The music just makes the video so much better idk why
Was this played off as sexual or was it supposed to be serious, because I am so hard right now.
Light as a feather Stiff as a board
This works three ways. The craft, this clip, Shaqs free throws...
Light as a feather stiff as my cock
Blessed be
I bind you Nancy
Yes
Was this played off as subjective or was it supposed to be objective, because I am right now.
Hey! Who touched my penis?
A succulent Chinese meal
This is democracy manifest!
Judo well
Yes
Uhm sir are you insinuating this is fake?
His canyon car jump trick was even worse.
I'm laughing
Magic! shack does not have a shadow.
2000s energy
All of the Criss Angel/David Blaine stuff was cringy AF back in the day. David Copperfield had kicked off the whole "celebrity magician using camera tricks on TV" thing back in the 80s/90s and this was just the peak of it.
I would say Chris angel and David Blaine are very different lol
Do you mean Blaine’s feats of strength/will? Because his closeup street magic (what initially made him famous) was revolutionary and he is absolutely a “proper” magician. And magicians praised him abundantly.
It brought it back to focus on the magic and awe of it all. No spectable, nothing flashy, just raw closeup magic.
Copperfield and Angel are way closer than Blaine is to either. But still very far apart. Copperfield was a story teller. He didn’t have a schtick. Blaine was raw magic. Angel was spectacle. All amazing magicians texhnically.
Shitting on Copperfield is the same as comedians shitting on Seinfeld. They are both true to their craft and incredible at it. You don’t have to like it but you should respect it. They worked hard and were incredibly gifted in their respective crafts. Both had massively successful careers before most realize nowadays. And because of that they became who they are today.
The fact that you used cringy to describe Blaine means you’re probably too young to barely remember 10 years after he was already famous and can barely reference whatever that coffin bullshit he did was. Not hating on age just that you’re seemingly ignorant to how these three are very very different magicians and performers. And if it’s not an age thing, I’m not sure how you think these three are similar other than being magicians that are celebrities.
I don’t like Angel but he was “innovative” and of the times. He was epitome emo-pop which makes sense and was inherently cringy. But was/is still respected in the magic community.
These guys aren’t dead.
C'mon bro. We were bored, not stupid.
For a while there was a Criss Angel channel on Plutotv and it was the greatest thing ever. It was basically Tommy Wiseau magic hour.
Tommy Wiseau magic hour
Uhhhhhh why isn’t this a thing??
Look. This is my haaat. I’m going to reach in it. Oh hi rabbit.
I don't know if he actually uttered those words but you captured the Wiseau essence perfectly.
No thats not Tommy, its Chris Angel
Chris Wiseau? Tommy Angel?
It's already a thing. Every hour that Tommy Wiseau is on camera is magic.
Touché!
that's essentially his twitch channel
Looool I saw him in Vegas and that’s a really great way of describing his act
TIL Shaq casts no shadow.
Shadows were not in the budget
No, of course he does, but Criss Angel disappeared it as an act of double magic. Such amazing.
You’d be good at religion.
👁🗨👀🙇🏻♂️
It's an early spring!
Shaq is a vampire, confirmed
What the eff? Put him down!
I'm levitating! I feel warm and I'm levitating!
He put me on the roof, he put me down on the roof!
CHEEZEITS
Here's a $100, I owe it to your son.
You demon!
There‘s nothing underneath him!
Big whoop!
Criss Angel did it better you bitch!
Stop it, you... fucking... demon!!
That guy has been on Saturday night live for a few years. And hosts Is it Cake.
Blows my mind.
The other guy is also the waiter on Always Sunny (who changes jobs several times)
I'm to remember every man I've seen fall into a plate of spaghetti!?
He's been on SNL for over a decade lol.
Ya. I couldn’t remember.
I do remember when he started. I was like “it’s the David Blaine guy!”
Mikey Day
Cheezits! Cheezits! Cheezits! Cheezits!
STOP PUTTING ORANGE SODA IN OUR MOUTHES!!!
Does it burn?!
My mind is freaked
Prepare your mind… for the mind explosion!
Human Giant was the best.
It kills me that I can’t find any episodes or anything about that show online. They used to have all of them on YouTube but they got deleted and nothing.
The training video for CEOs who can levitate is one of my all time favorite sketches.
Where he has to scream to levitate? Yea that shit was gold lol
Him casually screaming as he passes the workers on their computers to check on them
Season 2 never even got a DVD release!
I bought the first season on iTunes way back in the day. My favorite digital purchase ever.
He freaks my mind! Filthy little mind freaker.
The line is “Criss Angel?! You freak my mind, you filthy punk!” Come on Roger, get it right!
