3:20 - I think this here is one of the keys to the dynamic of this trick. "You're going to have to imagine this", and Kenny's reaction. He realises that he is being told what to do.

I wouldn't want to spoil Colin's trick but I can say I had a free choice of words. If you really want to know how it's done, google Colin. It's on one of his instuctional DVDs ;-)

I expect that he had the words written down, and in his hand, when he asked him to imagine a word. With a promise to pay him, say, a hundred bucks if he plays along.

*THE SECRET* Colin utilizes alternate narratives and improv to perform this trick. There's a constant psychology on stage where an audience member who joins in won't want to ruin the show and will go along with almost anything without questions. When Colin asks Kenny to imagine the title of a book, he shows him a picture of Penn & Teller in his palm - so Kenny thinks he's being asked to name specifically a Penn & Teller book, while the audience thinks he is free to imagine ANY book but "unimaginatively" comes back to Penn & Teller as the subject. Similarly, Colin gives Kenny a "free choice"... among the six or so words shown to him in Colin's palm. To Kenny, this readies a moderately impressive ability to guess which of the words was chosen. But to the rest of the audience, it readies a stellar ability to guess which arbitrary English word was chosen. Each of the words shown to Kenny has a different number of letters - there might be pairs such as "house" with "brick" - and so by asking him how many letters, Colin can pull out a different card. Each card has two words. If the word Kenny guesses is the first one, Colin can stop right there. If not, it must be the second one and he can play off the first wrong guess as a fake reveal and then do the second "real" reveal. So while Colin may or may not have attempted to suggest "brick" to Kenny using "pick" and "book", he could perform the trick successfully regardless of which of the words Kenny picked, and simply choose another prop of his besides the brick in the hat for the ending gag. And, If Kenny had picked one of the other words instead, we would all be focusing on some other thing McLeod said or did that we found relevant to the word chosen. Colin, Kenny, and Penn all agree that Kenny was NOT a stooge, because he was not told to do certain things to make the trick work. However, Penn & Teller easily saw that Colin was obviously palming something, and Teller's gesture is an obvious pantomime of that. Oh, and before any idiots say otherwise... this IS what's on the DVD, so don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining. Go ahead and buy it anyway 'cause it has more tricks than just this one on it.

Wow, I’m certainly impressed

I pick, oh yes the only guy in the audience with the hat

He's back in AGT

Not suspicious or a coincidence. I managed to get tickets to the taping and asked Sharkey if he wanted to come with :-)

Wowww great

He had the two words somehow on his hands? The guy looked like he was literally reading off his hands and so if he had chosen house then he wouldn't have had to unfold the paper a second time. Also, house and brick are related words so he could have made a house joke with the brick in the hat at the end. It's the way Teller tapped his hand and Penn was talking about his "pantomiming the book". I really like Colin Cloud though I've seen some of his deduction work and it's really good!

The real life Sherlock Holmes

Is that one of Derren Browns Co - writers (Ian Sharkey) sat 2 seats to Kennys left???

KEEEEENNNNNNNEYYYYYYYYY Someone has to know this reference

"his hands are empty!" No,they are not.Left hand,holds the paper.Under a gimmick similar to a thumb tip.This one just looks like several fingers

Woo! Scotland!

he even says, "I want you to look there right now and I just think of one word that you can SEE"

so the main trick is from where did the mic came....hmmmm.

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What year was this filmed? He looks waaaaay different on AGT

These magicians with their secret language and hand secret hand gestures, where the fuck do they learn this from?

