Benedict Cumberbatch Shows Jimmy a Magic Trick

Jimmy puts Benedict Cumberbatch on the spot to show him a crazy trick with a water bottle and an empty cup.
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Benedict Cumberbatch Shows Jimmy a Magic Trick
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[@Pienimusta]

He isn't a magician He is Sorcerer Supreme

[@spoulter]

Pienimusta u

[@lenkakolarova4439]

Pienimusta swiming

[@no_rhyme_or_]

"the preferred term is 'Master of the Mystic Arts'"

[@kaitlinathanasakis9321]

A master of the mystic arts

[@markusfengun7222]

“Sorcerer Supreme” hahhahahahahahaahahah You’re “supreme” too 😂😂😂😂

[@OCadBane]

When Benedict turns the cup upside down he must be like "shut up Fallon you're ruining the end of my trick"!

[@pocahontas2591]

O'CadBane epic comment xD

[@caedmonuhren3128]

Yes!!! I saw that and was wondering what Jimmy was doing!

[@sloogypanda4599]

Exactly what on my mind

[@narniadici1976]

O'CadBane *slow claps*

[@argonianale5716]

Almost like a Sherlock moment where he's telling someont to shut up

[@annajkhuxley]

why did no one react to the empty red cup!!!!!

[@CharlieAUS]

Maybe everyone knows there is a sponge in the cup.

[@FreakieFan]

yeah but how did he not make the water fall out of the bottle?

[@morelnwz]

Anna Huxley cuz Jimmy, Mr talk too much interrupted the trick !

[@nishantsharma7436]

jimmy didnt let him complete the whole trick... wheres the fuckin fire jimmy

[@JavierFernandez01]

Anna Huxley because it has a super dry sponge glued to the bottom side rim. You can tilt the cup slightly to show nothing is inside. Just don't show them the inside. Get your royal cards and the aces. Lay them out in 4 diagonal lines like an x with nothing in the middle. That's for satan. Lay them out k,g,j,a. Collect the cards facing up. Cut the deck 3 times. And lay the cards out back in line in a clockwise fashion. Someone has fixed the order.

[@julianpagano1659]

Of course he knows magic he's Doctor Strange!! XD

[@alexandresobreiramartins9461]

First thing I thought, too!

[@DanteSannelli]

Thought the same thing!

[@Leosalejandro]

Julian Pagano he's Sherlock to me 😁

[@nonchalant5315]

ikr! duh!

[@lokeshpaul8880]

Julian Pagano I thought that same hhahah

[@MisterMakiSaki]

Lol did jimmy just miss the biggest part of the trick?

[@BinhTran-ck3li]

MisterMakiSaki he sure did

[@dhanrajsharma6451]

Yes he did

[@Ak-pr1wg]

There was sponge inside... So no!

[@baselmaher9100]

It's science not a magic trick

[@lausacsanduan2942]

No... He was questioning after he finished talking, if you didn't see the end there. And he most likely saw how the trick was done. Its not like he didn't see what was in the cup.

[@shiv421kobra]

SHERLOCK WHAT DID YOU DO

[@sherlockholmes6956]

SHIVRAAJ SINGH I made water evaporate from the cup from my own hotness

[@pflamel8385]

'oh sherlock, what have you done.' -mycroft

[@kimtaekookv7825]

You sound like Mrs. Hudson XD

[@lizzie7211]

You're blowing the minds of the ordinaries.

[@lilyevans4244]

Sherlock couldn't found where the water go.. but Strange does

[@charlielucas3386]

When Benedict says "water" in first his normal English accent, and then American...it cracks me up every time!! He's brilliant!!

[@ConspiracyCrayon]

Lol jimmy fucked up he thought benedict was done😂

[@ConspiracyCrayon]

scott norwood he started going to commercial when benedict was doing the most important part of the trick

[@ConspiracyCrayon]

scott norwood are you actually to hard headed to notice that, while Jimmy starts going to commercial, benedict picks up the red cup and tilts it, but no water falls out.

