05x09 - Teller's Gambling Problem

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- From the Penn & Teller Theater

at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas,

here's our host,

Alyson Hannigan!

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- Welcome to "Penn & Teller: Fool Us."

From the silly
to the astounding,

we find magicians
of all kinds

from all over the world
and give them one challenge,

fool our Las Vegas legends.

You know who
I'm talking about.

The two and only
Penn and Teller!

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Remember, anyone
who baffles our boys

gets a trip to Vegas
to perform

in Penn and Teller's
magic show,

and a nice, shiny
"Fool Us" trophy.

Let's meet our first
potential fooler.

[fireworks crackle]

- My father was a magician.

He started out performing

at the Minnesota
Renaissance Festival,

the same place where Penn
and Teller got their start.

Thanks to Harry Potter,
magic was a craze

when I was growing up,

and people were
really hungry for that.

I now teach at Jeff McBride's
Magic & Mystery School,

which is like
the real-life Hogwarts.

Teaching magic one on one

is what makes good magicians.

You get way deeper
into the mysteries.

I think magic
is a tradition,

and it needs to be preserved
and passed on,

and I'm dedicated
to being a part of that.

[cheering and applause]

- Please welcome Will Bradshaw!

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- Our lives are made up
of a series of choices.

What to wear, where to eat,

who to date.

Sometimes we make
the right choice,

and other times, eh.

Not so much.

I made the choice
to come here tonight

to try and fool two
of the greatest magicians

of all time.

Hopefully that's not a decision
I'm going to regret.

One of the most
fascinating aspects

of decision-making
is the theory

that as the stakes
of a choice increase,

our senses become more...
[snaps]

acute.

I mean, we've all heard stories
of people

in life-threatening
situations--

perhaps to get
into a car accident--

when all of a sudden...

[slowing speech]
everything...

slows...down...

and they're able to navigate
the situation safely.

Well, I would like
to test that theory.

Penn, I need someone

with great instincts
and nerves of steel

to help me,
and who better than Alyson.

[laughter and applause]

- Hi.
[laughs]

[applause]

- Now, Alyson,

you are about
to be making some decisions.

But as I said, we need
the stakes of these decisions

to be high.
- [nervous exclamation]

- So we're going to increase
the stakes of the decisions

you are about to make.

We are going
to increase them...

dramatically.

[laughter]
- Ugh...

Ooh...
- Alyson...

- Mm?
- These are animal traps.

- Oh, God.

- They are steel.
- Oh, no.

- Requiring less than a pound
of pressure to set off...

and are strong enough...

- Ugh!
- To shatter bones.

- Eww!
- [chuckles]

Now, you are going
to be making some decisions.

- Mm-hmm.
- But we didn't want anything

to be too terrifying for you,
so only one--

- Too late.
[laughter]

Okay, go on.

- Well, only one
of the remaining traps

is actually set,
and will go off

if something is put inside.

The other five
are perfectly harmless.

That's still a one in six
chance of being maimed.

All that I want you to do

is imagine that these
are your hands in danger.

Phew.
- [nervous exclamation]

- Now, you can say "stop"
whenever you want.

- [nervous whining]

[suspenseful music]

Stop!

- These two right here.
- Yeah.

- Both my hands are in danger.
- Ugh.

- Or perhaps neither
of them are.

- Okay.
- But if you could choose

one hand to be safe,

which hand would you like
to be safe?

The left or the right hand?

- I want the right hand
to be safe.

- You want the right hand
to be safe.

On the count of three...
- [nervous exclamation]

- We test the right hand.
- Oh, gosh.

Oh...
- One...

- Oh, gosh...

- Two...
- [whines]

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- Three.

- [sighs in relief]
[audience groans]

Oh, my goodness.
- Alyson.

- Yeah.

- You have
incredible instincts.

- [laughing]
Phew.

- Because
the left-handed trap...

was actually...

[audience amazement]

Set.
- [groans]

- But your instincts are better

than you possibly
could have imagined.

Because at the beginning,
you thought only one

of the traps were set.

But if you had said "stop"
a second earlier

when my hands were both
over these traps,

well that would have been
a lose-lose situation.

- Oh, my word!
[audience amazement]

- And this one over here

would have lied as well.

In fact, every other trap...

- Oh.

- Would have ended
in disaster.

- Well, you're welcome.
- Thank you so much.

- [laughing]

Oh, my goodness.

Will Bradshaw!

Whoo!

