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Hi, I'm Kostya Kimlat, a business-focused
magician, specializing in sleight-of-hand
magic. My company
trains & books magicians
around the world for all kinds of
corporate events.
Over the years, I started to see the
connections between the art of magic
and the craft of business.
A sale, just like a magic trick, happens
in the customer's mind. It's all about
perception.
And that means human interaction.
How do we communicate?
Those are the real secrets of magic.
Great magic doesn't strive to fool you
so that you believe in something...
Great magic reminds you to be
careful about what you believe in.
And that's what it can be so help to
Think Like a Magician™
Our next performer has been known to
teach businessmen how to
Think Like a Magician™
like they need any help in
making people's money disappear.
Would you please welcome,
Kostya Kimlat!
Thank you very, very much!
It's an absolute pleasure to be here
with all of you in the theater
and everyone watching at home.
Penn, Teller—I'd like to show you
something special using a pack
of playing cards.
Will you please join me
so you can watch closely?
Everyone welcome Penn & Teller!
So please have a seat, relax
In a moment, you're going to help me
shuffle these cards.
Now, I found that how people
shuffle cards depends on which part
of the world they've come from.
Now we have 52 playing cards, we've
taken the jokers out.
I don't know if you have a preferred
way of shuffling the cards, but I'd
like to give you about half of the cards
and I'd like you to mix those up as much
as you'd like.
And you can mix them up too.
Can you wash them here on the table?
Like this.
The hardest part is collecting all
those cards.
So we're going to square all of these
cards up. And you feel those are
pretty well-shuffled for yourself?
Thank you, Teller.
I'm going to spread these face up.
And then I'm going to do a crazy shuffle.
I'm going to turn these face down.
And I'm going to shuffle them together
But—before I push them in, I want
you to see the state that they're in.
All right, very well mixed up.
Teller, take your hand and place
it like this. And can you take your
hand and place it above?
And press the cards together.
That way you not only see them
down the line, but you actually feel them
being shuffled. Working so effortlessly!
Penn: We're such a team!
You are, I love it!
Perfect shuffle!
Penn: You should see us shampoo together!
Now look, would you agree these are
really well-mixed?
Penn: Unfortunately, yeah, I would.
There's only one other shuffle that
mixes the cards in a more thorough way.
And this is a shuffle that is preferred
by children and drunks.
Like that.
Now we dropped some on the floor
but it doesn't matter.
Why don't you get in there and feel like
a kid again?
Mix them face up, face down.
Do whatever you like, give them a nice mix
You feel pretty good about that?
Penn: Actually, it's starting to make me
feel worse and worse!
Collect them, that's fine. I'm going to
gather them
Now gentlemen, this is my favorite part!
Even though the cards have been
thoroughly mixed...
Penn: I'm gonna break your hands!
I'm going to find your 2 cards,
which is really impressive because
you haven't even picked them yet.
I get excited by the shuffle!
Let's do this. I'll go through here
face up and face down — reach in there
and grab one, face up or face down.
It's your choice.
Face up — thank you so much, I really
appreciate that.
Truthfully, it doesn't matter what the
card is. If I know what it is, it's OK.
What matters is which way you take it out.
Reach in there and take another one
for me if you would.
And you've got another one?
Penn: I got our card!
Nice, the 3 of clubs, I love it!
You can put it back in however you like
face up or down, it's completely
up to you. Yes slide it in there.
So you see it going in?
And which way? Do you want to put it
back in face up or face down?
We'll even leave it sticking out there
until the very last moment.
Now look, at this point, some cards are
face up, and some cards are face down.
Look, I'm not even going to touch them
I'm just going to let them sit there
And if I let them sit there, they start
to turn over, so that every card is facing
the right way. Every card is now face up,
except for one, except for two—
the only two—and hopefully
lucky for me, they are your two cards!
Kostya Kimlat, ladies and gentlemen!
You can take your seats.
And you'll take the cards with you,
is that ok?
Penn: Of course it's OK!
I think we've got a rough idea
how this might be heading, but come
and join me round the fun here
Ladies and gentlemen, how spectacular
was that?
We like to see Penn pissed
off like that! Here's in a terrible mood
now. But that was really quite special
indeed
This trick, is this one that you've come
up with?
Absolutely, some magicians, we create the
magic. That's what we love to do.
So really the chance of them getting this,
certainly if they do, it will be
having seen it for the first time
not knowing similar tricks in the past.
Now I'm hoping that you'll be back here
performing with them.
Would that mean a lot to you?
Absolutely, I've been a fan for such
a long time. To be back here in Vegas
on this stage would be wonderful.
I think we're ready to hear your verdict.
Mr. Penn and Mr. Teller? What do
you have to say?
OK, I want to say right up front...
I HATE YOU.
Let's get that out of the way.
There is a bias.
I HATED THE WAY YOU LOOKED
I HATED THE WAY YOU CLEANLY
HANDLED THE DECK OF CARDS.
I HATED THAT I KNEW THE PUNCHLINE
WHEN YOU STARTED
I HATED THAT IT WAS CLEAN ALL THE
WAY THROUGH.
I HATED THAT I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN IT
I HATED IT FROM THE MOMENT YOU
WALKED OUT.
I TELL YA, WHEN I SAW HIM SITTIN' THERE
WITH HIS BEADY LITTLE EYES,
I WANTED YOU AS DEAD AS A HAMMER!
Kostya: I feel the love, thank you.
NO YOU DON'T FEEL ANY LOVE!
YOU FEEL NOTHING BUT HATE!
I KNEW THAT YOU WERE GOING
TO FOOL ME FROM THE MOMENT I SAW YOU
SITTING THERE. AND YES YOU DID,
BUT WHO CARES?!
WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE!
NO, IT'S NOT, NO, IT'S NOT!
SHUT UP, SHUT UP, BRING THAT BACK
INTO THE AIR! PUT IT BACK!
YOU FOOLED ME...YOU KNOW FOR A FACT
THAT IT'S HARD TO SAY THE WORD "BIG"
WITHOUT COVERING IT WITH "DUMB"
YOU FOOLED THE BIG, DUMB GUY
THAT DOESN'T MEAN JACK!
TWO-THIRDS OF THE PEOPLE ON HERE
FOOL THE BIG, DUMB GUY!
WHEN YOU BRING THAT THING DOWN
WHEN YOU SAY FOOLER, FOOLER, FOOLER
IS WHEN YOU FOOL TELLER!
AND TELLER HANDLED THE CARDS
AND HE LOOKED AT IT
AND HE THOUGHT ABOUT IT
...AND YOU FOOLED HIM!
YOU FOOLED TELLER!
NOW BRING IT DOWN!
NOW IT'S A FOOLER!
Ladies and gentlemen,
the fabulous Kostya Kimlat
ladies and gentlemen!
He fooled Penn & Teller!
Well done!