[jazz music]
♪ ♪
- From the Penn & Teller
at the Rio Hotel
here's our host,
[cheers and applause]
- Welcome to a very
Normally,
at the end of every episode,
but tonight, they're also
with some
So without further ado,
give it up for our titans
[cheers and applause]
Joining them
is Grammy Award-winning music
[tattoo machine buzzing]
- Yeah, hell, Gloria.
- What Teller is doing is what
He's got a tattoo needle.
But he is not using ink.
So he's just carving
It'll go away in three years.
We've--ow.
And he is predicting,
with the tattoo you're gonna
he's predicting magically
Now, I should point out
is a lubricant and a coagulant,
so this does bleed
a--ow--bleed a little more
- Ooh.
just a little more
But he is predicting
[bleep] damn it!
he's the predicting
that you will--
[bleep], it doesn't have
- You're a brave man.
The tattoo--
Yeah. You got it?
Clean off a little bit
- You let him loose
That's--
- You're a brave man.
Now, we're gonna give you
- Okay.
- A bunch of good choices
We've got banana from the
Narwhal for no reason.
But Teller's gonna go
and you just say "stop,"
and he will predict
So what have we got here now?
Oh, we got the
That could be your tattoo.
- We've got--oh,
this is my favorite
You may know this, Gloria.
"It frightens me,
the awful truth
Worthy
- Beautiful quote.
Oh, a puffin 'cause my people
so the puffin is kind of
- I've seen them.
- Oh, Moxie and Zolten,
I could have gotten that
Whenever you want to say
Oh, a peace sign.
- I love peace signs.
- All right.
- Oh, this is "Born to lose,
- All right.
- And what have you got here?
He picked--oh, yeah, that's
- Okay.
- And artist in Chicago that
He did this for me.
And let's see
- That's nice.
In my blood, it says,
- [laughs] Very interesting.
But you might have
[cheers and applause]
- Here's the tattoo you picked.
Thank you, Gloria.
- Oh, oh!
Oh, oh.
When we come back,
Penn and Teller
and take on
so stay close.
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- "Fool Us" has returned,
and so has this
- I'm from Ecuador--literally
In Ecuador, the magic community
Not most people's
I got my degree
and I decided I wanted
Took a plane to Los Angeles
not to become a movie star--
I would take it,
The goal was to use
Nice!
Being on "Fool Us"
was one of the most
terrifying yet exciting
Penn and Teller have been
When I fooled them,
I was probably the most
Now, I will see
I'm terrified,
[cheers and applause]
- Please welcome back the
[cheers and applause]
- It's very,
It's exciting to be
Like all of us,
a lot of time home lately,
that I brought
When lockdown orders were
some people started
That day,
and attempted
This is Thursday, March 19,
lockdown day number one for me
That's the month of March,
July, August. And September.
These are my first six months.
185 days of lockdown.
Every day,
a different deck of cards
They are all in my mind.
Alyson, name any card
- Ace of hearts.
That's a pretty card.
Thursday, May 7,
On this particular day,
the ace of hearts happened
the very first card
See? Of course, every deck
The next day, the ace of hearts
And the day after that,
it was in position 38
But wait, there's more.
Alyson, name a different date
between March 19
- Uh, May 23rd.
That is the 23rd day
of the fifth month of the year,
lockdown day--
lockdown day number 66.
This day, my alarm
I did not hit
First thing in the morning,
and attempted to memorize
On this particular day,
[takes deep breath]
Was in position
35 from the top of the deck.
I hope.
- 1, 2, 3, 4,
9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26,
30, 31, 32, 33, 34,
card number 35?
That's the ace of hearts. Yes.
At this point,
that maybe
and someone
I'll be upfront about this.
I'll gladly admit that
to create the illusion
that I memorized more
However, that's it.
Penn, please name
between March 19
- March 20.
That was a Friday,
That day,
My alarm went off,
I did hit the snooze button
I went for my morning walk,
That's the day the squirrel
[laughter]
Anyway, at 9:37 a.m.,
and attempted to memorize
Teller, let's look at this
Please gesture a number
[soft upbeat music]
Is that 15?
On this particular day...
the nine of hearts
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14,
The nine of hearts. Yes.
This is going way better
Let's try something
This might not work, but
Penn, name any card
- Um, four of spades.
