Leno Fakes Christmas Juggler

I received this video today by e-mail. (There was a version of it on YouTube, but NBC took it down.) You probably will have seen it by now, or if not... you will eventually. It is of a juggler on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, bouncing balls on a keyboard, and playing out "We Wish You A Merry Christmas."

It's fake.

Watch the balls closely. Watch where they bounce. The balls hit on different keys but play the same note. The balls all land within a small area on the keyboard, but are playing a vast spread of notes. The balls move further up on the keyboard, but the notes played are lower.

There is obviously somebody off stage playing out the notes on a proper keyboard while this fellow bounces his balls. It's fun to watch, but you kind of get annoyed when you realize that you are being tricked.