[jazz music]
♪ ♪
- From the Penn & Teller
at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas,
Alyson Hannigan.
[jazz music]
♪ ♪
- Welcome to "Fool Us,"
try to catch Penn
One way to do that is
"Surprise, boys.
The show's already starting,
Penn and Teller.
[jazz music]
♪ ♪
To earn a "Fool Us" trophy
ya gotta fool
Let's meet tonight's
[fireworks booming]
- My name is Abby Segal,
When I was a kid,
to tell anyone
Like, for the fun facts
it would never be
It was always something else,
or something like that.
I would go out
and do shows
and I didn't really want to
because I just didn't
knowing there that I did it.
But sometimes
and I would do magic
just to see if anyone
but no one noticed.
I don't know why.
But now that I'm in college,
because I realize
So, Penn, Teller,
I am a magician,
but I still have a few magic
[cheers and applause]
- Along with Penn and Teller,
please welcome the playful
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you both so much
It's such an honor
As a kid, I found magic
I laid my eyes on.
My earliest experience of magic
that sat high on a shelf
The toy was the Etch A Sketch.
The Etch A Sketch
the way you could make
just by turning the knobs,
and then it would disappear
I made this image appear
Not by magic.
It took me three hours
[laughter]
Penn, I really underestimated
it would take
- I would think so, yeah.
But for my first trick...
[light jazzy music]
You know, I think this makes me
to make you two disappear
Does it?
- There is real magic
and we're going to find it.
But for now,
to some of your favorite
To jog your memory,
a beach ball,
a toy boat,
a teddy bear.
I'm sure some of these
Penn, I want you to reconnect
So as I go through
just stop me
- Okay.
- Stop.
- Yeah.
And I want you to get a peek
Do you have it?
- And old that image
- I will.
- Teller,
I'll go through the cards
in the nonverbal manner
♪ ♪
That was a great choice.
And can you get
Do you have the image
All right, and I'll set
♪ ♪
Penn, focus on the toy
Outline its shape in your mind.
I want you to keep
but think back to a memory
Think back to when you played
Maybe you played with it
Or maybe you were just a baby.
Or maybe it was yesterday.
It wasn't yesterday, was it?
- It was not. No.
So we've confirmed that
but I'm getting a sense
that this feels like it
- Yeah.
Well, that's great.
Well, Penn, I want to see
So if you wouldn't mind,
see that we have picked
That was the toy
- Mm-hmm.
♪ ♪
- The talking telephone.
[audience gasps]
- Beautiful.
[applause]
- Thank you.
You know, I never thought
would be playing
so thank you, Penn,
- Thank you.
- But you know what they say,
- Ohh.
But it's okay, 'cause we're
We're only making room
So with this in mind, Teller,
I'm going to shake
back and forth like this,
I want you to think of that toy
Picture yourself
Imagine that all those
that you make with
are coming together
to form that image of the toy.
That's good.
I'm going to set it down
and I'm going to flip
to show that you have selected
the red wagon.
You know,
may just have
The red wagon.
[cheers and applause]
And thank you both
- Abby Segal.
Wow.
- Thank you.
- So there's no other trick
Is that right?
Well, I came up with the trick
It was, like,
I was like I want to work on
and put it on "Penn & Teller,"
my entire junior year
- So what are your magic plans?
- I would love to have
I'm working on a parlor show
so I would love
And I'm doing psychology
- Oh, cool.
those with magic in some way.
Just live a creative
- Awesome.
Are you creating more tricks,
- Yes.
Like, I'll got to the store,
and I don't just think of,
I think of ways I can make
So I'm not very fun
- No. I think you'd be awesome
I love that.
Abby, shall we see
if you can add a foolish trophy
- Yes.
- Boy, Abby. We loved the act.
This is your
- Yes.
Just so nice to see someone
fresh ideas,
I always love
looking like raw skill.
You did that portrait of us
- Yep.
a wonderful artist
she did a portrait of me
- Oh, yeah.
a really long time.
