Magician Dan White Freaks Out Jimmy and Questlove with a Time Traveling Card Trick

[@CantStayAway]

I love it when he freaks out Questlove, it's always like his sole mission when he comes on the show :)

[@racchi122]

that smooth ig plug though

[@lumiya4596]

Janis Fuh the reason why he took a photo with quest

[@dhruvganeriwal8240]

1000th like

[@NamelessAzn388]

lol my favorite part has to be the collective head shake of the band in the background at the end

[@NamelessAzn388]

You care SO much that 3 years ago my favorite part was watching people being mystified by magic?

[@athariksa6427]

YEAAAAAA

[@natalie_kendel]

Honestly, the best part of this trick was Questlove's reaction. I live for his freakouts, man!

[@Colorincheonfire]

I absolutely ❤ Quest's reactions! he makes me laught so hard 😂

[@michaeldoran4367]

GIRTHY KOCK

[@vincentrangel5655]

quest love's reactions always make the magic tricks way better

[@abdibarre1]

this is how he did the trick .. he first took the card and then spreads it when he does that if u look closely u can see that you're wasting your time and just enjoy the video stop looking for how he did it

[@lumiya4596]

But if you actually want to know how he does it, you can look up the tutorial of this trick;(trick is called chaotic prediction)

[@AndrewsCookin]

It's called Jeopardy

[@chescie_]

💀💀💀💀

[@cheerfuljuan]

THANK YOU!! lmao, all these detectives in the comments section

[@cleohedin6199]

omg I totally get it now, thanks!!! *0*

[@stillakilla]

this dude and Blaine are ethical immortals

[@NateKyng]

*Shin Lim enters the chat*

[@LastBastion9999]

7:25 And thus, a meme was born.

[@LiveWire134679]

No.

[@spongeman1512]

Nope

[@jordanc9856]

I love it when Dan White comes on and each time I find myself asking "How did he do that?!" 😳

[@schmactor]

Magicians know that the most amazing part of the entire trick was his first shuffle at the beginning.

[@bkstudio1990]

I love that addition. I'm still unsure how he included it. My guess feels to risky to do on television like this-- so I got nothin.

[@schmactor]

@@bkstudio1990 And it wasn't even a perfect faro. I'm so baffled.

[@michaelbryson5870]

You all wanted an explanation so here it is. Just a disclaimer, I am not at all a magician. I was totally fooled watching it the first time, but as an engineer, I couldn't leave a problem unsolved. So here's how I think it was done. Before the show, he arranged the 17 "special" cards together and split them in two groups, 9 in one half of the deck and 8 in the other half. Then he put the deck back together. At 0:26, he split the deck in two, separating it so that half the special cards were on top of one half deck and the other cards were on top of the other half deck. At 0:29, he shuffled it precisely so that cards from each side are evenly mixed (left right left right etc). You can see this at 0:39. At this point, he can look and verify that he shuffled them correctly. Now all 17 special cards are at the top of the deck. At 1:06, while the people are looking at the big number, he is identifying where to split the deck next. His first split needs to separate all 17 special cards from the rest of the deck. At 1:20, he splits the deck in three. The stack closest to the camera is the 17 special cards and the other two stacks are the rest of the deck. At 1:36, Jimmy is given a choice to select two piles to shuffle together. Ideally, the magician wants him to pick the two piles that are not the special cards (and that is what he did). After selecting the piles, the regular cards are mixed together. If instead he had picked the special cards, the magician would probably have had him flip one stack face up and then shuffle, still keeping them separate. At 2:00, Jimmy is given a choice to select one of the two stacks to flip over. Jimmy selects the regular cards and they are flipped over. Then all the cards are mixed together. Note that now the special cards are face down and the regular cards are face up. At 2:30, Jimmy removes half the deck and sets them on the table. Meanwhile, if you watch carefully, at 2:35, the magician flips his half deck upside down. Note that now the magicians stack is upside down (special cards face up and regular cards face down) and Jimmy's stack is rightside up (special cards face down and regular cards face up). At 2:48, they both lift off a few cards from their stacks, flip them over, and place them on each others stack. This process of flipping their cards over and swapping stacks cancels itself out since the magician had previously flipped his stack. At 3:07, Jimmy is given a choice to flip one of the stacks before shuffling. He selects his stack to flip so now it matches the magician's stack. The stacks are mixed and all special cards are face up and regular cards are face down. At 3:22, the magician squares up the deck and places it back down on the table. In the process, at 3:27, he flips the deck over. Now all special cards are face down and regular cards are face up. At 4:15, the magician spreads the cards out and makes his big reveal: 17 cards face down etc. And because these are the same 17 cards from the beginning, he has complete control over what those 17 face down cards are. Magic Trick Solved.

