05x02 - The Rematch

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[cheers and applause]

- From the Penn & Teller Theater

at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas,

here's our host:

Alyson Hannigan!

[cheers and applause]

- Welcome to "Fool Us."

What's harder than fooling
Penn and Teller once?

Fooling them twice.

Tonight, we're gonna make
"Fool Us" history

because each
and every performer

has already baffled
our dynamic duo

and they're back
with brand-new tricks,

hoping for the same result.

Will history repeat itself?

Or will Penn and Teller
be redeemed?

Let the rematch begin.

First, in this corner,

the tag-team champions of magic:

here are Penn and Teller!

[cheers and applause]

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Mwuah.
Yes.

Whoo!

- Hello.

- Of course, tonight's
first rematch magician

has already won a spot
in Penn and Teller's show,

but he's looking to book
a return engagement.

Let's re-meet him now.

- Fooling Penn and Teller
was awesome.

You can tell
how excited I was

if you watch the tape.

[cheers and applause]
- Fooler!

- The joy that moment gave me
is--

is right up there
with anything else

that has happened positively
in my life.

The thing is,
I fooled them naked.

- Okay. Whoo!
Oh!

- I didn't really know
that it would become my thing.

All the people
that saw that show

expect to see me naked,
all the time.

I just can't seem to
break free of people calling me

"The Naked Magician,"
or saying

"Oh, it's nice to see you
with clothes on."

- It's okay to perform naked.

Junior's always naked.
Benson is always naked.

- Man, I want
to put my clothes on.

[cheers and applause]

- Please welcome back
Vinny Grosso!

[cheers and applause]

- Thank you.

The last time I performed,
I had to use a privacy screen.

That won't be necessary
this time.

[applause]

One of my favorite
Penn and Teller routines

uses a psychic gorilla.

I heard a rumor
that Penn and Teller

have another
psychic animal trick

in their warehouse,

one that they've never performed,

and I don't even think
they remember.

I asked
a close, personal friend

of Penn and Teller
to sneak in and steal it.

I mean, how cool would it be
to fool Penn and Teller

with their own trick?

[laughter]
So he agreed.

He got it, and, uh,
he's willing

to talk me through the trick
via video conference

just as long
as I hide his identity.

So, if we can
try and connect

with the mysterious friend
of Penn and Teller...

[Gilbert Gottfried]
- All right, so I stand here

and my--
- [laughing]

- My--my identity's hidden,
right?

It's hidden.
No one knows who I am.

- No one can see you.
- Good, good.

Yeah, you blurred me out-
All right.

- Yeah.
- I stole this trick...

- [laughing]
- From Penn and Teller.

- And, uh-- 'cause they'e
got lousy security.

They're idiots,
and they've got

lousy secu--

Well, even if they had
good security

they'd still be idiots,
but it would be

too lengthy to talk about.

[laughter]
Here, first let's, uh,

look at the instructions,
here.

"Get a random volunteer
from the audience."

This may take a while,
so I'll take a break.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa, stop.
[laughter]

Eh, forget it, forget it,
forget it.

[laughter and applause]

I--I think
we can remove the blur,

and everyone knows
it's Gilbert Gottfried.

[cheers and applause]

Teller, in your drawer over
there, there's a--a foam ball.

If you could take that out

and, uh, give it a toss
randomly into the audience?

We'll try and find
a volunteer.

What is your name?
- Mark.

- Mark. Let's give Mark
a nice round of applause.

Come on up, Mark.

[cheers and applause]

Thank you, Mark.
Nice you meet you.

- You, too.
- We're gonna walk

right over here,
and, uh,

hopefully we can call
Gilbert back

now that we have a volunteer.

- Okay, perfect.

"Now go through the, uh,
animals with the audience."

Uh, okay, so,
we've got a turtle.

Uh, we have a raccoon.

Uh, we have a penguin.

An elephant.

And, uh, this--

this was left over
by those other two--

- [laughing]
- Vegas, it's a tiger.

- You mean Siegfried and Roy.
[laughter]

- Yeah, Siegfried and Roy.
- Yes.

[laughter]
Okay.

And now-- oh, there's--
there's one more here.

And that is my favorite...

- [laughing]

- A parrot.
- Of course.

- Now we gotta have
the volunteer look away...

- So, if you'd just
cover yours eyes.

- While I make a prediction.

And I can seal
the prediction with--

with this envelope.

See, that's...

- Perfect.
- Very well concealed now.

Now, uh--uh--

uh, Vinny?

You take the duplicate box
of animals

that I sent you,

and--and you show them
to the audience.

- I have a turtle...
- Yeah?

- An elephant...
- Perfect.

- The spider...
- That's good.

- The, uh, tiger.
- Yes.

- And the parrot, yeah.
- Yes, excellent.

Okay, now have your friend...
- That's you, Mark.

- Close his eyes...
- So, close your eyes...

- Reach into the box...

- And I need you to
reach into the box...

