(playful music)
- (Narrator) Welcome to the 66th annual Blackpool Magic
Convention, in Blackpool, England. Where magic
practitioners gather together once a year to share their
knowledge about magic, demonstrate skills, and consume
alcohol. Magic attracts a wide variety of people, and in
this video we are going to introduce you to a few of them.
So sit back, relax, and enjoy the quest for the best
magic trick.
- (Chris) Sir, what's your name sir?
- Peter Pallican, famous peck at magic, take person,
thank you.
- (Chris) Alright Peter Pallican, lets see what you got.
- I show you a card with a hole, and when you turn it
you have two cards with a hole. Yeah, you have a card
with two holes. When I do it like this you have
three holes, okay? Now you see it, and now I have
one hole. When I turn like this, and I go like this,
and I go like this, you have no holes anymore. No holes.
(laughing)
- (Chris) That's so good. Thank you
- Yeah, you're welcome.
- Just a petite back here, oui?
- (Chris) Oui
- Hear me out. One, two, three, yeah.
- (Chris) Oh, my god.
- Yeah.
- (Chris) Thank you. Thank you.
- Hey guys, you want a tic-tac, or, a deck of cards?
- (Chris) Oh my god.
- And guess what, you can even take out the cards,
the box can be completely examined.
- (Chris) What?
- Tactical.
- (Chris) I'm lookin' for the best trick in Blackpool,
do you have it?
- I do not, no.
- (Chris) Alright, well, it was nice seein' ya again.
- See ya.
Watch, watch, watch, watch, keep one eye on the box,
one eye on the deck, you're gonna see a miracle.
Watch, watch, watch, watch, as the whole deck goes
back, inside the box. Every single, solitary card,
that is reboxed.
- Okay. Come one, come all, and go like this.
This is the stage where it's all gonna happen.
So I'll turn like half up and half down. And I'll
mix them in your hands. So you can see, some are going
up, and some are going down. And in this condition,
in your hands, I'll try to cut to the four aces.
That's one.
That's two.
So next one I'll center deal
from the middle of the deck, that's three.
So some are up, some are down, some are up, some are
down. All different directions, yeah? You saw them
being mixed face up and face down but now every card
goes the same way, except for one.
You take a look.
You show it around. Now, one time, when I did this
hold out your hand, one time when I did this,
somebody said yeah, but can you do that
with my deck of cards, and I thought sure, I can do
that with any deck of cards. In fact, I can do that
with every deck of cards I've ever used. Every
single one. Take a look.
(laughing)
- (Chris) That is so good.
- Pick out any one you want and put it face down
right there. That one right there? Now look.
In order for you to understand what's about to happen,
you need to know what the card is. So when I turn around,
show everybody the card, show the camera, but don't
show me. Tell me when you're done.
Okay, hold out your hand. These go in you hand.
Look, my hand is empty. You remember your card right?
Should be that one. No? Are you serious? Then we have
to do something even better. You can still feel the cards,
you would know if they disappeared.
- Yeah.
- But they have. Completely disappeared. Every single one.
If you look right here, you're actually gonna see the
moment you look in there, when one card starts to
fade into view, that's your card.
- Wanna see something cool?
- So what're ya gonna do?
(blowing)
- (Chris) Ooooo.
I'm looking for the best trick in Blackpool.
- The best trick in Blackpool?
- (Chris) Do you have what it takes?
- I've got the four ace trick.
- (Chris) Let's see it.
- Four a-what? Oh I said the - oh, sorry, no that's.
Sorry, hang on, no the four, four ace trick is what we,
hang on, hang on, uh, I don't wanna use that one,
so we won't use it.
- (Chris) Oh here, it's him, it's him. I'm looking for the
best trick in Blackpool, do you have what it takes?
- I'll show you the best trick you've ever seen,
no refill, no magnet, no strings, you can do anytime
you want, and plenty cheap.
- (Chris) Let's go.
- Lift your two hands up. Are you left handed or
right handed?
- I'm right handed.
- Take a pen in your right hand. Turn this hand over,
and make a little spot.
- (Chris) That's funny.
- Now with your hand you go
like that.
(laughing)
- Okay.
