Will MAGICIAN Shawn Farquhar FOOL Penn & Teller on Fool Us for the second time?

Please READ the description before commenting. Yes, I switch the glasses. No, they are not special and were to add misdirection to fool P&T... So if you think they are special... I fooled you!
The reason I had the glasses without lens was a shoutout to my dear mentor Jerry Andrus who always wore glasses without lenses...
#PennandTellerFoolUs #pennandteller #hiddenwonderspeakeasymagicexperince
NO USE OF: SPECIAL GLASSES/ LENS / COLORING BOOK METHOD / SVENGALI / ANY TECH / EXTRA BOOK / SPECIAL INK or SWITCHING
Penn & Teller (Penn Jillette and Teller) are American magicians and entertainers who have performed together since the late 1970s, noted for their ongoing act which combines elements of comedy with magic. The duo, having been featured in numerous stage and television shows, currently headline in Las Vegas at The Rio. Penn Jillette serves as the act's orator and raconteur. Teller, however, generally does not speak while performing, and instead communicates through mime and nonverbals, although his voice can occasionally be heard during their live shows and television appearances. Besides magic, the pair have become associated with the advocacy of atheism, scientific skepticism, and libertarianism.
Shawn Farquhar is the first magician to have fooled Penn & Teller and returned to try again. Original airdate on the CW Network July 13, 2016
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[@regorf]

I really want him on the show a 3rd time, just to piss Penn off. EDIT: The madman did it, but Shawn, I think an actual hat trick is needed for the hat-trick.

[@jaffa154]

I hope so to could he fool them again

[@ShawnFarquhar]

Me too....

[@FishbirdDD]

Shawn Farquhar yes

[@amrazing33]

Shawn Farquhar HAHAHA you're amazing

[@Dr.UldenWascht]

I mean, this has a trilogy written all over it Shawn :)

[@blood4beats408]

I figured it out!!!!! He's actually a mother, so he has eyes on the back of his head!!!!

[@ShawnFarquhar]

Awesome answer!

[@martynkal.1248]

This comment wins 😂

[@freakinoutwolf6405]

He would be staring into her hair.

[@RonSavage01]

@@swi5man219 it's invisible ink and he can only see it with the glasses. Pay attention and you'll see he has lenses in the glasses. He switched them out for ones with no lenses at the very end.

[@RonSavage01]

@@thefancystache3793 then why did glasses have lenses in them until the very end when he pointed out they did not? And your method is too risky. If she doesn't stand just right or her hair is in a different spot, his view would be blocked. Further more, where is the camera you're suggesting displaying the imaging for him to see to read it?

[@fagyal]

What I admire the most about this trick is that I think it is specifically designed (or at least performed) to fool magicians. He intentionally makes it like there is a book switch - but there is none. He makes it look like the glasses are special - they aren't. He tries to lead them to believe it is a memory trick - it isn't. A bunch of misdirections to trick P&T to guess wrong :)

[@zoliking]

The glasses are special. Why would he sneak the lenses out to show there weren't any if they weren't?

[@8han]

Yeah it's definitely the glasses. you can clearly see the way the lenses reflect the studio lights earlier in the trick before the glasses switch towards the end.

[@TheNixie1972]

@@8hanI keep rewatching, but don’t see the glasses switch that must have been done right at the end. Or he is just pushing the lenses out of the frame using some slide of hand. But cannot see that either.

[@DocFunkenstein]

@@TheNixie1972 Doesn't matter how he did it, but the glasses absolutely had lenses as you could see them earlier in the video. And the only reason for him to lie about it (by showing that they had no lenses at the end) was to cover for how the trick was done.

[@busybillyb33]

4:08 onwards, you can definitely see the lens reflections on the glasses. But I have no idea how he used the glasses for the trick. But he does keep staring at one particular direction whenever he looks up from the book...

[@martinelantraratedn]

Each time i hear his name im thinking of Lord farquaad from Shrek haha

[@kevinwheeler185]

Bruh!!!! I thought that too lol

[@wildseraphim21]

Ahh.. the infamous sneaky name that’s a play on Lord F*ckwad

[@murdermatics]

Im sure it doesn't haunt him at all

[@billyrattlesticks6949]

ROFL Ha ha ha you fucking idiot...Made me spill my morning coffee :D :D

[@PhilBagels]

You used a fake Allison.

[@ShawnFarquhar]

Best answer ever...

[@alitaher9558]

And lied

[@WaterCursed]

@@alitaher9558 who lied?

[@jamesmayle4712]

