i am obsessed with the fact that not a single one of these individuals had the psychic foresight to predict that agreeing to publicly debunk themselves would destroy their credibility

@nabinoorshahil2715

2 жыл бұрын

That is because some of these individuals actually believed their own lies. The best lies are the ones you tell yourself I guess.

@jhtsurvival

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think they knew

@pollydybell9627

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

@toddadams8420

2 жыл бұрын

Hubris?

@inspectorgadget346

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately both Uri Gellar and Peter “The Ripoff” Popoff kept many devout followers. To them, keeping the faith no matter how ridiculous it was was more important to their lives than giving it up. I do not necessarily criticize them because it is even worse today then it was back then and many of us today are guilty of the same thing.

science has yet to explain the link between psychic abilities and awful hairstyles.

@xKomodoFireWolf

7 жыл бұрын

styles change throughout time. that was IT back then

@all-timealien4483

7 жыл бұрын

John Tower it's beyond human understanding

@ArchangelSteve

7 жыл бұрын

There are some things man is just not meant to know.

@PutItAway101

7 жыл бұрын

Pfffft, shows how much you know! That hair's totally in fashion on "the other side" right now.

@WarriorOfWriters

7 жыл бұрын

and sequins

I love the way James calls people a liar in the most polite way possible

@TheeGlocktopus

5 ай бұрын

I am sure Allen, Alfred, Alice, Ann, Bill, Charlie, Colin, Connie, David Derek, Eileen, Ellen, Florey, Frank, Fred, George, Jim, Joe, John, Karen, Kathern, Kevin, Lilian, Lisa, Liz, Lynn, Mark, Mary, May, Michael, Rob, Ron, Shirly, Sidney, Stanley, Sid and Steve all agree.

@Kintaku

5 ай бұрын

Yeah he comes across as a genuinely kind person even when he’s telling someone they don’t have a leg to stand on

@RightfootWestHam

6 күн бұрын

Sad part is that he is part of that bunch... I did challenge his people over at his own forums and was banned without breaking a rule. Calling out their lies.

@gerasimosskarakis811

5 күн бұрын

@@RightfootWestHam It depends. If your challenge was highly moronic it makes sense to just wave you away. And lets be frank, there are a lot of people trying to prove bullshit using the same moronic arguments over and over and over again, without checking if what they are saying has been debunked OUTSIDE their echo chamber forums/church groups. The dumb arguments/people vastly outnumber those who have the time to waste answering them, so yeah...

@RightfootWestHam

5 күн бұрын

@@gerasimosskarakis811 It was well documented highly respected person that no one dared to look in to. Can you do me a favor, go and read those rules for the test. Then come back to me and tell me the issue with that contract. If you cant, then I explain it to you and you can sit there like everyone else: "Yeah that is not cool" . You are displaying the same issue as back in the day in those forums, you dont want to put in effort and time to research something. But go ahead, prove me wrong. I be waiting. Everything I have stated stands as truth.

“I’d say about half a dozen” *proceeds to list every single person who ever lived*

@crystalwashington9280

13 күн бұрын

😂

@Zer0fuks

11 күн бұрын

And went on alphabetical order from A's to Steve's

@tylertyler82

8 күн бұрын

And the neighbor’s dog

Imagine if you actually had psychic powers but you were only strong enough to move the page of a book. How sad

@bastrixer

3 жыл бұрын

And Then a bit of static between the pages ruins it all 😂.

@andrewrobotbuilder

3 жыл бұрын

@@bastrixer Curse you, electrostatic forces!

@zenokarlsbach4292

3 жыл бұрын

you have no place in the universe.

@darklinkmorningstar4939

3 жыл бұрын

@jason lul wait for real

@kiklopdodo5800

3 жыл бұрын

Psychic powers are more about feeling your surrounding and less about breaking the physical law

I went to see a brilliant Psychic once. I asked her ... "Do you see me ever going to jail?" She said.... "NO!" So I robbed the bitch! 😂

@yasmeen7875

7 жыл бұрын

joejitsu034 now im about to rob you of that joke. ''Twas very funny lol.

@joejitsu034

7 жыл бұрын

Yasmeen chickefoot No worries brother.

@heartofjustice6041

7 жыл бұрын

same here son

@voteZDLR

7 жыл бұрын

*slowclap* EDIT: The joke was funny but the dude himself is psycho, he actually thought I was disparaging him and/or his joke and because he knows me so well he says "you're not funny". You have a lot of information to base that claim on, don't you my friend? Fuck you

@joejitsu034

7 жыл бұрын

voteZDLR Don't be jealous because you're not funny 🙂

I like how they have scientists on standby to immediately call out their bullshit

@JudeTavonFenwick

2 ай бұрын

Uhhhh, the purpose of this video was to debunk scammers…. How did you miss that???????

@rzxt

2 ай бұрын

@@JudeTavonFenwick no I know. It's just hilarious that they have a team of scientists and an expert magician to debunk such a pretty basic trick. Like it was bound to humiliate this guy

@dekuuchiha9990

27 күн бұрын

@@JudeTavonFenwick that is what he is saying thought, wth

@user-dz6nv6sb6x

24 күн бұрын

But the static….

@runeplate123

10 күн бұрын

@@JudeTavonFenwickno offense but it sounds like You don’t know what the Fawk You’re saying

My favorite part of the James Randi set is when he debunks them and walks away, not a handshake nothing. And they stand there wondering what to do 🤣🤣🤣

@TalosLordOfNight

9 ай бұрын

Forced to stand there in silent shame and contemplate their life choices. Priceless

@CyanideSublime

2 ай бұрын

They clearly will never deserve a James Randi handshake. His mission is to stop scams.

@blastofo

Ай бұрын

Amazing how the Carson appearance didn't hurt his career. They found him more believable for not feeling strong that day.

@bizarro_raven

14 күн бұрын

I laugh my ass off at that as well. Best comment 😂

It's like 'To Catch A Predator' for psychics.

