Plot twist: Keith was a background extra on How I Met Your Mother, and he kept singing Old MacDonald to get it stuck in her mind 5 years later. Boom! 🤯

@trippyfizzy9911

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahhahahbahahahshs

@151samm

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@_Atzin

3 жыл бұрын

The longest of all cons

@martinshoosterman

2 жыл бұрын

Well we know that works!

@lilstinker1949

2 жыл бұрын

cringe

The look of relief on Alyson's face when she realised she didn't have to sing was brilliant!

I've said it before and I'll say it again, I absolutely love the respect Penn & Teller have for other magicians. They have a literal CENTURY of magic experience between them, and yet they still sit there giddy as school boys, loving every minute of every trick and even if they have a suspicion of how it's done, if they can't guess EXACTLY how it's done, they are more than happy to have been fooled. Mad respect for these two goofballs

@kongmentalist

3 жыл бұрын

They're the best! I really meant it when I said I believe that deep down they really WANT to be fooled.

@waywardgoddess1153

3 жыл бұрын

@@kongmentalist I do too. I think they've said it before too. Once you're on the other side, it kinda takes the magic right out of it, so it's nice to be back on the other side any chance they get

@kongmentalist

3 жыл бұрын

@@waywardgoddess1153 💯%

@ev14304

3 жыл бұрын

I think early on - they were more harsh and were coached/ instructed to tone it down.

@catfdljws

2 жыл бұрын

@@ev14304 yeah, which is also why the show started inviting past participants (foolers or not) back on for a second try.

"We don't know what that "force" is-you fooled us" will ring on forever! Fantastic work pulling this off Keith!

@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307

2 жыл бұрын

Even thos it was extremely clear! then again Penn and Teller have lost it! and are tricked by people running out the back of the curtain hidden by the curtain! 🤦‍♂️🤣

@Mike-we3rb

2 жыл бұрын

@@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307 thats edited out?

@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mike-we3rb Its hidden by the curtain, they went for they dug a hole in the run way! even tho it was clear that was covered unlike the fake plane behind. This clearly the paper has been switched even with editing she has one choice! then the paper is put on other side of the table and left there so the light sets off the hidden print so it becomes visible! WHY DO U THINK THE PRINT IS SO LIGHT? :)

@Mike-we3rb

2 жыл бұрын

@@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307 are you referring to the paper Alison circled? That can’t possibly be forced

@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mike-we3rb "are you referring to the paper Alison circled? " "That can’t possibly be forced" AS I EXPLAINED THERE IS ONLY ONE OPTION ON THE LIGHTLY PRINTED PAPER! Then the paper is put on other side of the table and left there so the light FROM UNDER THE TABLET TOP sets off the hidden print so it becomes visible! WHY DO U THINK THE PRINT IS SO LIGHT? :) He was running low on ink and didnt bother to print a good version? Also some of the songs are protected by copyright so they cant use them!

6:20 The letters "F U" award always make me laugh. Winners are happy to walk away with that recognition.

@quasar960

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely a penn idea. Had to be. He's that edgy atheist sort of guy yet has an amazing bed side manor on tv but in interviews and real life he's not afraid to state his true opinion on things in a charming way. I usually am just an asshole but he makes me want to be a more effecient asshole

This is a great fooling act. I love how P&T recognize a potential force but can’t figure out how it happens. Awesome magic

@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307

2 жыл бұрын

Yes being dumb is great!

The moment that gets me every time is the moment Keith says 'Wow'. As a fellow mentalist, this is mana from heaven....And thankfully, only Keith knows why 😉. Great act, super clever premise 👏

Damn, what? Mentalism really gets me. I don't know any techniques, so it REALLY looks like magic. Gold work!

One of the best creative magician.

I don't think I've ever seen a more simplistic yet completely baffling mentalism trick! Amazing!

@juicehiphop4264

3 жыл бұрын

Can you give a hint man

Simple, straightforward, no dancing around, amazing.

Finally I figured it out. The way Allison chose the song, it can't be a force. It is completely free choice. Actually he had recordings of all songs in the list. And I'm 100% sure, the plaque was a paid actor.

