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this I am almost positive is a gamblers trick, he tucked their cards then did a basic version of a false deal, pulling their cards out at the right number of counted cards. [edit] also first trick it is a special box that would in someway trigger another device most likely in his shoe that would signal which ball he picked up. so all he had to do is remember the order of colours as they were removed from the box.
I love watching your videos. As a person interested in magic, but without any skills myself, I enjoy watching magicians and attempting to figure it out. It feels gratifying when I’m fooled, and even better when you are fooled as well. Keep up the fun work! And Aesop lol
This gentleman is a real discovery and most entertaining. His act _appears_ simple (l am sure its a math trick) but to make it look smooth and simple can be quite difficult l imagine 🤔
I have seen this exact trick on mismag88's channel 8 years ago. The video is called "Graham Jolley FOOL US Card Trick Revealed" (fyi: Jason, i don't wanna redirect any traffic from your channel, you're awesome). It's a really smart method and you might have a look just to tease your brain a little bit.
Jason, again you have put a smile upon my face 😄! Excellent review of Graham’s show; I enjoy your commentary. Through your facial expressions, I could see the wheels of your mind doing double time! Maybe the moral of AF could be: think before speaking, choose your words wisely and always follow through! 🦵🐺
I am not a magician. I have coordination issues, so I could never even learn how to shuffle the cards, leave alone doing any slight of hand. But I love close-up magic. I "stumbled" onto your channel while I am cooped up at home. I just love your commentary. It's like watching a magic performance with a friend. Thank you :-)
this was a great trick I had learned years ago, that was a false shuffle and there is no force, but it is a mathematical algorithm and the deck is definitely preset, which he proves with the numbers on the cards, it's more mysterious if you don't do that...keep up the great videos Jason!
Hey, Jason! One of my favorite acts on Fool Us is Kostya Kimlat's (first appearance!) the closeup self-rearranging deck. You really gotta check it out and record a reaction :)
@@mikeonthebox i recently view an explanation for Penns hate. Penn said that when Kostya was announced, Teller said to him "we're screwed". Penn said on his podcast that he knows 20 variants, Teller knows 20 more, and they didn't catch the movement. P&T did a variant of the same trick a few days before on tv, promoting the show; and Kostya did the same trick with Penn burning his hands; Penn knew in the middle of the trick that Kostya did the special movement and he didn't catch it.
I was actually more fooled by the first ball effect. At first I thought I would know-- but because he told Jonathan where to put each ball even before the balls left the box-- I am not sure how he'd get any "feedback" on which pocket to have him put the ball/s in. If he had waited until after Jonathan picked up each ball then the answer would be pretty apparent--. .-- but he actually told him which pocket before the ball left the case?? Keep up the great work Jason-- most entertaining channel on TH-cam!!!!
British humor (humour) works by often being seriously understated :-) (As a Brit one can learn but it helps to live there). He is hilarious. Love his "banter." But producing Jokers blank-backed at first, THEN with numbers on the back...that was amazing.
From having been to a taping of Fool Us about three years ago I can confirm that, at least during the taping I was at, Penn and Teller did have more time to discuss the possibilities between each other longer than it appears in the edited/ televised episode, not a great deal longer; but, perhaps 2-3 times longer than it appears. Which seemed fair. If you’re in Vegas I would encourage you to attend one of the tapings, especially given the fact they’re free to attend just via signing up online. I believe the tapings are on Sunday afternoons and I was able to get a ticket by signing up on like the Wednesday before the Sunday taping.
Did you notice that he fumbles slightly on each of the card counts. Could that be masking a move? He’s incredible with the cards so the fumbles seem artificial.
The fumbles are for entertainment I think. Or nervousness. The trick doesn't need any special moves at that point. The only important moves are how the cuts are put together initially and how the cuts are put together after removing the jokers.
@@LachimusPrime He didn't have to count. The way the cards were put together both times is all that is needed. The trick is simply mathematics and the humans inability to see patterns this big.
This is truly one of the best effects I’ve seen. Period. Two banks (one K, one 5, spades) was the only thing I could think of, since a force seemed necessary, but impossible in the circumstances. And I kept wondering why P&T didn’t examine the deck while deliberating. Then, finally they did and... wow. Just wow.
