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Dude put all his points in charisma and dexterity
yes
Ha!! Well put!
Well, after maxed those two out, he min-out the others and put all the excess points in intelligence I believe.
@@TEMUCHINYONGA you might need a few more points into Intelligence my friend.
He is obviously playing 3.5 and unloaded mass amount of feats.
i lost my shit when he said "the cups are identical - especially this one" but the crowd was just...
You’d be surprised how many people aren’t the fastest thinkers lol
“And this one is twice as identical” that got me lol
@@quewhyes7605 its funny on another level. it's a G rated joke, too. not pg 13 or PG its rated G across all generations and its witty. I can't praise the dude enough but i'll stop before i seem obsessed.
@@ioiwut4874 While I agree it crosses generations, I doubt everyone will get the Animal Farm by George Orwell reference.
@@kahls7306 i just meant that it has humor that any age can appreciate without being offended. obviously an one year old won't get any of the jokes and some 130yr old ptsd war vet might think its all voodoo. Just being practical ;)
Doing the trick is one thing, but his showmanship and dry humour is another. Loved it.
It reminds me a lot of watching Penn Jillette do his thing.
Very underrated. I would have been the outlier in the crowd crying laughing when it was quiet.
Both of which are amazing in their own rights!
Same.
Doesn't take much for you huh?
As someone who used to mentor people in public speaking, I would often tell them to watch magicians. The ability to build rapport with an audience who is inherently trying to “catch you” lying to them is an excellent skill to learn, and this is a great example of doing it well.
that's a very interesting method
@@amirfarahbakhsh2960 thanks. I have always believed that public speaking should be fun and people put way too much pressure on themselves, so finding fun and interesting examples, rather than just “here’s 5 good speeches, figure out why” was really important to me.
magicians are not lying there simply creating theatre the same way you create a movie
@@garyp4374 i didn't know making a movie was simple
@@amirfarahbakhsh2960 you are putting words into my mouth because you don't understand what I have said. At what point did I say it was simple ?
I'm unimpressed, considering I have an ex-wife that made my entire house disappear.
bruh im dead
😂😂 Sorry for your house .but you really made me laugh this morning.
Wait what how?
Nima Gurung just like that , just like you know how. You know.
My ex wife was a house keeper. We got a divorce..... she kept the house.
Plot Twist. All illusionists are actually trained magicians just making it look like slight of hand so no one digs deeper.
Ministry of magic muggle conspiration
*sleight
Shhhhh, don’t give away too much
@@ABEditzHD Go away.
@@jackdaw7792 Bro my brother broke it , my mum said that my ps4 would be repaired if i could reach 1000 subs , ihave only played once in it , plse help me dude
His witty commentary is really impressive, and he's barely putting much thought into performing this trick.
Really early this time
He’s here!
I wanna know how he does it 🥺
pffft, i was here way before you were. let's go
Have you ever considered growing a moustache just to shake things up a bit?
If you keep going back and watching frame by frame you can eventually tell how he did it and it just makes it so much more impressive, the dexterity is unbelievable
yeah I found the part where the orange goes in the cup and it was so fast it almost looked fake around the 4 minute mark
if you watch frame by frame, you can see exactly how this act is only possible through prankery. its fake. why else you think they cant do anything in one take? it has to keep switching camera to camera, because its fake.
@@sollitdude1 it's not fake. if you want an explanation, i'll put it in the read more. He has 3 foosballs and fakes putting the ball in between his hands, and while he takes them off the table he can refill the cups. When he tips the cups to nudge the ball off of the cup, he also loads the cups. It's very impressive dexterity
@@sollitdude1 dude you can literally see him pulling oranges out of his pocket and putting them in the cups, it's not that absurd
@@chib4528 I thought 4 foosballs
He's a magician *and* a comedian. They should be paying him twice as much
Instead they pay him half :
But he's laughing all the way to the bank
ohh lol mock it bro
whats 0 x 2 hahah
comedy magic? That's like pulling Bugs Bunny out of a hat!
Anytime the audience didn't clap when something impressive happened, I'm pretty sure they were like me, just staring at the cups, the table, his hands, trying to make some sense of anything that was happening.
So when he lifts the cup to toss off the balls thats when it happens it happens way before u actually are expecting the "trick" to come pay attention when hes "setting" up the new trick
I saw the first ball on the first one getting handed to his other hand then into the cup but not the second ball
i have no fucking idea what the guys above me are talking about or any idea of what the fuck is going on in this wizardy.
