Penn & Teller Fool Us: "UNIQUE!" • Tom Stone performs Quantum Logic

[@NoobMicesters]

I loved that trick fully. And the acting. That look on his face when he’s like “whose box is this?”

[@X320riginal]

It was the worst trick ever on this show!

[@edgeofthought]

Haha “this is the worst”... I read that and brain went to wurst... I’d love to see this trick performed with various German sausages. The wurstest trickiest box trick ever

[@xbon1]

@jeanlucamcdonald gmailcom gay

[@olensoifer9901]

@@X320riginal You think you can do it better?

[@amannate3455]

The only problem is that it took too much time in the beginning. He needed to show that his trick was good enough by showing the boxes, doing the card trick and doing the book trick. It took Penn and teller out of the magic routine and put them into calculating mode. Trying to keep up with different number of tricks employed in such a short amount of time. The trick was complex no doubt. Later, the comedy and magical effect were on point too. It's just that the starting feels like a typical magic trick that Penn and teller were not fooled. I mean saw one trick which was very simple that even I knew how it was done but Penn and teller were fooled because they were too into the feeling.

[@SpaaacceCore]

3:30 Come on dude, you had one job...

[@vivekraut9039]

he was the real magician.....

[@nicolasmaximiliano2379]

Hardest part of every trick is having a spectator that can actually remember a card.

[@DieFrauAmHerd]

He was so amazed that he forgot, shows he was not stooge :P

[@NetAndyCz]

Yeah that happens when every box has a diamond on it:)

[@Damaged7]

@@DieFrauAmHerd They aren't allowed to have stooges. Its one of the rules.

[@TinkerTailorSoldier1]

What the actual hell... that one magician fooled them by sticking a cookie in his mouth with a napkin!! This is definitely top 3 best tricks I have ever seen on here. Great job!

[@shortnsweet8172]

i know!! dont know how they missed the cookie in the napkin

[@kevina5337]

Or the cello guy who memorized which cards were in a switched deck... that guy singlehandedly lowered the value of a FU trophy by 30% lol

[@holywizard6945]

I agree, sometimes they have two obvious guess and pick at random then get "fooled" its a bit sad. And sometime they just choose to be fooled saying "we understand it all but your too good". May be Tom deserve this?

[@TriToothbrush]

@@kevina5337 can you tell me who that guy was again?

[@arthurpolt8938]

that cookie trick made me angry too lol

[@reference2592]

I genuinely believe this is one of the greatest magic tricks of all time, and I’m not exaggerating. It’s so creative and so unique that it actually inspires awe. In contrast-no matter how technically impressive they are-card tricks, coin tricks, escape tricks, and vanish tricks all just blend into each other eventually. A magician locating your card or a coin disappearing is nifty, but it’s not actually meaningful. But this trick plays with ideas of teleportation, mysterious spaces, effects at a distance, and maybe even quantum uncertainty. Absolutely brilliant from start to finish.

[@TomStoneMagic]

Thank you, I’m actually quite moved by your kind comment.

[@keithnaylor1981]

The judge’s decision was heartbreaking.

[@vega1349]

This routine tickled me pink! Every time you said "Whose box is this?", it got funnier 🤣 such an innocent routine that felt simple but was clearly very complex!

[@briceb4826]

One of the best performances I've watched, even if he didn't fool them. The showmanship and comedy is top notch

[@TheChessViking]

This is the most magical performance I've ever seen on Fool Us, fantastic!

[@thingsiplay]

Look for Eric Chien.

[@crazypomp927]

It's astonishing that this wasn't a fooler. Seriously.

[@Argenium1]

I mean... I figured out most of it. By rewinding the video about 10 times to make sure I saw something important of course. It's incredible they caught everything important live because that trick is both awesome and complex.

[@EdgeOfEntropy17]

@@Argenium1 I caught some things on the first watch and STILL don't understand how it's done. Wanna give me a hint?

[@-Me_]

@@Argenium1 if it takes an average person 450 times to barely catch it, then p n t can find it ezpz

[@bobbyugi]

It’s amazing what props can do

[@alanmurray5963]

Ja-fuckin-breezy fools them but not this

[@bennn82]

Honestly think this is one of my favourite “fool us” routines of all time. Absolutely incredible!!

[@ehsnils]

I like this because it's not the usual card tricks that are done by way too many magicians.

[@ImRicWooo]

Tom Stone I can't figure out anything you did. Thanks so much for doing the trick. Looked like real magic to me.