- Really wet, wet. And you rub it, rub it hard,
really hard. Nothing? What the fuck, man?
(laughing)
That's one pound 99 to any shop in Tesco, Salsibury.
How many do you want?
- (Chris) We're here in Blackpool, and sir,
what's your name?
- John T. John T. Sparrow.
- (Chris) We're looking for the best trick in Blackpool.
- My mother lost a bet.
- (Chris) Have you seen this before?
- Seen what? This?
- (Chris) Yeah, this lung tester?
- A lung tester?
- The idea is to test lung capacity then we're
gonna see how macho you are.
(laughing)
- I am quite macho.
(grunting)
- Have to give the wheels a spin.
(blowing)
I'm gonna stop, me eyeballs poppin' out, right.
It's your go.
- Okay. I've got this
(blowing)
- Yeeees.
(gagging)
- Why would ya do that?
(laughing)
- It's not - help me.
- Thank you so much. Hug as well, hug, hug.
- (Chris) So listen, wait, Andre, I have to tell you,
I'm looking for the best trick at Blackpool.
(laughing)
No, no. This is no joke, do you have what it takes? I
already know you have what it takes okay, just show me.
- Alright. I shuffle these butterflies. Shuffle the
butterflies. And now,
- (Chris) So much branding going on here, by the way.
- And now, so the cards are shuffled. Now I'm going to
memorize the order of the cards.
Boom. Done. Done.
Done. Now, name any card. Chris, name any card.
- (Chris) Three of hearts.
- Three of, ah
Got it! It's almost in the middle, a little bit above,
and let me see now, if my memory is as good as my
estimation. The three of hearts.
Right about here.
- (Chris) What? Not only that, they're all the three of -
aw, that would've been really good. Thank you Andre.
- Thank you so much, Chris.
- Ten, come on guys, everyone
- (Chris) Nine.
- Eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.
Go Bob.
Boom.
- (Chris) Poor Bob.
We're lookin' for the best trick at Blackpool. You
have what it takes?
- Oh yeah, I have, yeah.
- (Chris) Alright, let's see it.
- You ready?
- (Chris) Yes.
- Ball bearing, right through the tube.
- (Chris) Yes.
- Watch, watch. Right through the tube. But watch.
That comes off, that goes down, and you can have a go.
- Concentrate on the joker. The deck cuts itself in
one place. That's the first joker we need to get rid of.
There we go. Static electricity. And a little touch.
And it flies out the deck there. That's joker number
two, and now, ya ready for card trick time?
Thank you internet.
- (Chris) Alright, we're lookin' for the greatest tricks
here at Blackpool.
- Alright.
- (Chris) Do you have what it takes?
- Uh, yes.
- (Chris) Obviously.
- Let me show you. This little prediction here,
gonna help me out.
- (Chris) Okay
- Alright. So first off here Chris, you're gonna
pick a card. And it is really important that you feel
you have a free choice.
- (Chris) Okay.
- So, I'm gonna run my thumb down like this, you're
gonna say stop. Ya ready?
- (Chris) Yep. Stop.
- High or low or ya happy?
- (Chris) I'm happy with that.
- Okay. Bear that card in mind.
- (Chris) Yes.
- I'm gonna use this card to help me find it, watch.
I do this. Tells me your card was a club. This
tells me your card, was a little card. And this,
Did you see it happen?
- (Chris) No.
- Yes. When I throw these down, they all turn red.
- (Chris) Whoa.
- Just about here. Apart from one in the middle.
Could've had any of these. Should've been the six.
Actually I predicted it from the beginning.
- (Chris) Whoa. I have no idea what happened.
- There we are.
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- (Chris) You guys remember him from the last video.
- Still the same day. And it's still selling great.
- (Chris) Congratulations.
- It's a great trick. Thank you.
- (Chris) Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, bing bing bing bing
(laguhing)
- Alright, guys, so that was the Blackpool magic
convention quest for the greatest magic trick. Watch,
you wanna see a great magic trick? Watch this, look.
Look, no hands. This, by the way, probably the favorite
thing that I got today. Can you see this thing? Boop.
Childish. Thanks for watching. Sup if you're new here.
Like the video. See ya next time. Peace.
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