Penn & Teller's "Fool Us" - Toronto Magician & Mentalist Yan Markson

Yan's performance in Las Vegas on Penn & Teller's Show: "Fool Us".
Yan Markson is one of Toronto's top professional mentalist, magician, and psychological entertainers. Yan's performances are always energetic, interactive, and inspiring.
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[@aeon5566]

Truly hilarious. Great stage performance.

[@YanMarkson]

Thanks Aeon :)

[@imalinkaiam]

Awesome! So much energy and humour. A great version!

[@danopticon]

I’m a huge fan of ❤️Carl-Einar Häckner❤️, I think he’s who I first saw perform the “Banana/Bandanna” routine (I’m not sure, but he might’ve created it?) and I really like how you updated it with the app and complicated it with the mentalist twist. Very well done! 🙂🐇🎩 (And I saw the Moscow Circus many times in Caracas in the 1970s growing up, LOVE Russian clowning!! 🐻🚲🤹🏼‍♂️)

[@YanMarkson]

Thank you Ricky. Just for the record, I performed the banana trick before Carl did, my original video on KZbin is a year older than his. But this is a VERY old trick. David Copperfield performed this in the 70's! :) I'm glad you liked my version of it. Thank you for the kind words and have a wonderful summer!

[@scanvil3766]

one of the best stand-up comedy acts i've seen. very creative jokes here and there (the puns where funny too). the skipping part where he couldn't skip the app telling him he is stupid was hilarious :D i also liked the trick

[@YanMarkson]

Thank you 😊... it's funny because sometimes I cringe thinking about this performance. But when I randomly get nice comments like this, I think maybe it's not all that bad! lol thanks again and have a great day!

[@joshacollins84]

I like this guy. Hey Yan, you're pretty flipping good! 😉😁

[@YanMarkson]

I see what you did there! Thanks Joshua. ;)

[@gabrielhortilio3848]

Great act! That’s the first peace that got me engaged from beginning to end without being boring or too old fashioned! Love your personality! Really good stuff!! Love from Brasil!!

[@YanMarkson]

Thank you Gabriel for the very kind words. I am very glad to hear your enjoyed that. You made my day with you nice comment :) Have a wonderful week! - Yan

[@abyssalspecter93]

This one is underrated. Super funny. Great job!

[@yloko77]

Maaaaaan you deserve more views, what an amazing routine

[@YanMarkson]

Thanks Yago! you just gave it another one I guess... Haha :) Glad you enjoyed it.

[@FordPrefict42]

Everything old is new again. I saw David Copperfield perform the banana in the handbag with audio instructions about 30 years ago. It is a great compliment to say that you did that trick far more comically.

[@YanMarkson]

Yes, his routine is great, and since him there have been several good interpretations. I love this routine and it was a pleasure to create my own version. Glad you liked it!

[@Nico12420]

Even if you didn't fool them, it was an enjoyable magic! I hope you try again to fool them!

[@YanMarkson]

Thanks Nico :)

[@georgesagui7344]

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[@narayanjeev]

Amazing act. Made me laugh so much.

[@YanMarkson]

Thank you Narayan! I'm glad to hear that. Made my day :)

[@Raybets]

The flip was the best part ! Never seen before on Fool Us.

[@YanMarkson]

Thanks Ray. :) Glad I didn't slip on the banana LOL

[@o0o-jd-o0o95]

this was a great performance . very well done

[@JohnMeacham]

Were the bits falling at 6:30 a blunder? If so you handled it well.

[@YanMarkson]

LOL... Yes ... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@williamalexander7481]

I loved it so much

[@tzuyd]

Easily one of the funniest performances on this show ever.

[@rene0]

wow and after laughing my donkey off he makes that backflip... dude's amazing

[@YanMarkson]

LOL Glad I made you laugh your donkey off :) This is what it's all about. Happy Holidays

[@ktskeleton6378]

You are incredibly funny! Keep it up man!

[@spornge]

I do not know magic, but this made me laugh so much. I think what Penn and Teller enjoyed is like there stage show , its not really about the magic.

[@YanMarkson]

Thank you :) I really appreciate the comment, glad you enjoyed it. :)

[@deadstar21]

amazing! perfect performance!

[@rudragarge4108]

The banana vanish was soo exciting, I didn't know if it was gonna vanish or would it be some kind of a joke 😂

[@pandora8830]

I'am from Romania :) u have a good show at iUmor

[@sharpo]

Super fun!

[@TYR77]

So funny! Was great dude!

