07x21 - Back to the Future

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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," the show where magicians

try to catch Penn and Teller off guard.

One way to do that is the element of surprise, like,

"Surprise, boys.

The show's already starting, so hurry up and get out here."

Penn and Teller.

To earn a "Fool Us" trophy and a trip to Vegas,

ya gotta fool the masters of magic.

Let's meet tonight's first performer.

My name is Abby Segal, and I'm 19 years old.

When I was a kid, I never really wanted

to tell anyone that I did magic.

Like, for the fun facts at school,

it would never be I'm a magician.

It was always something else, like, "I play tennis,"

or something like that.

I would go out to different towns

and do shows at different schools,

and I didn't really want to ever to do it in my own school,

because I just didn't really want people

knowing there that I did it.

But sometimes I would be at school,

and I would do magic with my pen

just to see if anyone around me would notice,

but no one noticed.

I don't know why.

But now that I'm in college, I decided to share my magic,

because I realize how happy it made people feel.

So, Penn, Teller, I guess the secret's out.

I am a magician,

but I still have a few magic secrets I'm keeping to myself.

Along with Penn and Teller,

please welcome the playful magic of Abby Segal.

Thank you both so much for having me here today.

It's such an honor to be performing on your show.

As a kid, I found magic hidden in just about anything

I laid my eyes on.

My earliest experience of magic was in this toy

that sat high on a shelf in my grandparent's basement.

The toy was the Etch A Sketch.

The Etch A Sketch was like a trick to me,

the way you could make any image appear

just by turning the knobs,

and then it would disappear with a shake of the screen.

I made this image appear of the two of you.

Not by magic.

It took me three hours in my dorm room.

Penn, I really underestimated the amount of time

it would take to draw your goatee.

- I would think so, yeah.
- Yeah.

But for my first trick...

You know, I think this makes me the first person

to make you two disappear on your own show.

- Does it?
- Yeah.

There is real magic in the Etch A Sketch, though,

and we're going to find it.

But for now, I want you two to think back

to some of your favorite childhood toys.

To jog your memory, I brought some cards,

a beach ball,

a toy boat,

a teddy bear.

I'm sure some of these are ringing a bell.

Penn, I want you to reconnect with one of these toys.

So as I go through the cards like this,

just stop me whenever you'd like.

- Okay.
- All right.

- Stop.
- Right here?

- Yeah.
- Do you want this card?

- Yeah.
- All right.

And I want you to get a peek at this toy.

- Do you have it?
- Yeah.

And old that image in your head.

I will.

Teller, we'll do that same thing.

I'll go through the cards and stop me

in the nonverbal manner of your choosing.

That was a great choice. This one right here?

And can you get a peek at that toy?

Do you have the image in your head?

All right, and I'll set that down over by you.

Penn, focus on the toy you're thinking of.

Outline its shape in your mind.

I want you to keep concentrating on that toy,

but think back to a memory you've had with it.

Think back to when you played with this toy.

Maybe you played with it as a toddler.

Or maybe you were just a baby.

Or maybe it was yesterday.

It wasn't yesterday, was it?

- It was not. No.
- Okay. Good.

So we've confirmed that this memory was not yesterday,

but I'm getting a sense

that this feels like it was just yesterday.

- Yeah.
- Is that right?

Well, that's great.

Well, Penn, I want to see what toy you selected.

So if you wouldn't mind, I'm gonna flip over the card,

see that we have picked the talking telephone.

That was the toy you had in mind.

Mm-hmm.

The talking telephone.

Beautiful.

Thank you.

You know, I never thought my Las Vegas debut

would be playing with an Etch A Sketch,

so thank you, Penn, for this memory.

Thank you.

But you know what they say, what happens in Vegas...

Ohh.

But it's okay, 'cause we're not actually erasing our work.

We're only making room for new memories to be made.

So with this in mind, Teller,

I'm going to shake the Etch A Sketch

back and forth like this, and while I shake it,

I want you to think of that toy that you chose.

Picture yourself playing with it. Yep.

Imagine that all those simple lines and shapes

that you make with an Etch A Sketch

are coming together

to form that image of the toy.

That's good.

I'm going to set it down just like this,

and I'm going to flip over the card

to show that you have selected

the red wagon.