- And remove
the stuffed animal.

- And grab an animal.

There you go.
[gasps, amazement]

Oh, it's--
- What--what's that?

- It--It's a gorilla.
- What? It--it's a...

[stammering]
- Was this--

Did you guys do this?

- What--what--
what's going on, here?

- I--I think Penn and Teller--
- That's not--

That's not--
How's that--

- No, no it isn't the parrot.
- Yeah, you had a--

- I think they did it.
- You had a box of parrots!

- It--it is a box of parrots.
- A box of parrots.

How could you possibly
screw this one up?

- No, no--
[laughter]

- There's no way!
There's no way!

How could you be that stupid-
- No, I got it--

I think I--Gilbert.

The--the
prediction is concealed

inside the envelope.

It said inside,
not by the envelope.

- Oh, in the envelope.
- Yeah.

Mark's prediction should be...

- Mark, is that
your prediction?

- Yes.
- Yes.

Give Mark a nice round
of applause for helping me,

and Gilbert Gottfried as well.

Thank you, sir.
[cheers and applause]

- Vinny Grosso!

[happy exclamation]
- Thank you. Thank you.

- So, does it feel different
to have clothes on?

- So much different.
- Yeah?

- [laughing] Yes.
- You like it?

- Um, I think that that
this is gonna work for me.

- I think it works.

- I think this will be
my new thing.

- So the first time
you fooled them,

you didn't realize
you fooled them.

- No, no I--I didn't.

Being naked
and onstage, up here,

it's a--
first of all, this whole thing

becomes a blur, but

when Penn started talking
to me,

I had really no idea
what he was talking about,

and I just assumed that--
that it was--

he was telling me how--
how the trick was done.

So when he said,
"You fooled us,"

it was as genuine of a response
as you can get.

- Yeah.
So is there a lot

riding on whether or not
you're fooling them?

'Cause you already have
one trophy.

- Certainly fooling them
would be great,

but, man, I didn't think
I could do it the first time.

And I--
this is probably

a longer shot
than the first one.

- All right.

Well, let's see
if Penn and Teller

can expose your trick.
- Okay.

- So first of all,
can we examine that box?

- Uh, yeah, there--
there are a lot of

tricky boxes in Las Vegas.

- No, we can't examine the box.
- This is not one of them.

- You're not gonna let us
examine the box.

- Oop.

- Okay. Okay.
[laughter]

That was not part
of what we were busting you on.

No, no,
we had the other part.

We think that when Gilbert
was holding up

that piece of paper--
which is amazing,

Gilbert's barely a monkey.
[laughter]

Getting him to even hold up
a piece of paper

is remarkable.

He can't do anything.

He certainly can't fool us.

He held up a piece of paper
that was

blue screen, green screen,
chroma key,

and you had one
of your little minions--

out in the booth,
out in the truck--

that laid in the name Mark,
didn't you?

- Um...

- He was holding up
a blue card.

- Was it a visual effect?
- No. No.

- It wasn't exactly
how you described it.

- See, this is the, uh...
- Ohh.

- Problem you have here.

If there's one thing we hate,
it's being fooled.

If there's two things we hate,
it's being fooled twice

by the same guy.

If there's three things
we hate,

it's being fooled
by Gilbert Gottfried.

[laughter]

Now I'm telling you
right now, Vinny,

we will not be fooled
by Gilbert Gottfried.

[laughter]
What I'm trying to say to you,

Vinny, you idiot,
is you fooled us.

- Whoa!
[cheering and applause]

- That's what
I'm trying to tell you.

But I want you to swear--

Wait.
Stop! Stop!

Stop, don't give that to him.

I want your word of honor...
- Yes.

- Gilbert Gottfried,
that piece of [bleep],

did not fool us, okay?
- Yes.

- He did not fool us;
Vinny did.

But not Gilbert.
[laughter]

Not Gilbert, Vinny.
- Vinny Grosso

fooled Penn and Teller
a second time!

Congratulations.

[happy sigh]

Not Gilbert.
- Not Gilbert.

- No. We--
- Not Gilbert.

- We've got a fooler
in the house.

- But not Gilbert.
- Not Gilbert.

- We'll see--
- Not Gilbert.

- We'll see
if we can find another...

- It wasn't Gilbert Gottfried!
- When we come back.

- Gilbert Gottfried
will not fool me!

Never! Never!

[jazz music]

[jazz music]

[cheering and applause]

- Welcome back to "Fool Us."

The British are coming.
The British are coming.

Really.
Take a look.

- Hello, I am Rhys Morgan.
- I am Robert West.

And we are...

[together]
Time-travelling magicians.

- And we fooled Penn and Teller
back in the very first season

of this show.
- Ooh.

Why don't we travel
back in time

to show everybody?
- Ooh.

[together]
Here we go.

[device beeps]
[pop]

- Like every other magician
on the show...

- We awaited their decision
with bated breath.

