Penn and Teller Reveal The Secret To Pulling Off A Mentalist Trick

this man has been wowing national TV audiences with incredible feats of mental telepathy I'm definitely getting a feeling he became a sensation on last season's America's Got Talent the movie star you were that you were focused in on was Tom Cruise what what movie were you seeing him in on that big screen Top Gun No since then Oh Roman has been making regular appearances on The Today Show blowing away the host what word did you pick out of those thousands sportsmanship sportsmanship cutaway there's no way does he really have special powers or is something else going on this is oohs from America's Got Talent he Ruhlman agreed to hit the streets of New York with me oh my god mom and he amazed everyone when he asked this complete stranger to pick a big word out of the magazine he provided her what was the word you thought of out of that whole magazine possibilities so many possibilities oh how do you do it that is the question right I uh if I told you that I'd be out of a job very quickly what's the secret to purlins extraordinary skills comedic magicians Penn & Teller who headline at the Las Vegas Rio Hotel and Casino let me in on some Mentalist secrets I'll actually turn my back and I'll cover my eyes and they just picked just to detective Carter I picked a four of spades Penn said he could read my mind and reveal the card gonna give me ooh well it's not the three that's for sure four spades yes close range that's amazing okay so you didn't read my mind just that nobody's no such thing it's absolutely lies we did a trick a trick there's absolutely there's a trend all that stuff is tricks so how did he trick me when my back was turned teller held up the card I had picked from the deck that's it yeah as always to it but we do have a connection that's just what you have a connection while it's never this obvious Penn says mentalists use subtle tricks to learn the answers but they wouldn't spill the beans on Pearlman's method so with the help of author and Mentalist Mark Edward I analyzed this clip from America's Got Talent in which Pearlman asked the judges to predict how many gumballs are in a jar Mel B 325 please peel off that sticker without further ado tell us all how many gumballs are in that jar all right 327 Mel B was offside yes - but wait the mentalist then stunned the audience playing this pre-recorded message big congratulations to Mel B who was so close and off by just two gumballs I know exactly how he did that while Nick was peeling off the sticker he was writing with his thumb on the back of the envelope but inside the envelope is carbon paper and so he wrote it after he saw her number hang out with magician sir no I don't I'm just very cynical when Nick stood in front of you were you writing the number with your thumb on the back of the envelope as if it was carbon paper you're not far off the trail you're not dead on but you're not you're not far off the trail so can anyone become a Mentalist even me you could could I yes I could learn how to be a mentally yes Eric diddle Minh a popular Mentalist was willing to train me can you teach me a couple of things yeah I'll teach you yeah a couple performances some classics it was show time ladies and gentlemen Mentalist Lisa Guerrero I asked the audience to suggest a vacation location which month to go and what should I do when I got there Disney World July right Space Mountain I told the audience that before the show I wrote down my predictions put them in an envelope and hung it above me grab out and hand it to me and just get rid of the chair when you're done ready our ideal vacation will be to Disney World in July and we're gonna ride Space Mountain as Feroze broman I had to press him one more time oh is can't you just give me a little a hint a little hint yes can you keep a secret yes me too you

Channel: Inside Edition

Views: 1,377,503

Rating: 3.1109915 out of 5

Keywords: Las Vegas, reveal, inside_edition

Id: gky1-Ji_ArQ

Length: 5min 1sec (301 seconds)

Published: Tue May 10 2016

Reddit Comments

[u/OneOfTheWills]

"Investigative Journalist" is a little exaggerated. Inside Edition is trash.

[u/gregantic]

This just in!

Mentalism is a learned skill.

[u/Jim_Macdonald]

It's good publicity. What's not to like?

[u/ThrowbackPie]

I like how when she performs you can see the weight of understanding on her face, like: 'there is absolutely nothing magical about what I'm doing'.

[u/Cslagem11]

Oh lord the cringgeeeeeeeee

[u/PIP_SHORT]

Not really cool to reveal a secret like that on TV... I know people can just google it or whatever but it still feels wrong.