04x09 - Penn & Teller Are Full of Hot Air

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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 "Fool Us,"

featuring the world's
best magicians

as they show us their stuff.

Tonight's illusions
are more radiant,

provocative and beautiful
than a Beyoncé pregnancy photo.

Should any of these tricks
actually fool Penn and Teller,

they'll win a slot
performing in Penn and Teller's

famous magic show.

Speaking of P and T,

let's say hello
to two Jay Z-nesses of magic,

Penn and Teller!

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All right, Penn, Teller,
don't get too comfy.

You've got some badass
magicians coming your way.

Like this one.

- My great-grandmother
was the first female magician

to have her own television show,

called "The Magic Lady,"
in the 1950s.

My grandmother,
with my grandfather

and his brother, started
the Magic Castle in Hollywood.

I grew up surrounded
by magicians,

and watching a lot
of card tricks.

The adults I was around

were like children themselves
in a lot of ways.

A lot of pranksters, you know?

I never wanted to know
how any of the magic was done.

I still don't. I like magic
that feels very dreamlike.

There's a-- [gasps]

And I love that.

I think my grandmother
would be so happy

that I'm doing this tonight,

and I would like to think
she's here with me in some way.

I'd like to make her proud.

[cheers and applause]

- Ladies and gentlemen,
from the royal family of magic,

Liberty Larsen!
[cheers and applause]

- Thank you, Alyson.

Would you come join me
at the table, please?

Thank you.

- Hello.
- Nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you.

- Alyson, I am
a fourth-generation magician

from a family of magic,

and I didn't start performing
magic until a few years ago.

It took me a while to surrender.

But once I did,
one of the first things

I noticed about it

is that I really don't
like lying to people.

And that's a real problem.
It interferes with this job,

because it's kind of par
for the course.

You know, silent magic,
not an issue.

That's very honest to me.
It's visual.

Teller made the right choice.

He will never have to deal
with the kind of lying

that I'm talking about.

But as a magician, if you're
performing as yourself--

if you're performing as yourself
and not a character,

as soon as you open your mouth,

it's sort of inevitable you're
just going to start lying,

and I have really
terrible magician's guilt.

So when I sit here with you,
on a very primal level,

every cell in my body
does not want to lie to you.

So I'm not going to.

So there.
- Okay.

It's refreshing.
- Alyson, I brought

a time machine
with me to the theater tonight.

[laughter]

Alyson, this is the key
to the time machine.

I'd like you, if you would,
to wear it

around your neck
and keep it safe.

- Okay.
- And don't worry.

You're not going
to travel through time.

You're going to stay
right where you are.

I am gonna use a little spark
of your energy for this,

so if you would, I'd like you
to write a message to yourself,

at any age, something
very short, just across here.

Something you'd like to
tell yourself at a younger age.

- Ah. Let's see.
- [whistling, humming]

- All right.

- All right.
It says, choose happy.

Oh, I know. I love it.

All right, so.
[clears throat]

I'm sorry, it's not--

it's not about the message.

But if you could,
just keep this safe,

and I'm going to fold up
this half.

Choose happy.

And what I'm going to do
is I'm going to place it

under the veil of time.

Alyson, if you would,

would you hold this
very tightly for me?

You got it?
- Yes. Yes.

- All right, now your message

is going to go directly
into a portal

where it will travel back
in time to your former self.

You'll feel really good.

You will choose happy.

It will move forward
to a point earlier this evening

where it will freeze, and that's
how we're going to discover it.

It just--it feels so good

to just be open
and honest with you.

It's just--not have to lie to--
[clears throat]

I retrieved the time machine

from a man in the mountains
of, um...

Belgium.
[laughter]

And it has two components to it.

This is the first.
It is a portal.

Now, many people
don't know this,

but all wine glasses
are actually portals.

Alyson, had you ever
had an experience

with a piece of apparatus like

this that took you somewhere
really unusual and exciting?

- Yes.
[laughter]

- Then you know exactly
what I'm talking about.

- Yeah.
- And the other half

of the time machine,
I keep in here.

Because, Alyson,
it is very sensitive,

and very, um...

delicate,

and it is especially
sensitive to light.

Alyson, this is
where time freezes.

