Magician REACTS to Xavier Mortimer FRENCH BALLOON on Penn and Teller FOOL US 2020

[@JasonParkerMagic]

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[@kigjam6258]

My question is what are your thoughts on the afterlife

[@thefancystache3793]

There are multiple FREE tutorials for that impossible card. People would subscribe to your Patreon because you're likable. Using other people's creations to profit is sleazy and you've got to be aware of that. Show me two decent card controls you've created and I'll sign up for 6 months to support you.

[@fewwiggle]

Your guess that they cut out some of the after performance dialog seems right. All that buoyancy talk seems like they guessed that he was adding or releasing gas in the balloon via the string in his hand. So, since he fooled them, I'm inclined to think that there was an "invisible" string from above. Or, maybe the visible string in his hand was thick enough to house a wire that articulated, i.e., mechanically lifted/lowered the balloon?

[@GETURHANDSUP916]

You should try to recreate all the effects from the foolers. It could be like a magician challenge.

[@johnkean6852]

@@kigjam6258 ...enjoy this one nothing "after" ...

[@zombygoose]

Leon is the name of the main character from the movie The Professional. Leon is played by Jean Reno. Also starring a young Natalie Portman. And Gary Oldman.

[@danielmunoz6866]

And it's an amazing movie... it was in my list of movies to watch again during the pandemic. It was Natalie Portman's first movie, and she did an amazing work.

[@JasonParkerMagic]

I'm going to check it out... thanks :)

[@-long-]

@@JasonParkerMagic you definitely should check it out, it's a great French movie

[@Hamstrakt]

I was going to say this.

[@NaughtMax]

I was going to comment this as well, I definitely enjoyed the movie when I was younger but haven’t seen it in many years

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[@JasonParkerMagic]

lol

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WATCHINGYOU

[@ashraferaky5936]

The coolest wifi name i have seen was called "Hack me if you can". The funny thing is next day it changed to " Challenge accepted".

[@lunar1227]

😐

[@icemn]

Think its based on the movie “the professional” - about a hitman called leon... brilliant movie 🍿

[@chrisdemeire3380]

Wow, interesting theory. And yes, great movie with a great theme song.

[@fadetounforgiven]

That's what I was about to say. Also, "león" (note the "ó") means "lion" in Spanish, so maybe the guy is a dentist ;-) And finally, "León" is a town in Spain, so maybe he's a killer from there.

[@PhilNEvo]

My first thought as well~

[@selynar4889]

I came over to write this. Also the original name for the movie is Leon. It was changed to the Professional for north america. Or vice versa, I can't remember. ;-)

[@fadetounforgiven]

@@selynar4889 it's also "León: El profesional" in Spain.

[@magicemperor2420]

One thing I can definitely say about Xavier Mortimer is that whenever he performs on the show, his music gets stuck in my head.

[@nigeldepledge3790]

His performance was superb. I'm slightly surprised that neither you nor Penn mentioned the possibility that Xavier had a small rubber bulb in his hand; if this were connected to the balloon by a small tube in the string, he'd be able to control the volume of gas in the balloon, and hence its average density relative to the air.

[@gmy33]

Helium doesnt have a whole lot of power with that size

[@corywithaynoe]

The best WiFi name I’ve ever seen was “Tell my WiFi love her”

[@jeffnjules1290]

My buddy lives next to a middle school, he’s a vet, got him to change his wifi to “Isis Safehouse” as a joke a couple years ago. Well it was only up for a couple weeks when there was an event at the school across the street someone freaked out and called the cops and a couple FBI agents showed up at his door to check him out . In the end they asked him to change it but it was so worth it, never laughed so hard ever when he called me.

[@flashbackie]

My guess was that the "string" was actually a hose, and he was able to control a pump somehow that put fluid into the "string", causing it to gain/lose weight. This would keep the balloon weighted down when the "string" was full, and would allow it to rise when the "string" was emptied.

