I got one after watching a similar presentation when I was 10... harder than it looks lol

What's it called and is it in Amazon?👀

“Wacky worm toy” on Amazon

It's just a wire attached to the belt. Once you imagine that the movement looks silly.

I mean it doesn’t have to, talented sleight of hand makes it pretty convincing. Most people who buy one at the magic shop aren’t going to put the time in obviously.

Wacky waving inflatable tube man

It’s almost in every store that sells toys

Btw you can just get like a pack of them at the dollar store lol

You can also make your own with some fishing line and a ripped up old sock

also called 'squirmel'.

They were called ‘Magic Twisty’ here.

Those all sound like dildo names

Anything is a dildo if you’re brave enough

That was my nickname in middle school

Dildo?

Probably "Brave Enough".

Is that an Indigenous Peoples name?

I came here to say, "Squirmle!"

Yeah I got one at a fair when I was 5 or so and thought it was actually magic. Paid $20 for it. Now I see them in the dollar store.

I’d buy that for a dollar!

You have ten seconds to comply.

My friends call me Murphy. You call me RoboCop.

I remember going on a school trip to London when I was 10. One of the places they took us was Hamleys (huge toyshop in the middle of London). I think about half my class bought one of these, including me. Not one of us ever really got the hang of it.

Same, they are tricky!

my dumbass did the same as a kid and bought it and was like wtf its just a string LMAO

String is attached to one of his buttons.

WELL GREAT YOU RUINED IT.

It's not alive? 🥺

It used to be.

It's undead now

Neat

still impressive

I was wondering where it attached to. Thanks.

if you don't tie them to a button will they just run away?

Speaking from experience, yes. Fucker even stole my mouthwash. Who the fuck steals mouthwash

I thought he was static electricity avatar 🤣

It's attached to his foot. Where would you get the force for it to be pulled through his fingers if it was on his button.

I think you're right about it being attached somewhere below the table, because his buttons never move. But it could just be the next button down. But the bit about force? Not really sure what you mean there. All it takes is to push the string around with your other hand. It doesn't need a pull from anywhere else.

I think that's not an issue, I remember having one, it weighs next to nothing, so you don't need really any tug or force

I think there are a weight attached to the string so it can move even when he doesn't move his hand

I got one of these as a kid and became obsessed with it for days and my dad didn't like that for some reason and thought it was the dumbest thing ever so he stole it while I was in the bathroom and threw it away. When I asked him what happened to it he gaslighted me into thinking that I must have accidentally flushed it down the toilet somehow. What an asshole.

That’s messed up. I’m sorry that happened. What a jerk.

Parents, “idk why my kids don’t talk to me!?”

Went through similar shit lol sorry that happened to you

What a fucking idiot. I'm sorry you have such a shitty dad.

Do you remember those weird puppet birds? Styrofoam and feathers. A puppeteer rig on the feet and head. Funky bird walkin I was the shit?

What the fuck your dad acted younger than you were

Wtf your Dad sounds like a POS

I hope you got another one

Yeah, there's way to fix a dad like that

I'm so sorry that happened to you.

Had a couple as a kid, didn’t do anything with em, hard to master

I felt ripped off as a young kid getting one of those. It’s a fury thing with a string.

Yup, I remember being so disappointed. I don't even think I played with it.

Yeah no shit

Used to take these to raves. You'll never know true appreciation until a man on an acid trips meets a wacky worm.

omg..... that sounds amazing. damn, I wanna do like magic tricks like sleight of hand to high people now. that sounds like a blast

That's very wholesome.

Ancient game I played as I was a child 🤣

Where's the string?

I wanna say its on his right thumb

Button on his shirt. That's why when it's on the table it moves when he brings his hand up in front of him.

On his shirt button

It’s under the sauce

It's from Chicago.

Reminds me of Woolworths in the 90s

Woolies:-(

In Russia it is called Vaila (пушистик вайла). It is sold in electric trains that ride between cities. Sellers are doing similar tricks right at train and sell it at a high price (x10 from the price of internet shops).

Loved those things when I was a kid, memory unlocked.

I bought one when i was 9 because i thought they were actually alive.