So what I'm going to do is

I'm gonna place
the portal under the silk.

And on the count of three,
you're gonna

drop your message inside
and quickly

put your hand over it
so it can't escape, all right?

- Okay.
- Okay.

One, two, three. Got it?

- Yes.
- Okay, may I take it from you?

- Yes.
- Can you hear it?

- No.

- Perhaps it's already passed
through the veil.

- Oh.
- Whew.

Alyson, do you still have
the key around your neck?

- Oh.
- Oh!

- Well, it's traveling
somewhere else,

but yes, there it is, yeah.

- Well, as far as I'm concerned,
this could only mean one thing,

which is that your message

went through the portal,
beyond the veil,

reached your former self,

jumped back to the moment
just before I walked on stage,

where it froze itself in time
in this little locked box.

Would you please
open this box for me?

- Oh, sure. Here we go.

- [humming]

- Okay. Oops. Ah.

- [humming]

All right.

- Ohh.
- Would you feel

the top of that?
- Ooh.

- What is it?
- It's an ice cube.

- It's real ice.
- Yes.

- Alyson.
- Wow.

- Hmm. Oh, slippery thing.

- Very.
- [humming]

- [gasps]
- Alyson, I don't wanna touch it

Would you please?
- Yes. Ooh, it's cold.

- And would you unfold it?
It's cold.

- Very cold. [gasps]
- Is that your message?

- What? Yes.
- Does it match?

Ladies and gentlemen,
the time traveling card.

- Totally. Liberty Larsen!

That's so cool!

- Thank you, thank you.

- So did you always think,
well, I have to be a magician?

- No.
- Really?

- No. If you'd asked me
at almost any age,

I would've 100% said no way.

I was convinced
I would never do magic.

- Really?
So what changed your mind?

- Well, a few acts that I saw
that really inspired me,

when I was around 25,

and I started just looking
at magic differently.

And maybe something
just switched on in my DNA.

I don't know.
- Yeah.

Ohh, I'm glad you--

I'm glad you switched,
switched over. Yes.

- Me too. It's been so--

it's such a fun way
to play with people.

- Yeah, all right.
- Mm-hmm.

- Well, let's see what
the guys have to say.

- All right.
- Penn, Teller.

- Liberty, what took you
so long?

Why have you just
come to magic now?

I guess you were just answering

that maybe
while we were talking.

But you're so good,
and I was really,

I really love
the not lying premise

with the time machine.

It's just terrific.
- Thank you.

- And when you were
just performing there,

we were just lapping it up.

Every moment of it was just,

was just fabulous and great.

And also, you know,
what you're doing,

essentially, is the object
in the impossible location.

- Mm-hmm.

- And it's a really
good presentation of that.

And you also have something
in that

that looks like it can't be
gimmicked, which is an ice cube.

- Mm-hmm.
- You know, everybody

knows what an ice cube is,

and it looks like there's no way
to fake that whatsoever.

And that's a beautiful part
of that trick,

'cause it's so real

and so honest
all the way through.

And although you said
you weren't lying,

you kind of weren't.

I mean, the presentation
has very little jive in it.

It's just kind
of straightforward,

and a little bit of help here
and there,

that I hope in what I said
gave you some sort of hint.

But we hope to see you doing
a lot of magic, Liberty.

- Thank you so much.
- We think we got you.

We think we got you on this.

- We're good.

- Okay. So you didn't fool them,
but you sure made us all happy.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

Oh, Liberty Larsen,
ladies and gentlemen!

- Thank you.
- Thank you so much.

[cheers and applause]

We are just getting warmed up.

More magicians on deck,

including Penn
and Teller themselves,

when we come back.

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- Welcome back to "Fool Us,"

where we showcase
the greatest magicians on Earth.

Let's meet our next performer.

- I remember, I was six years
old when I saw magic on TV.

I remember
one specific magician.

He made a card tear in pieces
and then restore again.

I was absolutely amazed by that.

I start to travel all over,
and I got some awards.

It was like a dream,
and it still is,

because I'm working
with different magicians now

that were my idols
and still are.

- Hi, I'm David Copperfield.

Jorge Blass brings the art
of magic to a whole new level.

