[jazz music]
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- From
at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas,
here's our host,
♪ ♪
- Welcome to "Fool Us."
From silly to sophisticated,
Penn and Teller take on
And you never know which one
Are Penn and Teller ready?
They better be because we're
Give it up for magic's
Penn and Teller!
[big bang music]
♪ ♪
Penn and Teller award a slot
and a "Fool Us" trophy
a trick they can't figure out.
So let's meet our first
[suspenseful music]
- When I was 10 years old,
took me in a bus every week
from Málaga to Seville
only for me to have two hours'
This is five hour going
This is unbelievable.
Juan Tamariz was the first
Juan is not only my teacher,
It's unbelievable because--
When you are 10 years old,
you don't know how big
Juan is like my brother,
If I can do magic to Juan,
to everybody in the world.
Magic is my life.
Magician is my family.
I am a very lucky man.
[laughs] I love magic.
I love the life.
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Joined
and Harrah's Las Vegas
here's some fantastic magic
- Wow.
- [laughs]
- Oh, how are you, my friend?
- Great to be here.
Thank you very, very much.
- Yes?
- OK, if you don't mind,
this is not a trick deck.
[laughter]
- Do anything you want.
Is it normal?
- I fool you. OK.
I can leave.
[laughter]
- Listen to me.
I understand I'm from Spain.
My English is very bad,
My magic will be better.
Because if I tell you,
tell me stop.
♪ Da, da, da, da, da,
- Stop.
1, 2, 3, or 4?
- Four cards.
- And now for the magic.
Look, I do nothing.
I deal cards and you, again,
- Stop.
- Yeah.
Can you count with your
on the deck--on the table?
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
I don't know how,
these four cards exactly--
one ten, another ten,
Ta-da.
Look at that face.
It's not possible.
[laughs]
Tell me--
- Stop.
- This is very, very,
- Very, very.
I don't care because
But now it's not ten cards.
Can you count with your finger?
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
I don't know how,
what before was 10--
- No.
- Welcome to my world.
- One seven, another seven,
and another seven.
- Ta-da!
Look at that, how many.
You can look at any card.
You can look or make
You know what?
- OK.
Any card you want.
- Tell me one.
- But any card, really,
- I did.
OK.
- Now I like to improvise.
I like to improvise.
You will tell me stop.
I try--I hope you
You will tell me stop
- OK.
Stop.
[laughter]
- My English is very bad.
[laughter]
No. Let me stop.
You know what? You know what?
I listen you,
but the trick
and the three appear.
- The trick is the three appear
- [gasps]
- You need to see.
[laughter]
- This is freaking me out.
- [laughs]
- Give me another card
or look at one or anything.
You have one? Any card.
- 2 of clubs.
I forget one card in the box.
[laughter]
I forget one card in the box.
Sorry. Sorry.
- No way!
- Yes, it's my life.
Come here now.
[laughter]
Penn, can you tell
- Sure.
Which one?
- But the ace of--
Eight.
I know. Sorry.
No, no, no, not with
Not with eight of heart,
Oh, maybe-- yeah, maybe yes.
Maybe yes, we use eight.
Listen to me.
[laughs]
Can you--
Can you point any of them?
Any-- any of them,
- To point?
- Me?
- Unbelievable. Listen me.
We don't use this card. OK?
I show you the card like so,
Only when you want--
You can wait.
You can--only when you want,
you tell me stop.
- Stop.
- Seven.
- If I take a seven
with the other cards,
I don't know how,
another seven, another seven,
- Stop it. Stop it.
- Ta-da!
- [laughs]
- Dani, that's ridiculous.
[laughter]
- I think--
Is ridiculous good word?
- OK.
[laughter]
But this is nothing.
This is only for the trick.
This is another trick.
- That's a--you did 18 tricks.
- Yeah, but that
That shouldn't matter.
OK?
I love one trick,
this is any kind of number.
Look. Oh.
[laughter]
No problems.
I try--[laughs]
The next trick I love, yes,
I try--it's not complete
- Right.
I restored it. I restored it.
- There's only 51 in there.
