Penn & Teller: Fool Us (2011–…): Season 7, Episode 23 - Turn That Frown Upside Down - full transcript

[Jazz music]

♪ ♪

[cheers and applause]

From the Penn & Teller
Theater

at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas,

here's our host,
Alyson Hannigan.

[Jazz music]

♪ ♪

Welcome to "Fool Us."

Tonight we have four
magnificent magicians

who will try to make a monkey



out of our expert magic men.

We know everyone will go ape
for their tricks,

but will these illusionists be
able to slip up Penn and Teller

and make the place
really go bananas?

Let's see if a "Fool Us" trophy
will swing in from the sky

as we welcome our King Kongs
of conjuring, Penn and Teller.

[cheers and applause]

Penn and Teller don't give away
a trophy to just any magician,

they must be baffled
and bowled over by a trick.

And the first magician
attempting to go bowling

is this guy.

Take a look.

Magicians keep secrets.

I'll tell you some of mine.



I juggle and do magic.

A one-man Penn & Teller,
kinda.

I grew up developing pictures
in my mom's darkroom.

It was another form of magic.

I'm an only child
who had to play by himself.

That's why I love magic.

Magic is a way
of playing alone.

I'm a practicing therapist,

and I'm fascinated
with perception.

Tell me what you see,
a rabbit or a duck?

Pretty cool, right?

I love the trick
I'm doing tonight

because it combines magic,

photography,
and optical illusion,

three things
I'm passionate about.

I'm Tyler Twombly,
and I came here to fool.

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Ladies and gentlemen,
give it up for Tyler Twombly.

As a licensed therapist,

I've spent years studying

how the mind works,

thinking about thinking.

The human brain evolved
to recognize familiar patterns

so we that we don't have
to relearn what something is

whenever we encounter it.

This ability saves us
enormous amounts of energy.

Imagine if you had to figure out
what a tree was

every time you saw one.

So tonight I bring you a facial
recognition experiment,

which is going to help us
understand

the magical way our brains
gather and process information.

I'm gonna be showing you
three familiar faces,

but the catch is,
each will be upside down.

Can you identify this face?

Perhaps it looks familiar.

As we rotate it right side up,

we see that it is indeed
a portrait of me, Tyler.

But even with my real face
here for easy reference,

just turning a portrait
upside down forces your brain

to work
just a little bit harder

to do something it normally
does really well.

Now our next face may jump out
as someone that you know.

Ringing any bells?

That's me.

As we rotate it right side up,

we see that it's not quite
who we thought it was.

The features are there, just
not in the correct orientation.

But the real brain magic
happens here,

when we take this face
that you now know to be altered

and we turn it back upside down.

Right about there,

your brain sort of clicks it in

to looking like
the true Penn Jillette

we have with us here today.

This strange phenomenon
of the mind

was discovered way back
in the year 1980,

when Penn & Teller
were just getting their start,

and I, well,
was yet to be born.

But now that your mind
is aware,

things are going to be
just a little bit weird.

Does this third face look like
the person you know

or is it truly an impostor?

Take a second.

As we rotate him right side up,

we see that
it's not quite Teller,

but his vaguely
sinister cousin.

But again,
we turn him upside down

and the Teller we know
magically returns.

The true magician here
is your brain

as it desperately tries

to make sense of what
is basically face salad.

It's these two eyes,
a nose and a mouth,

and it goes, "Yeah.
I've seen one of those before.

It's a face. Moving on."

But your brain jumps ahead,

and it makes you see
what it assumes you should,

not what's actually there,

which is an excellent
opportunity for a magician

because remember, at the
beginning with my portrait...

when we all thought
we were just getting started,

well, that was part
of the experiment too

because your brain
has been showing you

what it wants you to see
this whole time.

I do not recall looking
like this a moment ago.

Brains are pretty weird, huh?

Now as fun as it is
to come on somebody's show

and scramble up their face,

I didn't think
it was very polite.

So let's use a little magic...

And fix Penn's face.

And we can extend
the same courtesy to Teller.

Looking good.

[applause]

As a thank you for having me on
for a second time,

I wanted to give you guys
a version of my trick

that you could use
to fool your friends.

It includes a portrait of me,

so you'll always remember
what I look like.

And no, Alyson,
I did not forget about you.

This custom-made "Fool Us" card
comes complete

with your very own
Alyson illusion.

But this isn't just some
normal, boring regular card.

