Worst Magic Trick Ever

[@megamaggotmrh9085]

"You're not 18? Let me do a magic trick real quick." Yeah that's what a parent wants to hear from a guy getting really excited talking to a child

[@megamaggotmrh9085]

@Kavetion Off yoursel

[@ΧΧΤ]

IM BETTER THAN PENGUINZ0 LMAO

[@SplitDip]

@@BonnieMwah It's a bot just report and move on

[@JACpotatos]

@@BonnieMwah Interacting with bots only makes things worse

[@frankglynn8209]

@@pierce9019 Why is that specific bit still here I've reported it almost everytime I see it what is KZbin doing??

[@thenoobiestnoob9152]

I went to one of his shows in Vegas with a pretty large audience and I remember there was this one trick he was performing to a camera and he straight up threw the object in the air, not even hiding it from the audience and then acted to the camera as if he made it disappear. Still one of the goofiest magic tricks I have ever seen

[@RyeDun]

That’s the funniest shit ever

[@Randomninja47]

Penn and Teller had a similar trick in their act I saw earlier this year. I wonder if they were making fun of Criss. They were "live chatting" with someone (I think they truly were) but then they were trying to like, guess when their birthday was (it's a bit foggy now. It was back in January) and make them a cake and the whole time it was just Teller off screen setting up all the stuff for Penn who was the one chatting on camera. It was pretty funny.

[@kevinc.cucumber3697]

I always said that chris angel was famous because of his theatrics. He’s very flashy and he took advantage of that craze in the early 2000s. There are some amazing talented but underrated magicians out there, but chris angel knew how to be famous. He’s mediocre at best

[@stonehallow]

@@Randomninja47 Yeah, penn and teller are comedian magicians

[@Sparkinum]

@@Randomninja47 I went to Vegas and saw both Penn and Teller's show, and Criss Angel's show. Penn and Teller had a bit where they pulled out a cardboard cutout of Criss Angel and asked if people wanted a photo with him lmao. Penn and Teller also heavily encouraged people to bring their cameras and TRY to figure out how their tricks were done, but Criss Angel had a whole TSA styled security completely prohibiting cameras, and would kick people out if they were caught taking photos. Their acts were night and day in quality.

[@magnaillusion6085]

Just imagine a 20 years old running full-speed towards a mom, claiming to be their up-until-5-minutes-ago 8 year old daughter.

[@jwillwork3683]

My daughter is 10 months old you age her and my expenses to A 20 yr old imma leave you right where I find you 🤣💥💥💥

[@scottmatznick3140]

@@jwillwork3683 username does not check out

[@jwillwork3683]

@@scottmatznick3140 J my first initial, will the Abe of my last name N this is A work email that got used on the iPad. I’m on break from work. Home W my daughter right now 🤷🏿‍♂️.

[@xerxestelevision6666]

It’s exactly what happened in the movie Big with Tom Hanks, I don’t have to imagine. Totally freaked the mom out. It was exactly what you’d imagine would happen.

[@DealwithitHand]

Don't gotta imagine it, they recorded it for TV. lol

[@mariepayann]

Her acting here was immaculate I genuinely belived that this like 8 year old became 20 instantly. My mind was truly freaked.

[@moleedaboi]

Not the bots. :|

[@mariepayann]

@@moleedaboi the bots got me bro….

[@JoZe3e]

Charlie would make this so much better.

[@aqua-bery]

@@moleedaboi pretend like they're not there and you good

[@mariepayann]

@@moleedaboi they got me and id laugh if i saw one copy my comment to post as their own as they do lmao

[@Fwafy]

I'll never forget the time that Chris Angel just ate a mouse. It wasn't even a trick. Chris Angel just straight up ate a mouse then went to the next segment. Man was truly unhinged.

[@Crazdor]

wat

[@18themxxn_]

that wasn't even a magic trick, they just filmed his lunch break

[@DirtyDawg]

Sounds pretty insaneo

[@mikfitz16]

😂😂😂

[@brandon10301991]

Probably trying to imitate Ozzy and the bat. Thing is Ozzy thought the bat was fake and just rolled with it cause thats rock and roll.

[@Oxzilion]

“Let’s dress you up like you’re 20.” Dresses her up like she’s 70

[@VegetaHitsGirls]

Let's dress you up in a way that no one can see that you're crouching or that is a completely different person!

[@drunkenhobo5039]

I'm just glad they didn't try to dress her sexy, otherwise... eesh.

[@ΧΧΤ]

IM BETTER THAN PENGUINZ0 LMAO

[@Bruhman_YUSS]

@Kavetion notice how everyone ignored you and don’t care

[@drunkenhobo5039]

@@rememberdisname2302 Yeah, I thought that might have been why Charlie put it as the _worst_ magic trick ever. Was seriously expecting the transformation to turn her into a stunning scantily-clad 20-year-old. Glad they made her normal looking.

[@NinaZuccaro0824]

The fact that he’s still touring kills me. I’d feel bad for him, but he seems like a good guy. Married, just welcomed his third child, and his oldest son battled cancer for a while. It’s weird yet wholesome to see him be a corny dad.

[@JazziG59]

A bag is a bag. His family is very wealthy because of his corniness.

[@manks5491]

okay knowing that, it makes the Criss Angel lore way better

[@xdef1ne]

I think he’s mostly a Vegas attraction

[@boghund]

Wtf I read the first sentence as "the fact that he's still touching kids"

[@ΧΧΤ]

IM BETTER THAN PENGUINZ0 LMAOO

[@sofakingspurs]

“The greatest trick the Mindfreak ever played was convincing the world that the camera editing did not exist.”

[@darksaga80]

Came here to say the same thing. The majority of his tricks were done with post production editing. Even back then it was obvious the "bystanders" were paid to be in on the tricks.

