[jazz music]
♪ ♪
- From the Penn and Teller Theater
at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas,
here's our host, Brooke Burke!
♪ ♪
- Namaste, everyone. Welcome to "Fool Us."
Life is good, and it's about to get better
because we've got four of the best magicians in the world
ready to blow your mind.
So take a deep breath
and get ready for the Zen masters of magic,
Penn and Teller.
♪ ♪
[applause]
[cheers and applause]
Penn and Teller reward any magician who fools them
with a life changing gift of a "Fool Us" trophy,
plus a slot in their Las Vegas spectacular.
So, let's bring our first magician out,
front and center.
- I'm Jacob Schenstrom from Sweden.
I thought I should be a magician when I finished high school
but I did a ski season, and then I fell in love.
So, I became a ski instructor
and an outdoor guide in the summer,
which was a lot of fun.
And I still did magic, but it wasn't my primary focus.
But now I do what I should have done when I was 20.
I'm a full time magician.
I used to do a lot of cruises between Sweden and Finland,
and there I noticed the audience are a little bit different.
Swedish audiences aren't like American ones.
They don't show their emotions as much.
But magic helps people let their guard down,
so we can all enjoy it together.
Tonight, I'm putting my own innovative spin
on a classic of magic.
You might think you know it, Penn and Teller,
but I will use that against you.
[applause]
- This next magician hails from Malmo, Sweden.
Put your hands together for Jacob Schenstrom.
[applause]
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[laughter]
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[cheers and applause]
Jacob Schenstrom, everyone.
[cheers and applause]
Wow, that was amazing.
- Ah, thank you, thank you.
- Who is your biggest supporter?
- I think my family, for sure, yeah.
- I hope so.
- My daughter, she's just, like, five,
so, she's a little bit skeptical.
- So, do you have to do lots of magic tricks
for all of her friends when they come over?
- Yeah, it works now,
but when she's, like 17, I probably should stop with that.
- You never know, you never know.
And do you do big magic?
My specialty is, like, close up magic,
but I do stage shows as well, yeah.
- What do you think is more difficult
to mesmerize the audience?
- Actually, I think stage shows, for me.
It's, like-- people think it's harder
when you can see it really close,
but it's also easier for me to misdirect them.
- Okay, Jacob, let's see if Penn and Teller
spotted all your magic movies.
- All right. - Boys?
- Oh, Jacob, what a wonderful,
magical-- just, complicated, every move possible in there.
Levitations, and vanishes, and appearances.
And, you know, we did the cups and balls
with clear plastic cups,
and our way of doing that
was to, supposedly, expose how the magic was done.
You're able to use a clear glass
and actually make it magical.
Not give away anything.
The moves on that were really, really beautiful.
It's just a wonderful routine
that has not just one kind of magic,
but many, many kinds of magic.
And we just loved you, and we love Sweden.
Sweden is great, they've got a load of water there.
I've seen so many things in Sweden.
I've seen ditches in Sweden.
You've got a steel industry there.
And the IKEA makes this wonderful,
fantastic, amazing furniture.
Just amazing tables.
Sweden is wonderful. You're wonderful.
We love you, we love Sweden,
but we don't think you fooled us.
[laughter]
- That was-- - Yeah.
[applause]
- That was loaded with code words.
Did they figure it out?
- I think so, yeah, yeah. They did.
- Well, we really loved your act.
Thank you so much.
- Ah, thank you. - Jacob Schenstrom, everyone.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
You never know what might magically appear on "Fool Us."
So, come back and find out.
[jazz music]
♪ ♪
[jazz music]
♪ ♪
- Welcome back.
This next act has a history with Penn and Teller.
And it's not all good.
Take a look.
- I'm Ondrej, and here I am
in the beautiful city of Prague.
A lot has changed since my first appearance
on "Fool Us."
I have a beautiful young daughter,
thanks to my partner, Hanka.
I fooled Penn and Teller three times, already
and I get the idea that Penn does not like me.
He makes fun of my name...
- I do not want to say,
"Here's someone who fooled us, 'Sprinchinska'."
- He yells at me.
