Penn and Teller Fool Us - Magic Maxl - Youngest fooler ever! S08E02

[@liquidminds]

The FU-Trophy is only the 2nd biggest award a magician can receive. The highest is applause by Teller for a sleight of hand trick, before even finishing school.

[@EmoryBlake4Music]

Not only does this kid perform his ass off, but as a teenager he already exudes a professionalism that goes far beyond his years, and openely exposes his humility that we need to see so much more of in today's performing arts. We will definitely be hearing more about him very soon. Job well done!

[@mrdibujante]

Very well done. The key is the egg. It has a little bird inside that was prevented from being born or breaking the egg. The little bird was trained and able to fly inside, so the egg could float. A ton of training for the bird, and clear instructions done by the kid anyways. Congrats for you and your little bird!

[@advocatearpandeb8403]

thanks for the reveal ...

[@advocatearpandeb8403]

@@Jorscam he is being sarcastic here.. chill

[@mrdibujante]

The big problem is that under that conditions the little trained birds only lasts about 3 weeks before they starve, as you can't feed them. Actually they are flying inside the egg looking for food. Magic is sometimes expensive in many ways.

[@DonCarnage42]

The dark reality is that every time the trick is performed, he squashes that little bird, and so in order to keep the trick going, you need lots of little birds that live out their whole lives without being born, which is kind of cruel when you think about it. Cool effect though!

[@flashlight06]

@@mrdibujante There's a little hole under the egg where you can pass fluid food through. I mean he didnt showed the bottom of the egg. 😎

[@SanjeevMagic]

Congrats mate!!! I've been replaced and couldn't be happier :))) Incredible level of thought, keep it up and keep having fun

[@WaterCursed]

You're still an absolute legend

[@CmotDribbler]

Class act Sanieev

[@simonwild428]

You got class mate

[@theoriginalNoOne.]

Props to all you younger magicians! You fooled two of the best, on the planet!! And very classy move to applaud another fooler, Sanjeev! But you earned the applause too👏👏👏

[@financematters15]

Sanjeev Vinodh still one of my favourites!!

[@RandomApexLootbox]

The trick was pretty cool, execution was great and the kid's English is outstanding for that age. He's going places, I am certain about that.

[@StijnHommes]

Yes, his English is good, but that is entirely unremarkable in Europe. Most kids receive English lessons throughout secondary school and they consume English-language media in films, TV and games all the time that they're bound to absorb it eventually.

[@chimperator6623]

thats a completely normal level of english in germany or europe (maybe except the french). I’ve seen 11/ 12yo kids being able to give directions and communicate in english

[@stevethea5250]

@@StijnHommes how was it done?

[@3_up_moon]

The younger a child is, the easier it is for them to learn languages. The US really limits their childrens' capabilities by refusing to teach more than English to grade school children. Because you know. 'Murikkka

[@yoshtg]

his english is good thanks to smart german regulators like me! yea i am working hard to implement the english language into all school curriculums to ensure that one day every german citizen will be able to speak english perfectly. english is a very important language, far more important than german

[@warwagon]

That performance was eggcellent

[@roundbunny]

omg i was so happy i cried watching this. so proud of maxl!!!!!!!!!!

[@saysold1]

OUTSTANDING in every element. Magic Maxl is a talent to be reckoned with

[@alexanderv.8961]

Seriously? This creepy kid is no good.

[@MsNoPixel]

I love when Penn seems like his rants & going one way & then they take a 180, cracks me up every time. Awesome job, Maxl! You’re very talented for such a young age, I hope you keep up with it & we see you a few years from now in Vegas with your own show!

[@harrybhappy]

Congratulations! It makes me happy to see the new generation of magicians being this amazing at this age, I can’t wait to follow you for years to come

[@ITI-xi5zx]

yeah, a new generation of white males--who could have guessed

[@tarheelking2515]

I would love to see a new era of young people take up magic

[@pablocastaner1933]

@@ITI-xi5zx how is that relevant at all?

[@jimmyg645]

So awesome seeing young talent! You have and will inspire so many young adults and upcoming magicians! Congratulations on being on the show!

[@Molandria]

That kid has learned early on it isn't just the tricks, it's how you present them. Rudy Coby would be proud. :D

[@mikejones9080]

So good to see a performer this young fool these veterans. Maxl can only improve over time, and the encouragement from Penn and Teller will be, well, telling.

