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- From the Penn & Teller
at the Rio Hotel
here's our host,
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- Welcome to "Fool Us."
If the magicians on
that's because
but none of them were able
They wanted a second shot,
Can they turn the tables
on the two brightest minds
There's only one way
Let's bring out
of the "Fool Us" trophy case,
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[cheers and applause]
- The prize for fooling
is a trip to Vegas
in their world famous
We throw in the trophy for fun.
So let's meet tonight's
- I grew up just outside
on the Canadian side.
The grandeur of the falls--
I think it's made me
because I don't think small.
I like to think big.
When I was a kid, there was
a gigantic
I fell in love with magic
and I decided to do
I worked hard on my magic,
and I made my name
Then I came back
and opened up my own theater,
because no matter
there's no place like home.
Tonight, I'm doing the biggest
It's Penn's fault, actually.
The last time I was on,
the biggest effect
Penn and Teller,
[cheers and applause]
- Let's take the show
for the magic of Greg Frewin.
[cheers and applause]
- Hi, Penn and Teller.
Thank you for having me
My name's Greg Frewin,
and welcome to
Harry Houdini was one of
the world's greatest
but there was one illusion
he wasn't able to perform
to escape from
over the raging waters
Tonight,
and perform that for you.
Here we go.
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[cheers and applause]
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Wow, Greg Frewin!
[cheers and applause]
Wow.
- Hi, how you doing?
- Oh, well, I'm good.
So the first time you were on,
you did the biggest trick
- Yes.
you've topped that.
- Penn said he loved bigger,
so I think
- Yeah, well, it must take
to do something
- Yeah.
I've got a great team,
really good cooperation
Our mayor, Jim Diodati.
We took a lot of precautions.
It was a very difficult
It took a big team to
- So what would you do
- I guess I would want
if I wasn't doing magic
- Do you ever incorporate
- Sure, yeah.
and the guys always tell me
hey, you just did that
They always try
- And you've brought
- You know, the hardest part
actually, was being able
The barrels are pretty small
- All right, Greg.
if Penn and Teller figured out
- All right.
- Hey, Greg.
- How are you doing?
- It's great to have something
and so--so gigantic
And, as you said, a trick
but even Houdini didn't have
- Well, I don't think
and unfortunately,
- So you even one-upped Houdini
and on a helicopter.
- That's right.
to see really, really big
Being able to bring
to the Penn and Teller Theater
Still looks beautiful
And putting that, you know,
in that natural wonder
is just a great place
- Right.
I gotta tell you,
to be able to figure out
when it's something
when the barrel is this little
But I hope it doesn't
as we try to figure out
But I just want to thank you
and I think I snuck
among all the praise.
- So, Greg, they know
- Yeah, I think
- All right,
to see what
- Thanks you so much.
Have a good one.
[cheers and applause]
- Don't forget, Penn and Teller
perform at the end
but first they'll take on
when "Fool Us" returns.
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♪ ♪
- Welcome back to "Fool Us,"
home of dazzling deceptions.
Let's roll out the welcome mat
- Magic is about change.
This will be the first time
I've performed
as Dyna.
I'm transitioning now,
but I was on the show
- Dennis Staats,
- The common trope is being
And it hurt.
I thought that me wanting
meant that I had
because people
but being transgendered,
I needed to kind of live
What magic really did
who've shown me
and still be accepted.
I'm hoping that,
someone might be watching me
and see that they can fulfill
and still be themselves.
It's a little nerve-racking,
but I couldn't imagine
and I can't wait for everyone
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Ladies and gentlemen,
- Thank you very much.
for having me
It's wonderful to be here.
Obviously, a lot of things
have changed about my show,
but the one thing that
is the science!
[thunder crashing]
It still works.
I brought for you
to show off.
We're gonna clone
It's gonna be a lot of fun.
We're gonna take--
this is different vials of DNA
that I've collected
Don't ask me how I got them.
That's all that matters.
- What we're gonna do
into this conical liquid
a funnel--
and the animal comes out
In--inside--
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[electronic whirring]
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Every fangirl has one
So the animal
Nice and easy.
Now, to choose our animal--
we're going to use a--
We're--um...
♪ ♪
Oh.
It's, uh--it was in the back
I have a book we're gonna use.
This is "Dyna's Big
and I'll use this
So you can see I have
I have things like
wolves, lions
- Oh, my.
So, Alyson,
since you're closest,
- Yes.
and just say stop
- Okay.
Stop.
And you--ooh.
I like turtles.
