[jazz music]
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- From the Penn & Teller theater
at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas,
here's our host Alyson Hannigan.
♪ ♪
- Welcome to "Fool Us".
You know how a single snowflake can trigger an avalanche?
That's why I love magic.
Small, simple moves
can generate incredibly powerful results.
And I can tell you this,
tonight's magicians are so good,
they've got a lot more than a snowball's chance
of fooling the stars of our show,
a pair of real chill guys,
Penn and Teller.
[cheers and applause]
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- [mouthing words]
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- Anyone who fools Penn and Teller
gets a fancy "Fool Us" trophy
and a slot performing in
Penn and Teller's Las Vegas magic show,
so let's meet tonight's first potential Fooler.
- When I was little, my father did
dad magic with coins mostly.
I loved it.
- Calling it dad magic,
that's not just an insult to magic, but to dads.
- I thought you were marvelous,
but I guess I was very young.
- I don't ordinarily do magic.
- And actually, I'd rather be an astronaut than do magic,
so what are we doing on "Fool Us" then?
- We decided to do a magic routine,
you know, as a bonding experience.
- Creating a trick to fool Penn and Teller
was a way to spend more time together.
- And when I was Seren's age, I saw Penn and Teller
do the world's most expensive card trick.
It blew my mind.
It was called the world's most expensive card trick
because they used a supercomputer to do the trick.
- And back then, that kind of hardware and programming
cost a ton of money.
- For years, I've been trying to build a supercomputer
just like Penn and Teller's. "Fool Us" was the perfect
motivation to complete the job.
- Do you think we can fool them?
- I think we might.
both: Wouldn't that be amazing?
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[cheers and applause]
- It's duo versus duo.
Penn and Teller versus Seren and Nathan.
[cheers and applause]
- Hi. I'm Seren and this is my partner Nathan.
- And together we are...
Nathan and Seren. - Seren and Nathan.
- Hi, Penn. Hi, Teller.
- And hello, Alyson. I'm a huge fan.
- Thank you.
- Penn, Teller,
tonight we're gonna try and fool you
with one of your own magic tricks.
The world's most expensive card trick,
but our version is called
the world's most technical card trick.
- Penn, do you have a pack of cards shuffled and ready to go?
- I do. I do.
- Great. Please join us on the stage.
- Yeah. Just stand behind the table there
and take them out of the box. Throw the box away.
We don't need that.
- Throw the box away. We don't need that.
- No. Don't need that.
In fact, put the cards on the table
because we're not gonna touch them or handle them in any way.
- Okay. - There's no card force,
no trick deck, no double lift, nothing.
- Okay. - In fact, we're gonna let
our supercomputer do all the hard work for us.
I give you Card Finder 2000.
- You can tell by the UI,
he's been coding this for decades.
[laughter]
- So this is actually an advanced artificial
intelligence card recognition and logging software platform.
- In real life, it's just an app.
In magic, it's psychic powers.
- Okay, so Penn, what we need you to do
is select a card.
So lift up around half the cards.
Well, as many as you like really,
and don't look at it yet.
Take the card you've cut to and you just pop it in your pocket.
- I will. - Thank you.
And now, just pick up all the cards
and give them a shuffle.
- [mouthing words] Hi.
- Seren, we're not here to wave at Alyson.
We're here to fool Penn and Teller.
There you go.
So Penn, we're gonna scan the cards now.
If you could hold the cards up and let's go.
The way this works is Card Finder 2000
sees a card, it logs the card,
and then when it's found 51 cards
and there's only one left,
we know that card is in your pocket.
Last few cards.
And I think we're done.
Thank you. Pop the cards back on the table there.
Thank you, Seren.
Now, like I said,
this always works.
Your card is the...
hang on. Wait a second.
It is the...oh.
Hang on. Um...
[groans] It's...
It's not worked. Um...
Maybe I can fix it. Give me a second.
- Don't worry, Dad. I've got your back.
So, Penn, when you were doing your version of this trick,
did you ever try mind reading? You know, for real.
- No. - Oh.
Well, I'm willing to give it a try,
but the thing is I can only
read the mind of someone I truly admire and respect,
so if you could please go back to your seat.
Alyson's gonna come help me. - Do I keep the card with me?
- Yes. - Okay.
- Hi. - Alyson, hi.
- Aw, it's so nice to meet you.
