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Not that it matters, but I think in the first sentence of the story it said "wooden" for the image (idol carving). Anyway, we are finally simpatico in our reaction to a performance -- this was really an awesome and entertaining set of tricks and associated patter. Finally, I do suspect that there was an edit on the 15 card trick -- still, it would fool me regardless.
@@fewwiggle Two physical principles were used. Penn mentioned both principles - one very important in one word and the other in many words. Exceptionally, this time there was no fraud on the part of TV editors and producers, so I have no reason to publish the principle. As for the 15th card, it was the lucky circumstance that sometimes happens to us and we are happy with it when the selection corresponds to our setting (intuitively, the number 15 between 10 and 20 is more often chosen - try it). It was therefore not necessary to hold the cards in your hand for longer, and the trick could only be performed in accordance with the principles. It didn't surprise me that even the 15th card didn't fool Penn - he knew exactly what "phenomenon" was the cause of success (where it stinks of occultism, the cause is either in TV editing or in a happy coincidence). But what interested me most was how Penn "encodes" the principles into his speech. I must say that this time brilliantly.
I think he really got lucky with the 15. He asks Jonathan, the only one of the three who would not think about it when choosing a number between 10 and 20. A magician on the other hand could have chosen a more extreme number like 11 or 18.
I use to work at Brad Burt's Magic Shop in San Diego many years ago. Richard Turner was a local who would come in to the shop often. He can cut to any number because he really is that good. His touch is so good that he really can feel the number of cards. We must realize that one of Richard's jobs is quality control for the US Playing Card Company. He can tell if the blades which are cutting the cards are getting dull by the feel of the edges. I have never seen him without a deck of cards in his hands. He really is that good. He filmed a teaching video around that time which taught gambling sleights. I knew the crew who filmed it. He had a bottom deal which was so perfect that the only way they could show it in the video was to go outside the house where they were filming to a glass top patio table and film it from underneath. They had to shoot from below through the glass to see the move. That was literally the only angle which showed how it's done.
Just saw Jon and actually got to participate in part of his show. Class act, fast hands, and extremely personable. So glad to have gotten the opportunity to meet him.
At 11:30, you've got it. Don't let the whole thing 'crimp' your style, just leave it all up to the tiny plunger. I absolutely love Penn's childlike reaction to this whole act. I'm sure Penn loved feeling like a kid again and is probably a big reason for having this show.
It's a gimmicked deck which allows breaking the deck in any desired place. It's very cleverly designed and the way he incorporated the plunger, framed and executed it is amazing.
Re: The Richard Turner trick, I spoke with him once and the secret is he's just that good. There's no trick. He has a phenomenal sense of touch and cultivated it to the point where he could accurately pick up any number of cards from the deck. Or to put it like Penn would, it's juggling not magic.
Turner must have made a deal with some otherworldly being to gain his magical powers when he gave up his sight and became blind when he was like 9 or 10 years old.
I'm pretty sure I heard Richard Turner mentioning his fingertips are so sensitive that he can tell the difference in width, even if it's the difference between eg 27 and 28 cards. In a showcase he did, a card from his deck fell off the table. He noticed there was something wrong immediately and asked the audience if it really was a full deck of cards. He noticed it before the people around him noticed.
This had to be one of my favorite acts.... and I don't even want to begin to know how it is done.... but I love listening to your comments! You do such a great job... you theorize, but still keep the magic in the magic!
8:03 about adapting his presentation... What's funny is he left the plunger there for exactly that gag (although in the routine as sold he'd be using readers and go "what?! oh the plunger tells me he's seen it, ten of clubs right?")
Yup, seems weird he left the card prediction out, I guess he thought he wouldn't be able to get marked cards by Penn and Teller. I also think Teller had already seen his performances as sticking the plunger to participant's forehead was already part of his routine before he went on Fool Us.
There's one bent card thats always at the bottom of the deck. So when he cuts the deck and puts it back together that bent card is always placed on top of the selected card. Because of the suction, it always seperates at the selected card. That's why at the beginning of the act he only hands Penn the top half of the deck to "check"
Nope. Again people are just funny to think they can just figure out these tricks on their own. But anyway you can buy this effect online. It’s called “tiny plunger” by Garett Thomas then you’ll find the method ;)
Jason, I'm pretty sure when Richard Turner cuts to any named number of cards, he's actually just doing what he says haha. He's likely one of the only people on the planet who can literally feel how many cards he's cutting.
Jason Your the best funniest an unique personality of magician. I like the channel an where its headed. Always fool me with your miracles. Thanks for making my day better always interesting to see a peice of magic in your intros. Keep up the good work.
What I liked most about this performance is that is very casual. It reminds me of people that operate very fast in their lives and try to force things to happen. They only have a surface level vision of their lives, which adds a lot of tension in their lives. But problems don't happen in a vacuum and sometimes things happen before we know it. I hope Jason can understand the code I used.
I'm not convinced that the plunger seeing the card, and then re-picking the card was changing the act!! Because the second card picked was picked from his hands, not off the table. If Penn hadn't mentioned it, I think it would have been mentioned by the magician!! I could be wrong, but I can't help but wondering if it was planned!!
It makes absolutely no difference which card. It could have been a card from another deck. Teller could have opened a fresh deck and given him the card and he could have found that with the plunger. I know how this trick is done. The code word is "breather" but let's just say that there is science to this. The plunger really is doing the work. There is no sleight of hand here.
