Magician REACTS to Shawn Farquhar WORLD CHAMPION on Penn and Teller FOOL US 2011

[@JasonParkerMagic]

UPDATE!!! Shawn Farquhar's 2020 appearance on Fool Us: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5mzfaKAeLFqgqs ------------------- 1) YES... yes... I wish I could make the act full screen, and just put my face in the corner! Unfortunately, it's not possible with this first season. 2) How did you enjoy Shawn's performance?? Have you seen him perform elsewhere previously? 3) Your thoughts on the Aesop's fable at the end of this video? 4) I'm currently going back and reacting to Fool Us episodes from the beginning... come along for the journey: SMASH subscribe if you don't want to miss them! 👍🏻 5) Links for the videos I mentioned are in the description. --- Social media & Etc --- INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/JasonParkerMagic TWITTER: twitter.com/JasonParkerNow PATREON: Behind-the-scenes content & BONUS magic tutorials ---> www.patreon.com/JasonParker

[@unbroken1010]

Snap your fingers today at 3 Let's see if my hair changes😆

[@fewwiggle]

AESOP: When you give up some of your autonomy for security, you may not ever get that autonomy back. Benjamin Franklin once said: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

[@jimthor806]

He was great great great!

[@johnjohn-cs9eu]

@@fewwiggle He was duressed so he wasn't relinquishing his autonomy - it was _taken_ after a plea for help or a favour. How ironic from FDR since there are Empires that do this regularly Brits now the US Empire.

[@johnjohn-cs9eu]

@walentaz No JP is just as good as those on TV.

[@RoninXDarknight]

I'm relatively easy to please so I generally enjoy most of the acts I've seen on Fool Us but the addition of Shawn's personality & humor easily makes this one of my favorite acts from the show.

[@csfinch7672]

Shawn Farquhar is one of my favorite magicians' hands down.

[@ppheanix]

AND he's Canadian ! unlike the playing cards in the trick.

[@TheGreyfoo]

Theory 1: at around 4.32, after Penn hands the shuffled deck back to Shawn, Shawn fans the deck so Penn may choose a card. I'm supposing in this tiny, tiny window when Shawn's hands reach out and surround the deck, that he's able to load the force (to make a fan of multiple Sevens of Diamonds) over the top of the shuffled deck - and so establishing the first part of the trick. As for the rest of the trick, as Jason points out, there's a deck switch - the box is ready (but for self-adhesive flaps, which you can see momentairly at 4:44) so Shawn can sliide the signed 7 of diamonds in. The 'recap' sequence is misdirection to keep Penn from eyeing the 'cards' in Shawn's hand, which is actually (already) the final box, with a playing card over the top to disguise it - I really liked Shawn's premise for removing that disgusing card too ("Would that be impressive?". So now it's all there, in place, waiting to be revealed. Absolute masterpiece of a trick. Jason, if I'm on the money but giving too much away, I totally respect you might want to delete this comment. Theory 2: Shawn Farquhar froze time (using a TimeFreezy 3000™) at around 4:50, robbed a bank, ate some lunch, and came back when he was ready, to finish the trick. I'll admit I'm not sure which of my two Theories is closer to the truth, but either way Shawn is an amazingly talented magician!

[@timhet200]

Yeah, definitely a force for the 7d. Cards were fanned face down. Didn’t see him get the multiple 7d’s out but I’m sure he did. Maybe from his cuffs. Then, I believe he used adhesive to reseal the deck. The flap would have been open, the cards gimmicked so he can slide it into position, the. He used his fingers to ensure the seal is tight. So no slits or cuts.

[@kimchi_b]

Solved, thank you both so much!

[@silentstorm5757]

Super late reply, but how could he have switched the decks for the 7 of diamonds? Look how quick he fans the cards after receiving them. I don't think that's edited either with his dialogue and all.

[@fadwen88]

@@silentstorm5757 Some people get wild ideas in explaining magic tricks, and often forget that some of their ideas are simply outlandish and impossible. But as long as it "explains" the result, they believe it.

