07x11 - Say Hello to My Little Ball Pit Troll

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- From the Penn & Teller Theater

at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas,

here's our host, Alyson Hannigan!

Welcome to "Fool Us."

I texted my daughter

about tonight's show, and I was, like,

"OMG, tonight's show is gonna be OTH."

Any magician that gets Penn and Teller to say,

"'IDK how they do their trick,'

wins a spot in P and T's awesome Vegas show!

Now, to get this going, we need my BFFs,

Penn and Teller!



All right, let's get this show started

and meet our first potential fooler.



Fooler!

Back again from Spain,

please welcome the charming Jandro!

Hola!

Hello!

Hola! Buenas noches, everyone!

Welcome!

Welcome to my TV show, "Jandro Fools Penn and Teller."

Because for me, fooling Penn and Teller

is like making love.

I only do it once a year.

And it's tonight!

Yay!

I'm very happy!

Let's do it very quick.

I have seen the future.

How? Ah...

And I have drawn what I have seen.

A picture. There.

Let's make this very easy.

Teller.

Could you come help me from there?

You have there the four suits of the poker deck.

You have a hearts, you have a spade,

you have diamond, you have flowers.

You have everything.

So can you get the one you want?

Can you get it with one hand and put it over your head?

And the rest, you can throw them.

And with the other hand, can you put a number

with the other hand over your head, also?

So that should be the two of diamonds.

Okay, okay. Is better a black card.

Is more for TV.

So--no, no, no, no problem.

If it goes wrong, it's your fault. Okay.

So you remember the card, okay?

Because you are not going to believe it.

Here. I have...

A white canvas.

Did I fool you?

Maybe you didn't understand.

It's a very special canvas because it's made of plastic.

Plastic little bricks. All of plastic.

And this is the future! This is the future.

You selected the card in the past.

Now we are in the present.

We have to wait!

How much?

Not much. Eh, two or three days.

Or we can try to accelerate the future. Okay?

Penn, can you come onstage and help me?

We'll applaud for him. Please, come, come, come, come.

Come, come. Here, please.

Help me with this. Help--help me, help me.

- Help you?
- Yes.

Can you--bring everything. Everything.

Every--all--everything. I cannot do everything.

Of course.

They--look, look, look. And the idea is very simple.

We have to put all the bricks--

well, all the ones you want.

You put them in-- You can.



- I put them anywhere I want?
- Yeah, anywhere.

And one question I want to tell you.

One question. Are you hungry?

- Uh, yes, I am.
- Yeah.

Because this is very good for bagels.

No meat. Only plastic.

Then you die. But it's okay.

Put, put!

Okay!

LEGOs for you!

Very good.

- Now I need your help. Please.
- Okay.

Do it as I say.

- Okay.
- Okay.

Can you put yourself here? Here.

- I can put myself--
- There.

I'll come be here.

When I say-- I will count.

Okay? I will count in Spanish.

So that everyone understands.

I will say, one.

Una, dos, tres, ya.

- Ya.
- Ya.

When I say ya, we have to throw all the--

to the--to the canvas.

- Okay.
- Okay?

Uno, dos, tres, ya!

Okay? - Ya.

And Teller, can you imagine, eh,

holding the card you selected?

Okay, like this.

No, you don't have to do it. Only imagine.

Okay, perfect. Watch his face.

Watch the canvas. Are you ready?

- 12--
- Sí.



For only this second.

Okay.

Una, dos y tres! Ya!

That's Teller! Look at his face!

Teller! Can you come?

Can you come? Can you come here?

That's what's here. And here--hello, hello.

We have to get...

it doesn't-- it's very, very fragile.

- Very fragile.
- Very fragile.

Very fragile. Teller.

Ah, you got--you got the card. The wrong side.

But this is your card.

Maybe if we turn it around,

You can see that the card is facing back.

He's not gonna believe it.

And here is the back of the canvas.

Eh...ah! Ah, sorry!

Can--can you hold-- sorry, sorry.

Can you hold it?

Do I have something on my hands?

You are not going to believe it.

Here I have a screwdriver.



Because if not--if it's not-- it is not in the back, maybe...

Maybe...

I have it.

Here's a card. I think it is for you.

Can you show it to everyone? The other way?

Is it two of diamonds? Yes, yes!

Yay! !

Oh, thank you!

Thank you! Oh, mwah, mwah!