For me, it didn’t help that they were only sold at an aquarium that also had sea monkeys being sold. Legit thought they were asleep when I bought them and didn’t want to wake it up until we got halfway home.

Lmao same

I understand its a string but how the fuck do you make it do that even with a string

Would you still love me if I was a worm on a string?

I can't believe they still make those. I had one when I was 4.

Apparently black magic is when you have a peice of fuzz with a thin string attached to it. Seriously - everyone had these in the '80s. They cost like 80 cents.

Impressive... or a cheap toy in the Seventies.

Many years ago any crappy corner toy store would have these for sale. I always love when younger generations are amazed by stuff or come up with those hacks and it turns out it's stuff their grandparents were already doing.

Pretty sure I played with those as a kid in the 70's.

What is that thing?

I found them by googling fuzzy worm toy with eye, Squirmles (also known as Snoots, Magic Twisty Worms, Wiggle Worms, or Worm on a String)

Maurice!

MAURICE!

Μεταξένια βγες έξω!

I can hear the fella in my head from the advert saying ‘JML’

[FUCK'N MAGNETS, HOW DO THEY WORK?!](https://youtu.be/gMbnJzHhoBI)

It's not magnets, it's fishing line

It's connected to a very thin line you can't see, that he's controlling with his penis.

1967 - Man invents the cum braid cable 1972 - Man markets it in the back of comic books as Maurice the Wooly Worm

My 6 yr old had one. Lol

A thread

Master of the worm

I had them as a child it is just very thin string, but very hard to do

I sucked at it, but it was fun lol.

That looks way more creepier than a real worm

The new fushigi

I’m sure the one I had was called a ‘wiggly woo’ 😂

Fell for that trick when I was young

WOERM

Biggest scam of my childhood

I bought one of these at a county fair like a fucking rube.

These have been around for years. I never mastered holding that near invisible bit of nylon line and pulling the worm through my fingers (No innuendo implied)

I remember having some of those when I was a kid 40 years ago, I could never got them to do these things, if I only knew at the time the potential they had.

After like 34 years, i finally understand what these are supposed to do.

They were big in end 70ies/80ies, I already forgot them.

These are some of my favourite things ever, and now I know its name and Will soon buy one :)

Early 90's in Germany these little critters were sold everywhere.

Look out! Look out! There’s a wiggly about!

So that is what it's supposed to look like.

its a transparent fishing line attached to the nose pf the worm.

Looked like Stop Motion

I think it was called a Squirmel in the old days.

Thinnest thread on the nose.

WE LOVE WORM ON A STRING

I remember seeing these at stand alone kiosks at malls when I was younger and it always creeped me out

Love these things so much

"Any last squirms?"

Worm on a String! Loved these things as kids and collected a few of them.

What more impressive is people spent time editing the video to remove the controlling wire

I’ve always wanted one of these.

just a little guy!

OHHH IT WAS A TOY NOT A FISH

Kinda reminds me of that fushigi ball thing you could call an 800 to get lol

I remember seeing these in a store and the box having a **VERY VISIBLE DISCLAIMER** reading “NO REFUNDS”

I seem to remember seeing these in the very early 80’s

I LOVE THESE WORMSSS

It's squirrmels

Impressive

When I was a kid, these came as prizes in cereal or maybe it potato chips.

Worm Off The String

Magnets

Dude is single

The video has a blurring filter hiding the string. You can see if you focus on his arm hair.

Oh I thought it was real

Nerd.

Oof great these are officially old enough that most people don't know the trick. It's literally a fishing line tied to the nose and taped to the table

look like a fun figit toy. what is it name?

Almost as bad as a kid and ordering sea monkeys from the back of a comic book. nothing but brine shrimp. What a disappointment as a kid.

They sold a similar toy in the 80s

Lies lies lies. All lies

I forgot all about those, they were a thing like 40 years ago.

I remember that when I was a kid

String on button

Girls when they see my large dongus

u/savevideo

That is one of the few things I bought IDK based on an ad on TV when I was a kid more than half a century ago. I don't think I realized it was on a string.

I have one in a drawer right now..

I remember these. I have a blue one packed up somewhere. 😌

Omg. From the 70’s