I think I worked out how he did it. In his left pocket he clearly has a marker, and in his jacket there are multiple decks. Now, he also has a watch that can stop time, so every time he wants to change the words, he pauses time, writes on the cards and then does the trick. It's pretty obvious really. I'm just being silly. This trick is absolutely magnificent. You are a wizard!
One of my favorite things about this routine is that you didn't just fool everyone once, but you did it multiple times and it got better each time. Truly beautiful work. One of my favorite "foolers" on Penn & Teller by far. Great job!
You have picked up my favorite part of the trick... the layered sequences that keep getting stronger each time. As you said it creates multiple endings... each one unexpected and each one building on the other. Glad you enjoyed Unshuffled.
You wanna know what is really magical here, that you have so many replies and you answered so many of them, nice test of character. You stay in touch with the community that enjoys you. You take your valuable time interacting with your fans on TH-cam. Nice way to show you are humble and down eath. Your trick was very impressive, but your six pillars of characters, much more impressive! Keep being you Arthur, thank you!
Thanks for the nice comments. I learn a lot just hearing what people think. One guy gave me a suggestion for this trick on a very subtle touch (he was not a magician) but his suggestion was brilliant. The crazy thing was that over 40 years of doing the trick and teaching it to many magicians... none of us had ever thought of his idea. It's good to listen to other people... you can learn from them.
Weird as it is to say, I personally actually really appreciated that you were (what I interpreted as, at least) somewhat visibly nervous during this performance. It shows that even though you're clearly a master magician, with a published book that Penn and Teller bought and studied (and didn't even master themselves), you never lost the excitement of the trick, or your human side, and it makes you really relatable. Thanks for a great show.
I actually address that issue in my Blog Post Part Three: gertner.com/whats-trick-fooling-penn-teller-part-three/ I'm fortunate that I've only had it happen twice in a 40 year career... one on Johnny Carson... doing that trick... and on Penn & Teller with the same trick. Thanks for the very nice comment.
Panos Economou I definitely think it's intentional. I know it's an anagram for "Fooled Us" but I think the size difference between the characters is too big to be anything else.
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Love how the only "I know how he did it!" is the basic forced selection of the K of spades. DUH! The rest of the trick must have taken years of practice.. Ridiculous amount of skill. Probably the best card trick i've ever seen, and I don't think it required and extra deck or slight of hand.
Robert, it's fun to gain insight into the thought process of other people. Some have even suggested solutions or ideas that I never thought of and that could actually become part of a new trick. You never know where a new idea can come from.
Watched this several times, and I just love Teller's face at the end. He always looks so happy and excited when he DOESN'T (or at least when his guess is wrong) know how a trick is done. I love that about him. Brilliant trick.
I am happy to announce I will be making my Third Appearance on Penn & Teller Fool Us on Monday July 2, 2018 at 8:00PM (EST) on The CW Network. Tune in and see if I can FOOL Penn & Teller for a second time. I'm honored to be the only magician to appear on Fool Us THREE TIMES!!! BOSTON AREA FANS. Come see me live at my new show Miracles & Other Deceptions at the Omni Parker House on Friday Nights. www.MIraclesAndOtherDeceptions.com
I've been doing magic for about 9 years and unshuffled is one of my first classic trick that i've learned. I was blown away by it for years. And seeing this video really blew my mind again like the first time seeing this trick. I've watched it over and over and still not able to figure out. VERY WELL DONE SIR!
I wonder if this man has a background in mathematics... There is definitely a pattern to the deck when he first spreads them out. And I was _kind of_ with it when he was showing 3 different versions of the word "unshuffled," as that could be explained by arranging the cards in specific ratios as they relate to the original sequence. (As the area of each letter would increase by a ratio of 2:1.) But when he started forming other words... I think the man literally blew my mind. And even if the cards simply had to be rearranged in specific ratios it would be incredibly hard to do so and make it look like a very convincing shuffle. (As he did.) And it didn't seem like a single card was shuffled out of place. This guy is amazing. O.o
Every single other "Penn & Teller: Fool Us" video has some sort of explanation under it in the comments section. Every single one. And that is probably what amazes me about this trick the most. No one can explain it. That's how you can tell this is one extremely talented Magician. Amazing trick. Absolutely amazing.
BOGO Gaming I actually could explain it and I actually performed this trick one because I bought his book where he explains the trick. I won't spoil it in the comments however because that would be unfair to him. If you want to know the trick, buy the book. The only part that really nobody can explain is the "Penn&Teller" part. That is simply stunning!
