-Thank you so much for having me.
I appreciate it so much. -We love you, buddy.
-Jimmy, as a magician, I believe that nothing is random,
that every decision that we make is based on
some decision that was made previously,
from this moment, all the way back to when you were born.
-Okay.
-Jimmy, I've had people in the audience write down
four-digit numbers on these cards.
Four random -- Do you guys remember doing that?
Four-random-digit numbers on these cards.
-Oh, really?
-Alright, in a second, I'm gonna have some of The Roots
choose some of these numbers, alright?
So, we're gonna start over here with Mark.
If you wouldn't mind, please just touch one.
Any one. Take it out. Don't show anybody else.
Look at it, remember it. Try to remember it and stand up.
-Dan, don't forget about me. What do I do?
-Just touch one. -Do I not look at you?
-Take it out, look at it, stand up, remember it.
Great. Quest, if you wouldn't mind,
just touch the back of one.
-Am I dead?
-Good. Take it out, look at it, remember it, stand up,
hold it against your chest.
And, finally, Tariq, if you wouldn't mind, just touch one.
-What's happening?
This is so weird.
-Good, take it out, look at it, remember it,
hold it against your chest.
Alright.
-Did you hear me at all when I was --
-I didn't hear anything at all.
-I was yelling at you. -What did you say?
-Was I supposed to look? -No, I don't want you to look.
-Well, it's too late now. I didn't --
-The numbers -- you guys remember the numbers?
Commit them to memory. Great. Perfect. Great.
This is where your part comes in.
-Okay.
-We're going to create another random number,
but this random number, we're gonna use the audience for.
I've got a ball here, a paper ball.
I want you to throw that ball out into the audience,
anywhere you want at all, Jimmy, anywhere.
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Perfect. Great. Miss, how are you doing?
I want you to think of a number between 10 and 20.
Between 10 and up to 20. Say it now.
-13. -13.
Jimmy, can you please take one of those markers,
and I want you to write "13" on
those two first slots right there.
-Okay. -1, 3.
Great. Take that ball, throw it somewhere else in the room,
anywhere you like.
[ Cheers and applause ] Great.
Sir, different question this time, actually.
I want you to think of a number between 1 and 9.
Say it now. -6.
-Six. Jimmy, can you please write down "6"?
Fantastic. Sir, take that ball, throw it anywhere you want.
Good, hard toss. Very good.
Sir, same question -- number between 1 and 9.
Say it out loud. -5.
-5. Write down "5." Very good.
And one more toss. Just throw it wherever you want.
Great, perfect. Same question.
Give me a number between 1 and 9, please, now.
-3. -3.
Write down "3." Write down "3."
Very, very good.
Perfect. Great. Okay, so, you can cap that pen.
Let's just recap, right?
We took a whole bunch of numbers that the audience wrote down.
The Roots then chose four random numbers
from those random numbers.
Then we threw out a ball, making five random numbers.
-Yes. -1-3-6-5-3.
13,653. Did that feel random to you?
-Yes. -That felt pretty random, right?
I mean, there's no way I could have known
what numbers that they would have said.
There's no way I could have known
the numbers they wrote down.
-Very seriously, I don't talk to you before the show.
I just whipped that ball out there.
I didn't know who it was. -But that's the thing.
Even if I had known, I could have no idea
who would have gotten those numbers, right?
-Yes, random. -Here's the interesting part.
I've had a box sitting here the entire time.
It's been sitting there the entire time.
I haven't touched it.
Inside of this box, I brought two things.
Two things for you. The first thing is a present.
I'm going to give this to you right now.
Hold on to that. -Thank you.
-Great. The second thing is a prediction of sorts.
I've wrote down something before the show even started.
Can you make sure that that envelope is sealed?
-Yes. -Sealed.
Can you make sure that this envelope is sealed?
-Yes, it is. -Great.
Jimmy, can you please open up the prediction.
Jimmy, would you be impressed if,
inside of that envelope -- open it up --
inside of that envelope was the number
that they all created together?
-Yes, I would be impressed. Of course.
-It's not. It's not, right? It's not. It's not.
It's actually much more impressive than that.
On this piece of paper, I have four random numbers.
Four random numbers.
Now, at the beginning, we had four random numbers
chosen by The Roots.
-That's right. -Mark, Kirk, Quest, Tariq.
If your number is written on this piece of paper,
I'd like you to sit down now.
-What?
-Interesting.
But it gets a lot more interesting than that,
because here is the crazy part.
If we take 8 plus 3 is 11, plus 2, is 13.
Carry the 1.
1 plus 1 plus 4 plus 4 plus 5 is 15.
Carry the 1.
1 plus 2 plus 2 plus 5 plus 6 is 16.
Carry the 1.
1 plus 1 plus 7 plus 2 is 13.
1-3-6-5-3.
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-How? How did you do that?
Amazing!
That's Dan White. [ Cheers and applause ]
-But we're not done. We're not done.
Because this isn't actually as random as this is going to get,
because we threw out a ball earlier.
That ball went around the room a bunch of different times.
Who was the last person to catch that ball?
Alright, great. Can you please stand up?
Can you please unfold that ball?
On that ball, I wrote something before the show even started.
Can you please read -- Jimmy, can you please read out
what that piece of paper says?
-It says, "Subtract 2,444."
-Subtract 2,444.
Subtract 2,444.
Now, again, remember, at the beginning,
we created this number together.
Before that, I wrote down this number.
Check this out. If we take -- That is 9.
Zero.
-I'm so happy I don't have to do this.
-Yeah, right?
2, 1, 1.
11,209. -Yeah.
-11,209. -Yes. Okay.
-We did it. -Okay.
-We did it. -Yeah. We did it this time.
-We did it. -We really did it this time.
11,000. I get it. -Does that feel random?
-Yeah, it feels -- -That feels random.
That feels really random. -Feels about right.
-Jimmy, does this number mean anything to you, 11,209?
Jimmy, can you please pull out your phone?
Jimmy, can you please open it up?
And I want you to Google the number 1-1-2-0-9.
Please Google the number 1-1-2-0-9.
And, at the very beginning, I mentioned
that I don't believe in randomness,
that all the decisions are made based on other decisions
that were made since you were born.
Jimmy, what is 11209?
It's a zip code, yeah?
-It's a -- Yeah. -A zip code to where?
-Brooklyn, New York. -Where in Brooklyn, New York?
-This is Bay Ridge. -Bay Ridge.
Can you please tell everyone here why 11209
is not random at all?
-I was born in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-And just as a souvenir, I got you a little...
♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ]
-Oh, my gosh! You are unbelievable!
Dan White! Wow! [ Cheers and applause ]
That was awesome!
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