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How Dai Vernon Fooled Houdini

Posted on July 21, 2008

When Vernon is challenged by Houdini, he attains recognition as the only magician to have ever fooled him. Here's how he did it.

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Freazer (Show Comment)

(Score: -4) 2 months ago

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(Score: -12) 2 months ago

Shadow782 says:

(Score: 0) 2 months ago

wow, very good vid. Is it true though? Was Houdini seriously fooled by a simple (to our day and age) ambitous card routine?

Lucas B. says:

(Score: -1) 2 months ago

Haha seriously, I think this really did work even though Houdini being a legend, at least he was not one in card magic. This is so hilarious...

But hey, now everytime you do a ACR for an audience, you can say that the next trick you will be showing also fooled the Great Houdini :D

@ Daugava

Yeah, Dai Vernon's Tilt (followed by DL, ACR, whatever)

Zeedub81 replies:

(Score: 0) 2 months ago

Actually Houndini was known as the "king of cards" before decided to go almost completely on escapes.

Eclips14000 says:

(Score: 0) 2 months ago

thats kinda weird that houdini was fooled by what i think is the most simple trick in the acr but the guy did have a point that houdini was a escape artist and didnt do much magic

Glenn West says:

(Score: 0) 2 months ago

It was more than just a few double lifts. Believe me, if you saw what Vernon did, it would have fooled you as well.

And by "more than just a few double lifts" I don't just mean it was a hell of an ambitious card routine. It actually wasn't really even a routine even.

It was just one effect that Houdini kept having him repeat. And the idea of it actually plays off of the idea of a double lift and uses that knowledge against you.

MaGiK Man says:

(Score: 0) 2 months ago

the double backed card was not a big method used back then, it was probably fairly new, and thats one reason Houdini couldnt figure this out.

Lucas B. says:

(Score: -1) 2 months ago

First off, NO, that is not the way he does it but why should reveal anything here ? And second, you cannot say "Vernon used and did blablabla", because there is no video of him performing for Houdini.

sjsawyer replies:

(Score: 1) 2 months ago

I guess we can all blame Daryl then :)

HardcoreXcmer says:

(Score: -1) 2 months ago

It is how Vernon did it.....

Mr.MadMan replies:

(Score: -1) 2 months ago

How do you know that for shure? Did you see when he did it? Or was he your friend...I doubt that!

Enyway very informative video. Alittle about magics history... 5/5

julyyyz says:

(Score: 2) 2 months ago

I would love to see more videos like this, I'm getting tired of watching TiVo 2.. 5/5

Eddie says:

(Score: 3) 2 months ago

There you guys go again... trying to figure everything out. Just enjoy the video for once. Jeez.

Sean_Raf replies:

(Score: 0) 2 months ago

Amen to that....

- Sean

dave2421 says:

(Score: 1) 2 months ago

LOL, I love the people who think they've figured out what happened, especially the guy who says "I don't even do magic and I can figure it out"....

LOL, you guys are great, thanks for the laughs

I guess it feeds your ego to think that you are on the same level as Dai Vernon, and Eddie, I agree with you 100%

elliotcarver says:

(Score: 0) 2 months ago

The reason that Houdini was fooled is that there wasn't much work on the double lift or the double backer. These were fairly new methods, so yeah, we would also have been fooled.

I also heard that some people say that it was the trick that fooled Thurston.

I am not making this up by the way.

Elliot

pro_found says:

(Score: 0) 2 months ago

they guy speaking in the video is Bruce Cervon, he was one of dai vernons closest friends and students, he spent many years with the prof at the magic castle,and is an incredible slight of hand artist...i have heard him talk about vernon alot in videos , if any body knos what happenend its this guy...besides it is a very famous story in the magic community, how can anybody even say they dont think it is a true story.....i think that magical history is important..its our roots , and an important tool in learning what magic is all about....

peace!

pro_found says:

(Score: 0) 2 months ago

they guy in the video is bruce cervon one of the prof's closest friends and students, if any body knows its this guy......how can you even doubt that this is a true story?.....

Lucas B. says:

(Score: 0) 2 months ago

Yupp such history is quite interesting. But who is this old man in the video ?

holo says:

(Score: 0) 2 months ago

this will make as great patter for an ACR

JoeCarr says:

(Score: 1) 2 months ago

bet vernon couldn't J5 though, yeh...............

he had some pretty nice nuggets....

Dima says:

(Score: 0) 2 months ago

Of course Vernon would fool Houdini with an ACR, nearly every magician can fool a layman with an ACR.

The classic of magic.

Tumbleweed replies:

(Score: 0) 2 months ago

Are you saying Houdini was a layman?

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