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[jazz music]
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♪ ♪
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[cheers and applause]
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- From the Penn & Teller Theater
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at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas,
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here's our host,
Alyson Hannigan!
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♪ ♪
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- Welcome to "Fool Us,"
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where the competition
keeps getting tougher.
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Penn and Teller handle
the stress in different ways.
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Penn keeps his cool
meditating and juggling.
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Meanwhile,
Teller blows off steam
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making TikTok dance videos.
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He's fluid and fierce.
Speaking of fluid and fierce,
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that was the original name
for our main men to magic,
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Penn and Teller!
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[applause]
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♪ ♪
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Penn and Teller award a slot
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in their world-famous magic show
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to any magician who fools them,
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and they throw in
a "Fool Us" trophy
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for good measure.
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And our first winner
might be this magician.
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Take a look.
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- People say it takes
about 10,000 hours
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to master something,
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and I've spent over 25,000 hours
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practicing the cube.
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I got my first cube
in my Christmas stocking
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when I was 14.
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It took me hours to solve
the cube for the first time.
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About 3 months later,
I got down to about 20 seconds.
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I wanted nothing
but to be faster.
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I can solve
a three-by-three cube
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in under 9 seconds on average.
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I was the first female
in the entire world
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to solve a six-by-six cube
blindfolded.
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I can solve a cube with my feet,
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with my elbows, or underwater
with just one breath.
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I personally own about 400
different twisty puzzles
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of all different shapes
and sizes and difficulty.
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For the past several years,
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my full-time job
has been teaching the cube.
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I have lectured at places
like Stanford and Berkeley.
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I've been working on writing
a book on twisty puzzles,
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so I just wanted
to take my actual skill
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and turn it into magic.
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The trick I'm doing tonight
is unlike any other cube magic.
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It's taken years
to be able to perfect.
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Penn and Teller, tonight,
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I'm going to try to twist
your mind like never before.
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- Put your hands together
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for South Carolina's
Sydney Weaver.
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- Any sufficiently
complex mechanism
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has a kind
of artificial intelligence,
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and this definitely is
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a sufficiently complex
mechanism.
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If you can imagine the number
19 with 159 zeroes after it,
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that is how many
possible arrangements
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there are of this cube.
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But what kind of intelligence
does it have?
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Well, this particular cube
is clairvoyant.
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It knows the unknowable.
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Let me demonstrate this
with a random bit
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of information
from a deck of cards.
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Just a mixed up deck, right?
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Alyson, I would like you
to help me select a card.
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- Okay.
- Now I'm going to turn away,
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and I'd like you
to cut the deck in half
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and complete the cut.
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- Oh, my gosh.
You'd think I'd be better
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with a deck of cards by now.
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Okay, it's done.
- All right.
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Please once more cut the deck
in half
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and complete the cut.
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- Okay.
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- Then take the top card
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and sit on it
without looking at it,
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and once you've done that,
let me know.
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- Okay.
- Awesome.
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So there is no way that you
or I or anyone could know
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what card you've picked--
Anyone, but not anything.
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Because this cube has
the magic of clairvoyance,
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it knows your card
even though you and I do not.
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- Wow.
- But in order to find out
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what the cube knows,
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we have to let it do
what it's made for.
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[energetic piano music]
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♪ ♪
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- I mean, just this
alone is impressive.
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♪ ♪
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- Now just to be clear,
I am not in charge here.
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The cube is actually using me
in the same way a Ouija board
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might use tween girls
at a slumber party.
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It leads, and I follow.
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♪ ♪
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Not that I'm saying the devil
is in this puzzle cube...
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And not that
I'm saying he's not.
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- This is very impressive,
just this part.
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- Wow.
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♪ ♪
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- The cube has spoken.
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Alyson, the cube says
that your card is a club,
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but not only does it say
your card is a club,
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it also says your card
is a two of clubs.
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Alyson, for the first time,
please reveal your card.
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- Okay, hold on.
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[gasps]
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Two of clubs.
[applause]
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- Ladies and gentlemen,
the two of clubs.
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- Wow!
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Sydney Weaver.
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Ah!
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That is so impressive.
- Thank you.
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- Have you always been good
with the cube?
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- I've been doing the cube
for about 10 years,
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but before then,
I always loved things
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with patterns
and puzzles in general.
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- Do you just, like,
go to sleep, like,
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dreaming up puzzles?
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- Yeah, sometimes
I dream of algorithms,
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and the second I wake up,
I try them.
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Sometimes they work.
Sometimes they don't.
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- Have you always
been good at math?
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- I have been, yes.
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I teach at math festivals,
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and I lecture at universities.
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- So what is the world
of cubing like?
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- It's a lot
of wonderful people,
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people who do different things
from blind solving puzzles
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to building
crazy unique puzzles.
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Everyone in the community
is amazing.
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- And so is it
super competitive?
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- I personally have been
to 23 competitions
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and have nine gold medals,
so I'm going to say yes.
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But a lot of other people
are just welcoming
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and want you to have fun.
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- Okay, Sydney, let's see
if Penn and Teller
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solved your magic cube trick.
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- Sydney, I am going to now
damn you with faint praise.
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You are the smartest person
we've ever had on this show.
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You are the smartest magician
we've ever seen.
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Now I know that's
a very, very low bar,
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but it's the one
I have to offer.
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And not just
raw processing power,
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but also a real sense, that's
a really good card selection.
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It's really, really nice
and simple
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and just mind-blowing,
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just right on the mark
in every way
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and the number of algorithms
that you need to memorize.
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I mean, you gave that number.
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How many possibilities
are there?
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- Nineteen with 159 zeroes.
- Which is about your IQ?
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Around that ballpark?
- Give or take.
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- That's somewhere
around where it is.
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I don't want to, you know--
I don't want to just hit
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how smart the routine is
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because that is
a little bit insulting
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because it's also
so entertaining.
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It's not something
you appreciate.
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It's something you just love
from beginning to end,
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and the algorithms
you memorized,
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that's not the only thing
you've memorized in this trick.
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It's--the whole thing
is just astonishing,
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and I'm now going
to say something
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that, if it does make you
a little sad,
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I will guarantee you
it makes us sadder,
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because we so, so want you
to come on our show,
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but we don't think
you fooled us.
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But we love this routine
so much, Sydney.
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You were so fabulous.
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- Sydney.
- Yeah, I think you got me.
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- Did he give you a clue
they know how you did it?
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- Yep.
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- Oh, well,
it was fantastic to watch.
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Thank you so much,
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and I definitely
need advice from you.
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- All right.
- Okay, Sydney Weaver.
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[cheers and applause]
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More magicians will attempt
to confound
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and astound Penn and Teller,
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and at the end of the show,
Penn and Teller
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will try to do the same to us.
Stick around.
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[applause]
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[jazz music]
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♪ ♪
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- Welcome back.
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The only thing standing
in the way of you meeting
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our next magician
is me saying this sentence.
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- Hello.
I'm Steven Palmore,
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but I perform as Jazz Man S.
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My two passions in life
are music and magic.
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My bass means everything to me.
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When I die, I want
to be buried with my bass
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and a pack of cards,
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because whether
it's Satan or Jesus,
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there's going to be a show.
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In 2008, I injured my spine,
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and I was temporarily paralyzed.
