The live version
uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-qFu6i08f9w
is not as good, probably just good camera angles
(, Mon 12 Jan 2009, 6:12, Reply)
This explains it ^^
The America's Got Talent version is editted, in the live version the top half of the body and the legs are wheeled off stage and a double is returned - note the victim is wearing a surgical mask and sunglasses to avoid the audience realising that the person brought back on is not the same.
I think there's someone in the original table (why is it 12" deep?) working the (fake) legs that remain upright. The original victim is obviously someone with no legs or lower torso. It's a pretty simple illusion made to look incredible by the editting.
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Grindstaff, Mon 12 Jan 2009, 8:28,
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On top of that, it's a midget.
The hands are fake. They're stilts, really. Notice how they never move. And when he stands on them and does the little jiggle, he looks like he has two elbows on each arm.
(, Mon 12 Jan 2009, 11:51, Reply)