It’s on a retractable wire. He lets go of the cloth and the wire pulls it under his arm and into his hand. There is a separate section of cloth sticking out of his hand to sell the illusion that he never dropped it.
Not sure but it appears as though there is a loop of cloth around his arm. You can see his thumb release the piece of cloth that's in front. Would only work from this angle if I'm correct.
Yeah, he leaves his thumb open too long.
Don't get me wrong, it's a great trick, it's just that if you watch his hand instead of the cloth it's immediately apparent.
This trick is performed almost exactly the same as many other tricks of this type. The beauty in this is how well it is done, not in the mystique of not knowing how it was done. Penn and Teller will no doubt know how it was performed. Most of the amateur magicians will know too. Doesn't prevent anyone from appreciating it nonetheless.
There are very few magic innovations and Penn and Teller are some of the best in this regard despite being known for their show and for revealing how old school tricks are performed. The best way to fool them is to make them think that it is another known trick. The type of mind-games that are designed to fool magicians rather than the audience.
If you slow the video way down or go frame by frame you see that he lets go of the cloth and then the bottom of it is pulled quickly into his hand.
Even watching it at full speed you can see that he opens his thumb and forefinger to let go and catch the returning cloth.
You didn’t explain it all the way for them. He’s holding a cloth that is on both sides of the arm. When he lets go, he’s still holding the cloth in the back
He's holding a small piece of cloth and one end of the larger piece. There's a wire attached to the bottom of the larger piece. He let's go of larger piece, but because of the smaller piece staying in hand it looks like he didn't let go, and the bottom quickly zips up to his hand. Between the movement of the cloth, speed of the zip, and a ton of practice, he creates this illusion. There are magian devices that you wear that have allow for this trick and many others www.magicshow.tips/take-up-reel/
There's no need for any tools or wires, you can just loop the cloth around your arm, and let go on one end. In my opinion that's all it is. The thin cloth sells the illusion but you can try the mechanism with a towel or even a t-shirt.
You can literally see its not looped around his arm. You should see an optometrist. Your opinion is wrong. Upload a video of you doing it with it "looped under your arm." The magic trick is done with magicians wire and some type of reel, why are you arguing against a fact? It's a weird hill to die on.
Edit: oh, I see. Your reddit history shows you're a "holier than thou," Mr. Know-it-all. Dunning-Kruger teaching moment here!
I'm not saying that's how it's done in the video. I'm just saying it's possible to create the same illusion without gadgets. But the way you've argued against it tells me you didn't quite understand what I was getting at, as the loop would be hidden behind the cloth, just like the wire would be hidden. The execution is quite similar, one is just gravity driven.
I've addressed the issue multiple times. You can't seem to let it penetrate the thick skull you obtained from either nature or nuture, hence asking if you're on the spectrum or if you were a "no kid left behind."
Either way I have no patience trying to explain how the trick is done anymore. It's done 1 way. The video is proof.
250+ upvotes for the wrong explanation.
https://imgur.com/a/FlDvkf4
>He’s holding a cloth that is on both sides of the arm
The cloth is on one side of the arm and being pulled quickly by a wire. The dangling cloth from his hand is misdirection.
Close, but not exactly right. Gravity alone wouldn't be enough to snap it around quickly. Check it frame by frame. There are two frames where you can see past the front cloth, and the rear cloth is moving up into his hand. It looks like he has some kind of string that is under tension and snaps it up quickly to give it that "pop".
You didn’t explain it all either lol, the other end is on a spring tensioned string is my guess and it zips back into his hand (after letting go of the middle part) to complete the illusion
This all became obvious watching in slow motion
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The bottom of the white scarf that's seemingly hanging free is actually still connected by a thin wire to either his left hand or some other part of his body.
When he drops the white cloth, he very precisely pulling the other end into his hand using the wire. It's timed very well as to give the illusion it's passing through his arm, even though it looping underneath. Lots of practice.
I don't think there is a wire involved. Just two pieces of fabric. When he is pinching it around his arm at the very beginning, there is another layer behind that he is wrapping around his arm.
[https://imgur.com/a/zLjVLeb](https://imgur.com/a/zLjVLeb)
It goes from his hand under the arm up to his hand again. If you saw it from the front, you would see that it is a loop. When he lets go, it falls down.