[@philgallagher1]

That seems very feasible to me. I think you've got it

[@AartBluestoke]

@@philgallagher1 that's' the 'neutral buoyancy' comment (re: changing the density of the balloon by adding/removing heavy stuff)- but the balloon doesn't change shape during the act.

[@MrMurphyum]

Nopp. The size of the ballon is not changing. He used a memory cord and a switch attached to a battery under the sleeve. A 9W battery does the job to heat the cord to the form, to pull the ballon down. The ballon is just filled with helium.

[@humdinger8998]

I think you are close but I think its even simpler, just use air. Higher pressure = heavier string. It would also be a less sudden change (compared to liquid or memory metal) allowing for the more natural floating effect. Tiny bladder concealed in his hand similar to a blood pressure cuff.

[@byronaus]

@@MrMurphyum right, but how does he pop it at the end.

[@gaugehardt4950]

Off the top of my head, the the string was a thin hose pumping an alternating combo of helium and sulfer hexaflouride, helium makes it rise, sulfer hexaflouride makes it fall, but too much helium makes it pop, that or there was a small needle that popped the balloon at the end of the hose when it went just high enough to end the trick.

[@lawofficeofprestonparkpllc4918]

Rats. I see you beat me to it, except I said xenon. He wouldn't need to pump more helium into the balloon though. The amount of helium required would make the balloon noticeably larger anyway. And, I don't think his hand could conceal enough helium to pop the balloon. The SF6 would flow up into the balloon when he squeezed the pump and drain back out when he released it. The weight of the SF6 would keep it at the bottom of the balloon so it would always be the first gas to be forced back out. I don't know how he popped the balloon, but that doesn't seem like it would be much of a mystery to a magician.

[@unbroken1010]

So where was the needle

[@MrMajintiger]

close.. no mix though even simpler check out my above comment

[@savourypotato]

K.I.S.S

[@BoringDad88]

I think he just uses helium and inflates/deflates it. You don't need 2 gasses.

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I had a neighbor's WiFi show up as "FBI Surveillance." Gave me a good laugh.

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[@BethanyLowe8773]

Came here to say this

[@kevinwells4986]

I can't believe I'm listening to an Aesop fable in your dialogue, and digging it because I knew it. Well, I read it since I had the books as a kid. Meanwhile, that was a cool magic act.

[@matthopkins3249]

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[@MrMajintiger]

this is one i actually think i figured out. balloon in a balloon .. outer balloon just regular air blown up as a shell. inside a smaller balloon with proper measured helium the he injects and extracts with a hand pump... the string was more like a skinny straw. you can almost see the hand pump rig when hes talking to allison at the end.. hate to bust this one but im pretty sure..

[@MrMajintiger]

lol the tie i dont know haha

[@MrMajintiger]

confetti was already inside lol no drones guys those things are loud aka will also pop baloon quick and confetti blow up motors fail.. simple kiss keep it simple stupid.. 2 balloons a hand pump and colored thin gauge air tube much like on a cpap machine .

[@themagicbuzz5728]

Tend to agree. Maybe not a hand pump but mechanical with a two way valve so when it turns off the helium drains. The key you keyed in on is the balloon in balloon...good thinking 🎈 ❣️

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[@Hamstrakt]

I actually saw this one live (same day that Shawn Farquhar taped his performance!). The string looked a bit thicker than balloon strings typically are and we never see his back... Something to think about. The post performance interview was longer that what they air (as they typically are) but if they cut any of Penn's reaction, they didn't cut much of it as it's almost exactly as I remembered it.

[@Acaykath]

I feel like this is what Rowan Atkinson would be like if he was a french comedic magician instead of an english comedic actor.

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[@azland00123]

Ok so when you mentioned the drone in the balloon, seriously I was screaming in my head. Because who cares about science. So glad you dispelled that right away. LOL

[@JasonParkerMagic]

hahaha

[@yerk55]

I also think the "string" is involved, like pumping gas or something. His grip on the string is awkward and looks like he's trying to palm something. And he gathered up the string at the end, because it would look silly and not mesh with the plot if he dragged it on the ground behind him after it popped, and he couldn't just drop it on the ground without revealing the secret. So he did the least-awkward choreography possible of just gathering it up into his hand. Now, why didn't the balloon visibly inflate or deflate, is the amazing effect to me. But maybe this is achievable chemically, I don't know.