You know, I think the Etch A Sketch

may just have one more trick up its sleeve.

The red wagon.

And thank you both so much for helping me out.

Abby Segal.

Wow. That is so impressive.

Thank you.

So there's no other trick like this in the world.

- Is that right?
- Yeah.

Well, I came up with the trick my junior year of high school.

It was, like, a proposal I made to myself.

I was like I want to work on one trick and invent this trick

and put it on "Penn & Teller," so I worked on it

my entire junior year a little bit every day.

So what are your magic plans?

I would love to have my own show eventually.

I'm working on a parlor show right now,

so I would love to get that out.

And I'm doing psychology and visual art in college.

- Oh, cool.
- So I want to incorporate

those with magic in some way.

Just live a creative and magical life.

Awesome.

Are you creating more tricks, like, in your mind right now?

Yes. I'm always creating new tricks.

Like, I'll got to the store, and I'll see a toothbrush,

and I don't just think of, "It is a toothbrush."

I think of ways I can make magic tricks with it.

So I'm not very fun to shop with.

No. I think you'd be awesome to shop with.

I love that.

Abby, shall we see

if you can add a foolish trophy to your toy collection?

- Yes.
- All right. Penn, Teller.

Boy, Abby. We loved the act.

This is your original trick, right?

- Yes.
- Oh, wow.

Just so nice to see someone who's young with really new,

fresh ideas, and also, as a juggler,

I always love when there's a real raw skill

looking like raw skill.

You did that portrait of us on the Etch A Sketch.

- Yep.
- A friend of mine,

a wonderful artist named Renée French,

she did a portrait of me on an Etch A Sketch...

- Oh, yeah.
- And worked on it

a really long time.

It's really beautiful, so I know you really did spend--

and three hours is probably no exaggeration whatsoever.

And also, we think that you did the telephone there

incredibly fast really right there in front of us for reals,

and that was amazing too, so I like that.

And that also comes into having us choose a toy.

You had a combination of an interesting prop

and then also some real sleight of hand skill.

You had a very gentle and playful

but still forceful way to have us choose

the card that was really, really great.

We did notice--and I don't think many other people would--

that the choice of the wagon and the shape of the wagon

helps very much in making that trick happen.

It allows you a little bit of shade there where you need it.

So we know it was a wonderful routine,

and your style is so humble and sweet and still confident.

But we think we followed the trick all the way through.

And I hope I've given you a little bit of a hint

that we've figured it out here and there.

- Abby, did they figured out?
- You guys got it. Thank you.

Thank you, Abby.

- That was wonderful.
- Well, you didn't fool them

but you certainly entertained us.

- Thank you so much.
- Thank you.

Abby Segal.

Thank you.

Don't stick a fork in us just yet.

We still have magic a cut above the rest

when "Fool Us" returns.

Welcome back.

If this show has taught me one thing, it's that some days

you're the fooler, and other days you're the fool.

Which will our next magician be?

Hi. My name is Noel Qualter, and I'm from Leatherhead

in the U.K.

My magician friends call me the mad inventor.

They always see me tinkering with loads of different tricks

knowing I always think about magic 100% of the time.

Magic is my hobby and my job.

It is the first thought I have in the morning

and the last thought I have at night.

- Noel?
- So if I'm thinking about

a magic trick and completely obsessing about it,

I will sometimes walk down the street

moving an invisible object

or just thinking, "Will that work?"

People start giving me strange looks

probably thinking I'm doing tai chi.

But it's quite good fun.

I'm always working on ten tricks at the same time

and know nine of them won't go anywhere.

Penn, Teller, this is the tenth one. Enjoy.

Please welcome U.K. conjurer Noel Qualter.

Hello, Las Vegas.

I've been working on a groundbreaking app

that will stun the scientific community,

and I'll share it with you guys right now

in the most science-y way possible

as the vehicle for a card trick.

I developed an app where you can video call any point

in the past or the future,

and I wanna share that with you guys right now.

So would you reach out and pull out one card for me?

- Any one you want, Matt.
- Yeah. Sure.

And put it on the table facedown.

- Uh-huh.
- I'll give you a pen,

and I want you to sign your name

across the face of that card nice and big.

Okay.

