How to Slice an Unpeeled Banana

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm magician Paul Weatherbee. When I woke up this morning, I went to get my cereal for breakfast. I always like to have some nice, sliced bananas on top of my cereal. But magicians don't typically take a banana, unpeel it and slice it. All they do is take a banana and go...one, two, three, four, five. And the banana (take a look at this) the banana slices itself. There's one slice, two, three, four, and five, pre-slices, right in the banana skin. I'm going to tell you how to do this. It's a fun little trick. I like to have a bunch of bananas, and then get a safety pin. Go in to the hard part of the banana, wiggle it back and forth, and that slices it inside of the peel. You can do it, oh, three, four or five times. Now you don't let anybody see you doing this, or else they'll know how the trick is done. You do this right before you show it to somebody, and then, leave the bananas sitting out. When somebody comes along for breakfast, or for a snack, pick up the bananas, take one off, snap your fingers. And then when you peel the banana, it will already be sliced. Look at that! And that is how you slice a banana with the peel still on. You know, I really like to do that folks....I think it has "a peel". Until next time, keep the magic in your life."