The entire point of life: Jesus did not come to be served, but to serve. Mathew 20: 28. We are no different. This entire life is a representation of the spiritual warfare going on. Good vs evil. God isn't a flying man in the sky, but the actual representation of Love, Hope, Joy, Peace, Light, etc. Not metaphor, but literally, like an extra demintional wavelength of thought, emotions, and intent. The devil is the opposite wavelength, pain, fear, hate, anger, darkness, etc. Human life is serving one of these two. Not a man in the sky, actual sentient collective universal Love. However, humans are primatives, we make mistakes. It's in our nature, since the fall, to go down the wrong path. This means at some time each one of us has served darkness to some degree. God understands our limited understanding of our own actions, so he gave us forgiveness, though sacrificing himself in human form as Jesus Christ. It is our duty to accept that sacrifice, get the forgiveness, and be better, helping others be better, and spreading this wavelength of Love, Hope, Joy, Peace, Light, etc, thoughout the universe. But God had to make a way for us to get to this place spiritually, this is why evidence is not allowed. Evidence will make you believe, using the fear of absolute punishment to change your behavior, but that won't make you better, just scared. Faith makes you better. It is what redeemes us, not our works. Faith is the hope that things get better, that justice always prevails, that we're at least loved by our creator. But it has to be Faith in Jesus, because of his sacrifice. And there can't be evidence to point us to him, because Love had to be fair. If there were a code in our DNA, what about everyone born before genetic sequencing? If there were a book with the solar system thosands of years ago, what would stop an evil person from hiding/destroying it? If it were something you had to go to, what about the geographically isolated, imprisoned, or enslaved. If it were a train of logic, what about the uneducated, or mentally slow? Not to mention all the people born before schools. Love cannot give to one without giving to the other. So the key to salvation had to be something everyone has access to. The only thing is Faith. This is why God puts it upon your heart to learn about these things, even if it's only to criticize, or hate. God is everywhere, because Love is everywhere, and so is the devil, because hate is everywhere. They're in your head all the time, regardless of weather or not you accept that. They whisper inside your heart, giving you ideas. But more than that, they're inside everyone's heart. This is how they get things done. They corrordanate us like pieces on a chess board. The only difference is, we get to chose who's side we're playing for. At the end of our life, we go to that team's home base, Heaven, or Hell. A place where all that exists is those wavelengths. Hate, pain, anger, fear, darkness; or Love, Hope, Joy, Peace, Pleasure, Light. The choice is yours to make. But you cannot go to Heaven with hate in your heart. You must forgive, repent, and spread joy for those around you. These are sentient eternal controlling forces in our universe. Heaven and Hell are very real places, I've seen them. Those steps prime your soul for a meeting with God. Very literally. Once you've done all four, in that order, you get divine revelation, with all the evidence you'll ever need. They are, forgive your parents, brake down before Jesus, ask for forgiveness, and read the Bible. Step four takes three books to get the revelation. I recommend Genesis, Mathew, and then either Luke, Psalms, or proverbs. The order of the steps is important, step 1 has to come before step 3. I can state that for an absolute certainty that these steps always work. Please, take your salvation seriously. See for yourself. Do those steps. Jesus Christ is Lord. It's all True,

[@alitaher9558]

@@WaterCursed he changed the book with allison , so this show is trash..fake

[@rima_ttv]

Aah! The classic "I made a deal with the devil" method.

[@DajuSar]

Boring of seeing this easy trick

[@acapitala4936]

Ikr? People be using real magic these days. Smh.

[@ONL197]

The two books are same, how come P n T did not realize. Doesn't deserve the trophy.

[@naveenkumar5600]

Yea, atleast other people who blew our minds like shin lim who uses sleight of hands. U have no clue of how he does but atleast u know the genre of magic. This guy u cant even say what genre it is.. probably new branch of dark magic

[@tom_something]

My favorite thing about this trick is that it seems designed to misdirect Penn and Teller specifically. Many magicians come out and do a throw-away trick first that is obvious and just designed to warm up the crowd. By pulling out his book, he gives the impression that this is that, and there will be another trick after. So Penn and Teller might let their guard down a little bit, waiting for the warm-up to end so they can analyze the next, real trick. But suddenly, we learn that the obvious thing with the book _was_ the trick. There was no warm-up. The act is over. Really smart move.

[@thesmithersy]

Penn must have realised it, hence the mock outrage.

[@vexbanearamori7224]

"how do you come up with your tricks?" "sleep deprivation :D!" and a truer sentence was not uttered. holy frick this applies to many things.

[@ShawnFarquhar]

I approve this comment! ;-)

[@vexbanearamori7224]

@@ShawnFarquhar :D

[@petermelchreit3544]

Shawn Farquhar I noticed when Allison had a page on the left hand side you tilted your head to the left. She’s also shorter than you and the way I’m thinking you did it, it would not be possible to do with someone taller than you. I also think that the blank book is not just a big reveal, but being blank is necessary to pull it off. Am I close with any of that?

[@kazedfrench]

8:34 Alyson turns into a kettle.

[@Khalid-Haji]

😂😂😂

[@mononaut]

Showing the audience the book while hiding it from Allison was an absolutely brilliant part of the act. I've been watching a ton of P&T:FU clips for the past few weeks and have decided that magicians in general are just an incredible group of people, and you really stand out as one of my favorites so far.

[@ShawnFarquhar]

I agree magicians are in incredible group of people... ;-)

[@dhy5342]

@@ShawnFarquhar ...and modest!

[@colors6692]

It's a simple glasses capable of seeing invisible ink switch😉

[@Kato6996]

@@colors6692 Here, he does this trick without glasses: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKCzm6qdlLZjr68

[@princeofexcess]

@@colors6692 im not so sure. ive seen this exact trick many times with no glasses involved or a second book

[@FraiseLK]

I have watched this video more than a few times already, and every time, my favourite part is at 5:20. The look on Alyson's face when she looks at the book and just falls silent is priceless

[@ShawnFarquhar]

I have to agree Fraise. I love the look of wonder.

[@kokolexx]

And the 2nd best is Penn's face when told that there's no memory technique and book switching 😯

[@Taolan8472]

She went from thinking "this is just the comedy bit he hasn't done the trick yet" to "... wow."

[@amegatron07]

Same here :) Absolutely amazing moment :) As for the trick itself: also astonishing. And I love such trick, when during the whole performance you think you've already figured it out, or at least some most crucial moments, and start to think you're a smartest pereson in the room now. And what a bummer when you understand finally, that not only the magician fooled you, but you foold yourself also :)

[@shirleyhardy891]

Mirrors

[@Sam-si4ip]

“If you do that it just makes the book happy” such an underrated joke

[@felixg.3077]

I don’t get the joke.. 😅

[@alexdavis9324]

Nah it's actually just kinda pathetic and creepy

[@MiCuentadeYouT]

@@felixg.3077 she put the book close to her neckline...