Amazing. I also appreciate Paul's attitude and candour. Too many magicians have a patronising or overly confident tone and he just makes you enjoy the trick and has a wonderful humble nature that contrasts his obviously incredible skill. Great stuff Paul!
this is by far one of the most smoothly done performances, at no point did my mind try to point out any sleight of hand or deception, it looked exactly like what magic should look like, like it was real. bravo sir, bravo
I see a lot of comments that are close, but I don't see any that are quite right. The trick isn't getting four copies of the word to merge into two or one copy of the word UNSHUFFLED. A perfect "unshuffle" will do that. That takes a lot of practice, but it's not difficult to understand. The trick *also* isn't in getting the right card, because it's pretty obvious he gives her the card he wants, not quite the card she picks. And finally, the trick isn't getting it to say KING OF SPADES, because that's just the other side of the cards. The trick is how he gets what appears to be the same deck of cards to say THREE different things along the long side of the cards. He knows this is the trick, and he tells Penn & Teller this is the trick, if you watch his face when their names appear. I don't see a deck swap, although I can't guarantee there isn't one. He also doesn't rotate half the deck, as far as I can tell. I can't figure out how to get their names from either of the phrases above, but I'll grant that it may be possible.Only other thing I could think of is that one side of the deck actually says two things, but half the deck is actually set back a little bit.
Well, when he ruffled the cards and told her to stop, the card you saw was not the King of Spades until he split the deck. But that's obviously not the tough part.
Way back when I was in dealer school, our instructor could do the Faro shuffle. He showed how he could make it look like he fully shuffled a deck when in reality it was back in a set order and he could name every card. It amazed me then, and your take on it is just as entertaining to watch. Thanks!
Wow! Just discovered Penn and Teller Fool Us here in the UK. Paul Gertner that might be one of the best card tricks I’ve ever seen. Wow!!! Genius sir!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Thoroughly entertained! As someone that knows literally nothing about magic, that entire trick blew my mind. I have no idea how you can just come up with tricks like that. That in itself its truly incredible. Wow... Props to you!
Jason glad you enjoyed Unshuffled... my favorite trick which I created about 42 years ago. It's nice to see it getting more exposure with the help of Fool Us.
This is one of those tricks that is so damn good, I don't want to know how Paul did it. I'm happy just watching, with my mouth open in disbelief. The way magic should be!
Paul, I saw you do this trick many years ago at a Pediatric convention where you were hired by the company I worked for. You were promoting Motrin and that trick has always stuck in my mind. And I remember how very nice you were too. I am so glad you are still doing magic and congrats for fooling Penn and Teller.
thats nothing ;;;;;;;you can do it with your pictures cut in 20 lines the picture you get40 pieces if you take the 1 st and 3 th and 5th ( 7.9.11.13.15.17.190 like that till end and 2nd and 4 th ( 6.8.10.12.14.16.18.20 0till end you if you attach each separated groupe in the order BUT LITTLE BIT BIG PIXEL WILL APEAR you can get 2 pictures of you and of cource with alphabets you cant notice THE PIXELS cause the laphabet will be just little shorter HHHHHHH kids game thats nothing with magic THAT SHOULD NOT FOLLED ANY ONE
honestly, i know that the messages are pre-defined. The way he switches messages and shuffles the card to match patterns blows me away. The King of Spades is surely forced, but the rest... huge respect
Even if we collectively over time figure out all steps of this trick, it is still a very different thing to understand or to repeat. The skill required to pull this off in such a clean way is just unreal! Even if I know how the technique works, I'm still baffled by the execution, and you blew my mind!
This is by far one of my favourite tricks on fool us. The amount of skill and practice required to perform the "base" version of the unshuffle is incredible. I can only hit it consistently about 10% of the time. The bit where the cards read Pen and Teller blows my mind to this day. Truely inspiring!
10 days of thinking, week to prepare and other weeks of showing the trick on video to top slight of hand artists to confirm. To put that in perspective, that effort needs decades of accumulated work and mastering the art itself under it for even before you can try to make that development. Insane and beautiful.
My thoughts while watching this: Damn that force was obvious Okay cool so he’s just perfected his shuffling Okay wow it’s like insanely perfect How in the hell did he do all of this flawlessly
Ok, I've been watching magic since I was a little kid, and I have absolutely no idea of how you did this. Absolutely fantastic work. Love seeing new and fun twists on the old classics.
That was an AMAZING twist, sir! Have been a huge fan of yours since...WGM was it? I was a young teen and you blew my mind. Very happy to see you did Fool Us because it's fun to see what the magicians you grew up loving decide to do to try and fool Teller. You got him good here.
at 1:11 the card didn't actually mixed up. the cards arranged in a pattern.if you read the card rank from left to right it will be the same if you read them from right to left .
Harfin Biu and also , the chosen card I guess could not destroy the pattern (if there is), so the rest, had been a matter of good placing of cards to show the words (planned)
Paul, this was one of the most amazing magic tricks I've ever seen. You are also one of the best magicians I've ever seen. Well done! Thank you for the video!
You are very kind. Keep watching this summer (New Season for Fool Us starts July 10th) and I'll be on with a new surprise that just might top this one.
If u look at the first arrangement at 1:11, you can see that the deck is specifically arranged... the 9 of hearts matches with the 10 of hearts, and 4 with 5 (cards after 9&10), Q with J. Alternates every 3 cards with 1 higher or 1 lower card. Also, you can see this at 4:50(the two colors), this was a perfect shuffle; the arrangement of this deck was from a perfect shuffle of a number ordered deck with hearts, spades, diamonds, clover. Just some random thoughts :P
Paul, I have to say, I'm far from an expert but your act is really one of the best I've seen. Your patter is so polished, the tricks are crisp, your chemistry with the audience is really amazing. Every time I see you in a youtube video it's a treat.
