04x06 - Something Fishy This Way Comes

[bunniefuu]

[jazz music]

♪ ♪

[cheers and applause]

- From the Penn & Teller Theater

at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas,

here's our host,
Alyson Hannigan!

♪ ♪

[cheers and applause]

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

I've been hosting
this show long enough

that I already know
I am gonna be fooled

by every magician tonight.

So, I'm gonna just
sit back and relax.

I might even replace
my little black chair

over there
with a bubble bath.

And all of you, just please
join me in relaxing,

because the only two people
who are under pressure

to figure out how
each trick is done,

are our main men in magic:
Penn and Teller!

♪ ♪

[cheers and applause]

Each successful fooler gets
to perform with Penn and Teller

in the shiny city
of Las Vegas,

and get the even shinier
"Fool Us" trophy.

Let's meet our first
bright magician of the night.

[fireworks explode]

- So, I'm Dan Sperry,
and I just do magic tricks

with different props--
razorblades and broken glass.

I was influenced by
horror moves in general.

You know,
instead of pulling a rabbit

out of a hat, you know,
the rabbit would come out dead

or something like that.

Then you eat it...
or whatever.

Most people think
I sleep in a coffin

and I live in a cemetery.

I don't.
I just live in a suburb area.

Just a normal-esque,
suburban-type person.

My neighbors hate me,
which is fine.

And I get up every morning,
and I make coffee,

like most people.
And I have animals,

and I water my plants.

But being an adult is, like,
the worst thing ever.

Like, growing up is the worst.

So, I try and surround myself
with things

that make me feel like
I'm still not in the real world.

[cheers and applause]

- He's tatted up
and ready to roll.

Here is Dan Sperry!

- Yay!

Magic show!

Well, my name's Dan Sperry,
and I do magic tricks.

And, right now,
I just need to borrow

Alyson for a moment,
if you don't mind coming over.

So, everybody, it's Alyson!
[applause]

Alyson, it's everybody,

but I don't know their names.
It doesn't matter.

Alyson, here's the deal.
Right now,

we're gonna use
something simple for this,

that everybody's familiar with.

It's just--it's just a quarter.

And, in a moment, you're gonna
have the opportunity

to win a prize.
- [chuckling] Oh.

- I know.
Get excited!

It's gonna be great.
- Okay! [laughs forcibly]

- So get excited.
- [whimpers]

- So, here's how this works.

I need to demonstrate
what you need to do--

have you ever played
"Heads or Tails" before?

- Yes.
- You have?

But, like, with a coin though,
right?

- Yeah.
- Okay, good,

'cause we're in Vegas.
People get confused

about what that means.
- Sure.

- Right, okay.
- All right.

- Use the quarter,
but don't flick it

until I tell you to,

'cause we need to
build up the suspense.

- Okay.

Okay.

- Tickle fight...
all right, 'cause over here...

over here, I have two cards.

One card...[gasps]
Says "heads,"

And the other card...[gasps]
Says "tails."

- Ooh.
- And on the back of each card

is a prize,
but I'm gonna be honest--

one prize is a little bit better

than the other one.
But only by, like, that,

so it's like
"win-win-win," okay?

So, get in your
quarter-flicking-ready position.

It's gonna be great.

Okay, ready?
One-two-three, go for it!

You flick it in the air.
Go for it.

Flick it in the air--right.

And you catch it--nice--
and then go, go, go.

And what'd you get?

- Heads.
- Heads! So you...

[gasps, squeals]
Get excited, Alyson,

'cause you just won a hug!

[cheers and applause]

Come here, big winner.
See, this is the prizes.

It's not just--"Fool Us" prizes
for everybody that helps.

That was fun, right?
It was fun.

Um, I gotta be honest.

That actually had nothing
to do with anything.

- Oh.
- It was just so you and I

could hug it out,
to get to know each other.

- Aww.
- Sometimes people get nervous.

I don't want you to be nervous.
- Aww. Okay.

- Okay.
- Yeah, okay.

- But here's the other--
you know,

there's more than one quarter
in circulation, right?

- Sure.
- So, we need to make

this one unique
and special to you.

In order to do that,
you're gonna use the marker.

I'm gonna
take the cap off for you.

And here's how this works.
Now, on both sides,

heads and tails,
you're gonna write

whatever you want, okay?
Sometimes people write

their name, sometimes
people draw little pictures...

[inhaling marker fumes]
Sometimes people put

their initials, some--
- I don't think that's...

- Mm-hmm.
You're not my mom, okay?

- Oh--
- Go ahead and go for it.

You can do the same thing
on both sides.

It can be two different things.
I don't care.

- Okay.
- Just make it unique, special,

one-of-a-kind, just like you.
- Okay.