[@MrMajintiger]

read all my comments so stupid will make you laugh i cant believe penn and teller didnt get it. im such a newb magician lol i cant figure out the tie for shit but the balloon .. thats it man

[@blazejecar]

im a chemist, if he wanted to exchange gases (say CO2 and He), he'd need a whole mass flow control unit which seems way too big to fit on his person

[@aaroncaratelli7660]

He could just pump some water into the string from a reserve palmed in his hand. The string would get heavier and pull the balloon down more. Why play with the gases in the balloon? The string is right there

[@yerk55]

@@aaroncaratelli7660 Good point. And we can see even when the balloon is down, the balloon itself is still standing. It's only heavy at the bottom where the string is.

[@MrMajintiger]

@@aaroncaratelli7660 not bad and id like to try the theorys but when he went to pop it would require gas as water would come out even if retained in straw or pump some would come out.. balloon in baloon only pops when over expanded by the inner balloon good times man

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[@adithyasundar501]

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the impossible card cut looks better on a blank piece of paper, this one can be solved by aligning the sides of the card

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i always wait for ur videos rather than the original ones... Love the vids bro keep it up, magician to magician

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I agree

[@JasonParkerMagic]

I appreciate that!

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[@pearl-may]

The string adds and subtracts helium, and there's a handheld control switch. When the balloon gets too full, it pops and the string drops.

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[@CyberKnight_]

3:35 i know how but idk what you're talking about 😂

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[@JasonParkerMagic]

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[@danuttall]

I think the pocket square appearance was done not by applying he pocket square, but by removing the tape covering the pocket square and palming the tape as he pulled his hand away.

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[@crazypomp927]

My theory is it does work like a hot air balloon. The way he was holding the end of the balloon string and the way it attached to the balloon seemed unusual. The string also seemed more like a thin rope than a string so it could have been some type of hose with an apparatus built in that uses heat to make it rise. He controls it with a device hidden in the hand holding the end of the hose, which the ropelike hose also helps conceal.

[@nino0365]

So the rope opens or close the air in the 🎈

[@jeremyashford2145]

I’ve seen an explanation elsewhere for the balloon: memory wire. My thoughts were nichrome wire which heated the gas and made it rise, with extreme heat causing it to burst. Either way, the secret was in the wire, which clearly was a wire, not a string. Nice trick but messy wire.

[@TokyoXtreme]

I believe the “string” is a cable that can stiffen and loosen based upon some hand control. When loosened, the balloon can rise; when stiffened, the balloon is restricted to a certain height, based upon the shortened length of cable. And I guess that when the cable is fully loosened and the balloon rises to maximum height, a mechanism pops the balloon.

[@spacejaga]

Balloon was controlled by having additional helium supply under arm or behind the back (vest is sticking out like reaaaaaaallllly unnatural on the back when he does the trick and is all fine after) and when balloon popped it was obvious it's not a string but more likely tiny hose.

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[@marctompkins3001]

Time stamp 4:13 I think I have this one illustration figured out. The hanky was palmed in his hand. Maybe rolled up, and he unrolled it as it was applied. Double face tape was on the remnant back side. The hanky was merely a white tape and not a full size. The last closeup shot after winning the trophy, sure looked like a white tape strip, over the pocket area. Maybe there was no pocket at all. I do remember Tellers balloon act. I thought for sure they were going to bust his chops on the balloon. Surprise that’s what they couldn’t figure out.

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I was waiting for you to say String Theory. I love these videos.

[@Seaprimate]

Memory wire and an electrical circuit with switch keeps the wire bent until the circuit cuts and the wire relaxes.

