[jazz music]
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- From the Penn & Teller Theater
at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas,
here's our host Alyson Hannigan.
♪ ♪
- Welcome to "Fool Us."
Tonight the pressure is high for our world-class acts
who with millions watching
will try to fool two of the most brilliant minds in magic.
But you know what I say?
No pressure, no diamonds.
So let's bring out our two sparkling studs,
Penn and Teller!
[jazz music]
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
A "Fool Us" trophy will drop from the sky
and get handed to any magician who fools Penn and Teller.
Let's see if our first performer can make it rain.
[fireworks booming]
- From the moment my dad bought me my first magic book
when I was 13, I was hooked.
I knew then I wanted to spend all my time
and money learning magic.
There's a stereotype of magicians
growing up as the awkward kid, the odd man out.
That wasn't really me.
I was homecoming prince, and my girlfriend
and I won best-dressed couple at prom.
But magic did give me a sense of purpose.
And now my goal is to provide the support
and encouragement I had for others.
I can't believe I get to do magic every night of my life.
I love performing.
My influences in magic aren't even magicians.
They were great entertainers like Michael Jackson,
Bruno Mars.
Talk about great showmen.
They've taught me the importance
of adding some personal flair to my act.
So, ladies and gentlemen, it's showtime.
[cheers and applause]
- Please welcome the wonderful Alex Ramon.
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you.
You know, I've been doing magic a long time.
And there's a rule when you're a magician.
It's a simple rule.
The rule is, you have to have a cute blonde assistant.
And this is mine.
[applause]
Everybody, this is MJ.
MJ is a golden doxie.
That's half golden retriever, half dachshund.
Don't ask me how that happened.
[laughter]
This is one really brave dog. You are now at the dog park.
I named MJ after Michael Jordan.
It's just Jordan has longer legs.
Come here, boy. Touch. Good boy. Good boy.
All right. He has some magic to show you.
Let's go. All right.
Now, by now you should all probably realize
that MJ, in fact, isn't the assistant.
He's the magician.
I'm the assistant.
[laughter]
And MJ has me well-trained.
Don't you? I forgot.
He's the shorter and silent one in the act.
[laughter]
Good boy.
MJ gets the best dog food.
Part of a balanced meal.
You'll see what I mean.
And I have to make sure that everything is perfect.
Otherwise,
he won't do his magic.
Good.
Now, it's very important to me that all of you know
all of the perceived danger during this entire illusion,
the entire time, I'm absolutely safe.
[laughter]
MJ is never in harm's way.
He actually--he knows how the trick works.
[laughter]
Okay.
And now, you ready?
Have you gained some weight?
[laughter]
Okay.
This is the most difficult part of the trick for me.
And...
that's my part.
[cheers and applause] Good boy, MJ.
Good boy, Alex.
[laughter]
Okay, now for the magic.
And not even I know how MJ does this.
That's one.
[audience exclaims]
That's two.
Good boy. Good boy.
And...
That is magic.
[audience exclaims]
[applause]
Good boy. Good boy. Okay.
Come on. Come.
[cheers and applause]
You did it. Good boy. You did it, MJ.
You did it. Good boy.
- Alex Ramon and MJ.
- Good boy.
Hello. Hi. - Yeah, you can see him.
- Oh, hi.
Oh, this is the first magician I've wanted to make out with.
- Oh. [laughter]
He'll tongue ya. - I'm hoping for it.
[laughter]
So who learned magic more quickly, you or MJ?
- MJ. [laughter]
Yeah, he got better treats than I got, though.
- Oh, yeah. - Yeah?
- That's so much fun.
You just get to travel the world with your dog.
- Yeah, you know what? I had an assistant,
and I needed to get a replacement.
And so I decided I'm gonna get a dog.
[laughter]
He's the star of the show, you know?
- Absolutely.
- He has more Instagram followers than I have,
so I mean, you know? [laughter]
- Could you imagine not being a magician?
- Honestly, I wouldn't be doing anything else.
I can't even imagine it.
- Yeah. - It's all I've ever done
since I was a teenager. I've never had another job.
Just performed, and it takes me around the world,
brings me on this show, which is amazing.
- Aw.
All right, Alex, let's see if MJ fooled Penn and Teller.
- Hey, Alex, boy, what a great thing.
