The Coffee Magician - Penn & Teller FoolUs // Alfonso Rituerto

[@hosseinafshin395]

Man these coin magicians are easy to follow at the beginning then at some point you they put you behind on following their moves. That was great!

[@ooohla9872]

I really love coin magic, but this act is so beautiful ! Love it ! I love coffee as well ! That's an amazing piece of art !

[@AlfonsoRituerto]

Thanks for the very kind words!

[@TheDeconstructivist]

You know, I was able to sort out all of it... except that signed coin production at the end. That sure has me fooled! Well done!

[@AlfonsoRituerto]

I hope you can see it someday live. It is even stronger nowadays! Thanks for your comment!

[@TheDeconstructivist]

@@AlfonsoRituerto I hope I get the chance. It would be a joy! :)

[@applejacks971]

That was awesome! I seen one trick but I think it mighta been done intentionally to let us think we knew how things were being done...until that coin disappearing, and the coffee brewing, and the coin reappearing in the sugar pile, seriously, wth??? Absolute talent!!!

[@keithnaylor1981]

Stunning flawless unseen manipulation, and Alyson just stunning!

[@Hz-432Hz]

Oh you are so smooth! I've watched dozens of Fool Us videos on here and your amazing performance is the first that I have stood up for and applauded after watching, thank you.

[@gabrielenorrito5627]

Oh wow , It's the First time i saw this performance. I think that was Just Amazing. It was so Magical , the structure of the routine was brilliant ,the presentation , everything was perfect for me . Also I really liked your handlings and your personality as well!

[@SaturnTubes]

Camera angles were awful, it showed literally every aspect of the trick in plain sight on the first viewing, actively making the performance worse. But he is such a charismatic showman that the entertainment Value is still there

[@DL-kc8fc]

Camera angles are good. That's what a magician tunes in at rehearsals. Probably due to the fear, all manipulation was revealed...

[@hallowedt]

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[@lechanneldemysterieuxmante1807]

Such a relaxing energy

[@christopherpenny6216]

So very elegant!

[@ChrisS-nj3ye]

Nice one Alfonso... was great to watch

[@AlfonsoRituerto]

Thank you so much!

[@noahh688]

Beautiful! I bet it's even better one on one in a cafe

[@jadenm2615]

Alfonso: *says that sugar is what makes coffee good* Baristas: '-'

[@AlfonsoRituerto]

I knowwwww. It was a modified script for the moment. I know everybody hated that, and you are right for doing so! It does not apply at all to coffee as it should be. But it does apply to the coffee in german universities. Try it without sugar! :D

[@jadenm2615]

@@AlfonsoRituertoYeah, I figured that's what you meant haha. I'm a barista, so I like straight espresso, black coffee, etc..

[@NightDweller]

I love coffee with sugar 😍

[@mcseedat]

I like my coffee with sugar.. So fucking what? I pay batistas to make my coffee and not to judge me based on their opinions. Fuck Everyone and their opinions. Each to their own. Great act. Great personality. Great story. Trying to fool great magicians is greatly difficult. Keep it up

[@some1601]

I love how you put your pic. when youre beside Alison ❤🤘

[@AlfonsoRituerto]

hey, what did you mean? I'd like to understand this :D

[@knalltute_893]

Beautifully done! As Penn also said, I love how he executed some of that Slydini stuff perfectly. Nice act!

[@thepalestpuertorican]

You are the most attractive magician that has been on this show, from appearance, to your personality, to how talented you are is just… wow! 💓✨

[@AlfonsoRituerto]

Love you too! 😅

[@thepalestpuertorican]

@@AlfonsoRituerto will you ever go back on Fool Us? 💖

[@AlfonsoRituerto]

@@thepalestpuertorican 🙊

[@luigiglesiasgomez]

Un número muy bonito y bien ejecutado, Alfonso. Enhorabuena. ¡A seguir con los éxitos! Un abrazo fuerte.

[@AlfonsoRituerto]

Muchas gracias!