Teller, gesture a different
♪ ♪
30. I've seen it.
That was early lockdown
in the month of April,
Four of spades.
In position--
Four of spaces in position 30.
[takes deep breath]
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,
the suspense is killing me.
That's 20, 21, 22, 23,
24, 25, 26, 27, 28,
29.
Teller, you gestured number 30.
- Four of spades.
[chuckles]
That is the four of spades.
[cheers and applause]
- Wow. Siegfried Tieber!
Oh!
Most people just learned how to
[laughter]
- Thank you so much.
It kept me busy
- Yeah.
Do you always have
- Photographic memory
I wish I could say yes,
but it's something
Memory is like a muscle
and the more you're training,
the more you can
- So how did you develop
- The stage character
This is who I am in real life.
- Mm.
- People ask me
they ask me how I came up
I go, "What? No.
This is just me."
- All right.
Well, let's see
has earned you another trophy.
- Oh, Siegfried,
And you're such a good
So different, so surprising.
And this trick
tremendously.
- Because we think we know
and we could
And although there's so much
I should tell people at home
that there's no accomplice
You're really doing it
exactly as you'd think.
And you've got
and, you know, as every day,
the earth rotates just a little
And it's amazing, I think,
that you are doing
And we think we have a pretty
But we have to ask you one
- January 8.
- January 8?
- We're gonna make
because on January 8, we want
That's what we'd like
as a little bit of a present.
- I would be thrilled.
- Okay, did they figure it out?
- They did, and it makes me
Yes, they did.
- Okay.
but you're gonna get
- I will.
Thank you for having me here.
- Siegfried Tieber.
You still have that trophy.
- Yeah.
Stay right where you are.
We've got more
[jazz music]
[cheers and applause]
- Welcome back to "Fool Us."
Remember, any act that fools
wins a spot performing
and a "Fool Us" trophy.
With that in mind, let's meet
- You know,
my dad's company used to throw
There were sack races
But if you looked for me,
I was with
I didn't know it,
but I'd already discovered
I went pro
I traveled like crazy
If I booked two gigs at once,
I'd hire another magician
People started asking
I said sure
Pretty soon, I was doing
That's how I met my wife.
I went looked for a bigger
and I found a wife instead.
We saw
in Wisconsin where we're from
and we turned it into
For "Fool Us," working up
has been like a vacation,
I get to focus totally on the
It's just pure magic,
[cheers and applause]
- Ladies and gentlemen,
- Hi, Penn, hi, Teller.
Thanks for having me.
Alyson, would you please
We're gonna have some fun.
- Now, I wanted to make this
so I'm gonna add a little bit
Is that okay?
- Let me show you why.
What we're gonna do
- Hmm.
They're not hard-boiled
I'll just break one of them,
- Okay.
- All right.
And here's what we're gonna do.
and place it in one
- Okay.
And then I'm gonna cover up
[light music]
And one will have the egg.
- I'm gonna cover
So now they all look the same.
- Then I'm gonna grab
and mix these up like this.
- Uh-huh.
- So we don't know
- Okay.
So I'll mix it up first.
You turn around quickly.
- Right now?
I'll mix these up
And then you come over here
- Okay.
- So that way,
All right, Alyson,
Do you know where
- No.
All right, so you come over,
and mix them up however
- Okay.
- That way, neither of us
and that's why it'll be fun.
- Oh, okay.
♪ ♪
Now, we have to work together
even though neither of us
- Okay.
- Yeah.
So here's what we're gonna do.
I'm gonna go over the cups
- Okay.
you just say "stop."
- Stop.
- Yes.
And then this is what you do.
- What I do?
[gasps]
♪ ♪
- Easy.
- No, I did it.
- Yeah.
- Yes.
- Wait.
You just go over the cups
I'll tell you when to stop.
♪ ♪
- Okay?
- I don't know
[laughter]
Stop.
- [chuckling]
- No, I like it.
- Hmm.
Okay, now you need
Don't worry.
- [chuckles]
My turn, my turn. All right.
- Mm...[chuckles]
Mm...
Stop.
- Yeah.
♪ ♪
- It's kind of like
- It is.
Your turn.
♪ ♪
- Stop.
Oh my gosh. okay.
All right, Alyson.
Whenever you're ready,
- Hmm.
♪ ♪
S-s-s
[laughter]
- We did it.
