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  • I was so blown away by our next guest the last time he was here that I got him back

  • here as soon as I could possibly get him back here.

  • From the Philadelphia Eagles, please welcome the magician John Dorenbos.

  • >> [APPLAUSE] >> Congratulations, so you won,

  • you beat the Falcons on Sunday- >> Yeah, that's a good team, too.

  • A good team, so we were pretty excited about that.

  • >> Good job.

  • Yeah thanks. >> Alright.

  • So. You're,

  • he's amazing I can't believe you're a professional football player and

  • then you do this.

  • You're amazing.

  • >> You know what?

  • It's a pretty good gig.

  • >> Yeah. >> [LAUGH]

  • >> Thank you.

  • Here's what I wanna do cuz I'm really excited to show you this.

  • Last time I was here, you know I'm a shuffling guy.

  • >> Yes. >> Just say stop.

  • >> Stop. >> Okay, take it, look at it.

  • Show the camera and then show everybody at home.

  • Okay, everybody got it?

  • Yes. >> Okay.

  • Good, good, good.

  • Put it right here.

  • All right, now this is a normal shuffle.

  • This is what's really cool.

  • You'll notice this.

  • Both the halves are face down, you got it?

  • So, when I shuffle them everything looks normal.

  • >> Yep. >> Okay good talk.

  • >> [LAUGH] >> If we do this,

  • this is when you take some face up, some face down and

  • you actually do what's called a slide shuffle.

  • And we actually shuffle these together like this.

  • And it's sloppy.

  • You see that?

  • >> Right. >> And then we kind of show these

  • guys like this.

  • And you can see they are all mixed up.

  • >> Right. >> To find it,

  • I need you to name your card.

  • Because I am not that good to find it.

  • I told you that last time.

  • So just name it.

  • Six of spades.

  • >> It's a riffle.

  • Hopefully we can get them all to go back in order, except that six of spades,

  • then we can find your card.

  • >> [APPLAUSE] >> Okay, okay, thank you.

  • Now hold on.

  • Now, I'll tell you why that's not that good.

  • I'll tell you why that's not that good, because you didn't know what to expect.

  • So I caught you on the off beat.

  • Were gonna do this together.

  • Some has facedown, some faceup, some facedown.

  • Some faceup.

  • And you see this two piles.

  • Look, we're gonna shuffle them together and

  • this time you can see what's gonna happen.

  • See that, I tell you what, why don't you do this.

  • Look look. Why don't you take this two halves and

  • kind of push them and the other.

  • >> Alright!

  • >> Yep, here, here.

  • Go ahead! Ok. [LAUGH] >> I did it.

  • [LAUGH] >> That was really good.

  • >> Yup. >> I'll tell you what let's have more fun.

  • Watch this? Why don't you take these and

  • kind of toss these in there?

  • Like take some of those.

  • Just some of there, some of there, some of there.

  • And see that- just take them and go.

  • >> Okay, alright.

  • >> Perfect! Good, good, good.

  • [LAUGH] And now we're gonna square this out.

  • Now this is a lot harder, because this usually takes me one or two shuffles.

  • >> It's still over here.

  • >> No. >> [LAUGH]

  • >> Okay, we'll figure that out.

  • Well, I can't find it again, so I told you what I thought I'd do.

  • Even with you shuffling, because you picked a spade,

  • I thought I'd put them all in order, except all the spades and

  • put the spades in order, so they're the only ones reversed.

  • >> What. >> [CROSSTALK] And

  • there we have all the spades to match your six.

  • Ace, two, three, four, five.

  • Here's six right there, seven eight nine ten, jack queen king ace.

  • Ellen.

  • Now hold on.

  • Walk with me, Ellen, come here.

  • Walk with me.

  • No, this is gonna get good.

  • Here's the deal.

  • I love Ellen's show, and I love everything about your energy.

  • Grab that pen.

  • I'm gonna throw this ball into the crowd,

  • and what I want somebody to do is catch it.

  • There you go, cool.

  • Stand up, stand up.

  • Stop, right there.

  • All I want you to do is tell me the feeling that you have when you

  • watch Ellen.

  • >> Happy

  • >> Boom, right there.

  • Just write the word happy.

  • >> Alrighty.

  • >> Yes.

  • I love it.

  • Happy.

  • Take that ball and I want you to throw that ball to somebody else.

  • Yes.

  • Stand up, stand up.

  • How does Ellen make you feel?

  • When you watch the show and you see her?

  • >> Great. >> Great good.

  • Write great.

  • We have happy, we have great.

  • So far so good.

  • Take that ball, give it a heave.

  • We have happy, we have great, that's a big toss.

  • Awesome. Stand up.

  • Whats your name?

  • Maddy.

  • >> Maddy, what's up, how you doing?

  • >> Good. >> I want you to give me a feeling.

  • When you watch Ellen, how does she make you feel?

  • >> Excited.

  • >> Excited, excited it is.

