04x12 - Penn & Teller & Dracula

[bunniefuu]

[jazz music]

♪ ♪

[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
"Penn & Teller: Fool Us."

We have so many outstanding acts
on tonight's show,

we can't waste another second,

so let's bring out
the men of the hour,

Penn and Teller!

♪ ♪

[cheers and applause]

Any act that performs a trick

so tricky it fools
Penn and Teller

earns a spot performing
in their Las Vegas show.

Now let's get this show started

and meet our first
potential fooler.

[expl*si*n]

- Hey, I'm Mike Bliss
from Branson, Missouri,

and I'm a comedy magician.

I'm billed a lot of times
as Master of Variety.

I love a lot of magic, comedy,
juggling, unicycling,

and just having a lot of fun
with people in the audience.

Growing up--grade school
up through junior high,

I loved playing
baseball and football.

I got really good
at eye-hand coordination,

and of course that helped
with my magic, too,

and I'm gonna do a routine
using audience members

to help me out
based off Harry Houdini

but a little twist
that they haven't seen before.

[cheers and applause]

- Performing tonight
with two randomly selected

members of our audience,
I'm absolutely overjoyed

to introduce Mike Bliss.

- Thank you so much.
I appreciate that.

Good evening.
It is great to be here.

Gentlemen, thank you
for having me here.

We're gonna have some fun.
By the way, I'm Mike.

What's your name?
- Savannah.

- Savannah, nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you, too.

- Thank you, and?
- Vanessa.

- Vanessa?
- Yes.

- Savannah and Vanessa,
good to have you.

What we're gonna do is recreate
an effect Harry Houdini

made famous in 1901.

Do you know
what he was famous for?

- Escaping.
- Escaping, very good.

That's right, like,
being tied up in a water tank.

That ringing a bell?

- Yeah?
- Awesome, 'cause we have

a water tank right over here.

Who's wearing the bikini?
[laughter]

- Uh--
- No? We're no--

- Are you?
- Relax, ladies.

What happens in Vegas
ends up on Snapchat.

Okay, now, Houdini,
he started with ropes.

He worked his way
into chains and handcuffs.

I have some ropes.

I'd like for you to examine
the ropes for--Savannah, right?

- Yes.
- Examine them,

make sure they are solid,
nothing funny.

- Nothing.
- Vanessa, I have a cloth.

Examine that.
Good enough, okay.

No, I'm just teasing.
Take the cloth. Hold on to it.

Make sure there's no tears,
cuts, trap doors,

secret compartments
all the way through.

Just check it out,
nothing I could use

to cut the ropes.
Does it look good?

- Yes.
- Awesome.

That goes in the back
of the chair just like so.

Now, watch.
How do the ropes look?

- They look good.
- Two solid ropes?

- Yes.
- Awesome.

I'm gonna have Savannah

and Vanessa tie my legs

and my wrists together really,

really tight right here
in the chair, okay?

- Okay.
- Okay, whoa, slow down.

Okay, have you done this before?
- Got excited. Couple times.

- Okay, 'cause you were
just moving in

like you knew
what you were doing.

Okay, we--if you have
any questions, follow her lead.

- Okay.
- Okay, so you--you're

gonna tie my legs
and wrists together.

We'll see how long it
takes to escape.

Harry Houdini did it
in 26 seconds.

I want to try and at least
match it if not beat it.

However, I'm going to use
some sleight of hand.

That's where the cloth
comes into play.

You two are gonna cover my hands

with the cloth
just for a few seconds.

Let's practice that real fast,

and since she scares me,
you're gonna start.

Okay, pull it tight,
really tight.

My wrists go in the middle.
Tie a knot.

Loop the ropes
through each other.

Yeah, go ahead and use
the big end there.

No, there you go.
Pull it as tight as you can.

Hold that in the middle, please.

Hold the middle.
Finish off the knot.

Were you ladies ever
in the Girl Scouts?

- Oh, no.
- No.

- No? The Boy Scouts?

- No.
- Uh.