@cocodrilo1443

3 жыл бұрын

"To catch a psychic, who couldn't foresee his trap"

@Bee-zw9je

3 жыл бұрын

Third dude with stache was actually a predator

@cocodrilo1443

3 жыл бұрын

@Miss Anthrope they merely amuse me. I'm fine with it 😊

@RedNovaMedia

3 жыл бұрын

lol hahaha

@kardoxfabricanus7590

3 жыл бұрын

Not so fun fact... The one at 4:00 was actually a predator and a horrific one at that.

This is why psychics dont win the lottery and healers dont work at hospitals

@Arizona_lilly

5 жыл бұрын

they say they lose the gift if they do it just for financial gain

@savannahjohnson633

5 жыл бұрын

@@Arizona_lilly right lol except they charge ppl hundreds of dollars for these readings... 🤔🤔🤔 🤣🤣😂😂

@Xynth22

5 жыл бұрын

@@Arizona_lilly And yet both sell there services all the time. They just don't ever seem to do them in situations where they can't con their way out when things go wrong.

@BobGymlan

5 жыл бұрын

Lol. You’ve commented this on more than one video

@retrobeep2000

5 жыл бұрын

@ IRBADL TALD - Some hospitals actually using healers to this very day, and i´m talking about USA, Europe etc.. Scary how those Quacks, can get their tentacles in anywhere.

Couple things.. The guy with the dowsing rod was clearly manipulating it.. he didn't even try to hide the fact he was moving it himself.. And James Randi predicting the guy would find it on try 3 was better than any of the other 'psychics' there lmao

@sapphire4310

7 ай бұрын

James Randi is a real wizard, he created this show to call out the fake wizards

@KurodoDragon

6 ай бұрын

That's just simple math, though. His odds go up with each guess, from 1 in 7 (14%) at the start, to 1 in 5 (20%) on the third attempt.

"We said that by chance you would find it on your third or fourth attempt, you found it on the third attempt so your results, sadly, seem to be no better than chance." That was just a completely hilarious and spot on conclusion to that segment :D

@Digibullet32

2 ай бұрын

Sad part is he got lucky 3/7 is better then 4/7 haha

That moment when he squats down and kind of laughs, you know he's thinking "jesus chrsit what the hell am I gonna do, I'm stuck now."

@susanivy3619

4 жыл бұрын

Hehe I noticed that laugh too, it was such a tell/giveaway that he was full of it. I don't know why I still feel a little bad for these guys knowing they are conning people, but they are definitely conning people.

@traitorjoseph1893

4 жыл бұрын

@@noomiidwr what's his name

@beepbeeplettuce5890

4 жыл бұрын

@@traitorjoseph1893 James hydrick

@beepbeeplettuce5890

4 жыл бұрын

What he should've done the same thing as usual, I mean when the Styrofoam fly's everywhere because of his blowing he could've just said "I can't focus my powers on the page alone" or something, that way he wouldnt have looked like a total buffoon

@DF-cc5im

4 жыл бұрын

It's that feeling when you're on national tv, with a dodgy haircut and in your pyjamas. What the fuck do you do?

I'd like to watch a "psychic" do a reading for a foreigner. They couldn't come up with any names hahaha.

@AlishaArlene

7 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahaha!!!! XD

@DD2225

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but if he "read" the name Muhammad, he would probably get about 20 people he/she knows. It is the most common name in the world. Unless that person he is doing a psychic reading for is from, say, Taiwan.

@TheGeckoNinja

7 жыл бұрын

is it the most common name in the world? or most common in the muslim majority countries??

@DD2225

7 жыл бұрын

Both I believe. I looked it up on Wikipedia and it states in the world, however that source is from Wikipedia.

@lukecarroll4052

7 жыл бұрын

Fuck Google you're a fucking moron...

I watched a documentary on his institute and what actually made me sad was when people came who TRULY believed that they had psychic powers and his people proved they didn't. There was a guy who thought he could sense emotion from pictures and he was devastated when they showed him he couldn't under scientifically controlled conditions. They said that essentially he had naturally good cold reading skills.

@Catman_CM

7 ай бұрын

Hey man, I'd be content with that kind of talent. Not supernatural powers, but I'd call it a good consolation prize, personally.

@TV-Tony

5 ай бұрын

@@Catman_CM Yeah, I mean that's still a hell of a skill, to be able to read people like that. It's pretty rare, actually.

@NoriMori1992

Ай бұрын

This right here is why these demonstrations are so important. Some of these people aren't even frauds, they just lack the knowledge to explain their own abilities and jump to conclusions. They're essentially their own victims, and they need to be saved from themselves just as much as the victims of the actual fraudsters.

They need to bring back live tv humiliation like this. There are ALOT of people who need to be brought back to reality in todays day n age ALOT.

@SHHHidku

5 күн бұрын

No because it doesn't work anymore. That's what they tried to do with the cashmeoutside girl when she went on dr phil and now she's a rapper & p**n actress. It said on the news the day she turned 18 she made an only-f*ns and made millions 🤢like this world is too sick for words nowadays. Trying to shame people only gives them "clout" or attention and ends up making them famous.

"The styrofoam and the lights create electricity...that pulls the page down..." Um....nope, that's called gravity.

@jamesshaw6110

7 жыл бұрын

P smith003.5 HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

@enjitodoroki202

7 жыл бұрын

Zack Vahn THATS WHAT I SAID!⬇🌍⬇

@uncle1886

6 жыл бұрын

Zack Vahn that actually made me lol

@kateostinelli3851

6 жыл бұрын

Zack Vahn why have you taken "GradeAUnderA's" picture as you're own

@jarnalyrkar

6 жыл бұрын

Probably because this is the internet, and that stuff happens. A lot.

I'm psychic too. I knew that all of them were gonna fail

@EdwardNavu

4 жыл бұрын

Whoosh me all you want, but you ain't psychic, you're just sensible.

@Noptical

4 жыл бұрын

@@EdwardNavu I'm not gonna r/woosh you. I'm just gonna tell you that you cant take a joke.

@daveschannel49

4 жыл бұрын

Edward knave Chris is just joking.

