To all those commenting what a "simple" trick this was. While technically not a demanding Kostya Kimlat or Shin Lim card handling routine, what sold this so well was David's presentation. There was SO MUCH he did right here... using the bell as a joke (and distraction), a steady demeanor and well delivered patter, the built in "Helen Coghlan" joke, the cover he provided himself when time for the move, and the way he walked away clean from the table should P&T ask to see the cards afterwards. And I believe he was betting on P&T trying to figure out the number of letters in the words adding up to the same value as a misdirect from the actual method (which they believed), as a nice decoy away from the actual method. This is a solid performance in a very stressful environment and David nailed it!
I would have to say youre right. At first i didnt really like this trick & couldnt believe it was a winner. But you make a good point. P&T have caught the smoothest of slight of hand moves from ACROSS the room. While sitting right there in front of him BOTH missed his move because of how perfect it was. Which is the game. The Best of the best, watch you & if you make them miss it. You win. Not my favorite trick, but like Allison said the simpler and faster it is the harder it is for them to spot.
It's not about being simple or not. It was just not impressive at all. It had interesting built up but at the end I'm not impressed and find the whole routine weak; regardless of it's difficulty level (simple or not).
It's the way he so confidently says 'This is not a card trick' whilst simultaneously doing a blatent card trick in front of their eyes that makes it funny :P
Wonderful trick, probably one of the boldest on the show. Walking that knives edge of simplicity. A single move that is so easy to catch if you are looking for it, but makes the trick seem incredible if you miss it, and after all what is a good magician besides a master of misdirection?
The real genius element that meshes so well with the misdirecton is that the sleight of hand is not in a single flip which would be conspicuous for anyone tracking hands, but in 3 very natural parts of picking it up, holding it, and putting it down. The extended middle part in combination with the misdirection could easily make even an attentive tracker (especially someone anticipating a single quick sleight of hand) lose track of which orientation he picked it up in in the first place and thus have little reason to think it constitutes a flip
Brilliant in its subtlety... this is magic in its purest form... knowing when even the masters will not be noticing something and using that to your advantage. Wonderful.
This is beautiful. He put it in their face with the Pavlov bell that he was going to get them to bite on the mentalism misdirection and created such a change of pace with the names on the cards concept that they didn’t even catch a card trick EVERYONE can see once they know to look.
He even said, in the intro he uses psychology, but didn't say that's what he was gonna do tonight, rather he said "I'm going to be using a very powerful psychological technique"... Which isn't psychology, rather reverse-psychology.
you guys are both wrong. penn doesn't describe a trick that clearly unless he knows it's not how it was done. in other words, they knew it was not a psychological trick
To be fair, I saw it when I rewinded and saw his card handling a second time, but that's a luxury that P&T doesn't have on stage. They might be burning his hands, but they only have one chance to spot the move. Really well performed trick, and so many applications!
I knew it wasn't in the word length, but it took me three times watching to see it. I wonder if they stuck with the same close-up camera all the time how long it would take to spot.
Agreed, that was done extremely smoothly. The camera angle makes it hard to see, but I caught it the second time as well. However, had I been sitting there, I don't think I'd have seen it even if watching closely when he made the move.
Man I'm a T1D. I feel for you man and I'm glad your son is doing well. I always get choked up when I see someone working to spread awareness and support the cause.
@@davidcorsaro This is 1% card trick and 99% targeted psychological warfare. I watched Teller walk away in slow motion: He knows something is up, as he is still burning the deck, but his face says he's not sure which method was used.
Loved everything about this, the presentation is amazing. Fooled me, and even now knowing how it was done and being able to see it... it just makes it that much more impressive. The misdirection is spot on to hide what's in plain sight, however smoothly and briefly.
There is something amazing about methods that most magicians would skip over. A lot of times both magicians and laypeople forget that you don’t need to create a new sleight of “move planets” to fool people. Props to Corsaro for creating an effect that uses good presentation over prestidigitation to fool people. That’s the sign of a good marketer!
I enjoyed this even though I was pretty sure I saw the deck flip, but I couldn't be positive because it was so smooth. After it was over, I checked and this is what happened: he turned the deck sideways, gathered the pile, and then simply laid it down upside down at 4:10. I didn't think he would fool them, but they completely missed that due to the superb storytelling, his confidence, and a very relaxed handling of the cards. Congratulations.
The great thing about this trick is that it makes you think it's about word length. Your timing was perfect! When Penn started talking about the number of letters etc., you had that "Aweee you got me" look, Lol!. Great Job!
