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Learn how to do some easy magic tricks that can be performed at the dinner table with these Howcast videos.
Transcript A: So I have another bar bet for you. B: Okay. A: I have $5 here for you. You get to keep it. There’s just two things. You have to get the $5 out from underneath the bottle. You’re not allowed to knock over the bottle and you’re not allowed to touch the bottle. …
Transcript Q: You want to see something cool? A: Yeah. Q: All right, here, watch this. If I put a card on top of there and turn it over what do you think will happen if I let go? A: It’ll go over. Q: Abracadabra. A: Oh my, gosh! How does it stay? Q: It …
Transcript S1: You want to see a magic trick? S2: Yes. S1: Okay, here check this out. Here we’ll use one of these. Watch this. Gone. S2: Where did it go? S1: I’ll never tell. S2: Come on, please? S1: All right, well… S2: Why don’t you do it for my friends. S1: Okay, so …
Transcript S1: That’s so great. S2: There it is. It’s neat, right? S1: It is, it’s fun. How do you do it? S2: All right, I’ll teach it to you. It’s really cool. This is one of these things you can do anytime, anywhere, all you need is a napkin. S1: Great conversation piece. S2: …
Transcript S1: I’m going to try to cut through this carrot with a $50 bill. You can use any dollar bill. This is what we’re going to use. Here’s what I’d like you to do. I’d like you to hold the carrot like this, nice and tight, one hand on each side, perfect just like …
Transcript S1: So can I buy you a beer? S2: Yes. S1: Okay, I actually– I wrote a prediction down about what beer I was going to order you. S2: Really? S1: But I thought that we could get you involved and we’ll try to find a random way, because I only have– let’s see …
Transcript A: You want to see something gross? B: Not really. A: Here, watch this. B: [inaudible 00:17] A: Yeah, maybe not. B: How do you do it? A: You really want to know? B: Yeah. A: Okay. This is a great one to do, especially if you have little cousins or a girl you …
Transcript A: You want to see something neat? B: Yes. A: All right. Have you ever took a straw and tried to put it back inside the wrapper? B: Yeah, fiddle with it. A: Exactly, why not? This really isn’t magic. It’s just a really cool way to get the straw back inside the wrapper …
Transcript A: Do you think that I could balance a cup on a plate? B: I don’t know. Can you? A: Should I give it a shot? I’ll give it a shot. You ready? B: Be careful. A: It’s hard. B: You did it! A: Do you want to know how to do it? B: …
Transcript A: Did you know that actually, if I squeeze my wrist tight enough I can get this butter knife to float? Watch, there is is. B: That’s cool. Show me how you did that. A: So this is how it works. You tell them that if you squeeze your wrist tight enough that you …
Transcript A: Oh, would you like some sugar for that? B: Yeah. A: All right. B: Actually, I would. A: Here you go. B: Where’d it go? A: There it is. B: How’d you do it? A: Okay, here’s the secret. You can’t tell anybody, but there’s a little secret setup before the trick begins. …
Transcript Ben:How would you like to learn how to win a free drink with a pack of cards? Female:I would definitely like to learn how to do that. Ben:I’ll show you. It’s a little game. Would you like to mix these up for me? Female:Okay. Any particular way? Ben:Doesn’t matter, as long as they’re mixed. …
Transcript Ben:I want to show you something here, with a piece of rope. You see there’s a knot in the middle? I can take the knot and pull it off the rope. It disappears. It goes right over there. Female:Wow. Fancy. How did that happen? Ben:You want to learn that one? Female:Yeah. Ben:Okay. This is …
Transcript A: You know, I notice that I don’t have a knife here. But, you know, I think inside here… B: Oh my, gosh. A: There we are. I can use this. This’ll be much better. B: How did you do that? A: Sure. Here, let me explain it. This is a really cool trick …
Transcript Do you know that you can actually make a spoon cry? No. How? Yes, if it’s a sad spoon. Look at this. Hold the spoon. Say the saddest thing you can think of. All the puppies died. Dead puppies. Spoon starts to shake and spoon starts to tear. Oh. Oh, it’s quivering, and that’s …
Transcript A: All right, so this trick, actually the name explains exactly what’s going to happen. It’s called Last Two Cards Match. B: Okay. A: Okay, so what we’re going to do is we’re going to spell the phrase or the sentence Last Two Cards Match. I’ll move the cards for every letter that we …
Transcript Ben:Hey. Watch this. See the penny? Female:Uh-huh. Ben:Blow on it. Female:Where’d it go? Ben:It actually went right over here. Here, look. We’ll take one of these. Female:There it is. Ben:There it is. Female:How did you get that in there? Ben:It’s magic. Female:It’s magic. Will you tell me how to do it? Ben:Here’s the secret. …
Transcript Ben Nemzer: All right. So this magic trick just uses a piece of rope or string, and I’m going to wrap it around my thumb a few times . . . Assisstant:Okay. Ben Nemzer: . . . and I’m going to make a loop, just like this. And the object is to take this …
Transcript A: So I want to know if you can help me out with an experiment. All right, it’s an experiment using intuition. So can you mix these up for me? Any way you know how, it doesn’t matter. B: All right. A: That way I don’t know where all the cards are and you …
Transcript S1: Have you ever heard of a game called the Three Card Monte? S2: Nope. S1: Okay, so it’s a game where you play– you see people playing it on the streets. The whole point’s to win money. And you just have to keep track of one card. We call it the money card. …
Transcript Ben:Do you have a piece of string I can borrow? Female:Fresh out of string. Ben:I actually brought some of my own right here. How about a drinking straw? Female:No. Ben:No? Okay. I got one of those, too. Female:Of course you do. Ben:I’m going to show you something really neat. Watch this. All I do …
Transcript Ben:Check this out. I have 2 pieces of rope tied together, right here in the middle. I want you to make your finger like a gun, point at the middle, and say ‘bang’. Female:Bang. Ben:And the knot comes off. Female:How does it work? Ben:Here, I’ll show you how it works. There’s a little setup …
Transcript Ben:Do you want to see something really cool? Female:Yes. Ben:Grab a small handful of those M&M’s. Female:Okay. Ben:Hold them out like this. Female:Okay. Ben:I’ll go for one of the green ones. Watch carefully. Female:No. Come on, I was looking at your hand the whole time. Ben:Yep. Female:Where’d it go? Ben:Right over here. Check it …
Transcript S1: Could I borrow your ring for a moment? S2: Yes. S1: Yeah, this is nice. S2: Thanks. S1: Where’d you get it? S2: I actually got it down the street. S1: Oh, watch this. If I take it right here I can… I’m just kidding. Here it is. S2: What did you do? …
Transcript Q: This is how to tie a knot without letting go of the ends of a rope. Okay, so here’s how it works. In order to tie a knot in the piece of rope, you have to make a loop and you have to take one end and pull it through the loop. That’s …
