1 00:00:01,968 --> 00:00:04,970 [jazz music] 2 00:00:05,037 --> 00:00:12,011 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:19,052 --> 00:00:20,619 [cheers and applause] 4 00:00:20,686 --> 00:00:22,421 - From the Penn & Teller Theater 5 00:00:22,488 --> 00:00:24,389 at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas, 6 00:00:24,457 --> 00:00:28,860 here's our host, Alyson Hannigan! 7 00:00:28,862 --> 00:00:35,901 ♪ ♪ 8 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:41,907 - Welcome to "Fool Us," 9 00:00:41,909 --> 00:00:44,676 where the competition keeps getting tougher. 10 00:00:44,743 --> 00:00:47,379 Penn and Teller handle the stress in different ways. 11 00:00:47,446 --> 00:00:50,282 Penn keeps his cool meditating and juggling. 12 00:00:50,349 --> 00:00:52,217 Meanwhile, Teller blows off steam 13 00:00:52,285 --> 00:00:54,820 making TikTok dance videos. 14 00:00:54,887 --> 00:00:58,990 He's fluid and fierce. Speaking of fluid and fierce, 15 00:00:59,058 --> 00:01:02,461 that was the original name for our main men to magic, 16 00:01:02,528 --> 00:01:04,429 Penn and Teller! 17 00:01:04,497 --> 00:01:07,432 [applause] 18 00:01:07,434 --> 00:01:14,373 ♪ ♪ 19 00:01:19,312 --> 00:01:20,779 Penn and Teller award a slot 20 00:01:20,847 --> 00:01:23,048 in their world-famous magic show 21 00:01:23,050 --> 00:01:25,317 to any magician who fools them, 22 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:27,186 and they throw in a "Fool Us" trophy 23 00:01:27,253 --> 00:01:28,487 for good measure. 24 00:01:28,554 --> 00:01:31,389 And our first winner might be this magician. 25 00:01:31,457 --> 00:01:32,424 Take a look. 26 00:01:34,661 --> 00:01:36,461 - People say it takes about 10,000 hours 27 00:01:36,529 --> 00:01:37,863 to master something, 28 00:01:37,865 --> 00:01:40,098 and I've spent over 25,000 hours 29 00:01:40,100 --> 00:01:41,466 practicing the cube. 30 00:01:41,468 --> 00:01:43,001 I got my first cube in my Christmas stocking 31 00:01:43,068 --> 00:01:44,669 when I was 14. 32 00:01:44,671 --> 00:01:47,339 It took me hours to solve the cube for the first time. 33 00:01:47,341 --> 00:01:49,541 About 3 months later, I got down to about 20 seconds. 34 00:01:49,608 --> 00:01:51,710 I wanted nothing but to be faster. 35 00:01:51,777 --> 00:01:53,745 I can solve a three-by-three cube 36 00:01:53,812 --> 00:01:55,680 in under 9 seconds on average. 37 00:01:55,748 --> 00:01:57,449 I was the first female in the entire world 38 00:01:57,516 --> 00:01:59,584 to solve a six-by-six cube blindfolded. 39 00:01:59,652 --> 00:02:01,920 I can solve a cube with my feet, 40 00:02:01,922 --> 00:02:05,157 with my elbows, or underwater with just one breath. 41 00:02:06,225 --> 00:02:09,294 I personally own about 400 different twisty puzzles 42 00:02:09,361 --> 00:02:11,763 of all different shapes and sizes and difficulty. 43 00:02:11,831 --> 00:02:13,231 For the past several years, 44 00:02:13,233 --> 00:02:15,567 my full-time job has been teaching the cube. 45 00:02:15,634 --> 00:02:18,637 I have lectured at places like Stanford and Berkeley. 46 00:02:18,704 --> 00:02:21,439 I've been working on writing a book on twisty puzzles, 47 00:02:21,507 --> 00:02:24,042 so I just wanted to take my actual skill 48 00:02:24,044 --> 00:02:25,577 and turn it into magic. 49 00:02:25,579 --> 00:02:28,280 The trick I'm doing tonight is unlike any other cube magic. 50 00:02:28,347 --> 00:02:30,482 It's taken years to be able to perfect. 51 00:02:30,550 --> 00:02:32,083 Penn and Teller, tonight, 52 00:02:32,085 --> 00:02:34,086 I'm going to try to twist your mind like never before. 