[@dripbobthugpants7662]

After seeing him smile so creepily to that kid I half expected Chris Hansen to just show up and start interrogating him

[@DarthPerkins]

Here's a tip; every time I go to meet a 14 year old at her house, I sit down immediately so I'll ruin Hansen's catchphrase if he shows up.

[@ari1758]

@@DarthPerkins why don’t you have a seat right over there? 🤨📸

[@GabbaaGhoul]

he does give off slightly creepy vibes here 😅

[@ΧΧΤ]

I'm BETTER THAN PENGUINZ0 LMAO

[@devaxionrl8189]

@@ari1758 he’s already sitting there

[@lonewalkerproductions]

Charlie is literally a pop culture encyclopedia. Centuries from now this channel can be studied to get the general consensus of all that was popular

[@mattpassos5689]

All that was moist and all that was bone dry

[@JayAyeY]

@@siren499 and that’s fine. Content isn’t for everyone. Once I stan someone tho, I never stop. And i indefinitely stan Charlie. And I wouldn’t say he’s a pirate. He’s no different than those shitty KZbin news channnels

[@itsthequenchiest5072]

@@siren499 “the vast majority of people” lol I respect your opinion but the rest is just simply not true

[@MeowItsGhazt]

@@siren499 L take from someone saying L take, hes a gaming channel and a news channel half the time. + your opinion isn't fact, neither is mine. Stop treating it like it is.

[@White_Wrath]

Centuries from now none of this will exist.

[@LairAstro]

I thought Criss was a fake until he floated from one building to another, now I'm convinced he's a real magician.

[@mountainousman]

It was a wire 😂😅

[@misael960]

He's just an cyborg kite. Also an Alien.

[@RIZE_FrogBoiBlake]

It’s called black magic Chris angel has done a lot of questionable things that are impossible for man to pull off but obviously you’re going to have people who turn a blind eye to this type of stuff.

[@washedblue]

@@RIZE_FrogBoiBlake or tricks? he's an illusionist lol, the trick is in the name. he uses cameras, editing, paid audiences, wires, perspective, etc. to his advantage. no black magic, I assure you. is anything that can't be done by a mere human in a Hollywood movie considered black magic to you?

[@claytonreeves150]

@@RIZE_FrogBoiBlake I think it's time to ask the nurse on duty for your meds, dear.

[@sonnywilkinson3897]

Her life speedrun is on world record pace, I can't believe she pulled off the puberty skip

[@Blarsen780]

In a marathon setting, to boot. There's no way that strat will ever be full-game viable, though. Much too inconsistent.

[@GQ2593]

Criss Angel invented the original puberty blockers.

[@COD_is_a_sin]

Fuckin puberty skippers ​@@GQ2593

[@danteshollowedgrounds]

😂😂😂😆😆😆👌👌👌🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀☠☠☠⚰⚰⚰

[@DemonessFreya]

@@GQ2593no I think those were puberty accelerators

[@anglosaxiphone8246]

Chris Angel was the Morbius of Magic. He truly was a wizard.

[@alexinivai08]

You spelled his name incorreclty. Edit: fuck it im leaving it with the typo

[@amoghsharma4596]

Really loved that scene where Chris Angel said "It's Freakin time" and freaked all over the place

[@YouTube.Pigeon]

@@amoghsharma4596 parjeet

[@YouTube.Pigeon]

@@amoghsharma4596 cow god's meat is tasty

[@MajesticAngel13]

Morbius of Magic omg xD that’s brilliant

[@conaldeugenepeterson2147]

It always makes me smile when legit magicians always throw shade at Angel whenever he’s brought up

[@mojojojo6400]

Throwing shade has to be one of the best tricks ever that I didn't even know about until now. So what do they do just throw thier shadows at them or something? I guess that's where "cast or casting a shadow" comes from.

[@megamillion5852]

​@@mojojojo6400 This really makes up for the unwarranted malignance of OP's comment, so thanks!

[@risosk17]

Legit magicians? Like gandalf?

[@AbhorrentRoot]

@@fiawms "it is a demon of the ancient world"

[@conaldeugenepeterson2147]

@@risosk17 more like those dudes from The Prestige

[@lunacy3]

The sound of all his cheap necklaces clashing together will forever haunt me

[@ChiliHorse27]

What time stamp?

[@TomPuppetmaster]

Every time Criss moves

[@mikaeleugh546]

@@ChiliHorse27 about 5:25 is when you can hear it the most but it's throughout anytime he's moving in the video lmfao

[@ΧΧΤ]

IM BETTER THAN PENGUINZ0 LMAOO

[@Austo-zg4tn]

2:50

[@karma_slap]

I just rolled my eyes so hard I gave myself a concussion.

[@ryanm4166]

Do it again

[@bobbywalker2980]

Do it again ,again.

[@DirkMcThermot]

My cousin appeared as a "reactor" for one of his tricks. The trick was supposed to be that he flourished a deck of cards, and threw them up against a solid glass door, and then one of the cards (previously picked by an audience member) would appear embedded in the glass. According to my cousin, Criss had to repeat the trick multiple times because the mechanism that allowed the card to slide down into the "solid glass" door (it was hollow obviously) kept malfunctioning, so they had to get multiple takes until it worked as perfectly as Criss intended, and they told the crowd to just standby and give a loud reaction when the trick would finally work. It was pretty hilarious to me at the time because of how the show tried to make Criss' tricks and audience members feel a lot less staged than they actually were. Also, my cousin's reaction made it into the episode. She's acting all flabbergasted and says "It's EMBEDDED...in the glass!" Like yeah lmfao that's exactly what the trick is.

[@noruba]

i remember seeing that trick but it was someone else demonstrating how it looks, then how it was fake. i dont remember the show or host but it was a fun time seeing the bts

[@jellybegger]

@@noruba are you talking about the show with the dude in a black mask that exposes magic tricks? i used to love watching that show😂😂😂

[@noruba]

@@jellybegger YES THATS THE GUY

[@rickmclee2889]

You remember what the show is called?

