@@hikesystem7721 I think it's more of a reference to his preference of physical intimacy. I seen a documentary or something once where he gives a tour of his home and all of the cool stuff inside, He has a special room that has a bit of a BDSM atmosphere about it. Just Sayin'.
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Man I love these big stage illusions. I respect the hell out of close up magic and sleight of hand but I just love the showmanship that goes into big stage illusions.
used to do a straight jacket escape in the early 90's as part of a double act, fire, pyrotechnics and chainsaws were involved. Wasn't so much into card tricks 🤩
I slowed down the actual escape and the card throw. the card was not placed. it's possible it was on the other side, but it wasn't on the tooth at the snap. Looked a second time at when he got into the rigging, she didn't place the card on the opposite side of the jaws. I don't know how it was done
@@magicrockstv5411, I love it, I used to not like P&T, just never liked Penn much. But over the years their style won me over. Love trying to find the inner tricks. I have mad respect for these guys, trying to fool a combined 100+ years of magic background
@@crazylarryjr Yeah! It is not easy at all. They are great separately but combined it is dam near impossible to fool them. Especially as time goes on. They just keep getting better.
During a little league baseball game, the team my team was playing against had a right fielder who got struck by lightning. The bolt of lightning burn a hole in his cap, disintegrated a metal necklace he was wearing and melted the zipper of his pants. It knocked him out, but he came to in the hospital without any noticeable injury. I wonder if this is the same guy?
I don't think that was me. I was in the dugout when the lighting struck. One of the most painful things I've ever felt. A few other players on my team were also badly hurt.
these guys were really good. i would pay to watch them, the guy is energetic and really seems like a fun person. great personality, which makes for a fantastic magic show!
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Yup seen the suspected hand off part .... but the card is signed 🤔. All she had time to do was swap decks and after that they were in your control. But ... the signed card. Couldn't get it from there to the spike cause it was up above you. Marvelous love it.
The BIGGEST trick for any performer is to deal with all the people that just cant sit back and enjoy the magic. Too many are always trying to figure it all out. Let it go..... Most magicians aren't performing to challenge your intelligence, they only want to "entertain" and "amaze" Great job and only you know how this "really" works(OK - Pen & Teller too)
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They swithed mini straight jackets. It caught my eye because he handed it zip tie up and she exposed it zip tie down. Its was behind the jacket but still an obvious switch. No idea how the card got on the tooth though.
Great act. and will remain great even beyond Tuesday May 16, 2053 When Willies Raccoons closes their World tour in Berlin with "Smoking Pig". MagicRocks Leon
“You’re Penn and Teller, and I think we’re good!” I loved that response. Even though Penn didn’t specify exactly what your assistant did, you showed humility, grace and respect instead of fighting them on it. Hats off to you sir. Awesome trick regardless!
Watch when he passes the little straight jacket to his assistant. You don't see it coz the first one is in his sleeve and she produces a different . Spotted straight away . Watch closely you don't see him pass it directly to her
@@mercedeswilkins9085 4:05..... when he puts the jacket on and he hides his small jacket under the big jacket and she then produces another small jacket. You don't see the switch
4:05 my friend. Watch when she passes him the jacket . You don't see him pass the small jacket she produces a small jacket from under the big jacket. It's obvious the switch is then. Why would you do that. Pass her the small jacket first then put on the large jacket
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Here is my theory. At 4:04 he puts the deck in a pocket in the jacket. She takes a different deck to make it look like its his but it isn't. He forced Penn to take the Fool card originally which has some sort of identifier on it that he can find while in the straight jacket and pull it out. At 4:39 he bends down and I think she opens up the sleeve with a zipper maybe. At 4:51, she reaches on the side we can't see into the sleeve and he pushes the card into her glove. Now she has the card which we can't see and somehow gets it onto that blade when the camera cuts away slightly. What do you think ? Such a great trick - well done! Am I wrong?
The secret is at 5:34. Pause here. Use the period key on your keyboard to frame forward and you can see on the assistant loading the card into the the blade contraption on the far right of the screen. It would have been more obvious if they had not cut away to the audience and the blade spinning. She is just finishing up. Her hand is directly over the area where the card appeared. The blade has a "pull" that yanks the card with a thread or she stuck it on a blade there that was hinged to spring out when the blades dropped. The handoff was earlier when she she held the straight jacket in front of him.
