[jazz music]
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- From
at the Rio Hotel Las Vegas,
here's our host,
[cheers and applause]
[jazz music]
♪ ♪
- Welcome to "Fool Us."
Stay on your toes,
and wake up your other body
because magicians
are trying to pull
out from under them.
It's gonna be a neck-and-neck
so let's bring out
head and shoulders
Penn and Teller.
[cheers and applause]
[jazz music]
♪ ♪
Remember, if Penn and Teller
the magician who fooled them
in Penn and Teller's
and they also win
Let's see if our first
- I'm Luka Vidovic
My mom was an actress,
and my dad
Performing is in my blood,
but Dad's reputation
I stayed away from comedy,
and I experimented
Then I saw Penn and Teller
their water tank routine.
I was blown away, and I saw
Entertaining the audience
and for me, comedy
While I was preparing for
Mom knew hardship as an actor.
She was against me having
but by the end, she was very
♪ ♪
Well, this one is for my mom.
Every laugh I get,
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Here to put a smile on
- Thanks, Alyson.
Hello, Teller.
Before I start,
thanks to Homeland Security
[laughter]
And, of course, I just
an honor to be here,
in the room right now.
I like to work
so please, Teller,
For the first time in the
you're gonna hear
I'm gonna give you this.
Everything OK, yes?
(falsetto) Uh-huh.
[laughter]
(normal voice)
(falsetto) Yeah.
[laughter]
(normal voice) Nothing wrong?
(normal voice) OK. Just--
(normal voice)
I'm sorry.
(falsetto) Oh!
(normal voice) OK.
Just relax, OK?
(normal voice)
Can I call you, Teller?
(falsetto) Your Highness.
[laughter]
(normal voice) So this
(falsetto) Uh-huh.
(normal voice) No wonder
(falsetto) [chuckling] What?
(normal voice)
(falsetto) Jerk.
(normal voice) All right.
Nothing. OK?
Just--[exhales] Relax.
(falsetto) Oh.
(normal voice)
(falsetto)
[laughter]
(normal voice) Just try to
OK?
(normal voice) OK, that's good?
(falsetto) Uh-huh.
(normal voice) So let's start.
We're gonna need
(falsetto) No.
[laughter]
(normal voice)
Just let me finish, and you're
(falsetto) Meow.
So wait, wait, wait.
Before you give it to me, we're
(falsetto) Finally.
(normal voice) OK.
(falsetto)
(normal voice) OK.
Hit the music a little bit,
OK, just come on.
Just--
[rhythmic music playing]
Come on, give him a
Yeah.
Come on now.
♪ ♪
Oh, you got it.
♪ ♪
[laughter]
(falsetto) Woo!
♪ ♪
I like that.
(normal voice) I know.
♪ ♪
That's good, and give him
Take off your jacket.
He's good.
OK.
So, we can start now.
Just hold onto your jacket.
(falsetto) Can I sing a song?
[mellow music playing]
(normal voice) No.
No singing, now magic. OK?
(falsetto) I knew it.
(normal voice) OK, what
(falsetto) "Despacito."
[music playing]
(normal voice)
Now, magic. [exhales]
(falsetto) "Despacito."
(normal voice) OK.
So we have-- before we start,
We have a hanger, a target.
You all know David
(falsetto)
(normal voice) Please, OK.
OK.
One of his famous
through
So we have a target.
This will be David Copperfield,
And your jacket will be
(falsetto) Uh-huh.
(normal voice) OK.
So we're gonna put
Just give me your jacket.
We're gonna put it on
So I'm gonna need your hand.
(falsetto) Oh, wow.
(normal voice) OK.
(falsetto) They're soft.
(normal voice) I know.
(falsetto) What do you use?
(normal voice)
Just put it like this
Yes, hold.
And we're gonna
Please, come over here.
[applause]
OK, yes.
- Yeah.
- Nothing wrong?
(gravelly voice) No.
(normal voice)
you're gonna put
and you're gonna go like this.
Everything OK?
(gravelly voice) I hate magic.
(normal voice) You're cool?
(falsetto) She's funny.
(normal voice) I know.
OK, so we're gonna
On the count of three,
and the jacket will
So one, two, and three.
(falsetto) You [bleep].
(normal voice) No. Oh, please.
[laughter]
The language, OK?
(falsetto)
[laughter]
(normal voice)
put it all the way here.
Put it in my pocket.
So now, it's your turn, OK?
(gravelly voice) Uh-huh.
Just smile to the camera.
(normal voice) OK.
We're gonna take this,
OK. You need to blow.