The box is complete,
- Oh, I see. I see. OK.
- [laughs] Doesn't matter.
I give you a card.
Because we are--
I give you a few card like so.
Shuffle, please shuffle
You take a packet,
Take that under the table.
You take a packet.
Take, take,
Everybody shuffle,
everybody--under the table.
Because I know me,
Look, under the table.
Teller, can you take any
Don't look. It's only for you.
Cut and complete.
- I do know what's cut.
Cats, OK? Shuffle.
[laughs] You take and shuffle,
Only you see the card
and you put in the middle.
Now, thinking--
between 1 and 20
but high, difficult number.
Don't tell me. Yes?
- Don't tell me.
I try.
Da, da, da, da, da,
This is true when I tell you
This is true.
OK, but doesn't matter.
Do you have a number?
- What number you want?
- Doesn't matter.
Any card is possible.
And now I do a special ritual.
This is unbelievable.
Look, this is the ritual.
I need in this moment one
Do you have one card?
- OK, thinking the card.
- If you want to change
- It's OK.
- Yes.
Take the deck.
This is the ritual.
But take--take like, a--
oh, one thing I do for you
are thinking the number.
- Ah, you are
- Yes.
This is the ritual.
Take one or two
- Like that?
- Like so, separate and put.
- Or do anything
- OK.
[laughter]
Take three or four
- OK.
- Because it's a ritual,
Now take--
Take two or seven or eight
and put on the table.
- Take two or seven
and put--or maybe six--maybe.
[laughter]
Maybe. Maybe.
- Maybe.
- OK.
OK?
Now we can do it.
Look, deal one by one.
♪ Da, da, da, da, da ♪
Faster until--what you want?
He, he, he--
for example, you,
- Stop.
In this moment, this card you
No, no, no,
OK. Do anything you want,
but here,
Here, here, here, here.
- Anything you want.
[laughter]
- And shuffle.
- Or not.
- This is ritual.
Cut and complete.
- Meow.
Now take a few card from
♪ Da, da, da, da, da, da ♪
Cut and complete.
♪ Da, da, da, da, da, da ♪
- You don't want to do.
OK, take one or two
Da, da, da, da, da, da.
Take everything you
Da, da--unbelievable.
Ladies and gentlemen,
[laughter]
Listen. Listen. Listen.
You don't believe me
very difficult to understand.
But if you do exactly
- [laughs]
- --the card you
in the position you told me.
- What?
- Welcome to my world.
- Tell me what was--
- You live in a very
- What was the position?
- 21. I tell you--
it's OK for you?
- Yes.
I don't ask you for the card.
Look, I escort,
I do nothing.
I count,
- [laughs]
This is your life
Right?
- OK. 21.
21.
- Are you sure?
- It's OK. OK, 21.
OK.
- All right.
- Are you trying
- I don't care.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,
15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21.
Tell me for first time
- Jack of hearts.
- I tell you any card
This is true. Jack of--
- Hearts.
[suspenseful music]
- I didn't know how.
Thank you very much.
- Oh, my word.
- Ta-da!
Pew.
- [laughs]
- I'm freaking out right now.
- Give me a card.
Thank you very much, guys.
- Dani Daortiz!
[cheers and applause]
[overlapping chatter]
- That was good.
- Oh, my goodness.
- Thank you very much.
- Oh, my word.
- Please.
Thank you.
- [laughs] You did--
you did such a long trick
we don't have time
We don't have time to talk.
We just have to give you
[laughter]
[cheers and applause]
We could do it before
- Yay.
- Thank you.
- Oh, goodness.
- You couldn't deserve it more.
- [laughs]
- Congratulations!
[cheers and applause]
Whoo!
The greatest.
- We have a Fooler.
Thank you, Dani Daortiz
- Thank you so much.
- Thank you.
- My new best friend, let's go.
- Whoo.
You got to tell me
[cheers and applause]
- Aw.
Hey, what the fool?
Penn and Teller
And they might cough up
Stay close.
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♪ ♪
[jazz music]
♪ ♪
- Welcome back.
