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- From
at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas,
here's our host,
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- Welcome to "Fool Us."
Ever eaten a phone booth?
Ever put out a roaring
Ever throw a car across a
No?
Those things
Well, tonight,
happen right before your eyes.
And it's up to our
the methods behind the magic.
Please welcome
perfect pair Penn and Teller.
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Penn and Teller
who fools them
world-famous Las Vegas show.
They also award them
And here to compete
is tonight's first
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- In high school, I fell
motorcycles, dirt bikes.
I'm definitely
But one day, I saw a magician
And I thought, this is what
When I was 14, I discovered
I got into escapes.
I was the weird kid that
in the hallway.
I didn't even know how to
But I figured that if I had
there would be a way.
- Yay.
My parents probably got the
for handcuffs for Christmas.
I think it was
That's definitely
She's like, yeah.
It just-- it's not for you.
Do a card trick.
You don't need
They came around
there wasn't anything
I didn't want to do something
world could do or learn to do.
I wanted to do something
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- Dropping in from
the amazing Gabriella Lester.
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- Tonight, I'd like
inspired by you, Penn,
"Casey at the Bat."
For those of you that aren't
Teller was strapped
and suspended
that ran up to the ceiling
Penn sat on the chair
As soon as he was finished,
releasing the rope,
come crashing on his head
Now, I'd like to
similar but with
slightly less dangerous twist.
Penn, Teller, you would
Would you mind
Please give them a hand.
[applause]
Thank you.
Teller, I'd like you to be the
Take a look at
and make sure it is regulation,
And Penn?
- Yeah?
- Are you familiar
- Oh, jeez.
- A little bit maybe?
- Don't be scared.
I'm terrified.
- Don't be scared.
- Can I put the
Okay, flash cards.
As you can see, Penn, they've
But they've also got
- Oh. Thank goodness.
- OK.
You can also see that
and my hands are
which makes it difficult for me
- OK. Yeah, yeah.
I'll just give the cards
And in a moment, Penn, I'm
back to front.
Whenever you'd like,
- Stop.
- Yeah.
Let's take a look
- OK.
- Now, it's not only
remember this equation but
- OK.
OK.
- Because in a moment,
you'll have to solve it
- OK.
- So the pressure's on, Penn.
You don't wanna embarrass
- I don't.
- I know, right?
- I'm terrified.
- Alyson, I would love for you
But you probably can't
Why don't you come and join us?
Let's give her a hand.
We're gonna lose
and just give them
Alyson, in case you missed
was 4 times 9.
I'll hand these to you.
Hold on to them just like that.
And we'll get back
Teller, does everything look
Wonderful.
Please follow me over here.
I'll just have you stand
If you could just open
and turn it to face me.
I'll have you hold it
Thank you, Teller.
Now, I'm just
so I can slide my arms inside.
Oh and, Teller,
it is such an
I'm a really, really,
Sorry, Penn.
All right, Teller,
Continue putting me
Give it your best
Alyson, in a moment,
you to hold up those
Penn, as soon as you
it is your job to solve it.
- Each one of them?
But don't worry.
You can use your
- OK.
- Alyson, every time
throw the card in the air
and move on to the next.
- OK.
- Every time he gets one
- Gladly.
- You're gonna--
like, an hour to get out
- I'm so nice, right?
I'm going to attempt to
before Penn finds
If I don't,
- OK.
I'm much more worried
- Awesome, just that bottom one
Now, the straitjacket
by several famous performers.
Harry Houdini
from buildings across America.
But my personal favorite is
Just one more strap to go.
All right.
Well, that's all I know
Teller, is there anything
Thank you.
And we're just gonna
Oh, almost forgot.
Teller, it's important
be my safety for this act.
If you should see
mean anything at all,
just shout out "stop."
Probably should've
- Yeah.
- Oh, well.
All right.
Lift me up.
