The Watermelon Trick//Jonah Babins & Ben Train// Penn and Teller's Fool Us//Toronto Magic Company

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  • Опубліковано 4 лис 2022
  • Jonah Babins and Ben Train try to Fool Penn & Teller with a Watermelon
    S9E4, The CW Channel. Original air date: Nov 4/2022.
    The Toronto Magic Company Bookings
    www.torontomagiccompany.com/b...
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  • @BenziTrain
    @BenziTrain Рік тому +207

    Performing on the show was some of the most fun I've had in my life. If you're a magician and haven't submitted yet... stop waiting! Do it now!!!

    • @jabbadac
      @jabbadac Рік тому +4

      I will

    • @TorontoMagicCompany
      @TorontoMagicCompany  Рік тому +5

      Was it ever!!

    • @brentN4BDW
      @brentN4BDW Рік тому +3

      Ben that was an AWESOME performance by you guys. Both of you just have great energy and the process was flawless to us who don’t possess showmanship. MUCH much respect!

    • @voidremoved
      @voidremoved Рік тому

      I thought your needle would be bigger

    • @jacquelinevs
      @jacquelinevs Рік тому

      Great job Ben! 🤍✨

  • @josephcranford
    @josephcranford Рік тому +120

    You fooled me at 1:39! What the hell was that?! Your hands appeared to really pass through each other. Congrats guys, what a great set! See you in Chicago!!

    • @TorontoMagicCompany
      @TorontoMagicCompany  Рік тому +22

      Can I get a mini trophy from you? See you in Chicago!!

    • @mii6619
      @mii6619 Рік тому +6

      Was looking for someone to comment about that.. Freaked me out

    • @YoungDymisty
      @YoungDymisty Рік тому +3

      Even watching it in slow motion it’s still insane lol😅

    • @Martin-ub9ci
      @Martin-ub9ci Рік тому +1

      @@YoungDymisty I thought it was a projector or something, the weird red light

  • @sureshmohan3015
    @sureshmohan3015 22 дні тому +2

    Allison is marvelous. Love her smile and expression.

  • @CyberwizardProductions
    @CyberwizardProductions Рік тому +4

    love it when penn and teller say "we failed and you succeeded with that act!"

  • @jimbatten1927
    @jimbatten1927 Рік тому +28

    I had the biggest grin on my face from the second you started to thread the melon. This was one of my first two effects I learned from a library book about 60 years ago. I just came back from a trip to Korea where I taught one of my nephew's sons a few tricks. This was going to be one of them, but I decided to hold off on it until our next trip... now I just don't know about that unless I give some heavy thought around a great routine for him.

    • @prodigiousprodigy6781
      @prodigiousprodigy6781 Рік тому

      27 years ago for me

    • @RobinBobcat
      @RobinBobcat Рік тому

      I recall reading this illusion in an old book, back when I was like eight or nine, so forty years ago, with a book that might have been another forty years old. There was also a variation in a Boy Scout book, passing a rope through the sleeves of a scout''s jacket.

    • @jimbatten1927
      @jimbatten1927 Рік тому +1

      Thinking back on it I'm sure it was in one of the Tarbell volumes. What a great learning tool that was. I was astonished that such great secrets were freely available in such a public place! ;)

    • @BenziTrain
      @BenziTrain Рік тому

      @@jimbatten1927 It IS in Tarbell!!! It's in volume one. Fun fact- the whole series is available FOR FREE online because it's in the public domain!!!

  • @DaveChimny
    @DaveChimny Рік тому +8

    Looks like the classic cut-a-rope trick that I still don't understand. So they fooled at least me. 😆

  • @jonahbabinsmagic4640
    @jonahbabinsmagic4640 Рік тому +111

    What a hoot! Thanks for watching. Oh man was that fun , and YES the watermelon was delicious!

    • @TorontoMagicCompany
      @TorontoMagicCompany  Рік тому +9

      Damn this commenter is good looking. Someone should give him a raise!

    • @imnotwatchin
      @imnotwatchin Рік тому +2

      Bruh y'all should name your act as 'Ben & Babins'.

    • @musicalman1995
      @musicalman1995 Рік тому

      I’m so proud of you Jonah!