He even fooled the cameraman!! Plus, he never shows you the bottom of the deck of cards. It doesn't matter what words are chosen if you flip the deck and deal from the bottom!! Ingenious and well done, sir!!
That's magicians for ya. "Here is an average basic deck of 52 cards." Then why are you telling me that? "This coin is solid, and there is no way it could possibly go through this." I know, but why did you say that? All lies. That's why Teller is great, no words needed. You know why you are here and what he is. Just let my magic speak for me. Of course many magicians have great presence on stage. Just saying for the few, that tell us this thing is/isn't something when it really is/isn't. Some play into it, like that one magician on Fool Us I can't remember his name but I saw his video again recently. The trick was a card trick and he slowly revealed how he did the trick only to show that none of it was true and the "truth" ended up being a lie. It was very clever. It evolved 52 decks of cards on a wheel. Each deck had one real card and 51 blanks. Or did it? I'll see if I can find his name and edit it in. EDIT: Asi Wind is his name. His Fool Us performance is on RU-vid, and worth a watch or re-watch.
Teller wiggling his foot realizing he missed the sleight of hand on the cards cracks me up. such a great and simple trick with excellent stage presence, loved the entire routine!
Wow! So cool to see you on Fool Us! No reason you'd remember me, but I went to school with your sister. I remember you came to our 4th grade class at Marshall Hill and did a magic show for us. I was so amazed that D___'s brother (just a normal guy) was a magician. I always thought that magicians were... well, larger-than-life wizards who lived in mountain castles. I had no idea that a guy from my town could be a magician. That's what made me start learning magic tricks. I never went pro, but I still love magic even 30-something years later. So great to see that you're still doing it. And congratulations on the Fooler!!!
The sleight of hand is at 4:09 and P&T totally missed it. It was great that you and Allison explained the trick while you were talking. Fool them with an easy strategy, but take them in a completely different direction. Very clever. Great trick!!!
@@davidcorsaro i was desperately looking for a second or a Bottom deal! it was amazingly slick, and i'm happy to see you Join Top foolers like helen coghlan and Doc Dixon. no chance that would of been caught live. But the whole act around the trick, the quick jokes, and the natural way of presenting you have make it so captivating. Amazing stuff.
@@DCVM93 Penn&Teller forgot the first rule of magicians: "they always lie" as soon as he said "this isn't a card trick" they should've known it was one. Honestly if it weren't for the comments though I wouldn't have seen that move. It was so slick that I had to slow the video down to half-speed just to really, positively see it. Absolutely brilliant.
it is being added to my list of simple yet elegant foolers. There are a few, not too many which are this elegant. Follow the leader is one, as is the doc you pulled. It took me some hints in the comments, time stamps and a slow motion replay, watching that several times even with the sound off, to finally understand how it was done. The audacity!! Well hidden from view, clever! despite them burning you, they were also cleverly taken on a trip down memory lane, with the names on the cards of their foolers and your accessible but very distracting banter and sense of humor encouraging them to focus on these names. So even though the "trick is just one move" as someone wrote in the comments, it is the multitasking that always takes my breath away. Beautiful trick man!! Well deserved!
I also love the way he slightly hides his move by covering it while gathering the cards on the table, this could be just enough to prevent them from seeing it.
I must say, I see it now in 0.75 slow motion after reading the comment, but anyone who can HONESTLY say they got that in real time and saw the flip, fair play. I was burning his hands, Penn and Teller were burning his hands, that was clean as you like in real time. A little luck sure, but equally some GREAT sleight of hand to give him the chance to get lucky.
He definitely had the deck with all the names stop at a certain point, meaning if they picked the longest 3 words and he spelled them out, it would add up to for example 30 cards, that’s the maximum that could have been placed due to the word length, and then the other 22 cards where on the other side of the deck “upside down” so that when he flips the deck it still looks like it’s not been flipped, and simply his own named card was at the “bottom” of the deck, now at the top after the flip to make it look like their chosen words led him to that point, even though they could have chosen any 3 words. Extremely simple explanation and to think Penn and Teller didn’t get it, congratulations, very impressive to lead them elsewhere
You can actually see it happen at 4:10. Click back to 4:05 and watch the hand which handles the deck while he flips the cards on the table over. Can be seen at normal speed but very easy to catch at 1/4 speed as well. Very impressive to be able to pull one over on Penn and Teller like this when they are burning you, but he definitely took as much cover as possible by putting Penn and Teller on the same side of the table and covering the deck hand with the cards from the table as he flips the deck over. The two would have absolutely caught it if either were in Allison's chair. Of course I guess that is part of the game!