- It was just a sad, tired, pathetic Ondrej,
sitting in his room, going "Me. Me."
- He threatens me.
- Don't make a move.
I'll hit you in the face.
- And even so, here we go again.
♪ ♪
[applause]
- All the way from Prague,
expect the unexpected from Ondrej Psenicka.
[cheers and applause]
- Hello, Penn.
You threatened to punch me in the face
the last time I fooled you,
so I decided to show up virtually
the fourth time around.
I figure 5747 miles
should be a safe enough distance.
And for an extra bit of protection,
this year I brought reinforcements.
Welcome to the Ondrej-verse.
- Pleased to meet you. - Hope you guessed our name.
[Penn laughing]
- It's Psenicka. - Shay--
- Nich-- - Ka.
- So, here we are,
my fourth appearance on "Fool Us."
- And this time I am going to do the impossible.
I-- or we-- are going to make a prediction
of something you are going to say
but have not said yet.
- This trick is done with just a green screen
and a view of my clones.
And maybe you think that we're all just pre-recorded.
- Oh, I'm definitely pre-recorded.
[laughter]
- But if we were pre-recorded how would you explain this?
Ondrejs, get your Penn and Teller fooling weapons ready.
FIVE ONDREJS: Ready.
- Guys, I forgot
my Penn and Teller fooling weapon.
[laughter]
- For God's sake.
- Thank me. - And action.
[whimsical music]
♪ ♪
- Okay, so now that we
have written down our predictions--
with permanent markers, no less--
let's find out if you will express what we predicted.
- Penn, I have a question for you.
If I fool you again, what will you say?
[bleep]
[laughter]
- Is that the best you got?
[laughter]
- You really say just [bleep]?
I am mildly offended.
[laughter]
- Why is he always mean to us?
I mean, seriously, Penn,
we need to do something about our relationship.
- How about dinner in Prague?
- Couldn't we invite Teller instead?
- Speaking of Teller, same question.
How would you feel if I fooled you again?
- We'd appreciate it
if you were a little kinder than Penn.
[laughter]
♪ ♪
- So, uh, if we fooled you again
it would be like a slap in the face?
I'm going to take that as a compliment.
[Ondrej sneezing]
[overlapping "Bless you" in several languages]
- Sorry.
- All right, enough of us exchanging pleasantries.
Or, not so pleasantries in Penn's case.
[laughter]
It is time for us to show you
our seemingly impossible prediction.
- Penn said a word that rhymes with duck!
[laughter]
- And Teller's reaction was like a slap in the face.
[applause]
Ondrej Psenicka, everyone.
- I'm sorry, but I really need to go to the bathroom.
Just pretend I'm still here.
[laughter]
Sorry.
Excuse me.
[applause]
- Penn, Teller, we'll talk to you later.
I just can't wait to talk to Brooke.
Hi Brooke. - Hi.
For Penn's sake, could you give a lesson
on how to correctly pronounce your name?
- I think there is someone who can answer that question
better than we can.
- Oh, okay.
[applause]
Ah!
[applause]
- So nice to meet you. - Hello Teller, Hello Penn.
And Brooke. - It's a pleasure.
And I'm gonna be much nicer to you
than these guys were last time.
- Well, I'm sure.
- Is this a traditional Czech costume?
- Socks in those shoes, yes.
That's very, very Czech.
- And the no pants?
- You like? - I do. I do.
Hopefully Penn and Teller are gonna like them.
[cheers and applause]
So, Ondrej, you already have three "Fool Us" trophies.
Do you feel like you have to do a bigger trick
when you come back here for the fourth time?
- Yes. Actually for the last two seasons
I always had a trick.
The first one was too expensive to make.
And the second one was too complicated.
So, this time I came up with something
that is both expensive and complicated.
- I was just gonna say, that was pretty complicated.
- Yes. - Yeah.
All right, Ondrej,
let's see if you and your five clones
have fooled Penn and Teller.
Are you ready? - Let's see.
- Are you ready, everyone?
Boys?
[applause]
- Ondrej, you puh-sneaky bastard.
You are so sneaky.
You have fooled us three times.
One, two, three.
