URI GELLER | Seeing is Believing | Documentary Reports | 1974

Thames Television was given unique access to a young Uri Geller. Where his spoon bending and Psychic abilities were put to the test. With some very interesting results. This programme was first transmitted on 15/01/1974
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[@mr.y.mysterious.video1]

URI geller, the only magician who threatens to sue you if you suggest his tricks are not genuine magic powers

[@Demilich23]

james randi lost multiple libel cases including the one against geller. think before you believe

[@AnyoneCanSee]

@@Demilich23 - Randi won the libel actions by Geller who tried to use the court system to silence the truth. Geller is a lying sack of shit.

[@SleazyRider86]

@@GamingLover-xp8hc LOL

[@gusibrahim6961]

He lives in a very nice house in southern England. I wonder 🤔

[@jszlauko]

@@Demilich23 - Uri Geller could never prove that his tricks were anything more than just that...a trick!

[@fmills1583]

Bending with his mind? These utensils are being handled so much by Geller they started the #metoo movement.

[@Smonjirez]

I think part of the spoon (or perhaps the whole spoon) is made of Gallium. This is a metal that melts at just above room temperature.

[@gtrefghuk]

All the amazing things a person could do if they had telekenitic power, And all this guy does is bend spoons?

[@ImGoingSSJ97]

he will solve poverty and hunger with this useful psychautistic ability

[@johnhayden7090]

There’s a river in the fork. ? Very clever trick though..

[@com-hr9kc]

@@ImGoingSSJ97 NB : of his family

[@MsAmericanGames]

If u have brain waves u got it, techniques differs but ability is wide.

[@liammalley4223]

You believe this is real hahahahah 😂

[@SevenDeMagnus]

He still is a good magician. He brought his own gimmick spoons and utensils.

[@connor7342]

So he's the carrot top of cutlery?

[@melgrant7404]

Like to see him put it back together again.

[@beakt]

2:16 The guy stated exactly how Uri performs this trick. He bent the fork head in advance, enough to weaken but not break it.

[@GirGir183]

But it was bendeeeng. You could see it bendeeeeng.

[@NoName-cx3gk]

A shape-memory alloy is an alloy that can be deformed when cold but returns to its pre-deformed ("remembered") shape when heated. It may also be called memory metal, memory alloy, smart metal, smart alloy, or muscle wire.

[@finallyfamous9628]

Dude it wasn't bending it didn't take much pressure at all to get it to bend thats why he rubs it at the top and wiggles it back n forth that fork never bent lolol

[@hawk_202]

@@GirGir183 he can't let himself see that or he'll have to admit magic is real and have an existential crisis

[@milkmanman]

@@hawk_202 you realize he was being sarcastic. Magic is real but not from people. Magic is in the quantum physics of the world. It's magic to me anyway

[@angelasarabia6613]

then everything changed when the fire nation attacked..

[@reddsea]

this has to be the funniest comment on youtube lmao!!

[@yesuleagbeadansi7429]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@anarchistmaverick9507]

Temani Mani no chance

[@crazybananazzz]

IM DED

[@PokeRapper5000]

It's actually much simpler than that. When nobody's looking, he quickly bends the objects with his bare hands. In magician's circles it's known as distraction and it's an important part of every magic act. You don't need any fancy metals for that.

[@ots1634]

its known as distraction outside of magician 'circles' too

[@theLEGOguy22]

It’s known as ‘misdirection’ and Uri’s technique was to pre-bend the spoons. Amazing to think that anyone ever fell for it! But then again, people still believe in God.

[@slugzz6094]

Sleight of hand

[@MC-kz9we]

I remember watching a show called noels house party where they literally showed him bending the spoons as the cameras were hidden....

[@thinkingisfundamental]

What I don't understand is he's supposed to be telekinetic, but it keeps touching it

[@flakblas]

Ah, well he’s full of crap. Hope that helps clear things up

[@MarcosPereira-df7rj]

One of the best charlatan of all time

[@darrenmoore7544]

He wasn’t in The Charlatans!

