[jazz music]
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- From the Penn & Teller
at the Rio Hotel
here's our host,
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
- Welcome to "Fool Us."
If you've got a head
a jaw that needs
even a belly that needs aching,
We have a fantastic
from all around the globe.
And they're here tonight
our two witty Wizards,
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
Penn and Teller award
and a sparkly
to any magician who fools them.
Tonight's first winner
Take a look.
[upbeat music]
- Hi. I'm Apollo Riego.
And I'm coming
by way of the Philippines.
When I was five, my parents
trick for my birthday.
And they've been
I was seven years old,
Being a first generation
and it still isn't.
Money was always tight.
And my dad had to get two jobs
To get lunch money, I used
and on the subway.
When I was 15, I got a job
And it saved my life,
and off the streets.
And it gave me a place
I like to use the skills
and from the streets to create
I've gotta be
The trick I'm doing tonight
Whatever you do,
do not try this at home.
[cheers and applause]
- Put your hands together
Apollo Riego.
[cheers and applause]
- You know the expression,
till someone gets hurt.
Well, for magicians,
If you look up magic
you'll see a lot of
trying to do dangerous tricks.
There's screaming.
There's crying.
There's blood.
Why would anybody ever
where they could get hurt?
So tonight, I'm gonna
[laughing]
Alyson?
[cheers and applause]
I'm really scared of you.
- It's OK.
- Hmm.
- Alyson, please
and pull out what's inside
♪ ♪
- [chuckles awkwardly]
♪ ♪
- This is a heavy duty
sharp as a samurai sword.
Just to prove I'm not lying,
how deadly this blade is.
Alyson, please hold the
like this on the top.
And I'm going to use these
what would happen if
on the blade.
Hold it on the top.
- Wait, can I have goggles?
♪ ♪
Oh.
- If that was my bare hand,
cut right through my palm.
And I'd be gushing blood all
- Ew
unless you're one of those
I see you.
Now, I have six more
Five of them are
Alyson, please, carefully
and place it
♪ ♪
- Ew.
- Now seal it.
Now while I turn away,
This is going to create
[whispering] and a potential
this goes horribly wrong.
[laughter]
♪ ♪
Now keep two.
- Keep two.
- And put the rest
- OK. Hold on.
OK. I think I have two.
- All right.
- Hold them up
- OK.
- All right.
- I do.
- All right.
Now watch closely as I
♪ ♪
Actually, do you have
- Yes.
- In my pocket.
- Yeah.
- Do you mind?
- For you.
- Put them on. Just in case.
- Looks good.
- Here we go.
♪ ♪
- [exhales]
♪ ♪
- Ah!
- Paper cut, I hate those.
It's all good. Don't worry.
Now, you could pick up
It's up to you.
We have no idea
but I'm feeling lucky.
- OK.
♪ ♪
- [gasps] Oh, jeez Louise.
- Whew. Two more, please.
[cheers and applause]
- Now, you know,
are getting worse for me.
- But if you guys want
it's getting better for you.
That's just sick.
♪ ♪
[exhales]
♪ ♪
Good job.
Last two, please.
- OK.
has the deadly blade
But I have no way of
So, Alyson.
- You pick.
Ever so slightly,
just lower one of your hands.
♪ ♪
That one.
Are you sure?
- Yeah.
- Oh, boy.
- You make me very,
- OK.
- Let's try this out anyway.
Lower it all the way please.
Hold this one up.
Yeah.
♪ ♪
Ah! Ah.
- Eww.
Who put strawberry jam
That's crazy.
- Was it you?
But no, I'm sorry.
Actually, Alyson, please,
- Can I just rip it?
Be careful.
- And show everyone
was in there the whole time.
- Ewe.
- Thank you very much.
[cheers and applause]
- OK.
Whew. Apollo Riego.
- Thank you.
- I don't know--
- I was. And, you know, then
put safety gloves on,
and I didn't know
worried for me or for you.
- Well, thank you.