That was the best card trick I've ever seen, I dislike card tricks but this was amazing. I saw you on Penn and Teller when you did this and I had to watch it again. Your so amazing thank you
Great job Mr. Gertner. It's one thing to know a trick, certainly another to be able to execute it with confidence as you did under bright lights. Congratulations on your craft, I hope to see your performance in person some day.
What I noticed about Mr. Paul Gertner is his humility and pleasant demeanor. He is not like most magicians who that after performing a trick pretend how smart they are and you are just a dumb fool. He makes magic fun and a joy to watch.
Thanks for the nice comment. I agree sometimes magic is performed in the style: "I have a coin... It's Gone... You're an a_ _ _ _ _ _! People enjoy being fooled but not being made a fool.
At 1:10, I glanced at the spread out deck and noticed that the 5 hearts and 5 of spades were the "center" of the deck. All cards outwards on either side are the same value. E.G. --A King to the right of the 5 of hearts and a King to the left of the 5 of spades and so on.
Best faro trick of all times. In my (and many magicians') opinion, basically every faro trick sucks. Except unshuffled - one of the best card effects of all time. Thank you Paul Gertner for your contribution!
I actually saw this trick once when I went to the Grand Canyon and it was horrible. I loved how you added the ordered cards and how you performed this and I am astounded at how you got it perfect. Congratulations on how great you did.
I have a idea how he did it, but I'm really impressed with the skill it took. I noticed your hands were a bit shaky, was that nervousness or age? I hope you can keep at it for many years to come!
Glad you enjoyed Unshuffled. Yes it was a nerve wracking show to do that trick on. It's a very difficult trick to do to begin with and if you are one card off on any shuffle the trick fails in a very obvious manner. I felt the nerves kick in (only time that has ever happened) and I had to hang on and hope I could make it through the precise shuffles... hard to do with any movement. Just glad it worked.
You are amazing, the level of graft and work you put into your effect is an inspirational feat that all magicians can learn from, you truly did blow my mind
I guess they had a theory about how Paul could have fooled them but it required him having a fake deck or some kind of gimmick. The fact that he allowed them to check the deck blew their theory out of the water, or at least rendered it improbable...kind of a vague answer. Yes would love to know what crossed his mind
Ii think they were checking if he marked both sides so he could have more combinations of words. I think that was the twist that it said Penn and Teller at the end. I'm guessing you can only spell out so many words with each set of marked cards and since he changed it to Penn and Teller that extra bit was the bit they were focusing on
I don't know. When he pulled the deck of cards out and approached Penn and Teller, he had the side that said Penn and Teller facing them. And that was at the same time and Teller had that surprised look on his face.
Thank you for keeping the wonder of magic and the magic of wonder alive in this age. Also, Alyson was a good test case for enchanted bemusement in close quarters. Yes, there are some laws of optics and folding/twisting here, but you nested it so deeply as to be irrelevant. It was your smoothly progressive performance and zen-repetition-trained expertise that made this a truly delightful experience I watched this a few times over just for the charm and wisdom you put into it. Your demonstration of resolving information-energy from apparent chaos is actually instructive for those who might seek after such inspirations in Nature. Still, sometimes analysis is irrelevant, because the simple joy of the ride is what really matters. Thank you so much for sharing your years of development with us in such an elegant way :)
5:08 - 5:15 That looked fishy AF. Did he pocket the original deck somewhere else and bring attention to his jacket pocket where a different deck is? If so Pen & Teller didn't inspect the original deck.
I never get tired of doing it. Thanks. Classic Version taught here: paulgertnermagic.com/shop/unshuffling-the-faro-shuffle/ Penn & Teller Kicker in the works for spring 2017.
1:27 when she said stop, he put the cards together for a split second and cut them willingly to take out the king of spade. The rest trick, however not easy to replicate, is practice and memory.
Amazing part is he has 2 sides for the wrtiting so in shuffled and the card chosen, by then he mind blows penn and teller by displaying 3rd side with a writing so they are blown away.
if you freeze at 1:11....i noticed the cards starting from left side and if look at cards starting from right side....they go in same order in a mirror form like for example 9 8 7 6 5 5 6 7 8 9, and opposite in color, which help in creating the illusion it is shuffled...this is very interesting and fascinating trick...You sir is amazing.
Everything except that 3rd 'Penn & Teller' side (well, actually seems to be the original 'Unshuffled' side judging from the direction of the bottom Ace), while flawlessly executed with outstanding precision, is easy to understand, but that finale is seriously mind-blowing. I can imagine distortion of letters, and rearrangment of sections of them, but the '&' doesn't seem to fit in from anywhere. Very impressive.