[@mazzmatta]

So happy for this kid!!! Couldn't stop crying. Well done!!!

[@wparo]

So happy for your win. You had me suspended at the egg of my seat the whole time.

[@zKayaz]

underated comment

[@GeorgeVenturi]

@@zKayaz eggscelent comment

[@TomDeLaCruz]

Why do you have an egg on your seat

[@RavenGlenn]

Careful that you don't tumble over easy!

[@bgaming8532]

That joke wasn't very well eggsecuted

[@Seuration]

I think that is the first time I have ever seen Penn and Teller discount the correct method to a trick during the explanation. Wonderful performance.

[@brycewalburn3926]

Well, the producers of the show know how the trick is done, right? So if p&t correctly guessed how it was done, I imagine they wouldn't have given him the trophy.

[@Seuration]

@@brycewalburn3926 When I say discount I mean they listed the actual method for this trick in their laundry list of ways that it could have been done, and decided that he didn't do it that way. The premise of the show is still satisfied because they guessed wrong.

[@jonathannerz1696]

I remember they discounted the correct method during the Oreo trick in an early season, when the guy loads the cookie in his napkin before wiping his mouth, but Penn and Teller said they didn’t think he loaded the cookie.

[@SadFace201]

I agree, I feel like magnets are the trick; to me, the egg was most definitely wobbling in the video. I'm thinking that in the same vein that some performers do not call Penn and Teller up to the stage because then they'd have an up-close view of the trick, I think Penn and Teller were too far to see the wobble very well (which I honestly find hard to believe unless their screen had really ass quality). If they were convinced it wasn't magnets and they couldn't figure an alternative method out, then the kid still gets the trophy.

[@Death-999]

@@brycewalburn3926 "you didn't do it this way" when they did it that way isn't guessing correctly. There could be multiple different routes you can go to do a trick, just because they can list out one way to do it, doesn't make them correct if the person didn't do it that way.

[@timmack2415]

I couldn't have possibly like this anymore! Your stave presence, your routine, the execution is phenomenal. And, you sure fooled me! Bravo 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@GearShifter925]

I loved the way of PENN talks full of surprises, suspense, thriller and ending his talk with plot twists....!!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥 😀👍

[@RobertBallMagician]

Fantastic and incredible, and congratulations on the trophy 😊🤜🤛👍😊😊

[@deviousbug54]

The science behind this trick is actually more amazing than the trick itself. But still amazing performance. When I see teller amazed like that and penn gets all bashful, it's brilliant, so congrats maxl.

[@XMooseManX]

I think he used a superconductor magnet in liquid nitrogen

[@aidanlam5336]

I’m still convinced it’s magnets

[@keithnaylor1981]

The result is one of the greatest ever moments of Fool Us. An amazing performance.

[@awpegram]

I just now streamed that episode. Good for you, dude. Very entertaining performance. I feel like it probably resonated extremely well with Teller, as well. He saw himself in you, and you in him.

[@LoochMindReader]

Love to see it! Well done Maxl 👍🏼

[@moscamcfly1184]

Woooow! I love that act!! Everything is so beautiful and act so perfect!! You will grow up as a great magician!!

[@TheComedyAndMagic]

Great job Maxl, congratuations!

[@oldschoolwarrior]

This was really amazing. You did some really high-level slights that prove you have incredible skill. I really look forward to seeing you develop into a World Class magician performing on the biggest stages out there.

[@gangsterghost6943]

You can still see how most of it was done but agreed great trick

[@MrShanev78]

That was amazing! Such skill from a youngster, and to put Penn and teller in their place! Awesome... congratulations matey, and stay safe!

[@jannishutzelmann4364]

Mega Performance, herzlichen Glückwunsch, mehr als verdient

[@respectfulremastersbymetal8336]

Not gonna lie, clicked for curiosity and just expected to go, 'Yeah, well, he's 14,' and see a solid but nothing special trick. Boy was I glad to be wrong. That was totally awesome.

[@TheBigFinnish]

Congratulations on your wonderful act.

[@zantas-handle]

Ah Maxl, gut gemacht! I think it would be better if your video title didn't reveal the outcome though - it spoils the wonderful surprise ending!

