02x13 - An Egg-Cellent Trick

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From the Penn & Teller Theater
in Las Vegas, Nevada,

here's our host, Jonathan Ross.

Thank you very much.
You're very kind, thank you very much.

Lovely.

Welcome to Penn & Teller: Fool Us.

Now, tonight, if any of our performers
succeed in tricking Penn and Teller,

the prize is a spot performing with them

on the longest-running magic show
in Vegas, right here.

And performing magic with
Penn and Teller would be like

singing with Justin Timberlake,

or acting with Justin Timberlake,
or dancing with Justin Timberlake.

I love Justin Timberlake, okay?

♪ I'm bringing sexy back ♪

So, since we're on the topic of dancing,
some say it takes two to tango.

Well, these guys must agree,

because they've been tangoing
together for over 40 years.

Ladies and gentlemen,
the stars of our show, Penn and Teller.

Mr. Ross.

Teller, I'm happy to see you again.

Penn, always a pleasure, never a chore.

Penn and Teller, ladies and gentlemen.

Penn, let me ask you. Over the years, uh,

I'm sure you've seen
just about every kind of magic.

What, in your opinion, is the
hardest of those disciplines to master?

I think the hardest,
especially for this show,

but in general,
are the big stage illusions,

you know, because you just...

You can hide a card up your sleeve.

It's a little harder to do that
with a human being.

Let's hope we have one of those

- for you this evening.
- I hope so.

Teller, the same kind of question for you.

Over the years, I know you've
studied very close...

You got something in your eye?
Okay, well, hold on.

Do we have a tissue, maybe?
Because we need to make sure...

Oh, holy...

Wow.

- It's okay. He'll be fine.
- That's got it.

He's better now. He can see.

- He'll be fine.
- Ladies and gentlemen, Penn and Teller.

Gentlemen, if you want to take your seats.

On my path,
and we'll get on with the show.

And now, it's that time. I present to you
our first potential fooler.

Hi, I'm Derek Hughes, stand-up magician.

This is my home away from home
in Hermosa Beach.

I was always a class clown,
so when I started doing magic,

laughs came very naturally.

It's a uniquely American craft,

the art form of stand-up comedy.

When I was ten, I had open-heart surgery.

That's a scary experience.

And that year, I got my first magic kit.

I had this box full of potential wonder.

There was something
in those tricks in that box.

Like, if I could master those tricks,

maybe I could somehow
help healing all of this.

If I can create a moment of astonishment,

a moment of humor that takes my audience
out of their troubles for a few minutes

and live in a moment of joy...

Mwah.

Our next performer trademarked the term
stand-up magician,

which means if he says, "Knock-knock,"
we'll have no idea who's there.

Will you please welcome Mr. Derek Hughes.

Thank you. Thank you, guys.

And, uh, my name is Derek Hughes.
I am a magician.

And, as you probably know, as a magician,

it is my job to try to blow your mind,

I mean, to really freak you out,
to make you believe.

And I have made a commitment
to your astonishment, here.

Before the show, I sealed in this envelope
my commitment to your astonishment.

And this is important to me.

I need to keep it safe and secure,
and I know nothing keeps

anything safe and secure
better than bubble wrap.

So this is a bubble-wrap-lined envelope.

I will seal inside
this bubble-wrap-lined envelope,

my commitment to your astonishment.

And, Jonathan, would you do me
the honor of keeping this

- safe and secure?
- Sure. It would be my pleasure.

I need it in a little while.
Have it at the ready.

Don't tamper with it in any way.
If you do, we'll hear it.

- Yeah. Yeah.
- It's bubble wrap.

By a show of hands,
who here believes in magic?

Okay, some believers.

By a show of hands, who is skeptical?

I see. This is good.

Were you a believer?

Yes. And, sir, with the nice sweater vest,

you're skeptical.

Would you two please join me on stage?

Give these two people a round of applause.

I said, please.

Thank you so much.

Get a little closer.

- Hi, what is your name?
- Bonnie.

- Bonnie, and I'm Derek.
- Derek, nice to meet you.

- You're a believer?
- Yes.

Fantastic, you can touch me.
I'm a magician.

I have a three year old
and a one year old at home.

I haven't felt the touch of a woman
in quite some time.

So I appreciate you being here.

Our youngest just took his first step.

He admitted he is powerless
over drugs and alcohol.

We're gonna support him
through that process.

- What is your name, skeptic?
- My name's Edward.

