"[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 balls 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 killing 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 explosion] - ♪ 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]"