being called the greatest street magician Penn has ever seen is probably a higher honor than any trophy
@user-rw8mw7vh2oАй бұрын
Agreed 100%
@AndytlpАй бұрын
Come now. Everyone was in on this trick. They probably have ear pieces that tell them which cards to stop on and what numbers to choose. Its an entertainment show after all.
@michaelweston2285Ай бұрын
@@Andytlp seems like that would hurt the integrity of the show, and Penn & Teller seem to have a lot of integrity.
@otallonoАй бұрын
@@Andytlp I found the explanation in less than 10 seconds instead of jumping to conclusions and making false accusations: watch?v=FhnKCKNbVnY Magic is entertainment, yes, that doesn't mean it's staged. This is even a self working trick, I can't imagine how you'd feel if you saw one that requires some skill. You're going to say it's fake just because you can't figure it out?
@Hamilton-bm4qjАй бұрын
@@Andytlpdoubt it. Not that they would be beyond deceit, but it just isn’t required for the trick to work.
@inkthinkerАй бұрын
That look on Teller's face when someone gets past him is all the joy. You can see the lights go on as he realizes he's lost the thread and he loves it. :)
@ckmoore10129 күн бұрын
@karlwithak. Who cares. Most annoying voice ever.
@sereneprincess494028 күн бұрын
His look of "... heeeeeyyyy..." is the kind of second-hand joy that I personally love to see. Because watching someone get even that tiny glimmer of childlike wonder is so heartwarming, but so very rare in our current world.
@steveb671826 күн бұрын
imagine Richard Turner and Chris playing cards.....
@frozenlake12152 ай бұрын
Imagine time traveling to see those three grinding on the streets of Philly back in the day
@user-rw8mw7vh2oАй бұрын
Not related to magic but I ones saw Tracy Chapman perform in Cambridge Mass. She was playing on the platform and I remember saying to my self "she should be in concerts some where". About 2 years later I would see her on the idiot box live. It was crazy seeing her so humble and fresh.
@SBJ84Ай бұрын
Imagine coming up on the street with Penn and Teller then they get a break, leave you behind and they become rich.
@user-rw8mw7vh2oАй бұрын
By what messure do you assume he was "left behind"? He appears do be doing well and is quite happy by what I could see.@@SBJ84
@kkrobertson1Ай бұрын
Steel sharpen Steel:).
@Sgt.WolfhartАй бұрын
naw life doesn't work out like that he prob went on with his own life long before they made it. People got their own life to live can't be following around others who are making it in life or you'll get no where. He made his own life and it seems like he did well for his self. Had he followed them around waiting for his hand out his life wouldn't have turned out the way it did. He wouldn't have been standing up there with two great friends being his own man had he followed them around he'd be in some hotel room watching them on TV bitching about how they used him and let him go type of shit. @@SBJ84
@chebkhaled19852 ай бұрын
When Teller looks perplexed but enjoying the show it means its a wonder trick
@johnthegiant3202 ай бұрын
" You're making noises, you're not supposed to make noises. " lol
@francescaa83312 ай бұрын
Lol. When he said he didn't have an extra queen - and the look on Teller's face - I had a feeling he was going to win the trophy.
@yam83Ай бұрын
@@johnthegiant320Teller's such a blabbermouth.
@Nymphibious2 ай бұрын
How can any professional (performer, entertainer, any kind) be so classy and so hilarious at the same time? This act was like watching a cheeky, playful little child with the manners and the experience of a 65 year old. Funny, magical, class act, it had it all!
@guigoinz11225 күн бұрын
You described it perfectly!
@amusik72 ай бұрын
The second trick to me seems pretty simple, with the deck divided into bunches of 11 - where the Queens and Aces are in positions 10 and 11 of each bunch. When you count down from ten and then put aside what ever was remaining, the sum is always ten (10 - n) + n = 10 for all values of n. And then you set aside the right card in position 11. You need the eleventh card because if you went down to 1 you would have nothing to count out and it would immediately give away the trick if the last card in the bunch was the one that always was added out. But as for the first trick is a true head scratcher... no idea!
@Everythingwastanke24 күн бұрын
Choose a number 1 through 4, 16 possible combinations. Additionally he gets to see the numbers they choose prior to allowing them to choose so if needed he could pick for them. I suspect that the same card is strategically placed in the deck at locations that allow him to manipulate the numbers they tell him to get where he needs to be. Penn counted out 23 cards and then placed the 24th face down, so had the number chosen "at random" had been 24 then he tells them to place the 24th card as the choice. In the video there was another red seven in the pile, I suspect it was the 12th card in the case that 11 or 12 is the chosen number and had we seen more cards I suspect the same would have been true in the 30s and 40s
@JackMott22 күн бұрын
Yeah I noticed that also, their choices don't matter. maths!
@bbfire2920 күн бұрын
I thought Teller was making a cheeky nod to the fact that that was obvious to him by letting the count go down to 2, any further and the trick is ruined
@jonathanhibberd998320 күн бұрын
@@bbfire29 Not ruined. If you go down to 1 in any of the piles, you just don't do the extra Ace reveal. The Queen is still right where it should be.