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It was a 9-hour surgery,
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and I knew my life would be over
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if I couldn't perform music
and magic.
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Thankfully, I'm here today,
alive and kicking,
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and I don't take
one moment for granted.
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I do over 200 sit-ups
and push-ups every day,
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and I will till the day I die.
It's the same with my magic.
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I don't practice.
I train.
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So look out, Penn and Teller,
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because here comes me
and my bass.
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- From Queens, New York,
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give it up
for illusionist Jazz Man S.
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- My name is Jazz Man S,
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and I am the world's
only comic jazz "mugician."
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That's one half magician
and one half musician.
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I owe a great deal
of my success to my assistant,
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and I'd like for you
to meet her, my magical bass,
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Little Betsy.
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Now, Betsy and I have traveled
the world
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making beautiful music together.
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We've shared the stage
with Wynton Marsalis,
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the Duke Ellington Orchestra.
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We've toured with Stevie Wonder.
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We've played
for five Broadway shows,
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and we even have two CDs out.
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I love Betsy more than
anything else in the world.
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I even had a girlfriend
who left me because of Betsy.
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She couldn't stand
playing second fiddle.
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[laughter]
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Now let me tell you all of
the wonderful things I love
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about Betsy:
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her long, slender neck,
her E string,
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her A string, her D string,
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and, of course, her G string.
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Now don't go getting
weirded out.
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I know she's just
a musical instrument,
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but to a mugician,
she's much more than that.
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How you feeling, Betsy, dear?
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Is that right?
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Betsy said that she's tired.
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Well, she should be.
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You see, we had a gig until
3:30 in the morning yesterday,
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so if you'll excuse me
for just one moment,
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I've got to put her to rest.
Here you go Betsy, dear.
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Yeah, how's that, honey?
Yeah.
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Oh, one more thing:
she hates the air-conditioning.
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She says that the cold air
disturbs her beauty rest
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and takes her out of tune,
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so if you'll bear with me
for one more moment,
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I've got to get her wrapped up.
Here you go, honey.
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Remember I told you
that my girlfriend
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actually left me
because of Betsy?
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Well, here's how that went down.
254
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One time she walked in on me
while I was getting Betsy
255
00:12:13,331 --> 00:12:15,433
all wrapped up
and nice and cozy,
256
00:12:15,435 --> 00:12:17,668
and she looked at me,
and she said,
257
00:12:17,736 --> 00:12:20,872
"You love that bass fiddle
more than you love me."
258
00:12:21,740 --> 00:12:24,909
I said, "Well, honey,
I love you too,
259
00:12:24,977 --> 00:12:27,645
but can you do this?"
260
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[upbeat music]
261
00:12:30,715 --> 00:12:37,689
♪ ♪
262
00:13:25,905 --> 00:13:27,972
- And that is the story
of my magical,
263
00:13:28,039 --> 00:13:29,908
beautiful bass fiddle, Betsy.
264
00:13:29,975 --> 00:13:32,310
[cheers and applause]
265
00:13:32,377 --> 00:13:35,246
- Jazz Man S!
266
00:13:35,314 --> 00:13:36,280
Hi.
267
00:13:36,348 --> 00:13:37,582
- Hello.
268
00:13:37,649 --> 00:13:39,951
- It's so nice to see you.
- Pleasure is mine.
269
00:13:40,018 --> 00:13:41,752
- How long have you been
playing the bass?
270
00:13:41,820 --> 00:13:45,656
- Let's see, about 40 years.
- Oh.
271
00:13:45,658 --> 00:13:47,625
So what was
your very first magic trick?
272
00:13:48,060 --> 00:13:50,061
- My very first magic trick?
- Mm-hmm.
273
00:13:50,128 --> 00:13:51,663
- Well, I was born
on the West Side of Chicago,
274
00:13:51,730 --> 00:13:55,066
which is kind of a rough
neighborhood, and it still is.
275
00:13:55,133 --> 00:13:57,068
I was in the second grade,
276
00:13:57,135 --> 00:13:59,671
and I was approached
by two gangs of kids.
277
00:14:00,272 --> 00:14:01,873
Yeah, at recess,
and they approached me,
278
00:14:01,875 --> 00:14:03,608
and they said "We want you
to join our street gang.
279
00:14:03,675 --> 00:14:05,676
Whose gang are you
going to be in?"
280
00:14:05,678 --> 00:14:07,912
So I said, "I don't want to be
in a gang of punks,
281
00:14:07,979 --> 00:14:09,780
"so you guys fight it out,
and whoever wins,
282
00:14:09,848 --> 00:14:11,115
I'll join your gang."
283
00:14:11,182 --> 00:14:13,551
So they started fighting,
and about 5 minutes later,
284
00:14:13,553 --> 00:14:15,419
after the dust had settled,
they looked around
285
00:14:15,487 --> 00:14:17,522
and said "Where is he?"
I had disappeared.
286
00:14:19,057 --> 00:14:21,525
- That's the smartest trick
you probably ever did.
287
00:14:21,593 --> 00:14:22,760
- That was
the first magic trick, yes.
288
00:14:22,827 --> 00:14:24,962
- Wow.
Is there an art form
289
00:14:25,030 --> 00:14:27,031
to putting together
a great show?
290
00:14:27,099 --> 00:14:28,199
- Definitely.
291
00:14:28,266 --> 00:14:29,967
When I approach
putting together a show,
292
00:14:29,969 --> 00:14:33,671
I don't think about the tricks.
I think about the effect
293
00:14:33,738 --> 00:14:35,239
that it's going to have
on the audience.
294
00:14:35,307 --> 00:14:37,108
How do they feel about it?
Do they laugh?
295
00:14:37,175 --> 00:14:38,776
Do they relate to it
in some way,
296
00:14:38,844 --> 00:14:41,812
shape, form or fashion?
That's why I designed Betsy,
297
00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:44,515
so that husbands and wives
and girlfriends and boyfriends
298
00:14:44,517 --> 00:14:47,285
can kick each other
underneath the table.
299
00:14:47,352 --> 00:14:49,587
- Okay, well, we were jazzed
to have you on the stage,
300
00:14:49,589 --> 00:14:51,255
so let's see if you fooled them.
301
00:14:51,323 --> 00:14:53,458
- Okay.
- Oh, Jazz Man, how long
302
00:14:53,525 --> 00:14:56,294
is it going to take to get
this stupid grin off my face?
303
00:14:57,563 --> 00:14:59,730
I've got to tell you,
there could not be an act
304
00:14:59,732 --> 00:15:01,499
more in the pocket for me.
305
00:15:01,566 --> 00:15:03,467
I just--you know,
I play upright.
306
00:15:03,469 --> 00:15:04,669
- I know.
307
00:15:04,671 --> 00:15:09,073
- And I love it so much,
and I love jazz so much,
308
00:15:09,075 --> 00:15:11,676
and I saw that bass there.
309
00:15:11,743 --> 00:15:13,844
I think you might've heard me
as you were coming down.
310
00:15:13,912 --> 00:15:17,215
I was just hooting.
I just love that so much.
311
00:15:17,282 --> 00:15:21,218
It's just so great, and Teller
and I have been talking about
312
00:15:21,220 --> 00:15:24,755
doing a levitation
with my version of Betsy.
