- Okay, so the plan today is,
I'm gonna go to a magic shop.
Here, let me put this down.
I'm gonna go to a magic shop in Montreal.
The same shop that we
spend a bunch of money in
to buy stuff.
(upbeat rock music)
Let's face it!
Due to the rise of e-commerce
and online shopping,
brick and mortar shops
all around the world
have been forced to shutdown.
And this is especially
true for magic shops.
Even in the last 10 years,
100's of local magic shops
have been forced to close their doors.
In fact, in the entire country of Canada,
there are only about seven shops left!
So to help support my local magic shops,
and local magicians,
I'm going to ask the shop owner
to let me work behind the counter
and help solve some magic tricks,
except I'm going to pay for everything!
So without any further ado,
me and Lee are gonna head into the city
and surprise some magicians.
You ready Lee?
- I'm ready.
- (laughs) Okay.
Here goes nothing, hello,
we just got to Montreal,
we're about 30 feet from the store,
we're gonna go pop in right now.
They have no idea we're coming.
Hopefully, they let us behind the counter.
(door chiming)
- Hey!
- Guys are always happy
to see me, look at him.
(all laughing)
- We're spending $10,000 in your store.
(heavenly cash register ringing)
Here is my plan for today boys.
- $20,000.
- (laughs) Maybe.
Busy day?
- It's been a bit busy.
- Good, good, so we shouldn't
be here for that long then.
The idea is, I wanna go behind the counter
and help you guys out,
and I'm gonna help sell
some magic tricks today.
And then I'm gonna pay
for whoever buys whatever.
I'm just gonna pay for everything.
- Oh.
- For all the customers.
Glen can I put something out on socials?
- Is that cool, can we do that?
- Absolutely.
- Yes!
All right, here we go.
(slow house music)
I'm officially behind the
counter in my new attire.
This is my salesman outfit.
What do you guys think, I'm not wearing
as much black as you?
But what do you guys think?
Does this work?
What are some things
that you guys wanna sell?
(claps) What are some things that are like
we're pushing right now?
That's what I'm here for.
I'm here to show you my sales prowess.
- There is so much stuff.
- So these are the things
we are gonna have to sell
because, new products come
into magic shops all the time.
Obviously, we are trying to
roll out the old inventory
so we'll spice some of those orders up.
Stephan here is gonna
show you a card trick.
Does it need a tiny plunger?
- No it doesn't need a tiny.
- Okay.
- I'm gonna ask you to make all the card
in the deck vanish except one.
- Got it.
- Okay, which one you keep?
- The three of diamonds.
- Three of diamonds, okay.
- Okay, three of diamonds.
- (laughs) So there is one card facing up.
Which is the three of diamonds.
- Let's go.
- Okay, and it's the
only one actually.
- Beautiful.
- And I told you could
vanish all the cards.
- Correct.
- And if we turn them over,
you can see that all the cards are gone,
except that one card that you chose.
- Very nice. (claps)
- So it's very good.
- Alright, what's this then?
Roll.
- Roll, okay, okay.
So now, I need to show you a prediction
which can be written in any language.
This is a, you know--
- A french deck, we are in Montreal.
- We're in Montreal, so it says
I won't show you the
full, only half of it.
(speaking in French)
- You're gonna roll.
- You're gonna roll.
- All right.
- Okay, so whatever you roll on the dice,
I'm gonna count the cards too.
- Okay
- Okay, you can roll one dice,
two dice, or three dice.
It's up to you.
- Lee, how many dice
do we roll?
- [Lee] Two.
Two dice.
- Okay,
So pick up two dice.
- Lee, you roll them.
- We keep it, if you wanna roll again--
- I say roll again, I say
roll again, seven is common.
- [Lee] Roll again?
- Yeah, roll again, don't roll a seven.
(rolling dice)
- [Lee] Nine.
- Nine is good?
- Yup.
- You happy?
Nine cards, so one, two,
three, four, five, six, seven,
eight, that's the ninth one.
If you would have rolled like
10, that would be the card.
And so on.
I did show you a prediction,
which was behind the nine of hearts.
So if we go through the deck,
here, get that nine out.
And remember I said you will roll.
- Yes.
- You will roll what?
Nine, four clubs.
- Four clubs?
- That was mine.
- Let's see.
(all yelling)
What do these do?
It says here, very stinky.
So you just open it and
it stinks instantly?
Oh, we got a customer.
(speaks in French)
(speaks in French)
(speaks in French)
(speaks in French)
- She has a son who
wants to do a magic show
for his entire school, and
he's only six years old.
That's pretty dope.
(speaks in French)
- Oh yeah, like a fake booger.
