can see the elbow of the assistant leaving to the right. And at 6:13 you can see where the switch happens. Why else would Mr. Bellars lean on the podium in such an unnatural way, with his right foot so close to the podium post? Great performance nonetheless. Was fantastic to watch. As long as technology keeps evolving faster than the average person has understanding of.. Magic will stay alive.
Also, you can see that he feels rushed when he says "give it up for Teller" he starts to clap but realized that he needs to position himself so he only does one clap and then quickly puts his hands on the table to position his foot just right for the slip.
Camron Cherry finally someone else that thinks that ,a more obvious trick it couldnt of bein so i thought i must have it wrong as i thought p&t would of seen that im a normal guy with nothing to do with magic and i thought it was very simple,so i think p&t must of seen it, it was the only way possible and he leaned on it awkward,thought P&T were occupied,but the appearance of a object that would fit a human on stage,well maybe for reasons unknowhn pretented not to know??
+Richard Bellars I think you used the podium to block vision as you either had someone under the stage place the note in the shoe, or possibly even switch shoes to make it quicker.
+Richard Bellars soooo if the box has nothing to do with it and you 4 were the only on stage .... I believe it's the guy standing beside you in your picture that was the culprit ;)
+Richard Bellars Was the note printed rather than written? If I were to guess an assistant in the audience wrote it and it was printed out by a hidden printer in one of the pieces of the set (Could be the table, the podium by the dartboard, even the briefcase), which you then grabbed and slid down your pant-leg at some point during the routine. (Ok, I guess it could've been printed directly into the shoe though. Always possible).
Ok, after reviewing the footage again it seems as if it didn't go down the pant leg. I still think it was a small printer hidden somewhere, but I'm trying to figure out how it got folded if it didn't go down the pant leg.
The table was brought out at 5:50 as P&T were walking back to their house seats. PRediction sheet was put into the stand, special shoe, special stand - absolutely NO person inside anything. Assistant backstage did the writing, on each of two winner tix. As P&T didnt see the table being brought on, they may have thought it was there the whole time, it was not. THAT's misdirection!
Okay everyone. If you're wondering how he did it, I have the answer. Don't read this if you don't want a spoiler. Here's what we know for a fact: - Bellars didn't write the note himself. - Nobody was on-stage to assist Bellars. - Bellars purposefully employed red herrings to lead Penn & Teller to a wrong answer. - Only one note was written. It's also important to note that for this to work with the above facts the note must have been placed in Bellars' shoe after the rock, paper, scissors game. With all these points taken into consideration, the only possibility is for someone to have written the note and placed it in some sort of mechanism in the table that is brought out after the rock, paper, scissors game. Bellars then uses the mechanism to place the note in his shoe. Unfortunately, this video cuts out the part when the table is brought out, as well as when Bellars stands near it. Only those who witnessed it live would have been able to see the trickery. This is likely done purposefully by the producer to make the presentation even more bewildering for online audiences. As Bellars has stated, he "cheated a bit and packed it full of red herrings". It's a very simple trick that relies on him providing a variety of possibilities for how he got the note in his shoe, with him writing it himself or having someone in the black dart table placing it there for him being the most common guesses. Ultimately, it worked, gives Bellars the victory he desperately sought after his first appearance, and made for quite an interesting show. Well done, Bellars.
Thanks for taking such an interest in the trick. The method was brand new and thought up specifically to fool them. The live performance of this trick is much nicer to watch and I'll be uploading the full effect plus others from my live show next week
Richard, your performance was really nice! Very nice trick, indeed! I like to understand tricks in youtube (and staying silent about it) because I really enjoy to figure things out. But I gotta say: I have a lot of suggestions here, but even more doubts. Sometimes I see the trcky part, sometimes I don't. You are great! But when I understand the trick you'll be greater! Thanks for the excellent presentation!
Common guys it's easy.. He wrote down all possible outcomes and put all different papers in shoes, ear, pockets mouth and so on.. All he had to do is just remember where the right paper was..
At 3:37-3:39 you can clearly see him write 26 which was Teller score on or around his right pocket. So there must be some transfer of pressure to ink to paper.
I noticed how Bellars said specifically he did not use his "pocket." I think when he made the gag with the gloves and unclasped his belt to joke about the turn-and-cough bit, he stuffed the "prediction" (That he wrote with slight-of-hand quickly from behind the briefcase or behind the darts podeum) down his waistline. It caught on the edge of his pants leg and as he took his shoe off, he shimmied it inside of the shoe itself. Thus, he gave the illusion intended. Now, I think Bellars actually did use "psychological magic" by doing his research on what P&T would search for. He knew when they would be watching for the slight of hand and when they would be too distracted to do so. He also made sure they were beside him and used them as misdirrection for the audience AND for themselves while he wrote the winnings. He also used the show host as misdirrection (with the gloves) to give an excuse while he set up the drop into his pants. If this is true, there would be no need for a stagehand or accomplice. It was done all on his own.
Rules of the show. He can't lie. The producer knows how it's done beforehand otherwise every contestant on the show would deny Penn and teller figured it out right?
Underneath the stage is an opening that transfers the note to his foot. He would stand exactly over a 'trap door' on the floor that is about 2 inches diameter. From underneath the floor the note is passed into his shoe and closed. His shoe bottom has a sliding small plate much like a window opening up. We always assume a smooth shiny black floor has no small hinge opening especially when there is a huge area. Its like an illusion.
So I finally gave the secret up... check it out here guys.