[cheering and applause]

Well, I'm glad
I could shake that hand.

- I know, it's a good thing
it's still there. -

- I know, that was
nerve-wracking and, um...

- I'm sorry that
I put you through that.

- No, thank you.
Thank you.

So it really does seem
very dangerous.

And, I mean, you still have
all your digits,

so I'm guessing
it's never gone wrong.

- Uh, it has not
gone wrong as of yet,

but with routines like this
it's not a question

"if" it goes wrong,
it's more of a question

of "when" it goes wrong.
- Oh.

And I heard you also
do street magic.

- I do.
I originally got started

actually as a street performer
in New York City.

- Wow.
- Uh, what happened was,

I was down in SoHo
and I had my pocket picked.

- Mm.
- And I was about



And so, I was walking
on the way back home,

uh, and all that I happened
to have on me

was a little bit of magic.

And I went up to a family,
performed a little bit

of magic for them when I was
still about 60 blocks away,

and they gave me enough money
for bus fare

the rest of the way home.
- Aww.

- And that was my first
real performance on my own.

- Your first paid gig.

- My first paid gig
as a magician.

- So it's kind of awesome
that you got robbed.

- Yeah, in a weird way...
- I mean...

- I'm thankful that that person
robbed me that day.

- [laughs]

All right, well, it's time
to go to Penn and Teller

and see if you fooled them.

- Well, Will,
we may have been more upset

by this, uh,--by this act
than even, uh--even Alyson

because we have worked
with animal traps a lot.

And we used to tour...
[laughter]

With animal traps, and
have to keep people, uh--

we have people backstage
around there all the time.

We had clamps on them
holding them in place.

And we believe that you had
a live trap up there.

We believe that that's
completely true.

So we were very, very nervous
as you did that.

You did
a wonderful performance.

You must be very happy.

And we don't want
to equivocate in any way.

We just want to say outright--

it was a great act,
and we loved it.

And we think we have
a pretty good idea

how you did it.
- Mm-hmm.

Penn, Teller, you guys
have great instincts.

- [laughing]
- Absolutely.

- Thank you so much.
- So does that mean

you didn't fool them?
- I did not fool them.

- Aww, well,
you entertained us

and scared me, so...
[laughter]

- And scared us!
- Will Bradshaw!

[cheering and applause]

Thank you.

Bye.

[cheering and applause]

- Penn and Teller aren't
just here to bust tricks.

They're also here
to do tricks.

We'll see them perform
some magic of their own

later in the show.

Stay close.

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[cheering and applause]

- Welcome back to "Fool Us."

Not only do we have
TV's finest magicians,

but also the funniest.

Take a look.

[fireworks crackle]

- My name is Eric Dittelman,
and I'm a mind reader.

A lot of mind readers
and mentalists

are, like, creepy,
and in your head,

and that's never
been my style.

I try and just keep it
more fun,

and not try and take myself
too seriously.

Unlike magic, with mentalism
there's really not

a lot to see,
so it all takes place

kind of in your head, right?
[laughing]

I've always been fascinated
with escape rooms

and puzzles
and classic board games.

They have provided inspiration
to turn them

into a mentalism presentation.

This is something I created

inspired off of
some childhood games.

Will I fool Penn and Teller?

"Better not tell you now."

[cheering and applause]

Please welcome comedian
and mentalist,

Eric Dittelman!

- Thank you!

Thank you.

[applause]

Thank you.

As a mind reader,
I've actually found out

that people just often think

dirty things all the time.

Now, it's just something
in human nature,

where we tend to go
to those inappropriate places,

so I want to go far away
from that as possible

and play a nice, innocent,
childhood game.

A game of charades.

I was really good at charades.

So I need a couple people,
two people

that are a bit outgoing
that, uh, don't mind looking

a little silly or foolish
up onstage.

Uh, let's get, uh--

yes, the blonde here
in the blue dress.

You'd be great, and, uh--

How about the gentleman
with the plaid shirt.

Yeah, pointing to himself.

Would we please welcome them
both up onstage?

As they come up...

[applause]

Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you, as well.

Come on over.

Come over by this stool.

Uh, your name?
- Blair.

- Blair, nice to meet you.

You're gonna actually stand
right here,

and why don't you switch with--
your name?

- Brandon.
- Brandon.

Blair and Brandon,
give them one more time

a round of applause.

Stand right there for me.

Perfect, very good.

I have with me
a whole bunch of actions

that are fairly easy,
recognizable.