I got addicted to snooker when I lived in Europe and I’m an absolute fanatic for the game. (Watching it, not playing it.) It’s like chess and pool mixed into one. Of course, I also like watching backgammon matches on TH-cam...
Silver iodide paper (photographic paper) under the balls - the duration between ball removal leaves a shaded strip dark to light in the sequence. The box was immediately flipped to preserve the shading and prevent further exposure.
Ok I have 2 ways maybe he did it but both run into a near impossible part. 1) The Jokers position in the deck at the end told him where the other cards were. Because he had Penn pick first and place back first the card between Penn's stack and Tellers is the top card and he could know it or a Joker was placed near the top. The problem is the markings of 18 and 43 on the Jokers. So he could know where they are but getting the numbers on the Jokers blows my mind. 2) Because he could differently know Teller's card because it was with the top card he could find a way to collect it. Penn's card is much harder but given the position of the Jokers he could know and find a way to collect it. When he dealt them back he would just give them the card at the count he wanted so the numbers on the Jokers didn't matter. The problem with this is I can't imagen Penn or Teller not seeing him collect the cards or bottom deal it. Now I did see a comment on here talk about him fumble with the cards so that is when he placed them. Still, he would have to very VERY good to be able to collect them and put them where he wanted them without Penn or Teller seeing him. About the ball trick. I did notice that when he would say the color of the ball the helper guy would move towards the pocket it was in. Hell, half the time he was reaching in the pocket before Graham said the pocket. This is a well know thing that people do when they are asked about something.
The trick is called Whispering Jokers or Prior Commitment. The cards of Penn and Teller always would end up in 18th and 43rd place. It is just mathematics and carefully chosen but still random cuts.
Jason, first off; I had never seen this video before. I thought I had seen all of them, many of them I’ve seen several times. If it wasn’t for the two cuts, I would say that there was a force involved. I don’t think for a minute that either jokers spoke to him, but seeing the numbers written on the back in permanent marker, that there does prove that a force was involved. I just don’t understand how. I think that the placement of the two jokers, did somehow identify Penn’s card along with Teller card. A head scratcher!
Not sure... there are so many sources for buying magic products... old and new.... it's a maze out there! Only my speculation for how it could work. When I was a child I had a cheap motion detector device, and you could put it in a drawer. When the drawer was opened it would make a noise. I imagine the same principle could be applied here... except mine was technology from 30 years ago.
(1) He had P&T put their piles back in the opposite order. (2) The jokers were already in the deck with the numbers printed on them. (3) We didn't see the order in which he put the piles back together after extracting the jokers (as you noted). Given all of that, I figured there was some kind of math-based control going on... and after crunching the numbers/variables a bit, I figured out how to exactly replicate what he did -- without ANY trickery or fancy manipulation whatsoever. First, you put the joker with the "43" on it between the 9th and 10th cards in the deck, and put the joker with the "18" on it between the 27th and 28th cards. That's all the setup you need (so he must have been doing false shuffles at the start, as you suggested). Now, you have spectator #1 take the top third (which will undoubtedly include the first joker, but not the second) and memorize the bottom card. Spectator #2 then takes half of the rest (since the second joker is just past the halfway point of the original deck, that should be part of what they grab) and memorize the bottom card. The two stacks then go back on the deck in reverse order. Next, you fan out the deck and find the jokers, splitting the deck into three parts: Top, Middle, and Bottom. When you reassemble the deck, switch the Middle and Bottom parts. Now, spectator #1's card will be at position #18 and spectator #2's card will be at position #43, exactly as the jokers "predict". It's completely self-working if you set it up right. I figured it would be a bit much to post how the mathematics of it work, though...
I always remember this one.. to this day i still have no idea what he did.. you're right about the host snapping at their heels (so to speak) however..I'd argue penn and teller don't need time after the fact to figure it out..i think and i beleive that the deliberation period should be short.. the real magic happens during performance and thus should they be dumbfounded during said performance...then job done..effect successful 😁
What an amazing card trick. That is the kind of trick/act you can only do after decades of practise. My head is officially spannerd and I don't even wanna know how he did that...rEspect.