[@jenniferj9345]

You mean one of the worst😂🤣

[@Melvin420x12]

Uri Geller was very very very popular in the Netherlands in 2011/2012. Millions of people watched his show every week.

[@garichar]

2012? What? This guy was exposed as a fraud back in the 70's

[@Melvin420x12]

@@garichar I know right. But somehow he was incredibly famous here for a while. With his spoon trick.

[@NationOfMasturbation]

I thought the Dutch knew better

[@discostu004]

the netherlands must be full of boneheads

[@HM-rz8nv]

@@discostu004 In a country of nearly 18 million people, for millions to think Uri Geller is worth watching, that sounds about right.

[@tune_m]

Very interesting!

[@mondoprime]

A genuine bender.

[@mikelandy2078]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@anonevol6757]

One might hope that seeing is believing, however those not so naive realize that our minds as human beings are susceptible to optical illusions.

[@helphelp7562]

Its entertaining cant believe ppl actually hates the guy enough to expose him. Its like boycotting mcdonalds once you find out there burgers dont look like the ones being advertised.

[@highdownmartin]

I seem to remember this brought down the GLC( it wasn’t thatcher) as all the school dinner halls were experiencing phenomenally high casualty rates on the cutlery.

[@Chris-qo4rt]

This guy should join the Avengers

[@TheDacross]

These are generally prepared tricks because the teaspoons are soften in advanced and then with a slight rubbing of the fingers they bend. He is a B.S artist.

[@DataWaveTaGo]

I always asked believers - Why hasn't Uri done anything worthwhile with his powers ... = perplexed facial expressions.

[@finallyfamous9628]

Lol uri Gellar will bend some utensils trust me he won't be loosening any rivets on a plane lmfao

[@jeper1969]

There is no spoon

[@JayDieTye]

NO SHIT ...man you are RIGHT !..god damn ...YOU OPENED MY EYES ....

[@alejandroochoa5181]

The spoons he used to bend were made of gallium (atomic number, 31). So, some of the tricks he used to perform, anyone can perform them (with gallium-made spoons). If people in the public just happened to take with them some spoons made of stainless steel or silver to the theater, he would not have been able to fool the public. You can read the article "Gallium" in the Wikipedia in English; especially, the second paragraph. 20220821 (Sunday).

[@Rhewin]

This can be done with any spoon/fork. No need for one with a specific metal. It is just more difficult with heavier utensils

[@ImHeadshotSniper]

if he used gallium, he'd have to be incredibly careful not to melt the entire thing. as someone else said, this is easily done with any old spoon or fork. you just need to bend the shit out of it back and forth beforehand until you notice it getting quite weak, at which point the trick is ready to be presented. edit: also to add, Uri never melted anything into liquid metal actually. this proves that it was never Gallium.

[@macehilmatecilof4140]

I think he did use it sometimes, but its well known now so he couldn't fool people with that any more. I saw a clip of him that was clearly a gallium spoon. the spoon was falling apart and felt soft to the volunteer.

[@MeTube3]

@@macehilmatecilof4140 Gallium goes liquid on the surface whilst staying solid just below.

[@SockTheBop]

“Uri Geller, the guy who bends the spoons” *flies off into the sky*

[@jjohnny2]

"touch it, touch it very gently"

[@McArena69]

Fraud

[@markriley7472]

Fond memories of this. In my teenage years I can remember being amazed at this and trying to bend spoons/forks like this after seeing him on TV ( with NO success of course!) Many of us were so gullible lol. Now we see the evidence that he was nothing more than a "magician", exposed by the wonderful James Randi, Johnny Carson and even on Noel's House Party in the UK where hidden cameras secretly filmed him at a set up dinner-he clearly, sneakily used two hands to bend a fork!!!! I also saw him a few years ago at our science festival-but he didn't bend a spoon. Instead, he asked us all to bring watches which had stopped working and he would attempt to get them working! What a pointless exercise-after about 200 were put on stage in front of him he used his amazing powers on them. Again-complete failure. He seemed more intent in telling us that during the interval that he had been talking with his friend, Michael (Jackson)! FFS!! I think he just loved the idea of fame and celebrity! Clearly a pretentious fake making a lucrative career as a con man. And, as Geller claims that his powers were given to him by an angel from another planet, I would simply ask why did this angel give him the useless power to bend cutlery lol!

