@@rememberdisname2302 Yeah, I thought that might have been why Charlie put it as the _worst_ magic trick ever. Was seriously expecting the transformation to turn her into a stunning scantily-clad 20-year-old. Glad they made her normal looking.
Came here to say the same thing. The majority of his tricks were done with post production editing. Even back then it was obvious the "bystanders" were paid to be in on the tricks.
I'll never forget the time that Chris Angel just ate a mouse. It wasn't even a trick. Chris Angel just straight up ate a mouse then went to the next segment. Man was truly unhinged.
I went to one of his shows in Vegas with a pretty large audience and I remember there was this one trick he was performing to a camera and he straight up threw the object in the air, not even hiding it from the audience and then acted to the camera as if he made it disappear. Still one of the goofiest magic tricks I have ever seen
Penn and Teller had a similar trick in their act I saw earlier this year. I wonder if they were making fun of Criss. They were "live chatting" with someone (I think they truly were) but then they were trying to like, guess when their birthday was (it's a bit foggy now. It was back in January) and make them a cake and the whole time it was just Teller off screen setting up all the stuff for Penn who was the one chatting on camera. It was pretty funny.
I always said that chris angel was famous because of his theatrics. He’s very flashy and he took advantage of that craze in the early 2000s. There are some amazing talented but underrated magicians out there, but chris angel knew how to be famous. He’s mediocre at best
@@Randomninja47 I went to Vegas and saw both Penn and Teller's show, and Criss Angel's show. Penn and Teller had a bit where they pulled out a cardboard cutout of Criss Angel and asked if people wanted a photo with him lmao. Penn and Teller also heavily encouraged people to bring their cameras and TRY to figure out how their tricks were done, but Criss Angel had a whole TSA styled security completely prohibiting cameras, and would kick people out if they were caught taking photos. Their acts were night and day in quality.
The fact that he’s still touring kills me. I’d feel bad for him, but he seems like a good guy. Married, just welcomed his third child, and his oldest son battled cancer for a while. It’s weird yet wholesome to see him be a corny dad.
@@scottmatznick3140 J my first initial, will the Abe of my last name N this is A work email that got used on the iPad. I’m on break from work. Home W my daughter right now 🤷🏿♂️.
It’s exactly what happened in the movie Big with Tom Hanks, I don’t have to imagine. Totally freaked the mom out. It was exactly what you’d imagine would happen.
It’s called black magic Chris angel has done a lot of questionable things that are impossible for man to pull off but obviously you’re going to have people who turn a blind eye to this type of stuff.
@@RIZE_FrogBoiBlake or tricks? he's an illusionist lol, the trick is in the name. he uses cameras, editing, paid audiences, wires, perspective, etc. to his advantage. no black magic, I assure you. is anything that can't be done by a mere human in a Hollywood movie considered black magic to you?
@@siren499 and that’s fine. Content isn’t for everyone. Once I stan someone tho, I never stop. And i indefinitely stan Charlie. And I wouldn’t say he’s a pirate. He’s no different than those shitty RU-vid news channnels
@@siren499 L take from someone saying L take, hes a gaming channel and a news channel half the time. + your opinion isn't fact, neither is mine. Stop treating it like it is.
The most memorable trick for me was the coin trick. As I remember, he swallowed the coin, followed it through, and then as said - cut it out, to everyone's amazement.
Turning an 8y/o into a 20y/o has to be one of the creepiest things I've ever seen in my whole life. A stranger telling a little girl "Let's dress you up like you're 20" makes my skin crawl lmaoooo
people like you are going way overboard with harmless interactions with children, and it has ruined adults interacting healthily with children today. There's nothing fuckin creepy about him saying that, or anything in the video. It was just a stupid "magic trick" and cringe overload. There's nothing creepy here, stop with your hyperparanoid pedo radar already
I used to call my nurse Chris Angel. A legit mind freak. A wizard, perhaps. They were able to get my catheter in while I slept without me noticing or having even a tinge of discomfort. Absolute legend. Thank you, Steven. You were the Harry Potter of nurses.