It's a magic trick card
that turns a portrait of me

into a nice, portrait of us
together.

Oh, but it's upside down.

Let me fix that for you.

Lovely.

[applause]
Thank you very much.

Tyler Twombly.

Whoa.

So why do we have this ability
to decode scrambled faces?

Well, we are used to seeing
things in a certain way,

and when we see
the elements of a face,

we just kind of make it
what we want it to be.

So in a way,
our brains take shortcuts.

Many shortcuts.

We couldn't live
without shortcuts.

We wouldn't be able to, like,

get up
and walk across the street.

We'd be paralyzed with
all the information that we had

to decode and sort through.

But optical illusions

and magic can take advantage

of the assumptions
that we make.

That's why I love this.

Tyler, let's see
if you come face-to-face

with a "Fool Us" trophy.

- Okay.
- Boys?

- Hey, Tyler.
- I love this kind of stuff.

People want to
call it optical illusions,

but it's more than that.

It's the way
we process information.

I'm just fascinated by it,
and I love the fact

that you use the very effect
your explaining.

You explained
how the trick is done

while you're doing the trick.

'Cause one of the things
that has to be done in magic

is to separate the sneaky stuff

from when it happens.

You're always trying
to do your dirty work

and then conceal that in time.

You can't just do the trick
and have it happen

or the audience knows
it's done then.

You are using the very effect
you're explaining

to separate the time,

and that is just brilliant
and so bold and so wonderful.

And I love some of the science
before this,

and I may have
some of this wrong

because I'm not as trained
as you are.

There's that whole thing about
the neural network overlay

that was stolen by,

I think it was,
Dr. Daniel Kahneman's work

and then stole
the neural network overlay.

But the separation of the time

from the event

was just brilliant
and so bold to say,

"You're not gonna be able
to notice this

"because your mind can't do it.

"And oh, by the way,

you're not noticing it
'cause your mind can't do it,"

was just a brilliant,
brilliant idea,

and we really liked it.

And I think I probably snuck in
the double talk,

something that you know
what I'm talking to you about.

And I don't think
you fooled us,

but I think we thought
it was great.

So, Tyler,

does that scientific double talk

mean anything to you?

I think it makes sense
to me, yes.

So they figured it out?

Yes. Yes. They did.

Well, it was a great trick.

Thank you. Tyler Twombly.

Thank you.

[cheers and applause]

We need to take a quick break,
but there's more magic,

including a grand finale
by Penn and Teller.

You don't want to miss it.

♪ ♪

[jazz music]

♪ ♪

Welcome back to "Fool Us."

Remember, any act
that fools Penn and Teller

wins a spot performing
in their Las Vegas show

and a "Fool Us" trophy.

With that in mind, let's meet
our next potential fooler.

My name is Josephine Lee,

and I come from the beautiful

east coast of England.

My background is in dance
and musical theater.

So many of my acts are
physical and really visual.

Nowadays,
I feel like they need to be

because the internet
has changed magic.

It's making magicians
step it up to that next level.

Magic is still
very male orientated,

so it's important for me to put
my own feminine spin on things.

And I can tell that
that really matters to people,

especially the younger
generation of girls in magic.

After the show
and there's always parents

that are really eager to bring
their daughters to meet me,

and it's inspiring for them,
I hope, but also for me.

Tonight, onstage,

I'll take every one
of those girls with me.

♪ ♪

Let's hop across the pond
for the magic of Josephine Lee.

[cheers and applause]

[pulsing beat]

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[cheers and applause]

Josephine Lee!

Welcome to Vegas.

- Almost in Vegas.
- [laughs]

Sort of.

That was a beautiful
performance.

- Thank you very much.
- It looks like

there's a big influence
from dance and theater?

- Absolutely.
- There's a huge influence

from dance and musical theater.

That's my background.

And when did you involve
magic into your dance

and theater background?

Actually, not that long ago.

So I'm a bit of a late starter.

I worked with a illusionist
from the age of 18,

and then after a while
I kind of thought,

"Mm, I want to have a go myself
and see if I can be

"at the forefront
of the performances

instead of in the boxes."

So when you were an assistant,
you got sawed in half a lot?

I've been sawn in half.

I've had swords stuck
through me, through my head.

And now the wonderful thing is,

that I can do them
to everyone else.

I can see why you wanted
to take control yourself then.

And do you think being
a skilled actress

gives you a leg up
on other performers?