[@ConspiracyCrayon]

scott norwood i know, but jimmy, mr talk to much, started going 'benedict cumberbatch everybody' and didnt notice ben was doing the thing with the cup until it was to late

[@ConspiracyCrayon]

I know he was finished by the end of the video, but jimmy just ruined it

[@APEX-fm9yt]

Scott Norwood, stop being so dense, when you don't even get that there was a second part to the trick. Don't be so obviously ignorant, acting like you're the smartest guy, when you can't even see that Jimmy made a mistake, and his actions in the end of the video even show that he realized it.

[@miba2132]

Waiting for the KZbin comment to explain how he did that.

[@rav1357]

He's the Sorcerer Supreme, it's just magic

[@SerenityReceiver]

Physics and a sponge.

[@ApsaraMenaka]

Like every good magician he told us without giving it away: "Its water". Water has special scientific characteristics that make certain insects able to stand on water and to make this trick work. The magic words are: surface tension.

[@RafidW9]

air pressure and surface tension.

[@userwhosinterestedin]

Mujtaba Ibrahim I don't believe that.

[@andrat2782]

I'm a simple girl. I see benedict, I click

[@mikophilo348]

What about a bended dick??

[@cheesecakelasagna]

*Beneficial [Cucumber]

[@aminkamrani2690]

I am a simple guy i see a girl comment , i reply

[@tipilot3791]

there are no girls on the internet

[@aminkamrani2690]

TI Pilot LOL

[@azdarksonal]

The bottle is filled with water to the very lid, leaving no air inside. At the start he opens the lid slightly to allow a bubble to get in, so you can see the bottle is full. When he slowly slides the bottom off his hand, the water doesn't get out because there's almost no air inside, so there is a vacuum the the water remains sucked into. To release the water, he squeezes it so it gets pushed out, and immediately stops so it doesn't get given away. As for the cup, there's a sponge in the bottom, so it appears empty.

[@ketsugi8167]

az darksonal I knew there would be a comment explaining the magic trick.

[@Cavers]

That's not how water works! I mean it is how water works, but only in smaller spaces the hydrogen-bondning cling to the surface so strong that the water stays in place. Like how a drop of water can stay on the window without falling. BUT no way all that amount of water is not going to fall through with the radius that big! The trick is probably in the design of the opening of the bottle. They've probable constrained/ blocked the opening with a different cap which could open one way, when he applied a little pressure.

[@azdarksonal]

Cavers A drop of water doesnt fall because of surface tension. What is happening here is the same phenomenon as when you dip an entire straw inside a soda bottle, block the top end with your finger and then take the straw out. All the liquid in the straw stays where it is. But when you lift your finger, air can come into the top and the liquid falls back out from under

[@samuellchuaungo7054]

But the bottle is not filled to the very lid! He probably squeezes ever so slightly just before putting his palm on top.

[@Cavers]

Surface tension is made by hydrogen-bonding which is a very strong molecular bond. So the molecules are able to hold on to eachother without letting go like a water drop. The bottle trick wouldn't not work with an open bottle though. Water in a straw would work because of it's small radius and small amount of water. The molecular bond is not that strong that it can resist the force and weight of the entire volume of a bottle pushing down. The opening of the bottle must have some kind of constraint. That is why Cumberbatch had to stand behind the desk. Because the bottle opening with the constraint must not be shown to the viewer. It is only shown from the side and not any other angle. Try doing the same trick with a normal bottle yourself. It will not work.

[@lady.wonder4011]

I was triggered every time Benedict said water in the American accent 😂😭

[@lildreamer6091]

Lady.Wonder I prefer him saying water his way.

[@zmanrockz6358]

I was more triggered when Jimmy said it in an English accent.

[@thereisalwaysarainbowafter1364]

And jimmy was too

[@gabby5830]

ZmanRockz but he said it right tho, it wasn’t bad. I mean Benedict also said it right.