And then put the card facedown when you're ready.

- All good?
- Okay, ready. Yeah.

And will you slide your card

somewhere into the middle of the deck?

- Okay. Done.
- Great.

And I want you to give these cards a shuffle,

a really good shuffle, a super shuffle.

Okay. I'll do me best.

Give them a really good shuffle

so neither of us have any idea where the card is on the deck.

- Uh-huh.
- Okay. And when you're happy

that you've shuffled them enough, make sure your card

isn't on the very top or the very bottom.

- Right.
- All good?

Uh-huh.

Perfect. There's a box on the table.

Can I get you to pop the cards into the box?

- Yeah. Sure.
- Very good.

And there's a rubber band there as well there.

Can I get you to rubber band the cards top to bottom?

- All good?
- Not yet.

All right.

- Done.
- Perfect. We don't need these.

Now, will you put the cards

on the short end on the table for me?

- Sure. Like that?
- Yeah. Perfect.

All good. Very good.

We're gonna sleight of hand-proof the cards,

so even if I wanted to,

I can't do anything sneaky at all.

Now, I don't want my app to get into the wrong hands

and cause chaos with the space-time continuum,

so I've built some security procedures into my app.

Okay, so I'll log in right now.

Hello, and welcome to Martee.

Okay, I just need to ask you

some security questions.

Okay.

What's your favorite color?

- Red.
- What was the name

of the first girl you kissed?

Laura.

And how old were you when you kissed her?



Brilliant. I'm in. Now,

I sense some doubt in the room as to the validity of my app,

but I've got a way to prove it to you guys.

I'm gonna ring a couple of showbiz icons that we all know,

but I'll ring them from a very long time ago.

Ahh.

Sorry, guys, don't want to scare you.

My name's Noel. I'm calling from the future.

Can you introduce yourselves?

Hi, my name is Penn,

and this is my friend Teller, and together we are...

Two incredibly precocious children.

You know what, Teller?

If you can't talk without pointing out our flaws,

I think it would be better if you didn't talk at all.

Well, thanks, guys.

I always wondered about that.

Now, that is one mystery solved,

but we have another mystery at hand.

Matt, you signed the card.

You shuffled them into the deck.

- I did.
- None of us have any idea

where the card is. I've got a plan, though.

I am gonna ring a close, personal showbiz friend of mine

but a few months from now.

He will have seen this episode of "Fool Us."

He will know where the card is and where it is on the deck.

He's always super helpful. I'll give him a call.

Piffy. Piffy, my boy.

I thought I told you to never call me, Noel.

- Yeah, don't be like that.
- No. I don't care.

- I need your help.
- No. I live in Las Vegas now.

Not London. Mr. Piffles and I, we've moved.

We're much happier without you.

Please help me. He's gone. He's a very difficult man.

You know what? I've got a better idea.

I'm here to today on "Fool Us,"

so if I ring myself in the future,

then future me will know what the playing card is,

I can ask him what position it was in the deck.

It makes perfect sense. I'll ring myself in the future.

Hello. Hi. Hello.

- Hello?
- Hi.

- Hello.
- Hi. It's young Noel.

Will you help me?

- Young?
- Don't be like that.

Do you remember being on "Penn & Teller" years ago?

Ah, yes. I remember it well.

Splendid chaps. Really looked after me.

- Wonderful catering.
- What?

You know, the small one k*lled the tall one.

- Huh?
- I guess if a man

doesn't speak for 60 years, a man can break.

Help me with a card trick.

A card? No need.

Just wonderful to hear your voice.

- No, no. Don't go.
- Good day.

Don't go.

Um...I'll ring him back.

Sorry, folks. I'll ring him back.

- What is it now?
- What was the card?

- The card?
- Yes.

- It was the four of hearts.
- Right?

- What?
- And what was the position?

Six in the deck. Good luck.

Six.

Matt, did you by any chance...

- Shut up.
- Pick the four of hearts?

- Yes.
- So future me got that right.

And he said it was at position six.

Now, you shuffled the cards.

You put them into the box.

I haven't touched them.

Will you take rubber band off the cards?

Yep.

Will you take the cards out of the box?

Will you turn the cards faceup for me?

