The Unwritten Rules of Magic

The Unwritten Rules of Magic | PTFO

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Күн бұрын

A magician - or mentalist - never reveals their secrets. But there’s a lot more to the illusion industry than meets the eye. Magician and New York Times puzzle constructor David Kwong joins Pablo to explain how the magic business polices itself like Major League Baseball; whether anyone legally owns a trick; and why he doesn’t claim to actually have superpowers. Also: yellowface, Harry Houdini, spiritualists, burying 52 playing cards in a backyard, professional liars, and the art of trying really, really hard.
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@rickhonig3285 3 ай бұрын

Pablo, you've created my favorite show.

@mnythen84 3 ай бұрын

I loved this episode. Its officially entered the GOAT conversation and undoubtedly on the MT Rushmore of PTFO episodes.

@ramonmuniz7296 2 ай бұрын

It’s painful that this channel only has 90k subs. All these episodes are bangers.

@JoeyCarb 3 ай бұрын

That Masked Magician clip just brought me back to being 11 again. No streaming. Couldn't watch clips on youtube. Had to catch it when it aired or hope for a rerun. On a 27" tv the size of a small refrigerator. Good times.

@OzyMandias13 2 ай бұрын

The phrase, "professional magish" is now forever burned into my personal lexicon.

@abrahamgrigsby9300 Ай бұрын

Magicians are so strange in their mindset. I don't feel pissed off or disillusioned when I learn how something is done, I feel enlightened. Finding out how it works is the fun part.

@kleshreen 3 ай бұрын

I can't believe this wasn't the episode where Pablo used Gas Bag Magic.

@stephengsmith4895 3 ай бұрын

Podcast subscriber but I had to come to the video to watch Pablo’s face for the torn corner trick You’re awesome dude

@NickWizz 3 ай бұрын

Sooooo fun! Another great episode.

@quentinfaison2826 21 күн бұрын

This is the best channel on KZbin

@goudreauj 3 ай бұрын

I love PTFO, but this one was especially awesome!

@rslee5 2 ай бұрын

Best episode yet!

@AndreAlforque 3 ай бұрын

So much is the story/banter! Love this episode. Thank you!

@MaoGallardo 3 ай бұрын

Wow, this actually explains why Gob was such a bad magician (to use an allusion)

@OvSpP 3 ай бұрын

Rule 1. Never let no one know how much dough you hold… wait I think I may have the wrong song.

@aelizaga2893 2 ай бұрын

Great ep. Pablo!

@kevinconley1575 3 ай бұрын

Awesome podcast. I couldn't do the backyard trick cause there is no way I could remember where all the cards were.

@dude7068 18 күн бұрын

fantastic !!! love love love this. ...thank you Pablo

@sanford943 3 ай бұрын

So they did not discuss this. Nerds invariably get a frisson from a gathering of the like-minded but the atmosphere at Chicago Shakespeare Theater this past weekend was one of uncommonly giddy excitement as big-brained dating couples and families discovered that here was a show that would not only teach you how to create a New York Times-style crossword puzzle but reveal enough secrets about Scrabble and Words With Friends to allow for future triumphs featuring one BINGO after another. I thought one kid in the room was going to melt into the floor with excitement at all the new arrows that had just been loaded into his quiver. Better yet, the show actually contains do-it-yourself puzzles, the solving of which was billed as a prerequisite for entering the theater (arrive early!). Compassion was shown to those of us whose neurons cannot regularly be trusted to fire in a timely fashion. All of this comes courtesy of the brainiac performer David Kwong, whose self-penned 90-minute show is billed as an offering of an “intellectual brand of magic.”

@stuartwexler8215 3 ай бұрын

I still miss Ricky Jay, who it appears from David's Wikipedia entry was an important influence. Such a great actor, magician and historian.

@nailsi-am5324 3 ай бұрын

I thought Pablo was learning how to play Magic: The Gathering. Stupid me, every nerd already knows how to play Magic.

@solidghus4799 Ай бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏👏

@aarondonald1611 3 ай бұрын

unwritten rules are the most annoying thing ever for an autistic person like myself. makes no sense. no hating on magicians though, they rule. ive watched penn and teller since i was a kid

@datAuDHDbeard 3 ай бұрын

Same note too.

@sanford943 3 ай бұрын

@@datAuDHDbeard saw them in person great show. After the show they will take pictures and sign autographs. Penn has a great podcast as well

@380_MHz 3 ай бұрын

Wait, on the backyard thing. If the guy picked the card and the location, how did they make sure that he found his card under the bushes and not just some other card

@lawrencebosox45busterandba54 3 ай бұрын

“2 o’clock “ - means they arranged/buried the cards systematically in the backyard. They pointed and guided the director to the place where the card he chose is.

@AuronJ 3 ай бұрын

I believe they buried each card in different location. So when he says his card they know that one is buried under the rose bush and not by the tree or in the flowers and tell him to dig there.

@jtblau 3 ай бұрын

Of ALL THE EPISODES to use the Gasbag Magic option on the graphic and it’s STILL Pablo Explains…

@dfrnt_hues 3 ай бұрын

49:12 I’m no genius. He got me with every single trick but I was wondering why is he showing how to put a piece in a pocket? Lol

@raimonavant127 3 ай бұрын

I’m first view and first comment! Katie killed on Celebrity Jeopardy! last night… Congratulations to her!

@TreeHouseClubTV 3 ай бұрын

6:18 thats gotta make any dad smile.

@BriceNovak 3 ай бұрын

Gifting that book right now Already performed the trick! But the greatest trick is selling an unwritten book even tho 99% is written by others We all can learn

@SchuiBaumann 3 ай бұрын

Imagine David's hand in the last handshake was actually just cake! 😂🤯

@zts693 3 ай бұрын

Sounds like most of these mentalist tricks (like the one in the director's backyard) could go wrong at any moment. Like what if he agreed to go to the driveway??

@bagbroch9339 3 ай бұрын

Pablo legit went pale at the card tricks hahaha physically sickened by being tricked

@ianstandardYT 3 ай бұрын

Pablo should do this to Nick Wright

@tedmich 3 ай бұрын

Exact opposite trajectory for me, my Dad, a very smart EE, told me he didn’t understand Biochemistry articles in Science Mag, so I got my Ph.D. in that. . I avoided fields where lying is a major component, like acting, law and “Magicians”.