[@malikemad4]

@@alexdavis9324 woop woop joke police

[@undeniablySomeGuy]

woop woop joke police police

[@TarisRedwing]

says De Ja-Vu a 4th time years later......you mad evil genious

[@Warteur]

"Déjà-vu"

[@QargZer]

Eto Hige Gamer Culture I noticed that too...it was great for shadowing

[@BlueEyes-WhiteDrag0n]

3rd Time

[@thetruememelord4433]

*Genius

[@gabrieltrabadillo6982]

De-ja-vu

[@Alex_Odd]

The trick is very simple, let me teach it you guys. 1. He gave Alison a book and positioned himself back to back with her. 2. He made Alison chose a page. 3. Then he stops the time. 4. Memorize some key words on that page. 5. Go back to his original position 6. Resumes time. Pretty simple right.

[@DraconicDuelist]

Are you saying Shawn is the Stand user of Za Warudo?

[@epicgamesbr4992]

i see someone here is a man of culture, and i am refering to both the jojo reference and the yugioh name

[@DarkHentaiDragon]

Dio would 100% do that just to piss off Penn

[@rudytabooty8640]

Invisible ink. He writes a few words in each page randomly, switch glasses 👓. That’s it.

[@flatmike1680]

Cant be... he said no memorization

[@beanie3427]

Every year or so I come back to this damn video. Shawn is just such a tremendous showman. One of the best I've seen. The way he replies "I should have used a mirror!" so quickly to Alyson is just terrific comedic timing. He has quick wit that is nearly on par with a guy like Norm Macdonald.

[@ShawnFarquhar]

Thanks Beanie, that's a huge compliment.

[@louisBrother1988]

@@ShawnFarquhar Also loved the instant "sleep deprivation" delivery at 6:05. Great humor and amazing trick. Keep it up!

[@jessebower5843]

Alright Adam Eget, you don't have to kiss ass anymore.

[@c_b5060]

The only other thing in this trick is the book. My guess is that the magician, Shawn created and printed his own book. He designed the book so that each page has specific characteristics that he can memorize.

[@TheNixie1972]

@@c_b5060that is what Penn guessed and it clearly is not the way the trick has been done. It is checked by the production team, so it’s a real fooler.

[@eswift8318]

He says, "Oh, you work out." Alyson shakes her head. I love Alyson.

[@mikahebat]

The way Alyson just stunned when he shows the book is blank. I thought it only happens in the comics.

[@vivekraut9039]

hehe...yes very animated

[@I.M.N.L]

This is when he said de ja vu the fourth time. Cause In his last performance he said de ja vu 3 times and said that it sometimes takes 4 times.

[@Bob30909]

+

[@uncannysnake]

Best magician ever. Truly deserved that world championship for card magic alone, but I think he could win so much more

[@SamiJumppanen]

Ooo... True!

[@VLoveTarot]

DEJAVU! lol I'll never forget that part too. lol

[@kollengodevaidyanathanvenk9214]

Boris Landaverry or he might have fooled them again so that he can say the fourth deja vu

[@kevinwheeler185]

5:45 Penn taking a drink so he can properly cuss him out lol

[@StephenNowlan]

yeah hes just like *angrily sips water*

[@ShawnFarquhar]

RIGHT??? I am so happy someone else noticed this fact!!!

[@mateoblumenthal9316]

Easily one of my favorite magicians to ever come on Fool Us. The great tricks, the fast and funny patter, everything is just great. I would love to see him to on again

[@joelavrunin347]

Everyone knows magic is about misdirection, but many don't know what that means. Shawn obviously knows that this trick needs to be able to fool a couple of great magicians in the first viewing, and then continue to fool via KZbin while people pause and rewatch. Slightly oversized jacket with big pockets, vest with pockets and lots of places to hide stuff, some sort of chain in his vest, a pair of glasses that have glass in them, and then for some reason don't have glass in them - it's all misdirection, done for the benefit of KZbin commenters to decide they "know" how the trick is done. The best magicians on "Fool Us" add decoy methods - Shawn has just done an extra good job of it!

[@JzanderN]

It reminds me of Mathieu Bich's trick in the original series. In his trick, he takes a deck out of a special box. The only point of the box was to draw Penn and Teller's attention so they would guess that it was a part of the trick. He even put the word 'NO' in there so he could show them when they called him out on it as he predicted.

[@zeromustafa401]

I'm confident it's also why he brings up reading the book backwards.

[@Matt-px3iz]

Darnit lol, I just posted as to why he switches the glasses and then reading your comments it makes sense if this is true and he is trying to continue to fool people like me. LOL if this is the truth then it is such a great move on his part!

[@MegaTenser]

It's all well and good as long as the "decoys" can't actually result in the same illusion. I thought this was a great routine, but Fool Us has had some really lame routines where Penn and Teller are left to guess between several methods that would all work. Nobody is going to be impressed by something that they can go home and do just as well by their own method.

[@michaellavery4899]

@@zeromustafa401. Congratulations. I wish I had your self esteem. Not sure I see the relevance of the vomit. In fact, he was so good, I missed it.

[@danopticon]

I loved the comedy aspect. Having the audience be “in” on fooling the volunteer is always a great touch … the mystifying reveal where it turns out the audience is also fooled is a great capper, and is what makes it “magic,” but the part where the audience is in on fooling Alyson is what makes it a magic ACT, and a really fun one! Good show!!

[@nrd-ej3gr]

I love the timing on his reveal of the empty pages to Alyson around 5:19. This makes her stop mid-sentence, which gets him a few chuckles, while simultaneously preparing the audience to the payoff/reveal a few seconds later.

[@ThirdLawPair]

I appreciate that too because of how many magicians really on humor despite being painfully unfunny. The bar is so low for humor in magic, and that was a legit gag.