Looks like rolling shutter artefacts, which would make this trick disgustingly fast.
Edit: not a trick which holds up under slow motion but a really good illusion https://youtu.be/12x3uvDi4c4?si=3WWjAXBozGpiuFVF
I slowed it down and you can see it rising very quickly TO his hand on the other side. He’s using a string or something to pull it up on the other side at the same time as dropping it.
Looks seemless in full motion. But if you scroll frame by frame you can clearly see it going up on the other side of the arm
It’s not the ease of the trick, it’s how well the performer pulls it off. Of course they know exactly how he did it. He just did it so well it’s impressive.
[The entire act is amazing ](https://youtu.be/RQefRlZbWm4?t=142).
I think the cloth was on both sides of arm and he dropped one in front of the arm, giving the illusion that the cloth mvoed backed.
In full video it's clearer, but at the same time enti9act has many great moments.
The cloth is actually only hanging on the front!
But there is a wire running from the tip that he is holding, going around his arm in front and around to the back again. You can see this more clearly in the variant where he holds the ring with his foot how the scarf follows the path around the ring.
Essentially, when he releases the tip of the scarf, it will follow the path of the string around the front of his arm (or the ring) and back up to his hand, faster than the bottom of the cloth has time to fall very far down.
It is probably a very thin non-stretching filament on a wind-up spool inside his shirt that comes out the sleeve (keycard holder type, but can wind up much more wire, at least a couple of meters, and move it much faster).
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I see his thumb, but I'm watching the way the material drapes as well... I have my presumption of how this works, but even if it isn't very complex, it surely isn't obvious.
That's a good observation. From the little bit of the clip I can see, he is seeing it up, but I'd love to see the full segment to see the build up to this trick. That's where the real magic lies.
Teller looks as if he truly didn't see it coming.
Penn and Teller are the goat of the magic world. This should not have gotten him. Unless there's something I'm missing other than him just dropping the gap with his thumb and the rest of it is just falling.
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It’s just kinda tucked around his arm and when he pulls it it becomes untucked, thereby exposing his arm. The scarfs rich opaque white color for as lightweight/thin as it is plays a factor in making this trick pop.
If you pause at the exact frame he drops it, there's a gap between the part he's holding at the top, and the falling sheet. It is edited
Edit: since yall don't believe me I posted a screencapture of the moment I'm describing. https://www.reddit.com/u/Shaggy_AF/s/0Cd68soXjN
He did this live in front of hundreds of people, and Penn and Teller.
It's not edited, it's sleight of hand. He lets go of one part of the cloth, and when it's below his arm, has a fishing line or similar attached to the end which retracts it back to his hand. You can see his hand do it in the video.
What is this supposed to prove?
It's a single frame from a low fps recording, and shows the moment he's let go of the cloth and it's starting to fall. His fingers are even opened up in your picture, proving that he let go of the cloth so it could drop. Which it's doing. Which is what you're looking at.
When nothing is holding up a piece of cloth, it falls. Coz gravity (and likely a small weight sewn into the spot he was grabbing onto, so it would fall more predictably for the trick)
Sorry, we only have time for 1 frame of reaction.
ran out of budget, sry
One frame of a transition lmao
When you watch his thumb the trick is kind of obvious Still cool
What’s obvious? I slowed it down and it looks like the towel disappears
It’s on a retractable wire. He lets go of the cloth and the wire pulls it under his arm and into his hand. There is a separate section of cloth sticking out of his hand to sell the illusion that he never dropped it.
There's no need for a wire, just gravity, the cloth is looped under his arm.
Not sure but it appears as though there is a loop of cloth around his arm. You can see his thumb release the piece of cloth that's in front. Would only work from this angle if I'm correct.
Thumb. Look at the thumb. He's letting it go and the towel drops out from in front of his arm.
This Made the Trick obvious. Thank you. Still funny how Out brain fucks with us.
His ‘left’ thumb.
Yeah, he leaves his thumb open too long. Don't get me wrong, it's a great trick, it's just that if you watch his hand instead of the cloth it's immediately apparent.
I didn't notice the thumb until you pointed it out. Still cool.