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

I love Penn's buildup of "we're gonna treat you rough, like an adult" bit.

[@kathrynnpetersen8876]

That was really funny when Alyson said too bad you can't make the homework disappear 😂

[@Tharkon]

He did one better, he magically changed the grade on his homework.

[@danielwong4845]

I think we all know penn and teller just being nice XD no way were they ACTUALLY fooled 😂

[@vksasdgaming9472]

They were not being nice. Only time they might have been nice was with Mahdi The Magician because he just does something completely before-unseen.

[@ANINDYA-001]

That was super-conducting 🔥🔥

[@maxgoldstein6309]

As a Max, gotta say, we all love this guy; he's up for nomination on the council of Max

[@MaxLennon]

I second the nomination. Now a floor vote can proceed.

[@88michaelandersen]

But he's not a Max, he's a Maxl. How does that work with the bylaws and statutes of the Council of Max?

[@Durzo1259]

Okay *WOW* ... I was 100% sure that a kid this young would do an okay, _decent_ trick that wouldn't stand a chance in hell of fooling Penn & Teller. Instead we got pure mastery and I wish I didn't buy a big top hat, because now I'm eating it.

[@rockum888]

Nice punchline.

[@RyqeLee]

the title says "youngest fooler ever"

[@Durzo1259]

@@RyqeLee I try to avoid reading the titles so they don't spoil it.

[@cesarcarvalhod1100]

They were once fooled by an apple watch…🙄

[@imdowd]

@@cesarcarvalhod1100 they said they knew she was getting the information. They just didn’t know how, and by all honestly who would think of looking at a persons watch.

[@kbchef9205]

Congrats on the win!!👏👏💥💥💥

[@RJsPsycho]

The egg obviously had a magnet on the bottom

[@midnightmosesuk]

That's great. I was watching the sleight of hand stuff and thinking it's really well done, clean and very convincing, but it wasn't going to fool P&T. Then you did the floating egg and, as soon as you put the the glass over it, I knew that was special. Well done kid! Maxl ist super!

[@johnking5174]

1:40 - The moment he "dispatched" the egg from his hand and 1:45 the moment he "dispatched" the spoon. That table was handy. For a 14 year old, this was great sleight of hand.

[@mellow.magicYT]

Youngest Fooler ever! 😱 Wow! I would throw a little party for you, but I'm worried that the snacks will float away ... 😅🥚✨

[@clintsummers2704]

This kids going places if he keeps it up. Amazing work kid. Congrats

[@violetfactorial6806]

I could not figure out the egg either. I saw a couple of your moves but the floating egg really got me. I loved the stage presence, you're a good actor. Honestly you should ham it up even more :3

[@johnfacts2355]

Magnets

[@jasperholscher4383]

Mega Auftritt 👍

[@SPsMAGICS]

Woahhhhhhhh!!!!! Awesome 👌 u beat sanjiv vinodh and became the youngest fooler !!!!! Very brilliant act buddy 👏👍👌😀

[@oldschoolwarrior]

Boy, your stage presence in unbelievable. Many magicians have the skill but not the stage presence, or vice versa. You are top notch in both areas.

[@angelogandolfo4174]

Very, very good. What a bright future you have ahead of you, young Sir!

[@manub6486]

I have not watched the trick yet, only the intro. I am mostly impressed so far by the fact that there is a german kid out there who actually speaks english quite well.

[@markratte]

What a SHOWMAN ! A bright upcoming talent, I can't imagine what a superstar he will become

[@JeEhaO]

He is super good at what he is doing at his age and can only become better, I really enjoyed his performance. The vanishing tricks were good but too obvious because we get to focus too much on his hands, the key to this trick is to move his hands very quickly and make us look at anything but his hands when he hides the egg. Slight of hand needs to be quick because people will catch what you are doing if there is a pattern such as moving your hands to the edge of the table, and the egg always disappeared after he moved one or two hands to the table without a deception. I would advice him to move his hands to the table without making the egg disappear once or twice so we question when it actually disappeared. It was also super clear that he had magnets in the egg since the egg was wobbling ''A LOT'' which Penn said it did not, but it is probably hard to see from a distance, different magnets give different results. It was very odd that Penn did not even ask about magnets he just said it was not magnets, how else was it done under the glass Penn, real magic? :P

[@jacobb5484]

I think that's somewhat due to the limitations of a video presentation. the limited camera frame prevents a lot of common stage presence distractions.