Paul Gertner You should have used the ace of diamonds on the bottom of the deck cuz it's simetrical Awesome trick I have no idea how you swaped UNSHUFFLED for PENN&TELLER...👍
DITTO, i noticed that too. Im curious to uncover how the this trick is performed... I observed that there was a specific manner in how he purposely held the deck at an angle showing the 'UNSHUFFLED' edge. Then when he spread cards out on table, deck was flipped over and spread out so viewer couldn't never see the other edge of deck. I dunno answer, but enjoy seeking out mystery of how trick is performed!!!
How someone becomes this good at manipulating cards that well is so insanely impressive.
Evidence of a mis-spent youth.
I think I worked out how he did it. In his left pocket he clearly has a marker, and in his jacket there are multiple decks. Now, he also has a watch that can stop time, so every time he wants to change the words, he pauses time, writes on the cards and then does the trick. It's pretty obvious really.
I'm just being silly. This trick is absolutely magnificent. You are a wizard!
omg you're so right how could penn and teller not have thought of this
Dan C Brilliant 😂
Dan C man I thought you were into something. And than you fooled me🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
DIO took on a magician job? i expected more
One of my favorite things about this routine is that you didn't just fool everyone once, but you did it multiple times and it got better each time. Truly beautiful work. One of my favorite "foolers" on Penn & Teller by far. Great job!
You have picked up my favorite part of the trick... the layered sequences that keep getting stronger each time. As you said it creates multiple endings... each one unexpected and each one building on the other. Glad you enjoyed Unshuffled.
You wanna know what is really magical here, that you have so many replies and you answered so many of them, nice test of character. You stay in touch with the community that enjoys you. You take your valuable time interacting with your fans on TH-cam. Nice way to show you are humble and down eath. Your trick was very impressive, but your six pillars of characters, much more impressive! Keep being you Arthur, thank you!
Thanks for the nice comments. I learn a lot just hearing what people think. One guy gave me a suggestion for this trick on a very subtle touch (he was not a magician) but his suggestion was brilliant. The crazy thing was that over 40 years of doing the trick and teaching it to many magicians... none of us had ever thought of his idea. It's good to listen to other people... you can learn from them.
Weird as it is to say, I personally actually really appreciated that you were (what I interpreted as, at least) somewhat visibly nervous during this performance. It shows that even though you're clearly a master magician, with a published book that Penn and Teller bought and studied (and didn't even master themselves), you never lost the excitement of the trick, or your human side, and it makes you really relatable. Thanks for a great show.
I actually address that issue in my Blog Post Part Three: gertner.com/whats-trick-fooling-penn-teller-part-three/ I'm fortunate that I've only had it happen twice in a 40 year career... one on Johnny Carson... doing that trick... and on Penn & Teller with the same trick. Thanks for the very nice comment.
I love how the trophy say F U on it. Penn and Teller's middle finger of respect.
Jeff The Theorist it means Fooled Us
no way does it? i thought it ment fuck you.
Timothy C. Gratta So you really think that the size difference between F and U and all the other letters, is just a coinsidence??
Panos Economou I definitely think it's intentional. I know it's an anagram for "Fooled Us" but I think the size difference between the characters is too big to be anything else.
thats great
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What if you repeat this trick then when he asks to see the deck and after he shuffles it. it says "fooler"
isn't this mathieu bich's effect?
Absolutely amazing, whats the name of your book and where can I get one??
You, sir, are fabulous. I wish I was in Boston just for this
Paul Gertner, can the edge of the deck be...optional? To be dis-carded?
Love how the only "I know how he did it!" is the basic forced selection of the K of spades.
DUH!
The rest of the trick must have taken years of practice..
Ridiculous amount of skill.
Probably the best card trick i've ever seen,
and I don't think it required and extra deck or slight of hand.
I have never seen anybody so gracious about comments under their TH-cam video. Your interaction with your fans here makes me like you that much more.
Robert, it's fun to gain insight into the thought process of other people. Some have even suggested solutions or ideas that I never thought of and that could actually become part of a new trick. You never know where a new idea can come from.
Whenever a magician hand over their props for inspection it means that it's clean... the reason for teller's expression. 7:36
He could've had 10 different decks in his pocket...
Complete package - the technique, the acting, the attitude. What a wonderful magician, I could watch you all day Paul. A master of his craft indeed.
You are very kind... Keep eye on Fool Us this summer... I have a new surprise you will enjoy.
Can't wait to see the surprise
Who else loves that when you fool Penn & Teller they give you a trophy thats has F U in big bold letters on it
that was by default ;) Pen answered a question about it in an interview on google talks.
lol I think I heard Penn said it was not unintentional, or it wasn't a coincidence, or something like that
well done Paul - absolutely awesome!
Thanks Nick.
This guy's faro shuffles are ON. POINT. Brilliant.
Watched this several times, and I just love Teller's face at the end. He always looks so happy and excited when he DOESN'T (or at least when his guess is wrong) know how a trick is done. I love that about him. Brilliant trick.
I am happy to announce I will be making my Third Appearance on Penn & Teller Fool Us on Monday July 2, 2018 at 8:00PM (EST) on The CW Network. Tune in and see if I can FOOL Penn & Teller for a second time. I'm honored to be the only magician to appear on Fool Us THREE TIMES!!! BOSTON AREA FANS. Come see me live at my new show Miracles & Other Deceptions at the Omni Parker House on Friday Nights.
www.MIraclesAndOtherDeceptions.com
Looking very much forward to it Paul, thanks for letting us all know!
