1 00:00:02,202 --> 00:00:05,171 [jazz music] 2 00:00:05,205 --> 00:00:12,012 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:18,151 --> 00:00:20,520 [cheers and applause] 4 00:00:20,553 --> 00:00:22,088 - From the Penn & Teller Theater 5 00:00:22,122 --> 00:00:24,157 at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas, 6 00:00:24,190 --> 00:00:28,161 here's our host, Alyson Hannigan! 7 00:00:28,194 --> 00:00:31,164 [cheers and applause] 8 00:00:31,197 --> 00:00:38,004 ♪ ♪ 9 00:00:41,408 --> 00:00:45,145 - Welcome to "Fool Us." Tonight's show is mm-mm good. 10 00:00:45,178 --> 00:00:48,348 You'll meet the greatest magic minds among mortals 11 00:00:48,381 --> 00:00:49,883 who will move mountains 12 00:00:49,916 --> 00:00:53,353 to mystify our two masters of misdirection, 13 00:00:53,386 --> 00:00:55,622 Penn and Teller! 14 00:00:55,655 --> 00:00:58,625 [cheers and applause] 15 00:00:58,658 --> 00:01:05,765 ♪ ♪ 16 00:01:12,038 --> 00:01:14,407 Each magician who fools Penn and Teller 17 00:01:14,441 --> 00:01:18,578 wins the coveted, and possibly only, trophy in magic. 18 00:01:18,611 --> 00:01:22,549 They also get to perform in the boys' Las Vegas spectacular. 19 00:01:22,582 --> 00:01:25,885 And our first winner might be tonight's first act. 20 00:01:28,555 --> 00:01:30,824 - I have to say that I am not that good magician, you know? 21 00:01:30,857 --> 00:01:32,659 I won the World Champion of Magic, 22 00:01:32,692 --> 00:01:34,928 but actually, I don't know how it happened. 23 00:01:34,961 --> 00:01:36,262 [chuckles] I don't know. 24 00:01:36,296 --> 00:01:39,065 I am fireman for 18 years. 25 00:01:39,099 --> 00:01:42,836 You know, when it's a fire, nobody wants to see magic. 26 00:01:42,869 --> 00:01:45,905 But the fireman is a kind of magician, you know? 27 00:01:45,939 --> 00:01:48,708 Because make the fire disappear. 28 00:01:48,741 --> 00:01:50,009 [chuckles] It's a good trick. 29 00:01:50,043 --> 00:01:51,744 At home, I'm like anyone else. 30 00:01:51,778 --> 00:01:56,883 I love to play video games and I love superhero movies. 31 00:01:56,916 --> 00:02:00,787 I can watch superhero movies every day, all the time. 32 00:02:00,820 --> 00:02:03,756 But I figured out that my hands have mind of their owns. 33 00:02:03,790 --> 00:02:07,026 They do things without I notice, you know? 34 00:02:07,060 --> 00:02:08,962 I--they do tricks all the--all the time, 35 00:02:08,995 --> 00:02:10,697 and I want to stop. 36 00:02:10,730 --> 00:02:12,966 [groans] You see? 37 00:02:12,999 --> 00:02:15,869 That's why tonight, my hands will be put here. 38 00:02:15,902 --> 00:02:18,138 I will do nothing, nothing, nothing, 39 00:02:18,171 --> 00:02:20,206 and someone else will fool Penn and Teller. 40 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:21,474 Not me. 41 00:02:21,508 --> 00:02:22,742 [bell rings] 42 00:02:22,775 --> 00:02:25,812 [cheers and applause] 43 00:02:27,580 --> 00:02:29,215 - Put your hands together 44 00:02:29,249 --> 00:02:32,118 for one of Spain's finest, Hector Mancha. 45 00:02:32,152 --> 00:02:33,620 [cheers and applause] 46 00:02:33,653 --> 00:02:36,923 - Hello, hello. Hi, Penn. Hi, Teller. 47 00:02:36,956 --> 00:02:38,458 I'm a big fan, I'm a big fan. 48 00:02:38,491 --> 00:02:40,059 OK, I have to fool you. 49 00:02:40,093 --> 00:02:41,494 I think now I have to fool them. 50 00:02:41,528 --> 00:02:42,829 [laughter] 51 00:02:42,862 --> 00:02:44,831 And then--I am not a great magician, 52 00:02:44,864 --> 00:02:48,101 but I will fool you, OK? 53 00:02:48,134 --> 00:02:51,104 ♪ [imitating dramatic music] ♪ 54 00:02:51,137 --> 00:02:52,105 ♪ ♪ 55 00:02:52,138 --> 00:02:53,673 [laughter] 56 00:02:53,706 --> 00:02:55,241 ♪ [imitates dramatic flourish] ♪ 57 00:02:55,275 --> 00:02:57,076 Thank you very much. Thank you. 58 00:02:57,110 --> 00:02:59,245 Did that fool you? - Not yet, no. 59 00:02:59,279 --> 00:03:01,814 - Not yet. You have to talk each other to maybe-- 60 00:03:01,848 --> 00:03:03,983 - I think he just pulled his thumb down in his hand. 61 00:03:04,017 --> 00:03:05,018 - Oh. 62 00:03:05,051 --> 00:03:06,986 - [stuttering] I mean, I take-- 63 00:03:07,020 --> 00:03:08,821 I look like I take, but this is here. 64 00:03:08,855 --> 00:03:09,923 This hide it. And-- 65 00:03:09,956 --> 00:03:10,924 you figured it out? 66 00:03:10,957 --> 00:03:12,859 - Yeah. 67 00:03:12,892 --> 00:03:15,094 - That's--you too? [laughter] 68 00:03:15,128 --> 00:03:16,663 OK. 69 00:03:16,696 --> 00:03:18,131 Then we're going--we are going to find someone else, 70 00:03:18,164 --> 00:03:19,199 and I could fool you. 71 00:03:19,232 --> 00:03:21,100 OK Alyson, please come here with me. 72 00:03:21,134 --> 00:03:23,136 A big applause to Alyson, big applause. 73 00:03:23,169 --> 00:03:24,370 Nice shoes, Alyson. 74 00:03:24,404 --> 00:03:25,672 - Thank you. 75 00:03:25,705 --> 00:03:26,806 - I'm going to prepare a trick. 76 00:03:26,839 --> 00:03:28,007 - OK. - With the cards. 77 00:03:28,041 --> 00:03:28,775 All the cards are different, right? 78 00:03:28,808 --> 00:03:30,476 - Yes. 79 00:03:30,510 --> 00:03:31,311 - All the cards are different--different cards. 80 00:03:31,344 --> 00:03:33,112 Different, ah? Not the same card. 81 00:03:33,146 --> 00:03:34,280 The same, no. 82 00:03:34,314 --> 00:03:35,682 It's clever, it's clever. [laughter] 83 00:03:35,715 --> 00:03:38,017 OK. Point one card. 84 00:03:38,051 --> 00:03:39,852 - Uh, that one. - That one. 85 00:03:39,886 --> 00:03:43,122 OK, look, I'm going to put this card in the glass. 86 00:03:43,156 --> 00:03:44,290 - A-ha. 87 00:03:44,324 --> 00:03:47,493 - There, there. Now it's a mystery card. 88 00:03:47,527 --> 00:03:48,861 - Mystery. 89 00:03:48,895 --> 00:03:51,864 - We have a mystery card, and we need a magician. 90 00:03:51,898 --> 00:03:53,366 Do you know any magician? 91 00:03:53,399 --> 00:03:54,467 Not them, not them. 92 00:03:54,500 --> 00:03:55,902 - Not them? - Yeah. 93 00:03:55,935 --> 00:03:58,404 - I think I have somebody-- not quite a magician, 94 00:03:58,438 --> 00:04:00,139 but he's great to call. 95 00:04:00,173 --> 00:04:01,507 - Oh, you are going to call? OK. 96 00:04:01,541 --> 00:04:03,543 - Yeah, why not? 97 00:04:03,576 --> 00:04:04,811 Oh. 98 00:04:04,844 --> 00:04:06,212 - Oh, wow. - This is-- 99 00:04:06,246 --> 00:04:08,314 - Who... - Alex--hey, no way. 100 00:04:08,348 --> 00:04:10,350 - Awakes me from my off-season slumber? 101 00:04:10,383 --> 00:04:12,885 [laughter] 102 00:04:12,919 --> 00:04:15,989 - Well, I'll just introduce you to Alex 103 00:04:16,022 --> 00:04:17,257 from "Superman and Lois." - Yes! 104 00:04:17,290 --> 00:04:19,259 - It's Alex Garfin. - Hello! 105 00:04:19,292 --> 00:04:21,561 - Alex Garfin is-- I am a big fan, big fan. 106 00:04:21,594 --> 00:04:23,763 - I cannot wait to see 107 00:04:23,796 --> 00:04:25,231 what you have in store for us today. 108 00:04:25,265 --> 00:04:28,568 - [chuckles] OK, Alex. - Hi boys, hi boys. 109 00:04:28,601 --> 00:04:31,738 - Are you are a great magician to fool them? 110 00:04:31,771 --> 00:04:34,207 - I think you and me together, I think we could do it. 111 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:36,509 - Let's go. - [claps and grunts] 112 00:04:36,542 --> 00:04:40,913 - OK, Alyson, talk with Alex and ask for a card, any card. 113 00:04:40,947 --> 00:04:43,349 - All right, Alex. Pick a card, any card. 114 00:04:43,383 --> 00:04:45,685 - But concentrate. Concentrate yourself. 115 00:04:45,718 --> 00:04:47,787 - I'm going with the six of clubs. 116 00:04:47,820 --> 00:04:49,889 both: The six of clubs. 117 00:04:49,922 --> 00:04:54,260 - This is--this is interesting. The six of clubs. 118 00:04:54,294 --> 00:04:56,529 The six of clubs. 119 00:04:56,562 --> 00:04:59,732 [laughter] 120 00:04:59,766 --> 00:05:02,902 Do you want to change maybe for another card, maybe? 121 00:05:02,935 --> 00:05:05,705 Because there's a lot of cards in the deck--a lot of cards. 122 00:05:05,738 --> 00:05:09,208 There's maybe the five, the-- there's a lot of cards in here. 123 00:05:09,242 --> 00:05:11,311 You want to change, maybe? 124 00:05:11,344 --> 00:05:13,413 - No, I'll check, I'll check, I'll check. 125 00:05:13,446 --> 00:05:15,448 - OK, cool. I'm going to show the card to you, 126 00:05:15,481 --> 00:05:18,484 only to you, but really, really slow, really slow. 127 00:05:18,518 --> 00:05:19,719 I don't do nothing with the hand. 128 00:05:19,752 --> 00:05:20,720 Really, nothing. 129 00:05:20,753 --> 00:05:22,288 Look these--their faces. 130 00:05:22,322 --> 00:05:25,124 They are thinking, what are you going to do? 131 00:05:25,158 --> 00:05:27,760 Really, really slow, I take the card, 132 00:05:27,794 --> 00:05:29,162 and I'm going to show to you. 133 00:05:29,195 --> 00:05:30,596 One card, Alex. 134 00:05:30,630 --> 00:05:32,799 You said one card, any card in the world. 135 00:05:32,832 --> 00:05:36,736 52 cards, and you said this six of clubs. 136 00:05:36,769 --> 00:05:39,572 And this is not only 137 00:05:39,605 --> 00:05:42,241 the six of clubs. 