- Aw, me too.
We're gonna clone a turtle.
Okay, so find the turtle DNA.
Oof.
It would help
I think that's right.
So...
that goes into the box.
Now, we could stop there.
That'd be a great thing for
but cloning
so we're gonna have
because this isn't just magic;
[thunder crashes]
So we're gonna
Penn, could you please
just as I flip through, just
- Stop!
Okay.
So we have a unicorn.
- That's good.
So we'll clone a unicorn.
Let me find that one.
It's that nice paisley.
And it's inside.
We'll do it one more time
'cause I don't wanna
Teller, could you just, like,
when you want me to stop?
Just jab Penn in the ribs
- Ow!
All right.
- Aww!
No, yeah.
A small one.
It's okay.
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Oh, that's an elephant.
All right, into the box.
Now...
[electronic whirring
Okay.
Let's see what we get.
Now what this box is doing
all of the microscopic
and getting them to evolve
based on the blueprint
The blueprint of a turtle,
So it should be very exciting
[stammers]
Smoke means it's working.
It's fine.
[laughs]
Due to the nature
I don't quite know exactly
so I brought
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[gasps]
Oh, it's cute.
Oh, it is, it is, it is.
Okay...
Look.
I think we have--
We have a turtle.
And we have a unicorn.
Science!
[cheers and applause]
- Dyna Staats!
Science!
[thunder crashes]
Ooh, I get why you like that.
- It's fun, yeah?
So do you really know
- It's been my favorite subject
and one of the things
is the fact that
You can study genetics, DNA,
like, stagecraft
It's all science.
- It's so awesome.
It also makes it really easy
how you did it.
- Science.
- What was your first
- Well, I worked in
And I started learning magic
because my boss would come in
and he would show me
He showed me one
It blew my mind.
I had to know how it was done,
I went and bought my own,
for the kids in line,
I had to do it.
And the kids
- That's so cool.
Dyna, let's see if
fooled Penn and Teller.
- Hey, Dyna.
- Can I say first of all
how honored we are
that you chose our show
It means the world to us.
- It means the world
Thank you so much.
I'm so happy to have you
Thanks for coming out
You're always so funny
but now it's time to try to
and, as you know,
when Teller and I have
we always use science!
[thunder crashes]
- It's so fun.
had a really nice--
it had kind of a tip over trunk
where it worked like that,
because it was
And when you put the turtle
and also the elephant,
it's kinda had
that my children might have
Such a great style,
and it's nice
and to do
And you're always entertaining,
and I think I slipped
that we don't think
- Does Penn's genetic code
tell you
- You know, I'm pretty good
I think that we're on
I think he's right.
- Okay.
but it was a wonderful trick.
[cheers and applause]
- Dyna Staats!
You're not going anywhere.
I've placed a spell of comfort
We'll be right back.
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- Welcome back.
This magician tried to fool
and now he's back.
- Hi, I'm Matt Marcy.
I'm a comedy magician
I remember
since I was about five.
I really wanted to watch it
but back then
all over the Internet.
But when you're passionate
you just find a way to do it.
When I was in college and
sometimes I was
I wanted to practice and
I've even started
with four whole members.
So I'm doing a brand-new
And normally I do
but this last year
and I haven't had a chance
to put it in front
And recently
has been
Now I'm about to do it on TV
But tonight,
It's gonna be great.
I'm sure.
[cheers and applause]
- Sit back and enjoy
- Thank you very much.
Alyson, would you join me
I have an envelope here
that's gonna be very important
I wanna make sure
it's the same envelope
so I'm gonna ask you
a magic word on the envelope.
It doesn't have
but just any word
that will fit on the envelope
Go for it.
- There you go.
- I don't know
That's an O.
- I don't know if that's right.
- Okay, you got--oh.
That's very magical.
You're gonna need it again
- Okay.
here where we can all see it.
- That's not my best writing,
- It's lovely.
You know, Penn and Teller,
Not just for your magic,
but for your unbridled passion
in your search for the truth,
how you've exposed frauds
Well, I, too, have been
in our world.
And you know what I've learned?
Everything is
From the fake moon landing
GMOs, Girl Scout cookies,
it's all one big cover up.
You go shopping
where you get clothes
What about this?
Four.
Also four.
Even Teller
Yeah, I know.
The real Teller
when Penn drove a truck
This imposter, this "Teller,"
has been working
Sure, he looks like a lot
but the voice.
He sounds like
who just inhaled
It's a dead giveaway.