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It's important that
stand on your marked
is no risk of anyone getting
Teller, could you please
and just hold me so we can be
I just wanna look
And hey, Penn,
- I get to look at flash cards.
Penn, Alyson,
both: Yes.
- Teller, everything
- Great.
Alyson, show him
- 6.
- 25.
- Yay.
- 16.
- Yay.
- 120.
- Yay.
- 14.
- Whoo-hoo.
- 72.
- Whoo.
- 22.
60.
- 70.
- Well, hold on.
- 44.
- You're going too quickly.
- And stop.
Penn, did you find
- No.
- It's OK, Penn.
I got your number.
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- Whoo.
Gabriella Lester.
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Talk amongst yourselves.
What's your favorite thing
- There's a quote
"Being on a tightrope
is just waiting."
And, for me, I think I've
I'm my--
I'm my-- myself most
And everything else
- Aw.
So not every girl your age
So does this make them
- I think growing up,
not the popular kid.
I mean, I was doing rope
and hanging myself upside down.
- Are you a bit of a rebel?
- I'm definitely
I race motorcycles, and my dad
and we're from South Africa.
- So I think I've always
- How could you not be the
- That's what I think, right?
Right?
We should've gone
- Yeah.
All right, Gabriella,
adds up to a trophy.
Boys.
What's wrong with you?
Even better hair than
to do a straitjacket-- maybe
doing a straitjacket escape.
I did not see it.
I did not see any of
Teller assures me
was not a gimmick.
Teller assures me that you
I did not see it, because you
And I have not been more
than having flash cards.
What a horrible thing
The things I've done to
hosts pales in comparison to
me to do arithmetic in public.
- I'm here to torture you.
- Thank goodness-- thank
quick at turning the cards.
So I could-- I could
What a great act.
And we have never seen
That's the first time
that you did just beautifully.
And the whole-- the
And you have such--
such charm and such
And you have numbers that
It was just great
We have no complaints
But we don't think
- OK.
Gabriella, that was code to me.
Did you fool them?
- I did not.
- Aww.
Well, you certainly
Thank you so much.
Gabriella Lester.
We gotta take a quick break.
But "Fool Us" will be
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- Welcome back.
Let's see if this
takes to fool Penn and Teller.
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- I'm Howard Blackwell,
South Carolina.
Magicians are good
Cards, coins, easy.
How about 170,000 pounds
Sure.
I make people laugh
Then, I turn a switch and
in the Air Force Reserve.
When we delivered
to countries in need
and donating 10,000
for orphans in Afghanistan,
I got to do that, and that
After almost three decades,
and hanging up the uniform.
I built my own little magic
I started it just before the
But 400 days later, Holy
Now I'm doing humanitarian
Penn and Teller, I once made
That was easy compared to what
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- From Charleston,
give it up
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- In a world confronted
of cataclysmic worries,
artificial intelligence
one unstoppable
than the rest...
[tires screeching]
- Missing socks.
And my laundry room
In other words, I've got
Here they are, hundreds
Alyson, may I literally share
- Sure.
- So there's a heck of
So pick a basket, any basket.
- Oh.
That one.
- Perfect.
I'll give you this one.
And I'll take this one.
- Thank you.
- Now, with your help,
to find one single pair
out of this stinky chaos.
So that's a heck
too many to go
- Right.
- So we're going to sort
- OK.
- So we're going to shake,
until just a few are left.
And if we do this right, one
will remain.
- Wow.
- So, Alyson, grab your basket.
- OK.
- And let's shake them.
- And let them fly.
Come on, Alyson.
Throw them.
Throw, throw.
Go.
Throw.
Couple more.
Keep going.
Alyson, go.
Stop.
Oh, good.
Reach in the basket.
Grab a handful.
- All right.
- Drape them across my arm.
- In any order. Yeah.
Drape them all across.
- OK.
- One, two--
- --three.
Grab one more.
- Put that across my arm.
