Penn & Teller: Fool Us (2011–…): Season 7, Episode 17 - Jedi Mind Tricks - full transcript
- From the Penn & Teller Theater
in Las Vegas, Nevada,
here's our host,
Alyson Hannigan.
- Welcome to "Fool Us."
While the world
has changed so much,
some things remain the same.
There are still magicians
from all over the world
who want to try and fool
two of the greatest minds
in magic.
So, from inside the "Fool Us"
bubble in Las Vegas,
we are thrilled
to get the show started.
But we can't do that without
our magic men of the hour,
Penn and Teller!
Penn and Teller reward
any magician that fools them
with a Fool Us trophy
and a trip to Vegas
to perform in their
world-famous magic show.
Here is tonight's
first magician.
- Hi, I'm Chris Capehart,
70 years young
from Philadelphia.
My first job I worked
in the mailroom of a law firm.
While I was delivering
a package in Harlem,
a poster for the circus
caught my eye.
It had the first Black
magician I've ever seen.
Up until that point,
I didn't know
there was Black magicians,
and that day changed my life.
So I quit my job,
and I've been a magician
for almost 50 years now.
I think of myself
as a triple threat.
I do stage magic,
close-up magic.
I even teach magic.
Maybe magic grabbed me
because I grew up
as a Jehovah's Witness.
My folks were very strict.
I wasn't even allowed toys
as a kid.
I've been making up
for that ever since.
I got trains, planes, drones.
Magic to me is everything.
And I hope I get to fool
two of my favorite magicians,
Penn and Teller.
- Ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome Chris Capehart.
- Hey, how's everybody?
Looking good, looking good.
You know a lot about me already,
but there's some things
you don't know about me,
and one of them,
when I was a teenager,
I got my first money by doing
a magic trick for a university
where I saw an advertisement
for paranormal phenomena.
I had to prove
that I had powers of the mind.
And if you proved
you actually had the power,
they'd give you $500.
Well, look, I needed $500.
So I figured I'd go down there
and show them something
that maybe they may not know.
There's some silly tricks
in the world
that people
don't always know about.
So, let's do this.
So I put the card here,
like this.
And, uh, I figured
I step back a little bit
and I just point.
Ah, that made them sit up
and take notice.
But I figured
at this point in time,
I better really give it to them.
So I looked at them
with my best Jedi look,
and I went.
Oh, that convinced them.
Then I said, you know what,
if I'm going to win the $500,
I gotta get deeper.
So, I got deeper.
In my attic,
I knew I had a lamp.
Here, this old lamp.
And I figured, let's do
something with the light bulb.
Okay? It's just a lamp,
as you can see.
It's just a lamp. We can just
turn on, let's unscrew it.
Okay, we won't need the lamp.
Let's use the light bulb.
Now, here's where it gets crazy.
Watch this.
I had a vase like this one.
I took the light bulb in here,
and then I screwed it.
- Oh! - Oh!
- It freaked me out, okay?
I got... and look, look, look.
And then sometime,
I can put it in here...
Here, look.
I know, it's amazing.
You should get one of these.
They're a lot of fun.
Let's take it a step
further than that.
I really, really wanted
that $500,
so I had to come up
with something
that maybe even
I couldn't explain.
So one of their
biggest tests to see
if you had magic of the mind
was to take a balloon and put
it inside of another balloon.
Okay? Blow the balloon up.
Now, the inside balloon
had to be so you can see it.
I used a see-through balloon
on the outside.
Now, there you go.
And that's a lot of work.
I don't do balloon animals,
so don't expect it.
Okay? Now, I know.
But here's what I'm going to do.
I'm going to tie this
into a knot,
and then there's
the inside balloon.
Now the outside balloon
is see-through
so that you can see
the inside balloon, of course.
Now, let's hope this works.
And, uh... there we go.
Now, you can definitely
see that balloon,
and you can see I can't
touch that balloon, right?
So I can't touch that balloon,
it's a given that it's there.
Now, my job next, then,
is to use magic of the mind
because I really want the $500,
okay?
Very important.
So, you can see that.
My job was to hold
the balloon like this
and concentrate on it.
Just concentrate.
Oh!
And I got $500.
And now,
I can afford these shoes.
Take care, guys.
- Chris Capehart!
- Thank you.
You've been in magic
for so long,
you must know everything
there is to know about it.
- Ah, no one's gonna know,
everything,
but I know a fair bit.
But I started off working
on the streets with these guys.
- So how important
is magic to you?
- Oh, saved my life. - Really?
- I would have been something,
I grew up in, you know,
the ghetto, and I woulda been
running with a bad group
of people,
and magic changed
that whole thing.
- Aw. - Oh, yes.
I had all my children
are under the magic banner,
it was great, and everything.
Everything
I've ever done is magic.
I mean, I got the shoes.
- Plus, the shoes.
- I got the shoes! - Hey!
That's so cool.
Do you have any advice
for young people
getting into magic?
- Oh, yeah, definitely.
If you wanna do it as a hobby,
then it doesn't matter
what you do.
If you wanna do it
for a living, ah,
it's a whole new ball game.
- Mm! - You gotta find something
unique about you.
You got a personality, I don't
care what you look like,
you got a personality,
let it come out.
- Well, that's good advice just
in general across the board.
- There's always a performer
in everybody,
you just gotta find out
what it is.
- Yeah. - That's it.
- All right Chris,
let's see if your mental magic
earns you a trophy. - All right!
Let's see. - Gentlemen.
- Chris... - Yes.
- It's been a long time, huh?
- And I look good.
- You look good.
You know, we've been, uh,
watching you do magic
as long as we've been watching
each other do magic.
- That's right.
- Streets of Philadelphia.
- The streets of Philadelphia.
- '76, '75.
- Head House Square.
- Walking up,
whistling to frat boys,
slapping them in the face
and having coins
fall out of their nose.
And then turned around...
- Okay, enough information.
- Laughed, and gave me money.
One of the greatest
street performers
I've ever seen in my life.
- Thank you, I appreciate it.
- We watched you probably
a hundred times back then,
and boy, Chris,
I miss those days.
Don't you? - And I thank you
for letting me work
on your corner.
- Which puts you at
a disadvantage on this show,
because we know
a little more about ya.
Magicians, we know too much,
it hurts 'em a little bit.
- That's all right.
- And the card trick,
you didn't expect to fool us.
- No.
Didn't expect to fool us.
- You knew that.
- We knew that one right away.
You didn't expect to fool us
with the light bulb.
- No. - So the only thing
it comes down to is you
and your stupid balloon.
- That's right.
- So we're gonna make a deal
with you, Chris.
