“Wow, this is amazing, they made Tom Cruise look tall” best line of the video, Penn is a savage

@somethingcleverhere

4 жыл бұрын

Eh, it was an easy shot, and the very next clip shows Cruise quite short next to Jean Reno, so for me it undercut his joke. Between the I'm sure Tom Cruise would learn the trick, I'm sure Tom Cruise didn't do it, and considering Penn was sure Chris Pratt's trick was someone else, which Pratt has done on talk shows, they were Penn's weakest bits.

@patrickimperial579

4 жыл бұрын

@@somethingcleverhere lol ok

@MegaMariopower1

4 жыл бұрын

Alexandre Su ok boomer

@somethingcleverhere

4 жыл бұрын

@@MegaMariopower1 Gotcha. Pretty lazy reply though.

@MegaMariopower1

4 жыл бұрын

@@somethingcleverhere ok boomer

The philosophy that Penn has about not putting his audience at risk or frightening them with an unsafe trick is very cool. Respectful and wise

@amandajoy8947

4 жыл бұрын

Especially since they have a "Cut the lady in half" that involves fake blood and guts, and a water tank in which they act as though the trick has failed and leave what appears to be a drowned Teller in the tank and exit.

@paatwo

4 жыл бұрын

But, they "caught" a bullet :p

@PXCharon

4 жыл бұрын

Their bullet catch was developed specifically to be a no risk illusion. If something go wrong, there's zero way anybody gets hurt. Alternate versions of the trick sometimes actually had potential to send a live round across the stage. That's where they draw the line. Despite what it look like, nobody can really be hurt if there's a mistake. Give or take the odd bruise, scratch, or piranha bite, apparently.

@ShoRyuBarbie

4 жыл бұрын

It's not frightening an audience that bothers him, it's making the audience complicit if you actually do something that's dangerous/potentially life-threatening if it goes wrong. He pretended to kill a mouse by dropping it in a container of liquid nitrogen in front of small children. Frightening an audience is probably one of the things he enjoys most in life.

@Batchall_Accepted

4 жыл бұрын

@@ShoRyuBarbie I was going to say thats not what he meant at all lol. The running joke in their show is literally letting on like something has gone horribly wrong and teller has been maimed or killed. They would absolutely NOT be doing that if there was a real chance someone would get hurt

Penn: “You’ll never see this in a Penn and Teller show as long as I’m alive” Teller: so you have chosen death

@manuraariyathilake3106

4 жыл бұрын

Nah teller just nods and kills him

@Batchall_Accepted

4 жыл бұрын

@@manuraariyathilake3106 straight pops his head scanners style lmao

@seanm9306

4 жыл бұрын

Teller:

@Pink_Belladonna

4 жыл бұрын

Teller: ‘Against the power of the magically growing miniature tree there will be no victory’ Penn: U SHALL NOT PASS

@Jetz72

4 жыл бұрын

I mean you probably won't see it in a Penn and Teller show if he's dead, either.

Re. The Prestige. Even in the film, one of the main character said the trick was too perfect for the audience to appreciate. So the film agrees, acknowledge and address Penn's critique

@Raientai

3 жыл бұрын

And then he just does the same stupid trick later with a different presentation, it’s just real in the second version. But to the audience it’s the same trick essentially.

@ttj_

3 жыл бұрын

thank you, i felt like he was missing out on the broader purpose of the prestige. I love that movie so much

@neelparmar6690

3 жыл бұрын

@@ttj_ I would say it’s the best magic movie, because it pushes the envelope just enough into fantasy kind of magic without ridiculous CGI or constant overuse of camera tricks

@andy02q

3 жыл бұрын

@@Raientai Yes, because that trick is not so much for the audience, but more to one up the competition on sacrifice. And the sacrifice invested for this trick are absolutely insane. (Spoiler Warning!) One guy sacrifices a finger, one guy sacrifices the relationship with his love and one guy dies a thousand deaths for that trick. And the whole point of the movie is that some people will do completely unreasonable sacrifices just to be the best (or even just to assist the best) even though deep down they know how unreasonable those sacrifices are, but they can't help it b/c passion yadda yadda.

@marqielticson1260

3 жыл бұрын

@@ttj_ dude, The Prestige was one of my favorite movies too, but he's not missing the "broader purpose", he's just giving a review of the trick itself not the entire movie

“Wasn’t that something. He moved a long distance.” Lmaoooo

@WinglessWallaby

4 жыл бұрын

That was frustrating, because that's what the whole movie is based off of...

@JesusHComedy

4 жыл бұрын

@@WinglessWallaby As someone who knows a little about magic. I instantly knew hugh jackman was cloning himself and the plot twist was a nothing burger

@matthewmaas9031

4 жыл бұрын

@@JesusHComedy I don't see how "Hugh Jackman clones himself" was even supposed to be a surprise for the movie audience. The movie had already openly shown Tesla's machine duplicating hats, and it's the same machine Hugh Jackman was using on stage.

@WinglessWallaby

4 жыл бұрын

@@JesusHComedy The fact that you have comedy in your name encourages me.