- Through the years,
I realized that

the bigger risks
means bigger results.

And I want to fool
Penn and Teller,

so I'm taking
some risks tonight.

[cheers and applause]

- He's one of the most
recognized magicians in Spain,

along with a randomly
selected audience member.

Say bienvenidos to Jorge Blass.

- Hola. I'd like to tell you
a magic fairy tale.

Once upon a time, there was
a princess named Candace, right?

Tonight, Your Majesty, we will
find you your prince, okay?

- Okay.
- Not just any prince,

but a kind and handsome prince.

You will love him, I'm sure.

This prince lives in this
beautiful castle, right here.

It may look old-fashioned,
but I promise you,

it's beachfront property
in Malibu.

Yeah. Shall I draw
your prince for you?

Okay, so now, drawing is not
one of my greatest talents,

but Alyson, could you take
the castle for me?

- Sure.
- You're a princess too.

- Aw, thanks.

- Now, what do you look
for in a man?

Maybe a crown?

We in Spain love crowns.

Maybe a happy face, like this.

One eye.

Maybe big arms.

Watch, this is a long cape.

Okay, Candace, you can
swipe left on this one, maybe.

But I promise you,

my magic is much better
than my drawing, okay?

Here, we have a deck of cards.

And one of these cards
is your prince.

Now, you know something?

An old witch cast a spell,

and something magical happened.

Can you see this?

The evil witch
magically transformed

the jack of diamonds into green.

[audience oohs]

That's amazing, a green card.

Watch. Green on both sides.

That's very weird. Green card.

These are very hard
to get nowadays.

Yeah. That's it.

[applause]

Can you check it out, please?
Maybe I should hold it

so I don't get deported
after the show.

Okay, nice.

So I need you to please
check the jack of diamonds.

Back to the story.

You know, when the prince
changed to green,

he started to have convulsions,
like this.

By the way, the prince
is called Mike, okay?

- Okay.
- You like Mike?

- Sure.
- Good.

So he began to have convulsions,

and the evil witch magically
transformed the jack of diamonds

into a little creature
with little green legs.

And as you can see,

he was transformed
into a little green frog.

This prince may not
look like much,

but he's willing to fulfill
your every desire, okay?

You have many desires here.

I'd like you to see that this
is a deck of cards, okay?

And you can take
a bunch of cards

so you can see many,
many desires.

And I need you
to make a choice, okay?

So please cut the cards
anywhere you want.

Go ahead. Did you cut freely?

- Yes.

- Do you want to complete
and cut again? It's your choice.

- No.
- Are you happy?

- Mm-hmm.

- So this is the card
you just selected.

I need you to please
remember the card.

At home, too, please remember
the card you see.

Now, we will lose the card.

I need you to push, like this,
so it goes through the middle.

And now, something
very interesting comes, okay?

I need you to cut the cards,
half of the deck. Okay.

And now cut again, please.

Nice. And another cut.
Good. Did you cut freely?

- Yes.
- Okay.

I need you to put
the jack of diamonds, okay,

on top of one of the cards
you just selected.

Go ahead.

Put the frog on top
of one of the piles.

This is not selected, right?

- No.
- So there are many

different cards here,
not selected.

Do you want to change your mind?

- No.
- No? You don't want this one?

- No.
- Many cards, all different.

They were not selected, okay.

And last chance, Candace.

Do you want to change your mind?

No? So you don't like this pile?

Okay. They're all different,
as you can see.

And you landed
on this specific card.

And you can see here,
they are all single--

you can touch them.
All single cards like this,

or they are all,
not selected by you, right?

Because Mike took you
to one specific card,

and the cool part is right here

is exactly the card you desired,

the seven of hearts.
It's really cool, right?

- Yeah, very cool.
- Now, to release the spell

and live happily ever after,
you need to kiss the frog.

- That frog?
- Yeah.

So I need you
to put your hand like this,

and I will put your desire,

the seven of hearts
and the jack of diamonds,

your frog, okay?

The prince, Mike.
And I need you to kiss the frog.

So watch Mike close, okay?

And now, you can see here,
right here,

something magical happens.

Now the prince is free!

The spell is released.

But, however, every time
a spell is released,

another card takes his place.

