David Blaine in ‘97: Check out these card tricks. David Blaine in 2021: I’m going to stab my hand with an ice pick

David Blaine is Aubrey Plaza’s magician brother.

At 3:20, if you slow it slow it down to .25x, you realise that you have no idea how he did it.

David: “Do you feel anything Conan?” Conan: “I feel a tingling in my lower body “ Classic Conan :')

David Blaine is an absolute master of presentation. Clearly he has refined his craft to such a high level. Damn near a cultural icon.

“I prayed to you to get this job.” 😂😂 it flew under the radar but it was fantastic.

Unlike most magicians, David actually has a genuine character.

Conan: “I prayed to you to get this job” 😭😭

I loved how Conan slipped in "I prayed to you to get this job remember?" and then let out the chuckle when a couple of people finally registered the joke in the audience.

A moth goes into a podiatrist's office

When he flicks through the deck quickly for Andy and the audience to choose a card the only card you can see for long enough is the Ace of Diamonds. Try it! I went back several times and that is the only one your eyes can distinctly identify. He is so incredibly good with his hands that he allows the Ace of Diamonds to linger just a bit longer than all the rest. He’s incredible!

David's thing, besides being very good, was his chill and spooky persona. he made people feel afraid seeing card tricks. nice

"I prayed to you to get this job" Went straight over everyone's head

Andy really wrote the "ToyStory Andy under the boot" on that card.

The way my heart stopped cold because I picked the ace of diamonds

I love the looks of confusion. It's brilliant, David is brilliant, Conan is brilliant and of course Andy is brilliant.

He's really good at the 1-2 shuffle. He bent two cards and shuffled the signed one on top while the other was underneath. His sleight of hand is really great.

I didn't like David Blaine that much when he first came on the scene, but lately while watching all of his stuff, he does things that are closer to sorcerer type shit than magician type stuff.. He is amazing. He's always carried himself in a nonchalant sort of way, but he's still around. Much longer than most others have lasted.

I've never seen Blaine smile so much as he did the two or three times he did in this video

" I prayed to you to get this job." that was the highlight of the video

Am I crazy, or when he smiles, he looks like Aubrey Plaza. They have the same smile.

7:58 “I prayed to you to get this job” 🤣😂🤣 I just got the joke!!! 😂😂 wow Conan and David Blaine 2 living legends

That crimped card trick is amazing

We all see Ace of Diamonds. Most people remember the last one and he moved it so quickly but little pause in the end so the only one you can probably remember is Ace of Diamonds. This is the trick and he perfected it. 👏👏👏

I love how this whole routine... all 4 tricks relies on a series of the same move over and over and over!! it's perfect

I can’t believe how amazing his sleight of hand movements are. Unbelievable lol

The fact that he does this with modern cameras zoomed in; (& you can rewatch in slow motion) puts him levels above what people were doing back in the day

"David Blaine's face went asleep because of his voice"

He looks like Aubrey Plaza when he smiles as he's talking about a woman having an asthma attack.

His sleight of hand is unreal. Even if you slow down the speed to .25x, you still can’t see him switch the aces with the queens on the second last trick.

I've seen other magicians do similar tricks and they explained how they do it. But watching David do these, even over and over again and in slow motion, you just can't see anything. It's flawless. No matter how much you think you know how he's doing it, you really can't identify when and where it's done.

David Blaine's personality has not changed one bit over all these years. He's hilarious in such an odd way.

I dont want conan to stop in June😭😭😭😭, this show has made me his die hard fan in 6 days!

Dude has the same energy even now. Damnn 👀

The camera angle on the pass was wrong but it worked for Connan I think. The DL’s were so nice and I havent seen a force more subtle than that, wow!

The master of the double lift. Just amazing how good he is.