[audience laughing]

- Can I have some of this?

Can I have some?
Okay.

And when you're done,
you let me know.

- Yeah, done.
- We're good.

All right,
I'll take the marker back.

- Okay.
- [sniffs] Good.

And let's see
what you put on there.

- You wanna see?
- Yeah, no, I can see.

It's totally fine.
It's not like that.

- Okay.
- All right, so you put, um...

"help" on one side.

[laughing] Like, for real.
- Yeah.

- All right--burned me
the first time,

so it's all good.
And then she wrote "me"

on the other side.
"Help me."

That's actually really great.
- Yeah, yeah.

- I like that.
- Okay.

- But now it's identifiable,
because right now,

with your help, I'm about
to make the coin disappear.

- Okay.
- It's gonna reappear

someplace impossible.
That's how we're gonna know

that it's, in fact, yours.
- Yeah, okay.

- 'Cause it's matched.
See, this is how it works.

Now, in order to make it
disappear, though,

I do need to put it somewhere...
- Okay.

- Wet.
- [whimpers]

- No, no, no, no, no.
Somewhere...

mm, mm...somewhere where,
when you were a little girl--

when you guys were
little boys and girls,

when I was a little...kid--

our parents always told us
never to put money there.

Because it's dirty.

Not into my mouth.
Instead, it's actually going

inside my eye socket.
And that's why you're up here.

It's to be sort of
a normal community member

for everybody out there
and everybody at home,

that what I'm doing
is what I say it is.

And first and foremost,
it's important

that everybody knows
that this is,

in fact, a real eyeball.
- [groans]

- Sometimes people think
it's fake, and it's not.

So I need you
to check out my eye.

- I don't know.
- Make sure--now, look at me!

- Okay!
- Make sure it's the real deal.

- Yeah.
- No hidden pockets.

- Uh, no.
- No little gadgets.

- It's fine, that's--
- You sure?

Do you wanna dig around in there

to make sure? No?
- Yeah, no.

- You wanna lick it?
We already hugged.

- No.
- We could have a party.

Get some NyQuil and nutmeg
and throw down in Vegas.

- No, nope, nope.
- No? Okay.

Have you ever
worn contact lenses before?

- What? N--yeah.
- No?

- Yes, I--
- Yeah, yeah, okay, yeah.

Well, as I'm sure we all have.
So, that's perfect, then.

'Cause then you'll be familiar
with the procedure

that I'm about to do.
[sniffs]

It's the same thing.
- [groans]

- It goes in just like this.
- No.

- Now, Alyson.
- Uh-uh.

- I'm gonna roll my sleeves back
because it's a magic show,

that's how it works.
- No.

- Now...[sniffs]
I need you to take a look.

- No.
- Still your quarter, right?

- Oh, God, yeah.
- Now, look at it.

I can't see--it's in my eye.
It's still yours?

- Yes--yeah!
- Okay.

Now, Alyson,
take your right index finger,

point it at me.
- [groaning]

- Good.
Now, I'm just gonna

roll your sleeve back.
- Oh, God, please--

- It's a magic show,
it's what we do.

- Oh, okay.
- Now, again,

you're here
to verify everything.

So, what you're gonna do now,
is your gonna keep

this finger rigid.
- Oh, please--

- Don't be Danny Torrance.
- Oh, God.

- Just keep it
rigid and firm, okay?

And you're gonna take
the tip of that finger, now...

- No.
- And help shove that coin

further into my face.
- Oh, God, no, no, no.

- Now, hold still.
Hold still.

Just the tip
of your finger, now.

- [yelps]
- Do you feel the coin?

- [wails] I do.
- Do you feel it?

I'm talking to you!
All right, now,

do you feel it going in?
- Oh, my God.

Just the tip, though.
Not the whole thing.

Just the tip--okay,
I know what it sounds like.

I can hear you back there.
- Oh, my God.

- Ugh.
- Keep your hand flat

like a table.
- Okay.

- 'Cause sometimes
the pressure causes the coin

to pop back out.
- Oh, my God.

- And if that happens,
you need to catch it,

'cause I don't want anybody
to think

I'm touching it, all right?
- No, I'm not doing that.

No, no, no.
- I'm hoping

it doesn't come to that.
- I'm gonna throw up.

- [chuckles] Please don't.
- Oh, God.

- Just hold it.
- Ew...

- But I need you
to look, though.

- That's totally fine.
I trust you.

- The coin should be...
- No, that's fine.

I--I don't--
- No, look, it should be...

- Oh, God.
- Gone.

- Oh, God, it's--
- No, look, look, look,

for real.
- No, it's--yeah--

- Not down there.
- It's gone.