@@thisiscait I had two theories, one was a card pull using a wire to bring it into the blade from him, and the other was that the assistant set it into a blade that flips out when it was falling. I was pretty confident that it was the second. But. It bothered me so much that you could see the handoff of the mini straightjacket when the assistant blocks it from view. They wouldn't need to do that. He could have handed it to her in the open. So I freeze framed those blades a few times using comma and period to frame forward and back. At 7:04 you can see those blades are solid and don't look like they flip out. So back to the hand off, if he keeps the card he can use a string pull, but the reason I didn't think he did so much is that it would be hard to get the card to puncture the blade. But again, at 7:04, I'm pretty sure that is a fake tip of the blade and the card is not punctured at all. He releases the card and fake tip and the string sends it up to the blade as he is spraying the cards. He tears the card off with two hands to get rid of the tip and to make it look punctured by a blade. So, I'm going with the pull theory now based on 7:04.
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I think the assistant places the card on the spike, but there are two spikes connected on a hinge. The carded spine is hidden behind the side wall of the jaws. So when the jaws close the momentum swings the other spike with the other card into place. And the bare spike is now hiding.
Yeah, I saw the "hand-off" to hottie behind the straight jacket which is what Penn was talking about her being really helpful. That being said... I was still blown away at the performance. Absolutely fantastic! New fan here!
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Hands mini straight jacket to Chelsea behind the big straight jacket for a split second. In that short time he hands it zip tie up and a split second later she has it zip tie down. They have to work on that transfer so it is the same direction going in and coming out. Otherwise great trick all around. A lot of fun!
The card would not be impaled. It doesn't have enough inertia to remain still. I don't see how it got there. I didn't see it when it it was falling. How it got positioned like that 🤷🏼♀️
Deck switch #1 when he picks up the mini straight-jacket. Now assistant has the deck with the death card and Leon has a different deck, in which he puts the signed fool card. The rest of the cards in that deck are glued in so that it's easy to just remove the signed Fool card when the time comes. Switch #2 is when she hands him the full-size straight-jacket. Leon keeps the fool deck in his left hand and the assistant passes him the death card, which she removed from the original deck backstage. He removes the fool card from the rigged deck while she is securing the straps (possibly just before.) At this point he has both cards. Then he passes the fool card to the assistant while she is securing his left arm. Her right hand is gone behind his body for a couple of seconds. It is supposed to look like she is being rough with him and grabbing his left arm, but she is hiding the fool card in her glove or sleeve. When the jaws are being displayed, the assistant runs her left hand on the top of the jaws and places the card in secure area, on a spike that is retracted with a spring mechanism. When the jaws clamp shut, the spring mechanism is triggered, showing the spike and impaling the fool card in the process. Leon reveals the death card that he already had on him, and then points to the fool card on the spike.
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Leon, that was an amazing performance. You have a great personality, great stage presence, and you keep it very entertaining! Keep on with the Rock Magic!! Stay safe!!
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Funny enough being upside down in a straight jacket makes it easier to escape. Without being upside down it’s very difficult as you don’t have gravity helping you. Good trick though
There was another dangerous act, also a sword-through-the-card act, where Penn commended the magician for taking out the "smart one", ie. Teller, while the magic was happening. He didn't fool them anyway, but it was a more simple act. Maybe this would have had a different outcome if you had put Teller on stage! Loved it! As they say, there are many variations on this, but there was enough there to be genuinely entertaining and mystifying. Certainly fooled me (and I know the explanation for the previous act I was talking about).
Interesting reversal on the old trick; usually the assistant exists to distract from the magician, but this time, the Magician is the distractor from the assistant. Excellent idea!
Your mic makes you look like one of those guys from the old infomercials. Having said that, I would have definitely bought one of those mini straight jackets for 3 easy payments of 19.95.
Had to watch that a couple times to figure out how it was done. VERY cool show. Biggest clue is that's likely a duplicate mini straight jacket. And Chelsea did a great job as well.
The detail can be found at the zip-tie (or tie-wrap as we call it where I live). The tie has a "direction" of locking. And he was not careful enough to keep it the same. Check the orientation of the "knot" right after Pen is handing it to him...then check it again when Chelsie is trying to place it on the stand...it's in the opposite way. The original was kept somewhere in the straight jacket. Still, I'm not a magician, I'm impressed by the whole setup and show and the magic involved! It's quite intimidating and physically engaging and...the assistance is g o r g e o u s ! My respects Sir! Hope to have a chance to see you up close performing!