- Edward?
- Yes.

That is my first-born's name,
so I'm glad you're here.

- But you're skeptical.
- Yes.

We're gonna try to change that.
It's Bonnie?

Bonnie, I'm gonna let these
cards fall from hand-to-hand.

Anywhere you want, please yell, "Stop."

- Stop.
- Right there.

This is Bonnie's card,
the card of a believer.

There's no way that I could know
what card Bonnie has selected.

I am going to lose it into the deck.

Don't forget your card.

Like a movie in her brain,
she will visualize that card.

Don't forget it, no matter what happens.
Same thing for you, sir.

- Okay.
- Skeptic, the cards will fall.

You say, "Stop" anywhere you'd like.

- Stop.
- Right there.

It works.

Through the cosmic web of coincidence
which binds believer and skeptic as one,

is that the same card?

No, no.

I just asked. Someday it's gonna match.

That is gonna be amazing.
It's gonna be a miracle.

How'd he do it? He's a witch.

You sir, skeptical, for you,
it will be magic. First, a trick.

Bonnie's card shoots the opposite
direction of the rest of the deck.

That is the appropriate response
for a trick.

Bored indifference is what I'm going for.

No, 'cause it's a trick.
It's sleight of hand.

I knew what it was. You saw me.

I peeked at the card. I looked it.

Then I did a...
It doesn't matter what I did.

It's juggling, is how I found the card.

No offense, Penn.

But if I take the card...

And change it

into your card, that's magic.

Second chance to touch me.

Do you still believe?

- I still believe.
- Thank you.

You may have a seat. The most...

Give her a huge round of applause, please.

- My most important question is for you.
- Mmm-hmm.

- Are you still skeptical?
- Yes.

After this?
Miracle mere inches from your face...

- Yep.
- You're still skeptical.

- Yep.
- Okay, fine, we'll do... We'll do...

We'll go further.
I'll roll my sleeves up, skeptic.

People are always like,
"Oh, you're a magician.

"I bet you work out."

I don't.

Let me ask you this.
Do you feel you have free will?

- Yes.
- Freedom of choice?

- Yes.
- And you live confidently

- within that illusion?
- Mmm-hmm.

Most of us do, yeah. We do, yeah.

Well, for the next few moments,

- you do not have free will, okay?
- Okay.

I'm gonna tell you what's gonna happen
before it happens.

In a moment,
I'll give the deck a shuffle, okay?

Once the cards are shuffled,
you'll have the opportunity

to give the deck a cut and square the...
You know, complete the cut.

- Use my hands as a little table.
- Okay.

You don't have to cut the cards
if you don't want to,

- but it won't be your choice.
- Okay.

- You ready?
- Right, I don't have free will.

- Let's begin.
- Okay.

Skeptic, the cards have been shuffled.
Would you like to cut the cards?

Yes or no? No, sir.

No, he said no.
Did that feel like a free choice?

No.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Okay, hold on, hold on.

I'm giving you the opportunity
to cut the cards.

If you don't feel it's a free choice,
then, please,

- choose to cut the cards.
- Go ahead, you can go.

No, no, no, I'm saying, if you feel...

- Okay, great. And complete.
- There you go.

Put the balance,
all the rest of those on top.

Did that feel like a free choice?

- Yes.
- It was not.

I will go through the cards all the way
from the top to the bottom, skeptic.

Anywhere you want, don't take one card,

take a small little group of cards,
give or take a poker hand.

- Okay.
- It is Vegas.

It is Vegas.

Yeah.

- Feel like a free choice?
- Yes.

Uh-uh.

Look at those cards, skeptic.

- Okay.
- Choose one in your mind.

- Yep.
- You've decided?

- Yep.
- Spread them again so you see them.

Remove the one
you've chosen from the others.

- So, is that the one you chose?
- Yep.

That's the one you want?
So you do not want this card?

- No.
- You do not want this card?

- No.
- You don't want this card?

- Mmm-mmm.
- Nor this card?

- No, sir.
- You want to change your mind?

- Nein.
- You want to change your mind?

- Nein.
- You're sure?

- Yep.
- The cards were shuffled

- a couple of times.
- Mmm-hmm.

- You cut only once.
- Yep.

- You were hesitant.
- Yes.

- You took some cards. You thought of one.
- Yes, sir.

- You did not change your mind.
- Mmm-mmm.

- What card did you choose?
- Queen of spades.