[@chrispham6599]

@@r.r.3433 didn't Penn said that there was no magnets? Why would he lie?

[@sinistrdairy2971]

@@r.r.3433 actually, with the team they have in the background who know how the trick is done, if it did have magnets then when Penn mentioned the magnets their team would have interjected and it wouldn't have fooled them.

[@Xtv1234]

When have you ever seen the judges team interject? the only time they’re summoned is when penn asks for them by name.

[@Xzirf57]

@@Xtv1234 The judge team is ALWAYS listening to what Penn and Teller say (And even more they do not open mic say) via earpiece..

[@koszegimatyas]

Und jetzt zog i euch wos. :) Das hast du ziemlich gut gemacht, Hut ab!

[@tillfroemmel]

Absolutely amazing! 🤩 Freue mich so so sehr für Dich, Maxl! Kann es gar nicht abwarten, wenn wir im kommenden Jahr mit Mellow, Dir und mir mit unserer Show WUNDER HOCH 3 auf Tour gehen 🥳

[@MagicianBrendanRodrigues]

so happy to see a trick i invented on the promo video, great job max,

[@cftvdata]

This is crazy, man. Your talent is undeniable. You're lucky to have found a true passion this early in life. Stick with it, you're gonna go far!

[@loc-o5282]

Beautiful trick. You have a very bright future in magic. Can't wait to see more of you.

[@PhilippBoettcher]

Wow, herzlichen Glückwunsch! Nicht nur für den Fooler, die Performance war großes Kino.

[@borayurt66]

Clever and cute kid, definitely gifted and I admire how flawless his English is. His sleight of hand is not bad for his age especially when considering he has to go to school and take piano lessons etc, which doesn't leave much time to practice more. I am sure he'll be much better in the future. And I learned something new from Penn; magnets make the egg wobble. I didn't know that.

[@-danR]

Naw, it was magnetic levitation, with active stabilization, which is easily accomplished nowadays. There was a slight movement of the 'egg', moreover. It can also be done with a ferromagnetic item inside the 'egg' (which probably weighs only a few frame), and a healthy big cryogenic superconducting magnet under the table. A fan under the table will blow away any tell-tale condensation vapor. Obviously this is one heckuva bright school-kid, and he has a magician dad to work out the details with. Is Maxl that smart? Indeed, I consider Maxl smart. On the one hand, I don't expect P&T to be informed in such modern technical means, but on the other hand, it was a giveaway that Penn proposed magnets and then immediately swept aside such a reasonable-at least- _stab_ at some kind of explanation. They weren't treating him as an adult, but I think they admired his presentation-skills, which is 90% of the magician act and decided not to ask, but answer their own question and give him the prize. If he were 20, Penn would have hummed and hawed and come up with... "OK... we think we know the trick... we also admire your magnetic personality and although we've seen some... _repulsive_ acts in our careers, when push comes to shove we think your egg has got it made..." Alyson: "Oh... gosh... I think maybe there's something like code going on here... . Say, do you think you fooled them or what do you think?..."

[@crusaderesper]

@@-danR The technology is also known as "quantum locking". You can see a number of videos demonstrating it on youtube. I'm surprised Penn and Teller aren't aware of it, considering it is nearly a decade old.

[@Viewer13128]

@@crusaderesper well, they always try to figure out tricks they didn't, so they might be aware now.

[@DrakeOola]