[both chattering indistinctly]

- There we are.

- What do you mean?
- That's empty. This is empty.

- It's empty.
- There was no deck switch.

- You fooled us.
- Yeah!

[cheers and applause]

- Well played, old chap.

- Thank you.

- When we fooled
Penn and Teller,

we weren't really
expecting it.

It helped enormously.
- Helped us leave our jobs.

- It helped us leave our jobs,
and it helped us sort of

just get going, really.

- Will we fool
Penn and Teller again?

- Well, we are time travelers,
so we do know.

- Well, yes, we know,
but they do not.

- Oh, good point.

Let's find out.

[mysterious music]

[cheers and applause]

- From across the pond,
here are Morgan and West.

[cheering and applause]

- Hello, good evening.

Good evening, everybody.

My name is Rhys Morgan.
- And I'm Robert West.

[together] Together, we are
Morgan and West.

- Magicians.
- Time travelers.

- And all-around spiffing chaps.

- And for our trick
this evening,

we need someone
with some change

in their pocket.

- Or their wallet.
- Or their purse.

- Or their money belt.

- In fact, a handful of change,

a mere coin or two
will not suffice.

- Yes, indeed.
But not only some change,

but a driver's license,
such that,

well, we can tell
who you are, frankly.

- So if anyone does have
a handful of change

and a driver's license,
please just raise your hand.

Gentleman here, with a beard.

When you come to the stage,
close the change in your hand

so there's no way
Mr. Morgan can see it.

And make your way
to the stage.

A round of applause
for this gentleman here.

Big round of applause here.
[applause]

- As is soon
to become apparent,

I cannot look behind me

or see what is going on
on the table behind me

for any of the remainder
of this trick.

Uh, the easiest way
to keep me honest

is to have someone to do that.
- Hold the tray, here...

- Thankfully, we have
the wonderful Alyson Hannigan.

A big round of applause,
if you would.

Alyson, would you join me
just here?

- Yes.
- Please, madam.

- Yes.
- Delighted to meet you.

How do you do?
- Good.

- Alyson,
for the next few minutes

I'm going to stare
directly into your eyes,

and you are going to stare
directly into mine.

- Yes.
- It could be said

that I'll have eyes
only for you.

- Aww.
- Now, should I attempt

to turn around,
look behind me,

or to the side
in any way, shape, or form,

the signal to alert everyone
is very simple

and straightforward.
[clears throat]

Hark!
Foul play!

[laughter]
- [laughing] Okay.

- Obviously, now, you are happy
that I cannot see behind me.

I'm not looking.
- Yes.

- Wonderful.

- Now if you'd wait there
for a moment for me, Carl.

Try this yourself.

Close your eyes,

and see what you can make out.

We promise not to run off,
when you have your eyes shut.

- Okay, Alyson, obviously,
do not close your eyes.

- All right.
- Yes, thank you.

- Mm-hmm.

- Now, hand me a coin, Carl.
- [chuckles]

- Happy?
- Yeah.

Close your eyes,
have a go.

[coin clinking]
- Quite a sharp note.

Uh, that, quite simply put,
is a penny.

- Ooh.
- Carl?

Is that a penny?
- It is a penny.

- Excellent.

[applause]

Take another.

- [laughs]
- Thank you.

- Oh, uh...

Two coins, but I think
both the same, actually.

Uh, both of these are, uh,
ten cent pieces.

What do you call that, dimes?
Two dimes.

- Carl,
what are those two coins?

- Two dimes.
- Wonderful.

- Two dimes.
[applause]

- Of course, uh,
at this point,

it could just be blind luck.

I mean, we are in Vegas,
after all.

Uh, though I think you'll agree
that the next bit is

a shade more impressive.

- Oh--oh, good grief.

Uh, 42--
N--

Uh--10, 15, 20, 2--
Uh...

Forty...

One... two cents.

$2.42 exactly.

- Carl, will you cup
your hands together, like so?

$2.42...

Exactly.

Carl, confirm for the audience,

there's 25 cents...
- Yep.

- That's 50 cents...
- Yes.

- 75 cents...
- Yes.

- One dollar...
- Right.

- $1.25...
- Yes.

- $1.50...
- Yes.

- $1.75...
- Yes.

- $1.80...
- Yes.

- $1.85...
- Yes.

- $1...


- Yes, yes.

- $1.95...
- Yep.

- $2, yes?
- Yes.

- $2.10...
- Right.

- $2.20...
- Yes.

- $2.30...
- Yes.

- $2.31... 32... 33...





$2.40...

$2.41...

[scattered laughter]

- $2.42 exactly.
[applause]

You can put them away, Carl.

Okey dokey, one more question.

This really is your ID.

- It really is my ID.
- Perfect.

Now, Alyson, I would like you
to come up to Mr. Morgan

and check there's nothing
inside his ears

feeding him information.

No tiny devices,

no speakers, nothing
lodged in his ear canal

relaying information to him.
- No.