313
00:15:24,823 --> 00:15:27,759
I have a nice Italian bass
that goes back a while
314
00:15:27,826 --> 00:15:30,428
that I play that we thought
about floating around.
315
00:15:30,963 --> 00:15:34,532
And this is just
a beautiful, beautiful setup,
316
00:15:34,599 --> 00:15:37,368
and you really do play
and play well.
317
00:15:37,370 --> 00:15:39,771
- Yes.
- And I've got to tell you,
318
00:15:39,838 --> 00:15:43,307
if you were writing an act
just for me, personally,
319
00:15:43,375 --> 00:15:44,809
you couldn't do better
than this.
320
00:15:44,876 --> 00:15:48,980
I was grinning every moment,
loving every single bit of it.
321
00:15:49,047 --> 00:15:50,548
And the one thing I'll tell you,
322
00:15:50,615 --> 00:15:53,884
now that it's time to say
whether you fooled us or not,
323
00:15:53,952 --> 00:15:55,619
is I can tell you
this very clearly,
324
00:15:55,687 --> 00:15:57,355
and I think you'll know
what I'm talking about
325
00:15:57,422 --> 00:16:00,791
when I tell you
it's all about the bass.
326
00:16:00,793 --> 00:16:03,527
That's how you did that trick.
It's all about the bass.
327
00:16:03,529 --> 00:16:04,595
- Okay.
328
00:16:04,663 --> 00:16:05,930
- You know what
I'm talking about.
329
00:16:05,998 --> 00:16:07,932
- Yes. Yes.
330
00:16:07,999 --> 00:16:09,267
You know
what you're talking about.
331
00:16:09,334 --> 00:16:10,468
- You can read
between the lines there.
332
00:16:10,470 --> 00:16:12,270
I think you could
pick up on that.
333
00:16:12,804 --> 00:16:14,472
- Is that right, Jazz Man?
- Yes, it is true.
334
00:16:14,539 --> 00:16:16,574
- Is it all about the bass?
- It is. Yes, it is.
335
00:16:16,641 --> 00:16:18,709
- So you didn't fool them?
- No, I didn't.
336
00:16:18,777 --> 00:16:20,144
- What a great act.
[applause]
337
00:16:20,211 --> 00:16:22,179
- Oh, well, you really
entertained all of us.
338
00:16:22,247 --> 00:16:23,280
Thank you so much.
339
00:16:23,282 --> 00:16:24,482
- It's certainly been
a pleasure.
340
00:16:24,549 --> 00:16:25,883
- Jazz Man S.
341
00:16:25,950 --> 00:16:27,652
- Nice moves.
342
00:16:32,090 --> 00:16:34,091
- Penn and Teller aren't off
the hook yet.
343
00:16:34,093 --> 00:16:36,060
They've got more acts to take on
344
00:16:36,127 --> 00:16:37,295
when "Fool Us" returns.
345
00:16:46,671 --> 00:16:49,607
[jazz music]
346
00:16:50,609 --> 00:16:53,377
- Welcome back to "Fool Us."
The next magician
347
00:16:53,445 --> 00:16:59,150
trying to baffle
our boys is this performer.
348
00:16:59,217 --> 00:17:01,252
- Growing up I had two dads.
349
00:17:01,319 --> 00:17:04,588
My biological father
was absent, off in jail,
350
00:17:04,656 --> 00:17:07,124
and my stepfather,
who's really my dad,
351
00:17:07,192 --> 00:17:10,061
see, my dad being present
in my life taught me
352
00:17:10,128 --> 00:17:12,897
to be present in the life
of my family and my friends,
353
00:17:12,964 --> 00:17:14,298
and really on stage,
354
00:17:14,300 --> 00:17:15,466
I want to be present
355
00:17:15,534 --> 00:17:17,201
in the moment with my audience.
356
00:17:17,203 --> 00:17:19,403
Even though I've done
the show 1,000 times,
357
00:17:19,471 --> 00:17:21,205
they're seeing it
for the first time,
358
00:17:21,207 --> 00:17:23,574
and I want to experience it
with them.
359
00:17:23,641 --> 00:17:27,478
There's a craziness to my show
where cards are flying around,
360
00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:30,281
and Skittles are flying,
and pieces are everywhere,
361
00:17:30,283 --> 00:17:33,417
but in the end, I like to show
how there's meaning
362
00:17:33,485 --> 00:17:35,453
and there's purpose in the mess,
363
00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:37,355
that that's not
the end of our story,
364
00:17:37,422 --> 00:17:39,423
but that's part of our story.
365
00:17:39,491 --> 00:17:41,725
This trick is something
I designed myself.
366
00:17:41,793 --> 00:17:44,695
I was trying to find a way
into Penn and Teller's heart.
367
00:17:44,697 --> 00:17:47,065
I mean, how difficult
can it be to get in there
368
00:17:47,099 --> 00:17:49,634
with, you know,
the right equipment?
369
00:17:49,701 --> 00:17:52,703
Penn and Teller,
keep your eye on this one.
370
00:17:52,771 --> 00:17:56,373
♪ ♪
371
00:17:56,441 --> 00:18:00,578
- Buckle up and ride along
with the magic of Danny Ray.
372
00:18:00,580 --> 00:18:02,379
- Hi, Alyson.
- Hi.
373
00:18:02,447 --> 00:18:03,714
- You're going to be perfect
for this.
374
00:18:03,781 --> 00:18:05,249
You know why?
- Uh-uh.
375
00:18:05,317 --> 00:18:07,385
- Because
as any "Fool Us" fan knows,
376
00:18:07,452 --> 00:18:09,753
you love dangerous magic.
377
00:18:09,821 --> 00:18:11,922
- Oh.
- So, Alyson...
378
00:18:11,924 --> 00:18:13,524
- [mock-crying] Yes.
379
00:18:15,594 --> 00:18:20,932
- I could assure you that
this device is very dangerous.
380
00:18:21,666 --> 00:18:26,070
- I--you got me all wrong.
Oh!
381
00:18:26,137 --> 00:18:27,338
- Let's make sure it's working,
Alyson.
382
00:18:27,405 --> 00:18:29,340
- Let's not.
Okay.
383
00:18:29,407 --> 00:18:31,642
- Yeah, it's working.
384
00:18:31,709 --> 00:18:35,079
Now, can you verify that that
would have a devastating impact
385
00:18:35,146 --> 00:18:36,481
on anything that it hit?
386
00:18:36,548 --> 00:18:38,082
- Yeah.
- Yeah, okay.
387
00:18:38,149 --> 00:18:41,152
And, Alyson, what do you think
would happen
388
00:18:41,219 --> 00:18:46,224
if this hook hit somebody
directly in the eyeball?
389
00:18:46,291 --> 00:18:49,260
- I think that
would be horrendous.
390
00:18:49,327 --> 00:18:51,129
- Alyson?
- What?
391
00:18:51,163 --> 00:18:53,430
I don't like you anymore.
392
00:18:53,432 --> 00:18:54,499
What are you...
393
00:18:54,566 --> 00:18:55,833
Teller, you're perfect for this.
394
00:18:55,835 --> 00:18:56,834
- Thank you.
