no.

maybe he actually memorized the sequence

sigh

How do people die doing the trick?

Magnet in the head of the "nail gun"?

its a magic nail gun

Because they aren't doing it the way P&T do and they forget to switch bullets. P&T specifically won't do tricks that involve this kind of danger, mistakes shouldn't lead to death or serious injury.

Sure, however the nails are pulled up I don't see the relevance of them being pulled up in the exact same "order".

Think about what the premise of the trick is.

I am not seeing the connection

Penn says that it is a memory trick, so he has to use the same pattern each time.

INCORRECT.

. A later revision to the trick replaced the (false) claims of memorization with a more open explanation allowing the audience to enjoy the rhythm of the nail gun without fear of a serious mishap

Do you realize that you just supplied proof of what I said while saying that I was incorrect?

so are you saying that every time her performs the trick, Penn hits the board in the exact same pattern (even though he doesn't need to) because over time, as people watch him perform the trick in different venues they will eventually catch on that he always "nails" in the same pattern and then go "oh I get it. He didn't memorize nails in the nail gun. He memorized a pattern on his trick nail board."

??

If they say it's a memorization trick, it would be much less believable if it was a different pattern every night.

If they don't say it's a memorization trick and use some other shtick, well, then the pattern doesn't matter.

i dont know whether they do the same thing every night but it doesnt matter at all. No one is gonna notice a difference if they see the show more than once. Im sure for magicians that use plants they probably use the same ones all the time because so few people will see it more than once that it doesnt really matter.

Oh, for crying out loud, a guy came here and showed us video of a nail head already in the board, raised by the gun! How is this thread still alive?

When juries return baffling acquittals, a common response is, "How much evidence do they need? What, a video of the crime being committed?"

This thread illustrates that sometimes, even that isn't enough!

youtalkfunny,

You've just made this mistake P&T wanted you to make. That was clearly a dummy nail which will lead you to underestimate Penn's ability to remember the order (which he obviously does and Teller is in zero danger). P&T are master magicians, you really think they can't memorize a sequence of nails??

It might have just been a piece of debris on the board. Why weren't any other nail heads visible? Also, the nail comes up to the left of where the piece of debris was.

ytf always manages to hint at the Casey Anthony ordeal in almost any thread.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J_RWu64jMk

Episode 7

Not in the live show, but they perform for cameras.

Meh, it's only been a few weeks. If that trial hadn't happened, I just would have cited a different stunning verdict to make my "Would a video tape be enough to convince you?" point.

Until a newer example of the general public's inability to see what is happening right before their eyes, yeah, I might tend to lean on Casey for a while.

You should have seen me when Donovan McNabb was puking in the Super Bowl, and I was the only guy in America who saw the hit by Mike Vrabel that gave him a concussion (a hit, I might add, that made me think we just saw someone die in the Super Bowl, I have no idea how McNabb survived it, it was like a curb stomp). People still point to that game's finish to put down McNabb. It's six years later, I still get riled thinking about it. I saw it, why couldn't anyone else?

Episode 7 is quality, act 1 + 3 really impressed and Tellers trick at the end is mind blowing

tellers trick is great.