53 00:02:37,923 --> 00:02:39,391 - Put your hands together 54 00:02:39,458 --> 00:02:42,494 for South Carolina's Sydney Weaver. 55 00:02:46,065 --> 00:02:48,467 - Any sufficiently complex mechanism 56 00:02:48,534 --> 00:02:51,136 has a kind of artificial intelligence, 57 00:02:51,138 --> 00:02:53,238 and this definitely is 58 00:02:53,305 --> 00:02:55,207 a sufficiently complex mechanism. 59 00:02:55,741 --> 00:03:02,214 If you can imagine the number 19 with 159 zeroes after it, 60 00:03:02,281 --> 00:03:04,183 that is how many possible arrangements 61 00:03:04,217 --> 00:03:06,418 there are of this cube. 62 00:03:06,485 --> 00:03:09,087 But what kind of intelligence does it have? 63 00:03:09,154 --> 00:03:12,757 Well, this particular cube is clairvoyant. 64 00:03:12,759 --> 00:03:14,693 It knows the unknowable. 65 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:16,962 Let me demonstrate this with a random bit 66 00:03:17,029 --> 00:03:19,631 of information from a deck of cards. 67 00:03:21,433 --> 00:03:23,068 Just a mixed up deck, right? 68 00:03:24,904 --> 00:03:27,405 Alyson, I would like you to help me select a card. 69 00:03:27,473 --> 00:03:29,908 - Okay. - Now I'm going to turn away, 70 00:03:29,975 --> 00:03:32,644 and I'd like you to cut the deck in half 71 00:03:32,712 --> 00:03:34,379 and complete the cut. 72 00:03:36,582 --> 00:03:39,184 - Oh, my gosh. You'd think I'd be better 73 00:03:39,186 --> 00:03:41,720 with a deck of cards by now. 74 00:03:41,722 --> 00:03:43,021 Okay, it's done. - All right. 75 00:03:43,088 --> 00:03:45,857 Please once more cut the deck in half 76 00:03:45,925 --> 00:03:47,893 and complete the cut. 77 00:03:49,729 --> 00:03:50,762 - Okay. 78 00:03:50,829 --> 00:03:52,664 - Then take the top card 79 00:03:52,732 --> 00:03:54,933 and sit on it without looking at it, 80 00:03:54,935 --> 00:03:57,002 and once you've done that, let me know. 81 00:03:57,069 --> 00:03:58,804 - Okay. - Awesome. 82 00:03:58,871 --> 00:04:04,109 So there is no way that you or I or anyone could know 83 00:04:04,176 --> 00:04:07,912 what card you've picked-- Anyone, but not anything. 84 00:04:07,980 --> 00:04:10,915 Because this cube has the magic of clairvoyance, 85 00:04:10,983 --> 00:04:13,685 it knows your card even though you and I do not. 86 00:04:13,752 --> 00:04:15,887 - Wow. - But in order to find out 87 00:04:15,889 --> 00:04:17,088 what the cube knows, 88 00:04:17,090 --> 00:04:19,457 we have to let it do what it's made for. 89 00:04:19,525 --> 00:04:22,260 [energetic piano music] 90 00:04:22,262 --> 00:04:23,628 ♪ ♪ 91 00:04:23,630 --> 00:04:26,164 - I mean, just this alone is impressive. 92 00:04:26,166 --> 00:04:31,103 ♪ ♪ 93 00:04:31,170 --> 00:04:34,973 - Now just to be clear, I am not in charge here. 94 00:04:35,041 --> 00:04:40,111 The cube is actually using me in the same way a Ouija board 95 00:04:40,179 --> 00:04:42,914 might use tween girls at a slumber party. 96 00:04:43,649 --> 00:04:45,583 It leads, and I follow. 97 00:04:45,651 --> 00:04:48,987 ♪ ♪ 98 00:04:48,989 --> 00:04:52,390 Not that I'm saying the devil is in this puzzle cube... 99 00:04:55,461 --> 00:04:57,496 And not that I'm saying he's not. 100 00:04:59,264 --> 00:05:04,469 - This is very impressive, just this part. 101 00:05:04,537 --> 00:05:06,037 - Wow. 102 00:05:06,105 --> 00:05:12,344 ♪ ♪ 103 00:05:12,411 --> 00:05:14,179 - The cube has spoken. 