03x05 - You Dirty Rathead!

[bunniefuu]

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[cheers and applause]

- From the Penn & Teller
Theater

in Las Vegas, Nevada,

here's our host,
Alyson Hannigan!

[cheers and applause]

- Hi.

[laughs]

Hi.

Welcome
to "Penn & Teller: Fool Us."

Since I started doing this,

I figured I should learn
some magic,

so I got the Penn & Teller
Magic Kit--in stores now--

and I learned how to do this.

First I have to enchant
the deck.

And I'm gonna make
my favorite card,

the ace of hearts,

magically...

appear.

[exhales deeply]

It's nerve-racking.

[cheers and applause]

I did it!

[cheers and applause]

And now the guys who taught me
everything I know,

Penn and Teller!

[cheers and applause]

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Did I fool you?
- Yes.

[laughter]

- Any performer who can fool
the mighty Penn and Teller

earns a spot in their
Las Vegas spectacular,

so let's meet
our first contender.

- Hi, I'm Alex Ramon,
a magician and showman.

[sultry jazz music]

I was the first magician
and second-youngest ringmaster

in the history
of Ringling Bros. Circus.

Zing! Zang! Zoom!

"Zing, zang, zoom" are
the magic words,

not "abracadabra."

We invented our own magic words.

Come on.
Say it with me! Zing!

Over here.
Zang!

And on this side.
Zoom!

Performing as the ringmaster
on Ringling Bros. Circus

really was my graduate school.

I learned so much

performing in some of the
largest arenas in the world.

I think the old magic
of the past

has to be reengineered
to come up with something unique

that no one's ever seen
before,

and that's my job, and hopefully
I do that for my audience.

[cheers and applause]

- Ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome Alex Ramon.

[cheers and applause]

- Thank you.

Thank you very much.

My name is Alex Ramon,
and I've had the privilege

of performing my magic
to millions around the world,

and one thing I've found
they all have in common:

no one ever trusts a magician.

But as a magician, creating
an illusion in your mind

is very different
than lying to people.

See, I don't lie to people.

- Ha!

[laughter]

- And I can tell
you think I'm lying

when I say I don't lie
to people,

but it's true.

Trust me.

After years of saying
that I'm an honest person,

I thought I'd prove it
scientifically,

which is why I grabbed my iPad.

I went to the App Store,
and I downloaded a brand-new app

which is a state-of-the-art
lie detector.

And it's been specifically tuned
to the pitch in my voice,

and it can recognize
and then analyze

any inconsistencies
within my vocal patterns.

At least
that's what the app says.

And the best part is, it's free.

[laughter]

I'll show you how it works.

The microphone in the front
listens to what I have to say.

If I tell the truth,
if I decide to tell a lie,

you'll all hear it.

So if I say hello,
my name is Alex Ramon.

I'm happy to be on "Fool Us"
performing my magic...

[ding]

That's the truth.

If I say Teller needs to
keep it down a little bit...

[buzz]

You can see the difference
between the truth and a lie.

Science is a wonderful thing.

So today I thought
I would accept the challenge

and finally put an end
to all the speculation.

I'm actually going to attempt
an illusion

using this iPad with
the lie detector app activated.

And that way, you'll know
that I'm a trustworthy person

and that my magic
has nothing to do at all

with lying.

[buzz]
Let me rephrase that.

My magic has nothing to do
with deception.

[buzz, buzz]

Sometimes I tell the truth.

[laughter]

[ding]
Okay, that was close.

Here's the idea.

I'm gonna place the iPad
in this box.

Now, you can see
the box is just big enough

to hold the iPad perfectly.

I'm gonna make the iPad
disappear,

and I'm going to do it
by only telling the truth,

and this app will make sure
of it.

I think I should mention
this app already has

over 3,500 reviews,
all of which are five stars.

[buzz]

I'll place the iPad in the box,

and I hope
you're all watching closely.

[buzz]

I hope some of you
are going to watch me closely.

[buzz]

You can make this easier
for me

if you'd all look away
for the next few minutes.

[ding]

[laughter and applause]

All right.

