Magician REACTS to Paul Gertner 4TH APPEARANCE on Penn and Teller FOOL US 2020

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[@markhurrell23]

my only insight, and i might be mistaken but i believe he doesnt pull the 47th card in the deck but rather has the JD on the bottom of the deck. he seems to pull from bottom of deck not top....

[@monteanderson7181]

Rough and smooth picks would make one easier to pull out than the others. Paul reached kind of far back to get the pen, so they were indexed in his jacket. (Penn said he needed an "index" card to keep track of his names.)

[@sbaxter4207]

Maybe in part 2 of the fable we find out that the man who lost a spade was actually a serial thief who had stolen so many things that he initially forgot it was he who stole the spade from the temple in the first place. Only remembering when he arrived, as the town cryer called out something had been stolen. Hence he decided to go back home again and not hang around for too long. : )

[@thekitchenmagician333]

Jason Parker he used a deck called destiny deck by Card Shark

[@kevynphillipegusmao7562]

I'm not a magician, I wish I knew magic tho lol, but I think when Pen said he should have a index of pen jokes with maybe over 50 jokes I think he was referring he had 52 different pens with the same color and same card, just changing the numbers, I might be wrong tho haha Love your videos!

[@plectrumura]

It's so cool how magicians at that level can weave sleight of hand, card mechanic work, storytelling, and other sort of general deceptive practices together.

[@2amdreaming]

I love the Aesop’s fable at the end of each video, so original and a nice little touch! Great video as always

[@checkyoursixgaming]

As you said in the video, a different deck is easy to use with rough and smooth textures. But not sure that was exactly used this way here. The blue pic is definitely forced through the box. You can read it on the pen at 4:29 as Teller is writing on the PIC. More than likely this pic had something special like the ability to mark the cards when it touched them which allowed him to see it with his glasses. The number 47 though that is the rough one for me to get here. My guess is he had a few different pens with that number to chose from. Although he did have his left hand down underneath the table when Penn was stating his number outloud. I can imagine a device adding the number 47 on that one pen in his pocket while everything else was pre-printed. Notice he doesn't do a riffle shuffle either. This would allow him to keep a certain group of cards in a certain spot easier as he is shuffling. For reference, used to work as a stage hand in a magic show long ago at Fiesta Texas when I was a kid. Seen all sorts of tricks and am pretty good at breaking them down if. It is part of the reason I like being a software developer :) I just make a different kind of magic.

[@bill53uk]

the writing on the pen was there at the begining, if you freeze the frame where teller is writing Jack of diamonds you can just see the writing on the pen near his finger and thumb (4:29 ) on the clock

[@curtcoleman]

Wow! This is a good one. I love Paul Gertner's work! He certainly has the years of experience and knowledge to pull off something like this. It was a great trick for sure, and I am not certain exactly how he did it. Thanks for the review!

[@MordecaiV]

Paul was trying to play the format of fool us, by giving false answers during the trick, since he wouldn't be allowed to lie at the end of the trick during the question session. I think he was also a little overconfident in Penn and Teller knowing he used normal cards before, and hoping that would help his lie pass. He remained remarkably composed, if a little flustered with Penn's troublesome curiosity about the pen.... Kind of made me wonder if he forgot the focus on the card redirect in the heat of the moment. Pen and Teller are definitely some challenging marks!

[@TheNameOfJesus]

If you freeze the video at 4:29 you can see the words on the pen, "You selected a blue pick, ...". If you freeze the video at 2:16 you can see exactly 53 cards in this deck (you gotta count the "card corners".) You can also see just after 6:38 that there are still 53 cards in the deck. At 3:34 he hides his left hand for no apparent reason, but I'm sure there's a reason. The joke at 4:49 was to distract Penn from looking at the words on the pen. In fact he reached out at Penn at 4:55 to try to stop him from examining the pen. It's possible that the blue pick was forced, but since he probably "printed" the number 47 on the pen, there's no reason to force the pick colour, so it was probably also a free choice. Indeed since the last word on the first row of words ended in "a", it means the blue pick was indeed a free choice. Think about that. (Hint: in some cases it would have had to be "an".) Had Penn stated at 6:03 that he wanted to change the number, then the pick would have had to have been modified/overwritten. In that case it seems that Penn would have to use the pen in his pocket to overwrite the number. This would have made the trick messy and that may have influenced Penn to not change the number. Had he changed it several parts of the trick would have to have been changed. I consider this question and answer to have been a "force."

