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The show Fool Us is wonderful…and this clip in particular is my favorite: https://youtu.be/5_KcQt0z-eE?si=xO5gTByzV0spzS2e https://youtu.be/5_KcQt0z-eE?si=xO5gT
by iambateman 1y ago
The show Fool Us is wonderful…and this clip in particular is my favorite: https://youtu.be/5_KcQt0z-eE?si=xO5gTByzV0spzS2e https://youtu.be/5_KcQt0z-eE?si=xO5gTByzV0spzS2e
- gkoberger 1y agoEven if you never want to practice magic, I highly recommend buying a few Dani DaOrtiz lectures. The way his mind works is phenomenal, and the things he talks about (psychology, how people think, crafting experiences) are applicable across the board. (I rarely perform his tricks... they're brilliant, but they're so perfectly suited for his style that I can't even come close to pulling them off without seeming like a confused idiot. But I love watching him explain what goes into each trick. This specific trick is available on Vanishing.)
- iambateman 1y agoI’ll check it out! I’ve watched hundreds of tricks on Fool Us and the moment I watched his act I was stunned. Just absolutely beautiful performance.
- hibikir 1y agoHe has a youtube channel where he performs most of the tricks in his courses (just not how to do them). After you watch for a while, you realize that he can get great effects out of moves that don't even take significant sleight of hand: He might be doing the most blatant manipulation in the middle of some comedy bits that make it invisible to anyone engrossed in the performance. Now, that specific Fool Us performance has moves most magicians cannot pull off, but still, a large percentage of the act involves his standard slew of tricks to put a lot of randomness where it doesn't matter, while there is no randomness near the cards that matter.
- 7thpower 1y agoI was only half way paying attention because I was enjoying the joy of everyone around him. I wonder if it will hold up the next time I watch. I keep notes for my daughters to read some day and wrote about this tonight (it’s been too long since I wrote them), I hope this video will still be around when they are ready to read the notes so they can experience it too.
- onlypassingthru 1y agoMay I suggest a little yt-dlp and an external HD to go along with those notes? A digital archive doesn't have to be restricted to family photos.
- 7thpower 1y ago;)
- iambateman 1y agoI have young children and this is a sweet idea. Thanks!
- jcattle 1y agoAs someone who has watched this video approximately 100 times already I can tell you: it holds up.
- larrymcp 1y agoFantastic. Another great one that blew my mind (and P&T's) is Nick Einhorn from the first season, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma-S9-bgvlg&t=77s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma-S9-bgvlg&t=77s
- purpleidea 1y agoNah this trick is crap, it's just stooging. Kind of disappointing they let it on.
- the_af 1y agoThey don't allow stooges in the show. And the magician cannot lie, since he/she has to convincingly explain how the trick works to the producers, beforehand.
- willvarfar 1y agoBack when national TV mostly showed national magicians, and sparingly, my family loved "Fool Us" because it brought such a variety of different magicians from all around the world into our living room. My favourite magician I've discovered since being online is Lennert Green https://www.ted.com/talks/lennart_green_close_up_card_magic_ https://www.ted.com/talks/lennart_green_close_up_card_magic_... Really wish he'd been on Fool Us!
- mazokum 1y agoLennart Green is actually one of DaOrtiz "parents" in magic (the other being Juan Tamariz). You can see Lennart's spirit in his use of chaos.