If you're just joining us,
you missed our latest
Watch our next act
- Hi I'm Becca Knight.
- And I'm Caroline Gale.
- And together--
both: We are Knight and Gale.
- I have been working as
mainly as an assistant.
And my partner and I split up.
And I was lucky enough
by a friend to work.
- That friend is my fiancé.
We do a show over at
He performs the magic
So I'm used to kind of being
not the one
- We became friends
We bonded very quickly over a
- And being the loudest
- And that.
Making it here to "Fool Us"
is the culmination
- Tonight we're going
that has almost been lost
Join us as we take
and into the strange and
[creepy laughter]
[cheers and applause]
- Give it up for the mysterious
[cheers and applause]
- We've all known magicians
that have made claim they can
with the spirits of the dead.
- Traditionally,
- So for our
we're going to need the help
- My dead cat.
My dearly departed kitten,
- Traditionally, to contact
a spirit contact--
- The loved one
- Me.
- The spirit cabinet
- Now, Carol has been
and she has found
to contact the dead
and meditation.
- Since I'll be putting
she's strapping
so that she won't fall out.
Also, we didn't want
able to reach Buster tonight.
So this is going to be
directly tried to contact him.
Carol, are you excited
to the world of the living?
- Oh, my goodness, yes.
- OK.
- Sleep.
[audience laughs]
To guarantee that
we're leaving behind
a little bit of kibble.
And now we're ready...
to call forth the spirit of
in the traditional way,
Pss-pss-pss.
Buster!
Oh, kitty?
Hello.
Well, there you have it.
It's Buster.
OK.
The sarcastic claps
I get it. You think it's Carol,
so I'm going
Wake.
Carol, was that
about the spirit cabinet
- What are you talking about?
- Sleep.
There you have it.
It wasn't Carol. OK, I get it.
You've seen plenty of
You're eyeing her
I know you are, Teller, so I
Would you join us on stage?
[eerie music]
Now I'm going
And you can take this,
around her arm as many
securing her arm
You can wrap it round
as many knots as you'd like.
I want you to be sure there is
out of that tie
so that she
the manifestation of Buster.
The other arm, if you would.
♪ ♪
So many times around
♪ ♪
Are you happy with that?
Terrific.
You can return to your seat.
Thank you so much.
So once more
the spirit of Buster.
Now, this time
manifestation from him.
So, gentlemen, I'll need
a little help from you
He's going to need a little bit
So I'd like you to think
and sending it into the--
Carol! Carol, are you--
Buster, bad Buster,
put her down right now.
Buster, on the
oh, good boy.
Thank you.
Oh, my gosh.
[laughs nervously]
Cats are a little
I didn't know they were
I mean, that was quite a lot of
[Carol screams]
Carol. Carol.
Carol.
Wake, Carol.
- Huh?
What happened?
- We were able to make
- Apparently, Buster
- And Teller tied
- First time?
[laughter]
Why am I bleeding?
- Um, uh, you know,
it was just a little love tap.
- Oh, my god.
- It was fine.
W-what?
Don't you--
if he'll do anything else
- I am not getting
- Well, if he made contact
maybe he'd be willing
with a complete stranger.
Yeah.
Alyson, would you join us?
- Yes.
- Thank you, Alyson.
- Don't worry.
It'll be fine.
Oh, great.
Get in the chair.
We're going to keep
because for the first time
of the spirit cabinet,
we are going to invite
the ability to peer inside
so that everyone can watch
♪ ♪
- So remember, what happens
of these curtain walls can
Oh!
Buster, if you are still
could you give a sign and give
by rubbing up against her neck?
- Alyson, if you feel
could you let us know?
- Yes.
Good job, Buster!
Get yourself some kibble.
[kibble rattles]
- There you have it, folks,
cat seance on--
- Did you touch the bell,
- No.
- Of course I told her.
- Alyson, get out.
Quickly.
- Come with me.
Come with me.
You may not believe
Oh.
The spirit of Buster, but...
both: He believes in you.
- [laughs]
- Knight and Gale!
So do you have
you could make contact with?