Can you open the frog
right here, in your own hands?

Go ahead, open your hands,

and just see that right there

is what your heart desires,

the seven of hearts.

Right there.
It's impossible, right there.

Now comes the big finale
of this story.

Let me put the prince
into the deck like this,

and let me get the frog again,

because now the final jump
is going to amaze you, okay?

The frog will jump and land
over your prince.

Watch.
[blows]

Watch.

Can you please cut the cards?
Cut the cards.

Wow!

The fairy tale came true!

And it's exactly your card,
the jack of diamonds!

Your prince! Wow!

Can you turn the chair?

But Candace, you didn't want
a frog, you wanted a prince.

And I want this story
to have a happy ending.

Mike is here!

[cheers and applause]

And they were
all happily ever after.

- Jorge Blass!
- Thank you.

- Wow. Do you think
you fooled Penn and Teller?

- Well, maybe. There is
something they don't know.

- What?
- Yeah, how did I get the frog

into this country?
- Mm!

They don't know that.

- So you do close-up magic
and big illusions?

- I do big illusions.

I do full theaters, shows in
Spain and all over Europe.

And hopefully very soon here.
You like the frog?

- I love the frog.
- What about the prince?

You like the prince?

- I like the frog.

Let's go, let's go see
what our princes think.

- Okay.
- All right, Penn, Teller. Hi.

- Hi. How are you? How are you?

You know, usually we're the ones
who talk in code,

but you called
your little frog Mike,

your prince Mike,
and then said, come close.

And for those
who watch the credits

at the end
of the show carefully,

they'll see that one of
our consultants is Mike Close.

One of the finest,
a very good friend of ours,

and probably one of
the finest magicians alive.

And the frog routine,
the basic idea

of the frog routine
is Mike Close's.

And you already
dropped that to us.

We knew that the artist's dream,

as soon as you drew the prince,

Teller knew the real
prince was coming.

Once we saw that,
no surprise there for us.

A real important part
of magic is surprise.

You see something,

and if you don't know
it's coming,

you aren't ready
to figure it out.

So we had a guess
the prince was coming.

We had a guess that the,

that the frog was gonna have
the selected card in it.

We had a guess of all of that.

And we did not have a guess

that you were gonna produce
a real frog.

So we were very
surprised by that.

Mike Close does not
have the real frog.

So that surprised us.

We thought about it quite a bit.

And now it's our chance to
surprise you maybe a little bit.

We think with that
frog coming in,

this may come as a surprise,

but we think you fooled us.

We didn't see you
load the frog.

Wow!
- Yes! You fooled them!

Oh, my goodness!

We have a fooler!
- Thank you so much.

Thank you. Wow.
- Yay, a frog fooler!

Thank you.

[cheers and applause]

Penn and Teller
have been fooled.

Let's go for another
when we come back.

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[cheers and applause]

- Welcome back to "Fool Us."
Penn and Teller just got fooled.

Will they get fooled again?

Let's meet our next act
and find out.

- These cards become unshuffled.
I'm so excited to be back.

Did I fool Penn and Teller?

This last time on the show,

the experience
was very nerve-racking.

I mean, it was tense.
- It says,

"Paul Gertner, you fooled us."
Can you see that?

- Yay!

- Fortunately,
the trick did not fail.

But this time, it's gonna take
a little more than that.

One of the techniques I use
to come up with solutions

is what I call "dreamstorming."

It's planting the problem
in your head as you go to sleep,

and your subconscious
works on it.

It's basically
dreaming up solutions.

[bells ringing]

When you wake up, ideas come up

that you didn't have before.

Dreamstorming.

[cheers and applause]

- "Fool Us" historians

will certainly remember
our next magician.

"Fool Us" virgins,

let me introduce you
to Paul Gertner.

- [laughs]

Well, Penn and Teller,
it is a pleasure

to be back again
on "Fool Us."

And I'm very excited
to be here this year,

because I get to bring
my favorite magic illusion.

The cups and ba*ls.

Now, I know you're very familiar
with this trick,

because you perform it.

But for those in the audience
that are not, let me explain.

It's based on an old gambling
scam known

as the three shell game.

Now, part of the game
is that the ball is soft.

It's made of sponge.