- Is magic your career?
- Yes, it is, full time.
- That's fantastic.
And have you always known that
- In college, yeah, when
- Oh. You're like,
I'm a magician.
- I was, like, I'm out of here.
- Are you primarily
- No.
I haven't done street magic
but I used to do it as a kid
in New York City.
Actually, recently,
to swap me away because I made
And I think he wanted to call
I was, like, are
Come on, man.
I'm just trying to shoot
- OK, Apollo.
Let's see if Penn
the method to your magic.
- All right.
Man, really, really
It's really, really good.
And it was just know that that
to see danger
feel comfortable that
And also, the peril being
for a big stage show,
And if you had
you would have
absolutely, 100% fooled me.
But, unfortunately, you don't
And Teller, I think,
But I gotta tell you, you have
You paint it so well with
of that, that if you
you would get
You'd be marked.
Alyson would have been marked.
The envelopes
Everything would
in blood if you'd done that.
So I will tell you,
I did not follow it.
But then I talked to
And I don't think
And he gave me a few
that I think I snuck in.
So I'll ask you, did you
- No, I didn't fool him.
Well, thank you so much.
Apollo Riego!
Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- We've got plenty
including a trick from Penn
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[cheers and applause]
- Welcome back.
Penn and Teller are ready,
and we hope you are, too.
Let's meet our next magic act.
[upbeat music]
- People always ask
how did you get into magic?
But when you're a woman,
[crickets chirping]
Is this thing on?
Hi. I'm Rachel Wax.
I grew up
My dad is the one who
We even had a magic show
And we have matching tattoos.
I moved to New York City
which was awesome.
But I really welcomed
when I met this wonderful group
I've grown a lot as a magician
because of the
that I've made along the way.
Although, I've been
a ton of role models
there's still a lot
There are so few
I want to show the next
just what's possible,
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Put your hands together for
[cheers and applause]
- So, I do live in New York,
and I work all kinds of events.
I do weddings, bat mitzvahs,
And sometimes on my way out
I like to steal something,
nothing big, nothing crazy,
like a snack or a yarmulke.
I don't know.
But the last thing
It's a money gun.
I took it from the last
which is my favorite event to
to see the disappointment
when they realize
[laughter]
and all I'm going to show
But I thought it
And I wanted to figure out
And that's what I'm
Alyson, would you
- Sure.
- Wonderful.
[cheers and applause]
Now, Alyson, I have a stack of
And I'm a magician, I can't
Do you have a bill that
- I have $1.
- Oh.
Wonderful.
Fantastic.
Nice and crisp,
Now, I do want to
don't lose track of your bill.
So I am gonna have
so everyone can see.
OK.
Wonderful.
Yeah.
Nice clear signature.
And I will sign...
the back.
♪ ♪
Also nice and big.
Now, Alyson, a quick
Have you ever shot
- Not today.
I mean, I figure at some point.
You know what I mean?
And I want to be clear,
into the center of the stack.
It's not on the top.
It's not on the bottom.
So it won't fly
Would you open up that money
It could be a little sticky.
Wonderful.
And do me a favor, just
- Oh.
- Wonderful.
There's no other
And I will load this in.
Fabulous.
I'm going to have you stand
- OK.
- So in a moment, Alyson,
that money gun in the air.
The money will go flying.
I'm gonna reach out and
out of the air.
Very exciting.
OK. But before we do that,
I wanna make this
with something else that I got
Not the yarmulke.
Aha! A blindfold.
- For you.
- I'm just kidding.
It doesn't matter
- Right.
- It's for me.
OK.
All right.
So like I said, you're going
I will reach out
Alyson, are you ready?
- I'm ready.
Just give me a sec.
All right.
OK.
Ready?
- So I will do this
It will be extremely
All right.
On the count of three,
shoot that gun in the air.
- Yes.
Two.
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- Ah.
I got one.
I didn't catch it, but I
I thought--
Yeah.
All right.