This was 25 years ago🤯 The way his tricks and illusions have evolved from doing card tricks to now swallowing frogs is just absolutely insane. This guy is a legend💯

7:23 This is amazing how he changed the cards so quickly. You can see the deck split and the 7 of spades appears in the middle in a blink of an eye

I was gonna skip this video but the child in me from 1999 wanted to see some magic again. I been on a David Blaine binge tonight and I feel that sense of wonder again... that naive belief that anything is possible.

This interview aired before I was born and he still got me with the Ace of diamonds at the end !

Conan then: "We have time for one more? Let's do one more" Conan nowadays: "We're out of time"

David: “Did you feel that?” Conan: “I feel a tingling in my lower body.”

Man that double card pull is slick and putting Andys card in that spot was so hard to see…you can tell he paid so much attention to detail

everyone: **SCREAMING AND FREAKING OUT** kid in sweater: "BUT WAIT, HOLD ON, LOOK LOOK, WAIT"

The wonders a simple double lift can do

Conan didnt age, I mean just look at him right now!

"I prayed to you for this job, remember?" Lmaoooo

hes essentially combining a lot of basic card tricks together, masterfully, his sleight of hand saves him. but if you know anything about magic, early in the clip he is nervous and actually flashes his sleight of hand. big stage but he pulled it off

This man's double lift is unmatched 🙌

Whenever he says "wait wait, watch", I always make sure to watch.

i figured out the push of the ace of diamonds with conan. if you watch it multiple times you'll realize, near the end of the deck, he placed the signed eight of diamonds. i think he practiced the feel to stutter his flick of the top of the deck so the ace of diamonds shows a bit longer, and combined with the end a split second movement it pushes ace of diamonds on you. if you watch the flick multiple times you'll realize that your brain tries to read every card it sees in the flick, but its so fast you immediately forget the previous number to remember the next. having the ace at the end of the deck, and saying what he did before the flick to manipulate your way of thinking, culminates in i think a near 100% result of people seeing ace of diamonds. all the people watching at home paying attention probably saw ace of diamonds too, and it blew there minds guaranteed. its genius. I'm sure all of his acts are full of this level of thought and practice, but fuck me id love to know how he does all of it.

How do you do that!? “ ..I don’t know.” Lol nice one Blaine

David Blaine : "She wets her pants" Audience : claps and screams

Conan and David are a perfect personality match and it’s great 😂

"I prayed to you to get this job." Under-appreciated joke!

Feels like he's about to say :"How about another joke Murray?"

I’d love to see Conan and David do more stuff together

"I prayed to you to get this job" lmao underrated joke

This just blew my mind. When he flicked the deck of cards, I said in my mind "Ace of Diamonds". Then I thought..."hmm... can this card trick work through time and work through the Internet?" Mind blown... Ace of freeking Diamond. WTF!!!

His speed, deck control, and artistry are phenomenal.

Fun fact, they used the exact font of Andys hand writing in the toy story films on woodies shoe!

Bro so many double lifts, he pretty much showcased these tricks on a big level, many magicians as well as myself have learned these basics from him.

Man I been watching in slow motion and cannot see where he switches the Conan Card with the Four of Spades.

His sleight of hand has gotten much better since then.

i looked closely again and i figured out the trick at 3:32 , he actually folds 2 cards, not only andy's card but also the card above it, so when he flips the cards, andy's card became the second card so he actually placed the 1st card in the middle of the deck and andy's card remained at the top.

Awesome, back after an hour of watching David Blaine videos..appreciate it Conan!

David Blaine is a genius in the Sports Cards game.

He and Dynamo (Stephen Frayne) are the most impressive magicians I've ever seen. Truly unbelievable stuff.

He's the best magician out there!!! There's so many great magicians but no one better than him

Almost everybody can perform a bunch of double lifts in a row. The key is a flawless presentation. Hats off to David Blaine.

