I was born 2001, i was and still am fascinated by the way the world works, if your show aired in my country in the 2000's trust me, id skip my homeworks, play times and meals to look at what i genuinely love and want to do in life.
Yeah they're a bit too shifty for my liking too. lol Nah joking, I loved growing up with these blokes on TV and still love watching them to this day. But I wouldn't play cards with them... ;-)
The Curiosity show was such an inspiration when I was young it really changed my life. I became so inquisitive and wanted to know how things worked, and then to make them myself. I now build guitars, and all that started with a spark this show ignited in me.
With a key difference that instead of pulling whole rope through to create a knot as it is usually done he just widens the part of the rope that went through the ring and flips it backward, this achieves the same effect without the need for pulling whole rope through and thus it is better.
It is a very different experience to know completely how a magic trick is done from the start. Imagine what it must be like to be so smart that everytime you do anything, the people around you think you are a Magician! Sounds like a 1st Grade Teacher to me.
This was filmed not _that_ long ago but it may as well have been 1000 years ago, from a social point of view. Since this video, the world has gone from largely sane to degenerate, weird and dysfunctional. (Whilst being much more technologically advanced). My two sons can't understand how we managed without smartphones and the internet. I try and explain that we didn't just manage but were better off without the technology and "wokeness". The world has been mad before (ie 1914-1918 and 1939-1945) but the lunacy seems much more pervasive nowadays. I can't help but think that the next big war will the last one in humanity's brief sojourn on planet Earth.
None of these people will understand since they think it's ok to be an arogant prick with no regard for anything or anyone, so maybe war is just what we need.
I’m pretty sure there’s some editing &/or trickery going on here! You need both ends of the rope in order to do this knot! You can’t pass the rope through itself! Why else would Deane cover the string when he does and undoes the knot through his ring when “revealing” the trick?
Nevermind, I know how you did it now! Thanks! I do wish you would’ve shown how you did it more clearly; at a different angle, 90 degrees to the camera!
Interesting way of presenting this. I learnt this with a simple ring .with all this great magic I wonder if you spent a bit of time with the old magicians of Adelaide ? I probably know most of them.
Adelaide has produced many great magicians over the years ,even some that have gone international. But sadly the old skills are being forgotten and replaced with bloody tricks lol
I actually did that, not for magic but for serious purposes, and so I knew how that was going to work before the secret was revealed. I recognized the knot.
This probably would have impressed me if I watched it when I was a kid (good chance I did) but I've tied enough ropes to things in various situations to see how this works... which is good because the shots of him showing how to do it are terrible.
I've seen this trick performed as a "bar bet". You get a small stick typically something like a pencil or pen. Put a small hole in the end and tie a piece of string to it in a loop. Then when you're out with your friends borrow a jacket, stick the pencil through a button hole and fasten it to the jacket using the method in the video. Challenge your friends to remove the pencil without undoing the knot in the loop.
Truely ahead of their time - they had a webpage even before the internet existed! I bet it caused some confusion for the TV viewers back in the 70s though…
Out of curiosity, do you happen to know the brand of or where to order those scissors? I had some just like them that I found on a throwout but they were amazing even with a broken tip, and I just lost them after about 5 years, and every replacement pair of medical scissors I've ordered so far just isn't working out.
The old scissors were great. I have a forged steel pair manufactured in 1967. By comparison, the modern ones have thick blades and thick cutting edges, cut rough and dull quickly.
Literally nothing about this trick is "Australian" except for the performer. These rope tricks have been around for centuries, certainly much longer than Australia has even been a country lmao
Thanks. Curiosity Show was a national science program featuring Dr Rob Morrison and Dr Deane Hutton. It was made in Adelaide, South Australia and screened nationally in Australia as well as in Europe, Asia and Australasia (14 countries and dubbed in German for Europe) from 1972-1990. Deane and Rob intentionally used everyday items around the house (like old rusty cans) so that people could repeat the demonstrations with materials they had to hand. In 1984 Curiosity Show won the Prix Jeunesse International, the world's top award for TV programs for young people. Rob and Deane are steadily uploading segments at th-cam.com/users/curiosityshow Why not subscribe?
