First ever TWIN FOOLERS | Penn & Teller Fool Us Season 9 | The Van Hargen Twins

[@Kathkere]

Obviously it was just one person moving back and forth real fast making it look like there were two people.

[@joejudge5475]

😂that made me giggle

[@luigifracchia6619]

Actually i think thet there are 3 Person moving reeely slow

[@mattbosley3531]

You figured it out! She's really the Flash!

[@CapnSlipp]

Disagree. Pretty sure it was Nikola Tesla's old cloning invention. If you watch The Prestige (2006) starring High Jackman and Christian Bale, the film exposes it all. (Does this need to be said? )

[@insylem]

Reminds me of Flash on netflix

[@Doomted90]

That "we welcome it" regarding a third guess is so great, they know Penn is off base already... so does he... they already won.

[@MamorkAt143]

Where is the timestamp for it

[@krotenschemel8558]

The best part of this is Penn rumaging through the bowl at 6:48. Filling the top of the bowl with different balls and the bottom with all the same would have been a cool idea for a force. It's so nice to see him confirm that they are all different and then not believing it himself.

[@Mattjc7845]

You can see after the trick was done he went back into the bowl to confirm the same force idea in the bowl once they start to break it down.

[@Ian_Synnott]

Only they are not all different. When the camera goes to a close up of the bowl full of balls, pause the video. You can clearly see names like Adam Peaty and Zola Budd repeated. There's far less than 200 names in there.

[@ZevMeth_originaljewishmusic]

@@Ian_Synnott Good catch, just realized you are right!

[@Mike-m2q]

​@@Ian_Synnottit doesn't matter though so what.. one sister has we're back to the audience she's the one speaking their twins they have the same voice the other one facing the audience's lip syncing so the balls have nothing to do with it names have nothing to do with it

[@Ian_Synnott]

@@Mike-m2q Wrong. The sister with her back to the audience clearly turns and mouths the surname. If she didn't do this, it would be obvious to anyone what's going on. So the names are important. There is no repeating first name so as soon as the sister says the first name the other knows the surname and turns and says it to fool everyone into thinking she said the whole name.

[@youtoobization]

The last trick the closer girl said "Simone" and the farther girl turned around and only said "Biles" but they both sound exactly the same. Brilliant!

[@CapnSlipp]

Good catch. There's only one voice in the speaking of “Simone Biles”. So either only one of them spoke, and one said the (unique?) first name, and the other said the last name.

[@nothing2believe]

​​@@CapnSlippCould one be ventriloquist and all is done from this trick? That would be brillant

[@lucasl1470]

The twin's lips are synced to her words for the first 2 tricks, indicating she does genuinely know the answer. I think the voice throw (since they're mic'ed up) is only for the last trick

[@pokerstar18]

yup, her turning around to face her twin after pen shower her the ball was a dead giveaway.

[@trumppence3834]

That's pretty damn clever

[@tcr7]

I'm not a magician so I am rarely able to figure out how a trick was done. But this one? It was super easy. They really are telepathic.

[@lootwigvanwegen]

Yes, duh.

[@williamg8269]

​@@lootwigvanwegenkzbin.info/www/bejne/jIatkmmVmbp1Z7csi=ImvnQvWhBFr7XPP6

[@edward9643]

Yes that's my conclusion also

[@franklesser5655]

Right? I mean it's so obvious.

[@lonegrimo6098]

I thought they were ventriloquist

[@Massenstein]

Up until the third part I was smugly thinking I know how it's done, but I was just completely wrong, and I'm glad Penn also asked about it to let the audience be certain that it wasn't signaling. I have no idea how it was done and that is wonderful! Wonderful feeling to see act so well performed and have zero idea on the trick.

[@esilva8349]

It's unfortunately a very simple trick. And is best done with twins or siblings. They sound alike, have the same voice, and both have mics. You know how a ventriloquist makes a doll speak? The sister holding the item is actually speaking. The other is mouthing the words.