[@chrismurray2978]

Maybe the string had a hollow tube through which some kind of air or gas could be pumped from somewhere inside his rather awkwardly fitting jacket... or maybe the string carries an electric or static or heat element to the balloon.A sudden increase in delivery of this mechanism for raising the balloon could burst it, but so could a small fishhook at the end of the string and hidden inside the balloon.I seem to remember seeing something like this in a book somewhere, where a quick tug on the string makes the sharp hook pull against the inside of the balloon and burst it.Another thought I had was that the string could be a high tech design of sections of the string becoming more taut as if you had microscopic beads like small cotton reels with string through their holes which when pulled gradually tightens up the string- remember those funny wands that you had to hold pulled tightly together and then it would collapse when you said to a volunteer "here, hold this for me for a moment please" and when they gave it back to you you pulled on the string strung through the length of the wand. and the wand would go taut and appear normal again as everyone laughed.(either something like that, or some electrical high-tech switching is sent to the static sensitive balloon and thus heats it, or gives it some kind of static charge. Maybe the string wicks up water or oil or some fluid that makes the string heavier (dragging the balloon down) and then can somehow be sucked back out of the string into a reservoir somewhere in the magician's clothing , allowing the balloon to rise(it may have some helium in it and require a change of density or weight in the string to balance its relative buoyancy) ... nah! I've got nothing... it's witchcraft!

[@keithgoodnight3463]

1. Penn mentioned "dense," and neutral buoyancy; I think he was getting at Xavier doing something to change the density of the balloon, although in the end they couldn't figure out how. Did you ever see the children's toy with a water-filled plastic container and a "diving bell" inside? If you squeezed the container the diving bell would sink, if you let go it would rise. The trick was that the diving bell contained air, and was weighted to be close to neutral in the water. When you squeezed the bottle, water is incompressible so wouldn't change, but the air in the toy diving bell would compress, increasing its density enough to make the bell sink. I think Penn was hinting that Xavier had something similar going on-- but like Penn and Teller I have no idea how. 2. What am I missing about the "impossible" card? I won't describe how I think it was made, since evidently that's supposed to be a secret, but I'm not sure what's considered strange about it? 3. Aesop's fables weren't originally meant to be stories with morals; it was only centuries later that editors began adding morals to the stories. Aesop's original collection was meant as "useful anecdotes for speech writers." Some do indeed make a point or have a moral, but others are just jokes, sometimes based on puns in the ancient Greek that can't be translated. I think today you came across a fable that just doesn't want to be updated with a moral. It's proud to be a joke and stands by it.

[@Malfehzan]

re 2. - Most people won't see the "twist" in the hypercard because a card could usually be bent in all ways, ripped in pieces, but its very shape makes it pretty much impossible to twist. Of course, cuts in just the right places change all that, but the asymmetry of the montage makes it not too obvious. -- It's not so great as a puzzle, especially if you haven't stapled it to some other (contrasting) card as a sort of base to limit reverse-engineering, but it makes for a GREAT ending to a Card Warp.

[@KevinZimmerman360]

I think the fact that the balloon popped is very convenient for him since if there was some kind of heat-controlling device (which would make the air more/less dense, which is what Penn was referring to), it could have self-destructed and no one would be able to investigate it. Also, the balloon wasn't transparent which is another clue suggesting there may have been something inside of it.

[@richross1974]

Jason. the balloon trick is simple. watch his hand holding the string, the balloon works like a nurses blood pressure cuff. the string is a tube, his hand controls a valve that will allow helium to release from the balloon, just enough to let the balloon drop, without losing much size. he can then switch the valve to reverse the flow to fill it enough to raise the balloon from a cartridge in the handle.

[@kalekhalili8130]

Man.. the rainbow got me when you said magic.... I was expecting lightning or explosions lol. Nice rainbow

[@harshreality2672]

Right? Lol-what a pleasant little touch! Made me smile 😊🙌..