S4 e16 Delorean Story-an “no I hate new school street magic. I like dirty punk magic, I like Criss Angel he freaks my mind, filthy little mind freaker that’s what he is.
Oh man. I’ve been dadded. I feel like Bend Oregon, gutter trash
It’s all good and your quote is also correct he’s such a mind freaker he needs several references!
I didn’t realize he says it twice throughout the episode. He says it the time you referenced, then again when they actually meet Criss Angel pretending to be David Blane lol
You need to check your magic murder bag
1-900-490-FREAK
Da fuck was flava flav doin there!? Yeaaaaaa Boiiiiii
First one I noticed was carrot top.
lol I noticed him right away
FREEZE How low can you go
As utterly goofy as this man is, he has an incredible track record of philanthropy, especially after his son was diagnosed with childhood leukemia. He funnels a ton of money and resources paid by these dumb vids and stunts for great causes, and for that, I love them even more.
He's also a big debunker of fake spiritualists, mind-readers, etc. He's very clear that everything he does is an illusion, and helps promote magic as an art form.
Dude's kinda ridiculous, but as someone who loves magic, I have to give him his props.
and he's great at basketball too!
Lmfao this comment is so funny
goated
Loved him in Kazaam!
That’s the not Sinbad one
no, that’s the seven seas
We’re talking about Shazam right? The totally real movie starring sinbad?
One of my favourite scary movies.
Hes like a magic Jack Sparrow that goes around whimsically freaking people out. Like if David Blane and Jack Sparrow had a kid. Pretty cool that he calls out spiritualists / mediums too, they prey on people dealing with a traumatic loss so fuck those guy.
I'll admit it, I loved his show when I was younger and I have it all on DVD. I thought he made magic seem more modern and 'cool'.
Had no idea people shit on it until years later. Oh well.
Who cares what others think. It was never my thing but that shouldn’t dampen your fondness for it. I’m glad you have the set so you can enjoy it in the future and share your enjoyment of it with others 😃
Yeah I ended up going to his Vegas show as an adult. Enjoyed that too lol.
Illusion, Michael. A trick is something a whore does for money...
I mean he’s definitely a weirdo. I saw him live in Vegas a few years ago, and all the fun ridiculousness aside, he made some awkward af comments lol. Like he kept making the same kinda racist joke about black dicks… and a “short bus” joke 🥴
Dudes just stuck in 2006 I guess haha
That was one of the things I liked most about him.
I don't know if fancy editing and everyone being in on it counts as an illusion. I watched his TV show way back and was fairly impressed by by some impossible shots then found out the whole thing is 'fake' like removing wires and everyone is an actor. Compare that to something that can be done on a stage and you know is 'real'.
If someone thinks this is real that’s their own damn fault. If real life dude is that cool then he’s cool in my book.
Like the Redditors who get angry about fake videos. It doesn’t change the world in the slightest that this exists and if you’re dumb enough to believe it that’s your problem. Can’t baby every moron.
Damn, that's fucking awesome. If that's the case I hope he keeps doing these stunts.
Well shit, guess that makes me a fan.
Nice reminder, but honestly i don't even think this comment is necessary. Most people are not thinking anything bad about Shaq here. Everyone kind of knows he is the man.
It was him floating away in complete silence that did it for me..
Was he in catatonic shock? Was he at peace? Was he alive ?
There's no sound in an interstellar worm hole.
Acute temporary rigor mortis
I thought this was a comedic edit that would have Shaq float off into the sun. I need someone to do that.
He appears to be at peace
Wow. Looks like the real deal to me…
That guy used to be married to my cousin’s sister-in-law. At a wedding he spent half his time doing magic for the guests and the other half talking to me & the cousin’s younger brother (also my cousin) about magnets.
Magnets? What do you mean magnets?
Just magnets.
Fucking Magnets! How do they work?!
Cotton Candy don't get wet until it's in yo mouth!
ICP wasn't known for their intelligence, that's for sure.
Oh really? Well then Mr. Smarty pants, why don’t YOU explain to me how they work.
miracles
The fact that I can't honestly differentiate between the actual ICP lyrics and the SNL parody lyrics makes me so very happy.
Ass Dan’s kids look just like Ass Dan.
And both my kids look just like Ass Dan.
RIP Ass Dan.
Not in water
Ghouls
Milksteak
Little green ghouls buddy!
Not people’s knees.
He imagined he could use magnets to levitate stuff. Never mentioned Shaq.
He imagined something that was already proven to be possible. Man’s a genius.
Yeah, magnets, bitch!
Has he figured out how they work? Does he have theories?
You have discovered his secret, now you can become a competing magician and steal his business
ICP needs his number.
