I've probably watched this video around 20 times just to catch all of the moves. The only one that still kind of gives me trouble is the part where he makes the rope into a full loop, but I just noticed how that one is done as well.
I know how he does it, I've seen how this is done, and I still CANNOT FOR THE LIFE OF ME see anything when Mac performs this. Simply on a whole new level of amazing.
Absolutely superb sleight of hand. If you google around you can find out how he does it, but that takes nothing away from his magnificent talent to be ABLE to fool us.
I've seen Mac King live, twice, and it's even better than it looks in this video. And it's a third of the price of most Vegas shows. Can't miss this one folks!
I watched Mac King's Comedy Magic Show back in 2010 at age 10. When I was at his show, he actually invited me on stage to be Opie Taylor from the Andy Griffith Show for one of his magic tricks! He had me check out this tent and make sure there were no trap doors or compartments, then he showed me how he used a fishing pole. All of a sudden, this guy in a bear costume jumped out of the tent without warning and roared at me, scaring me to death. His show was so funny. I'll remember it for the rest of my life. Mac King is one of the best magicians ever.
@@IanK-Minecraftit was fun watching Penn and Teller watch his act, cuz they know the business in and out. Both *know* how this trick is done but struggle to see Mac’s tells while doing it.
The best I can tell is this - He uses the original rope all the way through to the very end, until he says he's going to cut it to pieces. He pulls out the scissors and quickly moves a new rope already covered in knots from one hand to the other and starts cutting to pieces the original rope. Notice how stuffed of knots his hand is, even after letting loose the rope. It's because he's still got the original rope in it. Even when he pulls the knots off, there are WAY more in the first handful than the second handful. Plus you can see it the final rope looks bent out of shape like it was sitting balled up for a while. I had to watch this SEEEEVERAL times, but I think that's gotta be it. He is a master of the craft, without a doubt.
Watching at 1/4 speed, I've figured everything out, but he's so smooth that even though I know the moves he's doing I can't actually see him doing most of them at full speed - I just know they're there. Incredible sleight of hand artist.
this guy has got the fastest hands i've ever seen. his sleight of hand is absolutely impeccable! the amount of time this guy must've spent doing this trick? well - it was worth it. fantastic trick!
I bought the Fiber Optics rope trick by Richard Sanders.....and some of that routine is in this (or visa versa), and I could recognize it, although Mac King is very quick and skilled at it....So, I can follow him up to a point, but that last bit where he cuts the rope and restores it with all the pop knots....Wow! Spectacular. That's where he loses me....He probably made a substitution there, but....I'll be damned if I can spot it...I would LOVE to know how to do this.
Ok, I had to replay it back a couple times but I see now where he makes the substitution of the prepared rope for the ending...It's when he reaches into his pocket to get the scissors...He pulls out a ball of rope which he has palmed and quickly puts it into his left hand with his scissors hand, in the same motion he goes to cut the rope...Just amazing skill.....
My next question was, how does he ditch all the pieces that he really does cut up at the end? Well......he throws them at the camera at the same time he removes all those knots from the prepared rope...Very clever....Ends clean...nobody will count the actual pieces on the ground.
@Smoke DeGrasse Tyson Fiber Optics is an awesome trick...I do that at family gatherings and it's just instant entertainment. It's amazing what you can do with three pieces of rope...I like the Mac King version though where you are actually cutting it....It's more organic that way.....Although the stretching illusion is more impressive with three pieces. He's actually using a small piece and a large piece that he does cut from one piece of rope which requires really sharp scissors which is how he cut his thumb off in front of a live audience one time.......Sometimes the old classics are the best. Pop Hadyn has a great version of that as well that he's done for years.
@1:19 he reaches in his pocket to pull out the scissor. Watch in 0.25 speed - he pulls out another piece of rope along with the scissor. Having said that... he's still one of the best rope trick magicians I've ever seen. Kudos.