- So nice to meet you too.
I did only come to Vegas so I could meet you
and I was wondering, can we go for milkshakes later?
- Sure. - Yes.
- Awesome. - [sighs]
I am going to use this technique
called teenage intuition. - Okay.
- Please lift up around half the cards.
- Okay.
- Now, without looking take the top card
from the bottom pile and pop it in your pocket.
- Okay. Hold on.
Pocket. In my...
- Now, pick up the rest of the cards and shuffle them.
- Okay.
- Alyson, I have made a really important decision.
- Yeah.
- Me and you are going to be best friends.
- Oh, fantastic. - Yes.
Dad, Dad, Dad, she said fantastic.
- Okay, one minute. Um, Penn.
- Yes.
- Can you take a look at the card in your pocket?
Just a peek.
Don't say--just yes or no.
Is it a joker?
- It's not.
- It's not a joker. Okay.
I think we've got a bit of a problem.
- Alyson, please write on the top card.
- Okay.
- "To my new best friend, Seren.
Love from Alyson."
- It's not my finest work.
- Thank you. - You're so welcome.
- This isn't actually for the trick.
- [laughs] - This is just for me.
- It's fun.
- And you can chuck the rest of the cards now.
- Okay. Chuck them. - And the pen.
Like I said, I'm just going to use teenage intuition.
Please take out your card and look at it.
- Okay. - Concentrate on it.
- Okay.
- Picture the card in your mind.
I think I've got it.
Your card is the seven of spades.
Oh. That's weird.
I'm getting that card from somewhere.
[gasps] Penn, what's your card?
Hold it up so I can see. - My card is
the seven of spades.
- Yes! - There it is right there.
- Wait. Dad, I didn't mean to read Penn's mind.
- I know. I didn't mean to find
Alyson's card either, but I think I have.
- The king of hearts.
Alyson, is your card really the king of hearts?
- Yes.
both: Yes.
- We did it. - [laughs]
- You see, even if we're both half wrong,
together, we're 100% right.
[laughter]
- Seren and Nathan.
Ah. There you go.
I gave her top billing. Seren and Nathan.
- Oh, yeah. Definitely. - Oh, yes.
- It has to be that way around.
She was wanting it to be
Alyson and Seren for a while,
but she's stuck with me. - Okay.
Is this your first time in Vegas?
- Yes. My first time out of Europe.
- Wow.
- We were bored during lockdown
and we decided to do a bit of a magic trick.
And I needed a star to come along with me, so...
- So tell us about the impact of Penn and Teller.
Have they influenced you?
- Oh, yeah. I've been watching Penn and Teller since the '90s
when they're over in the UK,
so thank you for the inspiration.
- Aw. I would imagine
this takes lots of hours of practice.
- Mm-hmm.
- Do you ever get bored of that?
- Yeah, but it got me to Vegas,
so it was kind of all worth it to be honest.
- That's true.
Okay, it's time to go to the boys
and see if they know the secrets to your magic.
- Great.
- Ah, Seren and Nathan.
What a nice routine and Seren, welcome to Las Vegas.
- Thank you.
- And I got to tell you,
how could we be more flattered?
What a wonderful thing?
The world's most expensive card trick,
which even though we faked it the first time we did it
on "Saturday Night Live" did end up being
a very, very expensive trick
'cause of things beyond our control.
But... [laughs]
Your version is really, really wonderful
and I have such a soft spot in my heart
for fathers and teenagers working together.
That was just really wonderful.
We'll be doing stuff this season with my teenager, Mox,
so that really--that really pulls at my heartstrings.
And you interact so well together
and all this stuff with Alyson,
which I know you were kidding, Seren.
You do actually like us more than Alyson.
I know that, but it's all in good fun.
All in good fun. [laughter]
But I will tell you, the most amazing thing about
this is you took something that was a pipe dream for us
and we totally faked,
and you did a big part of it for real.
But that does not explain the whole trick
because you went through and you weighed all the options
and all the things you could possibly do.
And said, you know, "Penn and Teller's trick
"as they conceived it, which they couldn't actually do,
"wasn't even good enough for us.
We're gonna take it another step beyond that."
And you did and it's an astonishing trick.
And I hope somewhere in there I snuck in something
that might've coded to you,
but you kind of did a lot of it just for real.