Queen of spades? Show them.

Queen of spades. Queen of spades.

That's crazy 'cause I knew there would
be a skeptic at the show, tonight.

- Okay.
- So I made a commitment

to your astonishment.

- Jonathan, do you have the envelope?
- Oh, yeah.

Yeah, we did forget about that.

You forgot about...
Oh, never, never forget about...

Do you remember what I sealed
inside this bubble wrap envelope?

Nothing else.
My commitment to your astonishment.

You picked the queen of spades.

Ladies and gentlemen,
inside this envelope,

before the show,
I sealed another envelope.

It's called dramatic build.
This is national television.

It's crescendo.

But you, sir,
selected that one and only one card,

and in this envelope,
I placed one and only one card,

the queen of spades.

What?

- Say, "I believe."
- I do believe.

Get off my damn stage!

My name is Derek Hughes. Believe!

Derek Hughes, ladies and gentlemen.

- Great stuff, really great stuff.
- Thank you.

And very funny.

I've asked this question a lot,
but I'm curious about you.

When did you get into magic?
When and why and how?

How do you get into magic?
You suck at sports.

That's how you get into magic.
That's the...

That's the journey
into the dark arts, Jonathan.

The last guy around the gym track
in junior high,

first guy with a magic kit
and a revenge plan.

Here we are.

So, compensating
for other areas of your life.

- Little bit, little bit.
- Brace yourself, young man. Penn.

We like that you picked the skeptic,
and you dealt with the word "skeptic."

The more the word "skeptic" is said,

the better it is for our culture.

Also like that you,
against all better judgment,

kept the skeptic onstage and sent
the other person back to their seat.

Let's deal with the props that you used.

I'm telling you, that's a deck of cards
you can take to the bank.

That's how good that deck of cards is.

And I'll also say that the nice
thing about this is,

you can do it a lot of different times,

because there's a variety of endings
that you can do.

You know, it's a different card.

There's all different ways
you could do that.

It's always different.

Always different, sure.
Why wouldn't it be?

It was a great performance, and I loved
you keeping the skeptic onstage.

- Well, thank you so much.
- Thanks.

So the fact that they used
those words in particular

I guess it was the word "bank,"
was the key word there.

- Would I be right?
- Or deck.

Yeah, that was enough for you
to feel confident

they know what you're doing
and they busted you.

Uh, yeah.

- Yeah, that's true.
- We all loved his act,

didn't we, ladies and gentlemen?

It was hilarious.

I didn't know how it was done.

The fabulous Derek Hughes,
ladies and gentlemen.

- Thank you very much.
- Take care, man.

Thank you, guys.

It's time to meet our next fooler.

Hey, I'm Reuben Moreland,
and I'm from New York City.

In my everyday life, I'm really,
really clumsy.

But somehow, when I go onstage,
it just clicks,

and suddenly I'm coordinated and suave...

As suave as I can be.

My style of magic is different
from a lot of other performers.

Some people want to just go out there
and fool people and impress them.

And for me, it's just a big party.
I like to have fun.

I like to think about it as if I'm

a kid playing with his toys.

Will you please welcome Reuben Moreland.

Reuben Moreland, ladies and gentlemen.

That was out of this world.

- Wow, wow.
- Thank you.

I don't mean to sound in any way blunt,
but you don't strike me...

Like a lot of magicians, you don't
strike me as being an outdoorsy type.

Yeah, you know, I don't look like
most magicians in general.

A lot of people, they look at me,
and I'm not, you know,

I'm not the suave magician type,
and I'm not trying to be that.

I always joke, you know, with
the red hair and the blue eyes,

it's like I'm a human recessive gene,
you know?

Everything...
Everything about me is totally not common,

and I like to embrace that.

You know, I'm a goofball,
but I like to have fun.

That's a great thing. You know,
that's what made the act...

Part of what made the act
so much fun to watch.

Okay, well,
let's go to Penn and hear the verdict.

Um, Matrix is not a trick
I like very much.

This is based on Matrix.

Your version, I absolutely loved.

I don't know how much of this,
in terms of the presentation

and the magic, is yours.

As far as I can tell, it's 100% yours.

I haven't seen anything like this.
It's... It's just beautiful.

- Thank you.
- And, um...

- Thank you so much.
- Maybe

put us in a very uncomfortable position,

'cause I think this is a routine
you should be doing the rest of your life.

We do not think that it baffled us,

but I think you should
take this one to your grave.