[@Massenstein]

@@esilva8349 Whether or not you are right, I think it's bad form to try to reveal trick in youtube comments like this.

[@esilva8349]

@@Massenstein I'll start with you're probably right. And I'm not Val Valentino. Just my guess in how it's done. And I hid my guess behind a "read more" section, so only people who want to see it, see it. This hypothesis is mentioned on other comments too. Magic should be learned and spread to others anyway. If you weren't interested in magic, there's little chance of being here on this video. Unless you've got a twin, chances of doing this trick isn't likely (IF my guess was how they did it). I will be more cautious of what or how I say things in the future to not ruin/expose something in the future. •Val Valentino had a TV show exposing magic for 4 years on FOX. (I did watch the show and liked learning how things were done. It didn't pull me away from magic. It drew me in.)

[@esilva8349]

@@Massenstein Also, I am genuinely sorry. I did just re-read your original comment about how it made you feel. If I ruined that feeling, I am sorry. That wasn't my intention. I will be more cautious of how I comment on future magic videos.

[@Massenstein]

@@esilva8349 Hey no worries, I also like to privately speculate on tricks. I meant it's not great for the performer to have it all laid out in the comment section.

[@Varrik159]

You wait for a female magician for ages, and then suddenly two come along at the same time.

[@synthdude]

Lol 😂

[@optimusprime9456]

Lea Kyle - also exists =)

[@derekdemand4906]

The fake crowd noises get me every time LOL

[@WastedPo]

I really wish they wouldn't do that, especially when there is clearly zero people in the audience. It makes us doubt the authenticity of the crowd response even during normal times.

[@face1339]

They showed the audience in one video and there were people watching on video screens zooming in so I wonder if some is real.

[@DravenGal]

​@@face1339We saw them here for a moment too. This was obviously during the pandemic, so the audience was from afar. Not sure why we couldn't see them the whole time in this one (as we have in other episodes) but perhaps they realized it's less distracting to the performers that way. I assume the crowd can always see the stage. 😊

[@pragith]

So much energy, optimism, confidence, and skills. I hope each one of you inspire a generation to come.

[@g.mitchell7110]

I got the card trick -- basic sleight of hand with a stacked deck. I got the last one -- both girls have their backs turned and sound exactly alike and are using individual mics, so the one who saw the ball simply called out what she saw. I suspected after the first run through that the events and medals were done the same way -- the girl who knew the answer using basic ventriloquism to say the answer while the other one lip synced it, but I watched closely a second time and that wasn't it, or if it is, they're really, really good at it.

[@IBmaster4]

Actually they said there were "free choices," meaning no stacking as well.

[@chrishogan6273]

The first names are all unique, so furthest girl had to memorise the surnames of a lot of athletes, and after the closest girl who.saw the name said the first name with back turned to Penn/audience/cameras, the second then turned around and tried to say surname as quick and naturally as possible as if she said both first and last names. But ended up a bit disjointed, but still fooled most

[@chrishogan6273]

Same, no idea how they did the two Alison helped with, had to be very different

[@mshuman]

My guess is that the two with Alison were both done the same way. Each object has a distinctive physical mark that she can feel behind her back, and based on that there's some sort of change in their script ("throw your arms in the air like a referee" or "I'm ready when you are, Poppy")

[@ZevMeth_originaljewishmusic]

The last one was pretty simple, as if you pause the video at the closeup of all the balls @5:36, and look closely, you can see some of the names repeated!

[@thesammyjenkinsexperience4996]

The best part about this act is that when I first saw the twins I immediately thought they weren't using the full potential of the fact that they're twins. I was wrong. Remember, twins just don't look alike, they sound alike too.

[@Aaron-sy5yx]

Watched it again and the "receiver" mouths the correct words so i don't think it's the sender actually speaking

[@thesammyjenkinsexperience4996]

@@Aaron-sy5yx Watch again.