[@charlesfrancavilla6215]

Jason, I love your videos with funny/enlightening comments. Keep uploading :-) Shawn Farquhar is a master and very entertaining. This is how I would do this trick: The first deck is a brand-new deck (non-trick), which is opened for the audience. Performer keeps the one joker in this deck for an excuse to come later. Penn shuffles the deck, and gives them to Performer. Performer immediately does a deck switch, which contains all 7 of diamonds. When Performer has Penn chose a card now, it genuinely looks like a free choice. Penn signs the 7 of diamonds, which is one of the 52 identical cards. Second deck switch happens now, which contains a prepared deck with open flap and a joker as a place holder. Performer inserts the signed 7 of diamonds on top of the joker that holds the place in the ordered deck, which is ready to be sealed. The deck is placed into Penn’s hands, and the place-holding joker is immediately removed without comment to the audience of why this action is needed. Distracting joke and comments placed here. The flap is closed and the warm hands are held tightly on the deck for >30 seconds to seal the wrapping closed. Beautiful performance.

[@bosorot]

agreed with the comment except the joker card is used to make a box look a deck of card. Box can have a flap with a piece of hard clear plastic to force a 7 of diamonds into the correct position.

[@johnjohn-cs9eu]

He's back! Our *CARDICIAN* with a *MISSION*

[@JohnnyBfromOKC]

Shawn Rules! this is easily one of the best card tricks on Fool Us

[@johnkean6852]

There is a glue that temporarily sticks like a weak egg white glue that once released is almost invisible to touch. So the cards could have been temporarily glued in two piles so the card can be slipped inside somehow _then_ when they're fanned the cards are seperated and the card appears in its place (reversed.) It's a mystery how he did really, it's a good trick. *He deserved to win*

[@jamesrgoes]

Thanks for the fun videos... especially the fables at the end...interesting addition to such positive honest videos...best of luck😉

[@heIIbIazer]

The card being in the exact spot is the thing that got me

[@Z4J3B4NT]

I didn't know Ivan Perišić changed his name and started doing magic. That's amazing.

[@ritewrite4326]

This is a brilliant trick as Shawn forces the 7 of diamonds on Penn and slides the signed card into a carefully prepared box. (1) Penn shuffles the deck and hands them back to Shawn. (2) Shawn adds a set of 7 of diamonds from his right hand. The deck is now noticeably thicker (4:33) than the new deck as Penn touches a card (much clearer in the original video). (3) The deck switch occurs in Shawn's left hand hidden from both Penn and the camera, as he uses it to hold his coat open to get the pen (4:40). (4) His left hand returns with the prepared box, not the deck, covered with a joker (clearly seen in 4:44). (5) Shawn slides the signed card into the open bottom of the box (the 8 of diamonds is pulled out slightly as a shelf to mark the spot). You can see Shawn using his right thumb, covered by the palm of his hand, to shut the box and close the cellophane wrapper (4:52). I once replaced a signed cigarette through the bottom in an apparently brand-new never-opened packet of cigarettes.

[@adambrackston3471]

His hands are empty before the 7 is picked.

[@leogothisoscar271]

I'm one that's been requesting this one x-D It's just so good. The only way I can imagine can be done with with a force, but I'm not sure how he accomplishes this. This and Kostya Kimlat's first performance (from season 2) are my 2 favorites. Little tip for when you reach that one: know going in that Penn and Teller had performed the exact same illusion on a talk show sometime before Kostya came on the show and it will make viewing it even better.

[@FanVarious]

Shawn Farquhar is one of the best.

[@mattzeccardi2678]

Love your videos. Only recommend in upcoming larger videos of what you are showing but smaller window of you. Unless your showing us something then we want to see you. Keep up the videos!! Love watching them, and you are an absolute pleasure to watch!

[@Tempus0]

My theory on how this trick is done. The trick uses two decks. The first deck is a brand new and unopened, while the second deck is opened and has the premium cards and jokers removed. In addition he has custom box prepared with a ready seal and wrapping. 1. The first deck is unpacked and given to Penn to shuffle. 2. When the deck is handed back, a deck switch occurs with the second deck (which will be in new deck order) 3. Penn then selects a card from the second deck and signs it. This is a free selection. 4. The position of the selected card from the deck is remembered such as by slightly sliding over the card above or below 5. When the card is handed back, the signed card is put back in the deck in the right spot. 6. The second deck is now put in the box and the box and wrapping is sealed. A couple of obvious things with this trick. 1. Deck switch: Penn shuffles the deck, while the deck in the reveal is in new deck order. This means a deck has to have been switched. 2. The reveal deck is not a new unsealed deck, but sealed by the magician: Not only because it contains Penn's signed card, but also because it's missing the premium cards and jokers. This means that the seal and wrapper had to have been put on by Shawn.

[@wayneyadams]

13:30 It does not matter if he forced a card or not, Penn's signature had to be on the card, so it does not matter what card he chose.