At 3:44 you can see that he has bent 2 cards. He places the other card in the middle of the deck while keeping the signed card pressed down on top so that it appears flat. At 3:49 you can see that the top card is actually bent and is held down by his thumb, middle and fourth finger. When is snaps his fingers he releases his grip and it appears as if the card has travelled up

Daryl’s ambitious card. The crimp it’s all there. I had it on VHS 😂

He somehow slid that crimped card back onto the top and held down the bend ever so slightly by the side with his thumb and released it simultaneously with the snap, giving the illusion of it "popping" to the top as the bend reforms while his thumb casually adjusts to pressing the new top card.

I love how he's just practicing his pass

I love in the beginning he tried twice to get a good grip on that double lift

That double lift trick still amaze most of the people

I watched this guy stab himself in the arm. It wasn't a trick, he's just commited.

It's frustrating that I do magic and know what he's doing but there isn't a chance in hell that I could ever do that. His skills are mind boggling.

at 3:33 he bends 2 cards, then pulls the decoy into the middle of the deck but holds the ace so the bend isn't visible. this is the only time i've ever caught his slight of hand

Im so happy we have the giddy david nowadays. Idc i love this man. One of my heroes

Even though I know how he does all these tricks, he still amazes me with his smooth and fast hands 👏.

Ace of diamond is probably the only card that David lingered a bit to show to the audience.

Conan saying "I prayed to you to get this job" is deep.

“I prayed to you to get this job” lmao underrated devil joke

"How do you do that?" "....i dont know" More magicians need this vibe lmao

Much respect for David Blaine

Most of those he’s picking up two cards. He’s so good at it though that you don’t even notice

stunning. I am speechless.

David Blaine in all his videos - "Immana teach it, Immana teach it to you"

The trick with the “crimp” is so simple but the effect is so amazing with enough practice you can really freak someone out He basically has two cards that look like one, he bends them, puts the non signed one in the middle holds the deck tight and let go to make the signed one “jump up”

I prayed to you to get this job, remember? Rofl.. conan is a naturally funny bastard.. Truly Underrated comedian.. He's so fast on his feet

Conan actually interviewed him very Well instead of making light of magic he applauded david's performing skills

Andy was hilarious here over shadowed the guest

TRICK REVEAL OF THE TRICK WITH ANDY at 2:26 (watch 0.25 speed) 2:31 Andy draws his card. 2:35 Andy puts his card on the deck. Andy's card is now stuck with the back side on the lower card, which has a backside printed on both sides (or David uses just a flipped card with a non flipped card between it and Andy' Card, but for the easier explanation of the trick mechanism here I use the method of a double backside printed card). Andy now writes his name on his card. 2:47 David now takes Andy's card with the double backside card sticking to the back of Andy's card from the deck and shows it to the audience. 2:52 David now quickly and secretly slides Andy's card underneath the first card on the deck using the double backside card on top of Andy's card as a visual cover. 2:54 David now has only the double backside card in his hand and puts it into the middle of the deck. 2:58 David now reveals Andy's card, which is sticking to the top card of the deck, and reveals both cards under the impression that it is one card. First trick succeeded. 3:01 David puts Andy's card back on the deck with the other card stuck to the back of Andy's card. 3:03 David now takes only the card sticking to the back of Andy's card from the deck. So Andy's card is now the top card of the deck. 3:05 David now puts the card that was previously sticking to the back of Andy's card in the middle of the deck, under the impression that it is Andy's card. 3:11 David lets Andy reveal his own card from the top of the deck. The second trick succeeds. I think the third and fourth tricks are self-explanatory with the knowledge of the method of taking two cards or more.

these tricks are mostly beginner stuff but the presentation shows how powerfull it can be.

I notice in this video you can actually see when he change the card but in his later years, he's gotten so good you can't even see it because he use more distraction

That guy at 3:30 💀💀 “god damn it”

David's deck control is crazy - he knows the average human reaction is 170-250 ms and that just somehow happens to be where the ace of diamonds was about 180 ms

The way he sells his DL's is just so good.

you cant fool me whit crad tricks but damn he has amzing finger skills! thats YEARS of work