@pringle8253

4 жыл бұрын

Chris is a god

@Elemenatie

4 жыл бұрын

Amazing teaches me sempi

You gotta respect Randi for bringing in the real cash to pay up the psychic in case they actually demonstrate their psychic ability under controlled conditions. He knew he never would need to, but still he'd bring it along because science isn't about assumptions, but actual, testable results.

@TheZigzagman

9 ай бұрын

Dude had a standing offer for fifty years to pay a million dollars to anyone that could demonstrate a genuine supernatural ability. Somehow it never got claimed.

@jamescarter3196

9 ай бұрын

@@TheZigzagman Because Randi was a cheat himself. Somebody DID fulfill all his criteria, and Randi CHOSE to not honor his supposed 'offer', and Randi's rationale was 'nope, psychic powers just aren't real' out of his own 'belief'. It's great that he took down bullshitters but it's not like he was a truthful honorable guy himself. He was the cheat who cheated the cheaters, but also cheated somebody who wasn't a cheater.

@permacoo3760

9 ай бұрын

​@@jamescarter3196who was that?

@TheZigzagman

9 ай бұрын

@@jamescarter3196 No they didn't.

@BKKfreak

9 ай бұрын

​@@jamescarter3196 The only person to successfully 'beat' James Randi's challenges broke a seemingly impossible code. However, he was professional cryptanalysis called Matt Blaze and didn't try to claim the money since he wasn't using psychic abilities.

James is a personal hero of mine. No group of people disgust me more than people who think they’re psychic, in all its forms.

Imagine having your supernatural powers foiled by styrofoam

@CanadianBullFrog

5 жыл бұрын

grindamadurin what if we were all psychic and styrofoam ate all our powers?

@grindamadurin

5 жыл бұрын

@@CanadianBullFrog im crying now! Boycott styrofoam

@FARISEO25

5 жыл бұрын

grindamadurin just like bolt

@JuanAguilar_DonJuan

5 жыл бұрын

In other words kryptonite

@phuthuthusollymola8251

5 жыл бұрын

God forbid he's ever attacked by a mad man wielding a Styrofoam weapon.

I love the way they send them off after failing miserably: "Well, sir - you´re a hack. Thank you for coming." [Applause. Takes emergency exit and boards the Shame Express to oblivion]

@l.l.a.s3645

7 жыл бұрын

Lasse Bauer 13:24

@ssimon64

7 жыл бұрын

Lasse Bauer Hahahaha awesome comment

@FRANK45CASTLE

7 жыл бұрын

Lasse Bauer shame express lol, good times!

@ficklemytancy1250

7 жыл бұрын

Lasse Bauer that's why James Randi is one of my favourite people

@silvereagle90000

7 жыл бұрын

He even looks at the guys hand like he was going to shake it, then claps to silence the guy lol

James Randi is a legend. Its beyond terrible that people like Caputo or Tyler Henry pretend to talk to your dead loved ones.

What I love about these old shows is how straight they are. No crazy edits and cuts, over the top presenters, like they're trying to appeal to a 4 year old with the attention span of a goldfish. They're not even trying to embarass the guests, just allow them to display their "powers" and apply controls to test them. The only thing I find confusing is that these people know they're frauds, but went on here anyway. Maybe they thought it was good enough to get past any controlled test. Either way, Randi remains undefeated.

@sumit92artist

9 ай бұрын

Narcissism is crazy stuff. It makes you think you can outsmart anyone or anything.

@jonathanbourke305

8 ай бұрын

You're absolutely right about the lack of edits. If these shows were made today, they'd be full of overly dramatic cuts, swells of stressful music, closeups of faces "reacting" to statements, etc. Truly awful.

@edwardsmyth5733

8 ай бұрын

I think they go on the shows under the pretense that the show is gonna play nice and promote their supposed abilities, not expecting to be challenged. When put on the spot live on air, they have little choice but to play it out.

@mjbalbo

7 ай бұрын

I suspect some them really believed in their own "powers". Like the dousing dudes.

@RM_VFX

7 ай бұрын

Pretty sure they all just wanted a chance at the million dollars.

The way he tossed the transcript at him killed me 😂😂

@lovelyaya1811

4 жыл бұрын

Angelina Vargas He was like “you bitch!” 😂😂😂

@JT-km6th

4 жыл бұрын

'here, go on, catch this. You stupid fucking dickhead, what does it say?'

@Afghan.Jalebi

4 жыл бұрын

@@JT-km6th you made my day.

@Soapia99th

4 жыл бұрын

Time stamp?

@Rparhar91

4 жыл бұрын

@@Soapia99th 1:44

I like how he let's them expose themselves, never directly accuses.

@leecroft7311

3 жыл бұрын

Captain Ron That is the secret of his power, and the weakness of their "power"

@92brunod

3 жыл бұрын

That's exactly what testing is. He's not there to debunk anyone, just test if they're correct. If they are correct, they should be able to pass the test

@raymondschricker8040

2 жыл бұрын

Normally whenever people expose themselves in public it is a bad thing.

@strategic1710

2 жыл бұрын

They think or want to prove they can fly, he provides them with the building and camera crew to show off their abilities.

@undertyped1

2 жыл бұрын

Theres a very important reason why he only does so indirectly. People get very defensive over their beliefs, and challenging a belief is the same as a personal attack to 99% of people.

Not a single lottery winner has been a psychic

I love how this man Spent his life proving these frauds wrong. And I love how they just come up with so many excuses as to why they can't pull off what they say they can do when confronted, especially the guy in the third clip.

@NunyaNuni

10 ай бұрын

I guess openly admitting it would be the death sentence of their careers. These people are master bullshitters, and they've got to keep up the pretense of their lies if they want to keep their most gullible clientele.

@JimAbooGames

9 ай бұрын

@@NunyaNuni Yeah pretty much. No one wants to be put on the spot and outed like that. So they go back to pulling explanations out thin air.

@the_original_Bilb_Ono

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, I mean if you think about it, (assuming psychic abilities are real) they aren't very powerful or useful if the smallest things can stop it from working or being better than chance... Huh...