So Teller has written down stuff,

and we're gonna show it to you,
but not to the camera,

and not to the audience.

We think we figured it out,
but I got to tell you,

we don't want anybody else
to ever figure this out,

so we're gonna be very, very cagey.
And if we're right here...

- Yep.
- There you go.

And I'll tell you,
don't ever tell anybody.

- Okay.
- Because that is too good.

It was wonderful. And I loved your style.

I loved the performance.
And we will make sure

that nobody ever sees this at all.

- There we go.
- I appreciate that.

And, uh, we'll make sure that...

And let this be, uh, our gift...

- I'm good.
- Our gift to you here.

No one ever, ever needs to know
what that secret is.

- Wonderful job. It's a beautiful trick.
- Ladies and gentlemen,

high praise, indeed,
for young Reuben Moreland.

That was great.

Reuben, take care, man.

Reuben Moreland, ladies and gentlemen.

Now, on to our next magician.

Hi, I'm Suzanne, and I'm from Minneapolis.

I am so honored to be the first woman

to ever receive the Close-Up Magician
of the Year Award from the Magic Castle.

For me, magic is not about
the trick or the prop.

It's really more about the connection
that I have with my audience.

So, in 1999, I was diagnosed with cancer,

and after extensive surgery and radiation,
I kind of had an epiphany.

From that moment on,
I realized it was more about

following my bliss and having
fun with my life

than chasing my career.

I would go through the entire
cancer experience again,

because it made me a better person.

Cher, Madonna, Beyoncé,
Prince, and Teller, of course,

are all performers known
by one exotic name.

Let's add another to that list.
Please welcome Suzanne.

Thank you.

I am so excited to be here.
This is gonna be so much fun.

I see I have an empty chair.

- Jonathan, would you like to help me?
- Sure.

- This is fantastic, hi.
- It's my pleasure. Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.
Thanks a lot for coming to help.

- So I sit down here?
- Yes, this is good.

Okay, hey,
can I ask you a personal question?

- Please do.
- When you were just a little boy,

if you fell down and you
got hurt just a little bit...

- Mmm-hmm.
- ...who was the first person you'd run to?

It would probably be my lovely mum.

- You're lovely mum. That's wonderful.
- My mother.

Okay, terrific. So, if you fell down,
you got hurt, you'd run to mom.

What's the first thing she'd do
to help you feel better?

Well, she'd be normally
running away from me.

But when I caught her,
she would give me an embrace,

and she would maybe sometimes,
depending on where the bump was,

she might give it a kiss,
and then a nice hug,

- and I'd feel better.
- And you'd feel better.

I'd feel loved, and I'd feel looked after.

That's terrific.
Would she give you a Band-Aid, too, yeah?

- If there was a big, gashing cut, yes.
- A big, gashing cut?

Well, we came from a poor family.
It had to be a big cut.

- I mean, it had to be pretty big.
- Wow. Wow.

But that helped you feel better, anyway.

- Yes, always.
- Do you want to know why?

- Why?
- I can tell you why. Because,

- Jonathan, Band-A*DS are magic.
- Wow.

- Did you know that?
- I didn't know that.

They are, they're magic. I'm gonna
tell you how Band-Aid magic works.

I have a Band-Aid right there.

Jonathan, I'm going to put
a pretend owie on the...

I don't know what you called
this when you were a kid.

- Owie works.
- Really?

Gonna put a pretend owie on the
pad of this Band-Aid, Jonathan.

I'll put a "J" on here for Jonathan

so that we know that it is,
in fact, yours.

All right.

And then, after that,

I would like to put this
on the back of your hand.

- Is that all right with you?
- That's perfectly fine.

Okay, good.

So, with your big gashes...

- Any hand in particular?
- Doesn't matter to me.

Okay, we'll make sure it's all dry.

- Okay, you can see the "J", yes? Okay...
- Definitely a "J" there.

Oh. Thank you for...

Actually, they're applauding
you for being able to write one letter.

For being able to write.

So it's okay if I put this back
on the back of your hand, yeah?

- Please do.
- Okay, I do want to let you know,

though, Jonathan, these are not ouch-less.

- Is that all right with you?
- Well, you're telling me that now.

It's a bit late, really.

Okay, this is the part about Band-Aid
magic that moms never talk about.

Jonathan, there's always
an extra Band-Aid.

Wow.

You didn't know about the extra one,
did you?

- I didn't know that.
- No.