- Okay, deal.
- Teller loves your shoes.
- He does? - We're gonna
take a guess here.
If we are right,
Teller gets the shoes.
You walk off the stage
in your stocking feet.
I know you're a betting man.
You're gonna walk off the stage
in your stocking feet.
Teller's gonna get those shoes.
If we are wrong...
- I gotta respect that.
You're going to walk off stage
with your shoes and a trophy.
We got that deal? - It's a deal.
- Wow.
- We think...
the outer balloon
has a little pin in it,
and you jostle it a little bit,
or drop that pin,
- Ah... - And get that to break
the inner balloon. - Wow.
- So you gonna
take your shoes off?
- No, 'cause you're wrong.
- You get to keep your shoes!
- I keep my shoes!
- You get to keep your shoes.
- You keep your shoes.
- Yay!
- Oh, yeah, this is great.
- Oh goody, and you get
to keep your shoes.
- You guys have been fantastic.
Ha ha ha ha ha!
You guys have been great, man.
You got your feet ready.
You guys have been fun.
Thank you so much for this.
Thank you.
- 45 years in common, Chris.
45 years in common. - Whoo!
Penn and Teller just
gave away a Fool Us trophy,
and the night is still young.
They might be handing out
another when we come back.
- Welcome back.
Where in the world
does our next act come from?
Let's find out.
- Let's take a trip to China
and take in the epic magic
of Yan Yan Ma.
- Yan Yan Ma!
Wow!
That was incredible.
- You like?
- You're incredible at ballet,
you're incredible at magic.
I would imagine any little girl
watching you
would want to be able
to do what you can do.
Have you inspired other young
woman to go into magic?
- Yes, I think many girl
look at my performance,
they want to do some dancing
with magic too.
- So, you come
from a magic family.
What did your family
teach you about magic?
- My mother teach me
everything about magic.
Every detail, and how to
perform and everything.
- Have you always wanted
to follow in her footsteps?
- Yeah.
- All right.
Let's check in
with Penn and Teller
and see if they know
how you did your trick.
Penn, Teller!
- Wow! Yan Yan, what an act.
What an act.
This won't translate, I'm sure,
but there was a -ton
of effects there.
Just a zillion effects.
I guess if you have
the kind of stamina,
willpower, and skill
and grace to do ballet,
then doing
the magic manipulation
is the same kind of thing.
You do that stuff
more beautifully
than anyone I've ever seen.
- Thank you.
- You know,
it's a manipulation act,
and those are really hard to do
in an interesting way,
and you really do them
in such an interesting way.
Magicians for years
have taken the tuxedo,
that looks like
it's fairly formfitting,
and found ways for people
to take that for granted,
and then steal huge amounts
of stuff out of it.
You've got a ballet outfit
that it looks like you
couldn't hide anything in it.
And yet, you hide,
as far as I can tell,
everything in the world
in there.
So good and so wonderful
and so beautiful,
and such a new idea.
I mean, that whole act
done in a tux,
would be breathtaking.
Done in a tutu
is a whole different level.
You do every move in the book,
and unfortunately,
we've read that book.
It's a wonderful, beautiful act,
and I do not think
you fooled us.
But I wish ya had, because we
would love to see you in Vegas.
It's such a beautiful act.
- Thank you, you too.
- Do you agree, they know
how your trick worked?
- Yes. - Aw.
- It's beautiful.
- Well, thank you so much.
It was such a pleasure.
Yan Yan Ma!
- So beautiful, so beautiful.
- Thank you!
We'll be right back
with another amazing magician,
so stay close.
- Welcome back to "Fool Us,"
home of the best magicians
on TV,
like this one.
- Hi, my name is Topas.
I come from Stuttgart, Germany.
I started as a manipulator.
So I love doing
sleight-of-hand magic.
Later, I started to do
big illusions.
I try all kinds of magic.
I believe you don't have to
do classics of magic
till the end of time.
It's possible to invent
your own classics.
My next step was becoming
a stand-up comedian.
Now, you may think
it's impossible to do comedy
if you're German,
but it is possible,
and I really love it
to get a connection
to my audience this way.
Penn, Teller, you've inspired
me for a long time now.
This moment is my turn
to show you something you
may have never seen before.
- Joining us from Germany,
say guten Tag to Topas!
- Aloha.
I come to you from Germany,
but I would like to show you
a magic trick
I call The Hawaiian Wonder.
There's two objects which play
an important part here...
A glass...
and a paper tube.
Well, Penn and Teller,
if you would be here with me,
I would give you these
two objects for inspection,
and you would find them
completely ordinary.
I have someone with me
who will confirm this.
Hi, what is your name?
- Hi, Mala. - Hi Mala.
Please, is this
an ordinary paper tube?
- Seems ordinary to me.
- Just paper?
- Yep. - And a glass?
- Okay, all right.
- Normal glass?
- Normal glass.
- I take the glass... come to me.
And I put the paper tube
on top of the glass.
No funny business here.
And who would you trust
more than a German conjurer?
Please, come to the center.
- Yep. - Now, you may wonder why
this is called
The Hawaiian Wonder.
Well, it's not just
because of my... lei.
Don't worry, you get one too.
This is for you.
Your costume for tonight.
But this is really all about
these four
real Hawaiian oranges.
Please pick one of the oranges,
any one you like.
- I like that one. - You sure?
- Yes. - Okay.
We put it up
on a little pedestal...
a little higher so it feels
like Hawaiian royalty.
And these are real oranges.
Yeah, let me cut them open.
To show them to you,
real oranges.
Yeah, real Hawaiian oranges...
made in Germany.
All of them very juicy.
Now, I need your help
to make
the Hawaiian magic happen.
Please, come to the center.
Watch.
You know this music?
Do a Hawaiian dance. Like this.
- Okay. - Perfect, it's actually
better than mine.
And now, in your mind...
yeah, yeah, yeah.
In your mind,
take the orange and lift it.
Lift it,
higher and higher... exactly.
And make it go
to the other side.
All the way and land
in the glass.
Eh, that's enough.
- Still there. - I know it's...
Yes, it's still here.
You may think the trick
has gone wrong,
but actually...
no one has touched
your chosen orange,
is that right?
But look.
Now...
- Oh! - Ooh!
- It's empty.
Only the skin's left.
Wait, wait, wait.
Please, go to the paper tube
and slowly lift it.
Lift it very slowly,
slowly, slowly, slowly,
slowly, slowly, lift it,
lift it, lift it, lift it.
It has magically
flown through the air
and juiced itself in the glass.
And if this is not enough juice,
well, you can actually try it,
try it.