Throwing shade has to be one of the best tricks ever that I didn't even know about until now. So what do they do just throw thier shadows at them or something? I guess that's where "cast or casting a shadow" comes from.
@@AdoboSoGuud No I personally don’t think he was being a creep. Most probably he doesn’t know how to talk to kids because of lack of experience so he uses that tone that he thinks would work. He probably doesn’t know that you can talk normal to kids not like their babies, but I agree that it was cringe worthy.
His dumbest trick for me was walking on water in a pool. Legitimately felt like he was trying to fool toddlers. Even worse is he doubled down in a later episode where he walked on water over a lake.
I remember watching the show with my parents as a kid. I remember being like "notice how the people swimming in the pool only swim under his path and not directly in front of it?" There was also an episode where he goes to some country with more superstitious traditions and we agreed that it was kinda messed up to take advantage of people who were less familiar with the concept of illusion for the sake of TV ratings.
If there's any magician that's true to our hearts, it's that one sort of fat guy with the black mask that eventually did a series on how he pulled off his tricks. That dude is a legend
Oh, god, I remember this show - "magic biggest secrets finally revealed" - I loved watching this as a kid - I would say i was obsessed with this show - Once I even was in some restaurant, and knowing that this day was another episode of this show, I asked my father to ask staff to change the channel, and they did :D
Listening to Charlie finding out Chris Angel is fake is about as heartbreaking as when Charlie crushed Matt's fantasy about Capri-Sun cell phones from lunchables.
The one thing I did like about that show was that he would show the audience how to do some fun and simple tricks that don't require much more than quarters, soda cans, and a table. Those ones were pretty neat, a shame the show couldn't be about those.
I remember when he said he was gonna show how to make a cup levitate from ur hands. Then it was just poking a hole k. A Styrofoam cup and using your thumb. Id never been more disappointed. Lol
Congrats I took you from having no responsibilities to being an adult with full responsibilities in two whole minutes! Truly the most evil magic trick out there.
I remember watching Mindfreak and Chris showed how to make it look like you can control a can of soda with your mind by simply drinking the right amount and having it perfectly balance on the corner of the bottom of the can. I impressed all my friends in 7th grade with that trick
I use to be obsessed with criss angel as a kid and my parents never knew why, the most embarrassing part of my life was when I was so obsessed that my parents bought me two criss angel magic kits AND HES SHIRTLESS ON BOTH BOXES FOR SOME REASON
This is the kind of stuff that really dampened my love of televised magic shows. In the 80s and 90s, there were a lot of magic specials on TV. And whether it was David Copperfield, Penn & Teller, or a rotating cast of different illusionists performing in turn, they were all doing real sleights, highly technical routines, complicated builds...all these different skill sets. To present illusions that you could watch again and again, trying to work out how they accomplished it. The moment you employ camera or editing trickery, it crosses a line that I feel betrays the spirit of the art. And I don't just mean positioning the camera so it can't see any funny business behind your back...that goes without saying. But televised magic should always be presented in a way that's honest about the performer's ability. Anyone can do 'magic' with trick photography.
As a kid watching Mindfreak I was always so amazed. Looking back, I'm pretty sure Cris was the one magician that made me truly believe in magic for a long time. Especially with the one episode where he supposedly levitated like 10ft off the ground and floated around. As a kid watching that with the 'continuous shot' I believed, man. I believed.
I’m glad I wasn’t the only kid who acc believed this shit. But I remember on the early days of RU-vid I watched a video of someone debunking his tricks and I was heartbroken and questioning my life that was filled with lies
The diversity of tricks in this show was fuckin insane. It's crazy that one moment he'd be straight up realistically cutting his arm off or getting run over by a damn bulldozer while laying on a sheet of broken glass and then the next moment he'd be doing stupid ass shit like this 😂😂😂
Me and my cousin always watched this together and the trick that set us off was when he found a bunch of hood dudes playing basketball. He asked to borrow the ball, did a lame trick to flatten it and walked away leaving them stunned. There's no way they would've just let him leave after ending their game like that 😂
Oh man, core memory unlocked. To this day, some times I will do really underwhelming tasks as if I'm doing a magic trick and then shout "MIND FREAK". Honestly, era defining content.