[@Ezeka93]

i really love the face of Penn when he says that it isn't a memory trick and is something new, that face of marvel, of something really good, that's when you know that you did it

[@martinpaquette342]

Teller's reaction when you fooled them was priceless. It'`s very rare to see him that impressed. I think it only happened with Mathieu Biche before. You got the same reaction, it shows how much respect he has for you! By the way, you make me proud as a Canadian and I would very much like to see your show.

[@davidh4653]

I originally thought it was a glasses switch, but Shawn already ruled that out (so, I was fooled). However, since Shawn has been so helpful in eliminating wrong guesses, to paraphrase Sherlock Holmes, once you have excluded the impossible (because Shawn has confirmed it to be false), whatever remains, must be the truth. If you eliminate special ink in the blank book, a glasses switch, or a book switch, you're starting to get thin on the number of things he could have rigged. To me, the most obviously possibilities are some sort of off-camera help (audience or person backstage) to signal him, or, my guess, that the book is rigged. Not the blank one, but the one he gave to Alyson. Let me explain. No one is reading the book from start to finish. The reader is asked to flip to a page in the middle of the book and look for specific attributes at the magician's direction. For example, the first page Alyson picked was 64. A book could be printed such that every page that ends in the number 4 has five paragraphs and starts off with " von Ormstein, Grand Duke of Cassel-Felstein." The pages could, in theory, all be different, such that page 64 is different from page 74, so when one flips through it, the pages don't repeat, only specific attributes. If you were to try to read the book cover to cover, it would be nonsensical, but the audience member who is given the book doesn't really have the opportunity to do that, as they are given one task after another. This method minimizes the amount of memorization to perhaps a couple dozen scripted possibilities. Notice the interaction between Shawn and Alyson. Shawn telling Alyson what attributes to look for on a page, rather than Alyson being able to ask him questions like, "What's on line 15 of this page?" The best evidence that the book is rigged is actually in the passages Shawn recites. Alyson picks 3 pages, 64, 140, and 136. "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" is a collection of short stories. Each story runs about 15-30 pages apiece, depending on font size, paper size, margins, etc. Shawn gives us excerpts of the selected pages: Page 64 - starts with " von Ormstein, Grand Duke of Cassel-Felstein," Page 140 - second paragraph starts with "good-night, Mister Sherlock Holmes," and Page 136 - starts with "window." The last one, "window," isn't very helpful because that word appears dozens of times throughout a legitimate copy of the book. However, the other passages only appear in the book once each. Both phrases are found, exactly once, in the same short story, "A Scandal in Bohemia." In a legitimate copy of the book, those 2 passages should appear, at most, 10-15 pages apart. Thus, the only way those two passages are found in a book 76 pages apart is if those passages are repeated multiple times through the book. I don't have the exact specifications for how Alyson's copy of the book was rigged, but it was definitely rigged. Also, in an unaltered copy of the book, A Scandal in Bohemia is the first short-story, and should've concluded well before page 64.

[@ShawnFarquhar]

Your method is awesome, but includes memorization and I would have not fooled them as they guessed that I used memorization. Excellent method though for someone who is capable of remembering their phone number.

[@RobLudwick]

So way back when, Penn & Teller released a book with a trick which did something very similar. I believe it was in Penn & Teller's Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends which was published in 1989. So I'm pretty sure they would have thought of that trick immediately since they wrote a book using it.

[@corylane767]

Shawn Farquhar Nice help/slight of hand with Allison? I must say that you both work VERY well together! 5:10

[@carpy1970]

it looks like he swapped books with Alyson, but if you watch carefully you can see he didn't (watch it at 1/4 speed). Besides, having her in on the trick would be against the rules.

[@JPP-md2yx]

the glasses are the main switch. u see the first two times u can see the lens in his glasses but he switched it in his ingenious way at the third time.. the book is of special ink

[@zorglub667]

the multitude of misdirection layers is just crazy. book switches or no book switches, memory or no memory, invisible ink or no invisible ink, glass switches or no glass switches, lenses that were there or werent or were popped out while in the pocket, and its all just one big forest of misdirection moves. awesome. no idea how the trick works, and love that i dont.

[@rudytabooty8640]

zorglub667 invisible ink, he only writes what he is going to say in each page of course randomly facts

[@jashea7610]

Rudy Tabooty he alr states in the thumbnail he did not use special ink

[@VperVendetta1992]

He has some small card between pages with a few information for all pages. He throws that card in his pocket at the end before turning towards Allison

[@loudmusicman4]

"You don't want to figure it out; you want to be fooled"

[@alex46215]

lol, It was a BEAUTIFUL book switch.

[@gushhnet]

Thank you for the entertainment, we need it the most right now. Magic takes you to a child-like state that makes you both smile and enjoy yourself without thinking about all the bad things we're dealing with on a daily basis. It is both innocent and enlightening. Being able to transport yourself like that even for a few minutes is priceless. Thanks again!

[@SenoraCardgage]

Shawn, you are just so perfect here! This continues to be my all-time favorite Fool Us act, no matter how many of them I watch. :-)

[@ShawnFarquhar]

Thank you

[@trinity8675309]

All my ideas for how this trick was done were thrown out the window when I read the thumbnail. Now I've been reading all the comments, including Shawn's, and I'm still baffled. Amazing trick. What's special about this one is that it leads the audience into thinking he hasn't started the trick. It lets everyone drop their guard down, and it lets us just enjoy the performance for what it is instead of trying to look for a move. Allison calling Shawn out on not doing a real trick made this even better. Furthermore, now we have Shawn commenting telling everyone all the different methods he DIDN'T use. What a great trick that so many of us can rewatch it in slow-motion and not be able to figure it out.

[@nowonmetube]

trinity8675309 I guess it's because it's IMPOSSIBLE for us to see. Am I right, Shawn?

[@IrvingIV]

@@jqbtube Really speaks to the genius of the red herrings, hmm?