[@SemjonSidanov]

Beautifully Done. A charming performance. Even though I was familiar with some of the techniques I was surprised so many times😅 It is nice to see classical magic done so well!

[@1hourwith]

Awesome act!! So cool you're bringing Slydini back into our memories. He was the master. Well done!!

[@liesalllies]

This is a very sweet routine

[@2ez823]

I did catch some of your sleight of hand, beautifully executed

[@AlfonsoRituerto]

Thanks mate!

[@DespinaValnir]

I love his charming personality but I hate the camera angles destroying the illusion of magic :(

[@Singularity333x2]

Fantastic magician

[@ponchopalmera4917]

Love when Allyson have a brief crush with magicians xD

[@farmsalot1233]

I love coin magic. Always resonated with me more than cards.

[@TheJovan211]

I noticed only one thing: at 2:47 he drops the third coin from his right hand.

[@davidburton3447]

and the cup from under the table

[@markchinguz4401]

@@davidburton3447 never trust a draped table

[@raflintarahmady6633]

Those hands are smooth! i'm not good at noticing misdirection so... magic are always magic for me... :D

[@geraldgarcia8526]

I love fool us. 1 thing I noticed is magicans do magic with no premis. At least u chose to go with a theme... good job.....

[@michaelflatt4663]

Not the most flattering camera angles.

[@SteveJones313]

Me: Hey I caught that motion there. Maybe I'm learning some things. Alfonso: *produces coin from under the sugar* Me: I KNOW NOTHING! HOW THE HELL DID HE DO THAT?! Utterly amazing.

[@user-zg1ep1ex2b]

*It's MAAAAAAAAAAGIC* 🎃

[@SparkTheGenius]

I'm having some money problems right now. I should make friends with this guy so he can make some money appear for me.

[@Dincorta]

Saw basically every move thanks to the camera. Or maybe I’ve watched too many of these, I just know what to look for now.

[@ryandouglas3312]

doesn't take a bad camera angle to see the obvious hand go under the table. And the coin movements were fairly sloppy...

[@djg5135]

2:38 silver coin passes the "ping test" 😊

[@kde6277]

The performance was beautiful and you could tell Alyson was eating it up. Rarely see her this excited to be near the act.

[@christophervan6966]

Lovely to watch. A true pro.

[@gordol66]

I caught more than a few of the moves myself.

[@wildae.]

great act

[@arifiedler7425]

I like it! Mainly because I dont know how he got the bloody coin in the sugar! I have no Idea what so ever! And what about the coffe?! Bloody hell. I will probably watch it several more times in the future. The other moves and techniques are also extremly well done an I love the plot!

[@nugginusslover476]

imo the coin in the sugar wasn't that impressive, the first time i was quiet sure how he did it but the cut made it harder to see. Replaying it once Made it very obvious like anything else in this act

[@Rick-jz3ug]

@@nugginusslover476 how?

[@nugginusslover476]

@@Rick-jz3ug just rewatch it and watch his left hand

[@MrDeceptacon88]

@@nugginusslover476 still dont see it...what time of the video? Thx

[@DL-kc8fc]

@@nugginusslover476 :) On the other hand, the sugar coin was very impressive, unlike the other tricks I showed, in which I would highlight the interplay of the performance and the pleasant speech. Coins in sugar already want a little physics. To keep the pile of sugar from breaking, it is necessary to pull the coin horizontally on the table under the canvas to the point below the sugar, where the canvas has never been. It does not matter whether the assistant does it with a magnet, or a mechanism with a magnet, or moves another canvas under the canvas. Still, the effect is simply excellent, especially when the camera was cut at a critical time, preferably the last one in the distance. :) This changes the honest and nice trick into video scams from the fraudulent Angel's workshop. This loses the mission, as someone nicely but unnecessarily wrote upstairs.

[@veggiesarefruits]

This show needed to work on the camera angles, of all shows! Great act!

[@Mental_Health_Matters]

Half the comments are about how charming he is, while the other half of the comments are about the camera angles. I love it :)

[@Verspassungsschutz]

Great Performance!

[@Vikotnick]

Spanish table magic. The best in the world.