[@Aaron-sy5yx]

@@thesammyjenkinsexperience4996 did multiple times

[@thesammyjenkinsexperience4996]

@@Aaron-sy5yx Well, you missed something.

[@Aaron-sy5yx]

@@thesammyjenkinsexperience4996 maybe orrrr you’re incorrect

[@viopsadmin]

This is one of my favorite performances on FU ever. So polished and fun from start to finish. I know the British have a term for this - Brilliant!

[@ViolinistJeff]

I'll never get over how crazy the trophy looks, lol

[@Awtsmoos]

Crazy is an understatement lol

[@zruthl]

It is an interesting choice that the trophy says FU on it. Just saying.

[@dee8722]

I love it, I usually forget what it looks like and then it pops up and I smile each time 😅

[@dokc6996]

Oh I hope you girls appear on Britain's Got Talent and America's Got Talent next year, because you're amazingly awesome

[@Azameanie]

Really impressive magic with a side of “Come play with us”!

[@Arcessitor]

10/10 energy on this performance

[@nabeelawan9428]

Hand them two trophies come on!!!!!. lol.. great act lovely show. big fan of Pen and Teller and also Allyson (since american pie days). God Bless you guys

[@WarthogDemon]

5:35 - I see a pair of Sebs, a pair of Adams, and a pair of Yohans.

[@NathanWubs]

There are duplicated in there, but not all of them, else Penn would have sussed it out right away.

[@truehare]

Besides, he did ask them if there had been a forcing, and there hadn't. Remember, they can't lie at that point, the producers already know the trick and would call them out.

[@Zeitgeist971]

I'm amazed P&T didn't suss out the last trick. Both girls have face mikes and they need those to make it work. When Penn shows the ball to the first girl, she turns and hides her face. this is because she alone speaks "Simone". When the other hears "Simone", she then says "Biles". Their voices sound the same, girl 2 has memorised all the surnames and immediately says the name. Takes practice, voices have to be similar and they have to be fast. That's the "mind-reading".

[@N1yaw]

It's pretty creepy how we can hear that quiet "Simone" on 0.25 speed at 6:20. In that regard I think it's not necessarily exactly how you said, Poppy might be the one saying "Simone Biles" after hearing that very quiet "Simone" through a device. However it could be as you say and the first Simone just gives her an additional 2 seconds to remember the family name. I think if she finishes the name in that instant it would be extremeeeeeeeeely skillful.

[@thesammyjenkinsexperience4996]

@@N1yaw Almost. Sasha is the one saying the entire name. Poppy waits until she's heard the first syllable, then turns around and mimes the rest of the name in unison.

[@N1yaw]

@@thesammyjenkinsexperience4996 Also possible I guess 👀

[@BrokeTheSeal]

Yeah that’s correct for the last trick but what about the first two? She wasn’t miming

[@GrahfXG]

​lol ye

[@inevitablelogic]

absolutely love foolers!

[@JorgeRamos1701]

Nice work, girls, and a wonderful show!

[@VivaToddVegas]

I will say this… The final part involves some ventriloquism!

[@frankespinoza9]

those twins have an amazing bond

[@noThankyou-g5c]

there’s a channel called “magical women with connie boyd” that reposted this act and the yt algorithm is recommending it instead of your video. idk if they had your permission or if you care about who gets the views but i found it a bit scammy

[@kirkdyer89]

Wonder twins power, activate!

[@iambicpentakill]

Wonderful act and well done! You two are the perfect amount of cheesy.

[@gsau3000]

With the card warm-up, Sasha did a fake shuffle. Notice that she cuts the bottom half of the deck 3 times but keeps them separate from the top half of the deck with her index finger. Then she takes the original top half and places it back on top. The 3 cards that Sasha picked were the top 3 cards before she picked up the deck and Poppy had memorized them.

[@apel.ogetika]

Untill...

[@IBmaster4]

They said there were "free choices," meaning no stacking as well.

[@fliptopia357]

​@@IBmaster4 there were no choices for anyone at that stage though.

