Michael Ammar's appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, aired May 21, 2010.
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@MirageUchiha Жыл бұрын
That was such a smooth vanish of the cell Mr. Ammar.👌🏾 Couldn't have done it better myself. 👏🏾
@carlloud1187 Жыл бұрын
You do know how it's done don't you?
@MirageUchiha Жыл бұрын
@@carlloud1187 Yezzir.
@Adam517229 жыл бұрын
Michael Ammar is a living magic legend. I've seen him lecture many times and own most of his magic DVDs. He's just excellent on technique and presentation. I also deeply appreciate how he respects his audience, and never uses his performances as an opportunity to belittle his volunteers, something many magicians do. I found the trick selection here a bit curious, but I am sure he had his reasons for the selections. Go Michael!
@DETERMINOLOGY7 жыл бұрын
Ive seen him lecture once and it was a sight to see ....Pretty down to earth and his presentation is awesome ...Very clean,..Even when you know his trick seeing him preform it is something..Daryl was another one of those that was solid on dvds as well
@DETERMINOLOGY5 жыл бұрын
Same, Ive seen him lecture once and hes one of the best ive seen...Great work
@miamimagicians4 жыл бұрын
What do you mean his tricks selection was a little bit curious? Like do you think the little hand was a week affect? I thought it was pretty good church election
@georgeadcock23473 жыл бұрын
I think he ended with a very weak effect. However, it doesn't matter what I think it's what Dave and the audience thought. I think that was self evident.
@bRadicalmagic110 жыл бұрын
Thankyou Michael for blowing our minds here in Eugene last Sunday ! ! !
@bRadicalmagic16 жыл бұрын
. . . and AGAIN two months ago, here in Eugene Oregon ! ! ! Micheal is so down to earth & such a quality Magician . . ! ! !
@bmpower655610 жыл бұрын
The last trick was too funny!!!hahahaha
@VancouverMagic10 жыл бұрын
Lol, David really wanted to look at that scarf. It's nice to see a master (Michael) at work.
@Seethi_C6 ай бұрын
Which is strange, because it doesn't appear that the method involves a gimmick scarf
@CEDtalks8514 жыл бұрын
That Last Vanish floored me. Always enjoy you performing Mr. Ammar
@keratinsolution10 жыл бұрын
David Letterman was a hard spectator here.
@magicelliotth10 жыл бұрын
I think letterman is always a hard spectator. Don't like the man interviewing anyone let alone magicians.
@Averagebum214 жыл бұрын
“Magic,” just like hypnosis and “psychics” doesn’t work unless the audience, participants, and sitters play along with it.
@bryanfidelman38463 жыл бұрын
@@Averagebum21 not true
@Averagebum213 жыл бұрын
@@bryanfidelman3846 On what basis?
@bryanfidelman38463 жыл бұрын
@@Averagebum21 I’ve been practicing and performing intense sleight of hand for a lot of years and I’ve been able to convert a lot of skeptics and hecklers to my side. I’m not saying it’s always possible and easy, however more times then not I can get away with it, the more expirence you have with people, the more easier it becomes to deal with them. I just feel as though most close up guys probs are a bit unused to tv stuff like micheal here, something tells me he would have done way better in his natural habit. That’s my opinion
@stratsurvivor7 жыл бұрын
Michael Ammar totally rocked WVU. I had the luck of being in the Mountain State Mystics Magic club with him, Robert Bengel and Fred Goldberg. Such a treat, amazing, and a genuine gentleman. I was in awe then and now.
@antonnova99557 жыл бұрын
Michael has always been one of my favorite magicians BECAUSE he is really FUN 2 WATCH. Some magic is often not as organic and I also perform with a similar style that I have been told is appealing and unbelievable. Michael has routines that play big and pack small. A wonderful adventure is in store 2 attend any of his performances. Always a first class 5 STAR show.
@88Doug2 жыл бұрын
Wow! I did not know about this! Micheal is one of the best to do it!!
@jaygrillmagic9 жыл бұрын
Love the Vernon line, when asking Dave about the cup.
@elianeg274411 жыл бұрын
I love Michael's Ammar laugh
@technowey5 жыл бұрын
He got a big hand for the little hand. :) I've met Michael Ammar. He's not only an incredible performer, but he's a very nice person.
@ericlewis478327 күн бұрын
He looks boss with the shaved head. Very good performer and sleight of hand artist.