[@ok64234]

1:30 such an inocent trick ... will not fool anybody

[@tpkkxbm]

tbf, this would have fooled me a week ago. Before i started binge watching this show xD

[@alantate25]

Ya but he made NO mention of when you made her signed coin appear under the sugar!!!

[@dietrickser873]

Beautiful done.

[@WhiskerWhippers]

1:30 yikes

[@ImVeryOriginal]

Yeah that one is way too obvious.

[@TheBull06]

The cringe is real

[@oliverhill1331]

2:46 not sure how he did it all i know is the camera angles weren’t noce to him

[@gustavoguti27]

Great performance. Sadly the camera work was bad. They showed some of your moves due to camera angle and on the last trick they showed their faces and we missed part of the trick

[@MonteD1]

He's a lot different here than when he was in Fresh Prince.

[@ratedr8490]

At 2:45 you see him drop the coin. Maybe I have watched to many of these episodes... but I caught that slight of hand.

[@Pipi-rq2hw]

Are you me?

[@ratedr8490]

@ hey, any act on here is better then anything I can do, I'm not a magician. But if you're going on a show call fool me, and it's penn and teller. You better be able to fool me the spectator. Not denying the guys talented, but next time practice a bit more before you go on tv.

@@ratedr8490 The magicians don't really care too much about fooling them. They get just a trophy. They really perform for these reasons: They enjoy it with all their heart and they get fame! The fooler is a nice extra, that also comes down to a lot of luck. To really fool them, even with a trick they know, there's actually a real way to do that! There was this magician who did fake misdirections, in order to have Penn guess the wrong method. That's enough to get the trophy as they only get one guess. The trick with the moving pictures written on every card on the back of the deck.

[@mercedeswilkins9085]

U r correct he did

[@sectumsempera123]

@osher naim So you were counting? 😂

[@mr.raymond9176]

Nice act, I followed you all the way until the last trick. Lots of misdirection to pull this act off.

[@DivingDonut]

Du bist unfassbar gut darin Aufmerksamkeit zu lenken

[@benhansen1474]

Slydini sure, but how did he get the coin in the sugar?

[@game.designer]

I'm going to comment on this video, because why not

[@TheJovan211]

How come I didn't notice how the signed coin ended up in the sugar? Can someone explain that?

[@tommymikalsen9875]

Jovan P I think he has a lid or something under the table to slide in the coin under the sugar ?

[@yannyuro]

I wish I were more like you and could learn these things. Very jealous.

[@AlfonsoRituerto]

Hahaha :*

[@itzbebop]

But how did it get underneath the sugar?

[@swisscheeseoo7487]

Misdirection cup on lap brings up cup and throws sugar at it. Cup had sugar for next setup.. palm coin.. magnetic coin bottom of cup. Palm coin cup 3 coin

[@ShadowWasntHere8433]

Ha! I caught one of the moves! Gottem

[@predvcecerom]

Seriously at first it looked so "bad" but then you put the coin into the sugar... somehow. well done

[@YTeradicant]

2:45 i saw that, he already had it in his hand and he dropped it there

[@missdelaney7340]

I feel bad that because of the camera angle you can see the coin on the table before you are supposed to.

[@r0bw00d]

You can see him produce the cup, though, no matter the angle.

[@1kydes]

@@r0bw00dyeah from under the table 😂

[@MarcoVenustus]

That's a nice truck he did there using a Cybertruck

[@gongoozleriam9783]

fooled me :)

[@AngelicusImmortus]

The camera gives away the sleight of hand... thats fair on the magician (for the tv audience)

[@bardos]

¡qué apellido más extraño!

[@MrDeathBoss]

While watching it didn't even fooled me, the only tricks that got me were the coin underneath the sugar and the coffee out of nowhere in the coffe maker. But the perfomance were so good, loved from very beginning to the end.

[@donchonealyotheoneal5456]

Was that not his second time on the show and if so why wasn't it announced I know he's been on there twice and neither time was it announced that it was the second time so I just wonder why

[@AlfonsoRituerto]

Coffee was my first time. Miser’s Dream was the second :)

[@OneForTheSouth]

Never let that dude decide something with a coin-toss....