Being able to flip a page in a phone book is the lamest power possible.

@allmightlionthunder5515

3 жыл бұрын

You do know that is physics anyone can do it lol chi is real but not what we are lead to believe ! its not some super power . Power lol maybe wrong word for it its a form of energy it can after effect throw a stone into water and that is it ! . sorta like how kinetic energy works

@jameslong9921

3 жыл бұрын

Especially in the age of cell phones. Hmmm better use my super power to look up the number for the bat cave...oh sh.t phone books dont exist anymore because we have digital contact lists...better use my other super power...crawling into a hole and dying kapow!!!!

@hrnbrigade4991

3 жыл бұрын

@B lmao

@fmfdocbotl4358

3 жыл бұрын

Its DC's newest superhero

@untilwemeetagain_

3 жыл бұрын

“Hey, girl...”

Plot twist: James Randi is such a powerful sorceror that he can negate everyone else's magic.

@ktlee08

3 жыл бұрын

Dumbledore in disguise in the muggle world

@lucchesi87

3 жыл бұрын

I just had coffee blowing out of my nose from reading this

@prodblueroom7159

3 жыл бұрын

Black clovers very own

@codyzane9574

3 жыл бұрын

Arthur Conan Doyle believed this to be true about Houdini

@informationyes

3 жыл бұрын

@@ktlee08 He tasked with finding unknown wizards and tests for them

The way that guy was waving that stick around while that dramatic music was playing had me dead. I can't for the life of me understand why he would do that ON TV.

@blenderbanana

3 ай бұрын

No one imagined the internet would make this stuff immortal.

The way he walks away as he claps is hillarious 😂

@missvida6251

9 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂 16:59 dude had a bad attitude !

@2007enthusiast

7 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 im legit crying at 13:35 though

I'm embarrassed watching this

@WhoWantsToKnow81

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's quite uncomfortable. Imagine the audience... they must've been cringing

@princesszahara6953

7 жыл бұрын

WhoWantsToKnow81 I would have gotten up and left

@iniguezleo707

7 жыл бұрын

Serenity Affinity its hard to believe no one was bursting out in laughter

@thatthingyouseeatthecorner5249

7 жыл бұрын

John Conway Lol at least you're honest

@illona2537

7 жыл бұрын

Same. so hard to watch but I can't stop watching.

“What’re your powers?” “Do you have a phone book? I’m about to blow your mind “

@DoomPotato

Жыл бұрын

Soooo... Nothing changes for me?

@klausstock8020

Жыл бұрын

"Use the styrofoam, Luke."

@waynejones750

Жыл бұрын

What a load of crap.

@waynejones750

Жыл бұрын

The last one shame on you.

@rizizum

Жыл бұрын

You've got access to a supernatural ability that only a few humans possess, and what you can do with it? Move a single page of a nearby book

Why aren't there TV programmes like this any more? I know you'd need a psychic to be able to get Randi on the show, since he's dead. But this is brilliant! Skepticism, simple logic, and simple tests, that a genuine psychic (or whatever) ought to be able to carry out. But not one of them ever has. Funny.

@SamuelBlack84

3 ай бұрын

People these days are too braindead to think beyond anything as mind-numbing as I'm a celebrity

James Randi really needs a movie to be made about his life!

@PeefSpogdar69

6 күн бұрын

I thought there was. It's called An Honest Liar

“The paper is being PULLED down, see?” *proceeds to lift the page and have it fall the opposite way he said it would not once, but THREE TIMES*

@spartanstick4556

3 жыл бұрын

The cringe was suffocating. Lol

@RoyalCaymanian

3 жыл бұрын

LoL 😂 He should have then said the foam was causing reverse electronic gravitational rotational circolosis.

@dincmesrine472

3 жыл бұрын

@@RoyalCaymanian 😂😂😂

@PreservationEnthusiast

3 жыл бұрын

@@spartanstick4556 The foam was causing static which prevented him using his psychic power. Don't you get it?

@spartanstick4556

3 жыл бұрын

@@PreservationEnthusiast *Slaps forehead* Duh, I can't believe I didn't understand that. I'm an idiot. Lol

That guy with pages made me laugh far more than I should have

@masqerader

7 жыл бұрын

Shazam Guy convicted

@VinceMenger

7 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Page

@samirasadiq907

7 жыл бұрын

Masqerader ahhh damn, I actually felt bad for that disgusting piece of shit ...

@ajjackson1526

7 жыл бұрын

first sentence of his Wiki bio.."James Allen Hydrick is an American former stage performer, self-described psychic and convicted child molester"

@ssimon64

7 жыл бұрын

samira sadiq fuck that

Quacks, frauds, liars, deceitful and charlatans, one of my favorite quotes from Professor Stephen Hawking comes to mind when he said…”There are no miracles or exceptions to the laws of Nature.”

I love how scientific he approaches these tests, making sure the zinc ore was all taken from the same samples, etc. James Randi was a treasure and I've always respected him since my dad first introduced me to his content 20 years ago. I wish i could have met him before he died

Guy: Probably half a dozen James: *mentions 37 names*

@mwg911hk

4 жыл бұрын

Why can't he just say 6 . There's no need to use the word dozen!!! Lol jk

@uliloolilu780

4 жыл бұрын

@@mwg911hk ikr

@PURPLE.REIGN.1999

4 жыл бұрын

Notice how they never say, LaSean, Shaquille, Dino, Poindexter, Tito or Prince.

@suned3128

4 жыл бұрын

mwg911hk Based on that logic, there’s no need to say 6 either.

@MaxxMcGeePrivate

4 жыл бұрын

@@mwg911hk I guess half a dozen means anything around 6, not 6 exactly.

Its so funny seeing that phone book guy try sizing it up, thinkin "damn how am i gonna blow around all this shit??"

