World Champion Magician Shawn Farquhar Shows Off His Tricks On Ellen

The current World Champion of sleight-of-hand magic, Shawn Farquhar, came to the show today to perform some of his award-winning tricks for Ellen. You won't believe what he can do with a deck of cards

[@ShawnFarquhar]

I can't believe it's been five years today since this video was uploaded and that 1.7 million plus viewers have watched this segment. The World Championship win put me on the magic map, but Ellen and her amazing crew were the ones that gave me the much needed exposure to help me keep doing magic for a living. Heck, Penn & Teller would most likely have never asked me to do their show Fool Us, if not for Ellen. I owe her, the crew and all of you a huge thanks... so THANKS. -shawn

[@Too-Much-Caffeine]

as a fan of magic tricks, I say sir I love your performance and I enjoy your style very much, you've got quite the talent. thank you for the entertainment.

[@javyreders8315]

you were awesome totally...i salute you

[@EpicBunty]

+Shawn Farquhar Whats the importance of the kissing kings..? and do you teach??

[@ShawnFarquhar]

+EpicBunty I teach via lectures and instructional DVD's. As for the Kissing Kings, it's just meant to add a little fun to the presentation.

[@ShawnFarquhar]

+Evan Kihlstadius Thanks for the kind compliments.

[@TheCheery101]

The way he was so excited about everything was so adorable :3

[@MrAdrian017]

He really love his job

[@ShawnFarquhar]

+Adrian Ramos I do love my job...

[@ShawnFarquhar]

+TheCheery101 adorable?... well that made me blush.

[@rebornxxxhealer9608]

+TheCheery101 he was taking your attention away from his hands

[@theworldofanza]

+Shawn Farquhar wow, did you study at Hogwarts or what?! :O

[@Shortstack3]

I've watched this so many times and my favourite part is always when he says, "I already did."

[@victorchukwuma4031]

this man fooled penn & teller twice. lol.

[@rickysuave89]

victor chukwuma he did? Aw man I gotta see those episodes

[@Kammereer]

Second time was in episode 1 of season 3. First time somewhere in season 2 I believe.

[@oliverb6313]

the second time penn and teller were just utter fucktards. the first time was brilliant (he fooled them with the last trick in this video)

[@benschwartz8941]

Oliver B how was the second a fluke

[@RobS282]

they wernt being serious, even shawn was laughing

[@JohnDoe-po3ku]

1:35 tour guide in a pear museum

[@liamjake1208]

hahaha I can't stop laughing! :D

[@ErikJVideos]

More like Opera in a pear museum

[@DocLobster94]

this guy obviously loves what he does

[@Jared1983]

One of his quotes it, "It's my job." and he always, ALWAYS says it with his signature smile... I truly believe he loves what he does, and now as the President of his chapter, he can begin to take that enthusiasm with him for the next generation.

[@TheMojo487]

Chapter? I'm truly interested. feel free to send a pm if necessary

[@Jared1983]

TheMojo487 he is the president of his magic circle, or whatever. which allows him to place people in certain venues i guess. just a good guy in a good guys position

[@Posiman]

There is a beaufil video, where he talks to a small boy, who wants to be a magician. He says "If you become a magician, you will never be rich, but you will live like a rich. You will travel the whole world on cruise ships and first class airlines, you will stay in the most beautiful hotels on the world hanging out with the richest people of the world. And you will be paid to do all of that." But part of that enthusiasm is his stage persona "They won't remember, what you said or what tricks you did," he said, "but they will always remember the way you made them feel."

[@njnsliftin665]

I love his character. It makes him one of my fav magicians

[@akgbkc]

Dear Mr. Farquhar , I thoroughly enjoyed the trick . Amazing . What is more amazing is your confidence , stage presence and bubbling enthusiasm . I saw it first on Penn and Teller and then here . Just fantastic . This means anything is possible .

[@BristoRen]

That last trick gave him the "World Champion" in front of his name

[@Apollys]

The trick that fooled Penn and Teller!

[@Apollys]

Haha ^^

[@JerodM]

+anthony smith more like the one that almost made him talk. ;) I think he really wanted to break character and ask, "How???"

[@19591960joe]

LoL

[@armandtonga4501]

you get pair, you get a pair and you get a pair, EVERYONE gets a pair!!

[@Steve-fe4lq]

Only on Oprah lol

[@mark51693]

Ellen: You play poker? Shawn: Yeah, do you? Ellen: Yeah, i don't wanna play with you.

[@sythal5985]

Mark Venning N-no way ! You watched the video too !?