@voidstar.studio

3 жыл бұрын

as far as I can tell, you're actually entirely correct, even about the plaque, though I wouldn't call it an actor...hmm... it's hard to talk about code in code

@johnkean6852

3 жыл бұрын

If you give people a list of songs and ask them to circle ONE then 99 out of a 100 will encircle the same one, try it. TEST ask someone to tell you their favourite card 9 times out of 10 people will choose 7♦️

@voidstar.studio

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnkean6852 I don't think there's any chance at all that he would have left that up to any chance at all. it was a free choice, AND it didn't matter which one she chose. some people have pulled some pretty ballsy plays on Fool Us, but using something based entirely on chance which could make you look like a total fool yourself would be a really bad move.

@sariipa7323

3 жыл бұрын

Allison have free choice,but not free result. the plaque is real and he only have one song's recorded

@HenkJanBakker

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnkean6852 Nope. All 10 made a unique selection.

Very happy for you!

Fellow UCF grad, representing my school in a positive way!

That is amazing!! Congrats!!

@kongmentalist

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Keith that was amazing! Congratulations on fooling Penn & Teller!! That was awesome! 💥BOOM!!!💥™

@hannahpowell6230

3 жыл бұрын

If you ever sell this effect, I'll be sure to buy it.

@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307

2 жыл бұрын

@@hannahpowell6230 Piece of paper with one song on it, then move it over the light on the other side of table give it the 30 seconds to activate the other songs written on it! so they now show!

I'm with ya. Let's go.

Alyson's expressions are 😍😍

Good job. Congratulations.

You rocked it, Keith!

@kongmentalist

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Caleb! I appreciate it 😊🙏🏼

'Jaadugar' simply means 'The Magician' (love from India)

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Great job my man's

Outrageous

Penn & Teller were fooled by a mentalist act? That’s impressive

That was amazing

Channeling my inner Penn, I watched and enjoyed almost every second of this, much like Alyson I imagine, like it was some sort of reality show, but one with two sides to it: one a little more sinister. But once the choices pan out on the right side, you need a lot less room to prepare a stunning reveal! Well done and well earned!

Awesome. The video you made was so funny!

As a non-magician, my guess is every mash up of the songs on the list, were recorded. The plaque has every label from ever song. The "magician" way of doing the unwrapping gave him time to trigger whatever mechanism rotates/changes/alters/prints the plaque. Well done! Love the confident stage presence.

@juicehiphop4264

3 жыл бұрын

It is kind of difficult to get a edit of all the songs on the list

@juicehiphop4264

3 жыл бұрын

@George Henry I never said he didnt do all the edits of song. I just said its kind of difficult. I am still not sure. Remeber Penn said he did some kind of force and also he doesnt know what type of force was that. Now if you say Penn is wrong in saying it was forced, you would be arguing one of the greats man.

@juicehiphop4264

3 жыл бұрын

@George Henry Well I might have lost to you, but I am not as angry as you are bro. Calm down whats the rage for😂

@panampace

3 жыл бұрын

@dustybroom16 Eat a snickers homie

@user-wz6yb6cp7o

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, totally right. He had all songs ready, no any kind of force in the perfomance.

Sneak into Alyson's house while she's away, set up a micro speaker that silently plays Old Macdonald in frequencies inaudible to human ears. Program it to play the song every night while she's sleeping for one month. Boom, trick complete. Although I'm half joking I won't completely discard this idea to be impossible, just saying.

@kongmentalist

4 жыл бұрын

Now this guy knows what's he's talking about! 😌

@tomekstec981

3 жыл бұрын

But maybe then she would choose something different because she was sick of old mcdonald

@eventhorizon8014

3 жыл бұрын

@@kongmentalist Neurolinguistic programming is a myth^^ What do you say to my codeword guess ? I think that when you said "A song Penn would know every word of" is a big hint on how it was done. I think some visual distortion might have something to do with it too... Am I in going into the right direction here ?

@jaroslavkreisl8505

3 жыл бұрын

And now she is the fan calling him in the middle of the night she hears voices, right? :))

@jaroslavkreisl8505

3 жыл бұрын

the clip before the act is just important imo, but i like to let people decide on their own...

Penn gave him a very cold hug!