    • @KenLieck
      @KenLieck 8 місяців тому

      @@imnotwatchin Or "Ben, Babins & Beyond"...

  • @dtyodeller
    @dtyodeller Рік тому +6

    With performances like that you’re well on your way to being as successful as Penn and Teller.

  • @nikrusty
    @nikrusty Рік тому +8

    You two have excellent positive energy with each other. Keep it up guys. Keep those smiles coming :)

  • @Ryan_Johnson
    @Ryan_Johnson Рік тому +13

    Loved it! So excited for you two to see everything that you are doing for the magic community and so awesome for y’all to be on this… Amazing performance

    • @TorontoMagicCompany
      @TorontoMagicCompany  Рік тому +1

      Ryan! You rock and we love you - great job on your end of UA-cam land!

  • @goldeet
    @goldeet Рік тому +28

    I literally was grinning the whole time. Amazing performance, amazing wizards, you guys KILLED IT!! Looking forward to more future amazing performances from you both!!!

  • @TheMagicofRoberto
    @TheMagicofRoberto Рік тому +3

    Great going Ben and Jonah. Funny jokes and great presentation.

  • @jassferpaiso7930
    @jassferpaiso7930 Рік тому +3

    Love it!! Great job guys!!

  • @LeclericShow
    @LeclericShow Рік тому +6

    You guys are fun!!! Good job team!

  • @magicjackmaxwell
    @magicjackmaxwell 9 місяців тому

    Congratulations Jonah and Ben! It was so awesome to see you both on FU!

  • @chasegassaway
    @chasegassaway Рік тому +1

    This is really fun, because this is the first trick I learned when I was 9. All I had was the local library and it had 4 books on how to do magic. I read them all and this trick still works many years later.

  • @RyanMartinMagic
    @RyanMartinMagic Рік тому +4

    Excellent job!🎉 very unique and creative idea! Congrats guys😊

  • @danmac1871
    @danmac1871 Рік тому +1

    Glad I found you guys! Well done!!

  • @aszi77
    @aszi77 Рік тому

    They were reely, reely impressed! ;)

  • @magician8896
    @magician8896 Рік тому

    Loved your presentation guys. Really well done

  • @nickevers9263
    @nickevers9263 Рік тому +1

    Lol, “friends” 😂

  • @robfishbaum510
    @robfishbaum510 Рік тому +5

    So awesome! You guys were truly amazing! Such a feel good story. So proud of you guys! I can't stop smiling! Yes!!!! Way to go Jonah and Ben!

  • @krisley5178
    @krisley5178 Рік тому +1

    Great job guys!

  • @psamelson
    @psamelson Місяць тому

    What a great job and great performance - congratulations!

  • @scottmarquardt8770
    @scottmarquardt8770 Рік тому +2

    Taught my young grandchildren a variant of that trick (same technique). They love doing it for friends.

    • @TorontoMagicCompany
      @TorontoMagicCompany  Рік тому +1

      Yess - old concept, new faces and ideas. Glad you have fun with this too!

  • @buddmcstudd6994
    @buddmcstudd6994 Рік тому +1

    Based on the opening video i did not expect them to speak so well and present so well

    • @BenziTrain
      @BenziTrain Рік тому

      Start weak, finish strong.

  • @paulmarks5631
    @paulmarks5631 Рік тому

    Great act guys

  • @DiggoDecks
    @DiggoDecks Рік тому

    Fantastic performance guys!!! \o/

  • @DMurphyApple
    @DMurphyApple Рік тому +1

    fantastic presentation

  • @ejicon3099
    @ejicon3099 Рік тому +3

    Great performance. Love how both of you feed off of each other's energies. I can watch you both all day long.

    • @TorontoMagicCompany
      @TorontoMagicCompany  Рік тому +1

      Thanks! We learned how to do it during virtual. We'll have some fun projects coming soon!

  • @robertboyce6043
    @robertboyce6043 Рік тому +1

    That was some super secret magicians code.
    Anyway, good job!

  • @4saken404
    @4saken404 Рік тому +15

    Succeeding at something P&T failed at is arguably even better than fooling them!
    Surprised you missed the opportunity to do the the hand passing through the other illusion at the intro tho. Would have made a neat little bonus.