[@miniwolfearts]

8:16 why tf did the entire band decide to shake their heads all at once lmaooo that's the real magic here

[@TungVu-jm1eo]

6:04 lol , that was the best part, i can see how funny he is!! I laugh everytime i watch this , Gotta love that guy.

[@bradenator9603]

A magician should go on the show and make Jimmy's *mustache* disappear.

[@aronarnarson]

I quite like it

[@Surgequake7]

Bradenator That magician is called a barber.

[@CharlieAUS]

no

[@xanlyladybug3]

Bradenator seriously that mustache is a joke

[@nelson4480]

Bradenator he actually had a mustache now i thought it was fake

[@showbizroxs]

Is no one else talking about Questlove's smooth hair? Like DAMN....

[@danielgranola]

@2:15 He grabs a certain face down card and purposefully makes it the second card from the top @3:15 The 3 of diamonds is face up. If you follow the card from 2:15 it would have to be face up too. He makes sure the face-up 3 of diamonds is the second card from the top @4:18 He makes sure the order of the face-down red cards do not change as they are counted. The face-down 3 of diamonds is the last red card to be counted.

[@benjaminfranklin4149]

Everything you just wrote, while mostly correct, has absolutely nothing to do with how this trick is done.

[@briancherry8088]

love the blocking at 2:34 and the "put them right here"

[@Mastas2]

While this trick may have been as simple as a deck swap. The preparation and his delivery of this bit is genius. Using his Instagram to post the photo of him and quest and then being able to perform in front of the hottest late night star in the game. Well done sir. Fucking amazing bit.

[@facundotortora687]

Mastas2 it is amazkng, even more when you realize theres no deck switch

[@Mastas2]

Okay MacGyver....

[@topnotch3232]

suspectblack deck switch actually happens when they are showing the 52! Numbers

[@magic_jannik]

@@suspectblack there is no deck switch in this trick.

[@Crimson_Abyss_IV]

For fucks sake, would you dumbasses stop Tryna decode how it's done and just enjoy for what it is for? What's fuckin wrong with you people? This shit annoys me in every comment section of all the magic videos, like guys nobody even asked for it

[@ultrasound2376]

I love how the whole band is just shaking there heads at the end made me smh lol

[@summerboyfun]

You spelt their wrong you deserve to be insulted

[@ultrasound2376]

@@summerboyfun Hahah to true, good catch

[@mikebizz1263]

@@summerboyfun It's "spelled" so I guess you deserve to be insulted also.. Piece of advice..If you're going to try and make someone look stupid in your reply, at least proofread it first..🤷‍♂️

[@summerboyfun]

@@mikebizz1263Google: American English and British English. Also, points of ellipsis require 3 periods not 2...

[@summerboyfun]

🤦‍♂️

[@kobedunksonyou440]

Anyone else waiting for the comments that reveal how he did the trick?

[@abhishekjain6452]

Kobedunksonyou some mathematics and 3 of diamonds I think he snugged in a bit while we weren't looking. This is a very impressive trick though. His knowledge of maths with his adept hands! God's he is unreal!