[@gsau3000]

@@IBmaster4 sure, if you say so.

[@IBmaster4]

@@fliptopia357 They specified that there were free choices throughout the *entire* performance.

[@rmhartman]

You didn't fool them. You're really telepathic.

[@donperegrine922]

I would guess that the medals were engraved (either the country name, or a pattern on the edges), the girl when she said "Ready when you are poppy" could have said "All set, Poppy" or I am resdy if you are!" And each would have been a unique country. That would be coded speech in my opinion, which they said wasn't. Thats the only way I can think of, though.

[@rickysmyth]

Or it could be that all the medals were the same. They just said to Alyson to pick out a medal

[@NelemNaru]

@@rickysmyth Nope, Alyson confirmed the medals were different countries

[@kennethbutler1343]

OMG what a complicated trick! They must have practiced many hours to do it. Penn almost got it...I thought he did when he said he liked the jumping around on stage....but he didn't finish the thought.

[@lanatrzczka]

In the card trick, I think the reason for the "exercises" is because they are rhythmic and set the timing for when to announce the answer.

[@hencole]

The card trick wasn't supposed to be taken seriously as a trick.

[@norescerfeda8755]

I won't pretend I know what's behind the other 2 parts, but the trick behind the medal section is pretty clear, if you look at the girl holding the medal.

[@donperegrine922]

I don't know what we are supposed to see, though? Her hand movements are the only suspicious thing to see, but that doesn't help resolve the trick at all. How would a switch help do the trick?

[@simonstathis1328]

for the first trick look at her hand when she grabs the deck of cards she used her finger to not mix the top section of the cards when she shuffled, so wen she shuffled she brought the top cards to the front

[@Awtsmoos]

Nice

[@garytorresani8846]

I haven’t had as much fun watching twins since I first heard the MonaLisa twins.

[@AndyGersh]

Happy to be the first to comment. Great job, ladies! Baffling.

[@SIM2014]

Can't wait for the old fashioned transported woman act (like in prestige) and the mirror routine as well as getting the audience to try and tell them apart (in the midst of the mind reading and magic)

[@gsau3000]

I'm not sure how they did the sports card trick but I think that because the card has the first letter of that sport on it, there may be a way for Sasha to feel something on the card like braille and somehow convey that letter to Poppy. Maybe when Poppy blows her whistle, she covers a ventriloquist whisper "dee" from Sasha.

[@lordmusea]

I thought of braille as well, but then they move on to the medal and ball where there is no contact. I think it might be special contact lenses.

[@misterdrgn5155]

First two tricks, she holds it behind her back. There's a convenient box that could contain a person or camera behind her. Probably just a person who can speak into the other twin's ear piece. Always be suspicious of the convenient box.

[@fahrenheit2101]

@@lordmusea That's vastly overkill. Too technical for my liking, in comparison to the others.

[@BryanLu0]

​@@misterdrgn5155I believe off stage assistants are disallowed for P&T

[@CaseyMoo1]

That's remarkable. Makes you really want to believe! Lol😅

[@andrewgrant6516]

When she was bending over doing stretches, it was to hide the fact she had a mirror palmed in her hand. The other twin held cards up in front of a shiny cabinet. The card images reflected twice and were visible to the twin.

[@johngoodson680]

Any chance there was a third sibling who was communicating to both of them?

[@wasabiattack]

I've seen the video on how the last trick is done and it is absolutely brilliant!! Never seen anything like it.

[@aaronzigelbaum]

they are extremely charming

[@stevedolesch9241]

You girls rock! Good job. Steve in Canada.

[@steve--smith]

2:30 - would have liked to have seen Alison shuffle. Would have liked to see aa couple of sports cards drawn and a couple of medals. And the front twin writing her answers in the final section. But it's an appealing act.

[@Zlist1994]

AMAZING!!

[@DrDaveSalisburyPhDMBA]

Really cute!