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I just watched the video, was super impressed by it, well done man!
Wow, nice job! I was pretty darn close. My comment from 2 years ago
bones343 2 years ago
The table the briefcase was placed on, when was it placed on stage? The show is so edited I have no idea if it was there the whole time or brought out after they had finished the rock-paper-scissors.
Assuming after the r-p-s game, the slip was in the base of the table. The sole of the shoe near the toe, when pushed against the base, slightly comes apart, allowing the paper to be loaded.
I've seen every Penn and Teller episode and had seen yours. To now know the secret is really messing with my head. I swore up and down when you walked away during Rock, Paper, Scissors that's when the paper got to the shoe! Great job Richard Bellars. BTW where is the DVD you mention for sale? Hitting the husband with a playing card from across the house would be very entertaining to me!
Wow @Bones34,3 you indeed get really close!
+bones343 damn close dude!!! You clever sausage you.
micro printer in his shoe over wifi hot spot connection sent in from a portable device from a member of the audience. In the conservatory with a pipe.
Robert Sertic YESSSS!!! hahahahhahaa. oh man i hope this is how!
How the fu.....
I was only kidding. I figured it was so outlandish that would be obvious.
Robert Sertic I did understand that. It just made me crack the fuck up.
Yeah I was just making sure Mr. Bellars knew.
Trick was beautifully designed, and with Penn and Teller in mind. With Rock, paper, and scissors, Penn and Teller HAD to keep their eyes on each other, which is not where a magician wants their eyes.
6:38 "Well if he's managed to get it up there, he is a magician."
I miss Jonathan Ross. A quick wit, good voice, good banter, comfortable, and the perfect host.
Agreed! People always drooling over Alyson in P&T Fool Us videos. That doesn't make her a good host. She's pretty boring & not witty in the least.
And what are you hosting??
@@zander7671 Uhh...probably the same amount as you.
@@zander7671 Oh, do I need to be a tv host to have an opinion here?
@@Brainbuster Everybody's entitled to their opinion but your BRO doesn't have to degrade somebody else because he has a crush on another.
Easiest explanation ever... he can see into the future.
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dumb Pen and Teller xD
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+Richard Bellars "Drunk magic sessions"? Now I'm interested.
+Richard Bellars In your dreams. :P
+Richard Bellars - when you told penn that you didn't write the note - then somebody else did. If somebody else did - then they put the note in another shoe or the same shoe if you slid it off too them in the background - then when the host went to retrieve the brief case - that was your way of getting the host, penn, and teller far away from you and attention on them. Your accomplice then slid your shoe to you - notice how dark your background is, and a black shoe, and a loafer - you could have put the shoe you WERE wearing in the bottom of the briefcase podium
+Pengo L At the end of his trick the camera goes away from him and the stage and on Penn and teller and all of a sudden there is a table to set the briefcase on I'm positive that this is when the trick is pulled off. Not 100% on if it is because of the table or if Penn was on to something or was a little off on the way he did it. Just thought it was weird that a table comes out of nowhere.
+swanztuh He even takes a quick look off stage while penn and teller's backs are turned. Waiting for the table and possibly the answers that someone else wrote. And if he was telling the truth I when Penn asked how it got to the shoe then I'm not exactly sure on that.
The trick is the table, shoe and toes. Stage hand wrote it, brought it out hidden in the tables leg. The table either has a false back or you pressed something to spring load the mechanism with the paper. Your shoes look like a half size too big for your feet and has a slight curve on the front. The sole has been cut so you can take the paper with your big toe and curl it into your foot. That would explain A: The bottom of your shoe was never shown and B: the paper dropped from the toe and was not already in your heal.
If you listen to him speak at 7:10, he says "Show them the laces", which is valid proof towards why he has a hole in the bottom of his shoe to curl in the prediction. The is either a mechanism in the shoe to open a hole (a simple flap of some sort) that when held a certain way or pushed a certain way it opens the flap. Also, he holds the top of the shoe when he grabs it at 7:17 at the top of the foot, possibly preventing the flap from opening.
dumb
yup
Javier Camacho Yea i think this is it. Also notice how he rushes to grab the shoe once the host guy pulls the piece of paper out. He saw that the bottom of the show was getting turned towards the audience, and quickly reached for it.
Javier Camacho yes and it's actually getting old haha
The briefcase served as the perfect distraction. A gag joke to just have a latex glove inside, but it allowed an assistant to bring out a stand to prop the case on as Penn and Teller were going back to their seats. (This part of the clip is edited so that we don't see the stand being brought out, but you'll notice that just moments before there was no stand and then as Teller is asked to bring up the case the stand is there.) The assistant who brought in the stand was his secret accomplice who wrote down the accurate prediction and hid it somewhere within the stand as he brought it out. The magician was then able to get the prediction and slip it into his shoe. He even admits at the end that he did not write the prediction.
I think what I love most about this guy is how humble he is that he got burnt the first time, but was courageous enough to try again... and succeed! Congratulations! P.s. You're one of the only people I know who have responded to TH-cam comments, and really it makes the whole thing special. I hope you've realized you've made people's day haha!
+Elibrius Project Holy shitballs how did I forget to reply to the guy that praised me for replying!!
Appreciate your words, they made me go all fuzzy inside, big love and I hope you enjoy future videos too.
RB
I really respect the fact that you came back after a failed first attempt. It's hard to to come back after a rejection. It's even harder to come back and actually be excellent. Hats off.