I swear every time they have a black podium or table with the red ampersand on it, there's someone hiding underneath it

If you put as much work as I think you did, that’s impressive. Not sure how you’d get a chance to do that, but good thing you chose Alison and not Penn & Teller! 🙂👍🏻 Nice work man!

@quasar960

3 жыл бұрын

You really think it was done like that? I don't think so theee no way. I mean ofcourse there is but Allison would have to be so accessible or you'd have to pay a lot of people. It's got to be more simple then that. I think she could've picked any song and it would've worked

@johnnickfanaccount3492

2 жыл бұрын

@@quasar960 I think he definitely forced Old McDonald. The positioning of the song on the list, letter spacing, name length, and the song itself can all influence a decision. That's why P&T wanted to look at the paper I think. And Allyson is the perfect assistant for this trick since she usually picks very predictably when given a visible choice.

@Mugsi

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnnickfanaccount3492 It needs to be something more than simple influence. Otherwise, any number of things could happen on a random whim on Alysson's part. She might have some kind of aversion to that song. Or maybe she happened to have heard a song on that list earlier in the day and chosen that instead. She might even have some strange reason to believe that Penn doesn't know that song. For a magician with such huge stakes and being in front of P&T, it would be a really bad gamble to rely on mere influence. That said, I still can't think of how he could have done the trick! I'm questioning if it really is a force. It's not the first time we've seen a prediction trick where the prediction seems to be inaccessible to the magician during the performance. Or, it really was a 1 in 15 chance, haha

@bzqp2

2 жыл бұрын

It must be something stupid, like a big card with "PICK OLD MCDONALD AND DONT DENY HAVING FREE CHOICE" on it, which he then just hid away when Alyson went away. She does look kinda disappointed the moment she's reading the list.

@private_dh9541

2 жыл бұрын

8

I want to see other songs videos, because that was great :)

NICE KEITH!!!!!!!

That was a genius force my friend

This is a great!

Love from India 🇮🇳 .

Congrats

Moving from magic (which I started in card magic and close up magic when I was 4 I'm 37 now) to Mentalism has had such an impact on me as a hobbyest. Going back to what you said about the "extreme" believers of mentalism. When I do close up magic ✨ I always get bewilderment and this sense of wonder from the spectator and it feels great (dont get me wrong) but when I perform a Mentalism effect even something as basic as using magicians choice and e none existing deck or something out of Corindas book or something way more elaborate like a name scratched in my arm I almost always get a much larger reaction because the mentalism effects thier mind (psychologically) . One time I was performing magic at a church (of all places) I was asked to show some effects to 8th graders and thier parents and doing the close up was fun but nothing beats when a lady legitimately called me the devil and ran out of the building. That is what I want from my performance. So I agree with your assessment. With that said great performance! Loved it.

@SgtJoeSmith

2 жыл бұрын

Lol the devil

YEEEEEEEEEAH BUDDY!

Its funny Kieth and I both were buddies in 6th grade watching magic shows like David Blain and Criss Angel. To now 15 years later he's achieved his goals and made a career out of it. Keep it going.

@kongmentalist

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! That's greatly appreciated! It's been a constant effort from that point forward.

@ev14304

3 жыл бұрын

that's awesome !!! Usually people say - Yeah, I know him... but you replying is really cool !!!

Damn. This was the perfect act. I'm not a mentalism fan. Rather, I was not a mentalism fan, but now I am. Magic acts that contain mentalism always use too much complexity to hide the simple truth... The simple truth is that there is no magic. But this act... This act was simple, clean, smooth, and concise. It was the shortest mentalism act I've ever seen, and by far the simplest; yet I have no idea how this was done. At all. That means this act = magic. Well done!

@kongmentalist

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this! It means a lot and I'm glad that you thoroughly enjoyed it.

@lolicongang.4974

2 жыл бұрын

How you know the is no magic.. when the magic Is tricking people.

If you ever sell this effect, I'll be sure to buy it.

LOL: THAT SINGING EDITED VIDEO WAS GOLDENN

It was actual Wich craft lol, very clean and cool Wich craft !

@SgtJoeSmith

2 жыл бұрын

I believe it

How in the world??? Can't wait to find out what you did?? HUGE CONGRATS !!!

