The Watermelon Trick//Jonah Babins & Ben Train// Penn and Teller's Fool Us//Toronto Magic Company

Jonah Babins and Ben Train try to Fool Penn & Teller with a Watermelon
S9E4, The CW Channel. Original air date: Nov 4/2022.
The Toronto Magic Company Bookings
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[@BenziTrain]

Performing on the show was some of the most fun I've had in my life. If you're a magician and haven't submitted yet... stop waiting! Do it now!!!

[@jabbadac]

I will

[@TorontoMagicCompany]

Was it ever!!

[@brentN4BDW]

Ben that was an AWESOME performance by you guys. Both of you just have great energy and the process was flawless to us who don’t possess showmanship. MUCH much respect!

[@voidremoved]

I thought your needle would be bigger

[@jacquelinevs]

Great job Ben! 🤍✨

[@josephcranford]

You fooled me at 1:39! What the hell was that?! Your hands appeared to really pass through each other. Congrats guys, what a great set! See you in Chicago!!

[@TorontoMagicCompany]

Can I get a mini trophy from you? See you in Chicago!!

[@mii6619]

Was looking for someone to comment about that.. Freaked me out

[@YoungDymisty]

Even watching it in slow motion it’s still insane lol😅

[@Martin-ub9ci]

@@YoungDymisty I thought it was a projector or something, the weird red light

[@psamelson]

What a great job and great performance - congratulations!

[@CyberwizardProductions]

love it when penn and teller say "we failed and you succeeded with that act!"

[@nikrusty]

You two have excellent positive energy with each other. Keep it up guys. Keep those smiles coming :)

[@dtyodeller]

With performances like that you’re well on your way to being as successful as Penn and Teller.

[@Ryan_Johnson]

Loved it! So excited for you two to see everything that you are doing for the magic community and so awesome for y’all to be on this… Amazing performance

[@TorontoMagicCompany]

Ryan! You rock and we love you - great job on your end of KZbin land!

[@jonahbabinsmagic4640]

What a hoot! Thanks for watching. Oh man was that fun , and YES the watermelon was delicious!

[@TorontoMagicCompany]

Damn this commenter is good looking. Someone should give him a raise!

[@imnotwatchin]

Bruh y'all should name your act as 'Ben & Babins'.

[@musicalman1995]

I’m so proud of you Jonah!

[@KenLieck]

@@imnotwatchin Or "Ben, Babins & Beyond"...

[@jimbatten1927]

I had the biggest grin on my face from the second you started to thread the melon. This was one of my first two effects I learned from a library book about 60 years ago. I just came back from a trip to Korea where I taught one of my nephew's sons a few tricks. This was going to be one of them, but I decided to hold off on it until our next trip... now I just don't know about that unless I give some heavy thought around a great routine for him.

[@prodigiousprodigy6781]

27 years ago for me

[@RobinBobcat]

I recall reading this illusion in an old book, back when I was like eight or nine, so forty years ago, with a book that might have been another forty years old. There was also a variation in a Boy Scout book, passing a rope through the sleeves of a scout''s jacket.

[@jimbatten1927]

Thinking back on it I'm sure it was in one of the Tarbell volumes. What a great learning tool that was. I was astonished that such great secrets were freely available in such a public place! ;)

[@BenziTrain]

@@jimbatten1927 It IS in Tarbell!!! It's in volume one. Fun fact- the whole series is available FOR FREE online because it's in the public domain!!!

[@DaveChimny]

Looks like the classic cut-a-rope trick that I still don't understand. So they fooled at least me. 😆

[@goldeet]

I literally was grinning the whole time. Amazing performance, amazing wizards, you guys KILLED IT!! Looking forward to more future amazing performances from you both!!!

[@LeclericShow]

You guys are fun!!! Good job team!

[@TorontoMagicCompany]

Thanks for your help and inspiration in making it possible!

[@chasegassaway]

This is really fun, because this is the first trick I learned when I was 9. All I had was the local library and it had 4 books on how to do magic. I read them all and this trick still works many years later.

