Cyberchase
EcoHaven CSE: For Real
Clip: Season 3 Episode 1 | 3m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Harry performs magic using string and some body math.
Harry performs magic using string and some body math to stop a heckler and win the audience's applause.
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Cyberchase
EcoHaven CSE: For Real
Clip: Season 3 Episode 1 | 3m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Harry performs magic using string and some body math to stop a heckler and win the audience's applause.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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R REAL.
HARRY: THANK YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE AT STAR SEEK.
(CROWD APPLAUSE) THEY CERTAINLY ARE GETTING A LOT OF APPLAUSE UP THERE.
BY THE TIME IT'S MY TURN, THERE WON'T BE ANY APPLAUSE LEFT.
THANK YOU GADIES AND LENTLEMEN.
GREAT.
MAN: HARRY, WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
I THINK I SHOULD GO HOME AND REHEARSE.
GO HOME?
HARRY, LISTEN TO ME.
I'VE HAD THE GREATEST OF THE GREATS PLAY HERE.
NOW LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, THEY'VE ALL BEEN DOWN HERE, PACING BACK AND FORTH, NERVOUS, JUST LIKE YOU.
IT'S A TOUGH CROWD OUT THERE, BUT YOU'LL DO FINE, YOU'LL DO FINE.
SO YOU GO UP THERE AND YOU LET THEM KNOW WHO'S THE BOSS.
WHO'S THE BOSS?
WHO'S THE BOSS?
WHO'S THE BOSS?
RIGHT.
YOU GOT IT?
GO GET THEM, HARRY.
YOU'RE DRIVING ME NUTS.
MAN: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME THE AMAZING HARRY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH A MAGIC TRICK, THAT I- MAN: GET ON WITH IT!
BOUGHT IN A MAGIC STORE IN TAZMANIA.
WHENEVER I AM SHORT ON CASH, I REACH FOR MY MAGIC CAN, SEE?
TOTALLY EMPTY.
OH EXCUSE ME, I THINK I'M GOING TO SNEEZE.
ACHOO!
WE'VE ALL SEEN THAT ONE BEFORE.
THE ONCE EMPTY CAN IS NOW FILLED WITH MONEY.
OKAY, WELL, I'M SURE YOU'VE ALL HEARD OF A RABBIT COMING OUT OF A HAT.
BUT HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A...
SKUNK COME OUT OF A HAT?
THIS ACT STINKS WORSE THAN THAT SKUNK!
I BETTER THINK OF SOMETHING QUICK!
THESE TRICKS AREN'T WORKING!
FOR MY NEXT TRICK, I WILL NEED A VOLUNTEER FROM THE AUDIENCE.
HOW ABOUT YOU, SIR, WITH THE LOUD VOICE?
WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU IS NOT A TRICK.
IT'S REAL.
YEAH, RIGHT.
NOW I KNOW A LOT ABOUT YOU ALREADY.
LIKE, YOU'RE RUDE, AND YOU HAVE A LOUD MOUTH.
BUT THIS SIMPLE PIECE OF STRING CAN TELL ME EVEN MORE.
LET'S START SMALL.
MAY I SEE YOUR THUMB?
IF I WRAP THIS PIECE OF STRING TWO TIMES AROUND YOUR THUMB, FOR MOST PEOPLE, THE DISTANCE OF TWICE AROUND YOUR THUMB IS ABOUT THE SAME AS ONCE AROUND YOUR WRIST.
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDS) NOW, SUPPOSE I WANTED TO BUY YOU A SHIRT FOR A SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PRESENT.
IF I ASK YOU YOUR COLLAR SIZE, YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT I WAS UP TO, BUT ALL I HAVE TO DO IS WRAP THIS STRING, TWO TIMES AROUND YOUR WRIST AND IT'S JUST ABOUT THE SAME AS THE DISTANCE... AROUND YOUR NECK.
(AUDIENCE APPLAUSE AND CHEERS) (LAUGHS) NOW, BECAUSE SOME PARTS OF THE BODY ARE PROPORTIONAL, YOU CAN MEASURE ONE PART AND PREDICT THE LENGTHS OF OTHERS.
SO THREE TIMES AROUND YOUR HEAD IS JUST ABOUT THE SAME AS YOUR HEIGHT...
WHICH IS JUST ABOUT THE SAME AS YOUR OUT-STRETCHED ARMS.
AND NOW WE DANCE!
AUDIENCE: (CHEERS AND LAUGHS) MAN: HARRY!
THERE HE IS!
WHAT DID I TELL YOU?
NOW WAS THAT HARD?
YOU DID GREAT.
YOU'RE GONNA MAKE IT TO THE FINALS.
YOU'RE GONNA BE A BIG STAR.
I'M GONNA PUT YOUR PICTURE RIGHT ON THE WALL.
WHO'S THE BOSS?
HEY, DON'T GET A SWELLED HEAD.
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