Penn and Teller | Fool Us - The Invisi-Ball

[@guyfawkes9951]

Please note that Penn tells how the trick is done at the beginning and we STILL can't tell how the hell it's done. Now THAT'S TALENT!

[@TheVallin]

If you watch Teller's hands, you can see him manipulating the string with his fingers. As for when the string was attached, watch as he sets the ball down on the bench for the first time. All it takes is a little bit of tape and boom.

[@kayshahill4401]

The Vallin yo

[@TheVallin]

lakaysha Hill Yo yo sis!

[@EaglewolfMagic]

They are very talented, I like their duo!

[@StefanTravis]

I read an interview with Teller where he said it took him 18 months to figure out how to do this.

[@RichAndDianaWilliams]

Came here after listening to Teller explaining this on This American Life’s “Magic Trick” episode. It’s a brilliant!l trick!

[@scoobywhooo]

I still find it hilarious that Penn hates this act so much! Such a great episode of TAL.

[@keep_walking_on_grass]

3 years later I am asking you, would you be so nice and tell me how it is done? it is driving me crazy.

[@bfallon7076]

God damn, Teller is a legend.

[@MrTlong2010]

I'd love to see him redo this exact trick with a thick string.

[@snowpig0074]

Teller is probably from a different dimension and has come to earth to show us his telepathic ways to save humanity.

[@graberassadventures3539]

This is my absolute favourite trick of theirs. I love how hard it is to tell when and where teller is directing the string and how. Makes the ball seem truly alive

[@xrp589baby]

how do you know its not real magic?

[@keep_walking_on_grass]

a string. ok. I don't see a string. please explain.

[@graberassadventures3539]

@@keep_walking_on_grass simple. Watch pen and teller more. They usualy expalin tricks, not all. But they usually do. This trick they have explained many times how ot works. Simple example. Look for tellers smoking magic trick.

[@AndrevusWhitetail]

I love Teller's acting.

[@Prime_Gigantic]

I am only here because of This American Life

[@jdb79jdb79]

I want to take Penn and Teller in a time machine to a couple thousand years ago and just watch the chaos.

[@HectorDao]

1:37 sounded like the "woah" from Wii sports in the tennis game

[@urbanlarsson8252]

In each and every tv show they always add taped laughter. Try and watch something like Seinfeld without any sound but with text caption so you know what they say. It is not funny. The guy who plants it precisely timed and just the perfect version of the laughter should get an Emmy, not the actors.

[@CameronBrtnik]

Lol you nailed it!

[@justinkeefe3456]

Absolutely incredible, this could literally take a lifetime to master. I'd pay good money just to see him do the trick with some yarn. Bravo

[@Uatemydoodle]

It was executed perfectly. Nothing but pure skill.

[@eyeseeyou913]

Love watching teller perform by himself... what a master

[@LordQueezle]

I love how Penn casually destroys the illusion. :D

[@famulu3794]

It feels aggressive to me.

[@gekost79]

I don't know if the thread was directed by Teller or by Pen ... and i don't care because it was an exceptionally executed routine. Teller is an artist in simple and amazing mind-blowing tricks, even if they have to reveal the whole or part of their trick !!!

[@arbitterm]

It's all done by Teller.

[@matahari8539]

i think teller is the only 'real' magician

[@kryztoferh]

it was directed by none. it was simply suspended directly above Teller and manipulated completely by him.

[@timothyavendt677]

Kryztofer Huffstutler it can't be completely him. he barely moved while the ball moved 5 feet.

[@r0b0hobo]

Timothy Avendt it's all Teller. The trick was developed 100 years ago by David Abbott. Teller said in an interview he worked on the trick for 6 years or something before he showed Penn. Penn originally hated the trick so they worked on it for another couple years. Penn still thinks it's too artsy which is why he clips the string and kicks the ball.

[@anonemus4851]

I like how the lights reflect off the ball and give it an angry little face.

[@jime6688]

I heard on I THINK this American Life that Teller came up with this after reading a manuscript for magic by a magician that had been missing since the 40’s. Anyway, Penn hated the trick UNTIL he was able to tell it was done with string and cut the string at the end.

[@teddyto4]

Just listened to the episode and actually to this day Penn hates the trick haha

[@vinterkrigett]

It is really done with just one thread at least till 1:40. I can see how he manipulates it with his right hand, fingers and the shoulder and head(thread is connected behind right ear I would say). Its still very skilled and genius and so subtle

[@gregoryfabre7471]

The lighting on the ball makes it look permanently angry...

[@reed9269]

hh yeah..