395
00:18:56,902 --> 00:18:58,369
Thank you
so much for helping me.
396
00:18:58,436 --> 00:18:59,570
- Uh-uh.
397
00:18:59,572 --> 00:19:02,573
- Okay, let me just show
what would happen.
398
00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:04,508
I want you to imagine
that this egg
399
00:19:04,510 --> 00:19:08,379
with a green eye on it
is your eye.
400
00:19:09,180 --> 00:19:12,116
- No.
- And imagine that that's
401
00:19:12,184 --> 00:19:15,319
behind this device,
and that pin was pulled.
402
00:19:15,387 --> 00:19:16,654
- Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Wait, wait.
403
00:19:16,721 --> 00:19:18,222
Is that hard boiled?
404
00:19:18,289 --> 00:19:19,790
- It is not hard boiled.
- Oh, my God.
405
00:19:19,857 --> 00:19:21,926
I'm going to go back
over there, please.
406
00:19:21,993 --> 00:19:22,993
Oh, jeez.
407
00:19:23,061 --> 00:19:24,495
- If that trigger was pushed,
408
00:19:24,563 --> 00:19:26,797
that would be a bad day
right there.
409
00:19:26,864 --> 00:19:28,065
- Oh.
- Yeah. Yeah.
410
00:19:28,132 --> 00:19:29,466
- Great.
- All right.
411
00:19:29,468 --> 00:19:33,003
Here, let's do this.
Let's get that out of here.
412
00:19:33,071 --> 00:19:36,007
Yeah, that is beautiful
right there.
413
00:19:36,074 --> 00:19:38,409
There's a little eye juice
right there, Alyson.
414
00:19:38,476 --> 00:19:40,277
That's fun.
It's all right.
415
00:19:40,279 --> 00:19:42,246
- You just seemed so nice.
416
00:19:42,313 --> 00:19:44,215
Like, you had a nice smile...
- I apologize.
417
00:19:44,282 --> 00:19:45,683
- And then this.
418
00:19:45,750 --> 00:19:47,585
- Apparently
I've already fooled you.
419
00:19:47,652 --> 00:19:49,620
- Yes.
Great trick, everybody.
420
00:19:50,489 --> 00:19:52,556
- So, Alyson, for the remainder
of this,
421
00:19:52,558 --> 00:19:54,792
I need you to hold
your eyeball right here.
422
00:19:54,859 --> 00:19:56,227
- No!
That's not okay.
423
00:19:56,294 --> 00:19:57,561
- Okay.
424
00:19:57,629 --> 00:19:58,829
I wouldn't ask you to do that.
425
00:19:58,831 --> 00:19:59,897
If anybody is going to get hurt,
426
00:19:59,899 --> 00:20:01,232
that's going to be my job.
427
00:20:01,299 --> 00:20:02,366
Your job is to make sure
428
00:20:02,434 --> 00:20:03,968
I don't end up a sight
for sore eyes.
429
00:20:04,035 --> 00:20:05,002
- Oh.
430
00:20:05,069 --> 00:20:06,170
Aw.
- So, Alyson...
431
00:20:06,238 --> 00:20:08,505
- Yeah?
- Let me show you what we have.
432
00:20:08,573 --> 00:20:10,841
We have four metal plates.
433
00:20:11,510 --> 00:20:16,180
Now, three of these have holes
going right through them.
434
00:20:16,182 --> 00:20:19,183
Now, imagine for a moment
that one of these,
435
00:20:19,218 --> 00:20:22,786
with a hole in it,
was placed into this envelope,
436
00:20:22,854 --> 00:20:24,655
that envelope placed
into the device,
437
00:20:24,722 --> 00:20:26,324
and that device had
438
00:20:26,391 --> 00:20:30,061
my eyeball behind...
- Okay.
439
00:20:30,128 --> 00:20:32,896
- Yeah, that would be bad.
440
00:20:32,964 --> 00:20:34,565
- Yeah, I mean,
just imagining it is bad.
441
00:20:34,632 --> 00:20:35,799
- Yeah.
- Is that the trick?
442
00:20:35,801 --> 00:20:37,067
- That is not the trick.
443
00:20:37,069 --> 00:20:38,402
- I think it should be
the trick.
444
00:20:38,469 --> 00:20:39,903
- Because this is what we have.
- Oh, that's...
445
00:20:39,905 --> 00:20:42,072
- It's a solid steel shield.
- Okay.
446
00:20:42,074 --> 00:20:43,774
- This will stop the hook
447
00:20:43,841 --> 00:20:45,743
from going directly
through my eyeball,
448
00:20:45,810 --> 00:20:47,745
which is kind of the point,
right?
449
00:20:47,812 --> 00:20:48,846
- Yeah, yeah.
450
00:20:48,913 --> 00:20:50,981
- So you keep your eye
on this one.
451
00:20:51,049 --> 00:20:53,517
- Can I touch it?
- Sure, if you want to.
452
00:20:53,584 --> 00:20:54,952
- No, I just want to make sure
453
00:20:55,019 --> 00:20:56,353
it's the one that goes in there.
454
00:20:56,355 --> 00:20:58,289
- So here we go.
I'm going to move these over.
455
00:20:58,356 --> 00:21:00,557
In a moment, I'm going to have
you move these around, okay?
456
00:21:00,625 --> 00:21:01,825
- Okay.
- You can move them around
457
00:21:01,827 --> 00:21:03,160
however you want, okay?
458
00:21:03,228 --> 00:21:04,328
So you can just mix them up.
459
00:21:04,395 --> 00:21:05,696
- All right.
- But at the end of it,
460
00:21:05,764 --> 00:21:07,698
you have to know where the one
with the shield is.
461
00:21:07,766 --> 00:21:08,966
Does that make sense?
- Mm-hmm.
462
00:21:09,033 --> 00:21:10,234
- Okay, so I'm going
to turn around.
463
00:21:10,236 --> 00:21:12,903
You start to mix them up.
When I turn back around,
464
00:21:12,905 --> 00:21:14,639
I'm going to try to read
your verbal
465
00:21:14,706 --> 00:21:16,373
and your nonverbal language,
466
00:21:16,375 --> 00:21:18,643
your face, your reactions,
to figure out
467
00:21:18,710 --> 00:21:21,646
which one has the shield.
Can I turn around?
468
00:21:21,713 --> 00:21:25,149
- Sure.
- Okay. Alyson, here we go.
469
00:21:28,186 --> 00:21:31,088
You're--no hints or clues.
No hints or clues.
470
00:21:32,057 --> 00:21:33,590
So I don't know
whether you're lying to me,
471
00:21:33,592 --> 00:21:35,659
or you're messing with me.
Here's what I want you to do,
472
00:21:35,727 --> 00:21:38,095
because I only have one shot
to get this right.
473
00:21:38,162 --> 00:21:39,663
- Mm-hmm.
- One shot to find the shield.
474
00:21:39,731 --> 00:21:41,932
- I really want you
to get this right.
475
00:21:41,999 --> 00:21:45,436
- Now, no hints or clues,
just follow my hand.
476
00:21:45,503 --> 00:21:47,204
Here--ooh, interesting.
477
00:21:47,271 --> 00:21:51,208
I do think...
Maybe.
478
00:21:51,210 --> 00:21:53,311
It's one of...