@pullmyfinger336

4 жыл бұрын

@@matthewmaas9031 I don't think that was the twist. I think the twist was that Jackman was dying each time he performed the trick and being replaced by his copy, which only lived until the next time the trick was performed. In Jackman's obsession to win, he was willing to kill his original self. We are meant to think Jackman's character is creating copies and then quickly killing them, but he's really killing himself and creating a copy to take his place until the next iteration. By the end of the movie, he's long dead and only the copy of a copy of a copy... of himself remains, but that copy doesn't truly understand that it's a copy. That's what I was left with, anyway.

I’m really disappointed they didn’t show the jokers pencil trick.

@justfantastic2877

4 жыл бұрын

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@LordJagd

4 жыл бұрын

One thing I never understood: how can you stick a pencil into a table like that. The pencil would need to be stronger than the table.

@mattreedy5386

4 жыл бұрын

Jagd Töpfer the pencil went through the guys eye not the table

@mbatisithik4794

4 жыл бұрын

@@mattreedy5386 he was talking about how did the Joker make the pencil able to stand on the table before he slammed the guy into the pencil.

@HomicidalTh0r

4 жыл бұрын

Tuh Daaah! It's....GONE!

That card trick in Ant-Man is probably the purest form of magic there is. Not the trick itself, but the introduction of magic by a parent to a child. It is that one moment that opens the child's eyes to all the wonders of the universe.

@TSIRKLAND

Күн бұрын

and an FBI agent!

@mrroboshadow

Күн бұрын

​@@TSIRKLANDi love his mini arc in the moves of learning magic

@hermeticallysealed1

21 сағат бұрын

@@mrroboshadow With Flourish!

@jetvulcan2020

54 минут бұрын

@@mrroboshadow the next MCU thing the FBI Agent is in he has mastered the trick and now just dose it with his business card.

@mrroboshadow

23 минут бұрын

@@jetvulcan2020 really? Geez who would have known? I watched all the movies and I never noticed that I freaking said I enjoyed his arc, I don't need you explaining what I already saw

9.40 "Go to a party and ask everyone to pick a card, everybody will say no" I love how this suggests hes done this before

@afilina

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like he understands psychology, which is probably an essential component of misdirection.

@chazer7800

Жыл бұрын

As a magician who has done this before, i can confirm he’s telling the truth

@streetninjas313

Жыл бұрын

I used to be a street magician and I was already thinking this before he said it! You would have to come up with clever intro lines to amuse or intrigue someone enough to convince them to pick a card haha

This dude is the most straight-forward person in this world.

@alexbaxter3730

4 жыл бұрын

James Randi is the next step up

@jaspalmer1730

4 жыл бұрын

Remember, he lies! LOL!

@casedistorted

4 жыл бұрын

You should see his house

@CaLLii2DoPe

4 жыл бұрын

@@jaspalmer1730 what do you mean?

@unbroken1010

4 жыл бұрын

@@alexbaxter3730 I love James Randy but don't forget about Ricky Jay a true legend as well

3:30 I liked how he had a genuine laugh at the most simplest trick shown becasue it was the only one that was really showing the heart of his lifelong profession.

@DarkHarlequin

4 жыл бұрын

I love that amongst all the amazing 'moves' seen he liked this silly simply 'dad move' the most simply because Paul Rudd actually took the time and heart to learn and perfrom the trick!

@mycroft16

4 жыл бұрын

@@DarkHarlequin Probably because of all the tricks shown, the only reason he did it, was to make someone happy. Which is what magic is all about as Penn has said before.

@crimsontowers

4 жыл бұрын

I do like how Tellers favorite one is Burt wonderstone, that movies hilarious

@conniethesconnie

2 жыл бұрын

@@DarkHarlequin And because it was a dad move rather than trying to portray a pro onstage it didn't matter if it was bad. If anything being obvious and cheesy made it more real and more appealing to the story being told.

"But remember I lie." Penn's a liar and Teller won't tell you anything. They're the perfect partnership for this craft.

@stevethea5250

2 жыл бұрын

But he can nod and shake

@goodmaro

2 жыл бұрын

I made the obvious joke to Teller while buying a video off him after a show (the one they called on-Broadway after their West Side Arts engagement closed), "Why are you called Teller when you don't *tell* us anything?" I'd've thought he might've had a better comeback than his, "I tell ya plenty," but that's all you get for the price of a video.

Vanity Fair: Penn just review the magic okay? Penn: Hey there's Paul Giamatti

@KarmaKahn

4 жыл бұрын

To be fair, he is magical.

@brucebaker810

4 жыл бұрын

Penn: Hey! I know that guy!

@AdamBechtol

2 жыл бұрын

lol

@snoookie456

2 жыл бұрын

so authentic... that is literally my reaction every time I see Paul Giamatti

The only thing disappointing about this video is that it wasn't longer. I could watch him talk about magic all day.

@Videogamewalkthrough

4 жыл бұрын

TurinAlexander literally just commented almost the exact same thing before I read yours 😂

@yoda5436

4 жыл бұрын

I think his lack of a pony tail is disappointing

@UrbanOutlawsSk8Co

4 жыл бұрын

Or anything really....