- Okay, so do they know how you did the trick?
- I think so. What do you think?
- I don't really care. I got to meet Alyson.
- Aw. Thank you.
Thank you to Seren and Nathan.
[cheers and applause]
Up next, you'll see some great acts
and later, a finale by Penn and Teller.
Stick around.
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♪ ♪
- Welcome back.
We've hatched a plan to entertain you.
Now, lay your eyes onto our next act.
- My name is Caleb Morgan and I am from North Carolina.
The first person I ever fooled with magic was actually me.
I was like eight or nine years old
and I had this little, plastic trick box.
You put the card in the box.
Okay, I close the box
and when I opened it again, and the card was just gone.
And I was just astounded.
I had no idea what I just did
and right there, I was just hooked on magic forever.
Like many people, I come from a broken home.
Having magic as a way to escape that
helped me through some tight spots.
So when I perform now, I think about all the things
the people in the audience might be going through.
It's a real motivation for me to try and reach them.
To brighten what's bad.
[country music]
I've worked and worked to come up with
something special for Penn and Teller.
I know they're super smart, but I don't even want
to let myself think about an outcome other than a trophy.
I have a degree in Spanish
and I used to work as a translator.
So, Penn, Teller...
♪ ♪
- From North Carolina,
it's the magic of Caleb Morgan.
[cheers and applause]
- Penn, Teller, it's time you got revenge.
A few seasons ago,
you were fooled by, of all things, a chicken.
And I'm sure that left a foul taste in your mouths,
so I'm here to help you turn the tables
by showing you exactly how to fool a chicken.
- [laughs]
- Now, I know what you're thinking.
What does this guy know about chickens?
Not that much.
But my Grandma Josephine, she grew up on a farm
raising chickens and she told me all about
how her chickens refused to lay eggs in an empty nest
unless she could trick them.
Now, Penn, she's from the south,
so she calls it chicken trickin'.
And she said, "All you got to do
is convince that chicken that the nest isn't actually empty."
Let me show you what she meant.
We'll imagine you guys are the chicken farmers.
- Okay. - And Teller,
your job would be to attract the chicken,
to lure it in towards the nest.
And all you need for that is a red bandana.
Now, it sounds crazy, but believe it or not,
chickens are naturally attracted to the color red.
They can't help it.
It's just part of their instinct.
So when you start showing this red bandana around
and then you start showing less and less of it,
that chicken with its beady, little eyes,
can't help but be attracted to the color and the movement
of the bandana as you lead it closer and closer to the nest.
Now, at the same time, Grandma would say
sweet little things to the chicken.
Like, "Here, chicky chicky. Here, chicky, chicky."
And Penn, I'm sure if that chicken
that fooled you was here, you'd probably have
some things to say, but it probably wouldn't be as sweet.
So we'll just use our imaginations for that
because once Teller gets this chicken
right where he wants it, right in front of the nest,
that's when he's gonna reveal...
The egg.
Now, this is the most exciting part,
especially for a magician.
Because it looks just like a real egg from that side,
but when you understand how chicken trickin' works,
it's just a plastic egg with a hole in the back.
For the bandana.
Now, the chicken will never see this coming.
'Cause it's not just any plastic egg,
it's actually a specially made fake egg
sold online by farmers for farmers.
So when Teller is pretending to push the bandana into his fist,
he's really just stuffing it directly into the plastic egg.
And then you farmers set this in the nest
and that chicken starts to wonder,
"Oh, hold on a second. That looks familiar."
And before you know it
there will be fresh eggs in your nest,
meaning you have successfully fooled that chicken.
But there is one catch.
You see, more times than she'd care to admit,
Grandma would find herself
gathering all the eggs from the nest,
taking them into the kitchen to make a nice breakfast,
and then struggling
with one particular egg that just wouldn't crack.
See, they make these plastic eggs so realistic,
they're easy to confuse for the real thing
and vice versa,
which means if you're not careful
there's a chance not only will you fool a chicken,
you might also
fool yourselves.
- Caleb Morgan, everyone.
Hi. - Hi.
- I like the name chicken trickin'.
So it was really inspired by your grandma?
- Yes. She just turned 99 and she's just super spunky,
and I just learning as much as I can from her.
- That's awesome.
Is your family supportive of your magic?
- Oh, 100%. 100%, yeah.