479
00:21:53,345 --> 00:21:56,046
Okay, I'm going to go
with this one.
480
00:21:56,114 --> 00:21:57,448
Alyson, I do think
481
00:21:57,515 --> 00:21:59,750
you were telling the truth.
Is this it?
482
00:21:59,752 --> 00:22:02,219
- Yeah, I hope so.
- That's a big hint.
483
00:22:02,286 --> 00:22:04,021
That's a big hint.
- Oh, okay.
484
00:22:04,023 --> 00:22:05,389
- So here we go.
485
00:22:06,324 --> 00:22:08,025
- Oh, God.
- I told you no hints.
486
00:22:08,093 --> 00:22:09,493
- Do I--I can't...
- Here we go.
487
00:22:09,495 --> 00:22:11,762
- Okay, I...
- On the count of three.
488
00:22:11,830 --> 00:22:13,330
One...
489
00:22:13,332 --> 00:22:15,299
- I don't want to see this.
490
00:22:15,366 --> 00:22:17,501
- Maybe just watch
with one eye open--
491
00:22:17,503 --> 00:22:18,969
[both yell]
492
00:22:19,036 --> 00:22:21,739
Alyson, that definitely
does not have the shield.
493
00:22:24,342 --> 00:22:25,776
Are you messing with me
right now?
494
00:22:25,778 --> 00:22:27,644
- No.
That was the right one.
495
00:22:27,646 --> 00:22:31,048
- That was not the right one.
- It was the right one.
496
00:22:31,115 --> 00:22:32,983
See, I told you this
was a bad idea.
497
00:22:34,085 --> 00:22:35,386
- Did you really think
this had the shield?
498
00:22:35,453 --> 00:22:38,455
- Yeah.
- Do you know where...
499
00:22:38,457 --> 00:22:40,391
If you had to guess right now,
which one would you guess?
500
00:22:40,458 --> 00:22:42,326
Just point to one.
501
00:22:42,328 --> 00:22:44,027
- I don't know.
502
00:22:44,095 --> 00:22:45,663
I mean, that was the one.
503
00:22:45,730 --> 00:22:47,331
I swear that was the one.
504
00:22:47,366 --> 00:22:50,200
- Okay, so if you had to guess
you would go with this one?
505
00:22:50,268 --> 00:22:53,937
Here's the problem, Alyson,
is we can't guess.
506
00:22:53,939 --> 00:22:56,407
We can't guess.
You know why?
507
00:22:56,474 --> 00:22:58,976
The eye that you think
is pretty is on the line.
508
00:22:59,577 --> 00:23:00,744
That one is on the line.
509
00:23:00,746 --> 00:23:03,380
Okay, so no more guessing, okay?
510
00:23:03,382 --> 00:23:04,615
No more guessing.
511
00:23:04,682 --> 00:23:07,551
- I was the wrong person
for this job, clearly.
512
00:23:07,619 --> 00:23:08,585
- Alyson.
- Yeah.
513
00:23:08,587 --> 00:23:09,887
- I'm going to lock this up.
514
00:23:09,954 --> 00:23:11,755
So, Alyson, here's what I think,
515
00:23:11,823 --> 00:23:13,924
is I think maybe
on a subconscious level
516
00:23:13,991 --> 00:23:15,125
you still know where it is.
517
00:23:15,193 --> 00:23:16,394
- I don't.
I never did.
518
00:23:16,461 --> 00:23:18,729
- You don't?
We just have to unlock it.
519
00:23:18,796 --> 00:23:21,832
Let's look at the situation.
We have two metal plates.
520
00:23:21,834 --> 00:23:24,601
- Right.
- One is solid, one has a hole.
521
00:23:24,669 --> 00:23:26,570
- Yeah.
- One will save my eye.
522
00:23:26,637 --> 00:23:29,974
One will make it pop
like a grape.
523
00:23:30,041 --> 00:23:31,976
Yeah.
So, Alyson...
524
00:23:32,043 --> 00:23:33,377
- Yeah.
525
00:23:33,444 --> 00:23:35,979
- I'm going to put my eye
into your hands.
526
00:23:35,981 --> 00:23:38,582
- Please don't.
- I might have to in a moment
527
00:23:38,649 --> 00:23:40,951
because you're going to make
the final choice.
528
00:23:41,986 --> 00:23:43,187
- Clearly this is wrong.
529
00:23:43,189 --> 00:23:46,490
- Yeah, so whichever one
you choose,
530
00:23:46,557 --> 00:23:49,727
just using your instincts,
will go into the device,
531
00:23:49,794 --> 00:23:51,562
and my eyeball
will go on the line.
532
00:23:53,097 --> 00:23:55,799
No second-guessing, no do-overs.
533
00:23:55,867 --> 00:23:58,101
Alyson, right now,
534
00:23:58,169 --> 00:24:01,772
I want you to point to the one
you believe is the shield. Go.
535
00:24:01,774 --> 00:24:04,575
- Which one do you want me
to point to?
536
00:24:04,642 --> 00:24:06,076
- Here we go.
537
00:24:06,144 --> 00:24:08,445
[mischievous music]
538
00:24:08,513 --> 00:24:11,415
♪ ♪
539
00:24:11,417 --> 00:24:13,484
- This is dumb.
540
00:24:13,551 --> 00:24:14,852
- Alyson...
- No.
541
00:24:14,919 --> 00:24:18,255
♪ ♪
542
00:24:18,322 --> 00:24:20,791
On the count of three.
- W-w-w-whoa...
543
00:24:20,858 --> 00:24:21,759
Oh, God.
- One.
544
00:24:21,826 --> 00:24:22,960
- No.
545
00:24:23,027 --> 00:24:24,761
- Two...
- Mm-mm.
546
00:24:24,829 --> 00:24:26,697
- Three.
547
00:24:26,764 --> 00:24:28,031
Ah, my eye!
548
00:24:28,033 --> 00:24:30,000
My eye is all right.
It's all right.
549
00:24:30,902 --> 00:24:34,038
But, Alyson, had you gone
with this one over here,
550
00:24:34,105 --> 00:24:38,408
I would have a whole different
outlook on life right now.
551
00:24:38,476 --> 00:24:41,378
Alyson, thank you for
choosing life for this eyeball.
552
00:24:41,445 --> 00:24:43,413
You're awesome.
I really appreciate your help.
553
00:24:43,415 --> 00:24:46,416
Let's give it up for Alyson.
Thank you, Alyson.
554
00:24:46,484 --> 00:24:49,887
- [flatly] Yeah, me!
Hooray!
555
00:24:49,954 --> 00:24:52,923
- This is mean.
- I'm sorry to do that to you.
556
00:24:52,990 --> 00:24:56,827
- Are you just pretend nice?
- No, this is only, like,
557
00:24:56,829 --> 00:25:00,331
you know, a little piece of,
like, my life, you know?
558
00:25:00,398 --> 00:25:02,799
But these are the things
that come out of my head.
559
00:25:02,867 --> 00:25:04,268
- Ugh, so you, like, wake up
560
00:25:04,335 --> 00:25:05,669
in the middle of the night
with a nightmare,
561
00:25:05,737 --> 00:25:07,938
and then, like,
"Oh, that's a perfect trick"?