[@jellybegger]

@@rickmclee2889 its called “Breaking the Magicians Code” i believe

[@joelt9034]

Charlie is the realest sorcerer, he finds these videos straight outta KZbin's ass

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture5596]

DONT READ MY USERNAME!

[@thatgirlsadventures8331]

Such a good joke! Lol

[@InstagramUser2]

*I'M BETTER THAN PENGUINZ0, MY CONTENT IS BETTER!*

[@ScottyDoesntKnow69]

Damn Charlie fooled by Chris angel and by the fake homeless guy, I’m very disappointed good sir.

[@zealouszombie]

@Kavetion Mhm Sure You Are

[@American_Gunslinger]

Her acting when she looked in the mirror was epic.

[@davethebiff]

IM BETTER THAN PENGUINZ0 LMAO

[@Asian_Kid]

@@davethebiff It seems like no one's changing their KZbin handle.

[@bamf6603]

@@davethebiff everybody are

[@Kir99]

@@bamf6603 is*

[@bamf6603]

@@Kir99 you is

[@armenhammer5015]

His dumbest trick for me was walking on water in a pool. Legitimately felt like he was trying to fool toddlers. Even worse is he doubled down in a later episode where he walked on water over a lake.

[@TheMarcusNyberg]

I remembered that one. Felt the same way too, that one was just lazy

[@AliceTheNeko]

I remember watching the show with my parents as a kid. I remember being like "notice how the people swimming in the pool only swim under his path and not directly in front of it?" There was also an episode where he goes to some country with more superstitious traditions and we agreed that it was kinda messed up to take advantage of people who were less familiar with the concept of illusion for the sake of TV ratings.

[@ElArto95]

My favorite thing about Chris Angel is how he immediately dissapeared out of relevance as soon as the Masked Magician became a thing. I fondly remember one of his tricks being a atomic-scale precision strike jab at Angel's water walking trick

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture5596]

DONT READ MY USERNAME

[@nunyabusiness69]

I loved the masked magician show

[@ShinigamiH]

Jesus these bot comments are getting annoying, wish KZbin would do more on to auto flag those accounts over wrongful strikes on channels, whoever thought of the “im smarter then..” bot needs a kick in the teeth

[@Emogeta]

@@ShinigamiH I hope my reports would get them deleted eventually.

[@trippingandbrowsing1269]

He was on Season 19 and Season 20 of Hell's Kitchen....and he still uses the Mindfreak label. He's apparently still booking out shows in Las Vegas. and I was just like.....how???

[@kenny187ful]

Listening to Charlie finding out Chris Angel is fake is about as heartbreaking as when Charlie crushed Matt's fantasy about Capri-Sun cell phones from lunchables.

[@mojojojo6400]

Huh

[@clownshark_]

lmfaooooo

[@kerokrystal]

omg

[@CrudeConduct666]

What

[@ViViMun]

best comment here

[@Cyphyxia]

Asking a child if she wants to know what she looks like at 20 years old should be an ad for stranger danger lol

[@AdoboSoGuud]

The way he used his tone is already a red flag

[@deadboltzz5199]

Guy finds hack to age police hate him find out why

[@mr.equity1120]

@@AdoboSoGuud No I personally don’t think he was being a creep. Most probably he doesn’t know how to talk to kids because of lack of experience so he uses that tone that he thinks would work. He probably doesn’t know that you can talk normal to kids not like their babies, but I agree that it was cringe worthy.

[@GoatzombieBubba]

@@mr.equity1120 Most everyone in hollywood is pedophiles.

[@Mohamad-m7md]

@@mr.equity1120 Yeah he wasn’t actually a creep but people love to assume the worst

[@AI.Overlord.X]

I used to call my nurse Chris Angel. A legit mind freak. A wizard, perhaps. They were able to get my catheter in while I slept without me noticing or having even a tinge of discomfort. Absolute legend. Thank you, Steven. You were the Harry Potter of nurses.

[@JetPatrick]

Yeah my uncle does the same thing

[@jOshxddddd]

​@JetPatrick jesus christ bro, are you ok?

[@Guesswork01]

“Chatheter introduco!!” Proceeds to swish and flick the hell out of YOUR wand.

[@erectilereptile369]

@@Guesswork01 Bruh

[@MichaelEllchuk]

Im picturing him pulling down your pants while ur asleep and saying "morning little guy :)" while he tickles the head of ur pp

[@punxsutawneyphilofficial]

Turning an 8y/o into a 20y/o has to be one of the creepiest things I've ever seen in my whole life. A stranger telling a little girl "Let's dress you up like you're 20" makes my skin crawl lmaoooo

[@davidspooner4582]

And his voice the whole time was just sickening

[@Nimbus3690]

people like you are going way overboard with harmless interactions with children, and it has ruined adults interacting healthily with children today. There's nothing fuckin creepy about him saying that, or anything in the video. It was just a stupid "magic trick" and cringe overload. There's nothing creepy here, stop with your hyperparanoid pedo radar already

[@321findus]

I was expecting him to say "You look mature for your age" at any moment 💀

[@LKonstantina915]

yeah and then saying "while your mother's shopping". Its weird how people 20 yeara ago thought this was ok 💀

[@zeyadhesham7472]

Well it’s all scripted anyway, so I don’t think he’s actually a pedo or something

[@tyler9881]

Congrats I took you from having no responsibilities to being an adult with full responsibilities in two whole minutes! Truly the most evil magic trick out there.

[@ΧΧΤ]

IM BETTER THAN PENGUINZ0 LMAO

[@Jillyfishy.143]

@@ΧΧΤ no you're not, maybe if you stopped dying you would

[@aedt3]

@@ΧΧΤ yess you are legend

[@radicallybean]

what????

[@Alex-ie5jl]

this comment is NOT a bot.

