This entire act is just so he can get Alison's number

@_Salmon

3 жыл бұрын

Who wouldn't want Alison's number.

@ThisShitIsDumbAndYouKnow

3 жыл бұрын

True true "mentalist"

@SeanK1684

3 жыл бұрын

😂 😂 😂

@circuito77

3 жыл бұрын

No, he didn't get her phone number. His phone got a call from "unknown caller".

@alphakakcmeddlakadoofahkii3362

2 жыл бұрын

Fair enough

He fooled them all, the main trick was to get Allison's number. Well played sir, well played.

@goodmaro

2 жыл бұрын

OMG, could that be what Penn was getting at by "record, unlawful,...intention,...punch"? Seriously? What if Penn said, "Privacy, invade, hostess, burner, futile."?

@4dMiNi5Tr4t0r

Жыл бұрын

She called without caller ID :)

@wamrainc176

Жыл бұрын

Yes but too bad she is happily married….but then again so was many divorce

Yeah if it was his voice-mail we were hearing, his screen shouldn't look that way, it should be the swipe to answer/hang up

@larryphotography

2 жыл бұрын

Put simpler, when somebody calls you, you don't hear your own voicemail in your phone :)

@leopoldoprofili718

2 жыл бұрын

1) we are supposedly hearing the voice-mail from Alison's phone, which she placed in front of her mic 2) the "magician"'s screen still shouldn't look like this, because the call only goes to voice-mail if you hang up or don't answer for X rings. So his screen should be anything BUT incoming call 😅

It's never impressive when your prediction is stored in a computer.

If I were to do this specific trick, I'd record every possible combination. I'd give them a PBX phone number where I can upload an MP3 directly to the voicemail. And I'd have a friend listen for the choices and pick the proper corresponding MP3 to upload right before the call. I'm not saying that's how he did it but that's probably why Penn said "Provide friend bench password technology recording" I would be providing a friend on "the bench" the password and using technology, change the recording. Idk this "illusion" feels cheap to me.

@Morgan423Z

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think you'd even have to record every combination. These are simple variables, and you'll notice that every time a choice is provided in the voice mail message, it's at a comma pause point in the sentence, making it ideal for separately recording each one in a way that makes it sound like it is flowing naturally and unbroken. So he records one main message with correctly timed pauses where the variables go, and then records each variable as it would sound in its spot. There has to be a tech solution now where a standard message can have its pauses filled with a bunch of prerecorded variables. I could see it being useful for multiple types of businesses that have quickly changing conditions to advise customers who could only get to a phone but had no data to get online. So when they call at the end of the trick, they reach a phone app that just does this and he just set the variables during the trick as they chose them. Or it's an actual voicemail box, and there's enough time between the last variable and the call for this tool to call the box and record the correct message. Some variation of that, but X,Y,and Z chosen by the participants are just plugged in so that they are read in the message.

@Kempington92

2 жыл бұрын

@@Morgan423Z Just to answer your question around tech solution of using recorded variables - I work in Telefony designing call flows and it definitely exists. I make it all the time, commonly for repeating customer's input back to them or reading account balances etc.

@korana6308

8 ай бұрын

@@Morgan423Z I was actually thinking of a more funny and simpler solution... ehh, just call to your voice double (or autotune it to sound like you) and just have that guy read out anything you want live for you.

I’m heartbroken. You look like a nice guy and it was mildly entertaining, but the magic stopped the moment you picked up your phone.

If there is anything that P & T are known for, it is how they hate magic clichés. The "Mentalist" pretending he can really influence outcomes until the very end, probably pissed them off.

Why did the voicemail play on your phone? Thats not right! Your phone should not even be in the call, but a missed call should be displayed. And the voicemail should play on Allisons phone. Get better technology next time!

@deviles

3 жыл бұрын

Why coulnt it be on allisons phone? she held it to her microphone so the sound could just as well come from hers.

@Zzyzx-

3 жыл бұрын

@@deviles look at his phone. He is 'in the call', thats not how answering messages work.

@deviles

3 жыл бұрын

@@Zzyzx- Ah, i dont know that...all phones look differently. But yeah it would be better if hed dclined the call to really send it to voicemail.

@chrismatteson1312

3 жыл бұрын

The voicemail didn’t play on anyone’s phone, it was recorded and played over the speakers for audio quality. I’m assuming of course, but he says “the producers” put his number in her phone, I’m assuming they also thought of the best way to relay the voice mail to us for his stage performance.