It's really beautiful, so I
and three hours is probably
And also, we think that you did
incredibly fast really right
and that was amazing too,
And that also comes into
You had a combination
and then also some real
You had a very gentle
but still forceful way
the card
We did notice--and I don't
that the choice of the wagon
helps very much
It allows you a little bit of
So we know it was
and your style is so humble
But we think we followed
And I hope I've given you
that we've figured it out here
- Abby, did they figured out?
- Thank you, Abby.
That was wonderful.
but you certainly
Thank you so much.
- Abby Segal.
- Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- Don't stick a fork
We still have magic
when "Fool Us" returns.
[jazz music]
♪ ♪
[jazz music]
[cheers and applause]
- Welcome back.
If this show has taught me
you're the fooler,
Which will our
[fireworks booming]
- Hi. My name is Noel Qualter,
in the U.K.
My magician friends
They always see me tinkering
knowing I always think
Magic is my hobby and my job.
It is the first thought
and the last thought
- Noel?
a magic trick and completely
I will sometimes walk down
moving an invisible object
or just thinking,
People start giving me
probably thinking
But it's quite good fun.
I'm always working on
and know nine of them
Penn, Teller,
[cheers and applause]
- Please welcome U.K. conjurer
[cheers and applause]
- Hello, Las Vegas.
I've been working
that will stun
and I'll share it with you guys
in the most science-y
as the vehicle
I developed an app where
in the past or the future,
and I wanna share that
So would you reach out
Any one you want, Matt.
- And put it on
- Uh-huh.
and I want you
across the face
- Okay.
[quirky music]
- And then put the card
All good?
- And will you slide your card
somewhere
- Okay. Done.
And I want you
a really good shuffle,
- Okay. I'll do me best.
- Give them a really
so neither of us have any idea
- Uh-huh.
that you've shuffled them
isn't on the very top
- Right.
- Uh-huh.
- Perfect. There's a box
Can I get you to pop
- Yeah. Sure.
And there's a rubber band
Can I get you to rubber band
♪ ♪
All good?
- All right.
♪ ♪
- Done.
Now, will you put the cards
on the short end
- Sure. Like that?
All good. Very good.
- We're gonna sleight
so even if I wanted to,
I can't do anything
Now, I don't want my app
and cause chaos
so I've built some security
Okay, so I'll log in right now.
- Hello,
[electronic beep]
- Okay,
some security questions.
- Okay.
- What's your favorite color?
- Red.
of the first girl you kissed?
- Laura.
- And how old were you
- 28.
[laughter]
- Brilliant. I'm in. Now,
I sense some doubt in the room
but I've got a way
I'm gonna ring a couple of
but I'll ring them
both: Ahh.
Sorry, guys,
My name's Noel.
Can you introduce yourselves?
- Hi, my name is Penn,
and this is my friend Teller,
- Two incredibly
- You know what, Teller?
If you can't talk without
I think it would be better
- Well, thanks, guys.
I always wondered about that.
Now,
but we have another
Matt, you signed the card.
You shuffled them
- I did.
where the card is.
I am gonna ring a close,
but a few months from now.
He will have seen
He will know where the card is
He's always super helpful.
♪ ♪
Piffy. Piffy, my boy.
- I thought I told you
- Yeah, don't be like that.
- I need your help.
Not London.
We're much happier without you.
- Please help me. He's gone.
You know what?
I'm here to today on "Fool Us,"
so if I ring myself
then future me will know
I can ask him what position
It makes perfect sense.
Hello. Hi. Hello.
- Hello?
- Hello.
Will you help me?
- Young?
Do you remember being
- Ah, yes. I remember it well.
Splendid chaps.
Wonderful catering.
- You know, the small one
- Huh?
doesn't speak
- Help me with a card trick.
- A card? No need.
Just wonderful
- No, no. Don't go.
- Don't go.
Um...I'll ring him back.
Sorry, folks.
- What is it now?
- The card?
- It was the four of hearts.
