Comments for "Ricky Jay - The Cups and Balls" Video at VideoSift.com

By NordlichReiter

NordlichReiter (http://livemusic.videosift.com/member/NordlichReiter) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:11:13 -0700

This guy has excellent showmanship, and succeeds at playing the audience with his comedy act as well as sleight of hand.

By E_Nygma

E_Nygma (http://livemusic.videosift.com/member/E_Nygma) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:21:51 -0700

DO NOT MISTAKE THIS MAN FOR A CONJURER OF PETTY TRICKS!

edit: sorry, wrong guy. i was thinking of gandolf.

By RadHazG

RadHazG (http://livemusic.videosift.com/member/RadHazG) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:06:27 -0700

i was staring at those cups for the slight under but damned if i could see when or where he did it. extremely entertaining!

By Trancecoach

Trancecoach (http://livemusic.videosift.com/member/Trancecoach) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:18:22 -0700

It's a trick!

By dannym3141

dannym3141 (http://livemusic.videosift.com/member/dannym3141) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:51:29 -0700

I could definitely see what he was doing and where the shit was going. I know people are gonna go "lolyeahright" Normally i'm clueless over these things but i can see it in this.

By dbot2006

dbot2006 (http://livemusic.videosift.com/member/dbot2006) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:58:00 -0700

>> ^dannym3141:
I could definitely see what he was doing and where the shit was going. I know people are gonna go "lolyeahright" Normally i'm clueless over these things but i can see it in this.

So where does the fruit come from?

By hp_qp

hp_qp (http://livemusic.videosift.com/member/hp_qp) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:30:41 -0700

I could also see where things came from, including the fruit. Look at the cups and the way he holds them. Start from the end, and rewind by bits to see how he places the fruits with his left hand into each cup. Notice the way he puts them down, creating momento so the fruit does not fall first.

potato: 4:37
fruit ?: 4:52
lime: 5:28

All that aside, the show and the storytelling were very amusing.

(the real mystery is what the third fruit/vegetable is)

By doogle

doogle (http://livemusic.videosift.com/member/doogle) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:51:26 -0700

Am I the only one to upvote based solely on the phallic imagery of the title and description? I mean come on

By gorillaman

gorillaman (http://livemusic.videosift.com/member/gorillaman) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:13:54 -0700

I should have read the comments before I spent so long finding the timecodes of each fruit placement. hp_qp is spot on; if you get lucky with your pausing at 4:37 you can see the potato clearly in his hand.

Really spectacular routine.

By SaNdMaN

SaNdMaN (http://livemusic.videosift.com/member/SaNdMaN) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:40:06 -0700

What's equally as impressive as his sleight of hand skills is his ability to keep track of what goes where, while telling an elaborate story.

By dannym3141

dannym3141 (http://livemusic.videosift.com/member/dannym3141) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:12:20 -0700

Agreed, still brilliant

By EnemyCombatant

EnemyCombatant (http://livemusic.videosift.com/member/EnemyCombatant) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:02:23 -0700

>> ^Trancecoach:
It's a ~~trick~~ trap!

Sorry, knee-jerk.

By spoco2

spoco2 (http://livemusic.videosift.com/member/spoco2) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:33:37 -0700

hp_qp... yeah, that's it alright, but I certainly didn't see it on first time through, and only with your help. The man is utterly brilliant, not only does he do that hugely long routine with so many placements and reveals, but he has that complicated script to deliver too.

He is just simply not one of us, he's slight of hand (in particular his ability with cards) is unsurpassed.

By dbot2006

dbot2006 (http://livemusic.videosift.com/member/dbot2006) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:19:12 -0700

This clip is from the David Mamet directed "52 Assistants"

By Xax

Xax (http://livemusic.videosift.com/member/Xax) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:24:30 -0700

And the award for most annoying audience goes to...

By direpickle

direpickle (http://livemusic.videosift.com/member/direpickle) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:20:22 -0700

lol u guys r so gullible. fake!

By Aniatario

Aniatario (http://livemusic.videosift.com/member/Aniatario) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:59:40 -0700

Simply amazing never would've guessed a simple cup and ball trick could be so innovative andastounding.

By siftbot

siftbot (http://livemusic.videosift.com/member/siftbot) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:21:34 -0700

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