@Toranoshis

3 жыл бұрын

Allison is holding her phone against her mic, but, yeah that wasn’t voice mail, that was a call

Your voicemail doesn’t play when you answer the call. Kind of a major clue it’s an app

It's 2021 and there are still magicians thinking that technology tricks are impressive. We have self landing spaceships you know.

@Reversion1970

2 жыл бұрын

yes in 2021 we have movie studios that can conjure up photo realistic moving images of anything you can imagine real or fantasy, yet some believe we have self landing spaceships.

@SpimeTV

2 жыл бұрын

@@Reversion1970 What? You can literally go to Cape Canaveral and see it, it´s nothing special

Penn's words include "Friend, intention, punch, and enjoy" Followed by "Did you pick up my subliminal message?"

@thedivachannel3790

Жыл бұрын

And the words "technology and recording". It's more of using technology to manipulate the outcome of the voice recording.

Imo, the reveal here kind of kills the trick. There are so many ways that message could have played through the phone that the only way to see it as magical is to assume the magician is telling the truth about it being the voicemail message. But the simple fact that the audience isn't able to tell if it's even a recording in the first place, makes it very easy to doubt. For all we know, it could be someone back stage just reading off of a script and just happens to have a similar sounding voice (the poor mic quality makes this easy to do).

@mrkitloin

3 жыл бұрын

its what penn said at the end "Friend sideline distort technology"

@stevebalmer8888

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, but also I don't see the problem, why couldn't the voice message be set during the show? With him having an already prerecorded message with a few variations on tape, he just has to confirm it after he hears what A P and T chose... Is it really that hard to change your voice mail in the states? , I really don't get it. (I would assume not). But ofcourse there's million other ways it could have been done, but why bother if you can do it the most basic and straight forward way?... And oh boy , I really think this "magic trick" should be a standard test for your intelligence, if you find it impressive there's something wrong with you.

@ku8721

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrkitloin Don't forget the last two "Punch and enjoy!"

if the reveal was him pulling out that handkerchief in his pocket and it was covered in teapots and had "phobia" in large letters written on it, this would be a trick.

@andrewdickens7016

2 жыл бұрын

He could never do that Subliminal doesn’t work like that

@FORRESTtheunoriginal

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewdickens7016 i know, and thats why this wasnt that impressive.

@hoopyfrood4391

2 жыл бұрын

… a VIOLET handkerchief, too. Yeah… that would have been a dandy trick.

@stephenspackman5573

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewdickens7016 You'd need a specialised printer, but why not?

Easily done. Prior to the show he had prerecorded the message with three ‘blanks’. Then he also recorded his voice whilst stating each of the colours, shapes and words (that were to be flashed). Whilst the show was being aired he had somebody elsewhere observe each of the three responses and then that person recorded his voice-mail message but with the correct answers included. This work could be done at a remote location, or behind the curtain.

Am I being totally dumb? Has the lockdown gotten to me and totally melted my brain? What I mean is, in the real world, isn’t the “answerphone greetings message” only heard on the cellphone of the person Making the call? So in this case, on Allison’s phone? Instead, it comes through on HIS cellphone.... which is totally the wrong way around. I am correct., aren’t I?? If so, how does one make such a huge, basic mistake on a show as big as this?!?!?! No wonder he didn’t fool them!!!!!!

@chrismatteson1312

3 жыл бұрын

I could be wrong, but I believe playing the audio over the stage speakers was a choice by the producers and/or the magician for sound quality. Instead of actually making us listen to Allison’s phone.

@chrismatteson1312

3 жыл бұрын

Raccoon It’s not the survival rate that’s worrying, it’s the rate at which people get the virus. It’s easy to get. If everyone got it, and 1% died, that’s just shy of 78 million people dead. I do get your point, being scared is a terrible way to live, but I also understand wanting to slow the rise in cases as much as possible.

@angelogandolfo4174

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrismatteson1312 That makes sense. But because it wasn’t explained (at least to us, the public), it looks quite ridiculous......

@chrismatteson1312

3 жыл бұрын

Viper Byte I’m only coming up with the justification because of your question. I found it weird in the moment too.

