Magician REACTS to Ondrej Psenicka FOOL Penn & Teller For A THIRD TIME??? Fool Us 2020

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[@unbroken1010]

Are you putting up one new video every single day. you're going to run out pretty soon. Stretch it out a little had a period Where you barely posted anything I was in the Czech Republic back in 92 right before it separated actually 8 days before it separated I thought it was just slovika and Czech Republic. As of New Year's Day that year, Prague is a very strange place especially the old side it was mostly friendly except for the gypsies. My father is Czechoslovakian so I wanted to visit our home country now I don't know which one it is it today.🙀

[@JasonParkerMagic]

@@unbroken1010 Wow very interesting!! Thanks for sharing. It sounds like a cool story. As far as my release frequency... yeah its a lot faster now haha! But that is because I am trying to keep up with the new fool us season 7 which just started. Each episode has about 4 magicians and so thats 4 videos per week. :) Plus there were some extra videos for AGT this week as well. Trying to keep up with the shows!

[@tkheundo]

@Peter Frencken says the guy from USA, a.k.a. US, a.k.a. America, sometimes referred simply as States ))))

[@KeBrem]

I think he had multiple videos of a card being shown from the past

[@mupoxa]

@@KeBrem i allways laugh my ass off, then english-speaking people can not pronounce slavic names... For some reason you have dificulties with sounds like "sh", "ch" and "kh"... As for the trick... I've noticed, that one of the guru had his mouth almost shut, and Alison couldn't put the bug there... Don't know how it helps, just observation

[@uAlenkycz]

3:31 If anybody cares what he says here, it's a Czech tongue twister actually, which has nothing to do with what he was talking about, he used it just cause it sounds funny to people not familiar with Czech. It means: "Did the daughter of the king Nabuchodonozor let her hair loose, or didn't the daughter of the king Nabuchodonozor let her hair loose." You're welcome.

[@coleeg69]

Highly enjoy when Penn gets mad. It's so great!

[@JasonParkerMagic]

haha yes me too

[@DL-kc8fc]

It's a show right on the Penn and Teller show. Without a certain theatricality of the protagonists, viewers would not want to watch this show, because the real fun lies in the reactions to the undiscovered trick, not the revealed ones. The show is based on a very good concept with personalities.

[@petrdolezel6545]

I met Ondrej in magic bar in Prague for few times,and he's such nice and humble person. He signed my deck of his Butterfly cards and performed some INCREDIBLE magic with them. Totally blew my mind...

[@AJO09]

Judging by the last name, I trust you on this ône!

[@troyajohnson26]

i thought the last part of the trick was done the same way you did, but when I thought about all the combinations and how long that would have taken, I was like nahhhh, that'd be crazy. Sure enough, it took him 22 hours. That's dedication.

[@dismalthoughts]

Would've been much simpler to just get some video editing software that could super impose the faces on the fly. I can't imagine such software would run you more than $100-$200. You could probably tackle that for free if you've got a modicum of technical computer savviness or a general git-er-done attitude.

[@toosquare]

​@@dismalthoughts There was another magician on this show that used clips of Penn saying certain words in order to form songs out of him saying those words for a trick, he said it took him countless hours of combing through the show to do it and he much later learned that there's software that can do it much faster and easier lol

[@majkgmajkg2613]

I'm from Poland. "Czech Republic" is closer to my heart personally. People from there are lovely, very open and they have amazing food and beer. Great country!

[@chainonsmanquants1630]

Dzien dobry !

[@matejplachta9460]

Very glad to be hearing that, been to Poland a couple of times and loved it every single time!

[@xandresglx]

I lived 3.5 years in Prague and yes, I can say the same. I love prague! I've in Poland few times as well and I like Poland (🤤)

[@RoninXDarknight]

I think some of the best routines include a couple of "sloppy" tricks that the audience is supposed to catch as a way of lulling them into a false sense of security.

[@moderndrifter6993]

There was another magician that fooled them by doing that. Penn says that they got over confident as the act went because it was easy to follow. Then the final act/trick is where they had no idea what or how the trick happened. I agree that letting the audience follow the trick is best right until the very last part.