- Thank you so much!
- Ladies and gentlemen!

Jandro!

Give--give us a second before we go back there.

Can I give you--

- Can I give you a hug?
- Please!

I didn't get to talk to you last time!

- No, it went very fast.
- Yeah!

You're so good that they just give you a trophy!

I mean, if you fool them again,

they might just set one here once they know you're here.

I don't know if...

Excuse me. Excuse me.

Excuse me, bring down the trophy.

- Yay!
- Oh, we have a fooler!

Come on! Come on!

Do a little angel!

You can count on that!

Yay!

- Thank you so much.
- That was beautiful.

- Thank you.
- You did it again!

Thank you.

Everyone, I'm never gonna get to talk to you!

Yay! It's Jandro!

I love you, thank you! Bye-bye!

Mwah!

Penn and Teller just added an act to their Vegas show!

Will they add another fooler to the bill?

Find out right after this!





Welcome back.

This next magician is DTF.

Down to Fool.

Let's meet him.

I was a weird little kid.

I was interested in anything spooky.

Any hint of ghosts or monsters

or the supernatural, and that was my thing.

The spirit of mischief that's in magic

has always been very important to me.

And so I like doing weird little pranks on people

Just to give them a little hit of surrealism

in their day-to-day life.

You have to make your own fun.

The last time I was on "Fool Us..."

I did a thing with two decks of cards and a desk bell.

And I fooled Penn and Teller.

This time, I'm doing something more toward the bizarre side.

Penn, Teller, let's get weird.

Here to possibly pick up his second "Fool Us" trophy

is Chicago's David Parr.

[cheers and applause)

Alyson, I don't mean to alarm you,

but this is going to get a bit weird.

I've always been a fan of the bizarre, the odd, the strange.

And in pursuing these admirable qualities,

one of the skills I've learned is how to withstand intense,

excruciating pain in one part of my body.

Which part is that?

Alyson, if you were to bend your thumb back this far,

normally, that would hurt.

Yeah.

But this is only the beginning.

- Oh, boy.
- It gets weirder.

Okay.



Would you please unfold that napkin?

- Sure.
- Open it up,

make sure there's nothing unusual about it.

- Like, all the way?
- Yes.

Okay. Looks normal.

- Nothing unusual.
- No.

I will take the napkin. You take the doll.

Mm.

Okay.

Alyson, would you please hand me one pin?



Oh, are you gonna-- oh, man.

- You see where this is going?
- I'm scared.

Alyson, would you carefully check the point of that pin?

Test that out. Is that sharp?

- Yes.
- Yeah.

So this pin could do some damage.

- Yes.
- Good.

Do I have to sit this close?

Yes.

- Here we go.
- No!

This is really dumb! You just don't--

Think about how I feel, Alyson.

I--that's what I'm thinking about.

Now, I--I can't do this. You--

Can you push that pin all the way through?

- No, no!
- No, no.

You have to use your hand. -

Just push it all the way through.

Oh, God, this is-- oh, no, no, no, no.

- It's in!
- Use a little--

It has to go all the way through.

It's--all the way through?

Yeah, yeah!

You picked the wrong person.

- Oh, God, it keeps--
- Alyson.

We're gonna get through this together.

- That's it, that's it.
- Oh!

Ugh!

- Ooh.
- I don't--I'm sweating.

Alyson, I can still move my thumb a bit.

- Okay, I'm so proud of you.
- That's a good sign, right?

Not really.

- Alyson.
- What?

We should hurry this along,

because this takes a lot of concentration.

- Okay.
- Can I have another pin?

I don't--no, they're-- we're out.

No, one more pin.

Check this one. Is that sharp too?

- Yes.
- Okay, good.

Ugh.

Don't close your eyes, Alyson.

I'm just looking at Penn.

Now I'm--I'm gonna go from this angle.

- Oh, God.
- And this time,

you'll definitely hit the bone, so you'll have to push harder.

I don't want--I don't--

Go ahead and push that through.

I just feel like you should do this.

- No, no, it's gotta be you.
- This is not--ugh.

- It's too hard!
- Yeah.

- I can't--
- You--you're doing it.

We'll get through this together, Alyson.

There it is.

Now, you think that second pin would be easier than the first.

- Oh, would I?
- Yeah.

- Hmm.
- But no.

- No.
- I do not recommend this.

- I don't, either.
- No.

