Second Oldest Trick in Sleight of Hand

ladies and gentlemen want to show you the second oldest trick in the history of sleight of hand second oldest trick in the history of sleight of hand you've heard the phrase the oldest trick in the book this is not it do you know what the oldest trick in the book is pull my finger seen that one before this is known as the cups the cups will be examined by the audience take a good look inside look for trapdoors meters secret apartment sliding panels gimmicks wires magnets mirrors of a picture of your mom anything at all can you put your finger through the bottom No are you a nurse most people try it from the outside don't think I don't appreciate that cups are identical especially this one nearly twice as identical as this one and anything you put for place inside one of the cups is going to go through the other side because they maintain empty nothing stays inside the cup is very long and you have to understand that some of these tricks are just for me - inverted copper cups inverted as the words means upside down I'm not trying to be condescending that word means to talk down to something - inverted copper cups - regulation soccer balls foosball regulation the whole point is keep your eye on the ball just like in any game number one rule keep your eye on the ball if you do that you'll miss nothing fine I will for you sure absolutely all you're watching bores the ball to go look at your career no please we're bathroom a hand it's completely gone matter once they completely vanish they reappear under the cups cuz that's the basis of the game no wait save your applause for later if I have to beg this was battles from there to there this one travels from there to there and they switch alcoholic ladies about halfway up cup a cup B choose a cup oh it's not a cup a it is you can advantage from a reappear over here as you wish as you wish you don't need anything to make this work sometimes all you have to do is blow this one goes and when it goes it goes straight away into the cup cos that's where it belongs no please to show you what I'm not doing I'm not taking the ball under the table putting it inside the cup from underneath that would be cheating while I will lie I will not cheat and you can believe that because that's true I'm not taking the ball drop it in my pocket I am NOT taking the ball and dropping it in my pocket it's rare that I'll pick it up at all I might pretend but I'm only pretending I never really picked the ball up off the table it's the illusion of my hand moving that makes it look like the ball comes off the table but I never am I going too fast this is the one that goes through the other one you snap and you get them both fair enough they get it and break it down enough for you how many what color I put them both away here how many are in here what color show of hands how many people saw me put the orange under the cup how many people saw me put the orange under the cup hmm know that the orange orange I used to do this with three cups I've had to adjust I'm sorry you

Channel: susiefilms

Views: 9,066,422

Rating: 4.9227843 out of 5

Keywords: Hannibal, Magic (Field Of Study), Illusion, Charlotte (City/Town/Village), Community Players, Davidson (City/Town/Village), Slight of Hand, comedy

Id: -XoCvn4fnXw

Length: 5min 21sec (321 seconds)

Published: Wed Aug 07 2013

Reddit Comments

[u/MagicArtist17]

Hey ... it's ME! :)

[u/_Proud_Atheist_]

Penn and Teller explain how its done. Still really cool.

[u/MagicArtist17]

TheMagicArtist.com

After watching, why not Ask Hannibal Anything? All serious questions will receive honest answers, and no subject is taboo. What would you like to know?

[u/ButtzButtzButtz69]

Oh great, now I'm going to be up all night watching magic videos on youtube... Thanks a lot.

[u/infernalspawnODOOM]

In the middle there is the perfect example of "Magician's choice". He didn't ask what would happen once the lady in the middle chose "Cup a or b", he just asked her to pick one. If she had said "B", it still would have turned out the same.

[u/Nexious]

There is no version of the Cups & Balls more elegant, entertaining and educational than Ricky Jay's... Still love it some 20 years later.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgm4wZCACYg

[u/[deleted]]

1. His audience is terrible. Like god awful.

2. Fuck that camera man. He's doing slight of hand magic and at one point it literally goes in for a closeup of his face. Useless.

[u/zeup2000]

I enjoy sleight of hand out of all magic tricks because of the skill involved in concealing true actions. I appreciate the time and effort put into making a performance that appears effortless.

[u/Rockhammersghost]

The magician here is Chris Hannibal. He is an absolutely amazing slight of hand artist. He lives and works out of Charlotte NC but travels for shows. I have known him for years and seen his work up close a number of times. He used to work the room at a favorite restaurant of mine. He would sit down and the table and tell stories and do card tricks. Even only a few feet away the show is great. You know it's a trick but seeing it is almost impossible even when you know it is coming. He has a pretty regular gig at Petra's Piano bar in Charlotte. If you are within driving distance I highly recommend going to see him.