The moms take this extra secret Band-Aid.

Jonathan, they write
a secret message on it.

Do you have an idea what
the secret message could be?

I'm gonna give you a hint. It's not a "J".

Is it a phone number?

Is it the address they moved to
when they left me behind?

No, Jonathan, Mom writes,

- "I love you."
- Aw.

- Oh.
- That's so sweet.

Isn't it? Right on the pad of the bandage.

You can't really write the words
I love you, though, Jonathan,

because it's too much to write.
So, what she does is, she puts a heart.

- A lovely heart.
- Right?

Then, Mom takes the secret heart Band-Aid.

She puts it in a secret spot.

Now, this is not the secret spot.

This is just for the purpose
of the demonstration.

I'm in the eyebrow.

I just had these done.

Okay, I'll be all right.

Even though they're not
ouch-less, I'll be okay.

Okay, this is the thing.
The most important thing to remember

about Band-A*DS, Band-Aid magic,

and how Band-A*DS
actually help you feel better, Jonathan,

- it has nothing to do with the Band-Aid.
- No?

No, see, Mom loves you so
much, she takes all the hurt

and all the pain, and she holds it.

She takes all the love she can.
She puts it right where that hurt was.

- That's how come you feel better.
- That's nice.

- Isn't that fun?
- That's lovely.

Okay, take this Band-Aid off my head.

Okay, nice and slow,
until you get to my finger.

- Then let go of the Band-Aid.
- You tell me if it's too...

Okay, it's all right. It's all right.

Wow.

Okay, what do you have there?

I see that where there
was a heart, there's now the initial "J".

Look at that, wow.

So that's what was on there.
Would you like me to unpeel...

Rip it off really fast. Doesn't hurt.

Okay. So I...

Ah!

- Wow, look at that, ladies and gentlemen.
- Look at that. You've got the love.

Look at that.

That's fabulous.

Ladies and gentlemen,
the fabulous Suzanne.

- Oh, thank you.
- Well done.

That was tremendous.
Come here, that was fun, yeah?

Now, you won... Didn't you win...

You were the first woman to win the, uh...

Close-up Magic of the Year
from the Academy of Magical Arts.

That's incredible. Ladies and gentlemen,
the first woman to hold that title.

When you do something like this,

for me, and for most of the audience here,
I'm sure,

it seems miraculous.

We've got no idea how it's done.

Is this something which
magicians would know,

or do you think you've got
a good chance of fooling the fellas.

Yeah, I don't know.
This is an obscure little piece.

- So not very many people do it.
- So you think the obscurity of it

might be what actually gets you
past the gate here.

Possibly. And I've changed it up
dramatically from the original.

They look pretty stumped so far,
so that's a good sign.

Either that, or Teller's eaten something
that doesn't agree with him.

So, gentlemen, I think you've come
to the end of your deliberations.

We have, we have.

I assume that everything on
the table is now examinable.

- Yes.
- Which is good.

And the audience should know that.

The audience should know that you're
completely clean at the end of this.

- Yep.
- And we love that about

the way you've put this method together.

And what I also like about it is,
at least to our thinking,

you've done this wonderful thing,
which is change something...

A method that's used

in a totally different kind of magic
and moved it over here,

because, although I don't think
any audience member would ever know this,

what you were doing with Band-A*DS
was essentially a slate trick.

- Mmm.
- Essentially something that's done

by spiritualists with, uh... With slate.

Teller has a drawing here.
And I'll stay back here,

'cause I'm frightened,
because she might be a witch.

Wow, this looks like this is going

- in an interesting direction...
- Are you saying that's still there?

- ...ladies and gentlemen.
- That's still on it?

Mmm. No, you can look at them.

Oh. Wow,

I think we may have something here,
ladies and gentlemen.

Let's hope, fingers crossed.

You can have them.

Wow, well done, then.

Suzanne has fooled Penn and Teller.

Wow.

Suzanne, that's for you.

Nicely done. Fabulous piece of work.

- Thank you very much.
- And Suzanne doesn't just get that trophy.

She'll be back here performing
in Las Vegas with Penn and Teller,

ladies and gentlemen. Congratulations.

That was fantastic.

Let's meet our next potential fooler.

I'm the Amazing Reverend
Jared Kopf, Esquire.

Wizard, Dudeist priest, lawyer.

Nobody's perfect.

When I was a kid,
I wanted magic to be real,

and it took me a really long time.