I enjoy Fool Us a lot these days. Everything there just feels so genuine, and sure there are times you can easily see through the trick, but that just brings magic tricks to a different level. Knowing how the tricks can be done, and hoping that the performer is so damn good that you can't see it even when you know it.
Really? My guy you're a genius. I can never figure it out 🤣. Although when it comes to magic, I've never really tried. Despite knowing it's an illusion, if you never discover the trick, it never loses its magic, but even then some of them are genuinely impressive 👏🏾.
Interesting perspective. I dont like magic tricks. The novelty is lost because I know theyre fake. Its swindling yourself on purpose. Its interesting to see the sleight of hands but for stuff like that, I like things like counting cards that have a clear benefit and trick to them.
Fool Us is a really good show. The thing I like the most is that they have absolute standards. No stooges, no camera tricks (sometimes there has been some editing to make it better for TV but P&T can still see everything) and that the producers know how the trick is done before they go up so it is legitimate. All this makes the trophy worth something and the magicians need to bring something creative to the table to win it.
@@kingcosworth2643 It's actually the kind of place you'll see the most impressive magic, because they end up designing tricks specifically to fool Penn & Teller. Besides it being entertaining to the audience, it also has to be innovative or flawless in execution.
I remember an episode where he was talking to demons and became “possessed” and ended up needing to get evacuated and put in an ambulance and as their loading him in, he was screaming at the cameras like he was still possessed. I cannot imagine someone doing that today and being taken seriously
That sounds like Derek Accura from Most Haunted. It was a show where a camera crew would venture to apparently haunted locations throughout England and Derek was the psychic channeler who would "commune" with the spirits. Sometimes even pretending he was possessed and it was super unconvincing
I grew up knowing pretty much his whole family. They ran a local music shop in town where they’d sell you guitars or give you instrument lessons. They seemed pretty normal for the most part. I recall way back around like 2000, 2001, somewhat before he got REALLY big, at the front of the shop they had this series in of CDs he released independently with like, this super electronic/industrial/NIN type music. They all had the same cover art but toned in different colors. I still have one of them somewhere.
honestly, I'm not saying that you should rip it and upload it, but I am saying that I think a lot of us would be very interested in hearing what that sounded like if you ever got around to it.
@@oshaviolation it would be pretty cool if someone did that. There’s a popular music tracker that starts with an O and it seems that there might be a FLAC rip already uploaded there, or so I’m told.
Btw the worst trick i saw Chris angel do was one where he transferred a pregnancy from a mom to her younger daughter. Really thought that was what this video was about lol
I saw Mindfreak Live in Vegas in maybe 2017 or 2018 and I gotta say, I was actually amazed at some of the tricks he performed. I fully believe the show was all complete bullshit, but being there in the theater watching things happen right in front of my eyes was mind blowing. I understand magic is all the art of Illusion, but buddy fr teleported to a different part of the stage instantly and I was sitting there like 👁👄👁. He did a lot of other crazy shit but it was a long time ago that one just stuck out the most to me. Unfortunately dude is a total douche-cannon cus halfway through the show the fire alarms went off in the theater and he was like wtf what's going on?? So they had to stop the show and evacuate everyone etc. but upon leaving we talked to a vegas local, and apparently it's common that if he doesn't like the crowd (I guess we weren't cheering and juggling his balls in our mouth as much as he wanted) he'll "fake" a fire alarm emergency to cut the show short. Even better that since the show was already halfway through we weren't eligible for a refund😂
@@Jartran72 well yeah I understand most of the mechanics behind it; was just giving my experience seeing Criss Angel perform magic live. I went into the show knowing that magic is all the art of Illusion and deception, but growing up always being fascinated by magic, it's still a fun time being able to view 10th prestige wizardry in person, even though dude is a total ass-hat
Wow, what a sad narcissist. I've been to many magic shows as a kid. My parents were very cool and took us to Reno a lot. I was a bit too old to fawn over Angel specifically, but I'm still frustrated to hear he would rig the performance if the audience wasn't making him hard enough. That's pathetic
I was obsessed with this dude I had all the dvds and magic kits. Met the guy once and he seemed really cool at the time. He’s cringey, but he made magic cool at the time imo.
