AMAZING MAGICIAN FOOLS PENN & TELLER WITH JUST A RING! Garrett Thomas on Penn & Teller: Fool Us 

If you think I lied, you were fooled too. But luckily for you the show is not called Penn and Teller: Fool The Audience and Everybody Else Online. For me there is no victory in puzzling somebody who doesn’t have the clues. But for those who want to keep digging, for whatever masochistic reason, Look closely at Penn’s quote: The only thing we can think of, is that you have A RING that is so carefully constructed to COME APART in halves, either with a very strong magnet, or with a shell, or something like that. That an audience member, or even Teller on very, very, very careful examination, Could not get the goddamn thing to come apart. Now If you have THAT RING, gimmicked in anyway, we are not going to give it to you. If you did that in anyway other than that, with what would have to be pure sleight of hand, we’re not going to cheat and say, “Okay, it’s sleight of hand.” Because we didn’t catch you you on anything. If it is anything other than a ring that comes apart, you have fooled us... I HAVE NO RING THAT COMES APART. Nothing I use has and moving or mechanical components. The only mechanism is sleight of hand. If you still don’t believe me that’s on you. the judges and Penn & Teller have thoroughly re-examined the guess and they still say they had No idea what I was doing. And that from their point of view there were no tells to tip the method and they had to just take a guess. If you are a student magic you know the actual answer, No need to post Spoilers. Let them enjoy the magic.

My ex-wife did the same thing with her wedding ring.

The audacity of doing the thumb pull as a follow up to the ring trick was almost as good as the ring trick itself.

Forget about the ring, that’s the best “make a finger disappear” I’ve ever seen

Two rings. One that comes apart. One that doesn’t. He didn’t lie when he said one doesn’t come apart.

The only way this could've blown my mind even more than already is if, rather than dropping the ring, you would've said "Give me one of your rings and I'll do it again".

“I trust YOU, not my eyes.” Words of somebody that truly gets magic.

The way he got his ring finger hidden behind his middle finger then flipped his hand over and somehow got it behind his middle finger so quickly was amazing.

"Any art form is just an excuse to meet another human being", so true. Many of us use it and don't realize. Be it music, magic, or drawing.

FORGET ABOUT THE FAKE RING, HE DISLOCATED HIS FINGERS. That’s commitment.

I had a cousin who also carried an 8 ball in his wallet but he ended up in prison for it

Penn & Teller will always respect magic when it's delivered in a flawless performance. This was up close, personal and incredibly crafted magic. I look at this act and think of the Moon. We know the moon is round and sometimes all there to be seen, but there are many times where you only see half of the moon. And the ring is like the moon, it's always facing us on the same side no matter how much it's twisted around. We are never shown the real magical ring which is super amazing.

Excellent work! I don't know how often this gets mentioned in the comment sections of FU videos, but kudos to Penn and Teller for allowing magicians to upload FU content on the magicians' own RU-vid channels!

"I carry an 8 ball in my wallet" usually means something else entirely.

I like how Penn and Teller give a trophy to anyone who manages to actually fool them instead of turning it into some long-drawn out tournament like the Got Talent shows.

I think this is done with 2 devices, a genuine ring, and a half ring ( C shape ) that is traded, rotated, and concealed through slide of hand. Still an absolutely amazing presentation and I wouldn't have come to this conclusion if it wasn't for Garrett's generous tips in highlighting key words in Penn's response. Absolutely amazing presentation~ Congrats on the trophy! Well earned.

Ive had your ring moves in my practice routine since the first time I saw you do it for David Penn and Craig Petty maybe a decade ago and the method still absolutely fries me. I can stand in front of a mirror and fool myself. this is brilliant sir and the trophy was well deserved

Ohh cool, a ring trick that’s nice HOLY CRAP HE JUST PULLED A FINGER OFF!!

I'VE SEEN THIS SO MANY TIMES IN PERSON AND IT STILL KILLS!!! Congrats Garrett!!!!

This is one of the tricks that it doesn't even honestly matter if you know whats going on. The fact that it is genuinely so in your face and you still cant fully tell is the performance itself doing its job and its incredible

What a flawless performance!! The thumb pull fitted so well that it looked like it was created for this trick, absolutely amazing. Congrats!

For the dummies saying he lied... he couldn't have. The stipulation to be on the show is that a producer behind the stage has to know how the trick is done. If P&T guess and there is a dispute, the guy behind the scenes can tell them if they're right or wrong. You can't just lie for the trophy.

It would have been absolutely badass if he asked Penn for his ring and repeated the trick with it Edit: Can y’all stop commenting that there’s a second ring? I’ve read the same comment about the second half-ring 50 times now.

Okay, that's it. when you removed your finger, I was done. This was no illusion; you were doing ACTUAL magic. The wildest thing I think I have ever seen up close like that. You deserved your FoolUs trophy! All good wishes.

one full ring that doesnt come apart, and one half ring. and a very skilled magician. well done.