Thanks Lenny :)
Here is a scientific explanation:
Since there are infinite number of Universes....we happen to be in one in which he fools Penn and Teller..
What if there are only a couple of universes?
Wow, your comment is pure stupidity, bro.
#1 You take an assumption for true
#2 If he just guessed it right, it does matter no fuck if there are infinitely many universes around in which he is wrong.
If there are infinite universes, then there would be a universe that figured out how to bust into all the other universes and wreak havoc on them, but I don't see that happening...
bojangles
Multiple Universes have different laws of physics...the busing may have happened already but we will not be able to appreciate it since the laws of our Universe do not allow it.
I swear I thought of this about David Balne when I was high
He has a million slips of paper with every possible outcome hidden all over his body, obviously...
Oh em gee thank you for figuring it out for me!! It all makes sense now...
Sophia Emmoth I didn't think anyone would get it... clever sod Zach
So funny... look at time signature 6:10 - 6:18 there's the answer.
Who predicts the word housey for an outcome
Someone that writes it afterwards...
he had papers written with different outcomes hidden all over his body. GOTCHA!!!
with something like 100thousand of combination. surely u right.
No, more like millions
"I wonder what word Penn will choose... H..ouse...y"
Do you know how many different possible scores for darts they could have gotten? Nope sorry man lol
two papers... for two shoes... for different outcomes in rock-paper-scissor... For darts he used magnetic plate where darts were flying in specific sequence... and for words... not sure, but it was like "not thinking of a white elephant"...
Great gag! As I keep telling my wife, 99% of magic is stuff that's been done before, sometimes CENTURIES before - the thing that makes it unique is how it's presented and performed; THAT'S the stuff of magic. Nicely done!!! :-)
Thank you very much sir
I suspect the use of a 'little person' with nice handwriting who was secreted in the plinth that the darts were on. During the Rock, Paper , Scissors section a subtle wander over to the plinth occurred for no reason. Brilliant performance/presentation. Very entertaining. First class.
yeah, this has to be it. that plinth has no real reason to be on the stage otherwise.
absoluteego Sir Magic John : Don't know; he left the plinth before he called the outcome of RPS (5:35). There could have been some sort of tapping signal worked out, but then he doesn't go back again to collect anything.
More likely, he already had one with "Penn wins" and one with "Teller wins" attached to the plinth somewhere, and wrote the score himself (as he admitted) very stealthily.
Since he only denied not using his pocket, I suspect he dropped it down the front of his pants during his "taking off the belt" joke (Edit: I just noticed that he denied this, to another person below. Guess not).
At the end someone brought a table out for the briefcase to be opened on, He stood behind it and could loaded his shoe Most likely toe drop down front for paper to be added,. However how he wrote the score was beyond me??
andrewxc1335 Yeah I think you've got it, and I imagine that his right shoe had "Teller Wins" in it.
madhatternick You GOT IT! The other answers were copied to both pieces of paper! Quite clever that.
It's very faint, but you can hear Penn at 10:17 saying, "You think he hid the prediction at the base of the table", He gotcha! But sadly did not have enough time to figure it out, and already crowned you as a fooler.
There’s no way you can hear that
Damn! so they figured it out after they handed over the FU trophy to him :P
You can definitely hear "base of the table"!
@@tahiatnawal You need a better headset.
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+Kaonashin only because you asked so nicely lol
Do you deliberately shake your shoe awkwardly to make it seem like you use a grabber, or is it just nerves that cause you to fumble?
cool to see someone excited that their hard work paid off
Would have been awesome if you had written "Teller wins, paper over rocks" :D
But good show :D
I was on the pilot episode too @BroskiWhoDatedHoski...
A live version of this trick is on my channel. You should work it out easily from that and definitely enjoy a more relaxed performance. (When I'm not shitting myself on Fool Us.).
someone is in the black pillar by the dart board, right? lol
+T Schott no mate lol. But it's a popular guess
+Richard Bellars It's a really good trick!
+Dandramere thanks dude
+Richard Bellars --Richard: Do you have to tell a production member, the director, host, or someone HOW this is done before the show?
GREAT JOB!
I FIGURE3D IT OUT
The guy had millions of papers hidden in all of his articles of clothing and the events matched the paper in his shoe
I know it was a joke, but your trick is actually brilliant! As long as the number of possible outcomes is low enough, like 12. Or, if a briefcase has 36 tiny pockets inside, you just name the proper pocket... On a child audience it may work.
You can see the magician walk over to the pillar, and once Teller won he made a clicking noise, then left the pillar. This means there was a person recording everything on a piece of paper inside the pillar, then the magician made a clicking noise to signify that Teller won, the person writing inside the pillar quickly wrote it down, and put it in the magicians shoe. This would explain why he loudly announced both Penn and Teller's scores in the darts game AND the words they made during the 6 letter word section, so that the man inside the pillar knew what to write down. It's fairly simple, actually.
or you know he just wrote down the scores and points while they were doing rock papers scissors, on two sheets, then put teller wins in right shoe, and penn wins in left.
Sean Slater He still had to see the scores and words they chose before writing it.
That's why he waited till after they were done to write it, you can see him quickly distract both of them for about 5 seconds or so. The camera focuses then on P&T, so you don't see what he is doing.