(falsetto) Oh!
Come on.
♪ ♪
(normal voice) You, Alyson.
[belch]
- Sorry. You're good?
(falsetto) Yeah.
(normal voice) OK.
So you have to say abracadabra.
(gravelly voice) Abracadabra.
(normal voice) That's good.
You say, abracadabra.
(falsetto) "Despacito."
(normal voice) That's good.
We blow, and the jacket
One big applause.
[applause]
Give you that.
You were great.
(normal voice) OK, take a bow.
(falsetto) "Despacito."
(normal voice)
You were great.
[cheers and applause]
- Luka Vidovic.
[cheers and applause]
Wow.
[laughter]
So did you teach
- Yeah.
Actually, I started
but there were no internet.
There is no way of me
especially in my country.
It was just--
and everything was
- I would imagine it would
in two different languages.
I know three.
- Oh, yeah, but I heard you
- Thanks.
- No, I'm just kidding.
- They told you?
- So who's the most interesting
- Prince Albert of Monaco.
- Really?
to every audience, even today,
in front of those two guys,
in kindergarten.
You have to give
because you have to appreciate
and for applauding you.
- Aw.
- All right.
Well, let's see
how you made your magic happen.
- Well--
- Oh my goodness, Luca.
That's such
And you're so funny and so
And the vent stuff
that people might forget
a really, really good trick.
You've got your magnetic
us through the whole thing.
But then, the knife through
Teller does that, but
and some really nice stuff
a really good trick--
'cause you're funny enough
But you're really good.
I want to say how
but I do want to also say that
discovered his voice,
about whether you fooled us
- (falsetto) Yeah.
(falsetto) You didn't fool us.
(normal voice) OK.
- Well, you didn't fool them,
but you certainly
Thank you, Luka Vidovic.
- Thank you guys.
Goodnight.
[vocalizing in falsetto]
[applause]
- Don't get misdirected.
We need you right here
Stay close.
[cheers and applause]
[jazz music]
[cheers and applause]
- Welcome back to "Fool Us,"
for magicians who can
Let's see if our next
- I'm Connor McDonald,
Magic and helping people--
those are the two running
When I was in middle school,
was diagnosed with cancer.
So in response, I helped
that helps other kids
with their pediatric cancer.
I knew that I wanted
Now I'm in college learning
I guess I found my calling.
I'm also involved
in the Magic Council's
At the Magic Council,
and made some lifelong
just keep popping
So how do I combine
By putting on magic
for cancer patients.
The trick I'll be
from one of those shows.
One thing I've learned from
is the importance of teamwork.
One head is never
Penn and Teller, tonight,
You'll see.
[cheers and applause]
- Taking a break
to try and fool
here's Connor McDonald.
[applause]
♪ ♪
- Penn, Teller,
and I'm just a young guy
to become a magician.
So tonight, I'd like to
to make it a bit more fair.
Penn, would you come
♪ ♪
- All the way behind?
All the way behind, yes.
Penn, very nice to meet you.
Now, Penn, no offense,
that Teller
- Oh, there's no doubt
- So, tonight, we're gonna
Teller, you get to sit back,
and I'm gonna try to fool
All right?
Now, this is one of the
It's also a trick
have performed hundreds
Pretty ballsy of me to fool you
- Yes, yeah.
- Cups and ballsy to be exact.
- There you go. There you go.
- But it looks like we
Maybe--
oh, here it is right there.
There we go.
Well, very simple.
One more time,
and all the way
♪ ♪
Perfect.
It wouldn't be
without cups and balls, right?
Now, ladies and gentlemen,
♪ ♪
If I take this red ball
and I place it right
and when I cover it
Penn-- it will now jump to
I imagine this is basic stuff.
We're gonna go ahead
and place it right on top.
And when I cover it with the
I'm just gonna snap
all the way to the bottom
One final time, Penn,
we have this third
Place it right on top,
my fingers, Penn,
all the way to the bottom.
And all three balls
Thank you very much.
Penn, go ahead and feel these.
Make sure that there are
like that inside of them.
Go ahead and look at these.
- I can't feel magnets.
- Make sure they're not
and go ahead and check
Feel them, make sure that
There's no trapdoors or
- Don't seem to be.
- OK, perfect.
Now, Penn, this is
You and I are gonna make
- Good.
- Teller, I bet
this a bit more difficult for
Let's make this a bit more
Teller, I want you to pick any
fit underneath these cups.
Maybe it could be--
maybe toys, gemstones,
a small animal even,
Go ahead and write it
♪ ♪
Let's see what he's got here.
