Penn & Teller - Smoking/Sleight of Hand Trick 

Woo! They finally unblocked it! I messaged you on IG weeks ago about it, hah. Glad it’s back.

@@wotmate3719 I remember 😆 Good to see it's back for now. Thanks again for the heads up.

Of course Penn wouldn't care, he doesnt own the rights of this currently, it doesnt affect him either way.

Ahh, I had to find a person reacting to the video to see the original video.

8 years later, what cunts CBS are 😂

If they ever make a ciggar that does not bring any health issue, like zero % of all that crap, everyone will smoke 24/7. Some people lie about this but, anyone smoking looks cool af.

@@youknowwho257 This is true. Might be due to us always seeing cool looking people (like in movies or stuff often movies about old times) smoking which just adds to the cool factor. Also playing around with the smoke is a lot of fun lmao

@@youknowwho257 I think it's the other way around though. Some people are by default cool/charismatic and therefore look cool smoking, but that does not mean that smoking makes you look cool.

@@user-bt8xr5si9y for example dicaprio looks very cool in his older movies when he is smoking it makes you want to smoke too

but honestly, who wants to live past 60 anyways?

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RM-t19KCkd8.html is a fun composition on that issue

I want to play like that someday xd

And yet another:ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2azeC57Fn4c.html

As a musician, I can confirm it is freakishly hard

@@late8641 I confirm to, especially in that type of instrument

I too have a plan and need money, but I have to agree, the skill that's needed to make it simple and believable is what makes me love these magic tricks. Obviously these two have much more than that, but we don't even need to talk about it.

Knowing the marvels of things like coding and engineering make it even more fascinating IMO. Same goes for magic.

YES. 100% I saw them in Vegas when I was like 16 or so with my mom on a work trip. I really want to get the opportunity to go back again especially since she passed away. Money, literally always the source of everything... :/

Not just that but it allows you to enjoy magic shows long after it would normally be dismissed as kids stuff because now your trying to figure out what they are doing that you can't see.

what the fuck is happening. im on a god damn snoop video of him saying "pie in the horse" and all these comments are about fucking magic.

Yes I thought about that too!! Not that bad I think though, because it was a fairly rhythmic piece, but definitely harder than it would seem to a layman. Another little piece of magic :)

Yeah thats what i thought too

Penn's always on the money with his skill in performing. There's side by side videos of their nail gun routine where it might as well be the same video it's that close in timing. Thanks for pointing this out with regards to his instrument playing.

I got better at that by practicing while I listen to something else, even just tv, if you can play something without paying attention to it you’re 3/4ths of the way there

They did this trick in 1980, this is an improved version, I'm sure there's a recording of the original on youtube somewhere.

We are in the 20s now, feel old yet?

all we need now is a kick in the head

@@mariogunawan5844 Damn that hit hard.

Teller walks warily down the street with his brim pulled way down low

Og crap you're right

Thumbs Up for that!

no those are basic sleight of hand movements but are done in very advanced and entertaining way they are right a trick shouldnt be very difficult just master these sleight of hand which will take 5 or 6 years and make a magic routine which these guys did

@@shubhsaxena8745 nerd

@@jonathanm.7520 i have been performing magic like 10 years when i was 5 i know like every sleight of hand move

It's the art of parable, using a simple and elegant example to thoroughly explain a simple concept. The point here is to convey that a very simple act can carry with it a deception, and embody all the principles behind that deception.

I figured out how Teller did the lemon trick. When he turns to show the audience that the red ball is in his right hand, he takes a lemon out of his suit pocket and palms it in his left hand. When he drops the ball into his left hand, it is above the lemon. He then tosses the lemon into his right hand at the end, palming the ball and ditching it in his pocket. If you pause at around 1:57, you can see the lemon drop into his hand Hope this helps

Teller: ...

hold my mic ahhahaa

In all seriousness, the magic of this trick isn't really in the illusion, it's in the explanation. I feel like this trick is only meant for explaining the 7 parts of magic, but it's such a well exscuted trick.