I don't--why am I still holding this doll?

Well, because there's one more pin.

- Oh.
- Last pin, Alyson.

Fully committed.

- We should be fully committed.
- Yeah, yeah, it's sharp.

It is sharp.

- I'm sure.
- Gonna check?

I'm gonna mak-- oh, that one's the sharpest.

- Yes.
- Ugh.

- Because this last pin...
- Mm-hmm.

- Goes right under the nail.
- Oh, God.

No!

Mm-mm.

Mm-mm, mm-mm, mm-mm, mm-mm.

I--all I see is people with their hands over their eyes.

I'm right there with them.

They--they're robbing themselves

of this experience, Alyson.

I'm--I--I fully support them.

Alyson, can you push that in the rest of the way?

No!

The--the rest of the way? It's fine!

Yeah, no, all the way in.

But it's doing just fi...

You have to really--

I know, I know, it's too hard, I can't!

- I--I'm gonna help you.
- Yeah, you should.

'Cause I'm gonna throw up. -

Thank you.

I thought I liked you.

Thank you.

This requires incredible concentration.

Yeah, okay.

So I probably shouldn't leave these in here.

All right. Don't make me take them out.

- Let me get this one started.
- No, thank you.

Just pull that pin out.

Best if you just go all at once.

- Oh, God.
- Just--

- No, it didn't come out!
- No, not like that!

Alyson, that's absolutely not how to do it.

- Well, you said all at once!
- Just one, two, three, go!

- Ugh!
- That's it!

You can put that back in the doll.

I'll get this one started now.

Alyson, you have to pull out that one too.

- I don't want--
- It--just one, two, three--

- You pull!
- Oh, that's it, excellent.

I-I'll get this last one myself.

Thanks.

'Cause this one kinda creeps me out.

Oh, gosh, I'm glad something does.

- Here, look.
- Mm-mm.

- Look at this.
- I don't wanna.

- Alyson, it's almost--
- I don't--I'll see it on TV.

- It's almost out.
- It's fine.

- It's almost out, Alyson.
- It's great, I trust you.

Here we go.

- Ah.
- Okay, that sounded gross.

- Thank you.
- Mm.

I'm gonna jab this back into the doll.

- Yeah.
- Now, Alyson.

Are you easily made faint by the sight of blood?

- Yes.
- Good.

Because there is not a drop of blood.

Okay.

Ladies and gentlemen, David Parr.

Okay, so how did you even get

into the odd and the weird and the bizarre?

It started when I was a kid.

At age seven, right around the time I got into magic,

anything spooky was something I was into.

If it involved ghosts or monsters,

special effects of any kind...

And then you just dreamed of, like,

making other people stick pins into your thumb?

Yeah, yeah, that was one of my goals in life,

so I can check that one off.

Oh, so--

So which do you like better,

fooling people or just freaking people out?

- Oh, they're both fun.
- Yeah?

They're--they're fun in their own ways.

All right, well, let's see if you fooled Penn and Teller.

It's a--it-- it's a great trick,

'cause you can never, ever match, with anything,

what someone can do in their mind.

- Right.
- You know?

And there is geek magic that's done like this

by people who really do needles through--

through different parts,

and this is not geek magic, what you're doing,

and I would argue it's--it's more powerful.

You take someone like Alyson and have her--

actually, not someone like Alyson, how about Alyson?

And what she's gonna do in her mind is gonna be much stronger

than if you had your- your real thumb out there.

It's just a beautiful presentation.

But if you happen to read Penn and Teller's book

"How to Play with Your Food" back in the '80s,

that trick is in there.

Oh, wow.

Not as sophisticated as yours,

but sophisticated enough that you did not fool our asses.

Okay.

- All right.
- But you had fun?

Well--a blast, yeah.

I couldn't have said more good about you.

I--thank you.

- All right.
- Thank you.

- David Parr!
- Thank you, thank you.

All right, we'll hug it out.

Thank you.

Hold tight. We're taking a quick break

before we return with more "Fool Us."





Welcome back.

As much as Penn and Teller hate giving up a "Fool Us" Trophy,

they really hate giving up two.

That could happen with this next performer.

Hi there, my name is Katrina, and I'm a professional magician

out of Los Angeles, California.

When I was three years old,

I saw Judy Garland in the "Wizard of Oz,"

and I've wanted to be a performer ever since.

My first performance in front of strangers

was in the fourth grade talent show.

