When doing the gag where the card is poking out, you should write "not this card, idiot. Pick again" on the card. If they pick it, it makes the gag funnier.
Ha! I knew the knot trick but didn't expect it to be beaten by an alternate method. My idea to counter that method was to ask them to give me the knot when they're done so I can inspect it which would imply it's not connected to anything.
thanks scam nation for introducing Katrina. just now watched Katrina's performance on 'fool us,' and it was excellent. she's got wonderful talent and charm and hope to see her to see her on your show again.
Classic knot trick. Remember learning it shortly after I got a nice white rope for magic. Lovely smooth card moves too. Think I once had a guy do the card in the mouth end move on me when I was younger and was totally blown away by it then.
I love how fair you are about the bet. Edit: I will say that I thought you'd pull that hijinks where you trick them by showing them how it is done (very old scamschool episode)
a way around the lawyer bit with the knot, I would tie the knot normally saying something like "See that knot? I want you to tie a knot like that without letting go of the ends." or something familiar.
Begin the knot bet by tying it in a knot and dropping it on the table. "But of course, I had to let go of both ends to tie this simple overhand knot. What if I were to tell you that I could tie that knot without letting go of either end." The use of the words "that knot" would help settle any loopholes. You may even show the wrist-hitch and say "This is a hitch and it isn't lying tightly on the table. So that's out..."
Depending on who you ask, what he did was a hitch. A knot it the rope wrapped around itself; a hitch is when the rope is tied around another object. 4:21 I would clarify that you want them to tie a plain overhand knot, and then show what it looks like before they start. Another perfect example of bar prop bets and cub scouts overlapping
Actually, there is a third way to win the knot challenge. If you pay close attention, she never specifies the first time she describes the task exactly the nature of the knot you’re supposed to tie so it’s just wrongly assumed that you must tie the two ends your holding into a knot which is impossible if you pick up the end the normal way rather then the genie method. But you can still win with the normal way as all you have to do is tie a knot using the two other corners dangling down that you are not holding currently with your hands and you can do this while not letting go if the two corners your are holding. It satisfies the request she made on a technicality. Of course she could reword the request so as to preclude this loophole but as she worded the request in the video you’d win with this solution.
Tie a knot in the middle of a rope without letting go of the end? I like the butterfly knot myself. It is great for putting hand or foot holds in a climbing rope when the ends are not accessible.
lol, when Kevin went in her mouth… I mean video editing or not looking at the camera she could have easily put it in. I want to see it live with her face showing the whole time and him fly in her mouth….
Would you be able to tie the two loose corners into a knot instead of the two corners in your hand? I can't visualize it. I think I'd need to try it out.
It depends on how closely you grab the ends, and what their definition of "without letting go" is. You could totally choke up on the ends and tie an overhand knot/square knot with enough finger dexterity.
So he couldn’t lawyer his way out, just say “tie a knot…. And then pass me the handkerchief with said knot in it, for inspection.” If he went to pull it off his arm to pass for inspection, the knot would have dissolved, so you end up ‘clean’…!
@@MarvinCZ Yes, basically!! They would have to let go of it to pass it for inspection, so his ‘trick’ wouldn’t have worked! I think that makes sense? PS -nice avatar symbol you’ve got! 👍
What a terrible setup. "Hold on to both ends. Now see if you can tie a knot without letting go of either end." Setting the hankie down, crossing arms, and picking hankie up again clearly violates those rules. Rex's solution was great. Slide the "bracelet" off his wrist, pull tight. Knot. Done.
I have to say, I'm a little pissed that we didn't get to see/learn how the card to mouth trick was done, because that looks physically impossible from my end.