138 00:05:42,275 --> 00:05:44,177 [cheers and applause] 139 00:05:44,210 --> 00:05:46,446 Look at the faces! - I did it! 140 00:05:46,479 --> 00:05:47,847 - A big applause, big applause! 141 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:49,349 - Alex, you're amazing. - I did it! 142 00:05:49,382 --> 00:05:51,250 - Very well, very good. Thank you to Alex. 143 00:05:51,284 --> 00:05:55,288 - Thank you, Alex Garfin. Woo-hoo! 144 00:05:55,321 --> 00:05:57,623 [Alex giggling] - And Hector Mancha! 145 00:05:57,657 --> 00:05:58,991 - Thank you. 146 00:05:59,025 --> 00:06:01,160 - All right. Thank you. 147 00:06:01,194 --> 00:06:03,329 - Wow, this is amazing trick. - Oh! 148 00:06:03,363 --> 00:06:05,798 - I don't know how he do that. - [laughs] 149 00:06:05,832 --> 00:06:07,600 - It's crazy, I don't know. It's-- 150 00:06:07,633 --> 00:06:09,969 - So does Alex get the trophy if you fool him? 151 00:06:10,002 --> 00:06:11,437 - No, no, for sure. 152 00:06:11,471 --> 00:06:14,273 - So what do you love most about being a fireman? 153 00:06:14,307 --> 00:06:16,642 - The most lovely part of being a fireman 154 00:06:16,676 --> 00:06:20,613 is that you don't know what will happen. 155 00:06:20,646 --> 00:06:23,316 Someday it's a fire maybe, someday it's a cat. 156 00:06:23,349 --> 00:06:24,984 Maybe someday it's a fire with a cat. 157 00:06:25,017 --> 00:06:25,718 [laughter] - Oh, no. 158 00:06:25,752 --> 00:06:28,054 You seem very laid back. 159 00:06:28,087 --> 00:06:31,624 Like, I hope that as a firefighter, 160 00:06:31,657 --> 00:06:35,528 you get to the fires a little, like, more intense. 161 00:06:35,561 --> 00:06:36,896 - Yeah. 162 00:06:36,929 --> 00:06:39,132 When we work, me and my partners, 163 00:06:39,165 --> 00:06:40,967 we are not like, oh, come on, go! 164 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:42,368 Come on! [laughter] 165 00:06:42,402 --> 00:06:43,703 - I guess it's good that you're calm. 166 00:06:43,736 --> 00:06:45,671 I just hope you're fast. 167 00:06:45,705 --> 00:06:46,672 - It's better, it is better. 168 00:06:46,706 --> 00:06:47,974 Like a stage, you know? 169 00:06:48,007 --> 00:06:49,342 - Yeah. 170 00:06:49,375 --> 00:06:50,676 - On a stage, you have to be calm. 171 00:06:50,710 --> 00:06:52,245 Even you throw cards to the floor... 172 00:06:52,278 --> 00:06:54,747 - [laughing] - You have to be calm. 173 00:06:54,781 --> 00:06:56,315 - OK, Hector. 174 00:06:56,349 --> 00:06:58,351 Let's find out if Alex Garfin fooled Penn and Teller. 175 00:06:58,384 --> 00:06:59,485 - Yeah, let's find. - Hola, Hector. 176 00:06:59,519 --> 00:07:01,821 - Qué tal? [laughter] 177 00:07:01,854 --> 00:07:03,423 - We're just talking to you about Alex, right? 178 00:07:03,456 --> 00:07:04,557 Because you didn't do the trick. 179 00:07:04,590 --> 00:07:06,359 You did nothing. - No, I did nothing. 180 00:07:06,392 --> 00:07:07,994 - I'll just tell you, as soon as you 181 00:07:08,027 --> 00:07:10,830 say you're Spanish, we pretty much just 182 00:07:10,863 --> 00:07:12,865 bring down the trophy. [laughter] 183 00:07:12,899 --> 00:07:15,168 Every person from Spain fools us. 184 00:07:15,201 --> 00:07:16,569 It's as simple as that. 185 00:07:16,602 --> 00:07:18,838 You guys are the best, and your style 186 00:07:18,871 --> 00:07:21,541 is just one of the funniest people we've had on here. 187 00:07:21,574 --> 00:07:26,579 But it's an amazing routine, and we didn't catch anything, 188 00:07:26,612 --> 00:07:31,384 but we think that it was a free choice that Alyson had. 189 00:07:31,417 --> 00:07:33,686 There's no words there about a force. 190 00:07:33,719 --> 00:07:35,054 We don't think there was a force. 191 00:07:35,087 --> 00:07:36,789 It looked clean to us. 192 00:07:36,823 --> 00:07:40,760 But we noticed that after Alex picked a card, 193 00:07:40,793 --> 00:07:43,229 which we know from the rules of the show 194 00:07:43,262 --> 00:07:44,897 could not be set up in advance. 195 00:07:44,931 --> 00:07:47,066 After he picked a card, you went and said 196 00:07:47,099 --> 00:07:48,701 you could have picked another, 197 00:07:48,734 --> 00:07:51,571 and you pulled the deck out and looked through it. 198 00:07:51,604 --> 00:07:53,906 Now, since you were looking through the cards 199 00:07:53,940 --> 00:07:57,910 and had them in your hand after he said the name of it, 200 00:07:57,944 --> 00:08:00,546 you could have copped the six of clubs. 201 00:08:00,580 --> 00:08:03,983 Now, here's what befuddled us so badly, 202 00:08:04,016 --> 00:08:06,486 is you kept, you son of a bitch, 203 00:08:06,519 --> 00:08:09,322 showing your hands empty, conspicuously, 204 00:08:09,355 --> 00:08:11,057 over and over again. 205 00:08:11,090 --> 00:08:14,994 So if you palmed out the six of clubs, where did you have it? 206 00:08:15,027 --> 00:08:17,296 And we think-- [laughs] 207 00:08:17,330 --> 00:08:19,632 And as I'm about to say this, 208 00:08:19,665 --> 00:08:21,501 it sounds stupider and stupider. 209 00:08:21,534 --> 00:08:24,504 But if we're right, it's going to be great. 210 00:08:24,537 --> 00:08:28,674 We think you were standing kind of behind Alyson, 211 00:08:28,708 --> 00:08:32,778 and we think maybe you had like a little piece of tape 212 00:08:32,812 --> 00:08:34,313 or a wax or something, 213 00:08:34,347 --> 00:08:37,416 and you stuck the card to Alyson's back, 214 00:08:37,450 --> 00:08:40,152 showed your hands empty a lot, and-- 215 00:08:40,186 --> 00:08:42,622 - The back of her? - Yeah. 216 00:08:42,655 --> 00:08:45,291 [laughter] - No, I--no. 217 00:08:45,324 --> 00:08:46,792 - You had nothing on your back? 218 00:08:46,826 --> 00:08:50,596 - I--no. I didn't feel anything. 219 00:08:50,630 --> 00:08:52,498 He was close to me, but I didn't feel him touch-- 220 00:08:52,532 --> 00:08:54,000 - He was very close to close. 221 00:08:54,033 --> 00:08:56,302 - He was touch--he was not touching me, that I felt. 222 00:08:56,335 --> 00:08:57,537 - Did you put anything her? 223 00:08:57,570 --> 00:08:59,972 - On the back on there? No. - No. 224 00:09:00,006 --> 00:09:01,541 And you didn't-- when you showed the cards, 225 00:09:01,574 --> 00:09:03,676 you didn't--[sighs] 226 00:09:03,709 --> 00:09:05,645 We should have just stuck with you're Spanish, 227 00:09:05,678 --> 00:09:08,281 because once you're Spanish, you fool us. 228 00:09:08,314 --> 00:09:09,815 It's as easy as that. [audience exclaiming] 229 00:09:09,849 --> 00:09:10,983 Yeah. - We have a fooler! 230 00:09:11,017 --> 00:09:13,386 - Whoa! No way! Oh! 231 00:09:13,419 --> 00:09:16,956 Alex will be so happy! - Alex gets the trophy! 232 00:09:16,989 --> 00:09:18,658 - Alex, this is for you, Alex! 233 00:09:18,691 --> 00:09:21,127 - Oh, Alex. - Oh, let me do it! 234 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:22,562 Let me do it! - Yay. 235 00:09:22,595 --> 00:09:24,063 - Thank you very much, Thank you very much. 236 00:09:24,096 --> 00:09:26,532 Oh, thank you. Oh. 237 00:09:26,566 --> 00:09:28,401 Very good--oh, no way. 238 00:09:28,434 --> 00:09:33,339 - Hector Mancha and Alex Garfin fooled Penn and Teller! 239 00:09:33,372 --> 00:09:35,041 - Thank you all. Thank you very much. 240 00:09:35,074 --> 00:09:37,076 - Oh, thank you so much. 241 00:09:37,109 --> 00:09:39,545 - Thank you, man. Thank you. Bye-bye. 242 00:09:39,579 --> 00:09:41,414 - We'll trust you're going to give that to Alex. 243 00:09:41,447 --> 00:09:43,849 Yeah. [cheers and applause] 244 00:09:43,883 --> 00:09:47,053 [sighs] It looks like our boys have been busted, 245 00:09:47,086 --> 00:09:50,156 and another Fooler's Trophy leaves the theater. 246 00:09:50,189 --> 00:09:52,692 Come back after the break, and see if it can happen again. 247 00:09:52,725 --> 00:09:54,226 [cheers and applause] 248 00:09:54,260 --> 00:09:55,761 ♪ ♪ 249 00:10:02,234 --> 00:10:05,204 [jazz music] 250 00:10:05,237 --> 00:10:06,138 ♪ ♪ 251 00:10:06,172 --> 00:10:07,740 - Welcome back to "Fool Us." 252 00:10:07,773 --> 00:10:09,942 We already have one Fooler in the house, 253 00:10:09,976 --> 00:10:12,645 but for Feng Shui purposes, it feels like this house 254 00:10:12,678 --> 00:10:14,113 could use a second one. 255 00:10:14,146 --> 00:10:16,849 I hope our next magician can help us out. 256 00:10:19,518 --> 00:10:23,089 - Hi, I'm Adam Parisi, and I'm a straight edge weirdo. 257 00:10:23,122 --> 00:10:25,124 By day, I write software. 258 00:10:25,157 --> 00:10:27,660 By night, it's a slightly different story. 259 00:10:27,693 --> 00:10:30,162 I traveled an unusual path to get here. 260 00:10:30,196 --> 00:10:32,765 My mom, she had a tough time bringing us up. 261 00:10:32,798 --> 00:10:34,767 We were homeless for a little while there. 262 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:37,570 I remember watching my mom and her friends play cards, 263 00:10:37,603 --> 00:10:39,772 and I thought it was the coolest thing in the world. 