@@-danR You don't even need "a healthy big cryogenic superconducting magnet", the magnet doesn't even need to be that big if the egg is hallowed out with a permanent magnet placed inside. They literally sell kits like this on amazon for $20 or so that keep the object levitated just as well in this video with minimal wobble and spin. You don't need any super chilled helium or fancy superconductor materials, just a regular neodymium magnet and a sizeable electromagnet hidden under the table will do. If it were a chilled superconductor, there would be 0 wobble and 0 spin and look more like it was attached to an invisible stick plus you'd be able to tilt it any which way and even raise and lower it and it would stay exactly how you placed it, just far too much movement for that to be the case. But yeah, they definitely went easy on him. Only 2 ways to levitate, with a solid object like a hidden stick attached to it from behind or a piece of thin fishing line, or an electromagnet. First method is ruled out when the cup is placed on and he sweeps his hand around it so the only option left is an electromagnet but unlike with other participants, penn completely rules that out for no reason and doesn't even attempt a guess. They've trained so long too look for minor movements, finger placements, etc... that others don't notice so I highly doubt that they both failed to notice the egg moving but I guess "youngest fooler ever on p&t" just makes a catchier headline. Technically the third method would be air but it's just too loud and you'd need a sizeable compressor for it to be viable. Also impossible with current tech to keep it as stabilized as an electromagnet can manage and you risk knocking it over if you don't place it perfectly. The wind will also be a dead giveaway if you start moving something like a piece of cloth nearby.

[@jacobb5484]

@@-danR even if they're aware they are also judging on the presentation. There's been several slight of hand tricks such as Kostya Kimlat's Roadrunner Cull where they clearly knew the mechanic, but it was so clean that they had nothing to pinpoint. Even if it was magnetic they couldn't see a single giveaway and let him win on skill and presentation. If they did judge solely on if they couldn't guess the mechanism everything would be double bluffs and Rube Goldberg style mechanisms because they could just say "slight of hand" and be technically correct.

[@onlyguitar1001]

His acting ability made that performance really shine

[@timscoviac]

You can make magnets float without any wobble, if you turn it into a superconductor. It has to be really cold. I don’t know if that’s how it’s done but magnet levitation can be done without wobble

[@sanox_arts]

Richtig guter Auftritt und Glückwunsch dass du sie gefoolt hast

[@DerValiser]

Getäuscht. Bitteschön.

[@kingkaz135]

Incredible job dude😊😊

[@alexhetherington8028]

What an amazing thing to have done , fooling pen and teller at such a young age. It was a brilliant performance, congratulations on the trophy.

[@davidsmith2842]

Very talented young man and i loved how penn out right told him he will get no special treatment for being young and that they are going to make it fair i like that. The trick was amazing

[@Tovek]

Congratulations Maxl! Amazing show! Best wishes going forward.

[@iankent7355]

Great job! Is Magic Maxl the next Joshua Jay?? Looks like magic’s future is in good hands ❤️🎩❤️

[@drwhogamer1650]

It is such an achievement to fool 2 of the top magicians in the entire world. Amazing job Maxl!

[@az7500]

Congrats!! Well deserved win

[@stevehall4548]

Well done Maxl! It was a very good performance, along with skillful and personable theatrics, not to mention the courage to come out and perform on Fool Us.

[@RedStoneWhite]

Amazing performance!

[@srpablington]

Really good magic, kid. Congrats on the AWESOME trophy

[@pigman6954]

awesome work, maxl!

[@jeffhoward9186]

Awesome performance…

[@SparkTheGenius]

What Penn & Teller clearly don't know is that in Germany, eggs float in the air.

[@divyyy4358]

This was just SO ELEGANT!!!

[@DerValiser]

What Penn doesn't know is, that we have magnetic non-wobbling eggs in germany ;-) Great show from you Max.

[@ahmediltifath]

Young boy, fabulous magic.... You get well with age and practice... Loved your every act and move

[@Greg091069]

Gongrats, sir! Amazing! I hope we see you soon! All the best!

[@drizzzumbrizz6308]

Allison's Joke about the homework disappearing did not land at all LOL

[@Matt_Hil]

Amazing act and well done!

[@lisahoshowsky4251]

At the end there I thought there was going to be two eggs and surprise it was confetti and no eggs, I love it when I can’t see the plot coming! The entire routine was great, Congrats!

[@rmhartman]

Pretty convinced it's magnets. A spinning object levitating is more stable than one that is not, and an egg can be spun w/o showing the motion.

[@Cloakfiend]

Could be air. Its why the table had ceacks in it and why he moved very slowly. But only if it definitely wasnt magnets.....nah its defo magnets. The mat looks suspect too with those horizontal lines.

[@Cloakfiend]

@@anuj96sharma the only ways of making something hover is air, magnets or invisible string. Magnets would be easier and explain the extremely slow movement act around it.

[@anuj96sharma]

that not enough you got to tell specify little bit more .