@sebastianrodriguezlemoine8013

3 жыл бұрын

@Raccoon Canadian talking about what happens in other countries without having a single clue. The problem with this Virus is that has a very unpredictable incubation period, so you can be spreading a virus that could kill people for almost two weeks without knowing it. It's like we now stop using condoms because now HIV is not as lethal as it was before. This thing has killed 2.5 MILLION people and not more BECAUSE of this kind of protocols that prevent more people from being infected. In countries in which health systems have collapsed, the death rate was higher. If you don't let your health system collapse you will prevent a lot of deaths and keep the death rate around the 2% we are having right now.

Great trick Michael

I think the reveal to this is lost in a cut as we just see the phone unlocked in his hand. The phone was already open in an app which looked like a locked screen, the unlocking gesture would be him entering the selections which are then played back. In Penn's list was "provide password recording punch in"

Not a very good act but there was a subliminal message in the video which said "YOU WILL ENJOY THIS", so I enjoyed it!

Some of the best code from Penn yet!

@88Doug

3 жыл бұрын

I love how they reveal it in code this show is so cool!

@angelogandolfo4174

3 жыл бұрын

I’m still not sure which were the ‘important’ words in Penn’s list, and which were there just as ‘fillers’/to add a bit of confusion....... any hints??

@jonathanmellette8541

3 жыл бұрын

@@angelogandolfo4174 Friend, Recording, and Technology were definitely three of them.

@angelogandolfo4174

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanmellette8541 Ahhh yes, that makes sense.... 👍

@slapurmom5667

6 ай бұрын

It sounded more like a threat than a hint in secret code

nice effect 👌

I could do this , all you need is a bugged phone and a friend whose good at technology in the crowd .

@daemonace5910

3 жыл бұрын

Yea, one of the reasons that I dont really like magic that involves tech, is, that a lot of them is totally doable by some tech expert with zero magic knowledge. Doesnt feel like a magic trick, feels like a tech trick

@overandunder5085

2 жыл бұрын

Then do it if it’s so easy

As..I have been watching Penn and teller...I could easily guess how he did it ..even I understood the code language of Penn..

Well done!

The worst thing about this trick is that the recorded voice was not even recorded on the phone it was just played by the producers on stage.

They dislike acts like this.

@SKyrim190

3 жыл бұрын

It is a lot less "magical" by the characterization of mentalists itself. I dislike the final reveal in a too much technological format as well, because those things can be mingled with. I mean, someone who understands computers can thinker a lot with technology to do it behave in unexpected ways, AND someone who doesn't understand this stuff is usually aware that more tech-savvy people can "do weird stuff", even if they don't know how or what. This falls shorts from something like an envelope with a written prediction, because everybody understands 100% how pen and paper works. The physicality of it all is what creates the impossibility and thus the magic

@armydude441

3 жыл бұрын

That’s not really true at all. Considering they’ve had multiple mentalists on each season and have spoke about their feelings on it during the show. They do not like “mentalist” acts that are used to con people. They don’t like acts of people that refuse to acknowledge that what they do is a simple parlor trick. They will not allow people to say that they really have mystical magical powers.

@timsimmons7916

3 жыл бұрын

@@armydude441 okay Dick!

@jeffsergeant

3 жыл бұрын

@@SKyrim190 Yeah, with a veritable super-computer in his hand, he managed to get it to say three words after they had been chosen and announced, there are a million ways it could have been done. Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology!

@SKyrim190

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeffsergeant I believe you mixed up your quote a little lol

Good job it was me been the victim I mean helper as I picked red melon force.

Using some sort of sleight of hand to make the choices appear somewhere on stage is at least a complete act. Having a super advanced piece of tech repeat 3 words is pretty lame.

Hey man. Great Trick.

Can someone explain to me the words Penn used at the end to tell the guy he knows how he did the trick? I couldn’t figure out any sort of code or meaning. Thanks!

Sourdough was the word that stood out for me...

@PandemoniumPirateRadio

3 жыл бұрын

Probably because you saw your reflection in the screen 🤔 I'M JOKING! Jokes! 🙏

@crustycurmudgeon2182

3 жыл бұрын

@@PandemoniumPirateRadio LMAO! That was good!

Could be a great act if the voicemail part was changed to something more concrete/less technological

Was that Penn telling you that you violated the rules?

@boopsnoot3142

3 жыл бұрын

Why would they air it if he had?

@annalisajohn

3 жыл бұрын

Nope, he had different pass codes with different recordings.