I saw Jon Armstrong on the Disney cruise for a show once and let me tell you he was AMAZING. He brought his tiny plunger too so no there was no footage cut out
This is such a very beautiful effect. If only more magicians could use such a simple method for less impressive effects. It really is like the card version of Crazy Man's Handcuffs!
Penn : Jason..Jason. We love you so much, you are one of the magicians who bring such charm to their acts. And as happy we are to see you perform that trick that Teller used to do as a beginner in the trade, while I started as juggler, I'm afraid you did not fool us..!!
5:33 you can see a line in the pack where its about to separate, same at 7:20. That's all I got lol He could have a card that has a porous surface to reduce the suction effect, but that doesn't expain how he knows where to place it with the 15 cards. However he does it, what a great presentation!
He had the 'break card' ready at the midpoint between "10" and "20" i.e. 15 and would have added or removed two or three cards as required had Johnathan said anything else.
@@MarkLucasProductions Yeah the editing doesn't let us see the card manipulation. At the same time had he added or removed a number of cards it would have needed to be insanely fast for him not to get busted.
@@Speedytrip Watch his other performances of the same trick, he does move cards to the top or take them off when the participant chooses a number other than 15. Mark is right, 15 is the perfect place to pre-position the breather card. He got extra lucky that Jonathan chose that number as he then didn't have to do anything and the trick looked perfect.
I’d say deck has been modified Cards can be buckled one way, or the other (roll a heavy large smooth ball on every card stacked, focusing on the centre and continually shuffle) Take a card. buckle deck other way. Card goes back and air seal is broken at selected card plunger is pushed onto cards and ‘pops’ card to suck to card above and releases remaining deck underneath. (Cards Would need to be in the correct direction ‘buckle’ otherwise it would drop chosen card and it would be on the remaining stack, would be good variation of the trick) Just my thoughts during the video...
@@sbaxter4207 The breather card was already in the 15 position. He asks the participant to pick a number between 10 and 20, and the 15 position would be easiest to manage other numbers. If the participant selects 18, he adds 3 cards to the top. If they select 12, he takes 3 cards off. Much easier than having it at, say, 20 and then having to pull 9 cards off if they choose 11. In this case he just got extra lucky that Jonathan Ross chose 15. If you watch his other performances of the same trick on UA-cam you can see that he continues to handle the deck and move cards around after the participant chooses a number.
I am thinking it would be simpler than that. I don’t have a miniature plunger to test it out, you could probably just put a small crimp in the card and it would cut right above that card. Then you slip the crimped card to the bottom of the deck while resetting it so that the old crimp is always below where the next cut occurs. For the fifteen, I do think it was a bit of editing that we just missed the moment where he crimped the card, he was manipulating the cards as he asked and would just need a small window to crimp a card.
@@88porpoise There was no editing for the 15. He puts the deck down immediately after Jonathan Ross calls it, without changing the order of the cards in any way. However, as I said in my previous comment, the card was most likely already in the right position and he got extra lucky by Ross calling the exact number.
I think the fable has to do with the futility of false idols. We glorify other people and extraordinary outcomes, when we already possess the ability to become extraordinary ourselves. As Frankenfurter sings in the Rocky Horror Picture Show: "Don't dream it, be it."
On another note Jason mentioned. I think that I have heard that Richard Turner actually did it. He really did train himself to cut to any position. I understand he could only do it reliably if the deck was barely used.
welcome back Jason, i kept looking for your new stuff, glad I was able to see your fast forwarded version of Ascension so I didn't have to watch the whole thing myself...great reaction to the tiny plunger, you really should buy it and try it on your friends over there and film it of course...keep up the great work and let's get you to 100K
The only thing I spotted is that the first time (Penn) it was the next card of the remaining stack, but the second time (Teller) it was the last card of the removed stack. And both times he knew which one to turn right away. But I don't even know if that is revealing anything, or just coincidence.
Lols, different from the the one who is expecting your video today and have it right now, I kept going thru your channel from time to time all these days and expected the blocked video to be released. Sad it’s gone but really surprised and happy to have this new one instead.
I was completely fine with Richard Turner's explanation that after decades of using his fingers to see the deck, he can cut any number by feel, in a heartbeat, one handed. I mean, he demonstrates it so cleanly and fairly. But then this guy comes along and cuts 15 cards with a plunger. Yeah... I don't know how he did that.
my guess is that the cards have enough suction between each other to lift the entire deck, if you pull on it like that, which you can't really do without such a plunger... and for the cuts to a specific card, he might sneak in a speck of dirt or something, to upset the adherence just enough...
Re: Aesop's fable - sometimes the action you would never contemplate is the one that will give you the outcome you desire. Re: Richard Turner - I think it's not a trick, he literally just knows the feel and the weight of the cards so well; he literally handles cards for hours _every day_.
Feels like magnets is overthinking. If you go with the basic idea of the plunger, it makes a suction, which holds the attached card in place. When picking up multiple, the idea is that the deck, up until the "Break" point acts as one object. Slap, no break, get them all. Something is happening at the "Break" point. When they call out "Fifteen" the break point is after 15 cards, assuming he can handle them *Jason says yes* well enough to feel where that is, enables him to "Break" after 15 cards. Each following trick there are opportunities to do something at the Break point, as the card is re inserted into the deck.
I used to be a very keen amatear magician and even did a magic show in Gibraltar once while I lived there, the other day I removed my magic case from the loft, tonight I got round to having a look what I had and inside amongst other things was about a dozen mini plungers! I’m sure I bought them in bulk from eBay to do this trick but after playing around with it I never did perform it.i bet u can still get them as they make good phone kickstands.