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That’s part of what makes this show stand out from all of the other talent based shows - no one loses, everyone gets to perform in front of a massive theater to huge applause, and for two giants of magic. That experience is a win already, fooling them is just a bonus
@@stefanandrews5098 Yes! Plus take into account what Val Valentino did back around 20 years ago with his "magic's biggest secrets finally revealed". His lame excuse for giving away all the secrets was to get magicians to come up with new and better tricks. Penn & Teller devised a much better way. They KNOW that they are two of the best in the world and by challenging the world to fool them, other great magicians have become inspired to create tricks that are difficult for Penn & Teller to figure out and/or gives magicians a reason to devise new methods in performing tricks that, despite their experience and research (which spans almost a century) leaves Penn & Teller completely baffled. Penn & Teller did it in a way that was entertaining. They did it in the most clever and elegant method that could be devised. They did, and are still doing it in the BEST way ever achieved. Noone can beat these guys....unless they fool them.
Loved this all. The comedy ("romantic sound", Penn's laugh at the end, etc.) I was completely fooled by this. But I think I've pieced it together somewhat. The cards is passed to the assistant behind the straight jacket I think we've all gathered, but it's still crazy that the card is not in the jaws at 6:43 and it is at 6:44. It has to be a clever engineering feat I think. It's hard to tell because I think the assistant's move maybe happens off camera, but I think she put the card into position when she touches the machine before it's raised up. Then the jaws actually do fall and pierce the card. I'm picturing some kind of holder that snaps into place to prevent it from moving until it's impaled. Very clever set up. This does mean that the jaws would fall and hurt him if something wrong happened and he didn't escape the jacket in time. I'm hoping they'd have some sort of safety stop if that were to happen. I'm guessing 60 seconds is more than enough time for him though. He probably could do it pretty regularly in like 35 seconds if needed and adds in the extra time for safety. Very clever. Very well done!
My guess is that when he lets go, it release the plunger up slightly and disengages the safety mechanism. Still no idea on how that card got there though.
@gsdcbill 3:31 and 5:07. Those are different straight jackets for the cards because the zip ties have switched directions. So yeah, he never passes the cards (plural) to her.
at 5:34 we can see the chain has slack on it, meaning that something else is preventing the jaws to close, and the chain might simply open upon tension.
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Great performance. Not a correct way to secure a straight jacket though :) But it's not the escape that intrigued me, it's how the card got on the tooth.
What a great trick. This recently aired here in Australia and had to come here to have another look! Most comments have mentioned the potential switch etc, but the card on the spike is sensational. The signature isn’t facing out, which I think is pretty crucial, but this is sensational. Well done!
Really enjoyed this but I have one suggestion and that is to use a more recognizable Tarot deck like the Marseilles or the Rider-Waite so that the effect has greater clarity and impact. Amazing job!
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I don't usually like danger/prop acts like this but this was so well done, and fun that I can say I really liked it. Very smooth, polished and quick moving.
They switched bags when he put the jacket on. I usually don't figure these things out but it helps to have video you can rewind and capture the switcharoonie.
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as soon as the mini straight jacket trades hands behind the straight jacket I call shenanigans. The problem with TV magic is we have to watch what we are shown... not what we want to see - namely what the assistant is doing while you are misdirecting. But, its an awesome trick!
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HE FOOLED THEM for sure!!😂😂. They were saying how he got rid of the deck. But that doesn’t answer how the card end up at the jaw. I rewatched for a couple of times. And couldn’t see a thing. Nicely done man 🤌🏽
You only see what the camera allows you to see. Im sure they cut itBUT in all fairness to the performer we have super slow mo over and over they deserve a little concession
This is the comment I was looking for. The assistant and the blatant looking handoff seemed more of misdirection to me. The real trick was getting the card on the jaw. It was there after it shut before it was lowered.
Been to numerous shows. Always leave with a mind blowing experience. Followed all the big name magicians. You are by far the best. An after Watching Penn an Teller the craziest. Big fan. Billy the Liquor guy.
Although Chelsea, the assistant, is VERY worth watching closely, I don't see how she could have handled the card. If you pause the video with the 10 second countdown shown, you can clearly see that there are no cards on the teeth. Excellent illusion, very skillfully performed.