562
00:25:08,006 --> 00:25:09,239
- Yeah, that is a problem.
563
00:25:09,241 --> 00:25:12,976
- You know, if you had
a magic master class,
564
00:25:13,044 --> 00:25:14,611
what would you teach?
565
00:25:14,613 --> 00:25:17,080
- Ooh.
More the philosophy
566
00:25:17,148 --> 00:25:18,616
behind how you fool somebody,
567
00:25:18,683 --> 00:25:20,618
how you design stuff.
568
00:25:20,685 --> 00:25:24,355
To me, that's more interesting
than some of the,
569
00:25:24,422 --> 00:25:26,356
you know, mechanics
of how it's done.
570
00:25:26,358 --> 00:25:27,457
How about you?
571
00:25:27,525 --> 00:25:28,592
What would
your master's class be?
572
00:25:28,659 --> 00:25:30,094
- How to avoid getting picked
573
00:25:30,161 --> 00:25:31,428
for tricks like this.
574
00:25:32,229 --> 00:25:33,931
Shall we see
if Penn and Teller know
575
00:25:33,998 --> 00:25:36,100
how you magically
saved your eye?
576
00:25:36,167 --> 00:25:39,169
- Yes, let's find out.
- Hey, Danny.
577
00:25:39,171 --> 00:25:40,737
- Hi there.
- What a...
578
00:25:40,805 --> 00:25:42,839
And I mean this
as the highest compliment,
579
00:25:42,907 --> 00:25:46,843
what a goofball trick,
just the goofiest thing,
580
00:25:46,911 --> 00:25:50,247
putting your eye
against some weird machine
581
00:25:50,249 --> 00:25:54,552
and then having Alyson choose.
It's just beautiful.
582
00:25:54,619 --> 00:25:56,553
I really liked it,
and the egg looked great,
583
00:25:56,621 --> 00:25:59,557
the drawing on the egg,
and we got an idea
584
00:25:59,591 --> 00:26:03,827
that the holes in the metal
were not really in the center.
585
00:26:04,329 --> 00:26:06,663
- No.
- Okay, that wasn't my guess.
586
00:26:06,731 --> 00:26:08,999
- What?
- That sounded like a guess.
587
00:26:09,001 --> 00:26:10,233
- I was just musing aloud.
588
00:26:10,301 --> 00:26:11,602
- All right.
All right.
589
00:26:11,669 --> 00:26:13,404
- That's the way someone else
might do it,
590
00:26:13,471 --> 00:26:16,006
is what I was saying,
not the way you did it.
591
00:26:16,008 --> 00:26:19,476
We think that that gizmo
you got there--
592
00:26:19,478 --> 00:26:22,479
That gizmo that looks
like nothing on planet Earth
593
00:26:23,414 --> 00:26:26,817
but is rusty and old, but what
would you ever use that for?
594
00:26:26,884 --> 00:26:29,453
Who would ever make a device
to do that other than you?
595
00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:31,455
It's not old.
You developed it,
596
00:26:31,522 --> 00:26:33,991
and we think that that machine
597
00:26:34,058 --> 00:26:37,895
can decide
whether it goes through or not,
598
00:26:37,962 --> 00:26:39,330
and you have
some sort of switch.
599
00:26:39,397 --> 00:26:41,365
Well, we don't know
exactly what it is,
600
00:26:41,367 --> 00:26:43,166
but we think
that you didn't fool us
601
00:26:43,234 --> 00:26:47,170
because your machine there
has got some sort of gimmick.
602
00:26:47,238 --> 00:26:49,306
Is the machine gimmicked?
603
00:26:49,908 --> 00:26:52,142
- The machine is not gimmicked
in any way.
604
00:26:52,209 --> 00:26:54,277
- See, what I understood you
to say was that the machine
605
00:26:54,345 --> 00:26:56,780
was not gimmicked in any way.
Can we get a little?
606
00:26:57,281 --> 00:26:58,281
- Yeah.
607
00:26:58,349 --> 00:26:59,750
- It's even much more beautiful.
608
00:26:59,817 --> 00:27:01,919
- I'm going to lock it
into place here.
609
00:27:02,653 --> 00:27:03,754
- So that's locked.
- You have to pull the pin
610
00:27:03,821 --> 00:27:05,189
if you're really going to do
that.
611
00:27:06,357 --> 00:27:07,991
- Having flashbacks.
612
00:27:08,059 --> 00:27:09,326
- Oh!
613
00:27:11,129 --> 00:27:13,130
Okay, and there's no gimmick
in here at all?
614
00:27:13,197 --> 00:27:15,566
- There's no gimmick in it.
- I just asked you outright.
615
00:27:15,633 --> 00:27:20,470
You're giving us your word
as a lying magician.
616
00:27:20,472 --> 00:27:21,638
Okay. Then
I'll give you our word.
617
00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:22,639
You fooled us.
618
00:27:22,707 --> 00:27:24,141
[applause]
619
00:27:24,208 --> 00:27:26,443
- Thank you so much.
- We have a Fooler.
620
00:27:26,510 --> 00:27:27,444
Yay!
621
00:27:27,511 --> 00:27:28,545
- Yes!
- There it is.
622
00:27:28,612 --> 00:27:29,880
Take it away, please.
623
00:27:29,947 --> 00:27:31,515
- All right.
- That's a beautiful thing.
624
00:27:31,582 --> 00:27:33,083
Up close,
it's even more beautiful.
625
00:27:33,150 --> 00:27:35,586
- It is.
Thank you so much.
626
00:27:35,653 --> 00:27:38,088
- Danny Ray!
627
00:27:38,156 --> 00:27:39,690
- Thank you so much.
You guys are awesome.
628
00:27:39,757 --> 00:27:41,425
Thank you.
629
00:27:42,026 --> 00:27:44,194
- We have our first Fooler
of the night
630
00:27:44,261 --> 00:27:45,963
and maybe not the last.
631
00:27:46,030 --> 00:27:47,564
Come back
and see Penn and Teller
632
00:27:47,632 --> 00:27:50,167
take on more magicians
after this.
633
00:27:50,234 --> 00:27:53,203
[jazz music]
634
00:27:58,542 --> 00:28:01,512
[jazz music]
635
00:28:02,714 --> 00:28:04,114
- Welcome back.
636
00:28:04,116 --> 00:28:07,417
One magician just won a slot
in Penn and Teller's show.
637
00:28:07,485 --> 00:28:10,454
Will our next act join them?
Let's find out.
638
00:28:12,791 --> 00:28:14,157
- I didn't really think
639
00:28:14,225 --> 00:28:15,826
I could become a magician
on stage
640
00:28:15,893 --> 00:28:18,328
because of my speech...
[stuttering] impediment.
641
00:28:18,395 --> 00:28:19,697
I would stutter.
642
00:28:19,731 --> 00:28:22,266
But I saw
on the "Ed Sullivan Show"
643
00:28:22,333 --> 00:28:24,134
a lot of magicians
on there didn't speak.
644
00:28:24,202 --> 00:28:25,969
They did their acts
in pantomime.
645
00:28:26,036 --> 00:28:27,137
I was like,
646
00:28:27,204 --> 00:28:29,073
"Oh, that's something
that I could do."
