PETER WARDELL - Magic Circle Close Up Magician of the Year 2009

Magic Circle Close-up Competition 2009
To learn about Peter Wardell please visit:
www.peterwardell.com

[@madpig2012]

He's my dad... I'm the daughter!

[@designanddirection]

Pete is a wonderful performer. I have seen him on stage and many years ago at Covent Garden. Well deserved award.

[@welittlesmurf]

Peter Wardell is an amazing performer. I believe magicians can learn a lot from his performance. Did anyone else find it funny that the close-up magician of the year trophy had a card in it..... magicians need to open up from cards. Thanks for doing so Mr. Wardell.

[@randyjames1825]

Always good to watch a true professional in action.

[@HeatherSpoonheim]

I've seen cups & balls so many times, with so many variations, and with so many 'reveals' that if I pause, I know in my head what is going on - but a good performance never fails to keep me guessing. This was great pacing and patter, and obviously the highest of technical skills. Just loved it.

[@PeterWardell]

Thanks Heather - much appreciated.

[@nelsonnoname001]

LMAO DUDE, THATS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT! (was literally talking out-loud, to myself, how good this act was)

[@ThePeggy39]

One good turn deserves another. Great magician, would love to see him perform live.

[@HELLO-zr3ds]

Can he make Porochenko, Obanana, Hollande, Cameron etc... to disappear ? Please ask him, Komrade !

[@sudburymagic]

Absolutely fantastic!

[@trickoholix]

Must have watched this a dozen times think ive comented on it before too. Beautifully done and such good comedy and timing. Most people refer to dynamo and chris angel when they talk about magicians not realising that tv magic so to speak and the real thing as you see here are worlds apart. What you see here is pure skill and years of practice. Big thumbs up

[@PeterWardell]

Thanks!

[@NomadGSA]

Loved the adult take with the banter ...nice job, great performance...

[@magicelliotth]

Really enjoyed that Pete. You're a remarkable and inspiring talent.

[@OnairusCorner]

Cheers at the end! Fun!

[@violinhunter2]

Slight of hand is lightning quick..... Awesome. Spectacular!!! Magical.....

[@PeterWardell]

Thanks!

[@TheBradTobin]

That was a great performance. Realy enjoyed it.

[@ronlil100]

Fantastic act.

[@Wellpinit]

great cups & balls routine and some amazing coin work as well.

[@zacharybryant3865]

Definitely my new favorite cups and balls routine. Well done!

[@BewilderedBird]

Legitimately funny. Plus an amazing performance. Great job.

[@mikuel25]

Great job! Thanks for posting.

[@fstarsinic]

Great stuff! Thanks for posting!!!

[@magicmatt500]

brilliant!

[@pirate259]

Very good indeed! Well done Pete....

[@chemistry800]

Your welcome, Peter. All the best to you.

[@crozboz]

I got seriously misdirected there. And I'm so glad I did! Love this routine. Definitely deserved the place it got. Amazed!

[@marmagician]

Nice magic trick I love your magic

[@PeterWardell]

Thanks!

[@alinodreamworld]

very good sir,

[@kknuckkles]

Thanks for this performance, really hilarious! :D Great skill too! :o

[@ElectricPharmacy]

Outstanding. Great work

[@PeterWardell]

Thanks!

[@marmagician]

I want to learn your routine very nice

[@DanielCaliguire]

Artistry!

[@bRadicalmagic1]

Brilliant Peter, I aspire to have a portion of your abilities before I die, THANKS ! ! ! Aisle of Coin Magic ! ! !

[@PeterWardell]

Cheers! I really appreciate the kind words.

[@jessidevine]

Anyone else here because Peter was the One-Eyed Watcher in Trapped? 😊

[@RaisedAce]

Brilliant. Some great moments of misdirection there that even work on video!

[@Amastermagician]

Very, very funny, and quite skillful.

[@Raykofries]

hey been awhile since I really found a magic performance that is so funny and enjoyable to watch! good job man!

[@StNige]

Great act

[@arjunsamji6091]

Peter I love you man

[@PeterWardell]

Thanks.

[@concolossus]

saw and met Peter at the session this year, hadn't seen this then! Wow, loved it. Also, You are very funny. Sorry to boost your ego!

[@nicohauptmentalist]

the first cups and balls routine i watched till the end (ok, at least the last 10 years). awesome routine and perfect comedy. a pleasure to watch!

[@PeterWardell]

Hi Nico, thanks for the comment - I'm please you enjoyed it!

[@foreveranimallover1504]

Wow man you are a great talent, that is possibly the worst audience I have ever seen

[@patrickwoolery6000]

If he is performing for magicians and their families, that can be a terrible audience. They spend their whole time either thinking ahead to what they think his next move will be, trying to bust him on his moves, or thinking "can I get away with using that same joke?" Sort of like how when you have comedians talking shop, one will tell a joke and the other will say "yeah, I'd laugh at that," but never actually laugh.