The amazing part is,

if I wave my hands
and I snap my fingers like this,

the iPad completely disappears.

[buzz]

The iPad appears to be gone.

[buzz]

You can't see it.

[ding]

[laughter]

Thank you.
Thank you.

Look, I'll open up the door.

You can see that I've done it.

[buzz]

You have no idea
where it could be.

[buzz]

Uh, you can't see it.

[ding]

[chuckles]

Now, I know
what you're thinking.

[buzz]

[laughter]

You're thinking that I must be

an awfully clever magician--
[buzz]

You're thinking I must have
studied for years

to make the iPad--
[buzz]

You're thinking
it's on the other side.

[ding]
I'll show you.

As you can see, the iPad's
completely gone.

[buzz]

As you can see,
it's no longer in the box.

[buzz]

As you can see,
you can't see it.

[ding]

[laughter]

Look, you've seen this side
of the box.

You've seen th--

You've seen this side
of the box.

[laughter]

[cheers and applause]

All right, look.

This honesty thing is hard work.

I thought you'd believe me,
but no one ever does,

which is why
I'll have to prove it.

And this is why
you should always believe me

or believe I may tell
the truth occasionally.

And if you remember anything,

remember a dishonest person
tells the truth now and then.

[cheers and applause]
Thank you very much.

- That was so cool!

- Thank you!
Thank you very much.

- Oh!

Oh, I really liked that!

Because you really did
make it disappear.

- Well, the question is,
do you trust me?

- Well, should I trust you?

[laughter]
- I don't know.

- It's not that
I don't trust you.

I just think
it's a trick question.

Does that make sense?

I'm like, "Well, yeah,
well..."

- You can trust me.

- But it's not
that I don't trust you.

- In general, magicians.
- Yes.

- Will you tell the audience
about when you were 16?

- Oh, man. Okay.

So I was 16 years old.

I did magic shows.

That's the only job
I've ever had,

never done anything else.

Did magic shows.
I saved my money.

I bought me and my dad
a ticket.

We went to
Caesars Magical Empire.

We saw Penn and Teller.
We saw everybody, all the guys.

And, of course,
at every single show,

I'm dressed in, like,
a three-piece suit

that is, like, so baggy.

I looked ridiculous.

I was, like, this 16-year-old
in this baggy suit

going to all these magic shows.

- Oh, but you probably thought
were you the coolest kid.

- Oh, yeah, I thought
I was, like, you know--

- "I'm gonna dress up."
- The big, wide tie.

- And you saw Penn and Teller.
- I saw them.

And I saw more magic shows
than I think I ever have

in three days.

- And here you are,

performing in front
of Penn and Teller now.

- Yeah.
- That is amazing.

All right, well, I'm gonna
check in with Penn and Teller.

[cheers and applause]

Penn? Teller?

What do you think?

- It's great to see--

you know, a lot of
the people on this show

are very good at magic

but haven't logged
the hours you've logged

as a performer.

Just one of the best performers
we've had on here.

And it made it very difficult
to play the game,

because I just wanted to relax
and watch the show,

which I think is probably

the biggest compliment
I can give you.

I can also--
- Thank you.

You know, I hear back--
since we're in our third season,

I hear back from a lot
of young people

that watch the show

and want to learn magic
because of it.

What they can learn from this
is how to take a trick

that is a beginner trick
in magic, the die box--

- Right.
- It's a trick you can buy.

They can look it up on YouTube.

They can go
right on the internet

and type in "die box,"

and they'll find out
all about it.

They can learn this trick,
they can buy this trick,

and they still won't know
how you did it,

which I think
is a wonderful thing.

It's called the Sucker Gag,
what you're doing there,

and what you've done--

which, to me,
is a complete miracle--

is, you've made the die box--

what's in the die box
interesting.

And making the iPad
another character

that answers back to your patter
is fabulous.

It's so good, we wish
we didn't have a guess

of how it's done,
and I think

there's a chance we're wrong.

And if we're wrong,
we're gonna be very happy

with you fooling us,
'cause you fooled us

with everything--
with just pure showbiz,

with good thinking,

and with standing
on the shoulders of giants,

taking the die box
and making it better.