- What?
- Six in the deck. Good luck.
- Six.
- Matt, did you
- Shut up.
- Yes.
And he said
Now, you shuffled the cards.
You put them into the box.
I haven't touched them.
Will you take rubber band
- Yep.
- Will you take the cards
Will you turn the cards
Okay. I want you to deal--
pick up the cards like you're
- Oh, okay.
four cards faceup just here.
- Sorry, just--we'll do it in
Stop. Okay.
So when we deal the next card,
and the sixth card
whether it's right or not.
Can I get you to carry--
- Yeah. Same pile. Yep.
- Oh, my God.
- Future me knew it was
in the sixth position.
I'm gonna go before my actions
end up deleting Penn and Teller
I'm out of time. Good night.
[cheers and applause]
- Ooh, Noel Qualter.
Wow. That was incredible.
- Thank you.
- It's just such
It's like the lazy man's
- Yeah. Absolutely it is. Yeah.
- Yeah. Is it a little scary
- Absolutely terrifying. Yeah.
- But you're adorable.
Yeah,
but I'm little bit grumpy.
- So this trick was
- Yeah.
that I'm sure Penn and Teller
but this is a new method,
a new lick of paint
So hopefully
- Besides magic,
- I quite enjoy barbecue,
And--but yeah, largely magic
- I can't wait to see
- Yeah.
I'll be a very happy man.
Well, let's see if Penn
Penn, Teller.
- Well, you already know
The stuff of us in the past
and you in the way future,
old Noel,
Really funny, wonderful
But let's get down to this
- Sure.
and as funny
it's a card trick
First of all,
but we don't know
where that gets us.
- I hope so.
been forcing a card,
So normally a deck switch
either one of those gives us
You force a card,
Big deal.
You switch it.
So we think that you're kind
that it's something newfangled.
Like, maybe we think
there are decks
I guess you'd call them
computer crisps in every card,
and then there's a pad
Just so you know,
There's a pad
that can figure out
and then feed it back to you,
have synthesized voice
Are we close enough
- No. The deck's examinable.
- Okay. Then you fooled us.
Shut up. You fooled us.
- Yay. We have a Fooler.
Absolutely fooled us.
Yeah, congratulations.
- You're good.
What a good act.
- Yay.
waiting for you.
- Yeah.
for Noel Qualter.
[cheers and applause]
Whoo-hoo. Great act.
It doesn't happen often,
but Penn and Teller
Let's see if they can get back
[jazz music]
♪ ♪
[jazz music]
[cheers and applause]
- Welcome back to "Fool Us."
Play along with Penn and Teller
this next trick.
[fireworks booming]
My name is Christoph.
I'm a mentalist
I started magic
but it wasn't actually
where my major was psychology
that I realized
and use people's minds
Mentalist have a problem
that other types
People think what
I have people coming up to me
asking me to read their palm
No matter what I say,
There's a famous
For those who believe,
And for those who don't,
Penn, Tyler, don't believe
what you're about to see.
[cheers and applause]
- Let's go and a road trip
of Christoph Kuch.
[cheers and applause]
- Hello, Penn. Hello, Teller.
I think part of
is your unique approach
One of you talks,
So please accept this
as a sincerest form
Allow me to introduce you
silent me.
Like Teller,
for the duration
which means that silent me
This is a good feeling.
[laughter]
All right. Let's begin
And speaking of games,
but German children
about what they will be
Three of my favorites
Was werde ich sein,
Beruferaten.
Alyson, please name
- Mein Erster job.
- Very interesting.
That's exactly what silent
[quirky music]
♪ ♪
[applause]
To play we need a volunteer.
Please join us on the stage.
Hello, stranger.
Are you ready to play a game
with a mute guy
Excellent. The silent me
A different profession
For example, secret agent,
undertaker, and so on.
In most of these professions,
you make a lot more money
Dear spectator,
and shuffle them thoroughly.
♪ ♪
Thank you.