104 00:05:14,881 --> 00:05:18,717 Alyson, the cube says that your card is a club, 105 00:05:20,152 --> 00:05:22,888 but not only does it say your card is a club, 106 00:05:22,955 --> 00:05:26,891 it also says your card is a two of clubs. 107 00:05:26,893 --> 00:05:29,494 Alyson, for the first time, please reveal your card. 108 00:05:29,561 --> 00:05:32,831 - Okay, hold on. 109 00:05:32,898 --> 00:05:34,699 [gasps] 110 00:05:34,767 --> 00:05:36,701 Two of clubs. [applause] 111 00:05:36,769 --> 00:05:38,637 - Ladies and gentlemen, the two of clubs. 112 00:05:38,937 --> 00:05:41,005 - Wow! 113 00:05:41,073 --> 00:05:44,643 Sydney Weaver. 114 00:05:44,710 --> 00:05:46,645 Ah! 115 00:05:46,712 --> 00:05:49,114 That is so impressive. - Thank you. 116 00:05:49,181 --> 00:05:52,450 - Have you always been good with the cube? 117 00:05:52,518 --> 00:05:55,553 - I've been doing the cube for about 10 years, 118 00:05:55,621 --> 00:05:57,589 but before then, I always loved things 119 00:05:57,591 --> 00:05:59,457 with patterns and puzzles in general. 120 00:05:59,459 --> 00:06:01,659 - Do you just, like, go to sleep, like, 121 00:06:01,727 --> 00:06:03,027 dreaming up puzzles? 122 00:06:03,095 --> 00:06:05,163 - Yeah, sometimes I dream of algorithms, 123 00:06:05,230 --> 00:06:06,898 and the second I wake up, I try them. 124 00:06:06,965 --> 00:06:09,000 Sometimes they work. Sometimes they don't. 125 00:06:09,802 --> 00:06:11,870 - Have you always been good at math? 126 00:06:11,872 --> 00:06:13,204 - I have been, yes. 127 00:06:13,206 --> 00:06:14,939 I teach at math festivals, 128 00:06:14,941 --> 00:06:16,274 and I lecture at universities. 129 00:06:16,342 --> 00:06:19,611 - So what is the world of cubing like? 130 00:06:19,678 --> 00:06:21,079 - It's a lot of wonderful people, 131 00:06:21,147 --> 00:06:23,882 people who do different things from blind solving puzzles 132 00:06:23,884 --> 00:06:25,617 to building crazy unique puzzles. 133 00:06:25,619 --> 00:06:27,285 Everyone in the community is amazing. 134 00:06:27,352 --> 00:06:29,487 - And so is it super competitive? 135 00:06:29,489 --> 00:06:32,157 - I personally have been to 23 competitions 136 00:06:32,224 --> 00:06:34,526 and have nine gold medals, so I'm going to say yes. 137 00:06:34,593 --> 00:06:36,127 But a lot of other people are just welcoming 138 00:06:36,195 --> 00:06:37,562 and want you to have fun. 139 00:06:37,629 --> 00:06:39,364 - Okay, Sydney, let's see if Penn and Teller 140 00:06:39,432 --> 00:06:41,299 solved your magic cube trick. 141 00:06:42,902 --> 00:06:49,808 - Sydney, I am going to now damn you with faint praise. 142 00:06:49,810 --> 00:06:53,812 You are the smartest person we've ever had on this show. 143 00:06:53,814 --> 00:06:57,048 You are the smartest magician we've ever seen. 144 00:06:57,115 --> 00:07:00,185 Now I know that's a very, very low bar, 145 00:07:00,252 --> 00:07:02,854 but it's the one I have to offer. 146 00:07:02,922 --> 00:07:06,024 And not just raw processing power, 147 00:07:06,091 --> 00:07:10,161 but also a real sense, that's a really good card selection. 148 00:07:10,163 --> 00:07:13,465 It's really, really nice and simple 149 00:07:13,532 --> 00:07:15,767 and just mind-blowing, 150 00:07:15,834 --> 00:07:18,136 just right on the mark in every way 151 00:07:18,203 --> 00:07:23,641 and the number of algorithms that you need to memorize. 152 00:07:23,709 --> 00:07:25,210 I mean, you gave that number. 153 00:07:25,277 --> 00:07:27,679 How many possibilities are there? 