OMG, I love your cut and restored rope routine, I can follow you up until the end when you were cutting the rope into multiple small pieces. I am completely lost at that point.
I saw him do this trick in front of me this past 4th of July in Vegas. I was switching my positions in the theater….Still no idea… I even took a piece of rope as a momento!
There is some kind of handoff at 1:22 when he reaches in his pockets for scissors and hands off more rope or something to his other hand. But it still does not explain much.
There's some pretty easy things to spot if you slow it down. At 0:33, for instance, he has one long rope that's folded in half, with the center in his left hand. He's also holding two short lengths of rope in his left hand, which gives the illusion that he's holding two separate ropes. Then, he transfers the two short ropes to his right hand and releases the center of the long rope, making it appear that the separate ropes were combined.
SPOILER: This is my guided viewing of the trick in full. This trick requires one long piece of rope, and several extra small lengths of rope. To do the ending bit, you need a long prepared length of rope with knots already on there. At 0:20, he's holding the long piece and an extra small piece. At 0:35, he's holding the actual cut ends with the extra piece in his right hand (but seems like one long one). At 0:40, the cut ends are in his right, and the extra bit is in his left. At 0:47, same thing as before, he's holding both in his right hand. At 0:52, same thing. The bit he "takes off" is the small extra bit. He holds the ends in his right and flings with his left hand to create the illusion that he's stringing the rope along but it's stationary. At 1:02, he returns to the original position with both in his right hand. At 1:05, he's tying the extra bit around the long one (like the famous rope-through-neck trick), so that it pops off if he pulls on the long one. At 1:08, he "cuts the rope" with his teeth (he just lets go), revealing the cut ends in his right hand all along. At 1:15, he now ends clean with only the long rope left. At 1:19, he reaches for scissors and also grabs a new small rope at the same time. This small rope is actually prepared with all the knots in it that he can pull off just like the first time. He cuts up the original rope for real, and then it's all presentation. It's not completely impromptu, but I'm certain Mac King keeps a long piece and short piece so he can do the first bit. Very good misdirection. Completely fooled me the first time. Took me 2 more viewings before I solved it head-to-tail.
I think he starts with 2 extra pieces which he cuts and cuts till the part of the disappearing knot (look at his hands, they are always hiding the "union") The go around part looks like he is turning the rope but is standing still and for the final part he reaches for his pocket for a new rope. Amazingly well executed, it seems that the beginning is the hardest part.
someone please. you have to teach me that. I freakin beg. I need to know how the hell t=he does it. I know the regular rope trick but this was fantastic
ok, i think there is only one rope the whole time plus the extra bits that make it look like he cuts the rope and stuff. he doesn't actually cut it but is made to look like he cuts it. you can see the string never actually loses length. you can see also some of the ends aren't the same diameter of rope if you pause and look closely. probably to remind him which end is which but barely noticeable to audience. how does he do the loop though? magnetics? XD :53 he isn't moving the rope in a circle, but is actually making it look that way by rotate his other hand like that as his one hand holds the ropes together.
I came to watch this because Penn says Teller has never been able to spot how he does it.. awesome.
same
same, and I can't spot it either
whoever Penn is... I guess he's not smart enough anyway
Facepalm!
I've probably watched this video around 20 times just to catch all of the moves. The only one that still kind of gives me trouble is the part where he makes the rope into a full loop, but I just noticed how that one is done as well.
This is the one magician that deserves billions of views ! A master 👏👏👍🏼
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I know how he does it, I've seen how this is done, and I still CANNOT FOR THE LIFE OF ME see anything when Mac performs this. Simply on a whole new level of amazing.
I know how he does it too. I spent years studying it and trying to replicate it. I just can't though. He is truly amazing
Such a beautiful performance. And such a smart way to end up clean. Love it.