@@axtra9561 Payin attention to the hands can help on finding out about magic tricks
@@sum1283 then where the fuck did an orange come from
When he puts the first orange under the cup you can see it, but he is amazing at that transition. He moved the cup to his hand and put the orange in it in a single motion, allowing him to use his other hand to attract the audience's attention. It's hard to imagine being that smooth and precise while looking so casual.
You can see the 2nd one as well, but not the 3rd one because they switched to a different camera angle.
Impressive eye you have! Bravo!
Everyone knows how this trick is done by now, unless they're completely new to magic acts. Penn and Teller did it with clear plastic cups so you can see how it works. The joy is in watching a master perform it. It's like classical music. You know what it sounds like, but listening to it performed well is still very satisfying.
lol i still cant figure out how they did it
@@philthehexagon2989 Sleights of hand, alot of fake movement to trick the eyes. Also misdirection.
It’s a rare trick. Knowing how it’s done makes it even more amazing
He holds the wand to hide that he's palming extra balls, and any time his hand is near his pocket, he's doing the opposite of what he's representing. Performing the trick without the gimmick being spotted is a true artform
“This ball reappears here. That ball re appears here. They switch places” I lost it 😂
Yeah the crowd really liked that one, but none of the actual sleight of hand moves
@@cooltrainerchris3250 uh what the crowd loved the sleight of hand ones. this one was so funny because he did the other moves imo.
I liked "Choose a cup!" Cup A? Great, it disappears from A and appears in B. Very subtle joke.
Word
@@cooltrainerchris3250 neh, they liked em, he's just not great on the delivery so he has to point out ''now this bit is done, you may clap'' he knows his weakness and found a way to work with it, and make it a great part of the comedy. his whole attidude\way off speaking would would normally putt people off, but he presents it as an ''act'' while showing that's just the way he is and can't do much about it
The people aren't clapping at the right times because they are genuinely listening and they don't want to miss anything. Those sincere moments of silence are even more valuable than applause. What an amazing performance.
And he knows. That's why his comments around it are part of the act.
B K I can’t speak for anyone but myself but if I was there I wouldn’t have applauded either. Not to be rude or nothing but because I was genuinely so interested I would’ve just missed the timing lol.
That, or they're drunk and have a hard time following. Depends on if this is from his own show or if he's doing a corporate gig. Most magicians and stand-up comedians will have stories about doing gigs in front of conference attendees who are already several hours into their day-drinking.
He has them so distracted they don't even notice when he does the trick.
xXRed_Flamingo Xx the hell are you saying that to me for? I haven’t responded to you ya donut.
This guy is really, really good. And he employs the audience in his dialogue to them. Great show. Vegas, here he comes.
07.08.2013 xD you kinda late
The guy is sooooo captivating the audience forgot to clap. I've never seen anyone like him before.
You gotta love when the magician is smiling like this guy is. you know they're enjoying themselves, and that lends itself to a happy audience, too.
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He's got something worth far more than the gimmicky tricks: humor and wit.
While I fully agree with your assessment of his humor and wit... I must point out that there are no "gimmicks" being used in this act. The magic here is pure slight of hand. Years of practice went into perfecting his craft, and it shows. Using the word gimmick belittles that accomplishment.
It's probably not improv but the script is damn well written
Mamm are you a nurse?
Well he use that for misdirection...thats a part of the trick
The humour is there to compliment the tricks, which are themselves pretty cool sleight of hand.
Even watching this guy at a quarter of normal speed, I still can't directly see him doing things, I only see small movements which I assume to be when the changes happen. Jesus this guy is insanely good. Also him talking about not trying to sound condescending while slowed way down is funnier than it should be.
you can press , or . (< or >) to frame-by-frame on youtube. you can see him loading all the fruit, but the balls were pretty slick. definitely had to go back to see it for sure though. camera fucked up on the last one, but you can tell when he does it when he pulls the cup to the side.
I was able to see his slide of hand at the beginning. Like, the first 1 or 2 slides. But after that, he still managed to lose me. Slide of hand is always a pleasure to watch!
he puts the orange in at 4:04 right when everyone is looking at the two balls
@@davecrupel2817 Bone apple teeth! Its Slight of Hand. Not slide of hand.