Uh, they're actually
easy to do, as well.

For example,
we've got "dancing,"

"juggling--"

That one's for you, Penn.
- Thank you.

- Uh, "brushing your teeth,"
"playing trombone--"

There's about fifty or so here.

You can see all different--
"milking a cow."

"Eating a cheeseburger."

But those probably shouldn't
be next to each other.

But you get the idea, right?
[laughter]

Uh, Blair, do you mind
just, uh, shuffling

those two halves
into each other for me,

as best you can.

Beautifully done, great.

You even did the bridge,
very nice.

And Brandon,
would you, uh,

cut the deck
anywhere you'd like.

- Um, there we go.
- Perfect.

And complete the cut.

Yeah.

- Like that?
- Very good.

Why don't you take the top card
and hold it against your chest

so that I can't see it.

Great.
And, uh, Blair,

you're gonna do
the next, uh, card as well.

So that way, no one can know
what you chose.

As you do that,
I'm gonna turn away

so just peek at your card
and memorize your action.

When you're all set,
just tuck it away somewhere

where I can't see it,
in a pocket or somewhere.

- Ready.
- You memorized it?

- Yep.
- Great.

We're gonna start
with you, Blair.

Go stand by that yellow mark.
- Okay.

- Brandon, you can stand
over here by me.

Blair, just think
of your action.

Oh, interesting.
[laughs]

In a moment, you're gonna
do this over and over again

so the audience can see.

Try not to stop at all,
just keep doing it...

- Okay.
- Uh, but try not to make

any noise, either,
that'll hint me

into what you're doing.
- Okay.

- Brandon, your job
is to watch me,

to make sure I'm not looking.

I'll even remove my glasses
and close my eyes.

I'll do that.
Audience, you help me out.

You let me know
how I'm doing, but--

Blair, are you all set?
- I am set.

- Ready, set...

go!

Okay I'm getting something
right away with your hand.

It's kind of going
up and down a bit.

That's kind of by your lap,

and it's getting faster
and faster.

Uh, it's like--
Oh, no, no!

No, stop that!
It's not that!

No, no, no.

But now you're
holding something, like, long,

maybe generous in size,
made of--

made of wood, I think?

Your fingers are involved,
let's start--

No, I think we're gonna go--
are you playing guitar?

- I am.
- She's playing guitar!

Give it up for Blair!
Yes!

[applause]
Yes!

You're gonna switch places.
You're gonna switch places.

Blair, come on over.

Excellent, nice to see you.
[both laughing]

You're gonna stand right here.

Brandon--yeah,
right on the mark there.

And you're gonna think
of your action right now.

And you get the idea.

You're gonna do this
over and over again.

Again, try not
to make any noise.

So think of it now.

You seem a little bit
more hesitant, that's great.

Uh, this time, actually,
because people think maybe

I saw in some way,
Blair, come behind me

and just over up my eyes, okay?
- Okay.

- So no one--ah--
no one can see that I...

- Am I covering?
- Yeah, perfect.

Excellent.
Brandon, are you ready?

- Ready.
- Set...

Go!

[laughter]

Okay, I'm getting
that you're kind of

going up and down a bit.

Definitely some undulating.
[laughter]

Uh, you don't seem to have
too much experience with this,

but that's okay.

But you're definitely
on top of something.

And maybe there's--
you were thinking

about smacking here or there.

But, uh, there's an animal
involved, that's weird.

No, get your minds out
of the dirt, the gutter!

Get your minds out
of the gutter!

This is, uh--
you're riding a horse!

Are you riding a horse?
- Yeah.

- Yeah!

Brandon, Blair,
ladies and gentlemen!

- Ah.
- But wait, wait, wait!

Now, why don't we come
back here.

Because they were so good,
let's have you do one more.

Brandon, would you
unband the--the deck?

And just cut it
like you did before.

Anywhere you'd like,
just give it a cut.

Yeah, perfect.

And, uh, place that down.

And you're gonna hold that card
against your chest.

'cause this time you're
gonna do it together, okay?

So both of you go over
to that mark--

uh, that yellow square again.

I'm gonna go far away
from you this time,

In fact, we're gonna have
the audience--

this whole section over here--
keep a eye on me

to make sure
that I'm not cheating.

So you guys keep watching me.

Penn and Teller
can watch me as well.

Have you both looked
at the card?

- Yes.
- Blair, Brandon,

are you ready?
- Ready.

- Set...

Go!