647
00:28:29,140 --> 00:28:32,409
So I developed an act
in pantomime and ended up
648
00:28:32,477 --> 00:28:36,079
winning a lot of awards
for my magic.
649
00:28:36,147 --> 00:28:37,715
I wanted to develop
a one-man show
650
00:28:37,749 --> 00:28:39,483
about my experiences,
651
00:28:39,550 --> 00:28:42,085
and to that,
you needed to speak.
652
00:28:42,153 --> 00:28:44,688
It was terrifying,
but I kept at it
653
00:28:44,690 --> 00:28:47,458
until I was able to speak
on stage for a whole hour.
654
00:28:48,058 --> 00:28:49,292
Hello, everyone.
655
00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:51,995
My name is Bobby Torkova,
and welcome to my show.
656
00:28:52,062 --> 00:28:53,864
This is a dream
come true tonight.
657
00:28:53,931 --> 00:28:56,433
Who would've thought
that this scared little kid
658
00:28:56,435 --> 00:28:57,568
would be on this big stage,
659
00:28:57,602 --> 00:28:59,970
performing for Penn and Teller?
660
00:29:00,037 --> 00:29:03,173
[applause]
661
00:29:05,276 --> 00:29:09,646
- Let's give a big warm welcome
to Bobby Torkova.
662
00:29:09,714 --> 00:29:12,682
[applause]
663
00:29:12,750 --> 00:29:15,652
[big band music]
664
00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:22,726
♪ ♪
665
00:32:40,424 --> 00:32:43,593
- Bobby Torkova!
666
00:32:47,665 --> 00:32:48,732
That was so enjoyable.
667
00:32:48,799 --> 00:32:50,867
- Thank you.
I'm glad you liked it.
668
00:32:50,869 --> 00:32:53,537
- I could watch that
every 4th of July.
669
00:32:54,205 --> 00:32:56,339
- Absolutely.
670
00:32:56,407 --> 00:32:58,108
- I always find that
so fascinating,
671
00:32:58,175 --> 00:32:59,743
that people who stutter,
672
00:32:59,810 --> 00:33:03,847
often times performing
is what winds up helping them.
673
00:33:03,849 --> 00:33:06,683
- Yeah, at times.
It's difficult.
674
00:33:06,751 --> 00:33:09,486
I mean, people
who stutter and sing,
675
00:33:09,488 --> 00:33:11,321
they don't have
any trouble with that,
676
00:33:11,389 --> 00:33:13,056
but speaking is still an issue.
677
00:33:13,757 --> 00:33:17,293
But a part of my therapy
as an adult was to go on stage
678
00:33:17,361 --> 00:33:20,830
and actually stutter
even when I wasn't going to,
679
00:33:20,832 --> 00:33:23,066
and I developed a one-man show
680
00:33:23,133 --> 00:33:25,635
which is based
on my experiences growing up
681
00:33:25,637 --> 00:33:28,171
and learning how to do tricks
from the comic books,
682
00:33:28,173 --> 00:33:29,706
and now I can do the whole show,
683
00:33:29,708 --> 00:33:30,840
and I speak on stage.
684
00:33:30,842 --> 00:33:32,776
- That's so cool.
- Yeah.
685
00:33:32,843 --> 00:33:34,978
- Do you perform a lot
of silent tricks?
686
00:33:34,980 --> 00:33:36,313
- I do. I do.
687
00:33:36,380 --> 00:33:39,449
I think for the first 20 years
of my career,
688
00:33:39,516 --> 00:33:41,451
I performed silently on stage
689
00:33:41,518 --> 00:33:45,055
because I was too afraid
to speak,
690
00:33:45,057 --> 00:33:47,124
but then I wanted
to do a longer act,
691
00:33:47,191 --> 00:33:48,658
and you have to speak.
692
00:33:48,725 --> 00:33:50,693
You can't do, you know,
two hours of silent stuff.
693
00:33:50,761 --> 00:33:52,328
I tried.
694
00:33:52,330 --> 00:33:53,463
- Well, that was wonderful.
695
00:33:53,530 --> 00:33:55,331
Let's see if you fooled
Penn and Teller.
696
00:33:55,399 --> 00:33:57,267
- Okay.
697
00:33:57,334 --> 00:33:59,836
- Hey, Bobby.
Good to see you.
698
00:33:59,838 --> 00:34:02,806
Boy, that's classic magic,
699
00:34:02,873 --> 00:34:05,208
which we do not get enough of
on the show,
700
00:34:05,275 --> 00:34:08,978
a good,
classic silk dye routine,
701
00:34:09,046 --> 00:34:11,148
a lot of Al Baker in there
702
00:34:11,215 --> 00:34:15,018
and a story going all the way
through, not just silk dyeing,
703
00:34:15,020 --> 00:34:16,986
but actually going through
the whole thing.
704
00:34:17,054 --> 00:34:19,756
And I'll tell you, the drop
of the blue handkerchief
705
00:34:19,823 --> 00:34:21,658
looks like a real accident.
- Oh, good.
706
00:34:21,725 --> 00:34:23,827
- And that's
a really nice moment
707
00:34:23,829 --> 00:34:26,329
when you start thinking you're
a step ahead of the magician,
708
00:34:26,396 --> 00:34:28,732
the magician
is really a step ahead of you.
709
00:34:28,799 --> 00:34:29,999
And the good news is,
710
00:34:30,067 --> 00:34:32,969
we love having classic magic
done beautifully.
711
00:34:33,036 --> 00:34:35,605
The stuff you're doing there
is really hard.
712
00:34:35,672 --> 00:34:37,707
There's hard manipulation stuff
in there,
713
00:34:37,709 --> 00:34:39,242
and it's really,
really wonderful.
714
00:34:39,309 --> 00:34:43,146
But the fact that it's classic
means we're thrilled
715
00:34:43,213 --> 00:34:46,083
to have you on the show,
and the fact that it's classic
716
00:34:46,117 --> 00:34:48,852
also means we probably know
how you did it.
717
00:34:48,919 --> 00:34:50,854
- Right.
I figured that.
718
00:34:50,921 --> 00:34:52,388
- Just wonderful.
719
00:34:52,390 --> 00:34:54,491
- So they know the magic?
720
00:34:54,558 --> 00:34:56,493
- Yeah, I think they have
a very good idea.
721
00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:58,661
- Yeah.
Well, thank you so much.
722
00:34:58,663 --> 00:35:00,463
It was wonderful
watching you perform.
723
00:35:00,531 --> 00:35:04,033
- It was a pleasure.
- Bobby Torkova.
724
00:35:04,101 --> 00:35:07,070
[applause]
725
00:35:08,705 --> 00:35:11,208
Stay right where you are,
because after the break,
726
00:35:11,275 --> 00:35:14,111
Penn and Teller
take center stage.
727
00:35:14,145 --> 00:35:17,180
[applause]
728
00:35:21,953 --> 00:35:24,954
[jazz music]
729
00:35:25,022 --> 00:35:26,656
♪ ♪
730
00:35:26,723 --> 00:35:27,891
- Welcome back.
731
00:35:27,958 --> 00:35:30,393
Penn and Teller
have been dazzling audiences
732
00:35:30,460 --> 00:35:32,529
for more than 4 decades.