- No, not up there.
- That's fine.

- Disappeared.
- [groans]

- [gasps]
♪ Magic show ♪

- Oh, God.

[cheers and applause]

- [sniffing]
That was the hard part.

The harder part
is making it come back--

reappear from someplace
impossible.

- Ugh.

[laughter]

- Get your hand out.
- [groans]

- Now...[sniffs]
Here's how this works.

- Ew--why are you
sniffing so much?

- Don't worry about it.
Stay out of my personal life.

Keep your hand flat
like a table.

Since it's flat like a table,
we need a tablecloth

to make it look nice.
We're on TV,

we gotta make it look nice,
right?

Hold your hand flat
like a table,

so we need a tablecloth, okay?
- It's far from looking nice.

It's gonna be strange,
but this is the tablecloth

that we're gonna use.
So, what's gonna--

oh, no, sorry.
Clean side.

Clean side down.
That's more appropriate.

Clean side.
[sniffs]

You're gonna need to lower that,
just a little bit.

- I don't really want to.
- Yeah, now...

'cause here's the thing:
now we need the magic wand.

And not a typical magic wand.
This is the magic wand

that we're gonna use.
[audience gasping]

'Cause the weird thing
about this,

is that, if the coin disappears
from here,

it always reappears
in the most unexpected place.

So, I just need you to relax.
It's gonna be fine.

It's gonna be fine.
- Shouldn't we have,

like, security, or something?
- 'Cause this is where

it gets weird, okay?
This is where it's gonna

get weird, and...

[laughter]

It's perfectly normal.

So, a little wave of the wand,
now, and a small incision.

You should be able to see--
no, lower, right, lower.

- No--oh, my--
- Like a Brazilian...

- No, I really--I just--
- Sort of thing,

from South America.
You know, when you see it on TV.

- I just...I thought...
- I need you to look close,

Alyson, right there...
- I thought it was, like,

a family show...
- No, I need you to look close.

Get it over here.
That's why you have the cloth.

- I just really don't...
- I need you to look close.

Do see something coming out?

- I don't really wanna look.

- [laughs] Just look at it.
- [groans]

- Do you see it coming out
of my skin?

- Yes, I do.
- Do you see it coming out?

- Yeah.
- What does it look like?

- It looks like my next
five years of nightmares.

- Now, touch the coin.
- I don't...

- Make sure it's in there.
- That's so gross.

- It's in there, isn't it?
- Yeah.

- It's disgusting,
but it's there.

Now, you signed
"help" on one side,

and "me" on the other...
- Yeah.

- Of the coin.
Nobody asked you to sign it.

This was not set up
beforehand, yeah?

- No!
- No. Good.

So this should be
the only coin--

- Do you think
I would have agreed to this?

- Mm...probably not.
- No.

All right, just do it.
Just get it over with.

- What--oh, right, okay.
So, this should be--

I'm gonna take it out.
- [groans]

- You need to verify
and look close.

- Oh, God.
- It's stuck.

- Okay--ugh.
- And look close...

- No.
- Because you should be able

to see, in your hand-writing--

it might be a little smudged
from the blood--

but, in your handwriting.
Yes or no?

- Yeah.
- Does that look like

your "me" on that side?
- Yes.

- Does that look
like your "help"...

- Yes.
- On that side?

It is.
Alyson confirms.

You guys, have a peek as well.
That's her "help" on that side.

that's her "me" on that side.

That's impossible.
That's disgusting.

But, more importantly,
all of this applause

doesn't go to me.
It goes to Alyson,

for putting up with a lot.
You were a great sport.

Your prize is not a hug.

It's the coin that you get
to keep as a memory

of our time together.
Thanks for being cool.

[laughter]

Okay, bye...
- Dan Sperry,

ladies and gentlemen.

[cheers and applause]

- Thanks.
- Okay, so...

now we have to talk.
- Okay.

What do you wanna talk about?

- Well, I thought
we were gonna cut me.

- No, why--why would I do that?
That sounds awful.

- Well, yeah.
- I'd never do that.

You have a very
over-active imagination.

- Yeah!
- You should talk to somebody

about that.
- Oh, but you don't?

- Yeah, no, no.
- You came up with this idea.

- Well, my mom makes me
dress like this.

I don't even really like it.
- [laughing] Really?

- Yeah.
- [laughing]

Uh...
[both laugh]

Okay. [laughs]
- Yeah.

- Who does your makeup?

- Makeup?
- Oh.

- Do people ever come back
to your magic shows?

- I don't know.
- No?

- I'm usually never invited back
to the same place,

so I wouldn't know.
- [laughs]

Yeah.
- I wouldn't know.

