WELCOME BACK THSM
IS GOING TO BE INCREDIBLE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE
WELCOME ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING MEN I'VE EVER MET, THE
BRILLIANT, THE INCREDIBLE, LIOR SUCHARD. (APPLAUSE)
>> HELLO, HOW ARE YOU, TAKE A SEAT. >> HOW ARE YOU HI, HOW ARE YOU. >> James: THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE. NOW A COUPLE OF THINGS. THIS ISN'T MAGIC, THESE AREN'T
TRICKS. >> THIS IS THE TO I A J MAIC
TRICK, THIS IS AN SPARMT. SO YOU ARE A MENTALIST. >> I AM A MENTALIST. >> James: WHAT SAY MENTALIST,
HOW DOES IT WORK. >> A MENTALIST IS SOMEONE WHO IS
MENTAL, SOMEONE WHO USES MY FIVE SENSES TO CREATE THE EXPERIENCE
OF A SIXTH SENSE, I USE LOTS OF TECHNIQUES FR M PSYCHOLOGY, BODY
LANGUAGE, BREATHING, TO INFLUENCING THROUGH INTERESTING
EXPERIMENTS. ONLY FOR A GROUP, THAT IS WHAT I
DO WHEN I'M PERFORMING. I GET AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION AND
HAVE PEOPLE BLOWN A WHAT. WE WILL DO EXPERIENCE ABOUT
INFLUENCING AND MIND READING. BUT FIRST DO YOU WANT SOMETHING
NORMAL-- NORMAL OR DANGEROUS TO START WITH. >> DANGEROUS PLEAS. >> DANGEROUS, SO I'VE GOT A FEW
MARKERS, I HAVE THIS. HELLO. >> HELLO, MY FRIEND. >> A FEW RANDOM QUESTIONS AM
SOMETIMES YOU GO TO THE BANK. >> YES. >> AND YOU GO TO THE BANK AND
YOU DO SOME THINGS AND ACTIONS AND THEY ASK YOU FOR YOUR PIN
CODE. >> YES. >> SECRET PIN CODE. >> YES. >> James: WE ARE ON
TELEVISION, I DON'T KNOW IF WE SHOULD GIVE OUT HARRY'S PIN
CODE. >> NO, JUST TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE
PEOPLE ARE VERY, VERY SCEPTICAL AND IT HAS TO BE GENUINE S THERE
ANYBODY HERE WHO KNOWS YOUR PIN CODE. >> NO ONE KNOWS IT. >> DID YOU EVER TELL ME, DID I
TELL TO YOU TELL ME YOUR PIN CODE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> NO, YOU DID NOT. >> IT'S FAIR. >> IT'S VERY FAIR. >> SO LOOK AT ME, DON'T SAY A
WORD, COUNT QUICKLY FROM ONE TO TEN QUICKLY. >> UNONE, TWO, THREA, FOUR,
FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE. >> I WILL SHOW YOU TO MAKE ISSUE
YOU ARE THIS IS GENUINENESS WHAT IS ONLY THE FIRST DIGIT OF YOUR
SECRET PIN CODE. >> ONE. >> ONE, SEE. IT SAYS ONE. HE IS TRYING TO BE-- LOOK AT ME. MOI I L COUNT, ONE, TWO, THREA,
FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVENNATE, NINE, TEN, THERE IS ANOTHER ONE. >> YOU HAVE TO CHANGE. >> THIS MEANS YES. NOW BECAUSE WE ARE ON NATIONAL
TELEVISION I WILL NOT DO -- I WILL, I WILL, I WILL. LACK AT ME, DON'T SAY A WORD. >> IS THAT JUST CLUCKING LIKE A
CHICKEN AND BARKING LIKE A DOG. >> DON'T SAY A WORD. I SWEAR TO YOU, YOU DID NOT TELL
ME THAT NUMBER. >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. >> ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE,
SIX, SEVEN. I SENSE THERE IS A LITTLE-- WHAT
STS THIRD ONE, THAT STD THIRD ONE, THAT'S IT. >> IT WOULD BE A ONE. >> LIKE IT. >> YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T BROADCAST
THAT SHOW BECAUSE THAT'S MY REAL PIN NUMBER. >> BY THE WAY, I FEEL THERE IS A
PATTERN HERE. OKAY. THE DIGIT WE WILL NOT EXPOSE
BETWEEN YOU AND ME BY YOUR BODY LANGUAGE I WILL SEE IF I'M RIGHT
OR WRONG. DON'T SAY A WORD, THINK OF THE
LAST DIGIT, I THINK SWUS BETWEEN YOU AND ME I THINK THIS IS THE
LAST DIGIT, AM I RIGHT? >> ARE YOU CORRECT, MY FRIEND. >> James: OH MY GOD BNSZ