- Ooh, sorry, push me back,
I'm sorry, my cheek fell off.

Okay, that's pretty tight.
You've tied a hog or something.

- Something.

- Okay, make another knot
on top real fast.

Not that we need it,
I don't want you to think

I can slide.
Make it real--really fast.

Now, remember, Harry Houdini
did it in 26 seconds.

We'll see. Awesome.
Ladies...

do what we practiced.
Grab the cloth, please.

- All right.
- Yup, grab the cloth.

Cover the hands straight across.

One ha--yup, just one--just
one hand at a time, okay?

- All right.
- Awesome, okay. Yeah,

out with you, okay.
remove the cloth!

That was it.
That was good.

That was--okay, now--
Oh, sorry, I'm still tied.

I'm sorry, let me explain.
I'm gonna get free of the ropes,

and I will beat 26 seconds.
Do you think I can do it?

- You can do it.
- You can.

- All right, but nothing
funny yet. I'm still tied up?

- Yup.
- Yeah.

- Awesome. Did you see anything?
- No.

- No? Awesome.
Oh, there are folks on the side.

Scoot back just a little bit.

Scoot back just
a--they want to see.

Yeah, awesome, okay, all right.

I want you to experience
this like them.

Remove the cloth!

- Pssh!
- That was good. Okay.

Oh, darn it,
I'm still tied up.

I'm sorry. Let me explain.
I'm actually gonna stand up,

and when I do,
the ropes are gonna be gone.

There gonna be on the floor,
off of my legs.

You're not impressed yet,
are you?

- I'm getting there.
- You're getting there,

but you haven't seen
anything funny, right?

- No.
- Did you see anything?

- No.
- Nothing? Did you see anything?

- Uh, no.
[laughter]

- No, did you see something?
You look confused.

- No, it's just
your hand came out.

- My hand came out?
My--what is she talking about?

- I don't know.
- No? You have no idea?

Let's try it one more time.
Cover the hands up.

Ooh, I'll change it up
this time, folks.

On three let's do this.

Do not whip it away.
Just drop it to the ground.

- Oh, okay.
- Okay, don't whip it away,

just drop it
to the ground on three.

- This is what
I'm talking about!

- Yeah, be quiet.
On three--

Don't wait for four,
five, or six,

and that way we'll see
if I get out.

both: Okay.
- Do you think I can do it?

- I think so.
- Maybe?

- Yeah.
- But you're not sure?

- Not sure.
- Not sure?

[laughing]

One, two, and three!
We did it!

Give it up for the ladies.

Thank you, darling.
I appreciate it.

Thank you for helping me out.

- Mike Bliss!
That was fun.

- Thank you very much.

- Thank you.
You've got so much energy,

and it's just--it's
so infectious. I love it.

- Well, thank you.
I appreciate it.

I got to keep up with five kids.
- Oh.

- I have five kids running
around, so yes.

- Wow. What ages?

- For--we have, 17, 16,


- Wow.
- Three boys, two girls,

and a lot of fun.
- Wow.

And are they aspiring
to be in show business?

- Actually, they've all been
in the show with me.

My two oldest boys
performed with me

for about nine years,
actually,

traveling part-time on the road
and in Branson.

They started in grade school.
We actually home schooled them.

I didn't want them
smarter than me.

- So I heard that Bob Barker
played a role in your childhood.

- Who told you that?
That's true.

We love--we love game shows
and playing games,

and my mom--no lie,


from Bob on
"The Price is Right."

My parents celebrated,
nine months later I was born.

- Ooh.
- Exactly, and twins,

it was a big celebration.
- Whoo.

All right, well, let's check in
with our twins over here.

- Okay, yes.
- Boys?

- You know, this is a
wonderful thing for our culture.

This act really does show
how far America

and the world have come.