- Are you excited for
- It could be interesting.
[laughter]
So is this your
- Yes, ma'am.
It seems like you
working together for years.
- We've just bonded
- Aw.
And so do you both
for the paranormal?
- I'm very obsessed
I come from New England,
and that's made
- I investigate the paranormal.
So it's kind of fun
and my magic world together.
Are you the first
- I am.
My parents are scientists,
[laughter]
- I'm the only
that gets on stage, so yes.
- Oh.
All right,
will scare up a trophy.
- Hey there, Knight and Gale.
Boy, we like teams
And two person teams
even rarer.
[laughter]
And we like the height
- Yeah.
- We're thrilled with
But Teller loves
And--
- --Teller loves
which I don't.
But I like this.
- I like this an awful lot.
And we think you have
a really--a really new method.
You know, the big trick,
was you floating in the air,
which you didn't see,
- I wasn't there for that.
- The rest of us saw you
And I'll tell you that
trick than people think--
than people might
'Cause they might
a hidden assistant
or someone sneaking
And there was nobody doing
We thought the whole
The original spirit
were incredibly
They were exploiting people
And by doing it with your
very modern and sweet and kind.
And the chair looks beautiful.
We want to just
for that chair.
- And we think that the--
Buster's whispering in our ear
but we don't think
- Do they know the secrets
- They do.
- Yeah.
- Well, thank you so much,
[cheers and applause]
Penn and Teller weren't fooled,
See how you do on the next
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♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Welcome back
where we serve up all kinds
So feast your eyes
- It all started
when the two guys who loved
Now we live together.
So we've got dozens
thousands of books,
- And two wizard costumes,
supposed to talk about that.
- The best part
is it's like preschool
We're doing arts and crafts
Sometimes I interrupt
while he's on the toilet.
He doesn't like that.
We started
to produce shows
- We work with hundreds
We perform for thousands.
- We want Toronto
a run for its money
as the most magical city
During the pandemic,
to keep ourselves busy.
- Took up Pilates.
We took tricks
and we made them our own,
That's actually
- So, Penn and Teller,
watch our YouTube channel.
[cheers and applause]
- Teaming up to take down
give it up for Jonah Babins
[cheers and applause]
- Jonah and I are not just
- Acquaintances.
- We're also huge fans
In fact,
And you know what
Everyone comes on this show
to do the exact same thing.
They try to fool
with tricks, but not us.
Tonight we're going to try
Tonight we're going
Penn and Teller with science.
- See, for thousands
have been trying to figure out
to pass a solid object
And up until now it's been
But tonight that's about
because we think we found
- We've discovered
the unique property of being
at the exact same time.
Presenting the watermelon.
- That's right, the watermelon.
Now, for those of you
in the juicy fruits,
you may not be aware that
which means even though
like a solid,
Our theory is that this
will make it possible to pass
without harming the melon.
Now we just have to prove it.
- Alyson,
with a little experiment?
- Alyson Hannigan, everyone.
- Hi.
- Hello.
Alyson, this is for you.
- Thank you.
- Now, each of us has a role
is gonna work.
- First my job.
I need to find something
through the melon--
two pieces
This is the kind
if you are a macho
- OK.
and that is to keep the melon
That's right.
So with one hand hold
and with the other hand--
- Yeah, just like that.
And with the other hand,
like you were doing.
- Oh, you've done this before.
And, last but not least,
distracted so you don't see
very scary needle behind you.
- Ew.
- Hi.
- Now comes
penetrating the melon.
Alyson, if you don't move,
this won't hurt.
- Oh, and let me just say,
this looks really,
But, let me just say,
this feels just right.
- Now, Alyson, can you verify
really is going through
Yes?
- This isn't, like,
- Nope.
- That's right,
And in the name
we have to be honest
We said this only works
because it's 96% water,
- Hmm.
this will actually work
that's more liquid than solid.
And since the human body
in theory,
this should also work
- Now, I'm going to take one
and one from that.
And I am going to tie a bow.
This does two things.
Oh, put your hand in, yes.
- This does two things.
Number one, it secures
- OK.