Okay, we're looking for
fake boogers. (claps)
Fake boogers.
- Looking for fake boogers here.
- I think here it is.
- This one yes.
- That's it?
That's all you've got.
- Oh okay, well, if you need any help sir,
you know who to call.
See another happy customer.
I can give you a real one if you want.
(laughs)
How long is the show for your son,
like five minutes, 10 minutes?
- As long as he--
- As long as he wants,
and he is six years old?
He's so brave.
- I know (laughs)
- That's grade one?
- Yup
- Wow, and they're doing
like a talent show?
- Like a talent show
- Oh my gosh,
I can't even imagine at six
years old, that's incredible.
What a brave boy.
What's his name?
- Malek
- Malek, cool name.
(speaks in French)
- No, show it now, show it
now, it's okay, show it now.
- Okay, (speaks French).
- So, here's the thing, we
surprised the magic shop today.
I do YouTube videos,
I'm a magician, and --
(speaks in French)
- I'm coming behind
the counter to help out
but at the same time, to
encourage local magic shops
and to encourage magicians,
and young magicians.
We're gonna actually pay for everything.
- Oh.
- Yeah, so get what
you want for him.
Whatever you want, have
a look at the store.
Doesn't matter, anything
is on the house today, so.
- For real?
- Yeah, for real!
100% yeah, go for it.
You should get some electronics,
the expensive stuff.
(laughs)
(speaks in French)
- What the hell, that's so great!
Or you can make a flower appear.
(laughs)
(mumbles) Yay, there you go!
- And then you have the giant one.
(shouts)
Let's get her the giant one instead.
Yeah the small one, this
one is cheap and ugly,
let's get the nice one,
here is the good one.
(speaks in French)
- But wait, there's more.
(speaks in French)
- Right!
That's great!
What?
So you add a little Viagra to it.
(speaks in French)
- When is the show?
- It's like the 15th of December.
- Okay so he has time to practice.
- Yes.
- Awesome!
This guy's only in the prank section.
Come over here, follow me.
Is this for work, or just for friends?
- For friends and family.
- And family?
- Yeah.
- I'm here today,
I run a YouTube channel
and we are encouraging local magic shops,
but also encouraging local magicians,
and we're gonna pay for your entire order.
Should have bought more.
(laughs)
Boom.
Here you go sir.
(Chris speaks French)
(speaks in French)
- I paid for everything,
all good, thank you so much.
(speaks in French)
- Thank you, have a good day,
good luck with your pranks.
- I come back.
(laughs)
(scanner clicks)
This kid's magic dock
is already better than mine, Sylvan.
This coin thing is cool huh?
Shouldn't work like that.
- It's okay?
- And there you go Julie.
- Thank you very much.
- Thank you very much,
and good luck to Malek.
- Thank you.
- Have a good day, even as an adult,
it's nerve wracking
performing in front of people.
Especially knowing magic,
so imagine not even doing it, brave kid.
We'll probably be seeing him here
one day when he is older, right?
- Happens often.
- All right, nice.
We have here, an ordinary handkerchief.
And on the count of
three, one, two, three,
turns into a cane.
Bet you don't know how that works.
And you will never find out.
Magician never reveals
his secrets. (laughs)
Wanna smell?
- No, nope.
- I've never actually been
in the back store of a
magic shop in my life.
This is secret secret.
Has anyone ever been in here?
- [Lee] No, no.
- This is what it is in
the back of a magic shop.
Okay, all right.
And there is a microwave,
so if we want some food,
we can heat some food up.
Oh my god, so bright.
So here, catch.
So when the paparazzi comes to town,
you're just like no
pictures, please no pictures.
(laughs)
We're waiting for lunch,
but it's kind of slow,
so I think I am gonna go
outside and ask people
if they want to buy some
magic stuff, come on.
(door chimes open)
It's cold.
(speaks in French)
Anything?
(speaks in French)
- Okay, all right, let's go,
we got our first customer.
Do you want to buy a prank?
- [Store Worker] Fart
machine, that's a must.
- The fart machine?
Perfect, there you go.
(laughs)
Thank you.
- Bye.
- We go again.
(laughs)
- [Lee] This guy.
- Hi sir, how is it going?
- [Lee] You want to buy a magic trick?
- [Chris] I'm paying,
anything you want I am buying.
No, okay, all right, have a good day.
Hi, how are you, do you
want to buy a magic trick?
I'm paying, I'll buy you anything.
- You will buy me a magic trick?
- Anything you want, in
the whole entire store.
- Really?
- Yeah, 100%!
- My son likes magic.
- He does, how old is he?
- He's 12.
- 12, perfect age
to start magic.
What's you name?