[@irlrp]

Can't be unseen

[@Kellerw2000]

Looks like a voltorb lmao

[@TittyDrop]

That is intended

[@chriscollins891]

Gregory Fabre was thinking the same thing

[@VonBlade]

Still the most ludicrous, jaw-dropping prop work in magic. So effortless.

[@ronaldp.vincent8226]

I have seen hundreds upon hundreds of magic acts. This is the greatest audience participant EVER. Also Penn and Teller are the best.

[@Kep2k]

Had to go back a second time after realizing exactly who was controlling the thread.... The amount of time for practice needed to make the ball moving back and forth and seemingly jump must have been astronomical. I can see now how he was doing it, but to make it look that good he had to have been using most of his body to control that one string, that no one can even see... insane.

[@davidr1620]

Anytime you see shiny patterned drape in the background, be prepared for some levitation-type of magic.

[@mikeymike1145]

FAKE! You can totally see the strings holding Teller up!

[@imcool5754]

Mikey Mike Ofcourse it's fake. What do you expect? A living ball?

[@firstnamelastname3089]

IM Cool, Mikey here is being sarcastic.

[@polk-e-dot8177]

IM Cool reread that comment. "the strings holding *Teller* up."

[@vanness7326]

Mikey Mike what do you expect from magic? But can you do it?

[@Futures_End]

Very few people can tell what a joke is it seems

[@rizzorizzo2311]

The greatest part about this trick is just how much Penn hates it. He’s never liked it even after Teller spent so much time perfecting it. The part at the end where he cuts the string was an expression of his hate for it.

[@justintimberpond2373]

Beautifully magnetic performance.

[@urbanlarsson8252]

Ar 2:00 when the ball moves towards him you can actually see the string and you also see his right hand move controlling the string even if the camera angle are selected to hide it, also hand movement when he release the ball from the ring. The backdrop need to be "busy" to not reveal the string too easy. So he is actually controlling the ball with only a string and he does it to perfection.

[@hisokamorou8320]

huh, I thought I was the only one who could use bungee gum

[@fullmetall122]

this comment is way too underrated!

[@KhOrganization]

Guillermo Urdaneta you're right.

[@HyperialAnubis]

Hisoka Morou lol too funny

[@XxThundererxX]

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[@senseiblu]

LOL

[@bryanr172]

I was thinking it wasn't thread at all. I believe they used 2 magnets. One on pens finger (pinky) and the other within the hoop. when he put the balloon/ ball behind his back, he put the magnet in his back pocket. At the very end, nothing was cut, he just removed the magnet.

[@TheVallin]

While that is one way to perform this trick, they did in fact use string taped to the ball.

[@dergrammarfuhrer1901]

Watch at 3:00, when the ball jumps through the hoop it starts to roll backwards for a second because the thread hit the hoop, he then puts the hoop back over the ball before he picks it up because it has the thread around it, at the end the thread goes through the hoop then up to the rafters

[@shawnsmith1865]

Living Legends!!!

[@markharrington8988]

With the reflection of the lights on the ball, it looks like an all-red Voltorb.

[@cr8070]

die totale perfektion .....bravo

[@paulmoore4223]

astonishing, clean and beautiful

[@999jbarrett]

Now that is magic. Im so tired of card tricks. Illusion is so much more appealing.

[@Squiddy12]

it's a thread numbnuts

[@lucagiuriato1943]

jbarrett987 maybe you don't know good manners, do you?

[@kingkermit2094]

@@Squiddy12 He knows it is. He was saying that the illusion of the ball moving by itself was good.

[@famulu3794]

I agree. There is so much more in the world of magic than just cards.

[@famulu3794]

@@Squiddy12 It's a magical stage illusion done with monofilament, which for some people including myself, find more inspiring and beautiful than watching tired old card tricks. You ignorant dipshit.

[@chaflou]

the original trick was made by someone else and was only the ball rolling and had the string tied to the magicians ear but teller made it his own by being the only magician to make it bounce like that and he still only uses 1 string. Others have tried to recreate tellers bouncing ball, poorly might i add, and they all needed multiple strings

[@wittvonwitt4403]

He is the greatest magician of our time

[@newdimensionmagiccardtrick3131]

pen and tellers presentation skills are too good!

[@OneVoiceMore]

Secret: It's an actual Pokemon.

[@shadowsa2b]

i agree. teller is a total artist when it comes to magic. he doesnt even have to speak and hes more fun to watch alone than penn

[@savanacollins9242]

It is funny because penn says this trick is done with just a piece of thread but it is still amazing

[@sebastianramdin6387]

His face at 2:30 just cracks me up

[@FirstNameLastName-gw8hy]

3:20 you can see him pull the string

[@keep_walking_on_grass]

I don see a thread or any string, but I believe you guys. What I realised though is, that the ball is NOT rolling, it slides on the floor. that is the reason why the ball's surface is light reflecting like a mirror. this way one can not see if the ball is rolling or sliding on the floor.