[@Factsworld_001]

Pen's performance at the end was Best part of the clip

[@BrandonJPearce]

His character for his magic reminds me of Dana Carvey from The Master of Disguise. Very quirky and odd. I love it!

[@Chr1zCr0ss]

Just as you said, he could have stopped after the first part. That felt like pure magic. Great react as always Jason. Stay healthy.

[@Chr1zCr0ss]

Yeah for sure don't get me wrong, but the effect was great. 🙂

[@maksphoto78]

"Psenicka" means "wheat" in Slavic languages. Russian is my first language, so I find it fascinating how similar our languages are.

[@igorsvacic217]

Pšenica in croatian :)

[@CommieCat]

Пшеница ))

[@jankonecny9557]

... more exactly, "Pšenička" is diminutive of "Pšenice". So it is like "little wheat"

[@altielmaltiel6238]

yes they are

[@hamishmacpherson6080]

I like that this routine is only possible because it's his third appearance. Something satisfying about that.

[@KardTrickKid]

Great video! I love Ondrej's storytelling with the guru and stuff like that

[@blazejecar]

easily my favorite penn speech ever

[@zoltanlaky8593]

There was an old Hungarian joke that went "And the Czech national hockey teams wins the Sports Commentators Special Award of the tournament: a package of 50 vowels to put in their names"

[@magicorthodoxy]

I love Ondřej Pšenička - his routine sure fooled me

[@MrTiton536]

He actually orchestrated the trick perfectly because he played mind games by saying not my mouth. Then he shows her a box with a picture of the blue head guru and said his mouth. Very intelligent hence a three time fooler

[@jamesbevan9939]

Yep. He instant-stooged Allison.

[@Makenz]

Yep and he technically broke the rules of the game as there are supposed to be no stooges and no plants which is why P&T didn’t go with that option.

[@DavidLindes]

@@Makenz instant stooges are allowed, as I understand it.

[@Bzuhl]

There might have been extra stooging material in the box ("Put it in the blue mouth"), the box is so obviously there with the comic context that it become inconspicious

[@DavidLindes]

Basile Gruel or just a picture of that face.

[@YorVideoNet]

*I had already watched that video but wanted to see your reaction. Third trick was just the cherry on the cake.*

[@Orshabaal]

13:13 My God, whata reflex by Teller. The card almost fell to to ground after Penn touched it.

[@anilpatil4185]

No

[@Orshabaal]

Ok

[@ottolapacek8929]

I am from the Czech Republic and I don't know why our government changed the name to Czechia. It's rubbish. I had a great time hearing you, Penn and Alison trying to pronounce his name. It was so funny.

[@rjaydoesitall7376]

Hello Jason Parker, I love your work as a magician and I love your videos, keep up the awesome work!!!

[@RobertBallMagician]

This guy is off the wall. Great show.👍👍😊😊

[@koustubh132]

Did the placing of the rubber Insect into the mouth of the Guru trigger a mechanism by which the ace of spades was revealed on that board only ?

[@bilskro]

My Take, The bug one was impressive and the one Penn and Teller were fooled by. I had previously commented on another one of your videos he probably had several clips and he would have just presented the right clip. I went back to his other times on the show and even though that is a possibility I no longer think that was the case. Yea he could have pulled up some clip that had nothing to do with him, but that would have screamed FAKE! So what does this leave us with. Penn checked the Ace of Spades card which tells me that card was not gimmicky. That makes me think there is an Ace of Spaces glued to the back of all the cards, so if checked at the end they all look legit. That only leaves me with the possibility there is some way to remove the fake card to just leave the AS. So if Penn had messed with any of the other cards the trick would have been exposed as all the other cards still had the fake card in front of the AS. So how is the fake card removed to reveal the AS is the Question. And I can only guess. Maybe the bug itself does something. Maybe this is a very sophisticated stand and card setup. Where the bug triggers something in the stand to remove the fake card in front of the AS. I have no idea, So I too am fooled!!!!

[@abdulrobertrogers8563]

Love his presentation

[@teatimee]

I am really liking the magic but I also love the philosophical words at the end too.