It's a lot of misdirection. She shows us Kevin. Puts it on the deck, sticking out at the top. She holds the cards up, to show us Kevin again, this time sticking out the top. (8.31) While she does this, the other half of the deck in her other hand is moved behind the part where Kevin is. She does this to point to the card. But what she's actually doing is placing another blank card behind Kevin. Look at her left thumb when she moves the cards up. It grabs a card from the stack in her right hand and locks it behind Kevin. She pushes Kevin down so it disappears into the stack, which we can see happening. Now when she moves her hand down again, we only see the back of the cards and cannot see that Kevin is no longer the top card. (8.34) She spreads the cards in her right hand and asks where Kevin should be put back. She puts the top card in her left hand in the spot that's pointed out. We still think that card is Kevin, but it is in fact the blank card she just put on top. (8.39) She asks the Rex to push the card in. She can't put it in, because she's moving her left hand up towards her mouth and put's Kevin, which is now the top card again, between her teeth/lips. We don't see this happening (because it's out of frame of the camera), because she has drawn our attention to the stack of cards where Rex is pushing in the card that he thinks is Kevin. Because we all think Kevin is in the stack in her right hand, we keep our focus on that hand when the other brings the rest of the cards there as well. From this point on, it's a "magician's move", snapping her fingers. And waiting to see what is going to happen, we keep out focus on that deck. It's only at the second, or third, or... snap, which are done continuously closer to her mouth, that we realise something is off and our focus on the deck is slowly broken. Great trick. Brilliant performance.
well to be honest, scam school or scam nation as its called now has been around for a long time and the tricks they show go from very advanced to more basic ones to start off with so to say. I like these simpler ones because it is performable at a bar still after a few beers where some of the more advanced sleight of hand tricks can be difficult once you are slowly losing your fine motor skills due to alcohol. Although I too have known to knot trick since I was a lot younger, that doesn't mean every last person has and it is still a great icebreaker at a bar or other social place.
When doing the gag where the card is poking out, you should write "not this card, idiot. Pick again" on the card. If they pick it, it makes the gag funnier.
Ha! I knew the knot trick but didn't expect it to be beaten by an alternate method. My idea to counter that method was to ask them to give me the knot when they're done so I can inspect it which would imply it's not connected to anything.
More of Katrina!
Watching Magical Katrina perform was cool, watch Brian loose it when he knows the trick ahead of time is funnier!
He should have tightened it, so he didn't loose it on camera.
thanks scam nation for introducing Katrina. just now watched Katrina's performance on 'fool us,' and it was excellent. she's got wonderful talent and charm and hope to see her to see her on your show again.
maybe invite her back to teach the knot trick again, but the version without crossed arms.
You will, we shot a lot with her and Diamond Jim last month 😁
I love the I dream of Jeanie nod from Katrina
I remember seeing katrina on fool us
No more Josie? I love her reactions to the tricks and her positive attitude.
Classic knot trick. Remember learning it shortly after I got a nice white rope for magic.
Lovely smooth card moves too. Think I once had a guy do the card in the mouth end move on me when I was younger and was totally blown away by it then.
Just because it is a bar bet doesn't mean you need to win all of them, give them an incentive to continue playing.
Good point! Much like a hustle, there’s value in building up a mark. But don’t let them get out while they’re ahead 😁
I love how fair you are about the bet.
Edit: I will say that I thought you'd pull that hijinks where you trick them by showing them how it is done (very old scamschool episode)
the ambitious card routine was pretty clean too
a way around the lawyer bit with the knot, I would tie the knot normally saying something like "See that knot? I want you to tie a knot like that without letting go of the ends." or something familiar.
Please do more episodes with Katrina!
She will be back.
magical katrina has the best natural misdirection ever
Katrina's doing a good mix of goofing off and impressive tricks.
I saw the episode with Katrina and Josie before this one, and I didn't think I would like the Beyonce joke any more until she did it here lmao
Hi Brian! I've been away for a while, glad to catch this one by chance.