I sang and I did the Charleston.

I went to clown school.

I use my clowning and magic and juggling and stilt walking

in basically all of the things that I do.

Something I love about swing dancing and magic

is they're both universal languages

that people can share and understand anywhere.

I'm here to fool Penn and Teller,

and I hope that some little girl watching this today

will be inspired and maybe grow up to become

a magician or a president,

or a magician president astronaut cowboy.

Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Magical Katrina!

Yay! Oh, whoo!

It is such an honor to be here.

My name is Katrina and I'm an old-fashioned girl

who likes old-timey things from days gone by,

like wearing vintage clothing, swing dancing,

rotary phones, Penn and Teller.

So you can imagine what an amazing thrill

it is to be here today.

But I didn't just come here to meet my magical heroes.

I came here because I need help.

Mm-hmm. For the past few years,

my dating life has been...unsuccessful,

and honestly, I think it's because of a lack of judgment.

I should probably stop dating magicians.

Yeah.

So I actually came here to get some dating advice.

Penn, would you come up and help me?

- I'll do my best, yeah.
- Oh, yay!

Here.

- Awesome.
- Okay.

So Penn, I actually brought here a bunch of photos

of different potential suitors, and I would like you

to look at them and tell me if you think they'd be

a good match for me or not.

Is he in front of a lineup?

- Yeah.
- Good sign.

Good sign.

Now, this isn't like those dating apps

where you just swipe yes for every single girl

in order to hedge your bets, okay?

I want you to be a little picky here, okay?

- Okay, I'll be.
- Okay.

- So date or no date?
- No date.

- No date.
- Too Brooklyn.

- Too Brooklyn--
- Too Brooklyn.

Put him here. Date or no date?

- No date, not Brooklyn enough.
- Not Brooklyn enough?

Okay. Date or no date?

Date, just to be mean to you.

Oh, well, I know he looks like he's ten,

but he's actually 15. He has a learner's permit.

- Okay, date, just to be mean.
- Okay, good.

- Date or no date?
- Oh...



I would say no date.

No date, okay. Date or no date?

- Oh, absolutely date.
- Yeah?

- Good smile, good smile.
- He has a little hat--okay.

Yeah, a little hat.

Date or no date?

Well, you know, I think we're back to too Brooklyn, no date.

Too Brook-- he's a--he's a hipster.

Yeah, hipster, no doubt about it.

- No hipst--
- Oh, my goodness, which one?

- Which one would you choose?
- Both, they're a package deal.

Oh, they're a package deal? Then no, no.

And he comes with a cat. Oh, no cat? Okay.

- Magician?
- Oh--oh, goodness.

Good that we dodged that b*llet, okay.

- Date or no date?
- Good choice.

Good choi-- oh, is this for me or for you?

- For you, for you.
- For me--okay.

Date or no date?

If you like rotary phones, let's go with that.

Okay.

Too Ed Norton in both senses. No.

Oh, okay. Okay.

Yes?

- Yeah, sure, why not?
- Ooh!

Okay.

Now, that means these are all noes, right?

- Okay, those are all noes.
- And these are all yeses.

- Yes, they are.
- So this is--oh, gosh.

How many is this? This is...

We have one, two, three,

four, five different people I could go out on dates with.

That's still a lot. Could you just point to the one

that you think would be my one perfect match, Penn?

You know...

I'm gonna go with the one who looks

the most pleasant and the most fun.

Oh, my goodness, this one?

- Yes.
- Okay.

So that means these are all noes.

- Mm-hmm.
- Now, Penn.

I actually have a confession to make, okay?

Before I came here,

being the independent woman that I am, like Beyoncé...

I already knew which one that I wanted to choose,

but I needed a second opinion to confirm.

So I actually took these and I drew

big black X's

on every single one of these cards.

All of them, except for one.

My favorite one, which I drew a big green check mark on.

The very same one that you chose.

Penn, could you show everyone the green check mark?

There's the green check mark, right there.

Magical Katrina!

So do you really date

a lot of magicians?

Oh, two. I've dated two.

I mean, hey, they're good with their hands, so.

So I used to have a thing about--

I would never date actors 'cause they're actors.

But then I wound up marrying an actor,

and it's been great because they really understand.

So the magician thing,

you just maybe, just maybe have to find the right one.

Maybe.

I-I do tend to date people that I have similar hobbies with.

