Is there anybody else that is cracking up so hard over the illusion with the rabbit and the duck? It's so underwhelming but the way he narrates it is god-tier which makes it so hilarious.

@MattyT_86

Жыл бұрын

It lad me to a full blown epiphany

@Brainbuster

Жыл бұрын

0:16

@Juvenalesque

9 ай бұрын

I hear ted mosby

@BirdsBeesLemonadeTrees

9 ай бұрын

Its like they grabbed something from the thrift shop and said, "yeah that will work."

@RobotronSage

8 ай бұрын

This is unironical comedy gold dude i love Johnathan Frakes x'D

I love these bits because they’re clearly disconnected from the stories being told. They’re just there because the writers found a cool optical illusion and they had to find a way to fit it into the show

@SumeaBizarro

11 ай бұрын

I mean, they are thematically connected to the message of the show for sure, it is underlined quite heavy handedly even few times, but they are satisfying thing to include for the skeptical viewer who might not find the ghost stories that seriously.

@sarahberkner

Ай бұрын

I feel like this show spent most of its money on props lol.

Came for the illusions, stayed for Jonathan Frakes

@Menaceblue3

3 жыл бұрын

It's true! A similar event did occur in New Jersey 20 years ago!

@jessicacarranza2959

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@jacquelinedeigan3913

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@Hahah998

3 жыл бұрын

Can it be that this story is fact? yes,yes it is.

@Mr.B.B.Wolfman

3 жыл бұрын

Frakes you.

2:59 he said “You think you’re just a single clown, but from another perspective, you realize you’re the entire circus”

@discovolante6624

3 жыл бұрын

Dose he though?

@noram8103

3 жыл бұрын

He didn't

@StevenLynnMusic

3 жыл бұрын

@@discovolante6624 It never happened.

@discovolante6624

3 жыл бұрын

@@StevenLynnMusic nah it happened, i am the full clown

@DiegoRuiz1991

3 жыл бұрын

It's a total fabrication

"Look at this drawing that will fool a child. Now add dramatic music and Jonathan Frakes and it's legendary."

I feel the show really came into its own when they cast Jonathan Frakes as the host. James Brolin was good, don't get me wrong, but Jonathan's performances take it up to another level.

@Odinsday

3 жыл бұрын

James Brolin’s look just didn’t fit the show. He looked like he was gonna talk like he was in a car commercial every time he was on screen. Frakes’ charisma adds a unique charm to the show that almost feels nostalgic in a way.

@JoshuaRWorkman

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@JarodM

3 жыл бұрын

I agree as well.

@mb-ql1gb

3 жыл бұрын

Brolin was a bit more serious, while Frakes was more of the funnier guy. Both works well, I also like Brolin, but if you measure it, I would say, that Frakes charme made it out at the end.

@MrArtVein

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

The entire series was made just for these. Some producer was so enthralled by optical illusions he wanted a TV show to display every one he could find.

@brandonellis8111

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty much 🤣

@repeekyraidcero

Жыл бұрын

Lol Dedication

@PrivateAckbar

Ай бұрын

Not a chance.

I'm going to be having weird dreams. "You're dreaming of a beautiful woman. She approaches you. Settles next to you, and looks into your eyes. But, can your perception be trusted? It's actually me. Jonathan Frakes."

@troywright359

Жыл бұрын

"Apologies to any children we may have frightened. Including ours. "

“ my apologies to any children we just frightened “ 😂😂😂😂😂

@TheBanishedWind

11 ай бұрын

"Especially mine."

@guestc142

Ай бұрын

13:55 for those who don't want to watch the entire video

This feels like a Vsauce video. I keep waiting to hear "Or is it???" and see Michael staring into my soul.

“How many legs do you see?” “There….are…..FOUR LEGS!”

“This man is dead... no he is actually alive but laying down”

@pigeondamigion569

3 жыл бұрын

"Just as you might abandon hope in this man's life so is the same in finding the truth, one must hold faith to reach it."

@englishatheart

Жыл бұрын

Laying down what? A book. It's "lying down."