No one is talking about how he removed one of his fingers and it looked real af 👀.

The ring is obviously a paid actor.

I literally had to stop the video and I cried out WITCH!!! Truly masterful.

Garett Thomas is one of the best magicians I can learn from. He is a real worker and has lots of experience with great theory of magic. I hope I can see him live once in Europe.

"I trust you more than I trust my own eyes" I think that pretty much says it all for the quality of your magic.

The real magic of this trick isn't the "trick", it's Garrett's narrative, presentation, and especially his execution. Even watching at .25x knowing the "trick" behind the impossible parts, it's difficult to catch him on anything. Really impressive stuff!

"in the end any form of art is just a way to meet people" is such a brilliant way of getting to the heart of why i am an artist

"your coffee would be 2 dollars sir" "Oh im sorry, I dont have cash but I have 8 ball"

Imagine being so good at magic, the easiest explanation people can come up with is "He lied about how he did it." Remember, the show has producers that verify things are what they are. It's not easy to just lie about it and walk away scott free. Dude is a legendary sleight of hand master. Great work! The trick is amazing!

Garrett, my friend, you are a true master. I have most of your props and have always been amazed by your talent. Keep up the great work you do and the limitless assets you offer to the world of magic!

Usually I have a fair idea of how the trick was done but this is one of the tough ones. The only thing I can think of is that you had two rings. One a genuine ring that you showed in the end and the other was the trick ring which had a cut out to slide off of fingers. Thats the only thing I can think of. Apart from all that, this is a fabulous trick and I loved it. You are very talented.

"I carry an 8-ball in my wallet" He must be popular at parties.

That ring was incredibly amazing but that finger. That was wildly underrated

This has to be one of the greatest magic performances I have ever seen. So simple in presentation but impossible to figure out even to two pros. And I loved the little story about taking the thumb off. It’s all really really smooth. No pomp and circumstance or crazy music or hanker chiefs over anything. I loved it.

I never ever comment, but I have to say this is by far my favorite performance I’ve seen on Fool Us, absolutely amazing!

"In the end, any artform is an excuse to meet another human being." What a beautiful quote

There are additional judges who know exactly how the trick is done so if he says it's a normal ring, it really is a normal ring

Wow! Watched so many times frame by frame. No clue how you did it! Amazing!

Just met this guy tonight, as he gently approached my group. Very entertaining! His rubix cube trick was mind blowing!

"I trust you more than my eyes" Magician to magician, that's actually a really powerful statement.

The amazing part for me is: Forget the ring... Why is nobody talking about “missing finger” bit?!?!

Truly magical! If they are fooled, then you've fooled the best. No one else's opinion really matters as they asked you and you told them! All slight of hand. Thank you for the show!

He Blew Me Away! I don't know how he made one finger disappear! I love this guy!

I love how he drops it to be dramatic and Penn just stomps all over the moment! lmao

I think sleight of hand is the only magic that gets better when you know how it's done, because you appreciate how much time and effort and love went into the performance that you see. Absolutely beautiful performance, congratulations.

As a layman who doesn’t know how magic is done. I absolutely loved this!

This is still the most amazing magic performance ive seen truly amazing

"I want your WORD. I trust YOU more than my eyes." Hearing that statement from Penn was far more validating than I expected. Congratulations!

“I carry an 8 ball in my wallet it reminds of my father” chap must love the white

Probably the best episode EVER!

Teller's face when Garret pulled the ring off his finger is incredible

3:55 My God, that was so clean

Even if he has 2 rings or not, the execution was undeniably flawless. Great skills Garrett!

AMAZING! You are such a talented magician and great guy! Thank you for blowing my mind!

Absolutely amazing sleight of hand skills. Incredible.

And they call Sauron Lord of the Rings... Not anymore...

The one that hurt was how he dislocated his ring finger and was able to hold it out of sight. You can only see it in slow motion. Well done. Great magician.

I am 99% certain I know how this is done. But I have been able to watch this video dozens of times to work it out. If I am correct, then your slight of hand is the best I have ever seen. Amazing.

I have been invested in magic for almost 7 years now, and I have genuinely never had my literal jaw drop man. Wow

The ring does not come apart at all. There are 2 rings. One is completely solid and it is a ring and just that. The second is a partial ring with an opening. It took a lot of watching in slow motion to catch 1 spot where you can see it. But there is no moving pieces at all, no mechanical anything happening. It is truly sleight of hand. Well done.

this is one of the very few tricks where knowing how it's done doesn't take anything away from the magic of it - in fact it makes it even more awesome, because of the level of sleight of hand involved. I can completely understand why he likes close up magic, because this kind of magic works best without a lot of camera angles, just two persons, next to each other. if he is able to pull this off almost flawlessly on stage with a dozen cameras pointing at him from all directions, image how amazing his other tricks must be. great performance and a great magician

One of the few, 100% fully worthy, and moving, Fool Us performances. Outstanding Sir! I felt connected to your character, presentation and showmanship through RU-vid screen! You are a mega inspiration! Well deserved! And thank you for your many thoughtful and inspirational Reel Magic Magazine lessons. Absolute excellence!

