MAGICIAN FIRES ARROW THROUGH ASSISTANT'S STOMACH!

[@andrewcharles459]

I appreciate a magic trick MORE when I know how it's done. I just love ingenuity.

[@westfield90]

This show was some of my happiest memories of watching TV with my beloved mother and father and siblings. I miss those days.

[@ctrlzyx2]

This one is a pretty clever setup.

[@paulready8897]

Yeah, still looks pretty dangerous though.

[@57thorns]

One thing that is pretty obvious is how extremely slow the ribbon moves through the air. An arrow from a bow would be almost instantaneous.

[@oliabid-price4517]

As an archer, I can tell you that the ribbon would not even stay attached to the arrow, even if it was tied properly, and especially if the arrow was a correct fit in the barrel (meaning the fletchings would need to be folded flat). Not very convincing.

[@jontaylor4511]

Audience wouldn't pick up on that, especially at a show where they've been primed to be bamboozled by tricks all night

[@christopherjennings1462]

Never magic, not sure why they call it as such, just another illusion / trick that somehow sucks an audience in .

[@stephannaro2113]

A marvellous TV series!

[@standbyforsummarycombustion]

Outstanding Trick!! 🎩

[@godbluffvdgg]

Great illusion! It's cool to see how it's done too!

[@vandalsgarage]

Great illusion

[@ja3482]

Great trick! Only part i messed up was thinking it was a motor instead of a weight to pull it (the latter performs much better and is also benefits from being much more reliable). Very fun trick Thers a clue/indicator at 1:05 when MM is "tying" the ribbon around the arrow. You can see hes forced to whip the entire arrow around as its being wrapped in order to avoid the line.

[@chrismemphis8062]

*rifle? That's a shotgun...

[@vercopolis]

A rifled shotgun?

[@bobbarker5884]

​@@vercopolisGood save 👍

[@texast2595]

​@vercopolis I've never heard of a shotgun being rifle. Because it doesn't make sense to rifle them

[@randomgamer-st1ie]

Rifled shotgun barrels shoot sabot slugs for more accurately hunting at distance in states that dont allow high powered rifles or ones that mandate straight walled cartridges.

[@Altinget]

A boom stick....🤷‍♂️🤓

Loved the show. 🇬🇧

[@Obeijin]

Wow , that's cool ...

[@michaellinner7772]

This was better than most of these reveals.

[@buzzsawgr81]

my question is how do you keep the arrow from coming out of the gun? even a super low charge blank still has some force and could push the arrow out of the barrel, even if the arrow just flops out of the barrel to the floor, it would still ruin the trick.

[@stefanominetto743]

Great 👏🏻👏🏻🤩! Hello from Italy ❤

[@1jotun136]

Fantastic as always

[@riskybusiness3413]

Loaded gun, three assistants, (two hidden) rigged invisible string, falling weight and a springy arrow. That's a lot of teamwork for a 10 second trick.

[@unnamed_channel]

What loaded gun?

[@richkretzschmar7170]

Very impressive 🪄🤔

[@Robeden999]

Johnny Tyler! Madcap!

[@danarcher3415]

Awesome illusion

[@pendambahidayah4712]

This is like Oct 7 ...nice trick 😊

[@S1RD2]

neat

[@richardbedard1245]

That took some creativity to set up that illusion. That is what "magic" is, an illusion!

[@patrickradcliffe3837]

Clever illusion, easy to decipher though.

[@id104335409]

That is some extreme piercing.

[@RodCalidge]

They really should have had the arrow on a tension controlled spring so it wouldn't bounce like it did. It would just snap in place a vibrate a little like a real arrow

[@BellaZuikaku4785]

He’s definitely making me want to watch Chris Angel again

[@bostonrailfan2427]

why would you watch that untalented hack?

[@RH-mt9qu]

Sadly he was actually a hoax😢 entirely edited unlike this actually skilled magician

[@bostonrailfan2427]

@@RH-mt9qu he was just a cheap street magician who befriended some people who had connections with tv executives

[@bostonrailfan2427]

@@BellaZuikaku4785 avoid that fraud…he’s terrible without people in on the tricks

[@FortressSaga2025]

Yuck

[@Bassillixx]

Don't hire magician Alek Balwyn for this. .

[@evanbrown7325]

And don't hire you to spell anything.

[@snappycattimesten]

Angela from Who’s The Boss?

[@Tubewings]

NOPE! It's one of the Coors Light Twins.

[@marioyungblood]

👏👏👏

[@slacker1]

No "Oop-si-daisy...?"

[@otraguardia]

How is the arrow prevented from exiting the gun? This seems dangerous even if the arrow is accidentally propelled.

[@luvz2reed]

Magic

[@gabeszgabeszgabesz]

i guess it has a lock mechanism. bayonet lock or something. the danger is in the line and tube... imagine...the tube got a tangle, that can not go through...