Okay, you don't know each other
that well,

I'm getting that right away.

[laughter]

There's a ball involved.

Just one ball, though.

Uh, you're kind of
running away.

But, like, someone's kind of
bending over a bit,

Like, I'm definitely getting,
like, a top,

and someone on bottom, uh...

No, you're--
you all have dirty minds!

You all have dirty--

You--you're hiking a football!

Are you hiking a football?
both: Yes.

- Yeah, give it up
for Brandon and Blair!

Thank you guys so much!

You can place--
you guys were fantastic!

My name's Eric Dittelman.
Thank you, guys!

- Eric Dittelman!

- Thank you.
[cheering and applause]

- That was very entertaining!
- Thank you.

- I like that you add
so much, uh...

fun to your act.
- Yes, yes.

That's my main goal.
- You're not so serious.

- Right, yeah.
- You're not a mentalist czar.

- Right, yeah.
That kind of separates me

from most mentalists,
'cause they're all, like,

creepy, in-your-head
type of thing.

My approach to mentalism
is we're just having fun,

and we all think
fun thoughts anyway,

so we might as well
reveal those

and focus on those instead.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

- And have you always
been into mentalism?

- Yeah, I--I kind of started
with a magic background,

but mentalism allowed me
to just present myself

a little bit more of, like,
a standup comedian would,

so it's just me
and my personality.

You're not hiding
behind any props

or anything, uh,
weird-looking.

[chuckles]
- So if you had to choose one,

comedy or mentalism--

and it was like life or death--
which one would you choose?

- I mean, they're
so fused together for me.

It's all one performance.

I'd probably
be doing mentalism,

but it would have
to be funny, too,

so I guess you'd just
have to k*ll me, right?

- Oh, no.
[laughter]

Do you think it's a good idea
to perform funny mentalism

instead of serious mentalism
for Penn?

- Uh, I think so, absolutely.

I know Penn and mentalists, uh,
kind of have a rough history.

And I agree,
I'm very skeptical too.

I don't, uh, claim
to have supernatural powers

or anything like that.

This is all about
just having a good time,

like I said, and I hope--

hopefully Penn sees
that it can be performed

in a way without
taking advantage

of people's beliefs.

Uh, that's really my goal
when I perform.

- All right.

Well, let's see
if Penn and Teller

can figure out how you did it.
- Sure.

- Penn, Teller.

- Eric.
- Hi.

- Nice--nicely done.

There's always that--that
battle to make mentalism

big and visual.
- Yes.

- And bringing charades
into it is a really good idea.

- Thank you.

- And bringing up
attractive people

to do slightly
suggestive things--

bordering on genius.
[laughter]

I'm not gonna say genius,
but bordering on genius.

I'll tell ya, um,
usually we talk

about these things,
we have all these boring terms

like "switch" and--

and those kinds of things,
you know.

But this one, we actually get
to use a fun term.

- Mm.
- Which is a term

that people at home
probably won't know,

but you will know--
"Mene-Tekel."

You know the word "Mene-Tekel"?
- I do.

- You do know
the word Mene-Tekel.

- Yes.
- Yeah.

Well, um, let me just
tell you right now--

if it's not Mene-Tekel,

may the fool be with you.
- [laughing]

Well, I--
[stammering]

- Did that make sense to you?
- It did make sense to me.

I--I think they got it,
but will you at least admit

I knew they were gonna
be thinking dirty things?

- You were absolutely right!

That is real mentalism,
no doubt about it.

- All right.
- Thank you so much.

- Eric Dittelman!

- Thank you, thank you,
thank you.

- Thank you.
- Thank you!

[applause]

- Don't go anywhere!

More "Fool Us" coming at you
after the break.

[cheering and applause]

[jazz music]

[jazz music]

[cheering and applause]

So far tonight,
Penn and Teller are undefeated,

but they haven't seen
this next magician yet.

Let's meet him.

[fireworks crackling]

- My name is Christian Engblom,
and I come from Finland,

and I've been doing magic

ever since I was
three and a half years old.

I wasted my first
three and a half years

of my life.

I became known for a card move
that I invented.

It's called the Anti-Faro--
where you spring cards

from hand-to-hand,
and they separate one by one--

and it became a legend.

The effect that I'm going
to be performing today

I have been tinkering on
for the past 21 years.

I couldn't think
of a better way

to do my first performance
in Vegas

than on Penn and Teller's
"Fool Us."

Guys, watch out.

The big Finnish is coming.