Now, reach in my basket,
- OK, Oh, that one--
Keep going.
- Perfect.
It is.
Drape them across my arm
- Eww.
One more sock.
Let's make them match.
Perfect.
We'll put it right here.
Alyson, left or right?
- The-- this one.
They're going to join
Leaves us with
We have odd.
We have even.
Which one do you prefer?
Odd or even?
- I mean, I always like odd.
- OK.
Got it.
We will get rid of the odd
There's 1 and 3.
Alyson, take a look.
It's a perfect match.
[laughter]
- You look a little
- Little bit.
Take one.
- Well, this one.
- Perfect.
It's amazing that
Alyson, this is the magic sock.
- Oh, yeah?
It is.
This is the magic sock.
Wouldn't it be amazing
that I'm wearing right now?
- Yeah.
- Take a look.
Because I'm completely
But do you know why I'm not
- Because it's in your hand--
- Because I'm holding it.
It's a perfect
Take a look.
It's a perfect match.
Thank you so much.
- Wait.
- There's more.
- No.
amazing if this matches
that you're wearing right now?
- Yeah.
- It would--
- That would be shocking.
- It-- it is shocking.
I think-- I've
Alyson, because they match--
- Wow.
that I'm wearing--
- --right now.
- Thank you so much.
- Whoo-hoo.
Howard Blackwell.
[applause]
Whoo-hoo!
This is gonna be
- I know.
I try.
- Do you do a lot of
- No.
This is my first one actually.
- Yeah.
You did get the memo
- Yes.
- OK.
Being in the military is
How do you balance
- Well, it's difficult
side and the serious side.
But I really try to keep
So there are people that I've
even know that I'm a magician.
And--
- So I like--
I will truly flip a switch
to fly with C-17 crews
and deliver humanitarian aid.
And so I get to do a lot of
- That must be so rewarding.
- It really is.
You walk home at the end
it's been a good day.
I helped a lot of people today.
- That's awesome.
All right, Howard.
You exposed yourself.
Let's see if Penn and Teller
- Howard, we love magicians
But let's get to your trick.
First of all,
You have laundry all over
with his pants off.
What more could
We love, we love stuff
We love tricks
We love tricks that are messy.
We love magicians
So it's just a
- Thank you.
I don't love doing laundry.
And now, I am going
ever done laundry in my life.
And I want to say that the--
the static cling
sticks to the laundry
is a-- is a real, real pain.
But I wanna say, what you've
is you've shown
decision by the magician
You had the exact
the exact choice of shirt,
the exact choice of underwear.
And the magician's
were just perfect,
Everything about your
and your socks,
And I think we've given
in here that maybe show that--
- I think you did too.
I think-- I absolutely
- So you didn't fool them.
- I didn't fool them.
But you know what?
I had the best time in
And I hope I made you laugh.
- Thank you so much.
Thank you guys so much.
- Howard Blackwell.
- Thank you so much, you guys.
- Penn and Teller have
then bust more
at the end of the show.
They have a lot on their plate.
"Fool Us" will be right back.
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- Welcome back to "Fool Us."
Put your phone down
to our next magician.
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- And once you open that
through with amazing results.
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- Give it up for Taiwan
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- Horret Wu.
Ohh.
- Hello.
That was so beautiful.
- Thank you.
- You do things with cards
- Really?
- Yeah.
- I think you have already seen
- I have,
- Thank you.
- It's so beautiful.
And-- and there's
here that you've
Is that true?
That's true.
- Wow.
Is this trick about
- Yeah.
It's about unlocking
- Is it a busy
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I think it's hard for me
Because when I first come up
you know, you just kind of
something like that.
And then, I started to feel
the magic in my mind.
- Well, Horret,
unlocks the trophy case.
- Wow.
Horret, if nothing else, just
green, that exact shade
it looks against the cards
And all the moves,
we'd ever seen.