GREAT VIDEO! You guys are the best, much love and prayers with you guys in AU. Don't let the tyrants stomp out the truth. Don't let them ignore the Facts & God be with anyone who stands up to fight for all our freedoms.
I was born 2001, i was and still am fascinated by the way the world works, if your show aired in my country in the 2000's trust me, id skip my homeworks, play times and meals to look at what i genuinely love and want to do in life.
👍👌
Same, lol
u wot?
Yes, but did this back in the 80s!
I don't think Deane and Rob would have wanted you to skip your homework :P
I could watch the "That's Impossible!" theme every day.
These guys don't fool me with their "explanations"! WITCHES!!!!!!
Yeah they're a bit too shifty for my liking too. lol Nah joking, I loved growing up with these blokes on TV and still love watching them to this day. But I wouldn't play cards with them... ;-)
Larks Head knot. Elementary Watson
Simple and very educational!
Let’s not forget this tv program was made targeting 8-15 year olds 40 years ago.
I loved it then and still love it now!
The Curiosity show was such an inspiration when I was young it really changed my life. I became so inquisitive and wanted to know how things worked, and then to make them myself. I now build guitars, and all that started with a spark this show ignited in me.
Very kind, thanks - Rob
For anyone wondering, it’s called a girth hitch (or a lark’s foot if you’re British)
A lark's head, in the United States.
With a key difference that instead of pulling whole rope through to create a knot as it is usually done he just widens the part of the rope that went through the ring and flips it backward, this achieves the same effect without the need for pulling whole rope through and thus it is better.
Didn't know I needed this information.
I learnt this from putting baggage tags at airports
What makes it an "Australian Rope Trick" is that the rope is put "down under" the item. :)
Greetings from Brazil!
NOBODY:
THUMBNAIL: «Is that a rope trick or are you just happy to see me?»
Most Fishermen picked up on this immediately. :-)
I was about to say, as a fisher, I was very confused as why anyone would be impressed by this lol
Sailors (and general boaters) too!
Witchcraft!
*Stitchcraft
...that is knot funny.
I like how the intro has nothing to do with the subject of the show.
Bos'n in the Navy 20 years I giggled when he started out as I know many people were perplexed when I pulled that trick some years ago
As a 70"s kid I loved this show ❤️👍
Thanks for the happy memories Deane and Rob !
Our great pleasure - Rob
@@CuriosityShow My love of science was due entirely to your show, Prof Julius Sumner-Miller and Sir David Attenborough.
Thank you so much...
It is a very different experience to know completely how a magic trick is done from the start. Imagine what it must be like to be so smart that everytime you do anything, the people around you think you are a Magician! Sounds like a 1st Grade Teacher to me.
You couldn’t do this trick if the loop is attached to an object larger than the circumference of the rope.
To easy, I think a caveman could do it
the "magical way of tying sinkers to a fishing line 😅
A bit of an easy one here, even for kids. I could’ve done this as a youngster.
Good on ya!
And well worth the effort to post it so we all know.
This was filmed not _that_ long ago but it may as well have been 1000 years ago, from a social point of view. Since this video, the world has gone from largely sane to degenerate, weird and dysfunctional. (Whilst being much more technologically advanced). My two sons can't understand how we managed without smartphones and the internet. I try and explain that we didn't just manage but were better off without the technology and "wokeness". The world has been mad before (ie 1914-1918 and 1939-1945) but the lunacy seems much more pervasive nowadays. I can't help but think that the next big war will the last one in humanity's brief sojourn on planet Earth.
bruh this a video about rope
None of these people will understand since they think it's ok to be an arogant prick with no regard for anything or anyone, so maybe war is just what we need.
