06x02 - They're Baaack!

[bunniefuu]

[jazz music]

♪ ♪

- From the Penn & Teller
Theater

at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas,

here's our host,
Alyson Hannigan.

[cheers and applause]

Welcome to "Fool Us."

We've got a real treat
for you tonight,

but it might not be a treat
for Penn and Teller.

Each magician
on the show tonight

has successfully fooled
Penn and Teller before,

but they're greedy,
and they want a second trophy.

Will Penn and Teller
be duped again,

or will they get revenge?

Let the rematches begin.

First, let's bring out magic's
greatest duo, Penn and Teller.

[cheers and applause]

Anyone who fools
Penn and Teller

gets to perform
in their Vegas show

and takes home
the coveted "Fool Us" trophy.

Penn and Teller know that, and
so does this previous fooler.

- I'm Javi Benitez,
and I come from Spain.

First time I came to "Fool Us,"
I did a card act.

- 100%, no qualifications,

you fooled our asses bad.

- What the hell?

I was totally out of my mind
at the moment.

This time, there is something
that I can say with this trick

that I'm going to do
that I cannot say with cards.

I want to create
an atmosphere of intimacy.

Close-up magic is about
creating a magical moment

that we'll remember forever.

The trick that I'm going
to do is a classic.

I'm sure Penn and Teller
know the trick,

but I changed the method.

I changed the technique.
This trick is my baby,

and I want to show it
to the world.

[cheers and applause]

- Back from Spain to inflict
more pain,

here's Javi Benitez.

- Yeah.

Thank you very much indeed.

It's amazing to be
in the show again, of course,

and, well, last time,

I was lucky enough to have
fooled you, Penn and Teller,

with card magic, but this time,

I bring something even smaller.

That's why you are here,
volunteers.

Great volunteer here to cover
every angle,

so you at home,

or if you are in the bathroom
with a mobile phone

or whatever, you can see
from the top, from the back,

from everywhere, okay?
So let's start.

Let's start and enjoy life

with something very special.

So, Alyson, please open the
box.

Yeah, like that.

- Oh.
- Cool.

- This is called--yes.
- Yeah.

- The gypsy thread.
- Yeah.

- Or in Spain,
we call it "el hilo." Eh?

Alyson, please grab it.
Shake it.

It's a regular--my English
is sometimes--

- Spool of thread.
- A spool of thread, yeah?

So let's--we are gonna
use just, well,

something like this,
and please, Penn, grab it.

You grab in the center,
and, Teller,

grab on the other side.

Okay, and just break

in small pieces this thread,

and leave the pieces one by one
randomly over the table, okay?

Very small ones. Yes. Yes.
- Me? Me too?

- You too. You too.

You all do that.

In the ancient cultures,
"thread" means "life,"

so now they are committing,

uh, m*rder. Yes?

To these very innocent

piece of life, huh?

And look at this.

Oh, you made here
a piece of art.

This is a Jackson Pollock
painting, right?

Yeah. I don't want to touch it,
so, please, Alyson,

show your hands to everybody.
Yes? Very clean. Very nice.

With two fingers, grab one
of the pieces like this.

[indistinct]. Like this.

- Okay.
- Yeah.

- [indistinct].
- And another one like this,

and squeeze them, like,
in a ball, like this.

- Yeah. Okay. [indistinct].
- Okay. Oh, you can help.

You can help. Yeah.
Take all--take all--take all--

- Take all of them?
- And you can help.

You can help, and give to her.

Yes. I don't want to touch it.
You take. You take.

- Oh, I'm sorry.
- Oh, that one--not that one!

- Ah!
- Ah!

- And ball them up?
- Yeah. Here. Here...

- Okay.
- So everybody can see.

- Okay.
- So everybody can see.

Maybe you can do this. We call
this the croqueta in Spain.

Croqueta.
Very good.

And put all the pieces
in the center of the table.

Ah.

- There?
- Centered.

That's perfect. That's perfect.
Okay.

I don't want to touch,
so--so

now comes
the most beautiful part,

is the magic moment,
so let's dream

that we can restore
this piece of life, okay?

So let's put the hand,
without touching, like, this.

Without touching,
like this--maybe you can help.

All of you. All of you.
All of you. Everybody.