@Hiimmlem9 жыл бұрын
The music made the unintentional innuendo even better
@ebhock10110 жыл бұрын
The scarf trick is in his lecture from Murphys Magic/Vanishing Inc.
@YANN6944010 жыл бұрын
HELLO MICHAEL happy to see you again on youtube.... and wait a comeback in France FRIENDSHIPS Yann & Krystine
@TheRanhughes13 жыл бұрын
To the commenter who said that wasn't the TopIt. It was the TopIt. Michael was promoting the TopIt during that appearance afterwards at a New York Magician's Meeting and commented about his use of the device on Letterman.
@micheljones20768 жыл бұрын
so clean! so smooth, just elegant and funny
@patrickoriley83828 жыл бұрын
Holy fuck he's damn good!! He's a legend in magic for a reason. Great job, Michael!
@patrickoriley83828 жыл бұрын
vernonclassic Vernon was a wonderful magician, but he was a real brick and jealous of Houdini. Vernon is famous to magician's and he's not known to laymen like Houdini is. Vernon never had the kind of money, Houdini had and maybe that's part of the reason he was jealous.
@patrickoriley83828 жыл бұрын
vernonclassic I believe you when you say Houdini wasn't jealous. And Houdini was a magician and many other things. Yes, he's known for fooling Houdini by magicians. Houdini is known among magicians and laymen. Vernon wasn't really a nice guy and yes he was good at Magic. Harry Houdini was much better in so many ways in my opinion.
@patrickoriley83828 жыл бұрын
vernonclassic Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't some escapes illusions? The answer is yes. Houdini performed escapes and illusions. Houdini was a magician an escape artist and other things. "Vernon performed better magic." Better magic? You mean he could do slight of hand better than Houdini? Again I'll say this, Houdini is actually known to people who are not magicians because he's a legend. Vernon is known only by magicians. They don't make Hollywood movies about Vernon. Vernon was very good at magic and I've said that before. Houdini was a magician and a wonderful showmen and he's known better so he was doing something right.
@TaranHarveyChadwick8 жыл бұрын
you people arguing about houdini vs the proff is like watching a primary school science teacher arguing about black holes wit Steven hawking... allow me to set things straight for you. no, the proff wasn't very nice to people. there are many stories of people showing him tricks that they had spent their entire lives working on and he has basically called them shit and they should give up magic. he was an extremely harsh critique. to say that houdini was better than the proff is just an insult to both of their incredible legacies that they have left behind. Vernon basically reinvented magic in the 20th century. he has !mastered erdnase by the time he was 15 years old. he fooled houdini who claimed to be the king of cards. just a bit of history on that. houdini always had a fascinating with escapes and locks etc but persued magic because that's what he thought people would like. it wasn't until his publicist informed him that he could get a better reaction from picking handcuffs and escapes that he started doing his escapes. this is what made him famous in the 1910s. most of the sleights we see in magic today, the proff probably redesigned and improved upon. neither of them are better than the other one. they are both just as good but in different ways. houdini for his escapes and his magic in the early years but the proff revolutionised magic of the 20th century. without Vernon, who knows where the art of magic will be today? he was by far one of the most important magicians who ever lived.
@buffalo8412 жыл бұрын
ahahahahahah the coin banish was amazing!!! can't stop laughing
@PatrickWaltrick13 жыл бұрын
Fantastic audience management ;-) Love it !
@miamimagicians14 жыл бұрын
That Vanish takes serious guts, it would have been bad if you missed. Man you've got chops!
@Marcos80812 жыл бұрын
Grande mágico. Grande pessoa. Marcos, do Brasil.
@CDenic10 жыл бұрын
I wish he would make ALL cell phones vanish... Still though, one of the best damn magicians of all time. And cool under pressure even with a total prick like Letterman.
@saimon2000000000014 жыл бұрын
love it!
@ludwigbeethoven31194 жыл бұрын
It's Sept 14, 2020...
@burkerr191011 жыл бұрын
True, its called "pressure" by Daniel Garcia, but this guy you replied to isn't talking about the balloon trick, he means the one after when the phone 'vanished' from his hand.
@chax200411 жыл бұрын
TALENT PURE TALENT Ammar is awesome
@StyrofoamTuph12 жыл бұрын
I don't think it actually went in the balloon, the ballon just wrapped around the phone a bit. If you look at the picture it looks like his hand more than a balloon.
@gavynkeck51118 жыл бұрын
The first and last effects were really the best though.
@EpicBunty8 жыл бұрын
+Gavyn Keck in the last one I couldn't even catch him slip out a doll..
