[jazz music]
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- From
at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas,
here's our host,
[cheers and applause]
- Welcome to "Fool Us."
What's the recipe
Well, I just so happen
A half a pound of palming,
and 2 milliliters
Well, that's my recipe.
Who knows
will cook up in order
Penn and Teller?
[cheers and applause]
Penn and Teller put their
on the line as they offer
to any magician
Our first winner
[fireworks booming]
Today we're gonna learn
the long-distance spinner
from Lithuania.
The internet's helped me reach
And I guess Rokas
- I started card throwing
I saw his video,
- Yes!
- He's very competitive.
He holds four world records
Rick has never been on
The first time I appeared
that turned out
And I'm a holder of the world
for the highest throw
- I didn't even know
Once I did,
- Yeah, and so Rick
respectfully defeated
- He still holds a world record
- I am able to shoot 122 cards
- Something that I will
- Can you give me
Now we're performing
We have very specialized
There's no doubt Rick
in the world.
He's fast. He's accurate.
- Rokas, he's the only card
that I will
Dude.
I hope you guys
- Fingers crossed.
[cheers and applause]
- Please welcome world-record
Rick Smith Jr. and Rokas.
[cheers and applause]
- Hey, guys.
- Hi, my name is Rokas.
- Some people say that I am
the best card thrower
- And some people say
that am the best card
- Wait, aren't you the only
- Yes.
I am known for throwing
[audience gasps]
The hardest...
and I am considered
Whew.
- And I'm known
the fastest
[cheers and applause]
- Now, there's a lot of people
there is no magic
that it's merely pure skill.
- But tonight Rick and I
- Rokas, are you ready?
- I'm ready.
[light mystical music]
♪ ♪
All right, let's move
♪ ♪
- During the last year,
competing on YouTube
and talking about,
when the world returned
More than anything,
wishing that we could
[laughter]
- Like outside?
So we invented a game.
We challenged ourself
we wanted to travel
In fact, Rokas and I,
drawing a picture.
I want you guys
as a magical prediction.
♪ ♪
- In a second, two of the
will be joining us onstage for
Penn, Teller,
Round of applause to Penn
Here we have a wall
And on the back of each target
from a city
- Like the Colosseum in Rome
and so on.
- What we would like you each
at these targets
And the building on the back
So let's see who is
and select the building.
- Let me show you guys
Take a playing card,
with my two fingers.
And I throw it by bending and
- Okay.
- You guys are gonna be
So you can choose
- Okay.
- So in this case
would be Gediminas
which by the way
- That's good.
- Rick, do you want to make
- Absolutely.
- Okay. So if Penn's card
you give a $100 to me.
- And if Teller's card sticks
- Deal. Wait, what?
- Penn, Teller, you can start
- Okay. Sure.
- Oh, that was close.
- Oh, we got one.
- Rick, you owe me 100.
Thanks a lot, Penn, Teller.
But give them a round
- Round of applause,
[applause]
- So, Penn, you successfully
into this target
- I did.
- There's a lot of
You could have chosen
It rhymes, like a match game.
- Teller, you threw cards,
randomly chose Taj Mahal
or Eiffel Tower.
- But, Penn, you successfully
into this target.
And on the back of this target
is the Tower Bridge
So for everyone out there
in card throwing, we say...
- Take a look at this.
[applause]
- Rick Smith Jr. and Rokas.
[applause]
So, Rokas,
if you're in Lithuania
- So we were just practicing
through the webcam.
And the first time we met,
in real, like,
- Yeah.
- No way.
- During the rehearsal it was
- And we have never shared
- Together.
- So the real magic is just
- Yes.
- All right, guys,
will throw you a trophy.
- Oh, yeah. We shall see.
- Rick, Rokas, boy,
You know, we--we were friends
one of the greatest magicians
- Yeah.
was a world-class card thrower.
And Ricky Jay was also
and a wonderful historian.
And it is astonishing that
that Ricky Jay never did.
that I know of--a magic trick
He did them as two
And you've got a really,
that has--I mean, you have
You have a real skill with
But I'm gonna ask you
'cause I don't think
And I know you'll be honest.
But we think even though
the Eiffel Tower
and I happened to hit
that you could have taken
including the ones you showed
that were the Eiffel Tower
any one of those plates
and there would've been
to make that plate--any plate
that I'd hit turn
- Absolutely not.
- Absolutely not?
- He was saying mechanism,
- Whee. Hey, a new passion..
- I'm not sure.
- Frisbee.
[gasps]
- We're gonna give them
- Are you kidding?
- Are you joking?
Whoo-hoo.
- You guys were great. Amazing.
Wow this is--
- You did it.
- Rick Smith Jr. and Rokas.
- Whoo! Yes!
- Thank you so much.