We have fruit.
OK, very good selection.
Penn, we are gonna
but you get the final
What fruit is going to appear
- It's got to be able to
- Yeah, so maybe
Something like a first
I would say banana,
wouldn't fit under there.
- I would say an orange.
- An orange.
All right, Penn, here we go.
We're gonna make three oranges
of these cups.
Here we go, Penn.
Oranges grow on trees.
Let's go up and reach,
reach, reach, and grab it.
Now gently, very
place it underneath
Whoo. All right.
Here we go.
Here, there's a nice
Grab it, and now, gently place
Whoo. OK, one last time.
Penn, I think it might be here.
Let's go together
Grab it, and now, gently place
Whoo. OK.
♪ ♪
A lot has happened.
Three oranges.
I think pretty--
can do this together.
- OK, Penn?
On the count of three,
three oranges for Teller.
One, two, three oranges!
Uh, three kumquats.
- Kumquats.
- Three kumquats.
Would you look at that?
- Kumquats are pretty amazing.
- Kumquats are pretty amazing,
but not as amazing
Don't worry,
Maybe we just overcomplicated
Maybe we just go for--
underneath the middle cup.
You think we can do that?
One orange.
Here we go, Penn.
One last time. Reach.
Reach really high.
You're 6' 5", come on.
You can grab the
I want to smell it first.
OK, very orange-y.
- Sure.
- And gently underneath
OK.
Penn, I want to show
that we have done together.
We have one juicy, citrus-y,
and delicious...orange.
[applause]
Thank you very much.
Watch your step there.
♪ ♪
Now, Penn, I want to thank you
and helping me out tonight.
Now, Teller, I want to
is for Penn and for Penn only,
might just give it away.
That being said, Penn,
a little bit of fun up here,
but I do have one
♪ ♪
And that would be--
[audience exclaims]
Did I fool you?
[cheers and applause]
Connor McDonald.
Ahh.
You're so brave to do the magic
with Penn right there.
It was a bit stressful,
we got through it nicely.
So when you aren't
what are you doing
- I just finished
So I still have
and then I'm on for
- All right.
What are you studying?
- I'm studying-- it's very
non-governmental organizations
So I'm learning how to run
on a legal
to then apply it to some magic.
- Fantastic.
So can you tell me about
- I think the biggest part
is going to my friends
can work it out with me.
And it's really hard
so teamwork is everything,
especially
- Yeah.
All right, Connor,
figure out your magic trick.
- All right.
It's you and me again.
You don't get to come
and make rules of the game
I didn't go to college.
But we're gonna go along
At least Teller
with you making the rules,
- Oh, OK.
- Actually, I'm gonna
He didn't try to help me.
But I know this guy twice as
I know this guy, OK?
So I can read him a little bit,
that let me know
things going on that he knew
So you see, even though
I am using Teller--
just my knowledge of him--
to know that there were things
It was a very, very good
And from my vantage point
But when I sit down here
smirky, you know,
although he's claiming
was actually sharing
And then that opens up
so I had that.
And then you kicked
and that becomes a really,
But here's what I think.
I think that you are our
and that is a duo.
And I think you have a partner
You're out here with your
You're getting
I think that probably
a little uncomfortable,
So I think that although
and I really love
and did you build
- We did. Yes.
See, "we." See?
I'm also reading you.
So I don't think you fooled me.
- Kenshin, what do you think?
[laughter]
- Ahh, Connor McDonald
[applause]
[cheering]
Penn and Teller can't perform
They still have to face
More magic in a minute.
[applause]
[jazz music]
[cheers and applause]
- Welcome back to "Fool Us."
Or should I say, don't fool us,
haven't been fooled yet.
Maybe that'll change
- Good evening.
I'm Marc Desouza
Most people know me
real estate developer,
have a 33-seat theater
or a world-class magic
This is my working library,
but it's become home base
in Philadelphia.
Some of the best
come here to perform and teach,
and they often bring
which I add to my archive.
I have over 4,500 sets
and this one holds the key
to what I'll be performing
The only way to discover
is to come to my place.
Penn, Teller, I know you
but you'll soon wish you had.
Start taking notes.
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Give it up for award-winning
Marc Desouza.
- Hello.
When I was a kid,
written by Charles Dodgson.
He was, at times,
a photographer,
but he was best
he wrote under the pen name
My favorite was
the story of a precocious,
eight-year-old girl
who walked through a magic
one very similar to this...
[exhales]
Perhaps not quite as dirty--
and the wonderful world she
I'd like to illustrate some
using this pack of cards.
