11x05 - Nerd Magic

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From the Penn and Teller Theater

at the Rio Hotel

in Las Vegas,

here's our host... Brooke Burke.

Welcome to Fool Us.

So anyone who follows my socials

knows that I always rave
about hosting this show.

That's why
I'm livestreaming right now

because I wanted to show
all of you

what it's like
to work with all of you.

Yes.

So together, let's all go crazy

as we bring out two of magic's
biggest influencers...

Penn & Teller.

- Whoo.
- Yeah.

So cool. Ha ha ha ha.

As always, Penn & Teller
watch each trick,

and then they try
to figure it out,

and if they're stumped,

they give away
a famous "Fool Us" trophy.

Wait a second.

I just got a DM.
They're letting me know

that we are ready
for our first magician.

I live in a remote part of Italy

where the rhythms of nature
are the only clock.

In Italy,

the past
and the present compete.

In some ways,
it's a country built on ruins.

I think that's why
I've always had a sense

of time hurrying past...

and the desire
to hold my memories in my hands.

I'm a junior in college
studying film.

And big changes are coming fast.

I've dreamed of magic
my whole life.

But to perform in Las Vegas
is so big a dream,

I still can't believe
it's happening.

Tonight, Penn & Teller

could decide my future for me,

but if that change is coming,
I'm ready.

How about some magic

from Italian magician
Francesco Della Bona?

Francesco Della Bona.

Wow.

That was so beautiful.

What inspires your magic?

I study cinema,

also arts, theater,

and, and music.

I think for a-for a magician,

it's very important
not to focus only on magic.

What do you hope to accomplish
next in your magic career?

My next goal

is to perform around the world

and, creating

my own, one-man show.

Do your prefer to do magic

where language is not necessary?

Yeah. I like when the reas...
when art is international

like this one.

In Korea, they are very famous
to do manipulation,

so an Italian

that go to perform in Korea,

it's something strange,
but they love it,

so I'm very happy.

All right, Francesco.

Let's find out right now
if you fooled Penn & Teller.

Are we ready? Good luck.

What an act, Francesco.
Just beautiful.

You've taken
a card-manipulation act

and made it abstract.

But you've added so much

to what's been done
in card-manipulation acts,

and there are moments in that

that are
absolutely instantaneous,

breathtaking, and supernatural.

Just really, really beautiful.

Just gorgeous,
gorgeous stuff in there,

and the moments when the things

just freeze in time

and just stand totally still,

we have an idea
of how hard that is.

That is to say, we know
it's wicked, wicked hard.

Um, and it's just

all so beautiful
and stark and simple,

and you're Italian,

so you know that wonderful movie
The Bicycle Thief

that's black and white
and a piece of art

and just, just gorgeous
all the way through.

We just loved it.

It's-it's just
terrific and great

and, um, and as much
as we loved it,

we do not think you fooled us.

Now the audience turns on us.

See? They're g...
They're-They're getting angry.

Does Penn's code

mean that you didn't fool them?

Yeah.

I don't know what it has to do
with Italian movies.

We certainly loved it,

but they figured out
how you did your trick.

Thank you, Francesco.

Thank you so much.

Francesco Della Bona.

Up next, Penn & Teller
break down a few more tricks,

and later, you'll see them
perform one of their own,

so stay close.

We're back and ready to show you
a great trick

by this next
incredible magician.

I'm a 16-year-old magician
from Denver, Colorado.

You walk into
a dimly lit magic shop,

a person behind the counter
shows you a magic trick,

then they say, "So,
you want to know how it's done?"

And that's when you enter
the rabbit hole.

And magic is a very, very deep
rabbit hole.

My first love was coin magic.

The... Their weight in my hands,
the glimmer, the shine.

It really called me in.

I wanted to do
my own solo magic show.

I learned a ton of tricks,
but none of them

really reflected my personality
and style of magic,

so I started to invent magic
that really spoke to myself.

And I've been doing it
ever since.

My other passion is music.

The tuba's
an incredible instrument

and has a glimmer and shine
of its own.

Music influences
the pacing and flow of my magic.

Tonight, my trick will combine
both of my greatest passions.

Penn, Teller, can I fool you
with both magic and music?

Let's see.

Here to bring some class
to the program,

it's Liam Abner.

Thank you. Truly.

Now, people often mix up
what instrument this is.

Sometimes I get trumpet.
Other times, trombone.

