New David Blaine Special Tonight.. (1 Viewer)

[shadyridr]

Love his laid back sleepy attitude

 

[Ignoramus]

I don't care for him. Ooh, you can throw up water and live in a box for a month. Big whoop.

 

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Okay watching now...

first one with the ice pick.... if the celebs weren't in on it, HTF do you do that? THey were 12" away and were participating in the trick (pulling the pick)

Fire trick: Guy randomly has glass of 150proof liquor?

Pretty soild so far.

Edit: Okay there is no ####### way these folks aren't in on this. Some sick mojo workin.

 

[Wingnut]

The ice pick isn't a trick, he's really piercing his hand (and bicep later)

 

[eaganwildcats]

Grantland

 

[BigJohn]

Loved the kids that got the $100 then GTFO. Lolbye!

 

[culdeus]

Haters gonna hate.

 

[biggamer3]

Haters gonna hate.

yep, was the most entertaining thing I have seen on network television in a long time and nit pickers trying to rain on my parade. #Blaine4President

 

[[icon]]

Haters gonna hate.

yep, was the most entertaining thing I have seen on network television in a long time and nit pickers trying to rain on my parade. #Blaine4President

Oh trust me I'm not hating... I'm a blaine fan and frankly I'm glad he's back to "magic" over those feats of endurance he was doing for a while. While they were impressive stunts, the tricks in this special were far far more entertaining.

I just have no ####### idea how he does them. I would pay a very sizeable sum to have him come perform some of that stuff right in front of me just so I could validate that it's not editing trickery. Impressive #### now doubt.

I've dabbled in card tricks in the past and am familiar in basic stuff like forcing cards, but in some of these tricks he never touches the deck, and has the mark randomly pick a card out of thin air. It's awesome.

 

[Softballguy]

Haters gonna hate.

yep, was the most entertaining thing I have seen on network television in a long time and nit pickers trying to rain on my parade. #Blaine4President

Oh trust me I'm not hating... I'm a blaine fan and frankly I'm glad he's back to "magic" over those feats of endurance he was doing for a while. While they were impressive stunts, the tricks in this special were far far more entertaining.

I just have no ####### idea how he does them. I would pay a very sizeable sum to have him come perform some of that stuff right in front of me just so I could validate that it's not editing trickery. Impressive #### now doubt.

I've dabbled in card tricks in the past and am familiar in basic stuff like forcing cards, but in some of these tricks he never touches the deck, and has the mark randomly pick a card out of thin air. It's awesome.

I didn't catch the new special, but some of his tricks do border on being "editing trickery" depending on what you call trickery. An easy example, as noted earlier in the thread, is his levitation trick. He does appear to be levitating to the spectators, and I wouldn't be surprised if the reactions they showed were real, but what the TV viewer saw was much different than the trick he was actually doing. I think most people would consider that editing trickery. A little less clear though are the tricks he does where part of the trick isn't shown to the TV viewer. He may load a card into a spectator's pocket during a particular trick (a trick that doesn't utilized the loaded card), but then follow that trick with a second trick later that utilizes the loaded card. The TV viewer only catches the second trick and has a difficult time explaining how the card was loaded. Another example is his trick where the spectator writes the name of someone on a piece of paper and then folds it up. Blaine burns the paper and rubs the ash on his arm to reveal the secret name. There are several ways to accomplish this trick, but all involve an additional step that isn't shown to the TV viewer. The additional step does occur to the spectator, but it's not something they are concerned with and doesn't take away from the effect.

Basically a lot of his tricks involve editing trickery to avoid a TV viewer's ability to deconstruct the trick, but the reactions are real, and to the spectator nothing "fishy" has happened (this is one of the great things about magic... when spectators later recall a trick or explain the trick to others, they often leave out these important steps which make the trick work, thus making a good trick an absolutely unexplainable one).

 

[ConnSKINS26]

Haters gonna hate.

yep, was the most entertaining thing I have seen on network television in a long time and nit pickers trying to rain on my parade. #Blaine4President

Oh trust me I'm not hating... I'm a blaine fan and frankly I'm glad he's back to "magic" over those feats of endurance he was doing for a while. While they were impressive stunts, the tricks in this special were far far more entertaining.

I just have no ####### idea how he does them. I would pay a very sizeable sum to have him come perform some of that stuff right in front of me just so I could validate that it's not editing trickery. Impressive #### now doubt.