[@kalekhalili8130]

@@harshreality2672 🌈

[@wendyg4382]

Ballon trick - First thoughts were a small Battery generating heat into Ballon then I remember a video about something called 'memory wire' could have been actually on this channel, 'memory wire' changes shape when a current is passed into the wire and reverts back to original shape when current is removed.

[@tmc200527]

He seems to be holding the red string close in hand after the magic trick is over 8:43 and the string looks kind of thick. Hot air rises and cool air sinks. The balloon seemed to be affected by the ambient studio air currents which caused some problems with the balloon wanting to be behind him so I don't think there was an assistant above. I wonder if you could make a small enough heating element to warm the air in the balloon to make it rise. I don't know how responsive the balloon would be to cooling on it's own so that it descends. I think there might be electrical wires in the sting. It would have been another thing if he blew up the balloon and tied it to a string and then did the trick.

[@peterpike]

Clearly, there was a drone made out of confetti inside the balloon. It's so obvious. Jason!

[@JasonParkerMagic]

why didn't I see it?!? :)

[@peterpike]

@@JasonParkerMagic -- Because the part where I said it was obvious? That was a lie. The rest is totally true though. And you can trust me because I admitted to the part that was a lie. I'm pretty sure that's how trust works.

[@MrMajintiger]

nope read above comment basic hand pump 2 ballons. and hose outer shell normal air inner shell a helium balloon connected to hand pump in sleeve inject baloon rises retract goes into hose wictch wont lift to heavy confetti was already in there as part of the setup

[@peterpike]

@@MrMajintiger -- I watch the news, and drones are basically deus ex machina already, so there's really no reason to waste time with logic and thinking. If CNN tells me a drone can do the impossible, then drones are sufficient.

[@Xanthopteryx]

@@MrMajintiger Then there would be one balloon flying away when it popped.

[@mguerra79]

I miss these... Cheers, mate!

[@ckameron9959]

I think you need something more challenging to plug the patron with, the impossible card is kinda easy to figure out.

[@TrimutiusToo]

Well cwtv website says that something will come out on November 17th with Pen&Teller... it is not always Fool Us though (it also included their magic at home shows and such) But they often have special 14th episode in their show, where instead of them being fooled it is just some kind of special performance...

[@markusmuller65656]

My wifi is named: Connecting ... And it fouls me from time to time even so i know it is the name i gave it

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A kid did that on a ZOOM school call to get out of his online class. He put his name as "Connecting..." Lol.

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Hi, Jason! The funniest wifi name I've ever seen it is "My Neighbor's wife is cheating on him". Imagine this in a apartment building, now everybody is playing detective! :)

[@JasonParkerMagic]

lol....

[@rene0]

First i thought about one of them surgical tools that they can steer around corners (basically tension wires in a thin tube). Then i figured an easier method, just altering the buoyancy of the balloon. The string is a small tube, in his hand he has a small reservoir-balloon- filled with water. He squeezes, water flows in balloon, goes down. Release, pressure of balloon drives water back, balloon rises. Some confetti and small explosive added to disguise the gimmicks. At the end all water is out of the balloon avoiding a shower. He pulls on the string/tube pulling it out activating a trigger and confetti.

[@katten39]

Xaiver looks like a character that would be in lazytown haha

[@GeldarionTFS]

There is the classic "GetYourOwnWifi". My brother had "ThePasswordIsTacos" meaning if you bought him tacos, he'd share

[@9A4GEMilan]

It is interesting how he must hold that string until the end in order not to expose battery.

[@geo_cuber]

My guess: hollow light string with a heavier stiffer string inside. If you pull heavy string inside the hollow string, the string becomes lighter so the balloon floats. If you push it in the hollow string, the string becomes heavy again, so the balloon goes down. Remove the heavy string inside the hollow string, then it floats all the way up.

[@BoringDad88]

I like that. I was thinking a syringe that inflates/deflates right on the edge of neutral buoyancy.