@sarahberkner

Ай бұрын

"Is this man lying? Not this time. He's standing up...while telling a lie."

I was looking at the last illusion, the checkerboard, and I was wondering “what squiggly lines is he talking about? I only see straight lines” Then I put on my reading glasses and I noticed them. My blurry vision masked the little squares that caused the illusion. So I guess having a clear sight does not always mean seeing clearly 😉

@gregorteply9034

Жыл бұрын

That line should have been included in the show 🤣

@yaoiboi60

Жыл бұрын

Perhaps sometimes the only people who can see clearly... are those who can't cue the theme song

@witherblaze

11 ай бұрын

@@gregorteply9034 yeah that sounds right

8:06 Man, the way he puts his hand off gave me chills lmao

6:46 cracks me up so much.

@detailsmatter.

3 жыл бұрын

' now you can see a truly endangered species a television host'

@IgiWhiteman

3 жыл бұрын

Can't stop laughing because of it, lol

@se7enofnein

3 жыл бұрын

“Dependent for survival upon the Nielson family” 🥸🤣

@conephompany

3 жыл бұрын

@@se7enofnein who is the Nielsen family

@blueplanet9917

3 жыл бұрын

I'll bet he took that picture home.

Whenever there's only one piece of cake left and I turn the plate over, the piece just flops on the table.

@literale

3 жыл бұрын

lol maybe your recipe is off?

@Funwithhighnotes

3 жыл бұрын

Same lol

@NickC_222

3 жыл бұрын

Practice makes perfect. Just keep trying.

@breakthecode4634

3 жыл бұрын

Instructions unclear, ended up with an infinite cake loop. Send help with forks.

@Mrpersonman0

Ай бұрын

​@@NickC_222 instructions on how to waste cake forever

"Take this portrait of a single clown." All clowns are single.

@literale

3 жыл бұрын

lol

@Xxsnipedawg72xX

3 жыл бұрын

I've been married for 28 years and we're both clowns you fucking clown

@GermanGDragon

3 жыл бұрын

Clown's always come in pair's one master and one apprentice.

@baphnie

3 жыл бұрын

RuPaul wheezing in the background from that read

@ericescott9039

3 жыл бұрын

@@EddiePozos but nobody likes clowns

good job on the editing that the background music loops without cuts

@literale

3 жыл бұрын

thank you :)

@wallyprichard7451

3 жыл бұрын

That is what I was thinking!

@troywright359

Жыл бұрын

It jars into season 4's different tune

2:58 "You're not a clown. You're the entire circus" quote from Miles Edgeworth

Jon was enjoying his puns a little too damn much.

@Mr.B.B.Wolfman

3 жыл бұрын

Dont know what a pun is, do ya?

@sinisternightmare

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mr.B.B.Wolfman At timecode 15:27 there's one of many examples.

@fijiraingod

3 жыл бұрын

LMAO

@karentucker2161

Жыл бұрын

I do the same with mine...I am pretty that is a lot of people though.

@Jabberwockybird

Жыл бұрын

What might seem to be a silk net of truth, might just be a web of lies. Just when you think Johnathan Frakes is coming up second, you find that he is still, Number One.

Imagine how many commercials you would have had to watch to see all this. I remember this program was like 75% commercials

@emmanueloverrated

3 жыл бұрын

"The truth is often between the lines..." then a commercial taking you for an idiot.

@NoriMori1992

Ай бұрын

Lol what kind of cut were you watching. Each episode was about 45 minutes, the normal length of an hour-long program.

This show was the shi back when I was a kid. I remember we used to watch this show religiously every Friday on Fox. The illusion at 13:50 scared the crap out of me as a kid and gave me nightmares, still remember after all these years. I'll never forget about the story of the disappearing boy at the party complaining about monsters.