I remember seeing him once at Just for laughs. Imo he's never gotten the recognition he deserves but as you can see, he's kinda a legend :)
Mac leaves a smile on my face every time I watch him perform.
that was knot bad
oh fuck u lol
I'd rather knot
can you just knot
You did KNOT just say that...
dis is knot funny anymore
Absolutely superb sleight of hand. If you google around you can find out how he does it, but that takes nothing away from his magnificent talent to be ABLE to fool us.
Uh where
Yes.. you need the instructions.. and 30 years of practice :D
@@Tecom38415 The instructions re out there on reddit actually but they don't make it any less amazing.
I've seen Mac King live, twice, and it's even better than it looks in this video. And it's a third of the price of most Vegas shows. Can't miss this one folks!
I watched Mac King's Comedy Magic Show back in 2010 at age 10. When I was at his show, he actually invited me on stage to be Opie Taylor from the Andy Griffith Show for one of his magic tricks!
He had me check out this tent and make sure there were no trap doors or compartments, then he showed me how he used a fishing pole.
All of a sudden, this guy in a bear costume jumped out of the tent without warning and roared at me, scaring me to death.
His show was so funny. I'll remember it for the rest of my life. Mac King is one of the best magicians ever.
He does this better than anyone else!!!!
I need those scissors though.
you can just sharpen yours..
Trap Music NOW. Just heard Mac tell about the time he cut his finger during this trick :)
you have 2.7 million subscribers, how do you get time for this :P
go upload..
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MASTERFUL! Thanks Mac! I can’t begin to count the hours that went into of the preparation and study on this one - whew!!
What. The. Actual. Fuck
lol that was exactly what i said out loud when i got done watching it
Magnets
Nope. I actually know how to do the first one. It's not that hard to do, just hard to figure out.
@@IanK-Minecraftit was fun watching Penn and Teller watch his act, cuz they know the business in and out. Both *know* how this trick is done but struggle to see Mac’s tells while doing it.
The best I can tell is this -
He uses the original rope all the way through to the very end, until he says he's going to cut it to pieces. He pulls out the scissors and quickly moves a new rope already covered in knots from one hand to the other and starts cutting to pieces the original rope.
Notice how stuffed of knots his hand is, even after letting loose the rope. It's because he's still got the original rope in it. Even when he pulls the knots off, there are WAY more in the first handful than the second handful. Plus you can see it the final rope looks bent out of shape like it was sitting balled up for a while.
I had to watch this SEEEEVERAL times, but I think that's gotta be it. He is a master of the craft, without a doubt.
Good job dissecting the animal, lol
I know every move and trick he does and I am so impressed with this routine. There is so much going on. Well done.
Watching at 1/4 speed, I've figured everything out, but he's so smooth that even though I know the moves he's doing I can't actually see him doing most of them at full speed - I just know they're there. Incredible sleight of hand artist.
How do you slow down a TH-cam video?
Click the gear in the bottom-right corner to open video settings. The setting in the middle should be speed.
Thank you very much!
this guy has got the fastest hands i've ever seen. his sleight of hand is absolutely impeccable! the amount of time this guy must've spent doing this trick? well - it was worth it. fantastic trick!
Beautifully done
An incredible trick and an endearing performer.
Very entertaining comedy magic. I've had the pleasure of attending the show twice. His "cloak of invisibility" routine is hilarious.
Yeah the color of the handle of the scissors blend in with the rope, clever.
Mac is one of the best in the world, but by far the best comedy magician in the world 🌎
very very nice and fluent performance. GREAT!
Very knotty indeed. He was stringing me along. How did I get roped into this? That's enough.
knotty boy!
This is a phenomenal routine. I love Mac King.
My family and I seen him in LV and we totally LOVED his performance. He was amazing! Check him out if you ever get the opportunity.
Good tricks never get old. Thanks.
mind blown
I don't know how it is done, and I don't want to know. This is pure entertainment ...done very well. Thank you Mac King!
nice slight of hand but I saw it all! I can see the switches and the placements. Love this guy though!
Yeah, he's really, really good, but you can see the switches in slo-mo.
