@Rickjay: I can tell you DB’s biggest and most consistent trick: getting exactly one wrong.
And he does the NLP thing in the trick I linked above (and I’m still wondering if anyone knows how he forced that choice.)
In fact, I don’t really enjoy magic shows precisely because I know it won’t be revealed to me how it was done.
I don’t want to be haunted by a mystery, I want to be shown how brains can be tricked. The latter is much more interesting.
Ok, I see it now, thanks. Still very impressive to me.
His sin was starting an “Ask the…” thread and never answered any of the questions that were asked. It amounted to a seagull OP, IMHO.
I’m not gonna click on that piece of shit link, because I already discern that it’s that stupid fuckin’ “fushigi”. That shit is a sign of the apocalypse. Wish I would have thought of it… selling plastic balls to the gullible. Chris Angel must be behind it…I also wish I had thought of the Pet Rock.
nm. Already answered.
I mean, at least ben wa balls get you off. Never have I seen a gayer pair of balls and a marketing pile than fushigi.
devilsknew, you are wrong.
There is an impressively subtle piece of physics and psychology that makes this work. I’ve done this before in real life but never could pull it off as well as DB did in his special.
First watch it back and without making any assumptions and just see what is on the screen, don’t let your brain add anything to your mental image. You think you see DB approaching beer drinkers and as such you assume that the can DB takes is one that they have finished drinking. Because you see that can is crumpled up and the tab isn’t in it’s pristine state you assume that it’s been opened normally and is now empty.
So with that set of assumptions out of the window we can just settle on the facts.
1.DB approaches 2 people in the park.
2. he picks up a (not too) crumpled can lying on the ground and shows it to be empty.
3. Then he does his magic move.
4. Then he holds the can, shakes it and the can inflates back to (very nearly) it’s original state.
5. He then shows the top part of the can on which the tab seems to be open (further reinforcing our notion of empty, crushed up can).
6. ‘Restores’ the tab to a closed state
7. Finally he then pulls the tab and proceeds to pour the contents of the can out.
With the above facts you see that there are 3 things the magician needs to do:
- Make a not empty (notice I’m not saying full) can of beer seem empty.
- Make a crumpled can inflate to it’s normal size.
- Make the tab at the top part of the can look opened when it’s actually closed and subsequently ‘restore’ it.
When broken down to smaller chunks the whole ‘picks up an empty can, does a little hocus pocus hand motion and suddenly it’s a full can’ mystery can be solved with some knowledge of physics (especially about what the properties of the ingredients of beer are) and a bit of logic.
I probably reckon that nearly everyone on this message board could manage to figure it out with a bit of research. I’m sorry I don’t just go out and say how it’s done but then that wouldn’t be fun, would it? 
+1.
Look at Penn and Teller’s cups and balls routine, the whole routine is based on them telling the audience how they’re doing the routine with clear plastic cups yet still entertaining as hell.
C’mon, everyone knows that in the hierarchy of the gayest entertainment arts Jugglers are at the bottom somewhere between Clown Magicians and Ventriloquists. Lessee, the pecking order goes
- Magicians
- Clown Magicians
- Jugglers (Hi Opal!)
- Ventriloquists
… And even within the Juggling arts this Fushigi shit is pretty low skill and gay. Hell, it’s even less impressive than Hacky Sack or Poi Spinning, or even that Stoner with the Devil Sticks.
I don’t think I’ve ever regretted posting a link more. 
Hey, I thought it was cool.
Who could have known that the cool glass orb manipulation from “Labyrinth” was really some sleazy marketing shit from Japan 20 years in the future?
Sure spanked my ass and called me “Edna”.
Well, I regret it less then.
Hey, let you on in a little secret, I think it’s pretty cool too… I’m just against this “fushigi” marketing ploy and crassness. I respect the art, hate the marketers.
Ummm…with all due respect, I think you need to go back and try again to explain some of David’s tricks…you forgot a couple of VERY important details in your explanation…
First off, moving the F on a dollar bill. you claim the trick is that the dollar bill is switched. How exactly does he forge the signature on the back of dollar bill exactly? He must be really fast huh??
I think you should go back and edit those post or something because switching the dollar bill is obviously NOT how he does the trick…care to try again??
BTW- I am NOT a David Blain fan nor do I really care for him at all as a performer. I DO however still want to know how he does these tricks when I can not figure it out myself.
Anyone know how this trick is REALLY done?
I also would like to know how he pulls out a lotto card that has the numbers on it that match what several random people gave as the numbers??? Let me guess, he switches the card??? ROFL…some people’s kids…
Ooops, I forgot to include the quote from “Super Kapowzler” and since you only have like 4 seconds to edit your post here I can not go back and correct it. If you make a typo or forget something, you better be quick to fix it…jeez…think we could at least have a few minutes time to edit our post??
The guy stated he waited 6 months to post this so called explanation?? Really?
I would also love to know how Cris Angel levitates and walks up and down walls?
Peace!
Did you have enough time to edit the word “whoosh” cuz I think that’s what just happened to you.
Huh?? Have no idea what your talking about…obviously you do not have a clue to what the answer is…
Thanks anyways!
What is your stance on Zombie magicians?