@Michael-jw6et18 күн бұрын
Will you go to Vegas with me sometime? if you are still allowed in Vegas that is. lol
@thegodofpez2 ай бұрын
I had to watch this twice. Not because I was fooled, which I was, but because Chris is probably the top 10 most charismatic magicians I’ve ever seen. I’d kill to have a dinner and drink with this guy just to hear stories. What a boss ass master of his craft.
@Lreclusa2 ай бұрын
11
@francescaa83312 ай бұрын
He's got such a pleasant and easy-going manner. Really one of the most agreeable people to watch.
@jcsmith725Ай бұрын
Keep an eye on your watch and wallet!!! lol Seems like an awesome guy..Would be a blast to hang out with.
@rustyshackleford2950Ай бұрын
Seriously. Just watching this guy work and hearing him talk was enchanting. Some magicians when they do their bits, it's entertaining and endearing because they're clearly performing and doing a bit and they're very good at it. The way Chris talks is just disarming. I've never met the man or seen him before, but just watching this clip, my brain is going. "That's my buddy. This man is my friend. My friend is just talking with me and joking with me a little bit. I want to listen to him."
@XepentАй бұрын
You'd kill? Fucking freak
@DF-bx9hd2 ай бұрын
Teller making noises killed me 😂
@CrippleX892 ай бұрын
Gotta love this man! Warm personality, calm demeanor, charisma, stage precense and a bag full of tricks... He's got it all!
@Soul-Burn2 ай бұрын
First trick is interesting. Second trick relies on P&T being bad at math.
@AngelicusImmortus2 ай бұрын
Okay, explain...
@roing7472 ай бұрын
@@AngelicusImmortus Count to 11 ?
@maue12302 ай бұрын
I just understood the second trick because of your explained it 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
@grotgrusson51242 ай бұрын
@@AngelicusImmortus Count ALL the cards he puts down in every pile, when he says 10, you count 1, His 9 = Yours 2 and so on. Then ad the cards in the "decided number pile" He counts 10, 9, *8* (You 1, 2, 3) He then counts *8* "decided" cards from the remaining he holds in his hand. 8+3=11... Next pile. 10, 9, 8 and so on until, lets say 5. (That is 6 cards on the table). Ad 5 to that, you'll have 11. You will always ad up to 11, no matter where they stop.
@dlongva2 ай бұрын
Yeah I have to imagine they were tricked by the first one and not by the second. I picked up the service one on the first number when he put down the remainder cards. But the first trick, everything seemed like free choice and he didn't interact with anything from what I could see.
@JadesOfGrey2 ай бұрын
2:36 “homeschooled?” That joke deserved a bigger reaction
@mattd39932 ай бұрын
I'm was homeschooled and thought it was so funny. I had to rewind that bit.
@CarrotDipProductionsАй бұрын
@@mattd3993 "I'm was homeschooled" We can tell. 💀
@otallonoАй бұрын
I think no one heard what he said because he's talking over Penn when he's not expected to, now that I watch it back I can hear it.
@phunkaegАй бұрын
ah! I initially thought he said "old school' - homeschooled makes way more sense.
@petefrench4198Ай бұрын
....I thought he said "old school"?
@edwineliel2 ай бұрын
He's so relaxed and not afraid to call them up.
@AbaMiguel10 күн бұрын
Well he has known them for years and he's been performing for most of his life lol
@chialor19452 ай бұрын
Chris Capehart is seriously a genius. His comical approach and personality had me chuckling. Not only that, but the way he talks and how he chooses what to say completely shows he's a genius. Pure skill right here.
@johnzywko58852 ай бұрын
His best trick is how smooth he is on stage. He was flawless and a natural ..Wish there was more Chris Capehart’s in the world
@EzFlyers1017 күн бұрын
i actually think that is his worst trait, he didn't seem smooth to me.. but the trick was awesome
@viopsadmin2 ай бұрын
This was great from beginning to end. He's such a showman, you can tell he earned his experience on the streets.
@ElRayDelRio2 ай бұрын
This man's character is humbling like a yogi, mysterious like a magi, and powerful like a samurai! Truly an amazing card act 🙌🏽 Bravo 👏🏽
@bigalmunro-mastermagician92042 ай бұрын
I had the chance to talk with him for a few minutes at a convention as well as see him perform on multiple occasions. He's a true master of the art.
@Sp3llmen2 ай бұрын
Ive dabbled in tricks before, but I will ALWAYS love seeing something that I cant even attempt to guess the tricks used. I have NO idea how this was done and that makes me so happy lol
@newdohlАй бұрын
Simple maths. Notice he didn't shuffle the deck at all when he pulled it out of the pack. They were all exactly where they needed to be. Had he counted up instead of down, this would be a mind bender. Counting down, however, always ensured the same result. The Queen was the 11th card, always. The Ace was 10th.
@jerryturner2310Ай бұрын
@@newdohl You are definitely correct.
