Penn & Teller: Fool Us

2011

Penn & Teller: Fool Us

8 | TV-PG | en | Comedy

Illusionists Penn & Teller throw down the gauntlet to aspiring magicians to perform their most mystifying trick - and fool Penn and Teller. Penn & Teller have no prior knowledge of either the performers or the planned trick. They sit in the audience just like everyone else, watching every move the guest magicians make. If any illusionist fools the professionals, they win a five star trip to Las Vegas to perform as the opening act in Penn & Teller's world famous show at the Rio Hotel & Casino.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP20 Now Teller Won't Shut Up

Apr. 26,2024

Magicians Nikola Arkane, Rubi, Vinny Grosso, and Gonzalo Mateos try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

EP19 Magic is for the Birds

Apr. 19,2024

Magicians Emily Robinson-Hardy, C.Y., Nick Diffatte, and Cody Stone try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

EP18 Shut Up - You Fooled Us!

Apr. 05,2024

Magicians Jason & Stacy Alan, Markobi, Luis Olmedo, and Alyx Hilshey try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

EP17 It Takes Balls to Be a Magician

Mar. 29,2024

Magicians Javi Rufo, Emma Olson, Sean Ridgeway, and Jim Vines try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

EP16 Magicians Like to Spoon

Mar. 22,2024

Magicians Ben Jackson, Juan Luis Rubiales, Harry Keaton, and Shoot Ogawa try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

EP15 Dan Quayle Gets Shot by a T-Shirt Cannon

Mar. 15,2024

Magicians Kimoon Do, Matt The Mind Noodler, Brielle, and Bruno Tarnecci try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

EP14 Brought to You by the Letter P

Mar. 01,2024

Magicians Jacob Schenström, Ondřej Pšenička, John Lewit and Chris Capeheart try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

EP13 Game of Drones

Feb. 23,2024

Magicians Wes Barker, Henry Evans, Gonzalo Albiñana, and Keona try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

EP12 It's Snot Magic!

Feb. 16,2024

Magicians Jimmy Ichihana, Brendon Peel & Li Lau, Jin Hyoung Han, and Dana Pleasant try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

EP11 The Youngest Act in Fool Us History

Feb. 02,2024

Magicians Giancarlo Bernini, Rachel Ling Gordon, Mr Triton, and Joe Diamond try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

EP10 A Magical Punch in the Face

Jan. 26,2024

Magicians Sanjeev Vinodh, Mortenn Christiansen, Giancarlo Bernini, and Jeffrey Wang try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

EP9 Penn & Teller vs. A Magic Hamster

Jan. 19,2024

Magicians Jo De Rijck, Adrian Vega, Nao Murata, and Jonathan Steigman try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

EP8 The Smallest Biggest Magic Trick Ever

Jan. 12,2024

Magicians Blake Vogt, Marc DeSouza, AnnaRose, and Willy Monroe try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

EP7 The Princess and the Wizard

Dec. 22,2023

Magicians Benjamin Barnes, Hara, Helen Coghlan, and Daniel K try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

EP6 Badass Brooke

Dec. 08,2023

Magicians Ramo and Alegria, Bryan Saint, Sion, and Vilgot Michelin try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

EP5 The Bill-In-Penn's-Head Trick

Dec. 01,2023

Magicians Joe Monti, Ding Yang, Matt Baker, and Arturo Fuenzalida try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

EP4 We've Got a Racoon Problem

Nov. 17,2023

Magicians Solange Kardinaly, Christian Engblom, Antonio Martinez, and Ari Novick try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

EP3 Magic Is Sexy

Nov. 10,2023

Magicians Cash, Aleš Hrdlička, Henry & Klauss, and Jonah Babins & Ben Train try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

EP2 2 Dead in Tonight's Episode

Nov. 03,2023

Aspiring magicians perform their best trick to try and fool Penn & Teller. Magicians featured include Alexandra, Artem, Anthony Dempsey and Rune.

EP1 Who's Your Daddy?!

Oct. 27,2023

Aspiring magicians are invited to perform their best trick to try and fool the world-famous team of Penn & Teller. Featured magicians include Moxie Jillette, Daxien, The Cosmic Romantics and David Schwartz.