[@jassferpaiso7930]

Love it!! Great job guys!!

[@TorontoMagicCompany]

Thank you !!! You rock

[@TheMagicofRoberto]

Great going Ben and Jonah. Funny jokes and great presentation.

[@magicjackmaxwell]

Congratulations Jonah and Ben! It was so awesome to see you both on FU!

[@nickevers9263]

Lol, “friends” 😂

[@BenziTrain]

"Enemies"

[@magician8896]

Loved your presentation guys. Really well done

[@danmac1871]

Glad I found you guys! Well done!!

[@scottmarquardt8770]

Taught my young grandchildren a variant of that trick (same technique). They love doing it for friends.

[@TorontoMagicCompany]

Yess - old concept, new faces and ideas. Glad you have fun with this too!

[@krisley5178]

Great job guys!

[@TorontoMagicCompany]

Aww thanks!!

[@RyanMartinMagic]

Excellent job!🎉 very unique and creative idea! Congrats guys😊

[@TorontoMagicCompany]

Thanks Ryan - you rock

[@robfishbaum510]

So awesome! You guys were truly amazing! Such a feel good story. So proud of you guys! I can't stop smiling! Yes!!!! Way to go Jonah and Ben!

[@joryvernon3891]

Fish the Magish-approved!

[@vincentjohnflorio]

Such a great energy. You guys are great showmen.

[@TorontoMagicCompany]

That means a lot!!

[@RobertMcGovernTarasis]

Well I was fooled, cheers for a fun act😊

[@buddmcstudd6994]

Based on the opening video i did not expect them to speak so well and present so well

[@BenziTrain]

Start weak, finish strong.

[@aszi77]

They were reely, reely impressed! ;)

[@ejicon3099]

Great performance. Love how both of you feed off of each other's energies. I can watch you both all day long.

[@TorontoMagicCompany]

Thanks! We learned how to do it during virtual. We'll have some fun projects coming soon!

[@DMurphyApple]

fantastic presentation

[@TorontoMagicCompany]

It was epiphany we're glad we had! - thanks for the kind words

[@paulmarks5631]

Great act guys

[@jeffhinchliffe]

Congrats to you both on a fantastic performance!

[@TorontoMagicCompany]

Thanks for selling us props. We literally couldn't have done it without you

[@DiggoDecks]

Fantastic performance guys!!! \o/

[@BenziTrain]

Thanks man! Miss you!!!

[@patrickgredford]

So much fun! You two are so great!

[@TorontoMagicCompany]

Thanks patrick! Very nice of you to comment :)

[@4saken404]

Succeeding at something P&T failed at is arguably even better than fooling them! Surprised you missed the opportunity to do the the hand passing through the other illusion at the intro tho. Would have made a neat little bonus.

[@SilverAegis39]

1:38

[@FreakFilms101]

Big podcast listener, first time I’ve seen your face! Great routine I am gonna have to head over to Toronto soon!!

[@TorontoMagicCompany]

Jake! That means a lot - glad you could see my face- now I gotta see urs!!

[@jameskenyonmagic6135]

Awesomeness 🎉

[@TorontoMagicCompany]

Thank you!!

[@colouredmirrorball]

Oh my god! They are roommates!

[@BenziTrain]

HOUSEmates. We have two different bedrooms (one for sleeping and one for fun).

[@fitzmagic]

Great job guys! That was so much fun!! 💥BOOM!!!💥™

[@TorontoMagicCompany]

Thank you!!! That means a lot - you know what you did ;)

[@pepe6666]

I loved the bit where you ate the watermelon. Munchmunchmunch

[@robertboyce6043]

That was some super secret magicians code. Anyway, good job!

[@stevenfagaly3810]

Excellent act. The goal going in didn't seem to be to fool them but achieving success for the exposure and the experience.

[@sefhapita]

It was a great act! Love your duo!

[@TorontoMagicCompany]

Sef! Amazing to see you here - thanks for the kind words. There's still time - we can be a trio!?