264 00:10:39,805 --> 00:10:42,808 So I learned to shuffle and deal when I was only five, 265 00:10:42,842 --> 00:10:45,111 but I didn't get into magic until my 20s. 266 00:10:45,144 --> 00:10:48,147 Because of how I grew up and the struggles I went through, 267 00:10:48,180 --> 00:10:50,950 I don't want my kids to have to go through that same thing. 268 00:10:50,983 --> 00:10:53,919 So I went back to college at 25 269 00:10:53,953 --> 00:10:55,488 to study computer engineering, 270 00:10:55,521 --> 00:10:57,356 and that's how I got my 9:00 to 5:00 job-- 271 00:10:57,390 --> 00:10:59,825 when I'm not moonlighting as a crazy magician 272 00:10:59,859 --> 00:11:02,194 in the weirdest venues you've ever seen. 273 00:11:02,228 --> 00:11:04,964 And now my path has led me here. 274 00:11:04,997 --> 00:11:06,532 I don't know if I'm going to fool Penn and Teller, 275 00:11:06,565 --> 00:11:08,534 but I know my kids are going to go crazy 276 00:11:08,567 --> 00:11:11,037 when they see this insane stunt on TV. 277 00:11:12,038 --> 00:11:15,074 [cheers and applause] 278 00:11:15,841 --> 00:11:18,711 - Give it up for Adam Parisi. 279 00:11:18,744 --> 00:11:20,212 [cheers and applause] 280 00:11:20,246 --> 00:11:21,647 - Thank you. 281 00:11:21,681 --> 00:11:23,783 So my two daughters absolutely love 282 00:11:23,816 --> 00:11:25,685 having a magician for a dad. 283 00:11:25,718 --> 00:11:27,019 That's not a joke. 284 00:11:27,053 --> 00:11:28,187 They're not jaded teenagers yet. 285 00:11:28,220 --> 00:11:30,222 I'm still cool. [laughter] 286 00:11:30,256 --> 00:11:32,658 But sometimes, being a magician 287 00:11:32,692 --> 00:11:35,494 can make even normal family activities a little strange, 288 00:11:35,528 --> 00:11:38,330 and I will give you the perfect example. 289 00:11:38,364 --> 00:11:42,468 Last year, we decided to get our first family pet. 290 00:11:42,501 --> 00:11:44,704 Now, a normal family would just go to a pet store 291 00:11:44,737 --> 00:11:47,807 and pick one out, but we are not normal. 292 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:49,909 We decided if we're going to pick a pet, 293 00:11:49,942 --> 00:11:51,510 we wanted to do it our way. 294 00:11:51,544 --> 00:11:55,648 It was going to be fun, silly, and weird, just like us. 295 00:11:55,681 --> 00:11:59,251 So we picked our pet completely randomly. 296 00:11:59,285 --> 00:12:01,020 We just had our daughters shout out the names 297 00:12:01,053 --> 00:12:03,522 of different animals that we could adopt, 298 00:12:03,556 --> 00:12:05,157 and we wrote them down. 299 00:12:05,191 --> 00:12:07,727 As they shouted out dog, cat-- 300 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:10,496 classics--sloth. 301 00:12:10,529 --> 00:12:12,932 OK, that's my ten-year-old. 302 00:12:12,965 --> 00:12:16,702 She absolutely loves sloths. Her entire world. 303 00:12:16,736 --> 00:12:21,273 Turtle, unicorn--and that would be my six-year-old. 304 00:12:21,307 --> 00:12:22,875 She not only loves unicorns, 305 00:12:22,908 --> 00:12:25,845 but also doing everything her older sister does. 306 00:12:25,878 --> 00:12:29,181 We got to about three dozen different animals 307 00:12:29,215 --> 00:12:31,417 before they just started shouting out weird stuff 308 00:12:31,450 --> 00:12:35,888 like T-rex or hydra. [laughter] 309 00:12:35,921 --> 00:12:38,524 Now, a simple way of just picking one of these animals 310 00:12:38,557 --> 00:12:42,194 at random would be to deal them down 311 00:12:42,228 --> 00:12:45,297 and have one of my kids just call out stop. 312 00:12:45,331 --> 00:12:47,032 Penn, can you pretend to be one of my kids? 313 00:12:47,066 --> 00:12:48,601 - I sure can. - Perfect. 314 00:12:48,634 --> 00:12:49,902 I'm going to need you to stare at a tablet, 315 00:12:49,935 --> 00:12:51,403 and ignore everything I say. 316 00:12:51,437 --> 00:12:52,738 [laughter] 317 00:12:52,772 --> 00:12:54,774 Just go ahead and say stop for me any time. 318 00:12:54,807 --> 00:12:57,777 [soft suspenseful music] 319 00:12:57,810 --> 00:13:00,146 ♪ ♪ 320 00:13:00,179 --> 00:13:01,747 - Stop. - Perfect. 321 00:13:01,781 --> 00:13:03,816 That's going to be your animal. 322 00:13:03,849 --> 00:13:05,317 I want you to remember that. 323 00:13:05,351 --> 00:13:07,219 I don't want to see it. Can you see it? 324 00:13:07,253 --> 00:13:09,622 - I can. - Perfect. 325 00:13:09,655 --> 00:13:10,523 I'm going to mix those up now. 326 00:13:10,556 --> 00:13:12,825 When I did this with my daughters, 327 00:13:12,858 --> 00:13:15,995 my six-year-old, she's the least trusting of all of us. 328 00:13:16,028 --> 00:13:18,197 She said, Dad, you're a magician, 329 00:13:18,230 --> 00:13:19,665 and you might try to do something sneaky 330 00:13:19,698 --> 00:13:22,535 with those cards to get the animal you want. 331 00:13:22,568 --> 00:13:24,236 I thought that was a bold accusation 332 00:13:24,270 --> 00:13:25,671 coming from somebody 333 00:13:25,704 --> 00:13:27,873 who can't even put a straw in her own juice box. 334 00:13:27,907 --> 00:13:31,377 But to make it fair, I had my wife help us out, 335 00:13:31,410 --> 00:13:34,013 and asked her to get a bag to put all the cards in. 336 00:13:34,046 --> 00:13:36,248 And we'd mix them up blindly. 337 00:13:36,282 --> 00:13:38,184 Alyson, can you pretend to be my wife? 338 00:13:38,217 --> 00:13:39,952 - Sure. - Awesome. 339 00:13:39,985 --> 00:13:41,587 I'm going to need you get your phone and stare at it 340 00:13:41,620 --> 00:13:42,922 and ignore everything I say. 341 00:13:42,955 --> 00:13:45,224 - Perfect. - No, no. I'm only kidding. 342 00:13:45,257 --> 00:13:47,059 Alyson, ladies and gentlemen. [applause] 343 00:13:47,092 --> 00:13:49,128 Alyson, right over there are some bags. 344 00:13:49,161 --> 00:13:51,597 Can you just pick out any one that you want and open it up? 345 00:13:51,630 --> 00:13:53,132 - Sure. 346 00:13:53,165 --> 00:13:56,068 ♪ ♪ 347 00:13:56,101 --> 00:13:57,603 OK. - And go ahead and open it. 348 00:13:57,636 --> 00:13:58,771 Thank you so much. 349 00:13:58,804 --> 00:14:02,408 ♪ ♪ 350 00:14:02,441 --> 00:14:03,876 Perfect. 351 00:14:03,909 --> 00:14:05,544 And you can see inside the bag, 352 00:14:05,578 --> 00:14:09,114 there's no sticky stuff or extra cards. 353 00:14:09,148 --> 00:14:11,617 I took all of the cards and I put them inside the bag 354 00:14:11,650 --> 00:14:14,453 and then I gave it a good mix, 355 00:14:14,486 --> 00:14:15,487 kind of like a zoo in a hurricane. 356 00:14:15,521 --> 00:14:18,090 [laughter] 357 00:14:18,123 --> 00:14:19,892 Now, I didn't even reach inside the bag 358 00:14:19,925 --> 00:14:22,228 to take out the animal. 359 00:14:22,261 --> 00:14:24,263 My daughters know I'm the kind of magician 360 00:14:24,296 --> 00:14:27,633 who makes his living walking on fire and eating glass, 361 00:14:27,666 --> 00:14:29,401 and they love that kind of stuff. 362 00:14:29,435 --> 00:14:32,504 So they knew this was going to get super weird. 363 00:14:32,538 --> 00:14:37,476 I went into our junk drawer and I got a nail. 364 00:14:37,509 --> 00:14:40,145 And then I sealed the top of the bag closed. 365 00:14:40,179 --> 00:14:42,481 [soft tense music] 366 00:14:42,514 --> 00:14:46,352 Then I got a hammer, 367 00:14:46,385 --> 00:14:50,289 and I nailed the whole thing straight to my face. 368 00:14:50,322 --> 00:14:51,757 - Oh, goodness! - I know. 369 00:14:51,790 --> 00:14:53,025 - In front of your children? 370 00:14:53,058 --> 00:14:53,959 - Wait for it, Alyson. - No, don't do it! 371 00:14:53,993 --> 00:14:54,960 Don't, don't-- 372 00:14:54,994 --> 00:14:57,529 - Here we go. - Ah! 373 00:14:57,563 --> 00:14:58,964 Your children-- 374 00:14:58,998 --> 00:14:59,999 - Alyson, is that going into my face? 375 00:15:00,032 --> 00:15:01,834 - I don't--I trust-- maybe. 376 00:15:01,867 --> 00:15:04,003 Oh, my God. 377 00:15:04,036 --> 00:15:05,604 - I have to admit that this is probably 378 00:15:05,638 --> 00:15:08,807 the weirdest way ever to select a pet. 379 00:15:08,841 --> 00:15:11,777 But Penn--Penn? 380 00:15:11,810 --> 00:15:12,978 I--oh, there you-- 381 00:15:13,012 --> 00:15:14,847 Penn, do you remember the animal 382 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:16,215 you selected at the beginning? 383 00:15:16,248 --> 00:15:17,950 - I sure do. - What was it? 384 00:15:17,983 --> 00:15:19,451 - Fish. 385 00:15:19,485 --> 00:15:23,355 - I think it'd be pretty cool if I also got... 386 00:15:23,389 --> 00:15:24,523 a fish. 387 00:15:24,556 --> 00:15:25,958 [all groan] 388 00:15:25,991 --> 00:15:27,059 [applause] Nailed it! 389 00:15:27,092 --> 00:15:28,727 [laughter] - It's up his nose. 390 00:15:28,761 --> 00:15:31,230 - Nailed it to my face. [laughter] 391 00:15:31,263 --> 00:15:33,198 OK. [laughs] 392 00:15:33,232 --> 00:15:34,900 Alyson, this is for you. A souvenir. 