[@StraightAssMan]

I guess that it has finally been solved by recent comments. Basically, it's a variation of the book swapping guess, that escapes qualifying as it, put together with another trick, which has to do with him making the questions.

[@theoutsiderspost4982]

No commenter figured it out on their own. The secret to the trick is literally for sale.

[@gothicryuzaki125]

@@theoutsiderspost4982 actually Shawn himself cofirmed that it was correctly guessed by commenters and he told them so privately, and the comment confirming that was well before it went on sale

[@crazyman5621hehheh]

I love the final bit where Pen is yelling at him but then compliments him and rejects his handshake to hug him instead. Damn it I wanna meet these guys one day

[@roccovalotta9490]

6 years later and I Still love watching this... So love the reaction you get out of Penn and Teller...

[@wakcedout]

I feel when penn comes off mad about being fooled its just him being a kid again trying to figure out how its done. And afterall, they made this show so they could feel that again. Not too mention the careers theyve helped kickstart, and the best one was the kid they gave tips to. Also no matter how ya did it, the comedy aspect with your "audience helper" was good on its own.

[@DanTheStripe]

The funny thing is it’s been years since this trick was done and was uploaded and still nobody knows how it is done. You are fantastic Shawn. And still reading the comments of the video too!

[@ShawnFarquhar]

Thanks, truth be told a few people have guessed correctly and I have told them so in private. I didn't really post it to be a challenge though, just for people to enjoy. I try to stay engaged with my fans... without them...what am I?

[@ghoulishgam3r508]

@@ShawnFarquhar that's amazing that you actually let people know that they figured it out.

[@ShawnFarquhar]

@@ghoulishgam3r508 I guess it was only right to do so....

[@Deniz-le9xp]

Well what if they share? I'm guessing it is such a simple trick that no one would believe them.

[@johnhopkins8504]

If you notice him when he is acting like he's reading it. Look at the glasses. Clearly lens in them even though he said there wasn't. Go back and watch it you can see the shimmer of the glasses

[@siege2928]

ive watched this video several times, along with the first appearance, and hes just so wholesome youre always left cheering him on

[@tsangarisjohn]

I’ve watched this several time. Still cracks me up when he reveals the blank pages. So good!!!

[@David-mz5oq]

But there not blank

[@Allik27]

9:02 I love how emotional Penn gets, and then, instead of giving him a handshake, he offers a hug

[@Tentin.Quarantino]

He was patting Shawn down for a second book 🤣

[@vasiliscond9433]

I can't believe nobody realized what he's doing and I feel kind of bad to spoil the secret but here goes. 1. Shawn is a wizard 2. He uses his wizard powers to fool us

[@aluminum8365]

He has two books in his suit, only one of which is blank

[@no_rubbernecking]

@@aluminum8365 He said there was no book switch, and also no mirror.

[@aluminum8365]

@@no_rubbernecking He SAID

[@no_rubbernecking]

@@aluminum8365 He's contractually obligated to give truthful answers during the evaluation. He can't lie and keep the title based on lying to them after the trick is over.

[@aluminum8365]

@@no_rubbernecking Oh.

[@pmvoice88]

8:29 Alyson does a strange mating call.

[@AssWhoopinGaming]

MORTY

[@AdmiralJT]

@@AssWhoopinGaming omg yes now i cant unhear that

[@cslack813]

Lmfaoooooo I’m laying in bed with a fractured hip and this made me laugh and forget the pain for just a second. Thanks.

[@petergriffin8767]

CSlack Nobody asked

[@shubhamlenka2211]

@@petergriffin8767 nobody told u to comment as well... 🤣🤣🥺

[@dennishall6098]

Having seen Penn and Teller live and having nothing but respect for these guys, It is always just as entertaining when another aspiring magician or magic act can elude their experience & knowledge of the magic world.

[@pfonseca67]

I love all the tricks you did on Fool Us but this is by far my favorite. I’m not a magician (just a magic lover) and, for that reason, I don’t have any clue on how you did it but you make it so “simple” and super funny that I can only applaud. Best regards from Portugal PS-I’ve seen your Fools Us performances more than a dozen times (each) and I became an instant fan.

[@igt3928]

I've seen this trick in my local library. This guy always "reads" a bunch of blank books using his fingertips, and wears dark glasses and a long cane.

[@ShafieHamdan]

actually this joke could be they way he did it , it could be blind people book but a special one where its not so obvious or written in a very special way only he can see it or read it

[@skittles8887]

It would still be pretty obvious just looking at it. And he was quickly counting paragraphs and words as well, which would be almost impossible

[@magebomba318]

Totally. He could have memworized a small handful of Braille with paragraph indicators. For example each page only have a few Braille words on it but he can tell her where. Or he got really good at Braille. Love his guy!

[@toxogandhi]

My closest guess too.

[@Jafet5168]

If this is the secret then he wouldn't need the whole book. He would just need little imprints at the bottom that tell him the number of paragraphs, first few words and the last few words on the last page.

[@MagnusAnand]

I miss Jonathan Ross, I hope she also does a great job as him. Anybody knows why he is not in the show anymore?

[@pluradox]

i miss him too

[@tupac512]

Failed drug test

[@pluradox]

+Tupac512 damn

[@jetnut89]

Warner probably didn't want to pay what he was asking. Alyson is not nearly as good. They should have picked a talk show host

[@FuckFascistYouTube]

He died bro.

[@PokerJolly1]

I don't know if i love more his personality or his magic

[@SavageGreywolf]

No copy of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes has A Scandal in Bohemia, the first story in the collection, on page 64. I suspect that if Alyson were to sit down and actually try to read that book cover to cover, it would be pretty damn confusing.

