I'm impressed that Alyson can be anybody's lovely assistant effortlessly.

You didn't fool Penn and Teller, but you definitely fooled me!

Fooled by a title more like, but nice trick.

@aoisora9003

3 жыл бұрын

Same haha

@titmusspaultpaul5

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, bullshit title.

@drewtyson5033

2 жыл бұрын

well it has a “?” so it’s asking not telling

@etherealrose2139

2 жыл бұрын

Skipped ahead didn't even watch the video. Seemed clickbait

@AJ11OH-IO

2 жыл бұрын

There was a ? mark lol but I didn't catch it at first either

Title is misleading, this man is not an envelope.

@codexdelux

3 жыл бұрын

To be fair, it was an open question, not a statement:D

@oz_jones

3 жыл бұрын

And he didnt fool them

@codexdelux

3 жыл бұрын

@@oz_jones But its phrased as a question, which leaves it open to go both ways. Don't get me wrong, its fucking clickbait nonsense and there's a special place in hell for people who do this. But there was never a claim that it fooled anyone :D

@Zechariah340

3 жыл бұрын

He's a magician, he's supposed to mislead you

@thepunisher1951

2 жыл бұрын

@@Zechariah340 hahaha

2:51 - the second picture is drawn. 5:22 - the first picture is revealed. Two different pictures. The hair, look at the red hair on Allyson’s pic.

@m4st3rm1nd9

Жыл бұрын

Correct!

@UniPer85

3 ай бұрын

Ofcourse it's not the same drawing...that would mean he did real magic. The question that remains is: "How does it work?"

The joke about cutting someone in half reminded me of a quote from Hugh Dennis: "When you said you could cut a woman in half...I assumed you were a magician."

This was a great performance that I watched at an amazingly perfect time. It's too much to mention here but I'll just say that I recently had dinner with Gene and greatly appreciate this performance doing him justice!

@MichaelTheMagician

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. What people don’t realize is Gene was obviously an inspiration to this and I got his blessings after too. Love Gene!

Great job Michael. Always great to see another Canadian on the show. Keep it up!

@MichaelTheMagician

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@Allen_Leigh_Canada

2 жыл бұрын

Go Canadian Go!

@familymitchell6636

Жыл бұрын

@@MichaelTheMagician 😅9😊😅 be😂

That was an amazing trick. It fooled the heck out of me.

@MichaelTheMagician

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@KTHKUHNKK

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

Nice job Michael. You could not fool Penn & Teller with your trick, but you fooled all of us here on youtube with the title of your video. You should be a proud magician ?!?!?!?!?!?

It's so cool when Penn talks in code.

@buster5661

2 жыл бұрын

Funny that I can tell when he’s speaking in code and still have no idea what he’s saying

@midwestweirdo666

Жыл бұрын

I listen close to everything he says and I can't figure it out most times. In this case I'm guessing the artist he mentions is another magician that does the same trick the same way but I could be way off.

@tonyunderwood6972

Жыл бұрын

It also speaks to how much they study magic and magicians. Some of the names and techniques they pull out with their code are just amazing.

@_kevinS_

Жыл бұрын

@@midwestweirdo666 The name drop was about another magician I'm guessing, but talking about birds I think was just a way to bring up arms. The arms on his Alison portrait weren't the same at the reveal as they were when he drew them originally, so that portrait must have been pre drawn and already on her canvas and he tried to replicate it. Extremelly slick with the switches however/whenever he's doing that though.

The key was the bird, he had a parrot that would mimic Alison's drawing, we all know parrots are good for mimic. He already had the picture of Alison as he drew it, but the parrot did the dirty work of replicating Alison's one. Well done though

@Jorscam

2 жыл бұрын

No i think there were some small bird eggs in the envelopes, they hatched and the little birdies drew the correct piece of art.

@chocolatecoveredgummybears

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jorscam lol

@timscoviac

2 жыл бұрын

I think the key word in there was flap

@roscosanchez4649

2 жыл бұрын

I figured that there was 2 sheets of paper and he bled the marker through with the squeaky sound so there was two copies. He then covered her drawing with the copy and he just left that piece in the envelope when he pulled it out.

@Mike-we3rb

2 жыл бұрын

@@roscosanchez4649 thought it was suspicious when he held the board when she drew hers. Couldn’t have done it without that I feel

Your kids show today in Ottawa brought me here. You called up my son Rico (red wings hat) at the performance and he had a blast. Thank you.

I was sure Penn would refer to the "Scream" painting behind you and would mention that Munch actually painted 4 versions of the same painting. Weird he didn't do it.