393 00:15:34,934 --> 00:15:37,369 - No thanks. - No? [laughs] 394 00:15:37,403 --> 00:15:39,471 That is kind of weird. I'll keep it. 395 00:15:39,505 --> 00:15:41,206 Alyson, thank you so much. 396 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:43,642 Penn, Teller, thank you so much. 397 00:15:43,676 --> 00:15:44,777 I have to admit that 398 00:15:44,810 --> 00:15:48,847 this is exactly how we selected our first family pet. 399 00:15:48,881 --> 00:15:51,250 Yeah, the hammer, the nails, my face. 400 00:15:51,283 --> 00:15:53,419 My kids loved it. 401 00:15:53,452 --> 00:15:54,820 - He's bleeding. 402 00:15:54,853 --> 00:15:57,089 - To be honest, my kids would have loved anything 403 00:15:57,122 --> 00:16:00,693 as long as they got a pet. 404 00:16:00,726 --> 00:16:02,328 And speaking of pets, Penn, 405 00:16:02,361 --> 00:16:05,597 the pet that you selected at the beginning, the fish, 406 00:16:05,631 --> 00:16:07,633 that was our first family pet. 407 00:16:07,666 --> 00:16:09,635 And I brought her along to say hi. 408 00:16:09,668 --> 00:16:10,836 [laughter] - Aw! 409 00:16:10,869 --> 00:16:13,839 [cheers and applause] 410 00:16:13,872 --> 00:16:16,108 - Adam Parisi! [cheers and applause] 411 00:16:16,141 --> 00:16:18,510 - Thank you. - Mm-hmm. 412 00:16:18,544 --> 00:16:21,180 I think you should have gotten a bigger fish bowl. 413 00:16:21,213 --> 00:16:23,449 - That's just a travel bowl. She has a much larger one. 414 00:16:23,482 --> 00:16:24,984 She's a diva. 415 00:16:25,017 --> 00:16:26,518 - You don't really do that in front of your children, 416 00:16:26,552 --> 00:16:28,554 do you? - I do, yes. 417 00:16:28,587 --> 00:16:30,789 They are so over it. 418 00:16:30,823 --> 00:16:33,025 I could hammer a nail into my face at dinner, 419 00:16:33,058 --> 00:16:34,660 and they would just be like, whatever. 420 00:16:34,693 --> 00:16:36,462 - Wow. - Yeah, I eat-- 421 00:16:36,495 --> 00:16:38,664 swallow razor blades, I walk on glass, 422 00:16:38,697 --> 00:16:40,232 and they're just ho-hum. 423 00:16:40,265 --> 00:16:42,968 - I mean, I was like this guy is such a great dad, 424 00:16:43,002 --> 00:16:45,404 and then you nailed your face. 425 00:16:45,437 --> 00:16:48,874 And I was like, I need to talk to his wife. 426 00:16:48,907 --> 00:16:50,576 - Well, two things can be true. 427 00:16:50,609 --> 00:16:52,344 I can still be a good dad, and nail things to my face. 428 00:16:52,378 --> 00:16:54,246 - OK. All right, I'll give you that one. 429 00:16:54,279 --> 00:16:55,981 - Yeah. 430 00:16:56,015 --> 00:16:57,483 When I told my sisters that I was coming on the show, 431 00:16:57,516 --> 00:16:58,717 they're huge "Buffy" fans. - Aw. 432 00:16:58,751 --> 00:17:00,219 - And I was like, if I make Alyson puke, 433 00:17:00,252 --> 00:17:02,821 they're never going to forgive me. 434 00:17:02,855 --> 00:17:05,424 - I give them permission to not forgive you. 435 00:17:05,457 --> 00:17:07,659 [laughter] - Nail, blood, eh. 436 00:17:07,693 --> 00:17:10,763 - So could you see yourself as a performer in a freak show? 437 00:17:10,796 --> 00:17:12,064 - If I wasn't a magician, 438 00:17:12,097 --> 00:17:14,500 if this was 100 years previously, 439 00:17:14,533 --> 00:17:16,368 most definitely. 440 00:17:16,402 --> 00:17:17,936 I would have been touring around with the freak show. 441 00:17:17,970 --> 00:17:20,706 I would have loved it. Yes. - Ah. 442 00:17:20,739 --> 00:17:24,543 OK, Adam, let's go to the boys and see if you fooled them. 443 00:17:24,576 --> 00:17:26,211 - Hey there, Adam. - Hey. 444 00:17:26,245 --> 00:17:27,913 Nice, nice, nice, routine. 445 00:17:27,946 --> 00:17:31,417 You know, I know how you feel about having children, 446 00:17:31,450 --> 00:17:34,119 and having them have to deal with what their father 447 00:17:34,153 --> 00:17:35,788 does for a living, you know? - Right. 448 00:17:35,821 --> 00:17:37,756 - Because you know we love the sideshow, 449 00:17:37,790 --> 00:17:39,224 we love the sideshow stuff. 450 00:17:39,258 --> 00:17:41,760 And I'm sure the name Melvin Burkhart 451 00:17:41,794 --> 00:17:43,762 means a lot to you. - Of course, yeah. 452 00:17:43,796 --> 00:17:45,798 - It means a lot to me. I got to meet him. 453 00:17:45,831 --> 00:17:48,867 I officiated Todd Robbins' wedding 454 00:17:48,901 --> 00:17:50,736 along with Melvin Burkhart, 455 00:17:50,769 --> 00:17:52,771 and saw him hammer a nail up his nose. 456 00:17:52,805 --> 00:17:55,707 That act, by the way, Alyson, is called blockhead, 457 00:17:55,741 --> 00:17:57,776 and that is not a magic trick. 458 00:17:57,810 --> 00:18:01,814 He is hammering a damn nail up his damn nose. 459 00:18:01,847 --> 00:18:02,748 - [laughing] - I saw the blood. 460 00:18:02,781 --> 00:18:04,249 - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 461 00:18:04,283 --> 00:18:05,717 And I can only do on my right, because I 462 00:18:05,751 --> 00:18:07,553 have a deviated septum... - Ah, yeah. 463 00:18:07,586 --> 00:18:08,821 - On the other side. 464 00:18:08,854 --> 00:18:10,589 But that's not that interesting, is it? 465 00:18:10,622 --> 00:18:12,124 The problem with blockhead-- 466 00:18:12,157 --> 00:18:14,293 and I think you'll agree with me on this-- 467 00:18:14,326 --> 00:18:17,496 is it's very hard to get a lot out of it. 468 00:18:17,529 --> 00:18:20,132 So when you do blockhead, you learn it, people like it, 469 00:18:20,165 --> 00:18:23,302 but you're always forced to add some sort of other trick, 470 00:18:23,335 --> 00:18:25,104 and they have to have some sort of second deal 471 00:18:25,137 --> 00:18:26,338 to put in there with it. 472 00:18:26,371 --> 00:18:28,173 So you have to do, like, blockhead 473 00:18:28,207 --> 00:18:30,943 with sword swallowing, or blockhead with fire eating. 474 00:18:30,976 --> 00:18:32,611 Or what you've done in this case, 475 00:18:32,644 --> 00:18:34,146 which is blockhead with a really, 476 00:18:34,179 --> 00:18:36,415 really nice magic trick. 477 00:18:36,448 --> 00:18:40,519 And also love the goldfish surprise at the end, 478 00:18:40,552 --> 00:18:43,655 the very non-claustrophobic goldfish, 479 00:18:43,689 --> 00:18:45,190 I want to point out. 480 00:18:45,224 --> 00:18:47,292 You want to give that fish a nice big area 481 00:18:47,326 --> 00:18:48,861 to kind of swim it off after being in there. 482 00:18:48,894 --> 00:18:50,829 - Oh, yeah. 483 00:18:50,863 --> 00:18:53,098 - But it's a wonderful act, and very close to my heart, 484 00:18:53,132 --> 00:18:56,101 because it's all the carnival stuff and you do all of that. 485 00:18:56,135 --> 00:18:59,104 But I think in my little story of Melvin Burkhart, 486 00:18:59,138 --> 00:19:00,873 I might have slipped in a word or two. 487 00:19:00,906 --> 00:19:03,976 So I just have to know, did we nail it? 488 00:19:04,009 --> 00:19:06,311 - You nailed it. [laughter] 489 00:19:06,345 --> 00:19:09,781 - OK, so you didn't fool them, but you grossed me out. 490 00:19:09,815 --> 00:19:12,050 Thanks so much. - Thank you so much. 491 00:19:12,084 --> 00:19:17,389 - Adam Parisi. [cheers and applause] 492 00:19:17,422 --> 00:19:20,159 See Penn and Teller perform later tonight. 493 00:19:20,192 --> 00:19:23,395 See them take on another magician right after this. 494 00:19:23,428 --> 00:19:24,563 [cheers and applause] 495 00:19:24,596 --> 00:19:25,998 [jazz music] 496 00:19:33,438 --> 00:19:35,407 [jazz music] 497 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:37,743 [cheers and applause] 498 00:19:37,776 --> 00:19:41,713 All aboard the Fooler's train. Next stop is this magician. 499 00:19:44,383 --> 00:19:46,685 - Hi. I'm Ben Zabin. 500 00:19:46,718 --> 00:19:49,555 I would say my shows are more personal than anything else. 501 00:19:49,588 --> 00:19:51,690 I like to base my act around real events 502 00:19:51,723 --> 00:19:53,392 that happened in my life. 503 00:19:53,425 --> 00:19:56,195 I don't do any fancy illusions or crazy props. 504 00:19:56,228 --> 00:19:59,364 It's just me, and what you see is what you get. 505 00:19:59,398 --> 00:20:01,266 I've been lucky to travel the world 506 00:20:01,300 --> 00:20:03,068 performing at Navy bases. 507 00:20:03,101 --> 00:20:04,736 I love performing internationally, 508 00:20:04,770 --> 00:20:06,905 because it's a real thrill to use magic 509 00:20:06,939 --> 00:20:09,575 as a way to connect with people. 510 00:20:09,608 --> 00:20:11,076 In addition to magic, 511 00:20:11,109 --> 00:20:13,545 I tried my hand at a bunch of other ventures. 512 00:20:13,579 --> 00:20:15,881 I published a book, I launched a coffee company. 513 00:20:15,914 --> 00:20:18,717 I had dabbled in...botany. 514 00:20:18,750 --> 00:20:20,152 [coughs] 515 00:20:20,185 --> 00:20:22,120 I currently live in Portland, Oregon, 516 00:20:22,154 --> 00:20:25,324 where I produce and tour with the show Smokus Pocus. 517 00:20:25,357 --> 00:20:27,159 The trick that I'm going to do tonight 518 00:20:27,192 --> 00:20:30,262 is just the tip of the iceberg of what my full show is like. 519 00:20:30,295 --> 00:20:32,598 Penn and Teller, I don't know if I'll fool you, 520 00:20:32,631 --> 00:20:34,800 but I hope you'll be impressed by what you see. 521 00:20:35,701 --> 00:20:38,770 [cheers and applause] 522 00:20:40,172 --> 00:20:43,308 - Joined by six randomly selected dudes, 523 00:20:43,342 --> 00:20:46,678 here's Portland's own Ben Zabin. 