@Genious.

4 жыл бұрын

@@UrbanOutlawsSk8Co Yeah - I could watch him joke about Tom Cruise all day.

@NaoPb

4 жыл бұрын

Me too.

"There's no CGI here, taking an old man and putting him in the box happens all the time" .. Ooof.

@Tat2ice

4 жыл бұрын

I knew there was something there, it just didn't click!

@jaspalmer1730

4 жыл бұрын

Omg, the full meaning of this just hit me. Ok now I really love this guy

@casedistorted

4 жыл бұрын

Rofl I didn't get that until I read it hahaha

@andreasnordgard9190

4 жыл бұрын

What a savage

@marz_mitzi

4 жыл бұрын

Ooof.

“You’ll see no trickery” “We will see trickery.” Made me laugh

@jonathandawson3091

Жыл бұрын

His entire "too perfect" comment falls apart because it was intentional in the movie.

@Mostbee

Жыл бұрын

@@jonathandawson3091 Not entirely, he wasn't talking about that movie in specific, but in cinema at general, everytime he said "in movies...", "in a movie", not "on The Prestigie movie". So it doesn't matters that this particular movie "made" (Robert Downey Jr doesn't have a twin so it wasn't performed, just edited) a bad trick intetionally, the point is *why* the trick is bad, it's too strict and will leave no one wondering how could he have done it

@TaikaJamppa

Жыл бұрын

@@Mostbee In movie industry, you don’t need a real twin, but a stunt double is always possible. :)

@Mostbee

Жыл бұрын

@@TaikaJamppa oh yeah, that too, but, in the management view, if both weren't going to appear at the same scene and interact with eachother, I would prefer to spend less money doing simple editing and having the same actor do two roles instead of hiring an entire double actor for Robert or anyone else.

I saw Penn and Teller live. I love their charisma and charm. After the show, they stood outside the theatre for autographs and to meet the fans. Teller is a lot more talkative when you're standing right next to him.

@SmokeyChipOatley

Жыл бұрын

Apologies ahead of time for replying 2+yrs later lol… I can’t recall what I was watching but the one and only time I heard Teller’s voice was on a show where he (and other notable people/celebrities) would occasionally comment on whatever topic the show was covering. I didn’t really find it that odd to hear him speak necessarily but what was weird was that he never appeared on screen fully lit and was always in shadow though still clearly visible. I feel like I kind of understand the reasoning behind it but it still left me pretty puzzled. I wish I could remember what the show was about.

@Oddballkane

4 ай бұрын

Saw them a few years ago. In Manchester, they waited until after 2 am for everyone who wanted an autograph to get one. The only reason I know is I got my autograph at about 2am and there where people after me. Really nice to take photos with people aswell.

*Chris Pratt shoots someone* Penn: He's performing under a lot of pressure

@takahashi128

4 жыл бұрын

funny thing is Chris can actually do card tricks he did one on the Graham Norton show

@azaliahmad458

4 жыл бұрын

ackhtually queen was performing under pressure

@Markus0021

4 жыл бұрын

@@azaliahmad458 Not to mention David Bowie. Pretty sure he performed under pressure.

@Simon-oy7kf

4 жыл бұрын

takahashi128 *EVERYONE* can do card tricks

@Simon-oy7kf

4 жыл бұрын

@Pancake As long as you're not mantally ill you can do at least one card trick

"You'll never see this in a Penn & Teller show as long as I'm alive." Best line of the video.

@charliemayfilms1550

4 жыл бұрын

If penn dies before him tellers going to do nothing but grow plants lmao

@gerhana7149

4 жыл бұрын

I mean... the show is called Penn & Teller

@vaclav_fejt

4 жыл бұрын

But remember: He lies.

@realrobrose

4 жыл бұрын

@@charliemayfilms1550 this is actually, probably what will happen. He'd be a silent act.

@GhostOfBane

4 жыл бұрын

When we see Teller do this trick, we will also know he has made Penn into a zombie.

I love how he said that his least favourite trick is when he fools the whole audience at the expense of not fooling an individual. My favourite Penn and Teller acts is when you whole audience is in on the joke but the person on stage is clueless. Giving up a whole audience to fool one person.

@notbob555

3 жыл бұрын

Shawn Farquar's second appearance? At least until the final reveal.

@lmklmk1512

3 жыл бұрын

I s

@marksherrick

3 жыл бұрын

the old Penn and Teller phone in the fish bit is a good one for that - and Penn has gone on a couple talk shows doing the severed rope trick and the only person who can't see what he's doing is the person onstage with him, and its great.

@snoookie456

2 жыл бұрын

Conan throwing knives lmao

@SpookyFan

2 жыл бұрын

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I think it's pretty cool that he mentions the thing about the teleporting man trick being too perfect, because that's actually one of the big plot points in the movie and is super relevant to the narrative as a whole.

I swear, I could listen for hours to anything Penn or Teller wanted to talk about. Especially Teller.

@axeavier

4 жыл бұрын

Teller will never shut up, he just talks nonstop.