But we have a guess.
- All right.

- And we're not giving it
to you without a guess.

Teller's written something down,
and I want to see this.

But it is a version
of the die box

where the iPad goes...there.

- Oh, no!
- Got it. Got it.

- Oh!
- You are so good, man.

- Thank you.
- You're so good.

- They got it.

Oh, but you were
such a joy to watch.

- Oh, thank you.
- Such a joy.

- Alex Ramon.

[applause]

So wonderful.
Thank you.

- So good, man.
[cheers and applause]

- More amazing tricks coming up,

including one from
our very own Penn and Teller.

More "Fool Us" after this.

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[jazz music]

[cheers and applause]

- Welcome back
to "Penn & Teller: Fool Us,"

home of the quickest hands
and minds on TV.

Let's meet our next magician.

- Magic's everything to me.

I'm very much driven
on big movement and energy.

I'm not a sit-down kind of guy.

My wife and I decided
to open up our own theater

in Niagara Falls.

It's really been
a big challenge.

Creative freedom is probably

the biggest thing
the theater's offered me.

I can do whatever I want.

We can make people disappear,
reappear.

We can do whatever we want
to fantasize.

But that also comes
with a bit of a problem.

I am now responsible for
everything that doesn't work.

We have five tigers.

We have a lot of birds
in the shows.

Owning the theater
comes down to hard work.

It sounds easy:

"Open up a magic show,
and people will come."

But it takes a lot of time,
a lot of energy,

and you have to love it.

If you don't, it's gonna
eat you up quick.

[cheers and applause]

- Our next performer comes
to us from Niagara Falls

and arrived here by barrel,

so please welcome
Greg Frewin.

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- Oh!

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[cheers and applause]

- Wow!

That was incredible!

- Thank you, Alyson.

- Whoo!

Oh, man, that was intense.

- Thank you very much.

- All right, so--

- You're breathing
almost as hard as I am.

- Well, I wasn't breathing
through that entire thing.

I find myself, like,
holding my breath

and then being a little dizzy
when I come out.

But I'm glad you survived.

- I did okay.

- I'm a little worried
about your--

your friend there.

- Don't worry.
She knows the safe word.

- Okay, good. Phew.
[laughter]

So you live in Canada.

- Yeah, I have a theater
up in Canada,

in Niagara Falls,
the Greg Frewin Theatre.

Took us about two months
to figure the name out.

- Yeah.
[laughs]

And you do acts like this
in your show?

- That's correct.

Our show's very large--

illusions like this.

I actually have 5 tigers,
about 30 birds,


and a wife.

- Wow.
Who's the most trouble?

- Uh, the husband.

- Oh, good answer.

Growing up, were your kids,
like, the most popular kids

because you had five tigers?

- Well, kind of.
Here's the interesting thing.

My daughter actually
came home from school one day,

and she said, "Dad,
I was at school,

"and I said to my friends,
'Oh, I have cats.'

And they said, 'Yeah,
we have cats too.'"

And then she didn't realize

that our cats are
a little bit bigger.

- So is this a one-of-a-kind,
you created it and--

- That's correct.

This is actually
an illusion I created,

and I actually
built this myself.

- Well, that's amazing
and disturbing.

- [laughs]

- All right.

Well, I've given them
enough time,

so I'm gonna interrupt
whatever they're doing.

- Uh-oh.
- Penn, Teller.

- There you are,
interrupting us again.

Man, this is
the biggest trick we've had,

and in my world,
bigger is always better.

- You and me
are both on the same page.

- [laughs]

And I'll also tell you

that bigger is also
more difficult.

- That's correct.

- You can fool people
a lot easier

with a small deck of cards...
- Sure.

- Thank you can
with a big spectacle.

- And it takes more people.
It's not just me.

- Yeah, and you had
wonderful people assisting you,

wonderful dancers.

The whole production
is absolutely beautiful.

You know, there's a technique
in magic,

and I'm gonna say
the words here,

because your use of it
is so good

that I can almost give it away
without giving it away,

because you've misdirected
from this principle so well.

