- [Harry] Ladies and gentleman,
I take great pleasure in introducing
my latest invention, the Water Torture Cell.
(audience gasps)
(upbeat music)
When I'm locked up in it,
in the regulation minutes,
after it has been filled with water.
(upbeat music)
Anything go wrong,
allowing the water to flow out in order to save my life.
(upbeat music)
- Yo, what's up and welcome back.
Today we are looking at Houdini's Water Torture Cell.
I've been searching for this puzzle for a very long time.
Finally got my hands on it, and we're gonna attempt
to get Houdini out of this cell.
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Now, without any further ado,
let's help this master illusionist escape
the shackles and confides of this water torture cell.
Here we go, the Water Torture Cell.
I've been looking forward
to solving this for a very long time.
It's been sitting on my desk just taunting me.
So this little guy represents Houdini
trapped in the torture cell.
We gotta free him.
We gotta get him out of there.
Now, normally, if a magician gets stuck in this situation
and it's life-threatening, we just smash the glass.
So I brought a hammer.
Just kidding.
We gotta solve this puzzle.
Nope, okay.
First things first, this comes out.
That is cool.
What about this?
This unscrews.
All right.
Okie dokie.
I forgot the timer and I don't see it on my desk.
So no timer today.
What are we supposed to do here?
(calm music)
Oh.
(calm music)
Maybe this goes in all the way.
Maybe that does something.
I don't know.
(calm music)
I don't think it's long enough.
It's not long enough to reach Houdini's head there.
(calm music)
Oh, I see.
So the idea is to put it between those two.
Oh, maybe this, aha, clever.
So I'm thinking if we unscrew this,
now in that hole, in that metallic little cylinder
that's in there, maybe I can have the bead
like land on that and then slowly push it up.
(calm music)
Yeah that kind of seems improbable here.
(chuckles)
There's no banging or anything else that required for this.
So I will not be smashing it to bits,
but it doesn't prevent me from wanting to.
(ball rattling)
Yeah, I don't think that that's, I can't be right.
(clears throat)
(calm music)
What would you attempt right now
knowing you have this information here,
what you're looking at,
what would you attempt?
Let me know in the comments.
It's really interesting to read those, by the way,
because some of you get it right.
Some of you think so far out of the box
and some of you are just plain wrong.
(chuckles)
But it's always funny to read the comments.
A lot of times looking at videos
of people doing things like this,
you find yourself like yelling at the screen
and being like, try this, try that.
But the only reason you are saying that
is because you're watching me do the other things before,
and who knows, you might have not done those things
to get yourself in a position
where you think that is the solution.
I don't know if that makes sense
but it is definitely much easier,
'cause I've watched puzzle solve videos as well
and it's easier to see the solution
from another perspective
when you're, like you don't know
where my eyes looking right now.
See I'm showing you this and you're seeing all of this
whereas I'm looking, you know, maybe here or here.
So you're getting a broader picture
rather than a specific view.
So I might be looking at it like this,
and to the camera just looks like I'm just holding it,
but I'm actually, you know, focusing on certain things here.
Just an interesting perspective as well.
Okay, so that's not gonna work.
(calm music)
(grunts)
We can get it stuck up there.
(calm music)
All right.
(calm music)
(ball rattling)
Spin it baby.
It does nothing, obviously.
No harm in trying.
Does this come apart at all?
(calm music)
I don't even know if the ball would balance on that.
So maybe.
Maybe the idea, oh, okay.
So we definitely have to get the ball there
so we can push this up.
But that seems like the solution here,
like this has to be pushed up
and there has to be the ball between the metal rod here
or the screw and the head of Houdini.
Do you think I can...
(calm music)
Do you think I can make it
so that it falls in between those two and I catch it.
(calm music)
How great would that be
if I could just do that.
If I could just like toss it up and catch it.
(calm music)
(ball rattling)
I feel like if I try this, I'd be here for hours.
It'd be a one heck of a trick shot though.
But I don't, I don't think it's worth it.
I want to try though.
(calm music)
(ball rattling)
Not for lack of trying, but no.
Is there anything on the base?
(calm music)
Oh baby.
Look at this.
There, I believe, hold on.
There is a magnet.
This base here is magnetized.
That is (gasps).
So what if I have to, hold on.
Ah.
Yeah that's a really bad angle for you guys unfortunately.
Here, gonna move the camera.
Hello.
(chuckles)
Weird angle.
Ah, look at that angle.
That is a beautiful angle.
So right now we have this metal bead
being suspended by this block here,
and I believe,
let's get a closer look here,
I believe if I can drop it down.
I believe if I drop it down,
it might fall.
(ball clicks)
Oh, oh so close.
I think I still have to like screw it shut as it falls.
If that makes sense.
(calm music)
Huh?
This is interesting.
What if I magnetize this?
Oh, cause this rod here, right?
Yeah, there you go.
See, it's now stuck to that metal part
because it's being attracted
to the magnet in the base here.
How does that help me?
I do not yet know.
No, that's not gonna help me at all.
Oh, it like stalled there for a second.
Okay, this might be an actual solution here.
(calm music)
Oh, oh, it was right there.
Is this?
Did I just hijack a solution or is this the actual one?
I feel like this isn't the solution,
but it's gonna work for me.
Maybe it is, maybe it isn't.
(calm music)
Oh no.
So close again.
We're gonna get this, 100% we're gonna get this.
See it just like stalls there for a second.
This is it.
(calm music)
(ball clicks)
Oh, it was right there.
Okay, that's the right amount I feel like.
Oh, oo.
This is actually kind of fun.
(ball clicking)
It keeps stalling.
(ball clicking)
No, so close.
(calm music)
Yes,
baby.
Let's go.
(calm music)
Now that it is trapped there,
we are going to
watch Houdini escape.
Are you ready?
(calm music)
Watch the top here,
it actually starts to, oh, look at that.
(sings song)
Ladies and gentlemen.
Wait, why is that sticking out?
There was a magnet there too?
Oh, magnets for this.
Ladies and gentlemen, Houdini.
(audience cheering)
Houdini escaped the Water Torture Cell.
That is a really freaking cool to be honest.
I love that so much.
Then we reset it.
So basically we get buddy back in there,
we unscrew this all the way,
and we put this back on that.
So there are two magnets here.
There are two magnets here which contact
those two magnets right there.
Click, screws in there,
and that is Houdini's Water Torture Cell.
Pretty amazing.
I'm not gonna lie.
I like it, I like it a lot.
The solution's super unique and fun
and it's visually appealing.
Good puzzle.
Well hot god, Chris Ramsey, get a haircut,
get a haircut and get a real job.
Remember that song?
Just me, boomers?
There you have it, that was fun.
I thought that was a great puzzle.
This is definitely, I mean, a unique solution.
That's what I look for in puzzles.
Not always the most difficult, not always the strangest,
just something unique in the solution process.
And this definitely was,
barring if that is actually the solution.
I don't know.
It was a solution that I found and it worked for me.
So I suppose it is.
I know that I had to get the ball between his head
and the screw.
I just didn't know exactly how to go about that,
but I believe that using, you know, using this part here
is definitely, it's definitely right.
I don't know.
Let me know what you guys think.
If there's another solution.
If something comes to mind.
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Peace.
(calm music)