And the cup is solid.

It's made of brass metal.

So whenever that ball is under
the cup, you can't see it.

And when the magician mixes them
around, you can't hear it.

And at any given time,

the magician can make
that ball disappear.

Now, of course Penn and Teller

already know the secret
to this trick.

The secret to this trick
is you use an extra ball.

And you always hide
the extra ball

underneath the cup
on your right.

So I'm going
to perform the trick,

but I'm going to do it
a little differently.

Because I grew up
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

And in Pittsburgh,
we manufacture steel.

And when I was a kid
and I was looking for a ball

to do the trick with,

I found one in my dad's toolbox.

It was a steel ball bearing.

You see, my dad was
a steelworker in Pittsburgh.

In fact, my favorite childhood
memory of Dad is the day

he and I shared a drink
after work together.

It happened in our kitchen.

I was practicing
this trick all day long.

And Dad came home from work
hot, tired, and thirsty.

And I said, "Dad,
would you watch my new trick?"

And he says, "Oh, okay, okay.
But first I need a drink."

And he went to the refrigerator

and he poured himself
a cold beer.

And then he set a glass
in front of me,

and he poured me a Coke.

And once Dad and I
had our refreshments,

well, I got a chance
to show him this trick.

But I was a kid.
I didn't know you were

supposed to do the trick
with the little sponge ball.

And I put Dad's steel ball

under the cup,
and I mixed them around,

and I said,
"Dad, where's the ball?"

Of course he knew immediately.

And pretty soon
I figured it out,

that you can't fool anyone
with a steel ball

and a metal cup
because of the element of sound.

Unless, unless you could cause

the sound and the ball
to disappear

and travel over here
inside your pocket.

Now, that's what it looked
like the first time.

I'll do that again.

This time, Alyson,
I'll let you take a guess.

If you watch the ball,
take a guess.

Which cup do you think
I just slipped that ball under?

Which one?

[laughter]

Well, no, look.
I'll explain, Alyson.

Remember, you always hide
the extra ball

underneath the cup
on your right.

But of course, Alyson,
in my book,

no matter what you choose,
you're a winner.

You're a winner.
Three cups and three ba*ls.

Now we're ready.

Now we're ready
to start the trick.

Now, if you watch
the ball right here,

whenever I give it
a little push, okay,

it will actually penetrate
right through the top,

balanced on the edge.
I'll do that again.

This time, the ball
will go right

through the top of not one,

but actually two cups,
like this.

Balanced on the edge.

But I want everyone to know
exactly where the ba*ls are.

So whenever I place
a ball under a cup,

I'll give it a little shake,

and you'll hear it
under the cup.

Okay, here we go.
Ball number one,

under cup number one.

Ball number two,
under cup number two.

And ball number three
under cup number three.

And if I take two of them
invisibly,

and I set them on the middle,

and I give them a little tap,

you see, now,
these two are empty,

because they've all come
together in the center.

Thank you.
Thank you.

But, you know,
it is the end of the trick.

And when I do this
at trade show exhibits,

this is the part
that gathers the biggest crowd,

so watch closely.

You see, I actually
take the ball out

from under the cup.

And I say to somebody, watch.

I'll remove one ball
from the game, like this.

And then
I put it in my pocket.

And then I say, look,
if I remove another ball

from the cup, Penn,

how many would that leave
underneath the center cup?

- One!
- Just one? I think.

- Well--
- Yeah, just one.

But if there's one there,

you see,
there's another over there.

And I'll show you
how the trick is done.

You see, I never really
put the ball in the hand,

I never put it in a pocket.

But while everyone's
watching the pocket,

I actually can slip the ball
under the cup,

and it looks like it
was there all the while.

But if I really
get rid of it, Alyson,

this time, take one last guess.

How many ba*ls do you think
are underneath the center cup?

One, two, or three?

- I don't know, one.
- For you, for you, Alyson,

I did all three.
- Wow.

- But, you know,
you can't do this trick

with just three ba*ls.

You need an extra one.

And Alyson, where did I say

we always hide the extra ball?

- Right.
- Exactly. Exactly.

Underneath the cup on the right.

But there's another extra ball
right over there.

And they're both pretty big.