Everybody. With all our energy.
Don't touch the ball.

Don't touch the pieces.
Let's feel the magic.

Wow! Wow. Okay.

Okay.

Done.

Thank you very much.

[applause]

It's restored.

Don't look at me
like that, Alyson.

Well, just remember,
before we show,

just remember, Alyson,
you break the thread,

and you break.
Yes? Teller?

You also break the thread,
and you collect them?

- Yeah.
- Yes?

And you make a tiny ball, you
squeeze it, and you put there?

- Yeah.
- Okay.

- Yeah.
- Did I touch those pieces?

- No.
- No. Well, but you touch.

- I touched.
- You moved.

But I didn't touch.

- No.
- Yes?

- Right.
- I didn't touch.

Do I have something
in my hands, please?

Check. Check.

Do I have something
more than fingers, of course?

- No. They seem fine.
- Nothing. Nothing.

Nothing.
Nothing. Nothing.

- No.
- Okay. I'm gonna touch now,

because this is
the most difficult part.

Nothing. And I don't want
to hide anything to you.

Let's squeeze. Ah. Here it is.

Here is an end.

[indistinct].

Alyson,
maybe you can help, please.

Grab here,

and let's try--
just stand up.

- What?
- Ladies and gentlemen,

the gypsy thread.

[cheers and applause]

- Ohh..h*-h*-h*.

- Well, but one more thing.

One more thing,
because we were--you can sit.

You can sit.
Because we were dreaming, huh?

- [indistinct].
- And--yeah.

And what if someone
is dreaming us?

Well, if someone
is dreaming us,

then nothing would be real.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

So better create your dreams.

[cheers and applause]

- Javi Benitez.

That was unbelievable.

- Thank you.
- And it happened not only

before my eyes but in my
fingers.

- Yeah, in your hands,
- 'Cause I was the one that--

- It's the first time
in the history

of human being that Alyson
do the gypsy thread trick.

- I've never done it.
- Isn't it amazing?

- And how does it feel to be
back on this stage?

- Well, you cannot even imagine

how can I feel,

being not once in Vegas
but twice,

so being here is something
that I still don't believe.

- Aww.
- You know?

- Well, I don't know
if anyone's let you know this,

but you're really good.

You probably don't have
to worry about it.

You're really good.

- Thank you.
Thank you very much.

- Yeah. Okay.

Well, let's go
to Penn and Teller

and see if they've figured
out your trick.

- Shhhhook.
- Penn, Teller.

- Oh, boy, do we love you.
- Aw.

- I mean, you just don't see

better sleight of hand
than that.

You just don't see it anywhere.

People just saw
the best sleight of hand

they're ever gonna see.
It was just fabulous.

And...

[cheers and applause]

I got to tell you
that I think--

I think you may have gotten

phenomenally unlucky--

really unlucky--
and I'll tell you why.

We have to do closers
for every show this season,

so we have a whole list
of tricks we're working on,

and one of the ones
we thought about doing

was the thread trick,

so Teller went
deep into research,

and I don't want to give away
too much on this,

but I do want to say something

that is fascinating
about this trick.

What we loved about this trick
is that you were not lying.

When you said that it was
happening in Alyson's hands,

it was happening
in Alyson's hands.

She actually did it.
She really did.

But what you were
not counting on is,

we did a lot of studying
of Elbiquet,

and then, of course, Al Baker,
and your version

and then, of course, Al Baker,
and your version

is very close to Al Baker's,
we think, possibly,

except you were even bolder,
even gutsier, even stronger.

We want you back
on the show all the time,

but we think,
just because of a bad bounce,

just because we've been working
on this exact trick for months,

that we got most of it.

- Well, I don't really know
if you know

all the mechanics or not.
- Okay.

Well, should we have Teller
talk to him quietly or...

let's do that, so you--

we want you to feel satisfied.

- Yeah.
- Okay.

- [whispering indistinctly]

- He's smiling. Nodding.

- He's right.
- Aw.

They figured it out.
- And you are great. Fabulous.

- But you're so wonderful.

- Thank you.
- Thank you so much.

- Thank you. Mwah!
Thank you.

- Javi--aw--Javi Benitez!

[cheers and applause]

Our next reckoning awaits.