[@LaszloKamaker]

did anyone noticed He dressed the same as Penn $Teller ...he is BADASS :)

[@ScottLarson]

Wow, I need to get on it lol. You are popping out videos left and right

[@coleeg69]

Thanks for this, been commenting about this guy on the last couple videos, but I knew you would get around to it because you're low-key goat of magic reviews/reactions 🐐💪

[@JasonParkerMagic]

Thanks :)

[@MostCommentsAreFake-ud8by]

At 6:48 there is a click sound as the bug is put into the guru pictures mouth.

[@hamishmacpherson6080]

For the first trick, every card says something like "the name of the secret card is the eight of hearts". We only see part of the cards in his fan and there's a sort of knowing smile between them.

[@defordefor9865]

To answer the question from the beginning: Czechia is just a short form of more formal name The Czech Republic. Now it is officially preferred because of that. However because of old habits even citizens of Czechia often use that latter longer form.

[@harshreality2672]

137th like (11), 56th comment (11), as I sit here in apt.# 111, born on Dec 11th, it seems destined to write my reaction. This guy has that swarmy look about him, but he really won me over by the end. Good guy, great trick(s)!

[@harshreality2672]

And Czechia?!?? 😕 That's so ridicia! 😬

[@harleykeiner4095]

i come to this channel for magic and stay for the chill vibes

[@subarashiiashi3894]

13:57 we're hitting levels of Owen Wilson that shouldn't even be possible, gang.

[@jeffborowiak8992]

The guru strikes back???

[@ErdincAtaberk]

I believe the 2nd one was forced blue is the only one with that eyebrow, mustache, and a gray beard. while the one with curly hair standing out blue is the most unique one that still blends in. The rest of the faces have way more features that shared by the other cards then the blue one.

[@Chinookman]

I am bamboozled.

[@BrandonJPearce]

Been looking for the butterfly cards for some time. Penguin and vanishing inc are sold out of them and Ondrej’s personal website surprisingly had no link to them. I appreciate you putting a link to them in the description!

[@MandMsss]

That's an insane trick and so entertaining wow

[@badarauu8]

It was not 52*52=2704 times, but 52*51=2652 times... He fooled everyone with his math skills

[@DL-kc8fc]

He filmed the video only 4 times. That's why he invented the "math" to answer the question (52x52 is intuitive). I like brave magicians who can take risks and, most importantly, watch well ...

[@anto1756]

He hypnotized us all with his last name. That’s how he did it

[@susansemola8606]

Jason good evening Mister Parker! That was really cool 💯 I don't know how he did it either 😂 WOW 3 X! THAT'S PRETTY EPIC! FYI YOUR LAUGH IS THE BOMB 🤗💯🔥😂😂 PENN AND TELLER ARE AMAZING ❤️ I thought you again from the bottom of my heart ❤️ God I love you

[@maksphoto78]

1:25 - it's something to Czech out. ^_^

[@Ms.Pronounced_Name]

I think the secret to this trick is pretty obvious: Ondrej is a wizard

[@Gamer__Panda]

Oh the good ol 'Czechia' vs 'Czech Republic' Whenever I introduce myself formally or for the first time, I refer to it as 'Czech Republic' Talking to non Czech friends, I still mostly call it 'Czech Republic' because of habit, but 'Czechia' does slip up and appear more and more often in my vernacular

[@mupoxa]

We, in Russia, after "Czechoslovakia" always says "Czechia" and "Slovakia". It seems kinda logical. And i'm surprised that now they start to do it themselves

[@pouyanbakhshi583]

I think he is so smart that he has a kind of fluid act in which he has different ways to handle different outcomes, just like what he said about recording those videos. Or his act is heavily based on psychology of commen choice (colors, numbers, positioning of the right card at the most available place)

[@PaulLoh]

I think for the second trick, with the bug, there were videos to show that would reveal a different card, depending on where Allison placed the bug.

[@communicate121]

thats a good theory but she would have needed to have selected multiple cards in the previous appearances

[@musc258]

Yeah my thought too, just different videos from scenarios

[@dezm0n679]

How? She choosed Ace of spades in his last performance, he cant change that

[@bricelory9534]

You can YouYube his previous appearances, those were the real past selections, so it must have been a force somehow. My guess? The guru's mouth is the most shaped for eating a bug? And maybe he researched Alyson to see she prefers blue (since you can safely pick Alyson, you *can* craft a force specifically for her). I dunno, I mean it could be something like that. And I have no idea how you get Alyson to force a card on someone else. That's next level.