And now you come back
with one, two, three, four, five, six of you
to try to fool us for the fourth time.
We loved you coming out live at the end.
We loved the trick of you being all over the world.
The technology and the hard work you put in.
If people don't know how hard you work on these
they should go back and watch the last one.
We know you're willing to put in hours, and days,
and weeks, and months,
and also being puh-sneaky.
Insanely puh-sneaky is what you are.
- Is that a code word? - So, we watch this thing
with six Ondrejs going to great lengths
as you pop from one place, to another place,
to another place.
Anyway, you've won three times. Three times.
And we have a little bit of good news for you.
And that is that I will not use that four letter obscenity
and Teller will not slap you in your face
because you have fooled us as of now three times.
We got this one, man. Next time. Next time.
- Oh. Slightly-- - Wow!
My goodness.
You are great.
[laughter]
- Do they know how you did your trick?
- I'm sure they do.
- Thank you, Ondrej. Thank you.
- Thank you, Ondrej. - Thank you so much.
[cheers and applause]
Okay, Penn and Teller, you fooled me that time.
After that great trick
I think we could all use a break.
Just a little one though,
because we've got a lot more "Fool Us" coming up.
[jazz music]
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[jazz music]
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[applause]
- Welcome back to "Fool Us."
Take a look at our next trickster.
- Hi, I'm John Lewit. I'm from Las Vegas.
I'm originally from Milwaukee, Beer Town.
My dad was a millwright so I became one too.
What's a millwright?
Well, a millwright installs and repairs equipment.
A lot of it involves conveyor belts.
Even those little ones in the supermarket.
That's me.
But I really love magic.
And with some help from my parents,
I opened my first magic shop.
I could make anything appear...
Except customers.
So, that didn't last too long.
My grandfather worked at a brewery his whole life.
So when I got a job there I figured I had a job for life.
So, I risked my savings
and opened my second magic shop
with my wife, Betsy.
That brewery closed a few years later.
Whew, that was a disappearing trick.
So much for a lifetime job.
I'm retired now and I could be fishing.
But I hate fishing.
And I love magic.
So, I'm performing every chance I get.
Penn, Teller, maybe I'll fool you,
but if I don't I'm already retired.
What are you gonna do? Fire me?
[applause]
- Flying in from Las Vegas, please welcome John Lewit.
[cheers and applause]
- Greetings pleasant people
and patrons of the performing arts.
At the present time I am pleased to present
a perplexing, peculiar, yet profound piece
of performance prestidigitation for your pleasure.
I am proud to proclaim this presentation
"The Pudding Paradox."
[laughter]
As you can plainly perceive
I've a petite bowl packed with a plethora of quarters.
Perhaps I can persuade Brooke to participate?
- Absolutely. - And partake of a coin
from this pile of prosperity.
- Okay. Hi.
- Take the pen also and place upon the coin
your personal initials, making them pitch black.
Then, on the opposite side of the coin
if you'd place a picture, perhaps a prime number,
even a postal code, whatever you prefer.
Patience please while this person places upon the coin
their personal and private particulars
in a position privy only to themselves.
[laughter]
At this point you may be pondering
whether it is possible for me to prolong
this prodigious procession of preposterous patter.
[laughter]
Well, that's practically impossible to properly predict.
[laughter]
Brooke-- complete? - Complete.
- I'll take the pen. - Okay.
- Please present the piece to the camera
for public perusal.
[laughter]
Perfect.
Please preserve your purchase upon the coin
as you perambulate to a prominent position
posterior to the pan of pudding.
[laughter]
- Okay. - In other words,
hold onto the coin as you walk over
and stand behind the pudding. - Okay, good.
Please, place the coin upon the pudding. Yup.
- Okay. Here we go.
Plop.
[laughter]
- Perfect.
[laughter]
I shall now push the coin into the pudding
to preclude any possible perception
or way to pinpoint it's precise position.
To further compound the perplexity of the procedure
Brooke, if you would, please pick up the bowl
and pour, slowly, yet pell-mell,
that passel of quarters upon the pudding.
- Okay. You ready?
[laughter]
How is it?
[laughter]
Is it pistachio? - Perfect.