The first thing Teller said, I mean, just...
just the second you ended was,
"That's the best suspension we've ever seen."
- Thank you.
- Absolutely the best suspension.
Suspensions have real problems with them.
- Yeah.
- And one of the problems is the ending.
And they never have endings.
You have to take it apart slowly
the way you put it back together and pretty much
just instruct the audience on how the trick was done.
And this whole thing falling apart is a fabulous ending.
And also, it has,
you know--it has the dog, which is cute.
- Yeah. - I'm not a big fan of dogs.
We have one in my home, because my children insist on it.
But our relationship is at best cordial.
[laughter]
- Don't listen, MJ.
- But this act is--is just great.
You have the broom out there, which makes us think
broom suspension, which gets us all set for a broom suspension.
We know how that's gonna go. And that's not the way it went.
And we have--you know,
there's only certain ways you can do things.
And we have a very good idea on how you did everything,
uh, except the wobble.
Wobble kind of drove us crazy, the flexibility,
because suspensions are always really rigid.
- Right.
- They have to be really rigid because of the way it works,
and you had this flexibility in there.
And you're a lovely couple, but now it's time
to play the game,
'cause you know we know everything else.
- Mm-hmm. - There is no surprise there.
And in order to not be fooled, we had to
figure out that wobble. And I gotta tell you,
you--you do not get a trophy this time, Alex,
because MJ gets the trophy.
- [gasps] - 'Cause we couldn't figure out
what that was for the life of us.
- Oh, my God. MJ, you did it, boy.
You did it. - Not for the life of us.
We could not figure out that wobble.
- Boy, you did it. Boy, you did it.
- You did a good job.
And you can show affection with the dog.
I'll stay over here with Alyson.
- Good boy. Good boy, you did it.
Thank you, guys, so much. - Congratulations.
- Thank you. - MJ and Alex Ramon.
- You did it, boy! You did it.
- You've just seen the first ever "Fool Us"
trophy won by a dog.
Who knows what else will happen when "Fool Us" returns.
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♪ ♪
- Welcome back.
If you're just joining us, you missed one fooler already.
Don't worry; there may be more.
Let's meet our next possible fooler.
[fireworks booming]
- Every magician's dream is to levitate for real.
So I learned to fly and do magic at the same time.
I've done mentalism floating in a wind tunnel.
And I can juggle and do backflips
blindfolded on a trampoline.
Suspending gravity while I perform,
it means some of the miracle happens to me.
It connects me to the wow I felt the first time
I ever saw a magic trick.
That feeling of amazement is something I'm always chasing.
That's why a lot of my tricks use a volunteer
in what I think is a unique way.
They're the magician. I witness the magic.
But the magic comes from them, not me.
The other thing I like to do is to tell a story
with a beginning, a middle, and an end.
I'm a big Edgar Allan Poe fan, for example.
And I produce a variety magic show in his honor every year.
Storytelling is what I hope to do on "Fool Us" too.
The ending of that story, it's up to Penn and Teller
and maybe just a little bit up to me.
[cheers and applause]
- Give it up for the magic of Micah.
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you.
Thank you so much. It's such an honor to be here.
And as much as I would love to perform the most mind-blowing,
ass-kicking trick you've ever seen.
I think Alyson should do it. Guys, give it up for Alyson.
Alyson, will you join me? [applause]
Will you step into my office, please? Yeah.
- This could be a mistake.
[laughter] - No, no. I love mistakes. Yes.
Alyson, it's such an honor. Thank you for being here.
Are you ready to possibly perform
the most kickass trick ever on this stage?
- Sure. - Okay, fantastic.
So, Alyson, for this to work,
I want you to be as still and relaxed as possible.
- Oh! [laughter]
- So, Alyson, as you know,
all the cards are separated into two groups.
Okay? They are all either black or they are red.
Alyson, makes sense to you?
- Yes. - Cool.
Makes sense to you guys? Pretty simple. Here we go.
Oh, Alyson, will you mix up the cards, please?
Yeah, just give it a quick--I want to see the Alyson shuffle.
- Oh-oh. [laughter]
- I have nothing but faith in you.
Yes, the Alyson shuffle. I've seen this on YouTube.
But--oh, but never in person.
This is very exciting. Alyson, I love it.
I love your style. You're doing great.