[@SuperBartet]

Did not shuffle the cards at the beginning, just took the ones of the top and put them back again. Would need to see this act done again to work out the stamping of the feet and clicking of the fingers what they did to for different names.

[@lukek.5773]

ok please let me know if i am right here because if so i am beyond impressed. was it a timing thing? was the snap it's self the way you communicated? each option being in some way related to the time between the whistle and the snap?

[@rickysmyth]

The snap is the code for diving. I wasn't fooled by any part of this act. Just say the names of 3 cards and have them at the top of the deck which she only pretended to shuffle, code system, all medals the same and ventriloquism

[@BryanLu0]

​@@rickysmythBut at the end they say no coding

[@JDRichard]

You girls are so damn talented. It’s amazing. I’m glad you’re spending your time doing creative things and putting your art to good work. I love the fact that you’re musicians and magicians. I am a magician as well and love playing guitar, juggling, other crazy stuff. But I’m really shitty at art, but I am an engineer. would love to see you on America’s got talent or Britain’s got talent. You could easily have an act in Vegas.

[@cym0ril57]

Amazing routine! I have of course no idea how it is done, and I loved the energy :-)

[@CeticWales]

7:14 Alison was a lot closer to figuring it out then Penn and Teller

[@MortimerCat]

I’m curious. Do P&T get to find out how it’s done afterwards?

[@Awtsmoos]

Why were they wearing ear pieces lol they could have just spoken to each other

[@Robc--jd6yh]

People don’t appreciate the talent and timing that goes into this to perform the trick under such pressure. Yes it’s clear how they did all 3 (same method for first two, third different) but a lot could still go wrong. They and their assistant delivered a perfect trick.

[@kwokyin]

Cool, so how was this trick performed? I have no idea, but I am interested to know if someone can tell me.😊

[@TheDreadedZero]

@@kwokyinit’s been 3 months and they haven’t responded. Clearly they don’t know.

[@kwokyin]

@@TheDreadedZero No problem

[@pmLite_]

@@TheDreadedZeroor they, you know, have a life outside of immediately jumping back to reply in every comment thread they’re pinged in

[@TheDreadedZero]

@@pmLite_ lol. Everyone has a life. But it doesn’t take 3 months to respond. Anyone can find 5 seconds out of their week to do something so simple

[@Doc-MG]

My money is on certain actions meant certain things The snap of the finger - meant diving The spinning medal - meant mexico Last one the girl with back to use started saying it - maybe she said whole thing, maybe other one took over or just mouthed it.

[@fahrenheit2101]

I feel as though this would count as "coding".

[@JonisMommerency]

The key is ventriloquism and having the exact same voice. Poppy does the voice, Sasha lip-syncs making it look like she said it. Which is why every time Poppy has her mouth open when Sasha says what's on the medal/card/ball or she turns her back to the crowd like she did on the 3rd trick.

[@donperegrine922]

I think you are not correct. Ventriloquism couldn't possibly be what we are seeing with the second trick (Allison's sport pick). The final trick has been explained as using their similar voices in a call-response manner.....the first trick is a pre-determined deck shuffle...the only one I don't know is the medal pick trick. I have a suspicion though.

[@PogoTS]

I figured out how the girls did the last trick and it was an outstanding execution. Kudos!

[@gbake6080]

How

[@Awtsmoos]

Ear pieces, just talking to each other?

[@_TheDudeAbides_]

Very good show. My guess would be earpieces and code words and they toggle if the sound should go out or to the other twin. They would then do it in whisper and not move their lips, just like a whispering ventriloquist.

[@djkarter3187]

Great performance!

[@JohnSmith-nu9jz]

I know how they did two and three. Two was whispered into the mic - you can see her lips move and three is one twin saying the first name, the second then turns around knowing the surname from the selection; remember how they said they sound the same at the intro? First may be subtle whispering, but I can't see it.

