Penn & Teller: Fool Us (2011–…): Season 8, Episode 6 - Penn & Tizzle - full transcript

- From the Penn
& Teller Theater,

at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas,

here's our host,
Alyson Hannigan!

- Welcome to "Fool Us."

Ever wanted to make all
your problems disappear,

have your worries
vanish in a flash?

Well, you've come
to the right place.

For the next hour, you'll
see tricks that are so amazing

you'll forget all your
cares, so don't worry,

be happy as we say hello

to our merry men of
magic, Penn and Teller!



Any magician who can get
one past Penn and Teller

wins a slot in their
world-famous magic show

and international
bragging rights

as a "Fool Us" trophy winner.

Let's meet our first performer.

- I've been doing comedy for
16 years, ever since I was four.

I decided early

I'm committed to being
broke for the rest of my life.

A lot of comedy is just
complaining and complaining.

My dad is so cheap.

Which feels good in the
moment, but it creates no hope.

I wanted to create
hope for the audience,

and that's where
the magic came in.

Style is super important to me.



My shoes are
amazing, by the way.

My dad is my biggest supporter.

He helps me with my style.

He tells me when
something doesn't look right.

This is his shirt. I took it.

I was like, "This morning
I've got an interview to do.

I gotta wear this shirt."

He's really always there for me,

and I love him for that.

So, Penn and Teller,
I'ma make him proud.

- Give it up for
the comedy magic

of 19-year-old Leroya Sanford.

- Hi. My name is Leroya,

and for all of my white friends,

that's "Leroy" with an A.

I am here representing
African-Americans

and females in the magical arts.

- Whoo!
- Yes.

That's, like, a
minority of a minority.

In fact, I think I can count

the number of Black females
in magic on one stage.

Growing up, there weren't
many Black magicians for me

to look up to as a kid.

There was no David
Copperfunk or Penn and Tizzle

for me to look up to.

The closest thing
to a Black magician

to me was Barack Obama.

He taught me the two
most powerful magic words,

hope and change,

which are extremely
important to me

when I perform street magic,

because I do my
tricks for the audience

and then hope for some change.

As you can imagine,

being a young Black
female in magic,

money can be hard to come by.

When I started applying
for colleges I asked my dad

if I could have some
help with money,

and he said, "Yeah, as soon as
my reparations come through."

But I love my dad.
He did what he could.

He gave me one,

two,

three dollars here.

The great thing
about a silver dollar is,

it's technically worth
more than a dollar,

because it contains pure silver.

It can be worth even more
if you factor in its origin,

condition, rarity, or age.

There are some that
have even been sold

for over $3,000.

Yeah. This isn't one of 'em.

I'm sure you're
wondering what any of this

has to do with magic,
so let me help you out.

I'm gonna go ahead and sign
a smiley face onto this sticker.

Has nothing to
do with the trick,

but silver dollars
are expensive,

and I cannot afford to ruin 'em.

Okay, and, Alyson, would you
mind coming up and helping me?

- Of course. I'd love to.

- Thank you so much.

Go ahead and choose
any color sticker you'd like.

- Ooh, uh, we'll go yellow.

- Perfect. Go ahead and
sign it with your name,

initials, a symbol.

- I'll do...
- Perfect.

Okay. Go ahead and
put it on... onto this dollar.

- All right. On here?

- Yeah. Anywhere you'd like.

- Oh, it feels wrong, but okay.

- Perfect, so now it's
unique with your signature

and my signature.
Thank you so much.

You can go ahead
and take a seat.

- All right.

- So we have one signed
coin and two unsigned coins,

and this was supposed
to get me through college?

So I went off to
college with $3,

which wasn't exactly
on my bucket list.

Okay, so I sat in my dorm
room wondering what I could do

to make more money,

because it seemed I had no
problem making it disappear.

So I tried to hold on to my cash

by literally holding on to
my cash as tight as I could.

