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Porta potty trick from Canyon Jump episode


I love how it's suppose to be a prank on him, that he knows nothing about. First off he goes into a porta pottie right next to a crane hook(hmmm), then he can't get out of the bathroom because one little guy has his hand on the door. Then the porta potty doors all collapse down to reveal a guy inside. WHAT REAL PORTA POTTY HAS TRAP DOORS ALL AROUND IT! HAHAHA! Yeah Chris had no idea about that whole trick. HAHAHA. So bad.

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I believe it was suppose to be US the audience who had no idea what was going to happen...I thought it was a pretty cool illusion IF in fact they really did use a continuous camera...otherwise it sucked.

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They compositioned out the porta potty from the rest and yuo can clearly see an edit where the sheet is near the hands.....messy and ridiculous trick. When something is that impossible...it ceases to be a trick/illusion...just hollywood editing and fx.

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Actually, when Criss is supposedly in the potty, the camera is positioned so that the bottom of the potty is off camera. Criss could easily leap out the bottom while continuing to act like he's inside (while wearing a mic) and run behind the guy with the sheet, and the guy inside the potty was there all along.

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I thought the guy who ends up in the potty was supposed to be the "guy who first held up the sheet", although at the point it looked like someone in a mask with hat on. It was most likely Chris was the only person holding up the "curtain", he just has on a rubber mask and hat like his assistant was wearing, pulls the sheet above him yanks off the mask and then drops the sheet.

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The dude holding the sheet and in the potty could've been identical twins.

One twin was in the potty all along. The hand you see sticking out of the potty was actually the twin. The camera zooms in enough so that you can't see the bottom and Chris just jumps out and goes to the dude with the curtain. The rest is easy.

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