[cheering and applause]

- With two randomly selected
members of our audience,

please welcome Finnish magician

Christian Engblom!

[cheering and applause]

- Thank you,
thank you very much.

And, uh, thank you,
wonderful assistants.

Your name is...?
- Stacey.

Stacey, I'm Christian.

And...?
- Walter.

- Walter, wonderful.
Thank you for joining up here.

Now, I do magic--
and card magic at that--

most of the time.

But I think that magic

is very much like a mirage.

It has that element
of being almost impossible

and yet unattainable.

Let me show you what I mean.

Stacey, I'll ask you
to pull out a card.

You can choose a card,
whichever one you like.

And the same thing here,
Walter.

Please just take one card out,

and on the very face
of the cards,

I'd like for you to sign
your names as big as possible.

Try to do it in such a way
that I do not see the cards.

And because
I'm a professional,

I have another pen.
[chuckles]

[laughter]

So I'll turn around
and you can do that

in complete freedom.

Make it as big as possible,
and please guard the cards

as I turn around.

Is it okay if I turn around?

It's all right?
All right, very good.

I'm going to ask--oh, may I
have the pen first back?

- Mm-hmm.

- Because I don't want
to lose them.

I'll ask you to put the
card back wherever you want.

May I have the pen as well?

Oh, you didn't close it yet.

Don't worry about it.
We'll close.

And would you put
your card back?

- Already did.
- Already did?

- Mm-hmm.

[laughter]

That's very fast.
- [laughing]

- Do you mind if I observe?

All right, uh,
twenty-first, maybe.

Uh, Walter,
would you be kind enough

to--to hold the deck?

This is important,

usually there's a lot
of pick-a-card tricks, right?

But what really stands out,
what I want to do,

is a pick-a-card trick
that's as fair as possible.

You got to choose the cards
you wanted to,

you signed them,
you put them back

whether I was ready or not.

[laughter]

And here's the thing,

I did see
where you put your card.

So go ahead and just shuffle.

Yeah, just give them a mix,
because...

[sighs]
you might as well,

because I have no idea
about Stacey's.

You're happy with that?
- Yes.

- May I...

borrow the deck,
just for a moment?

Now, I'll try to get, Walter,
your card first,

because I saw
where you put it in.

Uh...
[clears throat]

Let's see if I can do it.

[sucks in quickly]

Done.

[whistles]

Flies away from the deck.

Nothing in the hands.

Feel, feel.
Nothing, nothing.

And when I go in
to my back--

excuse me...

the other back pocket,

I have one card here,
and one card only.

Walter, is this your card?

- It is.
- It is.

Here.

[applause]

But...

here's the real challenge
of this routine.

Magicians are never supposed
to repeat their tricks.

And I know, Stacey,
you're looking carefully,

so the second one is always
a bit more trickier.

I'll try.

Oy.

[sucks in quickly]
[whistles]

[laughter]

What can I say, I'm a--
I'm a child at heart.

Your card has disappeared
from the deck.

It's no longer
in the deck--

no longer, gone--

it just doesn't go
into the same pocket.

Like a good pickpocket...

I don't hide the loot
in the same pocket.

Can you feel something here?

[laughter]

- Yes.
- You can?

- Yes.
- Good.

Can you please open the button?

Can you put
two fingers inside--

well, once you get
the button open--

and confirm,
is there one card there?

- Yes.

- And tell us,
is this your card?

Yes or no,
and if it is, show--

- Yes, that's my card.

Yes!

- Ladies and gentlemen!

[applause]

Stacey and Walter.

[applause]

But...

in reality,
this could be done, uh--

if it were done
with sleight of hand,

and--and cleverly so,
it's possible.

But what you just saw
never happened.

Like a mirage,

you've been
witnessing something

that isn't real.

It just seemed like it.

Walter, your card
could never have come

from my back pocket.

Do you know why?

Because I do not have
a back pocket.

[laughter]

And you can feel it
if you want.

- [laughing]
- It's okay.

But--but of course,

Stacey, your card could never
have come from my breast pocket

simply because I do not have...

a breast pocket either.

[cheering and applause]

Ladies and gentlemen,
thank you so much!

Thank you very much, Walter.

Thank you so much, Stacey.

Thank you.

- Christian Engblom!

[cheering and applause]

Wow!

That was incredible!
- Oh, thank you.

- Whew!

I was told you have
a nickname in Finland.

Is that correct?
- Oh, yes.