Take a sip of
the Hawaiian nectar.
Is it nice? - It's tasty.
- And if
it's not enough juice...
- Thank you.
- Please, keep this as a gift,
and thank you very much
for your help.
- Thanks a lot. - Thank you.
- And this is
The Hawaiian Wonder.
- Topas!
Hello! - Hello.
- Is, uh, Germany known
for its orange juice?
- Not exactly.
No, no.
- Now, if you go to Hawaii,
what kind of tricks
would you do there?
Would you, uh, you know,
produce, like, pretzels?
Yeah, yeah. Of course.
In Hiddenhausen,
I would produce pretzels
and probably beer, I guess.
- So what were you like
as a kid, Topas?
Was this something you
always knew you wanted to do?
- Yes. You know,
I saw a Spaghetti Western
where somebody was
shuffling cards in a saloon
and I thought oh, my God,
I have to learn this.
And later, I found out
that they played, uh,
the movie backwards,
so cards were flying
from one hand to the other,
and no matter how hard I tried,
I could never duplicate that.
- Aw...
And I understand you met
your wife through magic?
- Exactly. Complete coincidence.
We met, uh, in a drama club.
We're high school sweethearts,
so to speak.
- Oh, that's so sweet.
- And then only later
we found out
that the both of us like magic.
- Okay, Topas. Let's see if
Penn and Teller figured it out.
- Well, Topas, you know, um,
first thing I said was
that's just
the greatest act ever.
I just love it.
And that kind of comedy
that's right there
in the middle of self-parody,
coupled with an enjoyment
of doing it, is so hard to do.
It can get smarmy so easy.
And you were just perfect.
I mean,
your magic was wonderful,
and the comedy
might have been even better.
They're just both top-notch,
loved every single bit of it.
And now, uh, we're put in
a very awkward position.
And we're about to take
a couple of guesses,
and we are sincerely
hoping we're wrong.
Because we wanna
give you a trophy,
and we want you
to come to Vegas.
So, here we go.
It was interesting
because it was a team effort.
So we'll go with mine first
because mine
is so, uh, incredibly filthy.
And that is, I think... - Whoa!
- You got lucky with an orange.
And we saw
the best possible case
of how that could have gone,
and you're the kinda guy
with your smiling, round head,
who could get lucky
with an orange.
That's what I'm thinking about.
Now, Teller,
for his side of this,
Teller, he's seen wonderful
German engineering,
and he thinks
that you are capable of, uh,
that that smile and that light
and that low-tech way
involves
some German engineering.
So, I'm thinking to get lucky
with oranges,
Teller thinks
German engineering,
and we are hoping,
hoping that we are wrong.
- So, Topas, do they know
how you did your trick?
- I think they have a very,
very good idea, yes.
- Aw! - Damn it!
Damn it, damn it!
Damn!
We'll see you next time.
You're still gonna come
over here at some point.
- Yes, well, thank you so much.
Topas!
We're taking a quick break,
you'll see more magic,
including
a Penn and Teller finale
when "Fool Us" returns.
[jazz music
- Welcome back.
Like everyone else,
our next act
wants a Fool Us trophy.
Let's see
if they can pull it off.
- We're a true
husband-and-wife magic team,
but if you ask which came first,
I guess I fell in love
with Jason
and then
I fell in love with magic.
Do you agree? Okay!
- I agree, yes.
I fell love with magic
when I was a little kid.
My dad and I were on vacation,
and this guy came up to us.
He reached behind my ear
and pulled out a coin.
The magic
wasn't what blew me away.
It was someone making
something from nothing.
- I was introduced to magic
through my older brother.
He would always try out
all his tricks on me.
It was good preparation
for married life.
- Stacy is the one
who can predict
the responses of the audience.
- Well, I do have a Masters
degree in psychology,
and it comes in handy.
But it still feels weird to me
when I say out loud
that I do magic for a living.
How did we get here anyway?
- Well, Stacy, as you know,
there's a story
that goes with that.
- Mm-hmm.
See you on stage?
- See you on stage.
- Say hello
to Cleveland's finest,
Jason and Stacy Alan.
- Have you ever shared
an experience with someone
so profound
that even years later,
you remember
every little detail?
We have.
It was the night we met.
- So, I remember it
like it was yesterday.
It was an incredibly hot night.
- Babe, we met in November.
- We did, didn't we? - We did.
- By hot, I mean...
a balmy 35 degrees?
- Sure.
- I'd just finished performing
for an amazing group of people,
and wanted to celebrate.
So I went to a bar to,
you know, meet some friends.
I showed up late and got
a drink.
They're always late.
So I pulled out a deck of cards
to help, you know,
pass the time.
- Pass the time?
He was hitting on the bartender.
- She was a fan of magic?
- Okay.
- Anyways, I was in the zone
nailing every trick.
If I'm being honest,
I think it was because
of my lucky white shirt.
I always wear it
with this jacket.
- I thought your shirt
was black that night.
- Was it? - Oh!
- It was, wasn't it. - It was.
Do you even remember our story?
- Yeah, I'm getting to
the best part.
- Okay. - To the best part.
The best part
was when she walked in.
We immediately hit it off.
She said she liked my smile,
and the rest...
the rest is history.
And that's the story
of how I got her number.
- What? That's your version
of our story.
- Did I...
did I forget something?
- You left out a ton. I mean,
you didn't even tell them
the part about the card trick.
- The card trick?
The card trick. I...
I didn't mention that, did I?
- No, you didn't.
Let me tell the story.
This is how remember it.
I walked into the bar, and I
immediately noticed Jason.
I mean, how could you not?
He was a grown man
using magic to pick up women.
- I promise I was just
trying to get a drink.
- Whatever he was doing,
it seemed a little desperate.
But, he's cute. And I was single
and almost 30,
so I thought, why not?
I walked right up to him
and I said,
"I like magic." -
- So I was the desperate one
in this story? - Not important.
What's important
is what you said next,
because it was so bizarre.
Do you remember?
- I said...
"I have a message
from our future.
One day
this will all make sense."
Penn, will you help me
with a magic trick?
- "A message from our future."
Who says that??
And Penn... what did Penn
have to do with anything?
At the time, I had no idea.
And it never really made
any sense to me.
Until now.
- Because this...
this is our future.
- And that's Penn.
- Right, that we should
show them our magic trick.
- We should.
Penn, Teller,
so nice to meet you.
- Good to see you.
- Penn, would you mind
helping us
tell the rest of our story?
- I'll do my best. - Wonderful.
Jason will turn around.
We don't want him
to see the card.
Now, he had me take a card.