Yeah, and you can stop at any time.
You're doing great. The Alyson shuffle.
Give it up for the Alyson shuffle. That was wonderful.
All right, so here we go. Here we go. Are you ready?
All right, here we go. Black or red, Alyson?
- Black. - Nice.
- Yeah, look at this, pretty good.
Now, she had a 50-50 shot.
We would expect that kind of luck.
But, Alyson, that was very good.
That's was very good. Here we go.
Next card. Black or red?
- Red. [applause]
- Have you ever done this before?
- No. - This is amazing.
Now twice in a row. I mean, that could have been lucky.
But still that's very good. Here we go. Black or red?
Alyson? - Red.
[applause]
- Alyson, this is incredible. Now, here's the thing.
Alyson, did you have any idea
you were gonna be a part of this?
- No. - No, no, no.
And that's part of the rules, right?
You can't--this isn't a setup. But what would happen
if I remove myself from the equation?
Alyson, next card, black or red?
- Oh. - Just call it.
- Black. - Yes.
And I love your instincts. Will you do the honors?
I don't want to touch it. What did you say, black?
- Oh.
- Oh, okay. [applause]
All right, Alyson, let's do another one.
Black or red? Alyson?
- Red.
- There's only one way to find out.
Get out! This is incredible. [applause]
- Okay, Alyson, black or red?
- Red. - I'm freaking out too.
[laughter] You are doing amazing.
Will you do the honors? What do we got?
- Oh! - This is incredible! Okay.
Black or red, Alyson?
- Red. - Okay. You said red. Yeah?
- I don't... [applause]
Okay, Alyson. You've never done this before?
- No.
- This might be one of the greatest mentalism things
ever, and you're the one doing it.
I'm merely a vessel. Alyson, here's the thing.
Why would you stop at the color?
Right? Suspense, Alyson.
Suspense, suspense. Black or red, Alyson?
- Red. - Red?
- Yeah. - Okay. Diamonds or hearts?
- Diamonds. - Okay?
I like how you said diamonds. It was almost evil. I love it.
Okay, diamond. Number diamond or letter diamond?
- You know, number being self-explanatory. Letter--
yeah, you're an old hat at this. Yeah.
- Number. - Number. Okay.
Low number diamond or high number diamond?
- Low.
- Low number diamond? - Yeah.
- That'll make this a two diamonds, a three of diamonds,
a four of diamonds, a five of diamonds.
I'll even throw in a six.
- Two. - Two of diamonds?
Honestly, you claim you've never done this before.
That's your claim. Yeah? Okay, here's--here's the thing.
What was that the two of diamonds?
I put myself back into the equation,
I reintroduced the old problem.
What would happen if Alyson were completely on her own?
Alyson, do you want to mix up the cards any more?
- Sure.
- Yeah, I don't trust you either.
You're freaking me out. This--yeah.
- Let me just mix these.
- Oh, oh. Okay.
There's nothing disturbing about any of this.
[laughter] You're doing great.
Okay. Oh, but you're very thorough.
They always--they told me that about you. Okay.
- Did they? - Yes, they did. Okay.
So are you satisfied they're mixed?
The Alyson one-card burn,
signature move, you know, right?
Alyson, Alyson, will you spread out the cards?
Yeah. And will you touch any card?
Yeah. Okay, get handsy. That's cool.
It's the finale? Why not? Touch any card you wish.
- Mmm. This one.
- Do you want to change your mind?
- Sure. - Yeah, I don't trust you.
- That one. - Okay.
Do you want to change your mind?
- No. - Keep it facedown,
so we slide it to the side, separate it
from the rest of the deck.
Okay, Alyson, this is the one that you like?
Okay, here we go. Black or red?
- Red. - Red? Okay. Okay. Red.
Is it hearts or is it diamonds? - Hearts.
- Is it--is it a number card or a letter card?
- Letter. - Letter?
Okay, yeah. That's cool.
Letter card. That would make this a jack of hearts,
a queen of hearts, a king of hearts, or an ace?
- I'll go queen. - You'll go queen? Oh, oh.
- I'll go queen.
- Okay. Okay, did you look at this card?
- Underneath? No. No.
- Exactly. Did you show it to me?
- No. - Did you show it to them?
- No. - If this is the queen
of hearts you've done the most amazing thing ever.