[@CC101CC]

My theory is that it's the story "A Scandal in Bohemia" repeated several times in her book. The Duke's name and the "good night mister Sherlock Holmes" are both key elements of the story. Also, his book is too thin for being the entire collection of stories included in "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", unless it's divided in two parts... And I don't know why someone would sell it like that.

[@battmarn]

Surely then it would still be a a memory trick

@@CC101CC I think it's pretty clear tat, regardless of the technique used, both copies are printed for the purpose of being props and props only. Even if it is a legit collection of stories, it's still not an edition that was created to be sold.

[@sonamadinolf6096]

I've got it! He didn't do a book switch, but a universe switch! He quickly riffled through alternate universes till he found one where he gives the right answer. Pretty simple really.

[@HipsterReece]

Brilliant performance! Enjoyed all the way through, going to go find your first appearance now :)

[@pluto762]

I absolutely love this effect. The moment he shows his book and all the pages are blank...priceless.

[@apostatereacts]

Nothing I love more in magic than a tight, clever, lighthearted routine with no padding and a mind-melting reveal. This was very satisfying indeed. 👏

[@andrewdickens7016]

Two of the best and most memorable tricks on P&T

[@mohnazaidi4666]

Ahh, I come back to this performance all the time; simply astonishing!

[@josephmatron]

At first I thought the book was tapered (shuffling pages would show blank pages when held at one point, but show the words when held at a different point) but then you gave Allison the book and she got to look through it, so that can’t be it. Beautiful trick and performance.

[@andreaskarlsson5251]

Shawn must be my favorite magician! I keep coming back to his videos to watch and be amazed! I just love his energy so much.

[@StraightAssMan]

This was more than just a magic trick. It was customized for an objective: to escape the guesses of Penn and Teller and everybody else. It works similarly to what people guess, such as a book swapping, but it's done just differently enough so that Shawn (the performer) can assert that such is not the method he used. For example, it can very well be a separated cheat sheet paper scrap, if that doesn't give it away, allowing him to deny book swapping, even though the idea is similar. On top of this customization, there appears to be misdirection to keep everyone busy. He didn't just go there do a magic trick, he went there to do a magic trick in a manner customized to escape guesses.

[@ShawnFarquhar]

Now that's a straight ass answer... ;-)

[@erimemrebaran1206]

Glases he used were not blank when he was wearing. And there is a high tech way to do this trick. Just use voice recognition software to ask the computer to what is in the page number he shouted computer reads the cheats for the page to his earpeace.

[@stocktonjoans]

i think you just helped me work out how it's done

[@monodescarado]

@@erimemrebaran1206 Yup. Made excuse to bring out glasses - then tried to pass it off as a joke later. Was definitely glass in the frames during the trick... right up to when there wasn't. That's where I'm a bit stumped. Was looking for something, anything between the last page read and the fingers through the lenses, but couldn't see anything. So he definitely goes to great lengths to make those lenses go away... thus it has to be the real trick. Regardless, it was very smart to make P+T (and almost everyone else) think there was a book switch when he could easily disprove it. As a side note, I wonder if technology getting small and smaller is ruining magic. Must be so much easier these days to make props with modern tech.

[@gozzilla177]

@@erimemrebaran1206 Siri cant hear you right half the time you talk to her and you think he has advanced voice recognition no one else has access to and an earpiece so small its invisible to the eye? lol

[@jamesonmiller8133]

The real question is if the trick can be done without a blank book

[@ShawnFarquhar]

That's a brilliant question! The answer is no... ;-)

[@jamesonmiller8133]

I love what you do onstage and I am trying to figure out this trick for an upcoming performance, however you do it so well that there is no way I could guess what exactly happens, I have a channel and I would love if you checked out my first ever official performance on there

[@ShawnFarquhar]

@@jamesonmiller8133 you are aware you can purchase the effect so you can do it correctly at your upcoming performance, yes?

[@Alis_Grave_Nil]

@@ShawnFarquhar so there are 2 different glasses.. the lenses are the key to the blank book... I've got to say this is my favorite episode... can't watch it too many times, just love it! Your a great stage presence, hope some day I can watch you preform in person..

[@ShawnFarquhar]

@@Alis_Grave_Nil, yes there are two pairs of glasses, but they have nothing to do with the trick, they were a form of misdirection and as a shout out to my mentor Jerry Andrus who always wore glasses without lenses. I bought the glasses at a dollar store and they were not special in any way... thanks for the kind words about my performance.

[@kbchef9205]

As a fellow Canadian , I’d love to see you fool them for a third time. You’re amazing. 👏🏼👏🏼💪💥💥💥💥💥

[@jessicalee333]

The reveal to Alyson of the blank book, and her reaction, that was so perfect!

[@ProgHouseWorldwide]

Glasses are another layer of misdirection

[@willook9170]

Progressive House Worldwide the glasses have lenses

[@donatofelicella9612]

William Rahl i noticed this as well. At the end the glasses have no lenses but throughout the performance the glasses had a lens on them which was clearly visible due to the reflection of the light. Had lenses until the end where he claimed they didn’t. I see sean liked this comment about the glasses being misdirection and i’m curious. I don’t think sean would lie to use when he says he didn’t use special glasses but we’re the glasses just a distraction in the performance for penn and teller. or are they a distraction from us as well? Hoping we might notice this subtle detail and focus on it to much keeping us from seeing his method. Idk i wouldn’t be shocked it’s sean

[@darealrulezbreaker9493]

maybe its not SPECIAL glasses, but normal cheap reading glasses. you know those type of cheap reading glasses that reflect things that are behind you cause they dont have an anti reflect coating.