[@applejacks971]

Even if he asks "Wanna do 2 out of 3??"

[@anthonyd507]

KZbin should allow posters to disable the speed changing function. At 0.25 it ruins the act.

[@AlfonsoRituerto]

I do not think that doing so would be necessary better for the magic. I mean, if anybody wants to play it slower, they could always download the video and use vlc or so. The question here is what to do with what you want to see. If you want to know how it is done by checking the technical parts in slow-mo, shouldn't you then know that you are yourself ruining the magic for yourself? I think so. What I am trying to say is: those who are rightfully (why not?) looking for the secret should not try to destroy the illusion for others. But yeah, some people are unsure of themselves and receive some kind of pleasure by telling others that they could not be fooled. I get it, is human. Another thing: the production of the cup at the beginning and the appearance of the third coin were strongly criticised. Sometimes even with hateful words 😅 Those critics do not understand something: in front of a camera some tricks just do not work as they do live. Fool Us producers saw my act live and loved it. That's why they invited me directly. The appearance of the cup is in live performances a bomb. Some people have screamed in theatre. But in video, I agree, it looks really bad. "It LOOKS bad" cannot mean "it IS bad". Not everybody had the time to change the acts in which they are working since years for the release in TV. Me among others just did it as I do in theatre or for private shows. Camera men and women did their best but sometimes it just do not work together. So, for those whaching in slow mo: enjoy it but be careful and respect others. For those saying that a routine is bad because you saw the way it worked in a video: don't forget that maybe you do not understand or know the context of creation of the routine. Enjoy in slow, high or normal speed. And let others enjoy themselves. We need to be nice, the world is too full of hate.

[@nguyenvu8262]

It would be really nice if the last move can be done with foot. Some engineering would required but that definitely helps the spine. The move would be almost invisible too.

[@AlfonsoRituerto]

You mean the switch?

[@nguyenvu8262]

@@AlfonsoRituerto I mean the coin appear under the salt pile.

[@AlfonsoRituerto]

@@nguyenvu8262 nice Idea but no need to! As soon as Corona situation gets under control you should be able to see my last TV performance, where I use a new method which is much more clear and no feet or strange things are needed (not saying it was here the case, but now it got better). Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

[@nguyenvu8262]

@@AlfonsoRituerto Sure, looking forward to it.

[@samiulislam9961]

Watch it at .25x then see the magic

[@RalphSchurade]

If you're still in Leipzig I invite you on a coffee :)

[@AlfonsoRituerto]

Yes I am! Come to Magic Monday and say hello :D

[@larrycampbell9788]

How did he do the last trick?

[@donniem7979]

Your hands are majestic

[@AlfonsoRituerto]

Wow thanks!!!

[@Paunzi1]

Unfortunately the camera picked up half of the tricks

[@AbbeyNormal1994]

You can see his right hand drop a coin on the table

[@joostusajax]

How did the coin appear under the sugar?

[@r0bw00d]

What were the coins used in the trick?

[@mynameisgladiator1933]

About 30 seconds before the coin appears in the sugar, his left hand goes under the table and puts it there. You can see his hand disappear. 4:17 - 4:25

[@BrianSu]

how can his hand reach that far??

[@gforce8080]

@@BrianSu The table will have been setup to push it exactly there... So he drops and pushes it and the mechanism puts it there...

[@timq6224]

sad they put the camera right on your hand for the 3rd coin drop.

[@jefferytotten8949]

You can also tell alot of what he is doing with the 1st 2 coins. With the 1st coin, while he is "attempting" to drop it into the cup, he is actually dropping it behind the cup at the same time he gives the cup a couple slight shakes to make it sound like it is hitting the others as it "passes through the bottom of the cup. He then holds the coin behind the cup with part of his thumb while the tip of his thumb is still touching the cup. Then moves his thumb slightly to make the coin drop

[@jefferytotten8949]

With the 2nd coin, he does the same bit with his thumb. You obviously see him drop the 3rd coin. As for the 4th coin, he almost unnoticeably switches it from his left hand to his right where he slightly lifts the back of the cup just enough to allow him to slip the coin back under the cup.