- So good.
- We just saw Penn and Teller
Boys, shake it off.
You still have
"Fool Us" will be right back.
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♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
- Welcome back to "Fool Us."
If your grip on reality
this next magician just might
Take a look.
[fireworks booming]
- Magic allows me the freedom
I'm a femme
In other words,
but people are often thrown
by my boisterous personality
It's taken me two years
for "Fool Us,"
Magic is changing.
It's no longer
"Fool Us" is a platform for
allowing us to see
and everyone
If I had watched
when I was growing up,
it would've made me
Even if I don't fool
being included on this stage
is a trophy for everyone
[cheers and applause]
- Give it up for the lovely
[cheers and applause]
- [gasps]
Penn, Teller,
Well, just Penn.
[laughter]
Memories.
I love magic.
As someone who finds wonder
I have a gazillion passions.
These passions include
filmmaking, costume design.
I actually made this.
Before that I was all
[laughter]
I was four, okay.
But my greatest love of all
Especially as a human magician
"Wouldn't it be amazing
what someone was thinking,
"just literally spelled out
you know,
Eh.
Vintage photography,
comic books, bubbles, magic.
These elements combined create
Now, I've taken
and my desire to have
to bring you something
So, Alyson,
- Sure.
- This one specifically.
- I have here a bunch
- Ooh.
One of my passions,
If a picture is worth
well, then this is
- Okay.
- Don't worry.
Alyson, I'm gonna have you
from my life
- Okay.
- So as I drop down the photos,
- Stop.
Okay.
And definitely don't
- Okay. Alyson, I know
I just said that a picture
but I'm gonna need you to
a lot a bit--to one word,
in the thought bubble there
- Okay.
- Once you have one word
that you've chosen, go ahead
and refold the paper
and the paper
- Okay.
- So you've written down
- Yes.
- And you've refolded
- Yes.
Alyson, it would be really hard
But you know what will be
To read the mind
- Ooh.
So, Teller, would you please
on the stage to my right?
♪ ♪
This is so cool.
All right, Alyson, go ahead and
♪ ♪
Oh, wait, I'm sorry.
I'm the one that's come here
- Oh, yeah. Good. Whew.
and take your thought..
- Okay.
- All right, Teller,
Alyson's thought is
please put it in your mind
which is a very weird way
the paper and read Alyson's
like in a comic book.
Once you have it locked away
go ahead and tear it up.
We don't need it anymore.
[clears throat]
Now, back to where
when I was four years old.
- [laughs]
- [sniffs]
- But I still love bubbles.
Who doesn't, you monsters?
[laughter]
Teller, I'm gonna have you
down from your mind
and keep it poised
from whence we shall blow it
IRL thought bubble.
Slow and steady
You blew it...
[laughter]
I'm looking in,
hmm, this is a very--
oh, a lot of fuzzy feelings
And I'm seeing some pointy--
oh, I'm just gonna go ahead
Oh, my gosh.
Alyson, according to
you had a photo of Salem,
Go ahead and show
Ahh!
Teller, thank you so much.
- Lindsey Noel.
- Thank you.
- You really do seem
with a zillion passions.
- I am in fact that person.
That is me--yeah, all the way.
- I don't know if I'm more
or the fact
- All of it. I made the shirts.
- I made the pants.
- Yeah.
- That's amazing.
Is magic your sole profession,
- I've lived many lives,
magic is my sole profession.
- Before this I was
I was a costume designer
for film and television
- Well, you're a natural
- Thank you.
- Have you always wanted
- No. When I met
I was
but, like, there's only==
there's, like,
if you're not keeping
There's no limits
- Yeah.
- That's awesome.
All right, Lindsey, let's see
a "Fool Us" trophy.
- Hey, Lindsey, boy, we like
to see someone
It's really great
And it's so great
so many kind of illusions
There were so many things
Because first we thought maybe
Alyson didn't really have
and there was a force
But we don't think it's that.
And then we thought, well,
She's got it in her hands.
Whenever someone's got
then they have it
We figure there's gonna be
or something like that.
'Cause
So he would've seen
So we had to go through
but we ended up really,
And mark my words,
people at home
They're absolutely gonna love
Such a good performance,
But I don't think
- Oh, what do you think?
- I did not fool them.
- Uh-oh,
- But I still have a trophy.
[laughter]
- Oh, thank you so much.
- Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
We've got more fantastic magic
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♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
- Welcome back to "Fool Us."
I'm not trying
I'm actually trying
to this next act.
[fireworks booming]
- I call myself
I love to be around people.
In fact, my favorite thing
is that I get to learn
I have pretty bad ADD.
every minute of the day
I think the most
was not understanding
The only time I don't feel
I have a lot of nervous energy,
but I pour all of it
It's like I'm trying
And the audience is constantly
So I have to stay vigilant.