One time, a guy,
confidence through the roof,

said to me, "Wow, you look good
playing that French horn,"

so, let's get the record
straight. That's a tuba.

And tonight, I'd like to combine

just a little bit music
and just a little bit of magic

in a way
I hope you won't soon forget.

But to do that, I'll need
the help from a participant,

so, Brooke,
would you mind helping out?

- I'd love to.
- Terrific.

Ladies and gentlemen,
give her a hand.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

- Nice to meet finally.
- It's a pleasure to meet you.

How can I help you?

Now, to help teach
just a little bit about music,

I brought these.
These are my deck of...

They helped me learn music
when I was getting started.

Now, on the cards
are different pieces...

of musical term and notation.

So for example, a whole note.
They're all very different.

This is all gibberish to you,
I'm sure,

- unless you play instruments.
- I cannot tell...

It should-It should be seen

that they are completely
all different.

Now that you know
they're all different,

Brooke, I'd like you
to just reach into the center

and choose whichever card
is singing to you.

How about this one?

- Perfect.
- I'm gonna take out.

Good. Just take it out for us.

And we can...
we can see what it is here.

Ooh, staccato.
That is a fantastic marking.

Staccato
means to play your notes

very short and poignant.
I'm doing it with my v...

You see-see what the gist here?

Very short
and poignant... staccato.

Now all... most musical terms
are in Italian.

I should-should mention that.

Now, staccato
is certainly interesting,

definitely unique,
but it's not special.

So, Brooke,
will you sign your name

- just across staccato for us?
- Anywhere?

Anywhere. And draw us
a little picture, too.

Make it a little fancy
for us to see.

Okay.

How's that?

Perfect. A little smiley face.

I love it. There you go.

Thank you. I'll take that.
We don't need that anymore.

And now we have the cards.

The staccato marking. Brooke,
you're gonna take this staccato

and you're gonna
place it anywhere

inside of the pack of cards.
Just go ahead. Wherever.

- You ready?
- Yep.

- How's that?
- Perfect.

And can you square up the cards
as well for us?

- Sure.
- Perfect.

Okay.

Inside the pack,
the cards squared.

Now we have to give 'em
a shuffle.

I'll give 'em a...
Actually, let's do this.

You take that half.
I'll take this half.

Just go ahead
and give 'em a mix.

Just go ahead
and give 'em a mix.

- That's perfect. There you go.
- Shall we be fancy?

That's awesome. I'll
take 'em back when you're done.

- Okay.
- Perfect.

We'll give 'em
even more of a shuffle

just like so.

- Fancy shuffle, right?
- Fancy.

And now we can
truly, truly begin.

The cards are gonna go
inside of the tuba.

Inside of the tuba,
but not quite yet.

- Okay.
- 'Cause I'd like you to see

that every single card
truly does go inside the tuba.

Packet by packet.
Group by group.

Every single card.

I do have one more introduction
for you, however,

and it's this...
this is conductor's wand

used to conduct
symphonies and orchestras

all across the globe.

Tonight, we will be following
its immense reputation

with magic trick.
Shall we? Let's do it.

It's one card,
one wand, one tuba,

and just a little bit
of my intuition.

Here we go.

I think we got one, Brooke.

I really do think we got one.

One card. What was your card
again, Brooke?

- Staccato?
- I think it was the staccato

with that beautiful smiley face
on it, wasn't it?

- Yes.
- One card.

Brooke's card.

The staccato.

Yes, indeed.
Brooke, that is for you.

Ladies, and gentlemen,
my name is Liam Abner.

Thank you so very much...

with you.

- Thank you, truly.
- Liam Abner, everyone.

- Thank you. What?
- Thank you.

- Great job.
- Thank you.

- You're adorable.
- Well, thank you.

Have you always loved to get up
in front of an audience?

I have, whether it was
putting on shows

with, like, family,
friends or neighbors

or performances with the tuba
or instruments.

I've really,
really loved performing

since I was young, yeah.

So who do you
perform your magic for?

The majority of people
I perform for...

family, school, anyone
that wants to watch magic.

Corporate, private,
I'll perform for.

What's more fun, your classmates
or corporate gigs?

- Corporate gigs, actually.
- Really?

Yeah, 'cause my classmates
try to figure everything out.

They're all like,
"You know, how is this done?"

They either burn me
with their eyes

or they take the deck
out of my hands

or take the coins
out of my hands,

you know, looking
at every minute detail.