[laughter]
Please, use a spatula
and proceed to produce pandemonium
amongst the pocket change.
- Okay.
- I shall prohibit my pupils from perceiving the process.
- Okay.
- Presently I shall attempt
to pick out and procure
the one and only coin
with Brooke's personal and private
particulars upon it.
Can I plausibly pull this off?
Probably not. - Quite possibly.
[laughter]
- Nevertheless, I shall proceed post haste.
- Okay.
This okay here? - Perfect.
[drum roll]
- Oh no. Oh no!
[laughter]
No.
[laughter]
No way. No way.
[applause]
- Perhaps if I suck every particle of pudding
from upon the coin and apply these pliers
to prevent hanky-panky,
Brooke...
[applause]
- No way. Oh, my goodness.
[applause]
Wow. That's my coin. Both sides.
John Lewit, everyone!
[applause]
- Bless you. - Can I help you?
[applause]
How much fun to do a play on words like that?
- Uh, not quite as easy as you might think.
- I am sure. I mean, how do you prepare for that?
- Practice. - Practice.
[laughter]
- Takes a lot of work.
And once when performing "The Pudding Paradox"
I did accidentally swallow a few quarters.
- Oh.
It was okay though,
it turns out I just needed the change.
[laughter]
- How do you come up with these ideas?
- This was originally developed for a magic club meeting.
- Oh. - I wanted something different
that nobody had ever seen before
and, well, this is what I came up with.
- And what do you hope that the audience experiences
during your performances?
- Well, first and foremost, that they have fun.
That they enjoy it.
I try to bring a little humor to my magic.
And also to realize
that everything in this world is not just cut and dried,
it's not black and white,
there's a lot of mystery in this world.
- All right, let's pass it over to Penn and Teller
to apart your pudding ploy.
Are we ready? - Very good.
- Boys?
[applause]
- Primo performance.
[applause]
Pole to pole.
This prestidigitation we appreciated
in every particular.
[laughter]
Perfect patter.
Pretty pants, patent leather shoes.
Props that were particularly pedestrian.
[laughter]
Puzzling to most people.
But Penn and his partner...
[laughter]
pray that we have proved that maybe we got the picture.
[laughter]
- Apparently you have penetrated
the particulars of my performance.
I applaud you.
[applause]
- Perfect.
- You didn't fool them,
but you were the most fun that I've had all day.
Thank you so much for being here.
- Thank you. - Come back and play with us.
- I will. - John Lewit, everyone!
[applause]
- Ah. Applause, applause.
We have plenty of performances post these profitable pauses.
[applause]
[jazz music]
♪ ♪
[jazz music]
♪ ♪
- Welcome back, everyone.
Let's see if Penn and Teller
can figure out our next magician.
- Hi there, I'm Chris Capehart.
I am 65 years old.
And I am now a Master of the Mind.
I've been knowing Penn and Teller
for a long time.
We used to work together on the streets of Philadelphia.
I will now show you something amazing.
And incredible.
It was hard work.
You worked on the street day in and day out
until you got the thing right.
And let me tell you something...
I've learned a lot.
Last time I was on "Fool Us" Penn made a bet with me,
I got really scared.
- Teller loves your shoes. - He does?
- We're gonna take a guess here.
If we are right Teller gets the shoes.
- I was a little surprised to tell you the truth actually,
when I fooled them.
- You gonna take your shoes off? - No, 'cause you're wrong.
[laughter]
I've got a really good trick.
Hope they enjoy it, but hope I fool them.
Penn and Teller, prepare yourself,
'cause I'm gonna take home another trophy.
[applause]
- Please welcome
Penn and Teller's old Philly friend,
Chris Capehart.
- Hey! All right.
Boy, glad to see people. I love this. Okay.
Hey, I want to invite Penn and Teller up here
because I can't see them down there.
Come up here.
I, mean, I'm--
[applause]
Very difficult to see. You look good, man.
- Hey, my old friend. - You look good.
- You too, man. - You look okay.
[laughter]
Hey, look, I-- I know you don't know this about me,
but I have lately become a Master of the Mind.
- Oh. - Oh, yeah.