No one's looked at this card from a deck that you shuffled.
But only if it's the queen of hearts.
Alyson, will you do the honors?
And I'm nervous. Will you show us first?
- Show us first? - Yeah, yeah.
Alyson, I don't know, you--
[cheers and applause]
- Micah, everyone! [applause]
Oh, my goodness.
- You were incredible.
- Oh. That was ridiculous.
- Alyson, how long have you been a magician?
- Wait, we've reversed. Are you trying to get my job?
- I think you're trying to get my job.
[laughter] - What would you say
the number one talent a magician needs?
- I think going with your feelings,
going with your gut, and trusting yourself.
That's what you did tonight.
- So what do you mean when you say everyone has magic inside?
- I think you just proved it.
Everyone can do things that they never thought
they could do. You had no idea
you were gonna do this at all until that moment.
- Yeah.
- And you knocked it out of the park.
- Why, thank you. - Well, thank you.
I can't guarantee everyone will be as good as you.
But it is proof that people can make magic happen
without even knowing how they're doing it.
And to me that is real magic. - All right, Micah.
Let's see if the boys figured out your trick.
- Fair enough.
- Hey, Micah. - Yeah.
- What a great, great routine.
- Thank you so much.
- I mean, no hoo-ha, no counting cards,
no stacking, no false shuffles, none of that jive.
Just you want to see a miracle, we got one for you.
- Thank you.
- And it was really, really beautiful.
We've seen tricks like this,
but this is really a marked improvement on a lot of them.
Really, really nice and beautiful.
But, you know, when I see something like this,
it really makes me laugh and you're a really funny person.
- Thank you. - I go back to--to my heroes
of comedy who are known
as Horwitz, Horwitz, and Feinstein.
You know who I'm talking about?
- I think I do. - Now, Micah,
I see you smiling right away, 'cause you're an aficionado.
But for those who don't know all about it,
I'm talking about The Three Stooges,
Moe, Larry, and Curly. And actually it was Shemp,
and then he was replaced by Curly,
and that's when the act changed.
When Babe Horwitz came in,
Curly Howard, they went from tapping each other
to really smacking each other. [laughter]
They--oh, yeah, they went from tapping to smacking.
- It's true.
- And that's when "The Three Stooges" really took off.
- Yes. - I gotta tell you,
it was really, really great.
No jive, just went there and killed
and blew Alyson's mind, blew our mind.
But I think maybe we have a pretty good idea,
and I think I snuck it to you in some of the Feinstein there.
What do you think?
- So, Micah, do they know how you made me a magician?
- Yeah. I think they do. But it was such a pleasure.
Thank you, guys. - Aw.
- Thank you, Micah. It was great.
- Thank you so much.
Thank you, guys.
- Micah! [cheers and applause]
We've got more amazing magic for you,
including tonight's finale,
a trick by Penn and Teller themselves.
Stick around.
[jazz music]
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- Welcome back to "Fool Us."
It's time to release our next magician.
[fireworks booming]
- Hi. My name is Cameron Young.
And I've been a close-up magician
for the past ten years.
And I'm based in Scotland.
I've been lucky enough to travel the world
studying the art of close-up magic,
stunts, and dangerous routines.
And I was lucky enough to win the Edinburgh Close-up
Magician of the Year every year since 2018.
Penn and Teller may also recognize me,
because I also became Penn's daughter's magic coach.
Yes. I used to teach Moxie Jillette.
Since then, I have my very own daughter.
Her name is Phoebe Young. So tonight
I'd like to dedicate my performance to Phoebe.
I hope I make you proud. Penn and Teller,
tonight from Scotland I'd like to share with you
something I've been working on for many years.
I want to show you what I can do.
Hopefully, I can fool you.
[cheers and applause]
- All the way from the U.K., give it up for Cameron Young.
[cheers and applause]
- Hey, guys. Hey, Penn. Hey, Teller. Hey, Alyson.
- Hey! Wow.
- When I was 14 years old
I watched "Penn & Teller: Fool Us" for the first time.
And at that moment, I fell in love with magic.
There was three things I realized.
One, how much I loved magic.
Two, how amazing it would be to be in a double act.
And three, I loved it
when a magician would do a dangerous stunt.
So in my hand I have these four pieces of string.
And not only that, this fishing hook.