God, my dad was a video engineer and I remember watching some of the Chris Angel stuff on TV as a kid, late at night when I woke up from nightmares, and he'd just sit there roasting it because most of it was video or camera trickery and not actual sleight of hand or were straight up obviously edited from many takes. He'd also tell me how he thought it worked. I would be up giggling till I fell asleep
There was this one episode where he transferred a moms pregnant belly to her like 6yo daughter and never switched it back (lol) that reeeeeeally bothered me and creeped me out as a kid
My parents were super religious and thought Criss Angel was actually doing real magic and thought his last name of Angel was a psyop, but they loved David Blaine because they could tell he was just doing tricks. Which ironically must make Criss Angel the better magician.
I want to make a whole movie about that. Like, it starts with him doing this trick, and from there it just follows this girl living in the body of a twenty year old and all the awkward shit she has to go through in school, etc. Every holiday or vacation she gets she tracks him down and stands at the sidelines of all his productions, "Change me baaaaack!" Eventually she learns the dark arts herself and they have a mind-freak-off and when she defeats him, he reveals that this was his plan all along, to pass on the mantle to her. Then she skulks into the shadows with the camera crew and editing team as her mom waves a tearful goodbye.
2:43 He's acting like the clown from It. "Do you want to see what you look like if you were 20?" has the same vibe as "Do you want your balloon, Georgie?"
I used to love Criss Angel and watched his show religiously. Thought that even though some of his tricks were explained as TRICKS, he somehow had magical powers. I remember him doing a trick where he flew off a cliff in a car and everyone acted like he was dead. 7 year old me cried like a fucking baby before I realized it was a trick. Then in 4th grade my mom took me to Vegas specifically to see him. We could see the strings when he did the levitation shit. Pissed me off so bad. That’s how I got into debunkery lol
I think the funniest one I ever saw "performed" by Chris Angel was when he did a special where he "levitated" the audience at home. It was sa literal 5 minute long "live" performance where he just voiced over a bunch of pictures of balloons telling people they were starting to levitate
He was at an Ozzfest I attended many years ago and levitated in front of us over some of the crowd. He was amazing then. The show just made him outlandishly top himself over and over again, ruining what made him special to begin with...
I remember growing up I was so young and ignorant, me and a friend waited all week for Chris Angels new episode to levitate over the pyramid casino in vegas 😂😂
I always liked Penn and Teller's "Fool Us". Straight up stage magic where the goal is to Baffle Penn and Teller despite their extensive knowledge on how most magic tricks are performed. It's always fun.
I remember watching this as a kid and there was this episode where he had two different people laying on a bench. He put his fist on their torso and split them both in half then connected the other persons legs to the other persons torso shit was terrifying
He looks like ever RU-vidr from the early 2000’s that got exposed as a groomer. Also props to them for locking down “dumbest idea” and “creepiest execution” with one trick
This shit is already creepy enough, but if you listen to only the audio of when he was preparing the trick with the little girl - holy fuck. Criss Angel, meet Chris Hansen.
This magic trick is indeed terrible. Premise is so bad that the payoff doesn’t work at all. No way to dress it up and make it more appealing either. Just a bad idea.
One of my favorite tricks i ever seen was when a magician made his subject believe he was making paper balls disappear when in reality he was just throwing them over his head and turning his attention elsewhere. The mastery this man had over hume psyche was so impressive. This show just feels like an insult
bruh i remember watching him when i was younger on my families PC, being absolute mind freaked when he ripped someone in half or getting hit by a forklift lmaooo
I was there that night in Clearwater for the implosion of the spyglass and I distinctly remember the disappointment in the crowd when that building came down. I also stopped watching after that night especially after the local news showed him running out from a completely different area afterwards.