Think about the word and its came out brick. Right. In the very end, and did its comes under the" hat "yes.🔟

what was the gesture that teller made

Here's what I think his act consist of, Dual Reality and Multiple Outs. First, lets talk about Dual Reality, the audience see's Colin hands gesture as book but however in Kenny's first vision is an empty memoir, Kenny genuine was subtle-suggested and since P&T is right infront of him hence he said P&T memoir. He had a complete free choice. Now for the second, which is the page number, this time round is Absolute Reality, both audience and Kenny saw Colin empty hands gesturing a book, and he had a complete free choice of the page number. Next Colin uses the concept of Dual Reality, and again the audience who sees it as a hand gesturing a book, now Kenny is shown 4 words, HOUSE , BRICK , and 2 other words which are 6 Letters long. Now this is where Multiple Outs Concept Kicks in: Colin has 2 papers, both with 2 words, HOUSE and BRICK in one, And 2 6 Letters words in the other. As for the final gag review, look at the hat and that podium. Every one is focus on the hat but not the podium. You know when magicians bring a podium along in his act, usually it serve a purpose; concealment. I am sure he can fit a mini toy house in that podium and he can do some reveal and punchline. Also the hat could be a gimmick, that can store multiple items. So basically the hat and podium concealed 4 items. HOUSE , BRICK, and 2 other 6 Lettered item. So all he has left was to ask Kenny if his word was longer than 6 or not. If it is longer than 6 , show the 6 letter words and he has 2 chance here. Like wise if the word was shorter than 6 , in this case was house and brick. Show House , and "predict". If wrong, reveal Brick Then proceed to the hat/podium to reveal the final gag. Remember he has a free choice of words, but in the audience reality the free choice means literally 'free choice', while in Kenny reality it means 'free choice out of these 4 words' And no, Dual Reality is not a fancy word for instant stooging. Instant stooging would means Kenny stood to gain something by helping Colin. But this is IMPOSSIBLE because Colin would have to PERFORM AND EXPLAIN this for the producers of Fool Us before performing to P&T. And the producers would not allow it. Many thinks this is Colin's weakest act, in contrast I think it is one of the strongest. The Dual Reality is such a strong effect, both for the audience and Kenny. And the fact that there are so many assumptions to this trick means that it actually is mind-boggling. Although P&T may not have been fooled, we audience are definitely fooled.

Hear Kenny say “I won’t embarrass you” when shaking hands? He keeps his left hand obscured because words are written on it. Pause it when he holds it up right after Kenny picks his word and see black magic marker.

what did the guy do?? was something in his hands?

This guy was on agt... penn and teller could get him again LUL

I tbink Goerge W. Bush is he's Dad.

3:04 "Kenny! let's imagine, you see behind this we have 'brick' cases. I want you to imagine for me Kenny, you walk into a 'brick' shop, you open up the door, and there's 'bricks' on either side of the 'brick' shop....". - WoW.

It’s very strange that Kenny was sat with Iain Sharkey, Derren Browns creative writer. Too much of a coincidence.

My word would have been faux. If you're ever in this situation and have complete freedom, pick that word. Nobody is guessing that.

He said to Pen "so I don't choose someone with a hat...

I was definitely entertained. i don't know how the trick was done. Are they saying the random audience member was somehow forcefully meant to say brick? cool how he dropped the brick out of hat at the end.

This is cool but it's either really suspicious or a massive coincidence that Kenny was sat two seats away from Derren Brown's Creative Writer... ;)

Don't know if anyone can still see this video... certainly no one in the UK can... but just to set the record straight on a few things raised in the comments... 1: I was picked randomly from the audience 2: I am not a stooge - nobody told me what to do or say if I got picked for anything 3: I am not a magician, but I am a fan of magic 4: I know a little bit about methods but not so much as to spoil it 5: Yes that's Iain Sharkey... we're pals 6: I'm also a fan of Derren Brown 7: I was aware this was a trick... (note:- magic isn't real) 8: Part of the trick was cut - for timing reasons I presume - but it was pretty good... 9: They cut the part where they put a mic on me (duh!) 10: It was really awkward when Penn asked me about the pantomime as I was rooting for Colin, but also... he's Penn!!!