He was honest about the method of the second trick - it is indeed the jokers that tell him where their cards are... You caught one important detail without realizing, as it was not yet anything suggesting that it had importance. The second one was not in the camera frame. I once prepped my playing card deck for this trick before a game night with my friends (using slightly different numbers). I'm not skilled at that kind of shuffle, but relied on my friends' lack of attention to what was going on at the start. They seemed pretty amazed.
I think you're on to something with the gimmicked box: my guess is it has some kind of foam which expanded over time that the balls rested on, one look at the empty box and you could tell what order the balls were selected in
Jason, not a magician, but I believe I know how he did it. Its all about those Jokers and where they were when the trick began (Not much of a cut at the beginning)! Of course there is an "Order" to follow when placing the cards back together and a Vegas No-No when playing blackjack. Your right, not much time for P&T to think on it.
Nice reaction!!! The snooker ball trick don't know exactly how it's done but i know like you one or two ways to do it, the card trick it's so good, it was one of the first tricks that I've learned it's from Simon Aronson if I'm not mistaken. Keep up the great work
Here's my theory. He handled the deck before and after Penn placed his cards in so was able to place the jokers in to mark where the cards were - it was very hard to see him do this in the video but maybe he's just very good at that sleight. He prepicked the two numbers to approximate 1/3 and 2/3 way through the deck and counted on Penn and Teller to follow his instructions fairly well when choosing their cuts. Then when he spread the cards out he quickly counted the difference between the two marker points and where the chosen cards are which was probably just a few cards. Then he adjusted the cards by taking the from the surplus side and shifting them to the other side very quickly when he pushed the cards back together after pulling the jokers out. Or alternatively (but I don't think likely) he false dealt to make the adjustment.
6:03 the ‘put on women’s clothing’ joke is a reference to the famous Lumberjack song from Monty Python. It’s an inside joke that a British audience easily gets, I guess.
I think its pronounced snoooooker, and i think billiard is like whole stick balls on table thing but snooker is a special variant of it I think the womans clothing thing was a monty python reference, but what do I know Great act, I was thinking that like half was King of Spades and rest was 5 of Spades but then they where allowed to look at the deck and it was a normal deck, so yeah.. no idea. Nice content as always :)
Talented and funny! A simple buzzer for the snooker effect. He told him where to put the balls. Yes, the initial "shuffle" was pretty obvious. Baffled though. 🤔
Did any one else notice that he fumbled the cards at the start of each count. I believe that is when he placed the cards or palmed them so when he got to the number he wanted he could show them.
Gday mate like always love well like alot love's a bit strong your video...what are your favorite 2 tricks to show people at parties ect? Do you make videos like that
I have a few performance videos you can see of me on my YT channel home page under Street Magic playlist. :) Favorites now are Two Card Monte. And probably OOTW or Red Hot Mama.
I wonder if something important was cut from the video, because it didn't look like the deck was shuffled or cut after Penn and Teller put their cards back because since Penn put it back first, I would expect Penn's card to be deeper in the pack then Teller's. But Penn's card was 18 and Teller's was 43...
I will pause at 5:14 and comment. As an automation engineer i can think of having a wifi/bluettooth device using an arduino like microcontroller and 5 load cells. while in your body you have a receiver which vibrates corresponding with the number of the ball he just took ---- Now after the performance ---- For the other trick... He messed up quite a bit while counting. My guess is he had the two cards on the top and he was dealing from the third position. The numbers won't matter, he just dealt the first card when the time came.
Hey! You are not recording. I hope you all right! * A request. I found a guy 16 in Span got talent from 2018. TOMÀS SANJUÀN. They don't have closed captions, so we might don't understand. No need, he is so good. He creates a milieu others dream of. Also he knows how to set a trick and present it while keeping interest. Hard thing I say: In overall picture, he is the best for me. Yes, beats Shim Lin. * Thanks!
Yep I'm alright! Just things have been busy! Hoping to make more videos soon..... :) And I tend to react more to Fool Us nowadays because they don't demonetize my videos as often at these Got Talent shows do.... or make videos that are NOT reactions... I'm trying to branch out a bit. Next video is about magic books that I recommend. I promise it's not as boring as it sounds. :)
Each ball was removed in order and he told him which pocket to put it in. If Johnathan had put the ball in a different pocket than the one instructed then it would have been impressive.