Another fooler makes
their second attempt

to fool P and T after this.

[jazz music]

♪ ♪

[jazz music]

♪ ♪

- Welcome back to "Fool Us."

This next fooler
made Penn and Teller's

jaw drop last time.

What's she gonna make them
drop this time?

Let's find out.

[fireworks booming]

- I have a secret I'd like
to share with you.

When I came on "Fool Us"
the first time, it wasn't easy.

Onstage, you're alone in a room
full of strangers

watching
your whole life change.

- Seems like I should put
my pad down

and say that you fooled us.

[cheers and applause]

- The impact was incredible.

I'm a headliner in London
now doing magic and mentalism,

and we do a show called
"Unfathomable."

My acting career took off.

I was in two productions
this year,

as Perdita in Shakespeare's
"The Winter's Tale"...

Daffodils that come
before the swallow dares.

And as a Welsh housewife.

A woman's place--I don't see
how that's a man's business.

Penn and Teller know me better
as a person

and as a performer now.

I think that may
make it harder for me,

but I've still got
some tricks up my sleeve.

[cheers and applause]

- Please welcome back to "Fool
Us"

the mysterious Rebecca Herrera.

[cheers and applause]

- True story.

In 1968, researcher
Charles Tart

created
a random five-digit number

and placed it on a high shelf.

His subject, a Miss Z,

claimed she could divine
this five-digit code

through what she called
"out-of-body experiences,"

essentially meaning
her spirit self

could leave her body
and float around

and see things
which her human eyes could not.

Dr. Tart's experiments
have been controversial

for over 50 years,

but after studying
his work very carefully,

I think I can make a believer

out of all of you.

Penn, last time I was here,
you mentioned

that you weren't allowed to go
all TSA on me and search me.

Well, now you can.

Would you please come
and join me on the stage?

[cheers and applause]

- Good to see you.
- Good to see you.

Now, this is a metal
detector...

- Uh-huh.
- You may take it.

The kind used
to search people for objects

they shouldn't have on them--in
this case, radio receivers

or other ways
to cheat at magic.

Please test it out.
You can test it out on yourself

first of all
if you have any metal.

[metal detector beeping]

Please check these blocks
and this rack.

Make sure there's nothing
hidden inside them.

- Smooth.
[laughter]

Under control.

- Please satisfy yourself
that there is nothing

concealed on my body.

[laughter]

- It's just--yeah, okay.
- Yeah?

- I think we're okay.
- Wonderful.

[metal detector beeps]

Now--I'll stick
this here--Penn,

you will be playing the role
of Dr. Charles Tart

in this experiment and
creating a five-digit number.

- Okay.

- There are nine numbers
to choose from,

one to nine,
represented on these blocks.

- Okay.
- Please place them

in this rack
in any order you'd like.

- Okay.
- However, before you do that,

I'm gonna come
and sit over here

so I can't see
what numbers you choose.

- Okay.
- And I'll close my eyes.

Audience, you can make sure
that I'm not peeking.

Okay. Penn, please place
five numbers into the rack now,

and let me know
when you're done.

- Let's see
what we've got here.

One last one here.

Right there.

- Please lift that rack
and stick it

on top of the shelf behind me.
- Put it up on the rack.

We're going to the rack.

And there it is...

- Wonderful. Okay.
- On the rack.

- And if you haven't already,
can you please flip that

so that the numbers
are facing the ceiling?

- Numbers facing the ceiling.

- And then come
and stand behind me.

- And I will come
and stand behind you.

I am Dr. Researcher.

- To this day,
it has never been proven

exactly
how this experiment was done,

but it might have gone
a little bit like this.

Now, if I go into a trance,

I will lose control
of my physical self,

so, Penn, if you wouldn't mind,

could you please put your hands
on my shoulders

to stop me from falling?

- I will.
- Thank you.

[mystical music]

♪ ♪

- [gasps]


Penn, can you please
turn the rack

so the audience can see it?

- 6, 1,


Beautiful.
- Thank you so much.

- That was nice.

- Rebecca Herrera!

That was so cool.
- Thank you.

- So you fooled Penn and Teller
last time you were here...

- I did.
- Yeah.

Does it make you more nervous
coming back,

are you sort of more confident,

'cause you've been here
once before?