- Could you also confirm for us
there are no hidden mirrors

or screens that
Mr. Morgan can see

that they cannot, that
is allowing him to see

what is going on behind him?
- No.

Then, when you're ready,
listen closely.

As I'm sure we'll all agree,

this next bit
is completely impossible.

- Uh, that is
a driver's license

from the state of, uh,

the state of Nebraska.

- What state is this
driver's license from, Carl?

- Nebraska.
- Nebraska?

- Yeah.

[scattered applause]

[laughs]

- Uh, according
to your driver's license,

as written, uh,
your height is 5'10".

- Is that your height?


- [sighs]
It is.

[scattered applause]
[laughs]

[laughter]

- Uh, it's...
Oh.

Um, date of birth.
Yes, date of birth is, um--

uh--oh gosh--uh--

Was that September the, uh--
the September.

- Yes, it was September?
- September.

- The 25th...
Both: Yes.

- 1979.

- Is that your date of birth,
Carl?

- [laughing] Yes.

- A round of applause for Carl.
[applause]

- And for Alyson,
ladies and gentlemen.

[all chattering]
- Thank you.

Morgan and West!

Hi. I'm gonna go over with you.
both: Please do.

- That was really,
really amazing.

- Oh, thank you.
- We're quite fond of it.

- Especially 'cause I'm sure

you're more accustomed
to, like, pounds.

- Yes, I'll be honest...
- Pences.

- Pences.
- It's been a whirlwind.

- It's been a--
it's been a whirlwind.

- Yes, uh, American coinage is
very different to UK coinage.

- You have to re-learn
all the sounds, yes.

- Yeah. Well, and you guys
have so many more coins.

- Ab--absolutely.
- We do, yeah.

- Yeah, a few more.
- Yes.

So you're time travelers?
- Obviously.

[laughter]
- Yes, so I guess

you could tell us
if you fooled them or not.

- We would,
but that would spoil it--

th--that's the whole point
of them being--

the only bit they get to do
is telling us

whether we fooled them or not,
so why spoil it?

both: Why spoil it?
- All right.

Well, so let's--
let's check in with them.

- Shall we?
- Let them tell us.

- Gentlemen.

So good to see you again.
- Pleasure.

- And good to see less of you.
- I know.

- Almost 100 pounds, right?
- Yeah.

You were the inspiration
for that, so thank you.

- Congratulations.
Congratulations, man.

[applause]

You know,
last time you were on,

you fooled us,
you really did.

[together]
We did.

- And you fooled us
mostly because

we underestimated you
a little bit.

- Possibly, yes.

- We're not gonna make
the mistake this time.

- Oh, [indistinct]

- We have a pretty good idea
of how good you are.

Now, we were wondering, uh--

no one in the United States
would recognize this.

You probably know
about Piddington's, don't you?

- Oh, we do, yes.
- Oh, we do.

- [laughing]
You probably do know abou--

it's a--it's a chain of stores,
or something.

- Oh, yes, very good chain.
- Yes, yes, very, very--

- You have to spend
lunch time over there,

but--but you know
all about that.

And since you time travel,
you probably know

that we did an act called
"Mofo the Psychic Gorilla."

- Yes.
- Absolutely.

- Which we were not nearly
as good as you are.

- Oh, bless you
for saying that.

- Uh, but you are wicked good.

And you probably also know,
because you time travel,

that, um--
that, uh, digital photography

is very popular now.

There was a time in the past
where they did--

there was Kodak.
You know about Kodak?

- Absolutely, yeah.
- Sure, sure, sure.

Most acts that come on
and do this kind of thing--

first of all,
they're not as good.

And second of all,
the audience

doesn't really understand
what they're doing

because there's
no cause and effect.

The idea of having
the drop in the glass--

although you're not really
supposed to believe it,

part of your heart does.

And that carries you through,

and there's a reason
for doing it.

I love that it's the--

the fact that you're doing it
all with the sound,

and that's just a wonderful act.

And we love you guys.
But I think

we should have given you
enough that maybe--

- Oh, I think we can infer--
- I think we're hearing you.

- I think we're hearing you
and we can infer

meaning in your words beyond
the meaning that other people

would perhaps recognize
in those words.

- [laughing]
- [chuckles]

All right, so I'm guessing

you know what
they're talking about.

- We know what they know.
They know...

[together] What we know.
- Awesome.

- Everything--
we all know what's--

- Well, you were
fabulously entertaining.

Thank you.
Morgan and West!

Thank you.

Bye.

[cheers and applause]

There's plenty more magic
in store!

Stay close.

[jazz music]

♪ ♪

[jazz music]

[cheering and applause]

- Welcome back to

a special rematch episode
of "Fool Us."

And in the case of
this next magician,

it might be a little more
of a grudge match.

Take a look.

- I have to say, I'm really
honored to be the first

magician to be invited back
for the third time.