Wow, amazing performance :)
absolutely superb! fantastic. it blew my brain apart!
I love your version
I could see a few things by going frame by frame, but even then it revealed how deft some of the maneuvers are. Right in front of our eyes...
I bought the Fiber Optics rope trick by Richard Sanders.....and some of that routine is in this (or visa versa), and I could recognize it, although Mac King is very quick and skilled at it....So, I can follow him up to a point, but that last bit where he cuts the rope and restores it with all the pop knots....Wow! Spectacular. That's where he loses me....He probably made a substitution there, but....I'll be damned if I can spot it...I would LOVE to know how to do this.
Ok, I had to replay it back a couple times but I see now where he makes the substitution of the prepared rope for the ending...It's when he reaches into his pocket to get the scissors...He pulls out a ball of rope which he has palmed and quickly puts it into his left hand with his scissors hand, in the same motion he goes to cut the rope...Just amazing skill.....
My next question was, how does he ditch all the pieces that he really does cut up at the end? Well......he throws them at the camera at the same time he removes all those knots from the prepared rope...Very clever....Ends clean...nobody will count the actual pieces on the ground.
@Smoke DeGrasse Tyson
Fiber Optics is an awesome trick...I do that at family gatherings and it's just instant entertainment. It's amazing what you can do with three pieces of rope...I like the Mac King version though where you are actually cutting it....It's more organic that way.....Although the stretching illusion is more impressive with three pieces. He's actually using a small piece and a large piece that he does cut from one piece of rope which requires really sharp scissors which is how he cut his thumb off in front of a live audience one time.......Sometimes the old classics are the best. Pop Hadyn has a great version of that as well that he's done for years.
holy smokes in the morning! this trick is absolutely fantastic! and this guys hands are faster than light!
The way he strings you along though......
Brilliant. And Teller can't figure it out.
This is a pro. No swaying, no studdering, and he makes corny jokes funny.
@1:19 he reaches in his pocket to pull out the scissor. Watch in 0.25 speed - he pulls out another piece of rope along with the scissor. Having said that... he's still one of the best rope trick magicians I've ever seen. Kudos.
Right but that's only one thing where you can notice what he did. Doesn't explain the entire trick.
SILENCE! PAY NO ATTENTION TO THAT MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN!
Easily the best show I saw in Las Vegas.
OMG, I love your cut and restored rope routine, I can follow you up until the end when you were cutting the rope into multiple small pieces. I am completely lost at that point.
I was gonna go to bed. Now I'm not sure I'll ever sleep again...
i've got knotting to say... totally flabbergasted.
This is amazing
Amazing 😮❤
And Teller hates this one, huh. Good reason. It's fast, length isn't lost for what rope looks to be lost/discarded... Good one!
I saw him do this trick in front of me this past 4th of July in Vegas.
I was switching my positions in the theater….Still no idea…
I even took a piece of rope as a momento!
wow. that is magic. dam good trick!!!
he's good
ha! "Good" is an understatement! this dude is incredible!
The whole entire routine, I knew how it was done.... until he cut the little pieces.... THAT LAST BIT IS THE KICKER
awesome piece of magic there! :D
Love it! I love being fooled, do it again!!!! :)
Just watched how the basic rope trick works, but this? This is on a completely different level.
Excellent
There is some kind of handoff at 1:22 when he reaches in his pockets for scissors and hands off more rope or something to his other hand. But it still does not explain much.
you're the best Mac
Love this!
my brain. I've watched so much Fool Us and videos explaining magic tricks and my mind still cannot understand where or how he inserts things.
There's some pretty easy things to spot if you slow it down. At 0:33, for instance, he has one long rope that's folded in half, with the center in his left hand. He's also holding two short lengths of rope in his left hand, which gives the illusion that he's holding two separate ropes. Then, he transfers the two short ropes to his right hand and releases the center of the long rope, making it appear that the separate ropes were combined.