There's the egg.
- Okay, that's--that's good.
And usually,
But you're so good at this,
- Really?
Let's make it more dangerous.
- I mean, we don't have to.
We're gonna add more eggs.
- Hmm.
How about--now, look.
This is a recipe for disaster.
- Scrambled eggs.
- Yes.
Let's remove one of them,
but you decide
We'll number these.
One, two, three,
Which number
- Three.
Right here?
- Okay, we'll remove that one.
- And we'll cover up
just like we did before.
But this time--
this time,
Okay.
Again, I'm gonna mix these up
So turn around
There we go. All right.
Do you know
- No.
That way,
And then we'll try this
[chuckles]
♪ ♪
You all set?
Okay.
Got them all in a line?
- Good job.
Now, do you know where
- No.
This is where
[chuckles] Now, Alyson,
and whenever you're ready,
♪ ♪
I'll just keep going
- Stop.
Now, if I smash this cup
and there's an egg under
the chances are pretty good
- Yeah, yeah.
- It's gonna explode everywhere
- I'm just gonna
- And it'll be your fault.
- Well, I don't want to put you
So come a little closer.
- How about if we leave
Okay?
Look, there are all--
we numbered these earlier
I'll take a die.
Since we're in Vegas,
and we'll put it in the glass.
Whatever it is,
we would smash this cup,
I'll shake it up like this
In that case, it would be six.
Whatever it is,
There we go, just like that.
All right, but I'm gonna
You take the die, shake it up,
Come over. Yeah. No here.
- Okay.
Just drop that in there.
All right, let me take a look.
- Six.
Okay, so that would be one,
Right?
- Closer to me.
- Hmm?
It's your turn
- I think I went last.
- No, no.
- I--I--
- We're doing good,
- I--
[suspenseful music]
- Ee!
- Let me take a look.
- We did it!
[cheers and applause]
- Awesome.
- Thank you.
- Rick Wilcox.
- You were a good helper.
I'm glad it worked out.
- What do you do
Then you have egg
- Exactly.
I clean it up.
- Must be wonderful to have
- It is. It's awesome.
We had no idea
but it's been a lot of fun.
And I couldn't have done it
- Aww.
- Yay. Is your wife
- She's a big part of it, yes.
- How about your kids?
- Oh, absolutely.
She runs--well, right now,
the camera,
and is continually
and helping out in the show.
So she's running back
and she also sells concessions,
- Wow.
- That's incredible.
- That's a true
- It is.
Let's see if they know
- Okay, sounds good.
What a nice routine.
You know,
is you've got the stakes
but not in an unpleasant,
When that trick's done,
not the same trick,
- Yeah.
- People think they increase
and how much people
but they don't really.
And this leaves it
You have this wonderful,
your timing is great,
you just hit the mark
It's wonderful. And I also love
You know, you went from spikes
which is nice and safe.
Like, when people
and they're not doing well
so they go to the dice,
- Yeah.
- And it's just
And we think we have a pretty
And what I love about it
you just really do.
And that's a really
You know, a lot of your method,
comes down to pure showbiz
and I love that about it.
We really enjoy
- Did they figure it out or
[laughter]
No, I think they have a pretty
- Okay.
And it's different every time.
- Yes.
but
- Oh, that's great!
- Thank you so much.
- Rick Wilcox.
[cheers and applause]
- I'm not gonna sugarcoat this.
We have some sweet acts for you
[cheers and applause]
[jazz music]
[cheers and applause]
- Welcome back.
Need a dose of magic?
- I'm a grand illusionist.
I build stage machinery
and for other magicians too.
When I started,
I was an industrial mechanic
and a magician by night.
I used the tools of my day job
that came to me as dreams.
I met my wife on stage.
She was dancing in a show
We started dating and presto.
Now she performs with me.
The piece
is an example
because in magic, the rules
Things float, they vanish,
or they become something else.
Dreaming has always
As a child, I was obsessed
This dream led me to magic.
I'm doing a classic
part of a long tradition
My dream was to fly.
Tonight, I'm going to try to
[cheers and applause]
- Let's head out to Europe for
[cheers and applause]
[dramatic electronic music]
♪ ♪
[applause]
♪ ♪
[applause]
[cheers and applause]
Willi Auerbach!
Hello.