@@NintendoSunnyDee Exactly smoking is nothing special but when the illusion was explained, it just became magnificent

That's the whole point of Pen and Teller...they tell you how tricks are done and still mess with your head. The string trick they do at their show is astounding; and the saw-in-half trick is hilarious.

Dude i feel you have you ever ended up watching insect wars

It's always the hunt or David Attenborough

I can totally relate. Maybe next time you use a real cigarette or else you end up on a light show of diodes and colored bulbs

PoSeiDoN VeNuH shit one time I ended up watching a beetle fart

Sounds like you've got the life there bro

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Do more and listen less. If you practiced as much as Penn and Teller have you would understand even without the explanations.

+Nash Fung because honestly while the mystery of magic is fun and amusing no one or very few actually believe it exist anymore, so when you see how they actually do it it's far more impressive and just damn cool to see.

+Nash Fung exposing the trick is the misdirection for the punchline

We live on information high way now with the Internet, almost no one believes that magic is "real" or Santa Clause still exists or The Tooth Fairy is The Rock, remember, that Mickey Mouse is just a Mexican in a suit, that 6ft rat ain't real either. Exposing the trick is just showing off their mastery of the art and their skill and technique to be appreciated, I personally like it since it doesn't insult the audiences intelligence but it still gets you to think, also Teller does that final trick at the end which was the punchline, so not everything is revealed.

hey hey you ate the guy from fool us

hey hey you are the guy from fool us

I think you mean Penn

Ex to the fucking dee

@@redpillwill686 r/woosh

@@Nirv2267 mediocre joke

@@redpillwill686 I think you didn't get the joke

That's probably because they're good at doing magic, but even better at telling a story.

Nobody watches the musicians ;~;

Same, my dad noticed him too

*Nobody expects the bass- magician!*

@@theblackbaron4119 * proud and happy davie504 noises * * epicc *

MrTsiolkovsky I don’t get what your trying to say ?????

Hahaha

They've done this bot a ton over the years, I'm pretty sure.

Well obviously, but with me it seems like those two parts of my warped brain just can't function both at the same time...or something :p

Eddie Icelander Haha, no, that's understandable. I suppose that's the real light of humanity. Some are capable of what others are not. I've always loved this act either way.

Actually he starts to mess at about 2:21

Linnamonroll dunno about that ..i heard most bass players are drop our guitar players ..

Playing an upright bass is a little different than a bass guitar lol. Usually they dont have any frets.

Linnamonroll Cello... its a Cello

ShadowHawk No it certainly is not. It's an upright double bass.

It just looks like a cello when he plays it because he's so damn tall

That would track except he never inhaled lol

I never saw him smoke

they've been making the same excuse for the last 35 years then...

@@jamespfitz its still smoking even if its not inhaled tho? What do pipe and cigar smokers do then?

@@ManiacalThrasher they all inhale. Its only the posh, fancy ones that don't.

The trick at the end is my favourite

I know a lot of their thing (especially Penn) is to demystify magic in a way, but I think it's such an important touch that every once in a while Teller does something truly cool and mesmerizing, even if just because it makes you think about all the tricks of magic they just taught you and attempt to apply your newfound knowledge. always liked how Teller has a little more of that old-school magician flair than Penn who's a lot more blunt, comedic, and in-your-face. I'll never forget seeing him rub his hands together in a fishbowl to turn gold coins into real, living goldfish. or seeing him cut the shadow of a plant with a knife and the real plant's leaves get severed. and he does it all without saying a single word! love his humble little smile too.

@@fruitsalad5802 its the capped thumb thing all over my guy

@@lastmanstanding3739 what are dck head you have to give it away don't you ? you have to say I'm so smart I know more than you. Seriously some people are so childish

@@lastmanstanding3739 can't believe you don't even know what it's called lol

on just for laughs i believe

I'm sure it was cbs

Fun Fact: One of their guests on Fool Penn&Teller talked about how he saw that trick on tv as a kid and that's what got him into magic. So they remade it.