He wrapped it around his arm. That's basically a timberhitch, and that's a knot
It's actually a half hitch (the name for an overhand knot tied around an object)
@@StViers Not that one, before that. When he just wrapped it in circles around his arm
Mathematically, since it isn't a closed loop, it isn't a knot at all... since you wanted to get technical
@@jamesahibbard it's a real knot, they taught us it in Boy Scouts
@@VintageFenrir in mathematics, specifically in the hilariously named "knot theory", a knot is specifically a closed loop.
I'm pretty sure I went to high school with Katrina, very cool seeing you making it big!
Portland Oregon?
I had no idea this channel was still going. So glad to see something new. (You might want to get with YT about their algorithms)
Begin the knot bet by tying it in a knot and dropping it on the table. "But of course, I had to let go of both ends to tie this simple overhand knot. What if I were to tell you that I could tie that knot without letting go of either end." The use of the words "that knot" would help settle any loopholes. You may even show the wrist-hitch and say "This is a hitch and it isn't lying tightly on the table. So that's out..."
He would have had to let go of the handkerchief to cross his arms though. I think Rex's solution is the legit one.
Those watered down drinks that didn't get any love is a true disservice :(
Glad to know that “Eagles taste weird.”
Damn it's really nice to see a nice and different variation on the ambitious card routine
Thank you for the video it makes my life a little bit more happier ! ♥☺♥
My grandfather, born in 1899, told me how to make the knot with the handkerchief when I was under 5.
Depending on who you ask, what he did was a hitch. A knot it the rope wrapped around itself; a hitch is when the rope is tied around another object.
4:21 I would clarify that you want them to tie a plain overhand knot, and then show what it looks like before they start. Another perfect example of bar prop bets and cub scouts overlapping
Awesome, Katrina is very good
At 2:59, the real magic trick is Brian oooohing without moving at all
Actually, there is a third way to win the knot challenge. If you pay close attention, she never specifies the first time she describes the task exactly the nature of the knot you’re supposed to tie so it’s just wrongly assumed that you must tie the two ends your holding into a knot which is impossible if you pick up the end the normal way rather then the genie method. But you can still win with the normal way as all you have to do is tie a knot using the two other corners dangling down that you are not holding currently with your hands and you can do this while not letting go if the two corners your are holding. It satisfies the request she made on a technicality. Of course she could reword the request so as to preclude this loophole but as she worded the request in the video you’d win with this solution.
Ok Rex. It was cool once but you can't make it a look "man on the run"
She rocks tho
Oh, well it’s a different trick with the same outcome!
In the card trick we can see her putting the card on the top, after she showed us that the card is in middle.
I would love to see Brian and his sleight of have friends play Monopoly cheater edition.
You had me at Katrina 👍😊👍❤👍😊
Me too.
@@djtyler 😊😊
Tie a knot in the middle of a rope without letting go of the end? I like the butterfly knot myself. It is great for putting hand or foot holds in a climbing rope when the ends are not accessible.
Could also easily work with a piece of string.
Tricky tricky!
lol, when Kevin went in her mouth… I mean video editing or not looking at the camera she could have easily put it in. I want to see it live with her face showing the whole time and him fly in her mouth….
It explicitly shows her doing it, 8:38 right before and after the camera cut.
Just watch any "ambition card routine" from 3rd person... thats nearly always the ending of it
Would you be able to tie the two loose corners into a knot instead of the two corners in your hand? I can't visualize it. I think I'd need to try it out.
It depends on how closely you grab the ends, and what their definition of "without letting go" is. You could totally choke up on the ends and tie an overhand knot/square knot with enough finger dexterity.
No new puzzle box? Cursed supply chain.
There are actually (at least) three ways to knot it (including both ways shown here), buy me a drink and I'll show you the third way.
Hello scamnation! Its 3.11 AM and im somehow here!
So he couldn’t lawyer his way out, just say “tie a knot…. And then pass me the handkerchief with said knot in it, for inspection.” If he went to pull it off his arm to pass for inspection, the knot would have dissolved, so you end up ‘clean’…!