I've dabbled in card tricks in the past and am familiar in basic stuff like forcing cards, but in some of these tricks he never touches the deck, and has the mark randomly pick a card out of thin air. It's awesome.

I didn't catch the new special, but some of his tricks do border on being "editing trickery" depending on what you call trickery. An easy example, as noted earlier in the thread, is his levitation trick. He does appear to be levitating to the spectators, and I wouldn't be surprised if the reactions they showed were real, but what the TV viewer saw was much different than the trick he was actually doing. I think most people would consider that editing trickery. A little less clear though are the tricks he does where part of the trick isn't shown to the TV viewer. He may load a card into a spectator's pocket during a particular trick (a trick that doesn't utilized the loaded card), but then follow that trick with a second trick later that utilizes the loaded card. The TV viewer only catches the second trick and has a difficult time explaining how the card was loaded. Another example is his trick where the spectator writes the name of someone on a piece of paper and then folds it up. Blaine burns the paper and rubs the ash on his arm to reveal the secret name. There are several ways to accomplish this trick, but all involve an additional step that isn't shown to the TV viewer. The additional step does occur to the spectator, but it's not something they are concerned with and doesn't take away from the effect.Basically a lot of his tricks involve editing trickery to avoid a TV viewer's ability to deconstruct the trick, but the reactions are real, and to the spectator nothing "fishy" has happened (this is one of the great things about magic... when spectators later recall a trick or explain the trick to others, they often leave out these important steps which make the trick work, thus making a good trick an absolutely unexplainable one).

What's the additional step they edit out in the ash trick, as an example?

 

[Softballguy]

Haters gonna hate.

yep, was the most entertaining thing I have seen on network television in a long time and nit pickers trying to rain on my parade. #Blaine4President

Oh trust me I'm not hating... I'm a blaine fan and frankly I'm glad he's back to "magic" over those feats of endurance he was doing for a while. While they were impressive stunts, the tricks in this special were far far more entertaining.

I just have no ####### idea how he does them. I would pay a very sizeable sum to have him come perform some of that stuff right in front of me just so I could validate that it's not editing trickery. Impressive #### now doubt.

I've dabbled in card tricks in the past and am familiar in basic stuff like forcing cards, but in some of these tricks he never touches the deck, and has the mark randomly pick a card out of thin air. It's awesome.

I didn't catch the new special, but some of his tricks do border on being "editing trickery" depending on what you call trickery. An easy example, as noted earlier in the thread, is his levitation trick. He does appear to be levitating to the spectators, and I wouldn't be surprised if the reactions they showed were real, but what the TV viewer saw was much different than the trick he was actually doing. I think most people would consider that editing trickery. A little less clear though are the tricks he does where part of the trick isn't shown to the TV viewer. He may load a card into a spectator's pocket during a particular trick (a trick that doesn't utilized the loaded card), but then follow that trick with a second trick later that utilizes the loaded card. The TV viewer only catches the second trick and has a difficult time explaining how the card was loaded. Another example is his trick where the spectator writes the name of someone on a piece of paper and then folds it up. Blaine burns the paper and rubs the ash on his arm to reveal the secret name. There are several ways to accomplish this trick, but all involve an additional step that isn't shown to the TV viewer. The additional step does occur to the spectator, but it's not something they are concerned with and doesn't take away from the effect.Basically a lot of his tricks involve editing trickery to avoid a TV viewer's ability to deconstruct the trick, but the reactions are real, and to the spectator nothing "fishy" has happened (this is one of the great things about magic... when spectators later recall a trick or explain the trick to others, they often leave out these important steps which make the trick work, thus making a good trick an absolutely unexplainable one).

What's the additional step they edit out in the ash trick, as an example?

There are a few ways that I know of, but if you're going to do the trick with ordinary, ungimmicked items, the easiest way is to appear to tear a folded piece of paper while actually palming the middle section of the paper. Usually this trick is done by having a spectator write a name in a circle that you've drawn in the center of the paper. After the first time they do it and have handed the folded up paper to you, you ask something that will give a negative response, like "You wrote the name in all capital letters, right?" After they say no you tear up the paper, palming the center piece (containing the name), and throw the paper in the trash. You then tell them to do it again, leaving the room or otherwise separating yourself from the group. You then look at what they've written and write that name with a grease pen on your arm while they're redoing their task.

Blaine may use a different method (there are some really cool gimmicked slips of paper that can reveal what is written that are almost 100% undetectable, but you still need an opportunity to write the name on your arm/stomach/etc), that's just the easiest way (and one I've seen done) it is performed. The TV viewer would then only see the second portion of the trick and be unable to deconstruct how it is possible.