[@ColinPoole]

Time travel. Obviously its already been invented in the future, so he watches the sequence of the cards before he writes the lines for QuestLove and wears the shirt with the odd card out. Not really hard.

[@dagelijksedosisinternet3591]

*he switches the deck of cards at ****3:25****, you can see it at 0.25 speed*

[@abhishekjain6452]

Colin Poole You honestly think that he time travelled!? Don't be an idiot.

[@ColinPoole]

Abshishek Jain - Oh my god dude, you must be one of the dumbest people on the planet. Of course I don't think he time travelled. He will be dead long before time travel is invented! Someone else time travelled back and cut him a deal of some sort, probably a life of wealth and fame behind the scenes. You are so stupid.

[@NasAfter]

Usually I hate card tricks they are constantly repeated and boring.. But this one woooha!!! It's mind blowing

[@ArsonComplex]

How come these guys never hit the lotto.

[@khadijayunus7949]

Marwan Ratiug beause the mafia that run those will kill them.

[@TheBorwig]

Marwan Ratiug cause they're playing in Illinois

[@ngmblue]

Marwan Ratiug because you can't actually hit the lotto

[@saeedvazirian]

because these are tricks. he's not a wizard you dumbfuck

[@Mastas2]

Because his comment was a hilarious joke you dumbfuck....

[@kevinducharme3988]

Funny how, myself included, all of us reach out in the comments to try to figure it out. This is actually a fairly well known trick, but EXTREMELY difficult to pull off. So even if you know how the tricks are done (i mean for all magician videos), the real fun is watching someone pull the trick off with this much skill. I think everyone knows how he did it (or at least anyone who just went to the 3rd top comment and clicked the link), but this must have taken years of practice and I've never seen it pulled off so smoothly. That's the beauty of magicians. Good ones don't really slip up and entertain you. GREAT ones pull things off so flawlessly that it really seems magical. This is a great Magician.

[@tonyle5443]

I got goosebumps at the end of the show. How can it be that magical

[@Houligans]

3:09 9 of hearts is turned over to be face down but at 4:16 you can see 9 of hearts face up. Stellar deck swap Dan!

[@Carlo-dp9jp]

When did he swap the deck

[@stuthecockatoo361]

He flips the whole deck over again at 3:25

[@dagelijksedosisinternet3591]

*this was actually really impressive*

[@joeseph2367]

Its just math

[@5-meo-dmt299]

Joe Seph yeah, but it‘s by far the best performance using this math Principle I’ve ever seen

[@duhbid6870]

5-MeO-DMT Dude, 5 meo dmt will show you God

[@AestheticsOfTheMind]

WOWWW EPIC TRICK. considering all the planning that must have been involved. wow. truly amazing. DAN WHITE!

[@maryp992]

Questlove's face at 7:25 😂😂

[@MsDirtyQwerty]

Quest's reaction was amazing

[@dikiseptian23]

Mind Blowing Card Trick, You're the Best Dan 👏 ..

[@Ty-yy8cg]

Tht would've freaked me out too 😂 poor quest so confused

[@ImpressiveFuture]

Would've been more impressed if he made Jimmy's mustache disappear.

[@varunnarayanswamy8084]

I was about to like this but it has 69 likes so I don't want to break that

[@daywalker0082]

Yep

[@argimara]

yesssss hahahahahahahahahahhhaa

[@QueenofWheels]

Dude you need a life.

[@FromAgonyToLight]

I downvote you for unoriginality

[@sunrisky7557]

That moment when Questlove runs away hahaha love it!

[@GamalKevin]

_"Put those on top of mine, and Imma put mine on top of yours."_

[@redhwanariff7047]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE QUEST'S FACE, LIKE THE REALIZATION DAWNED ON HIM AT 6:51

[@taboo7tatoo257]

Dan himself doesn't see this as magic. He calls it illusion, but for me I see real magic. I saw what he did in Nepal and it was wonderful and inexplicable. I think he has some powers which help him to do what he's doing.

[@janetttx]

Lol the roots all shaking their heads at the end!