For those who haven't figured it out, the darts were actually bowling pins; the score was the result of a game of bowling between Penn and Teller, with the scores divided by five. The letters that spelled the words were not magnetic, but instead had putty on the back of them. The game of Rock, Paper, Scissors was played on the count of three, with no opportunity for shooting. That's because the shooting was needed for the cannon, which shot the prediction into the shoe of the magician. The briefcase's combination was 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, which was the same as Penn's luggage, which was how it was opened so quickly.
my favourite comment ever!!!
is it just me or does the guy hosting the show on stage look like Q from impractical jokers
British Q
+Curtis Haley you dont know who jonathan ross is?
Kanecobe I know who he is, but clearly you dont know who Q is
+Curtis Haley yes I do I also know murr sal and joe
:P
He's got a mini Printer on his ankle. That's why there's a barcode in the paper. His friends in the audience sent it to his printer wirelessly
But it was clearly wrote with a pen and was someone handwriting. And the reason for the barcode because it's a betting slip
Then how was it all folded and scrunched up?
Then how was it all folded and scrunched up?
Then how was it all folded and scrunched up?
+Logan Bradford it was in his shoe.
When he walks over to the black box in the middle of rock, paper, scissors, that's when someone gave him the paper because as he walks back to Penn and Teller, you can see the black box seal its self back up as if someone just handed him something from inside, and was closing the seal in the box.
Due to the timing, I think the person slipped "Teller wins" in the right shoe and "Penn wins" in the left. The slips were otherwise identical. The pass happened right when they showed their results, so their eyes and bodies were focused on that.
thanks for putting all of these together! Hours of entertainment/sleuthing. These guys are so good it takes hours at one frame at a time tryna find the gaffe.
Wow that was amazing!!!
+Matt3756 Thanks Matt
@@RichardBellars Thank you! Very Entertaining and you definitely fooled me completely!
The black box to the right of the table. my theory is that there is someone in it and is writing everything in the paper and then During the show puts it in his shoe.
I said that too. I think thats the only way possible, as there is a slight moment he goes near the box just at the end.
+Bernardo Santos yeah but if you watch it closely his shoe is never actually close enough to the box for somebody to slip it to him though I agree it has to have something to do with the box because it wasnt used in any other way.
+Michael Lanahan he did use the box as the platform for the darts, but i agree, it's more voluminous than a simple dart tray needs to be. The pixel quality is a bit low, but i beleive i see a darkening of pixels between his feet at 5:36 , just as he does a little head jog as soon as he sees teller wins. also, right before this point he beelines for the box unexpectedly after the tie, almost as if he semi forgot to get over there and lucked out with the tie. of course, there is a moment right after teller opens the case that he escorts teller away quickly, asif to get him back in his seat before he sees something. This could have been the drop also.
+Bernardo Santos I figured it out. It's not a hole near his shoe, but rather near his WATCH which makes contact with the box. The box possibly has somebody in there. It may have been slipped inside his watch. And if you look closely at 6:50, he seems to be messing with his belt buckle. It may be possible that he dropped the answer down his right side. As he removes his shoe, the paper simply falls into the shoe.
+Alex Phan The best part: Someone in the box wrote the answers, He palmed the paper(s) from the top of the box and stashed them in his watch BEFORE the outcome of the rock/paper/scissors @ 5:33. Therefore he had to palm TWO papers - one "Penn Wins" one "Teller Wins". He just needed to slip the proper one down a tube and into his shoe as he adjusted his belt buckle @ 6:50.... without using his pocket.
Bs this is not 720p...
Vera Ramirez Um... Yes it is.
+R JW It might be rendered in 720p, but it's not 720 quality.
My knowledge of video quality/rendering is most definetely not great, I just go by what it says next to the "quality" heading on the settings icon, I'll assume you're right.
***** ur mom is 1080p too much 🍔
+Vera Ramirez It's a trick.
Coming back and watching this after seeing the method, I love this even more now. The sheer _chutzpah!!!_
After watching the reveal I must say that I am impressed by the ingenuity behind the method of this trick. That said, it's kind of annoying that the edit of this performance cut out a key part of the act. The viewer at home is doing the exact same thing Penn & Teller are doing, trying to figure out how it's done, and by cutting out such a key part of the act they made that impossible. That's obviously on the producers of the show and not Richard. Great performance Richard. Boo producers.
I've seen other episodes where I suspected something like that happened.
@@imnotmike The did it with Boris Wild too. They completely cut out two critical moments of his act.
I like the idea that I read from previous posts mentioning that he did a complete shoe switch. the only time he could have made the switch would be a 6:10 , having the shoe hidden inside of the small table. the table that Teller places the briefcase wasn't there previously, meaning someone had to wheel it on from offstage. The shoe with the note was in the table, allowing richard to do the swap at 6:10. you can even see him do a little jump to make the show swap less noticeable(?).
You almost got it.
so so close. great guess man
I believe someone wrote the prediction and it was hieden in the table that you used as support for the suitcase (that is why the table wasn't on stage at first because when you or they brought it up to you, the prediction was loaded in there by someone else). Then, if you didn't used the pocket to slide the gimmick down your shoe, then you move your feet inside the bottom part of the table to load it up in the side of your shoe. Either way, if you didn't do it that way, it would still work for others, but without a doubt you did a nice presentation there.
God bless.
+FernandoP1 - Art Zone Productions
wrong... there was a small persion in the black tower betwenn that table and the dartwall... he gets the paper into the prepared pantspocket @ 5:35
+Melodic Guitar Rock/Metal GuiltyGearRockYou -That seems more difficult than the method I am providing. But thanks for sharing your thoughts.