@bubblegumxo

3 жыл бұрын

Probably more thinking "I'm never going to live this down." 😂

@peterfitzgerald7327

3 жыл бұрын

@@bubblegumxo and he's thinking f..k me.I just bought this psychic outfit yesterday...well the guy who sold it to him definitely saw him coming!!!! or perhaps the psychics barber was good friends with the outfitter," hi George I've just sold an outfit to a loony tune, he wants a crazy haircut, George " ok send him over I'll do my worst "

@rachelc9180

2 жыл бұрын

@@peterfitzgerald7327 😁😆😅🤣

Bruce Lee vs styrofoam was epic XD

I was really hoping with the zinc ore one that he'd come out and say "Turns out, neither of these was zinc ore, but actually plastic molded to look like zinc ore."

The ability to psychically detect zinc ore is probably the most pointless "talent" that man could think of.

@muchotexto4248

4 жыл бұрын

It's everywhere. You'd eventually get tired of those constnt tingles, then, used. It'd be as another sense

@HerecomestheCalavera

4 жыл бұрын

It is similar to having the psychic ability to tell if popcorn is salted or not.

@rattlesnakebiscuits

4 жыл бұрын

Unless you're a thief *That man* *That man is carrying a lot of pennies*

@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917

4 жыл бұрын

Rattlesnake Biscuits This comment is underrated as fuck hahahahah

@brandontaylor3874

4 жыл бұрын

@@HerecomestheCalavera oh my god, are you referencing Angry Video Game Nerd pre-fame short film? lol

''we have the transcript right here'' WHIPS IT AT HIM.

@keirantalent

5 жыл бұрын

Shawn Senior A wizard never throws a transcript too hard, nor too soft... he throws it precisely as he means to.

@bruh7895

5 жыл бұрын

@@keirantalent nice one ;)

@faceshredder2576

5 жыл бұрын

I seriously LOST IT when I saw that 😂😂😂😂 I’m still laughing about it

@billout12

5 жыл бұрын

It was definitely passive-agressive :D Love it !

@1ma4ighter

5 жыл бұрын

that wasn't a fnck passive!

Poor phone book guy just needed the money for a decent hair cut!

So this is what Dumbledore does whenever he's not at Hogwarts.

@Pirz-ik2nv

4 жыл бұрын

Pretty much

@shedmahmood7078

4 жыл бұрын

Watch out if you diss him he might turn u into a frog

@hyicrotai9801

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@Eckalicious

4 жыл бұрын

Dumbledore wishes he was 1/2 the badass Randi is.

@liarodmora24

4 жыл бұрын

doubledoor 🤣😂🤣

I went to see a psychic once. I knocked on the door and she said “who is it “. So I left Lmao

@arcturus4295

2 жыл бұрын

reminds me of a joke i heard in Fallout 3: ''I was going to attend the clairvoyants meeting, but it was cancelled due to unforeseen events.''

@kactusjaxson2965

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

@_Clayton.Bigsby_

2 жыл бұрын

We have a few local here. I've often thought about bursting through their door and asking if they knew I was coming.

@diamondlucas5973

2 жыл бұрын

@@_Clayton.Bigsby_ 😂😂😂 Hilarious

@Solanin0803

2 жыл бұрын

@@_Clayton.Bigsby_ "Well, I didn't know. But what are you here for?" And then you go "You tell me"

Lol. Love how after exposing them, he just let's the camera pan in on them for extra second hand embarrassment lol.

This man is brilliant and I consider him one of the greatest minds when it comes to reasoning and critical thinking. He is definitely up there with those like Carl Sagan.

james randi is very Professional for not roasting the crap out of these fakes

@schoob4822

7 жыл бұрын

Jesus Lopez it was a more polite time

@iwazhear77

7 жыл бұрын

Jesus Lopez These people make themselves look like idiots

@Ac3Saint

7 жыл бұрын

I feel like the overly polite manner in which he addresses them afterwards is at least passive aggressively roasting them lol.

@placebojesus5652

Ай бұрын

@schoob4822 It shows that excessive politeness can be malignant as it benefits utter charlatans, or at least makes them feel comfortable conning people and getting away with it.

I love that James never shakes their hands after their failed 'demonstrations.' The act of clapping and walking away without a backward glance is just so dismissive. Great stuff.

@pigknickers2975

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah he made that last guy say his silly claim again and then just left him hanging like a total idiot. That's got to be the Randi slamdown.

@MetaalMeerkat

7 жыл бұрын

I think it may be a sign of great restraint on the part of Randi, not to just tell them they are frauds and should piss off.

@vaitalv9361

7 жыл бұрын

"Thank you for coming to the show"

@anaamore6907

5 жыл бұрын

He's a hero who has no time to shake hands with these criminals.

@thedr00

5 жыл бұрын

Thats a great observation, love it :-)

Randi never signed away that check. He tried for decades.

@Mortthemoose

7 ай бұрын

Didn't the prize money go up to a million? ....and STILL nobody won it

@miguelquazar883

7 ай бұрын

@@Mortthemoose It did, and the closest anyone ever came ended up being an April Fool's joke where someone was handed a check. It was even more ridiculous than any other claims so it was shocking. But no one has claimed any sort proof check to this day from him.

We need a James Randi for modern psychic mediums

“...and the neighbors’ dog.” My sides are in orbit.

@lemonadelemon1960

4 жыл бұрын

ranger1986ka I’m laughing ,too.

@fakename287

3 жыл бұрын

@ranger1986ka nah youre probably just autistic or something

@melissanormand7817

3 жыл бұрын

I laughed too

@darklordojeda

3 жыл бұрын

The way he says it is the best part. Like as if asking, "Are you fucking serious?"

@hellahounds4753

3 жыл бұрын

I peed my pants!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🐶

Wow, this James Randi guy sure is a sneaky devil. Can't believe he cheated that poor guy out of 10k by putting magical styrofoam around the phone book to block all the psychic energy like that. Outrageous!

@les_5184

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@xKouture

2 жыл бұрын

Had us in the first half

@rottweilerfun9520

2 жыл бұрын

Psychic Kryptonite.

@LissyVee

Жыл бұрын

the nerve!

@deecook8393

Жыл бұрын

Doesn't say much for psychic ability when it can be negated by a packing peanut.

To this day, no one has won the $10,000 reward for proving that psychic powers are real.