[@The_Lightless]

Brice Lory I doubt he would genuinely *research* Alyson lol.

[@kenpearce3269]

Good stuff!

[@JasonParkerMagic]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@mrsmissy2669]

I found Ondrej very entertaining but he grosses me out with the bugs! lol

[@scottrobinson8590]

Any ideas how he did the first trick, it seemed like the most impressive to me.

[@ArgelRen]

Hi Jason! Just a quick fact! Ondrej is a theatre actor, I think in his first appearance there was a scene in his intro where he performed in one of Prague's theatres!

[@AleksandarIvanov69]

So basically some Czech guy is the most original magician in the world! Damn!

[@someguy4194]

I bought the gold gilded butterfly cards, they are nice! And came with a personalised, signed Joker, from Ondrej!

[@chriscolt9626]

I don't think there was any forced card at all, even in the beginning. this was a showcase of all the video clips he had of the penn and teller cast and crew. he literally had a clip for any card that was picked because of previous card tricks done on the show , and he filmed a clip of any card combination that penn and teller ended up with. Still, the level of dedication deserves something.

[@Bzuhl]

My guess is that Alyson got stooged, with something in the box. But now that I think of that I'm reading all her expressions when P&T come up the stage with this in mind so it's auto-confirmation bias ^^

[@zrouticek]

its not 2704 but 2652 options or no?

[@ricklynch8620]

Good stuff Jason

[@Tony29103]

Here's my question, why was it 2704 times? I think he got his math wrong lol should have been 52*51(since both can't have the same cards) and that'd equal 2652

[@TheDoctorIWho]

Oh it is 5104 because every combination has to be put to pen and to teller (2*2652)

[@takyno]

I think the 2nd trick was quite easy to figure out... In his previous acts, each one of those cards appeared in some way... When he saw Allison putting the bug into the mouth of the blue guy, he just told the story with that particular card... There would be a different story and a different video played for any other card...

[@SleepingDrone]

You convinced me, especially with that third trick in mind. But then I revisited his first two appearances and in each one only a single card came up - The 8 of hearts and the ace of spades (well, also the other aces, but he only uses those three to divine the ace of spades).

[@alessandrotullini2942]

came out that maybe in the bug's box, there was a message for allyson with clear instruction to put it in the blue one

[@TheChannelofaDisappointedMan]

The only thing I can think of is the bug triggered the change of card to the ace of spades. Its weight? Broke an infrared beam? Something.

[@johnkean6852]

AESOP: some say hell might actually be a frozen realm (demonstrated with freezer burn) echoed in this fable 🤔

[@enemyfleet7139]

We also always consider hell being 'down', and heaven being 'up', but heat rises. Then again, the deeper you go, the hotter it gets, and the higher you go, the colder it gets. Hmmmmm....

[@johnkean6852]

@@enemyfleet7139 ...so l am correct in my assumption 🤔 ..

[@fuzzydrawrings269]

Psenicka is a funny and strange guy. I think the first trick was a brainwave or smooth/rough deck (guaranteed 8-hearts). You can tell the guy who picked the card had to struggle a tiny bit separating the chosen card from the one beneath it. The 2nd trick I think all the cards had an A-spades with some other card on top and when he went behind the stand he removed the card that was covering the A-spades on the picture Alison chose (funny that Penn thought it was the double-backed card when it was probably the only one which had its double-back removed and was therefore "clean"). After he wins when the cards fall on the floor, the camera cuts away and never shows that part of the floor again (at least not with the close camera) - I suspect one of the other double-backs may have separated. The last trick is the easiest and was almost certainly just a computer rendering the correct rank /suit in the time between seeing the cards and the on-screen reveal. Notice the recording didn't have him speaking the chosen cards.

[@JasonParkerMagic]

Ahhh good thoughts! Wow! :)

[@JoeScottish]

If it was any of them, I dont think Penn & Teller wouldn't have been fooled

[@RyanC232]

Penn & Teller literally went on stage to inspect the cards. They even fell on the ground. I don't know how he did it but Teller was behind the cards and reported nothing back.