- [laughs]

Okay, I'm done with you.

Penn, Teller.

- Well, I gotta tell you--
that this is one of

the greatest teams
I've ever seen.

[both laugh]

You two together.
- Oh, God.

- I think this is
a match made in hell.

[Alyson and Dan laugh]
- You know,

I can't tell you
how much I love this act, Dan.

I just love everything about it,

and that's probably the thing
that hurts you the most.

Because this is
the kind of stuff

we look into a lot.

And we've done a lot
of this bloody stuff.

- Yeah.
- I love the whole presentation.

I love all of this, you know.

And I loved the relationship
with Alyson.

It was just great,
the way you dealt with her.

And we loved how you went
from your eye--

and, you know, it's hard
to get to your stomach

without going through
your mouth.

But you went from the eye,
right to the--

right to the stomach,
and it was fabulous.

And, as you did the whole thing,

it seemed like you were trying
to cement your relationship

with Alyson, but you kind of
rub her the wrong way.

- Yeah.
- But I still think

it's a match made, all the way.

And I'll tell you,

we think we have
a pretty good idea

how you've done,

but for the people
watching it at home,

I think you do voodoo.

It was just fabulous
in every way.

- Thanks. [laughs]
- Just fab.

[applause]

- So, did they figure out
how you did that?

'Cause I don't understand
their code words.

- Yeah, no, that was
the coolest code

that I probably could've gotten,
actually.

- [laughs]
- That was great.

- [laughs] Okay.
- Yeah, so--no, they got it.

-Well, they were
certainly complimentary.

- Yeah.
- And...Dan Sperry,

ladies and gentlemen.
[cheers and applause]

All right.
- Thanks.

- Whoo.
- I go this way?

- Yes.
- Bye, Alyson.

- Bye.
Thanks for the nightmares.

- All right.

- Okay.

We'll be back

with more "Fool Us"

sooner than you think.

Stick around.

♪ ♪

[jazz music]

[cheers and applause]

- Welcome back to "Fool Us."

Our next performer
is French-Canadian.

I'm not sure how to say
"crepe" in French,

but I bet he does.
Let's meet him.

[fireworks explode]

- When I was 20 years old,
an agent came to me,

and he said, "Do you wanna
go on a cruise ship

for the winter?"
I'm from Montreal, Canada,

and the winter is very cold.
So, I said, "Yes, let's go."

That was supposed to be
a four-month contract,

and it ended up
being 19 years now.

When I started on ships,
I started as an illusionist.

I'm French-Canadian,
so I spoke English a little bit,

but not enough to, you know,
do a show in English.

So, I did illusions,
which was perfect,

because I didn't have to speak.

But then,
the cruise director said,

"No, you should
start being funny,"

which was terrorizing,
because it's hard enough

to be funny
in your own language.

Imagine in a foreign language.
One time I said,

"It was so funny,
I cried my ba*ls out."

[laughing]
And what I meant to say was,

"I bawled my eyes out."

[laughing]
But you see how you switch

two words--it offends everybody.
[laughs]

[cheers and applause]

- Put your hands together
for JP Parent.

- Good evening.
I'm an illusionist,

so I have to use big props.
And because I use big props,

I have to travel
with an assistant all the time.

Now, traveling
with the assistant

means I have to buy
a second plane ticket--

which is k*lling me.

So, I found the solution:
this device right here.

Now, I didn't bring
my assistant tonight,

in the theater,
but this is so easy,

anybody could do it.
So, I was wondering if, maybe,

Miss Alyson, you could
help me out with this one?

- Okay.
- Nice round of applause

for her, yes?
[cheers and applause]

It's very easy.

You're just gonna
step in, but backwards, okay?

- Back--backwards?
- [laughing] Yeah, backwards.

- Okay.
- All right, trust me.

[ballet music]

Like this...
I'm gonna put this here.

- Okay.
- Are you comfortable?

As much as you can be.
We're gonna put this down.

Okay?
- Okay.

All right, now,
this is the thing, okay?

Right now, Alyson is
as full size,

meaning that I would have to pay
a full-price ticket for her.

But I found a solution.

Now, if we just pull
a little bit down...

- [grunts]
- Like so.

- Yeah?
Um, well, okay.

- Like that,
and a little bit up...

from over here.

- Um...
What--ah!

This--
- And now, I can check her in

as oversize luggage.

[laughter and applause]

♪ ♪

But, wait, I think we can even
go a little bit more down.

- Can we, though?
- Just--

- Really?
- Just--just a little bit.

Trust me.
A little bit down, like so.

- You know...

- And over here...

thank you
for your patience, Alyson.

- Uh-huh.
- I'm just gonna

pull a bit here.