Put the cards
cut them anywhere you want,
what profession
- It's astronaut.
♪ ♪
- Okay, silent me,
please take the cloth
and show us your prediction.
[drumroll]
[applause]
Silent me has predicted
Can he do one more?
The odds of getting
astronomical.
Dear audience member,
the silent me will now
Please roll the die,
put your hand on top of it.
On this table
♪ ♪
For the first time,
and let everybody know
what number you have rolled
♪ ♪
- The number is three.
- And now please tell us
that corresponds
- It's a fish.
- Very interesting.
Silent me, please reveal
♪ ♪
- Thank you, and good night.
[cheers and applause]
- Christoph Kuch.
- Hello.
- Hi. How are you?
- Good. How's that fish?
- [laughs]
- Oh, thank goodness.
This is the first trick
where a magician performs
You find yourself easy
- Well, we had some arguing
but, you know,
I was pretty satisfied
- So you won
Did that change your career?
- Yes, it did.
That's actually when I went
because I got huge media
so that's
to actually be
- What would it mean to you
- It would actually
because it has always been
to perform
I would be very happy,
and very excited.
- All right.
have the mental powers
to figure out
- Christoph,
- Thank you very much.
Controlling people
It's just so strange.
You're kind of
There's this sterile
and then there's
and other German people
and throwing dice
surreal,
That's what you are.
[laughs]
And then there's a magic trick
I think I've given you
We just love the act.
Loved the fish
Love all of that.
one on video, one live.
As you know,
there are judges who listen
We have a very elaborate plan
for how we think you did it,
and we think we're right,
but I don't want to try
so we're gonna go
that we're right
We think we have it,
to try to tell you
So what do the judges say?
- All right, and I'm hearing
And they are telling me
- No way.
- Yes.
- Wow.
- Wow. Great.
- Unbelievable.
Wonderful.
I can't believe it.
- You fooled Penn and Teller.
Here to accept
- Okay. Give it up
- Thank you. Good night.
- Nicely done. Wonderful.
- Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- Penn and Teller just took
Now we have to take a time-out.
More "Fool Us" after this.
[jazz music]
♪ ♪
[jazz music]
[cheers and applause]
- There you are.
You're just in time to meet
Take a look.
[fireworks booming]
- I started out
I love performing.
I build all of my stuff,
and then people
"Who built that?"
And next thing you know,
"Hey, why don't you
And then now look at me.
I'm one of the top magic
When I build a magic prop,
I want my work
When I finish a prop,
I make sure
I know it will last
because it has my name on it.
When you devote yourself
it pays off big-time.
I'm bringing the same passion
I have for building
Penn and Teller, you might
but wait till you
[cheers and applause]
- Give it up for Ray Lum.
[cheers and applause]
- Magicians perform
Some perform miracles
Some impossibly
I defy death.
But I don't step on stage
and put my life
That would be unprofessional.
Many hours of practice
because if I don't stay
Tonight I'm gonna give you
to see how a magician
Ladies and gentlemen,
this is the device
The blade spins at 2,000 RPMs,
can cut a bone
In a moment, I'm gonna
locking my arm
My current fastest escape
from the saw is ten seconds,
but tonight on "Penn & Teller:
I'm gonna set this blade
There's two safeties
If it gets into this
this red light will come on.
If I feel like
well, I can always pull
Okay.
remove the jacket
Put the single handcuff
Locking it with a lock pin.
The lock.
Make sure everything
Okay.
all I have is my wits
and this lucky lock pick.
Here we go.
[blade whirring]
Oh, man.
What the...
Oh, man, no.
Stop this thing already.
What the...
Whoa.
- Augh!
Oh, God. This is not right.
Ow. Alyson, wait, grab my hand.
- No. Eww.
Give me a hand.
- Ohh.
You know...oh, God, lucky--
Oh, God.
Throw it into here.
Holy...
- Thanks, Alyson.
- Oh, God.
Oh, lucky I got this
- Oh, my word.
- Now, that's how you
so you end up not getting hurt.