@@plutonicattic7995 *sleight
I watch this every now and again as it's one of my favourite routines and it's one of my favourite magic tricks! A classic performed beautifully. The audience could've woken up a bit more but that makes the showmanship what it is 👌
A comedian and a magician. Most magicians throw in a little comedy, but this guy masters is well.
The Amazing Johnathon is my favorite at this
Fat people are funny even when they're just stood there.
@@hennersss but not you, though
@@mortache no, not me.
Best ones do dont they.
This is what George R. R. Martin is doing while everybody's asking him to finish that book
You beat me to it by one day... take my upvote!
NINE YEARS!!!
This answers everything.
Hardest I ever laughed from KZhead comment. Thank you
That would hilarious if that were true.
I'm coming back to this every now and then, and it's still amazing. Perfect combination of comedy and sleight of hand.
I had to slow it down this guy is incredible! 1:47 guys head is covering him putting a ball beneath 1:53 he puts that ball from the first cup inside the second cup 2:50 takes the ball from left cup (in hand) and places the ball he's been holding in his right underneath with the ball (always has a ball in the second hand) 3:06 so smooth with the ball drop between the cups 3:18 he has a ball in his right hand still (notice his 2 smaller fingers gripping) 3:21 the ball in his hand goes in the cup 3:30 ball in right hand goes beneath cup 3:45 lemon placed inside (taking too long slowing it down)
With the bit at 2:50 he just asks her to pick a cup. He doesn't say what's going to happen first. She picks A and he says, "It's gone from A and both are in B" she could have picked B and he could have responded the same way. "It's gone from A and both are in B"
He’s a great entertainer, people get caught up in the trying to find every trick he does and that shouldn’t matter. It’s about being entertained by the act. The witty jokes and interaction with the crowd, that’s what this is about. Have a good time and just enjoy the show.
What he said.
His personality is bigger than his tricks and (for me) these tricks are pretty great. Great rhythm and basically jokes after every step. You can see his experience and how crafted, but still natural this feels.
I mean...it's also about the tricks, though.
He's basically a stand up comedian with a bit of magic. It's a great act though
Cringe
"how mamy people saw me put the orange into the cup?" Everyone: "that's a lemon" My brain: "yes"
i saw the first few times with the little balls, but i got lost
By luck I spotted the orange going into the cup when he turns away a bit .. went back to check and if you pause just right at 4:04 you get a glimpse of the orange. Confess failed to see the small balls though and loved the banter. (y)
@@avacee immediately after showing the orange he puts another orange inside cup a as your minds like 'wtf'
@@avacee OH SHIT! there it is!!!
I found all three of the fruits when he put them in the cups
I've seen this thumbnail for years but never clicked on it. Today I gave it a shot, and was shocked to find out the magician WASN'T Penn. Real trip.
Close-up magic and comedy are so well paired - the greatest of all magicians will always incorporate both elements. I know I'm being fooled, but for me it's a form of entertainment that NEVER gets old.
This guy is not a magician he's a stand up comic lmao. This is hilarious.
Labels don't matter much. He does both.
PickyMcCritical you deserve the name you picked. You're implying yourself that I gave him labels when it was clearly just a way to compliment him.
Sleight*
I don't think this guy could fast if he wanted to.
He's a stand up comicgician
VERY impresssive. The "they're identical, especially this one" joke in an of itself would have been enough comedy for the show, but the whole thing peppered with great gags and really impressive feats of stage magic. Well done, Chris Hannibal!!
The reaction to that brilliant joke was flat as hell, this audience were a little dry.
@@UltimaPowers thats condescending lol
@@gyurmethlodroe1774 No it isn't, you clearly don't know what condescending means. Now THAT'S condescending.
@@UltimaPowers You googled for the meaning of the word "condescending"? Thats what I call condescending😆
@@gyurmethlodroe1774 Again, no it isn't and I didn't need to google it because I know what it means; you're the one having difficulty correctly diagnosing what is and isn't 'condescending'. I suggest you google that and also the word 'impropriety'.
His cadence and how he uses his speech along with hand getures to distract the audience from the sleights is always incredible, no mstter how many times I see this!
Why are we watching this 9 years later
@@waderomonosky6706 because it's poetry in motion, my friend.
this video has been recommended to me for five years and i finally gave in. i was not disappointed.