So, Penn, I'm gonna show you
a bunch of cards,
and whenever you say stop,
that's the card we'll use.
Here we go.
- Stop. - Right here?
- Yeah.
- Good.
Don't forget it.
Then he had me, um...
he had me, uh...
- Write the time. - That's it.
He had me write the time
on the card.
He said it would etch this
moment in our minds forever.
So, for tonight's version,
Penn, name a random time.
4:37.
4:37.
4:37. Good.
Now, back to our story.
There I was,
doing magic with this guy
that I'd just met
in a bar full of people.
Seems normal, right?
- Uh, uh, uh.
It sounds weird
when you say it like that.
- Oh, it gets weirder.
No lie,
he reached behind his back
and he pulled out
this giant card...
A giant card that said...
- Prediction.
- And then he asked me...
- If the name of your card
is written in here,
can I have your number?
- Now, there is no way
he saw my card.
So of course I said yes.
And I put him to the test.
Then, he did this.
Yeah, I know.
I was disappointed too.
And he could tell.
That's when he stepped up
his game
and went all David Blaine on me.
And the card I was holding,
it started
to do something weird.
First, the ink
completely disappeared.
I honestly had no idea
what was going on.
I thought I was losing my mind.
And when I looked again,
my card... was gone.
- Oh! - What just happened?
I looked at Jason
for the answer,
but all he could do was smile.
- Oh! - Oh!
- My card was in his mouth.
With the exact time on it.
- Oh!
- And that's the whole story
of how we met.
- Jason and Stacy Alan!
That's very elaborate.
Do you tell that story a lot?
- We do...
- We do get asked a lot
how we met,
if it was magical or not.
- And how long have you guys
been together?
- So, ten years.
- Yeah, next month will be
ten years we've been together.
We've been married eight. - Aw.
And is it hard
to mix love and work?
- Uh... how do I answer this?
- Yeah, I mean,
we get along very well.
We're lucky we have
a really good relationship
and we're really good friends,
but it is difficult sometimes
working together
and living together
all the time.
- Yes.
- Yeah. I think it's perfect.
That was the right answer.
- Good answer, good answer.
Yeah, it's so clear you guys
are such a great team.
- Ah, thank you so much.
- Thank you.
- Yeah, it really works.
All right, it's time to see
if Penn and Teller figured out
how you did your trick.
All right, Penn, Teller.
- Jason, Stacy,
that's really good.
People try to tell stories
in magic all the time,
and this one seems maybe
not literally a true story.
It seems romantically true,
wonderful.
Wonderful little meet-cute
that's put into a card trick.
You also did something,
you know,
we have Teller not speaking,
so when we have to get a card
into his mouth,
he, uh, he's just not talking.
You justified a lot of things
by having one of you talking...
Like the way we work,
which is one person talks,
and the other person, uh,
does things.
I don't know how long ago
it was you met,
but it seems like you've got
a wonderful relationship,
you have your own code
of how to work together
and you had the whole thing
where ya met in the bar.
But you could've...
could've been anywhere.
Could've met in the bank,
anywhere.
And just the little touches,
you know?
The vanish of the card in
your hand was just beautiful,
and using the magic cause
of the walking in front
instead of a magic wand to turn
the phone into a deck of cards.
A lot of times two person acts
don't really use both people,
and you did that
really beautifully.
And we really loved it
all the way through.
And I think
I snuck in a few things
that might have given you
some idea
that we were privy
to some of your machinations.
- Absolutely. - Yes, I'd say so.
- So, what do you think.
Did they figure it out?
- I think that they know
what they're talking about.
- We love you two, thank you
so much for having us.
- Thank you so much.
- Thank you, thank you.
- Oh, well, thank you so much.
Jason and Stacy Alan!
Has it been too long
since you've seen
Penn and Teller perform?
Don't worry, the legendary duo
will take the stage
when we come back.
- Welcome back to "Fool Us"
where it is Penn
and Teller's job
to figure out
other magicians' tricks,
but some of their own best magic
comes from when they try
to fool each other,
like this next trick.
Ladies and gentlemen,
give it up for Penn and Teller.
- You know, it's true.
We love doing magic.
And sometimes when we haven't
done shows for the public
for a little while, we actually
do magic for each other.
Not necessarily to fool,
but to impress, to show off,
to give some ideas to kind
of bounce off each other.
So we're going to do
that a little bit with
a ball routine here.
Teller says he's got
something to show me.
Show me!
Nice! Nice, the ball moved
across to the other hand.
But that's not gonna fool me,
because that's a standard trick
that a lot of magicians do.
It's usually done
with the magician
talking by counting to ten.
I'll count to ten for you,
just do it again.
They'll wanna see it again.
1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8,
9, 10.
Okay,
now we've all seen that before.
So, you said you had variations.
So do a variation for me.
1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6... oh, good...
7, 8, 9... 10!
Putting the stuff in his hand!
Brilliant. Very, very nice.
Now do something else.
Just something else.
Just do something else.
1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8,
9... 10.
11! It's in my hand!
It's in my hand, Teller.
That's great.
Making it appear in my...
Okay, you wanna...
Got something else?
Go ahead, do it.
Go ahead, do it.
Wow, that was something,
though, appearing in my hand.
1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8,
9, 10...
11, 12.
Wow! Now that was good.
You're looking at me
like it's my turn.
Okay, I'll do something.
Uh... okay.
1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8,
9... 10!
11! That's amazing, Teller.
12!
Pretty good. Pretty good.
Now we're rocking.
Now, Teller,
I'm following this, no problem,
but the audience might be able
to follow it better
with just one ball.
Can you do it with
one ball for me?
Okay, good. There's one ball...
No, Teller,
I said to do it with one ball.
Okay?
Do, Teller, do it with one ball.
One ball Teller, do it with one.
Okay.
Watch me.
Here's the four balls
I took from ya.
And, uh, I have no idea
at this point
what I'm supposed to do,
but I'll give it a try.
1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8,
9, 10.
What I do? What I do? - Oh!
- What'd I do? What'd I do?
I got all four of them.
That's really great.
What are you doing? That's mine.
I got four, it comes over there
just like that.
Okay, three and three,
we'll do something.
You go I'll follow you.
1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6,
7, 8,
9, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14.
15,
16, 17, 18,
19, 20,
21, 22, 23,
24, 25,
26, 27, 28,
29, 30,
31... no, naw, I saw.
Okay, okay, stop. Okay.
Good routine on a basic trick.
You built on it nice,
all your moves
are nice and clean, but...
you did not fool me.
I mean, for me,
it's just like...