I bet, I bet.

Sort of like Fool Us,
but in school.

- There you go.
- Well, let's find out

if the notes
that Penn & Teller have for you

are music to your ears.
You ready?

- Yeah.
- Boys.

Hey, Liam. Boy, I-I just loved
your playing the tuba.

I just loved that.
You know, for me,

who started out as a musician
and a, juggler,

it's so nice to see a magician
who knows how to do something.

I really like to see that,

that there's actually
another skill involved.

And you were talking about

how people don't know
what it is.

Well, there's a little bit
of a-a pneumonic device

you could use, 'cause tuba,
as you know, is an acronym.

You know, scuba stands for

self-contained
underwater breathing apparatus,

and tuba stands for

terrible
underwater breathing apparatus.

It just doesn't work at all.

You'll drowned your a*s
in a second. It's terrible.

That was a great routine.
You had control of the tuba.

You had control
of the card trick.

You had all of that
going together.

That's a rough thing to do.

You did a great job
all the way through.

Really liked it, and, you know,

um, I play upright bass
and electric bass,

and I... I've always loved
the sound of tuba.

And one of these days,
I'm gonna take a stab at it.

It's a fabulous instrument.
You play it really well.

And it's great
to have you on the show,

and, we just love
that whole routine,

because a card fountain
coming out of the bell of a tuba

is like
such a perfect cartoon image.

It just looked beautiful
that way.

And so we absolutely loved it.
I snuck in a few terms.

We'll find out
if you, kind of dug

- what we were laying down.
- What do you think?

Do you think
they figured it out?

I think they got me.
But that's all right.

This has been a ton of fun,
so thank you. This is awesome.

We really enjoyed that,
and I wish you so much luck.

Thank you, Liam. Everybody
give it up for Liam Abner.

Come back and see us.

So cute.

No foolers yet,
but the night is still young.

See Penn & Teller

take on more magicians
right after this.

Welcome back to Fool Us.

Let's meet the next magician
who's messing with P & T.

I do my best to be a showman,

but I'm a nerd, a geek.

I found solace
in the Rubik's Cube.

I learned to solve
the Rubik's Cube

to impress a girl at school.

But by the time
I'd learned to solve it,

she'd forgotten
ever mentioning it.

She accidentally
ended up changing my life.

Nerds are traditionally misfits.

This creates a feedback loop.

You spend time alone, use it

to acquire useless skills
and knowledge.

Others can't relate,
so you spend more time alone.

I owe my career
to social anxiety.

Like most nerds, I was
hugely into science fiction.

Now we're all living in

what seems like
a science-fiction novel.

So more people
can relate to nerdiness.

It actually draws them to me.

It's also a form of camouflage.

With Penn & Teller
expecting to see a magician,

I think this nerd has a chance.

From Scotland, give it up
for Tom Crosbie.

Hi.

Lovely to see you.
My name's Tom.

I want to address
the elephant in the room...

I'm not a magician.
I'm not a... an illusionist

or a-a mind-reader
or anything like that.

I'm a nerd.

It's true. That's what I do.

I'm a nerd.
What that means

is I collect
completely useless skills,

and I make them
vaguely entertaining.

You'll see what I mean
over the next couple of minutes.

It will feel much longer.

Um, but I...

I'm obsessed particularly
with the Rubik's Cube.

Um, a lot of people
can't solve a Rubik's Cube.

I think they have friends
and social lives.

Um, instead, I created a cube

that anyone in the world
can solve.

Would you like to see it?

I thought you might. It's this.

Jeez. This is
a completely white Rubik's Cube.

Surprisingly easy to solve.

Quite difficult to mix up,
if I'm being honest.

Um, but a cube
needs to be moved 20 times

before it's considered
properly mixed,

and that will put the cube
into any one

of 43 quintillion
configur... combinations.

That means that any cube
can be solved in 20 moves.

It might take a super computer

to tell you
what those moves are,

but it can be done,
and I love that.

For me, that makes it
the perfect metaphor

for whatever problems
you might have going on in life.

There's always
gonna be a solution.

You might have to change
the way you look at things.

This is an ultraviolet cube.

It's a one-of-a-kind.
I made it myself.

It is horrendously expensive.
Please do not tell my mother.

I need to get this mixed up.

And, Brooke, would you mind
joining me? Is that okay?

Round of applause
for Brooke, please.