I think being onstage,
I mean,

the more you're onstage,
the more you're performing,

the more you're in front
of an audience,

the better you get.

All right, Josephine, well,
let's see if your performance

can earn you a trophy.

Boys?

- Hello, Josephine.
- What a great theatrical act.

I think maybe officially now,
I have to stop saying

how happy we are
to see women in magic

because we got a lot of women
in magic and they're all great,

like you.

You're doing a wonderful,
wonderful job.

So maybe I'll just stop that.

We loved the fact that you did
a sucker gag on us,

which the audience
might not know,

but you did a sucker version of

things that go bump
in the night.

So you surprised us.

We were expecting the usual
ending to that,

and you gave us
a different ending,

which is really good
and really surprising

and really wonderful.

And the audience
might not know this,

but your very, very attractive
and beautiful hair

actually helps in the trick.

I don't really know much about
sports and you're English,

but it kind of turns
a double into a home run.

It was really great.

Teller, of course,
unfortunately for you,

I think knows more
about floating balls

then anybody in the world.

He's done
a floating ball forever

and studies it and is quite
the expert on that.

So I think we can just tell you

no one's ever gonna fool Teller
with a floating ball,

but we thought it was
a great, great performance

that we don't think fooled us.

Did you fool them, Josephine?

I don't think so.

I think I've watched Teller's
floating ball too many times.

I'm pretty sure that they know
exactly how it's done.

Aw. Well, you certainly
were wonderful to watch,

and thank you for being
on the show.

- Josephine Lee!
- Thank you.

Thank you.

Thanks.

We still have quite a lineup
of performers for you,

including Penn and Teller
when "Fool Us" returns.

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♪ ♪

Welcome back.

Looking for
an amazing magician?

Look no further, here he is.

My name is Lionel, and I'm
a magician from Switzerland.

I was born and raised
in the Swiss mountains

in a small cottage.

In the Alps,
there are no magicians around,

so I had to come up
with my magic myself.

That's why instead
of creating card tricks,

I create little miracles.

Magic can be very practical.

It's not just for show.

It can make life much easier.

Who wouldn't want an easy way
to reuse their chewing gum?

Or to recycle their coffee?

Magic can be great
for the environment.

Since I was born and raised
in Switzerland, of course,

I had to come up with a trick

using the Swiss
national beverage, milk.

Only the Swiss cows and I
know how the trick is done.

[cow moos]

Don't worry,
they will never figure it out.

[cheers and applause]

With four completely
innocent audience members

in Switzerland,
give it up for Lionel.

[applause]

In the footsteps of
the greatest Swiss inventors

who brought the world feltro,

the Swiss Army Knife,
and LSD.

I've come here tonight
with a great invention too.

I've brought you this.

The milk box.

But no, sadly,
I did not invent the milk box.

The milk box was invented
by the Swedes,

and Sweden and Switzerland
often get confused

by the Americans.

Anyway, what we can do?

Well, we can still improve,
as an old Swiss saying goes.

And that's how I turned
the Swedish milk box

into a magically, mystical
Swiss milk carton.

By the way, do you drink milk?

Well, if there's
no beer, yeah.

- Okay.
- There's no, unfortunately.

Let me unseal

and let me serve you
a good glass of milk.

Here, for you.

Please, take a sip.

And confirm for all of us

there is nothing else
than pure, Swiss milk.

Mmm. Really good.

Really good.

Perfect.

The problem is that these days,

not everybody
is a milk drinker,

and that is where the magic of
the Swiss milk carton starts.

It can also pour
lemon lime soda.

Here, for you.

Thank you.

A Swedish milk box
will never do that.

And when a Swiss milk carton
goes American...

It can even come up with cola.

Here.

[applause]

Give it a try.

Can you feel the bubbles?

Is it real lemon lime soda?

- Yes.
- Is it real cola?

- It is.
- Perfect.

Let's go for something
even healthier for you.

- Whoa.
- A fresh squeezed orange juice.

Here, for you.

[applause]

Is it orange juice?

- Definitely.
- Okay.

You asked me
for a beer at the beginning.

There is even better.

A glass...

of Swiss white wine.

For you. Here.

Drink.

[applause]

How is the wine?

- It's Swiss.
- It's Swiss. Perfect.

Because myself,

I still prefer
a good glass of milk.

Cheers.

Cheers.
Cheers.

[applause]

Wait a moment.
Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Penn and Teller,
I know what you're thinking.

You think that this is not
an ordinary milk carton.