[@Htonartnomed]

The pen kinda ruins the trick for me, predictions immediately make me think: force

[@lalafirdous5717]

True

[@marksherrick]

Same here. Had the trick ended without the pen gag, I think there's a chance they would have been fooled. Not a huge one, but still a chance they would have missed SOMETHING.

[@anirsyahmi6258]

I'm sure someone at Paul level knew the prediction would make it easier to guess. It does feel like Paul was challenging Penn and Teller "Hey I did a force, can you guess how I did it?" Sometimes it's not just about fooling.

[@pdshiff]

Yeah, he "gilded the lily" with the pen prediction.

[@PunxTV123]

what's the matter of forced? he just challenging them how he forced them...

[@sharma.ji.ka.ladka_37]

In the beginning when he asks to think of a card I actually thought of Ace of Spades 😮

[@nathanlayman8367]

Me too....

[@late8641]

Even though a couple magicians have fooled Penn and Teller three times, I still feel like Paul plays the game on a completely different level. I was amazed they figured this trick out and tbh I think they got away with a few slippers. If Paul had asked them to clarify a few things in the routine, I think he would've left the show with a third trophy.

[@sevret313]

I'm sure Penn and Teller could get quite far just by thinking how they'd do it without seeing any moves. How would you do anything different here? Forcing the pick would be the easiest way to handle this and hiding them in a box under the guise of making it fair was probably an obvious tell for them. The number was covered by just having 52 pens. Printing it during the act would be way too complicated. And they knew how to control the card to the right position, so that was no trouble either. If you're doing the obvious, for a magician, it doesn't matter how clean you're doing it, they will be able to figure it out.

[@chiupiano]

penn jokes was referring to all 52 index pen in Paul's jacket, Penn could say any number and he can just pull out the correct pen, 26 pens on each side of his jacket

[@StellarPrism]

Can you see this 👊? Hm? Do you want one of these 👊💥?

[@arari1628]

At the beggining I thought of 5 of hearts, you freaked me out sir

[@strechsanchez]

Literally my favorite channel on KZbin

[@JasonParkerMagic]

Thank you! :)

[@mavfan1]

Here’s some magic. Remove literally from your comment and it means exactly the same thing!!!!!!

[@strechsanchez]

@@mavfan1 So it works either way. Wow amazing

[@lalafirdous5717]

@@strechsanchez bruh

[@strechsanchez]

@@lalafirdous5717 what up

[@blip3337]

I actually picked ace of spades like the second before you pulled that card, kinda freaked me out 😂

[@JasonParkerMagic]

I knew one day it would work!! I just had to believe!! 😆

[@reason43poole37]

One of the best I have seen, no idea whatsoever. Again Jason adds somthing extra to this show.

[@PaceTheAce]

It's weird because as he counts to the 47th card you can clearly see (if you pause) that there are 6 cards left. So that would be 53 cards in total. You can see him hiding the rest of the cards quickly right after he noticed it himself. But I don't know how it would help the trick

[@Taqled]

Honestly I thought of 5 of hearts, and after the second reveal I almost jumped out of my bed. Thank god you completed the joke😂

[@vibrantnoir9859]

I thought of 5 of hart’s to my mouth opened

[@JoshHibberd]

I love the effects that requires years of practice to accomplish. This one is something anyone can perform after purchase with a 5 minute tutorial. When there is a prediction reveal, like the pen used here, it immediately takes all the possibilities away and you are just left with a 'force' as the answer. So to the average spectator it will look amazing but to other magicians it makes things very clear.

[@donhenvick2728]

Just checked the video again. At 6:48, after laying out the "47th" card, he spreads the other "46", with Queen of clubs showing on top. At 6:52, after spreading the remaining cards on top, you can count them and see there are 7, which would make a total of 54 cards in all, so the deck is gaffed.