My guess is that he got them to choose from a loaded deck (only King and 5 of spades). Then while doing his comedy and twirling the deck, he switched it for a stacked deck where the King and 5 were already in the correct order. The original deck of kings and 5s remained in his pocket while the final deck was examined. The camera switching make it difficult or impossible to see the transition.
First thing I noticed is this - Penn puts his cards down, and then Teller's go on top of those. However, Penn's number was 18 and Teller's was 43. Since Penns were below Teller's, there's no way that his number could be actually lower than Tellers. So Jolley must have done something when bringing the piles together - maybe something like a little salt on top to keep a break, control the cards to the bottom, and then just count out the 18 and 43 and do a bottom deal on both of those to get the cards.
I am surprised Jason that you didn't notice that Penn put his 3rd first, so his card should not be on a spot "above" (18 compare to 43) Teller's card :)
Time and time again I come back to Graham Jolley's wonderful performance - what an absolute pro he is! And I'm always amazed that experienced magicians don't recognise this trick - I think Graham's banter and style just has us laughing so much that we can't think! I for one enjoyed his witty approach so much that I stopped trying to work it out and just wanted him to win a trophy!
long ago there was a illusionist magician did same or simouar card trick and every age group showing how its done on youtube video channel back in the day
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this I am almost positive is a gamblers trick, he tucked their cards then did a basic version of a false deal, pulling their cards out at the right number of counted cards.
[edit] also first trick it is a special box that would in someway trigger another device most likely in his shoe that would signal which ball he picked up. so all he had to do is remember the order of colours as they were removed from the box.
moral of the story... dont trust someone that has anything to gain from you being a fool.
@@brettleisy356 That's really well put! :)
Hey Jason, you're a great TH-camr. I was wondering. How do you make a living in Ukraine?
😀😁😂 I'm sorry but that is NOT how you pronounce snooker
16:15 "I haven't eaten" ... lol 😆 I'm definitely using that
I love that card effect. It is a Simon Aronson effect, and the trick is so good, that you can follow Simon’s instructions, and fool yourself!
Yes it's such a simple method and can be played many ways, love the thinking behind this
Is it in Bound to Please?
Forever living for the way Jason says ‘snuker’ instead of ‘snooker’
I’ve seen a lot of fool us and this has to be in my top 5 favorite performances.
I think his skill is appearing clueless and clumsy, when he is a shark.
I love watching your videos. As a person interested in magic, but without any skills myself, I enjoy watching magicians and attempting to figure it out. It feels gratifying when I’m fooled, and even better when you are fooled as well. Keep up the fun work! And Aesop lol
That kind of rivalry between Penn&Teller vs. Jonathan Ross was so funny I wish they would bring if back just for a special
Jonathan Ross is so hillarious. I look at him as the Conan O' Brein of UK.
Omg yesss
The trick and performance were perfecto! He owned the stage.
You are made of purity and sunshine, Jason.
Graham Jolley is a pro's pro. That dude has skills for days.
Snooker is a game that makes Pool look painfully easy.
This gentleman is a real discovery and most entertaining. His act _appears_ simple (l am sure its a math trick) but to make it look smooth and simple can be quite difficult l imagine 🤔
I have seen this exact trick on mismag88's channel 8 years ago.
The video is called "Graham Jolley FOOL US Card Trick Revealed" (fyi: Jason, i don't wanna redirect any traffic from your channel, you're awesome).
It's a really smart method and you might have a look just to tease your brain a little bit.
It is a math trick, yes
Jason, again you have put a smile upon my face 😄! Excellent review of Graham’s show; I enjoy your commentary. Through your facial expressions, I could see the wheels of your mind doing double time! Maybe the moral of AF could be: think before speaking, choose your words wisely and always follow through! 🦵🐺
Apart from being an amazing magician, this dude is funny and cool as hell.
I am not a magician. I have coordination issues, so I could never even learn how to shuffle the cards, leave alone doing any slight of hand. But I love close-up magic. I "stumbled" onto your channel while I am cooped up at home. I just love your commentary. It's like watching a magic performance with a friend. Thank you :-)
this was a great trick I had learned years ago, that was a false shuffle and there is no force, but it is a mathematical algorithm and the deck is definitely preset, which he proves with the numbers on the cards, it's more mysterious if you don't do that...keep up the great videos Jason!