If you pause it everytime he makes the 🪠 cut the deck u'll notice the top card is bent a lil in the corner. He's just so good in placing that card and manipulating it to go under the selected cards.
when the card is put back in the deck, the deck could have been turned 180 degrees so the selected cards magnet polarity was flipped compared to its neighbour. But how did he get to the 15th position selection!? That was amazing.
It's an amazing trick! I bought the trick and i also perform it sometimes, but it seems like his performance on the show does not use the exact same method as is sold with the trick 🤔🤔😂 or maybe i just missed it ^^
For reference, you can see the "gap" in the cards where the plunger is going to be doing to pick from the camera angle. Cards will naturally stick together if new and flat when picked up real fast. That is all I am going to reveal about this trick on this one. I do dislike the camera edits though as it is cutting out his handling of the deck after the card is reinserted.
I usually suck at knowing what is occurring during an act, but I saw this one from a mile away. If they are stacked tightly the suction between the cards will keep them together. So what he does is slightly move the cards that he wants out of alignment with the base. You can see this best at the 15 cards part. It's also what causes part of the deck to fall apart in one of the other ones because there was not enough of an offset to prevent the cards for suctioning together well and it started to try to pull up more cards but failed.
There is definitely a video cut just before the 15 cards "lift". Nobody of the 3 had to received any cards on the hands and Jonatan usually has his hands between the legs. From the movement you see before the cut, he was about to put the hands between the legs again and without any command from the magician, there is the cut and Jonatan's hands there ready to receive the cards. That time could be used to count to 15 before putting the deck on the table. On the table, on the deck, you can clearly see the 15 cards. As for how? I am not a magician but maybe spoiler warning here: If you drill a little hole(s) l the deck at the same position on each card, let's say center in the width and 1/4 of height for example, you can put the plunger over them and it sucks nothing up. When a card i chosen, all you need to do, it put it in the deck rotated 180°. When you now press the plunger over the holes, you will press all cards against each others but you will have a "bottom plug" with the chosen card creating a vacuum between the plunger and the chosen card.
5:32 You can see a crease on the side of the deck and it was cut to it if you watch frame by frame. 7:22 It's also interesting how that king popped out slowly from the bottom on it's own
I think I got it. Maybe it's the suction adjustment like if the cards are perfectly aligned and there is no space between them it will stick to the suction cup along with the rest of the card up to where there is no card disorientation. I may be wrong though but if ain't magnets then it might be physics of suction.
Regarding the Aesop's Fable: Might be a little past the original point of the story, but it reminded me of situations where you, for example, ask nicely for someone to do something time and time again and they just... don't. But then when you get angry at them for not doing anything _that's_ when they get to work, and you might react very much like the man in the fable.
@@JasonParkerMagic Yep mate, the joke is old but still gets used! Hey a big shout out and thank you for helping me through lockdown. Things are still not back to normal here in Australia but now I can go outside without a mask! Your vids are awesome, thanks again.
I bought the trick and it is so simple but the effect is so awesome. Its no trick, no magnets, no gimmick. Only a regular deck of cards and the plunger. I absolutly recommend to buy it!
Was it a piggy god? It was a piggy god, wasn't it? Also nice to see someone else say that dyslexia can be helpful in certain situations. I have found it helps me in the magical world of inventory control because I can see patterns where others would miss them and I can identify discrepancies because I know where the patterns should be. Thank you, Jon Armstrong!
Okay, I did not think of this until you started talking about tension but i think i know how its done. It's all about one card. It is a completely normal tiny plunger, the deck is normal, but he has one metal card. there are no magnets, he picks up the cards with surface tension exactly like you say, but when he handles the cards, he puts the metal card just below the point he wants to cut to. it has to be either a metal card, or a specially made card so that it does not lift up with surface tension!
I think I know how this trick works. One card is non-porous, and the other cards are porous. Also, one side of the non-porous card can stick on a porous card. So, put the non-porous card above the chosen card. The plunger will pick up the pile of cards above the non-porous card, the non-porous card and the card (chosen card) beneath the non-porous card that sticks on the non-porous card. Now the million-dollar question: how does Jon pick up a pile of fifteen cards? The secret: sleight of hand. He puts the non-porous card between the fifteenth card and the fourteenth card. Lots of professional card gamblers and card dealers are able to memorise and count cards in a pile of cards. I think lots of card magicians have these skills as well. The moral of the Aesop's fable reminds me of the story of the lottery player and his grandson. The lottery player has never thrown away his horseshoe, because the horseshoe will bring him luck with the lottery. The lottery player has never won a lottery Jackpot in many, many years- with his lucky horseshoe. Then his grandson has accidentally thrown away the horseshoe. The lottery player and his grandson are having a big fight. After that the lottery player and his grandson have never seen each other again (because of the fight). Guess what? Without the horsehoe the lottery player won two times a lottery Jackpot.
I guess what happens is that Jon somehow manage to create an air space in between the chosen card and rest of the deck and then when the plunger sucks the cards the force applied by the plunger goes until the chosen card and no further because there is air which weaken the force that keeps the cards together. Does that make sense?
I had to do a double take and slow down. When Johnathan was counting out the 15 cards, almost looked like it was the 3 of Clubs as the bottom card in his hand, but it was 3 of Spades when I slowed it down.
dang dude, you are such a great personality to watch!! You are one of few youtube personalities that I watch and think, "This is a great person!" you rule.