- Nobody wants
to be this short.

You know that, right?
- [laughing] It's okay.

And now, carry-on luggage.

[cheers and applause]

♪ ♪

But, finally,
I'm gonna go all the way down.

- This is not
what I signed up for.

- [laughs]

And now...

you're the size
of a personal item,

so you can make the whole trip
sitting on my lap.

[cheers and applause]

Now, this is important to see.

Right, we can see
all the way under...

- Ew.
- All the way over.

Ladies and gentlemen,
Alyson Hannigan.

[cheers and applause]

- JP Parent!

So, my daughter's really excited
about being taller than me.

I just didn't think
it would happen tonight.

- [laughing]
She's gonna love it.

- And I didn't think
it would be the four-year-old.

- [laughing]
Sorry.

- So, do you do this
to a lot of people?

- No, actually.
You're the first one.

[giggling]

- I feel like I'm gonna
be the last one too.

- [laughing] No.
- Hmm.

Do you have a good lawyer?
- [stammering] Nuh...no.

- Hmm.
I do.

[laughter]

Come on.
You've gotta know

what this is by now, right?
- [laughing]

Can you Google it?

You know what?
Don't even tell us

how he did it.
How is he going to undo it?

[laughter]

Tell him that.
- Um...

this is something
that's usually done closed up.

Normally, we would say
that this is a trick

that's done with mirrors.

But it's not done with mirrors.
And then we saw you pulling out

this monitor, here.

That monitor, there,
has not been there

for any other trick
we've ever done.

That monitor, there,
is there for you.

That monitor there is so
you can see something--we think.

So, we think you're using
that monitor

to line up something.

So, we think you've got--
and as I say this,

it starts to sound
more and more ludicrous,

but I'm going with it.

We think you've got--

it's probably USSR technology.

[laughter]

We think you've got technology
that is giving us--

probably with mirrors
and some sort of camera--

some sort of illusion
underneath there,

and actually there is
some Alyson Hannigan...

where we think we're seeing
the backdrop through there,

because there's a video,

and a camera.
- JP, are you using technology?

- There is no electronic
technologies needed

for that, no.

[cheers and applause]

- Okay.

It bothers me more this way
than anything else, but--

I hate to say this
to a French-Canadian--

but you fooled us.
- [laughs]

[cheers and applause]

Ah!

[laughing]

[cheers and applause]

- JP Parent!

- Beautifully done, man.

- Thank you, thank you.

- What a fantastic fooler.

One "FU" trophy
just literally fell

from the sky.
Will we see another?

We'll find out after this.

[jazz music]

Help, help!

[jazz music]

[cheers and applause]

- Welcome back to "Fool Us."
It takes a real clever mind

to get one over
on Penn and Teller.

Let's meet our next
Mr. Smarty-Pants.

[fireworks explode]

- [Scottish accent]
Hi, I'm Naathan Phan,

and I still live
with my parents.

My grandfather
took me to see magic shows,

and he also, at one point,
said, "This is my credit card,

"and you get $50 a month,

to spend online,
at any magic shop you want."

My parents encouraged me
to go to college,

but no one really says,

"Let's see--well,
we got these two magicians.

"This one has a degree
in communications,

so we're gonna go with him."

I've been referred to
as a neo-vaudevillian--

kind of old-school sensibilities
when it comes to entertainment.

[psychedelic music]

There's so much you can do
with magic.

Magic is art.
Magic is entertainment.

Magic can be life.

That's what I wanna show people.

[cheers and applause]

- Please welcome
Magic Asian Man, Naathan Phan.

[cheers and applause]

- Good evening, everyone.
My name is Naathan Phan,

and I am the magic Asian man.
[audience laughing]

It's lovely to be here.

Just--I don't know why
everyone always laughs

when I say
I'm the magic Asian man.

All three of those words
accurately describe me.

I do magic, I am Asian,
and I am indeed a man.

After watching that introduction

and hearing me speak
a couple of sentences,

there's a few of you
that have probably noticed

the discrepancy
between the way that I look

and the way that I sound.
So, I'd like to answer

to burning question
in your minds.

The answer is yes,
I really am Vietnamese.

Good,
moving along with the rest

of my...

Are you guys not used to hearing

thick Vietnamese accents
in this part of Las Vegas?

Well, this is what
we sound like!

At least,
this is what we sounded like

where I grew up,
in the northwestern part

of Vietnam, called Glasgow,
which is where I grew up.

Glasgow is in Scotland,
not Vietnam,

hence the unique contradiction
of an individual

that you see before you now.

And here I am,
ladies and gentlemen,

to do some magic for you.
And I'm going

to perform something
with a balloon,

which I think is
kind of cheating,

because balloons are real magic.