@radiaction

3 жыл бұрын

I have s theory but not sure if it is allowed on the show rules... he could have a sign behing the desk telling Alison to pick that song. She picked that song really fast without looking at the others

@kumarnilesh

3 жыл бұрын

@@radiaction That's not allowed and also she was looking at the list while they were talking 1:55

@Charlesb88

2 жыл бұрын

You’re not allowed to have an audience plant who is instructed a head of time as what to pick when performing mentalists tricks on this show. So Allison had to either truly make a free choice of song or at least think she freely chose (I.e. the Force they mentioned).

@SgtJoeSmith

2 жыл бұрын

@@Charlesb88yes you are right stooges planted in audience are not allowed but I think instant stooging is. That's when you somehow trick audience member or Alison into doing something as a way of forcing them. I think that's what they suspected when they asked for list to see if it had instructions for Alison. I think record label was gimmicked and fool spent weeks making video for each song.

Very nice, not the slightest idea how you did that. Keep it going!

Oh the voices in my head sometimes wake me up in the middle of the night and want me to do bad things

You Fooled me, you Fooled Penn & Teller, who's next on the list? Great performance as ever. Congrats

@kongmentalist

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Trevor! Stay tuned...I'm sure there's more to come 😏

This Is the simplest and one of the cleanest prediction tricks I have seen, and being able to pull off a force so cleanly without overacting is something only a few magicians can do. Truly great work

'Jadugar' means magician in India. It's what we call a magician in some of our languages. Calling a person a magician today has a different meaning from 300 years where it was probably literal. Same thing with the word 'Jadugar'. It does not usually mean sorcerer unless you talk to a crazy believer, and certainly not at a corporate gig.

@kongmentalist

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for clarifying that! This was just based off of what some locals told me during the trip but I see that there's some variation in the meaning. To me magician and sorcerer are one in the same.

@aviralsood8141

3 жыл бұрын

@@kongmentalist By the way your trick was insane. Spent an hour trying to figure it out and miserably failed. The video of Penn singing was also well done :)

Penn: There has to be a force. *Jedi walks in*

Incredible performance! Although your electric personality, I think I actually have an inkling as to how you’ve done it. Really cool thinking behind this! Would be awesome if you will post the rest of the songs sung by Penn! :)

@Cptn_howdy

3 жыл бұрын

you know, I was thinking it was a scroll wheel on the plaque at first. I then realized I wasn't remotely close. Your right, his electric personality is awesome! He should really put that trophy on a rotating pedestal to show it off

@SgtJoeSmith

2 жыл бұрын

Nailed it

I am so really glad and happy that he did not end up making Alyson sing either that song or any other song instead of penn

@mathswithpete5078

Жыл бұрын

I'm sure she would have learned to sing at Band camp.

Great trick & I don’t want to know how it’s done, I like being fooled 😂

Keith Kong.. so close to having the most insane name of all time. We're all thinking it!

@kongmentalist

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha this has been a topic of discussion for my entire life 😂

Beautiful :) Much love from Germany ! I think that when you said "A song Penn would know every word of" gave a big hint on how it was done. I think some visual distortion might have something to do with it too... Am I in going into the right direction here ?

What a brilliant and original idea! I'm tired of 'pick a card'... That was genius and super entertaining! 👏👏

Most gifts are opened by their recipients. ;) Really fun trick!

@kongmentalist

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, and that's true. Penn absolutely could have unwrapped it himself but because he didn't know what was going to happen I decided to open it myself and hold/angle it against the glare to ensure that the cameras got a good closeup shot on it for the second reveal.

I'm guessing it wasn't a force. Just an absolute ton of work mixed with a little bit of gadgetry. Great trick regardless.

My theory: 1 - he had montage of Penn "singing" every song from the list. 2 - the platinum record is fixed. With the push of the hidden button you can change the title of the song.

@SgtJoeSmith

2 жыл бұрын

This was my best guess too. Someone else fooled them on a trick involving dozens of videos on a multiple out. Though they guessed there was a multiple out and bunch of videos they got hung up on an earlier part of trick.

@SgtJoeSmith

2 жыл бұрын

And label on record is probably remote controlled from back stage vs a button on it. But man dude ain't kidding he or assistants spent hours watching every episode to get all the words for all the songs and clips for them. And the work that went into making record. This is 1 the times knowing the secret makes it ridiculously amazing how much time and effort went in to it. This guy wanted the trophy bad.