This act done 150 years ago

would have been done
a spiritualist or a medium,

and it would have
been done seriously,

and it would have been done to
prove the spirits were visiting,

and it would not have been
any mention of escape,

so when we see an act
like this

that does try to take something
that is a skill,

something that deals
with timing

and a lot of practice
and a lot of escape,

and does not try
to pass that off

as something supernatural
and something beyond

and used to cheat people,

but done honestly
and directly and emotionally

in order to entertain them

not only says good stuff
for you, Mike.

It says good stuff
for the whole world,

but we are familiar
with spirit ties

because as you know,
with our skepticism,

we've looked into
every possible way

to tie people up with ropes.

For skepticism, for skepticism.

- Yes, of course, of course.
- For skepticism!

- I understand.
- That's why.

- Okay, so you figure
they know what you're--how--

- Yes, yes, very good, exactly.
Obviously I appreciate it.

Thank you for the comments,
and thanks for having me.

- And thanks for fighting
the good fight, man.

- Thank you.
- Thanks for doing it right.

- Thanks for entertaining us.
- Thanks for doing it right.

- Thank you very much.
Nice to meet you.

- Mike Bliss! Thank you.
- Thanks a lot.

If you heard Penn and Teller
weren't performing tonight,

that's fake news.

They are performing
later tonight.

Stick around.

[jazz music]

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[jazz music]

♪ ♪

- Welcome back to "Fool Us."

If you are sick
of believing your eyes,

this next magician
just might have the cure.

[expl*si*n]

- My name is Ekaterina.
I'm a professional magician

from Montreal, Canada.

I only started to learn magic
when I was in my teenage years,

and the Internet was my source.

I find that social media plays
a huge role in supporting magic.

Just me uploading
videos of myself,

I believe, got a lot more girls
to do the same thing.

I think there's a strong
stereotype of a female magician

being dressed in an outfit
that's very revealing

and being more of a--
I guess, showgirl,

and my style
is completely different.

I just want to be myself.

I need to command attention

because that's how you
get people

to treat you with the respect

that I think women
in general deserve.

[cheers and applause]

- From Russia with love,
smoke, and mirrors,

here is Ekaterina.

[cheers and applause]

- Thank you so much.

This evening I'd like
to give you a demonstration

of the power of memories,

and to do so I will need
Alyson's help.

Can you please join me here?

Thank you so much.

We're going to be
using this red balloon,

and I'll get back to it
in just a moment,

but evokes a very strong
childhood memory in me.

Can you please hold on to it?

- Sure.
- My hope is that this balloon

will also hold a special memory
for you, Alyson.

You see, in 2002
the street artist Banksy

created a mural in London
called "Balloon Girl,"

and it shows a little girl
reaching out for a red balloon

that seems to be
blowing away from her,

and there are words written
on the wall that say,

"There is always hope,"

and that hope is what
my family experienced

when we moved
from Russia to Canada

when I was only
eight years old.

You see, for me, balloons carry
within them messages of hope.

Maybe it carries one
for you, too, Alyson.

At this time I want you
to think back to your childhood.

Think of an object that brings
back good memories, okay?

An object that has
special importance to you

but that we can all visualize
as clearly as this red balloon,

so very clear image
of that object,

and then when you're ready--
you have it?

Please name it out loud.

- A bicycle.
- A bicycle?

Very cool, Alyson,
a bicycle.

You know a little bit
more about me.

I've shared a little bit
about why

this red balloon
is so important,

but why was that bicycle
so important to you, Alyson?

- Well, 'cause it had
a unicorn on the seat.

- Unicorn?
[laughter]

Thank you so much
for sharing that with me,

and it's still
a vivid memory for you?

- Yeah, I have good memories
before that.

- And it's still
a good memory, yeah?

- Yeah.
- Okay.

You see,
I also brought a spray can,

and this is really
in honor of Banksy

because this is the tool
he used to create art,

which inspired me
to be here today,

and I'm gonna create
some magic with that.

- Okay.
- Don't be scared.

- Okay.
- You trust me?

- Uh, sort--
more than others.

- Would you--
[laughter]

Would you be impressed

if your favorite thing
is inside of that balloon?

- Yeah.
- Can you hold on

to that string tight
and far in front of you

as you can?
- [blows]

- Just like that,
all right.