My favorite part of the Aesop's fable was when it DIDN'T say what the image was made out of in the 6th word of the very first sentence that said "A poor man had a WOODEN image"
If you compress a deck of cards together they will want to stick to one another like a suction cup. So press the cards above the selection together and the plunger can then pick up the top cut all at once to reveal the card!
I’m with you. It also took my breath when he said it. I also thought magnets up front. I liked your rubber band trick and liked the way you presented it. I would take the reveal to show the camera is a different angle; then that when you would show a layman.
My thinking was that it relied on air pressure, as you said. If you try to pick up one card with a quick motion, you're going to get more than that, just as a matter of air pressure. Now, as for how he got it to pick up JUST enough... Well, you can probably use some sleight of hand to leave a SLIGHT gap in the deck, just where you want it to separate. This would allow air into the deck at that point, and make it split there. That's as far as my thinking takes me.
my guess is that the cards function similarly to the plunger, that they exert a small amount of suction on each other. The magician could maybe change the way the cards are bent after the choice was removed in order to break that suction in the correct place. Watch 4:20, 5:27 (must have forced 15), 8:29 he cuts the deck and riffles slightly. One magnetic card could work, but their selection is the bottom card, not the top of the other cut half. Which means if a card was magnetized, it would have to be their selection.
Richard Turner can cut to any number of cards in a deck due to the fact that he actually learned how to feel the weight of a card thus he can feel how many cards he picks up. years of obsessive practice and the loss of his eyesight developed and sharpened his touch sense as well as his imagination.
Loved the trick, the fable, and all the comments by you and your viewers about the fable. I was struck by the fact that when the man destroyed the idol and found the gold, he immediately started speaking to his god again, even if only to accuse his god of being a fraud. There may be a message about the fickleness of belief hidden in their somewhere.
There is a way to stack cards in card games to force your opponent to cut the deck the place you want, the way the players do it is compressing the top part of the deck up to the card you want, so the cards are like stock but just a short time, so you have to make your opponent to cut fast... this is my guess but not idea if it’s the real method 😅
If I have to take a wild guess, it's not the card they choose but the card immediately in front of it that creates the perfect cut. May be its texture is different. The plunger is just a plunger and can pick up multiple cards due to air's sealing effect on new cards sticking together. Just a guess.
It's either the card they choose, or the card that is immediately below it in the pile that creates the effect. It depends on which direction (upward or downward) the card is bent.
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Not that it matters, but I think in the first sentence of the story it said "wooden" for the image (idol carving).
Anyway, we are finally simpatico in our reaction to a performance -- this was really an awesome and entertaining set of tricks and associated patter.
Finally, I do suspect that there was an edit on the 15 card trick -- still, it would fool me regardless.
@@fewwiggle Two physical principles were used. Penn mentioned both principles - one very important in one word and the other in many words. Exceptionally, this time there was no fraud on the part of TV editors and producers, so I have no reason to publish the principle. As for the 15th card, it was the lucky circumstance that sometimes happens to us and we are happy with it when the selection corresponds to our setting (intuitively, the number 15 between 10 and 20 is more often chosen - try it). It was therefore not necessary to hold the cards in your hand for longer, and the trick could only be performed in accordance with the principles. It didn't surprise me that even the 15th card didn't fool Penn - he knew exactly what "phenomenon" was the cause of success (where it stinks of occultism, the cause is either in TV editing or in a happy coincidence). But what interested me most was how Penn "encodes" the principles into his speech. I must say that this time brilliantly.
@@DL-kc8fc Thanks for the additional "hints" -- I'll view it again with all that in mind.
I think he really got lucky with the 15. He asks Jonathan, the only one of the three who would not think about it when choosing a number between 10 and 20. A magician on the other hand could have chosen a more extreme number like 11 or 18.
I love how Penn is all in on the act, and that's why he says "he can see it!" It's always great when P&T are loving the act as much as the audience.
"But plungers lookin right at it" bahahahahahaha
I use to work at Brad Burt's Magic Shop in San Diego many years ago. Richard Turner was a local who would come in to the shop often. He can cut to any number because he really is that good. His touch is so good that he really can feel the number of cards. We must realize that one of Richard's jobs is quality control for the US Playing Card Company. He can tell if the blades which are cutting the cards are getting dull by the feel of the edges.
I have never seen him without a deck of cards in his hands. He really is that good.
He filmed a teaching video around that time which taught gambling sleights. I knew the crew who filmed it. He had a bottom deal which was so perfect that the only way they could show it in the video was to go outside the house where they were filming to a glass top patio table and film it from underneath. They had to shoot from below through the glass to see the move. That was literally the only angle which showed how it's done.
One of my favorite routines on Fool us - it's just so enjoyable from start to finish
Just saw Jon and actually got to participate in part of his show. Class act, fast hands, and extremely personable. So glad to have gotten the opportunity to meet him.
At 11:30, you've got it. Don't let the whole thing 'crimp' your style, just leave it all up to the tiny plunger.
I absolutely love Penn's childlike reaction to this whole act. I'm sure Penn loved feeling like a kid again and is probably a big reason for having this show.
This trick is somewhere in my top five favorite FU acts. It’s so simple but so beautiful.
It’s not just 15, it’s also 5 of spade. Just amazing, took my breath away.
Glad I got to see the Ascension video before the take down.