- I think it's a mixture.
I think there's some things

where you're like,
"Oh, I know what to expect,"

and there are some things
where you're like,

"I know what to expect."

- And do people recognize you
from the show?

- Yes. I was at a wedding,
and I was just sitting down,

and, like, the bride
had walked down the aisle.

They were basically
about to say "I do,"

and someone tapped me
on the shoulder,

and I was like, "Hello?"
And they just went,

"Are you Rebecca Herrera
from 'Fool Us'?"

And I was like, "Uh, yes."

- Well, let's see if your
out-of-body experience

fooled Penn and Teller.

- Yes.
- All right, boys.

- Well, here you are again,
Rebecca.

- Yes.
- Once again finding a way

to get information

that you have no way
of finding out.

You brought the wand up there.
I checked you all out.

I wanted to find one of Bambi's
friends somewhere on you.

We thought maybe in your shoes.
I didn't check there enough.

Last time, you had something
that gave you the information

that no one else
could experience.

You got the information in a
very personal, individual way.

Nobody, anybody
could have any idea

what the information
was that you got.

But this time, you decided
you'd go a whole different way,

and you decided to hide
in plain sight,

'cause what you experienced
to give you the information

of what was up on that board,
everyone in this room

and everyone watching
at home experienced.

We think everybody
had the information.

Only you could read it.

It's like calling someone's
name in a crowded room.

Only they hear it.
So we think it's possible

that the first time
you went personal,

and this time,
you went universal,

and Teller doesn't care
if we're wrong on this,

'cause he loved the act.
But I think you didn't get us,

'cause I think
it was right out there,

and I think you know what
we're talking about this time,

so maybe one fool
is enough for you for now.

- I think you do know
what I'm talking about.

Yeah. So yep.

- Aw.
- Thank you very much.

- Oh, not a fooler,
but thank you, Rebecca Herrera.

- Thank you.

[cheers and applause]

- Another returning champion
will take on Penn and Teller

when we come back.

[jazz music]

♪ ♪

[jazz music]

♪ ♪

- Welcome back to "Fool Us."

This next magician
already fooled Penn and Teller

and plans
on doing it again right now.

and plans
on doing it again right now.

[fireworks booming]

- When I fooled Penn and Teller
the first time,

I made a special request.

- I'd like to take the liberty
at this point

to rewrite the rules.

If even one of these
two tricks fools you,

I still get to
take home the trophy.

- Well, the one trick,
the tennis racket thing,

we got, so we would like
to give you half a trophy.

- The trick that fooled them
was invented by my dad.

Now, he's a very well
known magician in Australia,

and he comes up with
his own magic all the time.

I actually didn't want
to become a magician at all.

When I was 16, Dad was looking
for an assistant.

Then all of a sudden,
I thought I would like

to try my hand
in doing a couple of tricks,

and from there,
did my own show as well,

and that's why
we're back tonight

to have another run at them.

Dad's got the old trophy.

Now it's time
to win one for me.

[applause]

- Coming back to us all the way
from Australia,

once again,
here's Helen Coghlan.

[cheers and applause]

- Thank you.
Thank you very much.

Tonight I'm going to turn
my hand to escapology.

Now, we've all seen
escape artists.

They get themselves tied
or chained

into all sort of really
dangerous situations,

but have you ever noticed
that every single time,

without fail,
with just seconds to spare,

they miraculously manage
to escape?

I mean,
it's always so dramatic.

They never get hurt.
Where's the fun in that?

Well, tonight
I've decided with my escape

to do away with all the drama,

and one of two things
will happen:

I'm either going to escape,
or I'm not.

You win a few, you lose a few.
Now, to help me tonight,

I'm actually after
a couple of people

to come up onstage to assist,

and I'm actually looking for
a couple of strong,

good-looking men to help.

Oh, actually, Penn and Teller,
you guys will do.

Please give them
a round of applause.

I hope you don't mind.

[cheers and applause]

So nice to see you both again.
- Hello, Helen.

- Thanks for coming
to the show.

I'm glad you could make it.
I'm handing each of you

a solid steel rod with chains
securely welded on each end.

I would also like you to point
out the stand with the loop on

and make sure everything
is solid steel

and the chains
are securely welded.