Okay. I want you to deal--

pick up the cards like you're gonna deal in a game.

- Oh, okay.
- And I want you to do deal

four cards faceup just here.

Sorry, just--we'll do it in a pile. One, two, three, four.

Stop. Okay.

So when we deal the next card, that will be the fifth card,

and the sixth card we're going to see

whether it's right or not.

- Can I get you to carry--
- Same pile?

Yeah. Same pile. Yep.

Oh, my God. You've got to be joking.

Future me knew it was the four of hearts

in the sixth position.

I'm gonna go before my actions

end up deleting Penn and Teller from history.

I'm out of time. Good night.

Ooh, Noel Qualter.

Wow. That was incredible.

Thank you.

It's just such a brilliant app.

It's like the lazy man's time travel.

Yeah. Absolutely it is. Yeah.

Yeah. Is it a little scary to see yourself as an old man?

Absolutely terrifying. Yeah. But hopefully worthwhile.

- But you're adorable.
- Yeah. Thank you.

Yeah, he's a little bit grumpy,

but I'm little bit grumpy.

So this trick was totally original to you?

Yeah. It's based on a very old trick

that I'm sure Penn and Teller will be familiar with,

but this is a new method,

a new lick of paint to the presentation as well.

So hopefully lots of original touches.

Besides magic, what puts a smile on your face?

I quite enjoy barbecue, and--that's the truth.

And--but yeah, largely magic is my hobby and my job.

I can't wait to see some barbecue magic.

Yeah. If I can combine it,

- I'll be a very happy man.
- Yeah. All right.

Well, let's see if Penn and Teller know your secrets.

Penn, Teller.

Well, you already know we love you.

The stuff of us in the past

and you in the way future, young Penn and Teller,

old Noel, we just loved all of that.

Really funny, wonderful all the way through.

But let's get down to this damn card trick, shall we?

- Sure.
- Because as clever

and as funny and as entertaining as you are,

it's a card trick that we're here to talk about.

First of all, we saw the deck switch,

but we don't know

where that gets us.

- I hope so.
- And you could have easily

been forcing a card, but that doesn't help us.

So normally a deck switch and a card force,

either one of those gives us the whole damn act.

You force a card, then you say what it was.

Big deal. Or you've got a deck.

You switch it. You've got a miracle.

So we think that you're kind of sort of telling the truth

that it's something newfangled.

Like, maybe we think

there are decks that have chips--

I guess you'd call them crisps--

computer crisps in every card,

and then there's a pad that's some sort of receiver.

Just so you know, I'm now [bleep].

There's a pad with some sort of receiver

that can figure out where the chip is

and then feed it back to you, and then you obviously

have synthesized voice in your phone.

Are we close enough that you didn't fool us?

No. The deck's examinable.

Okay. Then you fooled us.

Shut up. You fooled us.

- Yay. We have a Fooler.
- You fooled us.

- Absolutely fooled us.
- Whoo-hoo.

Yeah, congratulations.

You're good.

- What a good act.
- Thank you.

Yay. Noel, we got your trophy

waiting for you.

- Yeah.
- One more time

for Noel Qualter.

Whoo-hoo. Great act.

It doesn't happen often,

but Penn and Teller just got fooled.

Let's see if they can get back on track after this.

Welcome back to "Fool Us."

Play along with Penn and Teller and try to figure out

this next trick.

My name is Christoph.

I'm a mentalist from Nuremberg, Germany.

I started magic when I was a little boy,

but it wasn't actually until I got to university

where my major was psychology

that I realized that I can put down the cards

and use people's minds to fool them.

Mentalist have a problem

that other types of magicians don't have.

People think what we are doing is real.

I have people coming up to me after almost every show

asking me to read their palm or tell them their future.

No matter what I say, they keep asking.

There's a famous saying in the magic world.

For those who believe, no explanation is necessary.

And for those who don't, none will suffice.

Penn, Tyler, don't believe

what you're about to see.

Let's go and a road trip to Germany for the magic

of Christoph Kuch.

Hello, Penn. Hello, Teller.

I think part of what makes you so successful

is your unique approach to a double act.

One of you talks, one of you doesn't.

So please accept this

as a sincerest form of flattery.

Allow me to introduce you to my silent partner,

silent me.