I used to date swing dancers exclusively

'cause I competitively swing dance.

And then when I started getting, like,

really nerdy and into close-up magic,

I started dating magicians.

Do you always use comedy in your act?

Yes. So I went to clown school,

and it was a really rigorous program.

We did miming and slapstick and all sorts of cool things.

That's so cool. And what was the most

surprising part of-- of clown school?

Like, what did you think you wouldn't like, and you loved?

- Oh, I loved everything.
- Yeah?

I also like just being able to say I went to clown school.

That's pretty great.

People are, like, "Did you go to college?"

And I'm, like, "Nope, I went to clown school."

Right.

All right, well, you say you're unlucky in love,

but let's see if you're lucky, and you go home with a trophy.

- Whoo!
- All right, Penn, Teller?

Katrina, that was-- that was great.

You've taken--the problem with prediction tricks

is that--that they're--

you know what's gonna happen before they start,

and you found a way to make every decision personal

and relatable to you, relatable to everybody,

and it really made the regular prediction trick really,

really personal, interesting, and we were invested in it.

And I will tell you that when I came back to my seat

I did not know how you did it.

And I was very, very close up there,

looking at everything, even handling the props right there.

I could not tell how you did it.

You would've taken home a trophy right then.

But then I came, and I sat down next to Teller.

And Teller was not standing up there trying to think

which date to choose for you or what to do.

He was just trying to bust you.

That's all that was in his head.

He did have a few ideas, but I gotta tell you,

it was so inspiring.

your exuberance, your happiness--

I just hope that some of it rubs off on us.

I just hope it really does.

And I don't think you fooled us.

Does that code tell you they figured it out?

- It does.
- Oh.

I don't think I've fooled them, either.

Oh, all right. Well, thank you so much.

Magical Katrina!

Thank you.

We've got to make a quick pit stop,

but we'll greenlight our next magician when we come back.





Welcome back.

Let's see if Penn and Teller can handle this next performer.

I have two moms and two dads.

My dads are g*y, and my mom's a l*sbian,

and they decided to have and coparent a kid.

My parents are scientists, doctors, and engineers,

and I'm a senior at the University of Pennsylvania,

studying neural biology, and I'm about to graduate.

But rather than go into medicine right after college,

I'm actually taking a few years to do magic full-time.

I'm really fascinated with the neuroscience

of magic and sleight of hand,

and also, some of the history as well.

Card cheats of the 1800s and early 1900s

actually used a lot of modern day neuroscientific concepts

to their advantage. They just didn't know it yet.

Don't worry, Mom and Mom, and Dad and Dad.

My degree's not going to waste,

because tonight, I'll be combining what I've learned

about sleight of hand and what I've learned about neuroscience

to see if I can fool Penn and Teller.

With two randomly selected members of our studio audience,

give it up for Daniel Roy!

Eric, thanks for helping out,

and Morgan, thank you so much for helping out.

Now, when people see card tricks,

they often assume that it's all just manual dexterity.

But it turns out that we sleight of hand artists

use all of our senses to our advantage.

So I'll give you an example of each.

So Morgan, as I spread through these cards,

I just want you to touch one on the back.

And I'll spread through them slowly.

This card here?

Would you hold out your hand for me, but palm down?

And I want you to cover that card up.

Cover it up completely. Now, Morgan.

I'll turn away, and I want you to take

a quick peek at the card so you know what it is,

and then cover it up again. Have you done that?

Yes.

Yes? So you know what the card is?

- Mm-hmm.
- Perfect.

Now, theoretically, if I were to look through

all of these cards here,

I'd be able to see which one was missing.

Now, I do apologize.

This is a time-consuming process,

so I'll try to get it over with as quickly as I can.

- King of diamonds.
- That's correct.

Is it the king of diamonds?

Indeed it is the king of diamonds.

But of course, you can't just go

looking through the deck if you wanna impress anyone.

So that's where the other senses come into play.

If I listen to this shuffle really carefully,

I can hear where her card lands in the deck.

So listen with me.

Okay, I don't know if you heard that,

but I think her card landed 13th from the top.

This is your moment to say,

"Yes, I heard it land 13th from the top, too!"

Well, I won't just count down 13 cards.

Instead, using only my sense of touch,

I will cut off exactly 13 cards.

That's 13 cards.

That's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13.

I heard your card land 13th from the top,

and the 13th card is the king of diamonds.