@GreenHotDogz

2 жыл бұрын

it's pretty self explanatory.

2:54 and 5:25 are not the same picture. note the righthand long hair not the same curve.

I loved the pun with the daughter's name. Just had to think twice about it. :D

@reid.5235

3 жыл бұрын

As soon as he said it u thought of kanyes line from all falls down “couldn’t afford a car so she named her daughter Alexis”

@truehappiness407

3 жыл бұрын

@@reid.5235 I was just about to write that but your a day earlier lol

@MichaelTheMagician

2 жыл бұрын

@@reid.5235 I'm a Kanye fan, so its possible that's where it came from ;)

@paul16451

2 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelTheMagician I remember seeing a similar joke on an 80s sitcom (unfortunately can't recall which) where a dad got a cat for his daughter and named the cat "Portia" so he could brag that he bought his daughter one.

@kathrynnpetersen8876

Жыл бұрын

That name makes sense considering the fact that his daughter's name is Alexis and Alyson's husband's name is Alexis which she did not want to even bother telling him that his daughter has the same name as her husband.

I have loved hockey ever since I was a kid watching the movie Mighty Ducks. I’ve loved watching magic just as long.😊

Very well done!

He has excellent stage presence.

@MichaelTheMagician

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a ton!

Loved it mate well done great trick

Awesome! And from my home town!!

6:57 Someone in the audience forgot to turn down their cell phone's volume 😆

@wolfpriest6954

3 жыл бұрын

lmao

@UniPer85

3 ай бұрын

Try 6:59 🙂

That was awesome!

Imagine your first performance in Vegas being in front of Penn and Teller while trying to fool them. I would've been a nervous wreck.

@MichaelTheMagician

3 жыл бұрын

Very cool indeed.

Very cool trick , loved it!

So funny, love it!!!

I love how his accent, his humors and tone are sooooooo much like Sean Farquhar's for some reason.

May not have fooled them but definitely fooled me good job 👏🏾

Great trick!

Despite the differences people have pointed out with the drawings, I still think this a really good trick by Michael - I've been going back and forth frame by frame and I can't see any actual switch, or actually detect anything suspicious when he slides it out of the envelope, other than doing so cautiously and horizontally. If a sheet of paper has to physically move from one frame to the other, then I can't see any flapping about (as Penn hints at), merely light coming off the glass which matches the reflections you'd expect. I'm highly suspicious about the frames themselves, and the way he tightly holds them together like that, but…

@PikesvilleAl

2 жыл бұрын

He doesn't switch he flips. Both drawings made on stage are in his thing.

@PikesvilleAl

2 жыл бұрын

Penns comment about bird arms are about the ones on the drawing of Alyson. they are different

@CrisEdwards

2 жыл бұрын

When he places them face--to-face is when it happens. There are two Allison drawings and a plate that gets transferred when the frames are face to face.

@waynewayne9693

2 жыл бұрын

Jesus this is a old trick and it’s embarrassing you are this clueless about it. He should have been embarrassed to present an old trick off the shelf with no modifications.

@flumfabliau

2 жыл бұрын

@@waynewayne9693 cooooool

Now that's a true artist he puts his artwork crap in other people's hands

I been waiting for one of these performers to sniff the marker. 🤣

I can't believe what I just saw. Incredible.

How many puns do you want? Yes!

3:50 took me a bit but that re cap joke was killer xD

Never been huge on magic but I think it’s cool. I kinda understand after reading the comments how he got his drawing but how exactly did her drawing change? Likeee it was in her hands. And it was shown being put in the envelope while it was in her hands

@stevethorpe

2 жыл бұрын

No. Allison's signature was shown being put in the envelope, not her drawing, and her signature wasn't shown coming out of the envelope, just her drawing. I'm guessing the magic happened during the 'recap'

OK, I got it now :)= It is surprisingly simple and very very clever. I got parts of it at first but it took reading some comments and some slow-speed replay to nail it. Thing is - it's almost a self working trick. With some caveats but as a party trick it is excellent. Going to skip signing, though...

Michael I just want to say to you your an awesome and amazing Magician. I really enjoyed this video. I hope you read this comment. Leave my a heart if you did

@MichaelTheMagician

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

But why is 2010 Penn in the background at 5:59 tho

How do you strike a pose and not go straight Vogue?

Not even going to bother to replay the video or anything just on the top of my head to figure it out- alsyon’s drawing got transferred when it was face down and she ‘signed’ it to the magicians drawing frame. There were duplicate drawings from the magician. The flap part is how the drawings changed from another, so the frames were gimmicked. He didnt even show the other side of the frame after the reveal part lol. Sneaky switching techniques there.