Like Teller, silent me is not going to speak

for the duration of this effect,

which means that silent me cannot interrupt me at all.

This is a good feeling. Right, Penn?

All right. Let's begin our little "Fool Us" game.

And speaking of games, you may not know this,

but German children are obsessed with games

about what they will be when they grow up.

Three of my favorites Mein Erster job,

Was werde ich sein,

Beruferaten.

Alyson, please name one of the games.

Mein Erster job.

Very interesting.

That's exactly what silent me predicted we would play.

To play we need a volunteer.

Please join us on the stage.

Hello, stranger.

Are you ready to play a game

with a mute guy and a video recording?

Excellent. The silent me will now show you some cards.

A different profession is written on each card.

For example, secret agent, combat diver,

undertaker, and so on.

In most of these professions,

you make a lot more money than a magician.

Dear spectator, please take the cards

and shuffle them thoroughly.

Thank you.

Put the cards on silent me's hand,

cut them anywhere you want, and tell everybody

what profession is written on your card.

It's astronaut.

Okay, silent me,

please take the cloth off your head

and show us your prediction.

Silent me has predicted two random choices in a row.

Can he do one more?

The odds of getting three right is...

astronomical.

Dear audience member,

the silent me will now hand you a die.

Please roll the die, and without looking

put your hand on top of it.

On this table you see six objects.

For the first time, please look at your die

and let everybody know

what number you have rolled by pure chance.

The number is three.

And now please tell us the object

that corresponds to that number.

It's a fish.

Very interesting.

Silent me, please reveal your final prediction.

Thank you, and good night.

Christoph Kuch.

Hello.

Hi. How are you?

Good. How's that fish?

He's fine, actually.

Oh, thank goodness.

This is the first trick that I've seen

where a magician performs with themself.

You find yourself easy to work with?

Well, we had some arguing during rehearsals,

but, you know,

I was pretty satisfied with myself, yes.

So you won a world championship.

Did that change your career?

Yes, it did.

That's actually when I went professional after that,

because I got huge media coverage here in Germany,

so that's when I changed my hobby

to actually be a professional mentalist.

What would it mean to you if you did win a trophy?

It would actually mean a lot to me,

because it has always been my dream

to perform in front of Penn and Teller.

I would be very happy, very surprised,

and very excited.

All right. Let's see if Penn and Teller

have the mental powers

to figure out how you did your trick.

Christoph, what a weird-a*s act.

- Thank you very much.
- Just a weird-a*s act.

Controlling people like a Svengali.

It's just so strange.

- You're kind of
- A Space Odyssey."

There's this sterile white room,

and then there's this weird astronaut

and other German people coming in and picking cards

and throwing dice and David Lynch

surreal, crazy wack job.

That's what you are.

And then there's a magic trick in there as well.

I think I've given you a little hint on some of this.

We just love the act. It was fabulous.

Loved the fish out of your mouth at the end.

Love all of that. Loved the two you,

one on video, one live.

As you know,

there are judges who listen to everything we say.

We have a very elaborate plan

for how we think you did it,

and we think we're right,

but I don't want to try to give code or any of that,

so we're gonna go and see if the judges think

that we're right or whether you fooled us.

We think we have it, but it's too complicated

to try to tell you across the Atlantic.

So what do the judges say?

All right, and I'm hearing from them now.

And they are telling me you fooled them.

No way.

- Yes.
- No way. Really?

- Wow.
- Great.

- Wow. Great.
- All right.

Unbelievable. We thought we had it.

- Wonderful.
- Oh, my God.

I can't believe it.

You fooled Penn and Teller.

Here to accept your trophy is me.

Okay. Give it up for Christoph Kuch.

Thank you. Good night.

Nicely done. Wonderful.

Thank you.

Penn and Teller just took their best shot and missed.

Now we have to take a time-out.

More "Fool Us" after this.

There you are.

You're just in time to meet our next act.

Take a look.

I started out as a performer.

I love performing.

I build all of my stuff,

and then people go backstage and say,

"Who built that?" I go, "I did."

And next thing you know, they say,

"Hey, why don't you build me something?"

And then now look at me.

I'm one of the top magic builders in the world.

When I build a magic prop, I never want to be ordinary.