[@JasonParkerMagic]

I can't quite remember without rewatching this ... but I think perhaps a force may have been necessary to ensure Penn's signed card ended up in the correct location of the new sealed deck at the end...?

[@thureintun1687]

Please do the second time he's on fool us. That's as epic as this one 🙂

[@49andrew]

And the second time Penn gets even angrier.

[@marketsmoto3180]

I'm sorry if I'm wrong... but didn't Jason already do that one? tbh I thought he had done this one before also. I guess I was wrong.

[@jmolesworth]

Fuck Democrats Fuck Republicans This video is from the 1st US season.

[@JasonParkerMagic]

Nope I haven’t even seen his second performance. I started making reaction videos with season 6 and then afterwards decided to start back at the beginning with season 1. Looks like seasons 2-5 will have to wait since season 7 starts tomorrow! 😄

[@Mjoellnir1984]

@@JasonParkerMagic Shawn is in it so you would see his third performance before his second. The same is true for at least two other magicians.

[@johnkean6852]

No! Lets get the priorities RIGHT JP. Firstly, we're watching YOU cos you are _our number one KZbin Host_ so you should feel comfortable on screen and l must say: *THE NEW HAIRCUT ROCKS JP.* 😍🎵🎶

[@drumjosh1987]

One of my favorite guys on fool us, awesome to see you finally react to this one, do his second act too. I would love to hear your thoughts on it

[@ppheanix]

Have a closer look at the moments around when Penn signs the card -- Shawn has the deck in his left hand and puts his hand (maybe) into the left jacket pocket where perhaps the new deck is stashed; when S loads the signed card into the deck, it is almost entirely out of P's line of sight, so the new deck could have been setup for the 'forced' card.

[@spaziojobim]

One only word: WOW!

[@thureintun1687]

One of my favorite performances on fool us

[@MonteD1]

Just commenting to help out the algorithm a bit and so I see more content from Jason, because he's a good guy.

[@rahn45]

On the original video (the one that was removed at this point) I speculated that the trick indeed is a free choice, and when he 'removed' the Joker was when he put in the selected card into the deck.

[@josecarvalho8186]

Agree. The card he removed was the signed card, not the joker. That´s the easy part, though.

[@abdulrobertrogers8563]

It's been a while Am so happy you're back

[@JasonParkerMagic]

Thanks Abdul! :)

[@ezequiel_reis]

Nice reaction video. The first time that i saw this performance from Shawn Farquhar it fooled me and it still fools me to this day 😅. It's a great performance by a great magician, if you get a chance react to his second performance on Fool Us 😁. Keep it up and stay safe.

[@JasonParkerMagic]

Thanks Ezequiel! :)

[@PaulAshton1151]

Have seen this a few times, but this was the first time I saw the deck switch so clearly... Not sure which pocket the new deck would have come from though, *and have no idea how the signed card got back in there with perfect placement, unles the selection was forced on Penn.... (Would pay good money to see the reverse angle of the trick....)

[@josecarvalho8186]

He couldn't have forced a SIGNED card!

[@PaulTheDogTrainer]

@@josecarvalho8186 Yes he could. He forces the 7 as the new deck has a mechanic of putting the 7 back in the right position. Another card wouldn't work

[@dangolfishin]

7 was definitely forced

[@MoonLiteNite]

My 3rd favorite trick on foolus! Love the guy who does the culling through the full deck! Mr turner, and this one!

[@FanVarious]

0:30 spot on editing!

[@JasonParkerMagic]

haha thanks :) yeah I ran out and got the haircut and continued filmed :)

[@ryanhalien8468]

You’re out of your mind if you think there was any editing mischief on the card selection, the cards were always in Penn’s hands or Shawn’s and fully visible the whole time I have no idea what you *thought* you were seeing there but you’re wrong about that

[@firstlegend5105]

I have a similar interpretation of the aesop AESOP: Be careful of who you trust somebody for help as you do not know of the consequence. AESOP: Don't trust someone for help if you aren't wary of the dangers that may occur.

[@johnjohn-cs9eu]

Excellent

[@jesse_sweed]

Good one. This is one of my favorite Fool Us performances!

[@snypockable]

When he switch the deck at 4:42 he, somehow got the joker into the position of the 7th of diamond and then switched with the signed card. Thats why he pull out the joker at the end of the trick.

[@drewm1chael]

i don't think this is right. the joker is on top of the box so it looks like it's just an unboxed deck of cards.

[@garycraft1101]

Maybe at 4:30 he used high level of sleight of hand and swap the deck to the 7 of diamonds deck or just added some 7 of diamonds on top. So they all were 7 of diamonds when Penn picked the card?

