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Fun fact (from penn jilettes podcast): At the point where he’s tearing up a card, it’s chosen at random and he’s just taking the <2% risk that it won’t ruin th

by Lewton 4y ago

Fun fact (from penn jilettes podcast): At the point where he’s tearing up a card, it’s chosen at random and he’s just taking the <2% risk that it won’t ruin the trick

iainctduncan 4y ago
fun follow up fact: if it is the card, I can guarantee he has an alternate ending so it will never ruin it - it will only change it. Tamariz is a master of the "outs" (as magicians call them).
- AndyNemmity 4y ago
  Hrm.. I am not so sure about this. Of course he would do something, but it wouldn't be a traditional out. It's a much more complex topic when it involves Dani.
  - iainctduncan 4y ago
    That's still an out to normal people. But yeah, i get that it will be a next level out for sure.
    - AndyNemmity 4y ago
      But like, it wouldn't be. I'm sorry though, I'm not willing to explain it fully. I get what you're saying though. I get why you're saying it.
      - iainctduncan 4y ago
        And I get why you won't explain it further here too... ha
        AndyNemmity 4y ago
        That makes me happy, because it can seem like a dismissive comment, but I promise it's not. :)
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toast0 4y ago
It certainly isn't random. He's showing the chosen card at the top of the face up deck moments before. If you watch at 0.25x very carefully, you can see what happens next. He's very good at what he does, and it's hard to spot in real time. Amazing card scanning, too. (start around https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_KcQt0z-eE&t=229s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_KcQt0z-eE&t=229s )
- Lewton 4y ago
  > It certainly isn't random. It's random in the context of the trick, it's not like he specifically chose that card because he knew he could avoid it later
- aidenn0 4y ago
  The question is what does he do at the end if Alyson Hannigan picks the card that he saw himself tear up.
  - toast0 4y ago
    Alyson couldn't have picked the card that was torn up, because she selected a card from the deck after the card was destroyed; https://youtu.be/5_KcQt0z-eE?t=332 https://youtu.be/5_KcQt0z-eE?t=332 is around when she's given cards to select from. On the other hand, Penn was asked to name a card which was then shown, an alternate card destroyed, and the named card shown again. If a further name a card was attempted on the 51-card deck, you'd have the chance of naming the destroyed card.

by Lewton 4y ago

Fun fact (from penn jilettes podcast): At the point where he’s tearing up a card, it’s chosen at random and he’s just taking the <2% risk that it won’t ruin the trick

iainctduncan 4y ago

fun follow up fact: if it is the card, I can guarantee he has an alternate ending so it will never ruin it - it will only change it. Tamariz is a master of the "outs" (as magicians call them).

AndyNemmity 4y ago
Hrm.. I am not so sure about this. Of course he would do something, but it wouldn't be a traditional out. It's a much more complex topic when it involves Dani.
- iainctduncan 4y ago
  That's still an out to normal people. But yeah, i get that it will be a next level out for sure.
  - AndyNemmity 4y ago
    But like, it wouldn't be. I'm sorry though, I'm not willing to explain it fully. I get what you're saying though. I get why you're saying it.
    - iainctduncan 4y ago
      And I get why you won't explain it further here too... ha
      - AndyNemmity 4y ago
        That makes me happy, because it can seem like a dismissive comment, but I promise it's not. :)
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toast0 4y ago

It certainly isn't random. He's showing the chosen card at the top of the face up deck moments before. If you watch at 0.25x very carefully, you can see what happens next. He's very good at what he does, and it's hard to spot in real time. Amazing card scanning, too. (start around https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_KcQt0z-eE&t=229s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_KcQt0z-eE&t=229s )

Lewton 4y ago
> It certainly isn't random. It's random in the context of the trick, it's not like he specifically chose that card because he knew he could avoid it later
aidenn0 4y ago
The question is what does he do at the end if Alyson Hannigan picks the card that he saw himself tear up.
- toast0 4y ago
  Alyson couldn't have picked the card that was torn up, because she selected a card from the deck after the card was destroyed; https://youtu.be/5_KcQt0z-eE?t=332 https://youtu.be/5_KcQt0z-eE?t=332 is around when she's given cards to select from. On the other hand, Penn was asked to name a card which was then shown, an alternate card destroyed, and the named card shown again. If a further name a card was attempted on the 51-card deck, you'd have the chance of naming the destroyed card.