[@merdufer]

The first one was a false shuffle and a memorized sequence of cards. When the twins talked about free choice they didn't mention the first trick at all. The referee probably let them off with that one because Penn and Teller couldn't figure out how the last trick was done.

[@adrianomp1895]

The first one was a warm-up, clearly stated as that. It was there not as a magic trick but as a setup for the act.

[@seanbeltanno]

This was so much fun to watch! Thumbs up! I noticed they gave themseles a tiny bit of delay after Sender Sasha got the choice in her hands. In the olympic medals trick, i wonder if the receiver Poppy, had some kind of buzzer taped to her body and had memorized the 19 choices. They made each medal feel different so Sasha could detect which one was placed in her hands. And while shes distracting us by spinning it, her other hand is clicking Morse code to send the initial of the country to Poppy's buzzer? Just a guess. Either way, great acting and entertainment!

[@s_akw]

They already said they are not coding. So assume that was honest, Morse code or any sort should be out of the picture.

[@val_de_maar]

@@s_akw Firstly, they have to be honest on P&T. There is someone independent backstage who knows the trick, and even makes judgement calls if P&T are kind of right. Secondly, in magic, "coding" means encoding a message in plain sight. It would've been coding if she clapped instead of snapped at 4:05 if she got a different word. Something the audience can hear, but can't decode, due to not knowing the secret of the encoding. A device buzzing morse code would fall into the category "gadget", not "code"

[@brofenix]

^^ haha good job!

[@rtoguidver3651]

They need to hit the Casino's.!

[@maxprofane]

I don't even care if they fooled them. It was so much fun.

[@solocede]

They really are telepathic.

[@mroutcast8515]

I wonder if they'd fooled them without wearing microphones, lol. I bet they had pretty good idea about first 3 tricks: cards (this one is blatantly obvious), medals and sports tiles use the same digital method - and on last one (which imho fooled them) - Darci Lynne would be proud.

[@NathanWubs]

They would have, the mics are the red herring.

[@TheWorldsStage]

Not only do the twins look alike and dress alike but they even sound alike. So much so, that it can be very difficult to know which one is talking

[@fodaley]

Saw another video that explains for the ping pong ball, the twin that reads the ball actually shouts the first name. The receiving twin spins around and only says the last name...

[@adammorris8112]

​@@fodaleybut in the jar of balls you can see both Adam Peaty and Adam Blake. Which name should the second girl shout?

[@jaysoncruz9672]

There were about 4 names that were duplicate in the bowl while I paused, then I also noticed that their movements before a reveal happens were a code (such as finger snap, steps, the way she turns.) it took a lot of time and practice this and if it isn't signaling then thats amazing!

[@phazerave]

Well they did guess signaling, and unless the twins are lying it's not that.

[@Robc--jd6yh]

No coding between them

[@elagumdzic]

I agree there

[@leokimvideo]

The amount of free choice picking is limited, there is a lot of talking in this act and that must be carrying a code. Yet they deny a code being used, so it's the thru magic of Twin Power

[@FatBruceB]

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?????? Good job 👍🏻

[@pedroalonso7606]

I saw people in other comments mentioning ventriloquism for the last trick, but what I found strange in that part is the way she approaches back to stage. As if the number or force of steps were important.

[@coloneldookie7222]

Well, she certainly couldn't start saying the name "Simone" right next to Penn & Teller or else they'd know how it was done. Ventriloquism isn't the same as coding, so they dodged a bullet. Or P&T were content to make plausible guesses to award them the trophy even tough they probably knew by the fact of the special mic system.

[@MajorInquisitor-uc8uh]

"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy"

[@cantalope67]

Good going girls

[@blueman_2]

Eu acredito que o segredo seja o tempo (em segundos) entre o apito da primeira garota e o estalar de dedos da segunda. Cada segundo que passa é uma resposta diferente. 3 segundos = natação 4 segundos = dardo 5 segundos = hipismo

[@frankespinoza9]

in a perfect world we each have a twin to support and encourage us when we mess up. We also have a donor in case we need an extra organ .