The first time I did the trik
called "Unshuffled,"

- It kind of, uh,
blew our minds.

- Not only did the trick
fool Penn and Teller...

- "You fooled us,"
you see that?

- Yay!
- [laughs]

But based on video views
and so on,

it fooled a lot
of the magicians, too.

The second time,
the cups and ba*ls...

[ding]
Thank you.

I thought I was going
to fool them.

The only problem was, uh,

they knew that trick
a little too well.

- It's now a tie.

You get us last time,
we get you this time.

- [laughing]
- Season 5, kick our a*s.

[both laughing]

- The thing I like most
about coming on "Fool Us"

is it pushes me to take
my magic to the next level.

So, essentially,
they've given me a gift.

Each time,
I have new routines

thanks to being on the show.

And this time,

I have a gift for them.

[inspirational music]

♪ ♪

[cheering and applause]

- Back again
on the "Fool Us" stage,

here with five randomly
selected audience members,

is Paul Gertner!

[cheering and applause]

- Thank you, thank you.

But,

Penn, last year,
you said,

"Paul, Season 5,
kick our butts."

- Uh-huh.

- I'm gonna give it
my best shot.

- [laughing] Okay.
- [laughing]

- I wish I hadn't said that.
- Now.

I asked the producers

to choose five
totally random people

from the audience to join me.

And I want to thank you
for coming up

and helping me out.

I'm not gonna ask your names,

because your names
are going to determine

the outcome of this trick.

But first, a little story.

In the early '70s,
there was a study done

in Las Vegas
about winners and losers.

They studied people
that won big jackpots,

and people that went home
totally broke.

And there was a fascinating
statistic in this study

that said,
for some strange reason,

all of the winners in the study

had an even number of letters
of letters in their name.

And all of the losers
in the study

had an odd number of letters
in their name.

It became known
in the gambling industry

as "the lucky study."

Now, the question is,
could your names

determine your luck?

Let's find out right now.

I have a pack of cards
right here, 52 ca--

Oh, 54.
I have the jokers in the deck,

but we won't use the jokers.

And I'd like everyone
to do me a favor:

Come forward,
and hold out your hand out

like that, and you're gonna
put your finger

on the back of one card.

So all five, come back--
forward.

Just hold your hand out
like that.

Put your finger on one card.

Okay, perfect.

Now, slide those cards out.

Okay.
Slide 'em out.

Take them back to your seat.

Now, I'm going to have
all of you

look at your cards.

Just like this, okay?
Got it?

Okay. And now,
I'm gonna turn my back.

And when I turn my back,
I'm going to have you

flip the card out to
the audience, just like that.

Okay?
Now, go ahead.

You can turn it out

to the audience, all right?

And look at it.

Now, everyone in the audience,
remember one person

and their card, okay?

Now, flip the card back around
toward yourself.

And we will now be ready to go.

Now, we're going to place
those five cards

back in the deck,
one at a time, all right?

First card, right over here.

Now normally, a magician
has to find one card.

But, well, I have to fool
Penn and Teller,

so I'm gonna do five.

Now, would you place
yours here?

And let's get back
to the story.

Now, has anyone ever heard
of the name Thomas Preston?

Probably not.

Thomas Preston was a gambler

in the early '70s,

but he never really won
much of anything.

He read about the lucky study,

and he decided
to change his name,

because when he added up
the number of letters

in his name, he discovered
he had 13 letters in his name.

A very unlucky number
for a gambler.

So, Thomas Preston
changed his name

to Amarillo Slim.

Oh, this is true.
You can Google it.

And once he changed his name
to Amarillo Slim,

he actually became very lucky,

because "Amarillo Slim"
had 12 letters in the name.

And he went on to win four
World Championships of Poker,

the last one
with a royal straight flush

in spades.

Not something you see normally
in Las Vegas.

Now, the question is:

Did changing his name
change his luck?

We're gonna see right now,
with these five new friends

I have here at the table.

Here's what I want you to do:

I want you to add up
the number of letters

in your first and last name
together, okay?

Now, you can use your fingers
to do this to be sure.

Please, by all means.
[laughter]

Now, I'm going to take--
and start over here,

and I'd like to know
how many letters

in your first and last name
together.

-There's 15.
- 15--

Oh, 15, wow.
[inhales sharply]

We might be down
to first names only here.

[all laughing]
Okay, one, two, three,

four, five, six, seven,
eight, nine, ten,



You said 15?


How many in yours?

- Eight.
- Eight.

And, uh,
that's not your card

by any chance, is it?

Okay, one, two, three, four,

five, six, seven, and eight.

How many in yours?
- 14.


Go with--

Figure out how many letters
in your first name.


- No.

- Okay, one, two, three,
four, five, six--

You said?
- 14.

- Six, seven, eight,
nine, ten, 11, 12, 13, 14.

How many in your first name?
- 17.

- How many? First name?
- First name?

Uh, 12.
- 12?

- 12.
- First name?