Paul Gertner get em paul!
Superb..will fool even god I think!
You're awesome paul..amazing
That's awesome! Can't wait!
I've been doing magic for about 9 years and unshuffled is one of my first classic trick that i've learned. I was blown away by it for years. And seeing this video really blew my mind again like the first time seeing this trick. I've watched it over and over and still not able to figure out. VERY WELL DONE SIR!
Ignatius Gregory nh
Glad the new version surprised you. Thanks for the nice compliments.
I wonder if this man has a background in mathematics... There is definitely a pattern to the deck when he first spreads them out. And I was _kind of_ with it when he was showing 3 different versions of the word "unshuffled," as that could be explained by arranging the cards in specific ratios as they relate to the original sequence. (As the area of each letter would increase by a ratio of 2:1.) But when he started forming other words... I think the man literally blew my mind. And even if the cards simply had to be rearranged in specific ratios it would be incredibly hard to do so and make it look like a very convincing shuffle. (As he did.) And it didn't seem like a single card was shuffled out of place. This guy is amazing. O.o
Mysteryskatin same dude. At first I was like, alright, I see what you're doing. Then I'm just like, dude. What the hell?
Every single other "Penn & Teller: Fool Us" video has some sort of explanation under it in the comments section. Every single one. And that is probably what amazes me about this trick the most. No one can explain it. That's how you can tell this is one extremely talented Magician. Amazing trick. Absolutely amazing.
BOGO Gaming I actually could explain it and I actually performed this trick one because I bought his book where he explains the trick. I won't spoil it in the comments however because that would be unfair to him. If you want to know the trick, buy the book. The only part that really nobody can explain is the "Penn&Teller" part. That is simply stunning!
Even the parts that I did understand require flawless execution for every single shuffle. Gosh dang, man. That was so good.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Amazing. I also appreciate Paul's attitude and candour. Too many magicians have a patronising or overly confident tone and he just makes you enjoy the trick and has a wonderful humble nature that contrasts his obviously incredible skill. Great stuff Paul!
A wise magician named Vernon used to preach just what you suggested... that concealing skill enhances the impact of the effect.
this is by far one of the most smoothly done performances, at no point did my mind try to point out any sleight of hand or deception, it looked exactly like what magic should look like, like it was real. bravo sir, bravo
Many Thanks for the kind comment.
I see a lot of comments that are close, but I don't see any that are quite right.
The trick isn't getting four copies of the word to merge into two or one copy of the word UNSHUFFLED. A perfect "unshuffle" will do that. That takes a lot of practice, but it's not difficult to understand. The trick *also* isn't in getting the right card, because it's pretty obvious he gives her the card he wants, not quite the card she picks. And finally, the trick isn't getting it to say KING OF SPADES, because that's just the other side of the cards.
The trick is how he gets what appears to be the same deck of cards to say THREE different things along the long side of the cards. He knows this is the trick, and he tells Penn & Teller this is the trick, if you watch his face when their names appear.
I don't see a deck swap, although I can't guarantee there isn't one. He also doesn't rotate half the deck, as far as I can tell. I can't figure out how to get their names from either of the phrases above, but I'll grant that it may be possible.Only other thing I could think of is that one side of the deck actually says two things, but half the deck is actually set back a little bit.
That's great. Very well done.
I love how in two moments of the presentation the crowd thinks it's over, but then he continues the trick.
Glad you enjoyed it. Yes I'm a big fan of double endings.... if they have a reason and fit the trick.
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which actually have no idea about it
Well, when he ruffled the cards and told her to stop, the card you saw was not the King of Spades until he split the deck. But that's obviously not the tough part.
Way back when I was in dealer school, our instructor could do the Faro shuffle. He showed how he could make it look like he fully shuffled a deck when in reality it was back in a set order and he could name every card. It amazed me then, and your take on it is just as entertaining to watch. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed Unshuffled.
Wow! Just discovered Penn and Teller Fool Us here in the UK. Paul Gertner that might be one of the best card tricks I’ve ever seen. Wow!!! Genius sir!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
There was also a UK series of this show in 2011.
Seasons One/Two are kicking around online with Jonathan Ross if you haven't seen them. I agree, this was incredible
Thoroughly entertained! As someone that knows literally nothing about magic, that entire trick blew my mind. I have no idea how you can just come up with tricks like that. That in itself its truly incredible. Wow... Props to you!
Jason glad you enjoyed Unshuffled... my favorite trick which I created about 42 years ago. It's nice to see it getting more exposure with the help of Fool Us.
To be honest, It was the best card trick I've ever seen.
Sir, How?? How?
This is one of those tricks that is so damn good, I don't want to know how Paul did it. I'm happy just watching, with my mouth open in disbelief.
The way magic should be!
I respectfully disagree. Knowing how a trick is done adds another level of appreciation when it's well executed.