@shanepolo4442

4 жыл бұрын

Penn Jillette has a podcast called Penn's Sunday School.

@poianaminore

4 жыл бұрын

@@shanepolo4442 I heard Teller has a podcast on Audible

@marshmellowmoon7990

4 жыл бұрын

Teller does talk he just doesn't on stage for the character that he plays

@RevOwOlutionary

4 жыл бұрын

There's actually a Simpsons episode where he has some dialogue.

Can't wait for Tellers commentary on these clips.

@rickg8015

4 жыл бұрын

You win..

@FullMoonHowl2233

4 жыл бұрын

He would be speechless.

@MagnoliaStreetTV

4 жыл бұрын

I transcribed it for you: Teller - " "

@crombajaa

4 жыл бұрын

11 minutes of silence!!

@magicmanscott40k

4 жыл бұрын

I think he would talk. He likes talking about this stuff. I seen some Penn and teller videos and I think he's only silent when performing. There's like 5 or 6 videos of him talking. I bet there's more

About the instant stooging I read something interesting about a stage hypnotist. A journalist was in the audience and he was dragged up on stage and he later wrote about the experience. As he was being shown to the correct spot to stand the hypnotist said to him very quietly, "I'm a fake just play along." and he did. Apparently they count on the fact that the desire to not spoil the show is so strong everyone will cluck like a chicken when they're asked.

@D64nz

4 жыл бұрын

There is something special and fun being on the inside of a trick like that.

@richhobo1216

4 жыл бұрын

I'd want to see someone not go along with it so the guy gets exposed

@raj271998

4 жыл бұрын

richhobo1216 I actually did that once. We were on a school trip and at this amusement park where we went for a magic show. I got chosen for the trick and went up. He tried to do a card trick that looked extremely complicated and impossible but in reality he was completely dependent on me just saying “yes that’s my card” to any card he showed afterwards. He did the trick and showed the card and asked me if it was, remember I was a child in school, and I simply said no it wasn’t. I remember him telling me to just agree with him as I was going up, but in my childhood attention span I had completely forgotten and just reacted. Completely killed his show. Still felt proud afterwards too.

@trevorhegstrom2816

4 жыл бұрын

@@raj271998 Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is.

@smallone2351

3 жыл бұрын

@@raj271998 he didn't show the card to the audience??

If you ever get a chance to see the Penn and Teller show at the Rio in Vegas please do. They amaze you and then show you how they actually did some of their magic. They really do pull people on stage then play the trick on them which is hilarious for the rest of the audience. After the show, they meet with the entire audience, signing autographs and taking pictures. They'll literally stay until they meet everyone waiting. True gentlemen.

@rhythmandblues_alibi

2 ай бұрын

I would love to see their show live!

@EmonEconomist

5 күн бұрын

I saw them back in 2013 and it was exactly as you say, an amazing show followed by a wonderful meet & greet. Genuinely wonderful performers and people.

“Put an old guy in a box. Done all the time.” Yeah, that’s kinda the business model at retirement homes.

@shannonfontana5107

4 жыл бұрын

Jim Geary I laughed too hard at this, I really need to go to bed 😂😂

@orlock20

4 жыл бұрын

They all have fold up beds-- they fold up into coffins.

@3p1cand3rs0n

4 жыл бұрын

He shoots...HE SCORES! Let's have a nice round of applause for the gentleman with the jokes. 😉

@TheDayveion

4 жыл бұрын

Man, are the blinds shut? It's dark in here...

@zephadusjoltspark6951

4 жыл бұрын

Holy crap, if I laughed any harder, I might end up in a box too.

"Putting an old guy in a box is done all the time" Penn with the dark humor, haha!

@noneofyerbisness8702

4 жыл бұрын

It took reading your comment for me to actually get that.

0:54 I love how happy he is about Teller being bit

I really appreciate how much insight he gives and talking about how magicians do shows, but he didn’t go into how a specific trick is done. When he said “this is the only real magic trick we’re gonna see,” he didn’t say how they did it, and I respect that he didn’t give away the secret.

He should analyze Drax's invisibility trick on the avengers movie.

@guisspino

4 жыл бұрын

Marco Venustus that’s not a trick though, it’s actually magic

@MarcoVenustus

4 жыл бұрын

@@guisspino Magic as in supernatural stuff?

@solutionghostsimple6470

4 жыл бұрын

Drax was in the new Avenger's movie??

@mrcobbs6227

4 жыл бұрын

Drax already told the trick...he just stay really still

@Crick1952

4 жыл бұрын

Drax was in the background of the video the whole time

"Everything you say is a lie" Had me rolling. He's so nonchalant hilarious.

8:32 - "there's no CGI here, take an old guy, put him in a box, done all the time" - brilliant.

I love Penn. I really love how he has such affection for the classics. An old simple trick done well seems to bring out so much joy in him.

The Prestige does actually show what Penn says about there only being one way to do the the trick and it being dismissed for that (by Michael Caine's character). The whole film is a fascinating exploration of the obsession of magicians outperforming each other

@chiwebacac64

4 жыл бұрын

Tvo

@JPDillon

4 жыл бұрын

I love the scene where the little kid in the audience reacts to the disappearing parakeet trick, because he instinctively figured out how it was done.