You're using black art,
which is a 19th-century term,

and it's a way for the light
to hit the iris and confuse it

so that people can become
invisible.

It's really
a wonderful technique.

The really crude way
of thinking of it is,

I got a portrait of Elvis
at home, of course.

I live in Vegas. You got to have
a portrait of Elvis.

And it's gonna be on velvet.

That's what we do
here in Vegas.

We do pictures of Elvis
and Jesus on velvet.

And when the light hits it
just right,

all I can see is Elvis.

And...
[laughter]

That's the basic principle,

and it's so well misdirected
that you have to have

a pretty sophisticated knowledge
of magic

to put this together.

We thought it was beautiful
and the biggest

and therefore the best.

- Thank you very much.

[cheers and applause]

- So--so do they understand
how you did it?

- Yeah, they've got an idea
how we did it.

- They do.
- Now can I ask you a question?

- Sure.
- Did I entertain you?

- Tremendously.
- Thank you. Thank you.

- You entertained
all of us.

- Thank you very much.
- Thank you so much.

Greg Frewin!
- Thank you.

- Thank you.

[cheers and applause]

We've got plenty more magic,

including something special
from Penn and Teller.

Trust me, you don't want
to miss it.

[jazz music]

[jazz music]

[cheers and applause]

- Welcome back
to "Penn & Teller: Fool Us."

Let's meet
our next potential fooler.

- My name is Vinny Grosso.

I perform a smart,
sophisticated,

and sometimes cerebral type
of magic.

I am a author, magician,
speaker, consultant.

Very focused individual.

Harry Houdini was
the longest-running president

of the Society
of American Magicians.

It's just crazy to think
that I was also the president

of this organization.

I've done this effect before
but not like this,

and the way I've modified it

is really an homage
to Penn and Teller.

I can probably count
on one hand

the number of times I've been
really nervous or fearful

before a show or a routine
that I'm doing,

and this is gonna be
one of them.

[cheers and applause]

- Give it up for the
always-classy Vinny Grosso!

[cheers and applause]
- Thank you.

A magician wearing a tuxedo.

How many of you get the sense

that something cheesy's
about to go down?

[laughter]

Throughout my life,

I've been labeled
a picky eater.

Many people say I have
a problem.

I like to think of it
as a gift.

I have an acute,
superhuman-like sense of taste.

I'll prove it
in the most scientific way

a magician knows how:

with a deck of cards.

[laughter]

And a volunteer.

Choosing a volunteer,
there's an art to it.

You need to find someone that
has just the right temperament,

someone that won't upstage you.

I found the perfect person
backstage.

Please welcome Carrot Top.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[cheers and applause]

Hi. Hello.

How are you?
- Nice to meet you.

[cheers and applause]

Hello, buddy.
Good to see you.

This is fun, fun, fun.

- Carrot Top,
can you inspect these?

Great. Thank you.

Check 'em out.

Make sure there's
nothing wrong with it.

I can tell that some of you
are skeptical.

Well, at least two of you.

So I'm going to eliminate
any possibility

of me doing something sneaky.

Nothing wrong
with the cards, right?

- They look good.
- Okay.

- A little out of order,
but they're good.

- Uh, I'd like you
to check my ears out,

make sure I'm not hiding
any sort of listening device.

- Let's see here.

- Nothing there?

- Cough real quick.

- [laughs]
We'll get to that.

- You look good.
You look clean.

You look clear.
- Great.

I could be wearing a wire.

You know, some sort of
signaling apparatus?

- Yes, yes,
should I feel you up?

- No, no.
- Okay.

- They don't seem
terribly convinced.

- Oh, wait.
Oh, my God.

Oh, man.

[cheers and applause]

Ah!

- They're not 100% convinced.

- Now I need
the flashlight again.

- And I'm not going there
with you.

Uh, Carrot Top...

- Yes.

- You're gonna have
to vouch for them.

- Okay.

Do I stand here?
Stand here, yes?

- Right over here.
- Over here, okay.

Don't know what I'm doing.

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

That's it.

Ah, man.