I came here to play Johnathan Frakes loud enough to wake my friend up

@Scoaster86

3 жыл бұрын

Man, we should be friends

@Anudorini-Talah

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

I used to LOVE this show when I was a kid. Now I go back and watch it not just because some of the stories are interesting, but to have a good time laughing at some of the bad acting lol

@LordDomielOfElysium

Жыл бұрын

Really? Because a lot of big actors got their start on that show 😅

"You see this globe? It's actually just half a globe." Oh, man... ya got me!

@se7enofnein

3 жыл бұрын

And thus was born Flatearthers

@mickeyrube6623

3 жыл бұрын

@black faced brony soldier uh...the side of a mountain? Duh...

@mattheww797

3 жыл бұрын

@@se7enofnein There is actually a lot of credible evidence to support the flat earth hypothesis.

@eliaspeter7689

3 жыл бұрын

@@mattheww797 Yet all flat earth picture is CGI. Lol.

@liggerstuxin1

3 жыл бұрын

@@mattheww797 link?

When he said, "portrait of a single clown." I felt that.

Everything sounds like a fortune cookie

@fabianweber6937

3 жыл бұрын

I once had a fortune cookie that said 'you'd better mind your own business' ☹

Came for Jonathan frakes, stayed for the illusions.

11:18 is my absolute favourite. Blows my mind

This show was so awesome when I was a kid

@Perfectpearl

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@freepalestine2434

3 жыл бұрын

Never saw it as a kid but being a Star Trek fan, I can't stop laughing at these sorts of videos. Have you ever gone swimming in the Nile river? Totally fake. A complete fabrication. Not a chance

@jimijamesnoob685

3 жыл бұрын

@TheHumanGerm it's still awesome today!

Pretty sure this show inspired an entire generation of 3D illusion artists.

Someone (probably): "No one can fool me" Jonathan Frakes: "Hold my beard"

I never realized how many of the illusions they repeated in a slightly different way. LOTS of illusions on the lines being the same size lol but I never tire of this cheese.

@heisag

3 жыл бұрын

In our days, it would trick more if the lines actually were different sizes.

@moxiemaxie3543

2 жыл бұрын

@@heisag no it wouldn't. Have you seen how society has advanced . We didn't advance lol

the pun game is so strong

@josepha3805

3 жыл бұрын

Omg I'm so high

If 'Dad jokes' were illusions

This show was beyond belief!

@josepha3805

3 жыл бұрын

Aw dayum

@ryanrhodes5819

3 жыл бұрын

I can’t believe your right Flowe rB logger

Plot twist. Johnathan Frakes was an optical Illusion

@TammoKorsai

3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps he never truly gave up the powers of the Q Continuum.

@johnnyclueless

3 жыл бұрын

Was Johnathon Frakes really on your screen? It was a fabrication, it’s false, it’s made up by a writer

@tuskinradar8688

3 жыл бұрын

Was your host tonight Johnathan Frakes? A similar event took place.

@dannigro8794

3 жыл бұрын

@@tuskinradar8688 In the Florida area in the turn of the century

@josepha3805

3 жыл бұрын

Ooo fuuuh dude aw du' dood

The master of Gaslighting messes with your brain for 15 minutes

@blackjacktrial

3 жыл бұрын

It's a fabrication. We made it up.

@caesar7734

3 жыл бұрын

Actually it is 17.85 minutes

@AzguardMike

3 жыл бұрын

it never happened :)

@englishatheart

Жыл бұрын

Does no one know what "gaslighting" actually means? If the person isn't making you question your sanity by trying to make you think you're crazy, they aren't gaslighting you.

14:03 is the moment Will Riker found out about Locutus.

@Anudorini-Talah

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂

I like how after each illusion they give real shitty advice. " Follow the clown as he turns the corner"....k...

The fact that so many of these illusions are absolutely terrible just makes it so much better.

@jeffo9396

3 жыл бұрын

I thought most of the illusions were better than not.

@insertaverygenericnamehere

3 жыл бұрын

So that people suffering from Dunning-Kruger could feel hyper-smart!

@insertaverygenericnamehere

3 жыл бұрын

Some of the illusions were featured on a children's television programme from Australia, called the "Curiosity Show". Check it out on KZread.