I have a bunch of younger siblings
and my mother has always--
she was the one that really kind of started inspiring me
by supporting what I was doing from a young age.
- I see a ring on your finger. Does that mean you're married?
- It does. Yes, yes, yes.
- Will she watch your tricks
over and over and over and over?
- She's gracious enough to do that, yes.
- Aw. Is she supportive or she loves magic?
- My wife loves enjoying the enjoyment that
I get out of magic. She loves watching.
- So she hates magic. - She loves...
- She hates magic.
- I wouldn't say that. - It's fine.
- [laughs] - She loves you.
- That is 100% true. Yes. - [laughs]
So what would it mean if you fooled Penn and Teller?
- Oh, it would be awesome, but--that's definitely
part of the reason I'm here,
but also, I'm just really happy to be here.
- All right, Caleb, it's time to see if the boys
know your farm fresh magic secrets.
- Hey, Caleb. - Hey, Penn.
- Do you really think it's wise to come on our show
and bring up one of the most
humiliating moments of our lives?
That's the way you wanted to start the show.
That was your way of ingratiating yourself to us.
Bringing up a past humiliation.
That's what you wanted to do?
Good. Good.
We thought that was really funny,
but keep in mind, that's the way you started it.
You started by bringing up a humiliation.
And the trick you did, I mean, the idea we were fooled by
a chicken, bringing it up, and want to get revenge.
And how you fool the chicken,
and all that stuff about your grandmother and so on.
You end up doing a trick that we all know,
the sucker silk and egg.
I mean, every magician does that.
And there's a few problems
with us just saying you're just doing that standard thing,
so I got a few questions to ask you.
And don't push it.
Don't lie to me on these questions
after you've come out and brought up a humiliation.
You'd better be telling the truth.
Now, we did not see you do a switch.
We didn't see it.
So let's throw that out.
Now, I'm gonna ask you a question, okay?
And I want you to tell me honestly, okay?
'Cause you're already treading a thin line here.
- [laughs]
- Is what is in that glass
real egg shell and real egg?
- Yes.
- You're not lying to me?
Don't make me come up there.
- I feel like he's never lied.
- Okay, okay. Okay, okay.
Then I've got one other question for you, Caleb.
You ready? You got to tell the truth.
- Okay. - Which fooled us first,
the chicken or the egg?
'Cause they both fooled us. - [laughs]
- Oh, you did it.
You fooled them.
Oh, my goodness.
Congratulations. - Really, really nice.
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you so much. - Beautiful.
- Yay. - Thank you.
- We have a Fooler.
Caleb Morgan.
[cheers and applause]
Look out, world.
We have another Fooler walking among us.
We might have another one on the way
when we come back.
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- Welcome back.
Penn and Teller already gave away
one "Fool Us" trophy tonight.
They don't want to give out a second.
They might not have a choice with our next magician.
Check him out.
- I'm from Spain, but I came to Germany to study
philosophy and art, and secretly to study magic.
I got my master's degree in how magic influences
contemporary art. [monkey howls]
The last two years have been very, very tough
because I miss my audience.
I need my audience.
I cannot be alone at home
and practice 1,000 times in front of a mirror.
I need to be on stage and it was just impossible,
so tonight is very, very special to me.
I have the biggest
and probably the toughest audience in my life.
Penn and Teller, I think I'm ready for you.
[cheers and applause]
- Let's take a journey to the magical world
of Alfonso Rituerto.
[cheers and applause]
[tense music]
♪ ♪
[applause]
♪ ♪
[bucket clangs]
♪ ♪
- [mouthing words]
[bucket clanging]
[sad music]
♪ ♪
[change jingling]
♪ ♪
[applause]
- Alfonso Rituerto.
[cheers and applause]
Aw.
I'm sorry you lost all your coins.
- Yeah, it's... - It's very Vegas of you.
- [laughs] Yeah.
- Yeah. Why did you create such a sad story?
- This--a lot of time being alone
is--I thought about this loneliness.
I wanted to express that with magic.
- Aw. Are all your acts silent?
- No. Not at all.
- What was your very first magic performance?
- Ooh, my very first magic performance
was in Spain in 2009
and I tried to lock me in the toilet and not go out
because I was so scared of performing.
- Oh, I thought that was the trick.
I was like, "Wow. Okay."