Tonight another one of my dreams is about to come true,
because it's time for you to meet my double act partner.
- Oh.
- Yes, I have my very own double act partner.
The reason why I need a partner is because I have four strings
and a fishing hook in my mouth.
Each of you are going to command me
to pull a piece of this string.
I have colored each of the strings red,
blue, green, and white.
Just think of it as a dangerous game of fishing,
where you could catch a largemouth me.
[laughter] Penn, let's start with you.
- Red, please.
- And on the count of three, I will pull.
Three, two, one.
Are you okay up there, Cameron?
[laughter]
Perfect.
It looked like that went to plan.
Teller, now it's your turn.
On my go,
I will need you to whisper to Penn one of the colors.
And then I will get Penn to name that color out loud.
On you go, Teller.
- Oh. White, white. - Perfect.
- And again, on the count of three,
I am going to pull that string.
- Bleh.
- Three, two, one.
[audience gasps]
Cameron, are you sure you still want to go on?
Alyson, I'm sorry, but I have to do this to you.
There is two pieces of string left.
One is attached to the fishing hook.
If you name the wrong string,
this will end badly...
- Why did I have to do that? - And this could permanently
mangle my tongue.
Alyson, remember, you do not get to change your mind.
Now, please name your color.
- Ehh...blue.
- For the final time.
Three, two, one.
And tied to the final string is the dangerous fishing hook.
Alyson, Penn,
Teller, that is what you call a successful fishing trip.
[cheers and applause]
- Ladies and gentlemen, Cameron Young!
Oh. Cameron, why did I have to go last?
- Wow, I'm just glad you chose the right one.
I'm so glad you choose the right one.
- Me too.
Oh, and what other dangerous tricks do you do?
- I have put a nail through my hand.
I also do a thing with a massive animal trap.
- And your parents are okay with this?
- My parents were so proud when I got into magic.
My parents were so proud.
- Are they still? Have they seen this trick?
- They've seen it go wrong.
- Oh, dear. That's not good.
- The first time they watched me perform this
it went through my tongue.
[audience exclaims] - Oh.
- To be honest, when I was at school growing up,
I was completely different. I didn't fit in. Every weekend,
I would be watching "Penn & Teller: Fool Us."
And I realized, "You know what? This is for me.
"I'm going to be a magician, a stunt artist.
And I want to travel the world doing what I do."
And so far, so good.
- So when you found magic, you found your people?
- It's the best thing that's ever happened to me.
If it wasn't for magic,
who knows what I'd be doing now.
- Okay, Cameron, let's see if the boys can unravel
the method to your magic. Boys.
- Hey, Cameron, how you doing?
- I'm good, Penn. How are you?
- Very well. Moxie is gonna be so thrilled you're on the show.
You were my daughter's magic teacher at camp.
You came out, worked with her on stuff. She did shows.
And she loved being taught magic by you.
She prefers being taught magic
by you than being taught magic by me or by Teller.
- I will take that. I will take that any day.
- You were--you were her idol. But let's get this straight.
And now you come on my show after teaching my daughter
and think you can fool me?
Yo, yo, I don't think so. [laughter]
I do want to say, first of all,
great job at making Alyson squeamish
from 8,000 miles away. That seems impossible.
And the double screen thing was really great.
And I'll also tell you
that we are working magicians in Las Vegas.
People come to us with tricks. Unfortunately for you,
someone came to us with this trick and said,
"Do you guys want to do this?" So they explained it all to us.
So from the moment we saw that you didn't have a chance,
because this is a trick that we had considered doing ourselves.
But you did a great, great job with it.
And I cannot wait to tell Moxie that you were on the show.
She'll be out of her mind. She's going back to that camp.
And I don't think she'll have a teacher as good as you.
- Aw!
- Oh, thank you very much, Penn.
Thanks, Teller. It's been an honor to be on your show.
- So nice to have you on, Cameron. Thanks so much.
- Aw, thank you. Cameron Young!
[cheers and applause]
We'll let you reset your brain for a minute,
but there's more mind-blowing magic right after the break.
[jazz music]
♪ ♪
[jazz music]
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Welcome back. Let's see if this next act
has what it takes to fool Penn and Teller.
[fireworks booming]
- Magic was my escape from reality.
As a kid on the weekends, we slept on the floor,
because there were gunshots all through the night.