[@Nas-hf7tv]

nice and hes from toronto, represent!

[@YanMarkson]

Yup :) What's up fellow Torontonian!

[@Nas-hf7tv]

@@YanMarkson not much brotha, just wanted to let you know I really enjoyed this and I'm happy that u represented us all from tdot! All that energy and positive vibes comes right through the screen man, keep doing what Ure doing. Much love and respect always!

[@YanMarkson]

@@Nas-hf7tv Thanks for the kind words!

[@hbkrishnan]

Super entertaining!! One of the best non-fooler act!!

[@MrMLnG]

Does anyone know the song that plays from 5:19 onwards? I've been searching for years

[@HeatherSpoonheim]

I've seen this routine, more or less, performed by a Swedish guy using 'magic instruction' cassette tapes he had ordered from a magazine. Anyway, great implementation of it, using the app, and nice how you brought the first trick back in at the end - no idea how that part worked at all.

[@richardmahn7589]

Yeah, I too seen other versions of this but with a banana suppose to be a bandana.

[@YanMarkson]

Thanks Heather! It's a famous routine performed by many magicians throughout history. Glad you liked the small addition.

[@elsidsadiku2091]

Great performance. Very very funny to watch.

[@YanMarkson]

Thanks Elsid :) Happy New Year!

[@oksanas8950]

Yan! It is nice! Thanks for show!

[@keithnaylor1981]

Just a lovely amusing act! Alyson looks stunning, far better then her 2021 blue outfit and her straight laser cut hair!

[@kkgt6591]

Awesome, entertaining.

[@YanMarkson]

Thank you :) Glad you liked it.

[@wildae.]

the best performance i have ever seen. I was laughing so hard during the whole routine

[@YanMarkson]

Thank you for the kind words :) I'm glad you enjoyed my performance. Have an awesome week @wildae

[@davehugstrees]

Great routine. I wonder what he would have done if Alyson said she was thinking of Egypt. That would have been the best trick of all. ;)

[@YanMarkson]

Then I would be the one that's fooled :)

[@geraldspencer8112]

Awe man! I so wanted to see Penn try a back flip. 😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣

[@YanMarkson]

LOL I wouldn't be surprised about anything these 2 can do. :)

[@wanderingjew26]

I loved Moscow circus 🎪

[@TorQueMoD]

Uuuhh... Does the video catch up to the audio at some point? Cause the title on the screen right now is Riccardo Berdini. lol - So weird. It's glitched watching in Chrome but worked fine in Edge. Amazing trick, loved the humor. Well done :)

[@YanMarkson]

Yea it's strange. But looks like KZbin "Magicially" fixed it. :)

[@jintarokensei3308]

4:25 bro that face was priceless

[@lrissunflower]

My favorite part was when France was revealed on the bandana, also the backflip 😆

[@himanshusoni528]

Smooth like Sweded (Suede!)

[@YanMarkson]

LOL yes. have you not heard of Sweded? Very small country just underneath flat earth :p

[@user-nz2js5yg5t]

Still wondering how he did it :)

[@Meinstein]

I would like to see this same act done by tape face. The expressions are priceless!

[@AlphaAchilles]

I think…unless you created the entire trick yourself you have no chance in fooling penn and teller. They know all the classics therefore trying to fool them with one is not going to happen.

[@jinson7444]

I miss Allyson 😢❤

[@DuceJaeger]

I was waiting for him to slip on the banana 😂

[@theinternet6313]

what is wrong with this video and why is no one talking about it? The audio is all out of sync

[@YanMarkson]

Hey - yea... so for some reason I noticed on desktop it plays the right audio, but the wrong video (This is a KZbin bug) ... if you watch this same video on mobile it works... very strange... wish they fixed this bug.

[@madavmessi7947]

oh my god when did penn reveal the trick to the magician????!!!!!

[@YanMarkson]

Hi Madav. Penn and Teller are brilliant magicians. Penn sent me a clear message that he knew what was going on in a clever way. ;)

[@ThePratech]

Nice trick but too much of dragging

[@fp30e]

I lost Interest

[@YanMarkson]

LOL interested enough to comment though :)

[@conorbaird9409]

I don’t know what the etiquette is with magicians, but as a layman this feels like a complete rip off.

[@YanMarkson]

OK no problem. I will send you a refund for all that money you paid. perhaps you will finally be able to afford moving out of your mom's basement.

[@conorbaird9409]

@@YanMarkson You went on national TV and didn’t expect a little criticism?Am I wrong? I saw Carl Einar Hacker do this exact trick years ago.