- Hi, there.
It must be exhausting to fly.
- Yeah, it's hard work.
But she does the work.
So she's making the magic,
- Did you always want to fly
- Yeah, it was a dream
which I had really
I love to dream about flying.
- And you also perform magic
- That's true.
Over the years,
for this project.
I think it's really important
that we do something
where the people don't have
like we have here in Europe
- Well, I think it's wonderful
you use your magic powers
- That's really important,
- Okay, Willi and Elena,
let's find out
know how you did your trick.
- Yeah.
Boy, you know,
that magicians
From Kellar all the way back,
That's always--well, I don't.
But other magicians
And the first thing you think
and the world's greatest
David Copperfield.
[wondrous classical music]
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
Whenever you think
you think of David Copperfield.
He did all the pioneering work
And he has been kind enough
to show your take
So having said
that David Copperfield
I think that you know
the, um, the lineage of flying
and where it goes
But boy, thanks for almost
doing a zombie ball with you.
Although different method.
Although I'd like to see it
- All right.
that they know
- Yeah. Probably yes.
- Well, you didn't fool them,
Thank you. Willi Auerbach!
After this quick break,
you'll witness the greatest
perform a trick of their own.
[jazz music]
[cheers and applause]
- Welcome back to "Fool Us."
And now,
the Las Vegas legends
[cheers and applause]
- When does an event
Teller is shuffling
Joining him on the other side
of a protective plexiglass
who is one of crew people.
She does hair
Now, she didn't
and knows nothing
The plexi shield will also
there's no magic hanky-panky.
Teller, give Crystal
[upbeat suspenseful music]
Crystal,
and take a look at them,
But just to make sure,
Give them
♪ ♪
Yeah, just shuffle them up.
And then stop shuffling
whenever you want there,
and just take the top card,
and hand it through to Teller.
Hand it all the way
He'll trade you
Take the top card you've got
What have you got there?
And Teller shuffled to the mate
for that card,
Same value and color,
Now, is that magic?
First of all, we didn't tell
Maybe I just exploited
and not even that much of one.
Once one card is picked,
the other card has a 1 in 51
1 in 51 is not magic,
We have about 50 people
If we all tried
it wouldn't be surprising
Like Crystal.
Good, Crystal.
Stop again and again trade
Just hand one card across.
Teller has the five of spades.
The chances of that happening
one in 2,601.
Is that magic?
Well, when we tour,
that's about the average size
so if everyone in one
tried to match cards
and someone hit it, we wouldn't
That's luckier,
You've been shuffling.
♪ ♪
What have you got there,
you got the king of clubs.
Wow.
Chances of that happening
or one in 132,651.
♪ ♪
Is that magic?
Gainesville, Fla.
has a population of 132,249.
That means if we got everyone
[chuckles] which would be magic
[laughter]
the cards
someone is very likely
Not magic, just Florida.
Switch again, switch again.
What do you got?
Oh, got the jack of hearts.
And Teller's got
Starting to get wicked amazing.
That's 51 to the fourth power,
one in 6,765,201,
just shy of 7 million.
No way.
If every person in Los Angeles
tried that whole sequence
that'd be pretty likely.
Of course, once you've
to do anything twice,
But it's not magic.
You might think
and doing some sleight of hand
So Crystal, switch decks.
Teller takes Crystal's.
There's no way
You shuffle his,
Good.
Hand your top card across.
♪ ♪
You've got the nine
Teller get the nine of hearts.
[oohs and ahhs]
51 to the power of five.
1 chance in
345,024,251.
To get that lucky,
in the United States of America
to try that whole sequence,
They'd have to each try
And we still
So everyone in Texas
would have to do
But people in Texas would
You'd probably get lucky.
Hand the top one across.
You've got the--
Nine of spades.
Now, I know you're all way
51 to the sixth power, or...
If every single human
or any gender tried that whole
and everyone in China
just for fun, that would
So we don't need magic.
Hand him across, Crystal.
Oh, now you've got
And Teller has
That's the Penn and Teller
No one could ever
who have ever lived
to try that whole sequence
51 to the seventh. That's...
I call that magic.
Thank you, Crystal.
[cheers and applause]
- Oh!
Looks like we've run out
We'll restock and return
next time on "Fool Us."
[cheers and applause]
I didn't know you were
- [chuckles]