Magic Goes Wrong (with mistake) Comic Relief 2022 

Here is a better version. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-W9U0uRETNo4.html

Easiest act, design it to go wrong and then technically nothing can go wrong 😂😂

I just wish that Henry had used the technical mistake as an ad hoc in his act i.e. "I"m the Mind Mangler and I practice real magical, unlike those clowns from Hogwarts."

Maybe because it was fucking dire??!?

in my crowd the audience kept on sjouting MIND MIND MIND everytime the sound affect came up

Agreed. Bad audience. Deserved more.

@@robertomoi2044 it was because they were under loads of pressure and the audience didn’t laugh

@@rorymcghie5254 lol. Being under pressure has nothing to do with it. It was predictable , unfunny no matter how you dress it up.

How did they do ? John was a paid actor ?

Well the way I believe its done for the show (which rumor has it this performance was planted) but for the real show, the color is written on the chalkboard remotely. A very common form of magic. Also for the Johns, someone else mentioned that he may watch for a hand when he asks for any Johns in and ignores who it was but remembers and comes to ask them again later

The trick is usually called Spirit Slates and has many different versions. Spoilers below: This method uses a fake hand on the top of the board. Using the misdirection of messing up he quickly writes the correct answer on the board.

@@George_vvlike I’m the prestige, kinda lame once you know the secret

@@George_vvSpirit Slates and Seance hand have nothing to do with one another.

You know that part actually was a technical fault right?

@@cumdinewitme … Yes. Alesha clearly didn’t. That was the point.

@@HerHollyness or thought it was sorted

wel she might not have known if that was supposed to happen

She's so hot though I'd forgive her.

Lol it’s a plant

Sounds about right, you'd think after 50 or so years the Beeb could manage to not cock up one of these nights. It doesn't inspire confidence in your guest performers when they see BBC employees running around like headless chickens trying to solve technical faults.

what actually happened? like why did they say the name of the act twice and was the act pre recorded?

Aww is the colour not a real trick? I thought they just told someone to say they were called John, and then there was genuine magic* behind the prediction. *well not genuine magic, you know what I mean

@@MisterAppleEsq Sadly, no. It could have been. There's a trick chalkboard called the "Lynx". It uses a wireless connection to have someone offstage enter the word. And I'm sure other methods are possible. It wouldn't even be necessary to set up the "John". Just spot someone raising their hand in the beginning, and ignore them until later. Although some shows that just wouldn't work, especially in a smaller theater. But in this case, we know from audience members that it's set up. They specifically show a list of colors with more obscure names, like "fuchsia" or "beige". That way it's low tech and a more impressive result to everyone else. But not a real trick.

Since when did having a plant in the audience not make it a real illusion?

@@UnitSe7en Penn and Teller don’t allow tricks involving plants in their own show Fool Us, that’s one standard

@@q-tuber7034 Exactly. And you may know Penn & Teller got a reputation for occasionally revealing tricks, because often a good trick is even more impressive when you know how. That's not the case with having an audience plant. Most people are impressed by slight of hand, or by calculations, or by cleverly designed props, or by specialized technology. But no one would ever be impressed by "I knew he would say it because I told him to say it." Now sure, I'm being a bit snobbish and if it entertains the rest of the audience that's what matters. But I think a "real" trick is always better because then even the volunteer you picked gets to enjoy it.

Also saw the Fringe version! Front row! I was eying the blackboard the whole time to see if it was a real board, a screen or something. I still have NO idea how they did it, and it's killing me!

@@TylerMann Probably a plant.

I don't know why, but I read your comment as: "Saw magic goes wrong in the bath"!

Did the bath fill up with blood?

@@Scodouk the city Bath

Same.

That is what's great about the Mischief Theatre crew, if something generally goes wrong in the performance, no one notices.

i saw magic goes wrong at the theatre a few weeks ago, the name thats written down is always john but sometimes i honestly think that its luck that there is someone called john in the audience

No, I was there, im the girl with the bingo job lol Mike wasnt a plant even though we thought he was 🤣

@@shellboudxox Nice to see you in the comments. Hope you enjoyed the show.

@@shellboudxox I can confirm I was Mike! Indeed I wasn't planted there, a producer came up to me as I was in the queue earlier that afternoon. I never realised how awkward my laugh was though!

@@betaman7988 ha ha you did well, I didnt realise how bad my voice was ha .. Was a brilliant night

Which part should they switch up? The gimmick or the shows? Because the shows are rehearsed and can’t just be “switched up” and the gimmick is kind of the whole point

@@DeathnoteBB they have done this same sketch before

@@rorymcghie5254 …yeah? It’s a show. That’s how shows work, they get done repeatedly?

@@DeathnoteBB Yeah but this isn't the full show. This is a bit they use to promote the full show. So they could switch that up a little

@@Soepsas I mean I didn’t know that, but still, I get it. If they kept showing different parts then well, people would just think “Well I saw the whole show, why pay to go?” I don’t know, it just seems unnecessary to change up the “trailer” to the main show. If they decided it was, then I assume they would. But they haven’t.

Saw this in Edinburgh Fringe and the WHOLE audience caught onto the John gag right at the start, everybody said their name was John and he got so upset, Jonathan then says "if your name is John, cheer!" and the whole audience cheered and he said "This is a f$%^ing great audience!!!"

This is the original cast

@@rlacksgh9673 Think he meant that the Tour cast is not the original cast though sometimes the original cast does get back to do a few shows of the tour quite currently doing Manchester this week and will be doing the Newcastle this year shows instead of the tour cast

The Mischief main cast are quite busy with running the theatre and now working in TV but they do still do live shows here and there and they will definitely be at the Edinburgh Fringe in August.

@@krashd I REALLY want to go watch that Mind Mangler show

They played the wrong audio the first time

Masks help like HOH me wearing a hearing-aid helps XD But if you enjoy being sick and making others sick..!

I reckon it might have been (I doubt it) comedy. Would've been funnier if he jumped from the balcony tho.

Yes!! You have to appreciate the Goes Wrong Troupe. I find them hysterically funny!!!

@@susanhancock7527 you can't appreciate something that is not remotely funny.

@@robertomoi2044 it was a lot funnier when u saw it in the actual show

@@titularhero nah it really wasn't

Stick to your card tricks and leave comedy to the professionalls

@@solosam9 professionals. Jeez. Face it comic relief has not been funny for years

@@kimgrant3879 oh you think they've only been on comic relief? 🤔

go away

@@solosam9 this is comic relief, regardless of whatever else they've been on. It's not remotely funny

This is actually funny tho. I think it’s just you that’s depressed Rob

Oh right baywatch is oh so highbrow.

The mischief theater is far more entertaining than anything i had growing up. You're just hung up on nostalgia.

@@radiant5657 I wish it was nostalgia, really it's just ignorance. People watch a few seconds of something and then say "not as good as X".