AMAZING. THIS IS GO KIND OF INTERESTING. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS
IS, YOU HAVE ANOTHER NUMBER IN YOUR MIND LIKE A DATE OR
SOMETHING. >> IN FANGT, ITS WITH A DATE. >> REALLY. >> BECAUSE YOU WERE MIXING WHAT
WAS THE OTHER ONE. >> IT WAS 1967. >> LIKE THIS? THIS MAN THIS IS EVERYTHING THIS
IS CRAZY, MAN. NOW ALL WE NEED IS THE BANK
ACCOUNT NUMBER AND-- NEVER MIND. NOW WITH THE INFLUENCING, YOU
CAN TRY AND DO SOMETHING WITH THE ENTIRE AUDIENCE, BEFORE
THAT, ARE YOU READY? >> I'M READY. >> WE WILL DO SOMETHING FOR YOU. >> I'M NOT SURE IF ARE YOU
READY. >> TAKE THIS, ONE OF THOSE. >> YOU TAKE WITHIN OF THOSE. AND LET'S DO THIS. I WILL GIVE YOU ONE AND I WILL
GIVE YOU ONE AND I WILL HAVE ONE. LET'S DO ALL OF THIS, A CIRCLE. >> YOU KNOW WHAT, IN FACT, LET'S
SCT ENTIRE AUDIENCE TO DO A SICIALG, A BIG SICIALG, A BIG
SICIALG, BUT DON'T DO ANYTHING YET, JUST A CIRCLE. NOW-- WE'LL DO A WARMUP. MOST PEOPLE WHEN THEY-- WHEN YOU
ASK THEM TO DRAW SOMETHING SIMPLE, MOST PEOPLE WILL DRAW A
SMILEY FACE OR A HOUSE OR A TREE, THIS IS THE MOST COMMON
THINGS. NOW TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF
SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED, FOR EXAMPLE, I MEAN
IF YOU ASK ME, I WOULD DRAW THE SUPERMAN SIGN BECAUSE I LOVE
SUPER MAN OR MAYBE. >> LIKE YOUR RING. >> EXACTLY. OR MAYBE IF SOMEONE VE LIGE US,
HE MIGHT DRAW LIKE , CROSS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. JUST GIVING A FEW EXAMPLE, LIKE
A MOUNTAIN SAY GOOD-- STRANGE LOOKING MOUNTAIN IS A GOOD IDEA. OR MAYBE, NO, OR MAYBE LIKE I
DON'T KNOW LIKE A RABBIT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. EVERYBODY CAN DRAW DIFFERENT
STUFF. YOU HAVE SOMETHING, DON'T SAY
IT. IN FACT, WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT
DRAWING, EVERYONE HERE IS TRYING TO THINK OF THEIR DRAWING. OKAY, INDIVIDUAL DRAWING. SO I WILL START WITH YOU. CAN YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES FOR ME,
FOR JUST ONE SECOND. >> DON'T DO IT. >> HE WILL STEAL THE MONEY OUT
OF YOUR BANK. >> THIS IS NOT THE PIN CODE
PART. I WANT YOU TO SEE WHAT I AM
DOING. MI GOING TO DO SOMETHING VERY
STRANGE. I'M JUST LOOKING AT YOU. IT'S ALL ABOUT SENGS. I DON'T KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE
THIS, NOW IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE-- I DON'T KNOW WHAT I AM
SENSING BUT SOME, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS EXACTLY. CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR, AND
QUICKLY-- OPEN YOUR EYES, OPEN THE MARKER, AND DO YOUR DRAWING,
TRY TO BE AS-- TO WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR MIND. JUST DO IT WICKLY. >> I'M DREADING THIS BECAUSE I'M
REALLY BAD AT DRAWING SO PLEASE FORE TBIF ME. >> THAT'S FINE. >> BUT DON'T WATCH ME. OKAY, I DON'T KNOW-- I ACTUALLY
DON'T KNOW WHAT I DID. >> AT THE SAME TIME, YOU'RE
GOING TO GO BEHIND YOUR DESK AND DO YOUR DRAWING BUT DON'T SHOW
ANYONE. IN THE CIRCLE. >> YES. >> NOT PART OF. >> INSIDE, DO IT OVER THERE. MAKE SURE EVERYBODY CAN SEE. MAKE SURE. TAKE YOUR TIME, I GET PAID BY
THE THE HOUR. YOU GOT IT? PUT IT UPSIDE DOWN, DID YOU
FINISH YOURS. >> YEAH, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. >> YES, CAN YOU SHOW EVERYBODY