524 00:20:46,712 --> 00:20:49,281 [cheers and applause] 525 00:20:49,314 --> 00:20:52,851 - Penn, Teller, what I'm about to tell you guys 526 00:20:52,884 --> 00:20:55,420 is not merely part of a magic trick, 527 00:20:55,454 --> 00:20:59,992 but it's a cautionary tale about life in the digital age. 528 00:21:00,025 --> 00:21:02,027 About a year and a half ago, 529 00:21:02,060 --> 00:21:04,463 I got a text from an unknown number. 530 00:21:04,496 --> 00:21:07,866 And this text was a picture of a dude wearing 531 00:21:07,899 --> 00:21:10,502 nothing but his birthday suit. 532 00:21:10,535 --> 00:21:13,705 I got a second text with another picture of the dude 533 00:21:13,739 --> 00:21:16,475 in his birthday suit, and then a third picture. 534 00:21:16,508 --> 00:21:18,977 Now, at this point, I'm starting to panic 535 00:21:19,011 --> 00:21:22,047 because the dude in those pictures was me. 536 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:24,182 [laughter] I was birthday suit dude. 537 00:21:24,216 --> 00:21:25,617 I'm looking at these pictures of myself. 538 00:21:25,651 --> 00:21:27,352 And yes, 539 00:21:27,386 --> 00:21:31,323 you could see my face and privates in the same shot. 540 00:21:31,356 --> 00:21:35,027 This unknown texter then sends me the name and number 541 00:21:35,060 --> 00:21:37,796 of everybody in my contacts list, 542 00:21:37,829 --> 00:21:41,700 and then tells me to wire transfer them $500, 543 00:21:41,733 --> 00:21:44,403 or else they would send the pictures to everybody I know. 544 00:21:44,436 --> 00:21:46,071 So I'm panicking. 545 00:21:46,104 --> 00:21:48,140 I call the police station, 546 00:21:48,173 --> 00:21:50,642 and I tell them that I'm being blackmailed. 547 00:21:50,676 --> 00:21:52,844 The officer tells me that it's probably 548 00:21:52,878 --> 00:21:56,214 just some hacker overseas that they can't do anything about, 549 00:21:56,248 --> 00:21:59,051 but that I should not send any money, 550 00:21:59,084 --> 00:22:01,687 or else they would just come back asking for more. 551 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:04,056 So I said, OK, what should I do? 552 00:22:04,089 --> 00:22:06,325 And the officer said, 553 00:22:06,358 --> 00:22:08,994 cross your fingers and hope for the best. 554 00:22:09,027 --> 00:22:11,363 And I did. You know what? 555 00:22:11,396 --> 00:22:15,033 The pictures never got sent, all ended well. 556 00:22:15,067 --> 00:22:16,868 And why am I telling you this? 557 00:22:16,902 --> 00:22:19,004 Well, first to remind all the viewers 558 00:22:19,037 --> 00:22:22,341 at home that digital media, not always secure, 559 00:22:22,374 --> 00:22:24,076 especially photos. 560 00:22:24,109 --> 00:22:26,678 And second, as a magician, 561 00:22:26,712 --> 00:22:30,615 I try to use everything in my life as possible inspiration 562 00:22:30,649 --> 00:22:32,184 for a trick. 563 00:22:32,217 --> 00:22:35,120 And that's what brought me here today. 564 00:22:35,153 --> 00:22:38,757 We have six dudes on stage. I've never met any of them. 565 00:22:38,790 --> 00:22:40,625 They have no idea what's about to happen. 566 00:22:40,659 --> 00:22:43,428 Guys, thanks for being here. 567 00:22:43,462 --> 00:22:45,130 That whole experience with the hacker 568 00:22:45,163 --> 00:22:47,899 taught me that it's not the best idea 569 00:22:47,933 --> 00:22:50,936 to keep digital photos of privates, 570 00:22:50,969 --> 00:22:53,605 which is why tonight we're going to do things 571 00:22:53,638 --> 00:22:57,542 the old-fashioned way... 572 00:22:57,576 --> 00:23:00,078 with hard copies. 573 00:23:00,112 --> 00:23:02,547 Guys, I have six folders here. 574 00:23:02,581 --> 00:23:06,885 Each of these folders has a picture of privates. 575 00:23:06,918 --> 00:23:10,155 Now, five of these folders have the same picture, 576 00:23:10,188 --> 00:23:13,425 and that is a picture of a private in the military, 577 00:23:13,458 --> 00:23:16,428 like an army private dressed in a camouflage uniform. 578 00:23:16,461 --> 00:23:20,399 But one of these folders has a picture 579 00:23:20,432 --> 00:23:23,468 of my privates. [laughter] 580 00:23:23,502 --> 00:23:26,004 Guys, I have a folder for each of you. 581 00:23:26,037 --> 00:23:27,406 Hold them out in front of you, 582 00:23:27,439 --> 00:23:31,643 and do not open up these folders, not even to peek. 583 00:23:31,676 --> 00:23:35,914 That's for you, that's for you, and that's for you. 584 00:23:35,947 --> 00:23:38,650 Alyson, will you help me out with this? 585 00:23:38,683 --> 00:23:41,019 - [groans] Do I have to? [laughter] 586 00:23:41,052 --> 00:23:41,953 - I don't see anybody else up here. 587 00:23:41,987 --> 00:23:43,622 - OK, All right. - All right. 588 00:23:43,655 --> 00:23:45,323 I want to leave what we're about to do 589 00:23:45,357 --> 00:23:47,526 totally up to fate. - Oh, boy. 590 00:23:47,559 --> 00:23:48,994 - I brought these six cards. 591 00:23:49,027 --> 00:23:50,362 Each of these cards have a number. 592 00:23:50,395 --> 00:23:52,864 One, two, three, four, five, and six. 593 00:23:52,898 --> 00:23:54,466 Each of the guys have a number-- 594 00:23:54,499 --> 00:23:57,202 One, two, three, four, five, and six. 595 00:23:57,235 --> 00:23:59,171 Alyson, I want you to take these cards, 596 00:23:59,204 --> 00:24:01,306 hold them upside-down, and mix them up in your hands. 597 00:24:01,339 --> 00:24:02,674 - OK. 598 00:24:02,707 --> 00:24:04,142 - Whenever you're satisfied that they're 599 00:24:04,176 --> 00:24:06,878 completely mixed up, flip over the top card 600 00:24:06,912 --> 00:24:09,648 and tell us that number. 601 00:24:09,681 --> 00:24:12,217 - One. - Number one. 602 00:24:12,250 --> 00:24:15,520 Number one, I want you to clasp the folder 603 00:24:15,554 --> 00:24:18,957 up against your chest and take a step back. 604 00:24:18,990 --> 00:24:20,692 Hide the folder from the world. 605 00:24:20,725 --> 00:24:24,029 If this worked, Alyson, the number that you chose, 606 00:24:24,062 --> 00:24:26,698 number one, that should be the folder 607 00:24:26,731 --> 00:24:29,367 that has the picture of my privates. 608 00:24:29,401 --> 00:24:30,902 - OK. 609 00:24:30,936 --> 00:24:32,237 - Which means that the other folders 610 00:24:32,270 --> 00:24:35,474 should have pictures of the army privates. 611 00:24:35,507 --> 00:24:38,310 Now we get to see how we did. [laughter] 612 00:24:38,343 --> 00:24:41,046 Number two, open up your folder, 613 00:24:41,079 --> 00:24:43,315 and show us your privates. 614 00:24:43,348 --> 00:24:45,717 Yes, an army private! 615 00:24:45,750 --> 00:24:48,186 We're off to--yeah, you too-- we're off to a good start. 616 00:24:48,220 --> 00:24:50,355 Number three, open your folder. 617 00:24:50,388 --> 00:24:51,656 Show us your privates. 618 00:24:51,690 --> 00:24:54,259 Yes! Another army private! 619 00:24:54,292 --> 00:24:56,228 This is going well so far. 620 00:24:56,261 --> 00:24:59,764 Number four, open your folder. 621 00:24:59,798 --> 00:25:02,100 Yes. So far you're on a roll. 622 00:25:02,133 --> 00:25:03,635 - Oof. - This is good. 623 00:25:03,668 --> 00:25:06,738 Number five, open your folder. 624 00:25:06,771 --> 00:25:08,406 Yes! 625 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:10,909 All right, you got one left. How are you feeling? 626 00:25:10,942 --> 00:25:13,044 - I mean, I'm glad it's not a picture of me. 627 00:25:13,078 --> 00:25:14,479 [laughter] 628 00:25:14,513 --> 00:25:15,981 - I hope it's not going to be a picture of me. 629 00:25:16,014 --> 00:25:18,650 Let's see. Number six, open your folder. 630 00:25:18,683 --> 00:25:20,886 Yes! Guys, we did it. 631 00:25:20,919 --> 00:25:24,055 Alyson, excellent choice. Thank you so much, guys. 632 00:25:24,089 --> 00:25:26,224 I appreciate you all being here. 633 00:25:26,258 --> 00:25:30,929 You guys can head on off, except for you, number one. 634 00:25:30,962 --> 00:25:35,367 Number one, thank you for keeping that folder safe. 635 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:36,668 - You're welcome. 636 00:25:36,701 --> 00:25:38,003 - You're actually the only one that does 637 00:25:38,036 --> 00:25:40,839 not get to keep the folder. [laughter] 638 00:25:40,872 --> 00:25:42,541 See, some of the skeptics watching 639 00:25:42,574 --> 00:25:44,676 this might be wondering, 640 00:25:44,709 --> 00:25:48,747 what if they all had pictures of military privates? 641 00:25:48,780 --> 00:25:52,684 You can head off stage, too, because I need the biggest 642 00:25:52,717 --> 00:25:55,787 skeptic in the room to prove that this folder 643 00:25:55,820 --> 00:25:59,024 really is what I say it is. 644 00:25:59,057 --> 00:26:01,626 Mr. Jillette, would you please join me? 645 00:26:01,660 --> 00:26:03,728 - Eagerly. - Eagerly? 646 00:26:03,762 --> 00:26:06,131 I love this. - He's running. 647 00:26:06,164 --> 00:26:08,266 - Should we do a dinner date first? 