Now, sure.

Sight, sound, and touch are all useful,

but if you really wanna impress people,

smell is the sense you wanna use.

I know it sounds weird, but I'll prove it, okay?

So, Eric, here's what I'm gonna ask you to do.

I want you to reach over in a moment

and cut over a group of cards from the top of the deck

and put them right here.

But just so we've got enough cards left over for Morgan,

make it a-- a small group of cards,

like a quarter of the deck or less, okay?

Just cut over a small group of cards from the top,

and then just put them face down right there.

That's perfect.

And then what I'd like you to do

is I want you to cut over a group of cards from the top

and put them here, however many you like.

Okay.

And just leave them face down right there, perfect.

Now, what a lot of people don't realize

is that playing cards have smells.

And it's the ink that gives them their smell.

Now, the backs of the cards all have the same coloring

and the same amount of ink, so they all smell the same.

But the faces of the cards--

different colors of ink, different distributions of ink,

all of these contribute to the smell.

Now, Morgan, here's what I'm gonna ask you to do.

I want you to hold your cards from above like this

and just rub them on the mat right there

and then put them back, but keep them face down.

Rub them on the mat right there and then put them back.

Okay, perfect.

Here goes.

Okay, I'm smelling black-colored ink,

and, um, I'm detecting hints of mercury and ferrous oxide,

which they only use in the ink for the spades.

You'd think they'd use the same ink

for the spades and the clubs, but they don't,

and it's kind of a medium-ish smell,

so I wanna say it's probably, like, maybe an eight of spades?

An eight of spades. Tell me, Morgan.

Is this card here the eight of spades?

That's an eight of spades.

Indeed it is the eight of spades.

All right.

Last, but not least, taste.

Here's what I'm gonna ask you to do.

I want you to take those cards and hold them under the table.

Take them. Hold them under the table.

Now once they're under the table,

I want you to give them a shuffle.

Mix them as much as you like.

And then whenever you're satisfied that they're mixed,

I want you to spread through the cards

and take out any card you want from the middle,

then bring everything else back out.

Okay, so you've got just one card under the table, yes?

Now, keep in mind that he didn't want this card here,

nor did he want any of these cards.

He wanted the card that he's got under the table.

So here's what I'm gonna ask you to do.

I want you to stand up,

and I want you to stand directly behind me.

Stand up, come around and stand directly behind me

and I want you to cover my eyes with your hands like this.

Cover my eyes with your hands like this.

Okay, great, but not too hard.

I need to, like, still have, eyes.

And then, Eric, under the table,

I want you to tear off a teeny, tiny corner of the card.

Under the table, really do it.

Tear off a teeny, tiny corner of that card,

and once you've done that, put that corner in my hand.

But keep everything else under the table.

Okay, here goes.

Mmm.

You know--mmm.

No matter how many times I do this,

I will never forget

how much I hate the taste of seven of spades.

What?

Would you show that card to everyone here?

Is it indeed the seven of spades?

Daniel Roy!

- Wow, that was very impressive.
- Thank you, thank you.

Do you do magic at universities?

Yeah, I go to the University of Pennsylvania

in Philadelphia, and I actually study neurobiology there.

Wow, and are you gonna use neurobiology in your magic,

- and if so, how?
- Yeah, yeah.

I guess a good example is if I say,

"Alyson, are you right or left-handed?

- Right.
- You're right-handed?

The moment she has to answer that question,

she has to turn her attention inward, right?

To think, "Oh, am I right or left-handed?"

So we call this inattentional blindness,

because the truth is, in a magic trick,

I don't really care if you're right or left-handed.

But I do care about getting you to turn your attention inward

for a moment so that I can maybe do some

sneaky sleight of hand out in front of you

that you wouldn't necessarily detect.

- Oh.
- That makes sense?

Yeah, so a narcissist is your best audience.

Exactly, exactly.

People who are just totally obsessed with themselves.

- It's very easy to misdirect.
- Yeah, that's so fascinating.

All right, let's see

if Penn and Teller know how you did your trick.

- Penn, Teller?
- Daniel.

Oh, boy, you know, a lot of magicians

try that senses thing, and it's not usually very good.

On you, it just looks beautiful.

And you also handled the cards with such comfort,

and you're so natural, and all the moves are natural.

And I wanna just say a lot of stuff it's not.