Paul, I saw you do this trick many years ago at a Pediatric convention where you were hired by the company I worked for. You were promoting Motrin and that trick has always stuck in my mind. And I remember how very nice you were too. I am so glad you are still doing magic and congrats for fooling Penn and Teller.
thats nothing ;;;;;;;you can do it with your pictures cut in 20 lines the picture you get40 pieces if you take the 1 st and 3 th and 5th ( 7.9.11.13.15.17.190 like that till end and 2nd and 4 th ( 6.8.10.12.14.16.18.20 0till end you if you attach each separated groupe
in the order BUT LITTLE BIT BIG PIXEL WILL APEAR you can get 2 pictures of you and of cource with alphabets you cant notice THE PIXELS cause the laphabet will be just little shorter HHHHHHH kids game thats nothing with magic THAT SHOULD NOT FOLLED ANY ONE
Teller looked sooooooo in awe when he get to see the deck up close :D
Magicians loves cards
RagnarisFellhanded the look of wonder totally made this whole video for me.
this is HANDS DOWN the best card trick I've ever seen... I'm amazed and having a real hard time figuring this out... I just can't... amazing work!
Thanks for the very nice compliment. Glad you enjoyed it.
honestly, i know that the messages are pre-defined.
The way he switches messages and shuffles the card to match patterns blows me away.
The King of Spades is surely forced, but the rest... huge respect
Even if we collectively over time figure out all steps of this trick, it is still a very different thing to understand or to repeat. The skill required to pull this off in such a clean way is just unreal!
Even if I know how the technique works, I'm still baffled by the execution, and you blew my mind!
This is by far one of my favourite tricks on fool us. The amount of skill and practice required to perform the "base" version of the unshuffle is incredible. I can only hit it consistently about 10% of the time. The bit where the cards read Pen and Teller blows my mind to this day. Truely inspiring!
10 days of thinking, week to prepare and other weeks of showing the trick on video to top slight of hand artists to confirm.
To put that in perspective, that effort needs decades of accumulated work and mastering the art itself under it for even before you can try to make that development.
Insane and beautiful.
I love how when someone fools them they literally give the contestants a big “F U” so to speak
Brilliantl
5:06 Penn must be thinking "I NEED to learn that!" 😂😂
Paul Gertner is Super Grandmaster Carder
My thoughts while watching this:
Damn that force was obvious
Okay cool so he’s just perfected his shuffling
Okay wow it’s like insanely perfect
How in the hell did he do all of this flawlessly
The trick is amazing as well as the performer. The fact that Paul is answering people questions here in comment section makes him a role model to me!
It's fun to see what people are thinking. Glad you enjoyed Unshuffled.
I've always wanted to see a magician Ask "Would you like to join me for this trick?" and hear the recipient say "No, I would not".
that happens all the time... you just move onto a different spectator.
well the force on the king was preety obvious but the letters got me and the order of cards maan im just blown away... this is simply amazing
Ok, I've been watching magic since I was a little kid, and I have absolutely no idea of how you did this. Absolutely fantastic work. Love seeing new and fun twists on the old classics.
Glad you enjoyed that... it's been fun to add a kicker to the classics... stay tuned.
Paul Gertner teach me your ways :(
The cards were not mixed up they were the same if you read them left to right as if you would read them right to left. Look at 1:10
shamp the champ damn dude well done on picking that up 😱
shamp the champ it stops being mirrored after the jack of spades and clubs though if im not mistaken
Jonathan Ireland no it continues
An impeccable performance. The stage presence and patter are great. "how he do that" really doesn't matter It is a great act.
BTW how did he do that?
Mark D Look up his books and find out
Magicians never reveal the secret... but I'm glad you enjoyed Unshuffled.
That was an AMAZING twist, sir! Have been a huge fan of yours since...WGM was it? I was a young teen and you blew my mind. Very happy to see you did Fool Us because it's fun to see what the magicians you grew up loving decide to do to try and fool Teller. You got him good here.
Thanks! Yes WGM was a long time ago. Stay tuned to this season of P&T and you might see something new.
at 1:11 the card didn't actually mixed up. the cards arranged in a pattern.if you read the card rank from left to right it will be the same if you read them from right to left .
Harfin Biu also the colors are in a certain pattern
Harfin Biu and also , the chosen card I guess could not destroy the pattern (if there is), so the rest, had been a matter of good placing of cards to show the words (planned)
Paul, this was one of the most amazing magic tricks I've ever seen. You are also one of the best magicians I've ever seen. Well done! Thank you for the video!
You are very kind. Keep watching this summer (New Season for Fool Us starts July 10th) and I'll be on with a new surprise that just might top this one.
If u look at the first arrangement at 1:11, you can see that the deck is specifically arranged... the 9 of hearts matches with the 10 of hearts, and 4 with 5 (cards after 9&10), Q with J. Alternates every 3 cards with 1 higher or 1 lower card.
Also, you can see this at 4:50(the two colors), this was a perfect shuffle; the arrangement of this deck was from a perfect shuffle of a number ordered deck with hearts, spades, diamonds, clover.