[@geo_cuber]

@@BoringDad88 I'm guessing, the balloon string is a tube where he can inject and eject water at will using a syringe or a rubber squeezer. with water inside, the string will be heavier for the balloon to left. when out of water, it will be light enough to be lifted by the balloon.

[@drjekill8418]

Best wifi name ? "No porn allowed on this wifi" was the name of my roomate wifi lmao By the way, I love your work and I love discoring magic toward you! (And you easy to understand even for a foreigner :p )

[@sevenfifteen]

In India, a popular trick is a rope that acts like a snake. It's presented as a normal rope, but gets stiff while raising in the air. If it is based on that illusion, he found a new element to make the "rope" so thin. And it must be something else than spiraling. Because Penn&Teller know this trick as well.

[@edwardhughes352]

I think the string was a hose leading to a smaller baloon inside the larger baloon and a bulb of heavy gas in his hand lkeading to the smaller baloon. if he releases pressure the heavy gas transfers to the bulb in his hand and vice versa. The heavy gas might only need to be air , CO2 or sulphur hexaflouride (very heavy gas).. I will try and make one to see if it works.

[@BoringDad88]

I was thinking that too, but it seems like a tube would weigh it down, especially a heavygas. Helium and hydrogen are not able to lift much. Also, the amount of gas would have to have a delicate balance every single show. Maybe he put helium until it barely starts to lift, then uses a syringe to inflate/deflate? Don't know, just a thought.

[@edwardhughes352]

@@BoringDad88 or a valve connected to a baloon up his arm. Then he disconnects it at the end.

[@harshgautam9727]

My Theory says that the balloon is connected to a string like narrow & lite pipe which is used to pump or remove air (may be Helium or atmospheric air) by portable pump.. He didn't show his hand on palm side because the pipe or you can say String like pipe is passing through this sleeve , and he was also holding some extra string to confuse the audience.

[@tribounty1392]

String is a hose, Palmed controller to 2 direction valve ones and inlet ones an exhaust. Helium tank of some sort on his person somewhere. Holds inlet button and it fills, hold exhaust button and it drops, keeps holding inlet button until it pops. Ballon initially filled with mostly air and some Helium to make Ballon look full but balance it. That's my idea. That's how I'd do it.

[@aerojez]

perhaps the string is a thin tube, and that Xavier has a BULB containing additional helium somewhere on his person, and the balloon has the right amount of helium such that a tiny amount of extra in or out can make it go up or down, and Xavier squeezes the bulb in to send it up, or releases the bulb to make it go down. this could be concealed anywhere on his person, eg, under his arm, or in his shoe etc.

[@Ashkenya]

Its a tiny battery & switch in hand (or switch only with battery in baloon) connected to very very thin wires going into baloon, slightly heating air inside baloon to make it rise. Finally full power applied to tiny heating element inside baloon to puncture and blow the baloon. This happens while diverting attention to kiss

[@ShashankBhavaraju]

"iwontgiveyouthepassword" best WiFi

[@Robocop-qe7le]

they are actually two balloons: a smaller one containing XeF6 or CO2 and the big balloon containing helium at equilibrium. He just inflates and deflates the small XeF6 balloon inside and this is enough to change buoyancy. He could have a pouch in his hands (his left chest looks kind of weird) to squeeze the XeF6 (don't need a lot) and then unsqueeze for XeF6 to get back in the pouch and make the balloon lift.

[@ZombiZohm]

My first thought is that it was a tube not a string and he had a device in his hand that could raise and lower the amount of helium in the balloon. Culminating in raising it so much that the balloon burst

[@yanaielgossi172]

Love your videos!

[@minxythemerciless]

I think the thick string is the key. There is a bottle of hydrogen involved with a valve and he inflates the ballon a bit more or a bit less to make it rise and fall.