I can't pinpoint the exact moment
when I realized that it's fake,

but that doesn't mean it isn't real.

The universe isn't stranger
than we suppose.

It's stranger than we can suppose.

And magic should be used to remind people

that they have no clue
how the universe works

or what their place
in the universe really is.

Magic is not something that I do.

It's something that I am.

So, this next performer
is Mr. Kopf, spelled K-O-P-F,

but I've been told not to
pronounce the letter "P".

So here he is,
to fool Enn and Teller, it's Jared Kopf.

Thank you very, very much.

I'd love to pat myself on the
back right now and say,

"Man, you made it, kid."

But all I can think of are the
random events that brought me here.

I'm talking about the biological, right?

The random mutations
that led to my evolution,

and even the mundane ones,
like my mom and dad had to meet,

and Penn and Teller
had to become a great act.

Mr. Jillette, I have an envelope for you,
and inside is a random bit of trivia.

It is to everybody.

But I'd like you to hold on
to it for me, please.

- Yes.
- Thank you very much.

And I'd also like the assistance
of three gentlemen.

This gentleman right here,
the one behind him,

and the one behind him
as well in the suit.

Would you please join me up on stage

and accept all of this applause
on my behalf?

Thank you very much.

- Sean.
- Sean, nice to meet you.

If you'll stand over here.
And your name, sir?

- John.
- John, nice to meet you.

If you'll stand next to him,
shoulder-to-shoulder.

- Ted.
- Ted, nice to meet you, Ted.

Shoulder-to-shoulder, please.
You're looking good.

All right.

Now, gents, I have some numbers.
They're random.

They appear random right now,
but in a moment it'll make sense.

You're now officially Person Number Nine.

- Okay.
- If you'll take the necklace

and put it over your neck, and I'm
just gonna let that dangle right there.

- You're looking good, perfect.
- All right.

You are now officially
Person Number Eight.

If you'll do likewise, take the necklace,
put it over your head.

Thank you very much. You look fantastic.

And last, but not least,
you are Number Five.

Would you place the necklace
around your head?

You look great. Thank you very much.

And now the assistance of a lady.

In fact, would you please join
us up here on stage?

Give her a big hand.

- What is your name?
- Alita.

Alita, please join me onstage, Alita.

- You're looking lovely tonight, Alita.
- Thank you.

Thank you so much for helping me.

Alita, if you'll stand behind this table,
I want to show you

three gift bags that I've brought.

- Okay.
- I have a red bag.

Very nice shade of red. Matches, right?

- Uh-huh.
- A blue bag and a green bag.

What I'd like you to do, Alita,

is take the bags
and put them into a random order.

It must be random.

Try not to be
too influenced by their colors.

Put them into a random order
for me, please.

That looks really, really good. All right.

So, this is the random order
that you have created.

- I like your style. All right?
- All right.

In a moment,
you're gonna make some random decisions,

but you're gonna do so
while my back is turned.

That way, I cannot influence
the system whatsoever.

I'm gonna remove my glasses
and put on a blindfold.

Now, Alita, can you hear my voice?

- Yes.
- Yes.

I'd like you to look at the three bags.

Okay, would you please
hold up your right hand?

Now, look at the three bags.

Take your right hand and place
it on one of the bags now,

and let me know when you've done that.

- I've done it.
- You've done it.

Would you please pick up that bag
and hand it to the gentleman

with the number nine
on his chest, number nine.

Now, sir, if you'll hold the bag
by the handle in your left hand,

outstretched like this, please.

Thank you very much.

All right. Now, Alita, would you please

walk back to the table,
if you haven't already,

and look at the two remaining bags.

- Are you there?
- Yes.

Would you hold up your left
hand for me, please?

- Okay.
- Look at the two remaining bags,

and place your left hand
on one of them now,

- and let me know when you've done that.
- Yes, I've done it.

You have.
Would you please pick up that bag?

Walk over to the gentleman with
the number five and hand it to him.

Let's make things a little bit
random tonight. We're gonna mix it up.

And, sir, would you do likewise?

Be sure that you're holding the
bag by the handles

and that the back of the bag
is facing you.

And now, Alita, there's only one bag left.

Would you please pick up that bag
and then hand it to the man in the center?

Thank you very, very much.

- Have you done that?
- Yes, I have.

You have.

Now, you have done beautifully.

Ladies and gentlemen,
please give her a big round of applause

for those random decisions.