@CatCheshireThe

4 жыл бұрын

@@JPDillon Kids are apparently really terrible audiences for magicians because they do this kind of thing all the time - the problem is that they don't tend to pick up on the various subtle ways that magicians use to misdirect people and just look where they wanna look, which is often directly at the thing the magician doesn't want the audience looking at.

@SJNaka101

4 жыл бұрын

@@CatCheshireThe kids brains don't have all the information filters put in place that adults with fully formed brains do. That's why kids frequently pick up on details of things that adults find trivial. Our brains have learned to ignore information they don't deem important.

@BucketOfMarbles

4 жыл бұрын

The book focuses more on the fact that Angiers doesn't want it to be a trick, he wants it all to be real, and therefore finds a way to use science and make it real.

This dude is funny and an expert on magic. What more could you ask for

@infctdppt

4 жыл бұрын

A sandwich would be nice

@mansman2167

4 жыл бұрын

Him not being a pretentious atheist prick

@improvementrevolution6607

4 жыл бұрын

A little bit of weight loss

@Jennyfisch

4 жыл бұрын

@@mansman2167 At what point in this video did he talk about religion?

@larrycrabs5995

4 жыл бұрын

@@mansman2167 Spoken like a butthurt religiotard.

Tbh his knowledge is making me emotional because it's so cool that he has this much insight.

“They made Tom cruise look tall” the best quote of this whole video.

Love how he keeps mentioning Teller and saying "we". What an old married couple! Fans know Teller is the truer "technical" magician with the quicker eyes and hands in this duo. P&T!!

@DamienDarksideBlog

4 жыл бұрын

That's why Penn is the one who is the charismatic talker, he's the showgirl that distracts everyone while the magician does his trick.

@Steve-hb8ct

4 жыл бұрын

@@DamienDarksideBlog Highly disrespectful, Penn is an accomplished magician on his own merit

@yvonne2546

4 жыл бұрын

Penn's a juggler first and a magician second.

@TheGuruStud

4 жыл бұрын

@@Steve-hb8ct Penn admits this all the time. Teller is 10x the magician of Penn (and no one ever said Penn wasn't very good), but the duo works, b/c of their differences.

@kereminde

4 жыл бұрын

@@DamienDarksideBlog The antiquate phrase is, I think, "raconteur" for that sort of gig. And usually there's talent involved with magic, but only enough to stay in.

Tom Cruise legit trained to hold his breath underwater for like 6 minutes for one single scene. Of course he learned how to do the magic trick.

@dawsonwoolford9660

4 жыл бұрын

Carl. J I don’t think you can survive longer than a few minutes but

@lunaticfae4415

4 жыл бұрын

@@dawsonwoolford9660 look up free diving

@noahrombough2802

4 жыл бұрын

@@dawsonwoolford9660 for an average human 2 is usually max, practiced free divers though, last I heard was 19(?) Minutes continuous submersion

@sabelch

4 жыл бұрын

@@noahrombough2802 19 minutes is with pure oxygen. With regular air it's half that which is still amazing.

@EricJ0hansson

4 жыл бұрын

@@dawsonwoolford9660 Many actors learn to do it for a role. Doesn't take that long to teach a person to hold their breath for 5 mins. I think Margot Robbie learned it for Birds of Prey.

The best part about Penn & Teller is that they have a ton of respect for their audience. Its why they put on great shows.

I've met him and Teller after their show in Vegas and he is a really genuine, nice guy. Took pictures and signed autographs for everyone that wanted one

You can totally see how Teller was that weird guy in school who was always asking you to pick a card

@orlock20

4 жыл бұрын

He started off as a juggler. That's just as awkward since he would probably go up to the girls and ask them if they would hold his balls.

@campuscryptid3020

4 жыл бұрын

orlock20 no - Penn started out as a juggler. Teller’s been doing magic since age 9.

@JPDillon

4 жыл бұрын

@@orlock20 He's also a certified clown. Went to Barnum & Bailey clown college.

@IceWolfLoki

4 жыл бұрын

Just one problem, Teller doesn't talk when he's performing.

@jaygio

4 жыл бұрын

Nope, I "totally" cant see that at all.. bc I've never seen or heard of such a thing. So i'm not too sure what kind of school you went to that had kids asking you that, but by the looks (and sounds) of things I'm guessing you rode a much smaller bus than must of us probably did... and may have even worn a helmet. Care to explain?

Guy: *gets shot in the head* Penn: he's performing under a lot of pressure.

@Jaybird9x

3 жыл бұрын

Died of laughter at that

I don’t practice, watch or even necessarily like magic but I could listen to Penn talk about it all day long. So smooth.

I love the trick where the person on stage is the only one getting fooled. It's great watching the audience laugh and they are genuinely confused.

@lmklmk1512

3 жыл бұрын

"But remember I lie." Penn's a liar and Teller won't tell you anything. They're the perfect partnership for this craft.

that “too perfect” magic trick observation is actually really interesting, if you really think about it that trick would suck live

@Jennyfisch

4 жыл бұрын

True - despite The Prestige being one of my favourite films of all time, the trick is probably crap.