And if you don't believe me,
next time you see a wee child,

give them a floating,
shiny balloon,

and see the way
their face lights up.

And that's real magic,
right there.

So, tonight I hope
to give you all

that feeling of magic
we all had as a child,

with nothing more
than a simple balloon.

[tranquil music]

♪ ♪

[mouthing words]

[laughter]

♪ ♪

[laughter]

♪ ♪

[audience gasps]

[audience gasps]

♪ ♪

[laughter]

[mouthing words]

[audience gasps]

[cheers and applause]

- Naathan Phan.

So, tell me about this.
Where did you come up

with the idea for this?
- It kind of started--

so, I used to work
at Disneyland.

I used to work
in the magic shop at Disneyland.

and they have vendors...

[cheers and applause]
Oh, all right.

A few Disney-philes
out in the audience.

[as Mickey Mouse]
Oh, boy!

[laughter]

And, so,
while I was working there,

I would see how badly

kids wanted balloons.
- Mm-hmm.

- You know, and--
- Yes.

- And, so, I just wanted
to create something

that would kind of give
everyone that magical moment.

- Yes.
So, do you do impersonations?

More than just Mickey?
- I do, yes.

So, growing up in Glasgow--
so, I grew up, actually,

speaking Vietnamese,
my first language,

which is a very tonal language.

And then I grew up around
all these new people...

[thickening Scottish accent]
Who talked like this.

And, you know,
there's a lot of bouncing

in the cadence
and that sort of thing.

And so, I think that kind of
gave me this ear

to pick up on sounds
that not everyone else knows

how to replicate.
- What do you think

Teller's voice sounds like?
- What do I think

Teller's voice sounds like?
- Yeah.

- I think his voice
sounds like Gilbert Gottfried.

I think that Gilbert Gottfried
got the idea of his voice

from him.
- Yeah.

- I think one day,

Teller's gonna come up,
and he'll say...

[imitating Gottfried]
You know, that trick

with the balloon--
that was really something.

I think that that--
- You know what--

- [imitating Gottfried]
That was a surprise.

- All right.
- All right.

- We should go to the boys.

Penn, Teller.

- Wow.
Well, that's something

we don't see too often.

I mean by that,
Asian-Scottish guys.

- [laughing] Yeah.
- Haven't had a lot of them

on the show.
No, it's not a card trick.

- Yes!
- You know, it's not

an audience volunteer.
It's not mentalism.

It's really new.
It's really wonderful.

We thought we were
gonna tank on it.

You threw us for a loop
for a moment,

but we got our bearings
for a moment,

and got a few ideas
here and there.

I don't wanna give away
too much--it's so nice.

It'll be a great routine
for you.

But I do wanna say
that what we found so amusing

is that,
for much of the routine,

you're actually
trying to accomplish

the opposite of what
the audience thinks

you're trying to accomplish.
And that's what

we really,
really liked about it--

is that the whole thing--
the whole thing is backwards.

And we really,
really enjoyed that.

I hope I snuck a few things
in there,

but we do not think
you fooled us.

- What do you think?

- Alas, I did not fool them.

- [laughing]
- Aw.

But you entertained us all.
- I did!

- So great, Naathan.
So great.

- Thank you.

[cheers and applause]

I'll have the rest
of the show

hidden behind my ear,

and I'll pull it back out

after these commercials.

[jazz music]

♪ ♪

[jazz music]

[cheers and applause]

- Welcome back to "Fool Us."

We've had
one successful fooler tonight.

Let's see if this next magician
will make number two.

[fireworks explode]

- My name is Richard Forget.
I'm from Toronto, Canada.

It could be pronounced
"For-jet" also,

but I prefer
the more pretentious version.

[laughing]
So, I...

When I was a young magician,

I created an act
based around producing birds,

when I developed an allergy
to the birds.

So, at that point, I had
to start from ground zero.

I had no act, and I had to go
to my little black book,

and start finding ideas
that I had jotted down

that were "maybe, someday,"
and make them happen.

And I created an act
that's taken me around the world

just because--
I really believe this.

If I didn't get sick,
maybe I wouldn't even be

in the business anymore.
'Cause it forced me

to be creative.

[cheers and applause]

- This next act
is truly un-"for-jay"-able.

Here is Richard Forget!

[cheers and applause]

[dramatic orchestral music]

♪ ♪

[soccer fans cheering]

- Goal!

[police sirens wailing]

[music stops]

[news reporters
speaking at once]

- A devastating earthquake
measuring 7.4

on the Richter scale...