[laughter and whistling]

[cheers and applause]

The water is very cold.
The water is very cold.

[laughter]

- Carrot Top.
- Yes? No!

- Do you see anything funny--
let me rephrase that.

Am I wearing a wire?

- No, you're not wearing--
no, I don't believe so, no.

I feel like Carrot Bottom
right now, but okay.

[laughter]

- Finally, I'm gonna eliminate
my sense of sight.

- It's already better.
He can't see me.

It's already better.

We need one more piece
of tape.

[laughter]

- I need you to take
the card--

- Oh, man!

- Crap.
- Yeah.

It's okay.
I carry a spare.

- Oh, you--

[laughter]

Am I--am I supposed
to get these?

- No, you can use these
right over here.

- That's great.
That's great.

- Can you check those out?

- Check these out?
- Yeah.

Make sure there's nothing wrong
with those either.

And I'd also like you
to remove one card.

- Okay.

- And look at that card.

Show it to the audience.

Now, even though my eyes
are clearly shut,

some people may think
I can peek.

So never show the face
of the card to me, okay?

I'll take that as a yes.

[laughter]

I've eliminated
any possibility

of me knowing
what your card is,

with the exception
of my incredible sense of taste.

So I'm going to stick
my tongue out,

and I'd like you tap
the card--just the tip--

on my tongue.

[laughter]

- Should it--should it go back
in its holding spot?

- With my acute sense
of taste...

- It seemed easiest.

- I can tell that your card
is red. Am I right?

- Uh, yes.

- Of course I am.

I get it, though,

It could have been
a lucky guess.

Tap it again.

- Okay.

You have a beautiful tongue,
by the way.

- A diamond.

audience: Oh!

- Pretty good.

- It was either that
or hearts.

- Yeah, yes, yes.

- Tap it one more time,
but hold it a second longer.

- Okay.

Now--now you're
getting weird.

[laughter]

- Carrot Top, with my acute,
superhuman-like sense of taste,

I can tell that your card
is not just red,

not only a diamond,

but it is the king
of diamonds.

[cheers and applause]

- You're right!

That's pretty good.

That's pretty good.

- Ladies and gentlemen,
Carrot Top.

Thank you very much.

- Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you.

Thank you.
Thanks, everybody.

- Wow!
- How did you do that?

- Ladies and gentlemen...

Vinny Grosso!

[applause]

Okay, where are you?

Nice to meet you.

Hi.
- Hi.

- Okay, this is
gonna be awkward.

Can I stand over here?

Okay, well, first of all,
I want to thank you

for letting Carrot Top be
your assistant

and not me.

- Should I be offended
by that?

- Well, I just--
do you need some clothes?

Should I help you?

Okay, I'll just take off
my heels,

'cause I don't think I want
to be too high up.

[laughs nervously]

There we go. That's better.

That's much better.

Um, and are you hoping
that by being naked,

that's sort of
a distraction technique?

- I--I don't know.

You can't really
distract them.

They've seen it all...
literally.

[laughter]

- Which one of us do you think
is more uncomfortable--

you or me?

- Since I've been doing this
quite a few times...

- Probably me.

- I was probably more than you
the first time I did this.

But now...

- "Eh."
- Yeah.

- What if you fooled them?

Are you gonna come out
to get your trophy?

- Of course.

- Really?
- No.

- No? Okay, good.

[laughter]

Penn, Teller, let's help.

Help me.

Can you expose...
his trick.

[laughter]

[applause]

- Boy, it's a great--
it's a great act.

I do want to give you
a little bit of trivia.

Uh, the first full-frontal
male nude onstage

in Las Vegas on The Strip,
you know who that was?

- Was it you two?
- Yes.

- Yeah.
- We are the first people.

We did a thing.

We wanted to show
nothing up our sleeves.

But you added to that

the idea
of wearing a wire,

which is really, really--

everybody knows that from
police television shows,

and adding that in
is really nice.

This whole thing
is perfectly justified.

It's really great.

I also want to make clear--

it's very important
to people at home--

Carrot Top was not a stooge.

Well, Carrot Top is a stooge

in the sense
that he's a stooge...