@mickeyrube6623

3 жыл бұрын

Please he does some more than once, basically.

@redshiftkey1735

3 жыл бұрын

Actually I was so dumbstruck that I literally couldn't move and soiled myself for days!!!

This is why I love KZread. I think of something that I’d like to see and sure enough, someone has made it already.

The circus and clown drawing was amazing. Wow

@Ragtags

7 ай бұрын

Cake on the plate too. Dam

2:50. He's not just a clown. He's the entire circus.

@ashethedestroyer5114

Жыл бұрын

No way

Frakes seems so happy to explain each illusion it's very charming and funny

@pvanukoff

Ай бұрын

I'd be happy too if all I had to do was show some optical illusions for a fat paycheck.

Came for the illusions, slept halfway and woke up an hour later.

*Looks at my torrent folder I'm happy i have this entire series safely on my network storage :) It shall forever live on and be watched for many many years.

"Sometimes, reality can be a cruel deceiver. For example, it may look like I'm robbing this convenience store for drug money, but in reality i'm killing the cashier and THEN robbing this convenience store for drug money. Truth, or fiction? We'll see if it holds up in court."

This show was ahead of it’s time. Still a amazing show to this day.

@englishatheart

Жыл бұрын

Its* time. Possessive pronouns don't use apostrophes.

2:52 How people describe me

@literale

3 жыл бұрын

lol

@Anudorini-Talah

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@darren4357

3 жыл бұрын

You are not a clown you are the whole circus

@wuraolaolagunju

3 жыл бұрын

@@darren4357 That's correct

The true illusion is my 18 minutes than mysteriously vanish after hitting play.

@__J____c____J__

2 жыл бұрын

The world may never know what happened to them.

@repeekyraidcero

Жыл бұрын

But they're still there

@troywright359

Жыл бұрын

​@@repeekyraidcero wrong. They're gone.

The music makes this feel like a Phoenix Wright trial scene presenting evidence.

@edelgado5663

3 жыл бұрын

2:50 Coincidence? I think not!

"This word may look like it spells 'false' to you. A closer look shows that it can also be 'true.'" Me: Uh, sure... *_WITH THE WORD 'FALSE' ON TOP OF IT!_*

@lp.shakur

3 жыл бұрын

man I cracked up at this part, good start into a vid

@Anudorini-Talah

3 жыл бұрын

But also can be the word „true“

@TBONE_2004

28 күн бұрын

That's because your brain will automatically register "false", but when you look further, you'll also see "true".

Frakes: "Take this line drawing of a man in profile, is this an honest man?" **turns the pic, the word LIAR shows up** Frakes: **pauses, looks at the camera** "The answer is written across his face." had me dying xD Frakes ftw

alternate title: Johnathon Frakes shows you to increasingly less impressive illusions

I love that he says it’s a carving of a rabbit, but when he moves it, it makes a very audible thump of hollow plastic

The B to a 13 is the funniest one. "WOAH!" lol

How are the shoes in the jar an illusion? Like are they not really shoes in a jar? He's like, "Oh, look at these shoes in a jar, crazy right? How'd those get in there?" And then never explains.

@AllanLarsenOFFICIAL

14 күн бұрын

The shoes were assembled, piece by piece, inside the bottle. So it was literally in fitting pieces the shoes where put inside. Hope that explains it well. 😊

i like the way brolin did his illusions, just something about how he delivered those lines hes all serious about something that should be more light hearted

@karentucker2161

Жыл бұрын

I like the other better

I've often wondered what would happen if Riker learned philosophy from Data.

15:40 That's it He's a wizard it's the only explanation

@Hahah998

3 жыл бұрын

Can this story be true?

@Abyss10n

3 жыл бұрын

@@Hahah998 Not a chance.

@keaganwheeler-mccann8565

3 жыл бұрын

That little dry laugh he does is perfect for your claim.

@Anudorini-Talah

3 жыл бұрын

@@keaganwheeler-mccann8565 😂😂😂😂😂😂☀️

That one episode of Star trek really made jonathan frakes question perception of everything that he wanted to host this show

@TheBanishedWind

11 ай бұрын

Which one?