We were surrounded by gang culture and drugs.
I was raised by my mother. She was a social worker
and would take in kids that needed help
and try to get them to think differently.
Most of my childhood friends either OD'd,
ended up in prison, or died violent deaths,
except for the ones she'd helped.
Living your dreams is a very rare thing.
I have a weekly show in Wisconsin.
And I've been on the national tour.
I make a great living doing magic.
I've done things that no one ever thought
I would accomplish.
This is definitely one of them.
Very grateful to be where I am today.
I get to do what I love,
make my mother proud before she passed last year.
So that meant a lot to me.
If I fool Penn and Teller, I will accomplish something
that even I didn't know I could do.
[cheers and applause]
- Give it up for the magical Matthew Teague.
[cheers and applause]
- I'd heard of tricks.
But when I was 12 years old, I saw magic for real.
I found out that part of the secret was in a book
written by a guy named David Roth.
I was surrounded by a lot of negative influences growing up.
Magic kept me out of trouble and probably saved my life.
We lost David this year, so I was never able to tell him
the impact that he had on me. But, David, this one's for you.
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- Matthew Teague.
That was so cool.
- Oh, thank you so much.
- Yeah. It's like watching your hands dance.
- Oh, wow. That's kinda what the goal is, you know?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- Magic has been a pretty powerful force in your life.
- Absolutely. Yeah.
It's been the ongoing passion throughout my life.
I was really into, you know,
writing raps and poetry growing up,
but magic just kind of stuck with me.
Magic was just like medicine for me.
It was kind of an escape, you know, and allowed me
to make friends, of course, and defuse situations at times.
But it was, I don't know, always with me.
It was like an ace in the back pocket.
- I'm sure it helped to have something
you were passionate about.
- Absolutely. Yeah.
Well, my mom's support too.
My mom was like an amazing woman.
You know, I always wanted to thank her
on national television. - Here you are.
- So, Mom, thanks so much for everything,
all you sacrificed to get me here.
Definitely couldn't have done it without you.
- Do you mainly do close-up magic?
- I perform at a casino in Wisconsin.
So I would do stage show maybe every six months
and then would do strolling throughout the casino.
Yeah, I've been doing that for almost nine years now.
- Does the casino get a little nervous
at how good you are at hiding money?
- I'm very selective with what I show them.
- Okay, figured.
- Not a lot of gambling routines.
- They might be watching you extra close
after they see this episode.
- You know, but they've gotten to know me by now.
So I'd like to think
that they kind of maybe somewhat trust me.
- Yeah. - But, you know, so it's good.
- All right, Matthew. Well, let's see
if your close-up magic fooled Penn and Teller.
- Sounds great.
- Oh, Matthew, what a great routine.
Just beautiful.
The one--the one-handed stuff moving around is so, so great.
Usually, when I do these things,
talking to people, I have to sneak in a name
or I have to try to talk in code.
But you laid it all out there at the beginning.
You said David Roth.
- Yeah. - And you told us everything.
And we want to tell you something back,
which is we knew David.
And we were lucky enough to have him on the show.
- Yeah.
- And you wanted to do this as a tribute to him.
He would have loved you.
- Man, yeah, I wish I got to--to meet him.
- Yeah, he would have absolutely loved you,
'cause all those moves are done
just perfectly, just beautifully.
And I'll tell you, when you went to the one-handed thing,
I just loved that.
What a great, great, great magical look.
And what a really nice style, and the tempo and everything
was beautiful, just gorgeous. I can't compliment you enough.
The other thing you did is, most people
that do this kind of thing, they do behind a big table,
which as we all know covers a multitude of sins.
- Yeah.
- Just having that thing on your lap
and out there so naked and pure
and just you and the short sleeves
and the coins and going to work.
So we just couldn't love you more.
We know that David Roth would have loved you.
And we know the stuff that you know.
So I don't think you fooled us.
But boy we absolutely love you.
- Oh, thanks so much for having me on the show, you guys.
This is an amazing experience.
So I just really appreciate it so much.
- Aw, thank you.
- Thank you, guys. Thank you. Thank you so much.
- Matthew Teague!
[applause]
Now it's time for my favorite part of the show,
getting these guys out of those chairs and up on this stage.
See Penn and Teller perform when we come back.