[@dantrixter]

Great trick seen this so many times by so many other magicians, a true classic ! To me the last loads where very obvious but they me be because Iv seen it a lot before !

[@Zmagic500]

Great performance, but a good kicker would be to have a star appear on his wand.

[@jeffboren6735]

He was the star on the end of the wand

[@TheLarryBrown]

And about that star? (stretches out arms).

[@johanduplessis4281]

Brilliant, brilliant, BRILLIANT. Who cares if its Vernon, Ammar or Winny the Pooh for that matter. The audience management, timing and flawless sleight of hand.....true masterclass, real magic!!!!👏👏👏

[@PeterWardell]

Thank you - I really appreciate it.

[@miamimagicians]

Your really good man! Damn

[@DHmagictime]

wow amazing

[@forte210392]

haha one of the best cups and balls ever imo.

[@user-dw2ng5ik2x]

great job petter

[@OB-806]

He misdirected me so I rewatched it and he did it again, my eyes refuse to cooperate.

[@Localnomadmovies]

Im not usually into the “comedy” patter of magicians, but this guy was genuinely funny. I think a lot of the jokes went over the audience’s heads. Great magic too btw.

[@PeterWardell]

Thanks

[@bRadicalmagic1]

OMG, that wine glass ! ! !

[@chembelisangtam5001]

He hid under the table😑! That's was disappointing!

[@warrentredaway1666]

very entertaining :-)

[@nebrotskcor]

i rly love when the 3rd ball comes into play at 03:45 and the vanish at 04:13. the rest is c+b out of the book. good job

[@technowey]

That's a great act.

[@arspraestigium1]

Nice work, while the tricks were standard fare (though impeccably done), Mr. Wardell's personality carried the day. Well done!

[@JohnDoe-wg4oz]

Ive seen Pete work live at Monday Night Magic mnay years ago in London. Killed it. Even with some tv magicians on the bill, Pete killed it. Worked with him in Portugal as part of Luis De Matos street festival and he killed again. Rock solid and tight as...funny and entertainig

[@PeterWardell]

Thanks James! You're not too shoddy yourself! It was always great working with you.

[@noahcarver1707]

Honestly, I have seen "cleaner" cups and balls routines (no I cant do better, wish i could), but only by a little. That said this guy is super entertaining and thats what it's about with the cups and balls, everyone knows how it works, all the way down to the orange (or in this case the tomato, nice twist) It's how hard you laugh. also this guy could throw my eyes where ever he wanted, it took a couple of tries to actually see one of them. Great diversions, well done!

[@miamimagicians]

I don't think you caught him the 1st time watching, you probably had to re-watch it several times to figure things out. That counts as you being fooled. Correct me if im wrong.

[@SharkFinn321]

he is very good at slight of hand, and i mean VERY good, i must've took him ages to learn all of that!

[@Silenced23]

Dude, his thumbnail I seriously thought he was Woody Harrelson.

[@Katalyzt]

Nicely done ★★★★★ Katalyzt

[@HBStone]

If Jason Statham starred in a movie about Gazzo.

[@smneildas657]

HB Stone OMG! This comment should’ve had thousands of likes. Damn! So true. Actually, on second thoughts it’s really good that only magicians understand “magician things”. ;)

[@faresalouf]

Genius !

[@PeterWardell]

@tjanaweb The trick is based on the Dai Vernon routine. Gazzo's a friend and I've been around a lot longer than the book and the DVD! Of course I was influenced by him and if you saw a performer in Covent Garden then they were probably influence by us both.

[@NewTypexvii]

i saw the orange placed into the cup during an over head view. although it was a lot more earlier than to when he revealed it.

[@concolossus]

@yadusolparterre nononooo 'the session' is a convention in england set up by vanishing inc for close up magicians.

[@joelpollatschek2172]

Wow...impressive!!!

[@bRadicalmagic1]

Hi Peter ! I LOVE your Magic. Please take a moment and notice that my "Emoji" is our friend "Daryl" shaking my hand ! ! ! Please don't DIE Peter ! ! !

[@PeterWardell]

I'll do my best not to.

[@yadusolparterre]

@concolossus are you talking about the EMC? I thought it was private

[@introvertsintrawords8501]

The Mentalist Guy From "Now You See Me"!

[@MrTripleA11]

how else rewinded the video to see when he dropped the 3rd ball

[@mrgreeneye656]

Hey Peter is there bits of Ricky Jay's routine in there? Great work mate!

[@PeterWardell]

Thanks! No Ricky Jay (I don't think!)