Now, I'll remove a few.
[mysterious music]
And we'll be using those later
various characters
But for now,
chosen to represent Alice,
and who better to do that
So I'm gonna run my thumb
You'll tell me when to stop.
Are you ready?
Stop.
We utilize that card,
to represent Alice.
Now, the first two
are the March Hare
The March Hare
had a tea party.
At this party,
a beverage in a bottle,
were two words.
Do you know what they said?
- Uh, drink me.
That's right, and when
- [gasps]
- She shrank to a fraction
- Oh!
- Well, needless to say,
But fortunately for her,
the effects of the elixir were
and she returned
[applause]
Later in the story, she met up
with the Black Queen
They also had a party, but they
Instead,
Written in currants on top
Do you know what they said?
Can I say them to Penn?
- You may.
[laughter]
And when she ate the cake,
No, no, no.
Instead, she started to grow--
so much so that
protruded through
her head through the chimney.
Needless to say,
But fortunately for her,
were also short-lasting,
and she returned
At the end of the story,
with the Red Queen
Now, the King and Queen
but they weren't
They were playing croquet.
Instead of using croquet
they were using
Needless to say, this perturbed
Suddenly, the Queen ran around,
Cut off her head!
But fortunately for Alice,
a hasty retreat and disappear.
And she got out the same
through the looking glass.
[applause]
Now, this is the story
with a vivid imagination.
Some people seem to think you
to get into that
of magic and imagination,
You can use any
In fact, any one
[applause]
- Marc Desouza.
Oh, that was wonderful.
- Thank you so much.
How did you decide
- Well, that really was
both "Wonderland" and
and it always seemed
And I was working
tell magic stories like that.
That was the beginning of it.
And I saw a magician
where he had mirrored cards.
And then, I said, oh.
Well, that's the ending.
Now all I have to do
everything in the middle.
- I had no idea Lewis Carroll
- He was.
In fact, there is an
"The Magic of Lewis Carroll."
And most of the stuff
and a lot of the passages
are based on magic tricks.
- That's so cool.
OK, Marc, let's look
and talk to the boys.
- Hey, Marc.
- Well, of course, we know you.
You've been hanging out
- Absolutely.
- You go way, way
And I've met you along the way,
We have a mutual friend.
And you're certainly a much,
than Lewis Carroll.
- You've taken on tricks
and you've just put them
It's usually very forced.
It doesn't make
These tricks just get pulled
and you made a whole
which was very, very good.
- Thank you.
about
that it's not through
It's not through something
but it's something that's
It's always there.
The mirror's always there
and that's one of the things
with the commonplace
The thing you left out
which I was surprised
he was a mathematician, yeah.
He was a magician, yeah.
Of course, he was
But the other thing
was he was also a rower.
You know he was on
He had a lot of paddle
He had a lot of fancy stuff.
He was a very good rower,
But as is often said
he is coding
I've done a much sloppier job,
and I think I've coded
But you're a good friend, Marc,
It's a great, great routine,
but you can tell by looking
you've known him a long time--
we don't think you fooled us.
- Thank you so much.
It's an honor to be here,
- So you didn't fool them?
- I didn't.
Well, thank you so much.
You entertained us all.
- Thank you.
- Marc Desouza.
[cheers and applause]
We're taking a quick break
to face Penn and Teller.
I promise we'll return
Stick around.
[jazz music]
♪ ♪
[jazz music]
♪ ♪
- Welcome back.
You don't need psychic
who our next performer is.
I'll show you right now.
[cheers and applause]
- Here's some cutting-edge
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you, Alyson.
You know, I use phones
because there is an
To show you what
to think about a random number
that you are going
Alyson, could you
and open the calculator,
Thank you.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
Alyson, could you
So any number between one
and put in on the phone?
- OK.
Now press multiply,
So any number between one
and put in on the phone.
Press equal.
I can't know the result. Right?
- Now press divide,
So any, absolutely any
past or future,
- OK.
- Then press equal.
I still can't know the results.
- Now press subtract.
Teller, you know,
are 89, 100 and something.
Could you raise your hand
Seven.
Put 89107.
- OK.
I can't know the result,
Penn, do you know the number
- No.
- OK. I'll tell you.
It's 3,700.
So, Alyson,
- Now that you say it,
- Thank you.
- It is, actually.
I just couldn't remember.
- And press equal.
Now, we have a random number
To get it,
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
Here.
[music playing]
I need my virtual assistant.
Where was it?
♪ ♪
Oh, here.
♪ ♪
[beep]
[laughter]
- What can I do for you?