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This guy was my local magician in my small city and I saw him at alot of other kids birthday party's and corporate events. It's great to see him make it big like he did.
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If you look away from Chelsea you’ll notice a magic trick happening.
:-)
Wait. what? there was a magic trick? All I saw was a hot chick
Took me forever to figure that out...
🤣🤣🤣
"That's a very romantic sound."
laughed too hard at that one
Penn is in love with magic!
@@hikesystem7721 I think it's more of a reference to his preference of physical intimacy. I seen a documentary or something once where he gives a tour of his home and all of the cool stuff inside, He has a special room that has a bit of a BDSM atmosphere about it. Just Sayin'.
@@gifctdotorgthought-police3706 ugh
The magician's reaction to that joke was absolutely priceless hahaha
Wonderful routine, I’m only an amateur teen magician but I love watching these Fool Us videos!
Great work! :)
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Man I love these big stage illusions. I respect the hell out of close up magic and sleight of hand but I just love the showmanship that goes into big stage illusions.
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Superb. The danger was palpable. The escape amazing. Your presentation was flawless.
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Fantastic incredible performance. 😊😊👍👍😊😊
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Oh man just seeing this, that contraption is something else. Hilarious you used it in a freaking card trick.
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used to do a straight jacket escape in the early 90's as part of a double act, fire, pyrotechnics and chainsaws were involved.
Wasn't so much into card tricks 🤩
Great !! Enjoy watching it ! Keep going man !
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That was awesome!
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3:27 is the most genuine reaction to a joke. Love it!
This was great to watch =) awesome job!!
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I love the joy in Penn when he knows what happened.
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This is so amazing. You sir are an inspirational magician!
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@@magicrockstv5411 Oh, I'd watch it any day. It's a great distraction from the current situation.
But you're so welcome!
this dude has good energy, not the type of performance i like, but it was still fun to watch. nice work!!
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I slowed down the actual escape and the card throw. the card was not placed. it's possible it was on the other side, but it wasn't on the tooth at the snap. Looked a second time at when he got into the rigging, she didn't place the card on the opposite side of the jaws. I don't know how it was done
You are correct on all accounts. It is also not on the other side! :-) Thank you for your respectful comments and for enjoying the game of Fool Us!
@@magicrockstv5411, I love it, I used to not like P&T, just never liked Penn much. But over the years their style won me over. Love trying to find the inner tricks. I have mad respect for these guys, trying to fool a combined 100+ years of magic background
This is how the card got there.
Spoiler alert
He paused time and went back and placed the card on the tooth and then unpaused time
@@itzbebop Finally a reasonable, logical guess!!! LOL :-)
@@crazylarryjr Yeah! It is not easy at all. They are great separately but combined it is dam near impossible to fool them. Especially as time goes on. They just keep getting better.
During a little league baseball game, the team my team was playing against had a right fielder who got struck by lightning. The bolt of lightning burn a hole in his cap, disintegrated a metal necklace he was wearing and melted the zipper of his pants. It knocked him out, but he came to in the hospital without any noticeable injury. I wonder if this is the same guy?
I don't think that was me. I was in the dugout when the lighting struck. One of the most painful things I've ever felt. A few other players on my team were also badly hurt.
these guys were really good. i would pay to watch them, the guy is energetic and really seems like a fun person. great personality, which makes for a fantastic magic show!
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Yup seen the suspected hand off part .... but the card is signed 🤔. All she had time to do was swap decks and after that they were in your control. But ... the signed card. Couldn't get it from there to the spike cause it was up above you. Marvelous love it.
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Good job!
Thank you so much!!!!
The BIGGEST trick for any performer is to deal with all the people that just cant sit back and enjoy the magic. Too many are always trying to figure it all out. Let it go..... Most magicians aren't performing to challenge your intelligence, they only want to "entertain" and "amaze"
Great job and only you know how this "really" works(OK - Pen & Teller too)
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They swithed mini straight jackets. It caught my eye because he handed it zip tie up and she exposed it zip tie down. Its was behind the jacket but still an obvious switch. No idea how the card got on the tooth though.
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Great job man !!
Thank you!!!
Never heard Penn laugh like that
He is pretty awesome to work with and a great guy off stage as well.
Great act. and will remain great even beyond Tuesday May 16, 2053 When Willies Raccoons closes their World tour in Berlin with "Smoking Pig". MagicRocks Leon
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Oh man. That's an amazing trick
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Generally the Death card in the tarot deck represents Change and Transformation..