- Yeah.
- Do you have a nickname?

[laughter]

- So, five.
- Five?

Okay.
And is that your card?

- No.
- No, okay.

One, two, three, four,
and five.

And how many in yours?
- 22.

- First name?
- No.

[all laughing]
Five.

- Five.
And that's not your card?

- Nope.
- Okay.

One, two, three, four, five.

Let's see if this worked.

Now, there's no way I
could have controlled anything.

But, I had
five random cards selected,

shown to the audience,
and I dealt

the number of letters
in your name.

I had to use your nickname,
but we got there.

For the very first time,
let's see if you're as lucky

as Amarillo Slim.

What was the name of your card,
do you remember?

- Yes.

It's the four of clubs.

- Four of clubs?

Boom.

All right.
- Oh.

- And your card?
- Seven of spades.

- Seven of spades?

And your card?
- Eight of spades.

- Eight of spades.
And your card?

- Red king.
- A red king of diamonds.

And your card?
- Five of hearts.

- Five of hearts,
just like that.

And I thank you.
Thank you.

[cheering and applause]

Oh, but,
ladies and gentlemen--

ladies and gentlemen,
it's possible Penn and Teller

already know
how that trick was done.

However, I promised, Penn,
to surprise you.

And remember,
I told you Amarillo Slim

won his final
World Championship Poker hand

with something you don't see
too often in Las Vegas.

And if we look
at the bottom card

of each one of these packets,
if we're lucky

we just might find
Amarillo Slim's...

Royal... straight... flush...

in... spades.

[cheering and applause]

Thank you,
thank you very much.

Thank you,
thank you for helping me.

- Paul Gertner!

[cheering and applause]

Hello!
- Thank you, good to see you.

- Good to see you again.
- I'm here.

- Ah, wow,
what have you been doing

since the last time we saw you?

- Well, it's been a lot.

I've been very busy,
and actually as a result

of being on
"Penn & Teller: Fool Us,"

I have my own show now...
- [gasps]

- In Boston,
every Friday night.

- That's fantastic.
- Yeah. Yeah.

- So do you think that--
that you have even more

riding on this--
this fool than--

than in previous times?

- Maybe, maybe.

'Cause I spent about


- You practice a lot.
I remember.

- I do practice a lot...
- Yes.

- And this one required that.

- So, is there such a thing
as practicing too much?

- Uh, I think, uh,
I think there is, yeah.

Because in--
in terms of hands...

- Oh.
- If you practice too much,

hands cramp up a little bit
because you're doing certain,

weird techniques, and
maneuvers, and so on like that.

- How many times did you
practice this morning?

- Uh--oh, let's see,
to be honest,

I think I did the trick
about 15 times this morning.

- Wow.
- Well, 15, 20.

- Whoo, that's a lot.
- Yeah, yeah.

- [laughing]
- All right.

Penn. Teller.

Uh, hi!
- [laughing]

- Hi, guys.
- Hi.

Uh, boy, when
we see Paul Gertner, we worry.

And this is an important one,
it's the tie-breaker.

- That's true.

- You fooled us once...
- Mm-hmm.

- You didn't fool us
the second time...

- No, I didn't.
- Now it's the third time.

- Yep.
- And this is, uh--

Paul plays this game
at a different plane

than everybody else
that comes out here.

- [chuckles]

- 'Cause, uh,
he did a trick that

I am certain fooled
just about everybody watching.

And yet you sat there, smug,
knowing we were seeing

you do every one
of those five moves.

- Okay.
But you were okay with that.

Because you're a rat b*stard.
[all laughing]

That's why you're okay
with that.

And you were saying,
"Well, you know,

let 'em catch me at
the other thing, at the end."

- [laughs]
- Okay?

Now, when you turned
your back on us,

to the audience that seems
like, "Oh, he's being so fair,

and so honest," right?

But you turn your back,
we as magicians think,

"He can do anything
he wants with that deck."

He's there by himself
with his back to us,

with the c--
with the cards in his hand.

And then you said
that you were going to

add on a little trick
at the end.

And we think you did add on,
and we think you added on

something besides just a trick.

You added on something
to accomplish the trick.

Know what we're talking about?

- Did you do something tricky
when your back was turned?

- I didn't do anything tricky
when my back was turned, but...

- You didn't do it like that?

- It's a fooler!

[cheering and applause]

You did it!

[cheers and applause]

- Again.
- Whoo!

- Tie-breaker.
Nicely done.

- Thank you, thank you.

- I love it when you do this.
- [laughs]

Thank you.
Whoa!

Thank you so much.
Hey!

- Paul Gertner!

Whoo!

[cheering and applause]

We have a two-time fooler,
and we still have

more rematches in store
when we come back.

[cheering and applause]

[jazz music]

[jazz music]

[cheering and applause]

- Welcome back to "Fool Us."

Two magicians have fooled
Penn and Teller tonight.

Can we turn a pair
into three of a kind?