[@mohamadlatifian9529]

What a brilliant idea.

[@angelicacruz4410]

Nice!!!!

[@edcameron]

9:54 Penn figures it out.. but too late 😬

[@1kydes]

How you know

[@Clothahump1]

Beautiful young women with incredible talent! I am so glad to see more female magicians appearing!!

[@jeremyburns9151]

Great job!

[@gsau3000]

I agree with the theory that Sasha said Simone while Poppy said Biles as she turned.

[@donperegrine922]

Anybody saying "Ventriloquism" needs to explain how the "speaker" is able to get her mouth to say the word "Mexico" in a way that looks like "Australia" and "France" and every other nation. At least the first syllable has to look thr same. And also had to do that for "Skiing" to look like "Archery" etcetera.

[@rickysmyth]

The ventriloquism is the last trick. All the medals are the same. They never asked Alyson to confirm they were all different, just pick out one.

[@roachtoasties]

Since I watched The Clairvoyants, I get suspicious they're communicating with something in their shoes. I'm also suspicious of some wire I see at about 1:52 on her ear. Is someone telling her something? Long hair can hide things. That shuffle was also kind of lame. It isn't like she gave it to Penn or Teller to shuffle the deck. With the Olympic event cards in the fishbowl, same thing. There could be a transmitter on that card telling her earpiece the name of the event when it's pulled out of the bowl. The same with the medals. With the ping pong balls, didn't the first twin say the first name (Simone), which allowed the other twin just to complete it with the last name (Biles)? They just studied up on a bunch of ping ball balls full of names.

[@Fishmorph]

They’re all physical objects being removed from a central location; I would have guessed an RF tag in each item, and a detector to see which item was removed.

[@MrioWeekly]

The trick is done by the speed at which the sender gives the finger snapp

[@oderalon]

This was bonkers!

[@YTAliasJoeCool]

Ok, here is what I got so far: All 3 were really free choices. -In the 3rd one simply the pointing girl who knows the answers shout it out, we cant see her face. the twin on stage just acts like shouting, but is silent. as they both have the same voice we are fooled, and the trick might even work without the amp system. -in the 2nd trick the sender gets the medal then says something loud, that could have code in it of what it is. -the 1st one is actually the hardest for me, because from the time she receives the card, the sender says nothing, receiver even has her eyes closed, and the only accoustical thing (we) can hear is the snipping. Now I cant think of 50+ ways of snipping differently or them having so much other accoustical codes to transmit the solution. My only fallback is the good old tech via RFID in the items, reader and transmitter at the sending person, and a receiver on the body of the receiving girl. If that is the case then they should ban such tech stuff, and have a Hans Niemann check for such devices.

[@blueckaym]

The same voice idea is interesting one. It certainly works for the 3rd guess. Eventually only Alyson would see if the girl knowing what Penn chose is also moving her lips. But in the 1st two guesses it doesn't seem to be the case, unless the signaling girl can shout in ventriloquist manner with her mouth constantly open. The signaling girl had her mouth open when "signaling", so if such loud ventriloquism is even possible it could work. Even if that's the method, they must have perfect synchronization. Btw their accent is a strange one, like they're not articulating very clearly. Not sure if that's how they normally speak, or if it's part of the illusion to cover for the voice trick (if that's the method at all).

[@Hemigoblin]

Penn explicitly asked about code. The show’s producers are pretty strict about how the magicians answer those direct questions (after something in one of the early seasons). I guess it’s possible that since Penn asked it as a second guess, which he himself said was cheating, that the producers let it go.

[@fodaley]

Per another video, the coder is sitting inside the big box on stage holding an RFID reader and sends the answer via her ear pieace. The twins admit they don't send back and forth to each other which is correct.

[@daveycruise3711]

Would like to add that she didn't turn around until the first name was yelled out. So the sister who knew could've yelled out Simone, and then the other sister knew after, so as she's turning around yelled out Biles.