[@tiban07]

Not really. When he spreads the 46 first cards, you can see there's a joker in the middle. With both jokers, a deck of cards has 54 cards, not 52

[@DawnyAussie]

It's an interesting thought experiment with a show like Fool Us- Paul admitted that, relatively speaking, he hadn't practiced this trick enough to fool P&T. But after exhausting three of his premium tricks, one must ask whether he could realistically fool them moving forward with newer tricks?

[@RickGrundy]

4:29 is an awesome shot. There's a shot of the answer already written on the pen before the choices are made. Looks like he lied about the deck, or swapped decks in the trick, but he forced... how in the world did he force the 47?! Very cool trick.

[@yngwiellewiking7893]

And he forced Penn to put it back lol

[@dr.bhalgat.oncosurgeon]

Wow.. that's keen observation which even the maker of this video misses.

[@Tankeenify]

Late reply but when penn responded about the tricks he said something along "when I was young I people joked about handing me a pen all the time, all the jokes would accumulate up to 50 pens" So I think it means he had 50 different pens?

[@RickGrundy]

@@Tankeenify Wow! Good catch!!!! I think you nailed it.

[@nickworld9008]

Woooooooooooo I love this channel!!!!!

[@jasonwinterboer5232]

6:50 When Paul places the remaining cards face up, he places them on top of the other pile of face up cards. Thus is done to hide the number of remaining cards. If the 47th card was the chosen card, there would have been only 5 remaining cards, but he had to hide that there were actually 6 remaining. Penn calls this out when he says "I bet you have more than 50, maybe even more." The Jack of Diamonds was kept aside (selected from a special deck of cards as Penn called out), and placed later into the 47th position into a normal deck of cards, which is normal after he removes the special card.

[@notbob555]

The line about having 50 or more was referring to the pens. He had a pen for each number. Or so many claim.

[@jasonwinterboer5232]

@@notbob555 yeah, figured that out much later. Could be both?

[@bcsolorza]

I just stumbled on this guys KZbin channel and i like him a lot. Good vids keep them coming

[@Itsaluigi123]

For some reason, this is now the only place on KZbin I can see his 4th appearance

[@waresnite]

FUCCCCCKKK i pick A spades! YOU got meeeeee!! SOO MAAAAAAADDDD!! hahahahahhaha

[@kevindouglas8768]

The blue pick was at the bottom of the little case when he started. It slid out last. Then he placed it in the red empty box LAST. He even struggled getting it in the box before Teller stuck his finger in. That's how he forced the blue pick.

[@bikeadventuresokanagan9293]

I love your extended Recommendations list.. Before the magic started there was some good info .. I believe the pick could be magnetized ,and or forced ... then he lost me completely .. Paul is such a joy to watch , a classy classic magician

[@eazyplayz8699]

Listening to Penn's 'Code' talk helps figure out how he did it for the most part. It seems clear that the guitar pick was a force, likely something with how he held the box making it first accessible to Teller's finger. The biggest part is the final part, where Penn refers to an index of 'over 50' to choose from. This is where he is saying that the magician actually has over 50 different pens in his jacket pockets, and chooses the pen based on Penn's number. The pens likely all have the same wording with a blue pick, but a different number at the end. Finally, the rough and smooth deck which is hinted at. Clearly, he lied about it being an unchanged deck, and was aware that he was not going to get away with it, hoping that the other parts of the trick would trick them. This kind of deck lets some cards stick together and helps with maneuvering. I'm guessing this is mostly where the two years of preparation come in, as there was likely some slight of hand and careful deck trickery involved in maneuvering the card to the necessary position.

[@SathvickSatish]

But he gave the sharpie before he asked whether Penn wanted to change his mind right? So if he had changed his mind, then would he have brought out another sharpie with that new number?

[@stanlee5520]

Penn and Teller are back so I'm back to your channel. Happy Summer

[@Lundborgen]

Actually had the Ace of spades on top of my mind. *Hands over a virtual FU trophy* 👀😱

[@CoachBrando]

Same

[@jyesucevitz]

07:42 you summed it perfectly and that why he's Pau, Gertner and nobody else is.

