The Trick That Fooled Houdini - Revealed

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HISTORY OF THIS TRICK

In 1922, Harry Houdini was the most famous magician in the world. The forty-eight year old Houdini was so confident in his knowledge of magic that he had an open challenge to all fellow magicians - 'show me any trick three times in a row and I'll be able to tell you how you did it.' At the Great Northern Hotel in Chicago, Dai Vernon took the great Houdini up on his challenge. But Vernon would not repeat his trick three times in a row - Dai Vernon repeated it SEVEN TIMES and Houdini could not get it!
The trick Dai Vernon chose to fool Houdini with was his own version of the classic ambitious card routine, so named because the spectator's chosen card always wants to get to the top of the deck. Vernon had Houdini choose a card and then sign the chosen card with his initials 'HH'. Houdini returned his card to the middle of the deck and, with a snap of Vernon's fingers, it magically appeared on the top. Houdini was astounded and Vernon repeated the trick. And then again, for the third time. 'You must have a duplicate card!' Houdini guesses, Vernon calmly points outs: 'With your initials, Harry?' Houdini then suggests that Vernon must have used a well-known mentalist's device. But Vernon points out that Houdini's initials are written in ink. 'They make them in ink now!' Houdini splutters but no magician in the room has ever heard of these devices using ink. 'Harry you are fooled!' cries Sam Margules, a Magic Show producer and former assistant of the Whirlwind Illusionist, Horace Goldin.
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Shocks me how houdini didnt even know a simple double lift

arnavbansal
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People gotta remember the dude who showed this trick to Houdini was the guy who invented double back cards. Also I don't think Houdini suspected anything so obvious as a double lift

dyslexicbatnam
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wail, so Houdini was fooled by the Ambitious Card Routine??

ianho
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So you are the time traveller who met einstein, churchill and houdini. Great trick over a trick

futureyouths
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Your videos (narrations, musics, backgrounds, items, moves, ..) are AMAZING. I realy enjoy to watch them. BIG FAN.

mahyarnazaripour
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Nice presentation Oscar. Your opening with rhyme, the build up and finishing reveal are professional.

Really appreciate your video. Thanks for posting it.

Fred

listentowhatihear
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Man this is so awesome, Im commenting this before watching the explanation and damn... it blows your mind!!!

MrLicano
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Dai Vernon was a brilliant magician. Thank you for the demonstration. Perfectly executed.

jackflash
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I watched this when you first uploaded it and never commented on and it. It deserves a great comment well done mate. You’re film editing and voice overs are so professional looking keep the good work up. 🎩👌

TrinityX
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Raindrop Droptop, Houdinies selection is now at the top

orlogskapteina
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Nice tutorial. I already know how it's done, but I like the way you present it. Especially that little piece of history. You should try incorporating more historical aspects of the tricks into your videos, that'll help your tutorials stand out from the rest! I've seen many people teach the ambitious card, but this is the first time I've ever seen someone mention Houdini.

I also find it amusing how so many people are going "this couldn't fool Houdini", not realising that it was nearly a hundred years ago, in an era that wasn't just pre-internet, it was also a time when this sort of thing wasn't even published in books, they were closely guarded secrets among card sharks. People tend to forget that all of these things we take for granted now were really innovative and that countless masters such as Vernon would have to work on it for years to perfect a single technique to the point when some random kid could just go on the internet and learn the secret in 5 minutes.

SpinR
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your channel is awesome...so unique..mysterious...cool lighting...everything..just everything here is awesome!!

personal
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great trick and presentation! Card tricks are my favourite by far. But whenever i perform any of the tricks on your channel my friends ask to shuffle the deck mid trick or something, and i need to secretly restart and it all doesn't work out. Can you please teach a trick where they can shuffle mid trick or something. And when i show a coin trick they look all over my hands and notes/coins. Thanks for your video.

sonya
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Before i watch the tutorial, is it a double backer?

magnuspedersen
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that's really mind blowing...thanks dude for the tutorial...cheers.

SaifAli-cxrc
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The trick that fooled him was actually his mind, the guard of the prison where he was trying to escape left the door opened and he didnt even notice...

randomuniverse
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OH JESUS!!! THAT IS GONNA BE THE BEST TRICK SO FAR! Plz upload more magic tricks.

bleaknest
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For those saying why Houdini got fooled by an easy trick is because in his time double backers and double lift are still not yet discovered

KeannuArroyo
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It's painful being a historian in the art of magic. You have to ignore so much misinformation.

jadejewell
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In one of my e-books, I gave the most probable routine that Vernon used - I have researched it intensely and verified with my friends Jon Racherbaumer, Jim Swain, J.K. Hartman, and others.
No one is sure whether Vernon only placed the "Ambitious card" under the top card or used his Depth Illusion...I believe Vernon used his Depth Illusion, which was renamed with some subtleties later, by Marlo, which he called TILT.
I am not absolutely sure who is to be credited for double-back cards, but Jean-Eugene Robert-Houdin (the magician that Houdini fashioned his name after), was known to have used double-back cards for at least two tricks, in the mid-1800s. Whether he created them or not, no one knows for sure. Vernon did not create the double-back card.
Paul A. Lelekis

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