Close-up card magic with a twist | Lennart Green
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- Опубліковано 3 лют 2025
- www.ted.com Like your uncle at a family party, the rumpled Swedish doctor Lennart Green says, "Pick a card, any card." But what he does with those cards is pure magic -- flabbergasting, lightning-fast, how-does-he-do-it? magic.
12 years later here I am watching this again. it 's better everytime I watch
I am guilty too !
@@whataloadofbollox Me too . . . every damn time I come across it
@@slik00silk84 another 3 years have gone by 😲
Same. Never gets old.
2025, me to.
I remember watching this as a kid and being totally amazed. 12 years later and it's still my favorite routine.
I wish I was a kid 12 years ago, you're so young! lol
Me too.
I am 63 and amazed
@@iamdb1990 that 1990 in your name better not be your birth year or you got no business calling other people young ;)
Brother we're nearing middle age. I've got plenty of grey hairs. My back has randomly betrayed me several times.
Early 90s babies are old now.
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He just works on a whole different level. I think he's really more of a magician's magician than anything. Just unbelievably original in both his style and content.
I would agree, but my dad, who doesn't know any magic says Lennart Green is his favorite magician. I don't think he's just a magicians magician, it's just that there aren't many close up magicians that laypeople have heard of.
late respond , he acts like a foolish and stumbling magician , when he actually knows what hes doing , MR sharp .
Tommy Cooper
Queen with misdirection was the icing on the cake for me. Lennart Green's style and tricks is out of this world!
Lennart Green is a living legend man. He invented some of the most amazing table sleights the card world has seen in a long time. And I’m sure I don’t have to tell any layperson that this stuff is extremely difficult and he makes it look way too easy! Thank you so much for what you have brought to this art👏🏻
Yep, Lennart is a veritable god among us conjurers. I could watch him forever!
This guy is a genius: foreign language, jokes and hard tricks all at once. I can't even brew my coffee while talking
His jokes are on another level. Haha.
his "yokes"**
dunno if I enjoyed the jokes more or the tricks.
@@garrett.zimmer beat me to it lol. That's what I actually came in here to reply lol 😂.
My favourite topic is .......... shortcuts.
His whole thing is on another level!!!!
from a magicians perspective this is close to impossible to do . Hats of to this legend.
sandhes thanissery yeah right, indian magician..
He is amazing. Wowow!
It's all in his lap. Richard Turner is infinitely better at this sort of routine.
I see where shin lim got some of his act
Hats of what?
I absolutely love Lennarts approach to magic, I love that "sloppy" style of his, makes you think that hes never touched a deck of cards in his life then when the climax comes he's not one not two but 100 steps ahead of you! hahah love from and icelandic fellow magician :)
dude we all know iceland is the land of real magic STOP TRYING TO FOOL US >:C !!!
The false illusion of sloppiness and the slow lumbering style he presents add an element of surprise for the viewer when the payoff of a trick comes that somebody using a standard slick polished approach doesn't get. At the same time though his style also creates a certain level of awkwardness and leaves a lot of the audience unaware he's even done a trick some of the time.
Very well put. And, for all of you magicians out there, you realize that Lennart is a genius - a veritable god among conjurers. He is really the complete package as to what a magician should aspire to be: a hard worker, a great routine creator, technically excellent, very humorous in a subtle way, great interactions with the audience, flexible in the heat of battle. Long ago, he asked himself, “How can I make people want to see/care about what I do with a deck of cards?” He then set about to create precisely that and, obviously, succeeded. In short, a great entertainer. In my opinion, this is the most entertaining magical clip on UA-cam.
@Elvis Leong likes sour cream and onion chips 0
The fact that he starts out slow where you can guess what he's doing and then halfway through it slowly ramps up to the really amazing stuff gets me. Truly a performer.
I keep coming back to this performance because Lennart is unmatched in control and humour. Absolutely brilliant.
The girl sits there wide eyed...like the rest of us
I know it is a very late reply, but if you like this kind of magic you might enjoy Markobi's FISM act in case you haven't seen it.