GREAT performance!! This is such a cool trick!! Awesome job!

I think the only reason I couldn't be influenced is that my memory is so bad that I only can remember the last colour/object etc.

I don’t like tricks that lean too heavily on technology because it seems too easy. Another example would be when you have a man having the audience show him personal items, and a woman who knows the items details (serial number on a dollar Bill). Even if you don’t know exactly how they are doing it, obviously it’s some kind of technology.

@grnphroggy

9 ай бұрын

Except that they had an act that did precisely that (The Evasons), without using technology. There are some parts of the act that I'm still confused by, but my best guess is that we didn't see a couple of things because of how the show is edited. In any case, Penn said it was refreshing to see it being done without relying on technology.

Notice, there is symptom of a soundboard. Right before he says Phobia, there's 2 clicks on the audio and "phobia" seems rushed. easy, there is a guy with a soundboard pretending it was the voicemail. he let that slip.

This is incredible!!!

This one is to easy to figure out. Just some software on the phone that listens for keywords and responds with the appropriate voicemail message. there are no subliminal massages on the screen.

@ckay8145

3 жыл бұрын

i think you're reading to far into this. it's just some dude reading a script backstage. It wasn't even a voicemail message as his phone got into the call

@stevebalmer8888

3 жыл бұрын

Lol you are all reading too far into this. It is really not that hard to select a prerecorded voice message if you really wanted to from your mobile phone operator. Honestly trick is just du . mb

Sadly, the only question left open by this trick is whether the programmer was competent enough to completely avoid the need for a human assistant. Quite the disappointment.

What’s up with screen at 7:29

I didn’t pick any of those...

Literally eating popcorn...

Did Penn tell the guy he violated the law? Holy sh!t he walked away quickly, lol

@bretthaupt1019

3 жыл бұрын

From Penn's words, it sounds like unlawful recording without party consent. This was provided to a friend on the sideline, along with his voice-mail password, to insert pre-recorded clips from every possible choice. This is all speculation of course.

@stevebalmer8888

3 жыл бұрын

People in the comments are suggesting that he did it in the lames way possible, by playing it from his phone. I had a little more faith in him so my assumption was that he just changed his voice mail message while being on stage. Both ways are extremely lame, and do not deserve to be on the show. Even though the trick started ok ish, it ended completely anti climactic and unexciting . Waste 8 minutes of my life watching it...

@Matsokune

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevebalmer8888 This trick honestly busts itself; if it were his voice mail, we'd have to have it play off of Alyson's phone. His own voice mail plays on his own phone when someone else called him, so it could only be one answer.

Respect to penn and teller for letting the magicians post their performances, but man, this trick sucks...

I choose the same, violet, Cup and phobia.

4:22 nice way to get the phone number

That was awesome! And he Represents Queens NY!

My question is, if someone calls you can you put your phone on loudspeaker as it rings coz I know you have to pick the call first to put it on loudspeaker..😂🤗😂😂

@chrismatteson1312

3 жыл бұрын

My guess is that the producers recorded that before hand so they could play it over the speakers while they made a mock phone call on stage for effect. But seeing how so many comments are about the phone call, I can see how it takes away from the trick displaying it to us like that.

@himself187

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrismatteson1312I agree somehow but well there's no point for that performance for the Audience watching the show from home or other parts of the world😥

I've only heard Penn tell two people to get off his stage. 😲

@BlielPol

2 жыл бұрын

Who's the other?

@willthegrete4276

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlielPol the other guy was running a trick that had a seance feel to it. The technique is used to make money off of grief. Penn was as polite as he was here but it was clear that he wasnt fooled or entertained.

Could you explain Penn's response?

@mikeiseastman

3 жыл бұрын

It sounded like Penn was telling him he broke the rules.

@MichaelKarl

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikeiseastman No rule breaking, a few of the words were clues to the method I used. I look a little confused because he also covered several methods that I didn't use with those words.

@bechirbenothman5453

3 жыл бұрын

Penn threw some key words about the method used. Technology will not fool them anymore xD

@yanivsteltzer8425

3 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelKarl "unlawful recording" maybe?

@MichaelConklingJr

2 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelKarl hey, since you’re here, could you possibly explain why your phone was on speaker while Allison was calling you ? It appears that the voicemail is playing from your phone…which wouldn’t be true if Allison was calling you. The way this was shown on TV is very confusion. They specifically showed your iPhone being held up on speakerphone the entire time. When you call somebody, and the phone goes to voicemail…the receives phone screen simply turns off. Why would you show your phone screen with the speaker button pressed ??