Are you sure that it is not real magic?
the rope has layers like an onion, thats the key on the final trick(and a fake scissors)
Well done
That was fantastic
Great packaging of the rope tricks!
Is the VEGASSEVEN name inspired from the artists Group of Seven?
The move at 1:00 is awesome
👇who loves magic
I'll say he is terrific!
I was just in utter confusion 😂😂
Mac absolutely terrifies Teller when he pulls out a piece of rope.
I AM NEW TO YOU - YOU ARE AMAZING THANKS!
Amazing!
I found parts of this in the 5th book of Tar Bell.. now all I need is 30 years and I can perform it :D
The best part is he doesn’t even need those scissors
I'm flagging this for Sorcery, you'll soon recieve a letter from the Inquisition, alright? Amazing job
Awesome trick
This is so good it makes me think CGI.
Bravo!
He's knot telling us everything!
SPOILER: This is my guided viewing of the trick in full. This trick requires one long piece of rope, and several extra small lengths of rope. To do the ending bit, you need a long prepared length of rope with knots already on there.
At 0:20, he's holding the long piece and an extra small piece. At 0:35, he's holding the actual cut ends with the extra piece in his right hand (but seems like one long one). At 0:40, the cut ends are in his right, and the extra bit is in his left. At 0:47, same thing as before, he's holding both in his right hand. At 0:52, same thing. The bit he "takes off" is the small extra bit. He holds the ends in his right and flings with his left hand to create the illusion that he's stringing the rope along but it's stationary. At 1:02, he returns to the original position with both in his right hand.
At 1:05, he's tying the extra bit around the long one (like the famous rope-through-neck trick), so that it pops off if he pulls on the long one. At 1:08, he "cuts the rope" with his teeth (he just lets go), revealing the cut ends in his right hand all along. At 1:15, he now ends clean with only the long rope left. At 1:19, he reaches for scissors and also grabs a new small rope at the same time. This small rope is actually prepared with all the knots in it that he can pull off just like the first time. He cuts up the original rope for real, and then it's all presentation.
It's not completely impromptu, but I'm certain Mac King keeps a long piece and short piece so he can do the first bit. Very good misdirection. Completely fooled me the first time. Took me 2 more viewings before I solved it head-to-tail.
brilliant
I think he starts with 2 extra pieces which he cuts and cuts till the part of the disappearing knot (look at his hands, they are always hiding the "union") The go around part looks like he is turning the rope but is standing still and for the final part he reaches for his pocket for a new rope. Amazingly well executed, it seems that the beginning is the hardest part.
bingo :)
Now you've destroyed my gullibility.
At about 0:12 you can see that the bit he "cuts" is much longer than it looked originally... hmm.....
what kind of knot does he tie at 1:12 ? I can do all except that.
just wow!
That's was great!
How do you do it ???
It’s so cool
someone please. you have to teach me that. I freakin beg. I need to know how the hell t=he does it. I know the regular rope trick but this was fantastic
Omg he is awesome
Still the best trick of all time
Great trick.
He get the new rope when he put the scissor in his pocket.
I think I can se the...... no.. nevermind me. I can't.
lol me throughout this performance
What in t he world!? you totally fooled me. I reacted to this. Thanks!
Wooooow😮
Can see why Penn and Teller were happy that he didn't do the rope trick.
ok, i think there is only one rope the whole time plus the extra bits that make it look like he cuts the rope and stuff. he doesn't actually cut it but is made to look like he cuts it. you can see the string never actually loses length. you can see also some of the ends aren't the same diameter of rope if you pause and look closely. probably to remind him which end is which but barely noticeable to audience. how does he do the loop though? magnetics? XD :53 he isn't moving the rope in a circle, but is actually making it look that way by rotate his other hand like that as his one hand holds the ropes together.
I wonder how long it takes him to tie his shoes.
There's always one [ LOL! ]
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How'd I get roped into this?
Are you from
Portland Or?
awsome
that is brilliant
Wow!
he is great at palming!
So...where can I buy that suit?