This guy's so good I honestly stopped trying to catch him and figured 'of course he can do it, he's magic'.
There's a difference between catching and following. Most magicians can follow the routine while few could catch him doing it.
Everytime he addresses the cup with his hands is when he palms or adds balls. I have a feeling depending on your spot in the audience you would be able to see a flash of it, but I had to re-watch it to see the "magic". Very entertaining
@@hansolo631 Magic like this really isn't meant to be rewatched and slowed down. If they got you at full speed, the first time you view it, then they got you.
@@hansolo631 how do you palm an orange
@@rjrmonkey Yeah, but where is the fun, if you don't know how it works? It's like a movie with the ending.
The lack of applause is his fault for being so damn funny that people dont want to miss something he says!
Also amazement.
hes suffering from success
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I know, right? =D They're like deer in the headlights. Same as my own reaction to this.
@@Vitaliuz he also speaks as if the trick hasn't started, he's still explaining the premise, we're waiting for the show to start only to find it's left without us, and without our applause.
Fabulous. I couldn't bring myself to go through this frame by frame, as I just want to savour his skill of diversion and dry humour.
What’s insane is just how obvious and easy to see what the tricks are and when he does them but how insanely good he is at little misdirection. I didnt catch basically anything my first watch but went back through and specifically watched a single cup and every time his hand interacted with it and you could pretty much see him moving the balls but it took a whole second watch with high focus to catch.
2020 YT algorithm: Today I've decided the mortals must watch this.
same, can relate
Yea, I’ve never watched anything like this on KZhead 🤷♂️😂
"Hey guys, watch this. I bet I can get this video 1,000,000 extra views every day for a week".
yea.
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As a magician I can tell you that the one thing I can't explain how he did is the trick at 2:36.
He did nothing; The balls didn't switch, he just said that they did, bringing up the irony that even if he did switched them, the audience wouldn't know because they are identical
that's also why after that he said "Seriously you're gonna cheer about that one?"
@@landro3552 no way............
@@landro3552 wow you really missed the joke here chief
@@riverefurd853 ahahah i get it now
I come back to this video from time to time. Thank you KZhead for recommending this yet again.
it's great the way he uses humour to distract the audience from when he's making switches. often his humour is very witty and delivered in a dry way. so the audience takes a moment to realise what he just said and that's when he's making switches
These sort of tricks, including cards from nowhere and such, where there is likely not a gimmicked prop just pure sleight of hand skill, are my favorites. It is like watching a juggler or pianist, where you end up looking at your own hands and wonder just how much practice the performer put in to be able to move the way they do. Endlessly Fascinating and Absolutely Impressive!
Great comment. I share this same feeling and awe
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Saw a guy in Las Vegas juggling ping pong balls with his mouth. Like six at a time. Leaned his head back and...Poo Poo Poo Poo Poo Poo Poo.........I imagine that took practice.
Have you ever seen Teller do their version where he does it, then does it with clear cups? Even seeing what's going on at all times, it's amazing.
@@Tasarran Oh yeah, that is an amazing routine and demonstration of the true skill magicians possess. Here is a version: kzhead.info/sun/a9OsgsV-i6ade6c/bejne.html
This is the kind of magician I appreciate, that makes his craft a form of fun entertainment, and not so much a way to try to impress people. The serious kind of magicians are boring af.
Magician comedians are old hat now, but man are they so much better than douches like Criss Angel.
That's why I appreciated Penn and Teller so much when I was growing up. This guy is a blast to watch!
It helps a lot with misdirecting people's attention
yeah, like the ones where they're trapped in a dangerous box and they have to escape... like sure, impressive, but we all know that's a specially crafted gadget that allows the person inside to escape.
Its only magic because of the time delay between when he puts the balls/organes under and the reveal. The audience feels like theyve watched the cup the whole time, but the trick was set up right away 3:46, 4:04, 4:34 are when he puts the fruits under, last one a camera angle ruins it, meaning he was prolly slow that time
After watching the video countless times I know exactly how he is doing everything he does. But it does not matter at all, his delivery is amazing. Every time I watch it I'm smiling from ear to ear and I am always amazed at how easy he makes it look. Amazing performance!
Watch it a couple times, when you start to spot what he's doing with his hands while he's casually bantering with the audience, you truly start to appreciate his act.