  • @vincentjohnflorio
    @vincentjohnflorio Рік тому +5

    Such a great energy. You guys are great showmen.

  • @jameskenyonmagic6135
    @jameskenyonmagic6135 Рік тому +1

    Awesomeness 🎉

  • @patrickgredford
    @patrickgredford Рік тому +4

    So much fun! You two are so great!

  • @jeffhinchliffe
    @jeffhinchliffe Рік тому +5

    Congrats to you both on a fantastic performance!

    • @TorontoMagicCompany
      @TorontoMagicCompany  Рік тому +1

      Thanks for selling us props. We literally couldn't have done it without you

  • @FreakFilms101
    @FreakFilms101 Рік тому +4

    Big podcast listener, first time I’ve seen your face! Great routine I am gonna have to head over to Toronto soon!!

    • @TorontoMagicCompany
      @TorontoMagicCompany  Рік тому

      Jake! That means a lot - glad you could see my face- now I gotta see urs!!

  • @pepe6666
    @pepe6666 Рік тому

    I loved the bit where you ate the watermelon. Munchmunchmunch

  • @RobertMcGovernTarasis
    @RobertMcGovernTarasis 4 місяці тому

    Well I was fooled, cheers for a fun act😊

  • @TheMightyOdin
    @TheMightyOdin Рік тому

    I met you Ben at a couple of Magic Bashes. Was great to see you get to perform on Fool Us.

    • @BenziTrain
      @BenziTrain Рік тому

      Thank you!!!! Next time we see each other, lets grab a drink!!!

  • @stevenfagaly3810
    @stevenfagaly3810 Рік тому

    Excellent act. The goal going in didn't seem to be to fool them but achieving success for the exposure and the experience.

  • @fitzmagic
    @fitzmagic Рік тому +3

    Great job guys! That was so much fun!!
    💥BOOM!!!💥™

  • @colouredmirrorball
    @colouredmirrorball Рік тому +2

    Oh my god! They are roommates!

    • @BenziTrain
      @BenziTrain Рік тому +3

      HOUSEmates. We have two different bedrooms (one for sleeping and one for fun).

  • @danl8670
    @danl8670 Рік тому

    Nice trick

  • @sefhapita
    @sefhapita Рік тому +3

    It was a great act! Love your duo!

    • @TorontoMagicCompany
      @TorontoMagicCompany  Рік тому +1

      Sef! Amazing to see you here - thanks for the kind words. There's still time - we can be a trio!?

    • @sefhapita
      @sefhapita Рік тому

      @@TorontoMagicCompany You're welcome! I enjoy being here. 😊Ohhhh... I would love that! 😍

  • @totemnus
    @totemnus Рік тому +2

    Love this! I was definitely fooled 😮

  • @JC-ms2rz
    @JC-ms2rz Рік тому

    WOW, YOU GUYS HAVE BRASS ONES to perform on this show a trick from the first magic book all us magicians first read as kids! But that was a clever "twist" on an old trick.

    • @BenziTrain
      @BenziTrain Рік тому +2

      My entire lower half is bronze. Makes it very hard to use the bathroom. :(

  • @SuzanneTheMagician
    @SuzanneTheMagician Рік тому +3

    Great job guys!! Soooooo happy for you and you know! Love you guys so much!

    • @TorontoMagicCompany
      @TorontoMagicCompany  Рік тому

      Suzanne! We love you! Thanks for being here :) Hope you're amazing

  • @thequadcitymagician
    @thequadcitymagician Рік тому

    Interesting, unique, funny. Such an outstanding performance! New subscriber here. Great job!

  • @PhilippBoettcher
    @PhilippBoettcher Рік тому +5

    Ever tried spicing up the trick with peppers? 😉
    Great performance!

  • @BuzzardPlanet97
    @BuzzardPlanet97 Рік тому

    I’ve seen tricks like this before, not sure how they work though!

  • @QueenOfDarknes5
    @QueenOfDarknes5 10 місяців тому

    OMG, they were Housemates!

  • @mariosalgado3131
    @mariosalgado3131 Рік тому +3

    I remember when I was a kid I use to go to my grandma's house and she had a necklace just like Allison's, but hers had two red pearls and one black pearl!!!