Great execution and delivery!

Really nice frames you have there, special ones, me like. :)

Well You Sure Fooled The Hell Outta Me!! Fantastic Trick!!💯

i love whem he makes the comment about a little bit of hair the camera man pans to another bald guy in the crowd 😆

I'm going back on Penn and Teller fool us

Kept the 2 drawing boards together and he definitely has drawn his drawing many times before.

Was the "flap" part of Penn talking about paper flapping and not staying in place? I noticed he had to hold the paper down and then when he put the one on top of the other it fell before he concealed it a bit. I just don't get the birds and arms and flapping keywords haha. Was a neat trick though. Without video I would not have seen anything that would have given it away at all.

Just solved it... Amazing trick...!

First envelopes fooler was John Archer and he was (and is) phenomenal. No criticism of this act meant. Just wanted a har tip to Archer for fooling them with envelopes

Gambling holds no appeal to me, and I think the atmosphere of a casino would get on my nerves. These kinds of shows are the saving grace that make Vegas intriguing to me. I wish you well in your career, and hope that your shows continue to become even grander with time.

@greenflagracing7067

Жыл бұрын

I'm sure Vegas is no longer worrying about what you find appealing.

amazing

Only ONE I would love to have the assistant say: "Well, no, thats not the picture you made of me/I drew". Of course it's easier for us on TV, but even with watching it once it was clear, that the second picture of Allison was not the one he drew first.

Penn noticed the pre-drawn picture of Alyson was different than the one drawn on stage.

@ShengYu1995

3 жыл бұрын

Just went back to compare the two drawings.. nice catch

@PikesvilleAl

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShengYu1995 Easy to put it past the audience though.

@KTHKUHNKK

3 жыл бұрын

@@PikesvilleAl They sure put it by me too or past me

@bhushanbhondeYT

3 жыл бұрын

2:51 3:37 5:26

@pepperplume

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh, how did you see this, i had to take pictures and compare side by side to see a difference

One of those tricks where I don’t bother to work out the exact process because there is so much fishy stuff going on with putting the frames together, not seeing what went in her envelope etc.

That Presenter has to definitely be in on it.

Come on guys he doesn't deserve so many dislikes just for the title. What a nice and funny trick!

@MichaelTheMagician

2 жыл бұрын

The title is properly punctuated. People clearly don’t understand what a ‘?’ is… and - yes - the title is totally deliberate.

@the-guy-on-your-moms-couch

2 жыл бұрын

It doesn’t matter anyway. Like or dislike is exactly the same as far as the KZread algorithm is concerned.

@vincentjohnflorio

Жыл бұрын

@@MichaelTheMagician It's a question mark and an exclamation point followed by another question mark. Indicating shock, not a question. It's implied. If you knew better it'd be disingenuous but the most important thing is, nothing bad happened to anyone, and they spent a few minutes watching a talented person do something fun and joyful!

Wow a magician from Ottawa! Awesome

Those are some nice easels

Damn, the arms! How'd he catch it?

@brianivandertp

2 жыл бұрын

What arms? Please explain

@polhikkii

2 жыл бұрын

@@brianivandertp You can tell the hands in his drawing connect differently to the arms, so there were two allison drawings, but I can't believe penn actually noticed (if he did at all)

@Allen_Leigh_Canada

2 жыл бұрын

@@polhikkii 2 drawings, yes. hairs have difference curves.

Was the backside of the "picture" after the switch also signed correctly?

ok so i figured out the drawing of alison in the beginning is not the same drawing at the end

Pity he didn't turn them around to show them signed

I was fooled by the title!

Nicely done, but I bet that trick wouldn't work with normal hand held white-boards.

“And she’s so precious, with the peer pressure, couldn’t afford a car so she named her daughter Alexis(A Lexus), now tell me that ain’t insecure”

Quite a simple technique, I'm not surprised they figured it out. Still, great performance!

@Durwood71

Жыл бұрын

I doubt they did much figuring. They likely knew how it was done from the start since it's prop magic that anybody can buy off the shelf.

'Anxiety runs in my family.' How about no..

@K13Gaming

2 жыл бұрын

'Metamorphasis is when two people switch..' How about no...

Penn: Birds don't have arms, and you didn't fool us! You: OK I guess I didn't fool you. Me:...WTF?...

One of the Frames changed its size but I still don’t get it.

My brain is broken 🤯.. I have no idea but I just enjoy watching this series over the years. Incredible trick however you did it, but more importantly you seem like a really genuine wonderful and humble guy, and so I just wanted to wish you massive continued success! There’s so many acts on here that are so obnoxious and whether or not their trick is good I can’t stand them as a person, so you’re a breath of fresh air!!