All right, we've run
out of time for tonight,
but trust me,
you don't want to miss
the next episode of "Fool Us."
We'll see you soon.
in Las Vegas, Nevada,
here's our host,
Alyson Hannigan.
- Welcome to "Fool Us."
While the world
has changed so much,
some things remain the same.
There are still magicians
from all over the world
who want to try and fool
two of the greatest minds
in magic.
So, from inside the "Fool Us"
bubble in Las Vegas,
we are thrilled
to get the show started.
But we can't do that without
our magic men of the hour,
Penn and Teller!
Penn and Teller reward
any magician that fools them
with a Fool Us trophy
and a trip to Vegas
to perform in their
world-famous magic show.
Here is tonight's
first magician.
- Hi, I'm Chris Capehart,
70 years young
from Philadelphia.
My first job I worked
in the mailroom of a law firm.
While I was delivering
a package in Harlem,
a poster for the circus
caught my eye.
It had the first Black
magician I've ever seen.
Up until that point,
I didn't know
there was Black magicians,
and that day changed my life.
So I quit my job,
and I've been a magician
for almost 50 years now.
I think of myself
as a triple threat.
I do stage magic,
close-up magic.
I even teach magic.
Maybe magic grabbed me
because I grew up
as a Jehovah's Witness.
My folks were very strict.
I wasn't even allowed toys
as a kid.
I've been making up
for that ever since.
I got trains, planes, drones.
Magic to me is everything.
And I hope I get to fool
two of my favorite magicians,
Penn and Teller.
- Ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome Chris Capehart.
- Hey, how's everybody?
Looking good, looking good.
You know a lot about me already,
but there's some things
you don't know about me,
and one of them,
when I was a teenager,
I got my first money by doing
a magic trick for a university
where I saw an advertisement
for paranormal phenomena.
I had to prove
that I had powers of the mind.
And if you proved
you actually had the power,
they'd give you $500.
Well, look, I needed $500.
So I figured I'd go down there
and show them something
that maybe they may not know.
There's some silly tricks
in the world
that people
don't always know about.
So, let's do this.
So I put the card here,
like this.
And, uh, I figured
I step back a little bit
and I just point.
Ah, that made them sit up
and take notice.
But I figured
at this point in time,
I better really give it to them.
So I looked at them
with my best Jedi look,
and I went.
Oh, that convinced them.
Then I said, you know what,
if I'm going to win the $500,
I gotta get deeper.
So, I got deeper.
In my attic,
I knew I had a lamp.
Here, this old lamp.
And I figured, let's do
something with the light bulb.
Okay? It's just a lamp,
as you can see.
It's just a lamp. We can just
turn on, let's unscrew it.
Okay, we won't need the lamp.
Let's use the light bulb.
Now, here's where it gets crazy.
Watch this.
I had a vase like this one.
I took the light bulb in here,
and then I screwed it.
- Oh! - Oh!
- It freaked me out, okay?
I got... and look, look, look.
And then sometime,
I can put it in here...
Here, look.
I know, it's amazing.
You should get one of these.
They're a lot of fun.
Let's take it a step
further than that.
I really, really wanted
that $500,
so I had to come up
with something
that maybe even
I couldn't explain.
So one of their
biggest tests to see
if you had magic of the mind
was to take a balloon and put
it inside of another balloon.
Okay? Blow the balloon up.
Now, the inside balloon
had to be so you can see it.
I used a see-through balloon
on the outside.
Now, there you go.
And that's a lot of work.
I don't do balloon animals,
so don't expect it.
Okay? Now, I know.
But here's what I'm going to do.
I'm going to tie this
into a knot,
and then there's
the inside balloon.
Now the outside balloon
is see-through
so that you can see
the inside balloon, of course.
Now, let's hope this works.
And, uh... there we go.
Now, you can definitely
see that balloon,
and you can see I can't
touch that balloon, right?
So I can't touch that balloon,
it's a given that it's there.
Now, my job next, then,
is to use magic of the mind
because I really want the $500,
okay?
Very important.
So, you can see that.
My job was to hold
the balloon like this
and concentrate on it.
Just concentrate.
Oh!
And I got $500.
And now,
I can afford these shoes.
Take care, guys.
- Chris Capehart!
- Thank you.
You've been in magic
for so long,
you must know everything
there is to know about it.
- Ah, no one's gonna know,
everything,
but I know a fair bit.
But I started off working
on the streets with these guys.
- So how important
is magic to you?
- Oh, saved my life. - Really?
- I would have been something,
I grew up in, you know,
the ghetto, and I woulda been
running with a bad group
of people,
and magic changed
that whole thing.
- Aw. - Oh, yes.
I had all my children
are under the magic banner,
it was great, and everything.
Everything
I've ever done is magic.
I mean, I got the shoes.
- Plus, the shoes.
- I got the shoes! - Hey!
That's so cool.
Do you have any advice
for young people
getting into magic?
- Oh, yeah, definitely.
If you wanna do it as a hobby,
then it doesn't matter
what you do.
If you wanna do it
for a living, ah,
it's a whole new ball game.
- Mm! - You gotta find something
unique about you.
You got a personality, I don't
care what you look like,
you got a personality,
let it come out.
- Well, that's good advice just
in general across the board.
- There's always a performer
in everybody,
you just gotta find out
what it is.
- Yeah. - That's it.
- All right Chris,
let's see if your mental magic
earns you a trophy. - All right!
Let's see. - Gentlemen.
- Chris... - Yes.
- It's been a long time, huh?
- And I look good.
- You look good.
You know, we've been, uh,
watching you do magic
as long as we've been watching
each other do magic.
- That's right.
- Streets of Philadelphia.
- The streets of Philadelphia.
- '76, '75.
- Head House Square.
- Walking up,
whistling to frat boys,
slapping them in the face
and having coins
fall out of their nose.
And then turned around...
- Okay, enough information.
- Laughed, and gave me money.
One of the greatest
street performers
I've ever seen in my life.
- Thank you, I appreciate it.
- We watched you probably
a hundred times back then,
and boy, Chris,
I miss those days.
Don't you? - And I thank you
for letting me work
on your corner.
- Which puts you at
a disadvantage on this show,
because we know
a little more about ya.
Magicians, we know too much,
it hurts 'em a little bit.
- That's all right.
- And the card trick,
you didn't expect to fool us.
- No.
Didn't expect to fool us.
- You knew that.
- We knew that one right away.
You didn't expect to fool us
with the light bulb.
- No. - So the only thing
it comes down to is you
and your stupid balloon.
- That's right.
- So we're gonna make a deal
with you, Chris.
- Okay, deal.
- Teller loves your shoes.