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
"What color?" "Black-and-white" "Wrong, the color is LEMON"
I know exactly when he puts the orange/lemon in the cup but I can't see him do it.
The color is 🥴
@Sonicbro2000 this is potato certified
I swear I've seen you on that one MSG website
@@rachaelstanley7986 Look closer- 3:46 and 4:04. Get a little better glimpse on the second one.
This dude is funny, like actual humor holy shit
This is what you'd call wit
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@sambit kanjilal I understand
I hate the traditional magician way of acting, but this guy was legit funny.
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He deserves way more credit!
a magician who is genuinely funny is always great to watch
This guy is class, a Showman, Magician and a Comedian all rolled into one. Total respect. 🙏😎👍
I thought that said "showman, magician and a Canadian"
hes the size of a Showman, Magician and a Comedian all rolled into one.
I miss you Bruce.
You mean he's kind of like a cup with 3 people inside of it?
He is an an incredible magician but I was even more impressed by his calm charismatic performance even while the audience reactions to his jokes and the tricks were quite underwhelming or non existent. Played it off with so much quick thinking and wit that it still managed to be such a smooth, funny performance. Guy is a master performer.
They weren‘t underwhelming at all
And it wasnt quick thinking, whole thing is planned through.
@@TheRafaelBond liar, the audience was awful
And IM a master debater 😏
Did you english teacher tell you to write a paragraph on this video or something?
I must have watched it 20 times now, still can't get enough of it.
It's great fun to try to figure out what he's doing. Once you realize that, like coin tricks, he never actually passes the ball from hand to hand and there are more than 2 balls, it becomes a game of tracking where they all are. Even when you've figured it out, he does this routine so flawlessly and confidently that you can be amazed at the skill of the performance itself.
Very well done. No matter how many times you seen this, it is always a treat to see it done well. Big smiles.
Good sleight of hand is always a treat. Even when you know exactly how it's done. It's the execution and fluidity of it all that captivates.
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@@bbbbbbb51 3:42 loads lemon. 4:05 loads orange. 4:32 loads orange. Rest of his life: loads cake and pies!
@@bbbbbbb51 If you read my comment below, I exposed the time stamps where he makes the final loads.
@@sweetzpierce2904 what is the point of this comment?
"no.. wait.. save your applause for later." 😂
well he was´t lying, because he was telling the truth!
Man, this guy is great! Great sleight of hand and great jokes!!
Love the smooth way Chris performs and the humour he weaves into his performances. A nice light bit of entertainment in an increasingly dark and dreary world...
I feel like the audience didn’t understand the gold they were getting.
I don’t understand either but I will keep smiling because it’s cool
Sai Kisaragi at least you’re honest
THEY DID NOT RECEIVE ANY GOLD YOU IDIOT. DID YOU SEE HIM MAKE ANY GOLD APPEAR AND HAND IT TO THEM? STUPID FUCK
@Flippy Flip I really hope he is just trying to get attention and not actually that stupid
@@TJNightTrain a little harsh for a joke reply arent you?
Plot twist: He's not really fat. Those are all the fruits he's hiding inside a fat suit to later reveal under the cups.
Sort of the plot twist of "The Prestige" actually.
Or the plot itself.
I'm imaging this guy walking around pulling fruit from random people's cups
@@Stogie1 - I've pulled some lovely fruit out of cups
LMAOOOO
Maybe the best C&B routine on the planet. Bravo!
Even without the tricks this guy is hilarious 🤣
Not just trick of the hand, he talks you into trying to understand what he's doing, which robs you of your attention.
He's also lying, the trick is that there is more than 2 balls, and he'll tactically wave his hands and swap between the pockets so you cant tell when he's putting the balls in. Its very obvious when you watch his hands as they move to the pockets and keep track in your head of where the balls would have to be, although he's far too good to spot anything but the oranges. And yes, he's always actually removing the ball, by saying he's not actually picking the ball up, you get confused and think he's not. Going frame by frame shows he totally is.
@@fearedjames Figured out as well that there was more than 2 balls. Tough his trickery is hard to see at all even when you do pay attention.
@@magnusm4 An important note is that while most of these teleporting object tricks are the same idea (use skillful hand movements to hide when you hold objects), not all of them require extra items. Coin matrix for example can usually be done without extra coins. Generally, the less you have to grab from pockets, the less obvious the trick, so reducing the number of items to the barest minimum is always a good idea.