- But, yeah, my colleagues, they pulled me out
of the toilet and say, "Alfonso, you have to perform."
And I won a prize in that performance.
It was like, "Okay, maybe I could be good at this."
- [laughs] All right.
Alfonso, let's see if your vanishing coins
will make a trophy appear. - Okay. Thank you.
- Gentlemen. - Hey, Alfonso.
It's really nice.
You know, Teller did the Miser's Dream.
Still does the Miser's Dream. - Yes.
- But you had a different wrinkle on it
'cause usually the Miser's Dream is done by someone
who is a miser, who is greedy,
who is getting money because of a desire and not a necessity.
And you did it as someone who's getting money as a necessity
and really as a dream. - Yes. Yes.
- Which is really, really nice way to do it.
You know, when Teller did the Miser's Dream on the street,
that was his collection bucket at the end
that he did to get the-- to get his money at the end.
It was the hat that he passed was actually the bucket
that he used for the Miser's Dream.
And the Miser's Dream,
you know, not only are we aware of, but it goes way back.
Robert-Houdin did it in 1852.
And what's interesting about your version,
when the music drops out, it becomes very, very clear
that Robert-Houdin could not have done it like you.
- Mm-hmm. - Even though he had the bucket
and he had the coins and he could've even had
a teddy bear, although it
wouldn't have been called a teddy bear.
He could've even had a little toy like that.
He could not have done it like you
'cause you have innovations to this
that I don't think you could do 100 years ago.
Maybe you'd have trouble doing it 50 years ago.
So you've taken a really ancient trick
and added some really, really nice stuff to it.
And we really appreciate that,
but we don't think you and your little bear fooled us.
- Okay. You didn't, right? No.
[laughter] - Aw.
You didn't fool them, but you're wonderful.
Thank you so much. - Thank you.
Thank you very much. - Alfonso Rituerto.
[cheers and applause]
We got more magic coming down the pipe.
Don't be a drip, stick around.
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♪ ♪
- Welcome back.
Penn and Teller are about to take on a magician
who looks just like this.
- Hi. My name is Ricardo Rosenkranz.
I'm a doctor and a magician.
I am the physician magician.
Last time I was on "Fool Us",
I did an entirely elaborate routine with all sorts
of bells and whistles including of course Balsamo.
And you were the star of that attraction, right?
You were amazing.
But this time, I'd like to scale things down a little bit.
In fact, no Balsamo. [record scratch]
I'd like to do something that speaks a little more
to who I am as a doctor and magician.
Whether it's magic or medicine,
I believe that we all have the ability to heal ourselves
because I believe that medicine is a performance art.
And it all begins with creativity
and our own ability to keep moving forward.
Not long ago, I was at my parent's house
and we were cleaning up my childhood room.
And I came across something
and it gave me the inspiration for tonight's performance.
Tonight, after I win the trophy for us,
I'm gonna take you out for a steak dinner.
Excellent. I knew you'd like that.
'Cause the truth is cholesterol to Balsamo
doesn't mean anything.
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- We have a doctor in the house.
Put your hands together for Ricardo Rosenkranz.
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you.
When I was five years old,
our family doctor gave me a gift.
It was a junior doctor kit.
In fact, it's this very same one.
But when I opened it,
it was empty.
You see, he told me that he wanted me to fill this bag
with objects that I thought
would turn me into a great doctor.
So what did I find?
Well, I went to my mom's sewing kit
and I found a piece of string or thread.
And then I went to my father's study
and there I saw a bolt and a nut.
And then I went to my brother's room
where he had these nails.
Strange, right?
Well, in my imagination these objects
were just what the doctor had ordered.
And Alyson, do you want to learn
some of their magical secrets?
- Sure. - Please join me.
- Okay. - Hi.
[applause]
- So, Alyson, medicine
is healing
and healing is quite magical.
One simple suture.
One simple knot.
A wound is closed
And as if by magic
the skin begins to get together
until the wound is whole.
Now, we don't have much use for this in medicine,
but in our case, we're gonna have this represent
the puzzle that is diagnosing someone.
And here, take a look.
[soft music]
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Sometimes the solutions of diagnosis
are somewhat complicated.
And in fact, getting it right
sometimes really just requires
all sorts of patience.
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Alyson, please hold this bolt like that. Yes.