[@tsunderellax2384]

Donato Felicella saying the glasses didn't have lenses was necessary, because it's part of the trick. I think (because we don't see it well enough) that he used slight of hand right when he was revealing the glasses. Instead of making a glasses switch he just has easily removable lenses, poked them out with index fingers and palmed them. At 4:49 is the last time I can see the light reflection, from that point on he doesn't bring his hands near his head at all. So the only possibility is that the glasses reveal is actually the place where he removes them.

[@toxogandhi]

I watched them. Every time he put them on, I looked for the glare. It looked like it was there the last time, making how he got those frames out a mystery. I wasn't sure if it was just the plastic of the frames, though, so them having no frames the last time is really the "Occam's Razor" answer.

[@matthewadair4507]

“Now that we’re both happy with the decision, I want you to be more like my wife. And even though we’ve both made the decision we’re happy, I want you to change your mind again.” 😂😂

[@JuliusCaminus]

Allison's face when she saw the blank pages was priceless!

[@bearc903]

I love how you made it easy for Alyson to become engaged in the act, she really makes it so effortless to follow the rhythm of the trick!

[@ShawnFarquhar]

I love Alyson and treat all volunteers like they are in my home.

[@mightymuchhala]

This man is a legend! He is still taking the time to respond to comments in Dec 2022. What a man!

[@LittleVboh]

The shocked face of Penn, such a delight to watch his reaction.

[@ShawnFarquhar]

It was fun to see his face... I was a little busy during the filming and didn't see it until the TV show.

[@zimbag]

@@ShawnFarquhar That's why I love your magic. For me its all about the amazing effect and wondering about the method but never actually knowing how it is done. Twice I watched a reveal video for other acts by different guys and both times I felt so let down by the magic of the illusion disappearing that I will never do that again.

[@TheGoondas87]

God damn it man. Both this and you last trick on Fool Us are incredible. No matter how hard I try and no matter how many times I rewatch I cant figure them out. I pride myself on figuring out how these tricks are done but you stump me both times. I read other peoples theories but every time I go back and rewatch and see that there is always a flaw in their theory. I think I might just have to give up with you and just enjoy your magic the way a person is meant too. With wonder and mystery lol.

[@Joshua-ew6ks]

What about special contract lens that can read the "blank pages"?

[@aeon5566]

Loved your performances on the show. Funny and great magic! I seen this trick by you countless times and when I'm in the mood for magic tricks I keep coming back to watch.

[@ShawnFarquhar]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for coming back too.

[@markbellinger7359]

Beautiful. To me the real magic is reading a sentence that spans pages 63-64 (3:12) without turning a page, in a book where page 136 is on the left-hand side (4:36).

[@neilweber1749]

Possibly a break in the middle of the book.

[@SteveBluescemi]

Extremely good catch!

[@purpleguy319]

I love the moment the shoe drops and the look on Alison's face.

[@cidfborba]

This performance is absolutely amazing. Love your energy, love Alyson's reaction when she realizes the book is blank, and love how it pisses Penn off to be fooled. Trick is awesome and it's killing me not knowing how it's done. So far after reading the thumbnail the only solution I came up with is a simple cheat sheet and concealing it later. Who knows, maybe you can actually get a great effect with a very ordinary method.

[@BlindFury1]

micro writing on a clear sheet which he can easily hide only need to be a few pages once he knows where they start from then he diredcts the reader only forward in the book so to be able to throw away or distract while discarding the cheat sheet

[@heisenberg69]

Everytime I see this it makes me happy. It's so good!

[@areoborg]

I just love the expression on Penn's face when you tell him it's not a memory trick and there's no book switch.

[@happalula]

this performance is simply lovely and incredibly entertaining its so much fun to see your tricks

[@Aperfull]

I totally love this trick. Most of the time people on the show do some lesser tricks along with some comedy, and end up with a more impressive trick. I was totally expecting the same, thinking the joke was probably going a bit too long this time. Fool me, didn't realize I was actually watching the trick take place.

[@thenurispunk]

revisiting this and still looks amazing. at 9:02 shawn went for the shake, ended up getting the sweetest bear hug.

[@ShawnFarquhar]

Yeah, he's so big but I'm a hugger, so I was thrilled.

[@yakovhadash]

more like a pat-down 😂

[@stvbrsn]

The look on Penn’s face when Shawn says “it’s something else completely different.” Like he’s looking at the ghost of his dead grandmother juggling frying pans on the stage.

[@atacoo]

Such a showman, 3 years later and I'm still re-watching this. You have a great gimmick and a hell of a spine fooling them again Shawn.

[@ShawnFarquhar]

Memaru thanks for the kind comment.

[@danyhocine]

Mother-Farquhar. This is always amazing to rewatch. Also : am I the only one who loves the way he speaks ?

[@Gltch-mj3zf]

I’m found out about Shawn way to late. Seeing him in person and speaking with him is surreal. He’s just an amazing showman

[@ianoag]

Watching this trick is worth it because A: I'm a bit of a Geek who plays Dungeons and Dragons therefore getting called a "Rat Bastard" is actually a compliment in my world (It means I did something unexpected that fooled the other players) and B: The look on Penn's face at 8:30 is totally priceless! As I've mentioned previously (Deja Vu!) I really wish I was Canadian. You're totally awesome!

[@CampkyGaming]

By far one of my favorite magicians of all time! Such a great trick and by far the best performer I've seen. Teach me your ways!!!

[@ShawnFarquhar]

Campky Gaming thanks for the kind comment.

[@gregorianallanheavans8095]

I wish to never understand how is done because it makes me laugh everytime

[@tubehellcat]

I discoverd the clips of this show (and the show at all) only a few days ago (yes, I'm THAT late to the party xD), and enjoy watching them since then. But honestly, this is the very first clip I watched a 2nd time right away - because it was so good and enjoyful to watch it - and not only because of the trick (that in itself is pretty amazing) but because of the execution of the whole routine and the interaction with Penn and Teller. So funny, entertaining and just a joy to watch. Kudos!

