Interesting, KingRobert. That was one slick chopper pilot who was able to sync up the light with the stage from what I assume would have been at 1,000 feet AGL.

@@acreguy3156 Slick magician too!

@@kingrobert1st Agreed! When I first saw that when he did the trick, I couldn't believe he was even from this planet.

He also had floating lights in the water if i remember, to replicate the ones shining up onto the statue.

@@countsmyth Well executed plan!

But it does kinda take the 'magic' out of magic tho'

@@michaelbarton4787 not really. We know magic isn't real and it's just an illusion. So the fun is in figuring out how it was done.

Not really to me anyway.

A trick like this is just a nothing burger, there is no skill involved. But seeing people who are really good at sleight of hand perform is really impressive, perhaps even more so when you know how it's done.

@@finkelmanaI agree with you. Watching magic tricks aren’t as fun because I’m more interested in how they did it vs what they did

I remember it vaguely (I was five)...can't recall what we had for dinner!

Yeah - I thought it was lame as well. Meatloaf and mashed potatoes for my family. 😋

I’m just not enthralled by illusionists either. We had pizza that night. Can’t remember what I did the next day, but I’m sure a bmx was involved.

Haha it’s cool you remember that

I was fortunate enough to see him the last time I was in Vegas. He still puts on a great show and I'd definitely recommend it to anybody who has the opportunity to see one of the all time greats. There's a reason why he was the first billionaire magician. He puts on a spectacular show. I was somewhat surprised to be able to get such good tickets the day of the show. But, then again he does shows throughout the year and has been for many years.

Used to prefer Doug Hennings specials.

​@@gbhxuThey were all good and fun to watch...

i remember the great wall of shina the most. that was awesome

@@kevinpittman2517 Indeed - not too tricky to work out how he did that one tho'

Egon: My parents didn't believe in toys. Ray: You mean you never even had a Slinky? Egon: We had part of a Slinky. But I straightened it.

That helps to explain why I felt unwell at rock concerts.. I have atrial fibrillation..I’m sure the bass altered my heart rate..

​@Oystersgetclamydia Hello, I hope that you are doing well. Have you been to any more concerts? If so, I hope you got thru it safely and took precautions. I wonder what precautions you could take. Same with others who have other health issues. I agree that the loud bass and other loud sounds that are mixed in at a concert could affect our health and cause issues, but especially if we have any on- going issues. Im sure the loud noise could affect many people in many ways. I've been drumming my whole life and am thankful and blessed to still have excellent hearing. My eye sight is a different story, lol. From playing in bands, running sound and being around the loudness, I know what goes on at a concert setting from the stage set up, behind stage effects, the front special effects, speaker and amp placements, etc. Lot of bands who have money like to use indoor pyrotechnics. I worry because when watching a band while singing along to the songs and groovin to the music, we dont know when those pyrotechnics are going to blast off. We dont know if loud sirens will be played, and if any other loud bangs will go off. We dont see the effects coming and we are not told. The sudden shock could affect someone's health from getting scared, and maybe having a stroke or other attacks. People could pass out from the noise, and the very bright flashing lites. I know that some people have suffered and orhers have died. Some bands have been sued. We need to be pretty much in great health to enjoy a rock concert. Some heavy metal, grunge bands make people sign waivers. GOD BLESS.

@@glenpolen5562 Hi. Yep! I’m relatively well.. I’m on medication for AF now. The last concerts I attended was Beth Hart,Richard Hawley and Fontaines DC few years back.. It was the Fontaines gig that caused me to feel unwell.. Heart rate was everywhere until day after. I’m going to be very selective in future about the band and also venue acoustically.