@camillecomeau6939Ай бұрын
@@newdohl That was so easy, I got that from watching him once. The only thing I see, it must have been that thing with the shoes at the beginning that fooled them
@IVIUT3DАй бұрын
@@camillecomeau6939 its cause they know him, these tricks were some of the more simple ones i've seen this guy do. Penn and Teller always let their friends "fool" them and they have had magicians who claim they did fool Penn and Teller but they did not get the trophy.
@lastnamefirstname8655Ай бұрын
@@newdohl can you explain how it works?
@Nimasho2go2 ай бұрын
Yeah, the counting down part was simply just setting the deck up before hand with the cards set up in the same order every 10 cards (Never trust a magician when they say they aren't going to shuffle or cut the cards). If you say stop at 9, he's already dealt out 1 card and then he deals out 8 more cards, then places the 9th for 10 total. If you say stop at 4, then he's already dealt out 6, then he deals 3 more, and then places the last for another 10 total. The 7 definitely stumped me though, and he deserves the trophy for that one.
@Lreclusa2 ай бұрын
This is how the trick is done, but it's 11 cards, not 10, otherwise the deck wouldn't add up to 52. Kings (4) plus the Master series at the end (4). 52-8= 44/4=11. The part where you got the number wrong is probably because he counts from 10 so you assumed 10 cards, but you forgot about the card he's placing down. If you stop him at "10", he places that card down, and then counts to ten with new cards, making eleven total. If you stop him at 1, he's already counted through 10 cards to get to 1, then he counts out the 1 for eleven. In the example below, the top row is the number he's saying as he places cards down, and then the bottom row is the number of cards he's already placed. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 + 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 ------------------------------------------- 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11 No matter which one you stop on, it adds up to eleven.
@PickUps2 ай бұрын
the only trick in the entire bit then is switching the deck out for white cards at the end. @@Lreclusa
@Lreclusa2 ай бұрын
@@PickUps he didn't switch the deck at all. The deck was always white cards. It's a prearranged deck, so it doesn't matter if it's mostly blank cards.
@Shadoom902 ай бұрын
@@Lreclusa yeah, he's only screwed if they say stop at 1, not with the queens in this case, but with the ace. Since in that case he would have discarded the ace and would only have the queen left. You can see it at 5:30 with the last set of the 4, he even get's slower at the end, because he knew, at 1 he would have to improvise xD. But since it was stoped at 2, he could place the ace and the queen.
@Lreclusa2 ай бұрын
@@Shadoom90 no, because the number he's saying out loud is the number he's counting to lay the last one down to the queen. So when he's stopped at 1, the ace will still be the last one laid down before the queen, because it'll be the one he's laying down as he says "1". Try the trick for yourself. Take the kings out and line them up, place every tenth card as Ace and every Eleventh card as queen. Count backwards as you lay them down, and choose any number 1-10 to start counting back up from. The last two will always be ace/queen no matter what.
@volodyanarchist2 ай бұрын
The first trick is awesome. The second one is trivial. I understood it by the first "stop". (11 - x) + x = 11
@ninjacrumbs2 ай бұрын
Nerd 😉
@volodyanarchist2 ай бұрын
@@ninjacrumbs More of a geek. But thanks non-the-less.
@ninjacrumbs2 ай бұрын
@@volodyanarchist Me too, dude...but I suck at math, but I love how any number times nine the addition of the sum always adds up to nine. I`m GenX so Ogre had a great deal of influence on my comment.
@Jan_BatystaАй бұрын
I was kinda dissapointed in that
@captdafАй бұрын
It's the Aces I can't see.
@sankethkotne20952 ай бұрын
One of the best and smoothest act ever 👏🏾
@scout30582 ай бұрын
This was absolutely wholesome. Loved it.
@Deimos667Ай бұрын
Only a master can leave the mute guy speechless.
@rmhartman2 ай бұрын
count down then count up always the same. but the seven of diamonds was a miracle.
@SocialPerspective1012 ай бұрын
14, 23, 32, 41 are only possibilities. U saw d best version. If 2 select same fingers, he would tell u to make the digits different.
@nazarstriletski37532 ай бұрын
@@SocialPerspective101 if he had 4 of 7H in the deck, where are they at the end? Might be a switch due to a editing, but I doubt PT didn't notice this IRL.
@SocialPerspective1012 ай бұрын
@@nazarstriletski3753 They gifted him a trophy... !
@Allen_Leigh_Canada2 ай бұрын
@@SocialPerspective101 briliant! the deck was pre-arranged.
@bradenzook37052 ай бұрын
13 and 31 too
@francescaa83312 ай бұрын
I love this show for many reasons- it gives a boost to the career of many magicians. And if they win, they get some time performing in Vegas.
@jinudingh83012 ай бұрын
This was one of the most entertaining trick. The showmanship itself is amazing and the execution was fabulous, and it kept that awe on faces of Penn and Teller too. PS: The shoes were there to steal the show and they did.
@detoxfidelity2 ай бұрын
I saw this guy at the Magic Castle in LA (had a teacher who was also a magician who hooked us up), really stellar performer!