The milk carton
must be gimmick.

You're wrong.

You don't believe me?

Well, let's check.

[applause]

Whoo! Lionel.

- Welcome to Vegas.
- Yeah. Thank you.

Do you really know
a lot about milk?

Yes, of course, because
I was raised up with cows.

So, yeah, I know quite a lot,

and I can also milk them
if I have to.

- Oh.
- But now I use milk

to do magic tricks,
so it's even better, I guess.

So what was it like
growing up?

How did you learn magic?

Oh, well, since I was born
and raised in Swiss Alps,

there were no magicians around,

so I had to come up
with my magic myself.

I've heard you like
useful magic.

What is useful magic?

Useful magic is magic
that fulfills a human desire,

I would say.

So if somebody is thirsty,
like serving a drink.

Somebody is hungry,
serving some food.

Well, when I do finally get
to go over there

and you do this trick for me,

could you incorporate cookies
to go with the milk?

Of course, I can.

For you, I would,
without any question.

Perfect.

Well, Lionel,
are you ready to find out

if your milk magic
earned you a trophy?

- Of course, I am. I'm ready.
- All right.

Okay. Boys?

Hello, Lionel.

We have basically one question.

We know that there's a magician

who did that one liquid,
another kind of liquid.

We just have to ask you
outright,

this is our guess
to begin with,

are you Jesus?

Let's get to the trick.

Well, a couple things
we knew right away

'cause a couple things are
the Think-a-Drink.

We know a couple of those moves
that you did,

and that was really good.

We liked your presentation,
liked everything.

And when you tell us

that you have a container
that's not gimmicked,

and then you tear open
that container

and show us
that it's not gimmicked,

the first thing we think
is that container is gimmicked.

Why would you show us
an ungimmicked container

if the container
was not gimmicked

because you're a magician.

You're a liar.

So we think that you had
separate compartments

in the container
that when you ripped it open

they went into the walls,
like that,

so the container was gimmicked
and you just pretended

it wasn't when you ripped it
open at the end.

So we think you did
not fool us.

Was that container gimmicked?

Penn and Teller,
I'm afraid to tell you

the container
is not gimmicked at all.

Then you fooled us.

You fooled us, man.
You fooled us.

We have a fooler
from a distance.

The good news is,
you also won a trip out

to perform
with Penn and Teller,

so you can pick up
the trophy then.

Thank you very much.

I will dedicate the trophy
to the Swiss cows.

Ladies and gentlemen,
give it up for Lionel.

- Thank you.
- Thank you very much.

Thank you for having me.

We just unleashed
another fooler into the world,

and we might have
to unleash another.

Penn and Teller take on more
magicians when we come back.

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[jazz music]

♪ ♪

Welcome back.

Team "Fool Us" just drafted
this promising prospect.

I'm 17-years-old,

and I started doing magic
three years ago.

I think "Penn & Teller: Fool Us"

is the best magic show
in the entire world.

I was inspired to become
a magician

when I saw Shin Lim
on the show.

I said to myself,
"This is impossible.

How can someone do this?"

And so I set up a camera
in my room

and I practiced my tricks
again and again and again.

When I sent my audition tape
in to "Fool Us,"

I didn't tell my parents.
I wanted to surprise them,

and I was also afraid
they'd say no.

[chuckles]

You could call me a newbie,

but I think that's
what magic needs.

No one is too young to pursue
what they love to do,

and magic won't survive unless
young people pick it up.

I'm hoping somebody my age out
there will watch me and say,

"If he can do it,
I can do it too."

♪ ♪

[cheers and applause]

Making his national
television debut,

please welcome 17-year-old
Aaron Hickok.

Everyone that comes on
this show

wants to fool Penn and Teller.

Now don't get me wrong,
that would be really great,

but what I really want
to do tonight

is fool Alyson Hannigan.

Would you join me at the table?

Oh, sure.

Alyson, thank you for coming.

- Aw. Sure.
- Alyson, if I fool you,

will you give me a trophy?

- Sure.
- Okay.

Pay very close attention.
Here it goes.

I have a jar and inside
is a playing card.

I also have a deck of cards.

As you can see,
all the cards are different.

Now, Alyson, I'm gonna give
these cards a shuffle,

as you can see right here.

And I'll go
give them some cuts.

Now I'm gonna spread through
the cards, and as I do, Alyson,

I want you to touch any one
that you want.

- Any one.
- This one.