@mbellizia75

7 ай бұрын

The James Randi Foundation was actually offering $1,000,000 at one point and still no takers. Weird huh?

@masterofreality5528

2 ай бұрын

It like 1 500 000$

@benjohnson5117

2 күн бұрын

I knew you'd say that . . .

Historical TV moment 1: Hydric dressing like a chess piece. Historical TV moment 2: the look on Hydric’s face when Randi pulls out the jar of foam pellets.

Damn, wonder how he felt sitting there for 30 seconds, knowing damn well he got no psychic abilities 😐

@keyserobel6812

4 жыл бұрын

With that silly hairstyle and outfit!

@jerryfuller1261

4 жыл бұрын

Kmsl!!!!

@mattiassinabafagas356

4 жыл бұрын

i bet he spent that entire 30 second period thinking of what his next excuse would be

@Moondial

4 жыл бұрын

I think he spent the entire 30 seconds going “ok maybe there’s a slim chance I have psychic powers after all” and actually trying

@melvinsprewel8287

4 жыл бұрын

@@Moondial I was thinking that, but at the same time I was thinking "Dear God, I hope he's not thinking that".

" Oh no. My only weakness. An older man with 10k Dollar and styrofoam " 🤣🤣🤣

@THE9B9AST9

4 жыл бұрын

Bullets ....... My only weakness

@JoseDKira11

4 жыл бұрын

THEBEAST911 BEAST911MODE how did you know...? XD

@THE9B9AST9

4 жыл бұрын

@@JoseDKira11 lmao

Clive looks like a calm and genuine man

"So, what's your special power?" "I can make me carreer disappear instantly" "really? how can you manage that?" "i was dumb enough to come here"

@DizzyedUpGirl

4 жыл бұрын

You know, if I were James Randi and someone would admit something like that, I'd give them the money. If any of the people were like "okay, it's fake", I'd respect it.

@paulaclayton309

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahaha 🤣🤣🤣

@monkeywkeys3916

3 жыл бұрын

@darth geekboy Wow. Talk about hanging in there

@gangstar8652

3 жыл бұрын

Uri gellar went on to have a very successful career becoming extremely well known in multiple countries worldwide and becoming a multimillionaire in the process all on the back of basically spoon bending.

@leehenry5764

3 жыл бұрын

🤣😆🤣

Now this is what I call entertaining television. Calling out scammers scams on live television and watching them act like fools

@SpilcedJeans

Жыл бұрын

Nowadays they just give them TV shows

@toddgaak422

Жыл бұрын

@@SpilcedJeans Or elect them to public office.

@SpilcedJeans

Жыл бұрын

@@toddgaak422 you can just say you support Trump you bigot. He's not the president anymore.

@zellie9

Жыл бұрын

yup this is quality tv. they should bring it back

@lu_re7198

Жыл бұрын

@Todd Gaak. Exactly. 😂

3:58 honestly, this is a pretty good trick, to make the page turn this nicely with your breath from that distance without being obvious. Really cool. Shame he didnt become an actual illusionist, rather than a fraud, he could have been real good and original.

@carpediem4887

4 ай бұрын

Instead he became a piece of crap pdfile

I like to imagine james randy is a kind of power stealing wizard who tricks people with abilities to come to him so he can increase his powers.

@stanclark8824

Жыл бұрын

he was haha

“The styrofoam and lights create electricity, look.” *starts to demonstrate gravity*

@sammycinnamon7300

3 жыл бұрын

Turns out hes a prolific nonce! Locked up for life!

@dadgonegamer2654

3 жыл бұрын

The greatest magic trick of all.

@ezziboo

2 жыл бұрын

His mama cut his hair and sent him to the stage in his pajamas.

“One minute later” you can see this guy sweating and trying to figure out how he can weasel out of it. Probably the longest minute of his life.

@MCCOLDT

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that laugh m8 i needed it lol

😂 The way the guy with the poor man's Harry Potter wand laps up the applause is hilarious !🤣

God right through the names in alphabetical order LMAO 🤣🤣🤣🤣

The heat from the light is creating static electricity on the foam Clearly.

@tonyboleno8191

4 жыл бұрын

i am a lizard

@babycakessr.8704

4 жыл бұрын

It would’ve been funny if James said ok then and removed the foam and put a couple of lit candles in front of it instead. That way we could see the flames being blown instead of the foam lol

@bobjoe3492

3 жыл бұрын

@@babycakessr.8704 Or just told him to turn the pages towards himself.

@grantorino2325

3 жыл бұрын

One of the reasons why Styrofoam was even invented in the first place was because it DOES NOT CONDUCT ELECTRICITY in any way. Jeez, Hydrick, I learned that in high school!

@theST1NG

3 жыл бұрын

The best part is watching him attempt to demonstrate the static cling, and every time he drops the page it falls in the opposite direction. Hilarious.

Imagine having such pathetic psychic powers that a couple peanuts of styrofoam can totally disarm you.

@TheAdatto

Жыл бұрын

Cryptonite

@fblack9033

Жыл бұрын

Wasn't that a South Park episode?

@joshuawaring4180

Жыл бұрын

Not exactly pulling an X-Wing out of a Swamp.

@CoolGobyFish

Жыл бұрын

He could have said that his power is too strong and would move styrofoam along with page. Strange that he didn't think of that.

@rahawk69

Жыл бұрын

Worst Xman ever! lol

18:01 "Hello Petey, can you hear me? If you cant you're in troubleee." That had me rolling 😂😂😂

we need more of this, in this age.. LOVE THIS!

The calm cold savagery in this is amazing

@Psmith-ek5hq

7 жыл бұрын

And funny too.

@NightridewithNikki

6 жыл бұрын

Chiafade now I would have loved it if James had said "here you go bitch" but James is way too classy for that

@d.olluwu

6 жыл бұрын

Savagery is best served cold

@BuIIetBiII

6 жыл бұрын

I think that's important (that he's calm) and it's where a lot of people trip up. If you stay calm and talk rationally and politely you'll lose the arguement and not make any headway at all

@sheogorathprinceofmadness2223

5 жыл бұрын

But none admitted to doing wrong, so this was all really just a pissing contest at the least, a furthering of mental illness at most.