What amazes me the most is that, I too, picked the teapot and the word phobia when watching this performance!

@derencio

3 жыл бұрын

You know what that means, right? Absolutely nothing. :)

@goesto

3 жыл бұрын

@@derencio thank you!

@stevebalmer8888

3 жыл бұрын

I picked red , elephant and utensils .

All prediction methods have already been invented in magic, and the involvement of technology unfortunately does not add another dimension to them, but significantly reduces the existing one. But I rather wanted to point out the so-called mental magic, which really exists, but it is possible to apply it in a close circle of friends and after the preparation of an "experimental" individual long before the performance itself. So "Berglas" may work, but it's a lottery bet. Therefore, it is never applied to the audience and classical magic is always preferred so that the result is one hundred percent. By the way, no flickering film with subliminal images like from Colombo it does not exist, even though it was believed in the 70-80 years. :)

2:57 I saw you picking your nose back there blue shirt.

Greg Rostami has an app that does just this

as a lay person, the code is always my favorite part of any of these. it makes sense but on a level i can't begin to grasp so it's always just Michael: reads people's minds Penn: POLICY. JOURNAL. PARAGRAPH. Michael: oh no they figured out the trick

What did Penn's words mean?

Michael my good man, as a fellow performer I'm delighted to see a mentalist with such a modest, natural style. I really appreciate that you steered away from the common performance of 'Look at me - I am a god with special powers'. Honestly, you come across as so personable and open, it's a refreshing change from all the 'silent staring' with bogus psychic powers and the mandatory all-black outfit! I hope, as you inevitably become more popular after this performance, that you'll stick to that modest style because I'm sure a lot of people who think they don't like mentalism could be converted to fans by your approach. You have a superb speaking voice too with absolutely perfect projection from the stage. With the lockdown, if gigs are all cancelled as all mine are, I am certain you could get some voice work. Thank you for an entertaining performance.

Polygraph operators are essentially mentalists with less integrity. The polygraph does nothing except convince the person attached to it that it provides the operator the ability to detect deceit, which it does not.

Green Teapot Monster What's yours?

Technology makes things happen

Winter Soldier intensifies

@MAELR0

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

The weird part is that I also guessed violet and teapot

@clarencelee7216

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

Cool trick anyways, congrats.

I just smoked a bowl, at 4:06 I thought "phobia" then Penn said it... I am scared

Just hate magic like this, whatever magic that uses technology like tv or phones, it feels less “magical” to me

@stevebalmer8888

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, absolutely ridiculous . Also there are some tricks that would require you to prerecord all of the combinations and it might take you days... But with this one you can literally do it a matter of an hour. Feel like my time was wasted watching this trick.

This was an incredible performance!

Best tricks to get the host phone number, and she isn't some random chiqs 👍❤

Why did you pick up the phone and still go to voicemail? Unless of course, obviously it wasnt voicemail at all.

The real question, how can I leave such a long voicemail?

He says that TV producers ruined it. They forced him to hold the phone up, taking away the attention from Allison's, from where the message was coming out. If you check, Allison is listening to her phone. * How is done? I think, it is a programming question, not a magician one. Some people say, he used a "friend". I think, the friend has to be on the stage, by the rules. Since he had the phone in his hand before the call was made, he could put a three-digit code into it. If not, while it was ringing, he repeated the answers very loud. A program can detect it and create the answer in about 0.000022 seconds.

@MichaelConklingJr

2 жыл бұрын

If you look closely, there’s a pretty obvious cut after he says all three of their guesses out loud. His phone screen changes from “slide to answer”, to an OUTBOUND call on speakerphone. If Allison is listening to his real voicemail on her iPhone, why would HIS iPhone be displaying an outbound call, on speakerphone?

As is the case with all passe mentalism tricks, Penn was *pissed*

WOW he just rushed off the stage after that...Penn was so unimpressed. He actually said this could be his biggest trick ever lol this cheap stuff lololol

i know you all have chosen indigo

This one is too easy, he had 4096 phones in his pants, with a mechanism to pick one depending on what Alison and Penn chose. The one for teller was obvious. They he just unmute the selected phone, trying at the same time to disguise the other 4095 phones vibration so that he is not looking weird.