- Shannon.
- Chris.
- Hi Chris.
- Nice to meet you,
that's my camera man, Lee.
- Why are you buying
magic tricks?
- I'm doing a YouTube video,
I'm a magician.
- So what does a 12 year old boy need.
- He likes magic?
- Yeah, totally.
- Let's go see, a 12 year old boy.
What does a 12 year old
boy want, something cool,
like nothing cheesy.
- Card tricks.
- Yeah, serious magic.
- Yes, serious magic, let's go.
I mean, invisible deck.
- Absolutely.
- Yes, get invisible deck.
The magic deck is very cool, absolutely,
you want to show her how it works?
- Yeah, sure, deck of cards here.
You put it inside the box, snap my finger,
and boom, it's gone.
- Oh nice.
- We have a nickels?
- Yup.
- Nickels, okay, sorry,
and these little boys here.
Four nickels, snap my
fingers turns into dimes.
- [Shannon] Oh nice.
- [Chris] That's pretty cool.
- You can make money really.
- Can you turn that into like, 50's?
(crosstalk drowns out speakers)
(laughs)
- Here we go.
- Shannon.
- Thank you.
- Thank you so much,
and if you ever need magic come here,
we're always here for
supporting young magicians.
There you go.
- Sounds awesome.
- Thanks Shannon, have a great day.
- Have a good day.
We are Magie Spectram, you know this?
- The what?
(Chris speaks French)
I'm buying for you, do you have a kid?
- No, no.
- Oh okay.
Sad.
Hi, how are you, how is it going?
Hi sir, do you want to buy a magic trick?
I'm paying. (Chris speaks French)
Anything you want.
No, you, do you have a
kid, does he like magic?
It's rough.
It's getting a little frisky out here.
Sir, how are you?
How is it going?
Do you want to buy a magic trick?
I'm paying, I am buying anything you want.
Anything!
- I don't speak English.
(Chris speaks French)
How about a trick to fool your friends?
I'm paying, I'm buying you
anything you want, are you busy?
- I don't have time.
- You don't have time?
Okay man, have a good day.
He would have crushed it.
He would have crushed it, I am sure.
Do you do magic, you choose?
- No.
- No, okay, have a good day.
This is a magic store.
- Okay bye.
- I guess magic isn't as popular
as I thought it would be, I guess.
[Chris] Do you have a child,
or someone that would like
a magic trick?
- No, I don't know any. (laughs)
- You don't know anyone?
- No, they are all too old.
- They are all too old?
- They are all too old.
I know, I'm sorry.
- Have a good day.
- [Lee] Maybe it's the outfit.
(laughs)
- Maybe it's cause I
look like a pedophile.
And I'm like, "Do you have kids?"
(laughs)
- [Lee] Maybe you
shouldn't open with that.
- Yeah, I probably
shouldn't open with that.
Hi, how is it going?
Hi, how are you?
Do you want to buy a magic trick?
I'm paying.
(Chris speaks French) Anything you want.
- [Lee] They completely ignored you.
- [Chris] That's cool, have a good day.
(Chris speaks French)
We're paying for anything
you want in this store.
- I'm good.
- I'm really paying.
Anything you want.
- I'm good.
- Okay, have a good day.
- How good is your life
if you are just like,
no, I got everything?
You know.
(speaks in French)
♪ It's cold outside ♪
♪ It's cold outside ♪
Good thing their store
front is up-to-date though.
I really feel like it's up-to-date.
Maybe that's the problem.
Do you have kids, or friends, or anything.
Do they want a trick,
I'm buying, I'm paying.
Do you want to try, come, come.
Hi, Chris.
- Hi Chris.
(speaks in French)
- Sorry, anything you need.
(door chimes open)
I could try this?
We could try that.
From ace to king, what ever you want.
- Okay. (speaks in French)
- Okay.
We'll try here.
Oh look.
(laughs)
And you could have named anything.
The only one.
Come on, not bad?
(speaks in French)
Dude, is this the good one?
- [Store Worker] Yeah,
that's the best one.
- There we go.
(Chris speaks French)
Happy customers.
(Chris speaks French) Come again.
(speaks in French)
- How are you, we are
gonna buy you anything
you want in this store.
(Woman speaks in French)
- Anything, anything.
- I'm probably gonna lose
my job because of you.
- [Chris] What's up?
- I'm probably gonna lose
my job because of you now.
- [Chris] How come?
You left your job?
You left your job?
What's your name?
- I saw your Instagram.
I was like, I've got
to go see him for once.
- Yeah dude, what's your name?
- Costa.
- Costa, do you do magic?
- Yeah, a little bit.
- And you just left?
- I go outside, past buy.