- He does? - We're gonna
take a guess here.
If we are right,
Teller gets the shoes.
You walk off the stage
in your stocking feet.
I know you're a betting man.
You're gonna walk off the stage
in your stocking feet.
Teller's gonna get those shoes.
If we are wrong...
- I gotta respect that.
You're going to walk off stage
with your shoes and a trophy.
We got that deal? - It's a deal.
- Wow.
- We think...
the outer balloon
has a little pin in it,
and you jostle it a little bit,
or drop that pin,
- Ah... - And get that to break
the inner balloon. - Wow.
- So you gonna
take your shoes off?
- No, 'cause you're wrong.
- You get to keep your shoes!
- I keep my shoes!
- You get to keep your shoes.
- You keep your shoes.
- Yay!
- Oh, yeah, this is great.
- Oh goody, and you get
to keep your shoes.
- You guys have been fantastic.
Ha ha ha ha ha!
You guys have been great, man.
You got your feet ready.
You guys have been fun.
Thank you so much for this.
Thank you.
- 45 years in common, Chris.
45 years in common. - Whoo!
Penn and Teller just
gave away a Fool Us trophy,
and the night is still young.
They might be handing out
another when we come back.
- Welcome back.
Where in the world
does our next act come from?
Let's find out.
- Let's take a trip to China
and take in the epic magic
of Yan Yan Ma.
- Yan Yan Ma!
Wow!
That was incredible.
- You like?
- You're incredible at ballet,
you're incredible at magic.
I would imagine any little girl
watching you
would want to be able
to do what you can do.
Have you inspired other young
woman to go into magic?
- Yes, I think many girl
look at my performance,
they want to do some dancing
with magic too.
- So, you come
from a magic family.
What did your family
teach you about magic?
- My mother teach me
everything about magic.
Every detail, and how to
perform and everything.
- Have you always wanted
to follow in her footsteps?
- Yeah.
- All right.
Let's check in
with Penn and Teller
and see if they know
how you did your trick.
Penn, Teller!
- Wow! Yan Yan, what an act.
What an act.
This won't translate, I'm sure,
but there was a -ton
of effects there.
Just a zillion effects.
I guess if you have
the kind of stamina,
willpower, and skill
and grace to do ballet,
then doing
the magic manipulation
is the same kind of thing.
You do that stuff
more beautifully
than anyone I've ever seen.
- Thank you.
- You know,
it's a manipulation act,
and those are really hard to do
in an interesting way,
and you really do them
in such an interesting way.
Magicians for years
have taken the tuxedo,
that looks like
it's fairly formfitting,
and found ways for people
to take that for granted,
and then steal huge amounts
of stuff out of it.
You've got a ballet outfit
that it looks like you
couldn't hide anything in it.
And yet, you hide,
as far as I can tell,
everything in the world
in there.
So good and so wonderful
and so beautiful,
and such a new idea.
I mean, that whole act
done in a tux,
would be breathtaking.
Done in a tutu
is a whole different level.
You do every move in the book,
and unfortunately,
we've read that book.
It's a wonderful, beautiful act,
and I do not think
you fooled us.
But I wish ya had, because we
would love to see you in Vegas.
It's such a beautiful act.
- Thank you, you too.
- Do you agree, they know
how your trick worked?
- Yes. - Aw.
- It's beautiful.
- Well, thank you so much.
It was such a pleasure.
Yan Yan Ma!
- So beautiful, so beautiful.
- Thank you!
We'll be right back
with another amazing magician,
so stay close.
- Welcome back to "Fool Us,"
home of the best magicians
on TV,
like this one.
- Hi, my name is Topas.
I come from Stuttgart, Germany.
I started as a manipulator.
So I love doing
sleight-of-hand magic.
Later, I started to do
big illusions.
I try all kinds of magic.
I believe you don't have to
do classics of magic
till the end of time.
It's possible to invent
your own classics.
My next step was becoming
a stand-up comedian.
Now, you may think
it's impossible to do comedy
if you're German,
but it is possible,
and I really love it
to get a connection
to my audience this way.
Penn, Teller, you've inspired
me for a long time now.
This moment is my turn
to show you something you
may have never seen before.
- Joining us from Germany,
say guten Tag to Topas!
- Aloha.
I come to you from Germany,
but I would like to show you
a magic trick
I call The Hawaiian Wonder.
There's two objects which play
an important part here...
A glass...
and a paper tube.
Well, Penn and Teller,
if you would be here with me,
I would give you these
two objects for inspection,
and you would find them
completely ordinary.
I have someone with me
who will confirm this.
Hi, what is your name?
- Hi, Mala. - Hi Mala.
Please, is this
an ordinary paper tube?
- Seems ordinary to me.
- Just paper?
- Yep. - And a glass?
- Okay, all right.
- Normal glass?
- Normal glass.
- I take the glass... come to me.
And I put the paper tube
on top of the glass.
No funny business here.
And who would you trust
more than a German conjurer?
Please, come to the center.
- Yep. - Now, you may wonder why
this is called
The Hawaiian Wonder.
Well, it's not just
because of my... lei.
Don't worry, you get one too.
This is for you.
Your costume for tonight.
But this is really all about
these four
real Hawaiian oranges.
Please pick one of the oranges,
any one you like.
- I like that one. - You sure?
- Yes. - Okay.
We put it up
on a little pedestal...
a little higher so it feels
like Hawaiian royalty.
And these are real oranges.
Yeah, let me cut them open.
To show them to you,
real oranges.
Yeah, real Hawaiian oranges...
made in Germany.
All of them very juicy.
Now, I need your help
to make
the Hawaiian magic happen.
Please, come to the center.
Watch.
You know this music?
Do a Hawaiian dance. Like this.
- Okay. - Perfect, it's actually
better than mine.
And now, in your mind...
yeah, yeah, yeah.
In your mind,
take the orange and lift it.
Lift it,
higher and higher... exactly.
And make it go
to the other side.
All the way and land
in the glass.
Eh, that's enough.
- Still there. - I know it's...
Yes, it's still here.
You may think the trick
has gone wrong,
but actually...
no one has touched
your chosen orange,
is that right?
But look.
Now...
- Oh! - Ooh!
- It's empty.
Only the skin's left.
Wait, wait, wait.
Please, go to the paper tube
and slowly lift it.
Lift it very slowly,
slowly, slowly, slowly,
slowly, slowly, lift it,
lift it, lift it, lift it.
It has magically
flown through the air
and juiced itself in the glass.
And if this is not enough juice,
well, you can actually try it,
try it.
Take a sip of
the Hawaiian nectar.
Is it nice? - It's tasty.