I've actually put numbers in people's head,
and I'm gonna do something different.
I'm not going to shuffle any cards
or do any cuts, or anything like that.
I'm gonna do a very simple thing.
And before I start, I brung you a present.
Notice the front says... Okay?
Okay, just hang on-- But don't open that.
Don't do a thing. Just keep it in your lap.
You're gonna need your hands, but you're gonna--
And for you, here's what we're gonna do.
- I don't get anything? - Yeah, you get the cards.
- Okay. - Okay? Okay.
Okay, here's the trick, here's the trick.
I'm gonna ask you to do something very simple.
I'm gonna ask you to raise up between one four fingers.
Three fingers. Three fingers is cool.
How about you? Do the same thing.
Two fingers. We've got two numbers.
Would you like to have 23 or 32?
- 23. - I like 23. 23 is good.
Would you mind removing 23 cards from there?
And make sure you see every card.
- See every card? - Yeah, yeah.
Just all 23. Just keep going. - Two.
- I want you to see every card. - Three. Four.
- All of them. - Five. Six.
- All of them. Keep it up. - Seven. Eight.
- You're very good at this. - 9. 10. 11. 12.
- Home schooled? - 13. 14.
- You're very good. - 15. 16. 17. 18.
19. 20. 21. 22. 23.
- Turn it up. Just turn it up.
Put 23 cards down. And put the next one here.
- Okay. - Okay.
Now people-- You looked at all the cards, right?
- I sure did. - I put one card in one place.
- Okay. - In the whole deck.
- Sure. - And you saw the whole deck.
- I sure did. - Turn the rest of them over.
Just lay them down. Just turn them all over at one time.
- Like this? - Yeah, yeah.
You just lay them down. - Okay.
- Yeah, yeah. I'll take them for you.
Obviously you have issues. Okay, okay.
[laughter]
It's okay. Okay.
[laughter]
Let's just get crazy. Okay.
But this trick is not for you.
This is trick is for him.
- Okay. - Okay?
I gave you a bag.
Which you had all the time.
And don't forget-- Keep remembering.
I earned this title, Master of the Mind--
You can make any number you want, right?
Open the bag up.
Wow. And card.
- Seven of hearts right there. - And turn that over.
- Seven of hearts. - There it is.
[applause]
People, now-- now, here's the thing about it.
That's not it.
- Oh. - Oh, no. That's not it.
- Teller gets those shoes, though?
- Teller keeps the shoes.
- Ah, that's what you wanted last time.
- Because he's not getting these, okay?
[Penn laughing]
That bet we made last time,
I ain't taking no chances no more.
- Okay. - Because they don't know.
I know you were serious. - I'm very serious.
- I was gonna walk off here with no shoes on.
But I'll make it easy for you.
I put four more cards, these queens,
in between this deck.
I'm not gonna touch the deck, shuffle the deck.
You just tell me where the card is at.
And I'm gonna do it like this.
You can stop me at any card. - Okay.
- Between that-- obviously-- it can be at ten.
Just say stop. Nine.
Eight. Seven. Six.
Five. Four. - Stop.
- Four. You think the queen is at four.
One, two, three, four.
Now, you can't get fairer than that.
You see any funny moves?
No. You did not.
[laughter]
We'll do it again. - Okay.
- Ten. Nine. - Stop.
[Chris laughing]
- See, he sneaky, right?
He forget I'm a Master of the Mind.
So, what number was that? - Nine.
- One, two, three, four, five six, seven, eight, nine.
- Okay. - You can't get
cleaner than that.
- No. - Hell yeah.
- Cannot. Okay. - The brother's good.
[Teller laughing audibly]
Here's where it get's crazy--
You're making noises.
You're not supposed to make any noises.
[laughter]
He made a noise. - He did make a noise.
- Okay. Ten-- This for you.
You can just hold up your fingers.
Nine.
Stop here?
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.
Let's get crazy.
One more time.
Ten. Nine. Eight. Seven.
Six. Five. Four. Three. Two.
[tittering]
I thought he was gonna be the difficult one.
[laughter]
Okay. One, two. Wow.
You ain't left me but four cards.