[@sefhapita]

@@TorontoMagicCompany You're welcome! I enjoy being here. 😊Ohhhh... I would love that! 😍

[@TheMightyOdin]

I met you Ben at a couple of Magic Bashes. Was great to see you get to perform on Fool Us.

[@BenziTrain]

Thank you!!!! Next time we see each other, lets grab a drink!!!

[@danl8670]

Nice trick

[@SuzanneTheMagician]

Great job guys!! Soooooo happy for you and you know! Love you guys so much!

[@TorontoMagicCompany]

Suzanne! We love you! Thanks for being here :) Hope you're amazing

[@totemnus]

Love this! I was definitely fooled 😮

[@TorontoMagicCompany]

Thank you!!!

[@thequadcitymagician]

Interesting, unique, funny. Such an outstanding performance! New subscriber here. Great job!

[@QueenOfDarknes5]

OMG, they were Housemates!

[@Vortragskunst]

One of the oldest street magic tricks in the world! It's really daring and courageous to fool P&T with that stuff. But still a nice performance!

[@PhilippBoettcher]

Ever tried spicing up the trick with peppers? 😉 Great performance!

[@BenziTrain]

😂😂😂

[@TorontoMagicCompany]

Great idea!

[@JC-ms2rz]

WOW, YOU GUYS HAVE BRASS ONES to perform on this show a trick from the first magic book all us magicians first read as kids! But that was a clever "twist" on an old trick.

[@BenziTrain]

My entire lower half is bronze. Makes it very hard to use the bathroom. :(

[@vestos]

Did he just push his hand trough the other?!

[@QueenOfDarknes5]

It's the most replayed part of the video, but no one talks about it 😮

[@BuzzardPlanet97]

I’ve seen tricks like this before, not sure how they work though!

[@jade999991]

Did her necklace have something to do with it? Im confused

[@marctompkins3001]

I watched y’all closely, looking for trickery in the tying of the ribbons. I was sure that was the illusion. Watched it a second time……. You fooled me!

[@BenziTrain]

Thank you brother!!! We're just glad people had fun watching!!!

[@bm5906]

That was probably the most obvious trick of the past few seasons, but those 2 are pretty funny.

[@BenziTrain]

What we lack in skill, we make up for in jokes!

[@timh2356]

You guys do good Canadian accents.

[@BenziTrain]

Took me 37 years to perfect!!!

[@franklesser5655]

Pretty clear the success of this trick is to select a seedless watermelon.

[@BenziTrain]

NO SPOILERS!!!!

[@pobsdad]

My mother showed me a version of this trick where you pass the string through your neck 50 years ago.

[@ericpohlman5131]

Alison, what are you wearing?

[@TorontoMagicCompany]

She matched us!!! That's how we knew our outfits were in!!

[@Jdockery007]

this one time at summer camp

[@richardburton6182]

I know how it's done but I can't figure out how they did it

[@TorontoMagicCompany]

We're kinda sneaky

[@BenziTrain]

I know how it's done but I can't figure out WHY we did it.

[@TheDogn]

So this one time at summer camp?

[@mudpill7509]

Is this video 8 frames per second?

[@BenziTrain]

We thought anything more would be extravagant.

[@gameswownow7213]

what was that 1:38 . even some red nuance appeared. something is not right (did u edit the vid there?)

[@BenziTrain]

If we knew how to edit the video we’d have made jonah look better.

[@voltaquake]

How?

[@TorontoMagicCompany]

Who knows!!

[@MGower4465]

Clearly its a trick watermelon. The top and bottom are real but the sides are holograms. Allison's fingers are attached to her hands with magnets.

[@f800ssss9]

"They were roommates."

[@BenziTrain]

Housemates!

[@mariosalgado3131]

I remember when I was a kid I use to go to my grandma's house and she had a necklace just like Allison's, but hers had two red pearls and one black pearl!!!

[@TorontoMagicCompany]

Something like that ;)

[@tobias3648]

Anyone notice the side trick with the needle at 3:16?