There's no deck switch,

using the same deck all the way through.

There's no rough and smooth,

the cards aren't treated that way.

You're doing this with raw skill.

And we love to see that.

We found a lot of the act, uh...

well, toward the end, it got a little edgy, for us.

But other than that, it was a very sweet, very kind act.

And now, I just-- something's been bothering me.

When we were on Broadway, there was a musical, "Cats."

The main song from that show, what was the--

what was the main song from that show?

- Don't know, I never saw it.
- Never saw it?

You're a very fortunate man.

But Alyson will whisper to you

what the major song in "Cats" was.

"Memories."

And that might give you an idea,

that although we loved you, we don't think you fooled us.

I'm super happy to be here, you're spot on.

Thank you guys so much. It's been a real pleasure.

Okay, so they didn't-- you didn't fool them,

but you entertained us all. Thank you so much.

- Thank you.
- Daniel Roy!

Still in the market for more magic?

Good, we've got more in store, right after this.





After four decades of creating astounding magic,

Penn and Teller could just rest on their laurels.

And yet, they keep inventing

and reinventing amazing routines.

Here with another new trick

are the unstoppable Penn and Teller!

We, uh...

We don't allow the magicians on the show

to speak to their audience volunteers ahead of time.

We don't want them to set up anything

and rehearse the people they're gonna be using.

But in this case,

because this bit is so...strange,

we found a family in the audience

and we gave them scripts

that they're gonna read and act out a little scene.

We have BJ, we have Sarah, and we have their son Keeler.

And now we're gonna do a little story called

"The Ball Pit Troll."

Once upon a time, BJ, Sarah, and their child,

who they had taken to calling Smarty-pants,

for obvious reasons, went to a local hamburger joint

that featured a wonderful ball pit for the children.

While they were awaiting their hamburger sandwiches,

BJ said to their child...

"Listen, Smarty-pants, why don't you go play

in the ball pit? You'll have fun."

- But Smarty-pants said...
- "I don't want to.

"That's where the ball pit troll is.

"And he'll eat my head

like a large order of french fried potatoes."

Sarah said...

"Come on, Smarty-pants, you'll have a good time.

"And besides, we both have some very important texting

and social media posting tasks to do."

"Yeah, let us get a picture of you

"having fun in the ball pit

so we can post what a happy family we are."

"Yeah, post a picture of me getting eaten

by a ball pit troll is more like it!"

Oh. "Now stop it, Smarty-pants.

"The ball pit troll is just an internet meme.

It's make-believe."

"There's no such thing as the ball pit troll.

"It's not real.

Now go in the ball pit so we can do our social media."

Just then, the establishment's manager

came over and said,

"I know you wanna surf your social media.

Want me to throw Smarty-pants in the ball pit for you?"

"Yes, please."

The friendly but large and determined manager

took Smarty-pants as he said...

"Oh, no, ball pit troll! Ball pit troll!

Ball pit troll! Ball pit troll!"

"Yeah, come up here, Smarty-pants.

"You'll be okay. I just hope you are.

"Here we go.

"We're gonna lower you into the ball pit.

"And just go in there, Smarty-pants.

"And just have fun. Have fun, Smarty-pants.

There you go, Smarty-pants, there we go."

Sarah and BJ took pictures of Smarty-pants

being thrown into the ball pit

and started to post them and count the likes.

They could see Smarty-pants playing in the pit,

and then suddenly, all the play just stopped.

Sarah and BJ were worried.

They said together...

"Well, we'll be damned.

Maybe the ball pit troll did get Smarty-pants."

The manager said, "Maybe. Let's find out."

And he emptied the ball pit.

There, at the bottom of the ball pit,

was the ball pit troll. BJ said...

"Wow, I guess things on the Internet can be true."

Sarah said...

"Did he gobble up our Smarty-pants

like an order of french fried potatoes?"

All of a sudden...

"Nope, the ball pit troll did magic with me,

"just like Penn and Teller. He doesn't eat little children.

He eats french fried potatoes just like the rest of us."

Smarty-pants, Sarah, and BJ posed for selfies

with the manager and the ball pit troll

and posted them on social media with the perfect filter.

Keeler, take a bow. That's Keeler there, Keeler.

Keeler!

Aww, hi!

Aw, so long for now.

We'll be back with a bunch of great new magicians

and the same old, fantastic Penn and Teller.

Good night from Las Vegas.