I agree. Having the numbers written points to a math trick.
THE man is a complete entertainer....pure magic and GREAT wit.
Really great video, Jason!!! Thank you!
Hey, Jason!
One of my favorite acts on Fool Us is Kostya Kimlat's (first appearance!) the closeup self-rearranging deck.
You really gotta check it out and record a reaction :)
@@mikeonthebox i recently view an explanation for Penns hate. Penn said that when Kostya was announced, Teller said to him "we're screwed". Penn said on his podcast that he knows 20 variants, Teller knows 20 more, and they didn't catch the movement. P&T did a variant of the same trick a few days before on tv, promoting the show; and Kostya did the same trick with Penn burning his hands; Penn knew in the middle of the trick that Kostya did the special movement and he didn't catch it.
Thanks Jason, I started watching you and you make a great entertainment. I enjoy your show and hopefully you get a TV show one day on this magic.
I was actually more fooled by the first ball effect. At first I thought I would know-- but because he told Jonathan where to put each ball even before the balls left the box-- I am not sure how he'd get any "feedback" on which pocket to have him put the ball/s in. If he had waited until after Jonathan picked up each ball then the answer would be pretty apparent--. .-- but he actually told him which pocket before the ball left the case?? Keep up the great work Jason-- most entertaining channel on TH-cam!!!!
I figured it had to be a force somehow with the prediction at the end. That was great.
I know how that trick is done and then first shuffle at the beginning relies on a completely perfect riffle haha thats ballsy
First time i saw this magician in youtube. He is so good and entertaining.
WTF? He didn't collect his FU trophy! Some great lines...perfect humour...excellent sleight of hand, spontaneous what more? A perfect magic show!
This is a great effect. Have not seen this in a long while. 😊😊👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏
that was great - and your reaction as well :-D
British humor (humour) works by often being seriously understated :-) (As a Brit one can learn but it helps to live there). He is hilarious. Love his "banter." But producing Jokers blank-backed at first, THEN with numbers on the back...that was amazing.
From having been to a taping of Fool Us about three years ago I can confirm that, at least during the taping I was at, Penn and Teller did have more time to discuss the possibilities between each other longer than it appears in the edited/ televised episode, not a great deal longer; but, perhaps 2-3 times longer than it appears. Which seemed fair. If you’re in Vegas I would encourage you to attend one of the tapings, especially given the fact they’re free to attend just via signing up online. I believe the tapings are on Sunday afternoons and I was able to get a ticket by signing up on like the Wednesday before the Sunday taping.
Blue got me. I LOVE IT!!!
Did you notice that he fumbles slightly on each of the card counts. Could that be masking a move? He’s incredible with the cards so the fumbles seem artificial.
Maybe, but how would he know which cards they chose?
The fumbles are for entertainment I think. Or nervousness.
The trick doesn't need any special moves at that point.
The only important moves are how the cuts are put together initially and how the cuts are put together after removing the jokers.
Ohhhh, so you think he counted how many cards away the cuts were from the jokers..??
@@LachimusPrime He didn't have to count. The way the cards were put together both times is all that is needed. The trick is simply mathematics and the humans inability to see patterns this big.
This is truly one of the best effects I’ve seen. Period. Two banks (one K, one 5, spades) was the only thing I could think of, since a force seemed necessary, but impossible in the circumstances. And I kept wondering why P&T didn’t examine the deck while deliberating. Then, finally they did and... wow. Just wow.
dont know why you are having trouble solving this, Jonathan told us it was magic. easy
You can learn this trick on mismags chanel and cardshuffler99 channel
Grate performance, I live it
I got addicted to snooker when I lived in Europe and I’m an absolute fanatic for the game. (Watching it, not playing it.) It’s like chess and pool mixed into one. Of course, I also like watching backgammon matches on TH-cam...
I didn't know how to black backgammon most of my life.... and a friend taught me 2 years ago for the first time.... surprisingly fun game!
Good man Graham! 🎩 🪄 ✨️
I learnt this trick on mismag TH-cam channel quite a while ago...its really cool
Snooker is very popular in UK, and yes it has very different rules from billiard.
Made popular by UK army soldiers.
It's a much larger table and the colours are more important than in billiards.