[@realcomments]

Fooled or not, this was a masterpiece. Hiding a battery in the charging brick usually fools them! ;)

[@tipi5586]

Yep. The one trick that Penn and Teller weren't qualified to assess was a bloody rope trick with a phone charger, that didn't fool anyone under 30 XD

[@veidec]

@@tipi5586 hey man ,im 45 and it sertenly didnt fool me either ;) '

[@maxmustermann3876]

@@tipi5586 And the stone-paper-scissors trick, which was 100% mathematical self-working, but Penn & Teller apparently missed Math class to often.

[@gmailrockmcbride49508]

@@veidec you certainly fooled your spelling teacher into passing you.

[@saimir77]

@@gmailrockmcbride49508 Maybe english is not his 1st language, as it isn't mine either. What if he speaks 2-3 foreign languages? Would you be considered a fool for not knowing?😉

[@EpicPianoArrangements]

"Whose box is this?!?" First time he asked it was funny, second time he said it was fascinating... but the third time he said it I was gob-smacked. There are very few acts that stupify me to the point of disbelief... and this was one of them. This... was magic.

[@minombreesirrelevante4407]

Comedy comes in threes.

[@MarcoDToon]

@@minombreesirrelevante4407 I hope that's not the case or the BM Pirates are never going to climb that damn waterfall (perhaps someone will understand this reference)

[@TheThursty100]

@@MarcoDToon I would be really funyn if they didn't make it up ngl. But after they got kicked down by a pteranodon and then by a phoenix, I don't know how they fall the next time. Maybe a dragon comes flying by and kicking them down, who knows at this point

[@apoorvs781]

Holy Shit! This man must be a wizard. Out of all routines on Fool Us, this has to be the most amazing.

[@Survive1llc]

Apoorv Singh 10/10, would burn at the stake.

[@grumpypotatoe3284]

It's pretty easy

[@12227UserName]

Best magic trick I've seen on this show. I was genuinely amazed throughout the whole thing. In my opinion, he undoubtably deserved the trophy.

[@1Dreamking]

I have actually been on stage in Sweden (Magic Bar) years ago as audience member during this trick performed by Tom Stone. I picked the card and held that box behind my back. Watching the trick unfold pulled the world away from under my feet. So happy to see him (you?) perform it on this show as well. I think what the blunt words Penn & Teller used was. "Magic", "We finaly found someone with real magic."

[@SimonJM]

I have watched this a few times and it NEVER fails to raise a smile with me, the deadpan delivery is wonderful!

[@kyrridas1573]

this guy found a hole into the fourth-dimension and _this_ is what he decided to do with that logic.

[@gargonbortz4469]

Is that where you got that line from? Wait, no, it's from literally every other Fool Us clip on youtube.

[@RemAtmos]

the weird thing about magic is that if you really had magical powers, you most likely would not be doing this haha

[@lawrencecollins7398]

I love that we all knew what was going to happen, yet it was still astonishing when it did.

[@matthewkuhl79]

That's the best kind of trick, though - where you're saying to yourself "No way is it in there ... Dammit!" i really have zero idea how he did it.

[@mightymoeish]

I come back to this trick every so often. About once a year. Really stuck in my memory with how fun and unique it is.

[@reference2592]

Hahaha. It's funny to see this same comment so often. I literally told him the same thing in my comment. This is the ONLY trick I keep coming back to over and over and over across several years now.

[@corncobjohnsonreal]

I had a fat blood red smile on my face for the whole act. This is for sure one of the best acts on fool us, I can't comprehend how any of it was done

[@craigbeckley2710]

This performance is so good because the effect is something that is layer upon layer of impossible. Three sealed boxes, all in different people's hands, and items jumping from box to box. Like, I can't even begin to comprehend how you can make the items move without it being blatant.

[@julienmagic]

Amazing Tom!! well done!

[@leovaldez6280]

This is incredible . I've only liked three magicians in this show so far, Farquhar, Doc Dixon, and now this guy

[@gabriel-contentwriter5578]

Such an original and beautiful routine, Tom....keep this one with you forever!

[@VocaDollGW2]

Amazing trick! And the fact that he went full amnesia mode immediately after he closed the box "Who's box is this????" was hilarious! 🤣🤣🤣

[@reference2592]

Probably my favorite trick ever shown on Fool Us. Absolutely beautiful

[@vinity5202]

"How do you know when a trick is ready" sparked a great remembrance of a quote, which is "Don't practice until you get it right. Practice until you can't get it wrong."