[@anuj96sharma]

​@@Cloakfiendbruh you got to be specify just telling that not even a guess actually . its like saying you can slow down yourself from falling with piece of some big cloth. if i were using umbrella and that how u guess my then i just say NO even tho umbrella will slow down its just no because your not accurate.

[@UniQ.Kamruz]

It's definitely not Magnets, you can clearly see the egg does not drop when he puts his hand underneath the egg. It would have done if there was a magnetic floating it.

[@fleedum]

His mastery of the English language says that this is going to be good.

[@kbusse]

It is definitely ok, yet not exceptional for kids his age.

[@fleedum]

@@kbusse He's German...

[@matheusvillaas]

@@fleedum it's still amazing. I know many west Germanic languages speakers that are twice his age and don't speak with such good accent

[@fleedum]

@@matheusvillaas I'm Belgian, I wish my English pronunciation was a good as his and I am twice his age. Practice makes perfect, I guess.

[@hoopyfrood4391]

@@fleedum Younger brains pick up other languages far easier than older brains. So a lot depends on the age you were when you started learning.

[@benbox47]

That’s funny he mentioned Yann Frisch because I thought of him as soon as you poured the egg out of the mug

[@martinhampl1997]

Me too. I watch Yann Frisch regularly, because my kids love him, so his name was first I thought at. :)

[@toneknee6139]

Absolutely wonderful job

[@jyesucevitz]

love maxi. don't love how the camera changes angles at just the right spot during a "move". that changes the whole "you at home will see things exactly the same as if you were there" thing. if I'm there my viewing angle doesn't change and my eyes don't zoom in an out either. I call that (so I don't swear) the as Penn and Tellers Showtime series. (look it up.) great great performance. Yann Frisch is amazing and not a bad person to get inspiration from.

[@lisahoshowsky4251]

I love his joined pretzel logo!!

[@u_s_scaper]

Egg trick is; the egg is very light and suspended by air being blown from underneath thus not requiring string or magnets etc. Even with the cup the air can be pushed up. Nice trick. I’m not a magician but a scientist and this is my theory.

[@the-secrettutorials]

The best English-speaking German I have seen so far.

[@freeman7079]

The way you palmed that egg is mindblowing

[@jakobboomgaarden1672]

Goodness gracious, when will some of these so called "critics" remember a simple condition of the show: EVERY participant has to show and EXPLAIN IN DETAIL their routine to a team of magic experts and consultants BEFORE Penn and Teller get to see it. And these experts watch the show and listen to what Penn and Teller say during their analysis. In short: NOBODY gets a trophy for free, period. Maxl, du weißt es am besten. Das war klasse und die Trophäe ist sowas von verdient. Beste Grüße aus dem Norden.

[@vksasdgaming9472]

Only almost-plausible claim of being Fooler by niceness is Mahdi The Magician and he "only" did sleight-of-hand without hands.

[@zauberfuzzi1]

😁 ich bin mir 100% sicher….du foolst mit deinem Ei 🥚 nicht nur Penn&Teller. Grossartig 🤘🏻😁

[@MrBoyone86]

Das Ei war nicht echt ! das sieht man doch die Reflektion alleine schon . Mit Blender oder ähnliches gemacht .

[@TheZappic]

Herzlichen Glückwunsch! Das ist ja echt der Wahnsinn! Ich habe keinen blassen Schimmer, wie der Trick auch nur im Ansatz funktioniert ^^

[@Francesc2000]

That was awesome. As a kid I played with magic tricks and it was tough. I was so shy. You did great. I love magic still. I hope great things for you.

[@VocalEdgeTV]

Sure hope this dude posts more videos. Absolute winner.

[@GreatTeacherYukari]

The world is our egg. If we don't crack the world's shell, we will die without being born. Smash the world's shell! Good job kid!

[@sudaesh]

Superb performance

[@DIMELDAMMEL]

Servus. Richtig guter Trick. Bin selber Dachauer war aufm Taschner wie du und hab dich paar mal schon gesehen. Deine Videos wurden ja ganz früher noch auf Facebook gepostet. Mich freut es für dich, dass du’s bis nach Amerika gebracht hast. Viel Erfolg auf deinem weiteren Weg.

[@toolebukk]

Fantastic! So inspiring! 😊

[@AllenMorrisColonel]

Bravo!