I want my work to be extraordinary.

When I finish a prop,

I make sure it works perfectly.

I know it will last a lifetime,

because it has my name on it.

When you devote yourself to being the best,

it pays off big-time.

I'm bringing the same passion

I have for building to the stage tonight.

Penn and Teller, you might know me as a fabricator,

but wait till you see me perform.

Give it up for Ray Lum.

Magicians perform a wide variety of illusions.

Some perform miracles with a deck of cards.

Some impossibly predict the future.

I defy death.

But I don't step on stage

and put my life and limb at risk.

That would be unprofessional.

Many hours of practice goes into my dangerous stunt,

because if I don't stay razor-sharp, I get hurt.

Tonight I'm gonna give you a peek behind the curtain

to see how a magician prepares to defy death.

Ladies and gentlemen,

this is the device I use to train with.

The blade spins at 2,000 RPMs,

can cut a bone as easily as these carrots.

In a moment, I'm gonna shackle myself in this device

locking my arm underneath the blade.

My current fastest escape

from the saw is ten seconds,

Fool Us,"

I'm gonna set this blade to drop at five.

There's two safeties built into this unit.

If it gets into this danger zone right here,

this red light will come on.

If I feel like I can't escape on time,

well, I can always pull this emergency stop switch.

Okay. First things first is,

remove the jacket and put my arm through here.

Put the single handcuff on here.

Locking it with a lock pin.

The lock.

Make sure everything is real tight here.

Okay. To help me with my escape,

all I have is my wits

and this lucky lock pick.

Here we go.

Oh, man.

Oh, man.

What the...

Oh, man, no.

Stop this thing already.

What the...

- Whoa.
- Ooh!

Augh!

Oh, God. This is not right.

Ow. Alyson, wait, grab my hand.

- No. Eww.
- No, come here.

Give me a hand.

- Ohh.
- Oh, God, this hurts.

You know...oh, God, lucky-- lucky there's no blood.

Oh, God. I spoke too soon.

Throw it into here.

- Holy...
- Eww.

- Thanks, Alyson.
- Yeah. Sure.

Oh, God.

Oh, lucky I got this medical tool here.

Oh, my word.

Now, that's how you practice magic

so you end up not getting hurt.

Ray Lum. Ugh.

Whew.

So that's a great device. Is that an antique?

Yes. I'm a restoration artist,

so and then you see all the intricate stuff.

You go, "Man, how are they thinking about this stuff

- in the, what, '50s?"
- Yeah.

And does that inspire you to build new things?

That's what inspires me.

So you've been building magic tricks for 30 years?

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

So you know everyone's secrets.

Pretty much. Pretty much.

That's how you become a successful builder,

because you have to know every trick in the book.

Aha. Did you dream of, like,

having this kind of workshop?

Well, when I was a kid,

all the magic builders were selling these big props for,

like, thousands of dollars, and I couldn't afford it.

So I said, "Well, why don't I just build that?"

And then you end up building stuff that's ten times better,

and then people, you know,

seek you out, and one thing led to another.

Nice. All right.

Let's see if Penn and Teller saw through your trick. Get it?

- Hey, Ray.
- Hey, how are you doing?

You know, you are a person after our own heart.

We love this kind of stuff,

this good-natured celebration of life

by faking accidents and death.

You know, that's a really nice prop,

because most times on the wrist thing the hand

just goes out of sight.

It doesn't pop out.

And I wanna tell you that it's a very good-looking hand.

As a couple of guys who fabricated a lot of fake hands

in our day, that's a good looking one.

You've got a fine hand, my friend, a fine hand.

And the whole thing is just fun and goofy

and funny and terrific,

and it's a...

it's a [bleep] wrist chopper.

Well, I wanted to do this for you,

because I wanted to pay homage to you.

Oh, thanks so much. And it was a wonderful act,

and we share the same sensibilities.

Thanks a lot for coming on.

- Thank you.
- You were great, Ray.

Thank you.

Let's give you a hand, shall we?

Thank you. Thank you.

So, Ray, they know how it worked?

Oh. Of course. They're geniuses. Come on.

Well, you didn't fool 'em, but you sure grossed me out.

Thank you.

- Thank you. Thank you, guys.
- Ray Lum.