"The Big Finnish."
- [laughing]

Nice.
[laughing]

[cheering and applause]

So tell me about the trick
you just did.

Um, where was
the inspiration from?

- Wow, this trick started off

as a trick with a bill,
a note,

and making the bill
switch or change

in front of the audience.

And from that trick, it morphed
into another trick,

into a third, into a fourth,
into a fifth,

until you see the end result.

And it took somewhere
around five years

before it went from one trick
up to the fifth trick,

which is what you see now.
- Wow.

- So it's a card trick.
- That's fantastic.

- They look confused.

So...
- Oh, no, no, they're---

these two gentleman
are never confused

as long as I've known them.

They are very, very savvy.

- So--so do you think
you'll fool them now?

- I hope I surprise them,

and I would be very happy
with that.

- Mm.
- Uh, to fool someone, uh,

that's a question for the gods.

- [laughing]

All right, well let's see

if the guys have a solution
to how you did that.

Boys?

- Okay, Christian, here we go.

- All right, Penn.
- [laughing]

We saw a lot of stuff you did.

Saw a lot of stuff you did,
you know?

When you turned around
and showed your a*s, and...

- [laughing]
- My better side.

- If you wanted
to feel your a*s,

and it might have looked
a little dirty to other people,

but we knew it was covering
other dirty work.

We knew that the choreography--
we didn't believe for a second

that you forgot to have her
put the card in with the pen,

and she put it in
exactly when you wanted her

to put the card back.

You weren't--
you weren't thrown off

by that at all.

We saw you, uh, cop the cards,

we saw you palm it.

We had you busted
all the way through.

We just don't know
how you found the cards.

[laughter]

[both laughing]

We don't.

We had a lot...
- What does that mean?

- Good ideas
of where you--you--

There was a lot of places
you could have gotten

a location of the card--

moved it to the top
or the bottom--

except that all
the great ideas we had

for how you would
have done that...

- But if you don't know--
- Was not the way--

- Was not the way you did it,
which is--

What I'm getting to, Alyson...
- [squeaks]

- Shut up!
He fooled us!

- Hey!
- [laughing]

- We have a fooler!

- Oh, I'm so happy!

- Yay!
- Thank you.

[indistinct chatter]

- Nicely done, sir.

Nicely done.

Thank you, Penn.

- That's fantastic!

[cheering and applause]

- Whoo!
- Thank you!

- Christian Engblom!

[cheering and applause]

Aww!

Thank you so much!

[cheering and applause]

Penn and Teller
have been fooled,

and we aren't even finished
with them, yet!

Let's see if they recover
after this.

- Let's see.

[jazz music]

[jazz music]

[applause]

- Welcome back to "Fool Us."

One magician
is already walking around

with a "Fool Us" trophy.

Let's see if this next act
can add one

to their trophy case.

[fireworks crackling]

- Hello, my name
is Pierre Fleury-Le Gros.

I am from France,

and I perform stage illusions.

[dramatic music]

My magic
is all about presentation.

The lights, the costumes,
the set decor,

are as important
as the illusion itself.

♪ ♪

I perform a lot
with my wife,

and our performances
are inspired

by the ballet.

We have never performed

for an American audience
before.

We work hard to get here

because we think it's
an incredible opportunity

to be judged
by two masters of magic.

[cheering and applause]

- Ladies and gentlemen,

the illusions of Dragonfly.

[cheering and applause]

[mischievous orchestral music]

♪ ♪

[clock ticking]

♪ ♪

[electrical whirring]

♪ ♪

[laughter]

♪ ♪

[laughter]

♪ ♪

[laughter]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[laughter]

♪ ♪

[laughter]

♪ ♪

[laughter]

♪ ♪

[laughter]

♪ ♪

[applause]

[laughter]

♪ ♪

[laughter]

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[laughter]

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[laughter]

♪ ♪

[cheering and applause]

- Dragonfly!

[cheering and applause]

Oh, that was wonderful!

- Oh, thank you.

Thank you
for your warm applause.

We are very glad to be
with you today.

Thank you.
- Yes.

How long have you
been together?

- Oh, I've been working
with my wife, uh, Géraldine,

for 20 years.
- Aww.

Antoine, uh,
reached the company

five years ago, and Cassandra
joined the company,

uh, about one years ago.

- Do you think you'll--
you'll fool them?

- Uh, I have no idea,

but we have to ask them
the question.

- Ah. If you did, who would
get to keep the trophy?