[@TheLarryBrown]

Ricky Jay is a move for move copy of Dai Vernon, with even some of the same patter. Peter is inspired by Dai Vernon's routine but totally makes it his own. That's why there is some similarity.

[@JoshSitar]

He flashed in a couple spots here and there, but overall a nice performance.

[@kafan8299]

I do love this ver. of cups☕☕☕ and balls⚾⚾⚾. 3 fry with glass.

[@johnantignani752]

Peter, I mean no disrespect to admit I've never heard of you, before viewing this video. However, you are an outstanding magician with obviously decades of demanding sleight-of-hand skills. Your act is clever and presentation/comic aspects had me laughing non-stop. You are a performer, plain and simple.Those of us that have competed in athletics and/or artful pursuits relish what you have done. We can identify/ know of the grueling and sometime lonely hours/days/weeks/years to seek but never obtain perfection. But a performer puts it out there...without fear. And ever will be those that hide in the shadows and claim/state they no better or how to do better. Yeah RIGHT!

[@PeterWardell]

Hi John, thanks for your comment I really appreciate it.

[@StephenRoberts99]

i saw him put the ball in the middle cup at the begining of that act, but i have not a clue how he got it under the left one lol

[@bradymcatee7330]

If you want to see the master of cups and balls go look up Paul Daniels chop cup routine.

[@theomega616]

I only actually saw one fuck up, when he puts a ball under the middle cup but other than that, bravo sir!

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

I usually expose all the workings of any magic I see on You Tube, but this was so good I won't do so on this occasion!

[@quelorepario]

Does "exposing" make you feel superior? let me tell you a secret: what you believe to have exposed are usually 99% wrong conjectures, especially, very especially if you never have practiced magic yourself.

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

quelorepario I do practice magic and have done 100's of shows thanks very much all the same. So, yes I know the workings of most of the effects straight off. And I have extensive knowledge of methods and sleights to predict many others. The reason I expose on You Tube is to help young magicians who are learning. The only people who read and comment on the technicalities are magicians or magic students. Lay people are not interested.

[@quelorepario]

Well, in this case I am more in line with @vernonclassic up there. I think that doing that is pointless, especially if you are a seasoned magician. Discussing about the techniques in specialized forums such as the magic cafe is acceptable, "exposing" it on youtube is irresponsible. Thanks for ruining the effect to the laymen who are skimming on the comments.

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

quelorepario Magic Cafe is a big exposure forum. Read between the lines and there are many just trying to guess the method. If I'm not sure about a new effect, I just drop by there, and after a bit of reading it is soon tipped. Mind you, there is very little new in magic. The current generation of "creators" simply recycle the effects of the previous generation adding a different name and minor performance variations. It's a big con.

[@quelorepario]

But the difference is that those who enter of Magic Cafe are the ones that are purposefully trying to research it a specific method or trick, those users are willingly doing an effort to learn it, to get spoiled. KZbinrs are laymen, hell, there are still idiots here who need to be reassured that magic isn't real". It is a very different audience, and you will be spoiling the effect for everyone even those who don't want to be spoiled. Basically exposing the techniques in the comment section of youtube you are either teaching a generation of assholes who don't really appreciate the arts or ruining the effect to the spectators who don't want to know the secrets. If you don't really see my point, then there is no point on continuing this discussion. Btw, I don't think that new effects on old tricks are a con, if you aren't in awe when you scratch your head on a superb effect to discover that it is just a new innovative twist on an old technique... well, then I wonder how appreciative of the arts are yourself, I mean why are you even doing magic? Also, there are plenty of innovation that can be done as technology advances... As Arthur C Clarke said it: "any technology sufficiently advanced is indistinguishable from magic". It just takes a bit of creativity to make something ordinary and turning it extraordinary.

[@OoleoleoleO]

who*

[@nightelf58]

At 2:00 he puts in the 4th coin.

[@trythinking8967]

Slipped up a 4:06 where he flashes one of his white balls. Haha.

[@CamCav98]

This is my expression 0_0

[@kunkushun1]

the joke was clever at 2:40 and hes a swift magician :)

[@richardace5982]

I saw the load at 4:07 and I have no idea how it happened.

[@darkestmagician1993]

nice s;eight of hand but the presentation sucls too confusing and tension

[@LouigiVerona]

The ending was good, but the patter and the beginning did not work for me.

[@haudaunaruto2979]

he flashed :)))))))))))

[@Seamoredicks]

There are about 4 or maybe 5 balls in total.

[@jameskelsey9825]

He uses seven, three small ones and four big ones. Duh!

[@MrAceFab]

he uses 6 one is trasparent ... and two are identical...