This is so simple it's almost ridiculous. Really shows your marketing chops to be able to sell something this basic so well as to (*ding*) fool them. And you even explain it right there and then. This is some wonderfully meta stuff, well done.
Am I dreaming, or did Alison get the trick? She went on about it being "simple" and P+T going down a more complex path and getting fooled, and literally that's exactly what happened.
I think she literally caught it. She was in a much better position to see it. I don't think she talked about the simplicity of the trick by pure chance. She probably told P&T later that she caught it and that's why she said they would be fooled if the trick was simpler.
I would never have guessed If wasn't for the comenta.. Alyson was right about a simple method being better to fool then because they would overthink... She came closer then P &T to figure the trick lol 😂
4:08 I was raising my hands in air saying wow that's it?? and they still got fooled. So the point is to misdirect ONLY them on stage creating stories and distractions and none other.
Very clever (and creative and powerful) to do the trick in such a way that they didn’t know what to look for. It’s more difficult to try to recreate after the fact. A lot of times magicians make known what they’re doing, but here it was “ What’s going to happen?”
@@itskelvinn I would argue this one is even simpler, it's just a matter of having the right timing, the oreo ones needs some skill in making the move look natural
He is so good that even without misdirection he could've fooled them. And honestly i really love his idea and i enjoyed seeing penn confused at the end.
Your heart had to have been pounding there. "They had to have seen it...", must have been your thought process. I saw that smile when they went down the wrong path with the word choices. Technically, you gave Allison a free choice to use Teller's response. Maybe you could have spelled "silence" or something, they thought. Very smooth trick, right under both of their noses. Great job!
Great performance, creative jokes, awesome trick. At first I thought you are heading towards a trophy-less ending, but then you turned it around! Looking forward to see you there again. Whok, bnki pda xkppki kb iu dawnp, E seod ukq sehh nawyd pda pkl ;)
The very best tricks that fool Penn and Teller are the ones they don't even see coming! That was really enjoyable to watch and it holds up to video replay, thanks so much for posting!
I've seen several card tricks that use the same technique since I first watched this video. It was executed really well, but I am very surprised that Penn and Teller were fooled by it, considering the vast amount of experience that they have.
Excellently done trick! I'm not a magician so I'm not even going to attempt to theorize on how its done, I just wanted to point out how excited and happy Penn is when he realizes you fooled them!
@@Ally.Cat.252It was when he is scooping up the cards. You can see him flip the deck when he sets it on the table. Genius move and too many moving pieces with all the mental math going on. Excellent showmanship.
One of the best and simplest card stunts even an aspiring three year old magician (me) could successfully pull off. The 'upside down bottom dweller'. Congrats on your win!
Did he say his age was 3 years .. he said 3 year old magician .. hope I am clear .. and making sense that it could be Magician since 3 years or was it the age ? LOL 😂😂
@@deboraabh Yes ma'am - I'm currently three (almost 4) years old with the ability to speak several foreign languages, getting ready to graduate highschool in May. I've been accepted to MIT to study aerospace engineering and plan to be (one of) the first persons to go to Mars in 2032. NASA has recruiting me to help with their hydrogen thermo dynamics program to streamline rocket propulsion for future space flights this summer. I started learning magic two years after birth. I'm still a member of the I.B.M and IMS but don't have much time for it with my busy schedule.
I actually liked this more once I figured out how it was done. *SO* clean and smooth. Not "hard" or flashy sleight of hand, but nevertheless a masterful card trick. One of the purest magic tricks I've seen. I was 100% fooled in the same way Penn and Teller were the first time I saw it. Anybody who has done magic has used this method for something and yet two of the greatest magicians of all time still didn't pick it up a couple of feet from their eyeballs.
I am such a fan of misdirection, and how great you could do this with THESE two kings! RU-vid enables us to reveal it by watching more often, maybe fair for super curious guys like me, but I laughed so much when I saw that it was really so nice misdirection. I LOVE THIS PERFORMANCE. I am not a magician but I went once to a magic school (just a trial evening) in Munich and learned there only one trick that was a bit better (and some children tricks) but at the one better trick (I weirdly have never seen anywhere on youtube) the one important move I had to do was a bit similar to your one, so I could concentrate on only one skillful thing AND A LOOOOT OF STORYTELLING to nicely confuse the spectators.
Wow I'm amazed, that's really the proof that you don't need to have insane techniques to pull off a stunning magic trick, literally a child could do it but it leaves you speechless anyway thanks to your great delivery! Great job there