I've probably watched this video around 20 times just to catch all of the moves. The only one that still kind of gives me trouble is the part where he makes the rope into a full loop, but I just noticed how that one is done as well.
I think he starts with 2 extra pieces which he cuts and cuts till the part of the disappearing knot (look at his hands, they are always hiding the "union") The go around part looks like he is turning the rope but is standing still and for the final part he reaches for his pocket for a new rope. Amazingly well executed, it seems that the beginning is the hardest part.
Manly P. Hall, “The secret teachings of all ages”: - “By means of the secret processes of ceremonial magic it is possible to contact these invisible creatures and gain their help in some human undertaking...It is possible to make contracts with spirits whereby the magician becomes for a stipulated time the master of an elemental being...True black magic is performed with the aid of a demoniacal spirit who serves the sorcerer for the length of his earthly life, with the understanding that after death the magician shall become the servant of his own demon. For this reason, a black magician will go to inconceivable ends to prolong his physical life, since there is nothing for him beyond the grave.” - “While the black magician at the time of signing his pact with the elemental demon maybe fully convinced that he is strong enough to control indefinitely the powers placed at his disposal, he is speedily undeceived. Before many years elapse he must turn all his energies to the problem of self-preservation. A world of horrors to which he has attuned himself by his own covetousness looms nearer every day, until he exists upon the edge of a seething mealstrom, expecting momentarily to be sucked down into its turbid depths. Afraid to die - because he will become the servant of his own demon - the magician commits crime after crime to prolong his wretched earthly existence.”
@@IanK-Minecraftit was fun watching Penn and Teller watch his act, cuz they know the business in and out. Both *know* how this trick is done but struggle to see Mac’s tells while doing it.
I know how he does it, I've seen how this is done, and I still CANNOT FOR THE LIFE OF ME see anything when Mac performs this. Simply on a whole new level of amazing.
Absolutely superb sleight of hand. If you google around you can find out how he does it, but that takes nothing away from his magnificent talent to be ABLE to fool us.
I've seen Mac King live, twice, and it's even better than it looks in this video. And it's a third of the price of most Vegas shows. Can't miss this one folks!
I watched Mac King's Comedy Magic Show back in 2010 at age 10. When I was at his show, he actually invited me on stage to be Opie Taylor from the Andy Griffith Show for one of his magic tricks! He had me check out this tent and make sure there were no trap doors or compartments, then he showed me how he used a fishing pole. All of a sudden, this guy in a bear costume jumped out of the tent without warning and roared at me, scaring me to death. His show was so funny. I'll remember it for the rest of my life. Mac King is one of the best magicians ever.
The best I can tell is this - He uses the original rope all the way through to the very end, until he says he's going to cut it to pieces. He pulls out the scissors and quickly moves a new rope already covered in knots from one hand to the other and starts cutting to pieces the original rope. Notice how stuffed of knots his hand is, even after letting loose the rope. It's because he's still got the original rope in it. Even when he pulls the knots off, there are WAY more in the first handful than the second handful. Plus you can see it the final rope looks bent out of shape like it was sitting balled up for a while. I had to watch this SEEEEVERAL times, but I think that's gotta be it. He is a master of the craft, without a doubt.
Watching at 1/4 speed, I've figured everything out, but he's so smooth that even though I know the moves he's doing I can't actually see him doing most of them at full speed - I just know they're there. Incredible sleight of hand artist.
this guy has got the fastest hands i've ever seen. his sleight of hand is absolutely impeccable! the amount of time this guy must've spent doing this trick? well - it was worth it. fantastic trick!
There is some kind of handoff at 1:22 when he reaches in his pockets for scissors and hands off more rope or something to his other hand. But it still does not explain much.
I saw him do this trick in front of me this past 4th of July in Vegas. I was switching my positions in the theater….Still no idea… I even took a piece of rope as a momento!
someone please. you have to teach me that. I freakin beg. I need to know how the hell t=he does it. I know the regular rope trick but this was fantastic
OMG, I love your cut and restored rope routine, I can follow you up until the end when you were cutting the rope into multiple small pieces. I am completely lost at that point.
This is extremely good 'Sleight of hand' with His hand acting like a Curtain. extension carefully This is extremely good 'Sleight of hand' with His hand acting like a Curtain. extensioncarefully
ok, i think there is only one rope the whole time plus the extra bits that make it look like he cuts the rope and stuff. he doesn't actually cut it but is made to look like he cuts it. you can see the string never actually loses length. you can see also some of the ends aren't the same diameter of rope if you pause and look closely. probably to remind him which end is which but barely noticeable to audience. how does he do the loop though? magnetics? XD :53 he isn't moving the rope in a circle, but is actually making it look that way by rotate his other hand like that as his one hand holds the ropes together.
I can usually spot sleight of hand stuff but this trick is truly baffling. This guy is an OG so I'm not surprised he works this so well. He took this trick to the next level. Looks like fucking sorcery. *Edit, actually I see how it's done. He is using some really good sleight of hand and subtle misdirection. Man that is an amazing performance.
I bought the Fiber Optics rope trick by Richard Sanders.....and some of that routine is in this (or visa versa), and I could recognize it, although Mac King is very quick and skilled at it....So, I can follow him up to a point, but that last bit where he cuts the rope and restores it with all the pop knots....Wow! Spectacular. That's where he loses me....He probably made a substitution there, but....I'll be damned if I can spot it...I would LOVE to know how to do this.
Ok, I had to replay it back a couple times but I see now where he makes the substitution of the prepared rope for the ending...It's when he reaches into his pocket to get the scissors...He pulls out a ball of rope which he has palmed and quickly puts it into his left hand with his scissors hand, in the same motion he goes to cut the rope...Just amazing skill.....
My next question was, how does he ditch all the pieces that he really does cut up at the end? Well......he throws them at the camera at the same time he removes all those knots from the prepared rope...Very clever....Ends clean...nobody will count the actual pieces on the ground.
@Smoke DeGrasse Tyson Fiber Optics is an awesome trick...I do that at family gatherings and it's just instant entertainment. It's amazing what you can do with three pieces of rope...I like the Mac King version though where you are actually cutting it....It's more organic that way.....Although the stretching illusion is more impressive with three pieces. He's actually using a small piece and a large piece that he does cut from one piece of rope which requires really sharp scissors which is how he cut his thumb off in front of a live audience one time.......Sometimes the old classics are the best. Pop Hadyn has a great version of that as well that he's done for years.
this guy is like hey, i am a magician with a string, what you don't know is this is partially an illusion, i enjoy making illusions, but i am actually fucking magic...
@1:19 he reaches in his pocket to pull out the scissor. Watch in 0.25 speed - he pulls out another piece of rope along with the scissor. Having said that... he's still one of the best rope trick magicians I've ever seen. Kudos.