Just some random thoughts :P
Paul, I have to say, I'm far from an expert but your act is really one of the best I've seen. Your patter is so polished, the tricks are crisp, your chemistry with the audience is really amazing. Every time I see you in a youtube video it's a treat.
That was the best card trick I've ever seen, I dislike card tricks but this was amazing. I saw you on Penn and Teller when you did this and I had to watch it again. Your so amazing thank you
Great job Mr. Gertner. It's one thing to know a trick, certainly another to be able to execute it with confidence as you did under bright lights. Congratulations on your craft, I hope to see your performance in person some day.
Glad you enjoyed it. Yes this one is a challenging one to do on TV... I'm just glad I pulled it off this time.
1:26 he didn't take the card where she said stop, he just took the card at the break.
awesome performance
The king of spades was never in the deck.. slide of hand
Oh no I got distracted
Wow, nice catch!
You never pick a card from a magician, he gives you a card.
What I noticed about Mr. Paul Gertner is his humility and pleasant demeanor. He is not like most magicians who that after performing a trick pretend how smart they are and you are just a dumb fool. He makes magic fun and a joy to watch.
Thanks for the nice comment. I agree sometimes magic is performed in the style: "I have a coin... It's Gone... You're an a_ _ _ _ _ _! People enjoy being fooled but not being made a fool.
At 1:10, I glanced at the spread out deck and noticed that the 5 hearts and 5 of spades were the "center" of the deck. All cards outwards on either side are the same value. E.G. --A King to the right of the 5 of hearts and a King to the left of the 5 of spades and so on.
So I just started watching this show and I just realized the trophie practically says “FU” ahhaha I love this show
Skill level: Legendary.
That is the most impressive card trick I have ever seen. You have incredible talent.
Glad you enjoyed it... it is one of my favorite tricks to do... just not on TV. But it worked.
i think it may not be sharpy
Best faro trick of all times. In my (and many magicians') opinion, basically every faro trick sucks. Except unshuffled - one of the best card effects of all time. Thank you Paul Gertner for your contribution!
My favorite faro trick too!
I did use a Sharpie... at least for some of it.
I think this show helps to promote this amazing art form.
She says stop for the card, but he really picked out the card he wanted
Mark Isaacson that isn't the trick that Penn and teller were fooled by.. That's the easy part.
that's obvious. it was only the ending that fooled penn and teller. they even said that
Can we just take a moment and realize the genius of Penn & Teller with the F U trophy !
too good :D
If Penn is a fan of the dude then he's probably a wizard.
As a fooler myself I've watched a LOT of these videos. This is definitely one of my favourites. so clean. Great work
Richard thanks. I enjoyed your spot also. Nice to have such a high quality video to show clients.
I actually saw this trick once when I went to the Grand Canyon and it was horrible. I loved how you added the ordered cards and how you performed this and I am astounded at how you got it perfect. Congratulations on how great you did.
I have a idea how he did it, but I'm really impressed with the skill it took. I noticed your hands were a bit shaky, was that nervousness or age? I hope you can keep at it for many years to come!
Glad you enjoyed Unshuffled. Yes it was a nerve wracking show to do that trick on. It's a very difficult trick to do to begin with and if you are one card off on any shuffle the trick fails in a very obvious manner. I felt the nerves kick in (only time that has ever happened) and I had to hang on and hope I could make it through the precise shuffles... hard to do with any movement. Just glad it worked.
Paul Gertner you are incredible! I wish I knew how you did it! Wow that was so interesting
I think you did great! Awesome trick.
Such a nice man. Great trick.
thanks Glad you liked Unshuffled
You are amazing, the level of graft and work you put into your effect is an inspirational feat that all magicians can learn from, you truly did blow my mind
Thanks for the very kind comments. Stay tuned to this season on P&T for another trick that should surprise you.
7:33 I would love to know just what made Teller's jaw drop there. Never mind the trick itself, just the fact that he is that amazed. That says a lot.
I guess they had a theory about how Paul could have fooled them but it required him having a fake deck or some kind of gimmick. The fact that he allowed them to check the deck blew their theory out of the water, or at least rendered it improbable...kind of a vague answer. Yes would love to know what crossed his mind
Ii think they were checking if he marked both sides so he could have more combinations of words. I think that was the twist that it said Penn and Teller at the end. I'm guessing you can only spell out so many words with each set of marked cards and since he changed it to Penn and Teller that extra bit was the bit they were focusing on
I don't know. When he pulled the deck of cards out and approached Penn and Teller, he had the side that said Penn and Teller facing them. And that was at the same time and Teller had that surprised look on his face.
Thank you for keeping the wonder of magic and the magic of wonder alive in this age. Also, Alyson was a good test case for enchanted bemusement in close quarters. Yes, there are some laws of optics and folding/twisting here, but you nested it so deeply as to be irrelevant. It was your smoothly progressive performance and zen-repetition-trained expertise that made this a truly delightful experience
I watched this a few times over just for the charm and wisdom you put into it. Your demonstration of resolving information-energy from apparent chaos is actually instructive for those who might seek after such inspirations in Nature. Still, sometimes analysis is irrelevant, because the simple joy of the ride is what really matters. Thank you so much for sharing your years of development with us in such an elegant way :)
Thanks for such a lovely comment... my English teacher wife was so impressed with your magical use of language. Glad you enjoyed Unshuffled.
i think this trick has been done with only 1 pack of card and hes just a beast with it
that is true... just one pack.