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Chelsea's body is god damn magic!
Good routine
Thank you.
Again who played replay button 😄
“You’re Penn and Teller, and I think we’re good!” I loved that response. Even though Penn didn’t specify exactly what your assistant did, you showed humility, grace and respect instead of fighting them on it. Hats off to you sir. Awesome trick regardless!
Thank you so much. They are the best and have given me so many opportunities. No need to fight with the best!
Actually, they did.
If you notice carefully at 4:08 you will find that Chelsea is hot
indeed
4:08 is not relevant.
Astute observation.
@@gmoops8986 HAHA
Chelsea is a babe.
I love when Penn's so excited he laughs like a hyena :)
Yeah! It is a pretty good laugh and its rewarding to get it out of him.
I get the feeling Teller roasts the shit out of Penn when they're alone.
Teller is definitely the top...
...magician I've seen in a while.
Leon:
"I still haven't figured out misdirection."
Leon's agent:
"It's fine, I'll call Chelsea."
Watch when he passes the little straight jacket to his assistant. You don't see it coz the first one is in his sleeve and she produces a different . Spotted straight away . Watch closely you don't see him pass it directly to her
@@koifish4929 time frame please
Yep she’s gorgeous for sure
@@mercedeswilkins9085 4:05..... when he puts the jacket on and he hides his small jacket under the big jacket and she then produces another small jacket. You don't see the switch
4:05 my friend. Watch when she passes him the jacket . You don't see him pass the small jacket she produces a small jacket from under the big jacket. It's obvious the switch is then. Why would you do that. Pass her the small jacket first then put on the large jacket
This dudes act is tailor made for the vegas stage
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@@magicrockstv5411 Love your act! Just a question: what are magicians like you doing during the pandemic?
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theres a dude?
😲dude? 🤦🏻♀️no...💁🏻♀️dudette
i’m pretty sure when she was handing him the straightjacket they switched the cards also
Yes, I noticed the zip tie also changed orientation from back to front to front to back.
Yep. That was so obvious and simple.
@@jiddick So I wasn't the only one that noticed that.
yup
it was clumsy at best.
Here is my theory. At 4:04 he puts the deck in a pocket in the jacket. She takes a different deck to make it look like its his but it isn't. He forced Penn to take the Fool card originally which has some sort of identifier on it that he can find while in the straight jacket and pull it out. At 4:39 he bends down and I think she opens up the sleeve with a zipper maybe. At 4:51, she reaches on the side we can't see into the sleeve and he pushes the card into her glove. Now she has the card which we can't see and somehow gets it onto that blade when the camera cuts away slightly. What do you think ? Such a great trick - well done! Am I wrong?
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The secret is at 5:34. Pause here. Use the period key on your keyboard to frame forward and you can see on the assistant loading the card into the the blade contraption on the far right of the screen. It would have been more obvious if they had not cut away to the audience and the blade spinning. She is just finishing up. Her hand is directly over the area where the card appeared. The blade has a "pull" that yanks the card with a thread or she stuck it on a blade there that was hinged to spring out when the blades dropped.
The handoff was earlier when she she held the straight jacket in front of him.
I think this is actually it. It's a hidden blade that opens at the drop.
@@thisiscait I had two theories, one was a card pull using a wire to bring it into the blade from him, and the other was that the assistant set it into a blade that flips out when it was falling. I was pretty confident that it was the second. But. It bothered me so much that you could see the handoff of the mini straightjacket when the assistant blocks it from view. They wouldn't need to do that. He could have handed it to her in the open. So I freeze framed those blades a few times using comma and period to frame forward and back. At 7:04 you can see those blades are solid and don't look like they flip out. So back to the hand off, if he keeps the card he can use a string pull, but the reason I didn't think he did so much is that it would be hard to get the card to puncture the blade. But again, at 7:04, I'm pretty sure that is a fake tip of the blade and the card is not punctured at all. He releases the card and fake tip and the string sends it up to the blade as he is spraying the cards. He tears the card off with two hands to get rid of the tip and to make it look punctured by a blade.
So, I'm going with the pull theory now based on 7:04.
The real magic is Leon replying to all comments! That's so cool, just like his performance. Keep going bro, you are amazing. I wish you all the very best not just in your career but life in general. Love from India 🇮🇳♥
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I think the assistant places the card on the spike, but there are two spikes connected on a hinge. The carded spine is hidden behind the side wall of the jaws. So when the jaws close the momentum swings the other spike with the other card into place. And the bare spike is now hiding.