@@Kalenz1234 yeah the samurai coin something guy it was awesome!

@@ankitramteke1628 Why I looked up this trick.

+MisMis Whovian the word smooth is what i've found in my mind

+Ethan ByTheWay smooth but not without mistakes that can be picked up by those that are really watching ;)

Royalish LMFAO!!!!!

That's what I love about Teller; he can be funny, adorable, slick, and intimidating all in the span of a couple seconds. He is just that good at body language.

+The Third Nerd Im prob wrong but It looks like the lemon is actually an animation on the back screen because the lemon dissapers where the screen ends

+The Third Nerd The lemon is thrown into the crowd, the reason it looks like it's vanishing is because it simply goes out of the light shining in that area, into the dark crowd. Simple.

+The Mad Mick just rewatched the video, watch them instead of the lemon, a frame drops

+The Third Nerd I'm sorry man, I can't see it. I'm pretty sure you can see a woman lean forward to catch something though?

+The Third Nerd I don't know what technique they used for the lemon appearing to vanish. But I do know Teller didn't actually throw the lemon. Check out what he does with his "throwing" hand immediately after appearing to toss it. Hint: He drops the lemon in his pocket.

wtf that's the real trick

You can see it until someone catches it. It hjust gets really hard to spot after leaving the spotlight

@@lukeskywalker5392 You can check carefully there is no one visible, it disapears out of thin air at a height that would require someone to jump

@@lukeskywalker5392 The JEDI is CORRECT, the lemon leaves the bright contrast of the spotlight that the camera lux is set to, so it only seems like it disappears, but watch again at 0.25x speed.

TenshihanQuinn your wrong I did watch at 0.25x speed it still disappeared

That’s one of the only reasons I watch this religiously

its about nearly all we are talking about!

What's a double bass? He's playing the stand up bass

I suspect misdirection... A silenced stage prop and a soundtrack are more likely.

@@jamesduncan6729 A Double Bass is the correct orchestral term for that size of stringed instrument.

He really is he greatest slight of hand magician alive, like Penn says.

ikr. i rewatched that like 10x. amazing slight of hand

It was the best palm I've seen

Even going frame-by-frame, you'd swear the ball is in his left hand. Simple move, but flawlessly executed.

Yeah, that was clean AF.

3:37 check out his right thumb, its a fake plastic cap that conceals the cigarette

@@jacksonzheng3103 oh wow, good eye

@@jacksonzheng3103 yeah. I had one of those, ha!

I mean u didn't get to know all the secrets either. like where did the cigarette go at the end? he can't put a burning cigarette in his pocket so what happened?

larsomw fake thumb

yeah, not knowing actually ruins it for me, if I don't know what it is to look out for, I can't tell how good it is, the trick itself is, to some extent, irrelevant like, with the cup and ball routine, once you know, seeing it done so well is what makes it impressive to me, not the "how did they do that?"-ness of it

yeah i think the best magic is the kind that is more impressive when you know how its done

@@iamdb1990 exactly

Damn you fvcking right! Lol

+Chandler Gloyd whoaaa 'sup twin

yeah lol watched on 1/4 speed and it is gone :D

I think he actually tossed it back wards. And into some sort of trapdoor or something.

The only thing I can think of is that the lemon isn't thrown at all, it's actually an animation on the back screen because it disappears right at the screen end.

Kinda like a Rod Serling vibe?

I'm with you man. I'm thinking about picking it up because of this act.. What, huh, how much is the pack?? Yeah, no. Nevermind..