The "Patter" is 50% of the act.
@@fearedjames Its standard slight of hand he doesn't do anything new it really is the second oldest trick in the book. Penn and Teller's ball and cup are a great way to really appreciate what's actually going on here if you don't mind the trick being spoiled. Watching what it takes to do the ball and cup is way more impressive than the trick itself.
It's not the tricks that impress, because we know they're tricks. it's the showmanship, the charisma, and the clever misdirection. And the speed of which he marries all those together so well so the Audience isn't sure where they should look to try and peek behind the trick. Bravo, i thought i was looking very carefully and i was still swept in and caught off guard at almost every turn. Best part was using the breakdown of the trick itself to mask the setup for the next part. You're a class act Mr Hannibal, much enjoyed.
Tessa Jalloh he’s got a real charm that puts you in a good mood for the whole show
Yeah, his patter is great. And he seems to enjoy himself and that gives a nice vibe
You sound infatuated. Lol no! JK... You hit it square
It also helps conseal a trick by cam position switching.. 🤓
He has stolen the act almost note for note...from Gazzo Macee
I'm convinced this guy is an actual wizard and just likes messing with mortals.
This video has plagued my recomended for 5 years. No matter how many times I watch it. No matter how many accounts I switch to. It always. Comes. Back.
There was an amazing magician in Seattle named Cliff Gustafson who performed for customers at a bar I worked at. He was in his seventies. He would often do this exact routine here except he would sort of slip up just a tiny bit, on purpose. I remember the first time I saw it. A friend and I gave each other a look like, "aww, he's getting old", but then when he asked you which cup the ball was in and you "knew already" because you saw the slip, he'd pick it up and instead a tallboy of PBR would be there! I watched him do it again for another table and repeat the fake slip up. He was using his age to really get us! RIP.
I've seen that in street three card monte. The dealer "accidentally" bends the corner of a card. A plant in the audience says to a mark "look, he bent the queen" or whatever. Then every time the dealer shuffles, the marked card is in fact the queen, until the mark is convinced and bets. then the marked card mysteriously changes to something else. VERY smooth and another deliberate mistake.
"Never underestimate an old man in a young mans profession"
Carl Ballantine made a successful career of he slip-up. Then at the reveal he would show you something completely unexpected, but still magical.
Old age and treachery overcome youth and skill.
Never underestimate your elders kids
Be grateful this man is not an assassin. He could murder right in front of you and you'd never see it...
-Look at the celling... Now look at your chest, boom you have a knife in it. Didn't notice did you?
@@zaer-ezart lol
I'd be rewatching the video for hours trying to see how I was murdered.
How you gonna see yourself getting murdered
@@danielramos6466 that's the joke...
This video is a classic and must be returned to every once in a while
Well done man! This is a great example of how 75% of a magic show is the personality of the magician.
OKAY KZhead I'LL WATCH IT
renevank Saaaaaaame here.
And it was worth it, right?
meh
Begging for views like he was begging for applause.
sir you just got 666 likes :o
Great entertainer!
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Well if it isn't my old scooter hero...
This is one performance I've seen a ton of times and I still enjoy it. Hannibal completely aces this. The "show of hands, how many of you saw me put the orange under the cup?" is such a killer finish.
Had to re-watch parts of it like 3 times, wow his banter and conditioning the audience to get accustomed to his body movements is really really fantastic. Great slight of hand magic is so cool to see!
Just imagine this bloke back in the 1850's wild west,,,, he'd make a million.
. . . and sell a couple bottles of Dr. Good
@@anonymousanonymous9311 your thinking of the 1600s lol
@@metathetrashcan365 second Salem witch trial - 1878, last witch trial in the USA - 1918 (source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witchcraft_trial_(1878) )
5pq then provide a better one smartass
@@Blackberet122 the Salem witch trials burned zero witches, it was mostly imprisoning them then them dieing due to the horrid conditions
This is what I call a performance. Great charisma and banter with great slight of hand.
lash22 amazing how many people do not know that it spelled sleight :D im not trying to be rude but a LOT of people write all kinds of things but not sleight haha
that's wat makes the really good magicians stand out......anybody can research how to do these tricks, or just slow the video down to see how they are done,,,but its the charisma and fun or comedy they bring to a trick that makes them special.
the charisma is part of the trick. you are charmed and look is eyes, or the cups, but not his hands (or his pockets).