Now, gentlemen,
can you remember,

last time I was on,
I changed the rules.

This time, I'd like
to do it again if that's okay.

Thanks.
Okay.

Now, the rules are,
what we're gonna do--why

I have two sets of these,
I'm gonna be

chained up
to one of these sets,

and, Teller, you're gonna be
chained up to the other,

and whoever escapes first
gets the trophy.

Okay. So, now, to make it fair,
you can choose which--

- Well, we'll see if you get--
you also have to fool us.

- Okay.

- Besides getting out.
- Hey.

- 'Cause being--
- I'm making the rules.

Not you.
[laughter]

So you can choose
which rod and chains

you would like
to be chained onto,

and which set you would like me
to be chained onto.

Free choice. You would like
to be chained--

you don't want to change your
mind?

You happy with that?

Which stand would you like
to be chained on?

You want to be chained
to that one?

Okay. I'll get you to stand
on the platform.

Penn, you're going to
chain me up, and, Teller...

- Okay.
- To chain you up,

all the way from Australia,

I've brought my dad,
Arthur Coghlan.

[cheers and applause]

It was his milk trick
who fooled you last time.

Dad, these are my new friends,
Penn and Teller.

Teller, would you like
to remove your jacket, please?

You might find it easier
to remove your jacket.

Thank you very much.

Okay. Hang it up perfectly.

Okay. So we'll start
with my left wrist.

If you would like to chain
my left wrist up.

- Okay.
- Chain it up.

Make sure it is nice
and--ow--nice and tight.

- I will.
- Okay. I'm sure you will.

I don't want the audience
to think

I'm pulling my wrist out.
- Okay.

- And Dad's doing the same
with Teller.

- That's pretty tight.
- I can't pull my wrist out?

- I don't believe so.
- So this goes through here.

- Right.
- Okay?

And my right wrist,
once again, if you make sure

it's nice and tight,
I don't want the audience

to think
I'm pulling my wrist out.

- Okay.
- Okay?

Okay. It is nice and tight.
Now...

- I believe that's tight
enough.

- Teller, you don't have
any keys.

I don't have any keys. Penn...

- I have keys.
- You've got the keys.

You can go and stand over there
with Teller, and by all means,

give him all the ideas
you want,

but please--you all right?
Feel free.

- Yep. Yep. Yep.
- But please don't touch.

You can look...

- Okay.
- But don't touch.

- Okay.
- Okay.

Can I please have the cover?

Now, I'm gonna be hidden
from your view

Now, I'm gonna be hidden
from your view

so you can't copy
what I'm doing.

Okay, so the first one out
wins the trophy.

- Uh, yeah.
- Yeah. I like those rules.

- Maybe. If you fool us.
- Are we ready?

- Yeah, yeah.
Okay. Are you ready?

You ready, Penn?
You ready, Teller?

- I'm as ready as I'm gonna be.

- Okay. Away we go.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

- I can't touch.

♪ ♪

Yeah, well,
can you try--get wide--

get broader there if you
can get something through.

Would tipping this
or getting off it help?

♪ ♪

I don't know if that's gonna--
that's not doing anything,

but it looked good.

♪ ♪

Seems like you're failing,
Teller.

- Hey, Penn,
how's Teller going?

- Well, he's just about out.

- He's just about out?
- Yep. Almost done.

He's got one little thing to
do, and then he's fine.

- I tell you, I beat him.

[cheers and applause]

- Remember, it may be
your rules, but it's our show.

- Ladies and gentlemen,
Helen Coghlan!

Ohh. Wow. Hi.

- Nice to see you again.
- Hi. Good to see you.

So how do you like being back
for the second time?

- It's fantastic.
It is so cool.

- Yeah.

- I'm so excited to be here.
I really am.

- So we always talk about
the--like,

"Okay, if you win, da-da-da,
and you get to come back..."

- Yep.
- So did you come back and...

- I came back after--last year,

after I fooled them,
I came back,

got the opportunity
to perform onstage with them,

and that was honestly
the highlight of the year,

being with these guys
performing onstage.

It was fantastic.
- That's so cool.

- It was really cool.
- Yeah.

We never get to hear
about that part of it.

- Yeah. No, it was great,
because I ended up

closing the show for them,
and honestly,

they were one of the best
opening acts I've ever had.