B V you know he was making a joke?

r/wooosh maybe read the whole comment before you make yourself look this stupid

@@bv2745 it wasn't even a sarcasm and you got r/whooshed, good job mate

@@bv2745 wait dude what? it was a joke... like; "These guys failed miserably... AT TRYING NOT TO MAKE SMOKING LOOK COOL" HAHAHA." But yeah you're kinda right I did fail in life a bit that's why I'm responding to a comment on a comment that I made one year ago.

hi you hear you it again several times

dude I laughed too hard

I’m pretty sure that was the E string being plucked really hard but it definitely does sound like someone let it rip lol

Hahahaha

nope, its electrical sound bullshit

If Disney had done anything worth anything, rather than simply promoting LGBT in the past few years, I might actually agree with the "disney-esque" bit

@@faheem1348 there was no reason to randomly be bigoted my G

That cracked me up 😂🤣

+OneManShow Oh man, I laughed way too much at this!

omg haha this shouldn't be that funny lmao

lmao! that's awesome!

That Is Funny , Hahahaha 😂

hahahahaha!

Nice profile pic dude. I actually saw that exact one on r/quityourbullshit

He did say "Sure" in the jonathan ross show tho in the rabbit magic trick thing

Probably not even a real cigarette lol

He doesn't talk because he used to get heckled and not trusted. He found not talking would make people trust in what he was doing and focus more by being mesmerized by with what he does.

You pass air from your lungs through your voice box to speak, you do not form words in your lungs. The colour of his lungs is irrelevant.

The Fantastic Spastic Smoking does damage your voice, but it damaging your voice and damaging your lungs are not connected, as you said.

Not to even the field I think, for performing without words requires an even greater talent where your every movement requires greater consideration.

Penn will be the first to admit Teller is the magical genius of the duo. Penn has said as much over and over in interviews. Teller's silence comes from performing in front of rowdy audiences. He found that by not speaking the hecklers would eventually shut up and pay attention to the performance.

Penn would agree with you but I think he definitely serves a purpose in the duo. He's the charismatic one (lol, most of the time) and makes the show much more engaging. He does a lot more of the physical feats too (juggling broken bottles, etc.)

+Sieran the Fox Oh yes... Maybe, maybe Penn never did any magical trick at all... I'd have to check all the footage for that and it's a strong claim. But maybe he's only doing all the mundane things (albeit tough ones, like juggling), while Teller is doing all the important bits. They still work together so well.

Penn refers to himself as "Carny Trash" and, when asked, says he's a juggler. Penn is good in his own right and certainly does "magic" as well, but Teller is in a class by himself when it comes to sleight of hand and illusions. Penn is an excellent front man and stage presence. I mean, what better misdirection could a quiet, 5'9" magician have than a loud 6'6" partner???

Well said. :)

Sammy I understand what happened but it still is amazing to see how smoothly it was executes

That was so, so clever. Moments later, Penn describes "misdirection", while Teller points. And it seems, after close inspection, that Teller isn't actually doing anything other than pointing. So it's like super-misdirection. They misdirect our attention not from a specific point on the screen, but from a specific point in time. The more strongly we are focusing, the less time we can focus for. If we know exactly when to do it, we might catch it. But Penn establishes that we can trust him to tell us when to really pay attention, and when it's safe to let our guard down. Bringing it up _after_ the fact is a bit of a flex. I love it. These two are such fantastic showmen. And I just love how the "effect", if you're not paying attention to the illusion, isn't some impressive thing. He stomped out a cigarette and lit a new one, it seems. Nothing spectacular or out of the ordinary.

More accurately, that outfit was made for Teller 😏

@@jamesduncan6729 Maybe both!

Would love a full song based on it tbh

Risenking666 this is what I was in the comments for thank you

Legend

nice

still, where did he leave his cigarette without burning himself and stuff.

if i do it this trick, I will put cigarette in my mouth since I don't know how teller got it done, though some people pointed out the fake thumb..

culturejam Never underestimate the awesome power of the thumbtip

Mark Arkel van it got put out when he stuff him thumb in the thumbtip..just like how smoker put out their cigarette, but he use the thumbtip to put it out..

Several dozen people mentioned it over the course of 5 years