Yeah, I saw the "hand-off" to hottie behind the straight jacket which is what Penn was talking about her being really helpful.
That being said... I was still blown away at the performance.
Absolutely fantastic! New fan here!
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@@magicrockstv5411 Yeah, that would be great!
Hands mini straight jacket to Chelsea behind the big straight jacket for a split second. In that short time he hands it zip tie up and a split second later she has it zip tie down. They have to work on that transfer so it is the same direction going in and coming out. Otherwise great trick all around. A lot of fun!
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i followed it up until the jaws came down. after that i have no clue how it got in the jaws
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I was thinking the same thing and I even watched it twice but I still did not see her put that card on those jowls
Awesome trick though
Hey! That's my straightjacket! It's the only one I fit into! :D
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The card would not be impaled. It doesn't have enough inertia to remain still.
I don't see how it got there.
I didn't see it when it it was falling.
How it got positioned like that 🤷🏼♀️
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Deck switch #1 when he picks up the mini straight-jacket. Now assistant has the deck with the death card and Leon has a different deck, in which he puts the signed fool card. The rest of the cards in that deck are glued in so that it's easy to just remove the signed Fool card when the time comes.
Switch #2 is when she hands him the full-size straight-jacket. Leon keeps the fool deck in his left hand and the assistant passes him the death card, which she removed from the original deck backstage. He removes the fool card from the rigged deck while she is securing the straps (possibly just before.) At this point he has both cards.
Then he passes the fool card to the assistant while she is securing his left arm. Her right hand is gone behind his body for a couple of seconds. It is supposed to look like she is being rough with him and grabbing his left arm, but she is hiding the fool card in her glove or sleeve.
When the jaws are being displayed, the assistant runs her left hand on the top of the jaws and places the card in secure area, on a spike that is retracted with a spring mechanism. When the jaws clamp shut, the spring mechanism is triggered, showing the spike and impaling the fool card in the process.
Leon reveals the death card that he already had on him, and then points to the fool card on the spike.
Alternate explanation for the death card is that she passes him a whole deck of death cards that she had put in a mini-straight-jacket backstage.
Interesting theory man. Close on a lot and off on a lot. Either way I appreciate you taking the time to watch, comment, and play the game of trying to figure it out. Thank you!
Interesting theory man. Close on a lot and off on a lot. Either way I appreciate you taking the time to watch, comment, and play the game of trying to figure it out. Thank you!
"That's a very romantic sound" -- and the two kinksters give each other a meaningful look ;)
Leon, that was an amazing performance. You have a great personality, great stage presence, and you keep it very entertaining! Keep on with the Rock Magic!! Stay safe!!
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@@magicrockstv5411 all the way from South Africa you rock bro..
@@user-vi5wh7ts6c thanks so much!!!
Funny enough being upside down in a straight jacket makes it easier to escape. Without being upside down it’s very difficult as you don’t have gravity helping you. Good trick though
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Pen laugh is exactly like Joker,😆😆
But really, he's 3 of clubs. You got fooled!
There was another dangerous act, also a sword-through-the-card act, where Penn commended the magician for taking out the "smart one", ie. Teller, while the magic was happening. He didn't fool them anyway, but it was a more simple act. Maybe this would have had a different outcome if you had put Teller on stage!
Loved it! As they say, there are many variations on this, but there was enough there to be genuinely entertaining and mystifying. Certainly fooled me (and I know the explanation for the previous act I was talking about).
Chelsea was far from invisible. In fact, I still see her with my eyes closed.
the only reason I clicked on this one!
Interesting reversal on the old trick; usually the assistant exists to distract from the magician, but this time, the Magician is the distractor from the assistant. Excellent idea!
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My pleasure, everyone!
I saw the sketchy hand off but i have no clue how he got it into the jaws
Great performance, buddy!
Thanks so much brother! It was a blast.
Your mic makes you look like one of those guys from the old infomercials. Having said that, I would have definitely bought one of those mini straight jackets for 3 easy payments of 19.95.
Haha! You made me LOL. I'll have to sell some and work on my pitch! I'll have to channel my inner Billy Mays.
Had to watch that a couple times to figure out how it was done. VERY cool show.