[@deiadadoll]

Pls research this case more he literally worked for the CIA and the CIA confirmed this but then when uri quit as they wanted him to do dangerous things the CIA denied ever hiring him even though a couple of year prior they confirmed him I think your gullible for thinking people like it I don’t live among us daily it’s extremely possible there’s people with abilities like his and some far worse

[@dylanlongworth8297]

@@deiadadoll the cia said he was real during the days when there was no sceptics there. The days they were it was easy to see he was fake

[@Username-wj8pz]

@@deiadadoll the same document that claimed he was real also stated there were no skeptics to watch him

[@richf1182]

@@deiadadoll I recommend the book The Men Who Stare at Goats - you might enjoy the description of the army General who tried to walk through a wall. Gullible/dumb people are everywhere, including the CIA.

[@SuperNintendoMii]

He also worked for mossad. He has a gift, randi never exposed him, he's just got an axe to grind with the man for some reason. Probably an antisemitic axe

[@talon115]

uri's genius was that people are so stupid.

[@gman2015z]

I'm only here cuz I always heard the Incubus lyrics about Gellar bending silver spoons for years but never knew who he was. Gellar to me is Ross from Friends.

[@JS-rx6uy]

lol u made my day

[@magicponyrides]

There's a difference between being a stage magician and a pathological liar.

[@Peh84]

The magic of Gallium.

[@MrRaulstrnad]

among other methods randi was always careful not to reveal the way he bend spoons himself since there are several methods one can use if randi revealled one method, uri then would use another method to claim powers without using the first method

[@jessedenwood3152]

Brilliant ability. Rubs the prongs and it snaps at the neck by the rivet. Spooky.

[@The15Sparky15]

In reality, a magician does not have to admit anything to their audience, let their audience think their own thoughts.

[@wheelmanstan]

so no one else tried rubbing a fork to see if that's what did it? still, he's fun to watch

[@joshuagarner2002]

The magic of Gallium! (It's a metal on the period table, learn your chemistry, bitches.)

[@arturovalencia5989]

Great job uri

[@NeverGoingToGiveYouUp000]

Fake

[@Stimor]

uri feels for spoons, each to his own

[@JoeDope]

"Please go, please!" - Uri Geller.

[@chino2197ify]

Wow

[@markunknown6507]

Did anyone notice how much pressure he was putting on the fork tip? His finger even slips off because of the amount of pressure he was applying at :38.

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

Good eye! I played it as slowest speed - he's PUSHING the spoon end up against his finger - so strongly that his finger slips off. Then he quick catches himself so it's not as noticeable.

[@EnglishBruv]

The most talented man in the world is the video editor

[@radams581]

Total bolloks

[@IDKyoudk]

Nice trick 😀

[@itizme8072]

Changed his name to Uri, from Benjamin Dover They called him Bend .

[@kajakpaddler92]

the only thing Uri has ever bent is the truth!

[@devuniquedev1]

😅

[@Googoo123450]

"I’ll no longer say that I have supernatural powers. I am an entertainer. I want to do a good show. My entire character has changed."

[@johngomez4645]

LOL

[@philholding6905]

Spoons and forks yes. have you ever seen Uri bend a table knife?

[@bobbyricelatinjazzbigband]

See on KZbin video: "Uri Geller Bends My Spoon! Live on Coast to Coast--UNBELIEVABLE"

[@leventenagy4302]

you can see the gallium where it breaks, melts around 37 °C

[@melodyreyna6935]

Todavía viveeeee

[@nikhasor]

He rubs the spoon on several places but it breaks at the same spot where the other one broke when force was applied.

[@ots1634]

that is not a spoon

[@finallyfamous9628]

Lol

[@MrBoellemissen]

uri geller is the reason i can cry blood, i hate him!