And there was a lot in there
had never ever seen.
There is some, I believe,
that you-- that you invented.
But also,
A lot of woodshedding
You really, really have
And we were really
It's just-- it's a beautiful
It's just fascinating.
Really good magic,
It's great all the way through.
And I've got written
Teller and I wrote pages
I got all sorts of fancy
And when I started running
they give too much away.
This is a beautiful
are gonna want to feel and--
feel in their guts
So as you know
And the judges are hearing
we say and they know how we
without code words.
That's just us talking.
You haven't heard any of that.
The judges have
And we're gonna
And we don't know.
We sincerely don't know
You don't know, but I'm
the judges say, and they've
we'll go with.
If they say you fooled us,
If they say you didn't,
Right?
- OK.
Let's go to the judges.
- OK.
Yeah.
And?
I'm talking to the judges.
And the verdict is...
you fooled them.
- I'm shocked.
- Thank you.
Thank you.
- Yeah!
- Congrats.
- Thanks. Thank you very much.
Thank you.
- Thank you.
- Horret Wu.
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There goes our latest Fooler.
Will another one
Find out when "Fool Us"
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- Welcome back.
Penn and Teller gave
But they're stingy.
It's gonna take a lot for
See if this next
it away with an awesome trick.
Take a look.
[fireworks booming]
- I'm Michael Rubinstein.
I'm a retired veterinarian
Some people change your life.
My good friend
David was considered
coin magicians who ever lived.
From the moment
I wanted to work the same way.
Coins are something
Everybody knows them.
And when you do
that somebody is so familiar
But I had to elevate my game
And we became friends
- I'm gonna tell you,
- David fooled
Not long afterwards, his
We-- we lost David last year,
So tonight,
using David's
together with
And with my help
I think David might just
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- This show needs more magic,
is Dr. Michael Rubinstein.
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- Recently, a friend
considered by many
coin magician who ever lived.
I received a package from his
And inside was his hand.
No.
I'm not talking
I'm talking about
This is a genuine
a little less than a foot.
These things cost
but they do come in handy
Inside the box was also
And I realized that this is
his most famous trick.
That was the trick where
of the purse,
and, with just a little wave,
And of course, it was
and certainly not in
was always in the other hand.
Now, I practiced this trick
where I could place
And like my friend,
caused that coin to vanish.
And of course, it was
And it was never in the right.
Because I also had it
Now, on the other hand, I don't
to do my tricks.
For example, I could
and it jumps over to here.
Or I place the coin over here
Or I place the coin over there
but it's really over there.
But hey, without a doubt,
is when I place
and with just a little wave,
And of course, it's never in
because it's always
Not this time.
You see, sometimes that
Hey, it's a magic trick.
You gotta expect
Now, this is the exact coin
It's a half dollar,
with a picture, not of 50 Cent
And sometimes my friend would
but instead of a wave,
causing it to change into
with a queen on the front.
Some people though
that I could change this
They think I must
Well, of course, I don't
and certainly not
But I always have one
And now that I have
one copper and one silver,
we can play
Copper and silver
One comes out.
That's the copper coin, which
And the silver coin is,
Watch.
Did you see anything happen?
You see.
I switched those coins.
The silver is now over
has jumped to here.
Now, I know I'm
but I'm gonna let you in
When I bang my hands
the loud noise
And when you blink, since the
I switched those coins.
It's based on principles of
I will do this again for you.
And you'll see that
I bang my hands
you're gonna have to blink.
And when you do, I'm
So like before, copper and
One comes out.
That's the copper coin
Watch.
Did you blink?
Well, you know,
if you would or you wouldn't.
So instead of switching them,
And of course, they're never
not in the right,
does go back to the purse.
And the silver coin,
the silver coin
But maybe you don't
Maybe you just wanna see the
in the hand and
cause those coins to vanish.
And of course, by now you
gonna be in the left
never gonna be in the right.