[@vilkomen]

Penn said, "if he had a rolodex of penn jokes, he'd have over 50" I'm guessing paul had 52 sharpies on him, each with the same prediction just a different number. He got the number before he ever pulled out the sharpie.

[@extremecanary2171]

Keep making these type of videos👍

[@magicorthodoxy]

This trick was a work of art !!!

[@CaptainJack63]

You were so close!!! I was thinking of Ace of Clubs!

[@JasonParkerMagic]

hahah... I figured I might get SOMEBODY! haha....

[@douglasmacartyney5403]

And I was thinking of Ace of Hearts 😅

[@CaptainJack63]

@@JasonParkerMagic You would have been more successful (more hits) had you thought about >what's in< your intro video. The reason I picked Ace of Clubs was that you unknowingly implanted that card into my mind.

[@CaptainJack63]

Speaking of implanting ideas into someone's mind ( I can't remember the word for this function). There was a movie where a group had implanted a number like 37 or 45 into their target person. The group placed that one number on signs that their target would see. One scene I remember was a football player had the number on his jersey. I forget why they wanted him to pick this number. Anywho, its an interesting concept of implanting or forcing a number, work, or object into someone's mind.

[@kenpearce3269]

@@CaptainJack63 I believe the movie you were referring to was called, Focus, starring Will Smith, very good!

[@kingrobert1st]

Paul: I'm sure you've both seen thousands of pickacard tricks. Me: But I only know 1/2 dozen!

[@swaren4667]

He is so good🔥

[@kapbabu4058]

Bro when you said think of a card, I thought of 5 of hearts and wasn't shocked when you pulled an ace of spades, but when you pull my card at 0:23, I lost my shit. 🙏😱

[@sokkakatara5342]

This is amazing

[@writrswritrs3918]

I think the trick will make more sense when you see his other performances.

[@monteanderson7181]

I noticed Penn try to check out the pen when Paul gave it to him and they kind of wrestled a bit with it.

[@JasonParkerMagic]

Yeah! I saw that too afterwards... and I think Gertner managed to distract him and keep his attention off of it...

[@monteanderson7181]

@@JasonParkerMagic My other comment, below your pinned comment, shows how I think he did it. Not one of Paul's greatest tricks, but still awesome.

[@bakchormeeman7864]

U can tell he had a mini panic attack

[@svensorensen7693]

I like this guy's performances. He's entertaining, and always fools me. Reading the comments (and listening to Penn's comments about the Pen) I've got a fairly good idea of how he did it, though there's a few things I'm not so sure on.

[@marc21256]

So would he have simply skipped the pen call out at the end if Penn changed his number when offered?

[@Heisoka]

right, that bad joke was some kind of a missdirection, to have a reason giving it back to him

[@Salextc]

He said pick a number at you stick with it

[@TheTanadu]

That joke "blackbox" around ~3:40, I can say as QA, that I'm touched. But to clarify, not all programmers know what is blackbox (testing) or whitebox (testing), it's more joke for people who works with quality assurance stuff.

[@vadominiqueenpunkt6589]

Pause at 4:25 and slowly play. The blue Pick is a force. The pen at 4:29 says: You picked the blue pick ..... So I also assume the Number 47.

[@jon-tabbypiper6554]

You seriously scared me at first. Instantly I called out ace of spades and you pulled the ace of spades! Lol

[@minombreesirrelevante4407]

This is what ive got: The color and the card were forced to them, no problem... the big one is the random number penn picked: pnn gave the answer in 13:05 its a reference of the magician having lots of pens for each number inside his coat, he just picked the one with the correct number printed on it.

[@tbailey377ify]

Yup. Index

[@Zenith_36]

Great act by paul even having the guts to lie in front of them. Definitely a bald move but yeah turns out to be a destiny card trick. Still loved it bcs of his brave statement to examine the cards.

[@oliverhughes610]

I think you're looking for 'bold', not 'bald'.

[@leechap3]

I thought of the A of Spades, amazing!

[@teresavicario5848]

Ha! I actually was thinking the Ace of Spades!

[@regisps4989]

I actually thought of Ace Of Spade at the beginning, and I spat, blown away by that pseudo trick.