So I'm running variables
I know I have
You can't half fool somebody;
Hopefully I can focus
into fooling Penn
[cheers and applause]
- Give it up
of Jason Suran.
- Thank you. Thank you so much.
Before we begin, I just want to
that of all the experiences
has truly been
[laughter]
It's an honor.
It's just that nobody
about what goes into this,
you know, the sleepless nights,
the rewrites, the run-throughs,
'Cause the producers told me
I want on this stage...
new, inventive, deceptive,
low-maintenance, high-impact
but out of the ordinary,
and you keep it clean.
Other than that, go crazy,
[laughter]
They were very clear
They told me,
"You have to keep it clean.
"'Cause if you swear,
And that's a giant pain
[bleep]. [bleep].
See, this--this is why
[laughter]
Because this is stressful.
And I found myself
you know, that I was scared
and I didn't want to do that,
a visual record of every curse
and cuss
while figuring out
I was gonna do here today.
- Oh-ho-ho.
the point is, every time
I put money in that jar.
The worse the word,
And then I realized something.
for nothing, because
So, Penn, Teller, Alyson,
You are gonna read
by guessing how much money
or to put it a different way,
how much swearing it takes
So, Teller, we're gonna
since you are literally
who has never
[laughter]
Would you give me
How much do you think
if you had to take a swing?
- He says $75.60.
- Only 75 over the whole week?
There's no coins in there;
It's your decision?
- 76.
Didn't realize
That's from Teller. Good.
Alyson, how much do you think
if you had to take a guess?
- Is it, like, a dollar
- Yeah. So each word gets worse
and I've been told I should
- Okay.
- I don't know
- All right, no problem.
I will go for...
- $88.
See, everybody goes higher
And then finally, Penn,
since I learned most of these
you will give us
nice and loud.
- 247.
- Wow.
- 247. I gotta tell you,
like these
than they are mine,
So here's the good news.
Nobody got it exactly right.
But shockingly, one of you was
Believe it or not, Alyson,
- Yes.
- Not your number, but, like,
the closest to the jar,
three more minutes.
Would you join me onstage,
Give her
And, Penn,
to the list if you would.
- I will.
- Thank you.
- Now, Alyson, before
- Yes.
- I made a prediction...
- A prediction about how
and I left it right there
at the top of the jar
Now, even though that
well, not exactly--I think
you're still gonna find it
Alyson,
but would you please take that
and nice and loud
'Cause I think
- "Nobody will be even close."
- Technically nailed it,
but there's more;
- Open it?
- "But together everyone
- And I know that sounds
but that's why
Could you open the calculator
and start adding
- Okay. Sure.
- Alyson, I did something else
I counted up the jar,
And I wrote the total
inside the lid.
- Yes.
- Would you hold
Because the thing
predicting one of your numbers,
that would've been easy,
but predicting the total
nice and loud tell us
- Well, I'll give you the
It's 411.
Alyson, show them
That was the real pain
And that is what it takes
Thank you very, very much.
- Jason Suran.
[cheers and applause]
Is there anything else
as much as magic?
- Not even close.
- Do you use mentalism
- I do, but not in the way
I think people think
like a human lie detector
And for me it's more about
makes people light up.
likes getting to share things
And we all want to feel
And I think mentalism
and it creates opportunities
- Oh. All right.
- I didn't even begin
magic until I was in college
and just kind of was desperate
that I wasn't being graded
And then there was
There was this
And for somebody like me having
always be sort of practicing
was really, really cathartic.
- All right. Should we find out
if your mental magic
- Let's do it.
- What a god[bleep]
- Thank you.
- It's really--
It's really a nice way
You know, the problem
is that the number stuff
And you made the number stuff
that made it really,
And you also played
I mean, even though
that a lot of families watch,
they still seem to realize
to use obscenity
As a matter of fact, there was
for what magicians
And Al Koran
- Of course.
And we had a competition
both for a long time,
because at the end
I won the Al Koran medallion.
I won that, because I actually
And I tell you
and a great, great idea.
And I think we know
and if we're wrong
[laughter]
- So do they know
- Abso-[bleep]-lutely.
Thank you very, very much
- It was great.
[cheers and applause]
Don't [bleep] go anywhere.
We have more fantastic magic
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♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
- Welcome back to "Fool Us."
One "Fool Us" trophy has
Let's see if this
can make it rain again.
[fireworks booming]
[cheers and applause]
- A first for "Fool Us,"
here's Roddy McGhie.
[cheers and applause]
- Are we on already?
Sorry. I was just having
and watching bad TV.
Can you give me a minute?
Ooh.
Um...
- That's it, McGirt,
- Just give me 48 hours.