8 | TV-PG | en | Comedy , Talk | More Info

Released: 2011-01-07 | Released Producted By: September Films , 117 Productions Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.cwtv.com/shows/penn-teller-fool-us/

Synopsis

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Cast

Penn Jillette , Teller , Brooke Burke

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September Films , 117 Productions

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Trailers

Cast

Penn Jillette

as Self - Judge

Clerk We Are Desert Bus The Amazing Johnathan Documentary Always Amazing Gilbert Director's Cut Can We Take a Joke? Theory of Obscurity: A Film About the Residents An Honest Liar

Teller

as Self - Judge

Director's Cut Tim's Vermeer Atlas Shrugged: Part II Penn & Teller Tell a Lie A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy Penn & Teller: Fool Us Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder History of the Joke Grand Illusions - The Story Of Magic

Brooke Burke

as Self - Host

The Hazing Rank

Reviews

kingbk-2 Penn & Teller aren't strangers to the tube. They've hosted game shows, appeared on reality shows and talk shows, and hosted the long running Showtime series "Bull*hit". However, they are best known for being a magic act in Las Vegas that combines comedy with illusions and some great effects as well. They finally have a show on TV that gives them the platform to do what they do best, but now they've opened it up for other magicians as well on "Fool Us."The concept is pretty simple. Four magicians from around the globe come to Vegas to perform one act in front of Penn & Teller. The magicians range from masters of card tricks, to mentalists, to prop artists and many more. After the act, Penn & Teller briefly confer and, in traditional magician form, declare they know how the trick is done using code words (like all magicians, they follow the code of not revealing how a trick is done) or admit they have no idea how it's done. If their guess is wrong or they are stumped, they tell the magician that he/she "fooled us" and the magician wins a trophy and is invited back to Vegas to open for Penn & Teller. After four magicians, Penn & Teller perform a trick of their own from their wide array of tricks. The best part about the show is how unlike other reality shows it is. Penn & Teller are positive, encouraging and very supportive of the magicians, whether they fooled them or not. There seems to be a certain level of respect between the hosts and the contestants that you don't see on many shows these days. Also, there is little "drama" or side stories like some reality shows like to emphasize now. It sticks to magic, the art and love of it, and letting up and coming magicians have the opportunity to display their skills to a wide audience. It's enjoyable, informational, and even educational. I recommend Fool Us to anyone looking to be awed.

Blueghost I saw this show for the first time a few nights ago, and was highly entertained in seeing the experts dissect various magic tricks by performers on stage, and then admitting when they had been fooled.The format is simple; Penn and Teller sit at the front of a stage and watch various prestidigitators perform their tricks on stage to see if the legendary duo of Penn and Teller can reverse engineer or deduce how they did their trick.The only down-shot is that they will, for the sake of keeping the essence of the trick, a secret, sometimes use magicians jargon or stage lingo to get their point across to the performer on stage, and in this way communicate to both us and the audience that they either know how the trick was done, or are sufficiently impressed that they have been fooled.But even then, they do reveal and otherwise convey to us the basics of some of the tools the performers use to create their illusions.I had fun watching this show as I watched and tried to figure out how each trick might have been done. And I found myself being right a significant part of the time. It was very interesting and entertaining.For anyone who's been to a magic show, wants to see magic, but is curious how any of the tricks were done, then you must see this very basic yet very remarkable show.Enjoy!

atlasmb You might have noticed that the other reviewers are British. And they lament that this show is not available in the U.S. Well it is now.If you like magic--sleight of hand, comedic routines, or the big production numbers--you should like this show. Penn & Teller are Las Vegas headliners and staunch advocates for the field of magic. Here they invite other magicians to perform tricks/illusions that they, P&T, cannot solve. There is a certain level of trust required in this. First, you must believe them when they say there are no camera tricks, no editing tricks, and that the viewer (you) is seeing what they themselves see live. Secondly, you must trust that when they say they have solved a trick, they actually have.There is no reason not to trust them. They have a reputation of being totally honest. If you watch some of Penn's videos on the internet, you will find that he always speaks his mind and, evidently, cares not one whit for conformity. Also, there is an honor among those who practice the magic arts. It stretches back centuries. When P&T say they have unraveled the mystery of an illusion, without saying too much about the solution (because they do not want to spoil it), you can bet they have. They appreciate artistry and craftsmanship. They can be lavish in their praise for those who have mastered an illusion, even if P&T are not fooled by it.Occasionally they are fooled. In those cases, the magician gets an expense-paid trip to Las Vegas and the opportunity to perform on their stage.You have probably seen some of these tricks. Others are very original. But the level of the performances is always high. No fooling.Update 9/16/2016: If there is doubt about whether or not P&T have effectively deciphered a trick, there are judges to make the final decision. They are the final arbiters. I have seen them decide that P&T were fooled when P&T thought they had the solution.

unemployedvirgin Great to see Penn and Teller still in action after 30 plus years in magic. Hosted by Jonathan Ross i thoroughly enjoyed this 1 hour special, after all who doesn't like a bit of magic? To get that universal feeling of "hey, how did you do that?" brings back a lot of good memories. Also the duo performed 2 tricks of their own on the TV special which was definitely too good to be true, got my money's worth. I think its great that ITV got the chance to broadcast this because here in London at least, you don't get to see much magic acts aired on television.My only regret is that the show wasn't longer, that's just how glued I was. Misdirection is an amazing talent that most of us will never master but man it's amazing to see it in action with those magicians.