@cthomas025

4 жыл бұрын

@@a.rwilson4364 He also calls the double. Angier should've listened to him.

@ActionPactCinema

4 жыл бұрын

The moral of the story heavily revolves around how that magic trick isn’t all that clever in the end. The movie is unbelievably brilliant in its meta story telling. It’s partly an allegory for all of Nolan’s films and films in general. That’s why at the end, Angier says that he just wants to see the look on people’s faces, even if for only a moment before they realize the trick is rather disappointing. The movie has other similar moral points it makes and is just brilliant.

@dannyboy5008

4 жыл бұрын

Not when you consider all the times people thought "hey, theres only one way that couldve been done, too perfect" only for it to not be how it was done.

@anonymes2884

4 жыл бұрын

@@ActionPactCinema Those themes are even clearer in the book IMO (which, similarly, is partly an allegory for novel writing ;). Lots of stuff about the nature of truth, how fiction can contain truths etc. Both film and book are stories about stories (among other things).

Penn these days looks like he should be yelling at peter parker to have those pictures on his desk by friday

@jonweik4091

4 жыл бұрын

That or jamiesons brother

@DisobedientSpaceWhale

4 жыл бұрын

He hates Spider Man

@AaroInTheKnee

4 жыл бұрын

PARKER!

@theelectricindian

4 жыл бұрын

Though if Penn Jillette yelled at you to have pictures of spider-man on his desk by Friday you would probably have them on his desk Thursday.

@TaushaBrooke

4 жыл бұрын

I mean, yeah, he's 64 years old.

At 6:00 penn pretty much tells you how most of his tricks are done “See twig, put cloth over it, replace for plant, uncover cloth”

Penn is a natural story teller and just a magnetic personality. I love his honesty and respect for the viewers.

Met him once after a show. Him and Teller just hung around and met with people, taking pictures and signing stuff, which is just an awesome thing to do because it means a lot to fans.

"Its inmoral to make the audience complicit in unnecessary human risk"

@FriendlyYandere

4 жыл бұрын

@@DARTHMOBIUS Yeah but they don't know that they're witnessing something that is actually dangerous.

@TheRabbitpaws

4 жыл бұрын

These are NOT the droids err , magicians you are looking for.

@bernlin2000

4 жыл бұрын

Probably why I would cringe if I saw a magic show that had knife throwing: if it looks authentic, it feels very risky to me, even if they have seemingly "perfected" it.

@MrBraddles3128

4 жыл бұрын

*It's *immoral

@goblinhunter5361

4 жыл бұрын

@Ryan Ong Something like that really happened where an old comedian (I don't remember his name) had a heart attack on stage and the audience thought that was the joke and started laughing.

Yep, the principle of every trick is as Sherlock Holmes says," When you've eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth". When you're doing a trick, it should be something that has more than one rational explanation.

@spacecthulhu296

3 жыл бұрын

Good quote but it only works in certain situations. It's pretty ironic that the author of Sherlock Holmes actually thought houdini used magic because he thought he ruled out every possibility leaving magic as the last option. Spoilers, it wasn't magic.

@tommcewan7936

3 жыл бұрын

Best thing about that is that Holmes was based on a real person, who probably did say that or something very like it. What's WORST about it is that Conan Doyle sort of cheats in most of the Holmes stories and doesn't usually give the reader access to all the information Holmes himself uses to actually apply that maxim, thus ensuring that they don't really have a fair chance to try to figure it out for themselves before the big reveal.

@HGAMES69

3 жыл бұрын

Ain't this basically Occam's Razor?

@sandoumir4348

3 жыл бұрын

@@HGAMES69 The easiest answer would be if you would research Occam's Razor rather than query it in KZread Comments. < - This by the way also is the answer to your question.

@_______________00

Жыл бұрын

But its not true. Maybe you just didn't think of a more probable option.

Penn: "You'll never see a trick like this as long as I'm alive" Teller: "noted"

Arrested Development has no tricks, they're illusions.

@funkychicken4509

4 жыл бұрын

tricks are for whores

@Smingleflorp

4 жыл бұрын

.....same.....

@markostefanov6158

4 жыл бұрын

Bees?

@faunaflage

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah! Do they think Gob would be doing mere tricks in $400 pants? COME ON!

@ShaneWelker

4 жыл бұрын

BEADS!

I love penn but I also wish teller was here just sitting here. Staring. Making gestures.

*Chris Pratt shoots guy in the head* Penn *deadpan*: He's performing under a lot of pressure there. Me: ROFL!

i could listen to Penn talk about magic for hours. He's so smart and entertaining.

"But remember; I lie" is the best advice I've ever been given.

@Pikminiman

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed. It's a nice reminder to always be skeptical.

"Houdini. I hope it's the Tony Curtis one. It IS! Oh BOY!"

@spaceemperorkarl121

4 жыл бұрын

I to love that movie!

How could you have Arrested Development in the title and not have it say "Penn Jillette Reviews Magic ILLUSIONS"?