[@TheRealMightyHokie]

"Send her to the shadow realm, I don't care." I literally laughed out loud. Fantastic.

[@PEACEOUTPAT]

such a classic charlie line

[@Alfred-Neuman]

shadow realm Hahaha yes funny

[@kokorolex]

I remember watching Mindfreak and Chris showed how to make it look like you can control a can of soda with your mind by simply drinking the right amount and having it perfectly balance on the corner of the bottom of the can. I impressed all my friends in 7th grade with that trick

[@ΧΧΤ]

IM BETTER THAN PENGUINZ0 LMAO

[@jacklesmithda3rd502]

I still do that trick to this day 😂😅

[@captainnosleep7654]

I still do it

[@gnack420]

Your friends were stupid or they were being kind

[@SOLIDSNAKE.]

I still impress with that prank

[@yanipheonu]

I like to think Charlie could make a go at his own magic show. "Moistfreak"

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture5596]

DONT READ MY USERNAME!

[@_zoom606]

@Kavetion You can’t make a toothpick disappear, and that’s only a quarter of Charlie’s power. 🫤

[@ΧΧΤ]

I'm BETTER THAN PENGUINZ0 LMAO

[@evanjuleen]

Moistfreak doesn't sound like the name of a magic show. 🤣 Sounds like his only fans account

[@13th_Ghostly_Grimm]

@Trent Hamsley make more than 10 videos and then talk about how much better you are as a KZbinr.

[@lich109]

The one thing I did like about that show was that he would show the audience how to do some fun and simple tricks that don't require much more than quarters, soda cans, and a table. Those ones were pretty neat, a shame the show couldn't be about those.

[@derekschultz5029]

I remember when he said he was gonna show how to make a cup levitate from ur hands. Then it was just poking a hole k. A Styrofoam cup and using your thumb. Id never been more disappointed. Lol

[@liamgarrison3369]

To this day I still do the salt shaker through the table trick every few months. Works pretty well!

[@tajkoreddeninthearctic194]

I loved practical and interactive elemts of stuff like this, don't see it much anymore

[@AJayAnswersYou]

The most memorable trick for me was the coin trick. As I remember, he swallowed the coin, followed it through, and then as said - cut it out, to everyone's amazement.

[@themoongateofficial]

That unlocked a memory for me

[@Syniar]

@@themoongateofficial For me a trauma

[@chinemapictures]

God I hated that one ahahhaah

[@FrogOnAHorse]

If there's any magician that's true to our hearts, it's that one sort of fat guy with the black mask that eventually did a series on how he pulled off his tricks. That dude is a legend

[@tygra2886]

Oh, god, I remember this show - "magic biggest secrets finally revealed" - I loved watching this as a kid - I would say i was obsessed with this show - Once I even was in some restaurant, and knowing that this day was another episode of this show, I asked my father to ask staff to change the channel, and they did :D

[@ericacosat9557]

Now THAT is nostalgic…. Both are but yeah

[@ericacosat9557]

@@tygra2886 thaaaank you for the title! That would’ve bugged me trying to think about it

[@zackzallie8735]

I know that show and I watched it as a kid, but fat??? Tf lmaoo

[@parry3439]

@@zackzallie8735 yes kinda fat

[@battlefieldking8749]

He lost a whole actual pound of pent up rage towards Chris that’s been in his carry-on for years. Good work stay stronk

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture5596]

DONT READ MY USERNAME

[@InstagramUser2]

*I'M BETTER THAN PENGUINZ0, MY CONTENT IS BETTER!*

[@gratefulbear2183]

Hmmmmm, my musclyas are gitting bicker

[@valoressbqiskrnrjbx5025]

@@dontreadmyprofilepicture5596 i cant read

[@ΧΧΤ]

IM BETTER THAN PENGUINZ0 LMAO

[@jamesoblivion]

This is the kind of stuff that really dampened my love of televised magic shows. In the 80s and 90s, there were a lot of magic specials on TV. And whether it was David Copperfield, Penn & Teller, or a rotating cast of different illusionists performing in turn, they were all doing real sleights, highly technical routines, complicated builds...all these different skill sets. To present illusions that you could watch again and again, trying to work out how they accomplished it. The moment you employ camera or editing trickery, it crosses a line that I feel betrays the spirit of the art. And I don't just mean positioning the camera so it can't see any funny business behind your back...that goes without saying. But televised magic should always be presented in a way that's honest about the performer's ability. Anyone can do 'magic' with trick photography.

[@mikeyaustin24]

the real magic trick is how Charlie manages to watch 5 seconds of the video and then proceeds to talk about it for 5mins. *now that's talent*

[@hetzer8881]

I miss Cow Chop and The Creatures :(

[@ΧΧΤ]

IM BETTER THAN PENGUINZ0 LMAOO

[@alexanderglex4600]

Yep that's Charlie Also THEY BOTTED KENNY THEM BASTARDS!

[@flawlessvictorygaming]

​@@ΧΧΤ screw yourself

[@Outerspacejunky]

@@ΧΧΤ you said that like an accomplishment

[@hycree9373]

As a kid watching Mindfreak I was always so amazed. Looking back, I'm pretty sure Cris was the one magician that made me truly believe in magic for a long time. Especially with the one episode where he supposedly levitated like 10ft off the ground and floated around. As a kid watching that with the 'continuous shot' I believed, man. I believed.

[@hycree9373]

Also I thought he was cute lmao

[@HoloScope]

@@hycree9373 🗿

[@sammyboi077]

I’m glad I wasn’t the only kid who acc believed this shit. But I remember on the early days of KZbin I watched a video of someone debunking his tricks and I was heartbroken and questioning my life that was filled with lies

[@kracksquatch512]

You Must Have Missed The David Blaine Era. David Blaine Made Me Think Magic Was Real. Criss Angel Made Me Think It Was Fake and Lose Interest.