- Could you search a way
- Maybe. I will search.
[laughter]
[whooshing]
♪ ♪
That's what I found.
- Truth is, there are a lot
including some you
For example, one way
right under our noses.
- Got it?
- Yes, but could you find
- Yes.
I have the application
Have a look.
Uh, where is it?
♪ ♪
Oh, here.
[beep]
- Drag and drop mind.
Alyson, I'm gonna
♪ ♪
[beep]
♪ ♪
[beep, chime]
OK.
♪ ♪
Let's see.
♪ ♪
OK, Alyson, imagine.
Imagine a piece of paper,
and imagine a pen
writing down the numbers
♪ ♪
[audience exclaims]
♪ ♪
Penn, Teller, can I come
- Please.
♪ ♪
- Alyson, could you tell
of the result?
- Two.
Anything before it?
- Negative and the two.
The second number is?
- The next one?
- 0.0.
- And the fourth one, please?
- Eight.
Thank you very much, Alyson.
Perfect.
[cheers and applause]
Thank you.
- Kevin Micoud.
- Thank you so much.
Thank you.
- That was so impressive
Do you love technology?
- Yes, of course.
Since my new show, I work
to try to make more dynamic
- Do you ever go a day
- Oh, that's impossible.
That's hard.
- So what did you do before
- Oh, I was working
so I work like
And one day, I say, whoa.
I want to be
And I start in 2017.
- You never looked back?
- Absolutely not.
- What would it mean to you
- Oh, it's incredible.
I come here to fool
If it's working,
to fool Penn and Teller,
I can't trust it
- [laughs]
OK, Kevin.
Let's see
can become a real-life trophy.
- Oh, nice.
- Kevin.
- I gotta tell you,
of the best-looking acts
I mean, 20 years ago,
would have fooled everybody.
That would have
And the funny thing is,
living in the future...
that is not the whole trick.
It all comes down
and we know a lot
But first of all,
that's not your phone.
That's not a gimmick phone.
- That's Alyson's phone.
- From Alyson.
- Yeah,
The phone is clean.
So the number tricks.
You gave us a lot
First of all, when you asked
I guess, theoretically,
Because I didn't know
and I really should.
But the Rio number's
The ZIP code is all
But still, if you
into the phone,
at some point you've
At some point,
And yeah, we got everything.
We know everything
except how you got
Even one of the numbers.
Because two from Alyson--
three from Alyson,
And then, no matter how you
unless you take them away
you're not doing
So you fooled us.
- [gasps] Congratulations!
- But you fooled us.
- We have a Fooler!
- Not your damn hologram,
it was the number
It was just the number.
- Aw.
- Come on. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much.
- Kevin Micoud.
- Merci beaucoup.
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you.
- This way?
That way and wave.
Yay!
Penn and Teller still have
and they'll whip it out and
Stick around.
[jazz music]
♪ ♪
[jazz music]
[cheers and applause]
- Welcome back.
When you think magic,
world-famous dance troupe,
but Penn and Teller don't
So here to close
and their old friends,
[cheers and applause]
- We like to have big stage
but they rarely fool us.
The trick is always in the box.
Big stage illusions always have
to make the tricks work.
There are magicians
of 18-wheelers just
It's the boxes they travel
To do a levitation,
to float a human being
you need to have
something that the audience
that's supposed to look like
Our friends, Pilobolus,
They've changed
to sleight of body.
Now, Hannah can do
any couch at all,
and this background
see any wires really clearly.
But...
there she goes.
[lively music]
[laughter]
♪ ♪
Whoa, Hannah.
Sleight of body.
Now let's show you that again.
There's no wires.
There's no jive couch.
Just pure sleight of body.
♪ ♪
[laughter]
Kind of more amazing without
But you're probably thinking,
you could do even more
You could get her even higher.
♪ ♪
You mean like this?
You mean really high,
[applause]
♪ ♪
And we're not gonna
that one's done,
It really looks to me like
without any fishy couch
but levitation isn't
that 18-wheelers-full-of-props
They do all sorts
and dismemberments.
And they always use a box
with mirrors to distort
A big box to make
And as we said, Hannah
Hannah can stretch. See?
No box, no mirror, no nothing.
Just a trick done
[applause]
And that's our buddies,
doing 18-wheeler magic
Yup, Pilobolus featuring--
Hannah?
[applause]
♪ ♪
Wow.
You might need
to do that switch.
♪ ♪
Pilobolus!
Hannah, Zach,
[cheers and applause]
- Well, it's time for us
We'll see you next time
Good night.
♪ ♪