Penn loves to talk , and i love watching him talk.

"wow, they made Tom Cruise taller!" LOL

@ericynot

4 жыл бұрын

@n n I've noticed that they've also made Tom Cruise older. It happens to the best of us.

@gokurocks9

4 жыл бұрын

Cruise is a short guy, look at him standing next to people in pictures.

@kimaboe

4 жыл бұрын

@@gokurocks9 Or Jean Reno in the scene they show here.

Love how he’s adjusting his shirt sleeves like he’s on stage

@mattjohnston2

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, they're movements he does that are so ingrained that he does them whether he's on stage or not. I love it too!

@darrengordon-hill

4 жыл бұрын

Can't kick the habit

I would legitimately love to see Penn's opinion on The Prestige as a whole. One of my absolute favorite films, an utter delight to watch, and the film that got me interested in both Nikola Tesla and magic in general. The bullet catch scene in particular would be interesting to hear Penn's take on a trick (intentionally) gone wrong.

Penn's emphasis on safety in the illusion of danger always makes me think of that one magician doing the knife-hidden-by-paper-tube trick. He brings up an audience member to have her hand under his so they slam down on the paper tube together. She's so terrified and resistive, and ends up intensely tugging her hand as he pushes down, so instead of the tube the magician knew to hit both their hands go to a wrong tube and get impaled by a real knife. The mistake itself was basically the audience member's doing, but still it was the magician's choices that enabled real harm to come out of it.

Now do teller *literally just 10 minutes of silence*

@irresistablejewel

4 жыл бұрын

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@derfob6636

4 жыл бұрын

You can find a lot of interviews with Teller talking. (I know it was just a joke, but if someone is curious he can search for that)

@Al77343

4 жыл бұрын

Smiles Gives thumbs up Nods Does "meh" gesture

@rudrathemon

3 жыл бұрын

I'd watch that

i was "instant stooged" at disney once. i still have no idea what the trick actually was as i didnt see it, but he just quickly whispered to me "stand here, stay still, the panel will open in front of you" so i stood there, my head in a dark box, while he talked to the audience and opened i guess other panels, then a few mins pass and a paneled opened where everyone could see my face. he took it off said thank you and tht was that. did he make my head disappear? did he "change" it into something? i will never know lmao.

@robertnett9793

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe you were copied by a intricate apperatus devised by notorious Nicola Tesla himself and then your clone (or you) were drowned in a tank of water... I should stop watching movies about magic...

@OctaneStreet

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao what a dope story, at least you have that!

@Jeremy-qn9vg

4 жыл бұрын

Tbh that's not really instant stooging as you didn't do anything to deceive the audience or lie to the audience nor were you required to do anything unnecessary. So yeah, you were an audience participant. Instant stooge? Nah fam

@JasminMiettunen

4 жыл бұрын

Jeremy yes it is, they're not a stooge, just a random person, but they're told what's going to happen, so theres no illusion for them. That's like saying the man in the audience that's actually the magicians assistant doesn’t qualify as a stooge because they're not “doing anything”, it is what it is. Don't be a spoilsport.

@Jeremy-qn9vg

4 жыл бұрын

@@JasminMiettunen literally just corrected a guy with a wrong use of terms. I don't see how that's being a spoilsport 😂 perhaps I sounded too aggressive lol

I had the pleasure of meeting them both after years of watching them, not gonna lie I was so excited and will never for get them moments, true enthusiasm shines through Penn and Teller every time they try to entertain you and most of the time they succeed. If you go to Vegas go see them as they are one if the very few who will meet all guests after the show F.O.C! To me that was priceless I have seen many shows in Vegas David copper is good but his best trick is disappearing after the show P&T tick all the boxes and then tick a few more on the back page!

“It’s not a magic trick, Micheal! It’s an illusion!”

@SmoofDizzle

4 жыл бұрын

"A trick is something whores do for money!"

@x2f01mick

4 жыл бұрын

Ffs MichAEl. It's possibly the most ubiquitous name, how do people get it wrong?

@darkashtar

4 жыл бұрын

Or if you make a mistake you give them oopsie pills

@SunflowerSpotlight

4 жыл бұрын

x2f01mick It is super common, true, but so is dyslexia. I thought Chloe was Chole until I was about 18, because I’d only read the name and when I heard “Chloe,” I didn’t associate that with “Chole.” For some words the only way I knew to write them correctly was to get it wrong a million times and then remember “write it the WRONG way, so it will be right.” Because in my mind it still looks weird spelled correctly. Sure, for some people, it’s just a typo, but especially with misspelled names (specifically if they’re misspelled repeatedly) dyslexia is quite a possibility.

@NotDingse

4 жыл бұрын

@@SmoofDizzle or cocaine

Penn and Teller are such great performers. The planning, the execution, the storytelling. They're pretty much Vegas entertainment royalty.

Penn Jillette and James Randi (R.I.P.): Two of the most honest magicians in the business. They lie and they tell you they lie.