@albino59952 ай бұрын
Fantastic! Excellent trick and great delivery! Outstanding magician!!
@wolfie52 ай бұрын
He read my mind I thought this guy is not Chinese :) loved the act
@J4kuZZiАй бұрын
If you stop at 9 counted backwards (10,9), then count 9 forwards, it's the same as stopping at 3 counted backwards (10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3), and then count 3 forwards. There are 11 cards in between each queen. That's simple math.
@anodosarcade735512 күн бұрын
Shhhhhhhh
@JOYYUNCHEUNGКүн бұрын
yes I'm thinking the same. this is just like a kids trick
@OiVinn-eq1mlАй бұрын
I love the background. This trick was also very well performed & fun to watch! Love you Chris 🤟🙌🫶
@faizalskhan95Ай бұрын
There are so many professions in the world..Magicians, sportsmen, actors etc and there are so many fantastic human who are masters at their craft. Crazy world. Crazy talent. Amazing stuff.
@ButchWilson2 ай бұрын
I'd love to have been a fly on the wall, backstage, when these folks met up to talk.
@robertharvey60302 ай бұрын
Second trick is so simple yet is well hidden within the performance. So cool!
@germagic22 ай бұрын
Love how secure he is. Amazing performer
@seanammon69932 ай бұрын
So much to love about this entire video
@oneanddone79922 ай бұрын
First trick like this, where I don't care how it's done. It is plain greatness.
@gaia90202 ай бұрын
I love such minimalistic tricks
@arlojr.97572 ай бұрын
And they all the same suits. And the sense of humor is immaculate. Bravo 👏
@andrewsearlesАй бұрын
I saw this dude at The Magic Castle in Los Angeles. This dude is INSANELY good. Watching him up close doing his tricks, I left in utter awe of what he did when I'm 2 feet away from him. I saw a lot of magicians that night but this guy, I'll never forget.
@Congressloose2024elections2 ай бұрын
This performer is a Grandpa that everyone loves❤...🧙🏿♂️🧙🏿♂️🧙🏿♂️
@cuttingthroughthenoise30862 ай бұрын
Sorry, I'm confused why they gave him the trophy. I'm confused about ELEVEN times.
@iswm2 ай бұрын
diversity trophy
@ThamiorSilberdrache2 ай бұрын
@@iswm That's not a thing. They have enough diversity among their honest and true foolers, they don't need to gift trophys to any minority to keep diversity or something like that. If anything, it was a friendship trophy because as you heard he'd been their personal friend for many years now. But you know there is a Jury behind P&T, right? I don't think they'd allow simply handing out trophies for nothing.
@ingiford1752 ай бұрын
@@ThamiorSilberdracheThey have given it to people they know for being 'good' and not fooling before...
@ehsan20Ай бұрын
Everyone knows how the second trick was done - its basic. The first trick on the other hand is harder to figure out.
@dukemetzger37842 ай бұрын
Now that was awesome!!! Just loved it!!!
@abu-ubaidasani19602 ай бұрын
I will love to watch the secrets behind these tricks. They are magical.
@Doomsdaymanx2 ай бұрын
The second trick was beautiful in it's simplicity and brilliantly performed. The first one fooled the heck out of me 😊
@alexaras57672 ай бұрын
why did it fool you? he gave them 4 different possibilities. he said pick a number between 1 and 4. there's only two numbers. 2 and 3. so the possibilities are 22, 23, 32 & 33. You see how the first two are 1 number apart and the other two are also 1 number apart? all he had to do is deal 1 extra card or keep the one he already dealt. so in total there are two possibilities...depending on which one he would turn the deck the other way because there are 7 sevens in that deck. It was as forced as it could be. The second trick was plane awful. He just dealt the same number of cards no matter what. It's magician's choice but poorly executed there's no way they didn't realize that.
@SirSamsung2 ай бұрын
@@alexaras5767 1) they also could have chosen 1 or 4 2) the aces were in the position where Penn and Teller said "stop"
@usedbodypillow67182 ай бұрын
@@alexaras5767Lol. When someone says "think of a number between 1 and 100" you realize 1 and 100 are still in play right? Why are you so confident in writing something so pathetically wrong?
@DavidGreen-ly5tm2 ай бұрын
@@SirSamsung The aces are the hard part for sure but they still could have been bottom delt or something similar. The first part of the trick has me absolutely stumped though.
@dismalthoughts2 ай бұрын
@@SirSamsung 2) Unless I'm missing something, I'm pretty sure the Aces were _not_ at the STOP position. 5:11 He counted 11 cards. The Aces were in the 11th position, and the Queens were in the 10th.
@shanybiran46823 күн бұрын
There is no way P&T did not know how these were done (force on the first deck memorizing position, placing an AandQ every 10th spot in the second deck full of blanks). This is just respecting their old friend, and gratitude for the purple kicks.
@gerrya21333 күн бұрын
I has to be more about swapping out the deck to blanks? Maybe they couldn't figure out when that happened.