Okay, we have some
of the balloon left over.

- Yes.
- So put it over here.

I'm gonna take it
very carefully,

but do you see--
do you see what's here?

- Yeah.
- Do you see what's on here?

You can let go.
- Okay.

- Can you guys all see?
- Mm-hmm.

- There is a paper inside
of a paper clip, yes?

- Yeah.
- Now, Alyson...

- Yeah?
- Please slowly...

unfold that piece of paper.

Take a look
at the image inside.

- Mm-hmm.
- What do you see?

- A bicycle.

- A bicycle,
and what's written on the back?

- "There is always hope."
- There is always hope.

[cheers and applause]

Alyson, this is your memory,
yours to keep.

Thank you so much.

- Aww. Thank you.

Ekaterina, everyone.

That was so lovely.

Thank you.

So have you always been
interested in magic

and becoming a performer?

- From a very young age I was
fascinated with the circus,

and back in Russia in the circus
we've had magicians.

Here it's a little
bit more rare.

It's more acrobats and jug--
jugglers,

but I really wanted to either be
a juggler or a magician.

I learned to do both,

but I really,
really enjoyed the magic part

because it's all about
how people feel,

and so it just made me
feel so good

when people
smiled back at you,

and it's a rewarding exchange,

and you don't get to do that
with other things.

- That's so cool.
- Yeah.

- All right, well, I'm gonna see
what the boys think of this.

- Sounds good.
- All right.

Gentlemen,
how do you like the lady?

- I loved it.
So many magicians

have tried to take
an important artistic image

and bring it to life on stage,
and they all fail.

It always looks terrible,
and this is the perfect,

clear image that ties
in with your story.

I just loved that so much.

While we're talking about
what we loved, which is you,

we want to talk about
what we hate in magic

and something that's never
allowed on this show,

and that is what's called
pre-show work,

and there's no
preshow work allowed

on "Penn & Teller: Fool Us."

Preshow means
you'd meet Alyson backstage,

you have a little discussion
with her about things

that were important to her
and just say,

"Want to get a clear image
in your head

so we can later do it."

You'd have her write down
the bicycle thing,

and then you'd do some--
you'd do the magic offstage

and then come on
and have her think of that,

so the audience isn't getting
to see the real wonder,

and you did not do that.

Everything you did was
right onstage

the way we do it on
"Penn & Teller: Fool Us"

'cause you didn't
need the preshow work

'cause you had
the solution right

in your pocket ready to go,

and we loved that about it.

It was a great act,
and I got to tell you

I'm a sucker for Banksy,
so you tied that in.

I just liked everything
about this,

and if that's not a true story
of that Banksy image,

never, ever give that up.

- Thank you so much.
- Okay,

so I'm guessing somewhere

in there he said something
that makes you know

that he--they know
how you did the trick?

- Well, my husband would mind
if you start examining me,

so it's perfect.
- Okay.

[laughter]
- Okay.

Well, thank you so much
for entertaining us. Ekaterina!

[cheers and applause]

Penn and Teller solve
more of magic's mysteries

when we come back.

[jazz music]

♪ ♪

[jazz music]

♪ ♪

- Welcome back.

Let's meet
our next possible fooler.

[expl*si*n]

- My name is Javi Benitez.

I am from Spain.

From the south of Spain,
Andalusia.

I was very shy
when I was a child.

Then I found that magic is a way
to communicate with people.

I learn all things
about card magic

and the beauty of movement
with the cards.

You can play with them
just like a painting.

This is probably
my most artistic piece.

Penn and Teller,
I hope to touch your heart

a little bit
with this piece of magic.

[cheers and applause]

- Prepare to be amazed
by the close-up magic

of Javi Benitez.

[ethereal music]

♪ ♪

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[applause]

[audience exclaims]

[applause]

[cheers and applause]

Javi Benitez!

That was beautiful.

- Oh, thank you very much.

- Oh, my goodness.