- Number two, it makes
feel prettier.
- You know, I'm feeling
so I don't know
- It will.
- Now, Alyson, verify for us,
is going through the melon.
- Yes.
- And it really is wrapped
Yes?
- Now comes our favorite part--
passing a solid ribbon
- And a solid Alyson.
On the count of three,
And if our theory is correct,
the ribbon should pass right
and also the flesh
with causing a mess of either.
- I'm really wishing
- [laughs]
- Oh, I am.
- Alyson, are you ready?
- As ready as I'll ever be.
- Here we go.
3, 2, 1, pull!
- Because, just like that,
The melon is intact.
- Alyson, wiggle your fingers.
- Alyson is intact!
- The experiment was a success.
- Whoo!
Jonah Babins and Ben Train.
Whoo!
Glad I can still clap.
If it didn't work it
- So how long have
- We've been friends
- Yeah.
We used to actually
but in the last two years we
and we became a duo act
- And one of the cool
during the last few years
and our excitement
has only grown and increased.
So now we're ready
and show it to everybody.
- During the pandemic,
to keep ourselves busy,
where this came from.
- They call it, as it is,
- [laughs]
- It actually started because
when she buys melons,
And we saw her
asked her why she did it.
- She said that
but people just slap
- Well, that's how you tell
- Yeah. But we thought it
and we thought it
And we started working
Who would have thought it
- [laughs] All right.
Let's see if your trick
can produce a trophy.
- Oh, my goodness.
- [sighs]
Jonah and Ben,
when you finished was
[laughter]
We got all the stuff
We're two people.
We can afford a watermelon.
And, boy, that's a great trick.
We were very
when you said we're going
We thought, this is a
and very, very scientific.
But it's a great trick,
and really simple,
First of all,
off the subject for a second.
The necklace you're wearing--
did you get that--
is that part of the shows
mother's necklace?
- [laughs] It's for the show.
- OK.
But what I'm--
I'm sorry I was
But getting back to this,
were looking into
and we spent--
for one of our closers,
we worked several sessions
trying to solve the problems
with your watermelon.
So we are really,
because it's as though--
we actually went down
and you went down that road
But because we worked on it,
we don't think you fooled us.
And I might have snuck
that gave you--
- --a little bit of a hint.
So--
- What do you think?
Do they know how
- They know how
- I think they
But it was such an honor
- Oh, well, thank you so much.
- Thank you guys.
- Jonah Babins and Ben Train.
[cheers and applause]
See Penn and Teller
See them take on another
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♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Welcome back to TV'S
Let's roll out the red carpet
- I was forged in the crucible
I did 12-minute magic trick
20 times a day
And that totals up
Think about that.
All that practice created
what we magicians call
My body essentially
which sort of set my mind free
to think about and learn
But then I would hear
which would kind of bring you
And I realized, oh yeah,
something amazing and cool.
This theater
It's a great space where
and even stage magic
But my favorite setting
doing parlor magic--
larger in scope than close up,
but more intimate than stage.
And much like Goldilocks,
If I really connect
I can usually tell because
They just want to stick around
It makes me feel
given them something special.
Penn, Teller,
stick around.
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Give it up for Orlando's
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[applause]
[cheers and applause]
- Jason Fields!
Hi.
- So you call yourself
- Yeah.
Parlor is really fascinating.
It's like, this sort
between close up and stage.
The thing I love about my
is it feels much like
So because we have this relaxed
we're all just having fun.
So all the pressure's
- What's your absolute
- My favorite thing about magic
look under the hood and see
to make a magic effect perfect,
in problem solving
And it makes me feel
to be counted among people
- All right, Jason,
know how you did your trick.
- All right.
- Hey, Jason, we really--
we really loved that.
It's really great.
You're doing-- what's really
under so much pressure,
so much grace and comfort.
The-- you're always
how hard you're working
And this thing looks
and it is anything but that.
- Yeah.
- And both of us
and Jerry Andrus did a thing
which this is based on.
- But you a much
It's much harder than
And I'm a juggler.