Thank you so much, Brooke.

You're welcome. Happy to help.

Thank you. Can I give this
to you? Could you move...

mix it up for me?
Move it 20, 30, 40 times.

As many as you'd like.
Thank you so much.

- Sure.
- Now, I'm very lucky.

A lot of my best friends
in the world

come from the cubing community,
and there is a cubing community.

- There is?
- It's not as sad as it sounds.

- Okay.
- It's as sad as it sounds.

That's not the point. If...

if you go to one of those
cubing competitions,

they have different categories
you can compete in.

There is
the fastest single solve,

which is solving one cube,
not solving for single people.

Just feel like
that needs addressing.

Um... the fastest
one-handed solve,

the fastest blindfolded solve.

But for me,
the most interesting,

it's called
the fewest-moves competition.

And the idea behind
the fewest-moves competition

is you're given a mixed-up cube.
Thank you, Brooke.

You can take a seat. Thank you
so much. Round of applause.

The idea is you're given
a mixed-up cube

in a fairly quiet room,
and you need to solve it

as efficiently
as you possibly can.

And what that looks like,
when I'm solving it at speed,

it takes me anywhere from 17,
maybe up to a hundred moves.

Solving it efficiently,
anything under 30

is considered
competition-worthy.

I'm gonna try
and get anything below 30

for you guys here this evening,
but it sort of depends

on how much damage
Brooke has done. So...

fingers crossed.

Thanks.

And I think
that looks cool as heck.

Okay, um... ach.
I'll be honest.

I've got two different ways
I can do this.

I've got a really...

I've got a really confident 27.

Or really risky 22.

- Go for it.
- Go for it? Thanks.

You know what? I appreciate it.

You know what?
I'll give it a go.

Um, if it goes horribly wrong,
we just blame Brooke,

if that's all right.

Um, full disclosure,
under certain lights,

you can kind of make out
some of the colors

are a little different.
Thank you.

Because of that,
I'm gonna do it in a way

that I can't see the cube.

Basically, excuse my back
for the next 30 seconds or so.

Give this a go.

Twenty-two moves.

Okay, this is...
Let me get this right.

One, two... hang on.

One...

two, three, four,

five, six, seven,

eight, nine, ten,

11, 12, 13,

14, 15, 16,

17, 18...

I think I know where
I went wrong, if that helps.

Should've stayed in Scotland.

That was 18, right?

Nineteen,

20, 21.

Twenty-two. Did I say 22?

- Yes.
- That's a shame.

Looks fine.

Can we just end there
and say it worked?

This is always the scariest part

'cause I don't find out
if it's worked until you do.

Friends, in a second,
I'm gonna snap my fingers,

and we're gonna find out
if this is solved,

and if it is,
I'm gonna go backstage

and genuinely
be delighted with myself

for matching my personal best

in front of you lovely people
here this evening.

And if it's not solved,
I'm gonna go backstage and cry

and avoid you all
like the plague till I go home.

Either way, fingers crossed.
Let's see how we did.

Twenty-two moves?

Did we get it?
That looks pretty solved to me.

Good. We got there in the end.

Tom Crosbie.

Whoo.

That was really
super interesting,

and I didn't screw that up.

Is the cube
always part of your act?

Yeah, always.

I-I think the-the cube

is so... It's so iconic, right?

Everyone knows
how difficult they are.

Um, I mean, the big secret

is you can learn
to solve it, right?

Do you think anyone
can learn to solve it?

Anyone can learn to solve it.

The fastest I've ever done it
personally was 10.1 seconds.

- Wow.
- I got pretty lucky.

But when you realize
that the world record

is currently like 3.1 seconds...

- Wow.
- It gets weirder.

The guy that has
that world record

has a girlfriend.

Do you think
you're a role model for nerds?

I did a-I did a show
a couple years ago,

and a mum sent me a picture

of their eight-year-old kid's
homework

where they talked about
how proud they were

to be-to be a nerd
after they'd seen my show.

And I'm all for that.
I think nerd pride.

- Represent all the way.
- I love that so much.

Well, Tom, it's time to find out
if Penn & Teller

have puzzled out a solution
to your magic trick.

Boys.

Well, Tom, this, this, really

clicks off a lot of stuff
for us.

You're just so charming,
so funny,

and the trick is completely,
as far as I know, original.

It's just really wonderful

and, beautiful
all the way through.