[@unnamed_channel]

There's never anything in the gun that could propel the arrow. The flash and smoke come from a mechanism on the side of the barrel, visible at 2:50. That gun isn't functional. At all.

[@Rodzillaone]

I’m going to try that on my mother in-law 😂😂😂

[@MatthewLee8383]

Doesn't an archer shoot an arrow, not fire an arrow?

[@karllelliott681]

Or 'loose' as there is no explosive propellant or discharge. I added my own comment too!

[@MatthewLee8383]

@@karllelliott681 Yes, loose. Even more appropriate.

[@briang.7206]

The arrow it's like I've seen on TV shows where knife hits a door it actually comes from behind a slit in the door.

[@oo0Spyder0oo]

Wasn’t convincing, the speed it travelled was too slow to create a realistic effect.

[@mospeada1152]

That's unusual, most people use a bow!

This seems like an Alec Baldwin accident waiting to happen. Lots of potential things could go wrong (real ammo vs blank, arrow accidentally propelled). I wouldn’t want to be the assistant on the other end of that.

[@unnamed_channel]

Not really. They're lying about just about everything concerning the shotgun, starting when he says it's "cocked and ready." If you know anything about guns you'll see that it's not cocked. The hammer is clearly visible and is clearly not "cocked". Furthermore, the shotgun shell is completely inert. At no time is there any charge of any sort inside the barrel. The small flash and smoke you see is generated from the side of the barrel, and the mechanism is clearly visible at 2:50. I would bet it would be impossible to fire that gun if you tried. No functioning trigger or trigger mechanism. No firing pin. Likely the barrel is even closed off 3" or so from the chamber opening.

[@papagen00]

I knew it.

[@jeffreyrobinson3555]

I only watched to see the trick, I know it’s a trick and an illusion, the fun is seeing it, I didn’t go on to see how it was done

[@EdwinJesse]

It's like Dolly Parton gets shot through her stomach.

[@jasonirelan-ig5fl]

What if the ribbon misses the tube?

[@Tubewings]

I don't think that's possible based on how the trick is designed.

[@dchenkin02]

the ribbon is attached to the fishing line.

[@crazy10bears]

😂😂

[@johno9507]

So they don't use real magic, I would have never guessed that. 🤔

[@pacman73c1]

This is not a rifle huge difference

[@GaryFitzgerald-zs3zg]

The trick might seem a bit more realistic if he actually cocked the hammer on the shotgun. 🙄

[@robinharwood5044]

I’ve noticed that magicians hardly ever have ugly old men as assistants. Usually attractive (and often underdressed) young women. Can’t imagine why this is so.

[@pickuo580]

WelI, I used 3 assistants before I get it....

[@johndoe-ln4oi]

So it wasn't magic?

[@GaryFalcon411]

Whos that little blond boy?

[@crippleguy415]

Two HOTTIES ❤ .

[@missasinenomine]

Why does the magician wear a black mask? Does he have acne?

[@markg7030]

He is giving up the method of the trick and other magicians will want to know his identity for revenge.

[@xonx209]

To make you think he's a famous magician in fear of retribution from the magician kingdom. While in fact, he is a random actor/actress hired to perform a script written by some magician(s).

[@missasinenomine]

@@xonx209 He always wears this costume, so it has nothing to do with retribution. If he wants to be anonymous, he could wear a white or blue face mask. Why does he want to look like the devil?!!

[@missasinenomine]

@@markg7030 It has nothing to do with revenge, as he always wears this devil's costume for his acts. Why would anyone want to look like the devil?!!

[@jublywubly]

That's not her stomach. It's her abdomen. Stomachs are located higher up, near the heart.

[@newbiegretonger8936]

Wih

[@muzkat101]

You can clearly see that there is a thin line running from the target back to the assistant; the flash is a ruse. The ribbon is being pulled from the thin line. The thin line runs through the target, the girl, and to the gun... as the flash occurs, the thin line pulls the ribbon forward, toward the girl, through her clothes, through the front and out back around her waist, then to the target. Really, not a very well executed trick, just a poorly executed gimmick.

[@casualobserver620]

Problem is, the explanation does not match the original "trick".

[@DaveInBridport]

I used to be a magitian. One of the guys on the circuit would invite an audience member to pass a stool in a bucket. He would then eat it in a bap. No trickery. It was just his thing. Gave him a raging horn

[@machonsote918]

Dang LIARS!

[@TomCuster-h6e]

You are ruining magic

[@evanbrown7325]

No, it forces magicians to innovate. An you do realize it's over 2 decades old and some of the biggest headliners in Vegas are still magicians right?

[@Chili453]

[@edwarmanzanomillan5143]

[@digitalzomby]

Thanks for showing us that trick. I get why the magician had his face covered so he won't be recognised for ruining the trick...