154 00:07:27,746 --> 00:07:30,882 - Nineteen with 159 zeroes. - Which is about your IQ? 155 00:07:32,284 --> 00:07:34,219 Around that ballpark? - Give or take. 156 00:07:34,286 --> 00:07:35,554 - That's somewhere around where it is. 157 00:07:35,621 --> 00:07:38,056 I don't want to, you know-- I don't want to just hit 158 00:07:38,123 --> 00:07:39,558 how smart the routine is 159 00:07:39,625 --> 00:07:42,460 because that is a little bit insulting 160 00:07:42,462 --> 00:07:44,863 because it's also so entertaining. 161 00:07:44,930 --> 00:07:46,764 It's not something you appreciate. 162 00:07:46,766 --> 00:07:49,434 It's something you just love from beginning to end, 163 00:07:49,436 --> 00:07:52,170 and the algorithms you memorized, 164 00:07:52,237 --> 00:07:54,205 that's not the only thing you've memorized in this trick. 165 00:07:54,273 --> 00:07:58,343 It's--the whole thing is just astonishing, 166 00:07:58,410 --> 00:08:01,446 and I'm now going to say something 167 00:08:01,448 --> 00:08:04,849 that, if it does make you a little sad, 168 00:08:04,917 --> 00:08:07,986 I will guarantee you it makes us sadder, 169 00:08:07,988 --> 00:08:11,189 because we so, so want you to come on our show, 170 00:08:11,191 --> 00:08:13,325 but we don't think you fooled us. 171 00:08:13,392 --> 00:08:16,060 But we love this routine so much, Sydney. 172 00:08:16,128 --> 00:08:17,629 You were so fabulous. 173 00:08:18,330 --> 00:08:20,198 - Sydney. - Yeah, I think you got me. 174 00:08:20,265 --> 00:08:22,100 - Did he give you a clue they know how you did it? 175 00:08:22,167 --> 00:08:23,268 - Yep. 176 00:08:23,335 --> 00:08:25,069 - Oh, well, it was fantastic to watch. 177 00:08:25,071 --> 00:08:26,137 Thank you so much, 178 00:08:26,205 --> 00:08:28,239 and I definitely need advice from you. 179 00:08:28,307 --> 00:08:30,608 - All right. - Okay, Sydney Weaver. 180 00:08:30,676 --> 00:08:33,645 [cheers and applause] 181 00:08:36,148 --> 00:08:38,416 More magicians will attempt to confound 182 00:08:38,418 --> 00:08:40,285 and astound Penn and Teller, 183 00:08:40,352 --> 00:08:42,353 and at the end of the show, Penn and Teller 184 00:08:42,421 --> 00:08:45,891 will try to do the same to us. Stick around. 185 00:08:45,958 --> 00:08:48,426 [applause] 186 00:08:54,232 --> 00:08:57,168 [jazz music] 187 00:08:57,235 --> 00:08:58,570 ♪ ♪ 188 00:08:58,637 --> 00:09:00,004 - Welcome back. 189 00:09:00,072 --> 00:09:02,040 The only thing standing in the way of you meeting 190 00:09:02,042 --> 00:09:05,176 our next magician is me saying this sentence. 191 00:09:07,513 --> 00:09:09,915 - Hello. I'm Steven Palmore, 192 00:09:09,982 --> 00:09:12,717 but I perform as Jazz Man S. 193 00:09:12,785 --> 00:09:15,687 My two passions in life are music and magic. 194 00:09:15,754 --> 00:09:18,189 My bass means everything to me. 195 00:09:18,191 --> 00:09:20,858 When I die, I want to be buried with my bass 196 00:09:20,860 --> 00:09:22,127 and a pack of cards, 197 00:09:22,194 --> 00:09:24,162 because whether it's Satan or Jesus, 198 00:09:24,229 --> 00:09:26,397 there's going to be a show. 199 00:09:26,465 --> 00:09:29,067 In 2008, I injured my spine, 200 00:09:29,134 --> 00:09:31,369 and I was temporarily paralyzed. 201 00:09:31,436 --> 00:09:33,405 It was a 9-hour surgery, 202 00:09:33,472 --> 00:09:34,939 and I knew my life would be over 203 00:09:35,007 --> 00:09:37,775 if I couldn't perform music and magic. 204 00:09:37,843 --> 00:09:41,012 Thankfully, I'm here today, alive and kicking, 205 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:43,381 and I don't take one moment for granted. 206 00:09:43,448 --> 00:09:46,484 I do over 200 sit-ups and push-ups every day, 207 00:09:47,319 --> 00:09:51,289 and I will till the day I die. It's the same with my magic. 