[@marctompkins3001]

Paul Gertner plays a whole new level. So much so the very first time I ever watched Fool Us, it was Paul Gertner. Here’s the amazing thing, I never forget his name. Every time he’s been on, I always think, first no way. Definitely has an A type personality with his savvy smarts. The show has a lot of great acts, but Paul and the blind man are my two favorite magic act presenters.

[@antoniovarela4444]

at the same time Penn is giving the number, is pressing something with the left hand below the table And i believe that he slide a card when Teller choose one with the pick. Maybe all cards are rough/smooth...

[@jesse_sweed]

You kinda make me chuckle

[@teipkep]

He had 52 different pens in his pockets. Forced jack of diamonds and the blue pick.

[@Arvi89]

My god, that could be the solution actually haha (he asked if he wanted to change his number though, wonder what would have happened in that case)

[@NerfedTcg]

52 pens are not enough. pen prediction mentions the card the pick color and the number Pen picked so the combinations are thousands

[@Arvi89]

@@NerfedTcg If you can force the color and the card, 52 is enough :)

[@BrInKoPluche]

This seems to be the solution indeed. There's this trick which can produce any named card by the audience with the use of some kind of index. this can be easily done with 52 pens instead of 52 cards. Therefore the pick and the card would have been forced and the number was the only free choice.

[@Justaguy19381]

@@Arvi89 I guess he would not let him swap, by making a joke referencing back to telling him to pick a number he would be comfortable sticking with. Because I really can't see it working if he actually got to change number.

[@BruceHurley]

I know what happened to the spade in the fable! Somebody with a good heart used it to dig up a diamond but then got hit in the head with a club.

[@portland_russ]

Look at the picks closely. The last "pick" he put in the box was... surprise! The blue pick. I don't know why but I've noticed that it was the blue one for he mentioned Teller's favourite colour. I'm pretty sure this box is a tricky one.

[@Warlock8ZERO]

It was all pretty obvious as you described it, as for the no 47 card it was when he shuffled the deck, he asked pen if the cards go on the top or bottom, he said top, then he asked teller to cut it or not. If pen said put the cards on the bottom, he simply wouldn't have asked teller about the cut and it would already be in the right position, he could have added any number of extra steps here to change the order again if needed.

Both when the selection is made and when the 47th card is taken out he reaches way under the deck, as if he pulled out something from under to stick to the face of the card.

[@whitneyy_spears7007]

Extra cards cz those were not 52 , they should have been 5 cards at the end but they were alot more

@@whitneyy_spears7007 Yeah, I noticed that the first time. After he got to the 47th card there were at least 6 more cards in the deck. He got a bit unlucky with that choice.

[@productivemind4736]

I guess that was an Invisible Deck! After all the performance was so smooth and fair.

[@Telhias]

I have just one question. When following along, why did I choose 47 as well? Is the trick so good it can influence me through the screen and time?

[@chrismurray2978]

Jason,I at once thought the blue pick was forced, but as far as how he got the card to the 47th position?He didn't need to move it to that position, he needed only to palm it off somehow and switch it with the selected card(remember it wasn't revealed straight away)and yes, I also think he did a deck switch, but in any case he could always switch the deck after the trick if they did ask to examine it he would then have that option.I'm not even an amateur magician, but I love to watch the stuff :and if you remove the impossible and move back they time (in the performance) it would be easier than having to pick it you saw it live (no pun intended) what you are left with is the only possible explanation.

[@lancetschirhart7676]

Software developer here, loved that comment and did not see it coming at all xD

[@whitneyy_spears7007]

Why is everyone missing the fact that this is not a normal deck of cards, 47 means only 5 cards left in the end but he shows like 10 cards or maybe more. Have fun with this clue and tell me if you figure out more.

[@dens2002]

think the code of "over 50 pen jokes' indicates that in fact he had that many pens so the number wasn't forced and mayge the pens were rough so he can pick the right prediction pen from his pocket. No Idea how you force a card though...