And we loved
everything about it,

and when a trick
charms us this much,

when a performer
charms us this much,

we really don't give a damn
if you fooled us or not.

Um, but we are forced
to play the game.

- Sure.
- May I-May I speak frankly?

In this case, I don't want
to give away the secret,

but I don't know how to ask you,

'cause there's not really
code words for this.

Teller and I thought two things

that are kind of the same.

We thought the whole secret

is the light source.

I mean, maybe
there's something else beh...

beside ultraviolet

that could make them glow
two different ways.

Or we also thought more likely

that there was
an internal light source

that looked a lot like

the external light source
and you could switch

from the internal
to the external,

and one way, it looked unsolved,

or that would be the legit way,

and the other way
made it look solved.

If I've given away too much,

and this is the way you did it,
we will cut this out

so it'll be only the people here
that hear it.

But, um,

has it got to do
with the light sources?

It's nothing to do
with the light sources.

- Nothing at all?
- Nothing at all.

- Bring the trophy down.
- Whoo.

My God.

- Congratulations.
- So much.

My God. Ha ha ha.

Whoo. Ha ha ha.

Tom Crosbie. Wow.

Ha ha ha ha. I'm so happy.

- So good.
- Whoo. Congratulations.

You deserve it.

Yes. Ha ha. Thank you.

Come back and see us. Ha ha.

Tom Crosbie fooled Penn & Teller

and is walking away
with a "Fool Us" trophy.

More magic coming up
after this quick break.

Welcome back.

After searching worldwide

for the top talent in magic,

we've had some amazing finds
like this one.

The first magic act I performed

was my own birth.

I'm an identical twin.

There's an actual duplicate me.

My twin was the first
to try magic,

but brother only stayed with it
until he got me hooked,

and I got hooked.

I have a slight case
of wanderlust.

Magic became my passport
to the world.

Everywhere I went to perform,

I picked up
local relics of magic.

Coin here,

a card there.

A potion or an elixir.

I finally settled in Japan

where I fell in love
with the culture

and with my wife Nelco.

But Vegas is one place
I haven't been,

and Penn & Teller
are emperors of magic here.

But because of my travels,
in a sense,

I bring the rest of the world
against them.

A world w*r of magic.

May the best man

or men win.

Put your hands together

for international
magician of mystery...

Ben Daggers.

Drei.

Nein.

The rain in Spain
stays mainly in the plain.

- You speak English?
- Yes. Little bit.

You can work
on the accent a little.

- Sorry.
- But...

You understand me at least.

- Yes.
- Wonderful.

I should probably explain.

Um, I was looking for something

to clean
these old English coins.

And I bought a bottle of...

well, what I thought
was a bottle of polish.

Turns out it wasn't polish.
It was a bottle of Polish.

Anyway, I went back

and bought every language
they had.

Um...

this one I haven't tried yet.

I think...

I think it says...
I think this is Chinese.

Hum.

Theoretically, this does
smell like the sort of thing

you'd use
to polish your silverware.

Actually, um, before
I do something with these,

maybe I could use this
to give my coins a little clean.

A few drops of this...

and we should be good as...

I...

I guess this is
a stronger stuff than I thought.

Um... Okay,
for coin number two,

perhaps a little bit less.

That's looking
really much, much...

Nope. I really am
going to have to water this down

because, this is really... No.

Maybe a little saliva
will do the trick.

Cheers.

Please be English,
please be English,

please be English,
please be English,

please... English? English?

We're back.

Unfortunately, I can't
say the same about my coins.

Actually, maybe...

maybe there's just enough
left here...

Ben Daggers.

Come on over, Ben.

Whoo. Fantastic.

Hello.

Thank you. Sorry.

Thank goodness. Ha ha ha.

Who needs language lessons
when you can drink a language?

It's a lot easier, yes.

I like the idea
of having a magical solution

to a real-world problem.

How many languages do you speak?

So, to varying degrees
of rust, five.

- Five. Impressive.
- The four you've seen here

- and Japanese.
- Really?

I've lived in Japan
for the last 13 years,

so... I didn't get a chance
to show that off today.

And how does magic,
a trick like this,

translate in Japan?

It's almost the reverse.
I'll go to the audience.

They're expecting
a show in Japanese.

I will start speaking English
at breakneck speed,

and all the Japanese audience
are like,

"Did we not read
the small print?

Is the entire show
gonna be in English?"