[@88Hyo]

I love how they actualy gave the trick away and it still is impressive.

[@yoyomajiin317]

2:12 you can see him let go of the thread

[@jimmythetrumpet6915]

Yup

[@tezza48]

and at the end you see penn grab it?

[@tetohh12]

Ok so when teller places the ball he placed it on magicians wax with string and the left had was controlling it by pulling in the string at the beginning. Then it was connected to the bench. That’s why he could walk around.

[@meditationhour5748]

I agree that even though they said it had thread attached how teller was moving it still blows my mind

[@weirdokiller123126]

He has a string hooked to a mechanism inside of his left sleeve that allows him to extend or shorten the string. He may have more than one string that he can attach and reattach at will. I am not sure if he unattaches/reattaches them from the ball or from his arm.

[@Thorinbur]

+weirdokiller123126 I don't think so, he can shorten and extend the string by pinching and by tangling the string around his body (hence all the piruets he makes to untangle and tangle it back)

[@weirdokiller123126]

Thorinbur I think he wraps is around himself like you describe too, if he is altering the length of the string just like that it is all the more impressive. But I still think he had a mechanism for changing the length.

[@koysensei4424]

Any trick reveal i need to know how this is done

[@blbricks3159]

no you don't it's magic you dumdum

[@ep1cstalk3rc0v3rs]

The thread and slack were in his left hand. Look at his hand/arm position every time the ball moves.

[@SonOfFurzehatt]

Seriously, why does every P&T comment section have a solution to the trick involving magnets? We're literally told here how it's done. People give magnets way too much credit for what they can do.

[@iglidor]

People give electro-magnets with lot of precise control, tests and preparations way too little credit. Or better yet, people give way to little credit to how much illusionist can do with pre-prepared stage. This could have been done with electromagnets. Either laid tracks under stage or more easily done with circle of magnets centering ball and with increase of power pushing it upwards. You move that magnet circle below and ball on stage moves identicaly. You push power up, it can float in air. You push power up and immidietaly turn it off and it seems as if ball bounced. But I agree that this could also have been done with just string. It would be much more difficult and thus impressive but as rule of thumb, do not believe what illusionists is telling you. It may be truth, it may be distraction.

[@Señormakey]

So the ball attached to the hoop at that angle... 100% electromagnets, right? You realize how fucking dumb an idea using magnets it? They do not have a linear power output, so you'd not see parabolic motion at all. Also, you realize how incredibly difficult it would be to coordinate that act? Either they have one of the most insanely powerful algorithms for motion tracking, or they are planning the act down to even the slightest motion and pause. Anyone thinking there are electromagnets needs to go an find someone with an electromagnet and see if you can hover a ball at all.

[@SonOfFurzehatt]

Quality Thank you. You said it better than I could.

[@iglidor]

Quality: No matter which way they did it, that act definitely required immense planning to even the slightiest motion and pause. That has nothing to do with electromagnets. But other than that yes. Realize one thing: Every single movement and act of Teller could have been just choreography to already predetermined movement of that ball. If you have under stage several electromagnets asembled into large circle (lets say with half meter radius) on platform that is following programed path with preprogramed power outputs at correct times all you need to do is then train to do choreography according to that ball movement. And that is as feasible as dancing. As for ball attached to the hoop, you do realize that it was not attached right? That he was just balancing that ball there with external force be it string or el.magnets pushing it that way.. ANd since you seem to be quite skeptical, check this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpTJhmuMg5ypgtE Floating balls thanks to electromagnet. Put it on platform to be able to move it. Put into it program regulating power that goes through it over time. And you too can start training choreography for whichever trick you want to do with it

[@VestigialHead]

+SonOfFurzehatt Yeah I am pretty sure they used magnets to kill JFK and to fake 9/11.

[@SquishEESpark]

It's his left hand you need to look at, he controls the movement of the ball with the piece of string acting as a pulley, but uses the ball and his other hand as the main distraction.

[@CT2507]

i was looking at his left hand all the time... its doing almost nothing and cant account for the big movements the ball does. i think the ball is controlled by Penn back stage and Teller is just doing a little dance with the ball.

[@jimshoes]

2:26 you can see him slip the string of his right hand

[@legendsneverdie2591]

1:00 you can see him pulling the string with left hand It is a thin string

[@kreion]

when watching magicians always pay attention to their other hand

[@foodfiends1039]

i remember buying this trick as a kid, always awesome but there is nothing quite like seeing a professional do it

[@authentic6825]

I imagine the thread is wrapped around the ball and attached to each hand

[@avecesar91]

Que técnica, todo un maestro.