@@MrGermanpiano thank you for the recommendation!
"I had to use a little force there" cracked me up with the double meaning
Rest in peace to the girl. I remember watching this so long ago. Sad to know that she passed away. This has been one of the best magic performances I’ve always come back to watch.
The girl died? Really? When was this filmed?
The way he improvised the Armani trick is pure gold!
30:08 Queen with misdirection... this guy is just on another level, brilliant!
Keep coming back to this every 6 months or so. He's like the Columbo of card magic.
Wow. I am in absolute awe of his skill and especially the way he delivers the entire performance. The 'magic' and misdirection is only part of the routine; the way you deliver your performance is what makes it what it is. Lennart Green has truly mastered both the magic and the deliverance. All I can say is wow. He's truly a legend in the card magic community.
'l'll do it quick this time, but in slow motion so you can follow" hahahahahha
didn't help!
axertrybal itsss a yolllk
I know right!?
I deadass opened the video and just touched the seek bar to a random point , and it was exactly this quote, not even a second ahead or behind.
What a great line, I love this man's delivery, haha!
I had the pleasure of seeing Lennart in person in the company of other top magicians, and he was definitely who everyone else was talking about. He's the rare magician that developed all his own original techniques. Other magicians are now performing the trick where he deals cards and they vanish when they hit the table, but when I first saw it, I just about lost it. That really felt like magic. I can understand sort of how it is done, but what a mind to have thought of doing that in the first place.
This guy is so cool and I also like that one in the audience who laughs so hard everytime! What a great performance!
Queen with misdirection
Awesome.
clossbone Absolutly awsome
King with misterdirection.
love it . thats a good one @@zippyzee
This is, NO JOKE, the best card performance i ever seen, i laugh i've been amazed, it's wonderful.
Agreed. He looks like he's fumbling, but his level of card control is truly amazing.
Up until now I thought Ricky Jay was at the top level of card mechanics, but this guy is also a grand master. His bumbling manor and sharp humor completely sell it to his audience.
Rick Jay just seems _smoother_ to me.
DARYL DIETRICH meh, I just watched some of his tricks, and while he is pretty good, he is missing that air of mysticism that surrounds Ricky Jay. RJ makes me feel like I'm watching a centuries old master of their craft magician.
To be fair, it is lennarts style, to actually break the illusion of smoothness.
Whenever he drops a card or misses his palm. The amazing thing is when you notice, he actually wants to miss. His precision is more than amazing.
L Green is the BEST!
@@crywhit4619 Pretty good? He is so good that they thought he was cheating on the World Cup of magic so he was disqualified. The experts said that what he performed was "impossible" without stooges. So he later came back, and did the same trick again, now with the judges taking part of it (selecting cards and so on). Then he finally won, as he should have done earlier.
Wow. He uses the snap deal so much but in such different ways. The control and handling of the audience is just beautiful.
This guy is a true card genius, he's one of my favorites of all time & he's funny;
The brilliance and message behind his audience-involved wrist lesson is just gold.
the guy laughing so hard in the audience every trick LOL
Yeah, it would be extremely annoying to sit near that guy.
@@sealand000 What u mean? he was amazing!
I'ts john from the audience of L and L publishing
The guy laughing hard every time is the girl's father.
The only one that gets it
"So here, to follow my cards I must look at the suffle from the begin.. Oh, you started already" that was a killed one.
Not sure why this was at a TED talk, but this was absolutely wonderful.
Gotta love the random Phantom reference at the end.
averyaugust The E stands for Entertainment. There you go.
BOAB
You mean they need to bring back people like him. His appearance here precedes all the self indulgent bullshitters on TED in the last 7-8 years. It's gotten so bad that that's what they created the TEDX branch for.
@@Krokrodyl TED stands for technology, Engineering, design but they ran out of ideas, so included everything.
@@PreservationEnthusiast No. It stands for Technology Entertainment and Design. And they indeed do include everything now. This talk however is from 2005.