 

[biggamer3]

Haters gonna hate.

yep, was the most entertaining thing I have seen on network television in a long time and nit pickers trying to rain on my parade. #Blaine4President

Oh trust me I'm not hating... I'm a blaine fan and frankly I'm glad he's back to "magic" over those feats of endurance he was doing for a while. While they were impressive stunts, the tricks in this special were far far more entertaining.

I just have no ####### idea how he does them. I would pay a very sizeable sum to have him come perform some of that stuff right in front of me just so I could validate that it's not editing trickery. Impressive #### now doubt.

I've dabbled in card tricks in the past and am familiar in basic stuff like forcing cards, but in some of these tricks he never touches the deck, and has the mark randomly pick a card out of thin air. It's awesome.

I didn't catch the new special, but some of his tricks do border on being "editing trickery" depending on what you call trickery. An easy example, as noted earlier in the thread, is his levitation trick. He does appear to be levitating to the spectators, and I wouldn't be surprised if the reactions they showed were real, but what the TV viewer saw was much different than the trick he was actually doing. I think most people would consider that editing trickery. A little less clear though are the tricks he does where part of the trick isn't shown to the TV viewer. He may load a card into a spectator's pocket during a particular trick (a trick that doesn't utilized the loaded card), but then follow that trick with a second trick later that utilizes the loaded card. The TV viewer only catches the second trick and has a difficult time explaining how the card was loaded. Another example is his trick where the spectator writes the name of someone on a piece of paper and then folds it up. Blaine burns the paper and rubs the ash on his arm to reveal the secret name. There are several ways to accomplish this trick, but all involve an additional step that isn't shown to the TV viewer. The additional step does occur to the spectator, but it's not something they are concerned with and doesn't take away from the effect.Basically a lot of his tricks involve editing trickery to avoid a TV viewer's ability to deconstruct the trick, but the reactions are real, and to the spectator nothing "fishy" has happened (this is one of the great things about magic... when spectators later recall a trick or explain the trick to others, they often leave out these important steps which make the trick work, thus making a good trick an absolutely unexplainable one).

What's the additional step they edit out in the ash trick, as an example?

There are a few ways that I know of, but if you're going to do the trick with ordinary, ungimmicked items, the easiest way is to appear to tear a folded piece of paper while actually palming the middle section of the paper. Usually this trick is done by having a spectator write a name in a circle that you've drawn in the center of the paper. After the first time they do it and have handed the folded up paper to you, you ask something that will give a negative response, like "You wrote the name in all capital letters, right?" After they say no you tear up the paper, palming the center piece (containing the name), and throw the paper in the trash. You then tell them to do it again, leaving the room or otherwise separating yourself from the group. You then look at what they've written and write that name with a grease pen on your arm while they're redoing their task.

Blaine may use a different method (there are some really cool gimmicked slips of paper that can reveal what is written that are almost 100% undetectable, but you still need an opportunity to write the name on your arm/stomach/etc), that's just the easiest way (and one I've seen done) it is performed. The TV viewer would then only see the second portion of the trick and be unable to deconstruct how it is possible.

wow great stuff. Even if this is not what he does, really informative post about deconstructing one of Blaine's staple tricks.

 

[jamny]

What was the name of the special? Is it being replayed?

 

[ConnSKINS26]

What was the name of the special? Is it being replayed?

Real or Magic was the name of it.

 

[ConnSKINS26]

Haters gonna hate.

yep, was the most entertaining thing I have seen on network television in a long time and nit pickers trying to rain on my parade. #Blaine4President

Oh trust me I'm not hating... I'm a blaine fan and frankly I'm glad he's back to "magic" over those feats of endurance he was doing for a while. While they were impressive stunts, the tricks in this special were far far more entertaining.

I just have no ####### idea how he does them. I would pay a very sizeable sum to have him come perform some of that stuff right in front of me just so I could validate that it's not editing trickery. Impressive #### now doubt.

I've dabbled in card tricks in the past and am familiar in basic stuff like forcing cards, but in some of these tricks he never touches the deck, and has the mark randomly pick a card out of thin air. It's awesome.