@@Oystersgetclamydia Hey, It's great to hear back from you. Im very happy to hear that you are doing well, staying healthy, and keeping the ole heart pumping. Amen. I just said a prayer for you when i read your reply. I forgot to mention in my first comment that many cities can't afford to pay the bands because of how big their show might be. Some cities just don't want to pay bands because of their budgets. Then there are the cities that just dont want certain bands to be around because of what people do before and after the shows . A lot of venues can't afford bands, and some dont have the room for fans. There are capacity limits, and many bands prefer to play the smaller clubs. Bands can't bring their whole show to smaller venues for safety reasons, but a larger facility mite allow minimal pyrotechnics inside, and even then, people get hurt. The sound can get so deafening in a smaller venue and hurt people. All clubs and venues must obide by noise laws, and can by sued by the city and if someone gets hurt. A band should also be required to have a certain stage volume. Some sound teams use the same settings from an arena show and at a smaller venue. They might adjust the highs and lows. Most clubs do it right, and respect is given all around. But, things can still happen. I would think that a persons hearing could suffer from a small venue compared to arena shows, but that is not always true. Plus, we are all different. My sensitivity could be worse than the person standing next to me. I remember being at many concerts, and no matter what section i was in, my ears would be ringing when i left and got home. I know this has happened at other events, but I remember being at a concert, and my ears were ringing bad and I got a little confused and almost lost my balance and fell over. I had to clear my head and sit down. Please be safe, and take care. Enjoy the music.

@@glenpolen5562 Yep! I remember those gigs very well.. I’ve seen Black Sabbath in the 70’s .. My ears are ringing to this day 😁 I’ve a massive vinyl and cd/dvd collection that I’m going to dust off and enjoy..from my armchair. Thank you for your prayers~ I appreciate that. God bless too. 👍🏻

most likely

If the audience were in on it they could have moved the platform faster and wouldn't have needed the bass music.

I remember that too (and he even said some but not all of the audience were actors because it was the TV audience he was fooling, not the live audience) but I've also seen other versions of the trick that were much faster, lacked the buildup, the music and the helicopter to mess with perspective. This means the platform would have needed to move fast enough to be noticed, requiring the entire audience to be in on it. Which tells me Copperfield put in far more time and effort to make the illusion work, not just for the TV audience, but for the live audience.

That's why TV magic never meant anything to me. I have no reason to think they're telling t he truth if they pinky promise no editing tricks.

That's what I thought it was as well.

​@@martabachynsky8545no. The arrangment of light make it disappear

hade the same idea

pretty much

Why? TV nowadays became more interesting. Of course in different countries situation can be different, as example I stopped to watch Hollywood movies near 10 years ago, incredible madness and non stop propaganda, even more than at old times :/

@@juliap.5375 TV is dead/dying. We are in the Internet era. You can choose what you watch, not what your masters want you to watch. Be free.

Well networks are dead. I find a lot of great stuff through Hulu/Netflix/Amazon and many other streaming services. You just have to dig harder to find good stuff, but you have more options than you ever had before.

@@goku445 Problem is with the choice on the internet is that there is an awful lot of confirmation bias.

@@Traitorman.14.3 That is still better than only showing you what some people in power want. The problem is education and missing critical thinking. You have to question yourself everyday.

I’ve always wondered if they were. I think the effect would have worked either way, but for a live TV event, better to play it safe.

I live in Las Vegas, have worked in many stage shows. The audience is ALWAYS in on it. They also sign legal papers which make them liable if they reveal secrets. Copperfield is not a very nice person, nasty dude.

they are! many times just staged actors!

No he put it in his pocket

@@gradywilson9213 Is it possible for someone to not know the floor is moving under them if it's moving slowly and there's multiple distractions?

And, the happy goo.

And your dad was right! 😄

did your dad then say he's going out for some cigarettes and never came back? bawahahahahahahahahahahaah!!!

Exactly same story, but it was my cousin 😂

Plot twist, that's Copperfields son.

@@scottsmith7203 no. He sd he was going to bang some whore and left. What's up brother. 😭

I’m not saying people are smarter now, we just have more technology. If someone tried this today, there would be drones watching from every angle and it would be exposed on social media before the special even aired.

Anyone's phone would pick up that the direction they're facing changed. @@MindBlownMagicIllusion

Yeah and there'd be some fruitcake in the audience swearing that the aliens did it and refuting any evidence to the contrary as FBI schills "upholding the secret agreement the govt had with them" You know I'm right 🤣

@@catzkeet4860 what you're saying would makes sense... if you weren't a clone that fixed the election... to help the reptile people convince us that the Earth isn't flat because you know the moon landing was faked!

@@catzkeet4860 Back in 1983 there'd have been some fruitcake in the audience. In 2023 the whole audience would be fruitcakes.