@grg201112 ай бұрын
Master Magician and Class Act! 🔥
@jayw3688Ай бұрын
That must've sent that guys emotions into overdrive being called the greatest street magician Penn has ever seen. Loved his energy he seems like a great guy.
@toddybeartwitchАй бұрын
"you can go now" *micdrop* WOW!
@jrp7808Ай бұрын
Is it just me, or they didn't shuffle the cards and every 10th card he put on top of the kings.
@matthewdekker60647 күн бұрын
Yes, others above have explained how both parts of the trick work, and they're both actually pretty simple forces. You're right about the 2nd part of the trick (every 10th card is an Ace and every 11th card is a Queen - though I see some people saying that they're every 9th and 10th card. Doesn't really matter either way). And for the first part, he just needs a 7 of Hearts in the 24th position and another in the 44th position, then depending on which numbers they choose, he can either have Penn count from the top or the bottom of the deck, and they would always end up at the 7 of Hearts - notice how they actually had the number 23, so Chris just had Penn count out 23 cards and then the NEXT card was the one they actually used. Also notice that he didn't shuffle the deck first, which clues us into the fact that he needed the cards to be in certain positions. He can just make a couple slight adjustments depending on the numbers they pick, and I think psychologically, the most common combination people would pick would be 23 or 32, and he would handle it accordingly. But if they had a different combo (11-14, 21-22, etc.), there happen to be four Jokers in the deck (2 on top and 2 on bottom), and if he needed to, he could've made them remove the Jokers in order to make it work, and I'm sure he had a funny line prepared for that potential situation. No matter what, he would force them to get to the 24th or 44th position.
@bibchr2 ай бұрын
Absolutely amazing trick. Excellent.
@emanuellafonseca84172 ай бұрын
I was amazed!!! So good!
@Melpheos1er2 ай бұрын
"Obviously you have issues".... This was awesome
@GavinWongMagic2 ай бұрын
😂
@6thdayblue592 ай бұрын
This is so beautiful Thank you ~Good wholesome fun Thank you for bringing some light to the internet x
@jeffreyferenc76812 күн бұрын
Steven, you are a really good person to help like this and SMART keep it up,I am glad I found you. TAKE CARE
@andrewvelonis5940Ай бұрын
I have to say that is the smoothest card trick I've ever seen.
@redpug5042Ай бұрын
the first half got me. the second half was obvious: count down from 10, placing down one card at a time. If you stop at 6, you have placed down 4 cards so there are 6 left to count down. you always count out 10 cards, and the 11th card can be whatever you want it to be. there wasn't any choice. One thing to note about the first half: there are only 16 amounts of cards to place down: 11, 12, 13, 14 21, 22, 23, 24 31, 32, 33, 34 41, 42, 43, 44 not sure how he used this, but it's possible that he put a repeating set of cards in those spots and put random ones in the rest of the deck to limit the options to 4 cards maybe, but idk how they wouldn't have noticed the repeats.
@jamespalmer90332 ай бұрын
Last half of the trick: he's previously stacked the deck before the trick (he even says he's not going to shuffle or interfere with it). By counting down the cards from ten into a pile until the volunteer says "stop" then counting the rest of the cards *up* into another pile until he gets to that number again, he's really just counting out ten cards every time with extra steps to obscure what he's doing. All he's done is stack the deck so the aces/kings/queens are in the correct positions, then counted them out into four piles.
@b4ph0m3tdk92 ай бұрын
Yeay, but that first trick though!
@brettc.5662 ай бұрын
Yeah, how do people not get this?
@poeter142 ай бұрын
No he didn't, legit he did magic. Real magic. Like a magical magician
@MegaHugeMassive2 ай бұрын
I just commented the same, albeit less eloquently.
@Dimencia2 ай бұрын
It took me way too long to get it, or too short, because for an enjoyable but short time I really was convinced he was a master of the mind
@Sgt.WolfhartАй бұрын
Always loved Penn and Teller as a kid since the early 90's it's cool to still see them around and they haven't changed one bit. Just two stand up guys making the world laugh.
@johnpirate313519 күн бұрын
Penn and teller literally gave this dude a trophy because theyre friends with him and they trying to help him out, they didnt even guess, both tricks are extremely extremely easy, the 2nd one is a trick that 8 year olds would learn as a first magic trick. both are "forces". Read below for how he did it. 1st trick: The deck is 57 cards; four jokers (2 on top and 2 on bottom) + two 7 of hearts (one in spot 24 and one in 44). depending on the numbers they choose he will tell them to reveal from the top or the bottom, when the jokers are revealed he may ignore them or will say "wait, we need to remove the jokers", finally when they get to the number chosen he will either say thats your card or "the next card is the card". if their number is: 24 - count to 24 and put the 24th card down 23 - count to 23 put the next card down (24th) 22 - oops jokers we need to remove those (2 jokers removed from top) count to 22 put it down 21 - oops jokers we need to remove those (2 jokers removed from top) count to 21 put next card down. they count from bottom instead if the number is 11-14 (hitting the bottom 7) or 31-34 (hitting the top 7). if the number is 41-44 they count from the top hitting bottom 7. 2nd trick: he is counting cards down to 10 and when they stop him he still counts down to 10 and puts the 10th card at the bottom of the king (the 10th card is always the queen), the 9th card is always the ace and is now on top of the last cards burned. the deck has a total of 44 cards in it. the remaining 4 cards (you only left me with 4 though!) are there not because they chose to leave him with 4 but because he literally counted down to a predetermined number regardless of when they told him to stop.
