- Well, pretty much interlaced on my fingers.
I'm gonna do this in one second.
Watch.
And I'll even tell you when.
So from here to there when I say now.
Let's make it harder for myself.
Two bands at the same time.
So from here to there when I say now.
Now!
(upbeat electronic music)
- So, I just landed in Manchester, England.
I'm dead tired, barely slept.
Didn't vlog on the way here but,
I have a pretty cool surprise.
So, my buddy, Eric Leclerc, who you guys might know,
has his own channel.
He's here lecturing, what he doesn't know
is that his best friend, Wes Barker,
flew out as well and I'm waiting for him right now.
So Eric has no idea I convinced Wes to come here
for one day to England, to surprise the crap out of Eric.
(Wes guffaws)
(Wes cheers) There he is!
- We're here!
- [Chris] How you doing, buddy?
- (exhales) Good now.
- [Chris] (laughs) Good to see you.
How come it took you so long?
- I had to take a taxi to Detroit.
- [Chris] From? - 130 dollar taxi--
- From Toronto? - across international border.
From Windsor, Ontario.
I never took a taxi through this border (muffled) before,
- [Chris] Ridiculous! - Even the guy was surprised!
He's like, "What the, (chuckles) you're taking a cab?"
"Yeah." - Alright,
let's get the f (bleep) outta here
and get to Blackpool.
Buddy? - Hello!
- [Chris] Anybody wanna go to Blackpool?
- Yeah! - [Chris] Let's go!
- This way, sir.
- [Chris] Thank you, sir.
You know what we should do?
Let's just call Eric right now.
- [Eric] Yo! - Eric!
- [Eric] What's up, buddy?
- How you doing?
- [Eric] It's good, man, how are you? Where you at?
- Good, in Manchester just taking the taxi to Blackpool now.
So, I'll be there in like an hour, where are you gonna be?
- [Eric] I'm gonna be getting ready for my lecture.
- Alright, I'll see you in a bit, bye!
(upbeat rock music)
- [Chris] How do you feel about Blackpool so far?
- Yeah, it's a wondrous place, I can't wait to explore.
(upbeat rock music)
- Oh, yeah!
- [Chris] Where are we going?
- Going to The Ruskin, the legendary Ruskin!
- [Chris] Oh, my god.
- I don't know what to expect.
- [Chris] You're way too happy about this.
- Should I not be?
(Chris and Wes chuckling)
- [Chris] You're gonna be underwhelmed.
(door creaking)
Alright, here we go.
(customers conversing)
Alright, we got Eric Leclerc.
Alright, Eric, lay down on the ground.
- Lay?
- [Chris] Just lay down on the ground.
- Come on, man.
- [Chris] Lay on the ground!
- Okay.
- [Chris] Don't move, okay?
I'm gonna put something on your chest,
and you have to guess what it is, alright?
Hold on, hold on, in three-- - Chad Long!
- [Chris] (chuckles) No.
Three,
two,
one, go!
Look!
- (screams) Oh! I knew it! I (bleep) knew it!
- How'd you know?!
- I looked at his texts!
- Yeah? - I knew it!
- How would you know?
I'm supposed to be there in Ontario right now!
(upbeat rock music)
- When you were talking to me on the phone, I knew it!
Ah, Wes Barker! (Chris cheers)
Wes Barker, everybody!
He fooled Penn & Teller!
We got a fooler here!
See, nobody cares.
(upbeat rock music)
- [Chris] No peeking!
- No peeking, let's do it. - [Chris] Follow me.
You were looking too cause you avoided that chair!
No peeking!
- You ain't Keith, (screams) oh!
(upbeat rock music)
(screaming) Shit, buddy!
What's going down?!
- Way better reaction than mine.
(Wes laughs) - [Chris] Let's do a shot.
- Yeah!
(upbeat rock music)
- [Chris] If you could text anyone right now, anything,
who would it be and what would you text them?
- You, look in your pocket.
- [Chris] Wait, what?
Whoa, what, this is your phone!
- (phone rings) Yeah, that's my phone.
Thank you so much.
- Coin
and a pen.
Ignore the magic, ignore the magic.
But the coin and the pen change places just like this.
(audience member shouts in awe)
- [Chris] What? - THat's crazy, right?
I'll do it again.
Forget the pen, forget the pen.
We'll just use the
just the coin.
- [Chris] What? - From one hand, whoop!
To the other. - [Chris] What?
What's happening? (audience member cheers)
- I'll do it again, watch.
Watch the coin from here,
ah, up here!
In fact, that was the distraction to get the pen back, see?
Now that's the pen.
You know where the coin is, right? (exclaims)
- [Chris] No! (Brendan laughs)
- [Chris] Stop!
- Okay, watch, watch. - [Chris] What?!
- Now one, two. (blows air)
(inhales) Ooh, up to my pocket.
Now, this is my favorite bit, watch.
One, two, three.
Now that's the coin, see?
Actually, hang on to the coin.
Just the pen.
From here,
to there.
(audience laughs and screams in awe)
(audience applauds) - In fact, the coin.
This is your favorite bit, right?
Okay, let's see this.
Watch!
From here.
- [Audience Member] Whoa! - One more time,
one more time.
One,
two, (snaps) three.
- [Chris] Oh, my god.
- [Audience] Nice!
(audience clapping) - [Chris] Sir, can you
please state your name
and where people can find you. - My name is Brendan Rodriguez
my Instagram is brendan.magic.
Thank you. - [Christ] Thank you.
- You know what that routine is like?
It's like (bleep) you, (bleep) you, (bleep) you,
(bleep) you, (bleep) you guys, (bleep) you guys.
every single time.
(Brendan laughs) Sorry, language, Canadian.
- [Chris] How you feeling about your magic after that?
- It's different, my magic's different, let's say that.
- [Chris] What do you give that out of ten?
- Seven.
(Chris laughs)
- So first, okay, what we have here is one band.
I'm gonna tell you exactly what I do,
how I do, and when I do a move.
Now that is well, pretty much interlaced on my fingers.
I'm gonna do this in one second, watch.
And I'll even tell you when.
So from here, to there, when I say now.
Let's make it harder for myself, two bands at the same time.
So from here, to there, when I say now.
Now!
(ominous music)
♪ Back in the day ♪
(audience laughing)
- [Chris] You know, I can do that too,
but I'm used to playing with smaller balls.
- Oh, (laughs) fair enough.
I got one your size if you want.
- [Chris] (laughs) That's way too big.
(laughter)
(smooth music)
♪ Back in the day ♪