Considering that they were right next to the Statue of Liberty, I’m pretty sure it was on a boat. It’s pretty easy and cheap to move a boat

@@Bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. The stage was on Liberty Island apparently.

@@TheTruthKiwi oh, ok then, if that’s the case the whole thing was just on a bunch of wheels, or on a single rotating disk. I think with some strong materials it still might not be *super* expensive

@@Bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. And to make it safe and apparently hidden from the audience/viewers? I don't know, I'm just assuming that a large, complex mechanism would be quite pricey. I may be wrong.

Or since it's showing as night time, a black screen

Haha people always say “mirrors” as the default explanation for these stunts. “Oh yeah he probably used mirrors.”

Doug Henning was more entertaining but for the wrong reasons.😆

@@Ken-fh4jc They never explain how the mirrors are used though lol

No one thought he really made it vanish

This isn't really a camera trick. No illusion was processed in the cameras. The cameras saw what the audience saw. When people talk of camera tricks - they're usually referring to something that appears different to those viewing live as opposed to those viewing on camera or some other manipulation due to how it's filmed. Here - the camera saw what the audience saw (even if they were in on it . . ). It's really no more a camera trick than any other trick filmed from the front as opposed to angles that reveal the secrets.

Once the perspective was changed, the search lights were just shined through the open space.

... do you think it was real?

I choose to believe 😂 what I don’t believe are these people explaining it😂

Con artist*

You’re closer to the correct solution than the explanation in this video

And who would be able to manufacture a 150 foot long mirror? Westinghouse?

If you need the entire audience to be in on a trick, no magician would do it. It's okay to stooge a few people who are directly involved with the trick, but not the entire audience.

@@bipolarminddroppings at this point in my life, I never say someone wouldn't do anything, under the right conditions anyone will whatever it takes for fame or money

This sort of “magic” just never struck me as interesting.. it’s too big of a trick to be believable.. Personally, Ive always been more impressed with slight of hand card tricks than over produced gimmicks.

@@bipolarminddroppings Don't forget this was televised around the world, in the grand scheme of things, the audience where just props themselves.

Part of me imagines the "imperceptibly rotating" stage violently shuddering and vibrating enough that drinks were sloshing around with people being thrown to the side like the Enterprise being attacked by Klingons then cutting to the amazed crowd as the Statue "disappeared." As the little old lady is being interviewed on camera following the show there's someone just off camera having a neck brace placed on them to treat their whiplash.

The walk through the Wall of China was an under-and-over gimmick. The one where he was sawn in two involved a second man under the "legs" half of the table. Both of these revelations can be found on KZfaq.

@@zabadazidit Can you explain how the magician who visited my daycare when I was like 5yo made M&M’s appear out of nowhere? 😂 The best audience a magician can have is little kids because they think it’s real. At least we did back then, little kids nowadays aren’t so naïve.

@@LuckyCharms777 Sure thing. The magician had a bag of M&Ms concealed behind his hand and used it the way other magicians would make cards "appear" out of nowhere. It's a sleight of hand trick that is easy to duplicate.

This is EXACTLY how he did the Great Wall illusion: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rb92l7dpuszRiJs.htmlsi=SMGw60aXhCivSaqs

@@LuckyCharms777I’ve been showing my 5-year-old nephew some of my magic tricks with every day objects and he’s always shocked. I bought him a magic kit but not sure if I should give it to him yet. Not sure when I will tell him that magic is just mind tricks and it’s all just an illusion.

No, fool. How would that even work? Fiol.

Since the moon is made of cheese, David Doucherfield will just eat it all. buuuuuuuuurp.

Anyone can make the moon disappear. They Just have to pull their pants back up.

Because drone cams and phone cams would be pointed at the statue and platform showing how it was all done.

@@mrcydonia This comment is too silly for me to respond to (other than this).

His nuts appeared right in front of you?

Which theater did you go to?

Given so much of what's on screen is an illusion, I expect there's an informal agreement between the various companies to not draw attention to how a rival is doing something. Just a guess but I'd be surprised if there wasn't. The kind of thing that won't be written anywhere, just an understanding to not draw attention to the tricks used.

It flew away in stealth mode