- There's nothing
prearranged.

- But there's nothing
prearranged.

He was not part of the trick
whatsoever.

- He had no idea
what I was doing.

- I also think--

and I'm gonna ask you this.

I believe the blindfold
is legit.

Is that right?

I'd never seen the eyelids
taped down with clear tape.

When you put more stuff over it,
it's easier to fake,

but I don't think you faked
the blindfold at all.

- I didn't.

- I think
it's an actual blindfold,

and that's a really cool way
to do it.

And Houdini, you know,
did a lot of stuff nude,

and then he would use
the fact that he was nude

and had something in the way

to actually help
with the trick,

and we think you've justified
that screen perfectly,

and we do not trust
that screen.

Could we look at that screen?

Could we examine the screen?

- Absolutely, you can.

- We think there's some sort
of cuing device

behind the screen.

- I just want you to know
objects behind the screen

appear smaller
than what they really are.

[laughter]

- Oh, my goodness!

I'm so glad
I don't have their job.

[laughter and applause]

Wow. Wow.

[cheers and applause]

Wow.

- You fooled us.

- What?
- You fooled us.

- Really?
[cheers and applause]

- Whoo!
No, no.

Hey.

I'll let you get that.
Yep.

[cheers and applause]

No.

Whoo!

Okay--whoo!

Oh, dear!

Oh, my God!

[laughter and applause]

Hey!

Thank you, Vinny.
Whoo!

- He fooled us.
- He fooled 'em.

Oh, my word.

Oh, he can keep
that trophy. Ha ha.

One successful fooler
so far.

Will there be more?

Find out after this.

[cheers and applause]

[jazz music]

[jazz music]

[cheers and applause]

- Welcome back to "Fool Us."

Penn and Teller thought they had
that last guy figured out,

but he fooled 'em.

Let's see how they do
with our next performer.

- Hi, I'm Arthur Trace,
and I'm The Artful Deceiver.

[bell ringing]

Initially, magic found me.

I was in the second grade,

and a teacher assigned
a take-home project

which was basically an old trick
that magicians do

known as the Cups and ba*ls.

Once I learned how
to do that trick,

I was hooked.

Like any art, I think magic
adds a beauty to the world.

If it allows audiences
to escape,

that's a pretty major thing.

Every artist has
an inspiration,

and lately my inspiration
is time.

How we keep track of time
is something

that human beings invented.

As a magician,
I can play with that

and create different ways
of seeing time.

[cheers and applause]

- Our next performer met
and proposed to his wife

in the famous Magic Castle,

which means both she and his act
might be unreal.

Please welcome Arthur Trace.

[cheers and applause]

[dramatic classical music]

♪ ♪

- Ta-da.

[laughter]

[scattered applause]

No, that's not the trick.

Tonight we're traveling
through another dimension.

Oh, yeah.

A dimension not only
of sight, sound, and mind

but also of illusion.

[laughter]
Yeah.

[applause]

You see, tonight I will leave it
up to you to decide

what is real and...

what is not.

Wouldn't it be great
if there was a place

where time...stood still?

This idea
has always fascinated me.

You see, if I could actually
control the flow of time,

I could perform
some great magic.

Now, you may find a better use
for stopping time

other than a trick,

although right now, the only
thing that I can think about

is how to create
a better mystery.

Alyson, would you please
join me center stage

as the audience gives you
a thunderous round of applause?

[cheers and applause]

Very nice to meet you, Alyson.

- Nice to meet you.

- Alyson?
- Yes.

- Here, here is what
you will be in charge of.

- Okay.

- The black bag.

Please hold on to it like so,
like I'm holding it.

- Okay.
- There you go.

- Just take a peek inside,
seeing that it's empty.

And then hold it
all the way to your right,

just with your right hand
so I can't reach inside the bag.

Yeah, all the way out.

That way, I can't get
anywhere near it.

Now, Alyson, here is
what I am in charge of.

- Oh.

- The egg.

Alyson, my goal
is to get the egg from here

to inside that bag
without you even knowing it,

a feat that's much easier
to accomplish if I...