Loved it. Brilliant
Superb routine - Seemingly effortless sleights worked into a solid piece of street theatre.
i pause and rewind and i see his trick but in doing so he's already doing a trick within the trick which leaves me FOOLED!!!!
Yeah! I was trying to rewind too to see how he was doing stuff, but I was getting so lost in all his movements
@@applefoodie that's the thing with this trick, there is so much going on (some of it purposely obviously )that something is going to slip past you at some point
"i saw that lemon... BUT WHEN THE FUCK DID HE PUT AN ORANGE THERE???"
@@IskeletuBr 4:02
@@IskeletuBr camera angle switched during the lemon reveal, that's when, but i assume it would have been clean without the camera cut aswell
When you know how cups and balls is done, you'd think that moments like constantly taking the balls out from the cups again and again super fast would become lame, but instead it just shows how powerful this guy's sleight of hand is. True craftsmanship, good work!
The great thing about good magic, especially sleight of hand, is that it's just as enjoyable if not more when you know how it's done.
I would recommend you to watch Paul Gertner´s appearance on Fool Us. Also cups and balls but on a different level.
That's the beauty of the balls and cups: it really is only one trick, repeated again and again and again in the same way, but you pretend like it's something different, and the way you do the same thing again but faster is super impressive all the same
The point is the amount of time that passes until he actually reveals the lemon / orange. He put them in way earlier ^^. The lemon actually almost a minute earlier. Since the lemon is really under the cup he can only do that when we actually lifted the cup the last time. Thanks to YT you can rewind and get that spot. That's why recorded performances loose alot of it's magic. Because when watching the live performance the time that passes is important. At the time he reveals the lemon you can't even remember when he lifted the cup the last time. The core of most magic tricks is that the important stuff happens at the least interesting places ^^.
Andrew Trout I like the guy,but I saw everything he done!
Great trick, great routine... I always pop back here when I need a smile and have the blues with MS
He’s really really good and also absolutely hilarious!
I'm having a hard time deciding what is quicker, his hands or his wit. This guy is really entertaining.
The wit lines are probably rehearsed. People are very predictable. Nobody cheers when stunned and blindsided by the trick, their brain is too busy saying WTF? Which distracts us and allows them to do even more tricks on our brain. lol.
His misdirection is flawless. The audience was stunned, and so was I.
X .25 speed my freind
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of; you wouldn't get this from any other guy
@@qwertyb18 The guy is good but god! The fucking misdirection of the cameraman zooming in n out I fucking hate it
@@chingatu6644 I just wanna tell you what I'm feeling
@Ry Guy We know that dude. We don't actually think this is "real magic"
Love it! Thank you so much!
Great show. Wonderful skit.
This man is a legend. The audience didn't even have a chance to appreciate half of what he did. Amazing
I know, I loved that the audience never clapped in the right places because their trying to figure out what the hell they just witnessed.
I too wouldn't have clapped, not because he's not impressive, but bc my mind is still racing trying to figure out how the heck he just did what he did
@@noelr1010 same for sure lol
Agree, not clapping is the most appreciation they could give, because everybody's just 100% at awe.
kzhead.info/sun/Z6tvlZiMmHyunoE/bejne.html absolutely this,.
An old trick, maybe, but he does it just so well. This was a really excellent balls and cups routine.
no, is quit rly bad
If his act was to do cheap magic really really well to make it look really really bad, then yes it worked, but I am not well versed in Sleight of hand, yet i saw him put both oranges in.
i doubt it you would have seen it whitout youtube, sitting in the audiance ;) with all voices, and distractions, i also seen the balls, fruits getting loaded if i rewind to the part where he messes just a little to much witht them
Dude once you know what this is about you always see the performer put things in and out of the cups. Doesnt make it any worse. Great performance.
i doubt that, im not saying he did a bad job, it was a great performance indeed. but a good magican/trickster will not make it visible for you to see where excatly he puts what. especially not with the speed they tend to have with these things
I love how casual the whole experience is, it's genuine disinterest that I find amusing.
INSANE delivery. Lover everything about it!
"cup A or cup B" Someone in audience: _oh..._ "O is not a cup"
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Did you notice how he didn't say what the trick was going to be until after the cup was chosen. I bet if the lady picked cup B he would have said "Just like you asked I put both balls in cup B" and then done his reveal.