- I'm getting too old
- Shift from the east.
And now it's over to Jenny
is attempting to reach
- Completely naked
And he said to me, son...
- You're nothing
- The only thing I love
- Huge savings.
Are you tired of those
Well, now you can banish those
with the wonders of magic.
Yes,
you'll be the life of soul
Start learning right away
from our helpful
- Lesson one,
We have provided you with a
Simply place the assistant
Make sure your audience
goes all the way
Now insert the blade.
Watch out. That's sharp. Ouch.
You can now move one end
to the other end
Even in this wacky state
your assistant continues
even wiggle her toes.
Of course, your assistant
completely intact
Everything can be
Your audience will never
that hidden in the cabinet
the whole time
No way, Jose.
[laughter]
Congratulations,
You have completed
Lesson two, the crystal
We have provided you with a
containing your magician
The magician and assistant
as the crystal casket
They engage
[laughter]
Then the assistant
and the magician
We can clearly see
before the casket
The casket revolves,
the magic happens.
[audience gasps]
The magician and assistant
have impossibly
As the assistant
the magician emerges from
[applause]
Now get ready for the secret.
Ready to learn
While appears that
inside the casket
you can't always believe
He's not actually in there.
The real secret is,
Nothing does. Nothing is real.
Nothing is real.
[audience gasps]
♪ ♪
So now you know how it works.
[applause]
- Roddy McGhie.
[cheers and applause]
Well, hello.
- Well, it's not every day
for Penn and Teller, right?
- It's important to let
after the funny introduction
there were absolutely no
- Yeah. That's right.
- So you call it
What is that?
- Well, gadgets and gizmos,
That's the kind of thing
- And do you invent them?
- Yes. Yes, I do. Yeah.
- Wow.
I hear Scottish audiences
Did that prepare you for being
- Yeah, kind of.
Scottish audiences have this
but I think you just
and then they kind of love
So that's really
You've just gotta
a little bit, you know.
- Okay, Roddy, let's see
if your Scottish magic
- Hey, Roddy, you've done
an incredible miracle, because
we are really,
Get to the magic.
And you did that whole
really funny, really good.
in making sure
not using any camera stuff,
And it's really, really good
And you do this thing
You know, a lot of magicians
that they've worked on,
want to make 'em look
and things like
And you're using props that
and would never question
And boy, they're not.
You did miracles
that looked like you could just
And it's so smart.
I don't want to give away
because I'm sure you'll be
forever and fooling
And we absolutely love you.
We want you on the show
And we don't think
And I hope I don't have to say
I really don't want to tip
- Okay, Roddy, do you take 'em
You didn't fool them?
- Well, I have take him
but I'm sure--
- Oh, definitely.
- Very much, very much.
- Thank you so much,
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you.
- We can't let you go without
from two all-time greats.
Penn and Teller perform
Don't go anywhere.
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- Welcome back.
You'd think with all
and Teller's storied career
they wouldn't have anything
But that's not true.
Here trying to put one more
in their decades-long belt
[cheers and applause]
- You know, about 2 million
every week,
maybe 3 million,
And then they come to Vegas;
It's wonderful. We've heard
have many more people
Now, Teller and I,
We have no chance
We found out that during the
when the players are back
they have entertainers
or on the ice or whatever.
And we want to be part of that,
see that, like,
And these games are so big
and so powerful
which is why we have this,
they eat chips
They have big bowls of chips,
supersize bowls of chips,
we hope when you're watching
we'll be on it 2024
We're working on this.
It's intermission.
The players are getting ready;
There's all these commercials.
And in 2024 those entertainers
We've got a trick
but we haven't got it
but we're gonna get it perfect.
We're gonna keep working on it
but we'll give you the idea.
First of all,
"Hey, good evening.
"good afternoon;
I'm Penn Jillette
And then with the blimp
and the drones
See, he's rising in the air.
And he'll go up, like,
We haven't gotten that yet,
And then he, like,
and he spins it around him,
shows there's no wires
But we don't say that.
And there's, like,
all of the same stuff
'Cause choreographed movement
And it's, like, huge.
Whoa, Penn and Teller.
but I'm staying for the magic,
and there's, like,
Let's see how high he is.
He's not that high,
You want to measure to the top.
He's already, like, 10 feet up,
They're going,
And there's cameras all around,
thousands of people,
all over the world
And he just keep getting
He's still going up.
He's, like, higher and higher
He just keeps--
we've never gotten him
This is great. He's, like--
He's way, way up.
And he's--he's leaving
I can't even see him.
He's in the ceiling.
So that would be Penn
at the big game,
and the people all coming to
If you know anybody
- Okay.
- I'll try.
- For Penn and Teller
at "Fool Us,"
- He was way up there.
[cheers and applause]