[@dazuk1969]

He probably did two deck switches. Whenever I see hands going in and out of pockets I get suspicious. Forget all that though, what a truly great card trick. As slick as it gets....great stuff Shawn.

[@Generalbas1972]

There are tons of videos here on KZbin where magicians explain how this is done. However still haven't seen anyone come up with an explanation that sticks 100%. Btw you should do a reaction video to Richard Turner on Fool Us

[@ewenyap3018]

RT is pretty simple IIRC.. its just one simple move over and over again, the impressive part is that he is blind and its really hard to see. truely a master of slight of hand..

[@blueckaym]

Shawn asking Penn to make a good shuffle reminds of the early attempts at true random number generators. Apparently they thought that magicians being masters of shuffling cards can deliver perfect results. And did they deliver? ... oh boy they delivered ... just not a random number generator ... not even a pseudo-random one. Excluding the cases where a perfect shuffle generated a perfect brand new deck order, they generated the full value of pi, speed of light in vacuum (also in glass and in water), Planck constant, reduced Planck constant, electron mass, fine-structure constant, vacuum magnetic permeability constant and many, many more numbers none of which was even remotely random! ;)

[@marclefebvre6973]

King of hearts as no mustache and a sord in is head.

[@modsquad20]

5:02 "...and I'll remove one card." This joker was the bookmark he used to slide the 7D into place.

[@cirtaham8297]

I think the deck was switched at 4:41 when je took the Pen and he hide it with the jocker that he took off juste after

[@behnamrohani843]

Have you done a reaction to his second performance in which he reads a blank book? Btw, nice to have you posting again.

[@TheMS991]

Was about to comment this as well, would be interesting to see his views.

[@JasonParkerMagic]

No I haven't yet. I did season 6 first... and then jumped back to season 1 and have bene working my way forward mostly chronologically. But... season 7 starts Monday! So... guess I'll be dropping my current location and picking up again with more live-ish reactions.

[@unbroken1010]

@@JasonParkerMagic so I'm assuming season 7 you're sitting Starts Now in June I guess it was taped before the quarantine

[@alcohalic6338]

I will give you guys some important clues but I will not reveal the full method. First off, Shawn is a world champion card magician, so the fumbling with the pen and deck switch was INTENTIONAL not due to nerves. Also he was wearing a "oversized" suit. This should be enough to put you on path to solving this.If not, I will come back later to reveal a little more.

[@fuzzydrawrings269]

Notice they NEVER actually show the card that Penn signed. If you could compare this card with the revealed signed card, I'm certain they would not be identical (neither the signature not its exact placement). See, the thing with celebrities, is their "autograph" is well known and not particularly hard to replicate. A *VERY EASY* way to do this trick would be to forge Penn's signature on a particular card well before the act, then reseal it in the deck. Then during the act you force the same rank/suit on Penn from a different deck and have him sign it. Then you switch out the prepared sealed deck for the deck you were using when you place it between his hands. The card will look like it has his signature on it, so he will say "yeah, that's my signature!"

[@johnkean6852]

Possibly but PnT would have noticed if it were that simple and not let him win

[@fuzzydrawrings269]

@@johnkean6852 There really isn't time for them to notice as he snatches the signed card away immediately so no one gets a good look at it. Simplicity has nothing to do with whether it fools them or not. Consider David Parr fooling them with an extremely simply yet very impressive card trick that only required a piece of double-sided tape.

[@JasonParkerMagic]

I don't think there was a duplicate signed card. I think it was the same one as from the beginning. I'm sure Penn, although he is a celebrity, he is also a magician.... so when he signs the card he would sign it in such a way (or specific location on the card) that he would be able to identify it uniquely.

[@fuzzydrawrings269]

@@JasonParkerMagic That's possible, but I think Penn intentionally avoids throwing monkey wrenches like that into a magician's act. He also gave Penn specific instructions: "Write your *name* on the *face* of the card" and immediately took the card from Penn after he wrote his name on it. Honestly, if it were really the same card, he would have shown it before hiding it in the deck - that would have made the effect extraordinarily impressive! It also would have been extraordinarily impressive if he had done the trick, or at least the signed name part, with a random person from the audience instead of a celebrity whose name and handwriting are known beforehand. Don't get me wrong - it's a ballsy trick to be sure (the magician moves fast and has excellent patter), and that is part of what makes it work because Penn would not be thinking to make a special mark on the card.