Why do you think
Even the words we speak
You know who
Them.
The illuminati.
The deep state.
Oh, don't tell me
What about Arizona?
Have you been
That's a deep state.
Of course, what do I know?
the shallowest state.
And, look, I know
So tonight, I'm gonna prove it.
We're gonna play
My favorite word game.
And I'm gonna need to have
Penn, I'm gonna ask you
And tonight we're doing
"The Truth,"
by naming any adjective
- Smiley.
Next to number one,
Yes.
Penn, I also need a food--
a food you don't like,
to feed your children.
- Watermelon.
Fantastic.
And, finally, a silly word.
You can make up one
but she does have to spell it.
- Hungity.
- Yeah.
sound it out.
Hung--hung--
- H-U-N--
Guh--gid--
That's the Greek spelling
Very well done.
Teller, I'm gonna ask you
Maybe you can convey them
I need a type of vehicle,
but make it
Not one you see every day.
- Motorboat.
Motorboat next to number four.
Very good.
Oh, this will be fun.
Insult me.
I'm a magician.
- Bloody.
Bloody next to number five.
And finally, Teller,
Please don't make it dangling.
- Sparkling.
Sparkling next to number six.
So we ended up with smiley...
- Watermelon, hungity,
motorboat, bloody,
- Spark--
Yes, like your smile.
Sparkling.
All right.
Now, look, there are
in the English language
That's almost as many choices
as you have at
And, look, I know even to you,
those choices felt fair,
but they control everything,
and I'm gonna uncover
right now.
See, before we started,
and I blew it up really big,
and I hung it in an envelope
an envelope that Alyson
Hocus-pocus.
I'm gonna get it down
ask Alyson
Alyson, would you step
And I'm gonna ask you
Hold onto it right there.
Here it is--the truth.
In this smiley country
But everything is a cover up.
From the microchips
we eat to the hungity waves
that 5G pumps into our brains
that crashed
Even Penn and "Teller" are just
Oh, you can try sparkling away,
but your only chance
is to shout the magic word,
- Matt Marcy!
[cheers and applause]
I loved that game
- Thanks.
Well, now you know
- What has influenced
- Well, I really
that's based around story
and things in the world,
I can work in and talk about
Do you have a favorite
- Like the world is flat?
- I've never--
- Traveled?
- Never taken a plane?
- [laughs]
What is your favorite
- I did a series of shows
for 10,000 people a night
for three weeks
and it was amazing to be
in a room of that size
and, you know, pyrotechnics
- Wow.
It was like a rock concert.
Yeah.
Exposing the truth
- Yes. All right.
Let's see if Penn and Teller
can expose the truth
- Hey, Matt.
Teller saw your one-man show
and he still lights up
He just thought that was
And this is a great routine.
and you have just a nice style
and a nice trick.
I'm looking back
and wishing that
which is a personal word
that I'd used
There's all sorts of words
but it was a wonderful version
and to get all the laughs
with the truth thing
and the proof
getting all that together
it was just really funny,
And I don't think
and I hope I got a word
- Well--
I mean, of course this is
but if it were a trick,
then I think they would've
- So it's not a conspiracy?
They know
- Yes.
You didn't fool them,
[cheers and applause]
Hope you're thirsty because
when "Fool Us" returns.
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[cheers and applause]
- Welcome back to "Fool Us."
Although so far tonight
maybe that'll change
- Hello.
Before I was on "Fool Us,"
I had never done magic
- Oh, I'm gonna
- Even though it was
- Boy, what a great trick.
- It was one of the best days
Ever since that night,
and even though I still cannot
See?
I smell magic everywhere.
In Portuguese, that make sense.
Since I didn't grow up
my process is different,
and this is
Penn and Teller, my trick
is something no other magician
I know that because
[cheers and applause]
- Back again and this time
Guilherme Silveira.
[cheers and applause]
- Hello, my name is Guilherme,
Brazil's a country very famous
bossa nova,
My wife always complains
One year ago, she decided
some 100% natural juice
Every day,
I got so used to drinking them
I can taste any juice
and identify exactly
like an expert wine taster.
To show you
I have asked a volunteer
to create a unique juice blend.
I will look away
while you fill
Today's fruits are
the canary melon,
the watermelon,
the guava,
the mango,
and, at the end,
you get to decide
While you make your choices,
drop them quietly
so I don't hear any sounds.
Penn, on the pad I sent you,
please keep track
my volunteer
Please take as much as you want
Remember to close it.
The watermelon.
Here's a fun fact.