733
00:35:32,596 --> 00:35:34,931
Here with a little trip
down Memory Lane
734
00:35:34,998 --> 00:35:39,102
is our legendary duo,
Penn and Teller.
735
00:35:39,170 --> 00:35:41,505
[applause]
736
00:35:41,572 --> 00:35:43,506
- My children are teenagers now,
737
00:35:43,508 --> 00:35:44,908
but especially
when they were younger,
738
00:35:44,975 --> 00:35:46,442
Teller was a great uncle.
739
00:35:46,444 --> 00:35:49,512
He'd always do little
magic tricks for the children.
740
00:35:49,514 --> 00:35:50,847
One of his favorite things to do
741
00:35:50,849 --> 00:35:53,349
was to tell them
about his partner before me--
742
00:35:53,417 --> 00:35:56,286
It was named Pen,
but with one N--
743
00:35:56,353 --> 00:35:59,656
And the tricks that Pen, one N,
and Teller would do,
744
00:35:59,723 --> 00:36:01,591
and the trick he loved
to tell them about
745
00:36:01,658 --> 00:36:03,793
was how he would take Pen
with one N
746
00:36:04,361 --> 00:36:07,264
and tear him apart,
rip him apart,
747
00:36:07,331 --> 00:36:10,400
and then magically
put him back together.
748
00:36:10,467 --> 00:36:12,335
He couldn't just put him
back together like this.
749
00:36:12,403 --> 00:36:15,238
He had to do this and then take
a little bit of whiffle dust
750
00:36:15,305 --> 00:36:19,676
and put Pen with one N
back together.
751
00:36:19,678 --> 00:36:21,144
[applause]
- They loved this trick.
752
00:36:21,146 --> 00:36:23,279
Teller would do it
over and over again,
753
00:36:23,281 --> 00:36:26,316
and finally the children
started to kind of catch on,
754
00:36:26,383 --> 00:36:28,185
for the way
you would do a destroyed
755
00:36:28,219 --> 00:36:30,854
and restored something is,
you have a duplicate.
756
00:36:31,622 --> 00:36:34,157
So Teller always had
a duplicate prop,
757
00:36:34,224 --> 00:36:35,825
another Pen with one N,
758
00:36:35,893 --> 00:36:38,295
and he would have
that hidden in his hand.
759
00:36:39,296 --> 00:36:41,698
And then he would take the Pen
with one N
760
00:36:41,700 --> 00:36:45,035
that the children saw,
rip it apart,
761
00:36:45,102 --> 00:36:47,771
and the children knew he had
the duplicate in his hand,
762
00:36:48,572 --> 00:36:50,607
and he would just switch them.
763
00:36:50,674 --> 00:36:53,176
So the children would watch
for the switch.
764
00:36:53,244 --> 00:36:56,913
And then he went to his pocket
for the whiffle dust,
765
00:36:56,980 --> 00:37:01,951
he would ditch the pieces,
come out with the whiffle dust
766
00:37:02,019 --> 00:37:04,654
and then just show
the duplicate.
767
00:37:04,722 --> 00:37:09,325
So by the time my children
were, like, 8 or 9,
768
00:37:09,327 --> 00:37:12,229
they were pretty sophisticated
in watching magic.
769
00:37:12,263 --> 00:37:15,598
And then one day,
we were all at the park,
770
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:18,535
just relaxing,
having a good time,
771
00:37:18,602 --> 00:37:20,237
and the children
would always check
772
00:37:20,271 --> 00:37:22,806
Uncle Teller's hands
if he wasn't doing tricks,
773
00:37:22,873 --> 00:37:25,441
to make sure there was nothing
hidden in his hands.
774
00:37:25,509 --> 00:37:29,946
They were very, very careful,
and Teller had a balloon,
775
00:37:30,013 --> 00:37:32,248
and Teller was just going
to play with the children
776
00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:34,017
with a balloon.
He's blowing it up,
777
00:37:34,084 --> 00:37:35,852
and the whole time
he's blowing the balloon,
778
00:37:35,919 --> 00:37:37,354
they're watching
the balloon of course,
779
00:37:37,421 --> 00:37:41,024
but they're also making sure
his hands are completely empty.
780
00:37:41,825 --> 00:37:44,261
Now I don't remember exactly
what happened that day--
781
00:37:44,295 --> 00:37:47,030
Maybe there's some
really mean guy in the park--
782
00:37:47,097 --> 00:37:50,800
But all of a sudden,
the balloon just popped.
783
00:37:51,668 --> 00:37:52,902
Now the children said
784
00:37:52,969 --> 00:37:55,204
"Uncle Teller,
put the balloon back together."
785
00:37:55,272 --> 00:37:56,840
But Teller tried to amuse them
in other ways.
786
00:37:56,907 --> 00:37:59,075
He said "Well, wait a minute,
I can use the pieces.
787
00:37:59,143 --> 00:38:01,711
It can be a mustache."
The children didn't care.
788
00:38:02,479 --> 00:38:05,048
He said "Hey, children,
it could be earrings,"
789
00:38:05,115 --> 00:38:06,649
and the children didn't care.
790
00:38:06,717 --> 00:38:10,020
And he said "Hey, children,
it could be snot."
791
00:38:11,154 --> 00:38:13,390
Now they liked the blue snot
a little better,
792
00:38:13,457 --> 00:38:14,691
but then he said
793
00:38:14,758 --> 00:38:17,894
"How about, children,
if I have a boutonniere?"
794
00:38:18,729 --> 00:38:21,531
And the children didn't know
what a boutonniere was
795
00:38:21,598 --> 00:38:24,734
and didn't care at all.
But Teller still did it.
796
00:38:24,736 --> 00:38:27,503
Then he said,
"How about we do some music?"
797
00:38:27,571 --> 00:38:31,274
And he turned the balloon
pieces into a kazoo.
798
00:38:33,544 --> 00:38:34,677
They didn't care.
799
00:38:34,745 --> 00:38:36,379
Then he turned it into a guitar.
800
00:38:37,781 --> 00:38:39,649
I just said, "Pluck it."
801
00:38:39,716 --> 00:38:41,551
There we go.
802
00:38:41,553 --> 00:38:43,653
And then they said,
"No, Uncle Teller,
803
00:38:43,720 --> 00:38:46,989
"we saw your hands empty.
We saw no switch.
804
00:38:47,057 --> 00:38:50,226
"Why don't you just restore it,
you know,
805
00:38:50,293 --> 00:38:53,697
like you did Pen with one N,
but without a duplicate?"
806
00:38:54,765 --> 00:38:58,168
And sure enough, Teller just
blew up the balloon,
807
00:38:59,903 --> 00:39:02,338
and no matter how sophisticated
they were,
808
00:39:02,340 --> 00:39:04,073
they were impressed with that.
809
00:39:04,141 --> 00:39:07,177
[applause]
810
00:39:07,244 --> 00:39:10,246
- Aw. [laughs]
811
00:39:10,313 --> 00:39:11,948
For tiny Penn and tiny Teller
812
00:39:12,015 --> 00:39:13,716
and all of us here at "Fool Us,"
813
00:39:13,718 --> 00:39:16,986
good night from Las Vegas.
We'll see you soon.
814
00:39:17,053 --> 00:39:20,023
[applause]