[@jefferytotten8949]

As for the signed coin, I didnt catch how he did that part

[@elwizo]

@@jefferytotten8949 The signed coin fooled me! I liked it

[@efstratiosdiakoniarakis9517]

Easy to see his tricks , he was a little slow also on some of the tricks !!!

[@bm42]

*why not*

[@AKPraize]

I saw every trick he did

[@sectumsempera123]

How did he do the signed coin trick??

[@pqrstzxerty1296]

My pet hamster even knew how these tricks where done.

[@pqrstzxerty1296]

@@sectumsempera123 Mis directions

[@grayskindablue]

First (and only) magician who could ask Alyson to please put “your fingers inside…” (“in there?”) “…yourself”, and then follow it up half a minute later with “did you like what you see?” and ask her on a coffee date 😂 I’m not a huge fan of innuendo jokes, they’re often overdone/awkward, but that was hysterical - and it wasn’t even on purpose. Much funnier bc Alyson will unfortunately never live down the “band camp” line lmao I would suggest trying out something like: “go ahead and feel inside that sugar pile with whichever hand you prefer” if you perform this often, so people like me keep our minds outta the gutter for an innocent trick 😏 (Let the record show I’m not laughing at your English - I never want people who perform from other countries to worry about their accent. I understood every word, it made perfect sense, and is better than my Spanish and ASL combined by now… reminds me I really need to get back into using it regularly lol. Also reminds me how much I need to go practice my basic card and coin crap lol) But jokes and languages aside this was super impressive. I slowed certain parts down to watch at .25x over and over and still couldn’t catch exactly what you did at some parts. I don’t think that’s ever happened with a coin routine, and I’ve seen countless. Crazy skill. Definitely a new fan. Big ups on the performance.

[@AlfonsoRituerto]

That is very nice of you! I changed lot of things in this act and among them that sentence :D Yeah, that kind of funny errors happen a lot, when you are not perfectly fluent in another language. It still happens to me in German after 12 years in this country. Thanks for your kind words about my magic. I hope that you can see me if I ever get the chance to be in the show again :)

[@n60a]

someone under the table

[@AlfonsoRituerto]

I really thought about it but was too expensive 😅

[@Barbara_Schulz]

He let the third coin be shown

[@chandankumar10360]

Camera angle was so bad. It's not just about revealing everything but also taking away the "magic" moments as a viewer.

[@peppermint6691]

Two in the cup and two on the table but and In 2:47 I literally see you drop coin from your which you hide in your hand without in slow motion 😂 . Well it's not your fault totally .

[@vanmonroe4346]

The sugar everywhere triggers my OCD.

[@jamesbevan9939]

Just curious, when Penn mentions Slydini, is he referring to a specific routine of his?

[@AlfonsoRituerto]

No, but there is a very specific move appart from the use of lapping that I used to make a coin vanish that he created. Revolver.

[@jamesbevan9939]

@@AlfonsoRituerto Thanks.

[@gurditsinghchandok1641]

playback speed at 0.25 always reveals the trick

Does the cup have a double bottom?

[@jefferytotten8949]

No, he actually grips the first 2 coins with part of his thumb right behind the cup. You can clearly see him shake the cup slightly to give the illusion that he is dropping the same 2 coins ontop of the ones already in the cup when he is actually dropping them right behind the cup

[@jasonrowe344]

The guy is a polyglot

[@AlfonsoRituerto]

😂 I tried my best

[@LuBre]

Worst camera angles ever, they destroyed the act

[@user-zg1ep1ex2b]

*Ho Hum 😏 It's A Simple Trick* 🙄 *Yeah Simple For Penn And Teller But We Were Fooled* 🤗

[@metamorphicorder]