[@BenziTrain]

I had a magnet in my jacket that it was supposed to stick to. The fact that it didn't, and that I missed my pocket, will haunt me till the day I die!!!

[@musicalman1995]

Is the trick something to do with a necklace?

[@BenziTrain]

🤣🤣🤣

[@hankscorpio8928]

Even more valuable than the FU trophy? Being told by Penn and Teller that you succeeded where they failed.

[@Qermaq]

If Matt Damon and Chris Elliot became magicians....

[@wildae.]

penn's code words are so discreet

[@BenziTrain]

A non-magician friend of mine asked me why Penn was randomly hitting on Alyson during the shoot. More discreet than we think!!!

[@onanthebarbarian9883]

What's with all the white shoes? :/

[@BenziTrain]

We got style!!!

[@mikeonthebox]

I like the presentation, but I didn't like the reference to having watch every episode and mention that nobody tried to fool them with science, not only because it has happened (Dyna Staats for example), but also because they were fooled by this very same concept already.

[@mrdibujante]

This one is easy, the needle was organic, and the watermelon had a little bird inside

[@BenziTrain]

Shhhhhh!!!! No spoilers!

[@lenrely2033]

That's a tiny little watermelon

[@BenziTrain]

No, it's normal sized. We're just all huge.

[@mercedeswilkins9085]

The human body is more than 60% water cuz 75% of blood is water and mostly everything flowing in me is water.

[@voidremoved]

ok thanks for sharing your opinion cool story

[@YTAliasJoeCool]

you only got about 5 litres of blood flowing in you.

[@itsafunnyoldworld]

These guys are a couple - the HAVE to be 😃 Aside from that, no clue how they did this 😂

[@BenziTrain]

Yah... a couple of cool dudes!

[@QueenOfDarknes5]

OMG, they were Housemates!

[@KenLieck]

@@QueenOfDarknes5 Exactly -- and anyone who gets offended at the sight of two male housemates is simply home o'phobic!

[@spun8389]

That's the smallest watermelon I've ever seen

[@ChrisCre8tor]

I think everyone know how they did it lol

[@grotgrusson5124]

For once, I actually got Pen's code words. 😄 I even understand the principle itself, but not how execute it. Props to that move.

[@Shugarcloud]

Another magician did something similar with a chain around his belly.

[@ArthurRainbow]

@@Shugarcloud Thanks so much. That's the information I missed. I understood how the trick words but had no idea what Penn's meant

[@dave.p153]

One of the worst attempts at doing code I think they're getting a bit old now for this.

[@dave.p153]

@@manusoftar yes but it's the whole package it's the performance it's the trick it's having the balls to get up on national television in front of Penn and teller it's not just the method. I've done magic on TV and the body literally starts locking up with fear it's not the easiest thing to do

[@voltaquake]

How was the trick done then??

[@scocassovegetus]

I know some people who said they were allergic to watermelons, turns out they were all 'allergic' to the chemical herbicides and pesticides because when they tried organic watermelon, no reaction whatsoever.

[@BeyondTigerMilk]

So this is what Canadian trust fund kids are like?

[@BenziTrain]

I was gonna make a joke but my mom said she’d cut off my allowance if I did.

[@syksyd17]

So are they gay?

[@BenziTrain]

Why, are you interested? ;)

[@kathrynnpetersen8876]

I half liked it and half did not like it I liked it because I absolutely love science and did not like it because I was worried that Alyson's hand was going to get impaled.

[@TorontoMagicCompany]

WE we're worried - I feel like she has better lawyers than we do

[@johannborchersfriends]

The magic is always hidden in Allison's pants.

[@alecambo]

Amen brother

[@matoatlantis]

I thought it was flute. *yeah, I know this joke is now so old it almost gets to be new again.

[@howtoliveonearthYT]

C'mon guys, you aren't magicians...

[@NickPaulMagic]

Great job guys!

[@TorontoMagicCompany]

Nick!! That's so sweet - thank you for commenting, it's awesome to see you here :)