[@DM-ix5ji]

Honestly it could've been just him holding the bottle for the trick and I still would've been impressed 😂

[@StarkillerSX93]

Doctor Strange did it again

[@yasminchoisi9223]

Sherlock: Magic don't exist. Also Sherlock: Oh, I'll show you a magic trick.

[@dawncurtis5583]

"I didn't know you were a magician" "Neither did I"

[@EmmaPotter31]

Who doesn't like Benedict Cumberbatch ? cause i love him so much 😍😍

[@KyRich2003]

Emma Potter sameeeeee

[@b7snammar]

Get in the line Emma! or should I say the queue

[@kindabatooni9314]

Who doesn’t love him?! He’s the best❤

[@fourleafclover73]

Jimmy: “I saw u do a magic trick-” Benedict: **gAsP**

[@abhishekbansal8864]

Someone plz hire sherlock for this water mystery

[@henniegoede1880]

Abhishek Bansal In comes RDJ 😂😂😂

[@alternativespicer]

Benedict Cumberbatch trick : make my pants a bit tighter

[@CasterWardeN]

You're talking to a BOT btw.

[@TheWillowtear]

Hailee Aleso, What the fuck? lol

[@drinperquku1527]

what the actual fuck?!

[@mithrandirsilvertongue1406]

Alternative Spicer no its Bendadick Cucumber

[@ebc6970]

So he can make you fat ?

[@vampireluph9862]

Is there anything this man can't do??? 😍😍

[@langtryvlogme]

Save ironman

[@iiNoqz]

Hashtag Lan Fbx oof

[@afel3065]

respect autistic people

[@broxburn5877]

Pronounce penguin

[@criscrosxxx]

@@afel3065 who does that

[@Nunu7700]

How can anyone even dislike a video that has this adorable human being in it ! ❤️

[@ladybug6039]

1:34 jimmy goes into shock mode haha

[@TheBlack106]

Classic Fallon Fail. Too busy talking and misses the second part of the trick.

[@kyriakoschrist]

Ed Black he is not the one busy you know

[@mahmuduwi]

Ed Black fuckin idiot

[@yichern4351]

Your fucking profile pic says it all

[@batusbo5938]

Where is that part?

[@lausacsanduan2942]

Well he saw it at the end, its not like the trick could only happen once.

[@whatdadogdoin_]

A magician, a detective, a doctor, well, a REAL magician, a gentleman. What this man can't do gee

[@omaanshkaushal3522]

He's Johny sins with hair 😂

[@andrestanori8877]

Say the word "penguin" 😂

[@omaanshkaushal3522]

@@andrestanori8877 pengling

[@hastyhastyar6033]

Jimmy: Can i be your assistant? Everyones mind: FALLON FITS JOHN WATSON !

[@bar9886]

I'm in love with this man. He seems like a gentleman and he's lovely and so handsome. I wish i could find a husband like him😭😭

[@tola5071]

Here I am!

[@abhishinoj8061]

@@tola5071 😂

[@Nobodysurvivesevenonebit]

Thats why he's doctor strange.

[@TheWillowtear]

I wanna see more magic tricks in Infinity War.

[@abhishinoj8061]

@@Thanos-hp1mw 'do you want to see this pencil diss appear"?

[@saidkhidir9887]

Jimmy Fallon: "Okay, so that's the end of the tri-. (*what the f-? where did the water go?*) The current war opens November 24th!"

[@sayyamnasir8080]

Is there anything this man can't do. One of THE best actors in Hollywood . What a trick it was👑

[@lockthedoor8240]

0:43 anytime my friend correcting me when I mixed British and America english a lot

[@HelplessBug49]

Cumberbatch could be a high school Chem/Physics teacher.

[@jaciunscripted]

JIMMY!!! Bakamono! you ended it before the actual trick!! >: (

[@bryancassity4681]

Doctor strange does magic

[@blendedbitscucumbersnack7286]

You saw the pledge and turn, and should have waited for the Prestige part.