The way he threw those papers was some Thug life kind of stuff.

@Hotboytrue

4 жыл бұрын

Shut up

@basti_marr

4 жыл бұрын

Shit was like be some fucking man

@drrydog

4 жыл бұрын

same thing I thought lmao

@beautifuldiva0208

4 жыл бұрын

Hotboytrue you should take your own advice

@xxbellajasmina

4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful Diva 🤙🏾💯💯💯💯💯😭😂🤣

These poor people are seriously cracked out

I love how this comes round every couple of half years or so and three quarters

RIP James Randi, the world desperately needs more people like you, especially now.

@r.m.k.1974

3 жыл бұрын

He died?????????

@r.m.k.1974

3 жыл бұрын

@Mansoor Shakeel Hell is not metaphore for bad events

@bacondren4129

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't know he had passed on. This year has been the worst

@mark-ish

3 жыл бұрын

@ what do you call a decade of bad shit? 2020 :(

@mont9150

3 жыл бұрын

We still have penn and teller to debunks

What if these people really are Psychic but James Randi is a better one and is being an epic troll by stopping their powers?

@casualcrisis6349

6 жыл бұрын

that'd be the best thing ever.

@sir.fuckles9842

6 жыл бұрын

'Lol nah, this my spot'

@bayuplay10

6 жыл бұрын

agree. i think randy has psychic too

@bugraegebaydar9409

6 жыл бұрын

Banjo The Fox some "psychics" actually claimed that to be the case

@davidmarzolino7159

6 жыл бұрын

Banjo The Fox Ah, No!

It really does show up the utter hubris and often delusion these people have. Often times they’ve learnt a trick, or a technique. And the idea they could trick or fool randi for the money shows the greed. I love randi. I would have loved to have met him and thanked him for all his work.

Ohhhh my god the second hand embarrassment hurts.

If I ever have to do battle with psychics and wizards I know what armor ill be using. Glued together packing peanuts.

@avengingme

7 жыл бұрын

That's unprofessional. You better get yourself a custom made Styrofoam armor set

@jackbotman

7 жыл бұрын

I'm going to wear leg warmers and a bow tie

@arbiter11171

7 жыл бұрын

Better make it a +1 Styrofoam armor reinforced with lights and paper. And keep a few balloons handy for additional static electricity.

@davedirk4373

7 жыл бұрын

LOL Styrofoam hat

@DizzyedUpGirl

7 жыл бұрын

Neither did his hair.

"This isn't a magician's trick." Dresses like a magician

@wilsoncrocker

4 жыл бұрын

he wasnt lying. it was a scam artists trick.

@Ria-sd2ex

4 жыл бұрын

😅😂😆

@spangdeez498

4 жыл бұрын

James hydrick.... there’s a hilarious documentary on here about him.... it’s his ‘‘ martial arts” outfit.... he went to prison for molesting young boys and is now in an institution I believe for life after his prison sentence..... kind of a sad story actually..... his dad used to beat the living shit out of him as a kid.... you should watch it, quite interesting actually

@spangdeez498

4 жыл бұрын

But yes he’s def a fraud just blows air out of his mouth obviously

@garyenwards1608

4 жыл бұрын

Those are raditional chinese wizard garb

7:29 - when you didn't study for the test the next day...

James Randi is that one professor when the student cites wikipedia 😂

I hated the healer who made the old ladies believe in that. It made me want to cry at how manipulative it was :(

@TheIZI6

4 жыл бұрын

To be fair, they are not the smartest to believe him in the first place. Still a dick move though.

@travislindsey7256

4 жыл бұрын

Jim Jones lasting legacy is preachers like that . They saw how much money he accrued by taking everyone's possessions

@spartan456

3 жыл бұрын

In a lot of ways I think it's terrible and wrong but I feel like there is a silver lining to it, it really depends on the tactfulness of the preacher. I don't think there's anything necessarily wrong with telling an old, dying woman "your son is going to be okay thanks to all your prayers". Even though that message obviously didn't come from God, it's still a thoughtful message. It may be a message delivered under false pretenses, but sometimes lying is better than telling someone the truth. If it makes someone happy and nobody is actually getting hurt from it, I think it's honestly thoughtful. It's like telling someone what they want to hear, versus what they need to hear. If it makes them happy, that's all that matters in my opinion. What is wrong is when these people act like they are healing terminal illnesses. It's one thing to be realistic and tell someone it'll be okay, you've got a long life left to live, etc. It's another thing entirely to prey on people's beliefs and make them think they are genuinely healed of all their ailments. Especially in exchange for money. These types of people are just a small part of what gives religion a bad name.

@pat5star

3 жыл бұрын

spartan456 you’re defending the wrong guy if you’re sticking up for Peter Popoff. Believe it or not, he’s still going and still on tv (though nowhere near as large as he used to be) and still conning anyone and everyone out of their money! Personally, I think Popoff is one of the most disgusting con men out there. He’s one of those preachers who try to convince the gullible into buying into his ‘supernatural power’ (or ‘miracle spring water’) and that the more they donate to him the more ’unexpected’ or divine rewards they will receive. They will try to convince you that if you donate to them even with the last of your money rather than paying bills like you should that a large chunk of money will ‘supernaturally’ appear in your bank account or your bills will suddenly and ‘supernaturally’ be paid. When that doesn’t happen they just tell you that you didn’t have enough faith! It was already terrible when Popoff and his people were fake healing but now they’re trying to take peoples last dollars with the promise of winning the lottery! I’m not religious but this almost makes me wish I was so I could imagine Peter Popoff and his staff burning in hell for all eternity!!!

@spartan456

3 жыл бұрын

@@pat5star Oh nah, that guy can go fuck himself. I was just saying that in some ways this kind of thing isn't inherently evil if it's done in a certain way. The way Popoff and others like him do it are purely predatory and malicious.