[@romilrh]

8:16 All The Roots shaking their heads like "whelp. Questlove's cursed now. Gotta kick him out of the band"

[@weirdscienceentropy]

It's obvisious. He's a speedster & a villian Barry have to fight against. Gonna love that episode!

[@vKeeko]

Damn you have some good hair my friend.

[@bradsdrumcovers]

WOW!! All I can say is, WOW! How amazing is he?!!! 😳👏👏👏

[@sunny806]

I know how he did the trick. Switched the shuffled deck with a set up deck. Afterwards, the faced up and faced down cards did not mess up the order of the 17 cards, 6 spades, hearts and 3D.

[@PhilRaso]

Nope

[@benjaminfranklin4149]

Not even close

[@JahazielCastillo]

Much better than last visit. Way to go dan! Can't wait to see the backstage footage of dan performing for the roots.

[@brunodossantos2786]

What is the name of the Song that plays at the end? 8:32

[@andrewdickens7016]

Busts rhymes woo haa

[@Jex2112]

It was really smart to add the Instagram part at the end, get people to go to his page, and gets some new followers. very good :p

[@HurriShane00]

Every minute I was asking myself...."Where's he going with this?"

[@user-fx4qf3xu6f]

Oh oh oh The Roots! New Jingle ✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾yes!!! Love you the Roots ✨✨✨

[@user-cz2iv8rt1e]

Doesitlooklikeiwasleftofbadandboujee?

[@iAmNot-Groot]

Zias's Cup Whatchu' say?

[@thquirt]

duh e luh lie i wuh leff on badn boohie?

[@BetYouIdid]

So cut it short then

[@thquirt]

what

[@Obsessivemind]

Hahahahahahahahha

[@dirkkruse1199]

Key is at 3:27. There, he turned the whole deck. Until this point he switched all cards he needed facing UP by giving certain tasks to Jimmy (splitting the deck, turning splits). With the turn at 3:27, he is certain that his cards would face down. We don't know what Jimmy would have to do if the cards would have been different. Of course, his cards we're defined beforehand with the T-Shirt and the cards held by Questlove.

[@dirkkruse1199]

He sets up the first split at 1:08. He looks at the cards and prepares the split in three. One third of 52 is 17,3 -> Count of total cards which will face down. He prepared those 17 cards before the trick.

[@snehabhandari9022]

first Questlove was like "Just Get It over with" later "wait what ?"

[@BriceWilson]

The slight-of-hand is pretty slick there at 3:26.... :)

[@jessicatavi116]

This was amazing. I’d love to see him on penn n teller. Is that still on?

[@neeln827]

Amazing!!

[@angelroberts4451]

I'm so happy today!!😊😊🙌

[@HELL-po8if]

why

[@themagicman6965]

You know youre on KZbin not Facebook?

[@themagicman6965]

Tyler , damn, I got another channel in which my name is Tayler durden, because Tyler was already given away. Now I found you!!!!! Give me my name back please!!! :D This is years ago by the way...

[@Aniishankar]

Finally a trick that feels completely original! I really enjoyed that!

[@bruce88lee]

To do this trick you simply have to shuffle 2 out of 3 packs while hiding a fourth one, you bring the unshuffled one out then you take the fourth one and you shove it up your butt!! HAHAHA -Stanley

[@IsaacTeo411]

bruce88lee I understood that reference

[@fadiemad2041]

😂😂😂🤣🤣😂😂😂

[@sandramartin8203]

Same here fuuuny

[@BabyBoiAaron]

i would love to see someone revealing this trick, this is something else! omg!

[@joeyb2946]

Search on you tube for..."the card trick that cannot be explained"....you re welcome

[@lolo5nono]

He should change his last name to black so his instagram would be @danblackmagic 😂

[@rashmicp4356]

Ha ha.. that's actually pretty cool 😀

[@MDefender22]

Such a simple ploy fascinates the masses

[@______jsh______]

I almost cringed when he was wrong, but what a comeback haha! it was all part of the magic show!!! amazing!