Ok, even though im on this dudes channel, im gonna go ahead and say this. There are a few people here talking about how 'bad' this and and how unimpressed penn and teller were. First, let me say i dont think this guy entertained a serious notion of fooling allison much less penn and teller, at least for most of the trick. 2.The main goal of someone on FU isnt always to fool them. Its a old style themed talent show just lile americal idol or AGT or anything like that. They may be playing for the grand prize or they may be playing for one of the lesser prizes, such as exposure and experience. 3. This is close up magic, this is not only close up magic, but this verges into 'pick up' magic. This is highly dependent on angle and ambience and expectation. This isnt balls to the walls high level class a illusions. This is subtlety and nuance. 30% of this method is in his face, his body language, and his smooth and slow movements. A significantly less good looking and charming person would have a very hard time doing this at all. There is also the concept that this type of magic is typically done for people who have been drinking a bit. Four. As mentioned in three, this is vert angle dependent. The camera angles did NOT serve him well at all. Notice how penn especially was jostling for a better view. Thats not something he does when he knows whats happening, thats something he does when doing so might help him figure it out. The trick wasnt in making penn and tellar figure out what he was doing but bow he did it, because there are a few ways he could have done things, and there was some misdirection there they had to see throug. 5. Their code wasnt really that dismissive or critical. This trick is usually done by people at the intermediate pr below level with a hidden assistant or complicated automated mechs. He used essientially none of that except for maybe one tiny part maybe. And even that was minimal if it was there. All of the part usually done by an assistant was done by him pretty much with one hand and really kinda fast for how casual he did it. There WERE some obvious stuff, some of it was the result of the camera angle which wasnt really that aparrant from allisons or even pts angle. Some of it was a really nonchalant gaff. In otherwords he acted so smoothly that the things you 'saw' were intentional for the most part. The cup for instance, not real obvious from allisons peripheral vision but the effect of turning to see him have a cup in his hand when the thrown sugar hit it suddenly IS impressive in a bar or at a quiet dinner table but less so when you are seeing it through an eye in the sky in high def with slow mo on. Another example, while he either manually moved the coin under and through the table to be in the sugar pile he also fitted a tube through a hole in the table that is connected to a bladder and a pump of some sort to put the coffee in the pot. He did that with very little tell and didnt jostle the pot. He had to get the pot on the exact right spot to begin with. The coin in tbe sugar is really hard though. Because you have to be smooth not to disturb the sugar. No this isnta great group of effects. It wasnt meant to be. It was self promotion and thats fine too. The show would be really pat without that. If everyone fools them theres no challenge its JUST a fame vehicle.

[@savintcrew76]

The signed coin suddenly appears in pile of sugary mess. That's great magic. Purely entertaining performance too

[@shawnr771]

This is a very cool explanation of perceptions and goals for P and T. More people need to read this. Also people need to understand that P and T get to see an act ONCE at normal speed not rewind and slow motion every move until they see something. The act itself is great.

[@christopherpenny6216]

@@SS-sv6kw oh no! Someone expressed themselves clearly! How dare they!? We only have time to read 17 words and move on to cat videos. Gasp.

[@FirstWayHockey]

The coffee was in the top part of the pot till the beginning, no magic there except a pot cover well sealed.

[@johnlongdong2231]

Christopher Penny Our lives are all the better for that stunning attempt at wit!

[@sbgbreakfastclub]

What about the smoke coming from the coffe maker? There was some smoke on all the promo pictures, wasn't it?

[@AlfonsoRituerto]

Depends on the eviroment. It is not allways visible, since in this trick it is natural smoke. In the promo it is another kind.

[@dj2cutzatl]

@1:51 how tf 🤯

[@rptort90]

Go back to 1:33 when he says “I’m full of sugar”. He palms the three coins (1:36). I think the mic might even pick up the sound of the coins. It’s smooth and natural but not terribly difficult to execute.

[@TheBull06]

You're dumb for not being able to figure that out. I bet life perplexes you as well.

[@pqrstzxerty1296]

My my pet spider watching even knew instanting how its done, and yawned.

[@garfolino]

God. Alison is the worst small talker ever. I would not like to get stuck in an elevator with her.