I'm surprised
they let you in Vegas

when you do that with cards.
[laughter]

Well, and I would imagine

growing up near
where Picasso was,

you just have to sort of be
influenced by art and, you know.

- That and flamenco also.
- Oh.

- You know, flamenco dancing?
- Yes, yes.

- A lot of energy, you know?
- Wow.

- Yeah.
- Nice.

And did you start
when you were a young boy?

- Yeah, I started when I was 11.

I am now 12,
so one year in magic.

- Right, oh, that's nice.

- Not bad, not bad?
- That's really good.

So do you think of yourself
as an artist or an entertainer?

- Yeah, some thing
are more artistic,

some things
are more experimental.

If I do, you will not understand
anything that I do

because it's, like,
in my mind.

I doing strange things,

and some others is just comical
and having fun, and that's it.

- All right, well, speaking of
things I don't understand,

let's go to the boys.
- Okay.

- Gentlemen?
- You know...

some people
deeply misunderstand our show,

"Penn & Teller: Fool Us."

They have no idea
what we're trying to do.

They think we want
to sit here and show

that we're the smartest guys
in the room,

that we know everything
about magic,

and the reason
we put together this show

is that that's the hook of it,

but the reason
we have a show called

"Fool Us"
is so that we can see

the best magicians in the world

doing the best magic
that can be done.

Now, Javi is from Spain.

I mean, everybody thinks Vegas
is the capital for magic,

but for card magic,
it is definitely Spain.

Anybody that was trying
to watch this thing

thinking there was something
black arty going on

with the black velvet
or behind the table,

what you were seeing here,

all I can do is underline

that it is just sleight of hand,

and it's the best
sleight of hand we've ever seen.

I could try to do
one of those jive,

maybe we figured it out,

maybe we didn't thing,

but we don't like to be
that cheap on this show.

Every single way, 100%,

no qualifications,
you fooled our asses bad.

- What?
[cheers and applause]

- Aww, congratulations.

- Wow, what a compliment.
Thank you.

Wow, that compliment.
- Yay.

Oh, wow. Wonderful.

[cheers and applause]

- Oh, wow.

- There you go.
Well-earned.

Javi Benitez,
ladies and gentlemen.

How exciting.

Penn and Teller
have just been duped.

Can anyone repeat this feat
before the night is over?

Come back and find out.

[jazz music]

♪ ♪

[jazz music]

♪ ♪

- Welcome back to "Fool Us."

We've had one fooler already.

Let's see if
Penn and Teller are in

for a long night starting
with this next act.

[expl*si*n]

- My name is Ran Gafner.

I'm a professional magician,
mentalist,

and a musician from Israel.

I was an a*tillery commander
in the Israeli army,

and I played guitar
for my fellows in the army,

but then after the army I
started music in the university,

and then I began
playing jazz guitar,

which is, like,
a whole different world.

When I perform magic,
it's like playing jazz

because when I'm
doing mentalism onstage,

I have to improvise a lot.

It's incredible how music
can influence us.

It can make us feel happy.
It can make us cry.

It can make us
feel very emotional,

and combined with mentalism
and the magic,

it's, like, a k*ller weapon.

[cheers and applause]

- He came all the way
from Israel to read your mind.

Now on stage with five randomly
selected audience members,

here's Ran Gafner.

- Good evening. Thank you,
thank you very much.

How are you, Alyson?

Would you be so kind
as to join me, please?

- Oh, sure.
- Yes.

Alyson, I'm going to give you
the power of synesthesia--

Please sit down.
Which means that you are going

to hear sounds
as colors inside your head.

- Oh.
- For now I want you

to take a look at my hand
and imagine a big light here,

and the light
is getting closer and closer

until your eyes
are getting tired.

Close your eyes.
Take a deep breath.

Imagine sounds and colors
inside your head and blend them.

Behind you there
are several bells.

Every bell is with different
sound and different color.

Now I'm holding
two bells behind you.

One of them is red.
The other one is black.

What do you think is that one,
red or black?

- Red.
- The amazing Alyson,

ladies and gentlemen.