[@SirDrinksAlot]

To be honest, I have no idea how this could be a rough&smooth deck with a force and a 52 pen index like Penn said. In my mind, the blue pick can be a force, however, the card is very hard to force. I don't think Paul would be lying about it being a normal deck of cards because he told them that they could examine them. Lastly, he told Penn that he could change his mind about the number. We know form past shows that Penn has no problem changing his mind at any point in the act if the performer gives him the option. At the point where Paul asks him if he wants to change his mind, the pen with the prediction that says "47" on it is in Penn's pocket. If Penn decides to change it to 32 at that point for example, how does he change the prediction, how does he change the position of the card and how does he do those without handling either the pen or the deck more? Also can we talk about how annoying it'd be for Paul to have an index of 52 pens in his pocket? This is a first for me because, instead of being at a loss about how a trick was done because Penn and Teller were wrong, I am at a loss as to how a trick is done as Penn and Teller have predicted it. I honestly believe there was some miscommunication between Paul and Penn there and Paul thought Penn meant something that he didn't. I honestly think Paul had them.

[@minxythemerciless]

Is it significant teller stopped on the 47th card? Though what was selected by Gertner was card 46.

[@alanholowaychuk6788]

hahahaha you pulled my card right off the bat

[@lalafirdous5717]

"you can keep the pen Penn" Lmao

[@kingrobert1st]

I prefer: I wanted to say I love you to my wife on a valentines card but I couldn't pick up a pen and tell her.

[@lalafirdous5717]

@@kingrobert1st lool😂😂😂

[@87JinoH]

Man this was a really good trick

[@osherbi3008]

0:10 I accualy thought of Ace of spades .. fooled me there XD

[@luckyeddy350]

Me too

[@bmc7434]

He forces the blue pick by removing picks with another set of Blue picks in boxes.He didn't predict the number 47 as he pawns the original pen and gives Penn another pen After he is told 47. He has a set of pens named Blue 1-52 Jack of diamonds.Jack of diamonds was placed into the deck.

[@Avram42]

I only dabbled in magic as a child but given the magician's code I will never know how the pen part worked. I think I saw the switch but the free choice of card position will always be a mystery even if the pick was a force--but paul is a master so I probably shouldn't be surprised.

[@88mphDrBrown]

He had 52 pens

[@MDSF90]

You didn’t get my card… I picked the game rules and instructions card that sits with the Jokers. But you were so close!

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture507]

Lol

[@kingrobert1st]

@@dontreadmyprofilepicture507 I picked 2 Diamonds.

[@crazydanny227]

Bruhh I actually chose 5 of hearts lol

[@tekotoke4582]

He knew how Penn thinks. That is how he knew as well that penn wouldnt change his number selection. That is why this trick is only for P&T. He can only play this trick for them. The force was done when he changed the deck. The writing on the pen was printed during the performance. He did have 52 pens

[@zackaryschweitzer4699]

I think it's great that teller was a fan of the joke even to go as far as saying it's happened before and he has an index of like 50 or more insults.

[@MTHU0080]

I come for the magic reaction but stay for the AESOPs :)

[@mgregory22]

You guessed my card! It was Ace of Spades!

[@goldeneddie]

Two things: Firstly, that trick would have worked SO much better without the prediction, which made all the forcing SO obvious. I really hope when you do P&T Jason that you resist that extra step exposing the trick! Secondly, I can't believe that Penn - a fellow performer - would choose 47! I mean, c'mon! We all know that the magician will be counting to the number, and it's such a pain when people choose a number over 40!

[@blackduck7851]

Not how uncomfortable Paul gets after he casuallyputs the pen in Penn's jacket pocket and Penn pulls it back out briefly. He didn't want Penn examining that pen.

[@bruteoni8432]

wtf i actually thought of the Ace of spades lmao

[@TheAshric]

Ace of spades is always my card. It was a symbol drawn for me when I left for the military that I ended up getting tattooed

[@Mushroom_moon_stirfry]

whenever these magicians ask to pick a number, I always think what'll happen if i just pick the number 1

[@cannotthinkofanybetterhandle]

it becomes easy. at least in this case

[@LuisRdzG10]

There are levels of forces, I mean of try to force things to go that way, some are easier, some require a lot of work. So that's why Penn emphasized the force hard in the example with the bass playing. imo. Good trick because it leaves with the doubt of the multiple choices, like "do you wanna change the number", "do you want the cut up or down", there are the extra level of force things to me.