[@RoderickEtheria]

@@fuzzydrawrings269It can't really be a duplicate card. Penn and Teller would have noticed something like that, particularly as it is almost unnatural for you to sign your name two times and it be the exact same way both times. Close, yes, but identical, almost impossible.

[@mosquitofleetfishing6599]

It was a single deck switch at the beginning of the trick, between the shuffle and card selection. There was a lot of moving parts to it. Looks like a double card switch too...

[@VideoGameVillians]

This guy just made another appearance on the brand new season of Penn and Teller - His third time on the show.

[@JasonParkerMagic]

Just reacted to it! :)

[@AshleyMorganAitken]

Sean said to Penn “You could not have picked a more perfect card.” I think he even gave away it was a forced choice. All Sean needs now is a special deck with a hidden slit setup so he can slide the signed card into the right position. Fantastic trick, incredible performer!

[@kolosmenus]

Card was forced. After Penn says he fooled them, you can see Shawn pulling out a 7 of diamonds out of his chest pocket. The deck he switches to is specifically prepared, I think. It’s already wrapped in plastic and with a paper seal ready, but it’s still open, and he closes it all up in the same move as he’s putting in the card. The only part I can’t really get was how did he put it in the correct location. My only idea is practice. He simply knows the exact spot of a 7 of diamonds in the deck.

[@kolosmenus]

No idea how exactly did the force work either tbh. Penn shuffled these cards himself and Shawn didn’t handle them in any suspicious way after that. But he near admits to it being forced with his jokes.

[@Makenz]

Teller hates the “doesn’t speak jokes”

[@RaptureReady2025]

Good analysis. You read my mind! I think you’re 100% accurate.

[@JasonParkerMagic]

Glad to hear it!

[@gregzielinski]

I'll take a stab. Everything up to when Penn shuffles the deck doesn't matter. Shawn performs an amazing slight “deck switch” between the time Penn places the deck back in Shawn's hands and Shawn fans the deck for selection. Penn is now presented a swapped deck of all 7 of diamonds. This is the force of the 7 of diamonds to deal with the future deck prepped for a perfect 7 of diamonds position. When Shawn reached for the pen/marker, the loaded deck is produced. It has one open end so he can insert the signed card. The open end is UNSEALED plastic. The need to “first” pull out the joker is a necessary part of the trick. This top card is a special device, possibly a heat source (cellophane only needs brief low heat to melt to itself. I may be overthinking it, it may very well be a contact cement and the removal of the card allows the two sides to touch an seal). When the “joker card” is first removed from Penn’s clasped hands, the bottom part is always obscured in Shawn’s hands. The thickness of the card is obscured as well. Whatever resealed that prepped deck happened in the lower portion of Shawn’s palm. Now the joker is placed away in the pocket so the device is never seen again. At this point the prepped deck waiting for a signed 7D to be slotted in the side has been resealed and placed in Penn’s hand. Now they are just talking. In the end, the box and jokers are removed to observe the fact another different “joker” wan placed in there during the deck seal. I suspect this slight between Penn placing the shuffled cards in Shawn’s hands and Shawn producing a fanned deck of all 7Ds for Penn is where a possible “camera edit” may have shortened the time when this moment occurred. It is unfortunate there was a camera scene cut between the deck returning to Shawn’s hands and Shawn fanning the deck to Penn for selection. Lastly, it KILLS me that when the deck is swapped when the pen is removed, the top portion is protruding and Shawn has to slide it into the deck to “re-square” it with his left index finger. Also, when Shawn slides Penn’s card in he “recaps”. As if to say he just resealed his prepped deck.

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

Heatsource would be the hands i reckon.

[@Blondie42]

You should watch the, very short video, of Shin Lim doing a little trick for Penn & Teller for his 3rd time. It isn't on stage because of the virus, but Shin did an amazing job as always.

[@shadowprince4482]

Unfortunately they have had to do some "camera editing" just because the magician flubbed a move and a camera happened to be at just the right angle so they'd switch cameras or cut a small section out. So yeah no CGI, stooges, trap doors or anything like that but tricks where the audience couldn't see, sometimes the camera(s) did, and it had to be cut. They've also left many of those in too. I've seen some obvious moves but that's how you know they really do want to keep it live like as possible.