But even then the money
still slipped through my fingers.

And so I did what
anybody would do.

I got a boyfriend to, you
know, "share expenses."

But the funny thing was,
every time we went out

to dinner, he "forgot
his wallet." Mm-hmm.

And more of my
money disappeared.

So I said to
myself, "I'm a strong

and resourceful woman.
I got this," so I got a job.

In fact, I got lots of jobs,

but everywhere I went
someone named FICA

kept on taking money
out of my checks.

Can you believe that?

Can someone DM FICA for me?

Tell her I'm paying
her back years ago.

After trying so many jobs,

I realized maybe the best job
for me is the one I have now

being a magician.

Because then no matter
where the money goes

I could have always found a way

to make the exact
same coins come back.

This is my signature,
and, Alyson, is this yours?

- Yes!

- Thank you, and
always remember,

every minute spent angry is
60 seconds of happiness wasted.

Thank you.

- Aww. Leroya Sanford.

How delightful are you?

- Thank you. How
delightful are those shoes?

- Right?
- Ooh. I love 'em.

- Yeah.
- The sparkles.

- They would go
well with your pants.

- Yes, they would. Let's switch.

- Do you feel like you're
blazing your own trail?

- Well, definitely as the first
young Black female magician,

and I've never really, truly
had anyone to look up to.

And I hope young kids
seeing this out there

that are watching
this right now are like,

"Wow. I could do that too."

- I have a hard time
picturing you not being funny.

- Thank you. I
mean, that's the goal.

That's always how I have been,
and whenever one of my friends

are just having a bad day,

just making 'em smile
that one time is worth it.

- Aww, so your dad must
be super proud of you.

- Yeah, or super
tired. Exhausted.

- Both.
- A little bit of both.

- Dad, I love
you, and I got you.

I'm glad you got to see this.

- Yeah, so you're a good
daughter, a good friend.

Let's see if your
comedy coin routine

fooled these two standup guys.

- Ooh.

- Hey, Leroya.

Boy, you know, you mention
the minorities you're in.

You know, you mention
African-American.

You mentioned female,
but you didn't mention

the smallest minority you're in,

which is nobody has
lit up the room like you.

You know, that's
just one of a kind.

You're just wonderful

how you did two solid
minutes of standup at the top,

and it was not
hack jokes at all.

It was not the usual
magician stuff, magician jokes.

It was stuff that was
really particular to you

and really, really good.

And I can't believe that
you're just 19 and that skilled.

It was just a beautiful routine.

Now, you gotta remember

that Teller has been
doing the miser's dream,

which is what that's
called in magic,

a lot of the tricks
you're doing.

He's been doing
the miser's dream

three times longer
than you've been alive,

and you did it so fresh.

You know, you
weren't phoning it in.

It wasn't remote control.
You were just going

right through and really,
really doing the stuff.

Really here. Really
present. Big personality.

And we had never seen
signed coin to the bucket.

You actually turned
it into something else

with the signed coin,
which was really nice.

And we really liked that,

but the problem is that
there aren't many people

who know more about the
miser's dream than Teller

and how to produce
coins like that.

So I want to just tell
you you're only 19.

I would like you to
make me a promise.

You didn't fool us this time,

but you come back
in a year or two

and really kick our
ass. Can you do that?

- You got it. As long
as I entertained you,

I could kick this
off the bucket list.

- So good.

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

- Leroya Sanford.

We've got more
magic in the tank,

and later on, Penn and Teller
will put the pedal to the metal

with a trick of their
own. Stay close.

- Welcome back to "Fool Us,"

where handkerchiefs and bandanas

are called silks
for some reason,

and magicians are
called potential Foolers.

Let's meet one now.

- Every hour that I'm awake
I'm thinking about magic.

I want people to understand
that much like music or film,

magic is an art form.

I wrote a book that
became popular in prisons

among inmates who
wanted to learn magic.

I've developed a
relationship mentoring

some of these
incarcerated people.