Biggest clue is that's likely a duplicate mini straight jacket.
And Chelsea did a great job as well.
the switch behind the jacket was pretty obvious
There is no way that saw cut them chains. To be more convincing you should get one with smaller teeth.
The detail can be found at the zip-tie (or tie-wrap as we call it where I live). The tie has a "direction" of locking. And he was not careful enough to keep it the same. Check the orientation of the "knot" right after Pen is handing it to him...then check it again when Chelsie is trying to place it on the stand...it's in the opposite way. The original was kept somewhere in the straight jacket.
Still, I'm not a magician, I'm impressed by the whole setup and show and the magic involved! It's quite intimidating and physically engaging and...the assistance is g o r g e o u s !
My respects Sir! Hope to have a chance to see you up close performing!
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This is the only show where the contestants can fail and yet they don't actually fail. Because the audience is fooled still by it
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That’s part of what makes this show stand out from all of the other talent based shows - no one loses, everyone gets to perform in front of a massive theater to huge applause, and for two giants of magic.
That experience is a win already, fooling them is just a bonus
@@stefanandrews5098 Yes! Plus take into account what Val Valentino did back around 20 years ago with his "magic's biggest secrets finally revealed". His lame excuse for giving away all the secrets was to get magicians to come up with new and better tricks.
Penn & Teller devised a much better way. They KNOW that they are two of the best in the world and by challenging the world to fool them, other great magicians have become inspired to create tricks that are difficult for Penn & Teller to figure out and/or gives magicians a reason to devise new methods in performing tricks that, despite their experience and research (which spans almost a century) leaves Penn & Teller completely baffled. Penn & Teller did it in a way that was entertaining. They did it in the most clever and elegant method that could be devised. They did, and are still doing it in the BEST way ever achieved. Noone can beat these guys....unless they fool them.
As I viewer I never even care of Penn and Teller were fooled or not, because we already got to see the act!
Leon..that was amazing .. I understand the risk you took make this trick really fun and crazy of course she mentioned there..😄
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Loved this all. The comedy ("romantic sound", Penn's laugh at the end, etc.) I was completely fooled by this. But I think I've pieced it together somewhat. The cards is passed to the assistant behind the straight jacket I think we've all gathered, but it's still crazy that the card is not in the jaws at 6:43 and it is at 6:44. It has to be a clever engineering feat I think. It's hard to tell because I think the assistant's move maybe happens off camera, but I think she put the card into position when she touches the machine before it's raised up. Then the jaws actually do fall and pierce the card. I'm picturing some kind of holder that snaps into place to prevent it from moving until it's impaled. Very clever set up. This does mean that the jaws would fall and hurt him if something wrong happened and he didn't escape the jacket in time. I'm hoping they'd have some sort of safety stop if that were to happen. I'm guessing 60 seconds is more than enough time for him though. He probably could do it pretty regularly in like 35 seconds if needed and adds in the extra time for safety. Very clever. Very well done!
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My guess is that when he lets go, it release the plunger up slightly and disengages the safety mechanism. Still no idea on how that card got there though.
@gsdcbill 3:31 and 5:07. Those are different straight jackets for the cards because the zip ties have switched directions. So yeah, he never passes the cards (plural) to her.
@@edwells4769 excellent observation. I also suspected about the existance of 2 decks
at 5:34 we can see the chain has slack on it, meaning that something else is preventing the jaws to close, and the chain might simply open upon tension.
Awesome stuff. You really channeled the Penn&Teller of old with that mix of magic and danger. I need to check out your live show!
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Penn never revealed how his hair stays like that. Pretty sure that's a fooler right there.
Shhhh... that is a big secret!
His hair is the reason this stunt isn't dangerous for him. It will stop the blades! Love the act!
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I'm watching this, and I still don't see how that card ended up there. Nicely done.
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Great performance. Not a correct way to secure a straight jacket though :) But it's not the escape that intrigued me, it's how the card got on the tooth.
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What a great trick. This recently aired here in Australia and had to come here to have another look! Most comments have mentioned the potential switch etc, but the card on the spike is sensational. The signature isn’t facing out, which I think is pretty crucial, but this is sensational. Well done!
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Really enjoyed this but I have one suggestion and that is to use a more recognizable Tarot deck like the Marseilles or the Rider-Waite so that the effect has greater clarity and impact. Amazing job!