Snooker *is* billiard. Billiard is a generic term for all cue sports, including snooker, pool, carom and several others.
He talks so fast he could rap. 😆😆
Silver iodide paper (photographic paper) under the balls - the duration between ball removal leaves a shaded strip dark to light in the sequence.
The box was immediately flipped to preserve the shading and prevent further exposure.
Dude is funny. And that very old-school British sitcom type of way
i used to like it when Teller would write down the possible method, show the magician and then set fire to the paper.
What a journey.
Great effect!
Ok I have 2 ways maybe he did it but both run into a near impossible part. 1) The Jokers position in the deck at the end told him where the other cards were. Because he had Penn pick first and place back first the card between Penn's stack and Tellers is the top card and he could know it or a Joker was placed near the top. The problem is the markings of 18 and 43 on the Jokers. So he could know where they are but getting the numbers on the Jokers blows my mind.
2) Because he could differently know Teller's card because it was with the top card he could find a way to collect it. Penn's card is much harder but given the position of the Jokers he could know and find a way to collect it. When he dealt them back he would just give them the card at the count he wanted so the numbers on the Jokers didn't matter. The problem with this is I can't imagen Penn or Teller not seeing him collect the cards or bottom deal it. Now I did see a comment on here talk about him fumble with the cards so that is when he placed them. Still, he would have to very VERY good to be able to collect them and put them where he wanted them without Penn or Teller seeing him.
About the ball trick. I did notice that when he would say the color of the ball the helper guy would move towards the pocket it was in. Hell, half the time he was reaching in the pocket before Graham said the pocket. This is a well know thing that people do when they are asked about something.
The trick is called Whispering Jokers or Prior Commitment.
The cards of Penn and Teller always would end up in 18th and 43rd place. It is just mathematics and carefully chosen but still random cuts.
I loved the performance and I love your videos, Jason. But I have no idea how he did it!
I enjoyed all 23:22 minutes of it! Graham had great energy and was entertaining ( so were you!) 😊
Aesop: it's _dog-eat-dog_ out there: just ensure you don't get on the menu 🤔
I actually knew that trick and its impossible to mess up - pure maths.
Love the channel.
Jason, first off; I had never seen this video before. I thought I had seen all of them, many of them I’ve seen several times. If it wasn’t for the two cuts, I would say that there was a force involved. I don’t think for a minute that either jokers spoke to him, but seeing the numbers written on the back in permanent marker, that there does prove that a force was involved. I just don’t understand how. I think that the placement of the two jokers, did somehow identify Penn’s card along with Teller card. A head scratcher!
Jason, today I ran across another video on TH-cam. It was titled: Graham Jolley Fool Us. Trick revealed
Hi. Since he didn't name the cards and only predicted location, this speaks to using math and not using a force.
So where exactly would you obtain one of those specialty boxes that registers when an object is removed?
Not sure... there are so many sources for buying magic products... old and new.... it's a maze out there! Only my speculation for how it could work. When I was a child I had a cheap motion detector device, and you could put it in a drawer. When the drawer was opened it would make a noise. I imagine the same principle could be applied here... except mine was technology from 30 years ago.
@@JasonParkerMagic Thanks. I did find a similar version that works for colored markers from a magic supplier.
There is so much to learn. The ball prediction is a 1950s trick by Al Koran mentospheres.
Wouldn't have known about this episode if it weren't for your channel.
Regards,
Bryan Marcus.
(1) He had P&T put their piles back in the opposite order.
(2) The jokers were already in the deck with the numbers printed on them.
(3) We didn't see the order in which he put the piles back together after extracting the jokers (as you noted).
Given all of that, I figured there was some kind of math-based control going on... and after crunching the numbers/variables a bit, I figured out how to exactly replicate what he did -- without ANY trickery or fancy manipulation whatsoever.
First, you put the joker with the "43" on it between the 9th and 10th cards in the deck, and put the joker with the "18" on it between the 27th and 28th cards. That's all the setup you need (so he must have been doing false shuffles at the start, as you suggested).
Now, you have spectator #1 take the top third (which will undoubtedly include the first joker, but not the second) and memorize the bottom card. Spectator #2 then takes half of the rest (since the second joker is just past the halfway point of the original deck, that should be part of what they grab) and memorize the bottom card. The two stacks then go back on the deck in reverse order.