Many of them have said
that magic gives them

a reason to live.

All I've ever wanted
to do is magic,

but it was nearly
taken away from me

when an accident
shattered my arm,

and I was told I'd never
regain the use of my hand.

Undaunted, I didn't
give up. I just said,

"I'll have to learn how to
do magic with one hand."

And my hope for
tonight's performance

is that people watching feel
like they're seeing something

that they've never seen before.

So tonight enjoy the show.

- Attempting to fool Penn
and Teller for the second time,

along with four
innocent volunteers,

here's Joshua Jay!

- This trick is dedicated
to the film director

Alfred Hitchcock.

He made movies like
"Psycho" and "Rear Window,"

and I think Hitchcock would
have made a great magician,

because he was a master
of suspense and surprise.

And if you think about it,

that's exactly what makes
for the best magic tricks.

Suspense and surprise.

So we'll begin the way every
great Hitchcock movie starts.

I'm going to kill one of
you. No. With an action.

The action is neither
understood nor explained.

Penn, you don't know
why I tore this card up.

Teller, you don't know
what these pieces are for.

But at the end of this trick,
you're gonna know exactly

why I tore this card up

and exactly what
these pieces are for.

Hitchcock had a word for this.
He called this the MacGuffin.

This is the action that
moves everything forward.

We just don't know how or why.

I'll place the pieces here,

and I will not touch them again.

That is suspense.

But what we need
now is surprise,

so, Chris, do me a favor.

I want you to lift
up some cards,

and I want you to
take a look at the card

you cut to with your other hand,

and remember that
card. Keep it in mind.

Would you come and
take the next card?

That'll be your card.

And would you come
and take the one after that?

And you can have
the one after that.

Now, remember your cards.
Just one yeah. That's good.

Show them to the
camera. Remember them.

Do not let them
out of your mind.

Penn and Teller, every
card in this deck is different,

and I'm gonna leave it here,

so that you can
examine it afterward,

just to add to the suspense.

If you guys have
remembered your cards,

all four of you,
please come around

and slide the cards
facedown into the deck

anywhere you
want, anywhere at all.

Oh, you're being tricky. Okay.

Anywhere you like.
And back to your spots.

Now, it's my job
to find your cards,

but of course, you're
probably wondering,

"What's the surprise?"

And maybe you're even wondering,

"What are these pieces
for? What role do they play?

Why is he asking so
many questions of himself?"

Chris, what was the
name of your card?

- The nine of hearts.
- Nine of hearts.

Now, the cards
were on the table.

You cut where you wanted to cut,

and then you slid the card
where you wanted it to go.

- Yep.

- But there's now one card

facing the other
way in this deck.

That's the nine of hearts.
What was your card?

- Five of spades.

- The five of spades. Also
turned around. And yours?

- Three of clubs.

- The three of clubs. And...

- The ace of hearts.
- Ace of hearts.

That's quite a surprise,

but that doesn't
explain suspense,

the MacGuffin, the action
that sets everything in motion,

even though we
don't know how or why.

I have not touched
these pieces until now.

Hold out your hands.
Keep the piece facedown.

Don't look at it just yet.

And we'll start on the
end with you, Chris.

What was your card again?

- The nine of hearts.

- Show it to us.

- And yours?
- The five of spades.

- Show it to us. And yours?

- Three of clubs.

- Yes? And finally?

- The ace of hearts.

- But of course, the best
part of any Hitchcock film

is the surprise ending, the
part you never see coming,

and then all the
pieces fit together.

This is the surprise...

Ending.

I want you to hold
up that nine of hearts.

Make sure that that is a
perfect fit into your card,

a perfect fit into yours,

your three of clubs,
your ace of hearts.

Make sure the camera can
see that they are a perfect match.

But this movie still isn't over,

because, of course,
I'll take these.

Hitchcock had a way of
tying up loose ends in a way

that always surprised,
so before I go,

there's one more
loose end to tie up.