  • @jade999991
    @jade999991 Рік тому +2

    Did her necklace have something to do with it? Im confused

  • @Vortragskunst
    @Vortragskunst Рік тому +1

    One of the oldest street magic tricks in the world! It's really daring and courageous to fool P&T with that stuff. But still a nice performance!

  • @marctompkins3001
    @marctompkins3001 Рік тому +1

    I watched y’all closely, looking for trickery in the tying of the ribbons. I was sure that was the illusion. Watched it a second time……. You fooled me!

    • @BenziTrain
      @BenziTrain Рік тому

      Thank you brother!!! We're just glad people had fun watching!!!

  • @franklesser5655
    @franklesser5655 Рік тому +3

    Pretty clear the success of this trick is to select a seedless watermelon.

  • @bm5906
    @bm5906 Рік тому +1

    That was probably the most obvious trick of the past few seasons, but those 2 are pretty funny.

    • @BenziTrain
      @BenziTrain Рік тому +2

      What we lack in skill, we make up for in jokes!

  • @timh2356
    @timh2356 Рік тому +2

    You guys do good Canadian accents.

    • @BenziTrain
      @BenziTrain Рік тому

      Took me 37 years to perfect!!!

  • @vestos
    @vestos Рік тому +6

    Did he just push his hand trough the other?!

    • @QueenOfDarknes5
      @QueenOfDarknes5 10 місяців тому

      It's the most replayed part of the video, but no one talks about it 😮

  • @pobsdad
    @pobsdad 11 місяців тому

    My mother showed me a version of this trick where you pass the string through your neck 50 years ago.

  • @Jdockery007
    @Jdockery007 Рік тому

    this one time
    at summer camp

  • @MGower4465
    @MGower4465 Рік тому

    Clearly its a trick watermelon. The top and bottom are real but the sides are holograms. Allison's fingers are attached to her hands with magnets.

  • @ericpohlman5131
    @ericpohlman5131 Рік тому +3

    Alison, what are you wearing?

  • @gameswownow7213
    @gameswownow7213 Рік тому

    what was that 1:38 . even some red nuance appeared. something is not right (did u edit the vid there?)

    • @BenziTrain
      @BenziTrain Рік тому

      If we knew how to edit the video we’d have made jonah look better.

  • @Qermaq
    @Qermaq Рік тому

    If Matt Damon and Chris Elliot became magicians....

  • @f800ssss9
    @f800ssss9 Рік тому

    "They were roommates."

  • @hankscorpio8928
    @hankscorpio8928 Рік тому +1

    Even more valuable than the FU trophy? Being told by Penn and Teller that you succeeded where they failed.

  • @richardburton6182
    @richardburton6182 Рік тому +3

    I know how it's done but I can't figure out how they did it

  • @TheDogn
    @TheDogn Рік тому

    So this one time at summer camp?

  • @wildae.
    @wildae. Рік тому +1

    penn's code words are so discreet

    • @BenziTrain
      @BenziTrain Рік тому +1

      A non-magician friend of mine asked me why Penn was randomly hitting on Alyson during the shoot. More discreet than we think!!!

  • @voltaquake
    @voltaquake Рік тому +3

    How?

  • @mudpill7509
    @mudpill7509 Рік тому +4

    Is this video 8 frames per second?

    • @BenziTrain
      @BenziTrain Рік тому

      We thought anything more would be extravagant.

  • @mrdibujante
    @mrdibujante Рік тому

    This one is easy, the needle was organic, and the watermelon had a little bird inside

  • @musicalman1995
    @musicalman1995 Рік тому +2

    Is the trick something to do with a necklace?

  • @tobias3648
    @tobias3648 Рік тому

    Anyone notice the side trick with the needle at 3:16?

    • @BenziTrain
      @BenziTrain Рік тому +1

      I had a magnet in my jacket that it was supposed to stick to. The fact that it didn't, and that I missed my pocket, will haunt me till the day I die!!!