[@vaticancameos4352]

0:02 **adorable gasp**

[@youdontactuallycare5784]

2:16 is just like Benedict Cumberbatch sueing Jimmy for stealing water!😂

[@she_leg227]

“Bottle of wooa-Tuh bottle of wah-tur whatever” when he tried saying Water it got me so hard😂😂

[@thedude4672]

I like hearing Cumberbatch do an American accent.

[@allfreacksmeout]

Benedict: Where is my water ??? Lmao😂🤣🤣 You knows magic Ben, because you are Dr. Strange 🌚

[@chandrimaartgallery8489]

2:00 benedict himself is looking highly confused why the hell water isn't falling out of the glass!😀

[@shikhargovil9579]

the way benedict was sitting in the first 5 seconds. he could have even performed the role of vision pretty well.

[@CristoMonVFX]

The Master of Surfacio Tensionous and Spongerous Supreme is here... Doctor Strange

[@abdulazizal-amri75]

The most impressing moment for jimmy fallon 2:01

[@RandomPerson-mw5mb]

Remember that time when Jimmy played the whisper challenge with Blake Shelton and Blake didn't know who Benedict Cumberbatch is? How could Blake not know who he was?

[@spadark]

Who is Blake Shelton?

[@sidrafatima7590]

Idk how he does it but somehow he manages to be intimidating and adorable at the same time😍😍

[@stargazing0010]

Oh i used to do this in school when I was little 😂

[@sliracha]

He's adorable

[@IdiHaps]

He doesn't use any sponge on the glass. He simply use teleportation magic so the water drain back to the bottle 😁

[@urmumhuge5556]

Man I’m just in love with bend-a-duct cricketeerbutchermatch

[@tanusingh1390]

His hands..omgg❤️❤️❤️

[@vampireluph9862]

Jimmyyyy, I want to meet him sooo bad 😍😍

[@sid7482]

Well... duh... He is the sorcerer supreme...

[@unknownuser41]

that gasp in the beginning 😂

[@monicageller1572]

He is the best British that I have ever seen😂😂"woutuuu"

[@lorenaarias1952]

He's awesome!

[@neels9486]

There was a sponge inside that red cup which absorbed all the water or wather

[@ilhemwalker9145]

The laugh after "neither did i" OMG

[@GAMINGDBROTHERS]

When he turns the cup upside down, his expressions remind me that of Mr bean 😂but i love it

[@shiromiperera6333]

The Current War starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Holland in theaters November 24th

[@koushikraja331]

Jimmy, did you just ask the sorceror supreme to perform parlour tricks?

[@ramboluib2752]

His sorcery skills is getting better. The Ancient One would be proud

[@bobbobby2092]

He is Doctor Strange, he must know magic.

[@rkosi18]

Well, he is sorcerer supreme after all.

[@ChandanCh]

Hey look Wimbledon Tennismatch is back again

[@Demonicii]

What a magical little otter

[@hbdesupog9662]

is noone gonna talk about his cute excited gasp at the mention of magic aakbxjdkabssn

[@saikiranp.r6966]

Casting Directors really knew he is Strange!

[@brodiekinsela1448]

I saw the water go in, so where did it go!!!!!!

[@OldfieldFan1]

Brodie Kinsela there is a thin mesh screen in the mouth of the bottle, which caused air pressure to hold the water in, until he squeezed and tilted it. As for the cup, there was a small amount of super absorbent polymer which gelled the water almost instantly and allowed it to stick to the bottom of the cup.

[@theghostofadeadsperm6086]

“I saw you do a magic trick” **gasp**

[@biancaneves3346]

The cup being empty got me 😅

[@NewMessage]

I still contend that this guy is an 'Elf on a Shelf' that was wished to life by a lonely movie producer one fateful Christmas Eve.

[@abhishekshah622]

what the fuck happened to that red cup?

[@CharlieAUS]

Sponge.