Too many of his quips and slight of hands went under appreciated because of heavy accent and such speed. Well done.
no his accent is the one of the best parts about the video
@@haxxorlord7327 he meant the audience didnt understand some of the things he said so they didnt know what was going on
@@MrAvocadoMan Totally agree. I found a few things "off" with what he was saying. Hard to follow/a bit confusing. If his English was a bit better, this would be 10/10. At the moment it's 8/10 for me.
You call that a heavy accent??? Where are you from?
@@billyd4eva The accent and his supposed "struggle" with English makes it fun. He has a very good command of the English language - better than many native English speakers.
Amazing hustling. To speak and to perform at the same time is incredible.
Never get bored watching his performances.
I love the Armarni Suite production in this video.
Lennart Green... What a legend.
I think i’ve had this recommended every 6 months since it was recorded. And Year on Year this is still my favourite sleight/control routine. Brilliant to watch!
A true professional and master of the craft! This guy is so pro, it's unbelievable! Magicians and those who know sleight of hand will probably appreciate this guy's work more than anything. It's difficult to put into words how remarkable this performance is...
The misdirection part was my favorite - great attention to detail!
I have watched this well over 20 times now. I never skip to a part cause he is so funny. Easily one of my favorite magicians.
Watched this when I first started college, I graduated last year. Many nights during freshman year was me practicing that card flick and catch with the other hand, and now whenever I pull it off, it always gets a reaction. Thanks Mr. Green.
guy in the back: HAH!
He laughed ahead of everyone else though. The rest of the audience was much slower.
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It's the guy from the Seinfeld studio audience
i don't think ppl realize how amazing some of his routine is. like when he changed the 5 clubs to the queen; it actually was one card. he ditched with the right hand and used the top shot w/ the left. the sheer speed and accuracy to top shot into a palm position WHILE ditching is completely unfathomable
I think it is 'fathomabile' as it's just card tricks, don't you people realise that if you hire a 'Magician' you want 'Magic' not card tricks FFs.
If I was approached by a 'Magician' on the street that showed me a 'deck of cards' I would punch him in the face and say, you said you were going to show me 'magic' not a 'card trick' , 'card tricks are not magic' sad bastards. :'-(
Ok :-)
Alistair Cameron, you may be a sociopath. Get checked out.
Sleight of hand is the best magic.
Do you all understand how absolutely incredibly difficult this is
There are about a dozen different methods going on and on top of it he has to act like this amd make it look completely out of control/random
Absolutely genius level stuff
LOL! The Phantom of the Opera reference at the end was perfect.
Watching the assistant trying to process the tricks is priceless.
I watched this 11 years ago and just found it again today.. still amazing!
He's so entertaining and mesmerizing! Brilliant!
What an absolute legend. That 30 mins went so quick. I thought that last card might be under the tape on his face though.
"At this distance, it works immediately. Argh! Argh!" You made me spit wine all over my computer screen and keyboard. Incredible.
One of the all-time great UA-cam videos.
The assistant’s reaction about 15:37, is a dream for all performers.
From audience control to card control, there was nobody better, for my money. Like many have said, you watch it all the way through, no skipping ahead, it is just that good.
Literally what I was thinking. Her reaction is the best, there is no higher praise.
I watched this when it was first posted, and I keep coming back to it like a moth to a flame. Since first watching, I've learnt a lot of card tricks, but nothing to compare with this mastery.
This is the ultimate card routine. Watched it tons of times and will watch it tons more. Lennart Green is a true master of his craft!
I used to love watching this video. I still do, but I used to, too.
Mitch Hedberg rules! :D
if I could watch one video for the rest of my life it would be this video... it has everything my brain wants
You are right, it even has a blonde in the background for some visual stress relief. They thought of everything!
"A blonde"? Not even "A blonde GIRL"? Just "a blonde" like that is what defines here. And what about her anyway. Shes just a girl. Why are so many magicians social misfits who HAVE to react to any girl on a magic video? No wonder so few of us are into magic! Pathetic.
+Suzanne Rojek a blonde
"What about her". She looks absolutely stunning, and people like looking at pretty people.