- This one right here?
- Yes.

Are you happy with your
choice?

Yes.

Do you want to change
your mind at all?

- No.
- Okay.

So please hold out your hand,
palm up, please.

Alyson, did I make you
pick that card?

No.

Did you have a completely
free choice?

- Yes.
- Now please reveal

to everyone the card
that you have selected.

The king of diamonds.

Yes.

Now, Alyson,

I knew you were gonna pick
the king of diamonds,

and I'm gonna prove it.

Look there's nothing
in my hands.

I'm opening up the jar,

and inside is one card
and one card only,

and it just happens to be
the soul mate of the king

of diamonds,
the king of hearts.

Thank you.

That was a pretty good trick,
wasn't it?

- I mean, yeah.
- So how did I do it?

Uh...

You have to ask those guys.

But I bet they won't let you

give me a trophy though,
will they?

- Probably not.
- But that's okay,

but I feel bad fooling you.

So let me show you and everyone
else exactly how I did it.

First of all,
you always need to remember

to pick and predict
the king of hearts.

Okay.

Now here's why,

and I know you find this
very hard to believe,

but everyone always picks
the king of diamonds.

I have no idea why,
they just do.

So I'll place the king
of diamonds back into the deck

and I'll give the deck
some more shuffles.

And some more cuts.

Now I'm gonna spread through
the cards, and as I do,

I want you to touch
any one that you like,

just like before.

- Okay. That one.
- That one right here?

Yes.

Do you want to
change your mind?

- Yes.
- Okay.

Which one would you like?

Now I'm gonna go
for that one.

- That one?
- Yes.

Do you want to change
your mind this time?

No.

You had a completely
free choice.

- Yes.
- Please hold out your hand,

palm up, just like before.

Alyson, did I make you
pick that card?

No.

You had a completely
free choice.

- I mean, yes.
- You even changed your mind.

- I did.
- So please reveal to everyone

that you once again
picked the king of diamonds.

Uh-oh.

- I didn't.
- The two of spades.

Uh-oh.

- Well, there goes the trophy.
- [gasps]

- Hold on, hold on, hold on.
- Maybe I can fix this, Alyson.

Alyson, you picked
the two of spades.

Yeah.

Please reveal to everyone
the card that is in the jar.

The two of clubs,
and the cards are once again

matching soul mates.
Thank you.

Yay!

Aaron Hickok!

I was really scared
that I messed that up.

It all worked itself
out in the end.

Yes.

Do you always just do
everything really, really well?

No. Sometimes things don't go
the way I really want them.

The hardest part is actually
coming up with the trick.

And so how did you come up
with this trick?

So I was just looking
around my room,

just trying to find things
that is different than

what you usually see because
once a card is in the jar,

there's no way
I can touch that card.

There's no way
I can get to it,

and that gives a sense
of impossibility

at the end of the trick.

Yeah, and then who do
you practice on?

My mom, my dad,
and my brother.

I like to practice with them
a lot and get their opinion

on what they liked about it,
what they didn't.

And are they easy to fool?

My mom and my dad
are pretty easy.

My younger brother,
he watches it once

and he knows exactly
how it's done,

and I've always made the joke
that if I can fool him,

I can fool Penn and Teller.

That's awesome.

Ooh, it looks like
they're ready.

All right, Penn and Teller,

do you know
how he did his trick?

Aaron, that was great.

And I'm just so thankful
that you did not get a chance

to see us when we were 17

because we were not good,

and you are great.
You did a great job.

And you're 17-years-old,

and our combined age is 137.

We are more than
eight times your age.

So there's a few things
you need to know.

One is, you got to trust
your own instincts.

You got to go with your heart.

You got to be real

and you got to be original
on everything you do.

And you also have
to trust your elders.

I could go into a whole bunch
of code words

and whole bunch of sneaky stuff

to try to tell you
what you saw,

but really, just trust us.

You didn't fool us,
and we love you.

[laughter]

But you were really,
really good.

- Yeah.
- You were great.

Well, thank you.

You gonna take
the old guys' word for it?

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

Aw, well, you were such
a delight.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Aaron Hickok!

When "Fool Us" returns,

we make way
for the masters themselves,

Penn and Teller perform next.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Welcome back.

We thought
we'd give Teller and break

and let Penn do a trick
for his good friend

and television icon,
Marilu Henner.

Take it away, Penn.

I'm gonna do a trick
for my friend, Marilu Henner.