[@kafkaesk3449]

seethe moar

[@magellan8067]

It's called "metal fatigue", and/or "metal melting point" as in some cases the metal pieces or portions/joints may have been made from a Gallium alloy which starts melting at temperatures above 30 degrees celsius... You can clearly see the stress/joint line on 0:34 (pre) and 1.33 (after manipulation). That's why he knows it will "fracture".

[@rocon86]

One of the greatest con artists of our time. How they let him on television in the first place for bending spoons was actually, a miracle. I suppose people were more gullible back then.

[@NoName-cx3gk]

A shape-memory alloy is an alloy that can be deformed when cold but returns to its pre-deformed ("remembered") shape when heated. It may also be called memory metal, memory alloy, smart metal, smart alloy, or muscle wire.

[@Rhewin]

That’s overthinking it

[@TurboMoose37]

thi sguy lived just 5 miles from me, & do you know what i havent had a single relyable working tin opener in 2 years from the pound shop, i'm not even joking, just got 1 though for £5 & it works good enough so far, but we will see

[@rolle6588]

Telekinetic power only applies to spoons.

[@80swoodpanel]

Amir Chanan sent me here.

[@Arcella1981]

Gallium is one heck of a metal

[@GirGir183]

Did anyone see the Fry and Laurie sketch on this subject. It is hilarious.

[@bitcoinbull6564]

This is the man that got Kadabra banned from Pokémon for over 20 years! Glad he finally retracted his complaint ❤

[@Obbee]

can't believe this guy sue Pokemon..he's such a karen.

[@yourreplywontberead1977]

Hes the truth

[@ZemplinTemplar]

Amir Chanan brought me here. :-)) Unclog your chakras ! X-DD

[@MrJuulia01]

No no he do it !

[@richf1182]

"It's becoming plastic...and there's no heat, there's no heat."

[@Mommyandtux]

There was heat and it wasn't

[@richf1182]

@@Mommyandtux Nope, what he's saying is 100% true: 1. No heat is used, easiest way is for the metal to be bent back and forth lots of times to the point of almost snapping prior to the demonstration. He keeps saying "there's no heat" as a distraction to make the feat seem more authentic/mysterious. 2. The word "plastic" has more than one meaning, in this case he's using it to mean "malleable". I quoted it to point out how often he repeats that phrase, it's all part of convincing the audience.

[@blackjackmusic1107]

Sunday on Coast To Coast AM. Geller will be a guest...Be sure to tune in to hear him tell more lies

[@fraser_mr2009]

They were sceptical. He would simply bend them in advance. He made millions but he wasn't a great magician they were simple tricks.

[@MarcusAndersonsBlog]

A gallium based solder on any pre broken metal object will melt from the heat of your fingers. Cheap magicians trick.

[@Rhewin]

Why on earth does everyone think gallium is involved? Go see Banachek in Vegas. He’ll let you handle the silverware all you want before the bend.

[@theharbingerofconflation]

He has been debunked so many times, he prebend his metal forks and spoons off camera to the point where the metal was so weak it would almost snap. owww fascinating magic

[@borizovskimilan]

we are more that we think we are. You ask "Well why is this not abundant among other people ?" What other people,sceptics can't bend a spoon and the others who want to do it ,don't know how to do it.

[@2slogan]

Isn't that what all magicians and illusionists do?... If you're gonna hate, hate em all.

[@TheFlameHaze1]

Damn him sewing Pokemon, what did he sew them and what materials did he use?

[@ScootZMedia]

I did this tricks as a kid not even know who this guy was . No magic to it

[@JohnCashin]

It could be and I'm not saying you're wrong but I have to say that although this sounds easy in theory as an explanation, it's not easy in practice, I've often tried this 'pre-bending' spoons just to see what happens because it was the obvious explanation I thought of myself back then but doing this even a good number of times doesn't necessarily weaken metal spoons to a point where it would be all that easy to then just rub it to bend it, so I think there must be more to it than that.

[@richf1182]

The skill is bending it back and forth just the right number of times to weaken it but not snap it.