648 00:26:08,300 --> 00:26:10,101 - No, I want to just go right to it. 649 00:26:10,135 --> 00:26:11,903 [laughter] 650 00:26:11,937 --> 00:26:13,104 - Who's this a picture of, Penn? 651 00:26:13,138 --> 00:26:14,873 - It looks like a picture of you. 652 00:26:14,906 --> 00:26:16,575 - What am I wearing? - Nothing. 653 00:26:16,608 --> 00:26:18,577 [laughter] Butt-ass naked. 654 00:26:18,610 --> 00:26:19,978 - What's that? - It's your little Houdini. 655 00:26:20,011 --> 00:26:21,613 - It's my little Houdini? - Yep. 656 00:26:21,646 --> 00:26:23,048 - It's all there? - All there. 657 00:26:23,081 --> 00:26:24,149 - Then before you go back to your seat, 658 00:26:24,182 --> 00:26:26,318 do we get that dinner date, or? 659 00:26:26,351 --> 00:26:28,920 - Uh, yeah. - Yeah? Yes! 660 00:26:28,954 --> 00:26:30,488 Alyson, do you want to join? - No. 661 00:26:30,522 --> 00:26:32,090 - No? Just us, Penn. 662 00:26:32,123 --> 00:26:35,493 [cheers and applause] 663 00:26:35,527 --> 00:26:38,730 - Ben Zabin, everyone. 664 00:26:38,763 --> 00:26:40,265 Ah. 665 00:26:40,298 --> 00:26:42,901 Pretty brave you were worried about your contacts 666 00:26:42,934 --> 00:26:44,302 seeing that photo, but instead, 667 00:26:44,336 --> 00:26:46,972 you risked the whole audience world. 668 00:26:47,005 --> 00:26:48,406 - Why not? 669 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,342 - Tell me about some of your greatest adventures. 670 00:26:50,375 --> 00:26:52,510 - My greatest adventures magic-wise, 671 00:26:52,544 --> 00:26:55,080 I've almost made a tiger appear, 672 00:26:55,113 --> 00:26:56,748 but almost messed up the trick. 673 00:26:56,781 --> 00:26:58,183 And a bunch of people in the audience 674 00:26:58,216 --> 00:26:59,651 didn't know how close they would be 675 00:26:59,684 --> 00:27:01,820 to having an unexpected guest in the audience. 676 00:27:01,853 --> 00:27:04,155 - Oh, boy. - Not here in Vegas. 677 00:27:04,189 --> 00:27:07,092 I was chased out of a casino in Atlantic City, 678 00:27:07,125 --> 00:27:09,194 ran an underground poker ring for a while. 679 00:27:09,227 --> 00:27:11,796 Uh, it's been a wild ride. 680 00:27:11,830 --> 00:27:13,098 - Did you go to college, 681 00:27:13,131 --> 00:27:15,266 or did you go straight into professional magic? 682 00:27:15,300 --> 00:27:16,935 - I went to college for one year. 683 00:27:16,968 --> 00:27:19,037 This--I was doing so many magic shows on the side 684 00:27:19,070 --> 00:27:20,705 that the school kind of gave me the ultimatum 685 00:27:20,739 --> 00:27:23,942 to either lose all of my credits or quit magic. 686 00:27:23,975 --> 00:27:27,212 And I chose to pursue magic, and I said goodbye to school, 687 00:27:27,245 --> 00:27:29,114 and it's remained fun. 688 00:27:29,147 --> 00:27:29,981 And that's what counts. - [chuckles] Good. 689 00:27:30,015 --> 00:27:32,450 - Yeah. - All right, Ben. 690 00:27:32,484 --> 00:27:34,285 Let's see if Penn knows how you worked your magic. 691 00:27:34,319 --> 00:27:35,654 - OK. - Hey, Ben. 692 00:27:35,687 --> 00:27:37,188 - Hi, Penn. 693 00:27:37,222 --> 00:27:38,890 - I feel we're very well-acquainted now. 694 00:27:38,923 --> 00:27:40,358 - [chuckles] - I hope we are. 695 00:27:40,392 --> 00:27:43,228 - One of my favorite things I've seen on "Fool Us" 696 00:27:43,261 --> 00:27:44,462 was just tonight, right up there. 697 00:27:44,496 --> 00:27:45,997 I really liked it. 698 00:27:46,031 --> 00:27:47,732 And you're right, it is dangerous 699 00:27:47,766 --> 00:27:50,535 to have naked pictures of yourself up on the web. 700 00:27:50,568 --> 00:27:53,838 And you've taken something that's usually a little trick, 701 00:27:53,872 --> 00:27:55,340 and making it big-- 702 00:27:55,373 --> 00:27:58,143 which you can do whatever joke you want with that. 703 00:27:58,176 --> 00:28:01,913 And what's also interesting about this is all the words 704 00:28:01,946 --> 00:28:05,550 we have for the private parts. 705 00:28:05,583 --> 00:28:07,585 You use privates, you use birthday suit, 706 00:28:07,619 --> 00:28:09,220 I used little Houdini. 707 00:28:09,254 --> 00:28:11,723 And where I'm from, in Western Massachusetts, 708 00:28:11,756 --> 00:28:14,826 it was called the limber himber timber. 709 00:28:14,859 --> 00:28:17,595 It's just--[laughs] 710 00:28:17,629 --> 00:28:20,031 Really good comedy, really good magic, 711 00:28:20,065 --> 00:28:23,034 and a trick that I think fooled everybody on stage. 712 00:28:23,068 --> 00:28:24,936 But I think we've given you enough hints 713 00:28:24,969 --> 00:28:26,905 that you did not fool us. 714 00:28:26,938 --> 00:28:28,273 And if we didn't give you enough hints, 715 00:28:28,306 --> 00:28:29,741 we'll talk about it over dinner. 716 00:28:29,774 --> 00:28:31,543 But I don't think you fooled us. 717 00:28:31,576 --> 00:28:33,244 - So you didn't fool them, but you got a date? 718 00:28:33,278 --> 00:28:34,546 - Didn't fool them. 719 00:28:34,579 --> 00:28:35,847 And I know that you didn't get to see it, 720 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,116 but whether or not I fooled them, Alyson, 721 00:28:38,149 --> 00:28:39,184 I want you to have this. 722 00:28:39,217 --> 00:28:41,753 [laughter] - Aw, thank you. 723 00:28:41,786 --> 00:28:43,121 - Thank for having me. Thank you. 724 00:28:43,154 --> 00:28:47,726 - Ben Zabin! Whoo! [cheers and applause] 725 00:28:47,759 --> 00:28:49,728 Enjoying this episode so far? 726 00:28:49,761 --> 00:28:51,763 Just wait until you see our next act 727 00:28:51,796 --> 00:28:53,798 when "Fool Us" returns. 728 00:28:53,832 --> 00:28:54,933 Stick around. [cheers and applause] 729 00:28:54,966 --> 00:28:57,268 [jazz music] 730 00:29:03,908 --> 00:29:05,410 [jazz music] 731 00:29:05,443 --> 00:29:08,313 [cheers and applause] 732 00:29:08,346 --> 00:29:10,048 - Welcome back. 733 00:29:10,081 --> 00:29:13,151 We need someone a little sneaky to take down Penn and Teller. 734 00:29:13,184 --> 00:29:15,620 It just might be our next magician. 735 00:29:15,653 --> 00:29:16,988 Let's meet them now. 736 00:29:19,691 --> 00:29:22,460 - I'm a bit of a techie, and I think it shows in my work. 737 00:29:22,494 --> 00:29:24,562 I'm really into the neuroscience of magic-- 738 00:29:24,596 --> 00:29:26,431 how our brains work to deceive us. 739 00:29:26,464 --> 00:29:27,799 [sighs] 740 00:29:27,832 --> 00:29:29,834 That led to some real adventures. 741 00:29:29,868 --> 00:29:32,437 For instance, I'm the unofficial Chief Magic Officer 742 00:29:32,470 --> 00:29:34,339 at a big internet search company. 743 00:29:34,372 --> 00:29:36,107 Let's call it Foogle. 744 00:29:36,141 --> 00:29:38,143 I teach magic at Foogle headquarters 745 00:29:38,176 --> 00:29:40,178 to stimulate creativity in people who work there. 746 00:29:40,211 --> 00:29:42,680 I do shows on-site, too. 747 00:29:42,714 --> 00:29:46,251 Lots of cool things to play with, many buttons to push. 748 00:29:46,284 --> 00:29:47,619 The thing that I'm most excited about 749 00:29:47,652 --> 00:29:50,488 that I've been working on for 15 months is a book. 750 00:29:50,522 --> 00:29:51,856 It's creating magical experiences 751 00:29:51,890 --> 00:29:53,525 for your coworkers. 752 00:29:53,558 --> 00:29:56,161 It's not for magicians, it's for businesses. 753 00:29:56,194 --> 00:29:57,462 I love "Fool Us." [snaps fingers] 754 00:29:57,495 --> 00:29:59,697 I felt like I had to be on the show. 755 00:29:59,731 --> 00:30:01,432 Penn and Teller are tough to fool, though, 756 00:30:01,466 --> 00:30:02,433 so I don't know what's going 757 00:30:02,467 --> 00:30:03,635 to happen for me tonight. 758 00:30:03,668 --> 00:30:05,303 But I like that challenge. 759 00:30:05,336 --> 00:30:06,538 If anything happens beyond that... 760 00:30:06,571 --> 00:30:08,206 [snaps fingers] 761 00:30:08,239 --> 00:30:10,208 I'll be as excited as a human being gets. 762 00:30:10,909 --> 00:30:13,711 [cheers and applause] 763 00:30:15,713 --> 00:30:19,884 - Give it up for Bay Area baffler Robert Strong. 764 00:30:19,918 --> 00:30:21,820 [cheers and applause] 765 00:30:21,853 --> 00:30:24,055 - My two favorite things in the world 766 00:30:24,088 --> 00:30:27,392 are magic tricks and game shows... 767 00:30:27,425 --> 00:30:29,828 so I decided to combine the two. 768 00:30:29,861 --> 00:30:32,330 But since I'm not a competitive person, 769 00:30:32,363 --> 00:30:34,966 I decided to use magic to create a game show 770 00:30:34,999 --> 00:30:37,635 where you just can't lose. 771 00:30:37,669 --> 00:30:40,238 It's like "Fool Us" plus "Jeopardy!" 772 00:30:40,271 --> 00:30:43,541 I call it "Fool Hardy," which is also 773 00:30:43,575 --> 00:30:44,809 what some people might call my attempt 774 00:30:44,843 --> 00:30:46,811 to fool Penn and Teller. 775 00:30:46,845 --> 00:30:48,513 Now, the rules are simple. 776 00:30:48,546 --> 00:30:52,584 There's five questions, and a total of 20 answers. 777 00:30:52,617 --> 00:30:55,019 There are 15 answers that match nothing at all, 778 00:30:55,053 --> 00:30:56,921 and five that match the questions. 