"Why are so many magicians social misfits who HAVE to react to any girl on a magic video?" You dug this one comment about the girl from reply to another comment among hundreds of comments where one mentions she looks nice, and you take that to mean **many** magicians are social misfits. For someone that seemingly tries to preach message of treating everyone as person regardless of their characteristics, you seem to have ironically just stereotyped a huge bunch of people in your search for social justice.
"No wonder so few of us are into magic!" As someone that is somewhat interested in gender gaps, some fields being hugely male-oriented is a puzzle, but I really can't see you making shallow judgemental comments like this helping in figuring that puzzle out or improving the world otherwise :p
Exactly. Comedy, sleight of hand magic (the best kind of magic), great magician, great personality, and nice looking girl.
I saw this amazing performer lecture for magicians in Phoenix around 20 years ago. No one knew who he was yet so there were only 10 people in the audience. It was probably the best magic lecture I had ever attended. So entertaining, technical, funny, and amazing.
💥BOOM!!!💥™
cracking me up, "say stop when the cards are in the air" drops all the cards, 5 seconds later "stop!"
Love this. So talented. He couldn't have asked for a better volunteer - her reactions are brilliant.
His techniques are so easy to see, yet when he performs them you're still wowed by them, they're just unprecidented in their precision.
It's incredibly impressive.
I come back here every once and a while. This dude is still hilarious.
I just love this performance, such a wonderful combination of humour and slight of hands, skills....
Man ! Saw This Back In The Beginning Of 2012 , Still Stays Fresh ! His Patter His Comedy His Misdirection His Everything Related To Magic Is Awesome . I Think Everyone Will Agree That He Is A Legend In Magic !
Best chat in any routine ever. So very funny!
Of course his magic and skills are impeccable but I also love his humour
amazing performance, amazing misdirection, amazing slight of hand, amazing presentation, amazing humour from an amazing man.....trust me, it takes years of practice to be this good.
décadas!
@@maxiydeiaparatodos It takes Lennart!
I absolutely adored this performance. This is by far one of the best Ted Talks and magic routines I've ever seen.
This is actually pretty mind-boggling. Never seen this type of card magic ever.Brilliantly done...in English!
I don't think I've seen this in probably 7 or 8 years, but it's even better than I remember. That Armarni joke never gets old, Lennart truly is one of the greats for thinking on his feet for that one :D
of course, on some of the tricks you can tell what he is doing but damn, he is fast and his execution is perfect
He has a gift for making you think he is doing one thing, while doing another..
great performance...could watch this all night long
ive been doing magic since i was little....this is guy is an old skool MASTER!!.
one of the best magicians ive ever seen!!!
had me laughing so hard one minute then in awe next minute!
It is harder to look clumpsy than to perform smoothly. Lennart is just in another level
30:10 "Queen with mis-direction" lol the girls reaction - couldn't have been more perfect - he's little hand gesture tops it - knowing exactly where she's been distracted haha funny guy
I watched it once. So I said, let me sip just one min of it. But I ended up watching it all. What a brilliant and amazing skilled enterteiner was Lennart
no words can describe the skills of this man!!! astonishing
I saw one clip of his that's only about 1 minute long and he puts 5 cards down, one at a time and they disappear as he puts them down, with no hint as to where they go. I have watched that clip dozens of times and it's truly magic. He is amazing.
he does an extended version of that in this vid with 7 cards, placed twice, and then revealing the picked card from the invisible cards on the table.
Lennart Green, that as got to be one of the best, if not the best, close up magic card trick performances I have ever seen. Brilliant just brilliant.
Awesome, I've never seen anything like it, and I've seen a lot of card tricks and magic, but this guy is on another level. I realised he was something else when he failed to shuffle the cards and even dropped them a few times. That's one talented guy. Thx for the upload.
This is impressive artistry - like a violinist playing a Paganini concerto and making it seem effortless.
"I think there are lots of... I don't know how many, but ten, fifteen spades in the deck at least, right?" ahhahahahahaha
13 genius
@@ivanabcdefg9375 Watch the video and get the reference genius.