208 00:09:51,357 --> 00:09:54,459 I don't practice. I train. 209 00:09:54,526 --> 00:09:56,328 So look out, Penn and Teller, 210 00:09:56,395 --> 00:09:58,229 because here comes me and my bass. 211 00:10:03,703 --> 00:10:05,703 - From Queens, New York, 212 00:10:05,705 --> 00:10:09,341 give it up for illusionist Jazz Man S. 213 00:10:16,315 --> 00:10:18,483 - My name is Jazz Man S, 214 00:10:18,550 --> 00:10:22,187 and I am the world's only comic jazz "mugician." 215 00:10:22,821 --> 00:10:25,991 That's one half magician and one half musician. 216 00:10:26,058 --> 00:10:28,459 I owe a great deal of my success to my assistant, 217 00:10:28,527 --> 00:10:31,129 and I'd like for you to meet her, my magical bass, 218 00:10:31,196 --> 00:10:32,730 Little Betsy. 219 00:10:32,798 --> 00:10:34,732 Now, Betsy and I have traveled the world 220 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:36,635 making beautiful music together. 221 00:10:36,669 --> 00:10:38,937 We've shared the stage with Wynton Marsalis, 222 00:10:39,004 --> 00:10:40,538 the Duke Ellington Orchestra. 223 00:10:40,605 --> 00:10:42,373 We've toured with Stevie Wonder. 224 00:10:42,441 --> 00:10:44,509 We've played for five Broadway shows, 225 00:10:44,576 --> 00:10:46,177 and we even have two CDs out. 226 00:10:47,212 --> 00:10:49,547 I love Betsy more than anything else in the world. 227 00:10:50,415 --> 00:10:53,451 I even had a girlfriend who left me because of Betsy. 228 00:10:53,518 --> 00:10:55,586 She couldn't stand playing second fiddle. 229 00:10:55,654 --> 00:10:57,088 [laughter] 230 00:10:57,156 --> 00:10:59,190 Now let me tell you all of the wonderful things I love 231 00:10:59,258 --> 00:11:00,958 about Betsy: 232 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:05,496 her long, slender neck, her E string, 233 00:11:05,498 --> 00:11:10,301 her A string, her D string, 234 00:11:10,303 --> 00:11:12,604 and, of course, her G string. 235 00:11:15,273 --> 00:11:16,708 Now don't go getting weirded out. 236 00:11:16,775 --> 00:11:18,943 I know she's just a musical instrument, 237 00:11:19,010 --> 00:11:21,479 but to a mugician, she's much more than that. 238 00:11:22,314 --> 00:11:24,315 How you feeling, Betsy, dear? 239 00:11:35,026 --> 00:11:36,961 Is that right? 240 00:11:37,028 --> 00:11:38,696 Betsy said that she's tired. 241 00:11:38,698 --> 00:11:40,198 Well, she should be. 242 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:42,800 You see, we had a gig until 3:30 in the morning yesterday, 243 00:11:42,868 --> 00:11:44,736 so if you'll excuse me for just one moment, 244 00:11:44,803 --> 00:11:48,840 I've got to put her to rest. Here you go Betsy, dear. 245 00:11:48,907 --> 00:11:51,142 Yeah, how's that, honey? Yeah. 246 00:11:51,144 --> 00:11:53,945 Oh, one more thing: she hates the air-conditioning. 247 00:11:53,947 --> 00:11:56,180 She says that the cold air disturbs her beauty rest 248 00:11:56,248 --> 00:11:57,482 and takes her out of tune, 249 00:11:57,549 --> 00:11:59,650 so if you'll bear with me for one more moment, 250 00:11:59,718 --> 00:12:03,054 I've got to get her wrapped up. Here you go, honey. 251 00:12:04,356 --> 00:12:06,190 Remember I told you that my girlfriend 252 00:12:06,258 --> 00:12:08,493 actually left me because of Betsy? 253 00:12:08,560 --> 00:12:10,628 Well, here's how that went down. 254 00:12:10,696 --> 00:12:13,264 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 00:12:27,712 --> 00:12:30,648 [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]