[@20x20]

I took it to mean "when is the art of the trick done and fully refined" rather than "when are you fully practised and ready to perform the trick". one is a question of readiness of the trick, the other is a question of readiness of the magician.

[@TheRealMamoot]

I love it when he corrects the guy when he says his card was 5 of diamonds while it was 5 of clubs

[@Steve-fe4lq]

Because it really was the 5 of clubs, but when the boxes have diamonds on them, it likely confused him

[@pkpckls]

@@Steve-fe4lq But he made a point of saying "don't show it to me", so he shouldn't have been able to correct him. I felt sorry for him there, the audience member cocked things up a bit.

[@tongmaa]

The best routine I've seen on the show! This magician's expressions and act are wonderful, and I'd love to be at one of his longer shows, he is so delightful!

[@christophh4295]

This is pure magic. It is so fascinating and even if i would love to know how it is done, on the other hand i don't want, just to feel the magic 100%. Perfect routine. Must be Top 3 of all P&T-Acts ever.

[@CyanPhoenix_]

absolutely amazing performance, and i think the fact that they actually had to pull back the curtain a bit on their own show and get the judges to weigh in officially proves how much effort had to have gone into this trick. love it!

[@bmwforlife6951]

This guy has something adorable. His a mixture of mystery and funny.

[@reinulf656]

Tom Stone is OBVIOUSLY the best. And so charismatic. Wow. I'd go to your show if it was here

[@FH-ux4rf]

Honestly to have them this impressed with the routine even when they knew how it worked seems to me to be better in some sense, than them getting fooled. Very good job!

[@laxrulz7]

I think I've pretty much pieced together how it's done. I understand the complexity comment. My shorthand explanation (posted elsewhere) is still really long and I glossed over a bunch of things. If I'm right, he's sort of doing three or four magic tricks all combined and with very precise timing. It's really impressive.

[@l.riggins1857]

That was a great trick, well performed. It was more entertaining and magical than many tricks that do fool them. As an audience member, you can't ask for more than that.

[@SlipkPie]

This has got to be the most perfect trick I’ve seen. Astounding

[@billyrattlesticks6949]

It's just nice to see someone go on here and do something other than a bloody card trick lol Don't get me wrong, some card tricks can be really clever but there's only so many of them you can watch before they become stale. Surely most magicians learn more than what they can do with a coin or a deck of cards? Bravo to Tom for doing something different :)

[@InterntExplorer]

This man is amazing. This was a great performance. And his expression at 7:32 where you can tell a secret conversation has happened between the magicians is so curiosity inducing that I'm dying to know what has been communicated there.

[@7kortos7]

if Schrodinger did magic. this is one of my favorite tricks ever. so awesome. thank you, you are brilliant.

[@nickevers9263]

One of the best tricks to ever be featured on Penn and teller imo Beautifully done!

[@rootabeta9015]

Easily one of my absolute favorite tricks. Fools the hell out of me every single time, and has beautiful execution throughout. A spectacular trick.

[@gaburearu]

This trick was so great, i don't want to know how it's done. Everything about it was fascinating and entertaining. Well done, sir!

[@ddd1hhh]

gaburearu The funny thing is that it’s probably really really really really simple 😂😂😂

[@minombreesirrelevante4407]

Not simple at all.

[@rootabeta9015]

@@ddd1hhh "This is one of the most complex acts we've ever had on the show..." --Penn

[@tubeyoukonto]

@@minombreesirrelevante4407 Simple elements but a lot of them (and one complex one)

[@benjaminmorris4962]

Lmao I love how his whole persona is like, "I don't even know what's going on" 😂

[@cinemar]

Amazing that there were no foolers on this episode but all of the tricks on this episode were far better than every trick from the previous episodes.

[@415Sterling]

this is my favorite trick ever on fool us, regardless of whether it fooled them

[@krishiyer3990]

How? How? How? Tom you certainly fooled us. Amazing 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@timmack2415]

WOW! That was one of the best routines, not just P & T, but ever. That really was magic

[@johnniejames9799]

Even though I know the premise behind the method, I have no clue how HE pulled this off because he didn’t use a regular method. Incredible style.

[@eliezersosa5218]

That looks like REAL magic! :) Great work!