Thanks for watching it early before it was blocked! :)
Why did it get blocked
New episode Monday I think
@@liambliss3416 because youtube takedowns are usually baseless and stupid.
David Blaine is a money hungry piece of s*** he's notorious for s*** like that
It's a gimmicked deck which allows breaking the deck in any desired place. It's very cleverly designed and the way he incorporated the plunger, framed and executed it is amazing.
Re: The Richard Turner trick, I spoke with him once and the secret is he's just that good. There's no trick. He has a phenomenal sense of touch and cultivated it to the point where he could accurately pick up any number of cards from the deck. Or to put it like Penn would, it's juggling not magic.
Yeah I was just about to comment that I think I heard him say publicly that there ain't no trick - just pure, raw skill.
Doesn't make sense since Teller did it too.
Nvm: I understand it, he placed a slightly bent card or something like that under Tellers card
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Richard Turner only ever uses his own cards.
Btw, Richard Turner cutting a specific number of cards -- I tend to assume it's not a trick at all; he's just that good with his hands :-)
Turner must have made a deal with some otherworldly being to gain his magical powers when he gave up his sight and became blind when he was like 9 or 10 years old.
I'm pretty sure I heard Richard Turner mentioning his fingertips are so sensitive that he can tell the difference in width, even if it's the difference between eg 27 and 28 cards. In a showcase he did, a card from his deck fell off the table. He noticed there was something wrong immediately and asked the audience if it really was a full deck of cards. He noticed it before the people around him noticed.
It was a fun trick. The best part was Penn's reactions during the performance.
This had to be one of my favorite acts.... and I don't even want to begin to know how it is done.... but I love listening to your comments! You do such a great job... you theorize, but still keep the magic in the magic!
Weird enough, I've been expecting a video from you today and it's great to have it now. I really love this reaction. More fire Jason🔥🔥🔥
Cool that you expected it and it happened! Some kind of reaction-intuition going on here! :)
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My poor roommates! It's midnight, and Penn's "Oh come on!" startled me into laughing out loud. I hope they don't have work too early in the morning.
8:03 about adapting his presentation... What's funny is he left the plunger there for exactly that gag (although in the routine as sold he'd be using readers and go "what?! oh the plunger tells me he's seen it, ten of clubs right?")
Yup, seems weird he left the card prediction out, I guess he thought he wouldn't be able to get marked cards by Penn and Teller. I also think Teller had already seen his performances as sticking the plunger to participant's forehead was already part of his routine before he went on Fool Us.
There's one bent card thats always at the bottom of the deck. So when he cuts the deck and puts it back together that bent card is always placed on top of the selected card. Because of the suction, it always seperates at the selected card. That's why at the beginning of the act he only hands Penn the top half of the deck to "check"
What about the number 15 ?
nice guess but nope, no way
Nope. Again people are just funny to think they can just figure out these tricks on their own. But anyway you can buy this effect online. It’s called “tiny plunger” by Garett Thomas then you’ll find the method ;)
Jason, I'm pretty sure when Richard Turner cuts to any named number of cards, he's actually just doing what he says haha. He's likely one of the only people on the planet who can literally feel how many cards he's cutting.
He used glue
Richard Turner measured out thickness of those cards with his finger! He is the best of the best, no tricks, only unbelievable skill.
Jason Your the best funniest an unique personality of magician. I like the channel an where its headed. Always fool me with your miracles. Thanks for making my day better always interesting to see a peice of magic in your intros. Keep up the good work.
I appreciate that :) :)
Cat Cat agreed!
he was the best host. no awkward small talk. actually funny
Johnathon Woss
I've warmed to Alyson a bit, but Jonathan was a lot better at hosting
I've warmed to Alyson a bit, but Jonathan was a lot better at hosting
I feel like he doesn’t give himself enough credit for his jokes. Lol “From a city to a country” was random and great 😂
What I liked most about this performance is that is very casual. It reminds me of people that operate very fast in their lives and try to force things to happen. They only have a surface level vision of their lives, which adds a lot of tension in their lives. But problems don't happen in a vacuum and sometimes things happen before we know it.
I hope Jason can understand the code I used.
I'm not convinced that the plunger seeing the card, and then re-picking the card was changing the act!! Because the second card picked was picked from his hands, not off the table. If Penn hadn't mentioned it, I think it would have been mentioned by the magician!! I could be wrong, but I can't help but wondering if it was planned!!
It makes absolutely no difference which card. It could have been a card from another deck. Teller could have opened a fresh deck and given him the card and he could have found that with the plunger.
I know how this trick is done. The code word is "breather" but let's just say that there is science to this. The plunger really is doing the work. There is no sleight of hand here.
He used glue to glue the card on top of the main card
I saw Jon Armstrong on the Disney cruise for a show once and let me tell you he was AMAZING. He brought his tiny plunger too so no there was no footage cut out
This is such a very beautiful effect. If only more magicians could use such a simple method for less impressive effects.
It really is like the card version of Crazy Man's Handcuffs!
Penn : Jason..Jason. We love you so much, you are one of the magicians who bring such charm to their acts. And as happy we are to see you perform that trick that Teller used to do as a beginner in the trade, while I started as juggler, I'm afraid you did not fool us..!!
The moral of Aesop's fable: Break things, they're filled with gold!
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I finally figured this out! 8:38 is the key. Whew. So satisfying!
Yes. And that's when Teller finds out how he's doing it. You can see the smile on his face!
That book vanish is amazing! I bet with some ingenuity you could pull that effect without editing the video at that moment.
