This guy has excellent showmanship, and succeeds at playing the audience with his comedy act as well as sleight of hand.

DO NOT MISTAKE THIS MAN FOR A CONJURER OF PETTY TRICKS!


edit: sorry, wrong guy. i was thinking of gandolf.

i was staring at those cups for the slight under but damned if i could see when or where he did it. extremely entertaining!

It's a trick!

I could definitely see what he was doing and where the shit was going. I know people are gonna go "lolyeahright" Normally i'm clueless over these things but i can see it in this.

>> ^dannym3141:
I could definitely see what he was doing and where the shit was going. I know people are gonna go "lolyeahright" Normally i'm clueless over these things but i can see it in this.


So where does the fruit come from?

I could also see where things came from, including the fruit. Look at the cups and the way he holds them. Start from the end, and rewind by bits to see how he places the fruits with his left hand into each cup. Notice the way he puts them down, creating momento so the fruit does not fall first.

potato: 4:37
fruit ?: 4:52
lime: 5:28

All that aside, the show and the storytelling were very amusing.

(the real mystery is what the third fruit/vegetable is)

Am I the only one to upvote based solely on the phallic imagery of the title and description? I mean come on

I should have read the comments before I spent so long finding the timecodes of each fruit placement. hp_qp is spot on; if you get lucky with your pausing at 4:37 you can see the potato clearly in his hand.

Really spectacular routine.

What's equally as impressive as his sleight of hand skills is his ability to keep track of what goes where, while telling an elaborate story.

Agreed, still brilliant

>> ^Trancecoach:
It's a trick trap!


Sorry, knee-jerk.

hp_qp... yeah, that's it alright, but I certainly didn't see it on first time through, and only with your help. The man is utterly brilliant, not only does he do that hugely long routine with so many placements and reveals, but he has that complicated script to deliver too.

He is just simply not one of us, he's slight of hand (in particular his ability with cards) is unsurpassed.

This clip is from the David Mamet directed "52 Assistants"

And the award for most annoying audience goes to...

lol u guys r so gullible. fake!

Simply amazing never would've guessed a simple cup and ball trick could be so innovative andastounding.

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