[@fuzzydrawrings269]

@@RyanC232 Penn specifically said they were only going to look at the one card that showed the Ace before declaring him a Fooler. After that some of the other cards fell and the camera cut away. If the method were revealed by the other falling cards, he still would have won according to the rules of the game.

[@JoeScottish]

Are you sure ...... Teller even wore one as a mask..... ha

[@MrAndyStenz]

The first force I realized when you reminded us about his cards. I knew I had seen them before, but didn’t remember they were his. He does fan them as a convincer. But I don’t think that force is half as strong as you thought it was 😏😏 I have no idea about the 2nd trick. It’s so quick and simple and smooth. I’m fooled. And I love that he tells us how long the third one takes. What’s Penn’s quote about how people underestimate how much someone is willing to just sit in their house for hours on end to make a trick happen? I hope it helps people appreciate what magicians do more.

[@Harry351ify]

Alison loves this guy :D

[@TheBeardedBen]

For the third trick to be pre-recorded with all solutions, he would have had to sit and record slightly over 2600 times for each possible combination

[@MarcosDocabo70]

This is my favorite P&T: F.U. act ever. Maybe it's not the most flashy trick, and i actually have a pretty good idea on how it's done. (well, except the card force) but the energy Ondrej displays, the timing and, of course, the anger on Penn is so satisfying to watch.

[@xdragon2k]

No matter how well you treat someone, eventually it's up to them if they want to reciprocate that kindness back toward you.

[@sbaxter4207]

Wow I thought he must have video/GGI edited the choice cards from his previous two Fool us shows each 52 times, as nobody would have remembered the choice cards from before. But i just looked back, and indeed, the 8 of hearts and the Ace of Spades were selected on the previous shows.

[@JasonParkerMagic]

thanks for checking! good to know...

[@caltagos]

Were the other cards present on his previous shows? The ones with his gurus face: 3 of diamonds, 10 of spades, king of diamond, ace of heart, 6 of heart or 3 of clubs? lol

[@jakubmatejka4289]

@@caltagos nope

[@HiddenAgendas]

They use the same "random" crowd in at least 5 other video. lol

[@salifyanjikunda5426]

Let's *Czech* it out...

[@ShashankBhavaraju]

The whole trick was him having multiple options of videos to show... What would have been impressive was if he showed the videos before the card was revealed. Plus there is a reason why Penn's selection was revealed while Teller's was shown later... By showing Penn's selection they made it easier for the one chosing the video to be played

[@miketakular7443]

Shashank Bhavaraju Penn specifically named that and that wasnt the case.

[@misawimmer]

@@miketakular7443 you can check the video where alison is taking the ace of spades..so that has been shown in past

[@miketakular7443]

@@misawimmer Yeah thats my point.

[@ShashankBhavaraju]

Fair point... BTW are you sure they had just one video of a previous selection of Alison? I think they had a few options... Alison may have forced a selection without her knowledge but my hypothesis is that they had more video options based on the selection For me the hint is that the video was always played after the cards were revealed...

[@ShashankBhavaraju]

If they knew it would be A of spades why not show the video prior to the reveal...

[@MoonLiteNite]

Before your thoughts or penn's 1 - single card deck? My first gimmick deck of cards was like this, i personally hated it and never used it :D 2 - many outs? some way to swap them? i dunnno 3 - all fake? Was a video, easy to select a single video. And the "throw cards over your shoulder" just a red herring Dude is my hero! :D

[@DavidLindes]

re 1 - you can see the 4 of diamonds in Allison's hand as she presents the cards... same card that was on the bottom when he fanned things out. Still not sure how that one worked. Some sort of trick cards?!?

[@HenkJanBakker]

First one. It has to be a single card deck. If he has a new method I bet he would have called Penn out on that. Last one was indeed obvious. That second one. He took his time on the reveal. I expected some xerox trickery. With heat you can make one type of paint disappear and another appear. I asked him and he (kinda) denied. So I'm stumped.

[@DavidLindes]

There's another, much easier, explanation for the second trick. As for a single-card deck, I could see the 4 of diamonds in Alyson's hands at the bottom of the deck. As it was when he fanned them. So... still not sure about that part.

