-We are joined right now by an incredible magician.
His online magic show can be seen at themagicianonline.com.
Everyone, please welcome our friend the magician Dan White.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Welcome back.
-Thank you so much for having me.
-Welcome back. It's been a while, buddy.
-It's been so long. -It's been a while.
Talk to me about The Magician Online.
-Yeah, so I do this magic show
online for people all around the world.
And, basically, I send them this really cool, mysterious box.
They get it in the mail and then they can take part in the show
with the magic still happening in their own hands.
-You know who asked me about this and told me
she had the greatest time is Ariana Grande.
-Yes. Yes. [ Cheers and applause ]
-Are celebs, like, doing this now?
-Yeah, she's been a bunch of times, and she's been awesome.
We've had so many incredible people be at the show.
-You're always planning something new.
What do you got for me tonight? I'm not looking at anything.
I haven't seen anything. I've barely talked to you.
-So, in the time that we've last seen each other,
I've been working on a new skill.
And I kind of want to show you that right now.
Super simple, super quick. I want you, right now,
to just name any month -- any month in a year.
-Okay. September. -September. Great.
-Sorry, I thought you meant think of a month.
-September. Good. And I want you to give me a day
in September, like a number.
-19. -19.
September 19th. Great.
And I want you to give me a year.
But a year that was in your lifetime.
-[ Chuckles ] Okay.
1988.
-1988. Very good.
1988.
Alright. So, we've got September 19, 1988.
September 19, 1988.
-This is the skill you've developed?
[ Laughter ]
-That is a Monday.
A Monday. Yep. It's a Monday.
Monday, and I want you to double-check me.
Double-check me. Do you have your phone on you?
-I actually have, yeah, I've been told to hold my phone.
-Pull out your phone, and I want you to ask Siri
what day was September 19, 1988.
You just hold down the lock button, and it'll come up.
[ Laughter ]
-Siri, what day was September 19, 1988?
-It was Monday, September 19, 1988.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-But this is all real.
It's sort of like an algorithm mixed with a pneumonic.
But I want to take this even further.
I want to take this even further.
So we're going to try something with the audience right now.
In a moment, I'm going to count --
[ Cheers and applause ]
In a moment, I'm going to count to three.
When I do, I want everybody here to say out loud your birthday,
the month, the day, and the year, alright?
On the count of three. Here we go.
One, two, three.
[ Audience shouting ]
[ Laughter ]
-Wow. -You got that, Jimmy?
-I think I heard a couple things. Yeah.
-Yeah, yeah. [ Laughter ]
I'm going to write something down right now.
And I don't want you to see it just yet.
Good. Good, good, good, good, good.
And it's sort of I guess a prediction of sorts.
I'm going to place that prediction inside of
this envelope so nobody can see it.
And, Jimmy, what I would like you to do is I'd like you
to take those four balls that are right next to you.
And I want you to throw them out into the audience -- throw them
out into the audience, wherever you want at all.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Spread it out.
-Oh, geez, sorry. -That didn't go in the audience.
-Can we get that one? Can we get that one?
-Go ahead, we got one more.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Ooh, hey! Nice assist.
That was a nice assist right there. Well done.
-Great, if you caught a ball, please stand up.
If you caught a ball, please stand up.
There should be four people.
One, two, three, and four. Four people, great.
Alright, so you chose four random people, right?
-Yes. -I want you to choose one of
those random people to give this prediction to.
It's up to you.
You go up there and do it. -Oh, really?
-Yeah, whoever you want.
-I don't want it to look rigged.
I'm going to choose you.
Or no. What do you guys think?
You want me to choose somewhere else?
[ Cheers and applause ] Him?
You think him? Alright.
I choose you. Nice to see you.
Thank you for coming to the show.
-I just want you to hold that envelope
just facing outwards just like that.
And, Jimmy, I want you to come on back down.
Come on back down. -Nice to see you.
Nice to see you too. I don't know what's -- yeah, alright.
[ Applause ]
-And, Jimmy, I'm going to need your cellphone.
So, can you please pull it back out?
-Yes. Okay, very good. -And I want you to unlock it.
-Yeah.
Okay. -Fantastic.
I also need to find your calculator app here.
I think there it is.
Open up your calculator just like that.
And actually, if you are watching at home right now,
you can participate in this as well.
So please pull out your calculator on your phone.
-Everyone's watching. -Everybody do it.
Quest, Tariq, you do it too. -Questlove is always on his
phone during our show actually. [ Laughter ]
It actually makes perfect sense. Yeah.