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his hair stayed electrocuted even tho he has recovered
I don't usually like danger/prop acts like this but this was so well done, and fun that I can say I really liked it. Very smooth, polished and quick moving.
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Your performances rock! I cannot figure this one out, keep pausing it, rewinding, trying to figure out exactly how a card gets on that spike..
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Chelsea has got to be the most attractive assistant I have ever seen in a magic show.
I agree!
It's her imperfection that amplifies her... that & her great hair style...
& smile
& walk
& her fantastic feminine form!
They switched bags when he put the jacket on. I usually don't figure these things out but it helps to have video you can rewind and capture the switcharoonie.
Video is your best friend for a routine like this.
@@magicrockstv5411 good stuff man
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@@magicrockstv5411 respect for being a good sport about it 👍🏻 it was still a great and entertaining routine and you should be proud!
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The most magic I thought was when people think that saw could actually naturally cut that chain 😂 but great act 👍
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as soon as the mini straight jacket trades hands behind the straight jacket I call shenanigans. The problem with TV magic is we have to watch what we are shown... not what we want to see - namely what the assistant is doing while you are misdirecting. But, its an awesome trick!
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Ok I watched Chelsea the entire time as well and still was fooled…guess Penn & Teller aren’t warm blooded human males 🤷🏽♂️😅
HAHA
Holy shit... Chelsea made it a little difficult to focus on the trick. lol Which, of course, was the point, but... holy shit, that outfit...
This magic trick was a true spectacle! Very entertaining and must take so much hard work. I would love to see you perform in person!
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Something happens behind the straight jacket. Not really sure what, but at 5:09, you'll see the spot where I don't have a clue how they did this.
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HE FOOLED THEM for sure!!😂😂. They were saying how he got rid of the deck. But that doesn’t answer how the card end up at the jaw. I rewatched for a couple of times. And couldn’t see a thing. Nicely done man 🤌🏽
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You only see what the camera allows you to see. Im sure they cut itBUT in all fairness to the performer we have super slow mo over and over they deserve a little concession
This is the comment I was looking for. The assistant and the blatant looking handoff seemed more of misdirection to me. The real trick was getting the card on the jaw. It was there after it shut before it was lowered.
Been to numerous shows.
Always leave with a mind blowing experience.
Followed all the big name magicians. You are by far the best.
An after Watching Penn an Teller the craziest.
Big fan.
Billy the Liquor guy.
Where do you even get an enormous contraption like that? Great show, btw!
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I actually dont know how the card gets pierced.
Amazing performance. Totally missed how it was done, and loved the show. Thanks Leon. Incredible.
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Hmm. They switched the card deck when his assistent handed him the jacket. At least that's my idea...
@@cookiemonsterdayz ok but how it got to the teeth and how he was able to find it.
Although Chelsea, the assistant, is VERY worth watching closely, I don't see how she could have handled the card. If you pause the video with the 10 second countdown shown, you can clearly see that there are no cards on the teeth. Excellent illusion, very skillfully performed.
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This is the Rube Goldberg of card sword routine :)
I'll take it! Thanks! LOL
You watching Ivan Amodei?You can learn a thing or two about humility from this young man
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Death Tarot card is actually a mostly good sign in Tarot Practice. And Fool does not mean a surprise, it means journey, struggle and luck
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Intense performance. Loved it!
Thanks so much!
Just watched the bullshit episode on tarot cards 😂
Hanging upside down helps in escaping the straight jacket easier but visually it makes it look like its harder
100% correct.
7500 miles away, my heart was pounding! Great interaction with Penn, and an awesome performance. This just fuels your fire/passion. You ROCK BROTHER!
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This guy was my local magician in my small city and I saw him at alot of other kids birthday party's and corporate events. It's great to see him make it big like he did.
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this guy's a genius...the girl is a perfect misdirection.. i had to rewind to see the actual trick
HAHA :-)
Like the skateboard trick, we may know the sneaky move but how the card actually gets there is the real challenge
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I think that hairstyle was risky enough. ;)
of course his magic is outstanding too.
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A trick that I know how it's done! Not that I could do it as smoothly though. This was well done.
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Do you want some more......no no I'm good, runs away lol. brilliant act.
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Nice performance.
But where can i watch your first performance on Penn & Teller fool us?
Any link?
If you search Leon Penn and Teller it should come up.
@@magicrockstv5411 oh shame on me lol
Anyway thanks I'll check it out:)