[@MarcoVenustus]

Holy cow, that was totally unexpected, I love it! Fooled me the moment I never thought he would.

[@ShawnFarquhar]

Cool

[@EdgyShooter]

The fact he remembered the fourth Déjà vu from the last appearance is just Excellent

[@14Mentalist]

Only us good magicians know about the 4th time he said that.

[@mikeredrugger]

Shawn I just want to say it's an absolute honor to watch you fool Penn and Teller a second time. Whatever the technique I won't bother asking, it's just too damn good! If you ever need any blade props let me know and I will gladly supply them free of charge for you sir! Shoot me a message if you ever branch into sharp object illusions.

[@vikashsaini678]

Read the description: NO USE OF: SPECIAL GLASSES/ LENS / COLORING BOOK METHOD / SVENGALI / ANY TECH / EXTRA BOOK / SPECIAL INK or SWITCHING

[@Nature112091777]

I love the way you giggle while going to page 140 at 3:51, I dunno why that just cracks me up every time...like you legit enjoy it as much as everyone else does

[@joelsteverson]

This is one of my favorite tricks on Fool Us. I don't actually want to know how it's done, but it's a ton of fun to speculate. Keep up the great work! Oh and I think it's great that you've told the fans that figured it out that they got it right. That's a great touch!

[@ClokworkGremlin]

This is one of my favorite tricks, too. Not because the trick is so impressive (though it is), but because the performance is so endearing.

[@Jake.warren251]

Pretty simple, Allison was in on it. She had the blank book and called random pages. He had the real book and turned to those pages. They swapped books at 5:05

[@fuckgoogle9061]

@@Jake.warren251 theres no swap though

[@ismailhadimi1594]

pause it at 4:31 and look at the glasses

[@MrWTFish]

@@ismailhadimi1594 okay so the glasses are able to show what the pages read

[@Madcowe]

Bruh you're probably the most amazing magician I know so far, and I've learned the basics myself. Great job :)

[@NoSubtitlesDesu]

Out of all those clips on KZbin for this show This is absolutely one of the best I couldn't stop laughing

[@keithreay]

Shawn deserves all of the praise he receives!

[@ef2b]

I wish they had called you on the glasses switch. It would have been hilarious to have, for a second time, put them in a position of thinking they saw a key move, yet still have no clue how the effect was done. This is one of my favorite acts. It's energetic, funny, and also completely baffling.

[@kevinmcgaire6412]

I was thinking this was a glasses switch with some sort of secret ink only to be seen by the glasses, because there are definitely lenses at the start

[@toiverstret]

There's a listening device on the glasses hence why he faces one way incase pen and teller spot it. Theres a companion who has a copy of the book and they're tell him the answers through the listening device.

[@toiverstret]

He does switch the glasses incase pen and teller ask to see the glasses in the end.

[@BSE1320]

There are those who want to know how its done; and those who simply enjoy the performance and don't need to know. Put me in the latter. Well done, Mr. Farquhar.

[@pr9039]

This still cracks me up, and I've watched this a good 4 times since it originally aired!

[@ShawnFarquhar]

Thanks for the nice comment...

[@FurEngel]

When I first saw this, I thought to myself, "Ah, a book that is in public domain". Then when I saw the cover, I said "Ah, that's not any of the covers from actual printings!" And then I thought, hmm, "Grand Duke of Cassel-Felstein" is only mentioned once, but is actually on Page 7.

[@holl0918]

IKR! This struck me as strange. I am a big sherlock holmes fan and I have a hard time with the ordering in this book.

[@pragaming9868]

The book is rigged! Damn.

[@gold_phantom__5402]

Probably watched this 100 times, not to try and see how it is done cause personally I don't care. I just love the energy you have when you perform and how skilled you are.

[@ssgbudlong4728]

I see lenses and when he turns around he doesn't really touch them and the lenses are gone. That's the trick, vanishing glass haha

[@HerrFenchel]

Oooh wow. :) Nice use of polarised glasses.

[@milesgti]

I think this is it as well.

[@TylerScottIllusionist]

Definitely not. Shawn told no lies at all during the performance of this effect. There really isn't anything special with the glasses. They truly are missing lenses. Also there is no hidden code or UV type of writing on the book. This effect could be performed anywhere in any regular lighting. The method is so freaking devious that when Shawn came up with it I bet he had a maniacal laugh at how this was going to floor people (including myself when i first experienced this effect live).

[@HerrFenchel]

+TylerScottIllusionist When you pause the video at the right moments, you can see there are lenses in the frame. (for example @ 3:21)

[@infctdppt]

definitely lenses but I can't figure out when he switches the lenses although it could have been when the camera was focused elsewhere or edited out completely because they thought it was useless time. Furthermore it looks like there's something on the right side of the glasses if your looking thru the lenses at 4:42 the judges and the audience can't see it and the camera barely can from this angle.

[@weefeatures]

Nothing to do with the lenses, he sells this effect on a magic site.

[@dropkickmax3280]

I just love that teller is laughing at Penn

[@brianszopinski98]

You lucky dog you get to go back to back cheek to cheek with Alice makes me want to become a musician 😂🤣

[@vikrantchaudhary4946]

You were the first magician that I really liked when I saw the "shape of my heart" video.

[@spacewarpphotography1667]

Shawn was trying so hard not to laugh when he realized he fooled them. I can never get tired of watching this.

[@Lance514]

Just seen this second performance on TV. You my friend are an absolute beast. Fantastic performance and one I enjoying not knowing. You deserve every success coming at you.

[@ShawnFarquhar]

Thanks Lance

[@danhaller4383]

I’m so incredibly happy for you!! I can’t imagine how it felt to see two legends of the trade look at you with such amazement!!