And in any given case,
whether we're placing a Band-Aid on a child's finger
or a complex therapy on a really sick patient,
perhaps what's needed of the doctor is to understand
the right medical technology.
And to find it and to affix it
firmly,
so that a patient
can be healed appropriately.
So here we have three objects
that are healing our imaginary patient.
It's time for you and I to do some doctoring.
- Okay.
- So, Alyson, I want you to close your eyes.
Are you ready? - Yes.
- Okay, so open your eyes.
Put your hand on the knot
and imagine that you are healing this wound.
You feel it? - Yes.
- Ready? Lift your hand.
And now, take one end of the thread
and I will take the other one.
And let's pull.
♪ ♪
Well, very well done. - [laughs]
- Dare I begin to call you, Dr. Alyson.
- That's got a nice ring to it.
- I like that. - [laughs]
- But let's focus on harder problems.
You remember the one with the bent and linked nails?
- Yes. Yes.
- That allusive medical diagnosis.
- Okay. - Okay, so I want you
put your hand on top of the box.
- Okay. - Yes.
And I want you to imagine
that you have the ability to feel
the solution to that puzzle,
so that when we open that lid and we pull out that puzzle,
you will be able to solve it. - Okay.
- You see that? You see yourself doing that?
- Yes. - Yes?
- Yes. - I know.
I felt that. Such amazing confidence.
Okay, well, lift your hand and lift the lid
and let's get you to solve this thing...
Wait. What?
Alyson,
you already solved the problem yourself.
- Wow.
- How did you do that?
You're a great diagnostician.
Paging Dr. Alyson. Paging Dr. Alyson.
Perhaps the most important lesson that I have learned
is the one about hope
and courage.
You see, it's true that we can surround our patient
with all sorts of wonderful, amazing medical technology.
Yes, we can do that.
But in the end,
the power rests in the patient.
It really is all about what they can do
because technology can only go so far.
The rest is up to you
and you.
So when our work as doctors is done
and there's nothing more for us to do,
it's all about hope and courage.
And that, my friends,
is the healing art of medicine and magic.
Thank you so much.
- Wow.
Ricardo Rosenkranz.
- Thank you. - Yes.
Thank you. I think I've just become a doctor.
- Yes, you did. I... - Pretty much.
That's what it takes.
- I feel a pager coming up to you.
Oh, they don't have those anymore.
- [laughs] Oh, yeah.
Is that actually your doctor's kit from...
- That is actually my doctor's kit
and I have a picture of me... - [mouthing words]
- With it when I'm five years old.
- What was really in it?
- This stuff believe it or not
and then a Mr. Spock doll...
- [laughs] - From the 1970s.
- That's incredible. - Yes.
- So what have the last two years been like for you?
- Well, as a doctor, I think, we've never felt more relevant.
My field is premature babies,
so we weren't gonna get too much of that,
but I was able to help out with vaccination clinics.
I was able to find out some wonderful diagnostic tests
to be able to help schools and all sorts of other places
that remain open during the pandemic.
So tough times, but very, very
empowering and good for us as doctors.
- Well, thank you.
All right, well, let's find out if you fooled Penn and Teller.
- Certainly. - Gentlemen.
- Doctor, doctor, Mr. MD.
How is--always good to see you.
Often we see you, you do that doctor magic thing
and it's such a nice, nice metaphor,
nice allegory that you're always tying together
and always teaching us both sides of that.
And we started watching this--
when you first came out here,
we said, "You know, that's some table."
That table is a really fancy table.
And whenever we see a fancy table,
we go, "Goodness, gracious, that's a fancy table."
And we thought maybe that table is doing something.
And then we said, "I don't know
about the table doing something."
And then we thought those props.
Maybe the...the string is doing something.
Maybe the nails are doing something.
Maybe the bolt and the screw are doing something.
And we thought about that and thought about that
and then we said, "You know, he might be telling the truth."
It might really be the doctor that's doing all that stuff
and as amazing as it seems,
we think that the doctor
was actually doing a lot of that magic.
And it wasn't the damn table.
And it wasn't the damn props.
And we were thrilled that the doctor was in,
but the diagnosis is we don't think you fooled us.
- Oh.
Is that right, Ricardo?
Did they know the secret to your magic?
- The doctor did the magic.
- [laughs] - Aw.
[applause]
Well, we're glad you did. Thank you.
