Unbelievable Finale - Ben Jackson Fools Penn & Teller with 20 YARN BALLS!

I'm Ben Jackson I'm from Houston Texas I majored in biomed Sciences with a chemistry minor and a business minor so when I graduated I naturally became a magician I traded medical school for magic I've made a specialy of using magic to reach people in unexpected ways when the Houston Museum of Natural Science asked me to be their spokesperson I created some magical content to boost attendance I turned ancient Papyrus into $100 bills produce a dinosaur bone from nowhere and made Priceless diamonds magically appear nope missed one pen teller I've created this one just for you joined by a random member of our studio audience Texas magician Ben Jackson come on bro good to see you thank you hi nice to meet you good to see you I'm happy to help if I can going to knock it out of the park team before we get started I want you to know that in high school I was president of the Latin club oh which means I was also voted most likely to become a magician right teller uhhuh yeah caran brother right there pound it Tempest fugit girlfriend mhm and you see teller taught High School Latin and Greek for six years which means he's familiar with the story of Theus from Greek mythology a man who entered into a labant to slay the minitar in order to navigate the twists and turns of the maze he used one of these a clue CLE e w an Antiquated term for a ball of yarn ingeniously he tied one end the entrance he unraveled it as he strolled through and then he simply followed the yarn back to the beginning to make sure he never got lost and that's the origin story of the word clue c l e as we know it today because a clue is a guide to help solve a mystery classic story deserves a classic piece of magic so we'll use a length of yarn a knitty needle and that barred ring sir now's that time very good here's the beauty in this there's no big boxes no laser lights no flashy props just a ring a yarn and some help Brook please hold on the ends please very good now look the only way that the ring gets off the yarn is through the ends unless you find The Sweet Spot which is right here once twice off please calm down all of you calm down very good I know it's a lot to take in it's a lot to take in now Brooke did you let go of the ends I did not that makes that impossible fantastic so we're going to do it again as fairly as I can as you can definitely see it's on there I'm sensing some trust issues from this man okay no really is on there really is okay Brook you're going to watch the ends you're going to watch the ring I'm going to do it until you enjoy it okay s here we go now well here's the deal look at this take a mental snapshot really burn that image in your mind and realize that ring really is on that yarn a little Insider baseball here's what I'm not doing I don't come over like this and pull I massage the metal heats up Pops off that's the easy part hard part is to come back like this and go right back on that's the hard part oh yeah oh now he's good oh now he's good very good okay that's amazing one last time clearly going through we're going to isolate the ring multitask right here can you guys multitask I can we're going to find out you can do it Brook that's right hold on on the in there for me sir thank you actually with your other hand please and would you hold on the other hand Brook yes very good see the cap right there hold on to the cap please okay sir lean in held on of that point very good now I can't go this way I can't go this way can only go forward once twice don't move done what yes I'm telling you right now look at that I mean look at that that's cool salid has passed through solid I get chills be around me I really do I really do one last time I'll do it as fairly and as slowly as I can ready yes sir say go go gone gone not on the yarn not on the hands not on me it's back at the beginning no way I didn't say on your finger I just said back at the beginning I'm just saying want to freak me out man way out right there that'd be crazy but at the beginning of what at the beginning of what I'll give you a clue see this is what the show's all about pen and Teller search for Clues magicians come on this stage and they weave their tangled web of deception and it's up to pen and Teller to watch intently and to decipher in real time as to what they're looking at if it's a genuine clue or if it's just misdirection those aren't the clues I'm looking for it's neither of those toss them team toss them yeah go crazy we're having a party not that one or this one or this one or that one oh my goodness oh right down there at the very bottom urum out of many one Brooke yes take that whole thing out okay hold it right there this is the clue we've been looking for this is the clue in question cuz we've been using the end the entire time and like Theus we have to get back to the beginning okay B take out your right hand Palm up please hold tight okay very good sir hold on to the end both magic and mythology produce a powerful effect even though it's just pretend because we can't help but knit ourselves into the narrative we envision slain the monsters of our own lives navigating through impossible conditions and wielding the elements at our fingertips we all want to know how the story ends especially this man can you cup your hands sir empty the cup content into his hand please oh my gosh this is so cool I'll take the jar okay sir would you be so kind to uh untie the ribbon and then hand me the ribbon friends the beauty of magic does not lie in the deception it lies in the moments of connection and bro this moment it's just for you slowly open that box whose ring is that that's mine give me round Applause fantastic yes brother you're the man thank you sir we really appreciate your help this afternoon wow the Amazing Ben Jackson everyone that was mind blowing oh good can you recall a particular life lesson did Magic teach you something significant in your life I think magic has taught me to be so thankful my mom has been cleaning teeth for 30 years and I remember one day I called my mom on the phone and said Mom I'll get ready for a gig I'm not feeling really great about it I don't really want to go I was kind of down in the dumps she said oh you want to go to your magic show your magic show people clap and they just applaud and they go ooh and ah over your magic tricks and you're not feeling great about that well boohoo right and so you know she said Ben you know how people clap and applaud for me after I clean their teeth none nobody no one does this so be thankful be thankful that you get to bring joy to people that's s Sweet yeah okay Ben everybody ready let's see if Penn and Teller have a clue as as to how you worked your magic fair enough Boys Hey Ben that was that was really nice you put together really really different stuff I mean the the uh the the ring in the ball of wool is a Victorian trick it's in it's in all the magic books we were all ready for that from the moment you came out with the uh with the ball of yarn we said oh well that's where the needles going but we didn't anticipate was the jar being in there and that was a really really nice idea and all that string stuff does not go back to Victorian times there's a lot of new stuff uh you invented there so by giving a history of it I'm trying not to take away from you you set the whole thing up with tell her being a Latin teacher and I was needling teller to try to give the explanation in Latin and unfortunately some of the words we want to use were not around then but teller did write one thing in Latin that I think might give you a hint you want to show them that these are two Latin Scholars conversing it's been a while it's been a while I think what it means is that you didn't fool us does that make sense you know what they're the smartest guys in the room for for a reason so got to hand it to them I guess they got me a thank you so much thank Youk everybody you fantastic welcome back back everyone I am here with Ben Jackson who just did some amazing magic with yarn and the ring I was up close and personal it was amazing he didn't fool pen and Teller but the boys have asked us to bring him back to have a quick word with him pen tell her Ben everything we said positive about you is absolutely true but as you know very well and they don't know we talked to you backstage during the commercial and you told us in detail how you did the trick and we thought we had it and we didn't Ben you fooled us we were wrong were thanks foraying that all out for wow you deserve this you know what guys are so cool it turns out Ben Jackson just full pen and Teller and we've got another potential fooler for these guys right here

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Length: 10min 2sec (602 seconds)

Published: Sun Mar 24 2024