5:33 you can see a line in the pack where its about to separate, same at 7:20. That's all I got lol
He could have a card that has a porous surface to reduce the suction effect, but that doesn't expain how he knows where to place it with the 15 cards. However he does it, what a great presentation!
He had the 'break card' ready at the midpoint between "10" and "20" i.e. 15 and would have added or removed two or three cards as required had Johnathan said anything else.
@@MarkLucasProductions Yeah the editing doesn't let us see the card manipulation. At the same time had he added or removed a number of cards it would have needed to be insanely fast for him not to get busted.
@@Speedytrip Watch his other performances of the same trick, he does move cards to the top or take them off when the participant chooses a number other than 15. Mark is right, 15 is the perfect place to pre-position the breather card. He got extra lucky that Jonathan chose that number as he then didn't have to do anything and the trick looked perfect.
I’d say deck has been modified
Cards can be buckled one way, or the other (roll a heavy large smooth ball on every card stacked, focusing on the centre and continually shuffle)
Take a card.
buckle deck other way.
Card goes back and air seal is broken at selected card
plunger is pushed onto cards and ‘pops’ card to suck to card above and releases remaining deck underneath. (Cards Would need to be in the correct direction ‘buckle’ otherwise it would drop chosen card and it would be on the remaining stack, would be good variation of the trick)
Just my thoughts during the video...
What about when he said pick a number , was 15 or 16? Tiny Plunger knew what to do there too!
@@sbaxter4207 The breather card was already in the 15 position. He asks the participant to pick a number between 10 and 20, and the 15 position would be easiest to manage other numbers. If the participant selects 18, he adds 3 cards to the top. If they select 12, he takes 3 cards off. Much easier than having it at, say, 20 and then having to pull 9 cards off if they choose 11. In this case he just got extra lucky that Jonathan Ross chose 15. If you watch his other performances of the same trick on UA-cam you can see that he continues to handle the deck and move cards around after the participant chooses a number.
I am thinking it would be simpler than that. I don’t have a miniature plunger to test it out, you could probably just put a small crimp in the card and it would cut right above that card. Then you slip the crimped card to the bottom of the deck while resetting it so that the old crimp is always below where the next cut occurs.
For the fifteen, I do think it was a bit of editing that we just missed the moment where he crimped the card, he was manipulating the cards as he asked and would just need a small window to crimp a card.
@@88porpoise There was no editing for the 15. He puts the deck down immediately after Jonathan Ross calls it, without changing the order of the cards in any way. However, as I said in my previous comment, the card was most likely already in the right position and he got extra lucky by Ross calling the exact number.
I must take a breather on this one. Pretty cool trick.
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Always love your videos Jason. Great reaction video and I always enjoy your magic tricks. 10/10 i liked it. Good job!
Awesome! Thank you!
Love the confused look on your face when they weren't fooled, just happy I wasn't the only one who thought the same way.
I think the fable has to do with the futility of false idols. We glorify other people and extraordinary outcomes, when we already possess the ability to become extraordinary ourselves. As Frankenfurter sings in the Rocky Horror Picture Show: "Don't dream it, be it."
Well put. And hello there Bruce! :)
Keep the fire burning and contents coming 100k subs by the end of this month 🔥🔥
Hope so! :)
On another note Jason mentioned. I think that I have heard that Richard Turner actually did it. He really did train himself to cut to any position. I understand he could only do it reliably if the deck was barely used.
Breather crimp..😇👍...I love this routine ❤️...I spend whole day trying to do the same...
welcome back Jason, i kept looking for your new stuff, glad I was able to see your fast forwarded version of Ascension so I didn't have to watch the whole thing myself...great reaction to the tiny plunger, you really should buy it and try it on your friends over there and film it of course...keep up the great work and let's get you to 100K
The most amazing act i have even seem in this channel so far.!!!
The only thing I spotted is that the first time (Penn) it was the next card of the remaining stack, but the second time (Teller) it was the last card of the removed stack. And both times he knew which one to turn right away. But I don't even know if that is revealing anything, or just coincidence.
Yea i thought it would be what penn said the code talk, and yeah same here jason i watched this years ago but now the code talk is so clear to me 😂
Gotta love the ole magic rubber band trick. Still gets ppl all the time.
Lols, different from the the one who is expecting your video today and have it right now, I kept going thru your channel from time to time all these days and expected the blocked video to be released. Sad it’s gone but really surprised and happy to have this new one instead.
Thanks April :)
I was completely fine with Richard Turner's explanation that after decades of using his fingers to see the deck, he can cut any number by feel, in a heartbeat, one handed. I mean, he demonstrates it so cleanly and fairly. But then this guy comes along and cuts 15 cards with a plunger. Yeah... I don't know how he did that.
"it's a magic!"
love your work dude!
Thank you! Cheers!
my guess is that the cards have enough suction between each other to lift the entire deck, if you pull on it like that, which you can't really do without such a plunger... and for the cuts to a specific card, he might sneak in a speck of dirt or something, to upset the adherence just enough...
Amazing trickestry or plungerstry 😨
Re: Aesop's fable - sometimes the action you would never contemplate is the one that will give you the outcome you desire.
Re: Richard Turner - I think it's not a trick, he literally just knows the feel and the weight of the cards so well; he literally handles cards for hours _every day_.
Agree. I think Richard turner can actually do what he does. It's not a trick.
No
Feels like magnets is overthinking.