@TheMagicofCurtis14 жыл бұрын
loved it :-)
@ITSROBHERE11 жыл бұрын
I'm a magician and I disagree, the principle behind pressure has been a magic principle far before daniel garcia decided to market it, and just because he uses it on a phone doesn't mean he owns the concept.
@joewhitfield55615 жыл бұрын
ITSROBHERE Wow that's the most useless piece of magic information ever👍
@erikhauge90347 жыл бұрын
"Coming from you, that means something.." LOL..
@666bella666808 жыл бұрын
the phone wasnt in the ballon it shrunk around it thats why you never see the bottom
@burkerr191011 жыл бұрын
Okay, that's a valid opinion. Thanx for clearing things up.
@wallaguest112 жыл бұрын
i find ammar laughting funny :P
@VaishnavaVegan12 жыл бұрын
EricSurf6 showed me the balloon one, SPOILER ALERT the suction just keeps the phone tight with the back of the balloon, he doesn't show the back but there will be the phone there
@TheMagicMinute14 жыл бұрын
That was wonderful, sorry I won't see you at TAOM this year Mike, but last year was blast! "From down there you're probably fine, but you're flashing crazy from my angle up here!" Still laughing about that. Take care of yourself Mike. Alan
@benjaminbenson33994 жыл бұрын
Just saying Hello my friend! I was checking out micheal ammars' content, just now, wondering, is it that deceptively casual and down right dastardly charming manner of his? or did he sell his soul to make his magic look so impossibly convincing? when, I came across your reply, and said to myself "hey, look,it's Alan! from almost ten years ago, who doesn't know who I am, yet. but he does,it turns out, know, not only Michael ammar but, it seems like, just about every(living?)magician of note that's ever inspired me! " dude, you should write a book! I am filled with, both admiration 😮and envy😞! I wonder if you'll see this? Let me know if you do,see ya!
@thegreatcahyo8 жыл бұрын
cool !!!
@SpinsteerCardistry12 жыл бұрын
the mug penatration used a reel
@regularstan62124 жыл бұрын
David letterman knows his stuff
@dilnaazmehshi2 жыл бұрын
I want to buy this little hand 🤣
@artvandelay19934 ай бұрын
Why a video from 2010 looks like 80's?
@CrypticChris111314 жыл бұрын
is there anywhere I could learn that last vanish??
@chrismccarthy1455Ай бұрын
Anybody notice he sounds a lot like Paul?
@mdl33778 жыл бұрын
Slight of hand champion!
@TheScandinavianOne14 жыл бұрын
Letterman got T.K.O-ed! Nice job, M.A!
@jmanbgg5 жыл бұрын
got him!
@Joe_Spina10 жыл бұрын
What is the silk through mug trick called ?
@TaranHarveyChadwick8 жыл бұрын
i dont think it has a name. it is on his penguin lecture though. costs around $200 to make it though so don't get your hopes up.
@ElMagoRob7 жыл бұрын
Bullshit, he just does sleight of hand with a regular cloth
@user-jx4ut8bx1i5 жыл бұрын
I just knew him on the video when he was young and a hero, I'm greatly confused to see he handles smartphone
@ebhock10110 жыл бұрын
Here's a thought. Spend a little and GET some Ammar lectures/dvds/vhss and study his work instead of guessing the techniques and performing them poorly. I recommend starting with his card tricks made easy series
@CheddarBob3910 жыл бұрын
I don't know how he made the phone vanish, but I am guessing he tossed it somewhere in his coat.
@patrickoriley83828 жыл бұрын
+CheddarBob39 I have that effect and believe me that's not what he did. It's a hard trick to pull off. And it could be done standing.
@TheRealCowlick6 жыл бұрын
CheddarBob39 topet
@TDo2801996 жыл бұрын
Patrick O'Riley Can you tell me the name of the effect?
@joshcarcarson11 жыл бұрын
how on earth did he make that phone vanish?????
@90s-Trance_863 жыл бұрын
His mad t..it skills.! People in magiv know what I mean😎🖒
@Myggen12310 жыл бұрын
He was in Denmark 4 weeks ago, where I was seeing him as magicianteacher, and I know how all of it is done.. The scarf is normal! The balloon and phone is normal! He doesn't drop the phone! And the last one I don't have to explain.. xD
@benjaminbenson33994 жыл бұрын
I've also learned the balloon phone trick. that phone is definitely real,but the balloon? Really? No holes even?are you sure?would you bet a dollar on it? I'm kidding w/you. I'm just bitter and jealous that you saw him in Denmark all those many years ago!that darn scarf trick has been my favorite for a while! Seems as close to real magic as it gets, I know, its absolutely not the cup,I've seen him do it w/everything from polls to people and only that ding dang scarf always is exactly the same! I always just assumed the scarf has cuts/magnets/rubber cement, wires or all four! on the side nudge, nudge wink, wink I'd give up even my left pinkie nail to learn the secret! But if you honestly say, it's just a scarf, then I'm back to believing in real magic yay!lol.