[@steveforest8385]

Card trick? She does a false shuffle and keeps the top 3 cards the same order - which her sister has already memorised. Events and medals trick? A hidden camera in the box behind her filmed what she was holding and a stooge relays it to her through a hidden earpiece (long hair conveniently covering her ears). Ping pong ball trick? It's the girl who's seen the ball that says 'Simone' (while her sister has her back turned) - so that when she turns around she knows to say 'Biles'.

[@mikemclenison8200]

Great trick!

[@RoryWilliamson]

So this act can basically only be done by twins, that's crazy to think about

[@akiblue]

Such a fun act. I know you won't confirm, but my thought is every item has a sensor that transmits its ID. You are tech nerds, after all.

[@wade7959]

Hmm. Not sure how they did it. I had one thought that wasn't mentioned, but I'm not sure of that one either. I'm fooled, too.

[@KenFullman]

I suffer from prosopagnosia so I don't identify people by their faces. Instead the feature I normally use to identify people is their voice. These twins may sound similar but, to me, their voices are very distinct from each other. I honestly couldn't understand how anyone would be fooled by this act. Which makes a change as others normally don't understand how I fail to distinguish people by their faces.

[@b1sing53]

Great fun.

[@RyanMcCoppin]

The easiest way to do this is RFID in all the objects. One girl has an RFID reader, the other has a vocoder/TTS attached to her headset.

[@Durzo1259]

Unless I'm missing something, it seemed obvious to me: from the time Pen showed her the ball to when she ran over and pointed to her twin, she had ample time to whisper "Simon bowls" into her mouth mic.

[@NathanWubs]

Your RFID reader guess is better than all the people saying they were talking to one another.

[@Durzo1259]

@@NathanWubs Most magic trick methods, once revealed, turn out to be something ridiculously simple and obvious.

[@horsyhs2587]

@@Durzo1259 3rd one is easy. There are duplicate names (like it is 3 balls visible with 'Seb Coe' name on it and some names doesn't belong to gold medalists, for example "Zola Budd"). So they picked names that can easily be memorized and recognized by the first part. And we can't see their faces when the first part of the name sounded, so it has to be Sasha who said the first part of the name (remember, they have identical voices); and Poppy said the second part of the name, since there was only one name with "Simone" in it, and when she heard "Simone" she knows that she has to said "Biles"

[@AnthonyMiyazaki]

@@horsyhs2587 At 5:35 you can see 2 Adam Peaty, 2 Adam Blake, looks like 2 Carl Lewis as well. In fact, at 6:05 (and again at 6:30), if you zoom in, you'll see what look like 3 Carl Lewis. Quite a risky thing to do, but they did it and pulled it off.

[@toppy83]

One of the sisters do Ventriloquism, did not fool me ;)

[@val_de_maar]

I dont think so, at least not 1 and 2: 1 - you can see at 3:28 that the word could have also been something like "Ice Skating" or "Tennis". But the word the "receiver" mouthed at 4:06 didnt look anything like those words. So the "receiver" had to have known the word 2 - even excellent ventriloquism can't mouth an M perfectly, without closing their mouth. The sister in the back had her mouth open at 5:02, so it would've sounded more like "Nechiko", not "Mexico". Again, the receiver mouthes the word perfectly

[@animishaalagappa2327]

they mentioned some app they are working on and a car manufacturing company... pretty sure they used some rfid system to communicate...

[@filton12]

That's a suspiciously large box behind them.

[@andreguia1731]

They are so good they manage to give a f.u. to two nice teens in camera and everybody loves it.

[@brelenbrewer7872]

those are some really interesting ear pieces

[@bellofbelmont]

😁😁😁 Jim Bell (Australia)

[@jimhoyt5]

I love how Penn asked about coding when they didn't saying anything ... it was only the whistle and a single snap of the fingers.

[@Lady-Seashell-Bikini]

Coding doesn't only include words. Hand signals, body language, etc.