[@ppheanix]

btw, Aesop is pronounced E-sop as the Ae = E (e.g. also in Caesar Emperor of Rome). According to the fable, the man required the bridle and mount to be placed on the horse BEFORE doing the job of removing the stag, so the help came with the pre-condition to be satisfied before the favour was done. The simple meaning to the fable could be... and that is how the horse came to be the servant of man... OR that one's subservience to another must be made willingly... OR this was a lesson in negotiation... OR that the man tricked the horse into becoming subservient for doing a favour that could only be done by the man whilst sitting astride the horse and above the stage in order to use the horse to corral the stag out of the meadow. On a sinister note, the Mafia would do favours for protection money.

[@HeadlessGamers]

i have nooo clue what this fable thing is at the end always..can someone please explain?

[@SG-og1cv]

The Reaction videos are back! (and so are the views:)) GET HIM TO 100K

[@rachidafnes5060]

4:44 gotchaaaaaa!!!!

[@eterevsky]

Is it possible that he had multiple prepared decks for the deck switch, depending on the picked card?

[@axzulu414]

At 4:45 I see that he slides something in from the top, perhaps he open a gap at the bottom, that he can slide in the 7 at the right place

[@Ludibundmedia]

Possibly 3 decks? First deck penn verified then shuffled followed by a switch to select a deck full of 7diamond and the third deck is a forged signature preloaded deck with placement of the 7diamond, cellophane wrapping gimmick used.

[@axzulu414]

I like your reviews, they are the best. Is it possible to make the video more on top, that the subtitles, fit beneath it?

[@mAckPS3]

I love Allison but Jonathan is HILARIOUS 🤣

[@margomunner892]

This was DEFINATELLY FORCED card! Look this same perfomance on Ellen show, he uses the same card! Also - when he fools them, he takes another 7 of diamonds out and kisses it - it must be he's favourite card (actually he says as much during a perfomance). So yeah, I don't know how he did it, but it IS a FORCE!

[@JasonParkerMagic]

Margo Munner yeah as I tried to say in my video and may have kinda failed to communicate.... Penn mixes the cards and hands them back to Shawn. And then IMMEDIATELY Shawn holds the cards out for Penn to select one... that’s where I suspect a little snippet of time was removed.

[@fuzzydrawrings269]

I think he forced the card by loading a group of 7-D cards on top and making sure those were the ones he fanned out for Penn to select from. I don't think anything needed to be edited out, because he has such baggy sleeves and he covers the cards with his hands very well the moment he takes them from Penn.

[@monteanderson7181]

But it was signed...

[@axzulu414]

In the Ellen Show I found it was a 8

[@flacivious3747]

Very nice video bro and this is the best hair cut which all man should have 👍

[@bilskro]

My take. First if Penn did not sign his name of that card it would be a piece of cake. The 7D had to be forced. If not then he had to have an index of 52 card decks ready to swap with. I am 99% sure the 7D was forced. The swap was obvious as Penn pointed out. The new swapped deck was mostly sealed with some type of self-sealing flap that when closed completed the new deck look. The deck of cards had to have some type of break or maybe the card below the 7D was pulled out bit so he knew exactly where to slide the 7D into. The rest is history.

[@glabrezu1111]

(it's probably already been commented somewhere here, but notice how the suicide king's hand with sword has different cuffs than that without)

[@forrestmobley2599]

If the card is forced on Penn, then the rest of the trick falls into place but with some incredibly smooth moves.

[@Speedydiaries]

I was fooled but I love allowing myself to be fooled by magic. Just sit back and enjoy 😀

[@wayneyadams]

Now I understand why he kept saying, "not Canadian" on his second appearance on FU.

[@cz5379]

4:39 to 4:42 watch again carefully...he use his coat to cover his hand a if you see closer you can actually see the that hr took out a new deck of cards which is packed

[@elmasmiragazade4198]

No one did notice that in intro Jason doing exactly same moves which he did in previous intro but now with different cards? :)

[@JasonParkerMagic]

Yeah I updated the intro once.... there was a version 1 intro... and then an improved (with better lighting) version 2 intro. :) And I basically really liked the composition of the original video so I filmed and edited it exactly the same way for v2. :)

[@elmasmiragazade4198]

@@JasonParkerMagic i like both of them, what you doing, you are doing great

[@marctompkins3001]

I do blame camera trickery or editing issues with America’s Got Talent. (AGT) But not Penn & Teller. I do believe that multiple decks were used, I do feel that Penn had a free choice, and signed his choice. Sleight of hand or real magic are the only two options. Since real magic is banned from the show, that only leaves one option.

