So, wait, is he just a shitty magician and a funny guy, or does he fail on purpose?

Haha. I honestly don't know. Which makes him...a great entertainer at least? The show was a real good time though.

Take this with lots of salt but I read somewhere that circus shows "fail" at least one jump to help sell to the audience the risk the performers are taking. My friend did flub his opening trick with a cheeky see-I-told-you and we just laughed it off.

He incorporated the audience a lot that night so I thought the stand-up comedy claim was his insurance policy. In his hour-long set he flubbed maybe two or three tricks.

The AI, or this person's friend?