+Melodic Guitar Rock/Metal GuiltyGearRockYou if so how did he pass the paper to him and then put that paper in his shoe. the example you provided has him touching the box and leaving the box before they knew who won the game, with no time to write it.. keep guessing
+that guy unless he had the first two results written down on two sheets of paper and then one that declared penn the winner in one shoe and the other with teller
Road Track Racer
fair enough, if that box was a tool to grab the papers from and there was two options depending on who won.. that would definitely be plausible. you don't necessarily need someone in the box though. someone back stage could of loaded them in there and hoped p and t didn't inspect it.
There's a reason he walked over to the box out of nowhere. I'm sure that's where the magic happened, but no idea what happened. lol
jagrcantakeyou no he said in a comment on here that it was edited b/c they kept drawing 8-9 times. What you see in the video is the last 2. He walked over there bc he was tired of standing right there.
Brady Mayes I don't know, I feel like that's where the trick was one. Maybe someone put something in his shoe at that point.
The note was in his right shoe. Which was on the opposite side of the podium. No to mention Penn and teller both stood right next to it and would probably notice something weird with it. The only place I can think of where he would get the note is the table they bring out to put the briefcase on. When he walks behind it to tell teller to go back to his seat. That was unnecessary action and if you watch that point he moves kinda akwardly once he's behind the table. And the host is putting on a glove as a distraction. My best guess is the table is hollow in the back and he switched shoes with the one with the answer in them.
Brady Mayes Ohh good call. Yeah it definitely had to be placed in his shoe at some point, just the way it was edited made him walking to that box seem unnatural.
jagrcantakeyou wait yall forget when he tried to pull down his pants or unbelt he might have slipped the psper down then
If only it were as easy as lying to them and saying "Nope, didn't do it like that." However, reading up on this show, Jonathan wears an earpiece because the producers (or the one) has to know the trick. Then if Penn and Teller (well, just Penn) says something and the contestant is lying, Jonathan will have to call them out on it.
BoardWhareHowse Wait, How would Jonathan know that the contestant is lying now?
That Kid in Africa I saw a contestant say one time that the contestants have to perform and explain the trick to 2 magicians backstage before they perform it on stage
@@ThatKidinAfrica the producer of the show knows the method and can hear what Penn and Teller are discussing. Said producer is the one that makes the call that they were fooled. He will also decide if the contestants fudge their answers but mainly he will tell Penn "you don't have it" if it is close.
i think it was Piff's first appearance where they actually guessed wrong, but Piff thought it was close enough that he conceded. When they were talking about it backstage after everyone realized he actually did fool them, just not the way they thought, but close. But he got enough exposure from that and AGT that he ended up with his own show in Vegas anyway a couple years later.
he has a small printer in his shoe
atlantic022 lmfao
Magnetic trap door
@@der_pinguin44 haha did you watch his reveal video from a while ago posted on here?
Because you're a actually right
I have actually figured this one out! The briefcase is the key! The briefcase has a small wireless printer cleverly concealed in it. An offstage assistant sends the info to it for printing. When teller brings it up, he handles it just long enough to spin it around and retrieve the printing. He then quickly backs off and says "oh please open it so I don't touch it". Inside are rubber gloves, which gives him a reason to jokingly unbuckle his pants which seems like a simple joke, but it is actually the key moment for him to slide the printing into his pants, shuffle it down his pant leg, and drop it into his shoe when he lifts his heal. Genius! Had to watch it twice before I figured this one out.
All this time later, I'm still stumped. Bravo!
I love prediction tricks, and this one was amazing! If you had predicted the tie by rocks on that rock paper scissors, and then the win by teller with paper vs pen's rock, my mind woulda been blown into another realm where I would have started a new religion on your name.
I'm surprised Penn & Teller were so far off. The suitcase and gloves served no real practical purpose in this trick other than to generate a cheap laugh - and one of the golden rules of magic is that nothing is superfluous. Thus, their true function had to be to serve as an excuse to get the podium on stage. And the podium was necessary because inside it somewhere was hidden the piece of paper on which an accomplice had written all the correct answers backstage - while the games were going on.
Then the issue becomes how the paper got transferred to the shoe. I'd guess it was done using some skilled sleight of foot while Bellars was leaning on the table at 6:14.
They were very aware of the table and their guess was a lot longer. They basically thought that I copped the prediction from the side of the table. They did think the table was pat of the method.
And sleight of foot? Lol. That's Ali Cook's trick.
Richard Bellars Indeed. And very plausible given how, as you showed us, you could easily move your foot in and out of your shoe without using your hands.
My show never came off. Promise
Richard Bellars
sorry i cannot believe you !
my favourite thing about youtube videos of magic tricks and illusions is reading through the comments section afterwards and seeing a ton of people like "m8 that woz s**t i could do better" ........... haha ok trevor
I was captivated from the go.. flawless and mind boggling! Wishing you the very best!
5:38. You see a hand slip something into Bellars' shoe.
Lauren Asuzano Nice spot man, didn't realize that until I saw your comment.
There was nobody else on stage guys. I moved over there because without the edit that was about the 8th or 9th time they'd done it as they kept drawing.
Richard Bellars The only explanation then is, you're a wizard. Am I right?
Amras Silimaure A proper wizard. I was in hufflepuff which is why nobody remembers me from school.
Richard Bellars i think u are a demon do u have red eyes ?
Someone was hiding in the box on stage left and when Jonathan put on the glove the guy that was hiding slipped the note into his shoe, great routine!