Not that much.
It's only 50-50, after all.

Alyson, open your eyes.

Which bell do you want me
to give this gentleman,

the red one or the black one?

Totally your decision.

- Mm, black.
- Are you sure?

- Yeah.
- Okay, so take the black one.

Let's do it again, Alyson.
Close your eyes.

Take a deep breath.

Two bells, one of them is gray.
The other one is purple.

What do you think is that one,
purple or gray?

- Gray.
- You have another try.

[laughter]
- Purple.

- Purple,
correct, open your eyes.

Which bell do you want me
to give this lady,

the purple or the gray one?

- Uh, purple.
- The purple, okay,

so take the purple.

Close your eyes.
Let's do it again.

What is your
favorite color, Alyson?

- That one. Green.

- Amazing, because green
in Hebrew is blue.

[laughter]
So she's correct.

Open your eyes.

Which blue do you want me
to give this gentleman,

the light blue
or the dark blue?

- Uh, dark blue.
- The dark blue.

That's yours.
One last time, close your eyes.

Two bells, one of them is gray.
The other one is red.

- Oh.
- Oh?

- Mm.
- What is that?

- Mm, red.
Did you say red?

- Correct.

- Ah.
- Yes, okay.

So you'll take the red

'cause you--and
you'll take the gray one.

Now, I don't want you to think
that I influenced you somehow,

so we can make a difference.

For example,
what is your name?

- Emily.
- Emily and?

- David.

- Do you want them
to switch their bells?

You don't have to if you
don't want to, but you can.

- No.
- Are you sure?

- Yeah.
- Positive?

- I guess so.
- Okay, and what is your name?

- Georgiana.

- And?
- Erin.

- Do you want them to switch
their--their bells?

- Uh, sure.
- Positive?

- I don't know.
- Okay, I don't know.

It's your call.
- Uh, uh, yes.

Yes.
- So switch the bells.

Now the orchestra is ready,
and we have to pick a song,

so what is your name, sir?

- Nate.
- Can you put the bell

on the chair
and join me for a second?

Say again the name?

- Nate.
- Nate?

Are you Nate?
I have here four books.

Every book is with--with lots
of different songs,

as you can see.

We have "Greensleeves,"
lots of different songs.

Is that correct?

- Yes.
- Yes, okay.

"If You're Happy
and You Know It."

Are you happy?
- Very happy.

- Great, me, too.

Just pick one--
one book for me.

Great choice.
Let's see what we have here.

We have "We Wish
You a Merry Christmas,"

"Amazing Grace,"
"America, the Beautiful,"

"Jingle Bells,"
lots of different songs.

What I want you to do now
is to hold the book like this.

Just close your eyes.

I'm not forcing you
to do anything.

Just riffle through the pages
and stop wherever you want.

Okay? You done?

- Yeah.
- Open the book...

and tell me if you recognize
one of those songs.

- Yes, I do.
- Yes, okay, close the book.

I want you to write it
here big enough

so everybody will see it,
okay?

You have a marker here,
so do it now.

Now, when you see
the name of the song,

I don't you--I don't want you
to say anything.

Just think about the song.
Are you done, Nate?

- Yes.
- Perfect.

You can now flip the page
and return to your seat.

Okay, so I didn't
see the song, right?

So think about the song,
all of you.

Okay, I can sense something.
You're off-key over there.

It's, like, a--
it's an American song,

and I can feel your...
standing.

All of you,
standing ovation,

but it's not for me.

Are you thinking about...

"The Star-Spangled Banner"?

[applause]
Is that the song?

Let's see.

Yeah,
"The Star-Spangled Banner."

Thank you very much.

Now, Alyson
- Yeah?

- I want you to reach out
and grab only one bell for me.

- Okay.

- Okay, if you were
to choose this one,

it would have sounded
like this,

but you chose this one,

which is completely
different, right?

- Mm-hmm.

- You're going to be
the last note to be played,

the grand finale of the melody,

but one last decision.