If they took it off their arm it would either have a loop or they could tighten it but it wouldn't dissolve.
Oh, I just realized how you meant it - you meant they can't let go even when passing you the knot.
@@MarvinCZ
Yes, basically!! They would have to let go of it to pass it for inspection, so his ‘trick’ wouldn’t have worked! I think that makes sense?
PS -nice avatar symbol you’ve got! 👍
Misdirection of Kevin the Eagle.... new trick name?
She's been on Fool Us, right?
Yeah, she was pretty memorable. Personality goes a long way
I think I'm in love.
Yay Katrina!
It's sad that Katrina is totally wrap up without showing nothing prior to the fool us..
What a terrible setup. "Hold on to both ends. Now see if you can tie a knot without letting go of either end." Setting the hankie down, crossing arms, and picking hankie up again clearly violates those rules.
Rex's solution was great. Slide the "bracelet" off his wrist, pull tight. Knot. Done.
Where's Josie?!
When’s the next world’s greatest con coming
They're working on season 2 and have a patreon that they update
Maravilhosa, rs
This woman is Josie in 15 years.
Awww thank you haha
Dang. She is gorgeous
She's pretty
Why he low key remind me of Ryan Dunn RIP
So basically you payed $20 for a drink. Fair enough, I guess
In some places that might be coming out ahead.
Lol I seen the one with im his kid the would have sent her to and institution!
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Man, I need to remember to struggle a bit if I'm on here and know the answer. Could use the money.
She plays good in her acting skills but that double lift needs work ngl.
for her final move, check out Chris Ramsay. Another great channel with great magic. I believe this one is his favorite control.
I have to say, I'm a little pissed that we didn't get to see/learn how the card to mouth trick was done, because that looks physically impossible from my end.
It's a lot of misdirection. She shows us Kevin. Puts it on the deck, sticking out at the top. She holds the cards up, to show us Kevin again, this time sticking out the top.
(8.31) While she does this, the other half of the deck in her other hand is moved behind the part where Kevin is. She does this to point to the card. But what she's actually doing is placing another blank card behind Kevin. Look at her left thumb when she moves the cards up. It grabs a card from the stack in her right hand and locks it behind Kevin.
She pushes Kevin down so it disappears into the stack, which we can see happening. Now when she moves her hand down again, we only see the back of the cards and cannot see that Kevin is no longer the top card.
(8.34) She spreads the cards in her right hand and asks where Kevin should be put back. She puts the top card in her left hand in the spot that's pointed out. We still think that card is Kevin, but it is in fact the blank card she just put on top.
(8.39) She asks the Rex to push the card in. She can't put it in, because she's moving her left hand up towards her mouth and put's Kevin, which is now the top card again, between her teeth/lips. We don't see this happening (because it's out of frame of the camera), because she has drawn our attention to the stack of cards where Rex is pushing in the card that he thinks is Kevin.
Because we all think Kevin is in the stack in her right hand, we keep our focus on that hand when the other brings the rest of the cards there as well. From this point on, it's a "magician's move", snapping her fingers. And waiting to see what is going to happen, we keep out focus on that deck. It's only at the second, or third, or... snap, which are done continuously closer to her mouth, that we realise something is off and our focus on the deck is slowly broken.
Great trick. Brilliant performance.
Oh no, I guess you have finally run out of ideas. This was a trick that I learned when I was 6 years old.
well to be honest, scam school or scam nation as its called now has been around for a long time and the tricks they show go from very advanced to more basic ones to start off with so to say. I like these simpler ones because it is performable at a bar still after a few beers where some of the more advanced sleight of hand tricks can be difficult once you are slowly losing your fine motor skills due to alcohol. Although I too have known to knot trick since I was a lot younger, that doesn't mean every last person has and it is still a great icebreaker at a bar or other social place.
Wouldn't this be possible with just a string?