  • @ChrisCre8tor
    @ChrisCre8tor 11 місяців тому

    I think everyone know how they did it lol

  • @lenrely2033
    @lenrely2033 Рік тому

    That's a tiny little watermelon

    • @BenziTrain
      @BenziTrain Рік тому

      No, it's normal sized. We're just all huge.

  • @itsafunnyoldworld
    @itsafunnyoldworld Рік тому

    These guys are a couple - the HAVE to be 😃 Aside from that, no clue how they did this 😂

    • @BenziTrain
      @BenziTrain Рік тому +2

      Yah... a couple of cool dudes!

    • @QueenOfDarknes5
      @QueenOfDarknes5 10 місяців тому +1

      OMG, they were Housemates!

    • @KenLieck
      @KenLieck 8 місяців тому +1

      @@QueenOfDarknes5 Exactly -- and anyone who gets offended at the sight of two male housemates is simply home o'phobic!

  • @spun8389
    @spun8389 Рік тому

    That's the smallest watermelon I've ever seen

  • @mercedeswilkins9085
    @mercedeswilkins9085 Рік тому +1

    The human body is more than 60% water cuz 75% of blood is water and mostly everything flowing in me is water.

    • @voidremoved
      @voidremoved Рік тому

      ok thanks for sharing your opinion cool story

    • @YTAliasJoeCool
      @YTAliasJoeCool Рік тому

      you only got about 5 litres of blood flowing in you.

  • @onanthebarbarian9883
    @onanthebarbarian9883 Рік тому

    What's with all the white shoes? :/

  • @grotgrusson5124
    @grotgrusson5124 Рік тому +3

    For once, I actually got Pen's code words. 😄
    I even understand the principle itself, but not how execute it.
    Props to that move.

    • @Shugarcloud
      @Shugarcloud Рік тому +1

      Another magician did something similar with a chain around his belly.

    • @ArthurRainbow
      @ArthurRainbow Рік тому

      @@Shugarcloud Thanks so much. That's the information I missed. I understood how the trick words but had no idea what Penn's meant

    • @dave.p153
      @dave.p153 Рік тому +2

      One of the worst attempts at doing code I think they're getting a bit old now for this.

    • @dave.p153
      @dave.p153 Рік тому

      @@manusoftar yes but it's the whole package it's the performance it's the trick it's having the balls to get up on national television in front of Penn and teller it's not just the method. I've done magic on TV and the body literally starts locking up with fear it's not the easiest thing to do

    • @voltaquake
      @voltaquake Рік тому

      How was the trick done then??

  • @BeyondTigerMilk
    @BeyondTigerMilk Рік тому +1

    So this is what Canadian trust fund kids are like?

    • @BenziTrain
      @BenziTrain Рік тому

      I was gonna make a joke but my mom said she’d cut off my allowance if I did.

  • @kathrynnpetersen8876
    @kathrynnpetersen8876 Рік тому +5

    I half liked it and half did not like it I liked it because I absolutely love science and did not like it because I was worried that Alyson's hand was going to get impaled.

    • @TorontoMagicCompany
      @TorontoMagicCompany  Рік тому +2

      WE we're worried - I feel like she has better lawyers than we do

  • @scocassovegetus
    @scocassovegetus Рік тому

    I know some people who said they were allergic to watermelons, turns out they were all 'allergic' to the chemical herbicides and pesticides because when they tried organic watermelon, no reaction whatsoever.

  • @syksyd17
    @syksyd17 Рік тому

    So are they gay?

    • @BenziTrain
      @BenziTrain Рік тому

      Why, are you interested? ;)

  • @johannborchersfriends
    @johannborchersfriends Рік тому +6

    The magic is always hidden in Allison's pants.

    • @alecambo
      @alecambo Рік тому

      Amen brother

    • @matoatlantis
      @matoatlantis Рік тому +1

      I thought it was flute.
      *yeah, I know this joke is now so old it almost gets to be new again.

  • @howtoliveonearthYT
    @howtoliveonearthYT 7 місяців тому

    C'mon guys, you aren't magicians...

  • @NickPaulMagic
    @NickPaulMagic Рік тому +2

    Great job guys!

    • @TorontoMagicCompany
      @TorontoMagicCompany  Рік тому

      Nick!! That's so sweet - thank you for commenting, it's awesome to see you here :)