- Thank you so much. - Ricardo Rosenkranz.
- Thank you for having me again.
- Thanks a lot, Doctor.
[cheers and applause]
- It's almost time for my favorite part of the show.
Penn and Teller perform a trick of their own right after this.
[jazz music]
♪ ♪
[jazz music]
♪ ♪
- Penn and Teller have given away methods
used by other magicians, but tonight,
they turn the tables on themselves.
Watch and literally learn how it's done
from our Las Vegas legends themselves,
Penn and Teller.
[cheers and applause]
- There are a lot of rules we have here on "Fool Us"
that we don't talk about
because they're not really written down.
Everyone just kind of knows that
if these rules were broken, it wouldn't be fun.
One rule is: no plants, no stooges,
no setting up anything.
If it weren't for that the trick you're about to see,
well, it wouldn't be a trick at all.
Now, we're talking to... - Scott.
- Hey, Scott. Now, I want to make it clear.
You're in a car, but you're not moving.
You're not traveling and where is that car?
- In Las Vegas, Nevada.
- Oh, right here in Las Vegas. Great.
- I'm here.
- Now, Jeff, Teller has a prediction here.
It's a card. He can't change it.
Scott, I want you to think hard and name any card at all.
Scott, name any card at all.
- Seven of diamonds.
Now, Scott, you were driving in your car,
you called in, you pulled over in a parking lot,
but no one set anything up. Did they, Scott?
No one told you what card to pick.
No one called you ahead of time.
There was no text. Not from us. Not...
So why did you name the seven of diamonds, Scott?
- It just popped in my head. - Popped into your head
'cause it's a miracle, Scott.
That's why it popped into your head.
This card. This prediction Teller's been holding...
- [laughs]
- Is the seven of diamonds.
Don't drive for a while. You're too freaked out.
He's too freaked out to even drive.
See? If we'd set up Scott in advance
or if Scott were an actor playing a roll,
that wouldn't really be much of a magic trick.
So we don't allow plants for us or for other magicians,
but that trick with Scott
does bring up another rule we have on the show.
Everyone who comes out here
gets to do the trick once and only once.
We don't allow people to do multiple takes.
They have one try to make the trick work.
Just once.
Why are we so strict on that?
Because multiple takes make some tricks just too easy.
First, it's that trick we just did with Scott--
well... [sighs]
That wasn't the only take we did of that trick.
We'll show you some of the outtakes right now.
- Hey, I'm Olivia. I'm in France
and so happy to be here with you tonight.
- Teller's holding a card right here.
He can't change it.
Olivia, name any card at all.
[drumroll] - Uh...
the seven of spades.
- Seven of spades. So close.
Sorry, Olivia. We failed.
Please, Luca, name any card at all in the deck.
- Ace.
- Ace of... - Four.
- Ace of wrong. Doesn't matter.
- [laughs] - It didn't work.
We're gonna try it again with someone else.
Thank you, Luca.
Name any card you want, Caroline.
- Three of spades.
- The three of spades. [drumroll]
Okay, Caroline, thank you.
Name any card you want.
- Okay, the ace of diamonds.
- Three of spades. - Three of clubs.
- The queen of hearts. - Queen of hearts.
Uh, no.
- Three of spades. - Three of clubs.
- Jack of spades. - The four of diamonds.
- Didn't work. I'm sorry.
And we'll end with one last trick that'll blow your mind.
Alyson, will you come up here please?
And you'll know there's no plant because we'll use you.
And you'll know there are multiple takes
because it's gonna happen once right now.
Right now, in your home.
whether you're with people or alone,
say the name of a card out loud.
One to ten, jack, queen, or king.
Your favorite card. Whatever card is your favorite.
The clubs, hearts, spades, diamonds.
Really say it out loud. Really.
Right now, say it. Just do it.
Have you said it? Got it?
And is that your card?
The queen of hearts.
Is your card the queen of hearts?
Did you say that out loud?
Pretty amazing, huh? - Wow.
- Now, that's a trick that only worked
for 1 out of 52 people watching,
but we just completely blew the minds
of about 33,134 of you.
And 1,689,324 of you
think we're absolute losers. - [mouthing words]
Well, we have no more show to show,
but "Fool Us" will return with more amazing magic.
We'll see you next time. Good night.
[cheers and applause]
- Queen of hearts.
[laughter]