From which end do you
want the melody to begin with?

From this end,
or from that end?

- Oh, this end.
- From this end?

Okay, so Alyson
did every decision here.

She decided which bell
goes to which person,

and she switched the bells.

She took her own bell.
Do you know what are the chances

to make a coherent song
out of six random bells?

Close to zero.

Everybody hold
the bells like this.

Yes. Whoever I point
to I want to ring the bell

only once like this by the order
that you chose, Alyson.

Only when I point to you.

[bells ringing first line
of "Star Spangled Banner"]

[cheers and applause]
"The Star-Spangled Banner,"

ladies and gentlemen.

Give Alyson a big round
of applause,

and my orchestra,
you can return to your seat.

Thank you so much.

- Wow, Ran Gafner, everybody.
- Thank you.

- Give it up.

So you have such
an interesting life.

You're from Israel?

- That's correct.
- And there was a point

where you were
in the military,

so obviously you weren't
doing much magic.

- I quit, and then I got back
to it after I finished the army,

and I went to university.

I studied music,
and then I combined both arts.

- Oh, that's so cool.

So what would it mean
for you to fool them?

- It would mean
the world for me.

I mean, this is
the biggest opportunity

that I had so far,

and I'll be very happy,

but if not, that's okay

because I think
the main goal is to entertain,

and I hope that I did it.

- Yes, absolutely.

All right,
I think they're ready. Okay.

- I want to tell you
that the choice of

"The Star-Spangled Banner"
was--was a fabulous--

having that one
among there was great

'cause when I hear
"The Star-Spangled Banner--"

because, you know,
I grew up in the USA

like Bruce Springsteen,

and when I hear
"The Star-Spangled Banner,"

I'm just forced
to stand up to my feet.

I'm just forced
to rise in patriotism,

so we love that that's the song
that it ended up being.

I'm gonna be very cagey on this,

and I'm gonna be very cagey

because this trick is so good,
I don't want to ruin it

for people at home
'cause it's so good.

There's a thing called
the magician's choice,

and this is
the most complicated

magician's choice
we've ever seen.

There's all these choices made.

We don't really know
where it's going,

and I think I can say one word,

once I've spoken about
"The Star-Spangled Banner,"

that I don't think
will give away too much

to anybody but you,

and that is the word
"equivoque."

- Okay.
- Okay.

I think they got it.

- They got it?
- They got it, I think, yeah.

- Wonderful,
wonderful act, wonderful.

- Okay.
- Thank you so much.

- So you're clear that they know
what you know but I don't know?

- Yeah, pretty sure,
pretty sure.

- Okay, Ran Gafner,
ladies and gentlemen!

- Thank you so much.
Thank you.

- Thank you so much.
- Thank you. Thank you so much.

[cheers and applause]

- Not enough magic for you?

Not a problem.

Penn and Teller perform next.

You don't want to miss it.

[jazz music]

♪ ♪

[jazz music]

♪ ♪

- Penn and Teller took years

to put out
a children's magic kit

because they wanted it
to be really amazing and fun.

They did such a good job

that they started using it
in their Vegas show.

In a trick that should be
called Shameless Plug,

here they are,
Penn and Teller.

- Well, thank you, Alyson.
You know, we did,

we put out
this magic set called

the Penn and Teller
Fool Everyone Magic Kit

for children,
eight years old and up,

and we really--
we really did it ourselves.

We put together the tricks.

We did the--we did
the instruction book.

We did all the--
the DVD and everything,

and we put in tricks
that we--we really like,

and one of the tricks
you put in is a trick

that we--
we both had in magic sets

when we were children.

Not that coincidental
or surprising

because if you had
a magic kit as a child,

you probably had
this trick in it.

It's called
the Ball and Vase trick.

We got to thinking about it.

We got to thinking
what would we have done

if we were working together
when we were eight years old

if we had to do
the Ball and Vase trick?

So this is Penn and Teller
at eight years old

with their version

of the Ball and Vase trick.