♪ ♪
Alyson, not only did
but I have removed
making it a much better magic
- That really is fantastic.
No.
But I can fix this.
It's not a big deal.
I'm going to give you
- OK.
Whatever you want
I have all kinds
I have a box of red hair dye.
I don't know if
- I mean.
Mine's not real.
Let's see here.
I don't know if you'll need
- Probably not.
- OK.
- Are you a women's seven?
- You are? Oh, my God.
- But these are old
so you probably
But what are the chances?
Let's see.
I have a snack.
I love snacks.
- You can have a snack.
The only other thing I
allergic to the snack.
No? OK.
Here, I'll take that.
And if you don't mind,
- All right.
- And do you mind sharing?
- You, me, Penn, Teller
- [gasps] Wait a second.
- Wait a second.
I'll take that
- Whew.
- Go ahead and open that up.
And, Alyson, can you
is the bill with your
and my signature on the other?
- Yes.
- That is [bleep] miracle!
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you so much.
- Yay.
Why don't you take that.
For after.
[cheers and applause]
- Well that was delightful.
Thank you.
- And now, you're just
- Yeah. Which is really
It feels like home.
Where do you usually perform?
- Usually, I perform
around Manhattan.
- Are they rowdy
- They are often
I do have to really
management skills frequently.
- Yeah.
Can you do this trick or
- You know, so when I do
I usually use fake
don't want to risk it.
- Right.
So what things do you love
- I like connecting
And I love talking
I like knowing how
You know, you never want
but you don't want to dull
- All right, Rachel, let's
figured out your magic.
- Rachel, this is a really,
and you just fill it up.
It's just fabulous.
- You just have so much energy.
And it's so funny
- Thank you.
Are you always this energetic?
You just flip
- You know, I'm
But I can usually flip a switch
and into the zone.
- And we just loved
But, you know, the first thing
is you always like
And I don't think the
here on "Fool Us" you
- Yes.
So--
[laughter]
Yeah.
[laughter]
- Funny.
- That is the greatest way to
- Right?
- You make us feel like
What could be better than that?
You know--
- You always have to
you're actually playing.
So although I don't
you certainly won this round.
- You won the bigger game.
about it in my mind.
- We just love you.
- So I'm guessing
- They definitely
- Well, thank you so much.
You're so entertaining.
- Rachel Wax!
[cheers and applause]
The show must go on,
We have more amazing magic
[jazz music]
[cheers and applause]
- Welcome back.
No more horsing around.
Let's saddle up for
- I'm Kolos from Budapest.
You may not know me,
but you've probably
Katy Perry shot the video
in Hungary.
They needed a magician.
And I got the call.
Hungary is a hotbed of
We are in the bars, the clubs.
We are part of the nightlife.
It's an exciting
I do street magic,
and I have a steady gig
It's made me a better magician
I'm a magic champion
In fact, I won the
five times in a row.
No one has done this before.
I lost my grandma recently.
She was my best audience.
And I even taught
so she could tell me
This performance,
She would be so proud if
[cheers and applause]
- All the way from Hungary,
- Hello. Thank you.
Hi, Alyson.
Tonight, I'm going to show you
passed down for generations
to my father, to me.
[regal music]
It's a deck of cards.
And as you would expect,
do it better than the last.
First, I'm going
my grandfather performed it.
Then I'm going to show you
And finally, I'm going to
Now, the big
are any of us going to
Well, there's only
So let's start with
I will use the very
that he used more
As you can see, it's not just
but also the box itself.
He would start by asking the
So, Alyson, please would
- Seven of diamonds.
Here we have seven of diamonds.
Then he would give a
So please sign the cards.
- Then you can only
Oh.
- And make sure you sign it
That's perfect.
Thank you.
Seven of diamonds signed.
Now, he was quite
He would simply throw
And then he poured the rest
It was quite a mess.
But then he said something
that this trick is
This trick is all
And when you look at it, you
interesting, that
would be very similar
- Alyson, come.
- Yes.
