Watch This Magician Give Homeless People $100

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By Mack Rawden
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There are few ways to make people smile faster than a great magic trick. One is to unexpectedly give them something cool. Fortunately for everyone involved, the above video offers both of those winning ingredients, which is perhaps why it’s generated almost twenty thousand views in less than a single day.

Looking for a way to make homeless people smile, magician Stuart Edge, probably best known for his kissing card trick, took $1000 of his own money out of the bank and devised a scheme to give it away while creating an awesome video in the process. He approached ten different homeless people on the street, handed them a one dollar bill and held up his own one hundred dollar bill. Then he asked the participants to visualize the bills switching places, and, of course, they did exactly that.

Interactions with homeless people aren’t always worth smiling about, but given the right needy person and a great cause, certain videos can really warm your heart. That’s the case with this one, and hopefully, it’ll inspire some more YouTube all-stars to devise concepts that are both enjoyable and good-hearted.

Mack Rawden
Mack Rawden
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Mack Rawden is the Editor-In-Chief of CinemaBlend. He first started working at the publication as a writer back in 2007 and has held various jobs at the site in the time since including Managing Editor, Pop Culture Editor and Staff Writer. He now splits his time between working on CinemaBlend’s user experience, helping to plan the site’s editorial direction and writing passionate articles about niche entertainment topics he’s into. He graduated from Indiana University with a degree in English (go Hoosiers!) and has been interviewed and quoted in a variety of publications including Digiday. Enthusiastic about Clue, case-of-the-week mysteries, a great wrestling promo and cookies at Disney World. Less enthusiastic about the pricing structure of cable, loud noises and Tuesdays.