- And I know that although
and it is miraculous,
lot amount of juggling
It's just really--
you know, the purpose of art
- Yeah.
- And you do such
of concealing
collapsing under the pressure.
- And your suit coat's
really nicely while you're
It's just--
And this is one of those tricks
how it was done you'd
We're not gonna give
I think when I say Jerry Andrus
I think you know
Is that right, Jason?
Well, thank you very much.
- OK.
So they know how
- Oh, he's pretty much spot on.
He knows what's
- All right.
Well, thank you so much.
- Jason Fields!
[cheers and applause]
It's almost time for
Penn and Teller perform a trick
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♪ ♪
[jazz music]
♪ ♪
- To close the show,
He needs me.
So, Teller, you stay
and we'll take it from here.
It's all you, Penn.
Yeah, now, one of the reasons
I wanted to do this with you,
is the audience may not
but I've known you longer
I actually met you way
- Whew.
- So were you.
- No, I wasn't I was a
a show together in Canada.
- You remember how cold it was.
- Holly Wagner Star,
And the thing that I noticed
when we were working on that
was you were really,
a very smart person.
And I also noticed that you've
in all these years, doing
not that you've gotten
Now, I asked you to do
during the break.
- What did I ask
- To put some tape on my butt.
- I did. I did.
- Would you show the audience
We have a piece of
and a piece of tape
- Yes.
a deck of cards here,
well, I've been
I think they are
but I'll shuffle them
and I'll also give them a cut.
And what I want you to do,
- OK.
where no one can see it.
Then you're going to cut
OK?
- So take the cards behind
no one can see.
- And then give them a cut.
- It's already hard enough
but OK. Did it.
- Give it another cut if
- That's fine.
Now, take that
- OK.
- --and put that one
with the-- with the--
- OK.
Now, take the next card
with the card face
facing your butt.
- So you have one card
and one card
- Yes.
- And they're both
OK?
- Now, you can bring the
and you can put them
- OK. I hope--
- You're having more trouble
There we go.
- OK, so I'll let
- Thanks.
- Now, you've got one card
and one card
Right?
Now, I'm going
you went behind your back.
They were shuffled up,
You cut 'em.
No one could see
You don't even know
As you can see--
I'm not going
if there are markings on there.
I'll look away.
But you can see
and they're both facing there.
Now, I'm going to tell you
that one of the cards
is the three of diamonds.
And one of the cards
is the queen of diamonds.
You have two diamonds.
- Two diamonds on your butt.
- One of them is the three of
- Queen.
Now, a lot of
whoa, that's the whole trick.
That's the whole trick.
I didn't see the
because behind your
You pulled out one
cut 'em, pulled out another
They were shuffled.
You mixed them all up,
I didn't see anything.
And I've told you one
and one is the
A miracle!
- But I don't care.
- Because I'm the dumb ass.
- That's the part
not as amazing
Because I told you
that you've changed.
Because you're not only
you're also a smart ass.
- You've become a little
- All right.
- And right now those
- Mm-hmm.
and one is on the right cheek,
but I don't know
- Yeah.
No idea.
So on the left side,
it's the three of diamonds
- [sighs] 3 of diamonds.
- You think it's
- 3 of diamonds.
- Yeah.
of diamonds over here.
- Now, what makes
- Well, I'm just trying to get
- You are?
- So it's the left cheek
- It did.
- It's the left cheek that
that told you that that
is the queen of diamonds.
- So I could have no way
cut behind your back,
And I told you that it
was the 3 of diamonds
the queen of diamonds
I don't know which is which
- OK.
So reach to your left cheek,
and show it to the camera.
Would you please?
There's the 3 of diamonds
We don't know.
We know that you
We don't know that I did.
But it'd really be a miracle
it was the queen of diamonds.
Why don't you show the queen
♪ ♪
Alyson Hannigan, smart ass!
- Smart ass since the last
- Just 'cause I hung out
- That's right.
- Ah.
For me and Penn and Teller
and all of us at "Fool Us,"
We'll see you soon.
[cheers and applause]
See, I knew you'd
- Thank you. Perfect.