If you go with the basic idea of the plunger, it makes a suction, which holds the attached card in place. When picking up multiple, the idea is that the deck, up until the "Break" point acts as one object. Slap, no break, get them all. Something is happening at the "Break" point. When they call out "Fifteen" the break point is after 15 cards, assuming he can handle them *Jason says yes* well enough to feel where that is, enables him to "Break" after 15 cards. Each following trick there are opportunities to do something at the Break point, as the card is re inserted into the deck.
I used to be a very keen amatear magician and even did a magic show in Gibraltar once while I lived there, the other day I removed my magic case from the loft, tonight I got round to having a look what I had and inside amongst other things was about a dozen mini plungers! I’m sure I bought them in bulk from eBay to do this trick but after playing around with it I never did perform it.i bet u can still get them as they make good phone kickstands.
If you pause it everytime he makes the 🪠 cut the deck u'll notice the top card is bent a lil in the corner. He's just so good in placing that card and manipulating it to go under the selected cards.
when the card is put back in the deck, the deck could have been turned 180 degrees so the selected cards magnet polarity was flipped compared to its neighbour. But how did he get to the 15th position selection!? That was amazing.
Hi Jason. Hope I'm not the only one but your theme song is great. Thanks for the videos
It's an amazing trick! I bought the trick and i also perform it sometimes, but it seems like his performance on the show does not use the exact same method as is sold with the trick 🤔🤔😂 or maybe i just missed it ^^
Awesome love it so much amazing .
For reference, you can see the "gap" in the cards where the plunger is going to be doing to pick from the camera angle. Cards will naturally stick together if new and flat when picked up real fast. That is all I am going to reveal about this trick on this one. I do dislike the camera edits though as it is cutting out his handling of the deck after the card is reinserted.
I usually suck at knowing what is occurring during an act, but I saw this one from a mile away. If they are stacked tightly the suction between the cards will keep them together. So what he does is slightly move the cards that he wants out of alignment with the base. You can see this best at the 15 cards part. It's also what causes part of the deck to fall apart in one of the other ones because there was not enough of an offset to prevent the cards for suctioning together well and it started to try to pull up more cards but failed.
There is definitely a video cut just before the 15 cards "lift". Nobody of the 3 had to received any cards on the hands and Jonatan usually has his hands between the legs. From the movement you see before the cut, he was about to put the hands between the legs again and without any command from the magician, there is the cut and Jonatan's hands there ready to receive the cards.
That time could be used to count to 15 before putting the deck on the table. On the table, on the deck, you can clearly see the 15 cards. As for how? I am not a magician but maybe spoiler warning here: If you drill a little hole(s) l the deck at the same position on each card, let's say center in the width and 1/4 of height for example, you can put the plunger over them and it sucks nothing up. When a card i chosen, all you need to do, it put it in the deck rotated 180°. When you now press the plunger over the holes, you will press all cards against each others but you will have a "bottom plug" with the chosen card creating a vacuum between the plunger and the chosen card.
5:32 You can see a crease on the side of the deck and it was cut to it if you watch frame by frame. 7:22 It's also interesting how that king popped out slowly from the bottom on it's own
but he said 15 BEFORE the crease was there so that doesn't explain it
It's fun to watch your videos, keep working
Glad you like them!
Great frickin trick.teller is a beast at knowing stuff, penn knows that 4 sure.
I think I got it.
Maybe it's the suction adjustment like if the cards are perfectly aligned and there is no space between them it will stick to the suction cup along with the rest of the card up to where there is no card disorientation. I may be wrong though but if ain't magnets then it might be physics of suction.
Such a great trick.
Regarding the Aesop's Fable: Might be a little past the original point of the story, but it reminded me of situations where you, for example, ask nicely for someone to do something time and time again and they just... don't. But then when you get angry at them for not doing anything _that's_ when they get to work, and you might react very much like the man in the fable.
Aesop: The image was made of wood, it states that in the first couple of lines.
I came to the comments to see if anyone else had caught that. Bravo, you!
First time l have seen Penn go all Simon on me: "(l know it's not you) *it's him!* (The plunger.") ie _its REAL magic_
I got to see your Blaine reaction!
Steve, you were really on the Ball. (Sorry, you probably get that joke a lot!!) But thanks for watching it early! :)
@@JasonParkerMagic Yep mate, the joke is old but still gets used! Hey a big shout out and thank you for helping me through lockdown. Things are still not back to normal here in Australia but now I can go outside without a mask! Your vids are awesome, thanks again.
Tiny Plunger is amazing!!
I bought the trick and it is so simple but the effect is so awesome. Its no trick, no magnets, no gimmick. Only a regular deck of cards and the plunger. I absolutly recommend to buy it!
Thanks for sharing!
@@JasonParkerMagic Thank you for your work. In the meantime I bought a dozen plungers so I can always have one with me!
Only thing I can think of is that the cards have special edges that allow him to create a vacuum between select cards on top and not the ones below.
It is not the edges. Great trick. Too good to give it away.
Yeeeeees I've been waiting for this reaction for years!!!
You said you are going to participate fool us. Do you know when will that happen?
Was it a piggy god? It was a piggy god, wasn't it?
Also nice to see someone else say that dyslexia can be helpful in certain situations. I have found it helps me in the magical world of inventory control because I can see patterns where others would miss them and I can identify discrepancies because I know where the patterns should be. Thank you, Jon Armstrong!