@mrdibujante

2 жыл бұрын

Either that or hiring Troy McClure voice actor to mimic his voice. That also explains why he speaks do funny...

@grnphroggy

9 ай бұрын

@@mrdibujante You may not be aware that the Troy McClure voice actor was murdered in 1998.

@mrdibujante

9 ай бұрын

@@grnphroggy murdered? Or carefully hidden as a part of a plan for a magic show some years later?

He got is all wrong. I picked Indigo, Cello & Melody :)

Here at 94 views 👊 👊.

@MichaelKarl

3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate you!

Get our largest set of scales, and a duck.

that illusion would be great if it would be an actual Voicemail and not something playing on his Phone.... IF only alison could have listen to that, because it was a real Voicemail which reacted on her Call it would be way more believable.

I think he fooled them but all the "keywords" from Penn were all threats... Did anyone else pick up on, Punch Destroy Arrow etc. 🤣🤣

Wow, I don't think I've seen Penn so angry when giving the magician his answer to how they did their trick. I know he doesn't particularly like Mentalists or using terms like ESP, and yes, this trick had some issues, but he seemed REALLY agitated! Yikes.

@Poxell91

2 жыл бұрын

Penn & Teller famously hate mentalism tricks. Especially if they can grasp it outright. It's a low-level style of magic.

I would’ve messed up his truck because I had “green lipstick error”

@zoofit5604

2 жыл бұрын

No, it wasn't a force, he had something prepared to send to an app or set up voicemail that would play the three words said by Alyson, Penn, and Teller. They could have picked Indigo, Umbrella, Mommy, and it still would have "worked".

The trouble with magic acts involving electronics like this is their opacity, which tends to spoil them for both entertainment and fooling purposes. I like mentalism and predictions, and I'd probably go for a lot of other stuff you'd do, but when the presto is via electronics, it's blah. Didn't Penn & Teller do a Bull's Hit on subliminal advertising? If not, they should.

First of all, congratz on getting to that stage. Even you didn't fool them, you got there and I hope it will bring you on more stages. best wishes and good luck. Buuuut xD voice mail should be played on the caller's phone, not the called one's. It's a little mistake that gave it all. And if i was played on Alison's phone, ...(--deleted--)... voice mail. I do believe you got good knowledge about app dev or you have a good friend that does. I loved the idea and the creativity to be honest. The problem is it's too easy to figure out, and you do know that. So my conclusion is that you did it, just to get there! and that's great!

@MichaelKarl

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the message, appreciate it. It was a fun experience for sure. The weird thing is that’s the magic of tv editing that people don’t realize. The voicemail was played on Alison’s phone and you can see her holding it into her lapel mic. We filmed this during covid and we couldn’t stand near each other. They wanted the camera on me and asked me to hold the phone for the camera to see but the message was coming from her phone and sound through her lapel. They just edit it together and it looks like it was from my phone. Oh well, it adds more mystery to people taking guesses to how it was done.

@bechirbenothman5453

3 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelKarl ok! you could just say it was TV editing :) I had to remove a part of my previous comment as I think I revealed how you did it. I'm sorry, didn't mean any harm since i thaught it was on your phone that the voice got played.

@MichaelConklingJr

2 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelKarl what’s even more confusing is that when you’re holding your phone up…it’s very clearly on speakerphone. If Allison is listening to your message on HER phone, then why is your phone on a call, and on speaker phone ?? Originally it did say ‘slide to answer’, but when the camera cut, it then showed your phone on an active call, and on speakerphone. If we didn’t see this, the trick would have been much more enjoyable.

@MichaelConklingJr

2 жыл бұрын

@@bechirbenothman5453 it looks like he is playing the voice mail from his phone though. Why else would HIS phone all of a sudden go from “slide to answer” to being on an actual call, and on speakerphone? Call your friends iPhone and let it answer. Try to put your friends iPhone on speaker as you’re calling him. You can’t. You can only press speakerphone on an outgoing call. Not an incoming call. He can say that the audio was being played from alisons phone, but why is he holding up his phone, showing it on an outbound call, with the speaker on? Did the editors mess this up too?

This is AMAZING!!! I saw Michael at an event and he blew my mind. Literally can't believe there's a science to this.

@michaelclarkj

3 жыл бұрын

Science to subliminal forced selection? Nah. That's just the patter and distraction from trying to get you to think what other actual method there is.