[warbling]

[laughter]

Were to stop the flow
of time.

[laughter]

Now, to you, it may have
seemed like nothing happened,

although while you were
frozen in time--

and you were,
except for Alyson--

I managed to put the egg--

I'll take the bag,
Alyson, please.

Thank you.

The egg inside the bag.

audience: Oh!

[applause]

Perhaps I can use
this same method

in order to make it vanish.

Alyson, please. You can
still feel the egg, yes?

Yeah?
- Yes.

- That is until...

[warbling]

[laughter]

It disappears,
leaving nothing but the bag.

You see, if you weren't
suspended in time,

you would have seen that I
removed the egg from the bag

and put it back inside
my jacket pocket.

Any questions?

[applause]

Alyson, you're doing great.

One last time, hold on
to the bag like so.

- Okay.
- Just take a peek inside,

seeing that it's empty.

And then hold it all the way
to your right,

just with your right hand,

so I can't reach
inside the bag.

The egg, all the way
from here to there.

Once again,
the trickery takes place...

[warbling]

[laughter]

During the suspension
of time.

The proof?

Yeah, the proof
is completely clear.

You know, Alyson.
Go ahead.

Give it a shake.

I'll let you do the honor.

Reach your hand
inside the bag

and remove the egg.

- What?

- It worked!

[cheers and applause]

It worked.

- That was crazy.

[applause]

- Now, some of you may feel

the pausing of time
is just an illusion.

But it's not the pausing of time
that's the illusion,

but time itself
is the illusion,

as you will notice
that the sand of time

is completely gone.

[audience exclaims]

Alyson, if I may,
I'll take the egg, please.

Thank you.

After all, the concept of time,
it's a human invention.

[objects clicking together]

A concept
that was given birth to

shortly after the creation
of life...

[piano music]

Itself.

[cheers and applause]

Thank you so much.
- Thank you!

- The question still exists,
right?

"Arthur Trace,
can you really stop time?"

Well, that's kind of like
asking me

if I really took a bite...

out of that apple.

♪ ♪

Of course I did.

[cheers and applause]

And, by the way,
Penn and Teller,

if you're hungry,

the apple is all yours.

[cheers and applause]

- Wow.

Amazing. Okay.

So where can I get one of
these, um, time things?

'Cause that would be
very helpful with my children.

- I'll see you up, Alyson.
- Okay.

So all this talking
and just--

Does that make you feel like,
"Hey, that's pretty good"?

That's a good sign,
rather than, like,

"No, that's all right. We don't
need to talk about it."

- They're--they're
pretty smart guys, so...

- I know, but I think, like,
when they talk a lot--

I mean, they're not,
like, talking

about what they had
for dinner.

- I don't know.
They could be.

It looks--I mean, if they did
have something for dinner,

it doesn't look like
it was very good.

[laughter]

- It does look like they're
ready or hungry.

Let's see.

Are you--are you ready?

- Yes, I think we are.
- Okay.

- Arthur, great act.

I got to tell you,

you're at a little bit
of a disadvantage.

If you ask anyone
who's known me for years,

they will tell you

that the trick
that I hate the most in magic

is the egg bag.

Teller was working on it

for months and months
and months

when we were first
working together,

and I never liked a single
[bleep] thing he did with it.

[laughter]

He tried every
presentation possible.

The little weasel
has been trying

to find some way
to sneak the egg bag

into our show,
and he has never done it,

because in Teller's hands,
it sucks.

[laughter]

But your version with the time
of a classic, the Malini--

- Wait, wait!
Oh, wait.

- You got to help him.
- It's back here.

- I didn't see.

- Egg bag...

[laughter]
- Perfect.

- Which is a classic of magic.

And even though
I don't like it,

you did it--you did it
really, really beautifully.

And the apple and the bowl
and all the time stuff,

it was just a wonderful turn
on Malini's egg bag.

Just a wonderful,

wonderful turn on it.

Just fabulous.

- Thank you.
Thank you so much.

- So are you confident

they know how you did
stop time?

- Yeah, they're right--
they're right on the apple.