[@tehm-tpc]

I am not a magician at all, but based on what penn said, I was under the impression that there was "an index of about 52 pen (jokes)"... Under normal circumstances that would obviously refer to cards but I think here maybe it refers to numbers? That's the only way I can think of to allow a change in numbers after the trick is fully setup. (you ask for the pen back to mark out the old number and write in the new and make a swap.)

[@leogothisoscar271]

Paul Gertner is another one of my favorites. I believe that if he hadn't given Penn the pen and showed a prediction, it would have made it a little harder for them to bust him. As far as the pen itself, since he forced the pick and card, he could have 52 pens on him. The only thing that confuses me on that is he gives it to Penn about halfway through the trick and Penn has it in his pocket right as Paul is getting ready to count the cards and gives Penn the option to change his mind, so my guess is if Penn did decide to change his mind, Paul wouldn't have done the pen reveal after all (at the beginning he tells him to pick a number he feels good sticking to, so I guess he hopes he wouldn't change his mind) and just let him find it later lol.

[@larrychristensen7766]

At the beginning, Paul says he knows how Penn and Teller think. I've only see a few episodes, but I don't think Penn has ever changed his mind when offered the opportunity. Also, Penn did pick 47, so saying he did is still true even if Penn later changes his mind.

[@88porpoise]

The card was almost certainly forced. He could only feasibly index one of the three items, and the only thing that couldn’t be forced was the number so that would be the index. My guess is the option to change was a calculated risk, if Penn doesn’t change the trick is that much stronger and if he does change there is a slight of hand planned to swap it out which does add to the risk.

[@kristopherspeer9397]

You guessed my card in the intro!

[@andrewdickens7016]

Was not expecting him to say jui-jitsu match 😂

[@webrover1511]

You've made a job about watching KZbin Videos. Fucking Brilliant! The best part is that you're watching magicians watch magicians. Which is twice as "Inception." Best of luck. The Aesop reading is a nice add on.

[@shoibkaaker4806]

Serious question to you. I was wondering if youtube was your full time job, also love your vids and you should cellebrate that you are now on 69k subs haha

[@ronaldthompson199]

You actually picked my card right🤯

[@kimchi_b]

The cameraman doesn't show the deck switch so we have no idea if Penn and Teller caught that, but if not (while it makes it a more impressive trick for most viewers, they will know for sure after this point) the pen ending (rather than the card reveal) shows it must have all been forced, with an 'index' of pens inside his jacket for the number Penn chose. How he got the card to number 47 is the only bit that I can't work out.

[@kovacsd]

I thought about the ace of spades at the beginning lol

[@VoIcanoman]

My question is thus. He gave Penn the pen after he had written the #47 on the pick. So theoretically, the pen could have had the number printed on it before it went into his pocket. HOWEVER, he also said that the number could legitimately have been altered. Now, IF Penn wanted to alter the number, would Paul have asked for the pen back, so it could be changed? Because then, sure, he could've changed the printing on the pen (somehow). That's the only way I can see this aspect of the trick working. Otherwise, the pen would've had 47 written on it, while 47 would no longer be the number. Additionally, the cards were spread out, and he counted to 47. Had the number changed, the jack would've had to appear at a different place in the deck. So again, if the number was actually changeable, then the jack appeared into the deck because Gertner put it there covertly. And watching the video, I can't see how he could've. The jack WAS in the 47th position. So maybe Penn and Teller weren't fooled, but I certainly was.

[@360escapades]

Nice

[@harshalbhagwat8902]

Paul gertner had time from 3:19 to 4:14 like a full minute to print the message on the sharpie marker pen. He must have had a small printer in his jacket. Nobody puts a pen i n lower jacket pocket, they put it in front shirt pocket

[@matthewm9547]

whats amazing is how he got the correct number. you can force the pick and card through a gimmick'ed box deck but the number does feel like a free choice. he even asks Penn if he wants to change his number AFTER Penn has the pen. so if Penn had changed his number for whatever reason i am curious how the correct number would have appeared on the pen.