[@LuckyBacon]

Kirigaya Kazuto Come back in a few years and see your comment. Then tell me if you will be ashamed of yourself for being a sarcastic douche for stupid reasons.

[@nakkertton]

@@LuckyBacon Well it has been 3 years now. Still think it's justifiable

[@bassoonplatoon3146]

Lol

[@mike-cc3dd]

was waiting for the broke back kings joke. heheh

[@starkk19]

Probably couldn't say it because you know, Ellen. LOL

[@kickassmaster8667]

mike same lol

[@DavidWillanski]

Deja vu

[@arthurperez6640]

Pupper Gump Deja vu!

[@TroyCados]

Initial d

[@anttipere7220]

Sometimes it takes four.

[@maxvirtus2614]

@@anttipere7220 haha

[@julianosuzuki]

@@arthurperez6640 Deja vu

[@magiccat5285]

I LOVE love love love Shawn Farquhar. Elegant, exciting, stupendously executed, and a complete FOOLER. It doesn't get better than that.

[@ShawnFarquhar]

+Magic Cat gee thanks. I'm not sure I'm all those things but I do appreciate you saying it. ;-)

[@shihankarunarathna5355]

i know how you did it :)

[@auspolk]

This was a fantastic onslaught of tricks. Brilliant. Saw it on fool us, didn't think it could get even better.

[@RespawnDG]

I remember him, he was on Penn and Teller's Fool Us

[@MrPumkin888]

I love this guy so much, saw him on Penn and Teller fool us, favourite magician by far!

[@evanpatrick2479]

Wow so glad to know that there are some amazing Magicians from Canada! Stunning magic Shawn! You make me proud to be a Canadian!

[@ShawnFarquhar]

+Evan Patrick thanks we Canucks gotta stick together.

[@HuslWusl]

I just love how happy he is all the time. It really shows how much he loves what he's doing. :D

[@MrWolfsbane123]

I love his personality. He is like a giant kid haha

[@averagesqueaker7121]

Not only is he a reigning magic champion, but Shawn has a great title in Gofish card player.

[@shivanprasad9807]

1:40 you are making me hungry for pears!

[@devonknapp9168]

***** she did that 2 me too!

[@kreglfromworld]

at a point, ellen just seems genuinely frightened

[@kaylaanderson2100]

Dude! I live 22 min away from this guy! That's crazy!

[@SpencerKelly93]

Where did you get the potato you recorded this on?

[@shaira069]

😂

[@Initial3t]

Spencer Kelly lame

[@FranklinSan]

Lol

[@littletonpace]

oh that made me laugh.

[@BlueEyes-WhiteDrag0n]

lmao😂😂😂

[@vlazurah789]

I like how enthusiastic he is, it makes it just that little more enjoyable

[@markhurlinshelton4738]

Awesome , Love it, bless you Sir, hats off , love your presentation.

[@fiamma2109]

I like his enthusiasm for magic it just makes this so much more fun to watch

[@invictuz4803]

I'm still wondering 5 years later how he phases the card through the box and into the correct position. One of the most legendary tricks of this century!

[@tindekappa9047]

he doesn't, he sneaks it in when he lays them on the table

[@ItsJoeHut]

@@tindekappa9047 nah, he did it on P&T without laying them on the table! He was just helping Ellen out here :)

[@jorgeherrera1074]

Only Magician on Ellen who actually does an original trick, that isn't something you can easily look up on youtube and figure out how to do. I soo wish I knew how to do that last trick, AMAZING! Keep it up Shawn Farquhar!!!!

[@justincerabona2130]

I've seen a ton of card tricks but these are by far the best

[@leot7]

That last one fooled penn and teller

[@user-oe9qp3jg4z]

you expect us to watch a magic trick and try to understand with 360p?amazing...

[@Kleavers]

Saw it on Penn and Teller. Love this guy.

[@bradvan2010]

That is simply amazing. You are an awesome talent.

[@wilke109]

Even Penn and Teller saw the deck switch, but it's still awesome that he wrapped the cards back up and everything.

[@mtdouthit1291]

But here there isn’t even a deck switch!!!!

[@ordeloliveros5999]

1:30 I did not see a single pear. Disapointed.

[@compquartz5201]

I like pears.

[@dadadadadadalalalalaalalla7712]

+MaJo Mouse to mee no see pear sengle

[@r.pizzamonkey7379]

+MaJo Mouse You weren't looking hard enough

[@ninjastar666lol]

+CompQuartz shoutout to all the pear

[@senpaitocino7466]

I like this guy cause he is just so giddy about his magic!

[@hannahdoesmagic]

Awesome! He did that trick on Penn and teller!