- So much so that he'd
remove the back,
not just any card,
seven of diamonds.
That's quite a good trick.
But would this fool
I don't think so, maybe
My father, he was more elegant,
He made sure everything
He even, asked the
so please say stop.
- Stop.
- He placed the signed card
He poured the rest of
And then he squared up
But then, he said the
that this trick is
This trick is all
And then he started to
And somehow,
not just any card but
seven of diamonds.
[cheers and applause]
Being of the new generation,
this to the next level.
He made the box
Even more, he did
He plays the signed
a magical gesture like this.
Do you know what happened?
One card traveled invisibly
And inside his box, there is
which happens to be your
[cheers and applause]
I'm not sure how he did that,
could figure this one out.
[laughter]
Now it's my turn.
Of course, of course,
to perform with such an
not to mention the box itself.
Fortunately, I don't
I can just give myself a
any time I want.
More than that, I can
into a brand-new deck of cards.
But, Alyson, wait,
and the box is also new,
must be new as well, not
but also the face of the card.
And that is my
your signed seven of diamonds.
[cheers and applause]
- Kolos!
Wow.
That was really impressive.
- Thank you very much.
- And I really like
and Teller's mouth
- Oh.
- Wow.
How did you come up with this?
Well, we are working
a year with my Hungarian
- Well, and also you
and his father.
- Right, right, right. Yeah.
How do you feel now,
- Well, I'm very excited.
I'm more nervous than before.
- Now that it's over,
- Well, we tried
and do something really
that there is some very
- Oh, yeah.
All right, Kolos.
Let's see if you can take the
- Hey, Kolos. Wow.
And, of course, we try to
as an American magician,
He was from Hungary.
So you've got a good
You know, it's very hard when
want to look, like, the
you know how to handle.
And you don't want
or look like you're
And what was really, really
was that nothing
We were not seeing things
And that may be
compliments I can give you.
- Wow.
our logic,
everything there was a miracle,
and looked
and wonderful surprises
But now we got
And we saw nothing on
Nothing gave it away.
But we know how you did it.
And we saw nothing on
Nothing gave it away,
no weird moves.
But we knew what
And then your trick came along,
We were doing OK.
Then that [bleep] damn
And then her signature
which was a complete surprise.
And the real surprise
as we were going through,
your grandfathers,
but the real surprise
[Alyson gasping]
- Congratulations!
We have a fooler!
- It was a beautiful thing.
- Thank you.
- Just a beautiful thing.
- I appreciate it.
- Man, getting that card new,
- Thank you. Thank you.
- Congratulations, Kolos!
[cheers and applause]
Another "Fool Us" trophy has
And the magic gods
We'll have more when
[jazz music]
[cheers and applause]
- Welcome back.
Penn and Teller
But they have to
and keep going because here's
- I definitely got the
Garage sales are his religion.
And growing up,
with the most random
collections of collections.
Now, I collect
and often those things find me.
I've developed something
for being an expert in this.
I scour the globe for things
And I'm always looking for
will finish my collection.
The last time
I brought my most
This time, I brought something
for over a decade.
I've run so many tests.
I've taken it apart
more times than I can count.
My colleagues and I have
But we are no closer to
So I brought it
to get the opinion of
Penn, Teller, let's see
some light on this mystery.
[cheers and applause]
- Making his second attempt
collector of the impossible,
[cheers and applause]
This is one of my favorite
in my collection.
It's an antique
And, actually, it looks
might see in a home
And a century ago,
would help someone decide
they needed.
The two in the middle are
named, of course,
and the Harlem Globetrotters.
Don't look that last one up.
The tube-shaped light over here
And the tube shaped light
is known as a radio,
was already taken.
And you'll notice
has a corresponding
And this has things like
But something strange happens
It's as though the switches
So, for example, this first
is right above it when
makes the tube light
And the second switch no
That second switch now controls
is above it.
Actually, if I want
I have to come all the way
This third switch
And the last one
And when I first saw it,
I know because my wheels
Much like yours are right now.