[@modest1989]

@@kracksquatch512 yeah they are probably younger than you were when watching Chris Angel

[@augustgirl515]

Oh man, core memory unlocked. To this day, some times I will do really underwhelming tasks as if I'm doing a magic trick and then shout "MIND FREAK". Honestly, era defining content.

[@redpepper74]

It’s great to know that there’s others out there who share my sense of humor :P

[@Waywaters22]

Lmfaoooooo me too

[@Sam-lk1yu]

I use to be obsessed with criss angel as a kid and my parents never knew why, the most embarrassing part of my life was when I was so obsessed that my parents bought me two criss angel magic kits AND HES SHIRTLESS ON BOTH BOXES FOR SOME REASON

[@loghanm1995]

The Continuous Shot cam where he jumps into a cage and the flames cover the camera was probably the greatest moment in TV for me.

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture5596]

DONT READ MY USERNAME

[@motzi6]

HAHA NO way someone remember this shit other then me

[@some-replies]

@@motzi6 dude that was golden. "one continuous shot, no cuts!"

[@motzi6]

Countless times I was trashed between my friends this shit doesn't look right 🤣...every boomer around 30 now knows what I am talking about

[@ΧΧΤ]

IM BETTER THAN PENGUINZ0 LMAO

[@FoulOne]

I enjoy Fool Us a lot these days. Everything there just feels so genuine, and sure there are times you can easily see through the trick, but that just brings magic tricks to a different level. Knowing how the tricks can be done, and hoping that the performer is so damn good that you can't see it even when you know it.

[@SensitiveSavage]

Really? My guy you're a genius. I can never figure it out 🤣. Although when it comes to magic, I've never really tried. Despite knowing it's an illusion, if you never discover the trick, it never loses its magic, but even then some of them are genuinely impressive 👏🏾.

[@ΧΧΤ]

IM BETTER THAN PENGUINZ0 LMAOO

[@ava4689]

Interesting perspective. I dont like magic tricks. The novelty is lost because I know theyre fake. Its swindling yourself on purpose. Its interesting to see the sleight of hands but for stuff like that, I like things like counting cards that have a clear benefit and trick to them.

[@kingcosworth2643]

Fool Us is a really good show. The thing I like the most is that they have absolute standards. No stooges, no camera tricks (sometimes there has been some editing to make it better for TV but P&T can still see everything) and that the producers know how the trick is done before they go up so it is legitimate. All this makes the trophy worth something and the magicians need to bring something creative to the table to win it.

[@ARUCARDFTEPES]

@@kingcosworth2643 It's actually the kind of place you'll see the most impressive magic, because they end up designing tricks specifically to fool Penn & Teller. Besides it being entertaining to the audience, it also has to be innovative or flawless in execution.

[@lui__v]

I remember an episode where he was talking to demons and became “possessed” and ended up needing to get evacuated and put in an ambulance and as their loading him in, he was screaming at the cameras like he was still possessed. I cannot imagine someone doing that today and being taken seriously

[@AdiG1]

That sounds like Derek Accura from Most Haunted. It was a show where a camera crew would venture to apparently haunted locations throughout England and Derek was the psychic channeler who would "commune" with the spirits. Sometimes even pretending he was possessed and it was super unconvincing

[@edwardhammond3819]

I remember one he did (I think it was Chris Angel) where he made a tank "disappear." They had hyped it up on commercials for weeks so I was excited to see it. Once they revealed how they did it, it was literally just turning off the camera, moving the tank, then turning the camera back on. It was then that child-me realized he was BS.

[@o.hernandez784]

I remember this show. Guy had a mask on to hide identity because other magicians would kill him. I need source this was him. I feel like it was before he got famous.

[@devinoutfleet1998]

oh my god dude this is the biggest flashback for me. I literally remember them hyping it up for weeks as well lmao... What a time to be alive

[@MrRom92DAW]

I grew up knowing pretty much his whole family. They ran a local music shop in town where they’d sell you guitars or give you instrument lessons. They seemed pretty normal for the most part. I recall way back around like 2000, 2001, somewhat before he got REALLY big, at the front of the shop they had this series in of CDs he released independently with like, this super electronic/industrial/NIN type music. They all had the same cover art but toned in different colors. I still have one of them somewhere.

[@oscarstephen3297]

That’s pretty cool. Like saving a toenail clipping from dua lipa

[@grovemaw]

honestly, I'm not saying that you should rip it and upload it, but I am saying that I think a lot of us would be very interested in hearing what that sounded like if you ever got around to it.

[@MrRom92DAW]

@@grovemaw it would be pretty cool if someone did that. There’s a popular music tracker that starts with an O and it seems that there might be a FLAC rip already uploaded there, or so I’m told.

[@MrPkdaily]

this is so interesting i still know the family, and his older brothers still sell intruments!

[@jaidsalgado]

@@MrRom92DAW do it yourself, it's easy nowadays

[@chippewaguy4193]

His fashion alone is a jailable offense.

[@burp1361]

@YeaMan page*

[@seldom_bucket]

@@burp1361 it's a bot

[@Sand-Walker13]

Yeah... it's really something lol. Why would anyone unironically dress like that XD

[@Sand-Walker13]

Also dear god look at all these bots smh

[@empac8631]

It was a 2005 thing, difference is is that he wasn’t 16 like the rest of us

[@IcemanJuice]

His levitation trick where he floats like 100ft in the sky was when I first grew skeptical as a kid.

[@jojog2003]

Didn't he chop a dude in half fr

[@miglek9613]

@@jojog2003 highly doubt it, that one is like an ancient magic trick, with a well known mechanism and all

[@raxroc3887]

Bro talked to that little girl like he got a white van waiting outside.