I just saw his Instagram, I
got to go see him, talk to him.
- Man!
- Okay, we will get a gift
for your boss.
He saw my Instagram post
and he left his shift
at work to come here.
So, we got to make it
up to him, all right?
Have a look, if you need a demo,
Sylvan is gonna do it this time.
- Need a pack of cards.
- Oh, you want one of these?
- [Costa] Which ones?
- These ones.
Yeah?
- Man, I was tryna
get one, $700 on Ebay.
- How much?
- [Everyone] $700?
- Here, I will give you two.
- Costa come here.
I've got a little bit
of a surprise for you.
Sylvan informed me that you
wanted to buy something a while ago.
That you have put it aside.
- I put it aside, yeah.
- But you never ended up getting it.
It's a little pricey.
How much is this thing?
And this one is $500.
You got the choice, which one do you want?
By the way, these are watches
that will create smoke.
Right, and they are very expensive,
they're hard to make, do you wanna
stick with that one or did you good?
- Yeah.
- All right, good, done.
This, this, here you go sir.
Let's scan this.
- [Lee] What did you get for your boss?
- [Chris] Oh yeah, we got to
get something for your boss.
What's her name?
- Tyra.
- She can put in on her self,
or she can sell it on Ebay if
she wants to cover your shift.
- No no, she won't sell these.
- Oh, it's hers.
- First baby.
- [Chris] You want me to call her?
- Yeah Ima call her.
- She's mad at you dude.
She's not answering, she's pissed.
All right, hi, just want
to let you know he's safe.
Everything is good.
We've taken good care of him.
He is very incredibly sorry
for leaving work like an idiot.
He shouldn't have left.
That's his fault, but that's on me.
He's cool, and he's coming back.
We even got a gift for you, okay.
Just to say sorry.
- [Costa's Boss] You just made his day.
- Well, you guys made my day.
So thanks, and you'll be seeing him soon.
He's bring his ass back to work.
- Man, you're the best.
- Thank you, appreciate it.
- Take care guys, bye.
- Here's what we're doing today.
We are trying to support,
not only local magic shops,
but also local magicians.
Or just people who support the channel.
I mean, I'm always down for that.
So what I am offering you
is just get whatever the hell you want,
anything, could be anything at all.
Could be a bunch of decks, whatever.
Go nuts, it's you.
- Nice.
- Yeah, you collect cards?
- Yeah, sure.
- Get a basket.
What do we want here.
- For sure, that one.
- Yeah, let's go.
(upbeat saxophone music)
We'll grab a couple of these.
- Another.
- Yeah, the First Verse baby.
Want me to sign one?
- Yeah sure.
- And soon, there'll be three.
- Yeah, I want for them.
- Want to see them?
- Yeah sure.
(speaks French)
- That means it's good.
That means he likes them.
(speaks in French)
(speaks in French) Thanks a lot.
- So those decks, they're are from 1994.
(Chris speaks French)
- He's been trying to sell
those decks for years.
And he is not able to.
- I'll give him a little trick.
Here's how you sell a deck of cards.
See, now they are first playing cards.
And they're signed.
Little bit of a trick for you there.
Now we can sell them.
- Finally, thank you.
(Upbeat music)
- Okay.
$468 equals $2,032.
Hey, it's not $10,000, but you know what,
we supported some local magicians.
And that's, I think, worth a lot more.
'Cause those are gonna be customers,
that will be coming back.
Especially, if they know that I am here.
(laughs)
You guys better be honest here,
we're not selling these,
these are only for customer,
that come by, they are here
from the Chris Ramsay videos.
- I'm not that good with my English,
but Chris, I really appreciate --
- I'm right here.
(laughs)
- Chris, I really appreciate
what you did for me last year,
everyday I heard somebody tell
me that he saw your video.
- Wow!
- And some people came here
from everywhere in the world.
Okay, just telling me it's because of you.
Buddy, I appreciate that.
- Give me a hug.
Thanks buddy, I appreciate that.
- I love you, man.
- I love you too, brother.
Thank you so much.
Guys, go check these guys out.
Link in the bio, you can check
they've got an online store.
They can ship stuff to you as well.
Thanks guys again.
And we'll see you next time.
- [Chris Voiceover] So there you go.
Not only were we allowed
to work behind the
counter at a magic shop.
We got to help out a local magic shop.
And in the process, we got to encourage
some young and upcoming magicians.
And also may have turned
a random stranger,
and possibly, on to magic.
So anyways guys, if you like this video,
go ahead and like, subscribe
if you're new here.
And also, don't forget to
support your local magic shop.
Thanks for watching.
We'll see you next time.
(upbeat electronic music)