@@dean107
I realise I was "off topic" but these videos create thoughts and passions in our minds and I was just offering my views at the time.
Is that what they call it in Australia? 😂
I’m pretty sure there’s some editing &/or trickery going on here! You need both ends of the rope in order to do this knot! You can’t pass the rope through itself! Why else would Deane cover the string when he does and undoes the knot through his ring when “revealing” the trick?
Nevermind, I know how you did it now! Thanks! I do wish you would’ve shown how you did it more clearly; at a different angle, 90 degrees to the camera!
How did he do that? It sounded simple.
Interesting way of presenting this. I learnt this with a simple ring .with all this great magic I wonder if you spent a bit of time with the old magicians of Adelaide ? I probably know most of them.
Adelaide has produced many great magicians over the years ,even some that have gone international. But sadly the old skills are being forgotten and replaced with bloody tricks lol
Already saw it coming 👍
Rob, i only see you commenting where did Dean go?
He is still around - we divide the labour - Rob
I actually did that, not for magic but for serious purposes, and so I knew how that was going to work before the secret was revealed. I recognized the knot.
This probably would have impressed me if I watched it when I was a kid (good chance I did) but I've tied enough ropes to things in various situations to see how this works... which is good because the shots of him showing how to do it are terrible.
Jesus. You're that fun guy at the Christmas party.
I've seen this trick performed as a "bar bet". You get a small stick typically something like a pencil or pen. Put a small hole in the end and tie a piece of string to it in a loop. Then when you're out with your friends borrow a jacket, stick the pencil through a button hole and fasten it to the jacket using the method in the video. Challenge your friends to remove the pencil without undoing the knot in the loop.
I love it
@38 seconds " that is impossible"
My mind is going, sure that is possible. There is a scissors attached to it, just cut it.
Truely ahead of their time - they had a webpage even before the internet existed! I bet it caused some confusion for the TV viewers back in the 70s though…
The knot is a lark's head.
Or The Cow Hitch
I like your videos
Many thanks - Rob
Out of curiosity, do you happen to know the brand of or where to order those scissors? I had some just like them that I found on a throwout but they were amazing even with a broken tip, and I just lost them after about 5 years, and every replacement pair of medical scissors I've ordered so far just isn't working out.
Dressmaking scissors are the best for magic but also everything else
The old scissors were great. I have a forged steel pair manufactured in 1967. By comparison, the modern ones have thick blades and thick cutting edges, cut rough and dull quickly.
😂. I can’t believe it took him so long to take the scissors off
Literally nothing about this trick is "Australian" except for the performer. These rope tricks have been around for centuries, certainly much longer than Australia has even been a country lmao
Nice story bro!
Australia existed for millions of years before the rope was even invented.
60,000 years?
drop the ring down the string and it will loop itself and looks AWESOME
Indeed
Not true
@@DrPeculiar312 yes it does
@@mealex303 nope
@@DrPeculiar312 easier on a fine chain
I love how yall are always uploading videos in some sort of nostalgic-retro format. :)
Thanks. Curiosity Show was a national science program featuring Dr Rob Morrison and Dr Deane Hutton. It was made in Adelaide, South Australia and screened nationally in Australia as well as in Europe, Asia and Australasia (14 countries and dubbed in German for Europe) from 1972-1990. Deane and Rob intentionally used everyday items around the house (like old rusty cans) so that people could repeat the demonstrations with materials they had to hand. In 1984 Curiosity Show won the Prix Jeunesse International, the world's top award for TV programs for young people. Rob and Deane are steadily uploading segments at th-cam.com/users/curiosityshow Why not subscribe?
That's because it is retro! All of this footage is from the 1970s-1990s
GREAT VIDEO! You guys are the best, much love and prayers with you guys in AU. Don't let the tyrants stomp out the truth. Don't let them ignore the Facts & God be with anyone who stands up to fight for all our freedoms.