@JoonasD6

2 жыл бұрын

The montage was just a for laughs, I don't think for a second that that was supposed to fool anyone (although it might have been a surprise to many); took mad effort to create, though! Now the etched record text is the key... I'm curious, because there was an episode with the magician Arkadia whose trick alvo involved an inscription on a piece of metal containing text that easn't known previously, and somehow that did not fool P&T.

@SgtJoeSmith

2 жыл бұрын

@@JoonasD6 heres the secret. its a post i made couple weeks ago. hopefully you can figure it out..... Like you said, Penn was really supposed to earn that gift wasn't he? And alyson surprised you and spoiled it. The only force was the 1 alyson forced you to do. Which made the trick better and confused the crap out of them. You did have multiple outs but not the way everyone thinks. You just got really lucky didn't you. Cause you only brought Penn's hit single and not the whole album. The craftsmanship and work that went into plaque is amazing.

@something2664

Жыл бұрын

@@SgtJoeSmith what the fuck are you talking about ?

This is framed so friggin well.

@christopherpenny6216

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry. I was wrong. You're a freaking genius.

@juicehiphop4264

3 жыл бұрын

@@christopherpenny6216 i dont think you are wrong.

magic

I'd sure love to know what force was used because I can't see or hear it. Well done!

Cool trick!

Nice job

@kongmentalist

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I could rewatch this over and over and still not come up with a idea of how you could have done it .

@billrundell2097

4 жыл бұрын

Behind the wrapping paper was a list of plaques to be pressed selected at the time he ripped off the wrapping. The Force. or Was there s display monitor in the picture of a list of ;songs..

@curupa66

4 жыл бұрын

@@billrundell2097 His hands doesn't go near the plaque area after he picks up the package. And I'd assume he wouldn't hand it to Penn if the bullshit was there to begin with.

@vic6564

3 жыл бұрын

@@billrundell2097 How is that a force? On the contrary, it forces the magician to use a specific plaque for the gift.

@furrykef

3 жыл бұрын

@@billrundell2097 If there were multiple plaques, or multiple versions of the plaque, then it was not a force. A force means there's only one plaque with one song on it and Alyson is forced in some way to choose that particular song (she thinks she has a free choice, or at least the audience thinks she has a free choice, but she doesn't). But I'm pretty sure this trick does not use a force.

@billrundell2097

3 жыл бұрын

@@furrykef I now believe it was a gimmicked Plaque and frame. Internal digital display in the frame.Just like your cell phone but thinner thin Batteries could keep it powered for weeks.

1:13 I love how the crowd got uncomfortable when you said you liked Penn, not Teller.

@kongmentalist

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, I noticed that too in real time and was so glad that I had decided to soften those lines! It was always just a joke but the original ones went even further lol.

@FusionDeveloper

3 жыл бұрын

@@kongmentalist it's probably one of the funniest moments on the series. His response makes it that much better. Hahaha. Great job. I'm still working on figuring out a clue on your magic trick. It's lots of fun to be unable to explain it.

Masuda would be proud!!! Amazing performance and effect, one of the best Simple and clean all the way through! Seems like real magic as if you could have “froze time” to achieve this miracle 😉

It appears (fairly clearly) that Alyson circled her choice on the top half of the sheet, above its vertical center. When Keith displayed the circled song, it was below center. I'll leave it to the rest of you to figure out its significance, if any.

@vic6564

3 жыл бұрын

I already commented something similar to this and Keith said that it is wrong. The song wasn't force on Alyson and she could pick whatever song she wanted.

@jeremyrivera9924

3 жыл бұрын

Yep Keith did clarify that Alison had a free choice

@LemuriaGames

Жыл бұрын

@@jeremyrivera9924 That's what he said. Rule #1: Magicians lie. 🙂

@ashc151

Жыл бұрын

It definitely looks like she circled something near the top, and my guess is "Twinkle twinkle little star" - that would explain the significance of Keith asking Alyson "you could have picked twinkle twinkle little star". However if you look very closely it doesn't appear as if Alyson's pen actually circled anything. I think the paper is heat sensitive (thermal) - when he moved the paper to his right side of the plinth, a circular heat element on the surface or just under made the circle line appear in the exact spot that he wanted it to.