@one007guy16 күн бұрын
Oh oh…it’s magic, we know! 🤣
@SSGTVolken2 күн бұрын
But what if they said 11, 31, 13, 14, or 41 there would be 7's everywhere.
@maksphoto782 ай бұрын
Bro this was amazing! Great tricks and so spectacular! ^_^
@UltimaKeyMaster11 күн бұрын
You can tell instantly he is in on their dynamic when he's already roasting Teller.
@ACoustaDC2 ай бұрын
Wow... blown away by his trick and his personality.
@user-fm6jw2md3h2 ай бұрын
That first trick is sick, i figured out how he did it, but its still sick!!!
@ThamiorSilberdrache2 ай бұрын
What? I mean: what? How? I mean... I am not a magician myself, so I have a completely different mindset than P&T and this isn't the first trick that fooled them but not me, but... this one was so damn obvious... I mean... that Siegfried Tieber and that one Rock, Paper, Scissors trick both worked on a mathematical principle that I as a mathematician recognized instantly (both on the same one, to be precise) so I understand why I got those but P&T didn't. But this one... How did they not understand this trick? It could be included in a "my first card tircks" book for children, so very basic was the method of this. It's very, very hard to believe that fooled them. Either they were expecting a trick that complicated and refined that they didn't even think of any easy way, or... but they are not allowed to gift trophies. The Jury hears every word they discuss and I'm quite sure they'd intervene if P&T said "Well, he didn't fool us but let's pretend and hand him a trophy because he's our friend...", wouldn't they? Anyway, Chris is hell of a performer and how he does this trick, even if the method is simple as hell, is very comvincing and funny. I really believe he's hell of a street magician and his first fool was very awesome. I just don't get it how he got away with this one...
@GavinWongMagic2 ай бұрын
It's the first part of the trick that fooled them
@timwright4263Ай бұрын
Chris Capehart should be a name known throughout the world. Respect the Master.
@keithreinsel7842Ай бұрын
That was amazing. Totally brilliant!
@abbykoop53632 ай бұрын
That was so awesome.... Everything about it!
@mfd15122 ай бұрын
He is simply the best of all - what a charisma!!!
@zhurhonji9 күн бұрын
Pretty damn smooth even tho I have no clue how it was done…absolutely baffled.
@doctorbeanisАй бұрын
What a freaking talent! And those shoes are kick ass!!
@PureBlackDragon2 ай бұрын
First time I’d ever seen Teller break. Charisma in spades this guy awesome bit, would love a special someday🔥
@eric80tn2 ай бұрын
SPOILERS - the second trick was easy and has been explained by others. I agree it could not have fooled Penn and Teller. The first trick is also easy once you realize the deck has 55 cards in it and not 52. The deck includes both jokers (you see one at 2:27). It also includes a second copy of the forced card in position 41, which is why he didn't want Penn to look at the rest of the cards. It's a multiple out force. With a 55 card deck, counting 32 from the top brings you to the same card as counting 23 from the bottom. The same is true if you counted 41 from the top versus 14 from the bottom. Depending on the selection made by the audience, the magician merely instructs them accordingly so as not to reveal that the deck has two forced cards.
@just_some_commenter2 ай бұрын
First of all, they actually got to the 24th card... which is also the 32nd card in the other direction. That still means there are 55 cards. Second, how do you get all 10 combinations? The card revealed in the trick covers 23, 24, and 13 (read as 31). A second one at position 44 seems like the most optimal; that would cover 11, 12, 34 (read as 43) and 44. That's still only 7 total. It seems like you'd have to put in at least 2 more 7Hs and that's getting awfully risky. I feel like there must be something else going on. Also, if this is truly the whole secret, he got really lucky that they picked 23/32, the only combination that allows the spectator to choose the order of the two numbers, and I'm sure P&T will be furious when they find that out.
@ifuj2 ай бұрын
@@just_some_commenterby telling the person to get rid of the jokers when needed
@eric80tn2 ай бұрын
It's magician's choice - multiple outs - force. All of the 7s are at the bottom of the deck. You're right , they got to the 24th card, meaning 2/3 and 2/4 just got covered by magician's choice. That also covers 3/1, 3/2 counting from the bottom (face down please). 11 from the bottom = 44 from the top, etc. @@just_some_commenter
@lionelkeks10742 ай бұрын
Only plausible if the counting is done with the cards faced down.. do take a good look at the first trick again
@ColinHolloway702 ай бұрын
@@lionelkeks1074 If the other number was selected, then he would have given a different instruction to Pen.