[cheers and applause]
- Ray Lum. Ugh.
- Whew.
- So that's a great device.
- Yes.
so and then you see
You go, "Man, how are
in the, what, '50s?"
And does that inspire you
- That's what inspires me.
- So you've been building
- Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
- So you know
- Pretty much. Pretty much.
That's how you become
because you have to know
- Aha.
having this kind of workshop?
- Well, when I was a kid,
all the magic builders were
like, thousands of dollars,
So I said, "Well,
And then you end up building
and then people, you know,
seek you out,
- Nice. All right.
Let's see if Penn and Teller
- Hey, Ray.
- You know, you are a person
We love this kind of stuff,
this good-natured
by faking accidents and death.
You know,
because most times
just goes out of sight.
It doesn't pop out.
And I wanna tell you that
As a couple of guys who
in our day,
You've got a fine hand,
And the whole thing
and funny and terrific,
and it's a...
it's a [bleep] wrist chopper.
[laughs]
- Well, I wanted to do this
because I wanted
- Oh, thanks so much.
and we share
Thanks a lot for coming on.
- Thank you.
- Let's give you a hand,
- Thank you. Thank you.
- So, Ray,
- Oh. Of course.
- Well, you didn't fool 'em,
Thank you.
- Thank you. Thank you, guys.
[cheers and applause]
All this great magic,
Penn and Teller perform next,
[jazz music]
♪ ♪
[jazz music]
♪ ♪
- Welcome back to "Fool Us."
We've got some special guests
Actors Amanda Seyfried
are here to do a trick
[cheers and applause]
- Hey, Amanda. Hey, Thomas.
- Hey, guys.
- Thank you so much for
Okay?
yeah, get the jokers
Now, Teller, these are
I want this to be
Now, you're remote.
So I'm gonna kind of
and I'll be
So we're gonna have you
But we won't do it that way.
because you know as well
there's all sorts of ways
You can do a cull;
do a top change.
So just turn the cards
Have them say stop whenever
just say stop
both: Stop.
- Good. Now--don't, don't--
do you want the eight;
Which do you want there?
Actually,
What do you want there?
Show them another one.
- The ace.
- Yeah. I think so. I
- Ace of spades? Okay.
- You're not
I'll take the ace of spades.
I've got your card here.
And we're gonna put the card
So just go ahead;
- Stop.
He wants me to put it here.
this is just
so I want it to be so good.
I'm gonna put it
See,
He's holding a break there,
So no he's shuffling them up.
That shuffle looks good.
I'd like to do it
Let me just try.
You've seen this in Vegas
I'm I take them like this.
And I'll take these too,
And now we're gonna--you've
- Right.
Yeah, Teller, let's really--
you know, Amanda--
Thomas.
So that looks mixed up,
- That looks pretty mixed up.
- Yeah, that's pretty mixed up.
Yeah,
Teller didn't want
- Oh, no.
We're gonna mix them in.
Okay. Good.
I'm gonna make you
There you go.
Good. Find the card.
He's gonna just find--
really mean something, Teller.
I want you to be impressed,
Yeah those are really
Yeah. Actually, they don't
They don't trust you.
But you can see
Some are facedown.
As a matter of fact, this kind
This kind of shuffle
You'll see 'em go by faceup,
And I want you to really see
You can see clearly
They're all mixed up.
And now, Teller, now...
do a magic trick
and impress my new friends.
- You're not gonna
If he touches the deck he could
You don't want him
- No.
I want this to mean
So do your magic stuff.
- No big gestures.
That'll misdirect them.
Something sweet.
- Bip!
Now watch this,
There's the cards right there.
What was the name
- The ace of spades.
The only one that's faceup.
All the rest
Only the ace of spades
Right in the middle.
And there you have
Thank you, Amanda.
- I am impressed.
- Thank you, guys.
See? They're my friends.
- Thank you to Amanda Seyfried,
and all
and, of course,
Come back next time
Good night.
[cheers and applause]