And then I'll get
the Japanese bottle out,

drink that, and suddenly,
the problems are solved.

All right, Ben, let's see

if your language tricks
translate into a trophy.

Penn & Teller?

Hey, Ben. You know,

one of the really hard things
about, coin tricks

is to give an ostensible
cause and effect.

That's really, really difficult.

People put things in their hands
and they change,

and there's really
no reason for it,

so the audience
can only think about

how was that being done?

You know,
what is the trick on this?

And you've found
this wonderful plot

which is so difficult
with coin magic

to have a plot,
just kept us spellbound

as you went through
this whole thing,

and we had to keep
reminding ourselves

that our job was to watch you

do the magic
and see the techniques

because the idea's so good.

We have seen
a zillion coin tricks,

we really have,

and, um, so the techniques...

which you did perfectly,
by the way...

were not that new to us,

but the... that the spirit of it

and the fact that it had a plot

was just mind-blowing to us.

Was just beautiful
that it kept that together.

Not just
I'm putting this in my hand,

I'm touching it,
and now it's something else,

but the languages
and the bottles

and all of that
was just so, so brilliant.

And, we loved it,

but we don't think
that you fooled us.

Come on. Don't turn on me.

They loved you.

Does that all make sense to you?

Makes a lot of sense, yes.

Well, we certainly enjoyed that.
You were wonderful.

- Thank you so much.
- Thank you.

- Thank you so much.
- Thank you, thank you.

Ben Daggers, everyone.
Thank you, Ben.

Penn & Teller
will show us how it's done

as they take the stage
for tonight's finale,

so stay close.

Welcome back.
Closing out tonight's show

are my friends
and Las Vegas legends...

Penn & Teller.

Stay right here, Brooke.

- We wrote this bit for you.
- For me?

Yeah. The whole last season,

every magician
that came out here,

they'd do a trick,

and then we would
talk in our little code,

and then you would seem
a little bit exasperated

or a little bit left out,
so we wrote a bit,

but we're gonna
explain the code to you.

- Nice. Thank you.
- We need a magician out here

and who better
as a magician out here

than our dear friend

and five-time Fool Us winner

Jandro?

Come on out, Jandro.

IHola! Buenas noches,
buenas noches.

Adios, amigos. Adios.

Hello. iHola! ¿Como estas?

How happy I am.

Very fast today, very fast.
Very good, but very fast.

Okay, take one card,

the one you want
and you put your name.

- Very fast, very fast.
- Okay.

Very fast, but very good.

Very fast, okay.

- I don't mind.
- Now?

- I don't mind.
- Okay.

Put the face up.
It's better if I see...

- You can see it?
- Yes, of course.

It's better to face.
Put your name, put your name.

- Do you know your name?
- I do.

Put it there.

- That is so...
- Okay?

Sorry, sorry. Yes.

You put it there?

Okay, put the card
in the middle,

wherever you want.

Okay. Where are you from?

Los Angeles.

Los Angeles is so nice.

I love Lo...
I never been there, never.

You need to come.

Please, get the marker.
Tap-Tap there. Tap.

- Just tap it?
- Tap.

And now tap in the pocket. Look.

- Ploop. Tap.
- Really?

Yeah. Tap.

- Did you like?
- Is he for real, you guys?

Look, look, look.
Look, look. If you tap...

Look, look, look, look,
look, look, look.

- My God.
- My God.

My God. My G...
But wait, wait, wait, wait

because I have a question,
I have a question.

Not me.

The deck has a question.

Not for you. For them.

Did I fool you? Did I fool you?
Did I fool you? Did I fool you?

Did I fool you? All the cards,
all the cards,

all the cards say,
"Did I fool you?"

Yay. I fool you.

They're clapping.

Boys, Penn & Teller,
did he fool you?

Brooke, listen carefully

'cause we're gonna talk in code

as we bust Jandro's trick.

We loved the trick.
It was just great.

And we loved the way you switch
from Spanish to English

when you first came out here,

and we loved the way
you took control

of the situation

to put everything
in first position.

How important that trick was.

And then, the part

that I kept thinking about
for no reason

was that wonderful time
we had in Palm Springs.

- Here comes the code.
- Remember Palm Springs?

We just had loads of fun.

- Yes.
- And I think, Jandro,

that even though
it was a wonderful trick,

and I think Brooke
loved the trick,

and the audience
loved the trick,

I think we put a few
little code words in there

to let you know
that you did not fool us,

but what do you think?