[@blue.inbloom5412]

The diversity of tricks in this show was fuckin insane. It's crazy that one moment he'd be straight up realistically cutting his arm off or getting run over by a damn bulldozer while laying on a sheet of broken glass and then the next moment he'd be doing stupid ass shit like this 😂😂😂

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture5596]

DONT READ MY USERNAME

[@Vegeta_1990]

And it was entertaining back then

[@ΧΧΤ]

IM BETTER THAN PENGUINZ0 LMAO

[@alesalazar1175]

Gotat fill up that run time baby !

[@dontworryaboutit5490]

I don’t think anything from that show could be classified as realistically done

[@some-replies]

I remember doing the thumb trick and just yelling mind freak. Pinnacle of middle school comedy

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture5596]

DONT READ MY USERNAME!!

[@Aerillis]

I still think the badly done thumb removal trick is one of the funniest bad magic jokes to show kids, they've advanced today where most kids see its horseshit

[@musikinspace]

@@Aerillis Dude! I just remembered random adults used to do that trick all the time for me! Nobody does it anymore

[@ΧΧΤ]

IM BETTER THAN PENGUINZ0 LMAO

[@TsubasaAnimations]

Me and my cousin always watched this together and the trick that set us off was when he found a bunch of hood dudes playing basketball. He asked to borrow the ball, did a lame trick to flatten it and walked away leaving them stunned. There's no way they would've just let him leave after ending their game like that 😂

[@ΧΧΤ]

IM BETTER THAN PENGUINZ0 LMAO

[@dumpsterwind5909]

@@ΧΧΤ Everyone is.

[@necroniic1909]

'hood dudes'?

[@deangeloquinzell3964]

@@necroniic1909 that's what they said

[@deadboltzz5199]

Did they have pointy hats?

[@Noname-fv5sx]

I was there that night in Clearwater for the implosion of the spyglass and I distinctly remember the disappointment in the crowd when that building came down. I also stopped watching after that night especially after the local news showed him running out from a completely different area afterwards.

[@AvenRox]

God, my dad was a video engineer and I remember watching some of the Chris Angel stuff on TV as a kid, late at night when I woke up from nightmares, and he'd just sit there roasting it because most of it was video or camera trickery and not actual sleight of hand or were straight up obviously edited from many takes. He'd also tell me how he thought it worked. I would be up giggling till I fell asleep

[@coolymanman7]

That sounds so wholesome, sends me back to those years

[@mabybee]

You had nightmares about Chris Angel’s tricks?

[@VictorGFlores]

I was obsessed with this dude I had all the dvds and magic kits. Met the guy once and he seemed really cool at the time. He’s cringey, but he made magic cool at the time imo.

[@ΧΧΤ]

IM BETTER THAN PENGUINZ0 LMAOO

[@utensick1308]

@@ΧΧΤ Ah no views for you kinny

[@UnknowinglyDerpy]

His aesthetic matched all the emo kids back in the early 00's which was probably a part of the appeal

[@motherisape]

and real best magician like markobi don't get any attention

[@roberthorry621]

Cringe

[@IMayOrMayNotBeNoelG]

I always liked Penn and Teller's "Fool Us". Straight up stage magic where the goal is to Baffle Penn and Teller despite their extensive knowledge on how most magic tricks are performed. It's always fun.

[@pluntchgunster6156]

“YES, SHES LEGAL NOW. We did it guys!” *high fives*

[@br8y693]

Disgusting

[@woopterthewooper1263]

Testicular cancer

[@GiosGoreGrotto]

LETS GOOOO!

[@xcell_r4thr87]

epd approves

[@KingTheGermanShepherd]

💀

[@intox8867]

I saw Mindfreak Live in Vegas in maybe 2017 or 2018 and I gotta say, I was actually amazed at some of the tricks he performed. I fully believe the show was all complete bullshit, but being there in the theater watching things happen right in front of my eyes was mind blowing. I understand magic is all the art of Illusion, but buddy fr teleported to a different part of the stage instantly and I was sitting there like 👁👄👁. He did a lot of other crazy shit but it was a long time ago that one just stuck out the most to me. Unfortunately dude is a total douche-cannon cus halfway through the show the fire alarms went off in the theater and he was like wtf what's going on?? So they had to stop the show and evacuate everyone etc. but upon leaving we talked to a vegas local, and apparently it's common that if he doesn't like the crowd (I guess we weren't cheering and juggling his balls in our mouth as much as he wanted) he'll "fake" a fire alarm emergency to cut the show short. Even better that since the show was already halfway through we weren't eligible for a refund😂

[@Jartran72]

Teleporting = mirrors

[@intox8867]

@@Jartran72 well yeah I understand most of the mechanics behind it; was just giving my experience seeing Criss Angel perform magic live. I went into the show knowing that magic is all the art of Illusion and deception, but growing up always being fascinated by magic, it's still a fun time being able to view 10th prestige wizardry in person, even though dude is a total ass-hat

[@aazhie]

Wow, what a sad narcissist. I've been to many magic shows as a kid. My parents were very cool and took us to Reno a lot. I was a bit too old to fawn over Angel specifically, but I'm still frustrated to hear he would rig the performance if the audience wasn't making him hard enough. That's pathetic

[@iansnipes4722]

I’ll always remember that time he convinced his mom he died in a wood chipper during a “failed” magic trick

[@BType13X2]

If only that had happened for real he would have gone out a legend.

[@clizzofficial]

If they really wanted to make her feel 20 they could’ve just given her anxiety meds and a bunch of student debt

[@johnogetdubs2162]

Can’t believe u thought this and thought this was a clever comment

[@miraclep5087]

@@johnogetdubs2162 I think it was pretty funny.

[@clizzofficial]

@@johnogetdubs2162 I know, sometimes I surprise even myself

[@rudolphschmidt313]

Cringe

[@spimbles]

this comment is just first world problems embodied

[@other7128]

2:43 He's acting like the clown from It. "Do you want to see what you look like if you were 20?" has the same vibe as "Do you want your balloon, Georgie?"