[laughter]

- All right, well,
you are amazing to me...

- Thank you, Alyson.
- And to everyone else.

And thank you so much.

Let's hear it
for Arthur Trace!

[cheers and applause]

Thank you. Bye.

Up next, our grand finale,

featuring our magic men
of the hour,

Penn and Teller!

[cheers and applause]

[jazz music]

[jazz music]

[cheers and applause]

- For over four decades,

these boys have been dazzling
audiences around the world.

Showing no signs
of slowing down,

here are the unstoppable
Penn and Teller!

- And don't go--
don't go running away.

Stay right here,
'cause we're gonna--

we're gonna teach Alyson
a trick.

This is a simple trick.

It's also a trick
you can learn,

you can do at home
for your friends.

We don't give away much
like that,

so here's the whole thing.

You see I'm gonna reach
in my pocket here

and pull out a deck of cards.

Now, this is a trick
you'll be able to do.

You have a deck of cards.

And just have somebody--

You know, it doesn't matter
what card you pick.

There's no card force
you have to learn.

I'm gonna riffle,
and just say, "Stop."

- Stop.
- It doesn't matter at all.

And this is the card
you chose.

I'm just gonna--
I can see it too.

Normally, you wouldn't
see it yourself,

but I was talking you
through it.

It's a three of clubs
you chose, okay?

I'm gonna take that card.

I'm gonna put it
anywhere in the deck.

You might notice I'm kind of
rubbing my fingers like this.

You notice me doing that?
- Yeah.

- When I went for the cards,

I reached into both pockets
at once.

Reason I reached into
both pockets at once is,

I have in this pocket
a piece of bacon.

- [laughs]
- Okay?

Now, this bacon has
a strong smell to it,

and I rubbed my fingers on it,

and then when I came up and
you knew what card you picked,

I rubbed it
all over the card.

Now I could put that card
anywhere in the deck I want.

I can have you shuffle them,
an audience member shuffle them.

I can shuffle them.

And that card is lost
in the deck,

except it has that little bit
of nice greasy bacon smell.

- Yeah.
- Okay?

Then all you got to do is,

once you got
the nice greasy bacon smell,

all the work is done.

Just find yourself a friend.

I'm gonna use Teller
as the friend here.

You put him
in a contraption like this.

- Aw.

- Have a seat
right here, Teller.

Now, it's important to know
that I was using

a kind of vegan bacon

where there's no danger
of trichinosis,

and the reason for that is,
you take the cards

and put them
right in your friend's mouth,

just like that, okay?

Now, he's gonna do--

he doesn't have to do
any work at all.

He doesn't have to know
anything.

I don't have to know anything.

All you got to do is take
a little cloth like this

and keep it a secret
by closing it up like this.

Now, this is self-working.

Remember, the audience,
when you're doing this at home,

will not know that there's
a little bit of bacon smell

on the card.

They're not gonna know that.

How could they know that?

It's just in your left pocket.

Then you go over
and you bring out animals,

'cause they always love animals
in Las Vegas, right?

Now, these are just a regular
bunch of--

regular rats, I guess
they're called,

Norwegian rats, or sewer rats.

You can get these anywhere.

We got these
out behind the Dumpster.

They cost you nothing.

They don't even
have to be trained,

because from now on--
- One's coming out.

- Oop, it--I think we're okay.
- No, it's fine.

- From now on,
it's just instinct.

Teller does no work.
I do no work.

The rats do all the work.

[audience exclaiming
and Teller yelling]

You just throw them in
like that.

You put them in.
You close it up.

And then you just wait
for nature to do its work.

Now, he doesn't--
audience doesn't know anything.

And all of a sudden,
when the time is right,

you just have to--
Come in here with me

and say with me,
"Is this your card?"

Ready?
Is this your card?

The three of clubs.

That's a trick
that you can do at home.

You can do that
for your children right there.

Three of clubs.

- Oh, Teller!

Oh!

[cheers and applause]

That's all.

- Be back next week.

- Yeah, I'm gonna go
get a medic.

Good night.
We'll see you next week.

[cheers and applause]
Teller? You okay?