[@joe8653366]

Pause it on 3:04 Its SOOO Funny

[@TheLarryBrown]

I don't see anything.

[@johnantignani752]

Know better*

[@modernillusionist5017]

I saying "not impressed" multiple times in your show occurs, something is wrong. If gasps don't happen with every single effect, something is wrong. When the only audible response you hear is from corny jokes, something is wrong. If the audience only claps because they know that's the point they are supposed to clap, something is wrong.

[@PeterWardell]

So you think something is wrong?

[@modernillusionist5017]

No, your show is perfect. Your show is more than perfect. I kind of wrote that wrong. The first sentence was supposed to say; (If I'm saying "I'm not impressed" multiple times in your show, something is wrong) I'm not sure why I phrased the rest that way. If you see my comments on your other videos, you will notice that I think you are perfect. I just messed this post up, and I'm just not sure how. The correct phrasing is on another video of yours.You are the example I use when describing what a perfect magician is. I even have a framed picture of you in my living room.

[@PeterWardell]

Phew! Thank you!

[@modernillusionist5017]

+Peter Wardell Yeah, if you read my post on another one of your videos, you will see how much I look up to you. I'm trying to figure out why I worded it like that. When ever I read what I wrote, it looks really offensive. That is going to bother me for a long time until I figure it out. I will look for the post I left on one of your videos. That's the post in which I really complimented you. You are one of the best performers I've seen in a long time.

[@modernillusionist5017]

+Peter Wardell Look for my post on your Christmas show. I think it's the 2011 Christmas show. My post starts off by saying it's a long post. That post will express my deepest respect for you as a performer. Like I said, I have a short list on Magicians I look up to and each one is photographed and framed on my wall. You are one of the Magicians on my wall. But I have a question in that post that I would love for you to answer.

[@chembelisangtam5001]

Honestly not the best but Entertaining , I can see almost his tricks! Seen cleaner and better performance by other people!

[@djwerdwassound]

I saw almost every move. That may be because I'm really good. Or his slights were not that clean. He was certainly entertaining.

[@TheManChise]

He's not that quick..I could see the balls

[@opineme]

He could be halfway entertaining if he changed his patter and worked on his timing.

[@beatz04]

Only magicians could vote this to be trophy-worthy. I mean, starting with his very (unwillingly) awkward entrance - note his strange, almost commanding way of welcoming the audience and the audience reaction -, the strange mouth licking thing, his "comedy" style that doesn't fit his appearance, his patter not only sounding rehearsed but way too fast, the noticable underlying nervousness, and the unnecessary car race speed with which he goes through c&b. There is only the conclusion all the jury has voted on was technical skill and a few novelties with some of the moves in C&B. But i found it rather irritating, clearly his performance style is not suiting his real persona and i didn't find it to be very entertaining, sorry. Really, think about your stage persona - you wanna come across as the witty guy but it doesn't look natural with you. You come across as someone who *wants* to be funny but is way too nervous to make it look natural. Either try to go half the speed or better yet, find a different persona that better matches your real life personality. And either way, learn about rhythm, pace, pauses and delivery. Also about plausability and reasoning. Your little story about what your daughter said "this morning" doesn't sound credible at all. Either change the pace and delivery of it or change it to "told me once" or "two weeks ago". Your pace is so in a hurry that your daughter telling you the magic wand thing coincidentally just "this morning" doesn't sound real. It sounds fake and cliche. Would be a totally different thing if your delivery was way more casual, slow paced because then you could present that bit almost like an afterthought, hence make it more believable. You really should study Louis C.K. for instance and how his timing works. There's even an analysis of his technique here on YT that breaks it down to the last bit.

[@ryantheiron4191]

fuck off mate

[@jangray395]

Talk about missing the fucking point. You talk as if peter is amateur....he isnt. You are. You are analysing his every move? Who the fuck does that except for obsessive nobodies on the internet? The joke about his daughter worked BECAUSE it sounded unbelievable and cliche you fucking bellend. Here is my advice for you a result of my in depth analysis of your performance here as prize cock. Get over yourself. Relax once in a while. Stop analysing magic performances. Try and find out what a sense of humour is. Fucking moron.

[@TheLarryBrown]

@@jangray395 Who died and made you Peter's mother? Funny thing, I always thought youtube comments were for discussion. I never realized it was for foul mouthed loser b7tches that have never gotten below 200 lbs since 7th grade. He's got an opinion, get it? You should go dish out some more abuse to your husband, of wait, I forgot, 200 lbs, no husband. Go eat your cats.

[@TheLarryBrown]

@@jangray395 And Good Lord, have some dignity! Put up a picture of you from 40 years ago! You make Emporer Palpatine look like Doris Day (pop culture reference from the 50s so you'd get it.)