James Randi has the super power to take others power away lol

@andingatacho9262

6 жыл бұрын

🤗😂😂😥😥

@2019inuyasha

6 жыл бұрын

he now has to pay himself the one million dollars

@mrcoldblood2240

6 жыл бұрын

2019inuyasha i think he is Dead man...its been a Long time and he was already Old back then

James Randi a man of his time, exposing the charlatans that TV was so happy to promote.

love how you can see him purposely making the side movement with his arm in the dowsing rod one.

I LOVE the fact that when he tried to "demonstrate" that the light and styrofoam made the page fall back, it instead just fell forward (three times).

@gemstar7286

Жыл бұрын

He tried to manipulate science 🧪🤣.

@tosspot1305

10 ай бұрын

I think he was also trying to fold the page a little to give a little lip that he could blow under without moving the foam.. Then the presenter turned over a bunch of pages and scuppered his only chance of pulling it off hahaha

@ColdeWater-qe2wl

9 ай бұрын

Hm

@bee1275

9 ай бұрын

i laughed each time bro

@MrMirack

8 ай бұрын

​@@gemstar7286he must be a Democrat!!!

This dude had a huge reward for anyone that could prove they had abilities. He destroyed so many careers but it's their fault.

@BobGymlan

5 жыл бұрын

Gavin star honestly what’s reality TV?

@monster762

5 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately they are probably thriving thanks to our inability to use common sense.

@alansmithee419

5 жыл бұрын

@Gavin star have you heard of politicians?

@-Vitalis-

5 жыл бұрын

And not a single person has claimed Randi's prize to this day. Guess people with powers are very, very _humble_ and none of them actually wants to win millions of dollars instantly. Yeah, that's the only explanation.

@mdusibisi

5 жыл бұрын

He still does. He's offering a million dollars to anyone who can prove the existence of God or psychic powers.

The phone book guy's costume is what we would call "problematic" today.

Wow, that's valuable information. If I ever have to protect myself from psychic forces, I just have to carry around some packing peanuts! 😂

James Randi is a hero. I'm so glad he outlived Sylvia Browne who he was after for years. I could imagine if he had died first, Sylvia would have told everyone that Randi contacted her from "the spirit world" and said she was right about everything, topped with an apology.

@Zeresrail

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. We need much more people like him promoting critical thinking rather than superstitious beliefs.

@daveybass655

3 жыл бұрын

I can't stand Sylvia Brown

@joanna7350

3 жыл бұрын

@@kenmaddock7469 Yes!

@mccarthy5825

2 жыл бұрын

I actually remember thinking that at the time, you brought it right back! The nasty piece of work definitely would have pulled some awful thing like that. Vile woman. The whole lot of those cold reading, magic trick using charlatans are scum who prey on anxiety, love, fear, and bloody charge for it!

@ezziboo

2 жыл бұрын

I wish he was here for that stupid scam artist with the Karen hair from Long Island.

I once had a fantastic psychic reading. The psychic not only knew that I had eaten in a restaurant within the last 3 months, but he even knew that the restaurant's name had a vowel. But what was truly stunning was that he knew the waiter or waitress asked me if I would like a beverage at the start of the order process. Now, I ask you, how could anybody in the world have guessed all of those things? Impossible! I'm a true believer now.

@charlenemack7040

Жыл бұрын

Ralph…f’n funny 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

@bjornkarlsson7364

Жыл бұрын

😄😄😄😄

@klausstock8020

Жыл бұрын

I actually had the best psychic reading inside a restaurant. The waiter or waitress asked me if I would like "a beer as usual".

@SkinSlayer26

Жыл бұрын

@AstrixCloud

Жыл бұрын

Lmao they all ask if you want a drink at the start, and most people go out every few months. Specially now days just to show social media.

My psychic powers conveniently don't work because Saturn is sad today! I'm sorry.

"The styrofoam and the lights form electricity which pulls the page, look it pulls the page down" Bruh no that's gravity

@hollidayharris6530

6 жыл бұрын

Rose Cake RIGHT

@phoneticjomama

6 жыл бұрын

Styrofoam can hold an electric charge and I think paper does as well, but you’d be able to see some styrofoam stick to the paper when he moved the page.

@egregiousmalady4287

6 жыл бұрын

Plus it kept falling on the wrong side each time he tried

@XepptizZ

6 жыл бұрын

Joe C paper is one of the well known insulators. Which means that it really doesn't like to add or remove electrons. It's not impossible, but unlikely you'll get it to hold a charge.

@Napalm38382

6 жыл бұрын

My mustache and my Asian kung fu outfit is causing psychic anomalies.... maybe static charge? Can that be it? Oh it can't. Huh. so I can't do it, since obviously I am breathing on it. Now if you RIP a telephone book in half, that's a real thing, and not as hard as people might think. Actually, telephone books are pretty funny, member when those were a thing? All the numbers didn't start with 555 either. Cause fucking morons would call them. I blame Jenny and Tutone.

I met him once at my community college. He was very nice and apologized for having gas from the Taco Bell he had eaten earlier. A man of the people.

@FatFrogChonk

10 ай бұрын

I choked on a carrot.

@FatFrogChonk

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for the laugh, but I agree. Respectful, confident, and a proud part of the LGBTQ community.

@UponTheShadows

9 ай бұрын

@@FatFrogChonk disgusting filthy creatures

@dioniciotorres4290

9 ай бұрын

Randi or the fraud guy? Who did you meet?

@Ok_Boomer_

9 ай бұрын

@@FatFrogChonkwhat does the lgbt have to do with this?

Actually after 15 years it was discovered that it was Hydrick’s haircut that lost him his psychic powers. That bowl cut was lethal to those around him.

@jacobscarberry4799

Ай бұрын

That was the trick, the paper was scared of his 'do hence the paper moving away from him

@flat6pilot

Ай бұрын

When I saw that guy, I can't help but picture this exact moment: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iYV2xZqyqM3Kg9Y.htmlsi=9mbVj_PDM9W0E8Za&t=34

@jacobscarberry4799

Ай бұрын

@@flat6pilot Lloyd had a better bowl trim