Could be wrong but I don't think there was a force used I think there was multiple out and a lot of time watching episodes of Fool Us very well prepared performance.

I know Allison had a free choice. There was no way to force her to circle a specific song from the list. I Bet he had recordings of Penn singing every song on the list. The only way it could have been done is by switching out the engraved plaque. Whether the plaques were hidden in the wrapping, or hidden on his person and palmed when the song was playing, he glued on with some sleight of hand during the unwrapping. Anything else is impossible.

@aviralsood8141

3 жыл бұрын

Penn said it was a force and he actually saw the plaque. He is also very knowledgeable about magic.

@rekcusdoo

3 жыл бұрын

Clearly not anything else is impossible since your possible solution is insane.

@vic6564

3 жыл бұрын

@@aviralsood8141 And that's why he got fooled.

@ROGER2095

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. If it was a force, and the plaque was already on the gift, then a better finish to the trick would have been to hand the wrapped gift to Penn and have him open it. But the magician had to open it himself in order to conceal whatever way he managed to apply the correct plaque. (Still a very clever trick!)

@LemuriaGames

Жыл бұрын

@@ROGER2095 This. The fact that he unwraps it himself (every little move has a purpose in magic) makes it highly likely the gift is gimicked in some way - but in such a clever way that he could hand it to Penn and still get away with it, and that's amazing. P&T have seen thousands of gimicked objects in their lives.

look how high up on the paper she signs compared to where the circle is when he turns the paper over to show the audience

wait for it

Here is my guess Keith. Alison had a free choice and like some others have said you had all 10 songs on the list made into videos. Inside the wrapping was simply the frame of the record plaque and nothing else and you had 10 record plaques prepared hidden under the table the list was on. As you open the wrapping paper you use slight of hand to palm the "Old McDonald" plaque into the frame, which this is hidden from us as the wrapping paper is covering it on the back side until you have already had time to palm the correct plaque into the frame.

@graealex

2 жыл бұрын

Only problem with that theory is that he can't really give the finished frame to P&T afterwards, because they'd pretty instantly recognize the plaque having been swapped in at the latest moment.

The trick would be making Teller sing.

He clearly kidnapped the real alyson before the show and the alyson who chose that song was a robot being controlled from inside by Scrappy Doo

What makes this great is that P&T allowed to check the record AND the paper.

I noticed the paper itself isnt perfectly flat on the podium, i wonder if that has anything to do with it

Goodness duck taping the eyes looks brutal! How do you not rip your eye lashes out?! That’s crazy!🙉

it's a psychological force

Will add my 2 cents to what others have said- choice of songs is narrowed to less than 15( a few are bizarre!). Those are recorded same way as old macdonald. when choice is made, a continuous roller behind the big record with each picture/ song title is rotated till correct pair are behind the 2 little windows at bottom of frame. Almost certainly electric, probably electronic, operated by either offstage assistant or keith with a remote control. Alternately, could be push buttons spaced under back of frame, with an additional off button to keep P & T from discovering it. Keith said he didn't record all the songs, but didn't deny recording more than one. Anyway, great trick- lots of fun.

@TheOnlyPommyman

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, but he gives them the frame freely. They are smart enough and have made more than enough props to know to look for things like that.

@ThePubliusValerius

25 күн бұрын

@@TheOnlyPommyman they would have had to dismantle the entire frame and everything to find the gimmick. Keith certainly wasn't going to be dumb enough to reveal any of it externally - especially when he planned on giving it to Penn as a gift

1:43 Faded Glory? I can't find any sing-along songs online with that name.

I'm not actually sure you used a force, but I'm not quite sure how to get an engraving in there on the fly either...

@tapio83

3 жыл бұрын

You could have roller with different pictures and small engraver integrated in the frame design... BUT pretty sure P&T would have called it out as I'm not sure it would stand close inspection. E-paper would work also but that does not look like engraving. So yeah....

@jeremyrivera9924

3 жыл бұрын

tapio especially that he gave the plaque to penn and teller to inspect...