Simply amazing. I can't imagine being that dexterous. And the finger pull trick! Just blew me away.

Pure slight of hand and it was very well executed. I believe Penn's play on words implied that there were multiple rings and the slight of hand occurred when switching between the two. They didn't catch the switch during the performance and that's why he was rewarded with the trophy.

When you put the video in slow motion, you can see how you are fooled in slow motion

The very last ring pull at the end was epic. The whole trick you think you may have an idea on how it's done then at that bit, those ideas get blown away.

man... you sound so so so sincere and honest!!! You fooled Teller with a bloody sleight of hand!! How good are you !!!

To everyone saying "he lied to Penn" or "Penn was right" No, they have to tell the producers how the trick is done, if they lie, then they lose their trophy and lose their chance to play in Vegas. So he wouldn't of lied if her wanted to keep his reputation.

For the people out there confused on the whole "gimmick ring" thing, let me ask you one question. Is it more or less impressive that when faced with the option to guess "sleight of hand" or "gimmick ring", P&T went with "gimmick ring" as the basis of the trick since the alternative - that Garrett was using sleight of hand so cleanly that Teller couldn't see it from a foot away - seemed less likely? A gimmick ring would mean the trick was in some kind of technology being used - that this was just a clever device Garrett was operating. It's not - it was the other possibility that there were two props being used and Garrett's sleight of hand was so good that Teller couldn't catch the swaps happening right in front of his face. P&T flat out stated the two possible options and went with option B - the incorrect one. They know that it is impossible for an actually solid metal ring to pass through objects and there's only a couple ways this trick could work, but they only get one guess and they guessed the wrong method. The confidence to be able to perform something like this flawlessly in that situation is amazing!

I noticed this the first time I saw this, and I went back and slowed it down to 1/4 speed at 2:25 and you can see it unlock and separate as it moves to the pinky. Busted ;)

You killed it man. Haters just don't understand magic. That was pure skill. Wow.

1:30 lmao this man said “examine my hand to make sure there’s no prosthetics”, and then used the other hand…. 😂😂😂 I can’t believe they didn’t see that lol

"Look! A distraction" low key still gets me lmao

I've looked at this video many times, it is one of the most incredible performances on P&T

Marvellous Trick. I aint seen something like this man. Amazing.

Didnt fool me at all! The ring was a paid actor

"In the end any artform is just an excuse to meet another human being". So damn true.

Reading through this, the best part is that NO ONE gives it away, even though it becomes obvious. This is a community I can get on board with!

Wow…that was one of, if not, the best trick I’ve ever seen.

"Any artform is just an excuse to meet another human being." Honestly that's beautiful and very true.

Love how the show is constructed to give magicians like Garrett a platform for their act. Respect.

2 rings. You can see paused at 3:08 that the ring has a slit in it. Then we used slight of hand to bring the second ring in.

The absolute art of prestidigitation - sleigh of hand - done perfectly - years and years of practice - no magic ring - all into fooling one's brain with extremely and carefully trained work until - our brain is completely fooled ! Very well done !

They obviously know there’s a second ring, or half rings, but they admit they didn’t see a single switch. Really good trick

I really just like that all the magicians post these on their own accounts.

More than the illusion, which I was obviously impressed by, I was more impressed by your demeanour and personable way of interacting with people. Your quote about art being just an excuse to meet, interact with other people is spot on. Thanks for sharing Garrett.

this was an overwhelming display of skill

The ring is all fine and dandy, but I'm still freaked about his disappearing finger!

"In the end, any art form is just an excuse to meet another human being." - Garrett Thomas

Oh man just watched in super slow Mo and zoomed in. Finally after 20 times I see how he did it. Incredible dexterity and finger strength to make this work.

Wow, amazing work. I can only aspire to be so skilled.

1:08 He got Teller to talk and fooled the whole world. It was only a 'yup' but what an amazing moment.

Did he seriously just pull his thumb off on penn and teller? Even the most basic trick done by a master leaves you questioning afterwards. Excellent performance.

Took me a while to realize but it really is just amazing sleight of hand, more sleight of fingers than anything, your hand maneuverability on the detaching fingers gag is honest the most impressive part of the whole act. Doing it in front of Teller is even more incredible as he must have felt something in his hand that you had to cover up so precisely he was convinced it was the ring and not you.

I can not imagine how the trick could possibly be done unless the ring has some mechanism on it to open and close etc.- Amazing!