[jazz music]
♪ ♪
[jazz music]
♪ ♪
- Welcome back.
Like the Beatles sometimes Penn and Teller
get by with a little help from their friends.
This next trick was created with the help
of four-time fooler Jandro.
Closing out our show,
the Las Vegas legends themselves,
Penn and Teller.
[cheers and applause]
- You know, sometimes Teller and I do a bit
where there's only one of us onstage.
We always write the stuff and work on it and direct it
and everything together. But this is a trick
that I really didn't have much to do with.
I mean, I was talked through it,
I walked through it, but it really
is Jandro and Teller worked this whole thing out
and it's called Whack-a-Teller. Or there it is in Spanish,
which means kind of meathead. [laughter]
And you've got five numbers in front of you, Alyson.
See the five numbers? Mix them up, shuffle them up,
cut them up, all you want to do,
just keep them really mixed up and sorted up,
'cause you and I are kind of in this together.
Okay, Teller and Jandro put the trick together.
But you and I are kind of the spectators.
We're the ones that are kind of helping out.
We're the ones with the numbers.
[upbeat Latin-tinged music]
That's the Spanish music starting, I guess.
Very Spanish.
♪ ♪
Now, I'm gonna pull one of these numbers--okay,
I'll get out of the way first.
♪ ♪
[laughter]
Good. So I'm gonna put one number here.
So four of these are obviously not Teller,
and one of them is Teller.
And you've mixed them up, and you've cut them up, and...
♪ ♪
Okay, good. More music.
More music.
Thank you, Zeke.
♪ ♪
Thanks.
- Hey.
[applause]
As I said, it's called Whack-a-Teller.
And you're gonna pick the numbers
and I'm gonna smash the numbers you choose.
And one of them is actually Teller.
And this is a real big heavy hammer.
It's a wicked heavy hammer.
So you shuffled them up, right? You cut them up?
- Yeah, yeah. - You're all set.
So just turn over the first one.
What number is it?
- Four. - Four. Okay, four. So...hup!
[audience exclaims]
And that's the way the trick goes. Next one.
- Uh, three.
- Okay, three.
Okay, well, I would be--I should be able to do that.
But I just want to make sure. And here we go. And...hup!
[audience exclaims]
There we go. Yes, it's exciting.
I mean, he did a good job writing this.
There's no doubt about it. I also want to say
very clearly that in terms of culpability
a heavy hammer, human head up here,
Teller's head, I would say, Jandro, it's his idea,
and, Teller, they're responsible.
We're kind of out of this entirely.
[laughter] Next number, please.
- Uh, five. - Five, okay.
- So five's way over, here of course.
And okay, five.
The body cam footage will show all this
that I have nothing--here we go.
[laughter] And hup!
[audience exclaims]
- Oh!
- For the next one, we don't want Teller to hear the number
and, like, get up and run away.
[laughter] So don't say it out loud.
Okay, just hold it up so I can see it.
I also want to make it clear again.
Jandro's--it's only down to two people, heavy hammer.
One of these is Teller's head in it.
Jandro is responsible, Teller's responsible,
then, of course, everybody at home knows that
Alyson picked all the numbers.
[laughter]
So, um, next one, don't say it, Alyson, but it's your choice.
Okay, and yeah, all right. Okay, fine.
Here we go.
And hup!
[audience exclaims] - Oh!
[applause]
- That's a good trick.
I mean, Jandro and Teller did a great job.
What's the next one, the last one to make sure?
Yeah, okay. I just want to say, Alyson,
you were getting very nervous during that.
- Yeah.
- You've been doing this show long enough. You show know that
there's all sorts of ways to accomplish this.
You know, there was--I mean, I figure there's a big drop
down there behind there.
They could have switched him out or during the choreography,
so these are all dummies, 'cause we couldn't control you.
You picked any numbers you wanted. You did all that.
So this too is also a dummy, and we'll just whack this one
and then we'll bring Teller out and...hup!
- Penn! Penn! Penn!
[laughter]
Are you out of you [...] mind?
- [laughs]
- Wow. That's a really good trick.
♪ ♪
[castanets clacking]
- Oh, man.
Looks like Penn's quest to smash Teller was foiled again.
[laughter] Join our dynamic duo next time
when "Fool Us" returns. Good night.
[cheers and applause]