It seems the kid in the last video wasn’t using any of the demonstrated methods. It was quite good how ever he did it.
If I had to guess, note that you don’t see the spoon whole when he begins the trick – he’s always holding fingers over the part that will bend. Also note that the spoon disappears briefly behind his hands before he shows it whole to us at the end. It also seems the bend at 0:34 is much wider than the bend displayed to us at 0:41. I’m guessing (actually, I’d bet) that at 0:39, he switches spoons. Note how he covers the spoon from view when he switches it from his right hand to his left.
Ah, I don’t have sound on my computer. Spoil it for me?
Also, Peter Morris and Commasense- please don’t fight in my thread. I don’t particularly care about the aptitude and character of Uri Geller. Shake hands and apologize.
[voice=rocky]But that trick never works![/voice]
There’s nothing really to spoil-- It’s all in the presentation. Suffice to say that it isn’t mystifying at all.
I apologize to you and the other readers of this thread for my part in hijacking it.
Using only Cecil’s and Randi’s instructions -but no practice- I have bent spoons in front of a single person on two occasions. Though I am not a magician, the trick worked both times. In a casual setting (and with admittedly low expectations) it’s not hard.
I have one of those too. It’s getting it through the skull thats the tricky bit.