But I'm gonna tell you a secret.
I have no idea what those cards are
because you stopped me,
that was too clean. - Sure.
- But how do you explain this ace?
How do you explain this ace?
And how do you explain this ace?
[gasping]
[applause]
Well, hold on, hold on, hold on.
♪ ♪
[applause]
Well, wait.
Master. Of. The. Mind.
[cheers and applause]
Wait, hold, hold, hold on.
Before you guys go back to your seats--
Before you go back to your seats,
I wanted to let you know.
You're probably gonna think
I have more than one queen.
No.
[gasping]
You can go now.
[Chris laughing]
[cheers and applause]
- Oh, my goodness.
Chris Capehart everyone.
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you. - Wow, amazing.
- How is everybody?
- Since you're a master of the mind--
- Yes, I am. - Tell me what the audience
is thinking right now.
- They're thinking he's not Chinese.
[laughter]
Seriously. Did I--
- That's probably true.
How long have you been a magician?
- I've been a magician for 48 years.
- Tell-- Wow!
[cheers and applause]
I want to know about the very beginning.
What was the younger magician like?
- My first magic show I-- I spent $500.
And I bought everything in the magic shop I could.
All these tricks. None of the tricks worked.
- Oh, no.
You're such a great performer, though,
I'm guessing you pulled it off.
- I pulled it off, but it taught me a lesson.
If you buy a trick on Tuesday,
you shouldn't be doing it on Wednesday.
- Got that, everyone? - Right.
I first started off because some guy
put a ball in my hand and made two balls appear.
So, it freaked me out,
and I said, "Well, I gotta figure that out."
So, once he showed me how he did it,
I couldn't wait to go scam-- I mean...
[laughter]
I meant, "Do that trick." - Yeah.
All right, Chris, let's check in with your street magic buddies
and see if you fooled them. - You got it.
- Let's do it. Boys, are you ready?
- Ah, Chris. - All right--
Let me see the shoes, man.
- I don't think-- well, Teller is happy.
He got his shoes. He's done.
He's got some boss kicks, he's happy.
But I gotta tell you,
of all the magicians I've seen in my life
I've probably seen you the most.
- Yeah, yeah. - Yeah, because we
were on the streets of Philadelphia,
as I said last time.
I'd do a juggling show, you'd do a magic show,
Teller would do a magic show, we'd rotate around again.
So I've seen you so many times,
and I said this last time you were on,
and I'll say it when you're on again,
my favorite street magician,
the best street magician I ever saw.
- Thank you. Appreciate it. - Right there.
[applause]
And-- but, uh...
Man, you know, when you were on the street
you didn't do many card things.
You did coin stuff. - Not any cards. No cards.
- Seeing you do card-- - I never do cards.
- Yeah, and you didn't. You didn't even handle them.
- No. - You weren't lying.
It's all in your head.
And I gotta say, Chris, I-- I just have such love for you.
You're such a friend.
But I cannot give you a trophy
because we love you and you're a friend,
and we go back longer than anybody else
that's on this show.
We cannot give you a trophy for that.
We have to give you a trophy for fooling us.
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- Oh, yeah. Woo. Yeah. Chris Capehart. Aw.
[applause]
- Where the little one?
[indistinct conversation]
- Oh, congratulations Chris. Oh, that was so much fun.
[cheers and applause]
Thank you so much!
Boy, I bet you boys had a great time together.
- Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
Another magician makes "Fool Us" history
and there's still more history to be written,
right after this break. Stay close.
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- Welcome back to "Fool Us."
It's time for another fabulous finale,
so give it up for Penn and Teller.
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- Brooke, we're gonna teach you a magic trick
that you'll be able to perform.
Actually-- not just here, but anywhere you want.
We're also gonna build
the magic prop right in front of you.
- Okay. - And we're gonna start
with this piece of wood.
What kind of wood is that, Brooke?
- Just looks like regular old wood.
- Magic wood! - Magic wood.
- It's magic wood. - Of course, it's magic wood.
- And since you are dressed so appropriately for a tool shop
we are going to-- - Always.
- We are going to use that power tool.
What kind of power tool is that, Brooke?
