Even all these years later I'm still mystified by this trick. I've read through a lot of the comments and seen a lot of online discussions, and it still blows my mind every time I watch it. Also, the joke about your wife changing her mind even after you've both agreed and are happy with a decision is so relatable. Lol!

His glasses clearly have lenses on them in some parts. 🤔

The man is brilliant.

New video, new comment. Amazing.

A classic!! 🦶ed & 🦭ed ! Well done 😁

best ever...

Amazing clip! Sometimes the unseen is the most obvious. And sometimes something that isn't there was there before. I'm pretty confident that the whole trick heavily depends on the "blank" book which in my opinion is a lot of things, but definitely not without information. Truly great magic, just because I love a good riddle.

I love this trick. The secret is so simple yet effective. I was taught it when a magician came to my summer camp once. Great presentation, too!

I love this trick. It’s probably one of my favorite - if not my favorite - Fool Us acts. I’m pretty sure I saw him on a cruise once, though my memory could be incorrect.

I think he had some kind of mini notes for each page and the blank book was a distraction.

I've been rewatching this clip for years, including before it has to be reposted. I don't think there's ever been such a look of pure joy and surprise on Penn's face or a better happy-dance when they got fooled

It’s a glasses switch

On a serious note. #3 trick. How?

I just love this guy.

Shawn. Best part of the first trick was convincing the girl and the cameraman to join you in a dimly lit closet. You're the best!

wait did he fool?

so how does he prove he's not lying about how he did it?

Need video stabilization

This may not be the most sophisticated trick on this show, but you are definitaly one of the more entertaining acts on fool us. your energy is just awesome to watch, jokes on point, really nice performance!

Penn and Teller weren't fooled, the rest of the internet was.

Just one question, how did Shawn place Penn's card, the 7 of diamonds in between the 6 and 8?

Did fool me. Force card. 1deck switch to false deck. False bottom. Then 2nd deck switch.

3:38 Penn looks so happy here. He loves being fooled.

3:04 nice one

My guess is you did a glasses switch, and the glasses you were using for the drink could see invisible ink on the pages of the book.

Was the deck switch at the part where the camera cuts away and the deck goes from your right to your left hand? Also were the 8 and 5 cards forced?

I don’t think the book was blank. Interleaved between each page was a blank page. The blank pages suck out just a little bit more than the printed pages, so when he thumbed through the pages, it skipped the printed pages so only the blank pages appeared.

"do you think you are playing with children?" "No Sir!" 😂 great performance.

Altogether that was three books Allison had one he had two in his pocket

I come back to this video every now and then and it always feels like the first time seeing it. I just love everything about it.

The deck switch was so clean

Camera cuts weird around when they get back to back. I'm sure there is more to the trick but I wish I saw when the deck swapped hands. Still fun!

Shawn, be honest, was there any editing of your performance when after Penn shuffled the deck you were able to locate the 7 of diamonds to force on him? At 2:27

Probably got 10 million from the saudi prince

Holy cow this guy is fast and smooth. Good talker too , dresses nice

It's the glasses. That's how I would do it. With the glasses on the ink in the book would be visible, like for instance ink visible with ultraviolet light. He doesn't need to have the whole page printed, but large keywords from the relevant page. In fact at 3:19 you can see there are lenses in the glasses. And later when you look over his shoulder there is clearly a reflection in the glasses, and the reflection is purplish. Edit to add, the actual trick is the switch of the glasses (or popping the lenses out) before turning to Alison.

Did he switch glasses...It seems there ARE lenses in them when he's doing the trick with Allison. I'm thinking tiny camera in the frame looking over her shoulder and feeding image to lenses...or... special lenses to read reverse image from her book?

Very cool Shawn. Love it. 4F!

Ok, here's what I'm thinking: The left hand holding the head is miss direction. Notice that the cork stands up when the cup handle is to the right and stays down with it is to the left. I'm thinking there is a magnet in the top of the cork. Also notice that the cork stands up, it moved towards the handle (twice). So here's my hypothesis: There is a permenant magnet in the handle and a permenant magnet on the side that we cannot see (probably to the right of Shawn). Has he turns the cup, he is turning one of the magnet and depending on what side the handle is on, the 2 magnet neutralize themselves.

3:19 to 3:23 is when the switch took place, cards are in the right hand and then in the left

It's a trick not magic😅 You flicked the wood with the edge of the mug when you cover it. And that's how you did it 😁.

Cool

KZbin should intentionally boost videos they wrongly take down in an effort to help negate some of the effects of their wrong doings towards their own creators...

Cool

No book switch, but glasses switch...

Hmmm so the glasses he first was wearing had lenses in them the glasses he showed at the end did not, and you can see a little screen on the first pair of glasses. so its the glasses...

Magical definitely ✨️ ❤😊👍

hey they didn't give him a trophy. they must have come up with that later in the shows. bring back Allyson she was the best host.

Polarized lenses.

LoL