[@carstentran2486]

How the red cup trick worked: A FREAKING SPOOONNGEEE

[@awesomesauce6643]

I was like “ok cool”, and then heTURNED THE CUP UPSIDE DOWN. To this day I’m still shook

[@jeettundia670]

Am I the only one who likes him more in Sherlock rather than Doctor Strange??

[@biku3628]

Mr.benedict.... *I don't feel so strange....*

[@theslizzlemeister5862]

That first part of the trick is just physics 🤣

[@user-mt4js2of4w]

Love these guys...awesome

[@Pegasus_ynwa8142]

Dr. Strange promotions still ongoing?

[@TheWillowtear]

After all he's gonna be in Thor Ragnarok this October.

[@littlesunshine1111]

lol that’s just physics?

[@empath69]

lolz then what happened to the water in the red cup? A+ attentiveness there! I mean sure, *I* could even do that first part. (well, probably - when I was younger and my hands didn't shake? definitely...now? Better have a paper towels ready just in case) but that's just 'misdirection/lead-in' for the REAL trick on the suddenly empty cup; problem is the break to commercial trampled all over the finale.

[@gracie4308]

Can I just replay Benedict saying water for the rest of my life?!

[@moonlightrose7050]

Name one thing this man can’t do.. A true genius! ❤️

[@DhavalShukla]

So I guess I'll have to explain Science in this one. When he removed the cap/seal the air in the atmosphere entered in the bottle. Now, when he quickly put his hands up on the bottle and flipped it, the air got trapped in the bottle between two surfaces 1. Benedict's Palm & 2. Water. The air being of lower density than the water cannot possibly stay below the surface. Due to convective currents. So when he flipped that bottle, air exerted pressure on the water in order to reach to the top which held it upto some time. And then when the air syccessfully travelled back to the top of the flipped bottle, the water finally released into the cup.

[@Macsk8ing]

Dhaval Shukla but how whem he flipped the cup where the water fell there was no water?

[@DhavalShukla]

Due to trapped air pressurizing the water surface.

[@slushiemakerman2279]

Benedict?! A magician?! NEVER!!! I mean come on he's the fking sorcerer supreme!!! Not a a petty magician!!! Get it right people!!!

[@Xenc5]

0:41 Worter in England 🤣

[@nataliamrowiec1384]

I didnt even watch it yet but I love him af💗

[@Buenomars]

KHAAAAAAAN!!!!!!!!

[@Ababelperfumes]

Yea I know he is doctor+magician=doctor Strange

[@bintangjatuh2748]

That time when ur trying to show off stuff to ur friend,but they missed sth and ur trying to explain what u did 😂

[@adi_g]

He just forms an air seal!! Still.. I love magic!

[@ebubekirtrkmn9021]

wait how did he.. did they just cut it really good or did he make the water in the cup disappear? o.o

[@SwtorGamingLP]

Ebubekir Türkmen There Was a sponge in the cup

[@skann9048]

The Current War will be released in late November, and you are having him on the show in September ?

[@KyRich2003]

David Yolo he also has his new BBC movie The Child In Time coming out on BBC one on September 24th. Could have also just been scheduling, he does a lot of projects

[@skann9048]

Ky Rich2003 Will The Child in Time come out in America ? And in some Europeans countries other than UK ?

[@TheWillowtear]

Good point. This promo should have come out later than now. The Child In Time is not a big project.

[@skann9048]

redmoon Yet I'm excited about it

[@Will-jc5pl]

He is suprised at his own trick Lol What a funny guy

[@mutiaraaqilachandra6979]

I love benedict, so so much. On he films "Doctor strange" and "AvengerInfinityWar"

[@TheRealCowlick]

*Incoming female comments about how much they love him and incoming alpha male comments about the fact that they know how the trick works and how superior they are to the others...*

[@fawkesontheroll8594]

You forgot the ones making Dr Strange references

[@sreeramagirikrishnachaitan8553]

dr strange at it again

[@merlinemaleappane4617]

He's a wizard Jimmy, of course he can do magic!

[@raabia936]

I just learned this in science class today