WHAT YOU DID. BECAUSE THIS IS PURE IMAGINATION
WA, DID YOU DO, SHOW ME. >> LOOK. >> I ALREADY DID SOMETHING
BEFORE YOU EVEN THOUGHT OF SOMETHING. >> OKAY. >> LET ME DO IT NORMAL. >> OKAY. >> YOU WERE SAYING-- THIS IS
A-- IT IS A HAND WITH TWO CANDLES. >> LOOK WHAT I DID. LOOK WHAT I DID. LOOK WHAT I DID. >> LOOK AT THIS! HARRY, COME BACK. THIS' IT. NO MORE HARRY, OKAY. >> James: THAT'S INSANE. >> BUT NOW. >> AND IT WAS MARRIED. >> LOOK, WE BOTH HAD RINGS
ON-- LOOK AT THIS. THIS IS SO SIMILAR. BUT YOU KNOW, YOU CAN NEVER
PREDICT WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DRAW, SO HERE IS WHAT IS GOING
TO HAPPEN, HARRY, STAY WHERE ARE YOU, CAN YOU DRAW ME FOR A
SECOND, COME WITH ME. WE DID ALL THOSE DRAWINGS, COME
WITH ME. DEAR AUDIENCE, PLEASE STAND UP,
ALL OF YOU STAND. NOW DO YOU AGREE THAT EVERY ONE
CAN DRAW ANYTHING THEY WANT. I JUST GAVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF A
SUPERMAN AND A RABBIT AND A CROSS OR A CRAZY MOUNTAIN. SO ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. ANYTHING. I WANT EVERYONE, WHEN I SAY NOW,
LISTEN CAREFULLY, YOU WILL DO YOUR DRAWING, OKAY, BY THE WAY,
DON'T DRAW A BUNNY, DON'T DRAW-- I HOPE NOT ONE OF THOSE,
NOT ONE OF THOSE. I HOPE SO. AND WHEN ARE YOU READY, ARE YOU
GOING TO DO YOUR DRAWING AND HOLD IT CLOSE TO YOUR CHEST, SO
NO ONE CAN SEE. DO IT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE,
LOOK AT ME. TAKE A DEEP BREATHE, EVERYONE. DO YOUR DRAWING NOW. QUICKLY, AND HOLD IT CLOSE TO
YOUR CHESS. >> LEBRON JAMES. >> HOLD IT IT, SO NOBODY CAN
SEE. NOW LISTEN, SPONTANEOUSLY, YOU,
LISTEN CAREFULLY, I DID TELL WAW TO DO. >> NO. DID I GIVE INSTRUCTIONS TO YOU
TO DO A SPECIFIC DRAWING? >> NO. >> THIS IS FROM YOUR CHOICES,
CORRECT? >> CORRECT. >> IT'S REALLY FROM THEIR MIND. JUST FOR FUN, YOU, DO WE KNOW
EACH OTHER PERSONALLY, NO, AND YOU SEEM TO BE VERY HAPPY ABOUT
IT, BY THE WAY. CAN YOU SHOW US WHAT YOU DID,
JUST SHOW ME YOUR DRAWING, SHOW ME YOUR DRAWING, THIS IS
INTERESTING. ALL THE WAY OVER THERE, WITH THE
GLASSES, YES, YOU, CAN YOU TURN YOURS WHAT IS THIS, THIS IS A
COINS DENSE. HARRY, LOOK, CAN YOU SHOW ME,
SHOW ME YOURS, SHOW ME YOURS, LOOK AT THIS. ALL THE WAY I DON'T KNOW, ALL
THE WAY NEXT TO HIM, THE BLOND GIRL, SHOW YOURS PLEASE, THIS IS
VERY STRANGE. >> COME ON, MAN. >> YOU KNOW WHAT, TURN YOUR
DRAWINGS NOW, LOOK AT THIS. >> WAIT. >> LOOK AT THIS I'M IN SHOCK. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THE BEAUTIFUL
PART OF THIS. >> I SEE NOW, YES. >> YOU DO NOW. >> LET ME SEE YOUR DRAWING,
JAMES. LET ME SEE YOUR DRAWING. AND YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT. >> I'M OUT. >> COME, COMING COME. >> I'M OUT. >> YOU KNOW WHAT IS MORE
BEAUTIFUL THAN THIS, THAT I MANAGED TO INFLUENCE 200 PEOPLE
TO DOT EXACT SAME THING, I WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE HINT. LOOK AT THE BAND. HARRY, COME HERE. THE WAY I DID IT WAS A SUBTLE
INFLUENCING. BECAUSE THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT
A SUPERMAN SIGN, THIS IS AN S, THIS ISN'T A CROSS, THIS SAY T,
THIS IS NOT AN MOUNTAIN, THIS SAN A, THIS IS NOT A MOUNTAIN
THIS IS AN R UPSIDE DOWN WHICH GIVES US STAR WHICH IS EXACTLY
WHAT YOU THOUGHT OF. >> James: OH PIE GOODNESS. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LIOR