The plaque isn't thick enough to have a built-in mechanism. Furthermore, Keith wouldn't have given the plaque to Penn to keep and examine if it did have a secret. So Penn and Teller are right in that it has to be a force. That leaves two possible locations for the trick, the only other props in the act: the paper and the stand. The paper is a possibility. After all, Keith got nervous when Penn asked to see it. But the fact that he gave Penn the paper and still fooled them means either A) the paper didn't have the trick after all, or B) the trick was successfully hidden in time. If the paper had nothing to it, I don't think Keith would have reacted the way he did, so I think Case B is the answer. But that doesn't exclude the stand. The stand is very suspicious. It is very tall. It's taller than your typical podium. Why did Keith want the paper so high up? I think the stand has some important role in this. The Old MacDonald video was very loud and could have served as a distraction for everyone. Maybe the stand has something in it, like a UV light generator to remove or show a special ink when Alison was looking at it. We didn't see the list from above the podium; we only saw the list when Keith held it up in front of the camera. Or maybe the list had a special ink (with a message to Alison?) that could only be seen up close, and/or with the help of UV light emitted from the stand. That's how he got her to choose Old MacDonald, despite the fact that the paper genuinely had 14 other songs. I don't think this is a simple trick to figure out. I think the mechanism here is really advanced or just plain new.

@vic6564

3 жыл бұрын

Keith already said there wasn't a force song and that Alyson had a real marker. So that removes all your theories. Also, Keith acted nervous for giggles; guess he fooled you.

That seems unforced yet has to be forced. I just don’t get it. I can’t come up with even speculations. Amazing job.

@JadesOfGrey

3 жыл бұрын

I tend to think he had a clip ready for all of those songs. I just can’t figure out how he had the right plaque ready.

@velcrogrip1

3 жыл бұрын

@@JadesOfGrey maybe the plaque is electronic? What if it looks real but is not actually engraved but really good display. It’s covered with glass it seems. Engraved would be on surface not under glass.

@JadesOfGrey

3 жыл бұрын

@@velcrogrip1 yea I found another video where he talks about how he did it. He actually did only make that one video, but believe it or not he just did it for shits and giggles. He didn’t expect her to pick that song. And the plaque is indeed an lcd display. Penn was so focused on the list that he didn’t even bother checking the plaque

@johnnickfanaccount3492

2 жыл бұрын

@@JadesOfGrey I think he only had the clip for Old McDonald, he probably influenced her to pick it via the placement of the song on the list, letter spacing, etc. Not sure though

@SgtJoeSmith

2 жыл бұрын

@@JadesOfGrey he posted a reply on here saying no tech in record and they did examine it closely a few minutes which was edited for time. And only had 1 music video. So got lucky or knew alyson would pick it or influenced her to pick it. He fooled me

This was clever.

I think the order of the songs in the list is important. I reckon that there were only a few songs on that list that were known enough 'to make sure Penn knew it", and most of them were at the very top, and nobody picks from the top. Most people would pick a well known song about 3/5th down, because that feels the most 'random' area. So it was a force. Does anyone think I'm right?

@GhaithAlshaary

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t think so I think he had another paper she choose from and she only had 1 or 2 chooses instead of all He swapped papers

When Alison was asked to pick a song she didn't look at the list - she went straight to it - hmmm

Where she signed was upper list the black o podium is about to release the other paper that has old Macdonald. Slid of hand

Hi @Keith Kong , the first time i saw this trick, i was pretty sure the paper was switched and Alison went along with it. But now that I know (considering you said it) that you made only one video, I can say that you were sooo lucky to have Alison select the correct song. the "WAW" sounds like "JACKPOT" ! If she didn't, the outcome would be to ask Penn to sing cause he already accepted ( I mean he's a magician so he knows that he can't say No). Let me congratulate you about the gift you crafted there for Penn. I can tell - as a tech guy - It was carefully made and the glass infront made it so perfect. I saw your face expression of "YES I MADE IT" when P&T asked for the list and forgot about the gift. Thus I knew there were something fishy about it ^^

@zuhayerkhan2957

3 жыл бұрын

It was t lucky he had to perform this trick multiple times not just once

@kongmentalist

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, but there is no tech in Penn's gift. I know that has been a common guess but he actually examined the record much more closely and longer than what was televised.