- And if
it's not enough juice...
- Thank you.
- Please, keep this as a gift,
and thank you very much
for your help.
- Thanks a lot. - Thank you.
- And this is
The Hawaiian Wonder.
- Topas!
Hello! - Hello.
- Is, uh, Germany known
for its orange juice?
- Not exactly.
No, no.
- Now, if you go to Hawaii,
what kind of tricks
would you do there?
Would you, uh, you know,
produce, like, pretzels?
Yeah, yeah. Of course.
In Hiddenhausen,
I would produce pretzels
and probably beer, I guess.
- So what were you like
as a kid, Topas?
Was this something you
always knew you wanted to do?
- Yes. You know,
I saw a Spaghetti Western
where somebody was
shuffling cards in a saloon
and I thought oh, my God,
I have to learn this.
And later, I found out
that they played, uh,
the movie backwards,
so cards were flying
from one hand to the other,
and no matter how hard I tried,
I could never duplicate that.
- Aw...
And I understand you met
your wife through magic?
- Exactly. Complete coincidence.
We met, uh, in a drama club.
We're high school sweethearts,
so to speak.
- Oh, that's so sweet.
- And then only later
we found out
that the both of us like magic.
- Okay, Topas. Let's see if
Penn and Teller figured it out.
- Well, Topas, you know, um,
first thing I said was
that's just
the greatest act ever.
I just love it.
And that kind of comedy
that's right there
in the middle of self-parody,
coupled with an enjoyment
of doing it, is so hard to do.
It can get smarmy so easy.
And you were just perfect.
I mean,
your magic was wonderful,
and the comedy
might have been even better.
They're just both top-notch,
loved every single bit of it.
And now, uh, we're put in
a very awkward position.
And we're about to take
a couple of guesses,
and we are sincerely
hoping we're wrong.
Because we wanna
give you a trophy,
and we want you
to come to Vegas.
So, here we go.
It was interesting
because it was a team effort.
So we'll go with mine first
because mine
is so, uh, incredibly filthy.
And that is, I think... - Whoa!
- You got lucky with an orange.
And we saw
the best possible case
of how that could have gone,
and you're the kinda guy
with your smiling, round head,
who could get lucky
with an orange.
That's what I'm thinking about.
Now, Teller,
for his side of this,
Teller, he's seen wonderful
German engineering,
and he thinks
that you are capable of, uh,
that that smile and that light
and that low-tech way
involves
some German engineering.
So, I'm thinking to get lucky
with oranges,
Teller thinks
German engineering,
and we are hoping,
hoping that we are wrong.
- So, Topas, do they know
how you did your trick?
- I think they have a very,
very good idea, yes.
- Aw! - Damn it!
Damn it, damn it!
Damn!
We'll see you next time.
You're still gonna come
over here at some point.
- Yes, well, thank you so much.
Topas!
We're taking a quick break,
you'll see more magic,
including
a Penn and Teller finale
when "Fool Us" returns.
[jazz music
- Welcome back.
Like everyone else,
our next act
wants a Fool Us trophy.
Let's see
if they can pull it off.
- We're a true
husband-and-wife magic team,
but if you ask which came first,
I guess I fell in love
with Jason
and then
I fell in love with magic.
Do you agree? Okay!
- I agree, yes.
I fell love with magic
when I was a little kid.
My dad and I were on vacation,
and this guy came up to us.
He reached behind my ear
and pulled out a coin.
The magic
wasn't what blew me away.
It was someone making
something from nothing.
- I was introduced to magic
through my older brother.
He would always try out
all his tricks on me.
It was good preparation
for married life.
- Stacy is the one
who can predict
the responses of the audience.
- Well, I do have a Masters
degree in psychology,
and it comes in handy.
But it still feels weird to me
when I say out loud
that I do magic for a living.
How did we get here anyway?
- Well, Stacy, as you know,
there's a story
that goes with that.
- Mm-hmm.
See you on stage?
- See you on stage.
- Say hello
to Cleveland's finest,
Jason and Stacy Alan.
- Have you ever shared
an experience with someone
so profound
that even years later,
you remember
every little detail?
We have.
It was the night we met.
- So, I remember it
like it was yesterday.
It was an incredibly hot night.
- Babe, we met in November.
- We did, didn't we? - We did.
- By hot, I mean...
a balmy 35 degrees?
- Sure.
- I'd just finished performing
for an amazing group of people,
and wanted to celebrate.
So I went to a bar to,
you know, meet some friends.
I showed up late and got
a drink.
They're always late.
So I pulled out a deck of cards
to help, you know,
pass the time.
- Pass the time?
He was hitting on the bartender.
- She was a fan of magic?
- Okay.
- Anyways, I was in the zone
nailing every trick.
If I'm being honest,
I think it was because
of my lucky white shirt.
I always wear it
with this jacket.
- I thought your shirt
was black that night.
- Was it? - Oh!
- It was, wasn't it. - It was.
Do you even remember our story?
- Yeah, I'm getting to
the best part.
- Okay. - To the best part.
The best part
was when she walked in.
We immediately hit it off.
She said she liked my smile,
and the rest...
the rest is history.
And that's the story
of how I got her number.
- What? That's your version
of our story.
- Did I...
did I forget something?
- You left out a ton. I mean,
you didn't even tell them
the part about the card trick.
- The card trick?
The card trick. I...
I didn't mention that, did I?
- No, you didn't.
Let me tell the story.
This is how remember it.
I walked into the bar, and I
immediately noticed Jason.
I mean, how could you not?
He was a grown man
using magic to pick up women.
- I promise I was just
trying to get a drink.
- Whatever he was doing,
it seemed a little desperate.
But, he's cute. And I was single
and almost 30,
so I thought, why not?
I walked right up to him
and I said,
"I like magic." -
- So I was the desperate one
in this story? - Not important.
What's important
is what you said next,
because it was so bizarre.
Do you remember?
- I said...
"I have a message
from our future.
One day
this will all make sense."
Penn, will you help me
with a magic trick?
- "A message from our future."
Who says that??
And Penn... what did Penn
have to do with anything?
At the time, I had no idea.
And it never really made
any sense to me.
Until now.
- Because this...
this is our future.
- And that's Penn.
- Right, that we should
show them our magic trick.
- We should.
Penn, Teller,
so nice to meet you.
- Good to see you.
- Penn, would you mind
helping us
tell the rest of our story?
- I'll do my best. - Wonderful.
Jason will turn around.
We don't want him
to see the card.
Now, he had me take a card.
So, Penn, I'm gonna show you
a bunch of cards,
and whenever you say stop,
that's the card we'll use.
