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Magician David Blaine Asks Harrison Ford To Hand Him An Orange, And Then Harrison Freaks Out (Original Post) Playinghardball Jun 2015 OP
Get the fuck outta my house! snort Jun 2015 #1
"Why did it have to be oranges?" n/t Spirochete Jun 2015 #2
Good trick edhopper Jun 2015 #3
No, its pre-planted. bobbobbins01 Jun 2015 #5
I am always amazed at how edhopper Jun 2015 #6
how do you force them to think of it? yurbud Jun 2015 #8
You basically play the odds bobbobbins01 Jun 2015 #12
But how make the orange zentrum Jun 2015 #9
this one... progressoid Jun 2015 #10
Harrison Ford is so adorable. Boomerproud Jun 2015 #4
I think it was. edhopper Jun 2015 #7
This is from 2013 oberliner Jun 2015 #11

edhopper

(33,216 posts)
3. Good trick
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 05:11 PM
Jun 2015

he must have put in the card after Ford said it, but no idea how.

Ford's reaction is priceless.

bobbobbins01

(1,681 posts)
5. No, its pre-planted.
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 06:47 PM
Jun 2015

David Blaine does about 500 different variations of this trick(I think the one I saw before was with the card showing up on the other side of a window), but the basic idea is to plant the card, then force the person to think of the card you planted.

edhopper

(33,216 posts)
6. I am always amazed at how
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 06:49 PM
Jun 2015

they can "push" cards.
I tell myself I wouldn't fall for it, then know I probably would.

bobbobbins01

(1,681 posts)
12. You basically play the odds
Sun Jun 28, 2015, 07:21 PM
Jun 2015

Prompt them with a few options by naming suites and cards, then you can in most cases, rule those out...so you have a few limited choices left, then you literally stuff the fruit(through the stem, which you can glue back on) with all the remaining options and memorize where each one is.

The deck is missing all the options you think they'd pick, because they'll only be looking for their card, so they'll never notice that. And on the off chance they pick a card you didn't preplace, you just defer the trick and do another in its place for the time being, then go back to it later, having them pick again. Lots of other ways too, thats just off the top of my head from when I used to try to do that kind of stuff(very badly).

zentrum

(9,865 posts)
9. But how make the orange
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 10:21 PM
Jun 2015

….be seamlessly sealed up after they plant the card?

I think they must plant different cards in maybe five different things around the room——there was so much fruit there—it looked suspicious to me. And then when Blaine knows the card he says—oh, "open the orange". He would have said "apple" or "banana" if Ford had named a different card.

But how Blain plants them, I'll never know.

Boomerproud

(7,890 posts)
4. Harrison Ford is so adorable.
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 05:57 PM
Jun 2015

I just love him! I'm so glad he has recovered from his accident. Is the woman's voice in the background (at least I think I hear a woman) Calista?

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
11. This is from 2013
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 12:31 AM
Jun 2015

David Blaine: Real or Magic (2013)

Magician David Blaine ventures across America from New York to Los Angeles, performing to various celebrities and the general public.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3345310/

Not sure why it's making the rounds again now, but this isn't the first place I've seen it mentioned.

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