[@sailaab]

offtopic: your avtaar picture is proof how even simple name picture too can be effective, eye catching wonder if it is your name alone or a business name too

[@samsonhaze6595]

The issue with tricks that are this “magical” is they often have very few feasible techniques for achieving the illusion, thus, by process of elimination and watching him closely, penn, teller, and even some audience members may be able to deduce the method used in the performance. I believe this is why Penn & Teller were not sure if they had been fooled, because they probably had it narrowed down to 2-3 methods, all employing sleight of hand that is well known and recognizable to another professional magician. They (or he) could probably have produced the same result with at least a slightly different technique, and all three of them knew it, thus it was far more obvious to professional eyes what was taking place than to us (the general public audience)

[@shaun_rambaran]

This was FANTASTIC! Definitely one of my favourite tricks and performances I've seen on here. Wow! "Wh-... Whose box is this?!"

[@Charlie-nu5oc]

Watched this twice and the gracious display of artful magic was a lasting memory of total disbelief. Pure magic and simply outstanding.

[@benjaminlinus2394]

This is one of the best tricks I've ever seen... shockingly powerful... I wish I could have been one of the participants !!!

[@charkopolis]

Tom has the skills to return and fool them. I imagine he will.

[@tehufn]

I hope so!

[@shack8110]

It's cool that, even though the experts are not fooled, noone cares and people are just amazed.

[@Trevdawg48]

The "dirty work", as Penn put it, really was done so well and so early that you can watch this video 1000x and probably never see him do it. This one took me longer to figure out than most. Bravo!

[@madsval]

This is my favorite trick on Fool Us, absolutely perfect!

[@michaellang9154]

Oh wow, I watched a lot of Penn & Teller's Fool Us and this is my favorite trick I saw. It's absolutely fabulous! Just wow! Perfect!

[@marcoanni507]

One of the best tricks I ve ever seen on Fool Us, probably in top 3 with Shawn Farquhar and Danny Cole first performances. Like with these 2 tricks, I have no idea how it's done. I hope someone will explain it soon

[@mikeredrugger]

I think my personal favorite is Shawn followed closely by Shin Lim

[@hellodavey1902]

I can't beleive I've only just seen this... I've watched the clips of all the foolers.... lessoned learned... some of the best tricks (and this might THE BEST) are the best tricks even if they don't fool P&T!

[@TomStoneMagic]

Been a rough day, so this perked me up. Thank you! :-)

[@ceesparxxx]

This was probably the best trick I have ever seen, and I've been watching Fool Us for awhile now. The fact that you didn't fool them, just goes to show how truly magical they are as a Duo.

[@reference2592]

Meh. That's one of the unsatisfying parts of the show. Some incredibly awesome, complex tricks like this don't "fool them" because they know how it must be done through process of elimination even if they don't REALLY know all the steps, but then some incredibly lame tricks which impress no one technically fool them just because it's a novel set up that no one likes or cares about and can't actually be used in real magic shows. But I agree--and I don't say this lightly either, that this is the best constructed and performed magic trick I have ever seen. Feels genuinely magical.

[@Jotto999]

With most magic tricks you have a feeling that they've got some gimmick, or that if you could just replay the tape a few times in slow-motion, you might catch them. This is one of those truly magical ones. You just observe something that looks like it shouldn't be possible at all, not even as a magic trick. Shawn Farquhar's first time on P&T (putting Penn's signed card into a brand-new, sealed deck of cards) is also in this category. You watch it and think "wait, that doesn't even seem possible!". It blows far past that vague sense there was trickery, and it looks like straight up magic.

[@darhk2889]

Swede self here. I do hear his accent very well but god damn. Tom Stone? Tom isn't even that common of a name here and Stone certainly isn't. Men jag är glad att en Svensk lyckas komma in på Penn & Teller! Och fy fasen. Tricket var otroligt bra. Jag förstod inte för en sekund vad som hände. Asså vad i helvete gjorde du. Det var så imponerande. Hälsar dig från Göteborg!

[@Ensirum]

I believe they did speak in code with one bit. When Penn says that he sends Teller his book, and the trick "isn't in the book" I think that's actually code.

[@ColonelJGHyde]

It could have a double meaning perhaps?

[@sportsjefe]

@@ColonelJGHyde It's possible, but if you look up Tom Stone he has written over a dozen books on magic. www.vanishingincmagic.com/magician/Tom-Stone/

[@mdchaney]

This is one of the few tricks where I know how he did it - and I knew how he was doing it as I watched - but I could still thoroughly enjoy it because of the absolutely flawless delivery. Very, very well done.

[@TheDeconstructivist]

This trick is fantastic. Even as I began to understand the story, I could not follow the method. Wonderful!