@jason420jv14 жыл бұрын
@@benjaminbenson3399 the scarf is normal, but the gimmick attached to it isn't lol. It's a really expensive reel you can buy on his website. I hear it's great quality and worth the money. Hope this helps. ✌️😎👍
@TheMagicofCurtis14 жыл бұрын
@TheScandinavianOne no that was the topit
@maggot111166612 жыл бұрын
phone vanish was ridiculous
@theclosetnook8 жыл бұрын
i saw him shake his magic wand.
@4567patr13 жыл бұрын
He does not use the Topit, he uses the TKO.
@Fetch79911 жыл бұрын
Smart choices for TV. Excellent.
@AShotOfWhitewater12 жыл бұрын
i got the balloon trick!!!!
@TheHarryPlinkett8 жыл бұрын
Was it amateur night?
@MichaelLawrenceMagic2 жыл бұрын
Douche
@regularstan62124 жыл бұрын
Who else heard the phone hit the ground.
@TheScandinavianOne14 жыл бұрын
@TheMagicofCurtis I know, but I couldn't resist the pun. :P
@watchout89656 жыл бұрын
How the h3ll does he vanish the phone?!!
@4567patr13 жыл бұрын
He does not use the Topit, he uses teh TKO.
@yayazein22212 жыл бұрын
6:00 just hilarious
@nb721611 жыл бұрын
at 6:06 you see his thumb cap
@MagicoThiagoEto13 жыл бұрын
There is no way he's using TKO with that kind of cloth
@ElMagoRob7 жыл бұрын
That 1 st Gen iPhone is so ugly and smudgy. I thought it was some cheap touchscreen phone. We've come a very long way
@augmentedkeys59715 жыл бұрын
Check out the original cell phones. "ugly" but not "smudgy." :)
@oldirtybrza12 жыл бұрын
This is going to ruin it for someone, I know it. But my guess with the ballon trick near the start is he pressed it in while the balloon shrank, and sort of forced it to wrap around the phone. That's why he never shows the back.
@benjaminbenson33994 жыл бұрын
Holy moley, you are dangerously close to revealing the truth. Is that honestly just a guess?somebody taught you, admit it!lol
@shangliu14 жыл бұрын
you can see him switching the hand that was holding the coin at the end when he was about to shake David's hand.
@googleuser26093 жыл бұрын
It was so obvious how he did it.
@loganhawke967011 жыл бұрын
There was a flash at 5:58 to 6:06 please fix. The scarf should have penetrated the entire mug the second time or penetrate something else, as each effect is suppose to get stronger.This guy is awesome.
@Raziel_Winged4 жыл бұрын
عمار just like my name
@poriporikariagekun7710 жыл бұрын
This is ordinary scarf I check it myself just to be sure but~
@ManuelAckattupathil10 жыл бұрын
the balloon was blown only to make it cover the volume of the phone, it was just placed under it and his hand pushed it in (making the illusion of it being inside) look carefully and realize his hand always covers the bottom of the phone
@EpicBunty8 жыл бұрын
+Man uel what i dont understand
@watchout89656 жыл бұрын
What??
@F1ySt1ng11 жыл бұрын
add a W to the start
@richardcooper85944 жыл бұрын
Its an odanery scalf i checked it my self ha yeah right
@rakenrol4410 жыл бұрын
Wanted to learn the scarf trick who knows the reference? I can swap the pressure phone to balloon trick
@Magic-bf8gz10 жыл бұрын
So you want to trade pressure for the method for the silk penetration?
@tahir160008 жыл бұрын
+Magic20151 I want to, do you want to trade the phone through balloon with the scarf through cup, please - via YTPak(.com)
@TaranHarveyChadwick8 жыл бұрын
it's on his penguin lecture. it's only $20 and its worth every penny. but it, he teaches all of these on it.
