Penn and Teller Fool Us Episode 6 Part 4

[ItchyQuick]

1:47 . 1:51

[tabarakrazvi]

dude this had such an obvious switch - why would they lie?

[ThisIsUnrealReality]

@tabarakrazvi They faked the switch, just to put P&T off.

[mikepictor]

Yeah...if they outline a clear way in which it could have been done, that should constitute a successful guess. These guys clearly threw out a red herring, specifically to try and defeat Penn's one and only guess. That's not how they should have been trying to do it.

[kozmon0t]

Episode 8! Nobody's got episode 8.

[jucoco1]

It wasn't a switch. They made it look like a cheesy switch multiple times so as to try and fool Penn and Teller.

[MexicanMaggot]

even my mom could see that palm

[SpankTV]

Ok, how hard is it to say. "No not at all"?

[raymoreclef]

For those of you who don't think that P&T don't think they knew what they were talking about.... here is it. P&T's better version of the trick. Look for Penn and Teller John Cleese - its the same trick.

[samborlon]

Really lame, I mean the switch was obvious.

[yooson]

@samborlon The organizers of the show know how the trick works, so the magicians can't lie about their moves. If they say there was no switch, there was none.

[samborlon]

@yooson OK. It was a miracle then. The whole performance and the humor involved was really lame and unfunny though.

[sesquipedalian22]

To those who want to see the beginning of Brynolf & Ljung's trick:

watch?v=l_FCDa2Qvhs

[MortalAnonymous]

@sesquipedalian22: Thank you. = )

[Jal1515]

what happened to part 3 :S ... or am i the only one who can't see it?

[Zronxziq]

i am from sweden and i do card magic to (: , and btw the classic pass in the tv at 0:26 xD HAHAHAH

[xxxxsilver]

the fact that they put decoys into tricks makes it annoying, because you'd never do such a bad fumbling move in a real show.

[dustythedoggy]

1:50 is the answer :P

[13tynman]

What is it with Swedes and duct tape?

[remcorules8]

7:50

guy with duct tape on his head puts the card in his mouth.

his partner made sure the chosen card was on the bottom.

after the second attempt, the duct tape guy puts the card into his jacket.

when he bends over, he puts the card into his mouth

[Ibakecookiess]

they faked a switch so penn and teller would guess a switch.

[Oxymoronical]

There in NO switch! That ugly move at the end is just a decoy.

Here's how it's done:

1st foot of duct tape is not adhesive. This can be seen when it's applied. Duct tape must be held tight until 2nd layer is wrapped around mouth. In fact, he is now perfectly capable of opening his mouth the whole time.

This allows him to very quickly get the card in his mouth when he's doubled over after getting smacked on the back of his head.

Also,listen carefully when he pulls out the 1st length of tape

[BFlogs]

too bad it is a switch

[lifeofbob]

This is the first thing I thought of after watching the pilot, that acts would deliberately make the tricks look obvious but then do them a different way to fool Penn and Teller. That switch at the end, had it been real, would have been painfully bad.

Reminds me of the Magical Mystery Tour, when the guy did the cup and balls for Teller but faked all the moves, so all the balls were just where a layman'd expect, but Teller was thrilled.

[Sajmonwins]

u guys all suck they trolled penn and teller he took the card from his jacket at 3:11 its so obvious, if they didnt why the fuck would they conceal the card and ruin an otherwise great trick

[smashingmushr00m]

@Sajmonwins

not true, the guys "behind" the show know how the trick is done and alert the moderator if its true what they're saying

[starlinej]

@Sajmonwins He actually didn't, but you're right; Penn and Teller did get trolled. The reason he did that was so Penn and Teller would guess that's how he did it, and be incorrect.

Seems kind of dishonest, but it worked out.

[101perspective]

@starlinej @starlinej Agreed. It looked pretty obvious to me that he put it in his mouth when he got hit behind the head. I thought that the first time I watched it... I was thinking the whole time it was there. However, at the end when the folded card went out of sight I changed my mind, just like I'm sure Penn and Teller did... that it was a simple switch. So yeah, very dishonest. They basically made their trick look MUCH worse in order to get to Vegas.

[Maddolis]

@101perspective Isn't that what magic's about though, fooling people?

Their target audience for this trick was Penn and Teller, and thus they were successful.

[101perspective]

@Maddolis It is obvious how they could get the card into his mouth. The ONLY trick they accomplished was getting Penn and Teller to select an even more obvious switch. They did that by adding a flaw into the trick which actually made the trick look much easier/worse than it actually was. That is NOT the same as performing a trick they could not figure out. If you can't see the difference then I don't know what to tell you.

[Maddolis]

@101perspective I know what they did, and if I were going up against two of the brightest most knowledgeable magicians around, I'd have done the same thing.

[101perspective]

@Maddolis Fair enough. Personally, I would have preferred to earn my way to Vegas and not get there via a technicality. But to each their own.

[Maddolis]

@101perspective I see your point, I partially agree but I feel that these guys may have more charisma and talent than a couple of the people who fooled Penn and Teller earlier. There's a couple who "fooled" them because P&T have to guess it right the first time, and then there's a couple of outstanding acts who fooled them and they'd have to walk away from the set and think about it further. I feel that guys like Michael Vincent deserve to go despite being unable to fool Penn and Teller.

[101perspective]

@Maddolis Yeah, I agree it isn't the best judging system. There have been some tricks that are utterly amazing. They perform the tricks so well that Penn and Teller even seem to miss the switches, card lifts, etc. Yet, they know HOW it must have been done and therefore the performers don't advance... even though they are probably 50 times better than the ones that do.

[DudeGuyPerson64]

@Maddolis Then what did they do?

[Maddolis]

@DudeGuyPerson64 At 3:10 he obviously hides the card, so Penn & Teller guess that that was how they did the trick. Seeing as they're only allowed one guess, chances are they would've guessed correctly if they hadn't faked that part of the trick.

[DudeGuyPerson64]

@Maddolis Oh dam i totally missed that. I mean I had no idea how, but I knew it wasn't a switch when the duct tape was removed.

[zzzzzzzzzzninja]

i saw it again, what if they lied?

[zzzzzzzzzzninja]

3:07 he took the card from his back. then sleight of hand during revealing.

[Oxymoronical]

In fact, he is perfectly capable of opening his mouth the whole time.

[Oxymoronical]

1st foot of duct tape is not adhesive. This can be seen when it's applied. Duct tape must be held tight until 2nd layer is wrapped around mouth. This allows him to very quickly get the card in his mouth when he's doubled over after getting smacked on the back of his head.

[verumpeto]

Wonderful wonderful brilliant timing, fooled the hell out of P&T. the feigned switch at the end was the sucker punch, well done lads.