- Um, we'll have to do
a battle for that.

- [laughing]

Do you want to give away
the secret in French?

'Cause they don't speak French.
- Oh, do--

[clears throat]
Do you have money for that?

- Uh, no, but I don't
speak French, either.

- Okay, I can explain
in French.

[speaking French]

- Oh, that sounds fancy.

I like that.
- Thank you.

- All right, let's go
to Penn and Teller.

- Hello, Dragonfly.
- Hello.

- Boy this is
one of the hardest kinds

of magic to do

because there's
so much procedure.

There's so much stuff
you have to do.

You know, you gotta get
the blades in the box,

get the people in the box,
get them out,

but you had this great premise
all the way through.

that made that fun.

The swinging the blades
back and forth,

and doing all that,
and it just had

a whole plot to it that they--

no one ever bothers doing.

You did the extra--
the extra work to do that.

Also, seeing two guys onstage
having that kind of conflict--

and the taller one
clearly being

the more talented, smarter,
and more powerful, um--

[laughter]

is a time-honored technique

and follows
the natural course of things.

- [laughing]
- Uh, which I--

which I really liked.

All of you are just great,
and even though

this might look like a trick
that other people have done,

uh, the way--
the way they come apart

the way it looks,
all the beauty of it--

was just gorgeous.

And, um, I have no idea
how it was done,

but Teller may have.

So he's gonna come up
and whisper it to you,

uh, in English,
and then you give us

a thumbs up or a thumbs down.

Um, you let us know
if you, um, fooled us.

So, you tell us,

did you fool us?

- Oh, no,
I did not fool you.

- [laughing]
- Aww!

- Nicely done, though.

- Well, you've certainly
entertained us!

The amazing Dragonfly!

- Thank you.
[applause]

Thank you guys!

Bye!

[cheering and applause]

I'm not lying when I say

we have more deception
on the way,

so stay close.

[jazz music]

[jazz music]

[cheering and applause]

- Penn and Teller have been
winning audiences over

for 40-plus years,

and show no signs
of slowing down.

Here to close our show,
the unbeatable Penn and Teller!

[cheering and applause]

- Aww, thank you.

You know, uh,
we have been here

at the Penn & Teller Theater
at the Rio in Las Vegas

for 17 years.

[cheering and applause]

And that makes us
the longest-running headliners

in the history of Las Vegas,

and the Rio just re-upped us--

I'm announcing it here
for the first time--

for another four years.

Another four years
we'll be playing here.

[cheering and applause]

And, uh, there's only one thing

that can get
in the way of that,

and that is, it's--
it's pretty important for a--

[sighs]
for a Vegas act--

Teller has a gambling problem.

[laughter]

Um, and Teller has the worst
gambling problem possible

if you want to work
for a casino,

and that is that
Teller always wins.

No matter what he's doing,
he always wins,

and the Rio hates that,
and said if we can't show

that Teller
can sometimes lose,

they're gonna take away
our contract.

So we need someone
to beat Teller,

and who better to do that
than our buddy Tom Green?

[cheering and applause]
- How are you?

- How you doing?
- How are you?

- Good to see you.
- Hey!

Look at that.
- All you're gonna do, Tom--

- Yeah, okay.
- All you're gonna do, Tom,

is beat Teller
at one hand of poker.

That's all you gotta do.
- Oh, okay, I can do that.

- So we're gonna play
a game of poker.

You know the ranks of cards...
- Yeah, yeah.

- Okay--
No, no, no, no.

You're not--
you're not gonna use these.

See, Tom, right away
he was trying to cheat.

You know how to check
for marked cards?

How to check for them?
- Uh...

- You do what's called
"going to the movies," right?

- Okay.
- You just flip the back

of the cards like this...
- Uh-huh.

- And if anything moves around
on the back,

those cards are marked.

So those little dots
moving around...

- Yeah, yeah.
They're all marked, right?

- In any deck of cards
you check like that,

you can see if they are marked.

And also,
if I'm not mistaken--

I know his style--
yeah, he's got two aces

on the bottom
and two on the top.

He can second deal...
- Oh.

- And, uh, he can bottom deal
and cheat you that way.

- Oh, okay.
- So we're not gonna use...

- Oh, okay.
- These cards.

We'll use cards
that he can't palm.

Now, I don't think...
- Oh.

- He can palm these cards.

Put your hand there.

Yeah, he's not gonna be able
to palm that, is he?