[@SDesWriter]

I remember Penn saying that they used to hate magicians trying to do multiple tricks in order to win. He said they demanded from the producers that no one be allowed to do it anymore. I wonder if they waved that requirement for this show or just because he's a friend they gave him a pass. Either way, all 3 tricks were cool, even if 2 of them were pretty predictable.

[@vetaniellecalya1662]

I listened to a podcast with Ondřej and apparently when he was asked to go to Fool Us for the third time, he was out of performance practices. His two major hit practices were already used, so he kinda had to make up something silly and hope for the best. So I think they basically had to allow him to perform multiple tricks if they wanted to bring him back there. He also said that since it was kinda hastily put together, he was still memorizing the script and finishing details on his way to Vegas, which is also not according the rules :D

[@thomasdario4422]

he learned Allyson the classic force😈😈😈

[@JoeScottish]

What the...? He fooled them 3 times.....in one show

[@kingrobert1st]

He didn't fool them with the first force or the last effect. All that was left was the Ace of Spades...not very convincing.

[@ace52387]

For the second trick, there are a very limited number of cards, and they dont seem related in any way. He asked allison what card she sat on after she picked, so i think they could have all had some clip related to his past appearances, and he just mentions the correct one knowing what she chose? seems a little simple but i think that would work

[@matthollingsworth7327]

I thought the same thing, but I watched the previous videos, and those other cards aren't mentioned or seen at all as far as I could tell.

[@waynesmith3908]

Hello Jason, Ondrej is annoyingly entertaining with a winning smile. I had a feeling the second trick was the actual one that might "get" Penn but then It just seemed like ..... no he could not be fooled by that double card trick.... to simple.... but I sure never saw him flip those cards. Hmmm

[@markboots_]

2704 videos for the 3rd trick. He only needed 6 outs for the second one. Now it was the ace of spades with Alisson, but I bet he had a video for every other card too

[@BrandonJPearce]

You may already have a video of this, but have you thought about doing a video of your top 10 favorite fool us performances?

[@billyjeffersoniv4344]

This guy is hilarious

[@Zyper_Sebxr]

It's only 7 cards and bcuz of that then he just needed 7 outcomes from his earlier showings. And he first started talking about "you sat on a card" after Alyson placed the bug

[@Zyper_Sebxr]

@@not_sterling thats right. Just rewatched the other showings and yea, there was only those 2 cards really. He could still have had other outcomes tho. But wouldn't have been that impressive

[@MrTiton536]

sterling lol y’all are tripping I explained the way he did the only one that fooled them and pen explained the rest

[@zaidelaymat797]

I really highly doubt that was how he did this. Remember, his first trick involved the card they guessed in his first show Then the second trick, it was the card they guessed in his second show Like, It's a pattern it can't just be pure luck, and what sort of outcome would he make for the other 6 cards? I can't think of anything not pathetic because there are only 7 cards and he obviously knows all of them so, something that already happened is the only way for this to actually be a decent card trick.

[@DL-kc8fc]

@@zaidelaymat797 I don't want to divulge anything, but for a certain production you need a good and disciplined audience that follows the instructions and is not interested in spoiling the magician's production. If you perform magic yourself, you know the cases where the spectator (male-hero), especially in front of women, tends to change the recommended procedure to "convict" the magician. That's why, for example, you no longer borrow cards from your hands. The magician bet well on the discipline of his audience - he could throw the cards in the deck to Teller, who followed exactly the procedure, that the selection will be made pictures down, that the second card will be the first from above and that the other cards should be thrown behind. The power of this particular magic is in the trust that will convince others that the matter was not forced. There's a bit of psychology involved

[@soccerclub08]

Boleslav Hnipirdo ah thanks for the explanation! So basically Allison was in on it?

[@wayneyadams]

I'm trying to figure out how he had Allison force a card, without her knowledge. Regardless, there are only two magicians, the other being Jandro, who have three FU Trophies, and they are both fun guys who have a lot of humor. By the way, I do not consider Helen Coghlan a magician, so I don't count her, because all three of her escapes were performed in equipment designed and built by her father, a trained monkey could have done what she did, her father is the real fooler.