SUCHARD. ALICE EVE, HARRY CONNICK, JR.,
COME ON BACK, EVERYBODY.
Derren Brown accomplished the same things on his ENIGMA tour. I was a member of one audience, and pretty sure the randomly selected participants weren't actors.
No idea how it was done, but I'd love some clues.
The star thing is just great planning. By telling everyone they have to draw and hide it, we're all limited to drawing things we've drawn a thousand times. He also said no houses, trees, faces, crosses, mountains etc., which are probably all the other top 10 things people are likely to draw quickly. What else was left? Hearts? Rainbows? Clouds? Then the priming task has fewer alternative ideas to compete with.
How did he avoid priming the blond lady, and how did he stop the host from drawing something more elaborate since he had more time? I have no idea.
As a mentalist and magician, I'll tell you a few things:
1: Nobody is "in on it" in the traditional sense. I have an idea of how he got everybody to draw the same thing, because it's extremely similar to a routine I perform every week.
2: NLP is not involved with mentalism. NLP doesn't work to influence people. The idea that he spelled out STAR and people picked up on it subconsciously is a red herring.
3: Drawing duplications are a common staple of mentalists. There are dozens of ways of doing it, all of them seemingly impossible. It's a fun art, and you get some crazy reactions...like Harry running away haha
I don't know if this is real, but Alive Eves breasts sure are, and they are spectacular. NSFW btw.
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Mentalism is absolutely magic. .
Currently, the cool thing in mentalism is to couch it in terms of psychology and NLP, to give it a "scientific" flair, and make it seem more legitimate. 100 years ago, the vogue thing would be to make it all about the occult.
But if you dig into it, you'll find that 99% of it is all based on the same misdirection and prep work as everything else in magic, all to give the illusion it is something it isn't.
My wife drew the same star. I went for a samurai sword.
was he moving his arms in the shape of a star as well?
If I was to guess, he has primed everyone with these 3 elements:
His hand often faces palm out to his audience, priming them with 5 points.
The cross, being a religious symbol and generally regarded as a 'higher' power/relevance.
The mountain drawing, alluding to a point.
He also says something to the effect of, i have demonstrated with these drawings that you can draw anything that you choose. A rabbit, a cross or a, uh, whatever this is (showing the mountain point again). Don't draw any of these, will you draw any of these..I hope... trails off.
People's desire to comply play into drawing what he has just asked them to draw.
He hopes they will draw whatever they choose and they should choose the mountain, with 5 points.
If I'm way off, don't destroy my response, I have never formally studied any NLP/mentalism, and look forward to hearing what others think
I am surprised no else commented on how much Alice Eve was struggling with her frame control.
I donβt know how anyone could watch this show. Thatβs some social engineering there boy.