Markobi is the best I've seen since Ricky Jay, won the last magic World Championship.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJX-...hannel=Markobi

He also did his act on Fool Us, if you want to see him fool Penn and Teller up close. His patter also was cracking everyone up. Must watch.

That Markobi guy is a bit too annoying for me. It's a good trick tho.

I'm sure it's subjective and im not knowledgeable enough to judge their sleight of hand skills and both dani daoritz and markobi are both at the absolute pinnacle (they're also very friendly fwiw and my fav part of markobi's fool us performance was when he gave that shout out to dani [dani's famous for saying I don't care its your life] love it when ppl I love also love each other) but dani and markobi usually do different types of card magic dani has created some of the most incredible any card at any number effects while markobi does much more of the lennert green style (fwiw dani n lennert are very close friends).


he def leans into that personality very hard what did you think of dani's personality?

another card mechanic who quite possibly could be the best strictly at sleight of hand and mechanics is jason ladanye no idea why he hasn't been invited on fool us but he has tons of videos on YouTube and his magic castle performance is incredible.

thing is most lay people with no real understanding of different moves have no idea whatsoever just how incredible the moves jason is doing and they still love his effects but I don't think he gets the credit he deserves as one of the greatest because so many of his moves are so advanced and well hidden the audience has no clue how difficult the effects actually are.

I bought one of his video lectures and far and away the moves you had to master for his effects were the most technically difficult I've seen in a long time.
shin lim is pretty close behind him in terms of technical skill and he's basically completely self taught which is mind blowing and of course lennert green and ricky jay just crazy good.

sorry for the derail I just love talking about magic it's really come a long way from the cheesy pick a card find a card tricks you saw as a kid some of these effects are absolutely mind blowing and even when you find out how they are done they just become even more impressive.

oh ya Michael Vincent is another absolute master and extremely technically advanced card mechanic with a ton of great videos available on YouTube.

He's definitely borderline lol, but I can tolerate him. They are both amazing magicians obv, but a full Markobi set might be a bit much for me.

lol you should watch some lennert green (some vids on YouTube) he'd probably really drive you up a wall while blowing your mind.

I actually felt like markobi's stage presence didn't come across as well on fool us as it did on FISM where he won the grand prize for card magic but his personality doesn't really bother me.

he also has quite a few very short vids on YT where he does some super insane effects with very little banter.

oh woody aragon is another really fun spanish card magician who's really fantastic.

there's this magician/mentalist schlomo who's become like the new david blaine in that he's the magician all the celebrities and professional athletes are inviting to perform for them and he's such a ****ing hack doing the most stupid simple mentalist tricks that require absolutely 0 skill or practice he just bought an app/trick and has to have an iPhone to perform it and it's just the most hack trick ever and it's HUGE AMAZING closer that all these celebs and athletes are somehow losing their minds over it's so insanely cringe and he's making tons of money it's really absurd.

oh ya he also does the most simple calculator trick that's been around as long as iOS calculator apps have been around and acts like it's his trick it's really embarrassing that someone can call themselves a professional magician not do a single trick that takes an oz of sleight of hand or is even an original effect they created and yet this dude is making bank.

you could literally train a 10yr old to do his entire act in a few hours.

you could offer this dude a million dollars if he could succeed on fool us and I doubt he would even try.

/end rant.

I've got a cool calculator trick, with a bit of banter to go along with it.

Type in the numbers from the story:
There was a lady who was 55, she wanted to be 37, she ate (8) nothing (0), nothing (0) she ate (8) and then she became... *turn calculator upside*


Any wealthy celebs or athletics are welcome to contact me.

better than any of his material

Dani is also a top amazing magician for sure! No slight to him that I like Markobi better.

Ok my last magic video (at least for a bit). I'm usually not the biggest fan of stage magic, much prefer the close up and card stuff. But something about his first illusion in this special really floors me. Also who doesn't love 80s cheese.




Starts at 4:30

markobi is deeply on the spectrum, perhaps that's what it is about his personality that people don't like

oh ya for sure they're both the best of the best so just totally up to personal preference who ppl prefer I love em both.

ya absolutely and I love his homage to the classic clowns/mimes of old.

We decided to give Fallout a try based on some recs in OOT.

My wife doesn't like gore. Welp!



The first episode got me so I finished it and have now seen three (when she isn't around). I REALLY like this one. Lots of fun.

I liked it, especially the mid-century modern furniture and the music.

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I once had sex with a young girl on mid-century furniture while listening to the Beatles! Top that!

Harry's Game was so good.

Season Three of Clarkson's Farm is on Amazon. Jeremy Clarkson of Top Gear fame buys a farm and along with his partner, Lisa, attempts to make a go of it.

The series features a cast of delightful characters, including Clarkson himself who, apparently, has a bad reputation in Britain, but an even worse reputation among the locals. Kaleb tends to much of the farming and the machinery, Gerald, barely understandable, rebuilds stone walls, and Charlie advised Clarkson on all sorts of matters, in particular The local rules.

The farm even has a name: Diddly Squat.

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I am going to give RIPLEY (Netflix) 4 out of 5 stars.

The pacing is a little slow in places, but it is so beautifully crafted that it doesn't matter; if the action is lagging you can marvel at how well-composed, staged and photographed the images are.

Watched A Man in Full limited series on Netflix. Meh, didn't really like it. Kind of a confusing mish mash that had a lot of potential and tried real hard but didn't really deliver.

Like the New York Mets.

Ripley gets worse and worse each episode, might be downgrading from 3 to 2 stars by the time I'm finished.

Decided to re-watch The Americans [gf hasn't seen it], holds up really well. Almost done s3. One of the most underrated TV shows ever.

Stan is such a great character.

true but man the daughter is so ****ing insufferable.

Isnt this one of the most acclaimed tv shows of all time?

well that looks amazing...Emily Watson, Olivia Williams, Jodhi May, and Mark Strong.

Compared to the overrated Sopranos, Mad Men, GOT, Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad? No. Most people under 25 have never heard of it in my experience.