And you might even expect
go back to the purse.
But remember,
you've gotta expect
So why don't we
They say that change
And that brings us right
which is always
[audience gasps, applauds]
Thank you.
- Dr. Michael Rubinstein.
[cheers and applause]
Are you the most
- I hope so.
- That's so exciting.
My kids would love
- Thank you.
- Oh, then, they shouldn't--
- Animals are my thing.
- Can you fix my cat?
He's got a problem.
- All right.
Do you do a lot of
- Well, I'm using
but the idea of this
props to create magic theater,
And I think it just extends
becomes more entertaining.
And did he know he was
- Oh, I told him many times.
- Oh.
And yet you still
- I did.
You know, I always say
But veterinary medicine
But sometimes it's
- OK, Doctor,
know how your magic works.
- Doctor, Doctor, Doctor.
Michael, oh, man.
Well, that was a wonderful,
to David Roth.
We-- we miss him very much.
And I know that you were
and that he was a wonderful
as are you.
And you added so much
to this, the idea of using the
You know, it's kind of a--
a cups and balls routine
and really nice
And-- and saying
and having that little
of the disembodied hand is--
is a nice thing.
And you added some--
some wonderful
very proud with that tribute.
And we absolutely loved it.
But, you know, Teller has
So Teller's pretty
Although there were some
that were really,
So-- so we loved it, but we
- Does it sound like they
- I'm sure they know.
It was a pleasure to be here.
- Wonderful to have you.
- Thank you.
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When we come back,
will close
that you can do right
Penn, tell them what
- Thank you, Alyson.
We've got a trick that's
in your hands.
But you gotta set it up.
You need a table
and you need eight cards.
And all that matters
is that four are red
Four are red.
Four are black.
And then, during this break,
Put down a red one and a
then a black one,
then a black one, then
So it's red, black, red, black,
red, black.
Have a table in front
like that and we are gonna blow
A lot more magic coming up.
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- Welcome back.
It's time for Penn
Do all of you at home
I have mine.
Take it away, boys.
- OK.
Now, we always like doing
And we're gonna do a trick
But we really care
for the people at home.
It's really, really
happened for you in your home.
So have eight cards, red,
red, black, alternating.
OK?
And have a table you can
They should have them
red, black, red,
red, black, alternating.
OK?
And then, just let's make
Let's make sure we're all
So if you got a black one,
OK?
I also wanna make
makes sure you
Turn them over, Alyson.
Just count down 1, 2, 3, 4.
Now, let's look at
Let me see.
1, 2, 3.
Red, black, red, black.
Just throw those down on top.
OK.
Now, pick them up
Beautiful.
Everybody at home,
If it happens to be
OK.
It's black,
Beautiful.
Now, let's just check and
Take the top two cards.
Are they red, black?
Good, perfect.
Throw the next two down.
Good.
Next two are red,
Good.
Just throw them down.
OK.
Now, turn them faceup.
And you should have--
let me see.
So we always wanna be
Move that to the back.
OK.
Now, you've got red,
Put your hand over the top.
You're not gonna
You have red,
You got this, right?
Red, black, red, black,
Now, think about that.
Everybody at home, think about
You've got red, black, red,
Now, think.
Picture them not
Picture it as being red,
black at the end.
Try that.
Red, red, black, red,
You just nodded along.
That was good.
Now, we're gonna picture
There's gonna be
three blacks at the bottom.
both: Red, red, red, black,
- Very good.
Now, four reds at the top,
both: Red, red, red, red,
- But it's only gonna work
OK?
I want people in the
both: Red, red, red, red,
Red, red, red, red,
Red, red, red, red, black,
Stop.
Not too much.
Now, lift your hand off there.
There's the red.
Put it down there.
Red, red, red, red,
Yes.
We've separated them
- Aww.
Well, that's all the show
Goodbye for now
join us next time on "Fool Us."
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