@@varedna damn u smart...
i love how well this matches your profile picture.
@@varedna It's just a lot let impressive when you do it and everyone already knows where the balls are.
“In show business, it’s the singer, not the song and you’re the best damn singer I’ve ever seen.”
Magic and comedy is a match made in heaven.
Brilliant, Chris!
3:46 - pure brilliance. Intentionally fumbles while telling you about the ILLUSION of him picking up the ball. Visibly tosses the ball to his off hand several times while continuing to tell you he isn't picking the ball up. He is building a narrative that the balls basically always stay in place while blatantly showing you that isn't the case. The fast pace throws off the audience members who have started to see the trick for a little too long and are starting to watch for the loads. Just so so impressive. Well done.
except he makes the load extremely obvious every single time. He still has a lot of sleight of hand work to do to make it less obvious when he is holding a ball in his hand and also when he is passing the ball under the closing cup. He even grabs both cups a few times, holding one cup with all his fingers, but only holding the other cup with 3 fingers because he is still holding the ball in that hand, and it breaks the illusion hard.
@@christianw6819 Yeah agree. It's a great "performance", but the skill is not quite there. What's with the belt loaded with pockets? He's not even TRYING to hide the sleight of hand which is what makes the trick.
@@christianw6819 Yes, very slightly sloppy, but only because we know what we're looking for to be critical. The handling of the balls is otherwise quite good , and the things you pointed out could just be a matter of too much repetition and falling into habit, together with stressing a quick pace. It might benefit by experimenting with slowing down just a bit and an exercise in just how dead slow it can successfully be done before ratcheting it up again. The apron in this case just draws your eye to some of the rather blatant action particularly with the fruit. If he lost any weight I don't think he'd have been able to pull it off at all. That said, this is just one performance, and he obviously has all the elements there. It could even be said some of the exaggerated manner you mentioned that gives things away is rather instructional in terms of a video. What can I say He achieves one important thing, at least for me. You want to see him succeed.
To me it looked like the “sloppiness” and the obvious sleigh of hand is part of the “trick”. Making the audience think they know the trick, and he is telling you the “trick” so that as they keep watching it to prove to themselves that they see it, they completely ignore the oranges
Christian W what haha, the biggest illusion and hardest part of this trick was the fruit in the cups and he did it well
I've seen this trick done a couple of times now and I'm still baffled. Also, the guys showmanship is great.
Yeah even if I know what to look for, all but one tiny moment are smooth even under frame-scrubbing scrutiny, so at least to my untrained eye and sensibility it seems really, really clean. It's helped by how well he responds off the cuff even though every aspect of it has to be planned.
He has a 3rd ball. So at all times he has one in his desired hand, ready to load into the cup as he places it down. Incredibly smooth sleight of hand.
It's the giant pockets he has in front
@@vincentjohnflorio you gain a deeper appreciation for it once you see where he's loading the cups and how important his hand placement is. It's just as cool if you know how it's done, and twice as cool if you can't catch the movements the first time.
Baffled? He did well, but you can actually see both the lemon (3:45) and the first orange (4:04) as he's putting them in the cups. You can figure out the others by going back and fourth, but these tricks are designed for live audiences, not re-playable video recordings. You are right that his showmanship is great.
My favorite magic trick.
The presentation reminds me so much of the Amazing Johnathan. Very well done!
I went to high school with him. haven't seen him since HS. Good going Chris.
Isn't it fun to suddenly see someone from long ago now doing what they love on KZhead?
@@paulborneo7535 Yeah it is. We were in a play called The Importance of Being Earnest our senior year. i was Algernon and he was Jack. We are friends on facebook. But this is the first time i have seen him other than photos. Cool beanS Chris way to go. I went from acting to singing in a rock band. and then on into gospel music. But it is good seeing him still entertaining.
I wanna ruin the 69 likes should i?
@@jameslong8100 ok
@@danamark8211 The importance of being earnest is a cool play! seems like he took some of his comedy from it! witty and satirical!
People aren’t paying for the tricks, they are paying for the show.
The show is part of the tricks, and the tricks provide a frame for the show
Said perfectly
For crying out loud that is smooth. It's absurd. This performer deserved uproarious applause.
Thank you 😊 very enjoyable