-But make sure you're starting at zero.
-Starting at zero. Clear your screen.
Zero, everyone watching.
-Jimmy, I want you to hold that phone right there.
Just hold it just like that.
Great, we chose four random people.
Let's start over here.
Miss, what year were you born?
-1996.
-1996?
Alright, I want everybody at home, Quest, Tariq,
and you, Jimmy, type in 1996.
-Yep. -Good, and hit plus.
-Plus. Okay, gotcha.
-Fantastic. Miss, what year were you born?
Just the year. -2006.
-2006. Great, type in 2006.
-Some people were born during the show apparently as well.
[ Laughter ] [ Cheers and applause ]
We're coming back, baby! We're coming back.
[ Laughter ] -Did you guys type in 2006?
Everybody at home typed in -- Okay, good.
Hit plus.
-Okay. -Good.
And, miss, what year were you born?
-2004. -2004.
Everybody type in 2004.
Good. And everybody hit equals.
Everybody hit equals. -Okay. Equals.
-We all should have the same number right now.
6,006. 6,006. -Yeah.
-Yeah? Everybody got 6,006?
-Yes. -Yes. Great.
We need one more number.
We need one more number, so I want everybody to hit plus.
Everybody hit plus.
Good.
And this last number is going to come just from you.
Now, I know the year you were born, right?
I know you were born on a Thursday.
So we're going to make it just
a little bit more random than that.
The way we're going to do that is this.
I want you to look down at your phone.
-Uh-huh.
-Good. [ Laughter ]
And I want you to hold your finger above the keypad.
Hold your finger above the numbers.
-Okay.
-And type in four random digits.
Two, three, four.
What number did you type?
-1,033.
-1,033. I want everybody right now to type in 1,033.
Type in 1,033 on your calculators.
Good. And everybody hit equal.
7,039.
We all should have 7,039.
Does everybody have 7,039?
-Yep. -7,039.
Wonderful. 7,039.
7,039.
-Or you can just look at my phone.
-Or I can just look at your phone.
[ Laughter ]
-You don't need my help. No, you don't need my help.
Yeah, I got you. -So, here's the deal, right?
You chose four random people.
If you would have picked any other people,
we would be on a different number right now.
-Correct. -Right? Anybody.
But you gave somebody an envelope.
I wrote something down in that envelope on that chalkboard.
-Yes.
-Sir, can you please open up that envelope?
-Just tear it open, bud, yeah.
[ Cheers and applause ] -Show it to everybody.
-7,039.
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-Oh, my God!
[ Cheers and applause ]
How?
[ Applause continues ]
-But we're not done yet.
We're not done yet.
Um, do you believe in fate, Jimmy?
[ Laughter ]
-I'm already married, Dan. [ Laughter ]
I'm sorry. For years. 14 years.
-Here's the thing. I believe in fate.
And it was actually, I believe, fate that we met.
-Yeah? -About seven years ago,
you had dinner at the NoMad Hotel, right?
-That's correct.
-And it happened to be on the exact same day that I was doing
my show for the very first time on the second floor.
The GM, Jeff, came up to you
and he asked you if you wanted to see the show.
And you watched the second half, right?
But if you hadn't been at that restaurant on that day,
we might not have ever met.
And I might not have ever been on this show.
And I might not be here right now.
See, there are about 250 people in the audience, right?
You narrowed it down to four people
by throwing a ball randomly, completely random.
Then you chose one of those people.
You could have picked anybody.
-Yeah. -Sir, what is your name?
-Ethan. -Ethan.
Ethan, in a loud, clear voice, very loud,
can you please say your birthday, month, day, and year?
-Ethan, you can say it into the microphone if you want.
[ Laughter ] -That helps.
-March 23, 2003.
March 23, 2003.
See, Jimmy, every single thing that just happened right now had
to happen the exact same way that it just did.
And it had to happen today of all days.
June 30, 2022.
-Yep, mm-- I'm not with you, but yeah, okay.
[ Laughter ]
-Do you have any idea why? -No.
-Jimmy, can you please pull out your phone again?
-Bah. [ Laughter ]
-And, Jimmy, can you please ask Siri
this one final question for me?
Can you please ask Siri how many days ago
was March 23, 2003? [ Audience ohhs ]
-Siri, how many days ago was March 23, 2003?
-It was 7,039 days ago.
♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ]
-Come on! Dan White, everybody!
Yes, I love it!
You can get tickets to Dan's online show from anywhere
in the country at themagicianonline.com.