Chris, this is for you.

Take that with you. Examine it.

Next one.

- This is for you.

I'm gonna do these
last two a little differently.

Backwards, at the same
time, and in my mouth.

Now, those two are

for... I'm totally kidding.

Don't have to look at those.
That's the end of this movie,

and that's the end
of my performance.

Thank you so much. Thank you.

You guys can go
back to your seats.

Thank you for helping.

- Joshua Jay!

- Hi.
- Hi. I'm a big Hitchcock fan.

- Oh, me too. I've loved
him since I was a little kid,

and this was my way
of tying in my work

to his work in some small way.

- That's so cool.

What's it like mentoring
incarcerated people?

- You know, it's interesting.
I get so much out of this,

not only because I feel
like I'm helping people

who are asking for help,

but also because these are
people who are trying so hard

not to be defined by the
worst moment in their life.

And they're doing everything
they can to get a skill

that they can share with
people and do good in the world.

- That's so cool.

- I have one student

who I wrote with for nine years.

- Wow.
- And then he served his time

and got out and became
a professional magician.

- Ohh.
- Which is amazing.

- What's the hardest
thing about being

a professional magician?

- For me, the real search... the
real hunt is inventing tricks,

so like the piece
that I did today.

I mean, I've created this trick,

so that's the part that
takes years to learn.

Performing it takes months
of practice, but it's years

to develop these tricks
and get them tight.

- Yeah. Okay, Joshua,
the suspense is killing me.

Let's see if you
fooled the boys. Boys?

- Boy, you're good, Joshua.
- Thank you.

- Really good. I
just love the style,

and you do it just
very much effortlessly.

- Thank you.

- You know, you put in
all the work ahead of time,

so there's no work when
you're actually working.

And I just love that so much.

- Well, thank you.
- You came on last time,

and you fooled
us, and this time,

it's your choreography
that's so careful

and so thought
out and so laid out.

And as mystery stories often
have inevitable moments,

as you said, where
you don't know

while it's happening
that it's inevitable,

but at the end you
know it's inevitable,

we were able to go back
and figure out some things

that were inevitable
and had to be done

and had to be worked
out as magicians.

And watching you do that
and being one step behind you

but catching up was
a really great thing.

We're kind of
watching it inside-out

from everyone else, you know.

Everyone else is going up to it

and then going
ahead and trying to...

- Right.
- Anticipate.

We're going up to it
and kind of going back

and saying, "Oh, that's when
that must have happened.

That's when that
must have happened."

So it's just beautifully
constructed.

Beautifully choreographed.
You fooled us last time.

We don't think you
fooled us this time.

I would like you to promise
right now that you'll come back

and do a tiebreaker for
us. Would you do that?

- I would.
- Okay.

- Thank you very much.

- Thank you.
- Did they cover enough

plot points to convince
you that they weren't fooled?

- I think they did.

- All right. Thank
you, Joshua Jay.

- Thanks, guys.

Find out who our next magician
is when "Fool Us" returns.

- Welcome back.

This next magician has a few
surprises for Penn and Teller

and some for the rest of us too.

Let's meet them now.

- In the mood for
some Chilean magic?

Well, then please
welcome Gabriel Gascon!

- Hi, Penn. Hi, Teller.

Time is like a sponge.

It absorbs the past and
the future into the present.

We cannot see it, but it's here.

It's here. It's here.

All time is here and now.

Time is like a sponge.

Actually, time is everywhere.

If you were here,

I would ask you to
inspect these sponge balls.

But in this case, I will
leave the red one in my hand

and the green one in my pocket.

Time is deceptive.

Time is deceptive, because if I
leave the red one in my pocket

and the green one in my hand,

the green could be the red.

And the red could be the green,

like the past and the
present trading places.

Wait, wait, wait.
This is all wrong.

We said that we have
a green and a red one,

but it is not true.