You may have your seat.

All right, thank you so much.

Now, gents,

I'd like you to reach in
with your right hands

and remove the contents of your bags.

Hold those contents to the right.

And just drop the bags behind you.

We don't need those. All right.

One hundred ninety thousand,
eight hundred seventy-five.

Does that number mean anything
to anybody in this room?

It's a random number.

Does that mean anything to you,
Mr. Jillette?

- It doesn't.
- It does not.

Both Penn and Teller

are likely under the impression

that inside of that envelope
is a prediction.

There is not.

So, technically, I've already fooled them.

Inside that envelope
is a piece of information

that is a random bit of trivia to
everybody in this room but two people.

And only one of them will speak to it.

Would you please open the envelope,
Mr. Jillette?

Would you open up the first flap there?

That's it.

And read what it says on those top lines.

It says, "Minnesota Renaissance Festival."

Does that mean anything to you,
Mr. Jillette?

Yeah, it's where Teller and I
did our first show together.

- Your first show together.
- Yeah, first show.

Do you remember when that was?

It was in, uh, 1975.

That's right.
If you'll open up the rest of it,

there's a bit of information
that you tweeted

- almost four years ago.
- Yeah.

Would you read what that says?

I bet it says

the 19th of August, 1975.

Wait, wait, you mean to tell me

the 19th day of the eighth month
of the 75th year of the last century

was your first professional show
you did together?

The very first show we ever did together.

Penn and Teller, ladies and gentlemen.

Now, thank you very much, indeed,

but there are some of you...
You know who you are,

Teller included, who, you're thinking,

"He could have gotten lucky.
I mean, that could have been random."

And that's what I've been
trying to tell you.

You're absolutely right if you think that.

That is random. Look, there's the "R".

There's the, "A". There's the, "N".

There's the "D". There's the, "O".

And there's the "M".
That's, "Random," ladies and gentlemen.

Thank you very, very much.

Yes!

Thank you!

Thank you so much.

Thank you, guys.

Jared Kopf, ladies and gentlemen.

That was great.

The guys are thinking.
They're talking now.

Um, let me ask you.

You were talking at the beginning there
about the random nature of things.

You used some scientific terms.

Is that something which you've studied?

Is that something you believe?

Or is that something which
just serves this performance?

Oh, I definitely do believe it. Um...

If Penn and Teller quit
after that first show,

I certainly wouldn't be here.
So I really do mean it, yeah.

You know, you said decisions,

so what led to the decision in your life

that you wanted
to pursue this as a career?

What was it that inspired you
to take up illusions and magic?

Well, I went to law school,
and my mother was so upset at me.

She was like, "You be a magician,"
and I said, "Okay, Mom."

Yeah, yeah.

Well, we all love magic.

And I think two of
the finest purveyors of magic,

who are over there,
they have come to a consensus.

Fellas?

First of all, the way you speak onstage,

the lack of pushing and desperation,

the simple declarative statements,
the beautiful ideas,

absolutely loved.

The idea of taking a prediction
and making it not a prediction,

and making there be surprises
while it's out here,

and making a random number be a date,

and doing the punch line afterwards...

Uh, just... Just beautiful.

And the most important thing
in this kind of trick

is to get as much as possible

out of a trick that is actually

a very small piece of information.

All you really need to know

is what order she picks up the...

Which color of the bag in.

And all of everything else
comes from that one thing.

And, yes, you got that signal,
and you got it beautifully,

and you turned it into a mystery

that I believe fooled
everyone in this room

except for these two.

Beautifully done. Beautifully done.

Thank you very much, guys.

So you're happy
with that veiled explanation?

- Close enough.
- Close enough.

Jared Kopf, ladies and gentlemen.

- Thank you very much.
- Great performance.

Mr. Jared Kopf.

And now, to close our show,

a trick by the two legends who've
been fooling us all for over 35 years.

Of course, it's Penn and Teller.

Penn and Teller! One-minute egg!

Shell.

White.

Yolk.

Now it's broke.

Yolk.

White.

Shell.

Smashed

to

hell.

Shell.

Yolk...

White...

Make...

It...

Right.

Egg!

Penn and Teller! One-minute egg!

Penn and Teller! One-minute egg!

Penn and Teller, ladies and gentlemen.

Fabulous.

Oh, wow, that's eggy.

That's all the magic
we have time for tonight.

Come see us next week for more foolery.

Penn and Teller, ladies and gentlemen!