[@goldeneddie]

Yes, I was very shocked when Helen Coghlan got a trophy - I feel like P&T let her off lightly because she's female. Her very obvious contraption-based trick certainly wasn't anything like the full standard of planning and performance presented here by Ondrej - HE deserved his trophies!

[@sonicsonar]

The video of 9h and Qd is computer graphics overlaying the blank white cards. So he did the video once. It was the video program that overlay the images

[@lalafirdous5717]

Ur soo calm and chill, just for that u earned urself a new subscriber🙂

[@JasonParkerMagic]

Thanks for subbing!

[@lalafirdous5717]

@@JasonParkerMagic np

[@jasonciola1783]

Sadly the reason he fooled them was because he broke a rule. On episode 617 of Penn’s Sunday School (10:55 in). Still a great act nonetheless

[@JasonParkerMagic]

There are only 540 episodes listed.... can you just tell me what rule he broke so I don't have to go find it? 😁

[@jasonciola1783]

Jason Parker Ah, they must’ve uploaded less on other platforms, it’s episode 617 on Apple podcasts. It is not explicitly said which rule he broke but the conversations seems to indicate Alyson was prompted ahead of time to select that specific guru picture. Penn’s producer to Penn- “You were not pleased when you walked off and you talked to Alyson and Alyson told you why she chose the face that she chose.” I’m not 100% sure on this but I remember hearing they explicitly made plants against the rules after the first season. Edit: It is the most recent episode (July 1st) if you want to listen for yourself. Overall Penn very much likes him

[@canadianbakn]

Google "Knowing Less About Roosevelt Than I Know About Lou Reed" to find the episode. Penn: "It wasn't fair but I still like him, he's a very lovable guy".

[@someguy4194]

That's strange, I would have thought the producer would not allow a trick that would break the rules. Hmmm... 🤔🤔

[@DavidLindes]

@@someguy4194 I think it was an instant stooging thing... no prior planning, just "put it in _this one's_ mouth" -- points to a picture (inside the box, that we can't see with that camera angle, and that P&T can't see at their seating angle, but Alyson can easily see) that matches the particular photo to use.

[@Quintessenceofdust7]

Maybe he wrote on all the cards, except the bottom one, say you picked the 8 of hearts. Thats why he asked to show no one and put it back in the deck. And maybe allison was in on the second trick

[@johnkean6852]

Some more ideas: Checkland Checknooshka Checkmanland Checkmany (Germany) Checkis (Paris) Checkaly (Italy) Checkway Checkrovia 🤔

[@goldeneddie]

Checkmate!

[@johnkean6852]

@@goldeneddie 🧐 ... 😂

[@joeljoeljoel]

Why not have the audience member show the card?

[@TheQuietfun]

Yea that’s what I was wondering.. since he literally asked a second or two later

[@ralphocava4130]

Caroline will be so proud...

[@thechosenhitman]

I was at the taping of his performance. I did talk to the guy that picked the card & he told me it was the correct card. The pics with the cards were clued together so the card could not be switched.

[@MrTiton536]

They didn’t have to be switched in the box was a picture of the blue headed guru hence why he said place it in HIS mouth this is a very good mind trick fooler because the way he phrased the premis prior made his mouth sound natural so they didn’t suspect the box

[@BruceHurley]

@@MrTiton536: Huh? Are you saying that it was the power of suggestion?

[@justanotherfng556]

@@BruceHurley if that's what he means I feel that's a bit of a stretch. Power of suggestion isn't exact and Allison could've blown the whole trick. I don't think that's what it was.

[@back2back379]

@@MrTiton536 lol?

[@elliez.3561]

His name would be even harder to comprehend if it was written in Polish: Pszeniczka (though, the Polish version would be Pszenica).

[@CommieCat]

Ellie Z. Well that’s your fault for using the Latin alphabet instead of Cyrillic.

[@elliez.3561]

@@CommieCat I mean, my real preference would be to write it as פּשעניטשקאַ

[@1967DS21]

@@CommieCat Why Cyrillic.? Czechs and Slovaks use Latin alphabet

[@Melopeed]

We, Dutch people, say Tsjechië, which is Czechia with a soft -e- at the end, such as in ‘the’

[@Vladigger]

It`s cool !

