INSANE TRICK!!! | Penn and Teller Fool Us | Javi Benitez

"It is the best sleight of hand that we´ve ever seen. You fooled our as*** bad!" Penn&Teller
This is my first performance in Penn and Teller Fool Us show in Vegas for CW TV Network. It was an epic moment that became viral all over the world.
This piece of magic (some people called it Magic Trick or insane trick) is called "Tribute to Ascanio". Ascanio "El Maestro" was one of the most influential magicians in the world and his books are still the best in magic theory.

Penn & Teller Fool Us Javi Benitez
#PennandTellerFoolUs season 4

The REQUIEM TO ASCANIO act is a tribute to his mentor. Benitez created this act in 1997, the year Arturo de Ascanio passed away.

Music: Yulunga by DeadCanDance

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[dweebosupremo]

Penn's ability to come up with inspirational speeches for every act is truly magical.

[RaviBMaharaj]

If you slow the speed to 0.25 you will see clearly that the video will be longer to watch

[philwid]

I like it when magicians don't explain what they are doing, or what's going to happen, and just let the trick speak for itself.
Great routine, well done!

[CanIHasThisName]

This is why I love sleight of hand tricks. You know the explanation, you know the general concepts, but when it's done right, you still have no idea where the outcome came from and you can watch it multiple times and still enjoy it.

[negativesplits]

Out of all the acts I’ve seen on Fool Us, this is the one that looks like deadass REAL magic.

[juicyjesstv]

This is the type of magic trick I've always wanted to see... just RIGHT before your eyes. No smoke, no weird angles, no funny stuff... just BAM, make things appear and reappear. The best I've seen yet.

[iswm]

All these years later and this is still easily one of the best performances on Fool Us

[DCDummer]

Performing this silently is such a power move - no misdirecting banter, all our attention is on his hands, and it's still totally mystifying!

[jadoyon]

I mean, I understand what sleight of hand is... but this dude just made stuff appear out of nowhere. I like can't even understand how this is possible.

[BurningDownUrHouse]

Ive watched probably 90% of all of Penn and Teller shows and countless other routines and how to videos and slow motion shots over and over. I've been watching and analyzing and scrutinizing and dissecting and figuring out routines for years and this guy is in the top ten if not top five best I have EVER seen. Damn good. This is one routine you watch over and over and it never gets boring. This one goes in the playlist. This is what would be magicians should aspire to!

[leokimvideo]

Wow, the card tricks did all the talking. The skills here are top of the game

[Secretgeek]

I've watched this routine a few times now, basically whenever it pops up on my time line. Aside from the absolutely stunning magic, the one thing that I don't think has been mentioned enough is just how beautiful a routine it is. The music, the narrative, the theatrics of it, just all work together wonderfully to support the performance.

[Jake-cnut]

He's a bit shaky, but it's to be expected when you harness the power of demons.

[guyfawkes]

Shin Lim's "Dream Act" is amazing and beautiful, both technically and artistically. But it is possible to watch it and work out what he is doing. The folds, the sleights, the misdirections, the pen disappearance. You can see them if you watch it enough. This act? This is...flawless. Not a single show, no unnecessary movements that are concealing a drop or a switch. No gimmicks. I never thought anyone would stun me as much as Shin Lim. Javi Benitez did it.

[adriansolis]

Seeing the flabbergasted look on Teller's face was priceless. The performance is SO good that it makes your believe magic truly exists in the world and that is a wonderful feeling.

[nate]

Not only is Javi insanely talented, but his personality is infectious. Thanks for sharing your abilities with all of us.

[neomagik]

I can tell the shaking is caused by adrenalin rush. Not nervous. He's a pro.

[sammcewan]

Absolutely mind blown. Simply incredible
Progress of my Reaction throughout the performance:
...Production of Jokers... Crap that was pretty crazy.
*Pretends to know whats going on. Thought using two cards with (white face-joker back) and (white-face-blue back) pairing setup. Sleight of hands: variants of tenkai palms, showing the same white side twice to appear as front and back, flipping both cards upside down, bending cards, shaky hands and other effects to make multiple cards appear as one after production??
...Production of First Queen... Oh shit. .
*Preparing mind to be fully blown. This guy means business. Perhaps using a complex arrangement of two or three card pairing earlier in production of jokers??? But that'd make sleights insanely harder due to sandwich effect with three cards??? And he never flashed??!?!?!?
...Production of Coloured Backs...
*Where the bloomin heck did those BLOODY COLOURED BACKS COME FRMO???!? DID I MISS A DECK SWITCH? REWINDs VIDEO. CAN"T FIND A
...Production of
*DOES NOT COMPUTE. ERROR.. ERROR. All speculation gone. Wouldn't be suprised if one of the cards turned into a unicorn and he flew off in the night. He is clearly a wizard

FUCK IT.

[CrimFerret]

When Teller looks amazed by sleight of hand magic, you know it's good. This remains one of my favorite episodes. Even if you knew the moves to do what he did, it then takes years if not decades to gain the level of skill to do them this smoothly and quickly one after another. This is as close to actual magic as it's possible to get I think. There's no gimmicks or props, just absolutely precise movements and timing.

[dogeeseseegod]

I love how although technically they knew how you did it, sleight of hand, it was done so fluidly and professionally that it still fooled them as to how the sleight of hand was so good. Very well deserved!