Let's find out right now.

Take a look:

- I come from
really humble beginnings.

And there's no way
that I would have

ever imagined that
I'd be where I am now.

- Teller's gonna give you
your trophy.

Eric Jones has fooled
Penn and Teller.

- I've been able to work
literally all over the globe.

[ding]

And it's all because

of fooling Penn and Teller.

I travel 200 days a year.

This whole thing
is to make sure

that I'm giving my son
the best life I can.

So that he doesn't have
to struggle

the same way I did.

This time,
if I fool Penn and Teller,

I will be one step closer
to having

a theater that
I can call home.

[gentle electronic music]

[cheers and applause]

- With two randomly selected
audience members,

please welcome
the "always money" Eric Jones.

[applause]

- Good evening,
ladies and gentlemen.

Penn and Teller,
thank you so much

for having me back.

Hey, how are you?
I'm Eric. You are?

- Avery.
- Avery and...

- Irena.
- Irena.

Guys, I want to show you
something really cool

with some really simple props,
and I hope you enjoy it.

The first thing
I want to show you

is a little lighter.

Irena, do you know
how to operate a lighter?

Would you mind
showing the audience?

Give her a round of applause,
nobody's ever done it better.

- [laughs]
[applause]

- The other thing
I want to show you

lives inside of
my Italian men's carry-all.

Tell me,
do you see anything inside?

- Yeah, pieces of paper.

- Pieces of paper, yeah.
- Yes.

- It's hard to count
exactly how many there are.

But I'll uh, dump 'em out.

That way,
you can see everything.

Watch.
Take a look at 'em.

These are what I like to call
"wish paper."

You can examine it.

Anything that you wish for

can become available.

Now, I know we're in Vegas,

so what would you wish for?

- Phew.
A million dollars.

[both laugh]

- That's a little small
for a million dollars,

but we can try, we can try.

Let's start off
with something really small.

You can place that piece
of paper down,

but if you don't mind,
give it a little flick.

And if you watch...

[mystical electronic music]

That is one, solid silver,
American half dollar.

[applause]

Thank you.

[chuckles]

♪ ♪

Now, maybe you didn't know

what to expect,
so I'll do it again.

We'll place another wish
with another piece of paper.

If you please, go ahead
and give it a light.

Bring your hand down
just a little bit more.

And if you watch...

♪ ♪

That is the same.

[applause]

But they say good things
happen in threes.

So we'll try it once more
with this little guy.

Go ahead and give it
another little flick,

and watch as the magic happens

at the very fingertips.

[applause]

Money doesn't last long.

It kind of runs
through our fingertips.

If you don't mind
lighting the lighter

one more time, I'll show you.

If I add a little heat,

I can create the illusion
that the coin vanishes,

leaving only two.

Make sure nothing
goes up the sleeves

as we try it again.

Give it another light,

and watch the next one

as it completely vanishes,

leaving us with only one.

Now, I want to use
the last piece of paper

to make a very special wish:

To send the money home.

So if you could,
give it a little light.

There's the wish...

[audience gasping]

And f you don't mind,
you can hand me that.

Awesome.
[applause]

Because here,
inside of the purse,

believe it or not...
[coins jingling]

If you don't mind
opening your hand...

♪ ♪

There's the missing money.

Give these guys
a round of applause.

Thank you so much.
I appreciate you.

I'll take these back.
Thank you so much.

Be careful on your way back.
- Eric Jones, everyone!

- Awesome. Thank you,
thank you, thank you.

- That was so cool.

- It's pretty cool, isn't it?
- Yeah.

How long have you
been into coin magic?

- Uh, I have been
in magic altogether

for almost 20 years.

Uh, I started with coin magic
and it's carried me

throughout my entire career.
Thank you.

- Do you have
a large collection of coins?

- Well, Bitcoin
is what I'm working on now.

[laughter]
- Ooh.

- But, you know, I do have

a halfway-decent sized
collection of coins, yeah.

- So how has your life changed
since you've been on "Fool Us"?

- You know,
since the first time

I was on "Fool Us,"
I was able

to pick up management,
you know?

I've been doing shows
for years,

but, uh, now my management
has been able to hone in

and get me higher-paying gigs.

And it got moved
back here again...

- Yeah.
- So that's been kind of cool.

So, yeah.
- Yeah.

- It's been a lot of fun,
a lot of fun.

- Yeah. So you must perform
all the time now.

- It's a pretty
extensive schedule.

But it's, you know,
it's what I asked God for.

- Yeah.
- You know?

- And when you're touring
that much,

do you have time to practice?

Or do you just practice...

- There's nothing but time
for practice, you know?

- Oh, okay.
- Uh, you know, I started off--

I used to practice
while I was at work

between 10 and 12 hours a day.

Now I've got it down
to the point

where I'm just using
certain techniques

just to, uh--
for muscle memory.

But, you know,
but stuff like this

makes it a lot easier, yeah,

- Well, let's go to the boys.
- Awesome.