After months, I still love this trick.
Specially the saying: I give an unshuffle, it's looks like shuffle, sounds like shuffle, but it's unshuffle.
5:08 - 5:15 That looked fishy AF. Did he pocket the original deck somewhere else and bring attention to his jacket pocket where a different deck is? If so Pen & Teller didn't inspect the original deck.
Allison is like 'wtf is this witchcraft..'
Alyson*
That is the best card trick I have ever seen in my 36 years of living on planet earth. Hats off to this magician
SO TRUE
these are one of those magic tricks that i never want to know how is done so i can be amazed forever
I'm with you... I still love the feeling of being fooled.
can never get tired of watching this trick
i wish i can learn it
congrats again Mr Paul
I never get tired of doing it. Thanks. Classic Version taught here: paulgertnermagic.com/shop/unshuffling-the-faro-shuffle/
Penn & Teller Kicker in the works for spring 2017.
This trick is so amazing , so different to any card trick I have seen !!!! Keep up the magic that was fantastic
Glad you enjoyed it. Keep watching Fool Us... it was renewed for another season. Yeah!!!
1:27 when she said stop, he put the cards together for a split second and cut them willingly to take out the king of spade. The rest trick, however not easy to replicate, is practice and memory.
Love this video..and I do not want to know how it was done.. Thank you Paul for putting a smile on my face .. Greetings from Australia
Greeting from Boston. Have to get to Australia someday.
Amazing part is he has 2 sides for the wrtiting so in shuffled and the card chosen, by then he mind blows penn and teller by displaying 3rd side with a writing so they are blown away.
Well done, Sir. And I know *exactly* how he pulled this off.
He used a magic marker.
100% right.
if you freeze at 1:11....i noticed the cards starting from left side and if look at cards starting from right side....they go in same order in a mirror form like for example 9 8 7 6 5 5 6 7 8 9, and opposite in color, which help in creating the illusion it is shuffled...this is very interesting and fascinating trick...You sir is amazing.
Glad you like it.
Everything except that 3rd 'Penn & Teller' side (well, actually seems to be the original 'Unshuffled' side judging from the direction of the bottom Ace), while flawlessly executed with outstanding precision, is easy to understand, but that finale is seriously mind-blowing. I can imagine distortion of letters, and rearrangment of sections of them, but the '&' doesn't seem to fit in from anywhere. Very impressive.
Genius card trick, probably one of the best seen...how many pages to explain this one? I love coding 😘
MFI Artist Blue well he wrote a whole book on one trick and one of the best magicians alive couldn't do it. So I'd say it's as complicated as it gets
Fucking cringe
the deck seems to be symmetrically mixed...
dude, can it really be? that would be fucking mindblowing
Me too
Alyson is so innocently pretty. Not bitchy at all. But a wife type.
Incredible trick. Probably one of the best card tricks I have ever seen.
Thanks, Glad you enjoyed that.
Paul Gertner You should have used the ace of diamonds on the bottom of the deck cuz it's simetrical
Awesome trick I have no idea how you swaped UNSHUFFLED for PENN&TELLER...👍
6:32 What he try to do with his left hand ?
Its really uplifting when you see magicians in their element, it makes one want to stop what ever they are doing and begin learning the basics...
I have no clue how he did this however when he stopped at 1:28 it kind of looked like he didn’t pick the same card he stopped on.
You are correct, he did not. Play it in slow motion and it will be clear that he cut the deck in a different place than where his flip stopped.
That is correct, I won’t name the move though. If people really want to know it bad enough, if they study a little they will find it.
You should make courses
The card force was a bit obvious, but that side of the card thing is just lovely! :D
Can he make it say “I’m gay” I need a cool way to come out to my dad
Just show him this comment
He can
lol
XD
anyone else amazed at how to turned the cards back over?
It's a nice way of turning them over, with a soft play mat it's actually very easy to do :)
DITTO, i noticed that too. Im curious to uncover how the this trick is performed... I observed that there was a specific manner in how he purposely held the deck at an angle showing the 'UNSHUFFLED' edge. Then when he spread cards out on table, deck was flipped over and spread out so viewer couldn't never see the other edge of deck. I dunno answer, but enjoy seeking out mystery of how trick is performed!!!
Out of all the videos Ive watched. This is probably one of the simplest and most amazing ones.
how?
Glad that you enjoyed it.
Alison does the best tricks at Summer Camp.
Band camp
...And there was this one time - at band camp...
How the deck?!
God dammit
Probably my favourite trick I've seen in the history of Fool Us
That was an GREAT trick! I've seen most of the Fool Us episodes, and that one is definitely top 3!!
Thanks. Glad to get your vote.