[@irehman7]

brilliant !!

[@sinenomineadinterim]

Really simple card trick, but the performance was brilliant. A couple twists that were very well executed.

[@FlappyBelly]

How was that simple?

[@stormyphillips251]

That’s the most expressive I’ve evee seen Questlove 😂

[@nimaplier]

nobody: not a single soul: Dan: but wait there is more

[@marksherrick]

Quest's next project needs to be "Questlove Reacts To Magic Tricks" and its him as a third guy on Penn & Teller Fool Us

[@kage7445]

At 7:48 he tries liking the photo

[@eoa363]

Quest's response was so funny. If you don't like the magic trick, enjoy the prank.

[@kaiking1873]

Why did he grow a mustache 😫

[@brettscrima8257]

Favorite is the reaction at the end

[@mikkiwhistler7769]

"shuffle the cards in a unique way" means "shuffle the cards in such a way to make the bs hypothesis works" lol

[@georgeyounts9391]

RIP S. Aronson. This is probably the most folks who have ever seen one of your creations & kudos to DW for you interpretation.

[@benjaminfranklin4149]

Totally agree.

[@Knil11]

I actually just figured out it's not that difficult it's card manipulation and counteracting what jimmy chooses by doing the oposite with the other cards, like the deck it's flipped at the end right before jimmy puts his hand over it.

[@PatrickburkeTVComedy]

That doesn't take the random shuffle into account.

[@PatrickburkeTVComedy]

I was thinking that too tho. That's definitely at least part of it.

[@lesleabandtlow7392]

I got the CHILLS when the numbers made the day they took the picture!

[@SamMasghati]

Easiest trick in the book: He pre arranged those faced down cards, and changed them at 5:00 (see how they changed sides), from there it's all building up from the pre arranged deck

[@brobro-ntosaurus3300]

Sam Masghati yo you're right. How did he do that?!

[@alicedoors4826]

i knew he switched them but couldnt figure out when...now i cant figure out how lol

[@timewarp7monthsago82]

Sam Masghati That's not how it's done lol. It does have a slight setup where 17 cards, 6 spades and clubs, 4 hearts, and the 3 of diamonds, are on top and he switches out the decks while the camera is on the cards around 1:00. He has a bend in the card at the 17th card so he can lift from there easily. Then he just keeps the 17 cards face down and everything else he does doesn't change the number of face up and face down, just the order.

[@JeffDAPG]

Plus he shuffled them himself, and only once and did a careful shuffle getting ever card to shuffle on top of the other half of the deck so he knows the order. Wearing the shirt is just a way of making it look absolutely impossible. Awesome trick though

[@WorldsWorstBoy]

There's always someone who has to ruin the fun of the trick. To that one person. Fuck yourself.

[@shannyndavis6523]

quest is always like, this is some voodoo shit. 😂😂😂

[@rayackerman5705]

He must have switched the deck with one of his own arrangement. Maybe around 3:15 to 3:25, but very well hidden for sure.

[@drojuice]

3:26

[@erickf9636]

Ray Ackerman he's not switching them, he's straightening then out🙄

[@rayackerman5705]

Figueroa Pictures sleight of hand my friend

[@egdiroh]

Figueroa Pictures no he switched them. remember Jimmy flipped that 9 down, but it wasn’t one of the down cards at the end

[@davidshareefChTPhD]

No he did not switch the deck I do this trick myself but I'm telling you for sure there is no deck switch it's the same deck of cards

[@montrealfilmguy]

Questlove seems like the nicest guy ever. And a cool cat.

[@umarabbouchi3964]

should be on penn and teller fool us

[@christiangrijalva1176]

This trick was on pen and teller

[@christiangrijalva1176]

yeah because Pen and teller had another variation they had known of before he did his own take the plots are almost exactly the same. His is just a little more jaw dropping of an act compared to Kostya's. Everyone has a little different take on tricks so yeah they are different but are meant to have generally the same effect. Another take on this trick I've seen before while watching videos recommended from watching Pen and Teller.