[laughter]

[shouting]
Once in Transylvania,

there was a blue stone coffin,

and in it was
the Prince of Darkness,

Vlad the Impaler,
Dracula!

[laughter]
And every night at dusk

Dracula would leave his coffin,

fly into the village,
and terrorize,

terrorize, terrorize,
terrorize,

and then at dawn
he'd appear back

in his blue stone coffin.

And this went on
for years and years.

Every night at dusk
he would vanish

from the blue stone coffin,

appear in the village,
terrorize,

terrorize, terrorize,
terrorize, terrorize,

and then at dawn
he'd appear back

in his blue stone coffin.

[laughter, applause]

Now, the villagers
got really sick of this,

but they weren't mean people.

They didn't want
to beat him up.

They just wanted to stop him
from flying around the village,

so they waited till a time
that was very inhospitable

to Draculas, high noon,

and they dug up his coffin
from the undead earth,

and they put the lid on,
but this time

they didn't
just snap it in place.

This time they--
they glued it,

put tape
and spackle and cement,

but still at dusk he got out,
so now they did get mean,

and they beat him
up really badly,

and they put him
in the land of dead Draculas.

When they checked the coffin
again, it was even worse.

It was clone Dracula!

They took clone Dracula,
and they beat him up, too,

and they put him
in the land of dead Draculas.

When they checked again,
it was another clone Dracula!

They beat him up,
and they said, "Wait a minute.

"We got to think about this.

Where are all these clone
Draculas coming from?"

and then one of the villagers
got the idea,

maybe from the bite
of Dracula.

They checked Dracula's mouth,

and sure enough,
that's where the clone

Draculas were coming from,
and they checked again.

It was another clone Dracula,

and it was just
another clone Dracula.

It was clone Dracula,
clone Dracula, clone Dracula,

clone Dracula,
clone Dracula,

so then they got--
well, they said,

"We got to find a way
to solve this,"

so they went to the library,
and they looked up Draculas,

and they found you can k*ll them
with--with holy water

and with silver b*ll*ts--
that's werewolves,

doesn't matter, bad library...

[laughter]

And garlic and other stuff,

and they made a paste of that
with a popsicle stick,

and they smeared it
all over the Draculas,

and then they checked,

and they checked the coffin,

and it was gone,
and they felt safe.

[screaming]

[laughter]

Another clone Dracula!

They said, "Wait a minute,"
so they got--they got a bazooka,

and they loaded it up,
and they shot them...

[imitating g*nf*re]

Shot them all in the head.

When they checked the coffin
again,

it was even worse.
It was zombie Dracula!

They took zombie Dracula,
and they beat him up,

but why beat up a Dracula?

Zombie's already dead.
They checked again.

It was even worse.
It was clone zombie Dracula!

They took clone zombie Dracula,
and they beat him up, too,

and they checked again.

It was another
clone zombie Dracula.

That's 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,


and--
[screaming]

King Dracula!

And king Dra--
that's a solid ball, too.

That's not, like, a sponge ball.
That's hard magic.

We worked hard on this,
solid ball,

and they brought them
all together, and they said,

"We got to find a way
to k*ll these Draculas,"

and they asked around,

and then one
of the village people

got the--wasn't one
of the Village People.

It was--

[laughter]

You got the idea.

Well, the power of the sun

is also the power
of the hydrogen b*mb.

It's fusion--
fission--one of the two,

and they--so they--they
took a hydrogen b*mb.

They filled it
with--with--

they filled it with garlic

and with holy water
and with real magic...

[imitating mixing]

And they made a hydrogen b*mb

with a big mushroom cloud...

[imitating expl*si*n]

and they blew it all up,

and the whole land
of dead Draculas

was glass,
and they checked the coffin.

It was empty,
and the villagers were safe.

The end.
[cheers and applause]

Or is it?

[laughter]

- Thanks to all
our amazing magicians

who made tonight
a total jackpot.

- It is solid,
It's hard.

- And you can bet we'll have
another full house

of magicians for you next week.

Goodnight from Las Vegas.

[cheers and applause]