[airplane engines buzzing,
indistinct voices]

[sirens blaring]

[people marching,
shouting indistinctly]

[panting]

[serene music]

♪ ♪

[deep exhale]

[bird chirping]

[applause]

[bird chirping]

♪ ♪

- One, two, three,
one, two three.

[bird chirping]

[gentle piano melody]

♪ ♪

[applause]

♪ ♪

[bird chirping]

♪ ♪

[low tones]

[dramatic electronic music]

[applause]

♪ ♪

[dramatic string music]

♪ ♪

[snare drum roll]

♪ ♪

[cheers and applause]

- Whoo!
Richard Forget.

- Hello, good to meet you.
- Hi, nice to meet you.

- You too, yes.
- That was so cool.

How do you even begin
to come up with something

like that?
- Oh, my gosh, well--

so, you see something, you know.
You could be doing something

really mundane in your life,
and you look at something,

and you say, "Huh.
What if that--"

you know, I'm reading a paper--
"what if I were to fold this up

and actually make it
float around?"

That's what would happen
with that.

- And, so, from the idea
to this--

how long is that journey?

- From the beginning
of when I thought of the idea

to when it actually happened
was about three years.

So, I'm just thinking of
what could happen,

and then, once it kind of
goes through that process,

you start building it.
- Yeah.

- Yeah.
- And then--and then,

the first time you sort of
successfully performed it.

- Oh, my gosh,
what a rush.

- All right, cool.
Well, I'm excited

to hear what these guys
have to say about this.

- So am I.
- Well, this act is one of

those acts that takes
a really, really long time.

I mean, people come out here
and try to do a trick or two

to try to fool us.

That's a whole
different category

than what you're doing.
This is a full routine

that would go on anywhere

and please any audience,
anytime.

Every move goes
into the next move.

And I'm gonna just detail
a few things here.

To the audience at home,
it'll sound like

I'm just talking
about monster movies,

but there was daylight seance,
there was zombie,

and you did this thing
that I love,

which is
you used multiple methods.

Which is the best way...
- Ah, yeah.

- To fool people,
in that you try to say,

"How did he make
that bird fly?"

And you can't answer
that question,

because the way
you made that bird fly

was different
every time you looked at it.

Your handling of the star ring,
or the key ring,

was just beautiful.
The couple of little feints

that went first
to make us think

you were gonna
do the full thing,

and then doing it.
And then, ending with something

that's very reminiscent

of Robert-Houdin's
butterfly trick.

And just keeping those birds
flapping the whole time.

- [laughs]
They're not tired yet.

- I know.
They just have

a great deal of power.

It was a wonderful,
wonderful routine,

but we think we figured out--
we figured out

how you did it...
- So do I.

- And a few of those words
should've told you.

- So, are you
convinced they know?

- Oh, yeah.
- Okay, well...

thank you so much.
Richard Forget!

[cheers and applause]

Not enough magic for you?
Not a problem.

Penn and Teller perform next.
You don't wanna miss it.

[jazz music]

♪ ♪

[jazz music]

[cheers and applause]

- Piff the Magic Dragon
got his big break

on season one of "Fool Us,"

and has gone on
to tremendous success

on television,
as well as a national tour

and his own Vegas show
at the Flamingo.

Not bad
for a mythical creature--

and by that,
I mean a successful magician.

Here to close the show
along with two other guys,

give it up for Piff
and Penn and Teller.

[cheers and applause]

- Good evening.

Good evening.

audience: Good evening.
- Thank you.

It's great to be back
on "Penn & Teller: Fool Us,"

where I had one of
my big breaks,

failing to fool Penn and Teller.

Since then,
I've gone on to fail

in much, much,
much bigger shows.

So, I'm not here to fool
Penn and Teller tonight.

No.
Besides, as the old saying goes,

"Don't fool them once,
shame on me.

Don't fool them twice,
still shame on me."

It's the same shame.

[laughter]

So, moving on,
tonight I brought along

two of my very,
very special friends.

Please welcome to the stage
Finn and Teller.

[big band music]

♪ ♪

- [gurgling unintelligibly]

- Can you just
put that in there?

- Good evening!
My name is Finn,

this is my partner, Teller.

We are Finn and Teller.

♪ Finn and Teller ♪

♪ Doing tricks ♪

♪ With blood and guts ♪

♪ Finn and Teller ♪

♪ They will drive ♪

♪ You nuts ♪

- I know, I can't believe
they're here, either.

Finn is the world's only
mind-reading goldfish.

We're gonna do
some mind reading tonight.

All we need is a mind to read.
Let's see.

How about you, sir?

That's it.
Front of that row--

perfect--third in, yeah.
Round of applause for this guy

as he joins us onstage.

Come on up here, buddy.

Come and say hi
to the fish, please.

That's it.
- Hello, sir!