779 00:30:56,955 --> 00:30:59,858 And to make this magical/impossible, 780 00:30:59,891 --> 00:31:03,661 you won't see the answers or the questions before you play. 781 00:31:03,695 --> 00:31:05,530 Now, starting with Teller. 782 00:31:05,563 --> 00:31:07,999 Teller, I will start shuffling up the answers. 783 00:31:08,032 --> 00:31:09,734 Would you please signal when to stop? 784 00:31:09,767 --> 00:31:11,736 [upbeat music] 785 00:31:11,769 --> 00:31:14,672 ♪ ♪ 786 00:31:14,706 --> 00:31:19,244 Excellent. What position would you like it in? 787 00:31:19,277 --> 00:31:20,712 One, two, three, four, or five. 788 00:31:20,745 --> 00:31:22,914 Four. Well done, Teller. 789 00:31:22,947 --> 00:31:24,582 Penn, what if-- 790 00:31:24,616 --> 00:31:26,351 - Stop. 791 00:31:26,384 --> 00:31:27,452 - Where would you like it? - Five. 792 00:31:27,485 --> 00:31:29,554 - Five. 793 00:31:29,587 --> 00:31:31,256 Penn, you're driving along the streets of Las Vegas, 794 00:31:31,289 --> 00:31:32,757 and you see a red octagon-shaped street sign. 795 00:31:32,790 --> 00:31:34,592 It tells you to do what? - Stop. 796 00:31:34,626 --> 00:31:36,027 - Well, actually, where would you like it? 797 00:31:36,060 --> 00:31:37,528 - Two. - Two. 798 00:31:37,562 --> 00:31:39,530 What should you do in the name of love? 799 00:31:39,564 --> 00:31:40,531 - Stop. [laughter] 800 00:31:40,565 --> 00:31:42,300 - Before you break my heart. 801 00:31:42,333 --> 00:31:43,534 Where would you like it? - One. 802 00:31:43,568 --> 00:31:45,069 - One. 803 00:31:45,103 --> 00:31:46,371 And the last one, what should everyone do 804 00:31:46,404 --> 00:31:49,207 before they smell the roses? 805 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:50,375 - Stop. 806 00:31:50,408 --> 00:31:51,976 - Excellent, and that's position three. 807 00:31:52,010 --> 00:31:54,479 The answers are in completely random positions, 808 00:31:54,512 --> 00:31:56,414 but the questions. 809 00:31:56,447 --> 00:31:57,882 Teller, please choose one, and Penn choose one, 810 00:31:57,916 --> 00:31:59,717 and we'll switch places. 811 00:31:59,751 --> 00:32:01,319 Two and? 812 00:32:01,352 --> 00:32:02,820 - Three. 813 00:32:02,854 --> 00:32:04,155 - Excellent. 814 00:32:04,188 --> 00:32:05,757 And now, the moment of truth. 815 00:32:05,790 --> 00:32:08,459 Are you two smart enough and/or magical enough 816 00:32:08,493 --> 00:32:09,794 to win Fool Hardy? 817 00:32:09,827 --> 00:32:11,496 We do answers first. 818 00:32:11,529 --> 00:32:16,134 The first answer, the answer is Elon Musk. 819 00:32:16,167 --> 00:32:20,071 The question, what's the name of the Tesla new car smell? 820 00:32:20,104 --> 00:32:21,839 That is correct. [laughter] 821 00:32:21,873 --> 00:32:24,108 Off to a fantastic start. 822 00:32:24,142 --> 00:32:28,246 Answer number two, the answer is reading glasses, 823 00:32:28,279 --> 00:32:31,482 car keys, and the unmute button. 824 00:32:31,516 --> 00:32:33,084 The question is 825 00:32:33,117 --> 00:32:34,852 name three things my parents' generation can never find. 826 00:32:34,886 --> 00:32:35,853 That is correct. 827 00:32:35,887 --> 00:32:38,022 [suspenseful music] 828 00:32:38,056 --> 00:32:40,124 Answer number three. 829 00:32:40,158 --> 00:32:45,129 They both do cavity searches. 830 00:32:45,163 --> 00:32:47,699 What do dentists and TSA agents have in common? 831 00:32:47,732 --> 00:32:50,034 That is correct. [laughter] 832 00:32:50,068 --> 00:32:51,836 This is incredible. 833 00:32:51,869 --> 00:32:55,039 The next one is FitBitCoin-- 834 00:32:55,073 --> 00:32:56,474 or FitBitCoin. 835 00:32:56,507 --> 00:32:59,177 The question is what device counts 836 00:32:59,210 --> 00:33:02,480 the calories you burn as you stress about cryptocurrency? 837 00:33:02,513 --> 00:33:05,817 Now, it all comes down to this last one. 838 00:33:05,850 --> 00:33:07,652 There's no guarantee there's a match, 839 00:33:07,685 --> 00:33:10,388 because we had 15 extra answers. 840 00:33:10,421 --> 00:33:12,957 Now, the moment of truth. 841 00:33:12,991 --> 00:33:17,228 And the answer is my Netflix password-- 842 00:33:17,261 --> 00:33:18,496 my Netflix password. 843 00:33:18,529 --> 00:33:19,864 And the question is, 844 00:33:19,897 --> 00:33:21,399 what do my friends and family have in common? 845 00:33:21,432 --> 00:33:22,834 Correct. [bell ringing] 846 00:33:22,867 --> 00:33:26,170 We did it, everyone. [cheers and applause] 847 00:33:26,204 --> 00:33:28,873 We did it. - Robert Strong. 848 00:33:28,906 --> 00:33:31,909 [cheers and applause] 849 00:33:31,943 --> 00:33:34,245 That was fun. - Yes. 850 00:33:34,278 --> 00:33:36,681 - Have you always wanted to be a game show host? 851 00:33:36,714 --> 00:33:39,350 - I think that my magic style, at some point, 852 00:33:39,384 --> 00:33:40,718 was in line with the game show host, 853 00:33:40,752 --> 00:33:43,021 but I kind of pivot that into trade shows. 854 00:33:43,054 --> 00:33:46,657 - [laughs] OK. What is your favorite game show? 855 00:33:46,691 --> 00:33:48,926 - What is my favorite-- of course, "Fool Us." 856 00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:51,929 It's not a trick question. - Ah, good answer. 857 00:33:51,963 --> 00:33:55,500 Do all of your magic tricks involve a game show element? 858 00:33:55,533 --> 00:33:58,536 - No, they all actually involve kind of an improv element. 859 00:33:58,569 --> 00:34:00,438 What I do is I write the structure of the script, 860 00:34:00,471 --> 00:34:02,774 and then I allow myself to let the structure go 861 00:34:02,807 --> 00:34:04,509 and play with what's in the room. 862 00:34:04,542 --> 00:34:06,010 That way everybody feels like the experience 863 00:34:06,044 --> 00:34:07,945 is just for them. 864 00:34:07,979 --> 00:34:10,014 - And it probably makes it more exciting for you, too, right? 865 00:34:10,048 --> 00:34:12,283 - Oh, no two shows are ever the same. 866 00:34:12,316 --> 00:34:13,785 - Which do you prefer? 867 00:34:13,818 --> 00:34:16,521 When it goes right or when it goes wrong? 868 00:34:16,554 --> 00:34:18,790 - When it goes wrong, it's a gift from the gods, 869 00:34:18,823 --> 00:34:20,458 from the performance gods. 870 00:34:20,491 --> 00:34:23,027 That's when you can discover miracles and moments of joy 871 00:34:23,061 --> 00:34:24,228 and all that. 872 00:34:24,262 --> 00:34:25,763 And every once in a while, 873 00:34:25,797 --> 00:34:27,365 you just have to leave with your tail between your leg 874 00:34:27,398 --> 00:34:30,068 and say, nope, that wasn't it. - All right, Robert. 875 00:34:30,101 --> 00:34:33,404 Let's see if your magic game show fooled our magic experts. 876 00:34:33,438 --> 00:34:35,273 - Hey. - Boys. 877 00:34:35,306 --> 00:34:36,908 - Hey, Robert. How are you doing? 878 00:34:36,941 --> 00:34:38,376 You're really good. - Yeah. 879 00:34:38,409 --> 00:34:40,645 - Really, really pleasant. Really, really sweet. 880 00:34:40,678 --> 00:34:44,148 And also it's shown in this routine 881 00:34:44,182 --> 00:34:46,617 that you set it up so the spectator wins, 882 00:34:46,651 --> 00:34:48,086 which is really nice. 883 00:34:48,119 --> 00:34:50,555 It makes it so it's not mean-spirited at all, 884 00:34:50,588 --> 00:34:52,657 it's got nice jokes at the end. 885 00:34:52,690 --> 00:34:57,295 It's no--no unkindness to the people you're performing for, 886 00:34:57,328 --> 00:34:59,063 and I really, really like that. 887 00:34:59,097 --> 00:35:02,767 And as I was watching this, I was thinking about-- 888 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:06,838 I was back in New York City, and there was an art show there 889 00:35:06,871 --> 00:35:09,340 of all African American art, which I just love. 890 00:35:09,373 --> 00:35:11,676 I just love all the contemporary 891 00:35:11,709 --> 00:35:12,844 African American artists. 892 00:35:12,877 --> 00:35:15,446 And although I loved it, 893 00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:17,915 there was a lot of controversy over it. 894 00:35:17,949 --> 00:35:22,787 There was a big flap over the African American art. 895 00:35:22,820 --> 00:35:25,756 And I don't know why that popped into my mind, 896 00:35:25,790 --> 00:35:26,757 but it did. 897 00:35:26,791 --> 00:35:28,092 It just popped into my mind. 898 00:35:28,126 --> 00:35:30,761 And I want to play the game that you played. 899 00:35:30,795 --> 00:35:33,931 You played a game where you gave the answer, 900 00:35:33,965 --> 00:35:35,833 and then there was the question afterwards. 901 00:35:35,867 --> 00:35:38,002 - OK. - We had to see if it matched. 902 00:35:38,035 --> 00:35:43,474 Kind of a homage to Carnac way back on "The Tonight Show" 903 00:35:43,508 --> 00:35:45,476 when Johnny Carson was the host. 904 00:35:45,510 --> 00:35:47,211 So here's the answer, 905 00:35:47,245 --> 00:35:49,780 and see if you can come up with a question. 906 00:35:49,814 --> 00:35:54,819 We loved it, but we don't think so. 907 00:35:54,852 --> 00:35:56,287 - Correct. 