  • We have happy, we have great, and we have excited.

  • I love it.

  • Why don't you throw the ball up here?

  • Yup.

  • Perfect, that'll work.

  • There's one thing I love about your show.

  • On your show, you end it the same way every single time.

  • You say be kind to one another.

  • >> Right. >> I think that's one of the most

  • powerful messages there is.

  • >> [APPLAUSE] >> So do me a favor,

  • write be kind to one another.

  • Be kind to one another.

  • We have a choice in this world.

  • And we have a choice on how we choose people.

  • Happiness is a decision.

  • To feel great, it's a decision.

  • And to be excited, it's a decision that we all make every single day.

  • And that comes from watching your show, and

  • it motivates every single one of us to be great to one another.

  • Awesome. >> I hope so.

  • >> Yeah, yeah, before we started, hold on, before we started, I actually,

  • before we started I was on plane and I'm sitting here thinking to myself.

  • Why is it Ellen that I actually get so excited.

  • To be on your show.

  • And you know what?

  • I made a list myself.

  • And I thought, man, I tell you what, if I make this list.

  • And why don't you hold this out for me, right here, I thought to myself

  • first of all, I get more excited than anybody to come on your show.

  • And your show makes me feel great.

  • And when I feel great, I am so happy Ellen that I watched you.

  • And all I can >> [APPLAUSE]

  • >> Think to myself is I too,

  • will be kind to one another.

  • >> [APPLAUSE] >> Ladies and

  • gentlemen, this is one of the greatest people in the world.

  • I love it, thank you.

  • >> [APPLAUSE] >> Be wise, be happy, be excited.

  • >> We're back with magician and >> Philadelphia Eagle Jon Dorenbos,

  • and we have another trick.

  • >> Yeah, yeah. Okay.

  • Same thing, say stop.

  • >> Stop. >> Okay, take it, look at it.

  • >> Yup. >> Show to the camera.

  • I'm gonna show you guys a really cool move.

  • A lot of people wanna know how do magicians get cards from the middle

  • to the top so I'm gonna show you.

  • What you're gonna do is you're gonna put it face up so everybody can see it.

  • >> Okay. >> It helps me out, too.

  • >> Yeah, cuz you can now see it.

  • >> [LAUGH] >> Yeah, I can see it.

  • >> Watch the hand.

  • If you take it this way, and you just cover it,

  • see that's when your card will jump to the top from the middle.

  • Now, I know what you're thinking.

  • That's called palming, and it is.

  • So watch the queen.

  • It's when I palm it off the top.

  • Let me see your hand.

  • And then that's when the queen will go,

  • and that's when you can get it to disappear.

  • So that's how he does it.

  • Now, here's a misnomer right here.

  • >> [LAUGH] >> Everybody thinks it's the top card.

  • Everybody thinks it's the top card, but if you actually wait,

  • it's actually the second card.

  • You see the seven?

  • It's when we just tap it, that your queen will come back whenever we need it.

  • We get your queen to jump.

  • [SOUND] So that's how he does it.

  • I tell you what, watch the queen, see it watch the queen.

  • We're gonna go here.

  • Ellen, all I need you to do, is snap your fingers in just seconds.

  • Watch the five, snap your fingers.

  • When you snap it jumps to the top whenever we need, we can find it.

  • Now, here's the deal.

  • I love doing tricks and

  • I love this but the last time I was on your show we had a picture.

  • It's one of my favorite pictures.

  • I think this is really cool.

  • I wanna bring it out and show to everybody.

  • It's actually a picture of you and I but

  • if you remember I'm actually you thought of a 10 of spades.

  • >> Yup. >> Do you remember that?

  • >> Yup. >> Here hold it just like this.

  • I'm gonna take your queen, and well we're gonna kind of make this up as we go here.

  • Why don't you hold one of the corners.

  • The problem with this memory, is when I look at it,

  • it's not up to date because there's a ten and you picked a queen.

  • >> Mm-hm.

  • >> Make sense?

  • >> Yeah. >> So if I hold the queen against

  • the glass, watch.

  • Hopefully we can get it to go through.

  • See that?

  • And see now I'm holding the queen there, and we can actually go here too, and

  • I actually thought what the heck.

  • We'll hold your corner as well, and see that's me holding the queen and

  • the corner, and there's your picture just like that.

  • Isn't that cool, no, I know what you're thinking.

  • You're thinking that's not that good, but hey, I wanted to leave you with a memory.

  • Because I have a memory and you have a memory, so

  • I thought you know what, what the heck.

  • I thought I'd leave you with this as well.

  • I wanted you to have a picture just like I have a picture.

  • And I wanted you to leave holding that queen,

  • just like the one I have in my house.

  • >> Wow. >> [APPLAUSE]

  • >> Ladies and gentlemen, Ellen DeGeneres.

  • Thank you.

  • >> What!

  • What.

  • [LAUGH]

I was so blown away by our next guest the last time he was here that I got him back

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