@positronlaserforce

11 ай бұрын

@@TheBanishedWind Star Trek TNG S6 E21 Frame of Mind

I never know that an optical illusion can become the greatest pun

@Mr.B.B.Wolfman

3 жыл бұрын

Define pun.

@Anudorini-Talah

3 жыл бұрын

Pun is a meme word gtfo you Insider meme youngsters

"your not just a clown. your an entire circus" - miles edgeworth

You're not a clown, you're the entire circus but from a different perspective. 3:03

As soon as that old decrepit crone disappeared and was replaced with that fashionable young lady I immediately started to miss the old crone

Came for the illusions, woke up in another dimension.

I love how it starts with P.W. after he fell on hard times when the Cold War ended, and then proceeds with Riker going crazy.

defintally underrated, kinda like its own flavor of twilight zone or the night gallery... actually something else I remember reading an Archie comic where the gang watches a show like this...but jughead would figure out what was true or not every time...with the comic ending if he was just that good...or just saw a rerun also damn love the music here

@englishatheart

Жыл бұрын

Definitely*

Watching this super it just made me realize I’ve binged every episode on here :( I want more

7:47 Yo he used noclip

Why can't modern TV be this good?

for those interested the mouse and cat one at 10:09 is also has a bird of you hold it the tail of the mouse down with the mouse profile .

This is the best one yet! Friggin' hilarious!

This show is the gift that keeps on giving

this montage with the intense music and delivery makes it comical.

The cadence of the puns is phenomenal

the set and music are just perfect.

I always love to watch Beyond Belief Fact or Fiction

Spencer Gifts. The show.

The mysterious background music is the icing on the cake

13:51 apologies to any children who were frightened

@JackvoProductions

3 жыл бұрын

especially mine

Best recommendation KZread has done so far while I’m blown 😂

Did Johnathan took that mosaic painting of himself back home, or was that just what our writers came up with?

7:00 "The one on the right obviously looks bigger than the one on the left" Err... no it doesn't

I wish I knew where I could watch this show. I never saw it when it was on the air, and now these clips really make me want to see it. :(

@Busher50

8 ай бұрын

They're all on KZread and Amazon Prime

My fastest marathon of a tv series ❕

You’re so awesome for this upload. Thank you🤗

@literale

8 ай бұрын

ty :)

@MrsMusicJunkie

8 ай бұрын

@@literale You’re welcome💋

"Take this display of an object that is shaped like a mouse. Yet, when you rotate it, it evolves into a cat. So which is it really?" A Pokemon?

Actually a really enjoyable watch cheers

The Cake image was mind-blowing!

The shoes in a jar isn't really an illusion, because the shoes are clearly in there.

@bob101910

3 жыл бұрын

But how?

@mmartinisgreat

3 жыл бұрын

Bum bum bum

@otaking3582

3 жыл бұрын

@@bob101910 Idk, either heating up the jar so that it's malleable enough to get a shoe inside, or they shoved smaller pieces into the jar and assembled the shoe using tweezers like they do with a ship in a bottle.

@KUNAIfever

2 жыл бұрын

@@bob101910 Magic

That’s Incredible!

Best illusion in this vid: Turning James Brolin into Jonathan Frakes.

1:40 if you're only here for Johnathan Frakes

I used to watch this show as a kid..loved jt

awesome work, great video. People should think twice about mainstream news media telling them what is the truth.

I took about 5:30 minutes of this video to start opening my mind and eyes to the deception and at that point in the video I started Instantly seeing through the illusion even before he got to explaining it at all. Goes to show that once exposed to these tricks your mind has the capability of almost instantly learning the patterns, at least that was my experience. I wonder if anyone had the same situation happen to them too.

@jss636

3 жыл бұрын

I turned your comment upside down and I now see an eskimo in a snow storm.

This is so enthralling

He keeps saying it is our perception, but it is down to his presentation. This is a great example of how humans can easily be manipulated.