[@EdissonReinozo]

I haven been watching A lot of fool us, maybe too much. This is the best performance of all. Amazing

[@brianthompson5672]

Whether or not you fooled them, this was one of my favorite acts I have ever seen. I also loved the "whose box is this?" bit LOL. I was kind of hoping to hear a Swedish Chef joke though.

You fooled me with this when we worked together and I am great full 😊 Really fun and deceptive

[@TomStoneMagic]

Well, you fooled me! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYOpZYucbrVprrc

[@LVIS-a]

This was crazy good. Never before did I go: "Wait... WHAT?! How is he doing this?!", out loud, during the routine. Real magic

[@Mike-we3rb]

2:35 teller just chilling writing while looking lol

[@BLUE-wg8lp]

Amazing hands down the best act I have ever seen.

[@TGeroS-eh8zw]

This is one of the tricks I am thinking "I don't want to know how he's done it". This one has a true feeling of magic I don't want to lose that feeling

[@squiddly007]

I come back to this one now and again. It is one of my favourites I love it.

[@stephenhosking7384]

I first saw it a year ago, and ranked it as my favourite trick on P&T, including all the foolers. Watching it a year later, and seeing many more tricks, I repeat that.

[@billyhendrix]

That trick was pretty amazing, job well done!

[@gingaming_gg]

This is by far my favorite trick from fool us… love it

[@The_Wailing_Doom]

This was an incredible act! I can't explain any of that, though I am now convinced Tom has either time manipulation powers or teleportation.

[@anthonyvinson5081]

Bravo, Tom! Fabulous performance! So entertaining.

[@DStructureOfficial]

Mannnn I absolutely love the facial expresions and acting of this guy. Amazing trick, holy moly.

[@stevefromchicago8277]

Great trick! Whether it “fooled” P&T is not as important as that it was extremely well done

[@htoowunnakoko]

best trick i had ever seen on this show and this didn't get award !??? woww.. these judges are super super smart.

[@michaelJpurp]

That was really good. I didn't even want to try and catch any parts of it while watching. It was well performed, entertaining, and all around awesome.

[@WTHFX]

I tried. Where I thought I would see the dirty business, I did not. This guy is fantastic.

[@ilovepudding7873]

in the beginning when he was struggling with the boxes i thought, oh crappy magician. but then the actual trick came and i retract that statement i made earlier

[@SharienGaming]

that is such an absolutely brilliant trick whimsical throughout the entire thing

[@samt9097]

This is not possible.

[@andreaskarlsson5251]

As a swede I was cheering for you just a little bit extra Tom! It was a marvelous act.

[@ARK33333]

Slowed it down to 25 speed, ended up watching it twice. Still have no clue when did he do those things that he did. Even at slow speed it's clean. An outstanding performance.

[@Woodgate425]

Without a doubt one of the best tricks I’ve seen, just brilliant!

[@Warios4Christians]

Fooled me,Tom. Great patter. Great illusion. . Keep up the fine work

[@buddybates3247]

The best I've seen out of all. Kept replaying and I'm scratching my head. Thank You Tom, to much ✌

[@TomStoneMagic]

Thank you, Buddy!

[@buddybates3247]

@@TomStoneMagic You are most Welcome Tom. Magic has been in my life since I was able to walk. Mom and Dad always had fun games to play with us as kid's that seemed like magic. One was hide the Thimble in plane sight. Called " Thimble Thimble who has the Thimble. Probably another reason I Loved your "Who's Box is this" trick. Thanks again for replying. ✌💖

[@groowanderer]

Great performance. I don't give a shit if it didn't fool them, it did fool me. Take my money.

[@Anatomic_fitness]

One of the best routines I've ever seen! You are magic Tom. Great job.

[@DeclanDG]

Bro, this was sick. Proper magic.

[@getlayout5961]

Very simple straight to the point smooth and elegant magic tricks

[@stvbrsn]

After seeing the performance and hearing Penn and Teller’s comments, I’m left with one question... Whose box is this?

[@FunBoysGaming]

Dude that was incredible. Easily one of my favorite routines on this show.

[@DavidDellman]

Well, you fooled me, brother. That was amazing and I loved it!

[@subhajitdam3758]

I think I do know how this trick was done. Quite a clever sleight of hand when everyone else was busy doing something else. Kudos 🙌🏼💯 Absolutely loved the performance.

[@germagic2]

absolute magical

[@bricago2302]

This is the most amazing trick I’ve seen on this show. I have no idea how he did it, and I don’t want to know.

[@sedric72]

Best trick I have seen on this show!