Next, you fan out the deck and find the jokers, splitting the deck into three parts: Top, Middle, and Bottom. When you reassemble the deck, switch the Middle and Bottom parts. Now, spectator #1's card will be at position #18 and spectator #2's card will be at position #43, exactly as the jokers "predict". It's completely self-working if you set it up right.
I figured it would be a bit much to post how the mathematics of it work, though...
Bravo! It is the brilliant trick of the late Simon Aronson, whose entire, voluminous body of work is equally impressive.
A lot of fun
Aesop: Every time famous celebs leave the house, even for a _bite_ to eat, there's always someone who wants to get _their_ teeth stuck into them 🤔
I love your videos
thanks :)
I always remember this one.. to this day i still have no idea what he did.. you're right about the host snapping at their heels (so to speak) however..I'd argue penn and teller don't need time after the fact to figure it out..i think and i beleive that the deliberation period should be short.. the real magic happens during performance and thus should they be dumbfounded during said performance...then job done..effect successful 😁
I like your wolf voice lol
What an amazing card trick. That is the kind of trick/act you can only do after decades of practise. My head is officially spannerd and I don't even wanna know how he did that...rEspect.
He was honest about the method of the second trick - it is indeed the jokers that tell him where their cards are... You caught one important detail without realizing, as it was not yet anything suggesting that it had importance. The second one was not in the camera frame. I once prepped my playing card deck for this trick before a game night with my friends (using slightly different numbers). I'm not skilled at that kind of shuffle, but relied on my friends' lack of attention to what was going on at the start. They seemed pretty amazed.
This is one of the few magic tricks I can perform. It’s about pre deck arrangement and math. Nothing else.
Snooker ofc! Been watching it like 15 years. Quite known and popular in Europe/UK and China. Very interesting and hard sport.
Best of luck bro
I think you're on to something with the gimmicked box: my guess is it has some kind of foam which expanded over time that the balls rested on, one look at the empty box and you could tell what order the balls were selected in
Just finished a few games of snooker before watching these
Jason, not a magician, but I believe I know how he did it. Its all about those Jokers and where they were when the trick began (Not much of a cut at the beginning)! Of course there is an "Order" to follow when placing the cards back together and a Vegas No-No when playing blackjack. Your right, not much time for P&T to think on it.
Nice reaction!!!
The snooker ball trick don't know exactly how it's done but i know like you one or two ways to do it, the card trick it's so good, it was one of the first tricks that I've learned it's from Simon Aronson if I'm not mistaken.
Keep up the great work
You are correct it is from Simon Aronson! nice memory! :)
Here's my theory. He handled the deck before and after Penn placed his cards in so was able to place the jokers in to mark where the cards were - it was very hard to see him do this in the video but maybe he's just very good at that sleight. He prepicked the two numbers to approximate 1/3 and 2/3 way through the deck and counted on Penn and Teller to follow his instructions fairly well when choosing their cuts. Then when he spread the cards out he quickly counted the difference between the two marker points and where the chosen cards are which was probably just a few cards. Then he adjusted the cards by taking the from the surplus side and shifting them to the other side very quickly when he pushed the cards back together after pulling the jokers out. Or alternatively (but I don't think likely) he false dealt to make the adjustment.
> counted on Penn and Teller to follow his instructions fairly well when choosing their cuts
thatd be called forcing which he said he didnt
6:03 the ‘put on women’s clothing’ joke is a reference to the famous Lumberjack song from Monty Python. It’s an inside joke that a British audience easily gets, I guess.
I think its pronounced snoooooker, and i think billiard is like whole stick balls on table thing but snooker is a special variant of it
I think the womans clothing thing was a monty python reference, but what do I know
Great act, I was thinking that like half was King of Spades and rest was 5 of Spades but then they where allowed to look at the deck and it was a normal deck, so yeah.. no idea.
Nice content as always :)
TheTCM Ohhhhhhhhhh, I’m a lumberjack and I’m okay, I sleep all night and i work all day. I put on women’s clothing and hang around in bars???
Your glasses and accent don't fool me for one second, Benie.