[@user-hj4uo7py5m]

I remember growing up I was so young and ignorant, me and a friend waited all week for Chris Angels new episode to levitate over the pyramid casino in vegas 😂😂

[@jseen9568]

Chris Angel: "I'm going to turn this 8 year old into a 20 year old" Dane Cook: *Sits down*

[@larryfishmas]

The mom saying "excuse me, who are you?!?!" Is what sold it for me

[@linktheherooftime5647]

Yeah i noticed it too, they didn't even bother telling the mom it was for a show

[@Caleb-vq2uy]

@@linktheherooftime5647 bruh

[@g_g...]

@@linktheherooftime5647 🤣

[@Bare_Min_Prod]

I think the funniest one I ever saw "performed" by Chris Angel was when he did a special where he "levitated" the audience at home. It was sa literal 5 minute long "live" performance where he just voiced over a bunch of pictures of balloons telling people they were starting to levitate

[@TeejeOnTwitchTV]

10 seconds into the video and you're bringing up LemonParty? fuuuuuck this is going to be a banger.

[@goobie42069]

I remember watching this as a kid and there was this episode where he had two different people laying on a bench. He put his fist on their torso and split them both in half then connected the other persons legs to the other persons torso shit was terrifying

[@SecondKira17]

Even more impressive is he aged the clothes up as well. He truly is, a mind frunk

[@Alex-ie5jl]

this comment is NOT a bot.

[@randomloser5271]

@Zirath Ashe can't*

[@SpinoRexy733]

The funny thing is that I thought he could actually do real magic back then. Like he was a real life wizard.

[@ΧΧΤ]

IM BETTER THAN PENGUINZ0 LMAOO

[@s0mthinisf1shy68]

Btw the worst trick i saw Chris angel do was one where he transferred a pregnancy from a mom to her younger daughter. Really thought that was what this video was about lol

[@josephmother2659]

@@s0mthinisf1shy68 wtf 💀

[@nativeam25]

that's the point.

[@ace15Nura]

Chris Angel was one of the most 2000s thing ever. I look at him and remember that's the edgy aesthetic that I liked.

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture5596]

DONT READ MY USERNAME!!

[@Mac-xo2zj]

He is still big in Vegas

[@AnxiousWreck21]

There was this one episode where he transferred a moms pregnant belly to her like 6yo daughter and never switched it back (lol) that reeeeeeally bothered me and creeped me out as a kid

[@kazimierzgazecki4587]

damn woow and i thought that one was creepy

[@XxKingCraZyxX]

Bibiddy babiddy boo, the pregnant one is you. *disappears*

[@abrahambellers2408]

@@XxKingCraZyxX😂

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

I want to make a whole movie about that. Like, it starts with him doing this trick, and from there it just follows this girl living in the body of a twenty year old and all the awkward shit she has to go through in school, etc. Every holiday or vacation she gets she tracks him down and stands at the sidelines of all his productions, "Change me baaaaack!" Eventually she learns the dark arts herself and they have a mind-freak-off and when she defeats him, he reveals that this was his plan all along, to pass on the mantle to her. Then she skulks into the shadows with the camera crew and editing team as her mom waves a tearful goodbye.

[@QaDri93]

Well..not really similar but this comment reminds me of Shallow Hal and Yes Man 😂 both good comedies

[@MadeInHistory]

My parents were super religious and thought Criss Angel was actually doing real magic and thought his last name of Angel was a psyop, but they loved David Blaine because they could tell he was just doing tricks. Which ironically must make Criss Angel the better magician.

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture5596]

DONT READ MY USERNAME!!

[@ΧΧΤ]

IM BETTER THAN PENGUINZ0 LMAO

[@nobudgetproductions9987]

You got botted

[@CrimsonHeart3]

Same, my parents considered him satanic it was very common, just shows how religion is just call anything you don't understand supernatural

[@grimes558]

@@CrimsonHeart3 what the hell that's not what religion is at all lmfao

[@csokiguest9809]

This is hilarious. Glad you dug this up from the depths of the internet, Charlie. My older sister actually played the 20 y/o girl from the clip. Once she told me she was going to be on the show she destroyed Criss Angel's Mindfreak for me. Hahaha

[@iitstre_4550]

Damn, that’s ruthless. 😂😂 I need more stories about how you hated your sister LMAO

[@zenbrixn]

Cap

[@Revman210]

@@iitstre_4550 Agreed, I think you have something here, this could be a new series

[@strangerofthe2067]

Damn your sister got mindfreaked hard 😂

[@TR_P]

Damn Chrissy MINDFREAKed your sister on TV?

[@MirageUchiha]

_That's why Carbonaro is the best tv magician._ _Making it fun for both the audience & the tv audience!_

[@SuperWiiBros08]

oh God I was a big fan of mind freak as a kid too, there was an episode where he tried to do a crazy car jump trick and he had to do it in like less than 12 seconds because he felt the number 12 was haunting him and he wanted to defeat it by doing the car trick, then apparently he couldn't make it in time then the car he was inside explodes, people thought he died and the episode fucking ended there, I never found out what happened after but I guess he appeared just fine out of nowhere.

[@JakeDeMarco]

He was at an Ozzfest I attended many years ago and levitated in front of us over some of the crowd. He was amazing then. The show just made him outlandishly top himself over and over again, ruining what made him special to begin with...

[@camelliasinensis219]

I was also a huge fan of magic tricks as a kid. My favourite show on them was “Breaking the Magician’s Code”. I’ve probably seen every single episode of that show multiple times growing up

[@TheSanndwichh]

He looks like ever KZbinr from the early 2000’s that got exposed as a groomer. Also props to them for locking down “dumbest idea” and “creepiest execution” with one trick

[@AboutThatTho]

Criss Angel was basically just an actor. David Blaine on the other hand will forever be the Goat when it comes to magic.

