(Jim) Oh, come on, I know I can get this one right.
I really..
I can get this right.
(KELLY) Jim, I think it's time for a professional.
(JIM) No, no...
Oh, wait a minute!
I got an idea.
I wanna try this one.
Give me the hat..
I'm not (Kelly) NO!
No..
Jim..
I want NO part in this...
(Jim) Oh come on, this is going to be a sinch!
(Kelly) No!!
(Jim) Yea, come on.. a little messy..
Oh, hi Murray!
(Murray) Hey, how you doing?
(Jim) Alright, uh..
I'm glad you're here, because we're really not having much luck with this..
(Murray) You think?
Jim, you gotta put the eggs down.
Jim.. put the eggs down, Jim.
Jim..
Jim....
Magic, as poor Jim and Kelly are finding, is a delicate art.
It requires the right individual to be in the right frame of mind to pull off perfectly.
Which means that not everybody that tries it will succeed; that includes both professionals
and amateurs alike.
Which is how we have these 10 magic trick fails for your viewing pleasure.
10.
The Bested by a Kid Trick As a magician, there are a few things you
don’t want to happen while you’re performing a trick.
One of those happens to be having the setup completely ruined.
What could make the unexpected reveal even worse is when the one that calls out your
trickery is about 25 years younger than you.
At the start of this very simple card trick, the youthful Murray is quick to call the magician
out on his shenanigans as he spots what is meant to be a hidden card.
9.
The Incorrect Card Trick The “Masked Magician” was a television
icon in the 1990’s, providing viewers with a behind-the-scenes look at how certain magic
tricks are performed.
His magical prowess, however, didn’t stop him from somehow mucking up one of the easiest
card tricks in the book!
How do we know he made a mistake somewhere along the line?
A little tip from the inside – if you see a Magician going through every card, looking
for that last hidden Ace, saying “You did something very special…” there’s an
issue…
8.
The Las Vegas Flaming Box Trick You know that torture device that’s shaped
like a bull?
The one that offenders were thrown in and then, well, pretty much cooked to death?
Take it from us – there is no magic trick that should end in a similar fashion, so as
we watch this interesting attempt at a trick pulled off by Steve Wyrick, let’s remember
that it doesn’t go at all as planned.
When your entire set up literally goes up in flames and people need to rush out to you
to “cool things down”, you know you’ve made some sort of error along the way.
7.
The Broken Table Trick We have to hand it to this amateur talent
show performance.
The youthful magician stages everything pretty well and executes the “sawing” motion
as best he can with the small hand-saw that he’s given.
What he may have failed to do prior to the production is go over the moving of the tables,
which proves to be the fatal blow to this classic trick.
We give the magician two thumbs up for style and looking the part but can’t say the same
for his slightly clumsy assistant.
6.
Impossible Sword Balance Trick Everything seemed to have been going perfectly!
The trance had been set upon the intended, but
where things seem to go really bad is with the rest of the trick.
You know… where it actually matters.
The entranced woman quietly tells the magician that she was “hooked” properly to the
swords. But her weight is too much for the swords to handle. Ted Kwan’s Impossible Sword Balance Trick,
as we have dubbed it, is truly impossible.
At least he tried to save his integrity by having the bit cut.
5.
Going with Gravity Trick Magic’s greatest enemy may not actually
be the perceptive audience member or that masked magician that spent the 90’s dishing
out secrets on the craft’s greatest tricks.
It’s gravity.
For this performance, the assistant is seemingly able to balance herself on nothing more than
two mops.
Try this at home and you’ll find that neither the bristles or the rounded edge of the broom
are strong enough to keep you upright – and even if they were, there’s always Isaac
Newton’s pesky discovery to get in the way.
When this trick nears its climax, both magician and assistant find that everything doesn’t
go perfectly as planned, gravity will take over and one of you will wind up face-first
on the pavement.
4.
The Halftime Drowning Trick One of Houdini’s greatest feats was escaping
from a watery grave.
It was so impressive that magicians since have made many, many attempts at recreating
the awe and wonder of escaping from shackles while an internal timer counts down to the
moment of passing out and drowning.
This halftime spectacle is one of many instances where the attempt goes wrong – almost horribly
wrong.
Luckily, Lady Houdini, otherwise known as Kristen Johnson, is saved after she blacked
out from a hypoxic seizure.
The real magic here is not the failed escape, but that the team acted to quickly to save
her under pressure.
3.
The Failure to Escape Trick Follow Spencer Horsman and you’ll find that
he has a bit of a problem successfully pulling off Houdini’s water escape trick.
On at least 2 separate occasions, he needed to be rescued from his own trick
by a fast-moving stage crew.
On both occasions, one during an alleged rehearsal and the other during a live street show in
Las Vegas, Horsman had to be forcedly pulled from his enclosure.
Trying to free oneself from a watery grave, as we saw with both Lady Houdini and Horsman,
is no easy feat, and one must eventually question whether the payoff is worth the risk.
Since magicians still attempt to recreate Harry Houdini’s dangerous water escape,
we have to assume that the risk is worth it.
2.
The Crispy Dove Trick Love animals?
This may be a good time to turn away!
Birthday party clowns are known to be joyous, happy and their acts and ability to put smiles on young
children's faces.
But sometimes, they try their hands at magic tricks,
and set lovely creatures of mother-nature ablaze.
Sometimes they try their hand at magic tricks and set lovely creatures of Mother Nature
ablaze.
There are many things to be learned from this video, the most important being not to play
with fire around a room full of kids, or innocent animals.
1.
Knife Through the Hand Trick If the trick was to get the knife through
his hand in the quickest fashion possible, we have to say, this was very well executed.
Chances are, though, that wasn’t his intention...
This trick is meant to show possible psychic abilities, but it often ends the same way
– with a knife through the hand.
Kudos to this magic man for playing his goof calmly and not doing what really is the proper
response to getting stabbed in the hand: screaming, crying, and possibly even running around frantically.