[@ImAmazing1397]

no matter how many people try to explain HOW he does these tricks, it's still magic to me. ^-^

[@BigSal2417]

I love how all these 15-25 year old magicians all know exactly how he did it when this guy was on penn and tellers TV show and the guys who have been doing magic over 40 years couldn't figure out that last trick

[@GETURHANDSUP916]

Sal Toscano Penn and Teller couldn't rewind the video 100+ times lol.

[@swamiabhedananda4147]

GETURHANDSUP916 That doesn’t do a shit. One of the most ignorant piece of crap is that people can figure out such genius with their bullshitt rewinding logic. No sorry it doesn’thold true for advanced tricks performed by master magicians..! I have been doing magic for more than 10 years and I know what I am talking about!

[@phildean6884]

Well we know he does a deck switch as he made a mistake on Penn and teller and they told us that. The only part we and they don’t know how to do is how he got the card back in the deck in the correct position.

[@Steve-fe4lq]

@@phildean6884 and that reveal is the most important part of the trick. If that part isn't figured out, the deck switch doesn't really matter.

[@Rainson_Entrepreneur]

Most people doesn't actually know. They just think they know and create their own theories.

[@spookedman]

You are amazing Shawn! GREAT performance and super slick,

[@hasher22]

OMG what is this black magic!!!! WOW! I appreciate this so much.... loving the crazy talent!

[@UltimateEx]

Shoutout to all dem pairs

[@timfredrickson3889]

😂😂

[@CrestinaBerzentho]

the trick explained on vsauce channel, the trick has to do witht the fact it's pairs, and the shuffling he does is actually planned and does he reall expect us to belive that the deck is new

[@justpressplay5886]

I eat pairs now and shit like dat xD

[@Alex02099]

May you post trick address where it is explained?

[@ddebenedictis]

True, crestina...when a magician says, not once but twice "here is a brand new deck of cards"...you can be certain it is not.

[@ItsMatYo]

This was done on Penn & Teller's Fool Us

[@neochase1]

wow that last one was really good!!!!

[@lisatran6454]

I love his enthusiasm!!!

[@planetwally]

Why potato video quality

[@tracy12364]

Shoutout to all my PEARS!

[@JupitorPluto]

saw this on penn and tellar. probably the coolest magic trick ever :P

[@airkami]

Clean and fun tricks

[@willbungay7857]

That was the trick he fooled penn and teller with

[@JoseGomez-yi1tt]

word to rick ross at 1:38...shout out to all them pairs

[@John_Kealiinohomoku]

I love that trick at the end

[@weckar]

I love that first trick. I think I'll start doing that one :)

[@tladybug100]

Did anyone else pause the video for the last trick and take a screenshot of the card Ellen signed to see if they were the same? I did, and when I looked at the photos, they were exactly the same, so I completely believe this guy has magic

[@stevesebzda570]

I did . I was hoping they were different for solution. Great slight of hand!

[@primaryramus]

Steve Sebzda *sleight of hand

[@ipartynude]

tladybug100 he has a deck switch when he ditches the joker but how he gets the deck into her hand is unknown

[@stevesebzda570]

primaryramus you're write! Lol! Why do I see "slight" in my mind? I guess I've only used that word verbally, in the past. It somehow got watered down, over the years. Thanks!. It'll appear different, in my mind, from now on. Lol

[@Gadsdan]

Here's a pair, here's a pair, here's a pair... "How do you like them apples?"

[@digitalis7]

Fantastic!

[@user-qr5hh1wn4i]

How was she not amazed by his award winning trick at the end. That trick is unbelievable.

[@SaraSongbird]

SONGIFY THIS 1:30 - 1:40

[@danielwilcox419]

I can see why he's the World Champion. Card mastery, the purest I've ever seen. The version he did on Fool Us was cooler (he flipped the card on its face in the repackaged deck). I can't decide if his consistent force of the 7 of diamonds is relevant to the trick or not...

[@KristianC1994]

Well she chose the 8 and Penn chose the 7, so it's not always the same card but it has something to do with that general Diamond area when the cards are in new deck order. If you watch the Fool Us video in .25 speed you can sort of figure out how he does it.

[@KTFlaSh96]

its a good force, when he says plunk your finger on a card and he watches you move your finger he quickly shuffles to the spot for the designated diamond card. the mid diamonds are good because they're pretty far along so it looks like its a random card. the photo was already taken before hand with his daughter which is why it's a force.

[@MickLoud999]

2:07 = the old "Luke Skywalker" as Penn would say? jk..You are amazing Shawn. The trick that fooled Penn and Teller is simply one of the most amazing I have ever seen!! Truly original!