@djhokage1

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah... Sitting several hours recording every possible word and telling a friend to set the corresponding voice mail shouldn't be considered talent. But oh well, who am i to judge...

@michaelclarkj

3 жыл бұрын

@@djhokage1 The working theory is that he didn't record hours of combos, but has an app on his phone that he inputs the three words into when he pretends to unlock his phone. The app synthesizes the words into a mimic of an away message. One major clue is that the message should be playing from Alison's phone and not his own.

That's a long ass voice message recording

I was surprised that Penn choose phobia when it was quite forced, he probably wanted to make sure he doesn't count on them dodging forces

@Cryogenian

2 жыл бұрын

Nothing was forced this trick was going to work no matter what the choices were

None of the choices made matched with mine, in terms of what stuck out to me. Anyone else? Mine were indigo, peace sign, diabolical.

@MaybePancakes

3 жыл бұрын

Red, Axe, Force... I think I need to see a therapist now that I think of it

He completely blew me away. He is such a talent!

Green, Elephant, Reject. I'm impossible to read.

Violet played twice and lasted twice as long. The tea pot had violet color which was mentioned by Allison. Phobia played twice since lasted twice as long.

@Dinospearr

3 жыл бұрын

I actually would have picked totally different options

@MlorenDraymeer

3 жыл бұрын

Nope, had nothing to do with it. Subliminal messages don't actually work. This was just a simple use of technology: he prerecorded all the different words that could have been chosen and the phone was set up to play the correct ones. Probably had someone sitting offstage listening and choosing on a computer which ones it should play.

God that was lame...

@stevebalmer8888

3 жыл бұрын

My exact thoughts, the show has dropped the ball when the pandemic hit, but honestly this act was so lame, for the first time in so many years of watching this show I can say that this guy wasted 8 minutes of my life. I hope the show gets better.

The code at the end 😂😂😂🤣 7:23

@-Only.Facts-

2 жыл бұрын

What was the code?

這很簡單啊

It has to.be a goldfish Or a cookie Otherwise no trophy

How the fuck does this work bc I chose the same things for Alison and Pen. I got violet and phobia. Is that just a coincidence maybe?

@zoofit5604

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, that's just a coincidence. There were several thousand combinations possible, but the trick would have worked no matter what they had chosen. It wasn't a "force", it was some technology or friend that helped him get his answer.

its an APP

Just... no. I get that it's an act, I get that it's part of setting up the mystique and all, but.. polygraphs are glorified voltmeters. All they do is measure skin conductivity, and the "lie detector" part is entirely based on the assumption that someone who is lying is going to sweat more. "Hokum" was putting it nicely. Now, again, part of an act, alright, great. If the audience is all clueless rubes. Which, sure, magic tricks, ideal audience, and that's fine! It's entertainment, and usually pretty harmless fun! So far, no huge issue, just hard to suspend disbelief. The subliminal stuff isn't as bad; the entire idea is proven nonsense, but most people don't know that and it persists just like the 'we only use 10% of our brains' thing, no issues there. But the phone. My highest level of technical aptitude is programming knowledge of QBASIC from high school 25 years ago and modifying sound files in Team Fortress Classic. The pauses around the keywords, the slightly altered audio quality... honestly? this trick's payoff feels _lazy._ I'm flat-out incompetent at both those skills and I can think of ways to get this done. It's more difficult than anything I could possibly do without months of learning new programming languages, sure, but the bones are there. Sorry to say it, but while it would've taken more effort, an index of shorter messages would've done the same with a better ending. Take it as constructive criticism; this could probably work in front of a real audience, but the message sounds like an automated voice reading individual numbers out, and everybody's familiar with how that works.

Anytime a phone is involved I'm not really impressed because I'm suspicious it's just technology- not magic. Taking advantage of ppl's general ignorance communications technology is not magic. Anyone could perform such a trick- it doesn't take any skill.

I agree with Penn, I usually groan when i hear “comedy magician” but this guy was actually hilarious. good stuff!

They still dress Alyson like a retired librarian…

@purplekingroger

Жыл бұрын

Every season that have the host wear the same outfit every episode, so that when they film it all they can compile the tricks to make each episode balanced. So I expect Alison was told to bring some options that she’d be comfortable wearing every day and could wear regardless of what she was asked to do.