Seth Raphael claims Randi's Million Dollar Challenge 

I think the biggest question most of us are all thinking is what the hell is wrong with that man's hair?

To all the people crying that this was a waste of 27 minutes and they want it back it's your own fault for being a rookie of the internet, I'm a professional RU-vid viewer and that entails always having a second monitor with porn playing and simultaneously watching both monitors to never risk wasted time. I have completed RU-vid 3 times now but in return I suffer from carpal tunnel in both wrist and one ankle and exhausted over 14,000 boxes of tissue paper.

I met James Randi at the Flamingo in Las Vegas in 2019 while he was having coffee with Penn Jillette. My daughter had spied Penn at the small lobby cafe we were in line at and pointed him out. I immediately recognized the old gray-haired man he was with. Penn had just wheeled him by in a wheelchair to the patio of the cafe. I saw a lull in their conversation and got the courage to introduce myself to them both. While Penn excused himself to get the coffee, I got to chat with James a bit and expressed my enjoyment of his debunking videos. He was a very gracious and soft spoken man. I didn’t visit but more than a couple minutes, as I didn’t want to intrude on the two close friends time together. Later that night, at the meet and greet after the Penn & Teller show, I reminded Penn that I had met him and James earlier that morning. He said he remembered, and that James appreciated me talking to him about his debunking stuff and that it meant a lot to him. That’s my story of meeting James Randi and Penn together.

Thank goodness that was all an April fool's! Initially I was thinking "well, all it takes to win a million bucks is to use technology that grandpa doesn't understand" 😂

Let's all bow our heads and take a moment of silence for our brothers and sisters who warned us in the comments. We stand on the shoulders of giants. Thank you for your service.

Well there goes 2 seconds of my life I'll never get back.. Thank you comment section.

I can't believe I fell for a 10 year old April fool. Very well played. Best part was when he took out the envelope to prove he couldn't cheat either

James Randi was a friend of mine, and I know a lot of people rightly claim that honor, but I will never forget how generous he was to me and how, in some inexplicable way, I always felt better knowing he was around, doing what he did best for the betterment of all. Having passed away almost exactly one year ago, I feel a void and an uncertainty about the future of science in this chaotic, profoundly, ignorant, violence-prone country because we have lost one of our greatest champions of science, truth and education. All that considered, James Randi and his remarkable life’s work, indeed, left us in a better place than we could have ever achieved without him. RIP old bean.

I feel absolutely betrayed by this video

Thanks to reading the comments, I skipped ahead to 26:35 and didn't waste half an hour watching this...

This was such an absolutely entertaining prank to watch! What a wonderful perfomance!

Audience member: I’m suing you for a million dollars. You will be hearing from my lawyer for wasting 27 minutes of my time. 😂

Seth's hair is still loading.

April Fools joke still catching suckers 8 years later.

RIP James Randi... legend

The 3 that stood for the ovation really took it hard that day!

Amazing Randi should get a prize for looking exactly like he did in the 80s What's my Line TV show. He hasn't aged a bit. Maybe it''s the beard?

I'm actually so much angrier than I should be

Magic Seth went on Penn and Tellers show FOOL US and completely blew their minds. He's truly AMAZING.

This was by far my favorite prank ever to watch on RU-vid

Wow. Extremely disappointing from both parties. Seth you need to include the truth of this video in the description and James should never have agreed to this. What a waste of time. Someone please upvote this comment so everyone can see at 26:40 it is an April Fools prank...

You guys got me good. But I wish you would've kept the April's fool joke to 5 minutes instead of 27 ****ing minutes.

Cant believe i fell for it... watching in awe for the whole video, very well played fellows. 😅

RIP Randi we need you more than ever!

It's all an April fools joke... this video was posted in september. I've just wasted 27 minutes of my life.

Why does that psychic look like he should be praising Atom in the Glowing Sea?

The audience didn’t don’t realise it was an April fools joke. They did didn’t seemed impressed enough.

He's bald He's not bald He's bald He's not bald He's bald He's not bald.

Please tell me part of the gag was this dude's fucked up dome?

When you drop a lolly on the carpet and you pick it back up

10 years. . . 10 YEARS OLD VIDEO and they pranked my ass. love it. much love Mr magic Setch

I would've loved to have known James Randi personally. Such an awesome human

It's an April fool's joke. I hopefully just saved you 20+ minutes. If it was more clever it'd be worth the watch. I unfortunately will never get that 27:01 minutes back but hopefully you comment viewer can save yourself before it's to late.

I h8 when I don't read comments first

Well done both of you, well done! You had me until the final moment. Bravo!

I am so glad I watched the whole thing. What a great ending. Thanks.

SPOILER: Oh for fuck sakes I just wasted 30 minutes of my life, its all fake everyone, it was an April fools prank.

Him at the barber: Just fuck my shit up.

I guess Seth forgot to completely charge his shaver the night before.

Awesome! Never met Randi but had some email conversations with him. He was my hero growing up, I'm a proud skeptic and scientist as a result.

The only reason I'm not mad about wasting 27 minutes of my life is because of my respect for James Randi

Meanwhile... back at Hogwarts...

I see someone expecting to be taken seriously with a tea towel draped over their head, I click away.