[@josephSwall]

he clams kadabra was him! the spoon, and the lighting bolt on his head...

[@earthacademy]

go to: Experiments with Uri Geller at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI)

[@chrishatsios3462]

Urine Geller Stanford experiments

[@richf1182]

Stanford Research Institute is not part of Stanford University, FYI.

[@juancvaldez316]

The amazing thing is that people actually bought this horse sh*t and this guy actually made a living out of this.

[@KingpinTBM]

I was so glad to see him get exposed on Johnny Carson back in the 70s

[@deganroe3202]

Better than watching Geller, bending silver spoons.

[@geirerlinggulbrandsen851]

This trick is so dumb and so simple, yet some people back then believed it was "real magic", haha!😂

[@author7027]

how does it work?

[@icepick859]

The spoons and forks are actually pre bent and softened. That's why he couldnt do it with a utensil that you give him

[@dimendza3154]

​@@icepick859 www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/NSA-RDP96X00790R000100040012-1.pdf

[@NoName-cx3gk]

@@author7027 A shape-memory alloy is an alloy that can be deformed when cold but returns to its pre-deformed ("remembered") shape when heated. It may also be called memory metal, memory alloy, smart metal, smart alloy, or muscle wire.

[@borodel619]

You should not bend the spoon, just see reallity. There is no spoon!

[@kain208]

Unbelievable

[@MrGeoki]

the human form of alakazam

[@MrGeoki]

***** no I remember the 1st movie.It's alakazam :P

[@IggyUKoopa]

MrGeoki Actually Kadabra IS the one based on this guy.

[@MrGeoki]

Yuri has a ponytail ? :O

[@AjejeB]

Lol the guy in the glasses got it right

[@jez5758]

He's not fake, I had the great opportunity of seeing him backstage a few years back, we took our own spoons for him to bend and he did it right in front of our eyes, sorry most of you are butthurt.

[@isrulius]

Funny how it breaks right at the joint

[@neilfattel1595]

so so good. everyone still copies him 40 years later!

[@tf1090c]

This how gullible we still are

[@dommcgill6647]

Believe

[@fcojavaa]

I was a kid in the seventies and I was totally fooled by this unethical guy (like the rest of the world). I think he has some explaining to do.

[@drawninpencil185]

Master ball go

[@pieTone]

At 1:18, you can clearly something that looks like fire

[@TheUri304]

His name is spelled exactly the same as mine :)

[@ramonhamm3885]

He forgot to say: "Ala peanut butter sandwiches".

[@gusibrahim6961]

I drove uri to Wembley studios then dropped him at a restaurant. Picked him up from the restaurant and on the way back I asked how does he bend the spoon? He pulled a spoon he stole from the restaurant and started doing his trick!! I had to stop to see what is going on, he bent the spoon but I wasn't convinced! He is not a nice person because he was prepared and knew I will ask him and stole a spoon!!!

[@dakotalyn38]

...i just want to say , this is what i think, that all he is doing is kinesis. its simple to do. its only focus and energy. so i guess you can say its real but its about as easy to do this as it is doing a backflip. hard at first but quickly learned.

[@SEIFER69]

He bends it with his mind.....but everything he ever bent he had to touch with his hands. Hmmmmm.

[@LiahimVolvap]

Operator: Now turn round the other way... That’s it...

[@palladiummeltdown]

Why’d Uri ban my dude Kadabra 😔

[@manuelwolff_intlcomedian]

He has to touch the objects, so he's clearly doing it with his hands, not his mind. I can move spoons without touching them :-)

[@White_Tiger93]

hello, germany! are u sure u can bend the spoon with mind power??

[@manuelwolff_intlcomedian]

That is not what I said.

[@White_Tiger93]

ahh sorry, I mean move the spoon without touching it?

[@manuelwolff_intlcomedian]

I can move spoons without touching them, yes. See the video in my channel.

[@White_Tiger93]

hello, germany! by mind power or...just a trick on ur sleeves?

[@TehSquishie]

I'll believe it when he does it with a wooden spoon :)