"I'm bringing the best I got *to the table* "
Ha, I get it now! Funny, funny, evil disgusting liar! ♥
+Elleander AT LAST SOMEBODY SPOTTED IT!!!
One of the best performances on the show. Having Penn and Teller compete in 3 games was one of the smartest things you could do. Made the whole act way better than most prediction artists. That trophy was a stunner too, I didn't expect you to fool them. 😎
Wonderful trick and wonderful showmanship. Well played Mr. Bellars. Well played.
Thank you very much Tony
7:13 “If you could tip it out the other way” yup, there's a hole in the toe
He employs little magical shoe elves. If you look closely, his shoe is a few sizes too big to afford space for those poor indentured servant imps who write down his "predictions" in the dark while breathing in noxious foot odors. Really well known trick in magic circles, though it's considered quite immoral to perform. Case closed; can't fool me.
Sinead O'Connor lol maybe there was a printer in the box that also folds paper and he picked it up with his toe
that's just crazy talk
Great trick! Nicely done. It's good to have various props on stage such as that black dart stand. That way when people try to figure it out, there are several places people will focus on. I agree with the person who said an assistant wrote it off-stage but i disagree with the whole shoe switching business. I think the front of the shoe has an opening of some kind and the note was place at the base of the suitcase stand and all Mr. Bellars needed to do was to "dock" with whatever was holding the note with his shoe. Whether that was the way it was done or not doesn't diminish the fact that it's a great trick.
Damn bro it just gets better and better every time I watch it. Great job dude.
I'm glad someone tried to go for fooling Penn and Teller instead of just using a century old trick for exposure. Great job!
Ok I'm pretty sure I've got it, after the 3 challenges have been done and the result is known, it is written by a third party on the paper and put inside a separate shoe which is placed in the leg of the table with the briefcase and a switch is made at 6:12 whilst everyone is distracted by the briefcase. Right or wrong?
best guess so far!
+Musty Rahman I believe this is indeed the case.
Hey you were correct!!
4:13 the stand was behind the dartboard and placed upfront when penn and teller sit down.
This was the closest to correct answer
thanks so much for releasing this. I'd love our DVD too! :)
that 1st trick you did was fun for sure. this one was insanely done and quite nicely. one of the most impressive ive seen.
Very well done, I enjoyed this trick very much. I love to devise my own tricks too, this one was very good, cheers to you sir.
Are there any videos of your tricks anywhere. Would love to see them. :)
6:29 - That's when the "magic" happens. Someone inside that case placed the note in his shoe.
I don't even care how you did it, it's very impressive though that after your first time in the show you had the pride to go back up, you sir did great and I applaud you for not giving up when others would have. That's incredible
wow, I can usually figure these things out, but I have to admit, I am stumped on this one since I assumed the same as Penn, that you used you leg as transport to your shoe for the paper, you got me! awesome work, and incredible stage presence. you are likable, and confident, right from the start and that goes a very long way to gathering your audience trust. great job toy our sir.
There's someone small inside that black rectangular box who writes it down and then slides it into his shoe through a hidden slot when he's standing next to it. That's my guess. Or someone under the table with the words on it or whatever. Some variation of that.
Yup,it's possible,watch 05:30 it's possible someone had put the paper in his back pocket or in his hand.
& btw, he says "Now" at 05:35 !
Mansour GA I've said it before, nobody was in that plinth. or hidden anywhere else to be fair
joe shmo look close at 5:35 ish you'll see a hand retract from behind the box
Also, the briefcase was just a distraction. He knew Penn and Teller would watch it to see no one slipped predictions into it.
MrSidewayzfx that's a reflection of them playing rock paper scissors
Déjà vu is all I can fathom. One the best segments of fool us I've seen.
Wow!!! Crazy how amazing these guys are!
I think something important happened at 5:35. I just cannot figure out what.
Agreed. He had no real reason to walk over to the black box. He had the two magicians distracted which was perfect because all the attention was on them.
Marc no he said in a comment on here that it was edited b/c they kept drawing 8-9 times. What you see in the video is the last 2. He walked over there bc he was tired of standing right there.
Marc I was thinking the same thing, but how would he know that they would tie on the first round? He went over to the box on the second draw. But then I see the comment above which says they drew 8 or 9 times before.
Marc He could put something somehow in each of his shoes at this point saying either Penn Wins or Teller Wins
Marc Looks like he nods his head to teller's side (screen right) to indicate to someone watching who had won, maybe??
Very well done. My guess is that the note is hidden inside the table that comes on stage to put the case on. A dark hole to put a foot inside and using some sliding tool to squeeze it inside... Just a guess. Good performance.
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I think this is it.
Frank VdE impressive :)
I know he was writing the results, i know he didnt have the note until the last part of the act and i also know that he slips the note into his pants, seconds before saying he had it on his shoe (you can see him do something with his belt)
No ei
I remember you coming to the victorian inn pub, now shut down and turnt into a co-op and you got me stuck on a rubber band trick and took my watch without me noticing xD glad to see you going so far and to finally fool penn and teller, well done:)
It makes me feel so happy when someone fools them at second chance. Reflects immense dedication after failure. Loved it anyway 💗
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+Richard Bellars why does he undo his belt, :)
+trust it was a gag / red herring
why does he walk strangely at 5:30 and act weirdly at the podium. It seems blatant enough to be another red hearing, but I want to believe it was a mistake and glimpse into his method.