[@Dude0In0Blue]

It's still very well executed!

[@smdoc07]

Great control!!! Is it really done with thread? However it is done it would not be a easy to have that much control. He walked around with it sitting on the edge of the hoop and then it just fell off.

[@joshhoover1202]

What incredible puppeteering.

[@Skitzkey]

1:37 - 1:39 vest moved. Thread is behind the vest.

[@MrMorgem]

....we all know... penn told everyone

[@GoatyHerps]

Oh my god! You better go to the forensics lab right now and get a job. NOTHING gets by YOU!

[@SuperLilmissswager]

I literally had to watch it twice even after you you gave the exact time..

[@HiBunnyGames]

penn and teller are the best!

[@alfie6098]

You can see it parts that Teller has his pinky on the right hand bent. He tries to cover it. May have something to do with the trick, string up the arm maybe

[@MrMustacrackish]

I don't understand how it can be taut at close distances and free at 10 yards away

[@djryken]

The string is behind his ear, look at the way he moves his head and you'll see it. His skill however is incredible

[@cantstopmike311]

Teller looks like he would be apart of those groups who wear funny hats.

[@mientayxunghe245]

3:05 dùng dây cột tàng hình của ảo thuật cột bên tây trái khi qua bóng nhảy qua khung tròn ông ấy nhích tay với đầu gối ..các bạn sẽ thấy

[@oliverriezebos]

This is magic

[@mtuan02]

master of contact juggling

[@DanLetts97]

Watch his left hand at the 1:00 minute mark. He is clearly seen reaching for the string.

[@buisgolalas]

We all know he used thread to make the ball move, but how did Penn reappear stage right when he CLEARLY exited stage left! Amazing!

[@adamggj3607]

I know how this is mostly done, but how it is performed is genius.

[@Crroow]

Even though you figure it out how is done (not so important anyway), his technique is flawless.

[@tylerchew672]

incredible

[@chrisshubalaba2198]

2:44 the string coming out of the ball is visible on his back

[@gideoncheung8731]

I like how Penn reveals the trick before it even starts

[@gx4736]

I think the string is from the top, as when it jumps into the hoop it never keeps going.

[@BalgaBear]

They tell you how it works, still amazing.

[@antoniojarcevic1319]

Hea got the magician string look at his right hand when he calls the ball hes either wrapping the string around his fingers or pulling on it thats y his hand jumps when the ball does he is smooth tho

[@JoRoWi83]

Well the ball is filled with something other that air that's for sure.

[@ARSZLB]

JoRoWi83 nope.

[@uselessjoe]

magicians thread is very thin; on the correct background nearly impossible to see from any angle

[@ChadCarney-hu3du]

Someone had a second tether besides Teller's you can see Teller move his knee to que the movement through the hoop.

[@mosabhijazi671]

That was incredible !

[@charlestredway8253]

I can’t believe how that trick was done.

[@liams-h]

the thread us held in his left and controlled through his right

[@jdb79jdb79]

Just fucking WOW. I mean a magician that comes out, tells you how he's going to trick you and dupes you anyway with a flawless illusion. That is how it's done my friends.

[@MRMAGICBEAR]

Magnets in the stage floor, probably Penn

[@TwoGunToast]

did any else see penn grab tellers arm twice before cutting thread?

[@MrHoleemolee]

TwoGunToast yeah why did he do that?

[@tyrants3062]

He used a thread

[@MeetReed]

i almost fell of my chair when Pen came in whit the scissors

[@ovrr0ef732]

Pay attention to his left hand at the middle of the performance

[@zxana]

i can very easily see the nylon fiber that penn is using offstage to move the ball around

[@whitecraneman]

This is 100% done by Teller. Penn from offstage would 1. Never be precise enough to pull something like that off. 2. He would never be able to make the ball jump through the circle. The way he makes it pass through at the end is because the first time he did it at 2:56 the thread was not inside the circle at all. He used the ball's momentum to pass it through while the thread was above it and then closed the circle around it. Then he resets the balls position but the second time the thread is already passed through the circle.

[@ARSZLB]

zxana then you're hallucinating.

[@Raizcky]

Legend.

[@ayokay123]

Absolutely fantastic! Perhaps it's Invisible Thread. :D

[@QueenToKingOfSpades]

I don't care, this was beautiful.

[@paulcosby8662]

Best part: 1:22 (Audio)

[@HarperNguyen]

Hard to believe Penn doesn't like this trick

[@blamethesocialmedia5871]

1:37 what was that?

[@Naturalvelocity]

dude that was perfectly executed