We got to be pretty
good friends when we did a tour

of duty together
on "Celebrity Apprentice,"

Hello, Marilu.

Hi, my darling.

- You look fantastic.
- Oh, thank you.

It's so good to see you.

Thanks so much for being
on the show.

How are you doing?
How you doing?

Good. Good. I'm in Vancouver
shooting two movies.

I shot two others
over the summer,

so I've been
very lucky to work.

That's wonderful.

Hey, Marilu,
want to see a trick?

- Yeah. I love your tricks.
- Good.

Now you have a hard
copy dictionary handy.

Is that right?

- I Do. Definitely.
- Right in front of me.

- Good.
- Yeah.

Keep that handy.

You'll also need
a pencil and paper.

I mean, I would need
a pencil and paper,

most everyone would need
a pencil and paper.

I bet you could do this
in your head,

but I'd like you
to write it down anyway. Okay?

Okay, I'll write it down.

Would you write down
the numbers from one to six?

One, two, three,
four, five six.

Just write those down.

- Okay.
- I want you to select

any three of those numbers.

You needn't tell me any three
of those numbers

and turn them into
a three-digit number,

like a three-digit page number,

like you might pick
four, two, one

or six, three, five,
or any combination

using any three
of those numbers.

- Okay.
- Now as you know, Marilu,

there's 120 different
combinations possible.

I know you can keep this all
in your head, but just for me,

write your choice down
on your paper. Okay?

Right.

You pick three numbers,
that leaves three more.

- Right.
- I want you to take

the three remaining numbers,

the three numbers
you didn't use before,

and turn them into
a three-digit number as well,

and write that number
under the first number.

- Okay?
- Right. Got it.

So now we have two different
three-digit numbers.

Check now that you've used
each digit only once,

one through six,
but of course,

you arranged them
however you liked.

- Right.
- I don't have any idea

what numbers
you're thinking of.

Is that right, Marilu?

You have no idea.

Now add the two
three-digit numbers

together to get a much larger
three or four-digit number.

Okay?
Add those up, do that now.

Right. Did it.

Of course,
I don't know the result.

I can't even know
if your dictionary

has that many pages in it.

So I'd like you to take all
the digits in your final number

and add them together.

So if you ended up
with 845,

you'd add eight and four
and five and get 17.

I'd like you to add the one
and seven or whatever digits

you have
until you've reduced it down

to a single digit,
one through nine.

Okay. Got it.

Now you're thinking

of a single digit number
now, correct?

Yeah. Totally.

Now because you have your
dictionary in front of you,

I'd like you to convert
that digit into a letter.

So one is A, two is B,
three is C, et cetera,

right up to nine
for the letter I.

- Right.
- Now think of that letter

and turn to the first page of
that letter in your dictionary.

- Okay.
- Okay.

Now when you get
to that letter,

starting at the top
of the page,

I want you to go down
the column to the first word

with the same number of letters
as your single digit,

one through nine.

In other words,
if you're thinking of five,

you'd go to the letter E

and look
for the first recognizable word

that has five letters in it.

- Right.
- Try to make it a word

that allows you
to visualize something,

a noun
or an object of some kind.

So you've got a word?

Do you have
that word in your head?

- I have it.
- And you got it in your mind

and you visualize it
and picture it, right?

Totally.

Now keep visualizing
that picture.

Now I'm sure you've noticed
the whole time,

before you started looking
at the page numbers

and the words your dictionary,
there's been this envelope

stuck right here

in plain sight
on the board beside me.

I've not touched it before now.

I'm gonna now open it,

and this will be
the punch line, my prediction.

Keep your word very clearly
in your mind, visualize it,

watch me carefully as I open it
right here in front of you.

Open it live,
and it's a $100 bill.

Marilu,

was the word you picked
out of the dictionary,

the word you're thinking of,

the image you have
in your head, was that word...

Was that word "cab,"

taxicab, Marilu?

Cab.

Yes, Teller.

I just finished a trick
for Marilu.

Wave to her. Take me home.
I've wrapped for the day.

Here's 100 bucks.

Marilu, thanks for letting us
do a trick for you.

- Stay well.
- Oh, my gosh.

How did you do that? So cool.

Love you. Bye-bye.

Give it up for Penn and Teller
and Marilu Henner

and all of tonight's
performers.

We'll be back with a brand-new
night of amazing magic

next time on "Fool Us."

Good night.

[cheers and applause]