As somebody who
I have to make sure
isn't a scam, a snake oil,
And I noticed that the card
So maybe this is some
mechanical trick.
Well, there's only
We have to involve
And I think our randomizer
Would you join me
- Sure.
It's so great to see you.
- Could you take
and arrange them in any
- OK.
- We're going to see
mysteriously control
And our goal is going to be to
from the radio to the tube,
Perfect.
So our goal is to light
So, Alyson, will you
The second switch right here
How about you flip that
Look at that.
- Awesome.
And then the globe is next.
That's the one over
I'll get that one for you.
Then we go to the Edison.
That's the one nearest to you.
Flip that one for me.
And we've got the tube.
You want to do the honors
number three right there.
Yes.
We did it.
OK.
But now the skeptics
maybe it's technology, right?
Peter's got a guy, a buddy
Or maybe Bluetooth?
Maybe there's a microchip
But no.
I want you to take these
Mix them around face down,
you don't know the order.
And I'd like you to lock
All right.
One of the things I love about
is I can share something
don't know how it works, right.
Oh, and, Alyson,
when there are no cards up
strange happens.
The switches don't
Try one.
Flip the switch for me.
Nothing happens, right?
Try them all if you want.
The switches have a sort
But here comes the part
needed this in my collection.
Can you take this
See that table over there?
- Yes.
- Can you stand behind
- With the box.
- OK.
not followed,
peeking over your shoulder.
- Well, there's always cameras.
- I think they're
OK. But I want you to
- Yeah.
for me, please, and just grab
that very top card out,
just a little peek at it.
Don't tell me what's on it.
But just tell me when
- Yes.
Alyson, are you
- Yeah.
Awesome.
Actually, I knew it because
between the switches
but, Alyson, a human can act
It's a kind of
I don't know.
Take a look at the second card.
Remember, Alyson is the only
where that second card is.
Alyson, are you looking
- Yeah.
Yes.
Keep going.
I'm so excited.
Tell me when you're
- OK. Yes.
Alyson, but the question is,
- Cool.
That's the Edison.
And that is Alyson Hannigan.
[cheers and applause]
- And that's Peter Wood.
He made it sound
- You did.
- I just stood there.
- That is so cool.
- You must have
- Yeah.
My degree is in
lighting and scenic design.
And so I do have a theatrical
So I can control the colors
- Do you want to
- Yes.
Mainly in October.
No.
Halloween is my jam.
That's definitely--
to make your house look crazy.
So what would you
were born before electricity?
- I've always been fascinated
that will make fire burn
you know, tones, so I wonder
you could do
with four different
and four different
- OK. Peter, let's see
are bright enough to shed
- OK.
- Boys.
- You know, a lot of what we do
that we have unusual props.
We go to a great
to spend zillions of dollars
looks like a cardboard box.
And I really like
it is that you
these are impossible objects.
So we can just kind
is that something I can
You've already said
- Sure.
- And it's just
I really like this.
It's so unusual and
kind of a brain buster,
And one of the things that
so successful, and a lot of
and a lot of people give
and we'll take it.
And the acts deserve it.
But also the network
It's not only the show itself.
It's exactly when
when people are watching,
what comes out of it.
A lot of this success is
through the programming.
The network puts that all
So I just want to
separate from this act...
- To just thank the network
And I just want to say that
switches, or four,
is really, really
And we like you.
We like you putting
And after all is said
we don't think you fooled us.
- I love you guys.
- It is a pleasure to
Thank you.
You got me.
I appreciate it.
Peter Wood.
Take care.
- For those who can't
the waiting is over.
Well, almost over,
right after this break.
[jazz music]
[cheers and applause]
- Welcome back.
Penn and Teller have
but it's not always exclusive.
Tonight, Penn and I are
work with a new partner.
Here's Teller and George.
[cheers and applause]
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[laughter]
[cheers and applause]
- It's time for me
to say good night.
We'll see you next time
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