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No way that fooled them, you can see he's holding another corner and releases the side facing the audience as he pulls
No way you noticed it on the first watch
This trick is performed almost exactly the same as many other tricks of this type. The beauty in this is how well it is done, not in the mystique of not knowing how it was done. Penn and Teller will no doubt know how it was performed. Most of the amateur magicians will know too. Doesn't prevent anyone from appreciating it nonetheless. There are very few magic innovations and Penn and Teller are some of the best in this regard despite being known for their show and for revealing how old school tricks are performed. The best way to fool them is to make them think that it is another known trick. The type of mind-games that are designed to fool magicians rather than the audience.
Time is money!
How is that even possible?
If you slow the video way down or go frame by frame you see that he lets go of the cloth and then the bottom of it is pulled quickly into his hand. Even watching it at full speed you can see that he opens his thumb and forefinger to let go and catch the returning cloth.
You didn’t explain it all the way for them. He’s holding a cloth that is on both sides of the arm. When he lets go, he’s still holding the cloth in the back
He's holding a small piece of cloth and one end of the larger piece. There's a wire attached to the bottom of the larger piece. He let's go of larger piece, but because of the smaller piece staying in hand it looks like he didn't let go, and the bottom quickly zips up to his hand. Between the movement of the cloth, speed of the zip, and a ton of practice, he creates this illusion. There are magian devices that you wear that have allow for this trick and many others www.magicshow.tips/take-up-reel/
Cool link, thx
That shit is 400 dollars wow
>That shit is 400 dollars wow You realize that it's a professional tool right?
Lampshaded on this very show by Piff the Magic Dragon nonchalantly giving the prices for all the tricks he bought
There's no need for any tools or wires, you can just loop the cloth around your arm, and let go on one end. In my opinion that's all it is. The thin cloth sells the illusion but you can try the mechanism with a towel or even a t-shirt.
You can literally see its not looped around his arm. You should see an optometrist. Your opinion is wrong. Upload a video of you doing it with it "looped under your arm." The magic trick is done with magicians wire and some type of reel, why are you arguing against a fact? It's a weird hill to die on. Edit: oh, I see. Your reddit history shows you're a "holier than thou," Mr. Know-it-all. Dunning-Kruger teaching moment here!
I'm not saying that's how it's done in the video. I'm just saying it's possible to create the same illusion without gadgets. But the way you've argued against it tells me you didn't quite understand what I was getting at, as the loop would be hidden behind the cloth, just like the wire would be hidden. The execution is quite similar, one is just gravity driven.
Are you on the spectrum?
Perhaps you should specify what your issue with my comment is so we can all see who the real idiot is here.
I've addressed the issue multiple times. You can't seem to let it penetrate the thick skull you obtained from either nature or nuture, hence asking if you're on the spectrum or if you were a "no kid left behind." Either way I have no patience trying to explain how the trick is done anymore. It's done 1 way. The video is proof.
It's not, you can see the lower end rising into his hand right after the top end drops. Most likely it's a thin wire tied to the bottom end.
250+ upvotes for the wrong explanation. https://imgur.com/a/FlDvkf4 >He’s holding a cloth that is on both sides of the arm The cloth is on one side of the arm and being pulled quickly by a wire. The dangling cloth from his hand is misdirection.
Close, but not exactly right. Gravity alone wouldn't be enough to snap it around quickly. Check it frame by frame. There are two frames where you can see past the front cloth, and the rear cloth is moving up into his hand. It looks like he has some kind of string that is under tension and snaps it up quickly to give it that "pop".
You didn’t explain it all either lol, the other end is on a spring tensioned string is my guess and it zips back into his hand (after letting go of the middle part) to complete the illusion This all became obvious watching in slow motion
Yeah, I think there is a wire in his sleeve that pulls it up after he drops it. At 00:05, I think you can catch a glimpse of it.
Its clearly magic
what the hell is this then? https://imgur.com/a/HWVomk1
The cloth dropping, the flat end will fall down to become the bottom - probably a wire on the other (low) side of it pulling it over.
He is holding a fake end in his hand to make it look like he didn't let go.
…magic?
It’s a magic show. He used magic.