@pistolpeterson9914Ай бұрын
one of the best ones ive seen
@KeatrithAmakiirАй бұрын
That may have been the greatest card trick I have ever seen! Just... WOW!
@jamesyoungquist69232 ай бұрын
Chris has the best threads! Great magic too :)
@laurence24212 ай бұрын
Teller is awesome. I was riding my longboard in Las Vegas near my home and I saw him coming out of the Jewelry & Minerals shop on Sahara Blvd right next to Sahara Casino. He was carrying a giant crystal geode he just bought. It looked super heavy. I said “Hey! Teller! You’re the man!” And instantly felt bad because he looked my way and made sure to say thanks, all while struggling to carry the giant thing. I’m surprised the store owners didn’t help him out somehow. But he shows love to his fans
@fredericboninpissarro5789Ай бұрын
Wow, amazing trick and great friendship , loveeet!
@brianh5844Ай бұрын
So when he says "I'll take them for you because you have issues" I think *he was worried about Penn revealing any more cards, which indicates there's something about the contents of the cards remaining that would give the trick away. He played it off like Penn wasn't following his directions accurately and then we don't end up getting to see the rest of the deck.* He's charismatic enough (that look he gives right after for comedic effect!) that most people won't notice that everything is actually being tightly controlled and we were never supposed to see the rest of those cards.
@joemason6319Ай бұрын
I dunno, Penn could have gone through the cards quickly before he had a chance to take them away, when he first said to look at them, he just wasn't doing it for some reason. I took that as both of them accepting that he'd made his point, Penn wasn't going to find anything, and there was no need to belabor it.
@brianh5844Ай бұрын
@@joemason6319That's definitely how we're supposed to interpret it. But he never tells Penn he can look through all the cards when he gives them to him to hold. And when Penn says he saw all the cards, "I sure did," he's not responding accurately because so far as I can tell, he saw 23 that he flipped alongside a few on the other side. My sense is there were subtle triggers and setup so that he and the audience would not notice that we didn't see the whole deck and that no one was questioning whether the deck was stacked. But of course the deck is stacked! He's a magician and he didn't have anyone shuffle the cards.
@KCML822 ай бұрын
"They're thinking: He's not Chineses!" xD
@Ka1hal2 ай бұрын
This is very impactful for the general crowd but should be very easy for professional magicians. I think they just conceded it
@iswm2 ай бұрын
diversity trophy
@zantas-handle2 ай бұрын
Yeah, it was a free pass. They were nice to their old friend despite the obviousness of the stacked decks. I guess we can allow them that!
@leechap32 ай бұрын
@@iswm Thanks for giving me the creeps.
@iswm2 ай бұрын
@@leechap3 I'm sorry to hear that reality creeps you out.
@tessjuel2 ай бұрын
No, Penn and Teller were genuinely fooled here. Maybe, just maybe, they would have been a bit lenient the first time. But Capehart already had won a Fool Us trophy with his baloon trick in an earlier episode. They wouldn't have given him a second one unless they really couldn't figure the trick out.
@SeeBS2Ай бұрын
One of the better card tricks I've seen featured on this show.
@CarbonatedTurtleАй бұрын
Maybe I'm wrong here, but it seems like he had everything in groups of 11. If he counts down from 10 (10, 9, 8) that would be 3 cards. Then he would count out 8 cards because that's where he was stopped, totaling 11 cards. It doesn't matter how many he counts down, the cards he counts based on the number where he's stopped will always be 11, and that will be the Queen. The 10th card will always be the Ace, which he pulls off the top of each pile at the end. So 4 groups of 11 is 44, plus 4 Aces is 48, and no matter where they stop him, he'll always end up with 4 cards at the end for a total of 52 cards, or a standard deck. It's a great trick, but he got the trophy because he's their friend, not because they were fooled.
@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe83072 ай бұрын
Explain? easily sleight of hand? NO! Theres no skill in this trick! Its the rigged deck it has no other way to turn out! 11 - x + x is always a total of 11 4x11 is 44 card, 4 kings is 48 cards plus the 4 in hand it wont ever be anything else. noticed the deck was not shuffled? Very low quality trick anyone watching can do this after setting the deck up! Its appalling a "magician" would do such a trick let alone on tv! first trick my what a bulky "empty" bag well empty apart from the thing in there that shouldnt be there the machine that dropped the card! thats why he had to hold it on his lap, so Teller knew this i how it was done! So another free pass or again im a better Magician than both them together!
@MarsterKanobi2 ай бұрын
Hey dude. What is not cool.
@giovannirojas39522 ай бұрын
I still don't get it.
@RealButFake2 ай бұрын
Have you been submitting your auditions to get on the show since you say "or again im a better Magician than both them together!"? Would love to see you up there. And no magic on your channel. Let's see some of your skills. Start posting videos. Stop with the talk and prove it with action. If not then go stand in the corner and shut your pie hole ;)
@Durwood712 ай бұрын
@@RealButFake No, he's saying that since the trick is nothing more than a classic stacked deck routine that every magician in the world is familiar with, either Penn & Teller gave their friend a free pass, or the folks who have figured it out in the comment section are better magicians than Penn & Teller.