@kongmentalist

2 жыл бұрын

@@zuhayerkhan2957 that's correct. There was only one performance for P&T but about 3 practice runs in rehearsal with production.

@SgtJoeSmith

2 жыл бұрын

@@kongmentalist I know the debate after act is like 5 to 10 minutes and edited for time. I was so hooked on the tech and multi out. So you instant stooged Alison to trick her and force the pick. Great job. I'm not sure how cause guessing she can't plan it ahead of time. If this really was a force then you fooled a lot more than penn and teller. Great job and can't wait to see you on again

Desolation Row hahahahah that's like a 12 minute sing

It wasn't a force. He (or someone back stage) presses a button which sends a signal to the gigantic plaque which then rotates the plates to the correct song. The plaque needs to be so big to hide the mechanism that moves the plates. He also recorded every reasonable choice so no matter what she chose he'd have a clip ready to play.

@dustinmyeye8752

3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if the record actually had the recording on it...

Think the present could have had sliders and he had a videos prepared for any of the songs I think this was an impossible to fail trick

I believe it is the slight variation in distance between the border and the song title. Only Faded Glory and Glass Bottle appear to be the same distance but aren't well known. We are taught to read left to right and i think this trick exploits that.

I think Keith prepared a video for each song. He called the selected song loudly and spent time to allow his assistance to play the right song. This part was not magic. The trick I believe is when he grabbed the frame he picked it at specific location on the right side that mechanically put the corresponding song plate and pictures.

@kongmentalist

2 жыл бұрын

This addresses some of those theories kzread.info/dash/bejne/mmWMrdpvqaStkqw.html

@ActionableFreedom

2 жыл бұрын

Nobody would put in that much work even risking Penn and Teller mentioning this and looking so lame afterwards.

@SjorsHoukes

2 жыл бұрын

Directing which title is picked is much less work.

Maybe he met Allison back stage and just hummed the song while standing around or hummed it while she was choosing. My best guess.

Penn singing "Old McDonald" slayed me. i love it man.

I suspect that the list Alison has to choose from actually has 14 very unfamiliar song titles, plus Old Macdonald. So that’s the force as she’s specifically asked to choose a song that “Penn will know all the words to”. Then all that’s required is to somehow make the song list such that it transforms to/from the same list as was initially displayed for P&T to finally inspect. The printing of the list seems strange in that a fixed width font is used and not black ink (as per the solid black of the border). Also notice there are a couple of different font choices as well. The sans-serif “i” in “Little Lamb” is different from that in “Little Star”. Heat sensitive paper that changes some of the words/letters of the other 14 titles? Whatever causes the list to change would seem to be initiated by placing the list on the right side of the table. Keith subsequently moves the list to the left side to cause it to revert its original state.

@happylittlemisery

3 жыл бұрын

Hmm, heat sensitive paper is interesting, and certainly possible as the paper seems to be somewhat curved despite being brand new but I am leaning more to the psychological explanation. 1. People are more likely to choose middle options. (Look at how the most popular ones except old McDonald are either at the top or bottom.) 2. Old McDonald is the most popular popular and catchy of these, to the point even people outside of America know it in some shape or form. 3. Look at the instruments, they are there to create a sort of mental tune to which the viewer will conform, which will also favor OldMcDonald. 4. The way Alison is presented is also a factor, he tells her to pick something that Pen will most certainly know, so she has to go with the safest choice.

@-COBRA

3 жыл бұрын

yeah, there is a heatpad on the right side of the table

Ok, Analysis. What we do know. The Magician needs to be in FULL control of a trick. SO, Allison would appear to have a choice or NOT.

@gustafsone

3 жыл бұрын

In other words, you know there had to be a force, but you don't know how?

@BrianSu

3 жыл бұрын

Penn said afterwards it wasn’t a Force, meaning when he learned the trick After this show he realised it was a completely different method

@YTAliasJoeCool

2 жыл бұрын

@@BrianSu BrianSu: where do you have this from? what's the source for this claim?

@BrianSu

2 жыл бұрын

@@YTAliasJoeCool Search for a video entitled 'Penn Talks About Being Fooled by Keith Kong on Fool Us'