[@vbeis0]

Or "the Jedi's were with you on this trick" :D

[@perfecttofu421]

simple tricks, great execution. pretty much all sleight of hand.

[@MAFiA303]

each pair is slightly sticked together, so whenever he shuffles they stay together

[@DexterEvilGenius]

Nope, I know how he did it but that's not it. However I don't know how he repackaged the deck and put it in order, that trick also fooled Penn and Teller.

[@MAFiA303]

Care to share?

[@DexterEvilGenius]

I don't like revealing magic tricks. As a magician I think magic secrets should only be known by magicians. Also knowing how it's done spoils the fun. I'm sorry.

[@MAFiA303]

I understand, the fun part this figuring things out. Now I can work on my other guessings

[@yueli1905]

who's to say they come together? why not just grab one from the bottom and one from the top huh

[@stevenmoto123]

PEARS!!!! PAIRS!!!!!!!!!! PEARS!!!!!!!!!!

[@kwydot]

He's absolutely adorable. Like he'd be an awesome dad.

[@thatgirlliv2389]

OMG! That was SO Amazing!!

[@zadadaley4424]

"just make up your mind" 😂😂😂

[@koegon]

Hahahaahaaha I laughed so hard xD

[@OBiUSA]

@3:48: ... never touched by human hands. Answer: He is right! It has either been touched by jinns' hands or black magic

[@jojoreisinger615]

everytime I see his name I always want to see this trick no matter what video it is I absolutely love this trick

[@EmilyNewhook]

"Just make up your mind!" hahaha love her!

[@FARproductionz]

i like apples better than pears

[@lawrencenguyen2428]

Lol

[@compquartz5201]

I like pears. -Rick Ross

[@thiscurseendswithme7315]

F.A.R Productions of

[@lunakid12]

Ah, wonderful, thanks for sharing, an ever so important missing piece of the puzzle of the universe has finally been put into place. Phew. The world has become a better place. Now flies have a new place to shit on.

[@ThisisLeee]

I wonder how long it took him to learn the false cuts on the first trick....

[@d4m4s74]

5 minutes to learn. Years to perfect

[@Memphis-15bs]

d4m4s74 dont be such a fkcing smart ass dude, he meant how long does it took to learn it so well, smartasss kid. -_-

[@d4m4s74]

Luka Matcharazde I was serious.

[@Wat3rDragon]

Luka Matcharazde That's exactly what he answered..

[@Memphis-15bs]

Neal G they sound like smart ppl. "5 munutes to learn. Years to perfect it" OMG. Mosted used comment on magic vids. Just say years, why u need to sound like a smarty pants.

[@xMegaVideos]

Thanks captain!

[@BenSilverMagic36]

This is top level !!! bravo

[@pleasepie1928]

2:36 he takes a deck out of his pocket. That is funny. He used the outcome of the first trick to hide him grabbing the second deck but with the camera men out of the loop they catch it.

[@Alan-lh9jh]

That's not the trick though, the trick is getting the signed card into the new deck. He's meant to let you see the deck switch. Watch the trick on Shawn Farquhar - Penn and Teller Fool Us.

[@ewenyap3018]

still, the trick is getting the signed card in the box, everybody with a little bit of knowledge of magic knows he grabs the deck and when he hides it between her hands... what most people dont kow though is how he gets the card in the box, at the right position and gets the plastic and paper seal to appear unbroken... penn & teller even got a chance to examine the deck when he performed it for them and penn was unable to detect any cuts or openings in the deck even when asked to examine it.... i have loved magic all my life, and i think i have a pretty good understanding of how most of it work, but this particular trick, i have no clue, not even a hint how he gets the card in there at the right position in what appears to be a sealed deck of cards.

[@prakash26591]

Ewenya p When he fanned them out finally at 4:07 after getting it from ellen he just inserted the signed card into it! And inserting cards at correct positions into the deck is another trick which i dont know(i think +Saad MAFiA answerd this question), but he used just this trick when he performed the paring cards trick.

[@MrKoolaidjam]

Prakash Rajendran he didn't slide it in. Watch this same trick on penn and teller fool us. It's an even better version of this.

[@DakonBlackblade2]

Prakash Rajendran The only reaosn he touches the cards was because Ellen isnt very good with them so she wasnt showing anything to the audience, Ive seen he do this trick more than once without even touching the deck after he opens the box. You see all this great magicians do a wide variety of tricks, none of them do this one tough cause ppl realy dont know what the heck he does to get that card in there.

[@rowdeemunkee]

why is this in 20fps?

[@theboringtrader1974]

This was published in 2010

[@Marshaaaaaaaall]

+djiaosjd sandlsan so?