[@audiolover]

It is Czech Republic and Slovakia after dividing Czechoslovakia 👌

[@jesseboy7951]

That is not what he was talking about

[@orcite]

how to make someone else force a card without them even knowing it? xD

[@2AForever-wi8yj]

deck switch with all the same cards

[@DavidLindes]

@@2AForever-wi8yj if there was a deck switch, this editing doesn't let us see how it was done. Alas. One thing to note: if they did do a deck switch, they still left the 4 of diamonds as the bottom cards. It's visible in both his fan outs and hers. I _don't_ see an 8 of hearts in his full fan-out, though....... strange!

[@monteanderson7181]

No idea how he did the bug trick, but it was a great trick

[@thesammyjenkinsexperience4996]

Any time I see someone asked to pick a card and not show it to anyone but still reveal what the card is I automatically assume it's an insta-stooge. My guess would be the cards are all different in the top left corner so it looks like an ordinary deck when he fans them about, but the rest of the card is all the same on each. Alyson doesn't look at the cards so there's no reason for her to suspect it's a gimmicked deck, but the guy who picks the card is immediately "in on it." No idea how the second part of the trick is done though.

[@LordRunty]

My understanding is that plants/stooges/whatever and having Alyson be in on the trick are against the rules, which is why "that audience member was a plant" is never part of the explanation. It's a gimmicked deck, but on the basis that the audience must be real audience members, there must be more to it than just that the corner of the card shows something different.

[@thesammyjenkinsexperience4996]

@@LordRunty Dude there have been insta-stooges throughout the entire series of Fool Us. The most memorable one being the name/table/meal act where three members of the audience are brought onstage and seated at different tables and are given different meals. They are then asked to read a card from an envelope which predicts their name, which table they are sitting at and which meal they were given. The card they are reading from literally says "My name is [please say your name], and...". That's not even a guess, because an overhead camera caught it for a split second while the guy was reading it and for some reason it wasn't edited out. All three guys sat there completely unimpressed because they knew exactly how the trick was done the moment they saw the card.

[@thesammyjenkinsexperience4996]

@@LordRunty And the rule is they cannot have stooges that are planned in advance. Insta-stooges are fine, because there is always the risk they won't cooperate.

[@LordRunty]

@@thesammyjenkinsexperience4996 Yeah, Einhorn's trick was weak, because in the end his trick boiled down to just grabbing the right set of cards from 6 lots in his pockets with a whole lot of superfluous fluff to make it seem way more impressive. But 'say your name' is much easier to get people to comply with than 'just say 8 of Hearts' especially if it's the normal card corner that they see first. But yeah, I'll grant that it's possible that's how the card force was done (can you still call that a card force?). Thechosenhitman claimed that they were at the filming of this episode and talked to the guy afterwards as well, and was told that it was the actual card. Assuming that's true, that means the person who picked the card really didn't notice it said anything other than 8 of Hearts.

[@thesammyjenkinsexperience4996]

In the latest episode of Penn's Sunday School, Penn revealed that the second part of the trick involving the guru faces did involve a gimmicked card, and that Alyson explained her decision to him afterward. He alluded to there being some kind of dual reality or insta-stooging at play and it wasn't just a force that left her thinking she had a free choice.

[@SiwakSerg]

In my mind's eye, this trick is very catalyzing so that the chemistry is about to happen between Audrey and anybody else who holds the deck of cards. And when I mean chemistry, I mean things which are very familiar to us all. The body heat, for instance, is something that brings nostalgic memories (about eight of hearts, I mean). P.S. I think there was no point in checking the ace of spades by Penn cause it's already the ace of spades. He should have checked at least one of the other cards left.

[@MGRevenge]

Thank you for your explanation

[@SiwakSerg]

@@MGRevenge You're welcome. Though, I don't really know exactly how the trick is done. Maybe one day you will have a better idea :)

[@InvertedPieceSacrifice]

Teller checked the first two cards though?

[@SiwakSerg]

@@InvertedPieceSacrifice Do you mean in the end? It's possible that Penn and Teller took a different deck so I think there was a deck switch.

[@InvertedPieceSacrifice]

@@SiwakSerg I mean the part where they checked the cards attached to see if they were gimmicked. Teller looks at the first two cards at that point while Penn just looks at the chosen guru card.