@@expertplace Unfortunately, I never got to watch that shit in its prime, reality tv wasn't my thing; I wished I had, since that show is fucking bonkers
This is why I always preferred Pen and Teller. They are fascinating to watch and didn't rely on weird 2009 emo cringe to boost their career. It actually freaked me out seeing both P+T and Chris Angel on season 19 of Hell's Kitchen
P&T's best tricks IMHO is either Blast-off or the cup and balls trick, it shows how talented they are and still amazes everyone while giving away the secret of the trick.
i saw both criss and p+t's shows in vegas. p+t are so much better adding lots of comedy into the shows and showing how stuff is done but still leaving u like wtf how did they do that. they also did a meet and greet at the end which i think was really cool. love them
This is the only channel that does have a good amount of fair use rather than actually reacting to something he adds way more into the videos from his commentary alone. I love Charlie. I hope he never gets into any controversy ever.
I mean, there are cool people who are older than that you know? Richard Turner is a cool magician, plus he's BLIND so that makes it even more impressive.
@@sprshb1852 there are definitely cool older people. In this case though, the cringe comes from the fact that Criss probably still dresses like he's been dumpster diving behind Hot Topic. He and the dude from Green Day are walking reminders to dress your age
@@pizzlerot2730 And just why the eff should anyone "dress your age" ? Most people aren't going go from dressing the way they were comfortable with and like to dress then suddenly ditch it to fit their age group.
@@SpinoRexy733 annnd here we go yet again. Try to leave a simple joke of a comment that couldn't reasonably offend any normal person, and yet here comes the Karen/Kevin brigade just absolutely champing at the bit to be offended by anything and everything 🙄 I am so sorry, sir or ma'am, that you yourself are a 50-something-year-old who dresses like a quasi-goth teenager, or that you are such a massive fan of either Criss Angel or Billie Joe Armstrong that you feel the need to vehemently defend him from critics - I honestly did not mean to cause you personal offense. I would, however, like to helpfully suggest that this sort of situation may be avoided in the future by the timely intervention of a proctologist through what is know as a "rectal stick-ectomy" - a true miracle of modern medicine! To that end, dear user, I wish you a speedy and uncomplicated convalescence, and I bid you the best of luck in your endeavors 🙂
I had a similar experience with Derren Brown. He did a trick where he "hypnotised" a guy using a video game that could flash the screen on command. Which was itself suss, but then when the guy went into a trance he put him on a gurney and wheeled him off to another building. The guy's friend said "What are you doing?" and he replied "It's okay... I'm Derren Brown." At that moment I knew beyond doubt that they were all actors. Once you know Derren Brown will use actors, it becomes the default explanation for all his mentalist tricks. Making a random guy on the train forget where his stop is is really cool. Paying an actor to pretend to forget where his stop is is just boring. Derren Brown ceased to be interesting.
I got disillusioned with Mind Freak after he walked across the surface of a pool while people swam in it, and then the "Magic Tricks Revealed" came on later that night and explained the whole trick and how they're all actors.
That's the stupidest "trick" ever. It doesn't require any skill, just a production crew. It's not even a smart production trick, just the most obvious answer.
A guy my brother works with was in Criss Angel’s band back in the day. He literally told my brother they broke up because Criss kept trying to incorporate magic into his stage show.
No matter how much I try not to, I can never look at that moment at 5:26 and when he said "perfect" without thinking how wrong that looks even though I know it wasn't like that 😭
I remember when I was a kid during a lakeside summer camp thing, I had a councilor who thought Chris Angel was the coolest dude, and he'd describe the guy's magic tricks and I was absolutely enthralled just picturing them. The reality was much more disappointing
I remember when I was a kid watching so much Mindfreak, but there was a stunt he did where he would drive a car off the edge of the Grand Canyon and teleport into a cage hanging by a helicopter, but you can see the car slow down a bit and poor green screen of an explosion with him just in the cage, wild stuff.
