HOW I Fooled Penn & Teller!!! (FULL EXPLANATION!)

MAGICIANS ONLY! Magic Spoiler Alert! A full tutorial and explanation of the ruses and methodology I used to fool some of the best minds in magic! I decided to reveal the secret because we invented this Magic Trick SPECIFICALLY for this show! It has never been done before AND I will never repeat it again!

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Eric Leclerc is a globe trotting speaker and magician performing feel good magic for your brain. He currently hosts the popular hidden camera show TRiCKED on BYU TV and Disney channel, and is a regular guest on National Geographic's top rated show BRAIN GAMES . His original magic and hilariously crazy attitude have made him a 2-time winner of the "Canadian Magic Championship"
Also, he just fooled Penn & Tell on their hit Vegas show called FOOL US on the CW.

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[LeclericShow]

GUYS!!!! I'm trending on YT right NOW!!!! It's BECAUSE OF YOU!!! I don't know if liking, or sharing, or commenting will help boost this BUT this is so surreal to me!!!! Please help launch this shit!!! xoxoxo

[WesBarker]

Greatest method ever. Love it! (DO NOT SEND ME THAT CLOTH)

[jnerdsblog]

I love it when magicians explain their retired tricks, especially after showing them on Fool Us. I get why people think some of the fun is lost, but I find it even more impressive and fun to watch when I have a little understanding just how much goes into each trick to make them look so natural.
Speaking of looking natural, please rethink your camerawork here though. (Love ya!)

[starkcd]

My immediate thought after this: That probably wasn't the first time the cleaning staff at a Vegas hotel found a suit covered in glue in the bathtub.

[tonyperez]

can we just take a moment to imagine the faces of the hotel room services when they saw this glue covered suit in the bathtub.

[TenemaesLament]

You guys should troll Penn and Teller by having Alex wear the packing-peanut cloth as a cape for his performance.

EDIT: if this gets the most likes, I hereby relinquish the peanut blanket to be repurposed for wardrobe.

[akiva]

Every magician goes through 1000s of books trying to figure out the possibilities while some random worker at a custom cloth store knew the whole time lol

[Mongoose]

In magic its common, when you learn the method, that you feel ripped off. But I can honestly say this is so genius, brilliant and original. I can't stop smiling. This is a clinic in creative problem solving in magic. Well done Eric!

[dbfr]

The secret is so simple and satisfying, it's one of those cases where the most impressive part is the misdirection. Having a guest on stage, scattering packing peanuts on the floor in the beginning, using a bird's-eye view, using a simple flimsy cardboard box, revealing the contents of the box in the end, the gimmick was so cleverly hidden. It wasn't about forcing Penn and Teller to guess one obvious method out of several, it was about carefully choreographing a routine to completely mystify them.

[GTwinn]

When you were asked if it was a mess to practice at home, you should have said that normally you practice it without the other peanuts, so this time it was significantly harder

[Requiem]

Introduction: "no red herrings"
Explanation: *filled with red herrings*

[ThamiorSilberdrache]

Eric in the introduction at Penn and Teller: "No red herings, no weird moves to make them think something else..."
Eric in this explanation: "We kind wanted to throw them off a little bit..." Alex: "And they know about change bag."
Yes, exactly. And that was what they guessed in the end. That the peanut "went into a container". So you fooled them by using a red hering although you promised not to use a red hering..
Then again, P&T always say (that is Penn says it) "Magicians always lie!"... And they are right.

[KSMvidcast]

I always find it amusing when people say revealing the secrets ruins the trick. But for the average person who doesn't know how it's done, it's amazing. And for the person who knows how it's done but it's executed so freaking perfectly, it's still amazing. In a way, knowing the behind-the-scenes makes it even more fantastic.

[HungryandHungover]

I don't care about getting the most likes, as one magician to another, this was genius. I literally paused this before you revealed the method, went back and watched the performance again and again, and my idea of how it was done was so far from what actually happened I feel like an idiot. Bravo. You deserve the 100k and most importantly, that trophy.

[DodgermanGames]

I’m still wondering how he doesn’t lose with peanut when he jumps in. His weight should have knocked loose the sheet

[crdiasneto]

I can just imagine Penn and Teller's faces watching this video lol they are going to dream about this cloth for a long time

[thisisgettingold]

I know this isn't true for some people, but for me, I REALLY enjoy magic tricks SO much more when they are revealed. It doesn't "spoil" it for me to appreciate all the ingenuity and skill and hard work and secrets that went into pulling off such a visual event.

[tmhchacham]

That's the best cheat sheet i've ever seen.

[_WillCAD_]

So, you essentially let you Freak Flag Fool.

Some people see a box half empty, your audience sees a box half full.

Thanks so much for revealing the secret. That's what I love about Penn & Teller - they always have a number of tricks that they reveal to the audience, and a trick revealed is every bit as charming as a secret trick to me, because I can appreciate just how hard the darn thing is to accomplish when someone shows me how hard it was to accomplish.

ETA: The camera people and editors of the show must have been in on it, because the cut away from you while you removed the marked peanut from the box, and they showed an overhead shot of you IN the box full of peanuts, but only after you removed the cloth and had it hidden from view.

[PenguinjitsuX]

This is so clever and amazing! There's a lot of tricks where the method is actually just some gimmick, sleight of hand, or hidden technology, but this is just extremely simple and clever! A freaking cloth! So simple but so genius. Absolutely love it! When the reveal is just as exciting and fun to watch as the trick itself, you know its good.