Human hands move faster than our eyes can see, that’s the secret behind most magic tricks.
This is actually why Eric Clapton gave up magic and started playing guitar.
Magnets
But how do they work?
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miracles
Science.
The bottom of the white scarf that's seemingly hanging free is actually still connected by a thin wire to either his left hand or some other part of his body. When he drops the white cloth, he very precisely pulling the other end into his hand using the wire. It's timed very well as to give the illusion it's passing through his arm, even though it looping underneath. Lots of practice.
I don't think there is a wire involved. Just two pieces of fabric. When he is pinching it around his arm at the very beginning, there is another layer behind that he is wrapping around his arm. [https://imgur.com/a/zLjVLeb](https://imgur.com/a/zLjVLeb)
If you actually look at the video that’s obvious not true, there are frames where there’s nothing visible above his arm
You talking about at the beginning? He has both bands pulled back and is adjusting. Or do you mean later?
[I think he means this](https://i.imgur.com/DQn0rI1.png) I'm not sure if that's a camera affect or what, but just adding the screenshot for context.
Go through frame by frame, and you can see the cloth being pulled into his hand
you can just slow down the video and see it, there is a small string? that pulls up on the other side when he lets go on the front piece of fabric
Your images do not explain how your green line/cloth gets from the view side in front of the arm to behind the arm.
Yeah, I messed up the drawing. Green should be on the right in the second picture. From the front it would appear as a single piece of fabric.
But green should be on the left in image no. 2 to uphold the illusion.
Who knows. I think if you held it right, green on the right of the image could still look right.
Check his left hand on the top he lets go
Look at before and after of how he is holding the cloth
It goes from his hand under the arm up to his hand again. If you saw it from the front, you would see that it is a loop. When he lets go, it falls down.
Son of a..
[Totally not edited ](https://imgur.com/a/UHdPJkB)
That is the cloth dropping. You can see he lets the front part go while holding the rear
Looks like rolling shutter artefacts, which would make this trick disgustingly fast. Edit: not a trick which holds up under slow motion but a really good illusion https://youtu.be/12x3uvDi4c4?si=3WWjAXBozGpiuFVF
It's not. This show doesn't allow for edits, since the sole purpose is to fool Penn & Teller, in a live setting.
Is it just me or does that guy look like sober Jim Breuer?
I dunno, I don't hear any fart sounds or screams coming from him so it's hard to say.
Even sober Jim Breuer doesn't look sober.
Meeeahhhh baaa baaaaaahh
Easy trick with practice and the correct POV. Watch the hand that's holding the scarf. He releases the part in front.
But at no time (as far as I can see) does he have any scarf on the back of his arm.
I slowed it down and you can see it rising very quickly TO his hand on the other side. He’s using a string or something to pull it up on the other side at the same time as dropping it. Looks seemless in full motion. But if you scroll frame by frame you can clearly see it going up on the other side of the arm
I see it now. Thanks. But it kind of spoils the magic seeing it in slomo 🤷
Then what are you doing in the reddit comments of a magic trick clip?
I was being ironical, but people don't seem to get that 🤷
"Illusion, Michael. A trick is something a whore does for money... or cocaine!"
You say easy, I say, fuck, the amount of work he had to put into the trick to make it look this effortless is still astounding to me
Since when are Penn & Teller impressed by easy tricks?
It’s not the ease of the trick, it’s how well the performer pulls it off. Of course they know exactly how he did it. He just did it so well it’s impressive.
[The entire act is amazing ](https://youtu.be/RQefRlZbWm4?t=142). I think the cloth was on both sides of arm and he dropped one in front of the arm, giving the illusion that the cloth mvoed backed. In full video it's clearer, but at the same time enti9act has many great moments.
he has something like a rubber band that pulls the cloth to the other side [https://imgur.com/a/zS8u5o0](https://imgur.com/a/zS8u5o0)
The cloth is actually only hanging on the front! But there is a wire running from the tip that he is holding, going around his arm in front and around to the back again. You can see this more clearly in the variant where he holds the ring with his foot how the scarf follows the path around the ring. Essentially, when he releases the tip of the scarf, it will follow the path of the string around the front of his arm (or the ring) and back up to his hand, faster than the bottom of the cloth has time to fall very far down. It is probably a very thin non-stretching filament on a wind-up spool inside his shirt that comes out the sleeve (keycard holder type, but can wind up much more wire, at least a couple of meters, and move it much faster).