“Chris Angel has tricks, but none like me. This magic is nothing to a real genie. Now stand back, this isn’t a sham. Witness my power, I AM KAZAAM!” -Shaq, probably
-Sinbad, definitely*
Yo I’ve been mind-freaked
The funniest part about this is that if you ask him today Shaq would say it was real.
Shaq knows to keep it kayfabe.
That was oddly sensual
I lost it when Flava Flave popped into view
Imagine if he slowly disappeared into the distance while his agent looks on sweating profusely.
"Now look here Criss Angel, you'll be in a lot of trouble if he doesn't come back!" Criss smiles as the agent starts to levitate and follow Shaq.
Next TMZ report says they were both too high to attend their next interview.
And every few days various towns across the country have Shaq sightings.
Levitate me like one of your French girls.
But for real How did they do it?
Edited for TV and everyone is in on it. Just a crane.
The first part was a crane and the wires were edited out.
The middle part of him being tidally locked to the camera, including as he was coming down with no shadow, was CGI.
The last shot of him landing was the crane again.
Video/TV magicians that use special effects to pull of their magic drive me crazy. Justin Willman's "Magic For Humans" is another one. I'm impressed when I see a magician do something on stage or on the street, but I can't watch these types of shows any more.
Yeah, CGI and video editing have gotten so good that any “magic” that isn’t based on a practical effect is frankly unimpressive.
It's what really put me off Derren Brown. He always made a big thing about not using stooges or editing, and then he eventually did a trick where he predicted the live lottery numbers that was blatantly obviously just editing where he froze the half of the screen that had his hidden predictions on so someone could swap them out before he revealed them.
At that point why would anyone find anything he does impressive when literally anyone could trivially recreate it with video editing?
Green screen and actors.
OH FUCK, HE MADE SHAQS SHADOW DISAPPEAR TOO!
You DEMON David Blaine!
Lmaoooo he doesn't even cast a shadow at the end of the clip.
Though this would make a good meme. Just him laying down, floating away.
Stop it David Blaine! Get out of here!
wtf did I just watch
Shaqballoon!
Shaq Balloon https://youtu.be/YjNdxk6vxs4?si=1fPjAm5zR3-u8eCX
I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembers this.
Crane
I agree that Bob Crane's ghost levitated him.
Mind Freak!
What does live rent free mean? Im old.
It means having something stuck in your head. It is sometimes used as a derogatory statement. Like when someone or something irritates you and then someone gloats that whatever that thing is "living rent free" in your head/brain.
Thanks!
“Lives rent free in my head”
This kinda internet speak irritates me more than it should. Kinda like:
No one:
Me: (insert literally anything here)
EDIT. I STAND BY WHAT I SAID
So what you're saying is, this kinda internet speak... lives rent free in your head?
Beautiful champ! Ya love to see it!
"Living rent free" as a phrase was coined before the internet existed
i'm with you
I saw Criss Angel in Vegas. He was utter dogshit. How does he have a career?
Saw Penn and Teller on the same trip. They were phenomenal.
Took our kid to Vegas last year for his bday: saw Penn and Teller, Shin Lim, David Copperfield and Criss Angel.
I’m a huge Penn and Teller fan and they were a huge letdown, I Would much rather have saved some money and watched a couple episodes of Bullshit instead. I’ve heard they don’t have a consistent show, unlike most magicians in Vegas. So maybe they had an off night.
I thought Criss Angel was fun, definitely relies on theatrics a bit too much. Shin Lim was incredible though, that was by far our favorite. David Copperfield creeped me out, especially when he started trying to work out his daddy issues with his Alien friend.
Ohhhh that brothers floating, in theee aiiiiir
Oh man i forgot about this
please tell me there is a video where its been edited to look like shaq is flying through the air across various vistas in this position.
The largest person.... Ever!!!!
Yao Ming would like to have word...
His Vegas show was the worst, dumbest thing I’ve ever seen.
That was filmed at this house in Las Vegas... well technically Henderson. I won't name the owner.
https://www.redfin.com/NV/Henderson/1-Club-Point-Ct-89052/home/29905284
Not just Flava Flav, they got DJ Paul from Three 6 Mafia!!
I need a version where he just keeps floating away, Criss holding his arms out in awe.
Moments after hitting Flav’s pipe
This is so dumb. Everyone knows Kazaam can levitate.
I think OPs title now is in mine.
MIND FREAKK
*Chris Angle
I love that people believe this
they're not even looking in the same direction lmao
The Mindfreak intro lives rent free in my head.
Flava Flav was Flummoxed.
the real trick was getting rid of Shaq's shadow because damn even the Sun was gettin' played no cap
Was this played off as humorous or was it supposed to be serious, because I am laughing so hard right now.