+Elliott Enriquez I needed a poo
My favorite part is Penn & Tellers honest reaction when he revealed the predictions. I think they truly enjoy being fooled. If that is to happen.
Mine too :)
Excellent stuff Richard! The world needs more Richard Bellars! Top attitude and the tenacity to go back and fool them. Your mentality and outlook is a skill in it's own right.
Thank you mate. Much love
I won't give away how Richard Bellars did it here, but after seeing his video on how he did it I have to say it was absolutely BRILLIANT on it's simplicity. Thank you sir.....95%+ of the fun of magic is trying to figure out how the magician did their trick.
Here's my guess. This was after watching it 3 times and reading about all the things that it wasn't. I believe a portion of your shoe sole was cut out. The paper was placed on that portion and when the table was brought out you lined your foot up with the cut out portion and stepped down hard and by using an oversized "patch" with some sort of bonding adhesive, sealed the sole up with the answer now inside the shoe. If so brilliant!! If not, BRILLIANT!!!!
Clever sausage ;)
Is this confirmed the answer? If so this is incredibly smart.
PM_ME_HOT_PANDA_NIPS It is 😊
You were right!
I feel sorry for whoever he has crammed in that black box thing.
well, the secrets out on the uploader's channel
Which was no one
This would be one of the best magic tricks I've seen. Still trying to figure how this trick was done. Congratulations Richard for a fine performance.
Wow Richard that was so sick dude!!!! I have no idea how you did it but it was so smooth especially everything. Keep up the good work brother.
when the host put on the glove Bellars was making a joke with fiddling with his pants, he touches his belt and such, perfect time to sneak the note down his leg into the shoe, no not pocket, but still pants.. was i right?
nothing went down my leg
Richard Bellars thanks
Looks like he unbuckled his belt
First time I see Teller speechless.
i have to say ive watched this video dozens of times... and its an amazing trick! i absolutely have no clue how you managed to pull that off.. bravo man
Thank you, means a lot dude
Great work Richard, absolutely seamless
Thank you sir. Was as nervous as hell doing it
There are two papers, one in each shoe and the papers are placed in his shoe sometime after the words are read out but before the conclusion of the paper scissors rock. That way both papers have the same details on them just one says Teller wins and the other says Penn wins.
+John Thorgard I agree. Makes sense. I just wish I knew how he got the paper in his shoe. Id like to think someone is hiding in the black box he uses for the darts or under the floor. That person wrote down the results and somehow got them into his shoe. The brief case was all a distraction so he could get the prediction into his shoe.
5.34 something must have happened when he walked over to the box.
So well done! Bravo!!!
Hey Rich,
amazing job man!
if you crafted this trick then it is absolutely amazing! Once the trick was completed, I realized immediately how it was done, and that furthered my respect for your ability and cleverness ten fold my friend.
Well fucking done.....
He got the co-host in on it.
Crazy thought but subliminal messaging is "Bullshit". Check out the VT. The word HOME is behind me (Housey) and it was even sneakier. The glove in the briefcase was a nod to their glove joke from their phone to fish routine from the pilot.
I meant it was even sneakier for toilet but I had to edit that part of the VT out of this version. But the letters that fell from the briefcase were the letters in toilet.
Because it was shit lol. Was never going to fool anyone. I do a much better version of that routine now.
+brandon Penrod (deathzone187) what sort of tricks are you trying to do?
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into your browser
+Richard Bellars I'm sorry if this sounds rude, but I haven't found any link between you and the website you provide, are you actually affiliated in any way with the website? Because if I'm going to purchase something I'd want to support you not others.
Richard that was truly amazing. 🤓👍
Damn, Richard, you rocked this! I was guessing swami, pocket to shoe like Penn thought, but if that's not how it happened, I'm beyond stumped. Well done, sir!
At 5:53 you can see him motioning to bring the podium out.
At 5:58 you can see the elbow of the assistant leaving to the right.
And at 6:13 you can see where the switch happens. Why else would Mr. Bellars lean on the podium in such an unnatural way, with his right foot so close to the podium post?
Great performance nonetheless. Was fantastic to watch. As long as technology keeps evolving faster than the average person has understanding of.. Magic will stay alive.
Also, you can see that he feels rushed when he says "give it up for Teller" he starts to clap but realized that he needs to position himself so he only does one clap and then quickly puts his hands on the table to position his foot just right for the slip.
Camron Cherry I think you're probably right. Or closest to figuring out what happened.
Camron Cherry ive read all the others and yours makes the most sense, the assistant definitely wrote and and that table was for the slipping
Camron Cherry finally someone else that thinks that ,a more obvious trick it couldnt of bein so i thought i must have it wrong as i thought p&t would of seen that im a normal guy with nothing to do with magic and i thought it was very simple,so i think p&t must of seen it, it was the only way possible and he leaned on it awkward,thought P&T were occupied,but the appearance of a object that would fit a human on stage,well maybe for reasons unknowhn pretented not to know??
Camron Cherry If that's how he did it, it's the first time I've seen sleight of foot before.
there is someone in the box, they wrote it and stuck it in his shoe
there was nobody else on stage apart from us 4
+Richard Bellars I think you used the podium to block vision as you either had someone under the stage place the note in the shoe, or possibly even switch shoes to make it quicker.
+Richard Bellars soooo if the box has nothing to do with it and you 4 were the only on stage .... I believe it's the guy standing beside you in your picture that was the culprit ;)
+Richard Bellars Was the note printed rather than written? If I were to guess an assistant in the audience wrote it and it was printed out by a hidden printer in one of the pieces of the set (Could be the table, the podium by the dartboard, even the briefcase), which you then grabbed and slid down your pant-leg at some point during the routine. (Ok, I guess it could've been printed directly into the shoe though. Always possible).