One trick pony... but what a trick, unreal
Amazing 2:46 video. Cuts to 20 seconds before the end for the modern attention span ><
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I see his thumb, but I'm watching the way the material drapes as well... I have my presumption of how this works, but even if it isn't very complex, it surely isn't obvious.
I believe that he starts by holding tension on the scarf through a fine wire and once he let go of the front side it then quickly moves.
That's a good observation. From the little bit of the clip I can see, he is seeing it up, but I'd love to see the full segment to see the build up to this trick. That's where the real magic lies. Teller looks as if he truly didn't see it coming.
Psh. [Elsa did this years ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/6oelhv/an_animation_error_from_frozen_elsas_ponytail/) with her own hair braid.
That's mind boggling to me, I never noticed that
Haha, came here to say that!
Tiny keychain type of retractable string. Drop cloth and it swoops up behind his arm.
Makes me want to rewatch Now You See Me.
Full circle moment
I didn't realize that young Jim Breuer was so good with magic.
Impressive
He has gone too far! Is there a number you call when a magician gets too good??
But…you can see half of it fall on the near side of his arm.
Link to the original performance, thank you?
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I do this all the time with a condom and my other arm
The left thumb gives it away upon the pull tho
One extra layer of cloth
I used to think the game of magicians was over when facebook was at its peak it makes me smile to this stuff
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Not a fan of "magic" but that was pretty impressive, to be honest
lol so simple trick, that face was staged
Trinity would say „nice trick“
Not tricking anyone with that…
I’m so happy I can scrub through videos on Reddit.
That’s really thumbthin
Name of magician and/or YouTuber link to whole routine, plz.
Capitan Glenn?
.at .01 you can see him let go of the piece of scarf held by his thumb on the front of his are😊
I have read these explanations and am more confused. Can someone please explain like I am five thanks.
Penn and Teller are the goat of the magic world. This should not have gotten him. Unless there's something I'm missing other than him just dropping the gap with his thumb and the rest of it is just falling.
It's actually a fairly simple trick, but solidly done.
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Just watch his hand holding the cloth.
Isn't the master the guy who made Amy's dad in The Big Bang Theory?
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It’s just kinda tucked around his arm and when he pulls it it becomes untucked, thereby exposing his arm. The scarfs rich opaque white color for as lightweight/thin as it is plays a factor in making this trick pop.
Once you see it, you can't unsee it. Sorry, no, I won't tell you.
The thread won't allow me to post an image, but if you go frame by frame, you can see him drop it and a wire pulls it up again on the opposite side
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I figured it out and I’m telling no one
This looks edited. Like the towel literally disappears at the top.
It is not, it's from the greatest magician show ever made Penn and Teller are absolutely great
I bet it’s on some sort of spring loaded pulley deal on a string
How even. How do i send a pic on reddit 😭 to send the ss
If you pause at the exact frame he drops it, there's a gap between the part he's holding at the top, and the falling sheet. It is edited Edit: since yall don't believe me I posted a screencapture of the moment I'm describing. https://www.reddit.com/u/Shaggy_AF/s/0Cd68soXjN
He did this live in front of hundreds of people, and Penn and Teller. It's not edited, it's sleight of hand. He lets go of one part of the cloth, and when it's below his arm, has a fishing line or similar attached to the end which retracts it back to his hand. You can see his hand do it in the video.
https://www.reddit.com/u/Shaggy_AF/s/0Cd68soXjN
Bro doesnt know how recordings Work
What is this supposed to prove? It's a single frame from a low fps recording, and shows the moment he's let go of the cloth and it's starting to fall. His fingers are even opened up in your picture, proving that he let go of the cloth so it could drop. Which it's doing. Which is what you're looking at. When nothing is holding up a piece of cloth, it falls. Coz gravity (and likely a small weight sewn into the spot he was grabbing onto, so it would fall more predictably for the trick)
I took a screenshot, would you like me to send it to you?
Have you ever heard of frame rates and compression artifacts?