And they're both solid
and pretty heavy.

But underneath the center cup
is the biggest one of all,

because there it is--
no, that's not it.

That's the biggest one.

But I can't figure out

where it comes from.

Thank you. Thank you.

[cheers and applause]

Oh, Penn and Teller?

I said, I told you this trick
was inspired by my dad.

Which is why I can't help but
think of him every time I do it.

Which is why in this cup
I always keep Dad's ba*ls.

And in this cup,
in honor of Dad,

I always keep a can of Coke.

And in this cup,
we'll remember,

you always hide the extra ball

underneath the cup
on your right.

- Ohh.

[cheers and applause]
So--

So, Dad, wherever you are...

here's to you.

Thank you.
- Paul Gertner!

Man, you've got ba*ls.
- Well, I've had them

for many years.

- Gosh, just think, like, okay,
I've fooled Penn and Teller.

I'm--I'm done.

Like, but you just have to try,
try it twice?

- Well, I-- but this is
my favorite trick.

- This?
- And I, it's just

a treat to come
and just do the cups

and ba*ls for them.
- Yeah.

- And I just couldn't do
just the cups and ba*ls.

I had to throw
a little kicker in.

- So, yeah, you seem
to specialize in kickers.

- Yeah, well, I think
all magic should have that.

I mean, that's what magic's
all about,

is about having
that little moment at the end

where someone thinks
the end is there,

and then all of a sudden, boom,
you hit them one more time.

- Wow.
- You know?

- Time to see if they got it.
Penn, Teller? What do you think?

- We first heard about you,
Paul, doing the cups and ba*ls.

And it's not fair to say

that you're just doing
the cups and ba*ls,

'cause for hundreds of years,
maybe thousands,

people have done
the cups and ba*ls,

and it's always been
a visual trick.

And your genius is making it
also an audio trick.

And that is something that,
from the first moment

I saw you do it,
absolutely blew my mind.

Having that sound to do
at the same time,

what people don't know,

who don't know how the trick
is done don't know,

is that you found
special sleights

and special handlings
just to deal with the sound.

- Yeah.
- If you were to write

a book on this,

which I imagine
you will someday,

'cause it's so brilliant,

you will have to have
a whole separate thing on

how you make the sounds come

from a different place
than they actually are,

and absolutely be beautiful
like that.

Also, in magic, you know

that certain things
are just compressible.

We all know sponge ba*ls
are compressible.

Indeed, almost everything else

used in every magic act
is compressible.

We all know how to make
all sorts of things look solid

that are actually compressible.

You cannot do that
with ball bearings.

And some people would say, when
they know how a trick is done,

that makes the glass half-empty.

But I think when you know
how a trick is done,

it makes the glass half full.
- Mm-hmm.

- Do you know that they know
what were they talking about,

how you did it?
- I think so.

I think they, yeah,
we're talking.

- Okay, so.

- Listen, it's now a tie.

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

Season five, kick our asses.

[laughter]

- All right.
- Okay, thank you.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

- Paul Gertner,
ladies and gentlemen.

Let's take a break

so we can give you time

to think and blink.

More "Fool Us" when we return.

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- Welcome back to "Fool Us,"

where we search the globe
for the best magicians.

Take a look.

- When I was a kid,
I was very shy,

and I couldn't communicate
with people.

A schoolmate showed me
a magic trick,

and that was the first time
that I felt magic in my life.

I started to study magic,

and I started
to communicate with people.

And I met a lot of girls.

Because I hide the shyness
behind the objects.

I realized if I wanted
to live from magic,

I have to perform for kids.

They don't care about if you
make an elephant disappear.

They want to be surprised.
They want fun.

They want to laugh.

When I perform for them,
I'm not an adult.

I'm a little guy like them.

And they say, oh, look,
life gives you surprises.

[cheers and applause]

- Please welcome Sergio Starman.

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- Sergio Starman!

Aw, that was so lovely.

- Look.
- Aww.

Sweet.

This is much
better than that--

- Now, $3.
- Huh?

- Okay, keep it.

- I sort of sensed
that maybe

there's, like,
a little bit of a clown in you.

Like a good--

Oh. Aww.

Yeah. It works.

[cheers and applause]

I like it.
- Okay.