Ok, after reviewing the footage again it seems as if it didn't go down the pant leg. I still think it was a small printer hidden somewhere, but I'm trying to figure out how it got folded if it didn't go down the pant leg.
I remember being so happy when I saw this,,,I was rooting for you 100 percent.
The table was brought out at 5:50 as P&T were walking back to their house seats. PRediction sheet was put into the stand, special shoe, special stand - absolutely NO person inside anything. Assistant backstage did the writing, on each of two winner tix. As P&T didnt see the table being brought on, they may have thought it was there the whole time, it was not. THAT's misdirection!
Okay everyone. If you're wondering how he did it, I have the answer. Don't read this if you don't want a spoiler.
Here's what we know for a fact:
- Bellars didn't write the note himself.
- Nobody was on-stage to assist Bellars.
- Bellars purposefully employed red herrings to lead Penn & Teller to a wrong answer.
- Only one note was written.
It's also important to note that for this to work with the above facts the note must have been placed in Bellars' shoe after the rock, paper, scissors game.
With all these points taken into consideration, the only possibility is for someone to have written the note and placed it in some sort of mechanism in the table that is brought out after the rock, paper, scissors game. Bellars then uses the mechanism to place the note in his shoe.
Unfortunately, this video cuts out the part when the table is brought out, as well as when Bellars stands near it. Only those who witnessed it live would have been able to see the trickery. This is likely done purposefully by the producer to make the presentation even more bewildering for online audiences.
As Bellars has stated, he "cheated a bit and packed it full of red herrings". It's a very simple trick that relies on him providing a variety of possibilities for how he got the note in his shoe, with him writing it himself or having someone in the black dart table placing it there for him being the most common guesses.
Ultimately, it worked, gives Bellars the victory he desperately sought after his first appearance, and made for quite an interesting show.
Well done, Bellars.
Thanks for taking such an interest in the trick. The method was brand new and thought up specifically to fool them. The live performance of this trick is much nicer to watch and I'll be uploading the full effect plus others from my live show next week
Richard Bellars Excellent. I can't wait to see it!
Richard Bellars Nice trick! No one could've guessed you used magnets and a trick shoe!
Wow this guy got it dead on
So many people DID NOT HEAR HIM SAY, "I did not write it myself, I'll be honest about that."
thank you for exercising my brain and entertaining me ,keep up the good work :-)
Feel free to subscribe and I'll hope to continue doing so
Richard, your performance was really nice! Very nice trick, indeed!
I like to understand tricks in youtube (and staying silent about it) because I really enjoy to figure things out. But I gotta say: I have a lot of suggestions here, but even more doubts. Sometimes I see the trcky part, sometimes I don't. You are great! But when I understand the trick you'll be greater! Thanks for the excellent presentation!
Common guys it's easy.. He wrote down all possible outcomes and put all different papers in shoes, ear, pockets mouth and so on.. All he had to do is just remember where the right paper was..
At last someone figured it out :)
+MrRapolas If you think about how many possible outcomes there were, that sounds quite impossible!
So funny... look at time signature 6:10 - 6:18 there's the answer.
Or you could just watch the video explaining how he did it...
which wasn't uploaded till 2017, whereas this vid was uploaded in 2015
however you did it, I think the writing was finished between the word game and the rock paper scissor.. two papers with two outcomes.. Great trick!
Nope. Completed afterward, on only one piece
@@Steve-fe4lq cool!
At 3:37-3:39 you can clearly see him write 26 which was Teller score on or around his right pocket. So there must be some transfer of pressure to ink to paper.
How to be a magician: Make the judges do all the work while you just sit back
Shixerz_93 😉
I noticed how Bellars said specifically he did not use his "pocket." I think when he made the gag with the gloves and unclasped his belt to joke about the turn-and-cough bit, he stuffed the "prediction" (That he wrote with slight-of-hand quickly from behind the briefcase or behind the darts podeum) down his waistline. It caught on the edge of his pants leg and as he took his shoe off, he shimmied it inside of the shoe itself. Thus, he gave the illusion intended.
Now, I think Bellars actually did use "psychological magic" by doing his research on what P&T would search for. He knew when they would be watching for the slight of hand and when they would be too distracted to do so. He also made sure they were beside him and used them as misdirrection for the audience AND for themselves while he wrote the winnings. He also used the show host as misdirrection (with the gloves) to give an excuse while he set up the drop into his pants.
If this is true, there would be no need for a stagehand or accomplice. It was done all on his own.
This is true. I was hasty in my hypothesis :) Thanks for clearing it up!
Caleb DuGuay Bellars specifically said he did not write it. Guess you missed that.
Joanna Masynyk And you can always trust a magician right?
Rules of the show. He can't lie. The producer knows how it's done beforehand otherwise every contestant on the show would deny Penn and teller figured it out right?
Where does it say that?
7:57 Penn turns into a snake.
that was amazing
Underneath the stage is an opening that transfers the note to his foot. He would stand exactly over a 'trap door' on the floor that is about 2 inches diameter. From underneath the floor the note is passed into his shoe and closed. His shoe bottom has a sliding small plate much like a window opening up. We always assume a smooth shiny black floor has no small hinge opening especially when there is a huge area. Its like an illusion.