I didn't catch the new special, but some of his tricks do border on being "editing trickery" depending on what you call trickery. An easy example, as noted earlier in the thread, is his levitation trick. He does appear to be levitating to the spectators, and I wouldn't be surprised if the reactions they showed were real, but what the TV viewer saw was much different than the trick he was actually doing. I think most people would consider that editing trickery. A little less clear though are the tricks he does where part of the trick isn't shown to the TV viewer. He may load a card into a spectator's pocket during a particular trick (a trick that doesn't utilized the loaded card), but then follow that trick with a second trick later that utilizes the loaded card. The TV viewer only catches the second trick and has a difficult time explaining how the card was loaded. Another example is his trick where the spectator writes the name of someone on a piece of paper and then folds it up. Blaine burns the paper and rubs the ash on his arm to reveal the secret name. There are several ways to accomplish this trick, but all involve an additional step that isn't shown to the TV viewer. The additional step does occur to the spectator, but it's not something they are concerned with and doesn't take away from the effect.Basically a lot of his tricks involve editing trickery to avoid a TV viewer's ability to deconstruct the trick, but the reactions are real, and to the spectator nothing "fishy" has happened (this is one of the great things about magic... when spectators later recall a trick or explain the trick to others, they often leave out these important steps which make the trick work, thus making a good trick an absolutely unexplainable one).

What's the additional step they edit out in the ash trick, as an example?

There are a few ways that I know of, but if you're going to do the trick with ordinary, ungimmicked items, the easiest way is to appear to tear a folded piece of paper while actually palming the middle section of the paper. Usually this trick is done by having a spectator write a name in a circle that you've drawn in the center of the paper. After the first time they do it and have handed the folded up paper to you, you ask something that will give a negative response, like "You wrote the name in all capital letters, right?" After they say no you tear up the paper, palming the center piece (containing the name), and throw the paper in the trash. You then tell them to do it again, leaving the room or otherwise separating yourself from the group. You then look at what they've written and write that name with a grease pen on your arm while they're redoing their task. Blaine may use a different method (there are some really cool gimmicked slips of paper that can reveal what is written that are almost 100% undetectable, but you still need an opportunity to write the name on your arm/stomach/etc), that's just the easiest way (and one I've seen done) it is performed. The TV viewer would then only see the second portion of the trick and be unable to deconstruct how it is possible.

wow great stuff. Even if this is not what he does, really informative post about deconstructing one of Blaine's staple tricks.

Totally agreed, I'm 100% ignorant about how any of this works so that was a really interesting post. I'd love to read more breakdowns of these kinds of tricks.

 

[jamny]

What was the name of the special? Is it being replayed?

Real or Magic was the name of it.

David Blaine: Real or Magic.

Not seeing a replay. I'll check on demand later

thx

 

[biggamer3]

Guys serious question. With the way that Blaine could manipulate cards and quickly change them within a moments blinking, couldn't he do these card switches at any casino he wanted for Poker hands or something. I am guessing Poker would be difficult since the swapped card couldnt also be on the table or in someones hand and he would have no way of actually knowing that, but there has to be card games that he can auto win at if he wanted to defraud the casinos.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

Guys serious question. With the way that Blaine could manipulate cards and quickly change them within a moments blinking, couldn't he do these card switches at any casino he wanted for Poker hands or something.

Certain sleight-of-hand moves can be used to cheat in card games. In fact, a lot of the moves that card magicians use originated with card cheats. (The reverse is not true. Of all of the sleights that originated with magicians, almost none have been picked up by card cheats -- they're just not useful. The single exception that I know of is one particular kind of false shuffle that originated with magician Herb Zarrow.)

The kind of sleights that would be useful at a card table are generally not the ones that Blaine would be well practiced at, though. And even the moves that a genuine card cheat would have mastered would mostly be useless be at a casino, as opposed to a home game.

 

[Otis]

The single exception that I know of is one particular kind of false shuffle that originated with magician Herb Zarrow.)

This sounds like something from the onslaught thread

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

The single exception that I know of is one particular kind of false shuffle that originated with magician Herb Zarrow.)

This sounds like something from the onslaught thread

I included his name because it's called the Zarrow Shuffle -- just in case anyone was wondering which false shuffle I was referring to.

 

[Das Boot]

The single exception that I know of is one particular kind of false shuffle that originated with magician Herb Zarrow.)

This sounds like something from the onslaught thread

I included his name because it's called the Zarrow Shuffle -- just in case anyone was wondering which false shuffle I was referring to.

Actually there was an NFL player who was pretty accomplished at this as well and developed his own shuffle...

 

[ILUVBEER99]

no clue how he does it or if it's TV editing but it's entertaining.