Let's be honest. Wasn't his best trick

yeah maybe colin should have shown his hands to the audience to show that there was nothing in or on them...........

three words in palms of hand. hat, house, and brick. that is why penn shows his palm to audience member to explain trick and teller taps his palm. All on the dvd

All the magician did was write down what word for the member audience to think of on a paper while he told the guy to pick a page number in his “imaginary book”. ;) Now the audience member said that he “had a free choice of words” if that is true then it can only suggest that the magician had given him the option of two words: house and brick OR hat/ _ _ _ :)

Something was written on his hand. And that was the word brick. They didnt know each other but the guy with the hat became an instant accomplice. Influencing 1 to amaze more audience.

He wasn't mic'ed when they picked him.

Holy shit. He's SO YOUNG. Actually didn't recognize him. His last name's spelling didn't help lol

pick + book = brick look how he is repeating this 2 words

So is Fool Us just a feeder show into America's Got Talent...? Also, missed joke, "are you by any chance a fan of the 70's band The Commodores?" Maybe you'd have to be a certain age to get that.

He better not try this on me. As a non-native English speaker, I would never have come to the word brick. Not if I was shown a brick. It is simply not a commonly used word in conversation, so I do not hear it alot in my second language. His entire trick is ruined if a non-native comes up with the word stone.

3:13 you can hear him saying "would you pick a brick from this side or this side " thats how his magic is done .. by saying words that sounds as something like book but it was said as a "brick" which makes it stick in the persons mind

why was Kenny mic'd up before the camera even turned to him :thinking:

Completely impossible? Are we to believe he somehow made the guy say BRICK. Was Teller indicating that he had something in his hand prompting the guy to say BRICK? If so that is not ‘magic’ but a con!

Kenny *was* an instant stooge in this trick. In magic an instant stooge is different to a regular stooge. There is no pre-arranged performance or organization with an instant stooge. The magician and the instant stooge don't know each other before the performance. But during the performance, the instant stooge unwittingly ensures that the trick is successful without the audience realising their contrubution. Colin has been somewhat disingenuous in claiming their was no instant stooging in the performance.

Wow.. Penn Picked a great one... Kenny who already has a Mic on.. LOL

"Dual reality"? Just a fancy way to say instant stooge imo

He'd be famous if he had decent hair!

When I see this type of trick, I often wonder how often he fails to get the audience member to imagine the word he wants. I mean, brains are tricky things. Someone with ADHD, for example, who's brain goes at light speed all the time, and has a million thoughts racing, might not be so persuaded to say the word that he wants. I was listening to the whole thing, thought of a title of a book when he asked the guy, imagined the book case, and the word I thought of was toboggan, because it's my wife's favorite word and always makes her laugh.

(I imagined myself to be kenny--> i am the lucky girl being randomly chosen to go on stage) "Imagine urself picking a book and name the book title." I was shown penn and teller picture in his hidden palm. I said: "Magician ass buster. The book is about a pair of smartypants who bust magicians's ass on stage." "Okay, now imagine a word." I was shown several words beforehand and i assume i have to choose from those shown to me. But being an asshole that i am, i said: "Thong, from the 1600s like the ones your great great great great granma use." "WHAT! YOU RUINED THE SHOW! MY SHOW! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO CHOOSE FROM THE LIST I GAVE YOU!" "The list said "Mouse prick", i can't say that on stage in front of so many people! So i just said the next thing that came into my mind after mouse prick, which is your great great great great granma's thong." "WHAT! It was "House brick"!" "Oh sorry. Dyslexia."

so why didn't the fellow In the audience say he had it written on his hand ???

Not for nothing, but why are the volunteers from the audience so shabbily dressed when going out to a Vegas act? It makes me think they are part of the act and in on the trick. Dressing that way makes them easy to spot and to "choose". Kenny is dressed to go clean the leaves out of the roof gutter. Surely, nobody goes out to a show dressed like that.

it bothers me that the random selected guy already wears a microfon.

How is that magic or supposed mentalism if he just had the word brick written in his hand????