- Penn. Teller.

- Philadelphia.
- Go Eagles.

- You know,
Teller loves Philly.

He loves Philly.

That's where we,
uh, really got started.

You know, we did a lot of our
early stuff in Philadelphia.

So nice to see it
on the backdrop behind.

And so nice to see you again,
you know?

Fool us once, shame on you.

Fool us twice, shame on us.

Uh, so we're nervous.

[laughs]
- [soft chuckle]

- Uh, last time
we talked about animals.

- We did.
- And we were wrong.

we were wrong about animals.

But this time, we're gonna talk
about animals again.

- Okay.
- There was a, uh,

'60s television show...
- Mm-hmm.

- Uh, with a dolphin in it,
which is also, I'm sure,

near and dear to your heart,
like that, uh,

Italian carry-all, which is
a very wonderful thing.

It's a wonderful,
wonderful thing

that I'm sure
means a lot to you.

And having people
right up there,

right on you,
right staring at your hands.

And doing things
right in front of them,

and sometimes
behind their backs,

and sometimes the props
are right there

in plain sight
that aren't the ones

you're actually dealing with.

And, um, boy, how much
more could I tell ya?

- I think that's enough.
- [laughs]

- Did he--
- He needs to stop talking now,

is what he needs to do.
[both laugh]

- So they understand
how you did the trick?

- They understand everything.
- So good to see you.

- Aww, well thank you.
- You have such a great style.

It's so good, man.

Just love you, man.
- Eric Jones!

So nice to meet you.
- Thanks so much.

[cheering and applause]

- Up next, we'll see
what brand new trick

Penn and Teller have
up their fine suit sleeves.

Don't miss out.

[cheering and applause]

[jazz music]

[jazz music]

[cheering and applause]

- Penn and Teller
have gotten into trouble

with the magic community
for giving away secrets.

They're not gonna tell us
how this next trick works,

but if you pay attention,
you will learn

a few important principles
of magic.

Take it away, Penn and Teller!

[cheering and applause]

- You're right, Alyson,
we do like to let people

a little bit on the inside
for the reason we do this show.

We, uh--
and there's a term of art

used in magic: misdirection.

And that word,
especially recently,

has been used more and more
by laypeople.

People that aren't in
the magic community

use the word "misdirection."

If you read editorials,
or a pundit speaking,

they'll say
"misdirection" a lot.

And the way laypeople use it
is wrong--well, not wrong.

You can't really
use words wrong.

They grow, they change.

But less nuanced
than magicians use it.

When laypeople use
the word "misdirection,"

they often mean it as a--
as a synonym for distraction.

Like, "Hey!
Look over there!"

I do something sneaky
over here.

And then, when you come back,
the--the magic's done,

and the problem with that is,
that doesn't work.

If you know you're distracted
and look away,

when you come back,
you aren't fooled at all.

When magicians use the word
"misdirection,"

it's more complicated.

It's more kind of a--
a curating of attention.

Deciding the story
that you want the audience

to tell themselves.

Now, this is a story
of a vanishing chicken.

Now, when I say
it's a vanishing chicken,

I let you know
the chicken's gonna disappear,

I'm already starting
to misdirect you,

already giving you the story.

Now, we're gonna do this
in a really pure form,

because in a--
in another magic show,

this chicken would have
some cute little name, like...

Cluckie McCluckface,
or something.

[laughter]
But no, just a chicken.

And the chicken coop
would be dressed as, like,

a rocket ship,
or a train, or something,

and there'd be some story.
But no,

we're not talking
about that kind of story.

This is just a chicken coop.

But once you're thinking, "The
chicken is going to disappear,"

I already know a lot

about the story
you're telling yourselves.

When I cover it up like this...

I kind of know
what you're thinking,

kind of where
your thinking is going,

what you're focusing on,
what you're concentrating on.

And I know that
you've decided

that at no time will you allow

your attention to wander.
[cymbals crashing]

[cymbals crashing]

[laughter]

Misdirection.

This trick used misdirection.

Let me just see
how we're doing so far.

Can I have the house lights up,
please, guys?

Put the house lights up?

I just want to see
a show of hands.

How many of you saw
the gorilla with the cymbals?

Should be all of you!
It's a gorilla with cymbals!

[laughter]

Now a subset of that.

How many of you saw Teller

come out, cop the chicken,
and split?

Okay.

Now let's talk
about misdirection.

How many of you saw us

sneak the gorilla
into the cage?

[crowd gasping]

Okay, that's--
that's many fewer.

That's misdirection,
right there.

[cheering and applause]

Nicely done...
[indistinct]

- Oh, my God.

[cheers and applause]

That was amazing.
Ah.

- Snuck right in there.
- Wow.

It's time for our show
to go to bed,

but we'll wake it up soon.

Watch a fully recharged
"Fool Us" when we return.

Good night.
- Night night.

[cheering and applause]