- I don't know. Should I know, Penn?
That is a magic power tool, I'm guessing.
- Yes, it's a magic drill press. - Okay.
- And there he goes, he's making your prop right now.
This is the prop you will use, we hope,
the rest of your life doing magic.
- So I can take this magic trick home
and perform this on friends and family?
- Yes, yes. That's the whole idea.
See, he's created the first part of this.
And he's made something in that piece of wood.
And what has he made in that piece of wood?
- Um, it looks like a hole.
- No! - Oh, a magic hole.
- A magic hole, yes. - Magic hole, right.
- That's too big for you to carry around, Brooke.
So he's gonna slice it down to a nice cube
using-- what tool is that, Brooke?
- That is a magic tool. Magic slicer.
- A magic saw. Magic saw. - Magic saw.
- Slicer would also be right, but-- there you go.
He's making that into a, uh...
- [Teller screaming] - [Brooke shrieking]
Oh, gee. - Oh, Penn!
That's not funny. - That's a magic joke.
- That's not funny, you guys. - That's a magic joke.
- That is not funny.
- And now you have your magic block.
This is your tube-- tool.
And this is the other prop which-- what's this?
- A magic rope. - A magic rope.
Now, Brooke, you're gonna learn to perform this,
but first we'll show you what the trick is gonna be.
It's a penetration trick.
Which means the rope is going to go through the block
in an impossible way, okay? - Okay.
- So you're gonna watch it once,
and then we'll show you a few little wrinkles on it,
and then you'll be able to perform it.
So, we take a little bit of this.
And what is this, Brooke? - Magic sawdust.
You hold it like this.
And watch this, Brooke,
watch as I just dribble it here. - Okay.
[gasping]
- What? - Right off there,
just like that.
- Teller. - Now-- Now, Brooke.
Are you gonna be performing this for your family, probably?
- Friends, family, probably huge crowds, I'm guessing.
- Huge crowds. I like to think that.
Now, what they might say to you
because they know you're a little sneaky
is they might say, "Brooke, we don't really trust that rope.
"We think that rope has a little magnetic connection,
"or something, that allows you to take it off there."
So, you're gonna give them a choice
of being able to pull it off the rope anywhere they want.
So, put your hand underneath that, Brooke.
And tell me, where do you want it to come off?
Over toward you? Or over toward me?
- How about right in the middle, by Teller?
- Right here? Right there? - Yeah, is that okay?
- Now, watch this. And you just drop it.
Boom. Just like--
Oh, I forgot the--
- Oh, you forgot the magic sawdust!
- Yeah, but it works retroactively. It's fine.
Okay, I'll take this.
Now, it's your turn to perform it.
Stand there center stage.
Look straight out.
Introduce yourself and say that you're gonna do magic.
Hi everyone, I'm Brooke Burke
and I would like to attempt a little piece of magic.
- Now, we're gonna hold it like this.
Now, put your hand over the top and hold it.
- Okay. - Hold the top.
And then think of a magic word.
Don't say it yet. - Okay.
- And then say the magic word
and then pull that straight up.
- Ah! Do you know what word I was thinking of?
- What? - Prestidigitation.
- There you go. That's the word.
Now, Brooke, you may think
that we're just gonna pretend to teach you how to do this.
We know that your daughter, Rain,
is always asking how stuff is done,
so we're gonna give you this to keep,
but first we're gonna sign it
- Oh, my God. - so that it's useless on eBay.
- I am getting the coolest souvenirs on this show.
- And then, watch this, this is really cool, Brooke.
These are the actual directions
to how to do that. - You're too swell, you guys.
- You can learn the trick. - Really?
And you can also do it for Rain,
and let Rain read those.
- This is gonna give me big bragging cred,
you know that, right?
- But don't open that until the show is over.
- I won't. - Which is, kind of,
right about now. - It's right now?
Okay, well, you're not wrong, Penn,
'cause you know I'm gonna take this home
and I'm gonna perform this.
That was so cool, you guys.
Thanks to all of tonight's great magicians,
including these two guys.
Until next time, good night everyone.
- Those are the real directions. - So cool.
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