- Feels good. All right.

Well, let's see
what the boys think.

- Okay.
- Penn, Teller,

tell us what you think.

- Boy, it's really--

it's so much harder
to bust a trick

when there's such
a wonderful story.

The misdirection in this
is the plot.

It's the misdirection
is the following of the story.

But I think I can
probably give you,

not very much in code,

I'll actually tell you who some
of your heroes are, I think.

I think that you owe a great
deal of respect to Slydini.

I think there's a great deal
of respect to Tommy Wonder.

I think Albert Goshman
would also be someone you like.

Albert Goshman did the coin in
unexpected places all the time,

in the salt and pepper
and all that, wonderful stuff.

I'm gonna say something
that sounds a little bit dirty,

but it's not,
it's just a little bit secret.

There a lot of misdirected loads
that were wonderful in there.

And--and--

and you want me to do more,
or you getting an idea here?

You getting an idea here,
or you want more?

- You look as confused
as I feel.

- No, I didn't--
I couldn't understand.

- Yeah. I think this may be
just language problems.

- We're gonna go to the judges,

because there's a little bit
a language barrier.

- And the both of you, we have
Johnny Thompson and Mike Close,

they're listening
to everything we say.

- And the verdict is...

you did not fool them.
- Okay, perfect.

Thank you very much.
- But you were great, man.

We loved you, man.
We--just fabulous, fabulous.

- Sergio Starman!
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Not enough magic for you?
Not a problem.

Penn and Teller perform next.

You don't want to miss it.

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- Some may wonder
what the secret is

for Penn and Teller's success.

They'd be the first to tell you
not to get a big head,

until tonight.

Here are Penn and Teller!

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- Hello, Las Vegas!

all: Penn and Teller!

- All right!

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all: Penn!
- That's me!

all: And Teller!
- That's him.

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- Yeah. Watch me work!

Yeah. Booyah!

Whoo!
Oh, get on the good foot!

Good evening.

My name is Penn Jillette.
This is my partner, Teller.

We are Penn and Teller.

Let's do a card trick.

Well, I don't want
to fall off the stage here.

How about you, ma'am?

Right there in the black hat
with the grey dress.

Come up here. Come up here.
Okay, now stand between us.

Stand right between us there,
right between us there.

I have a perfectly
ordinary deck of cards,

scaled to my size of course.

I'm gonna riffle down the deck.

Whenever you want,
you yell stop,

and yell it really loudly.

I have a fan blowing up my a*s.

- Stop!
- Right there.

That's the card we're gonna use.

Please remember that card,
everybody, remember it.

And now the hardest trick
you've seen all night.

I will shuffle
while inside a dirigible.

I'm in a zeppelin,
and zep-shuffling.

Look at that.
Shuffling right--

oh, really well mixed up,
really well shuffled.

There you go. And now,
ma'am with the black hat,

you just take these cards,

and you keep shuffling them too.

Shuffle them too, a little bit,
while I go get a prop.

I'm getting a prop, I'm getting
a prop, I'm getting a prop.

Give it to me.
Put it in my hand.

I've got a g*n.
I've got a g*n.

I've got a g*n.
I've got a g*n.

Shuffle them good,
I've got a g*n.

Here's what's gonna happen,
ma'am in the black hat.

I'm gonna plant--

when you're looking at me,
don't look in the eyes.

That's a balloon.
Look in the mouth.

See me? I'm in the mouth.

Can you see me? Can you see me?

That's where I am.

- Okay.
- When I count to three,

right after I count to three,

on the imaginary four,

you're gonna throw all the cards
in the air as high as you can.

Throw them way up in the air,
right after three.

I will sh**t your card
out of the air

and make it appear magically

in that yellow balloon
that Teller's holding.

Are you ready? Are you all set?

Here we go, right after three.

One, two, three.

[g*nsh*t]

[laughter]

[cymbal crashes]
And is this your card?

The seven of diamonds?

There, the seven of diamonds.
- Yes.

- The seven of diamonds.

And just like orchestra. Mm.

- [laughs]

Now you see us
and now you don't,

because we're wrapped
for the night.

Wait until you see

what we have in store
for next week.

You don't want to miss it.
See you!

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