[@sbaxter4207]

if it was not a card force on the 7d, he has to in under 3 seconds locate the 7d, remove the 7d from the new deck and leave a gap in that slot so that he can feed in pens signed card. Maybe a mechanical device in his pocket with 2 button clicks 7 + d removes the 7 of diamonds, opens up that slot in the new deck, so he can feed in the selected card in full view, with some type of very small aid/guide tool that can be hidden under and removed with the joker afterwards....Or he is an actual wizard?

[@JasonParkerMagic]

In either case, I am very impressed 😄

[@nassermadridi]

I think I know the answer to your question the card pick was clear but he has many options for each card that will be picked in his Jacket

[@MrGquad]

FYI Shawn Farquhar sells a tutorial for how to do this trick. I don’t want to say too much because you should buy the tutorial, but suffice to say that no editing tricks were done here.

[@christianramirez1255]

Please please tell me how it’s done. I’m dying to knwo

[@mizikacibalik]

I always toughed the camera part was only applies for pen and teller watching from their seats on a tablet

[@TreyCook21]

Lord Farquad did great! I think it's a forced card and a deck switch, but still a nice trick. I agree with you on the second deck switch as well. BTW, you make a gorgeous poodle. But I'm glad you got to get a trim.

[@JasonParkerMagic]

Trey Cook hahaha... poodle. 😁

[@Robard65]

“You could not have chosen a better card.” Meaning: the card i forced on you. Notice that the second deck was wrapped and sealed without the advert cards and the jokers. At least that is what Shawn made us believe and Penn didn’t show us when fanning the deck. Notice that Shawn states and showed to leave one joker in, but has both jokers in his pocket at the end. Or jokers, with an S at the end, was a slip of the tongue.

[@billyjeffersoniv4344]

I think this was my most favorite fool us

[@rons3103]

I have a theory (Just thought of) on getting the card back into the deck, reversed, and in the perfect spot, if the 7 of diamonds was forced, every time. To me, it's all about the setup of the second deck. With choice words here, the bottom of the card box would remind me of a piggy bank. All that is needed is a signature, insert card, and seal the bottom. Field goal every time, the sea has been parted, or the peanut butter and jelly in a sandwich (that's way too many hints)!

[@JasonParkerMagic]

Yes this is how I am thinking about it too :) It's just that upon first watching it seemed there was no force possible. But I realize it MUST be a force.

[@rons3103]

@@JasonParkerMagicThen that has to be the best slide of hand ever to swap a full deck with a deck full of 7's. That is were I get fooled the most! And it only took me 7 season later to figure this out!

[@ewenyap3018]

@@JasonParkerMagic but how can it be a force when the card is signed.. the card inside the box that penn is fanning is allso signed.... so even if it MUST be a force, how can it be?. actualy i went back and watched it again in detail. SF never shows penns signed card to us, so its very possible its a presigned card.. but i would think penn would pick up on that.

[@TheAsstdir]

Jason, will you ever be on Fool Us?

[@lajosdeli9545]

The selection was not random. He switched the deck before selection, and the switched deck just contained 7 of diamonds. That's it. The new brand deck were already prepared, the seven of diamonds were already placed to the right place. Quite and easy trick, slight hand needed just for switching the decks two times.

[@adambrackston3471]

There was no deck switch for the 7, watch Penn fans the deck, shuffles the deck, and then it is fanned out for selection but never leaves sight

[@E942-h2d]

Not exactly sure, but I assume he has actually 53 decks with him (impressive number), the starting deck and then 52 different decks with the correct card missing. You see him putting the deck with his right hand into his pocket and then having a deck in his left hand. He even acts like he still has the cards instead of the box in his hand ("put the cards into your hand" and then drawing a joker to act like Penn actually has a pile of cards in his hand). His decks are such that he can directly slide the card into the correct position and can "wrap" the deck shut with plastic, he also pays attention to hold his hands in such a way that Penn only can see exactly this side and not more. And done. Some part may be missing, but I think that is the way of doing it.

[@brandondornellas3680]

what about the card being signed mate?

[@E942-h2d]

@@brandondornellas3680 As I said, there is a slit he seals afterwards and by pushing the card into the slit he directly puts the card in the correct position.

[@brandondornellas3680]

@@E942-h2d it being signed and it being a non-forced card from what I see how does he get him to pick that exact card? and also I know shawn is a master at the classic force but that only works when u know where the card u want to force is.Also a far too risky force for television

[@E942-h2d]

​@@brandondornellas3680 I am happy to say it a 3rd time: He did not force a card. I think he had a lot of decks with him and just memorized exactly where in his jacket (or wherever) he has the deck missing the Seven of Diamonds.