@@Alpha-1-Omega quotations used to stand for something.
@@nickcosman1125 I know. As you could see I was replying to Ivan abcdefg since he missed the point from Mattias Skog.
@@ivanabcdefg9375 it was a joke the magician said, genius.
I have watched this 37 times. Each time I watch it I'm just as entertained as the first time.
Are you sure you didn't make up that number? 37 is the most commonly chosen number when people need a random number from 1 to 100... just kidding lol
"Don't look at the beam, my fault. Because this is a high frequency laser, and it's enough with a fraction of a second to destroy the retina completely" lool this guy is hilarious and his sleight of hand is on point!!!! Great stuff
Man I wish this was in Hi-Res, such an awesome show.
imho the most watchable, enjoyable and mesmerising routine ever... all others are copies in one aspect or another
I wish this wasn't filmed with a potato so we could watch this performance without squinting.
Awesomeness Hippopotamus I think going for the potato angle is a bit over played now.
***** you're right. Once they put on the cumquat lens it really brought the show to new light.
Awesomeness Hippopotamus Added 2008. Don't expect too much. ^^
+Awesomeness Hippopotamus www.ted.com, you can find better quality
+shahin mostajir And filmed in 2005 I think
This guy has to be the best at what he does. Epic. Truly brilliant.
This guy is one of the most supremely talented cardmen today. His techniques are quite original and he performs them with enviable precision and mastery. Lennart is a truly unique gift to the magic community.
While everyone else was busy drooling over the girl, I was drooling over Lennart's amazing skills.
He is extremely good. So many card techniques used. Card control, top and bottom deals, amazing use of holds. This man and a skilled dice controller would be dangerous at a casino.
Every time I watch this I find some new gags, new subtleties, new funny ideas. This guy is such a legend. So much entertainment with just a deck of cards.
I will never get bored of this performance
Greatest card magician ever! I'm speechless...
The guy's just non-stop, amazing
one of the few card tricks that knowing the secret make you struck in awe more! while the effect seem not as impressive as some other card tricks the sheer skill and talent for these tricks is out of this world!
For some people who dont know much about magic. The moves this guy is doing is some of the hardest moves in magic almost impossible to pull off smoothly like he is.
Exactly. I can do some of the moves but definitely not smoothly like he does. He's a master.
I rewatch this every so often. So good!
Even though I know how he's doing some of these amazing things, I still have the utmost respect and admiration for his unmatched skill and performance style. Lightning fast, and almost to quick to be believed. The hand, in this man's case, truly IS quicker than the eye.
Sleight of hand and comedy genius!!.....still fresh after repeated viewing.
the queen with misdirection gets me every time. 30:06
The best magic act I've ever seen. I love this!
Laypeople can't appreciate just how good Lennart Green really is. He's doing things that 99.9% of magicians can't do. His technical skill is incredible. One of a kind.
Thank you for not calling us muggles.
Well, of course they can appreciate it. I mean, come on.
I love his presentation. He’s intentionally sloppy with his handling of the cards, but he’s an absolute master.
This must be Green's best performance that I know of. Full of cleaver jokes, combined with his unique cardmagic. What's not to love about it?!?
If Mr. Green still does this magic, I'd love to see him on Penn & Teller's Fool Us show on the CW. There was a "messy sleight-of-hand cards" magician on that show recently (Season 10) that worked like this guy does. He got a trophy, and I'm sure Mr. Green would as well.
Lennart: "Name a suit"
Guy: "Armani"
@Shan Jiang The word in this case is "proceeds". :)
@Shan Jiang the word in this case is "you're". :)
I just love the improvisation of this moment. It may have been a set up but it feels improvised. If you watch closely you can see him decide to take the heckler on as he realizes he can pull an Armani out of nowhere. This guy is a genius.
@@stephenbochicchio4506 it was already part of his act but just not at that moment. And he even implies it when he says "it was after the blindfold" meaning the blindfold act that he was gonna do next
He has an air of another Scandinavian who was supreme at his craft and could bring massive humour to his act.