[laughter]

- That's good.
- They are pretty good.

Now, also, I just quickly want
to mention, with those locks,

everything that you saw
with this escape,

it's solid steel, the chains
are securely welded on,

and the locks are real.

- All right. Well, I just loved
your escape...

- Thank you so much.
- And I hope you escape

with another trophy...
- So do I.

- So let's see if the boys
figured it out.

- Penn, Teller?
- Okay, Helen.

We do not like people
coming on our show

and changing the rules.
We loved the act.

We want to go on.
We usually spend a lot of time

talking about
how much we love you

and how great the act is.
You have forfeited that.

I'm not gonna do that,
'cause you changed the rules,

so we're changing
the rules too,

because usually we get one stab
at this--one stab,

and then if we don't get it,
you get the trophy.

But you changed the rules...

- Okay.
- So I'm changing the rules.

My [bleep] show.
I'm changing the rules.

- Fair enough.
- First of all,

you're gonna answer
these honestly.

Did you have another person
in the cabinet?

Because if you had
another person in the cabinet,

you did not fool us.

Is there another person
in the cabinet?

- No.

- Was there ever another person
in the cabinet?

- No.
- Okay. That's crossed off.

Now, a lot of times,
people do escapes like this,

they get extra slack
in the chain.

They can slide out of it.
Now, I did you really tight,

but was there a way
for you to get extra slack?

- Nope.
- I'm not done yet!

Lot of times--Houdini did this
a lot--there'll be a way

to screw the bar apart
so it comes apart like that.

Did you have a way
to screw the bar apart?

- Oh, this is
getting boring now. No.

- Okay. I'm not done.
I'm not done.

Here's the one
that's most likely,

and answer this carefully...

- Does my wrist screw off?
- Because--no.

No, that's not gonna be it.

There are repercussions
to this answer.

- Oh, I can't wait.
- Did you have a key

on a handle that you could
maneuver with one hand?

- You can frisk me
if you'd like.

[laughs]

- Okay. We have one more.
This is the clincher.

Do you think that you
actually fooled us?

- Yes.
- You did.

[cheers and applause]

Nicely done.
Beautifully done.

Fooled us again. Again.

- Helen Coghlan.

[cheers and applause]

Helen Coghlan
just got her hands

on her second "Fool Us" trophy.

Will Penn and Teller
give another one away?

Come back and find out.

[jazz music]

♪ ♪

[jazz music]

[jazz music]

♪ ♪

- Welcome back to "Fool Us."
You wanted a successful fooler.

You got one. Now you want two?
I'll see what I can do.

Here's our next magician.

[fireworks booming]

- My "Fool Us" experience
was great the first time.

I was thrilled
with the performance.

It's actually...

real magic.

[cheers and applause]

The inventor of the magic is
often hidden behind the scene

and someone you never see,

but being the performer
and the creator

means I'm out there doing both.

When I'm creating
a magic trick,

there's a lot of fear and doubt

because of all
the time investment,

but in the end,
it's much more rewarding.

When I created this trick,
it immediately got recognized

as my piece
in the whole puzzle of magic.

The same year
that I premiered it,

I was voted Stage Magician
of the Year,

and I'm really thankful for
the opportunity to share it.

[cheers and applause]

- Here's Danny Cole.

[cheers and applause]

- Thank you so much.

So when I was here before,
when I started,

my tie was actually missing,
so this time,

I made sure to have it on
before we even started.

Ohh.
[laughs]

I have another one.
I have another one.

[audience oohs]

[upbeat instrumental music]

♪ ♪

Let me fix this.
Hold on.

♪ ♪

I don't know why that happened.

[laughter]

♪ ♪

[applause]

Okay.
I don't know why that broke.

We'll get the tie
all situated.

You're back.

♪ ♪

Yes.
[chuckles]

I'll bring this over.

Perfect.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

[laughter]

♪ ♪

[audience oohs]

♪ ♪

[applause]

[applause]

♪ ♪

[inaudible]

♪ ♪

[cheers and applause]

♪ ♪

[cheers and applause]

- Danny Cole!

- [laughs]
- Aww.

That was so cool.
Hi. Good to see you again.

- Thank you.
- How have you been?