The black kids taking off with the $100 was hilarious.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

I just watched this. I thought it was great.

I have absolutely no idea how he did the stuff with the ice pick. "Needle through arm" is a wonderful illusion, but he was not using the normal method. At all.

I liked his version of Dai Vernon's Triumph (with Jaden Smith) and Paul Curry's Out of This World (having Olivia Wilde divide the red and black cards). The in-hand card transposition he did with President Bush was my favorite trick from his very first special.

When he pulled the thread from his eye, that's what Ricky Gervais would call the maniac method. It's not really a trick: you just roll up a thread and stick it under your eyelid for safekeeping so that you can retrieve it later. (It's a Wayne Houchin effect. You can get the instructions for $29, which I think makes it more expensive than anything he did in his first special.)

I think they showed him touch Jamie Foxx's nose with his left thumb (well before he touches his daughter's nose with the card), shielded by his right hand. I suspect that he touched Jada Pinkett's shoulder similarly, right when she closed her eyes, but they didn't show that part. (When the clip starts, her eyes are already closed, and Blaine is saying "close your eyes" as his hands are up near her face. He had probably just lightly tapped her shoulder. The clip with Jamie Foxx's daughter also starts after her eyes are already closed and his hand is near her face.)

The card- and bill-restorations were great. I have no clue how he did those.

I really loved Ricky Gervais's reaction. That was the best part.

 

[biggamer3]

I just watched this. I thought it was great.

I have absolutely no idea how he did the stuff with the ice pick. "Needle through arm" is a wonderful illusion, but he was not using the normal method. At all.

I liked his version of Dai Vernon's Triumph (with Jaden Smith) and Paul Curry's Out of This World (having Olivia Wilde divide the red and black cards). The in-hand card transposition he did with President Bush was my favorite trick from his very first special.

When he pulled the thread from his eye, that's what Ricky Gervais would call the maniac method. It's not really a trick: you just roll up a thread and stick it under your eyelid for safekeeping so that you can retrieve it later. (It's a Wayne Houchin effect. You can get the instructions for $29, which I think makes it more expensive than anything he did in his first special.)

I think they showed him touch Jamie Foxx's nose with his left thumb (well before he touches his daughter's nose with the card), shielded by his right hand. I suspect that he touched Jada Pinkett's shoulder similarly, right when she closed her eyes, but they didn't show that part. (When the clip starts, her eyes are already closed, and Blaine is saying "close your eyes" as his hands are up near her face. He had probably just lightly tapped her shoulder. The clip with Jamie Foxx's daughter also starts after her eyes are already closed and his hand is near her face.)

The card- and bill-restorations were great. I have no clue how he did those.

I really loved Ricky Gervais's reaction. That was the best part.

Thanks for your write ups, I love hearing from people who seem to be somewhat educated on the world of magic.

Blaine is a clever mofo, he was on Kimmel last week and he was explaining that in the trick he did with Bush where he stole his watch it would have been hard to get so physical with the president since he has secret service nearby at all times. So he said before he met with Bush, he was talking with Secret Service and was acting super weird and super touchy with them so they would think its ok if he grabs W a little bit.

 

[Dickies]

Haters gonna hate.

yep, was the most entertaining thing I have seen on network television in a long time and nit pickers trying to rain on my parade. #Blaine4President

Oh trust me I'm not hating... I'm a blaine fan and frankly I'm glad he's back to "magic" over those feats of endurance he was doing for a while. While they were impressive stunts, the tricks in this special were far far more entertaining.

I just have no ####### idea how he does them. I would pay a very sizeable sum to have him come perform some of that stuff right in front of me just so I could validate that it's not editing trickery. Impressive #### now doubt.

I've dabbled in card tricks in the past and am familiar in basic stuff like forcing cards, but in some of these tricks he never touches the deck, and has the mark randomly pick a card out of thin air. It's awesome.

This.

 

[Franknbeans]

Best David Blaine ever

 

[LOCO]

i thought harrison ford was going to start crying after that card trick.

 

[bigbottom]

i thought harrison ford was going to start crying after that card trick.

Yeah, he seemed legiimately disturbed.

 

[culdeus]

is there a full clip of the harrison ford one anywhere? How did they lead into that?

 

[Wingnut]

Found the Ford clip on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgtjDX6fZdQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[Sinn Fein]

Harrison Ford was so freaked out

Get the #### out of my house.

exactly

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

Harrison Ford was so drunk freaked out

Get the #### out of my house.

exactly

fixed