Help me find a video I saw a couple of months ago: It's a clip of a foreign tv show where the host asks a bunch of random people to write their names, and afterwards he gives them each a private envelope that describes the that individual's personality. Everyone says that their envelope is amazingly accurate. In the end, he asks each person to switch envelopes with one another, and they all see that the same thing is written in every envelope. [more inside]
posted on Jun 13, 2008 - 10 answers

You know the playground trick whereby four of you can "levitate" a fifth person using just your fingertips (you first hold your hands over his head and count to 20)? How does that work, then?
posted on Nov 21, 2007 - 20 answers

What's it called when a bass guitarist goes all the way up, then down, then up the fret on one string? [more inside]
posted on May 16, 2007 - 14 answers

how do I make myself take more pictures? I post daily to my blog using my digital camera, problem is I want to motivate myself to use my 35mm camera. [more inside]
posted on Jan 15, 2007 - 29 answers

Quick change artist identification... [more inside]
posted on Aug 11, 2006 - 3 answers

How did actor/magician Harry Anderson's "Needle Through the Arm" magic trick work? [more inside]
posted on Jul 11, 2006 - 7 answers

Teach me a card trick. Inspired by a recent post on card tricks, I'd like to learn a simple but reasonably impressive trick with which to pester children at family gatherings etc. [more inside]
posted on May 15, 2006 - 17 answers

I know this is lame, but how is this lame math trick possible? [more inside]
posted on May 6, 2006 - 5 answers

How is this small object levitation magic trick done? [more inside]
posted on Apr 10, 2006 - 10 answers

How can my step-mom tell if a standard issue Bicylce playing card is a face card or not by looking at only the back of the card? [more inside]
posted on Dec 11, 2005 - 37 answers

How is this magic trick done? [more inside]
posted on Nov 4, 2005 - 22 answers

DailyShowFilter: Last night, Vitto Mortensen pulled reptiles from his coffee cup... [more inside]
posted on Sep 28, 2005 - 29 answers