- Great.
- Yeah. You're back.

You just can't
stand being away.

- I love it here.

I can't believe
I got invited back,

but,
yeah, I'm so happy to be here.

- And so when you come up
with an idea,

like, talk me through that.

Okay, you wake up in the middle
of the night--

that's how I picture
your ideas coming to you.

Just go with me on it.

Just go with me on it.

And then, like,
do you draw it out?

Do you yourself,
like, build it,

or do you go somewhere,

and they help you build it?
How does it happen?

- I try to draw it out like
a comic book

without knowing
how it's gonna work,

just what I would love it
to look like...

- Uh-huh.
- And then, yeah,

I got a workshop...

- Nice.
- And I love building.

I got my bandsaw
and my drill press.

- Oh, cool.
- All the stuff in my workshop,

and, so yeah,
I make it myself.

- That's awesome.
- Yeah. I love it.

- Well, let's see if Penn
and Teller

figured out how
your trick was done.

- Okay.
- Boy, Danny.

So nice to have you back.

- Thank you.
- Boy, you always do such

beautiful, beautiful stuff.
It all looks so, so simple,

and it's all so,
so, so, so complicated.

What's really smart about this
is that the subtlety--actually

making the moves
be less than you could really

do them--makes them
much more amazing

because of the way
that it dawns on us

and the way it comes
from another direction--not,

"He's in an impossible
position,"

but, "That chair's getting away
from him,"

which is just a really
incredible way

to put that together,

and for those of us who have
been in touring magic acts,

the antecedent to this
was always untourable,

and also impossible to walk
around before and after.

Just walking out onstage is
perhaps the most amazing thing

once we know
you're gonna do this act,

and being able to walk around
and be comfortable

and just standing there,
I mean,

no idea how much work
went into that to get

everything--you said
you built this yourself too?

- Yeah. Yeah.
- Just amazing. Amazing.

[applause]

- Thank you.
- And the flip stick

and manipulation stuff
at the top

is just wonderful
and beautiful and clean,

and you've taken something
that is an old principle

and made it
an entirely new thing,

but not into enough
to fool us, I think.

- Yeah. You're right on,
and yeah, I'm not surprised

that you knew exactly
what I was doing. Perfect.

- Thank you so much
for being here, Danny.

- Yeah.

- Aw.
- Every time you come back...

- Yeah, thank you.
- It's such a joy.

- Thank you, Danny Cole.
- Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.
- Danny Cole!

Nobody fools it better
than Penn and Teller.

Don't go away.
Our house duo with a license

to thrill will be right back
with more "Fool Us."

[jazz music]

♪ ♪

[jazz music]

♪ ♪

- Welcome back to "Fool Us."

For our finale tonight,
here's our devilish duo

performing another
delightful deception:

Teller and Penn.

- You know, I started magic
really late.

I started in high school
doing magic,

and that's very late
for magicians.

Teller started when he was
five years old doing magic.

Now, Teller and I have been
working continuously together

for 44 years,

and what a lot of people
don't know

is that Teller was working
silently before that.

When I first met him,
he was already working

silently,
so when we first got together,

he was doing
all this great magic,

and I was the one
doing the talking

and the patter and the jokes,
and I kept working on magic.

And I learned magic
like everybody does.

You start out with hand
magic--sleight of hand,

close-up--and you just need
a book

and a deck of cards or a book
and your cups and ba*ls,

or in this case,
a book and a magazine page.

So I never get a chance to show
off my sleight of hand--

my just hand magic skills,
my close-up skills--

so for this one bit,
just now, for me,

I want to do one bit
with no patter,

no jokes, no big moving around,
just my hands.

So please, let me do this one
piece of silent magic for you,

and please,
just watch my hands.

[light piano music]

♪ ♪

- And now, ladies
and gentlemen,

a very special event:

the silent magic
of Penn Jillette.

[applause]

♪ ♪

[cheers and applause]

♪ ♪

[applause]

[cheers and applause]

♪ ♪

[audience oohs]

♪ ♪

[laughter]

♪ ♪

[laughter]

[cheers and applause]

- Thank you, Penn, Teller,

and all of
tonight's entertainers.

We'll be back with more
of the world's best magic.

See you soon.

[cheers and applause]