908 00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:58,689 - [laughs] And what would be the question to that? 909 00:35:58,723 --> 00:36:00,858 - Did Robert Strong fool Penn and Teller today? 910 00:36:00,892 --> 00:36:03,394 - [laughs] Aw. - Thanks so much, Robert. 911 00:36:03,427 --> 00:36:05,296 - Thank you so much. We loved it. 912 00:36:05,329 --> 00:36:06,230 - Thank you. - Robert Strong! 913 00:36:06,264 --> 00:36:09,333 [cheers and applause] 914 00:36:11,669 --> 00:36:13,337 Grab a snack and come right back. 915 00:36:13,371 --> 00:36:15,706 More magic after this. 916 00:36:15,740 --> 00:36:18,042 [cheers and applause] 917 00:36:24,582 --> 00:36:26,551 [jazz music] 918 00:36:26,584 --> 00:36:27,552 [cheers and applause] 919 00:36:27,585 --> 00:36:29,220 - Welcome back. 920 00:36:29,253 --> 00:36:31,489 We don't wrap the show without adding a Penn and Teller trick 921 00:36:31,522 --> 00:36:33,524 to the total package. 922 00:36:33,558 --> 00:36:37,595 Here to put a bow on tonight's show, Penn and Teller. 923 00:36:37,628 --> 00:36:40,198 [cheers and applause] 924 00:36:40,231 --> 00:36:42,033 - You know, a lot of magicians 925 00:36:42,066 --> 00:36:44,202 make the joke that this show should not be called 926 00:36:44,235 --> 00:36:46,170 "Penn & Teller: Fool Us." 927 00:36:46,204 --> 00:36:48,372 It should be called "Penn & Teller: Fool Teller." 928 00:36:48,406 --> 00:36:50,074 And the reason is it's well-known 929 00:36:50,107 --> 00:36:52,343 in the magic community and probably well-known 930 00:36:52,376 --> 00:36:54,579 if you watch the show often 931 00:36:54,612 --> 00:36:57,515 that I know less about magic than Teller does. 932 00:36:57,548 --> 00:36:59,116 But now, we're coming on a decade. 933 00:36:59,150 --> 00:37:02,853 It's a decade that I've been hosting a magic show, 934 00:37:02,887 --> 00:37:05,456 and I don't really do that much magic. 935 00:37:05,489 --> 00:37:06,958 So I'm changing my ways. 936 00:37:06,991 --> 00:37:09,227 And Teller--I got the best teacher in the world-- 937 00:37:09,260 --> 00:37:10,795 is teaching me magic. 938 00:37:10,828 --> 00:37:12,630 And Teller said the first thing I should learn 939 00:37:12,663 --> 00:37:14,565 is a false shuffle. 940 00:37:14,599 --> 00:37:16,934 It's used in almost all card tricks. 941 00:37:16,968 --> 00:37:19,403 The idea is you've got a deck that's in order, 942 00:37:19,437 --> 00:37:21,138 you know where the card is, 943 00:37:21,172 --> 00:37:24,475 and then you look like you're shuffling them. 944 00:37:24,508 --> 00:37:26,644 But when you're done, the cards are in the same order 945 00:37:26,677 --> 00:37:29,547 they started in, so you've got a false shuffle. 946 00:37:29,580 --> 00:37:31,916 It's a shuffle that's false. 947 00:37:31,949 --> 00:37:34,952 See, it's very simple. And it's one of the basics. 948 00:37:34,986 --> 00:37:37,421 If you're studying magic at home, if you're a child, 949 00:37:37,455 --> 00:37:39,657 you're learning a false shuffle right away. 950 00:37:39,690 --> 00:37:42,226 So we've got a brand-new deck of cards here 951 00:37:42,260 --> 00:37:44,161 where they are all in order. 952 00:37:44,195 --> 00:37:46,330 So this is a good way to learn a false shuffle. 953 00:37:46,364 --> 00:37:48,899 So we're getting rid of the advertising cards 954 00:37:48,933 --> 00:37:51,802 and the jokers-- come right out of there-- 955 00:37:51,836 --> 00:37:56,173 and now we have a deck in perfect order, ace to king, 956 00:37:56,207 --> 00:38:00,411 ace to king, ace to king, ace to king, 957 00:38:00,444 --> 00:38:03,514 spades, diamonds, clubs, hearts. 958 00:38:03,547 --> 00:38:05,783 And the idea is that you shuffle the deck. 959 00:38:05,816 --> 00:38:07,985 The audience goes, whoa, that deck is shuffled, 960 00:38:08,019 --> 00:38:11,355 and yet, it is not shuffled, OK? 961 00:38:11,389 --> 00:38:12,523 So I've been studying the magic. 962 00:38:12,556 --> 00:38:14,025 It's so hard to-- 963 00:38:14,058 --> 00:38:16,627 I mean, I'm not afraid at all of the TV cameras, 964 00:38:16,661 --> 00:38:17,828 but I'm afraid of Teller. 965 00:38:17,862 --> 00:38:19,163 Teller's watching. 966 00:38:19,196 --> 00:38:20,298 You know, when you're in front of your teacher, 967 00:38:20,331 --> 00:38:21,532 you want to do it right. 968 00:38:21,565 --> 00:38:24,468 So OK, here we go. Ah. 969 00:38:24,502 --> 00:38:26,504 So the cards are in perfect order. 970 00:38:26,537 --> 00:38:28,506 And when I am done, 971 00:38:28,539 --> 00:38:32,877 the cards will also be in perfect order. 972 00:38:32,910 --> 00:38:36,347 So first of all, Teller says cut the cards. 973 00:38:36,380 --> 00:38:38,049 OK, so I've cut the cards. 974 00:38:38,082 --> 00:38:40,217 What'd I do wrong? 975 00:38:40,251 --> 00:38:42,286 [laughter] 976 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:43,621 Now, that's not part of the trick. 977 00:38:43,654 --> 00:38:45,456 That's just aesthetics, right? I mean--or is it? 978 00:38:45,489 --> 00:38:46,891 OK, OK, all right. 979 00:38:46,924 --> 00:38:48,959 And now I'm supposed to bring my thumb down, 980 00:38:48,993 --> 00:38:51,462 and the sound of the shuffle is the first thing you learn. 981 00:38:51,495 --> 00:38:53,197 It's the sound. 982 00:38:53,230 --> 00:38:56,300 So I want to make this sound like a perfect shuffle. 983 00:38:56,334 --> 00:38:58,202 So my hands come in, my hands can be like this, 984 00:38:58,235 --> 00:38:59,036 and they go like this. 985 00:38:59,070 --> 00:39:01,072 [shuffling] 986 00:39:01,105 --> 00:39:02,206 Was that good or-- 987 00:39:02,239 --> 00:39:03,307 good, good. 988 00:39:03,341 --> 00:39:04,141 I'll do it one more time. 989 00:39:04,175 --> 00:39:05,309 [shuffling] 990 00:39:05,343 --> 00:39:06,877 - [gasps] 991 00:39:06,911 --> 00:39:09,080 - Now I banged off the sound of the shuffle. 992 00:39:09,113 --> 00:39:11,215 And I'll put them back together. 993 00:39:11,248 --> 00:39:12,983 Right, just like that. 994 00:39:13,017 --> 00:39:14,218 OK. 995 00:39:14,251 --> 00:39:15,486 And now when I lay them out, 996 00:39:15,519 --> 00:39:17,588 they'll be in the same order we started. 997 00:39:17,621 --> 00:39:19,657 And there's a lot of tricks I can do with that 998 00:39:19,690 --> 00:39:21,525 once I lay them out. 999 00:39:21,559 --> 00:39:23,527 They're in--they're-- they're not-- 1000 00:39:23,561 --> 00:39:25,262 they're not-- they're not ace to king! 1001 00:39:25,296 --> 00:39:27,331 They're--they're just in a random order! 1002 00:39:27,365 --> 00:39:29,433 They're in a random order! 1003 00:39:29,467 --> 00:39:30,868 I didn't even touch them! 1004 00:39:30,901 --> 00:39:33,070 There was a set-- you said build a wall, 1005 00:39:33,104 --> 00:39:34,538 build a wall! 1006 00:39:34,572 --> 00:39:36,741 You said that! To have build the wall! 1007 00:39:36,774 --> 00:39:39,009 I built the wall, I made the sound, 1008 00:39:39,043 --> 00:39:41,912 and they're in a random-- [laughter] 1009 00:39:41,946 --> 00:39:43,114 [jazz music] 1010 00:39:43,147 --> 00:39:45,383 Show me again. 1011 00:39:45,416 --> 00:39:47,218 Show me again. 1012 00:39:47,251 --> 00:39:49,019 I built the wall, Teller. 1013 00:39:49,053 --> 00:39:50,554 It was-- they didn't even cross. 1014 00:39:50,588 --> 00:39:52,223 OK, same thing, same thing. 1015 00:39:52,256 --> 00:39:53,557 That's the way I started, right? 1016 00:39:53,591 --> 00:39:55,559 And then you cut them. 1017 00:39:55,593 --> 00:39:56,560 Good. 1018 00:39:56,594 --> 00:39:57,795 And then you had-- 1019 00:39:57,828 --> 00:39:59,196 I had them closer together, but that-- 1020 00:39:59,230 --> 00:40:00,364 OK, that's just the way I did it. 1021 00:40:00,398 --> 00:40:01,365 That's exactly the way. 1022 00:40:01,399 --> 00:40:02,967 Now I'm going to watch. 1023 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:05,069 ♪ ♪ 1024 00:40:05,102 --> 00:40:06,303 [shuffling] 1025 00:40:06,337 --> 00:40:09,073 You made the sound. 1026 00:40:09,106 --> 00:40:10,775 Put it back. 1027 00:40:10,808 --> 00:40:13,744 And then he fans them out, and then-- 1028 00:40:13,778 --> 00:40:17,114 in perfect order. [cheers and applause] 1029 00:40:17,148 --> 00:40:19,083 They're in perfect order. 1030 00:40:19,116 --> 00:40:21,585 The ace the king, ace to king, ace to king, 1031 00:40:21,619 --> 00:40:26,590 spades, diamonds, clubs, hearts. 1032 00:40:26,624 --> 00:40:28,559 [applause] I watched you! 1033 00:40:28,592 --> 00:40:32,329 I was this close to you, and look, I did the same thing! 1034 00:40:32,363 --> 00:40:33,798 I did the same-- 1035 00:40:33,831 --> 00:40:36,000 Alyson! I did the same thing. 1036 00:40:36,033 --> 00:40:38,803 Did you see that? I did the same thing, Alyson. 1037 00:40:38,836 --> 00:40:41,305 - We hate to say goodbye, but we have to. 1038 00:40:41,338 --> 00:40:44,842 We'll have a brand new episode for you when "Fool Us" returns. 1039 00:40:44,875 --> 00:40:47,144 See you soon. 1040 00:40:47,178 --> 00:40:49,847 - There's no way. I did the same thing. 1041 00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:52,817 [cheers and applause] [indistinct chatter]