Holey moley that was plunge- plucking *SPECTACULARTISTRY*
I love the comic smoke and mirrors 💕this is awesome
Okay, I did not think of this until you started talking about tension but i think i know how its done. It's all about one card. It is a completely normal tiny plunger, the deck is normal, but he has one metal card. there are no magnets, he picks up the cards with surface tension exactly like you say, but when he handles the cards, he puts the metal card just below the point he wants to cut to. it has to be either a metal card, or a specially made card so that it does not lift up with surface tension!
Idc if this trick is easy to do or hard, it's hilarious and it's awesome, one of my favourites on Fool Us I've seen
I think I know how this trick works. One card is non-porous, and the other cards are porous. Also, one side of the non-porous card can stick on a porous card.
So, put the non-porous card above the chosen card. The plunger will pick up the pile of cards above the non-porous card, the non-porous card and the card (chosen card) beneath the non-porous card that sticks on the non-porous card.
Now the million-dollar question: how does Jon pick up a pile of fifteen cards? The secret: sleight of hand. He puts the non-porous card between the fifteenth card and the fourteenth card. Lots of professional card gamblers and card dealers are able to memorise and count cards in a pile of cards. I think lots of card magicians have these skills as well.
The moral of the Aesop's fable reminds me of the story of the lottery player and his grandson. The lottery player has never thrown away his
horseshoe, because the
horseshoe will bring him luck with the lottery. The lottery player has never won a lottery Jackpot in many, many years- with his lucky horseshoe. Then his grandson has accidentally thrown away the horseshoe. The lottery player and his grandson are having a big fight. After that the lottery player and his grandson have never seen each other again (because of the fight). Guess what? Without the horsehoe the lottery player won two times a lottery Jackpot.
I guess what happens is that Jon somehow manage to create an air space in between the chosen card and rest of the deck and then when the plunger sucks the cards the force applied by the plunger goes until the chosen card and no further because there is air which weaken the force that keeps the cards together. Does that make sense?
Could be due to sand? Or some sort of fine grit
AMAZING VID YOU OVERWHELM US JP THANX
I had to do a double take and slow down. When Johnathan was counting out the 15 cards, almost looked like it was the 3 of Clubs as the bottom card in his hand, but it was 3 of Spades when I slowed it down.
dang dude, you are such a great personality to watch!! You are one of few youtube personalities that I watch and think, "This is a great person!" you rule.
Wow thanks - that warmed my heart to hear! :)
My favorite part of the Aesop's fable was when it DIDN'T say what the image was made out of in the 6th word of the very first sentence that said "A poor man had a WOODEN image"
If you compress a deck of cards together they will want to stick to one another like a suction cup. So press the cards above the selection together and the plunger can then pick up the top cut all at once to reveal the card!
I loved that trick! Question, does knowing how magic tricks are done ruin them for you or do you appreciate them more because of their skills?
Appreciate them more because of their skills and how they performed it and what patter they use
YES!!! NEW REACTION. THANK YOU JASON 😍😊
loved the performance!!
I’m with you. It also took my breath when he said it. I also thought magnets up front.
I liked your rubber band trick and liked the way you presented it. I would take the reveal to show the camera is a different angle; then that when you would show a layman.
My thinking was that it relied on air pressure, as you said. If you try to pick up one card with a quick motion, you're going to get more than that, just as a matter of air pressure. Now, as for how he got it to pick up JUST enough... Well, you can probably use some sleight of hand to leave a SLIGHT gap in the deck, just where you want it to separate. This would allow air into the deck at that point, and make it split there. That's as far as my thinking takes me.
my guess is that the cards function similarly to the plunger, that they exert a small amount of suction on each other. The magician could maybe change the way the cards are bent after the choice was removed in order to break that suction in the correct place. Watch 4:20, 5:27 (must have forced 15), 8:29 he cuts the deck and riffles slightly. One magnetic card could work, but their selection is the bottom card, not the top of the other cut half. Which means if a card was magnetized, it would have to be their selection.
*THAT WAS REACT VID GOLD*
Richard Turner can cut to any number of cards in a deck due to the fact that he actually learned how to feel the weight of a card thus he can feel how many cards he picks up. years of obsessive practice and the loss of his eyesight developed and sharpened his touch sense as well as his imagination.
Loved the trick, the fable, and all the comments by you and your viewers about the fable. I was struck by the fact that when the man destroyed the idol and found the gold, he immediately started speaking to his god again, even if only to accuse his god of being a fraud. There may be a message about the fickleness of belief hidden in their somewhere.
There is a way to stack cards in card games to force your opponent to cut the deck the place you want, the way the players do it is compressing the top part of the deck up to the card you want, so the cards are like stock but just a short time, so you have to make your opponent to cut fast... this is my guess but not idea if it’s the real method 😅
If I have to take a wild guess, it's not the card they choose but the card immediately in front of it that creates the perfect cut. May be its texture is different. The plunger is just a plunger and can pick up multiple cards due to air's sealing effect on new cards sticking together. Just a guess.
It's either the card they choose, or the card that is immediately below it in the pile that creates the effect. It depends on which direction (upward or downward) the card is bent.
I do this trick, it’s so simple but boy does it fool everyone.
Care to share how u did it ?
OMG!!! Jason is back!!!! :D where have you been? I missed a lot man.... Don't do that to me (us) again, PLEASE!!
Thanks :) :) BTW... Fool Us resumes this Monday evening, which means I should have a reaction video out Tuesday evening :)
@@JasonParkerMagic I am looking forwar to watch your reaction!! :D
I never saw this one. I really liked it :)