[@HSMak]

lol. Please try burying 53 separate decks on yourself and see how that plays out.

[@philgallagher1]

If the first switch was done between Penn shuffling and choosing, and was covered by cutting a few frames out of the tape, wouldn't Teller have seen it?

[@unbroken1010]

Hey Jason we haven't heard from you in awhile I hope you're doing well over there during all these tough times New York is a mess hopefully the Ukraine's better I think that's where you are stay safe and do more videos we miss them

[@JasonParkerMagic]

unbroken1010 thanks very much. Hope you are staying safe as well. More frequent videos coming very soon because new season 7 of fool us starts tomorrow :)

[@unbroken1010]

@@JasonParkerMagic you should do some videos about what's going on where you live we would definitely be interested in watching that I think you could do a little bit of documentary stuff a good time for it

[@johnkean6852]

There shud be a Chinese meal in the name of Penn&Teller _Foo Lus_ 🤔 with magic mushrooms and swan meat

[@chazM6116]

the two kings at the end were not together? but I worked out how it was done

[@seehgom]

I think farquhar switches the deck after pen has shuffled them to a deck with all same cards, so he forces the card, after that he places the card in a deck with slit which only allows card to go on the right spot

[@johnniejames9799]

Can you do a reaction video to ERIC MEAD's COINS and CORK routine on PENN and TELLER? Its a TOP FIVE FOOL US routine in my opinion.

[@yookoala]

My best guess is he switched the deck right after Penn's shuffle and before he selected his card so he can force the card on Penn with a trickery deck.

[@yookoala]

BTW, this is one of my favourite fool us performance.

[@Vyselink]

They definitely edit the acts for tv, removing things that aren't important to the trick. And I could even see how the camera angles might reveal something that they don't want anyone to see that could give the trick away, and therefore they remove that. However, "camera tricks" can't be how they fool P&T as they are right there, and of course with this trick Penn didn't see what you posit may have happened.

[@sisgaia]

I disagree with your assumption that there was some kind of slit in the box. I think that he had two decks. When he put them into Penn's hands at the start, he did a swap and inserted a genuine new deck. After opening the virgin pack, he swapped them back. The fact that the spare joker and the ad cards were missing underlines that method. I didn't see him do it, so I will have to look again, maybe on slo-mo, but on first viewing, that is how I think he did it. (I also haven't listened to P&T's comments yet, so I might change my mind then.)

[@sisgaia]

OK, I am going to have to modify my statement. Obviously there was some deck switching, and I still disagree about there being a slit in the box. My initial comment, however, ignored the fact that the original deck was shuffled, and the deck at the end was in new deck order. The card that Shawn pulled out and claimed was the joker was of course Penn's card. He never showed it to be a joker, but the comments fit in so well with the rest of his patter that it was easy to miss that. I still think that there was a second deck switch when the second pack was opened, but I can't see it. It would be not to the original deck, though, which has been shuffled. It would be to a third deck. I do find the move at 6:50 where he appears to pull the cards slightly up from the pack box is odd, but I can't see anything happening, and I have no idea how he would get the card reversed into the proper position during the course of that trick. So I guess even with rewatching it in slo-mo, I'm fooled.

[@hasanbalagamwala6928]

this was posted on my bday

[@MonteD1]

Did anyone else notice that Penn rotated the bottom pack of cards when he cut them? He wanted to make sure he wasn't using a stripper deck.

[@thegoat57]

Finally bro I’m a barber too hopefully I become a magician also!

[@dhammaprakashingole]

Bro, One more interesting thing is that all three Kings have mustache except king of hearts🙈🙈👻👻🤴

[@looneynine]

He had to remove that joker.. Put it on top.. Of the sealed-deck that hes already holding.. When he put it in penn's hand.. I really wanna learn this trick lol..

[@Orcallo.]

How honest is this reaction? I mean you sure seen this performance couple of times already.

[@JasonParkerMagic]

It honestly gives my impressions and thoughts. Also, any time I stop and pause the video I can take my time and think for as long as I want. But I edit everything down to be more speedy. And lastly... I started with season 6... and have decided to go back and catch up with everyone else starting with season 1.

[@Orcallo.]

Jason Parker Dont get me wrong. I love ur reaction videos.

[@cybervigilante]

Just because magicians know how to Do misdirection doesn't mean they are Immune to misdirection.

[@kendalljenner5395]

Missed your reactions

[@JasonParkerMagic]

Thanks Akar :) More will be coming very soon and very frequently starting this week :)