All this great magic, and we've still got some more.

Penn and Teller perform next, so stick around.

Welcome back to "Fool Us."

We've got some special guests in the house.

Actors Amanda Seyfried and her husband Thomas Sadoski

are here to do a trick with Penn and Teller.

Hey, Amanda. Hey, Thomas.

Hey, guys.

Thank you so much for letting us show you a trick.

Okay? Teller's gonna--

yeah, get the jokers out of there.

Now, Teller, these are new friends of mine.

I want this to be a really great trick.

Now, you're remote. You're saying safe.

So I'm gonna kind of be your hands.

and I'll be watching out for you.

So we're gonna have you start out by picking a card.

But we won't do it that way.

because you know as well as I do, Amanda and Thomas,

there's all sorts of ways to cheat with that.

You can do a cull; you can do all sorts of things,

do a top change.

So just turn the cards over one by one.

Have them say stop whenever they--

just say stop whenever you want.

Stop.

Good. Now--don't, don't--

do you want the eight; do you want the ace?

Which do you want there?

Actually, show them this one too.

What do you want there? The three of clubs?

Show them another one. Just name any card you want.

- The ace.
- The ace?

Yeah. I think so. I think so.

- Ace of spades? Okay.
- Yeah.

You're not touching that, Teller.

I'll take the ace of spades.

I've got your card here. I'm keeping it safe. Okay?

And we're gonna put the card back in the deck.

So just go ahead; just say stop.

- Stop.
- Okay. He had of control that.

He wants me to put it here. I'm gonna put it--

this is just for Amanda and Tom,

so I want it to be so good.

I'm gonna put it right in there.

See, now he doesn't have a break.

He's holding a break there, but now we can't.

So no he's shuffling them up.

That shuffle looks good. That shuffle looks good.

I'd like to do it a little better.

Let me just try.

You've seen this in Vegas where they really mix 'em up.

I'm I take them like this.

And I'll take these too, and I'll just smear 'em out.

And now we're gonna--you've seen a table wash, right?

- Right.
- In Vegas they do this.

Yeah, Teller, let's really-- these--

you know, Amanda-- they're new friends.

Thomas. I want to impress 'em.

So that looks mixed up, doesn't it?

That looks pretty mixed up.

Yeah, that's pretty mixed up.

Yeah, let's even bring the jokers in.

Teller didn't want the jokers in.

- Oh, no.
- Screw him.

We're gonna mix them in. There you go.

Okay. Good. Good, good, good.

I'm gonna make you look so good, Teller.

There you go. Now find the card.

Good. Find the card.

He's gonna just find-- and then it will

really mean something, Teller.

I want you to be impressed, you know what I mean?

Yeah those are really well mixed up.

Yeah. Actually, they don't want you shuffling them.

They don't trust you.

But you can see some are faceup.

Some are facedown. They're really mixed up there.

As a matter of fact, this kind of shuffle is easy to cheat.

This kind of shuffle you can't cheat.

You'll see 'em go by faceup, facedown.

And I want you to really see that they're mixed up.

You can see clearly they are faceup and facedown.

They're all mixed up.

And now, Teller, now...

do a magic trick for Amanda and Thomas

and impress my new friends. Go ahead. Do it.

You're not gonna touch the deck.

If he touches the deck he could do all sorts of stuff, right?

You don't want him to touch the deck.

- No.
- I want you to be impressed.

I want this to mean something to you.

So do your magic stuff.

No big gestures. That'll confuse them.

That'll misdirect them. Something subtle.

Something sweet.

- Bip!
- There you go.

Now watch this, Amanda, Thomas, my new friends.

There's the cards right there.

What was the name of the card you picked?

- The ace of spades.
- The aces of spades.

The only one that's faceup.

All the rest have gone facedown.

Only the ace of spades is faceup.

Right in the middle. I want to brag about that.

And there you have the ace of spades.

Thank you, Amanda. Thank you, Thomas.

- I am impressed.
- That was incredible.

- Thank you, guys.
- Thank you.

See? They're my friends.

Thank you to Amanda Seyfried, Thomas Sadoski,

and all of tonight's performers,

and, of course, all of you watching at home.

Come back next time for more "Fool Us."

Good night.