[@Episode_13]

Hmmm

[@ashTHFCley]

Mmmkay

[@CheeseAndCrackers_]

Bro at 6:18 he sounds soo creepy it makes my skin crawl, how does something like that get through

[@Videogamewalkthrough]

I remember doing that tooth pick truck for my crush all the time. Looking back she was so sweet to never call me out on it cause I’m sure she figured it out after about the 20th time.

[@Alicyndaquil]

One of my favorite tricks i ever seen was when a magician made his subject believe he was making paper balls disappear when in reality he was just throwing them over his head and turning his attention elsewhere. The mastery this man had over hume psyche was so impressive. This show just feels like an insult

[@Yeard491]

It’s comforting to know I wasn’t the only one to watch Mindfreak as a kid, even went to see a live show at the Luxor in 2009, damn

[@expertplace]

Dog the bounty hunter aswell

[@Yeard491]

@@expertplace Unfortunately, I never got to watch that shit in its prime, reality tv wasn't my thing; I wished I had, since that show is fucking bonkers

[@umbrajesus5230]

"Send him to the shadowrealm I don't care" this made me laugh more than I expected lmao

[@Animeatic282]

4:21 Yeah I loved that too!

[@chzhlmn999]

Well here in the dumb ass southern states the reason people thought he the antichrist is because they genuinely believed that he was doing some sort of witchcraft demon magic or some shit, I was a little too young but I remember my brother always getting in trouble for watching him lmao

[@SirNobody1795]

Ironic callings the south dumb with that -5 IQ grammar you have. Calm down

[@AMerrickProductions]

The nostalgia you have just sent me through is unreal! Even to the point of defending his honor and integrity like a sumo Redditor.

[@aiden3627]

I loved him too I was a sucker for his tricks lol I knew it was probably fake but I suspended disbelief because I knew other entertainers actually died during their tricks but the one that I actually thought was cruel was where he pranked his mom into thinking something went wrong with the show and made it look like he put himself through a wood chipper. That being said I laughed at the wood chipper because it didn’t look real but her terror was and that’s what was sad. Also Criss Angel used to have a band called Angel Dust and I liked their music (they wrote the theme song) but now I listen to it and it’s very… well cringe but of it’s time.

[@adammontgomery7980]

I remember the walking on water episode. It was like 20 minutes of intense music and talking, leading up to him walking on some acrylic blocks in a pool. Mindfreak!

[@SNEAKexe]

bruh i remember watching him when i was younger on my families PC, being absolute mind freaked when he ripped someone in half or getting hit by a forklift lmaooo

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture5596]

DONT READ MY USERNAME!!

[@ayekayx]

as a Las Vegas resident whos been to Criss Angels live shows, ive gotta say his tricks are insanely impressive without cameras too seeing the tricks in person in real time is actually mind boggling

[@Palthura]

I used to love Criss Angel and watched his show religiously. Thought that even though some of his tricks were explained as TRICKS, he somehow had magical powers. I remember him doing a trick where he flew off a cliff in a car and everyone acted like he was dead. 7 year old me cried like a fucking baby before I realized it was a trick. Then in 4th grade my mom took me to Vegas specifically to see him. We could see the strings when he did the levitation shit. Pissed me off so bad. That’s how I got into debunkery lol

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture5596]

DONT READ MY USERNAME!

[@wastedtalent666]

Damn that's heartbreaking 😂

[@cabbagedragon302]

"Never meet your heros" 😔

[@kevinthornburg8468]

This makes me think that Charlie would genuinely enjoy the movie The Prestige.

[@thedailyhappening416]

This is the only channel that does have a good amount of fair use rather than actually reacting to something he adds way more into the videos from his commentary alone. I love Charlie. I hope he never gets into any controversy ever.

[@ggrandfatherr2294]

at 6:26 Chris Angel started to sound like he lived in a sewer

[@trippingandbrowsing1269]

This is why I always preferred Pen and Teller. They are fascinating to watch and didn't rely on weird 2009 emo cringe to boost their career. It actually freaked me out seeing both P+T and Chris Angel on season 19 of Hell's Kitchen

[@ΧΧΤ]

IM BETTER THAN PENGUINZ0 LMAO

[@bakukirby7268]

P&T's best tricks IMHO is either Blast-off or the cup and balls trick, it shows how talented they are and still amazes everyone while giving away the secret of the trick.

[@felinabell]

i saw both criss and p+t's shows in vegas. p+t are so much better adding lots of comedy into the shows and showing how stuff is done but still leaving u like wtf how did they do that. they also did a meet and greet at the end which i think was really cool. love them

[@cabbagedragon302]

Wait what? 😲

[@milliondollarmistake]

P&T are great, especially since they're so upfront about what they're doing while still being so mesmerizing.

[@MirageUchiha]

_Cuz they've totally never met before. She's jus wearing his chain on the strength. 💀_

[@Mad_Man_Mason]

I remember when I was a kid watching so much Mindfreak, but there was a stunt he did where he would drive a car off the edge of the Grand Canyon and teleport into a cage hanging by a helicopter, but you can see the car slow down a bit and poor green screen of an explosion with him just in the cage, wild stuff.

[@alpscarlett8897]

I love the way you can say "like a to catch a predator colab" with no emotion and a straight face just gets me

[@TactikalTemplar]

To Catch A Predator: Magician Edition

[@dougfisher2060]

Police are gonna have a hard time arresting them.

[@lllllllllllllllllllllIII]

I can’t believe I used to think his tricks were real back then

[@wherestheleakmaam7291]

10:35 The best magic trick being the one when Matt dripped food coloring into the ritual cup of milk, making charlie super scared for a few days.

[@pencilbender]

Forgot about that. That was funny

[@marco3392]

when was this again?

[@Alex-du4eq]

We need more videos like this lmao such a trio of nostalgia

[@samuelbuah5822]

Congratulations alex

[@ΧΧΤ]

IM BETTER THAN PENGUINZ0 LMAOO