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Very entertaining! It's the illusion and distraction that makes this trick work. If we deconstruct the illusion, there are tip-offs that show how it works:

SPOILER ALERT!

1. As the blond kid is hit by his brother he backs in to the bookcase -- but notice the bookcase: The bookcase is not affected by the collision -- it doesn't rock backward, shake, or deform. The phony books and items in the bookcase remain totally still from the shock of the collision.

2. The bookcase is pulled down. The top right-side of the bookcase falls first, possibly by pulling the fake "power cord" that comes out of the side of bookcase *above* the shelf where the TV is. But there's nothing electronic on the top shelf. The TV's power cord should come below the TV, so it's not the TV's cord.

3. Watch the brown-haired kid's feet on the floor as he backs up. This is the reference location where the floor level is supposed to be. When the blond kid falls, note that he will actually *fall below* this reference location. This indicates a hollow area below the floor where he falls into to protect himself from the falling cardboard.

4. Watch the blond kids legs fly up into the air as he hits the fake floor. His legs cannot fly up into the air unless his hips fall below the floor/platform level. The bookcase's bottom cardboard doors also help protect him with airspace.

5. Finally when the bookcase falls, it moves the curtains from what should be a window. But as you can see, the window is actually more than 10 ft. beyond the curtain. It can't be a doorway into another room because the floor threshold separating the rooms rises above the floor level -- and interior house walls are not built this way. This is a set built on a platform.

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