I have the red one, yes, but
green is a secondary color

that is made up of two
colors, blue and yellow.

Time is like a sponge.

Even if we try to catch
it, it slips out of our hands.

Time is like a sponge.

Even if we try to catch it,

it slips out of our hands.

Like the future into the present

and the present into the past,

time is like a sponge.

It absorbs all differences.

- By the way,

I don't know if I ask you,

do you know what
the déjà vu is?"

A déjà vu is when you
see something you think

you have seen before.

For example, these three
balls. One ball in my pocket.

One ball in my hand. And
the third one in my pocket.

Do you know what déjà vu is?

Déjà vu is when
you see something

you think you have seen before.

For example, these three balls.

One ball in my pocket.

One ball in my hand.

And the third one in my pocket.

Do you know what déjà vu is?

A déjà vu is when
you see something

you think you have seen before.

For example, these three balls.

One ball in my pocket.

One ball in my hand. And
the third one in my pocket.

Do you know what déjà blue is?

A Déjà blue, it is when
you see something

you think you have seen before,

but this time it is blue.

- One, two, and
three blue balls.

No, no, no. This
already happened.

This is a mistake.

We had déjà blue,

but before they were orange.

They were orange. One orange.

Two and three orange balls.

In the past, we had a red ball.

A red ball. A red
ball and a blue

and a yellow ball.

But before that,
we had a green ball.

A green ball and a red ball.

A red ball and a green ball.

A green ball and a red ball.

Because time is deceptive.

You think it's one thing,

but in reality, it
is many things.

- Gabriel Gascon!

Wow.

- Hi.
- How are you?

- Very happy.

- I didn't know if I wanted
to watch you or Teller's face,

'cause his face was a lot
like mine, which was, "What?"

- Yes. This is the idea.

I invented new tricks.
New techniques.

- What is the focus
of your magic?

- The focus of my magic is
not only very visual magic,

but I like to connect
with the people.

- All right, Gabriel. Let's
go to Penn and Teller

and see if you fooled them.

- Ah, Gabriel.

You know, first of all,
I want to say to people

watching at home there
are no camera tricks,

and some of this looks
like a special effect.

It looks like a camera trick,

and I want to tell
you we know it is not.

The producers assure us
there's no camera tricks.

You could be doing it
right here in front of us.

A few years ago, we had on a guy

who did sponge ball magic.

He was from Spain, and
I hated his sponge balls,

and I hated him. I do
not like sponge balls.

They are little,
ephemeral, stupid things,

and they don't
look like anything.

But that guy, although I hated
sponge balls, he fooled us.

And that made me
hate sponge balls more.

And Teller and I
made a solemn oath

we would never be fooled
by sponge balls again,

so unfortunately for
you, we went and studied.

Last season, we even did a
sponge ball routine ourselves.

We learned everything we
could about sponge balls,

so we would not be fooled
by sponge balls again.

So you brought out sponge balls,

and immediately I hated you
and hated the sponge balls.

And then you were good.

And I slowly started to
hate you less and less.

And I crossed over about
the middle of the déjà vu,

into hating. Not hating. Liking.

But remember, we know
everything about sponge balls,

'cause we will not
be fooled again.

So taking all that into
account, how much

I hate sponge balls, how
much we studied about this,

I want to make this
very clear to you, Gabriel,

because English is a
second language to you.

So I can't talk in
too much code.

I'll say this very clearly,
and I'll say it once.

You. Fooled. Us.

- You're fabulous, Gabriel.

Fabulous.
- We've got a Fooler!

- Fabulous.

- Whoo-hoo! Yeah.

- So good. So good,
and the patter's great too.

- Whoo-hoo. Gabriel Gascon!

Whoo-hoo!

Penn and Teller were fooled,
and so were the rest of us.

What a trick. Let's all regroup
and meet back here in a minute.

- Welcome back.

Penn and Teller couldn't
figure out our last act.

Let's see if they get back
on track with this one.