Here we go.
- Stop. - Right here?
- Yeah.
- Good.
Don't forget it.
Then he had me, um...
he had me, uh...
- Write the time. - That's it.
He had me write the time
on the card.
He said it would etch this
moment in our minds forever.
So, for tonight's version,
Penn, name a random time.
4:37.
4:37.
4:37. Good.
Now, back to our story.
There I was,
doing magic with this guy
that I'd just met
in a bar full of people.
Seems normal, right?
- Uh, uh, uh.
It sounds weird
when you say it like that.
- Oh, it gets weirder.
No lie,
he reached behind his back
and he pulled out
this giant card...
A giant card that said...
- Prediction.
- And then he asked me...
- If the name of your card
is written in here,
can I have your number?
- Now, there is no way
he saw my card.
So of course I said yes.
And I put him to the test.
Then, he did this.
Yeah, I know.
I was disappointed too.
And he could tell.
That's when he stepped up
his game
and went all David Blaine on me.
And the card I was holding,
it started
to do something weird.
First, the ink
completely disappeared.
I honestly had no idea
what was going on.
I thought I was losing my mind.
And when I looked again,
my card... was gone.
- Oh! - What just happened?
I looked at Jason
for the answer,
but all he could do was smile.
- Oh! - Oh!
- My card was in his mouth.
With the exact time on it.
- Oh!
- And that's the whole story
of how we met.
- Jason and Stacy Alan!
That's very elaborate.
Do you tell that story a lot?
- We do...
- We do get asked a lot
how we met,
if it was magical or not.
- And how long have you guys
been together?
- So, ten years.
- Yeah, next month will be
ten years we've been together.
We've been married eight. - Aw.
And is it hard
to mix love and work?
- Uh... how do I answer this?
- Yeah, I mean,
we get along very well.
We're lucky we have
a really good relationship
and we're really good friends,
but it is difficult sometimes
working together
and living together
all the time.
- Yes.
- Yeah. I think it's perfect.
That was the right answer.
- Good answer, good answer.
Yeah, it's so clear you guys
are such a great team.
- Ah, thank you so much.
- Thank you.
- Yeah, it really works.
All right, it's time to see
if Penn and Teller figured out
how you did your trick.
All right, Penn, Teller.
- Jason, Stacy,
that's really good.
People try to tell stories
in magic all the time,
and this one seems maybe
not literally a true story.
It seems romantically true,
wonderful.
Wonderful little meet-cute
that's put into a card trick.
You also did something,
you know,
we have Teller not speaking,
so when we have to get a card
into his mouth,
he, uh, he's just not talking.
You justified a lot of things
by having one of you talking...
Like the way we work,
which is one person talks,
and the other person, uh,
does things.
I don't know how long ago
it was you met,
but it seems like you've got
a wonderful relationship,
you have your own code
of how to work together
and you had the whole thing
where ya met in the bar.
But you could've...
could've been anywhere.
Could've met in the bank,
anywhere.
And just the little touches,
you know?
The vanish of the card in
your hand was just beautiful,
and using the magic cause
of the walking in front
instead of a magic wand to turn
the phone into a deck of cards.
A lot of times two person acts
don't really use both people,
and you did that
really beautifully.
And we really loved it
all the way through.
And I think
I snuck in a few things
that might have given you
some idea
that we were privy
to some of your machinations.
- Absolutely. - Yes, I'd say so.
- So, what do you think.
Did they figure it out?
- I think that they know
what they're talking about.
- We love you two, thank you
so much for having us.
- Thank you so much.
- Thank you, thank you.
- Oh, well, thank you so much.
Jason and Stacy Alan!
Has it been too long
since you've seen
Penn and Teller perform?
Don't worry, the legendary duo
will take the stage
when we come back.
- Welcome back to "Fool Us"
where it is Penn
and Teller's job
to figure out
other magicians' tricks,
but some of their own best magic
comes from when they try
to fool each other,
like this next trick.
Ladies and gentlemen,
give it up for Penn and Teller.
- You know, it's true.
We love doing magic.
And sometimes when we haven't
done shows for the public
for a little while, we actually
do magic for each other.
Not necessarily to fool,
but to impress, to show off,
to give some ideas to kind
of bounce off each other.
So we're going to do
that a little bit with
a ball routine here.
Teller says he's got
something to show me.
Show me!
Nice! Nice, the ball moved
across to the other hand.
But that's not gonna fool me,
because that's a standard trick
that a lot of magicians do.
It's usually done
with the magician
talking by counting to ten.
I'll count to ten for you,
just do it again.
They'll wanna see it again.
1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8,
9, 10.
Okay,
now we've all seen that before.
So, you said you had variations.
So do a variation for me.
1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6... oh, good...
7, 8, 9... 10!
Putting the stuff in his hand!
Brilliant. Very, very nice.
Now do something else.
Just something else.
Just do something else.
1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8,
9... 10.
11! It's in my hand!
It's in my hand, Teller.
That's great.
Making it appear in my...
Okay, you wanna...
Got something else?
Go ahead, do it.
Go ahead, do it.
Wow, that was something,
though, appearing in my hand.
1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8,
9, 10...
11, 12.
Wow! Now that was good.
You're looking at me
like it's my turn.
Okay, I'll do something.
Uh... okay.
1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8,
9... 10!
11! That's amazing, Teller.
12!
Pretty good. Pretty good.
Now we're rocking.
Now, Teller,
I'm following this, no problem,
but the audience might be able
to follow it better
with just one ball.
Can you do it with
one ball for me?
Okay, good. There's one ball...
No, Teller,
I said to do it with one ball.
Okay?
Do, Teller, do it with one ball.
One ball Teller, do it with one.
Okay.
Watch me.
Here's the four balls
I took from ya.
And, uh, I have no idea
at this point
what I'm supposed to do,
but I'll give it a try.
1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8,
9, 10.
What I do? What I do? - Oh!
- What'd I do? What'd I do?
I got all four of them.
That's really great.
What are you doing? That's mine.
I got four, it comes over there
just like that.
Okay, three and three,
we'll do something.
You go I'll follow you.
1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6,
7, 8,
9, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14.
15,
16, 17, 18,
19, 20,
21, 22, 23,
24, 25,
26, 27, 28,
29, 30,
31... no, naw, I saw.
Okay, okay, stop. Okay.
Good routine on a basic trick.
You built on it nice,
all your moves
are nice and clean, but...
you did not fool me.
I mean, for me,
it's just like...
All right, we've run
out of time for tonight,
but trust me,
you don't want to miss
the next episode of "Fool Us."
We'll see you soon.