@ricoweeland23017 жыл бұрын
Bro just what the fuck. How do you even call yourself a magician. You can tell all you want well this is a Ripoff. Altough that doesn't support the art. The whole point of a lecture is that you can learn some of someones best stuff that he is willing to share to you aslong as you support the art. Magic is a though buisness and this way you won't support the art or the magicians. If you do this people will lose money, people will follow your example ending up in magic deing out. Just imagine you had your own coffee shop and people would start handing out free coffee infornt of your door. You would lose all the customers and you would have to close. Just be reasonable and treat the artform with respect.
@ElMagoRob7 жыл бұрын
rico weeland You cant physically hold a download like you can a coffee. It's money that the magician wouldnt make otherwise because i wouldnt have bought that garbage
@gavynkeck51118 жыл бұрын
He seemed nervous, but still a great performance.
@TaranHarveyChadwick8 жыл бұрын
that's just his performance persona
@ConnorRunsFree12 жыл бұрын
@4567patr you must not know how TKO works.
@gavynkeck51118 жыл бұрын
Pressure kills though, I just do not think he should have done it for national television.
@EpicBunty8 жыл бұрын
+Gavyn Keck why ?
@regularstan62124 жыл бұрын
That first trick is so stupid 🤣
@juice68037 жыл бұрын
this is a show for old people
@burkerr191011 жыл бұрын
$19 isn't a great deal. Plus your paying for the right to perform it, if you get it free its not yours to do.
@Willibirne9 жыл бұрын
The phone trick is easy^^
@whiteninjaplus59 жыл бұрын
+Willibirne Pressure?
@EpicBunty8 жыл бұрын
+Willibirne sure. im sure you have no idea
@christiancampbell34304 жыл бұрын
I'm familiar with every trick except the first one. Can anybody point me in the right direction?
@michaela.7542 жыл бұрын
Tie microphone stand. Look it up
@chungkid112 жыл бұрын
Ammar is great, but his laughing is so disturbing.
@nemanjaristic572512 жыл бұрын
At 5:58 you can se that arm that's on his finger :D
@kyri4412 жыл бұрын
congratulations, you know how to use an apostrophe. you are a clever one aren't you?
@juice68037 жыл бұрын
rip michael amaar
@billbateman83957 жыл бұрын
Lecturing Sat 1`2/17 in my town. Great health. Just sayin'
@pinkhippie13511 жыл бұрын
don't do that... so not worth what it cost
@brannonmorrison507711 жыл бұрын
Topit.
@1trentongregory9 жыл бұрын
This didn't seem as top notch as the best actors and singers ....he didn't have much response to the funny questions and none of the magic was memorable . After hearing he's the best in the industry its a let down .
@googleuser26093 жыл бұрын
Agreed. He needs to work a lot on his social skills.
@jerrycaddie8384 ай бұрын
Ammar is one of the reasons why magicians are so boring. Not only did Dave heckle him on two of the tricks, but he was right! So if you can easily understand the secret, weres the trick???? Effect ,after effect, after effect, is the new bread of "Magicians". No Misdirection?. How can you do a trick with no misdirection and expect an audience to enjoy it? Your the one who claimed to be a Magician...you thrusted the expectation onto the audience . So.... DELIVER
@rod19878 жыл бұрын
Pnenominal
@ElMagoRob7 жыл бұрын
Everything was amazing except for the awful balloon trick
@soccerman267 жыл бұрын
The scarf trick was amazing...really? I thought he was doing it as a gag at first then he put it away and I realized he was serious.
@benjaminbenson33994 жыл бұрын
@@soccerman26 every magician worth his salt, knows that the "scarf trick" is easily the most visually convincing trick in magic, holmes watch it again . I'll give you a dollar if you can tell me how he does it!
@taqmobile8 жыл бұрын
Very sloppy on the handkerchief. I saw it on the first attempt. Hold 2 parts in your right hand, poof.. you let go of the secondary but it just pops out and its obvious. The balloon thing is just like what happens to a can in a grocery bag... it just got tangled inside out and the rubber blocked it. An entertaining physics bit but not "magic" at all.
@TaranHarveyChadwick8 жыл бұрын
please keep quiet so you don't embarrass yourself more....he teaches the scarf one in his penguin live lecture....you're so wrong it's kind of funny how stupidly and disastrously creative you have been. 😂😂
@JB_inks6 жыл бұрын
Taran - Magician/Entertainer that's a bit harsh. Part of the shtick of magic is lay people trying to guess how magicians did it
@kafthinos8011 жыл бұрын
Why doesn't he just hire a script writer? That was tough to sit through