- No.
- Uh, and these--

these are not marked,
I don't believe.

Nope, they are not marked.

What I'd like you to do--

he could also
do a bottom deal--

why don't you just count off
ten cards.

Just count off ten.

We'll just use the ten
right here, yeah.

- Okay.
- And this way,

if he's only using ten cards,
then he can't switch,

he can't bottom deal,
he can't do anything.

So Tom's gonna deal out
the, uh, ten cards,

and then Tom will beat him
at poker,

and we'll go
another four years, here.

- Oh, that sounds good.
- You got, uh--

You got all ten there?
- Yeah, looks great.

- Get these out of his way.

We're done with those.

Okay, Teller, now...
Tom will beat you.

Go ahead, just uh--
just deal them out.

- Okay.
- Now, I don't feel good

about this, either,
because this way

he could have controlled that
in some way, Tom.

So you tell me:
which one of these cards

do you want...
- Okay.

- Which one do you want
Teller to have?

You tell me.
It's your decision.

Just win,
is all I care about, Tom.

Just win.
- Okay.

- Which one do you want?
- Uh, I'll take that one.

- Take it, pull it towards you.
- Okay, thank you very much.

- Put this one over here.
- All right.

- Okay these next two
are gonna be dealt out, here,

and you tell me
which card you want,

which card will make you win.

Come on, Tom, tell me.
- [chuckling]

- Which card will make you win?
- Uh, that one.

- You sure?
- Yeah--oh, yeah.

- You sure?
- Mm, no.

Okay, I'll take that one.
- You want to change your mind?

- Nah, I'll go
with the original.

- The original one?
- Yeah.

- Wanna change your mind?
- Okay, this one, this one.

- Okay, okay,
you already got it.

Okay, well, the next one,
we're gonna have you pick

which one you want
out of these two, okay?

- Okay.
- Just do that.

- Which one do you want?
Which one do you want, there?

- Give me that one.
- This one?

- Yeah, sure.
- Okay, slide it over.

Slide it over.
- And I can just take it.

- Okay, now I'll put
a couple for Teller.

Which one of those do you want?

Which one's a stinky one?

Which one's a Limburger?

Which one sucks?
- [laughs]

- Give him the worst card
of those two.

- That's the stinky one.
- Flick it over,

Flick it over there.
There we go.

Now, uh...
- Wait.

- Which one goes
to, uh, Teller here, now?

Which one goes to Teller?
- Uh, that one.

- That that one to Teller
right over here.

And now, we'll get another one
for you.

This is for you, Tom.
Which one do you want for you?

- Uh, that one for me, please.
- That one for you.

- Thank you.
- There we go, here.

- Thank you.
- And one more for Teller.

- Mm-hmm.

- Which one do you want
to go to Teller?

Which one's the bad one?
- That to Teller.

- That one's the bad one, yep.
Okay.

Now, we got two left--
ah, no, no, no.

Look at your cards, Tom.
- Okay.

- We're gonna make this
so you can win no trouble.

Look at them, look at them.

Look at the hand you got.

How about you do something
that's never been done

in history,
because you gotta win, Tom.

You gotta win, Tom.
- Yeah, yeah.

- And you tell me--
you tell me, Tom,

which one of these cards
would make your hand better?

- Uh, well...
[laughter]

Uh...
- Which one do you want?

- I'll take that one, please.
- You sure?

- Yes, please.
- That's the one you want?

- Yes, please.
- Is that the one, right there?

- Yeah, yeah.
- And we'll give this one

to Teller.

What do you got,
what do you got?

- Not bad.
- Oh, not bad at all.

- Not bad.
- He's got a full house.

- That's right.
- He's got nines full of aces.

Nines full of aces.
- Not bad.

- Okay!

We got it, we got it.
- I'm pretty good at this.

- And what's Teller got?
Let me see what Teller's got.

- I am pretty good at this.

- Teller's got
not even a pair--

Yeah, he's got a--

got a royal flush.

You made every decision there,
Tom.

Every single decision.

You couldn't help us out?
- Wow.

Wow, okay.
- Okay, I guess

we'll see you all next year
from the, um...

well, from the
David Copperfield Theater,

I'm afraid.
- Yeah, yeah.

- We'll be fired here.
Nice try, though, Tom.

- Oh, thank you,
that was amazing.

Thank you.

[cheering and applause]

- Tom Green!

Thank you from all of us
here at "Fool Us."

Until next time,
goodnight from Las Vegas!

[cheering and applause]