@zantas-handle2 ай бұрын
Yeah, it was a free pass. They were nice to their old friend despite the obviousness of the stacked decks. I guess we can allow them that!
@lusario2650Ай бұрын
Love how not only Teller but also Penn both light up
@jhsdfjhgjhАй бұрын
What an entertainer Chris Capehart is!! Ageing just like fine wine.. 👏👏👏👏
@richeneflowease36222 ай бұрын
I hope these guys get more than a trophy for being on the show!
@vanmonroe43462 ай бұрын
Trophy winners get a five-star trip to Las Vegas and perform the opening act for Penn & Teller's show at the Rio Hotel & Casino.
@richeneflowease36222 ай бұрын
@@vanmonroe4346 awesome! Good to know..thanks 👍
@vanmonroe43462 ай бұрын
@@richeneflowease3622 😁✌️
@perryallan3524Ай бұрын
Appearing on Penn & Teller for most magicians results in more and better paying bookings. People have literally gone from a modest income to a very good income just from appearing on the show. Winning a "Fool Us" trophy increases that and often they can then start to pick and chose which events and places they want to perform at. It also opens more doors and more respect with other high level magicians. However, for those who are already at top who already have those things - it gets them professional recognition (especially if they win more than one) which is more meaningful than money at that stage.
@waterfoker855824 күн бұрын
i also think that sometimes, penn and teller, despite knowing the trick, pretends to let the performer win because 1) its their show, 2) its their way of respect and giving back to their dear friends. and 3) you may say that's not fair, but not so much about actually fooling penn and teller, given enough time they can probably figure out all tricks, but they got fooled maybe for that moment, a genuine '1st timer' awe/wow, that wonderous feeling that only the innocent mind can experience. sometimes they would give the trophy for simply experiencing that moment again, and let it slide as they didn't have enough time to disect the trick or think the performer really deserves a win and an appearance on their show. its a bit of good business for the show to bring on fresh talent and variety to the magic scene.
@HieronymousMookКүн бұрын
"You can go now." Amazing :)
@deadliket5keАй бұрын
a teacher at Raymond hill in new Britain showed me this trick back when I was in middle school. thanks for reminding me.
@jimjones6960Ай бұрын
What a showman! Great great performance!
@DedoPorno2 ай бұрын
This was a delight to watch.
@anodosarcade735512 күн бұрын
“I do juggling, and you do magic, and I do magic , and you do juggling. We just rotate around again and again” One of my favorite parts is decoding Tellers little hints that only the magician would get if he’s solved it!
@ScytheNoireАй бұрын
The Ace and Queen part is fairly straight forward, just counting down with cards in place. No matter what number they stop him at, it always totals the same amount of cards laid out at the end, so they just have to have the cards needed in those places. Illusion of choice.
@karabinasАй бұрын
This man is a blessing
@1977rw27 күн бұрын
The seven of hearts trick fooled me, but his last trick was easy to figure out. It was a process of elimination with 11 cards.
@m.johnson699726 күн бұрын
For the first time I think I figured out the trick before they finished the trick. He told us when he joked with teller. But he is great can't believe they didn't know this
@mtmadigan8226 күн бұрын
Penn tells you your the best street magician he's ever saw on network tv is pretty awesome😂
@colinmack2566Ай бұрын
8:52 "You weren't lying, it's all in your head"--I think this is Penn's way of saying "we know it's some counting scheme; we just couldn't figure out the details." 2nd trick is easy: No shuffle, every 11th card is a Q, with the A next to it. No matter what number you stop him on, he counts out 11 cards every time. You stop him at "10, 9", that's 2 cards, he counts out "9" more = 11. You stop him at "10,9,8,7", that's 4 cards, he counts out "7" more = 11. 1st trick is much more complex, but I think it's still a math trick, where he has a couple of 7 clubs in the deck (notice how he stopped Penn from showing/looking at the rest of the deck), and he knows the right way to combine the two people's numbers to land on (or next to) one of the 7s. Notice how their number was "23", but the 7 was actually the 24th card, so "next to" is good enough. Also, there is no guarantee how he is going to combine the two numbers, e.g., Penn says "3", Teller says "2". He could have said "3+2=5" or "3x2=6", but he let them choose either 32 or 23. That he was OK with either 32 or 23 was a big clue for me. For example, if he had 55 cards in the deck, 23 from the top is 32 from the bottom. And he can always add one as he did here, so the 7 of clubs at that location would work for 23 or 24 (from the top) or 31 or 32 (from the bottom). He can also make up rules like "you can't both pick the same number" if they did that. With that rule, a 55 card deck, and one more 7 of clubs located 12 cards from the bottom, he could force any pair of chosen numbers to hit one of the 2 cards. (Yes, I actually made an excel sheet because I'm that much of a loser). Anyway, can't be sure of his exact details, but that first trick seems pretty doable with just 2 cards in the right places, and forcing the math and the counting direction to hit one of them.