- To find inspiration
for my mentalism,

I love to do long
walks in the woods.

Mentalism is spontaneous
and interactive.

You need to think on
your feet all the time.

I learned this on a
cruise ship years ago.

I was performing two
different shows every day.

The big show was an
illusion on the stage.

The little show was after hours,

and it was all mentalism.

Soon everyone was
talking about my mentalism

and crowding to see it.

I realized magic of the
mind has a real power,

and I knew I could make
mentalism my life work.

Now, I'm a kind of
missionary for mentalism.

I've written books
on the subject.

I'm trying to read the minds
of Penn and Teller tonight.

I've used all my
skills to study them,

and I think I know
their psychology.

I know you doubt
me, but wait and see.

- Coming to us from Italy,

let's say buona
sera to Luca Volpe!

- Hello, Penn
and Teller, Alyson.

It's fantastical to be here.

Thank you very much.

Oh, I wish to be
there with you today,

but sadly I can't, so I decided

to send my body double
to represent me on stage.

Today I'm going
to talk about a topic

which I'm really passionate,
and this is magical persuasion,

how we can influence
people's choices.

And today I'm
going to try to do this

with you, Penn and Teller.

But before I start,
as you can see here,

I have a target card, and
this will be my prediction.

And in my hand, I
have a pocket calendar.

Now, this is very special.

It's been given to me
by a good friend of mine

as a motivational tool.

In fact, every week of
the year has a proverb

for a total of 52
different proverbs.

And don't you love how
a perfectly worded saying

can help us to see
the world differently

or maybe to take an
action or an order?

Let me read just
a couple of them.

For example, oh, this one.

It says, "Where the tongue
slips it speaks the truth,"

which is true, right?

And then, for example,
let me go and see,

oh, this one. This
one is beautiful.

I love this one, from
Eleanor Roosevelt.

It says, "Do one thing
today that scares you."

Well, that's it, so
you got the idea.

52 different proverbs,

but now it's time to
choose one of them.

Penn, I'm going
to start with you.

- Okay.
- In a moment,

you're going to watch a video,
and you will see the 12 months.

You will notice that
these months... they move

in different way.

They will also have
some symbols. Why?

Because this video's
been created in a way

that should
influence your choice.

Penn, are you ready?

- Yes.

- Good, so please choose
one. Don't say anything out loud.

Here we go.

Do you have one in mind?

- I do.

- Perfect. Thank you very much.

And now, Teller, it's your turn.

You're going to do exactly
the same thing, but this time,

instead of months,
you will see numbers.

Are you ready?

Good. Here we go.

Do you have one in mind? Great.

Please don't say anything.

Of course. Okay, so now,
let's put everything together.

Penn, which is the
month that you choose?

- November. November.

- November. Very good. November.

I like November.
That's perfecto.

And please, Teller, which is
the number that you chose?

- 14.

- 14. Oh, okay, so
the 14th of November,

so let's see which
is... oh, here we are.

This is the week of the 14th of
November, as you can see here.

And this is the
proverb that says,

"Kill not the goose that
lays the golden eggs,"

and this is, of course,
an English proverb, right?

- Yes.
- Now, just to show you that,

if it shows, I don't
know, March.

You see March we had a
completely different one,

just to show you that
they're all different. That's...

- Yes.
- Very important.

Now, let me show you this.

This clip here has been in
full view from the beginning,

and if I show you what
I wrote before the show,

I wrote exactly,

"Kill not the goose that
lays the golden eggs."

Thank you very much.

Thank you, but I know
what you're thinking.

You probably think that I
have 52 different possibilities,

and somehow I switched
those underneath the clip.

Well, let me give another proof.

You see, just to prove that
I manipulated your minds,

now, you can see that my
body double has a pocket scarf.

Alyson, can you please
remove the pocket scarf

and show everybody
what is printed there?

- Okay. Oh...
- Yeah.