[@Malfehzan]

Loved watching you move like a zombie when trying to explain your thoughts about "the string" Very Halloweenesque ;)

[@Greghouse]

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[@johnkean6852]

Best one ever: "Open"

[@fewwiggle]

I think one of us is taking mushrooms, and I don't remember me being the one..... ;-)

[@futlongbaby8127]

The tie was covered by a slipsleeve, which was pulled into the right side of his jacket

[@YYYValentine]

I think there were strings, to keep the balloon down. The ballon stays vertical, even when it is on the floor, which suggests that it is lighter than air, like helium. What do you think?

[@simonewers4369]

Best WiFi Name: Pretty Fly for a Wifi!

[@zmortis111]

If the balloon has neutral buoyancy (aka if balloon rubber, the balloon air, and balloon string weighs the same as the air around it) it would have neither a tendency to rise or fall thus making it tend to float at a constant altitude. If it had slightly negative buoyancy, it would slowly fall. If it had slightly positive buoyancy it would slowly rise. It it had a small electrical circuit that could warm the air slightly inside, it could go from slightly negative buoyancy to slightly positive buoyancy. If tiny heater was left on long enough, it could pop the balloon even.

[@mattc9511]

The sting isn’t solid. There is another balloon between his legs. The helium is there when he relaxes, when he tenses it forces it into the balloon and it rises.

[@somedude3601]

Best solution

[@unbroken1010]

Maybe but he does not seem to be opening and closing his legs that much maybe it has something to do with him turning right or left which he does do a bit more

[@DominoMarama]

I think the rising comes from a bladder along his arm. He keeps his arm down until it's time to rise - I guess lifting his arm creates a path for extra hellium to get to the balloon. Then at end you can see him fold his arm up to squeeze the bladder to pop the balloon. I don't know how getting the balloon to fall works though.. His left arm is out of shot too much to really see what's happening.

[@sbaxter4207]

How about the pop?

[@DominoMarama]

Afterthought: Probably all done by pressure on the arm bladder, squeeze to rise, release to fall.. Just has pressure spot on so bladder reinflates allowing balloon to fall when not squeezed.

[@xnick_uy]

I'm convinced that the string was key to the performance. I have some theories: - The string is actually a hose and the performer is able to pump helium in and out of the balloon with a hidden device. - The string is used as a heat conductor (metallic core, perhaps). The performer can use a hidden device to increase the temperature of the air inside the ballon (it would be difficult to make it come down, but perhaps doable). This could also explain the final burst part. - The string is used as an electric conductor, allowing the balloon AND the performer to exchange electric charges. A hidden Van de Graaff generator could be employed to pump the charges in and out. Also, he might be using the act of taking hands with Alison to get "grounded" and close a circuit, but the type of shoes she's wearing has to be taken into account. It could also be a system that is affected by the total impedance (like touch-sensitive lamps).

[@stokesfitness7492]

Those are great explanations for how the trick may have been done. The reason I don't think it's the string is because that would be the obvious choice. This guy is known for being pretty innovative. I think he wanted them to focus on the string but did the trick another way. If it is the string, then Your 3rd explanations looks really good (Van de Graaff generator, circuits/grounding). #2 is good because it explains the bursting of the balloon. Can't wait to find out how it's done.

[@OrtizIndustries]

the card bounce! epic =)

[@kungfuzing966]

Best WiFi name is "Error" ....fun with IT people. The way he rolled up the "string" he may have used a gas cannister, with helium he could inflate and release air from the baloon. You wouldnt need much to raise and lower the baloon.

[@attentionaddicts]

There's a second balloon inside the balloon. He's pumping helium into and out of it through the string, which is actually a very thin pipe.

[@attentionaddicts]

At 6:30 you can see the string is very thick.

[@attentionaddicts]

The controls to pump helium in, let it out, and pop the balloon are the hand holding the string. He definitely tries to pocket it by turning his right side away at the end.

[@singleasasin]

08:00 Regarding the balloon, maybe the string is NOT a string, and, maybe he has, on his back, a small cillinder of helium and another one of ... whatever makes the helium disappear and the balloon go down. He might have a buton to push in his hand.

[@NeroLobo]

About to meet the 100k KZbin trophy. Where are you with the fool us trick?