Derren Brown

quite a few it's

usually more the mentalism stuff like David Blaine does shit and I'll never figure it out because he's some of it he's really doing and Darren Brown great mentalist I can never figure out his shit that guy's

insane mentalist as in they'll like ask questions or pick information out of you yeah it's more magic without props And hand magic and sleight of hand.

There's a video of a guy online who does, and I really, like when I'm talking about magic, this is the way my aunt talks to me about stand-up.

Sat in the pub for a couple of hours and chatted and stuff and caught up.

And then we went to see Derren Brown.

Now, I am not one to talk shit about a fellow performer, especially a fellow performer whom I admire so much.

I will say that without qualification, Derren Brown is the greatest performer in the history of the mystery genre.

If you are looking for performers who do magical, mystical kind of... unexplainable type performance.

Derren Brown's the best.

He's not just the best that there is right now.

He is the best that there has ever been.

There are different ways to perform magic, and there are many popular magicians out there, mentalists even.

We reference Oz Perlman and Darren Brown and some of the more amazing mentalists that are out there.

What they do, they have to make work for the platform that they're on.

If you see – I don't want to speak for him, but if you see Oz Perlman in person, you're going to get a different experience than if you see Oz Perlman on – a video or on stage.

But it doesn't make me want to cry as much as the electric ones because the electric one is fully covered and it's all plastic and it's quite shiny.

And I see first-gen Mark I cars you know, .1 Darren Brown, his goatee.

That's what I see.

Anyone with a goatee from the early 2000s,

I see that in the Mercedes.

I probably won't be able to find a rights-free image of Darren Brown's goatee, but you'll know.

You'll know.

You're over the age of...

ahead.

I'll tell you what, one better cast didn't sort of freak me out, which is Derren Brown.

I think he was the

voice of the ghost.

And when I got the booklet, I'm like – This is not going to do shit.

But then I saw David Blaine do it and Darren Brown do it on specials.

And I'm like, this is insane.

And this is a miracle.

What's the difference doing these bold moves? Is it the confidence? Is it his timing, body language, the way they speak, the ability to read the audience or all the above?

Yeah, I think it's all the above.

I think it's how cool, calm and collected they are while doing it, right? I just heard Darren Brown talk about the idea that within five seconds of someone walking out, you can get a pretty good gauge on if you feel like we're going to be looked after during, like if we're in safe hands with this guy or do we have to worry that he's going to stuff up and nervous energy.

Yeah, if people know that you know your shit, then they're relaxed.