I... Brooke, I think
I fooled them as always.

I thought so, and the codes
still mean nothing to me.

I always come...
Please, bring the trophy.

- I have fooled them.
- You did not fool us.

No, don't bring the trophy down.

Put the trophy back up there.

Put the... Put it up there.

- You saw the trick.
- You didn't fool us, Jandro.

- You saw the trick.
- I explained it to you.

It still means nothing to me.

So cl... I'll explain it
to you, too, Brooke.

First thing I said, right,

was I said it was good
that he switched languages.

Remember?
Said the word "switch."

I said switch.

That's because you did a switch.

A switch of the deck.
Okay, okay.

- You switched the deck.
- Okay, okay.

So what you mean
is that these cards...

There's a language
under the deck of cards.

So these cards
with the "did I fool" word...

- Yeah.
- Below the table.

I started with a regular deck.

While you were signing,
I did tiki-ti, tiki-ta.

Don't admit this.

But, no. Brooke, Brooke.

That's what we meant, switch.

But that doesn't explain
how your signed card

- went to the pocket.
- No, no, no, no.

I then said that you
took control of the situation

when you controlled the card
and you were in first position,

meaning the card
was on top of the deck.

Okay. So.
So, please get the card.

So she...
Put it in the middle.

And then you do a card control.

- Like this, no?
- Okay.

And I did like this,
and then it it was...

- This is what you mean.
- On the top.

That's what I meant.
That's what I meant.

Okay, I don't even see that
this close, you guys.

But this doesn't explain...

But you understand that it was
a control and first...

No, this doesn't explain
how the card, your card,

went into the pocket.
It doesn't explain.

Jandro, think.

We have never
been to Palm Springs.

- Never.
- Why did I say Palm Springs?

I don't know
because maybe you don't think.

'Cause you palmed the card.

Palmed the card. Palm Springs.

- Like this.
- You palmed it, yeah.

- You palmed it.
- I did like this...

- Yeah.
- So the card is...

- Okay.
- And then I said...

This doesn't explain
how it went.

No, it doesn't.
No, it doesn't, Jandro.

But the next thing does.

I said we had loads of fun.

You palmed it
and loaded it into the pocket.

So I went... Yeah.

- So he means I went...
- I got it.

I went here, and I took it out...

- You loaded the card.
- And that's why the card...

Okay, now I understand.

So that's how we do
what we call the busts.

We explain
what the code words are,

the magician
hears the code words,

honestly says, "I understand,
and I didn't fool you."

- That's the way the show works.
- Okay, yeah.

You know, Brooke, this trick
could've been done this way,

- but I didn't...
- Sure could've.

- I didn't do it this way.
- Wait, you didn't.

- No. No.
- Wait a minute.

- Please...
- You're saying

that you didn't do it the way
that the boys thought.

- No.
- So maybe-maybe...

Look, look, look.

I don't need
the "did I fool you" deck.

Please, Teller,
put it in your pocket. Okay?

So I will start
with the regular deck.

So you can cross out switch.

Okay. No switch there.

- Is it fair?
- Seems fair.

So hearts, spades... Well,
you know, you know, you know.

Now you say control?

Control and first position.

It's gonna be
on top of the deck.

Please put
your signed card there.

Okay.

And it's not in the first...
That's the seven of spades.

Okay, cross it out. Perfect.

Now you said,
Palm Springs. Okay.

Palm Springs.
You're gonna palm the card.

There you go.

You're palming it
right out of there now.

- No, no, no.
- No.

No. I just love Palm Springs,

but I haven't
Palm Spring anything.

And then you said loads of fun.

Loads of fun. You load it
into your pocket.

No. Look. Look, please,
please, please, please,

please, please, please.

Brooke, can you touch tiki tiki?

- Really?
- Tik.

You feel?
I don't load anything,

but you are going to have fun

because here it is.

My gosh, you guys.

So, I did it again,
I did it again.

Because... No,
because let me say this.

They have a question for you.

Did I fool you? Did I fool you?
Did I fool you? Did I fool you?

Did I fool you?
Did I fool you?

Did I fool you? Did I fool you?
Yes, I fooled you again.

No, 'cause we worked
on this trick with you, Jandro.

We worked on this together.

You for sure fooled me. Ha ha.

For Penn, Teller,
and five-time fooler Jandro

and all of us at Fool Us,
good night, everyone.