Watermelons are both a fruit
and a vegetable.
The guava.
This is amazing.
The guava fruit can contain up
The mango.
This one is my favorite.
The oldest living mango tree
and it still produces fruit
And finally, add some sugar
Now blend the fruits
until it's all mixed together,
and then pour me
[blender whirring]
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[dramatic music]
Thank you.
Now I will drink it
and show you my juice
♪ ♪
Now you could have
but you did not add sugar.
- Correct.
- Great.
Now, Penn,
♪ ♪
Two pieces of canary melon.
One piece of watermelon.
Two pieces of guava.
Three pieces of mango.
And, of course, no sugar.
Ladies and gentlemen,
[cheers and applause]
- Guilherme Silveira.
Hello.
- Thank you.
It's very nice
- So the first time
it was
- Exactly.
And since then, I've appeared
Well, actually today's
- So every time you invent
you'll be on "Fool Us"?
- Well, that's something
I'm totally into it.
So you run
Is magic taking
- Yes.
At least the free hours--
- So the trick is based
- Yes, it is.
My wife, she was a chef,
and she does
and I saw that
of noticing the smells
what is inside something
and she just knows what it is.
So I said, okay, perhaps
and there we are.
- All right.
if your magic trick
- You know, when
I usually write down the first
and I wrote down "goofiest
Just totally goofy.
"Tasting fruit
That's--not alchemy.
Not cheating at poker.
I can taste fruit.
That's what you're claiming.
You're at a little bit
because I know
We exchange emails now
and you talked to me about the
So we were watching
And we love you.
that are always
and always just not
As a matter of fact, not even
Just terrific.
But you've got the fact
going against you.
So, let's talk about
- I don't know.
for being on this show--
this is important--
Because some people
Some people develop it
But those same people,
people that get really easy.
Everybody gets paid scale.
And you know, we, because
we have a little more weight.
But everybody else
And I just wanna
because some people ask us
about the pay rates of people
And now that
and have made
I wanna tell you
We know you're one
we have on this show.
and I don't think
- What do you think, Guilherme?
- Cheers.
- So they figured it out?
- Well, you didn't fool them,
but you certainly
- We love you, man.
- Guilherme Silveira.
[cheers and applause]
- If you're waiting
the wait is over.
See the legends themselves
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[cheers and applause]
- Welcome back to "Fool Us."
And now to close out our show,
entertainment's greatest duo,
Penn and Teller.
[cheers and applause]
- Right now, if you go
right here
and look down the street,
you'll see marquees advertising
who got his start right here
And Piff the Magic Dragon
who also got his start
And then you'll see
who didn't get
but they've been on the show.
Now if you look straight up,
a huge picture
who certainly did not
but was nice enough
All this wonderful magic
with some slight relation
And you might think
Far from it.
If you were on the strip
amazing magicians and all those
and megahype
and you stopped someone
to name a magician,
they're most likely to name
a magician
Houdini is still more famous
than all the rest of us
Houdini's name means magic.
Teller is a Houdini collector.
He has handcuffs and a cross
He has a picture frame
Bess Houdini.
Teller keeps this picture
but he loves the frame because
Bess brought it
she did after Harry died.
She'd put a picture of Harry
in the frame to kind of watch
Houdini died on Halloween.
And she did a séance the last
to see if he'd come back
This is not because
Houdini spent a lot of his
people who claimed
No big deal.
But they also claimed the dead
a very big deal
They tried all sorts of scams
to prove they could
Stunts like
A trick photo of
surrounded by the people
It's hard to even imagine
Houdini claimed that if anyone
he would.
to mean that Houdini
We don't think so.
We think he meant
nobody can, so shut up."
Every year on Halloween,
Spiritualists showed up
trying to convince Bess
they'd contacted
We would never
But we would've loved
that would have
Not to defraud Bess,
A few rules.
there won't be
We could do this trick
We're also not gonna use
that was not available
The flashlight was invented
Shining a flashlight
would not have been a miracle.
It would have not have
[audience gasping]
Projection of her beloved
would not prove
It's just a projection.
But the next part of our trick,
we turned off the flashlight
and the picture stayed there.
We hope that might have
The pieces of glass
come apart,
and in the frame
is the picture
It's a real picture.
And on the back in Houdini's
"Bess, even though I can't
"I can love you
Harry."
And we love you too, Harry.
And now...
you've been on "Fool Us."
[cheers and applause]
- We're turning off the lights
We'll turn it on
when "Fool Us" returns.
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