[@zero-ym1gd]

+gilles dekoninck the quality was terrible back then

[@TheSeanoftheBread]

+IᑎᖴEᖇᑎO 71 It wasn't THAT bad. Videos back in 2006 still ran between 30 and 40fps, albeit in 360p.

[@cottonbuds2005]

Ellen's facial expression is priceless!!!!!!!

[@alexsuper8045]

That's unbelievable! I want to know how to do that last trick!!

[@johnm5928]

I like Shawn's magic much more than Shin Lim. Shawn's is equally as impressive, and doesn't have all the flashy/cheesy theatrics to go along with it.

[@izazombiekiller]

i dont know anymore...

[@johnnybambam141]

Shawn made all the pixels vanish from this video. Impressive 5/5.

[@Ps3blaze22]

Last trick was unbelievable.

[@eddi790]

Ellen just seemed annoyed through it all, some people react to magic that way. Been doing some tricks in school before, and some people, like Ellen it seems, just get angry and annoyed when they get fooled

[@MrJax-kk8ts]

She's looks confused not annoyed

[@Shortterm63]

great trick, he fooled Penn and Teller twice.

[@aussiebabex1]

he s just so enthusiastic!

[@StefanReich]

The last trick is incredible

[@iiNekoMattyii]

who elts is watchoing in 2015?

[@jkjgivens]

Nah

[@gabechandler3027]

2015 was so last year ago

[@maxLeifermann]

These magic effects are all very perplexing, and the man is pleasant enough, but for me they didn't create the emotional feeling that anything "magical" was happening, it just seemed like a rushed display of cleverness for Ellen. I think other magicians watching this maybe cannot match this man for his technical perfection alone, but I bet you could beat him in displaying a more relaxed and magical "presentation", which I think is what really matters most to the audience in the end. Just my two cents...

[@MistaKimSing]

Definitely agree, the nature of his tricks (except the last one) just felt rushed and a bit too technical to have a wow factor (although they were impressive nonetheless).

[@chikachikaslimshady1]

Jonathan Kim Sing David Blaine gets the presentation down perfect. He is able to act cool you kno?

[@amusmic3170]

Georgian Wolf David Blaine can take a basic Ambitious Card routine and make it into a stunning effect; maybe sometimes the simpler effects have a greater impact on an audience then the most knuckle-busting sleight of hand tricks do...

[@JamJackJillian]

I don't know. I liked his performance alot. I guess it's a style thing, like prefering bar/street magicians (all up close, nothing too fancy, check out dynamo) over stage magic (more atmosphere with using music, lots of props, fancy stuff). But I know what you mean. He's a lot more on the "yeah, its a trick" side, less on "how did I do it? Magic!*winkwink*" side.

[@Axlite2]

Excellent examples and I fully agree. :)

[@godofallpenguins001]

Wow. I used to think my sleights were good... So much for that... Great job. Completely great job.

[@Lncphblt]

He fooled penn and teller so i wont be surprised if he pulls a great act on ellen

[@PsycheSanity]

that's a pear these are pears those are pears

[@karlmuster263]

"No, those are cards! Haha you can't fool me!"

[@PsycheSanity]

No shit fdesaa...... i'm not fucking stupid

[@dillpickle3499]

MIND BLOWN!

[@Karmeet23]

amazing personality !

[@seanp4644]

I saw a lot of pairs, but not a whole lot of pears. I'm disappointed.

[@bradleyk1552]

all of the pairs were just on top he did a false cut thats NOT cool

[@DanyalShams99]

well a lot of people don't know that, and it was just an opening trick just to warm up. now explain how he did the rest of the tricks.

[@pluradox]

+DanyalShams99 ^

[@laxpuer]

+DanyalShams99 The deck he has her chose from is all 8 of diamonds. While she's double checking the photo with her card etc. you can see he pulls out another deck of cards from his jacket (after putting that one away), which would be a full deck, WITHOUT the 8 of diamonds, so when he puts hers back in, it completes the deck. The whole brand new deck trick tho, that's always been sorcery to me

[@anirudharvind4943]

+Bradley K he shuffled it hto. Its a trick deck, kind of like an invisible deck

[@Nathan-xz2mb]

It was kind of similar to a Svengali deck, but instead of having smaller cards that are all the same, the smaller cards were the pairs of the bigger cards, hence, when he "revealed" to Ellen that all cards were not pairs, he did the same "revealing" as when a magician reveals to the spectators that a svengali deck is a normal deck.

[@russ7868]

This guy is amazing!

[@dinith_rukshan]

Wow its amazing. I still can't figure out, how he did that. Its been 10 years now.