What is your name?
- Hi, fish.

- Abe.
- Abe.

- Absolutely correct!

♪ Penn and Teller ♪

♪ Doing tricks ♪

♪ He got the name ♪
Nailed it!

I nailed it.
Knew it was Abe.

Knew it was Abe.
- Moving on.

Abe, to my right
there are three books.

You're gonna go over there, Abe.
You're gonna choose

any one of the three books.

It's very important
Finn doesn't see

the books.
We're gonna blindfold Finn,

please.
Let's cover up the fish.

Lovely work.
Choose a book, there, Abe.

Any one of the books.

Do you have a book, Abe?
- I do.

- Abe, you're gonna
open that book.

You're gonna choose
any word in that book,

but we want you
to challenge the fish.

Choose a word at least
eight letters long.

You got a big, long word,
there, Abe?

At least eight letters?

- Got it.
- You got it?

You can remember what it is?

- Yup.
- Right, great.

Put the book back.

Come over here,
talk to the fish.

Finn, Abe is thinking of a word.

- I need to make
a psychic connection

with you, Abe.
So, if you wouldn't mind,

just place your tongue
in my glass.

- Yeah, just...just the tip.
- Slide it in here.

- Come on, right in here.
Right in here.

- Actually in.
Actually make--

how else are you gonna do it?
- Slide it right in.

- Actually make contact.
- Slide it in.

- Oh!
- Ah!

- Nobody's ever
done that before, madam.

You are a very lucky lady.

[laughter]
Finn is now going to attempt

to guess the very first letter
of the word

that Abe is merely thinking of.
Abe?

Focus on the first letter.
Just the first letter.

Do you have the first letter,
Abe?

- I do.
- He's ready, Finn.

- The first letter is A!

- Finn, your first letter was A.

What?
- No.

- What do you mean, "no"?
- No.

- B?

[laughter]

- Is it B?

- C?
- Buckle up.

- D?
- Just stop him

when he gets there.
- E?

- F?
♪ A, B, C, D, E, F... ♪

G?

H?

Okay, was it--
was it before or after R?

- After.
- It was after.

- [groans]
- That'll save us some time.

- Why don't you just
tell me the letter?

- You're supposed to be
a mind-reading goldfish.

Guess the letter.

- S?

T!

- Yeah!
- You got it.

♪ Finn and Teller,
to the letter ♪

♪ Almost first time ♪

♪ Finn and Teller ♪

And now,
for the second letter.

[laughter]

Was it A?
- Okay, I think--

I think Finn is finding it
difficult to concentrate

in such a tiny space.
So, we're gonna re-home Finn.

We got a lovely new home.
Look what we got for you, buddy.

- Very nice.
- It's a brand-new home.

- Oh, a mobile home.
Very nice.

- Lovely mobile home.

Come on, buddy.
Aww.

- Oh, ow, ow, ow.
- One, two, three--

happy fish.
- Ow!

Whoa, this is nice.

I like what you've done
with the place.

Very spacious.
Very pleasant--

wait.
Piff, Piff, Piff, Piff!

Am I in a blender?

Am I in a blender?!
- Finn will now find the word

or he will die.

[laughter]

- Let's see--okay, okay.
I have the word.

- Okay.
- I have the word.

- You're gonna write it down

on that little sign over there.

Go on, write the word down.
Come on.

- Okay, okay. I've written it.
Done, done, done, done!

- Where's the pen?
- Mother was an octopus.

[laughter]

- Fair enough.
Abe, in a loud voice,

name your word.
- Thunderstorm.

- Uh-oh.
- What?

- Thunderstorm.
- Thunderstorm?

- Yeah.
- Uh-oh, oh...

- Ladies and gentlemen,
thunderstorm!

- ♪ Finn and Teller,
get the words ♪

- [imitates expl*si*n]
- ♪ That guy just heard ♪

♪ Finn and Teller ♪
- And Abe, ladies and gentlemen.

Abe! Let's go.
Good for you, Abe.

Go back to your seat.
Ladies and gentlemen, Finn!

- Teller, Teller--Teller, I--
- Oh, wait, wait.

Sorry, what?
- Teller, I forgot my glasses.

My glasses are in the blender.
- Oh, oh, his glasses.

Yeah.
- Get my glasses.

- [screaming]

- Finn and Teller,
ladies and gentlemen!

Finn and Teller!
[cheers and applause]

- And Piff the Magic Dragon.
- And Piff the Magic Dragon.

- Yeah.
- And Finn and Teller.

- Whoo.

I've gotta hand it to all

of tonight's
outstanding performers.

Join us next week

for another fistful
of fantastic magic.

Good night from Las Vegas.

[cheers and applause]