- It's long. What's
printed on the scarf?

- Yes.
- Aw. It's a...

- It's a golden egg, of course,

because kill not the goose
that lays the golden eggs.

Thank you very much.

- Yay. Luca Volpe!

- Grazia. Grazia.

- Is it harder doing mentalism
from 8,000 miles away?

- Yes. I have to say that it
is difficult, but, you know,

during this lockdown
I'm quite used now

to do things in front
of the camera remotely.

- Is mental magic more about
mind reading or mind control?

- You know,
mentalists, in reality,

gives the illusion to
read people's mind,

so a little bit you need
to control their behavior

in order to make them
doing things that you want

and look like that
you're reading their mind.

Because you can actually
blend real stuff with some trickery,

and it makes everything
a little bit more cool.

- All right, Luca. Shall
we see if you fooled them?

- Hey, Luca. Good to see
you. How are things over there?

- Oh, very good. Very good.

Very good. Thank
you. Nice to see you too.

- You know, we're
doing this whole thing

where we have people
from around the world

on electronic calls here,
and having the cutout

of you... the stand-in of
you... really smart idea.

To really bring that here
and have that make it

more three-dimensional
here for us was really good.

It's a really nice trick
doing the influence thing.

And I saw the
ampersand on the months,

which was very nice,
and the numbers.

It's all a really nice,
pleasant, sweet performance,

and the thing right
clear in your pocket,

from the very beginning and
then playing out over here.

And we just really liked it,
and I'm gonna try to explain

to you how this
was done in Italian.

- Oh.
- So please...

- Okay.
- Forgive me here.

Svengali.

- Yes. Yes.

- So I do not think
you fooled us, capisce?

Capisce.

Grazia. Grazia.

- Grazia. Grazia.

- Thank you so much. Luca Volpe.

Don't look now. Penn and
Teller are coming right up.

Stay close.

- Welcome back to
"Fool Us." Pop quiz.

What's got two sharp
brains, one smart mouth,

and four fast hands?

The answer is
tonight's final act,

the amazing Penn and Teller!

- For so many years now

we've been doing big
stage acts with a big crew

and a big theater
and everything.

And we took some time recently

and went back to
when we first met.

We just got together in
each other's living rooms

and just did sleight of hand,
just practiced and did magic.

And we'd always wanted to do
a coin routine with four hands,

so we worked this out.
It's all just sleight of hand.

There's no gimmick coins
or anything, and watch this.

There are four sections
on the mat, okay?

One. Two. Three and four.
And there are four coins.

One. Two. Three and four.

And of course, we
have our four hands.

To keep track of
those, they are one,

two, three,

and four.

Here we go.

Now, if one, meaning the hand,
has two, meaning the coins,

and two, meaning
the hand, has two.

And one goes to two,
meaning the zone,

and two goes to one,
now one has three.

And two just one.
Now, if three has three

and two has one
and two goes to three

and three goes to
one, then two has two.

And three has two.

Now, four has two,

and three has two.

And two and four
go to one and three,

and one and three
goes to two and four.

Now, three has three
and four just one.

Now, if one has
three and four has one

and one and three go
back to one and three

and two and four go
back to two and four,

now one has all four.

Damn.

Now four has one,
and two has one,

and three has one,
and one has one.

And one goes
all the way to four,

and four goes
all the way to one.

And three goes to two,
and two goes to three.

Now four and three
have two and two.

We'd better do that
for you again, right?

Now four has one,
and three has one,

and two has one,
and one has one.

And four goes back to four,
and one goes back to one.

And three goes back to two,
and two goes back to three.

Then four and three
have two and two.

And finally, if three
has two and two has two

and four is four
and three is three

and two is two and one
is one, now one has one,

and two has one,
and three has one,

and four has one. And
we call that the five...

Coin trick.

- Well, four acts

plus two headliners
equals one full show.

Come back for
more "Fool Us" soon.

Good night from Las Vegas.