[@Danceofmasks]

Why? He spent half the video on the effect, when the whole trick only requires one deck switch

[@victorvalenzuela9174]

edward mcloven If there was no deck switch he would've let jimmy count the cards at 5:00

[@quintopia]

Teller would already know this one. It's a standard. (everyone saying there is a deck switch is dead wrong)

[@RacheyBoBachey]

Very good slight of hands, but around 3:25 he switches the shuffled chaotic deck with a pre planned deck which goes under Jimmy's hand. Remember at 3:10, Jimmy puts the "lucky number 9" of hearts face down but when they are spread out at 4:21, the 9 of hearts is face up. Also the 4 of hearts and 6 of hearts should also be face up, but you get the idea....

[@bsbell21]

He just turns the deck over, which I suppose could be something tricky, but I don't see a switch..

[@AgentDerevko]

Questlove is THICC

[@quintopia]

Dan, that's the way you take Jeopardy to the next level!

[@christophervalentin1486]

We need Will Ferrell to shave that mustache off Jimmy face like he did Conan's beard

[@whatsthechord2783]

This is my favourite trick of his

[@KathleenFeliciano]

Dude, there's no f*cking logic. This is black magic. *cues Little Mix*

[@crtboys3005]

Awesome Magic Trick 😍😍😍

[@GTanya07]

niceeeeeeeeee 👏👏👏

[@SadeWithTheReceipts]

WHOOOO....THE ILLUSION!!!!

[@dobo3900]

jimmy knew what was going to happen, look at 6:30, he is going to grap his phone even before he gets asked to do it

[@Obsessivemind]

denheltgode fuck, thats a good catch man. Makes it so suspicious lol

[@dobo3900]

It is still a setup, since jimmy knew he had to show his instagram before getting asked about it xD

[@yd3161]

denheltgode thats because he saw a gaint ass card that said INSTAGRAM: & DANWHITEMAGIC

[@RoadkillD418]

It also looks like he doesn't type anything. He pulls up Instagram and it's magically on Dan White's page.

[@MisterFoxx]

RoadkillD418 I'm sure the producers know that Jimmy needs to be on instagram so they pull it up for him, so he doesn't have to waste time searching...that still wouldn't mean he knows what's happening.

[@emyf9197]

now thats fucking impressive! it was mind bliwing... tht questloves reaction tho😂

[@MrMarkme7]

This guys been playing some league of legends haha

[@CurlyAndCurvy]

Well done, Mr. White. Very well done.

[@eypliu]

some find out how he did this please ...

[@phobos2631]

He used mathematics to guarantee the number of cards that would be down, and colors, as well. I personally know a far more rudimentary card trick that has the basics of this in it. When you split the cards up, a certain amount will be statistically up and down. Manipulating this knowledge allows him to take pretty liberal steps with Jimmy to shuffle the cards. Usually it works in such a way, so that as long as he maintains that the cards are shuffled/cut in such a manner, it will mathematically work out that way each time. Forgive me for the poor explanation, but I'm no card wiz. I just know the one trick, and it's eerily similar to this. It's all math, though.

[@facundotortora687]

Phobos there was only this possible card order for the trick to work, otherwise the amount of spades, hearts and the appearence of the 3d wouldnt been possible.

[@themagicman6965]

Nope its not incorrect. He did not do a deck switch.

[@ktreznin5538]

When he shuffles, it's perfectly shuffled. Meaning, he already knows the outcome.

[@MarissuhhDee]

My OCD was triggered

[@yotamran8844]

I completely lost it when he showed the Instagram picture ahahah

[@AddiVF]

You mean the 6th of December 2017?

[@lukemellon5700]

Dan White has done it again!

[@warnuod]

Jimmy seems to be getting a little arrogant lately. Anyone else noticed?

[@vic8610]

quest like hurry up my legs are hurting from standing up lol