Bro has a bluetooth board tat transfers the image

How did he do it? Why were the drawings so subtly different?

I think I have an idea how it’s done, though I don’t get Penn’s bird reference 🤷🏻‍♂️

Nice performance, not nice click bait title.

Magnet make miracles !!

Great trick. I had an idea of how is made and Penn explaining it hahaha hillarious.

2:32 did you get that one from Kanye? ahahah

@TheLionsShow

2 жыл бұрын

Man I had to scroll pretty far down the comments to find someone mentioning it!

How did you do it?

fooled me badly!

I think when he ask Allison to check the envelope he was holding something like thin as paper inside with the envelope

@tintinismybelgian

2 жыл бұрын

It's very important, I think that the drawings were drawn with both frames touching each other.

Wow ...If we saw Alison's be checked before, that would've been killer.

The trick is that he drew her before hand 🤣

Allison drew Charlie Brown, lol. The trick fooled me for sure, and most tricks don't. I have no idea how you did that. 😎

3:44 you can see the whiteboard part fall off after he flips it over, probably how it works.

@whonix845

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, there is paper falling down

Got mugged off by the title..!!

The photos of her are different. Look at her one arm, one is straighter than the other Not sure about the drawing of him, looks similar (maybe the feet are different?)

Doesn't need that clickbait title though. :D

@MichaelTheMagician

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂

Did you have an etch a sketch as a kid? :)

Note to advertisers! I will never buy anything from an ad that constantly interrupts my viewing pleasure. In fact, I will actively dissuade others from buying your product as well.

@URHYNS

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. That’s why I now pay for Premium. It’s the best money I’ve spent on any video/streaming service.

@Durzo1259

2 жыл бұрын

I'm the same way. How do they not get that constantly interrupting the show with their product will make you _hate_ the product? Anyways, I have the (free) Ublock Origin extension so I never have to watch them. Try it out. :-)

@gauthamdharani

2 жыл бұрын

If you're watching on android device, install vanced app. Checkout r/vanced on how to install.

@tabitha5365

2 жыл бұрын

I hate advertisers! They have ruined KZread.

@zybch

2 жыл бұрын

@@Durzo1259 Ublock is great, but I feel a little grubby because it stops legitimately good channels from earning. I pay for Premium, which doesn't have the grubby feel (other than giving google money) as revenue gets to the channels, and doesn't benefit those bloody advertisers.

I like the perfomance but I've noticed an editor's cut at 3:45. Looks like something went wrong on stage and was hidden at post (:

@MichaelTheMagician

2 жыл бұрын

Nothing went wrong on stage. It was actually done in one take 😊

@boringbambo

2 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelTheMagician wow, thanks for response! Then the cut means an editor wanted to add more dynamic to the picture or just get in the right timings of the show for TV (: Anyway the perfomance was great

Everyone knows Penn and Teller are vulnerable to envelopes! You used their Kryptonite. Fooled me.

wow

Wow, really good. My brain is melting. It must be something simple but I cant figure it out. Haha, awesome trick.

@notme3422

3 жыл бұрын

I think it's only about the picture frames he brought you can see he held them both on each others while he was drawing and also held them both on top of each others when she was drawing him. I remember we used to use some kind of paper(I dont remember its name) if you write something on this paper and it was touching the paper under it it got copied on it. So pretty much this is the first part of the trick. He still want to erase the drawing he drew initially maybe he used some kind of vanishing ink or he just did a quick paper flip with some slight of hand

@Aarayan1

3 жыл бұрын

@@notme3422 carbon copy?

@notme3422

3 жыл бұрын

@@Aarayan1 I think so or maybe something that has the same effect as it

You lead a kingdom, I serve empires.

@MichaelTheMagician

2 жыл бұрын

Facts

Well normally I can at least come up with something of how a trick is done even if the magician was so good I didn’t see anything, but I haven’t the first place to start with this one.

@draytonsgames3980

2 жыл бұрын

He had a flap on his so he had 2 pictures on 1 frame

@timm8998

2 жыл бұрын

He is flipping them constantly and the pictures of Allison are not the same, maybe start with that.

Fooled them, but not me.

No tricking them but great performance!!!

@MichaelTheMagician

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Scott!

@scottbelcher9026

2 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelTheMagician you’re welcome!

Looks like the guy from full metal jacket

Do you think Allison loses any sleep over not knowing how tricks work? I do

@Vinemaple

Жыл бұрын

Not a bit lol, she seems to love the sense of wonder