This never gets old.

I mean at what point do you just say,"fuck it" and shave the rest of that shit off your head?

Longest troll video I've ever watched. This man is truly a genius. Next time I skip to the end. Lol

By looking at the like to dislike ratio, I can read your minds and what my psychic abilities are picking up is that many people are pissed about this April Fool’s joke haha and it’s great. I love it 😄

Seth’s hair looks like it’s straight out of fallout…. This was fun 😂

I think we just got Rick-Rolled

I’m honestly not even tripping I was so happy to find out Randi is still the thug of thugs

The man viewing the screen should be wearing sunglasses as the computer can read his eye reactions.

I figured Randy would be debunking this guy at some time and when we get to the end here and he passed the third test I was rather shocked then I realized what happened

Everyone's talking about the lady's hat, what about the guy with patches of hair on his head. He told the barber "Just give me the insane look"

Well that's 27 minutes i wont get back...btw, to avoid you wasting 27 minutes of your life, its just a joke on here, they are playing an april fools trick on the audience. Dont waste your time watching it all.

Well done. You had me all the way through!😊

Got me as it's Aug 31 in Tasmania! I might have twigged on the 1st of April, when the Lady announcer wearing an Elf's hat appeared!

Hahahahahahaha THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!! I totally fell for it.. Nice!!!! didn't see it coming at all Lol Great work guys.

I specifically didn't read the comments because I didn't wanna ruin the suspense. Now I've ruined 27 minutes of my life.

Amazing. Great show!

That is so funny. Had me sat watching in anticipation thinking, go on, get that James Randi!

Aside from Seth's hair, has anybody wondered what's on that ladies head at the beginning?

April Fools Joke lmao is that why the dude's hair was all fucked up?

I just couldn't stop laughing at his hair 😂😂😂

This just popped on my feed...as a software engineer, I watched it while reverse engineering it in my mind. Interestingly enough, you can reproduce the first two tricks with some clever software. First one you could use the webcam with CV to identify the time the eyes focus on a specific card while showing the deck. Then start narrowing down and presenting in different orders to increase accuracy. The second one you could tap into the OS's screen reader (or the webpage html code itself), save the metadata content of the flickr image, and have the hard drive (or fan) vibrate in morse-like language that, by touching it, he'd be able to get a general idea of the image contents. As we know, any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Really cool prank though! Cheers!

If the hair didn't give it away, maybe the fact this was filmed April 1, 2008 will.

I guess jumping into a vat of nuclear waste didn't give him psychic powers after all

Okay, I just couldn't get past Seth's crazy hair. Very funny video.

"My computer can read your mind. You're thinking, 'What the fuck is happening with this guy's head, man..?' See, magical!!"

Rest in peace, Amazing Randi.

I am living on borrowed time... These 27 minutes were expensive...

Well, that was 27 minutes of my life I'll never get back.

He should get the money 💰just for walking 🚶‍♂️around with that hair 🤣🤣🤪✌

I don't think this guy should have won the prize. He didn't do it with psychic powers...he used a fucking computer! Still pretty impressive though.

Hook line and sinker was I.

Damn you got me 'til the last seconds hahahaha but I'm not even mad, I guess, it was fun

It was WHERE he put that card after he selected it. It was placed to the left of the laptop. Each of the actual cards had an identifying chip in them so the application could identify it.

The best April fools joke that lasts 27 minutes by far. James Randi was a good man

Oh man ! Thanks for keeping my faith that EVERYTHING has an answer! That was fun though.

He clearly angered his barber 💈

hes relieved he wasnt embarassed on the first test

Skip to 26:25 if you value you time.

The sounds of disappointment in the audience when the joke was revealed.

I am SOOOOOO glad I waited until the end lol

Wow I'm getting old. I fell for this twice.

reminds me of when Joe Pesci did a handstand on toilet after getting his head set on fire in home alone 2.

This is why we can't have nice things!

26:53 "We got 'em I think." - James Randi

i'm half way through this video and am asking myself, "Why are computers needed for this. He needs his computer to see?

It's an April fool's joke. do not waste your time. pretty irritated I watched the whole thing

RIP you Grand Wizard. I will miss your wit, entertainment, comedy and outlook on life. Thank you sir you will be missed.

Definitely doesn’t seem like they were 100% fooled given their reaction and moderately amused applause.

Loved this!

I FELL FOR THIS 8 FULL YEARS LATER

Awesome, just plain awesome. I especially love the way they pulled it at MIT and had people over who consider themselves to be fairly intelligent and I would imagine they wouldn't consider themselves easily fooled :~) Brilliant. Made my day. I was particularly confused as to how he could read the contents of volatile memory when the laptop had been turned off considering volatile memory is memory that the data in it is gone when electricity is no longer flowing through the chips.

I recognized the magic Seth from his Fool Us appearance, and after seeing his crazy hair I had to watch

Looks like Raphael has been testing that mind reading compute on his own head waaaaay too much HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

wtf is up with his hair. A few random splotches, wtf?

I'm so glad i didn't read the comments before watching the video :) Excellent!

That was brilliant! Loved it!

That's how a lollipop looks when you pick it up after dropping it on the carpet.