Numbers 9 and 18 are really important in this trick, specially number 9 ;-)
Talented and funny! A simple buzzer for the snooker effect. He told him where to put the balls. Yes, the initial "shuffle" was pretty obvious. Baffled though. 🤔
Did any one else notice that he fumbled the cards at the start of each count. I believe that is when he placed the cards or palmed them so when he got to the number he wanted he could show them.
Gday mate like always love well like alot love's a bit strong your video...what are your favorite 2 tricks to show people at parties ect? Do you make videos like that
I have a few performance videos you can see of me on my YT channel home page under Street Magic playlist. :) Favorites now are Two Card Monte. And probably OOTW or Red Hot Mama.
Aesop: you can out-fox even your worst enemies if you have a mind for survival 🤔
I wonder if something important was cut from the video, because it didn't look like the deck was shuffled or cut after Penn and Teller put their cards back because since Penn put it back first, I would expect Penn's card to be deeper in the pack then Teller's. But Penn's card was 18 and Teller's was 43...
I will pause at 5:14 and comment. As an automation engineer i can think of having a wifi/bluettooth device using an arduino like microcontroller and 5 load cells. while in your body you have a receiver which vibrates corresponding with the number of the ball he just took
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For the other trick... He messed up quite a bit while counting. My guess is he had the two cards on the top and he was dealing from the third position. The numbers won't matter, he just dealt the first card when the time came.
Moral "Keep to your trade."
I miss Jonathan so much
Interesting that when graham introduced the colors they are in the same order they were chosen by Jonathan. Influence by suggestion.
Nope, Jonathon chose the blue ball out of order, at 4:24 he removes it from between the white and yellow balls.
lol how many of you have heard of snooker? :D hello?! 21st century mate, snooker has probably more interests and viewers than billard.
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A request. I found a guy 16 in Span got talent from 2018. TOMÀS SANJUÀN.
They don't have closed captions, so we might don't understand. No need, he is so good.
He creates a milieu others dream of. Also he knows how to set a trick and present it while keeping interest.
Hard thing I say: In overall picture, he is the best for me. Yes, beats Shim Lin.
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Yep I'm alright! Just things have been busy! Hoping to make more videos soon..... :) And I tend to react more to Fool Us nowadays because they don't demonetize my videos as often at these Got Talent shows do.... or make videos that are NOT reactions... I'm trying to branch out a bit. Next video is about magic books that I recommend. I promise it's not as boring as it sounds. :)
I think when he went over to close the box there was something in the box that indercates to him what order the balls were taken out
My opinion on first effect is reflection from someone's glasses or stage.
hope you'll react to Asi Wind's performance from 2019 fool us christmas episode
I actually thought that trick was obvious. I was VERY surprised that it fooled them.
Each ball was removed in order and he told him which pocket to put it in. If Johnathan had put the ball in a different pocket than the one instructed then it would have been impressive.
My guess is that he got them to choose from a loaded deck (only King and 5 of spades). Then while doing his comedy and twirling the deck, he switched it for a stacked deck where the King and 5 were already in the correct order. The original deck of kings and 5s remained in his pocket while the final deck was examined. The camera switching make it difficult or impossible to see the transition.
First thing I noticed is this - Penn puts his cards down, and then Teller's go on top of those. However, Penn's number was 18 and Teller's was 43. Since Penns were below Teller's, there's no way that his number could be actually lower than Tellers. So Jolley must have done something when bringing the piles together - maybe something like a little salt on top to keep a break, control the cards to the bottom, and then just count out the 18 and 43 and do a bottom deal on both of those to get the cards.
No manipulation of the specific cards. It's a mathematics trick.
It's called Prior Commitment or Whispering Jokers.
What a funny bloke
I am surprised Jason that you didn't notice that Penn put his 3rd first, so his card should not be on a spot "above" (18 compare to 43) Teller's card :)
He: "snookered" _me_ no idea how he did that
Time and time again I come back to Graham Jolley's wonderful performance - what an absolute pro he is! And I'm always amazed that experienced magicians don't recognise this trick - I think Graham's banter and style just has us laughing so much that we can't think! I for one enjoyed his witty approach so much that I stopped trying to work it out and just wanted him to win a trophy!
long ago there was a illusionist magician did same or simouar card trick and every age group showing how its done on youtube video channel back in the day
Its been a while
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