@SaraH-jn5db

3 жыл бұрын

I thought you meant both were dead and I freaked out for a minute

@lechanneldemysterieuxmante1807

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Ian Jamy Swiss was also a notorious honest liar. These magicians (I include Ricky Jay here too) are open they are tricksters, which is refreshing.

I just saw that SNL sketch last night and now that you told me it was live it makes so much sense haha what an amazing show Mr. Penn and Mr. Teller.

Wish this was longer, I would listen to him analyze literally anything.

@garnettanner2218

4 жыл бұрын

Haha. Check out his podcast. Penn's Sunday School!

@wayneigoe6722

4 жыл бұрын

Or go watch the show "Bullsh*t". It ran 7 seasons on Showtime

@KutWrite

4 жыл бұрын

For me, he gets politics and spirituality wrong. Otherwise, yes.

The best trick in the Prestige is hiding a second Christian Bale in plain sight.

@Jennyfisch

4 жыл бұрын

On second viewing I couldn't believe how blind I was, it's so obvious. I guess the film was right, we want to be fooled.

@aresef

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jennyfisch Cutter goes and says "he's using a double!" and Angier says "no, it's not a double, it's him" and the viewer is fooled into going along with Angier.

@Dan16673

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jennyfisch read the book. It's even better

@duncancole1742

4 жыл бұрын

It was pretty obvious to me in the first viewing. Not because I'm a genius or something but they had this whole other side character and worked really hard to not show his face clearly. I mean, there is no reason to do that unless his identity is somehow crucial to the plot.

@MartKencuda

4 жыл бұрын

Dude, spoilers

He makes me feel so happy.

This is the best insider interview ever. Need more 😃

Guys, you've got to see Penn & Teller's SNL upside down bit. It's still mind blowing as today

@magicmanscott40k

4 жыл бұрын

It's still one of their best tricks in my opinion besides the clear cups and balls

@ARatQuiRit

4 жыл бұрын

Amazing show indeed, but I hate when it's called that way, like in its video title on youtube, it kindof spoil the entier thing ^^

@mmmhorsesteaks

4 жыл бұрын

"ARE WE LIVE?" amazing :)

@QED_

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/n6ufz8mqkry-lKg.html

@vincentsimbol7251

4 жыл бұрын

It's literally the next thing on my Autoplay

Performance under pressure is a real phenomenon in psychology but there's a big caveat: you have to be a pro already. In other words, if you are beginner or amateur, and you cannot perform in private, you will do worse under pressure (i.e., in front of an audience). However, if you are a professional with your 10,000 hours of experience--as Penn would have been--and you are put under pressure, you will perform better than in private.

@blackmarketyardsale

4 жыл бұрын

Rory Stevens it’s called the yerkes Dodson curve. Relates to performance and stress limits.

@Lemon_Force

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah as the navy seal saying goes: under pressure, you don't rise to the occasion, you sink to your level of training. Very applicable to a multitude of fields I got told it in medic school

@rhettorical

3 жыл бұрын

I once told my boss that I do my job better under fire as opposed to with an open deadline. He started giving me absurdly strict deadlines and to no surprise I started churning out better code than I was when he gave me more time. But you have to know what you're doing. Throw me in front of an audience and tell me to perform and I'll crumble because I don't know what I'm doing.

@the_absurd_hero

3 жыл бұрын

This is actually really encouraging. Think about it: you go out everyday, doing whatever it is you do, with every action being practice for some as-yet unforeseen crisis. Talking to your colleagues, boss, or friends? All practice for that presentation or toast you are called to give. Morning and evening commute? Practice for that those (hopefully) rare occasions your car unexpected loses control.

You can tell Penn really likes the movie The Prestige. _“I’m not talking about Hugh Jackman or the overall movie.”_ Penn definitely understands the movie is a love letter to magic, and the era in which rapid technological development was confusable with magic, and how a normal human’s perception of wonders is the goal of it all on either side, and how the movie’s use of a supernatural/sci-fi reveal near the end subverts a modern audience’s expectations- that the movie is itself a magic trick.

I've always enjoyed Penn and Teller. Thanks for sharing this.

“Oh that’s Paul Giamatti!” 😂

@ItDoesntMatterReally

4 жыл бұрын

It's the only thing that surprised him in the whole video.

@lapelcelery42

4 жыл бұрын

Magic

@everhirstseyt2667

4 жыл бұрын

He gets excited over the weirdest things. Cute grandpa!

Wow I legitimately didn't recognize Penn. He's lost so much weight, lost the pony tail and he's showing grey.

@akaRicoSanchez

4 жыл бұрын

He is also 64.

@AC3handle

4 жыл бұрын

What a drag it is, gettin old.

@ampz1466

4 жыл бұрын

@@akaRicoSanchez Whaat?! Wow, dude really is magic.

@djmips

4 жыл бұрын

but the voice is the same

@ericynot

4 жыл бұрын

Actually, I think he lost a bunch of weight, but has put some of it back on. But I don't care because I love the guy and have for a very long time. Smart man, good performer, nice guy, and great storyteller.

Would love to see him review more!

Thank you Mr jillette for all the memories and everything that you've done magical. I'm sure you made the world a better place many times

I could sit with this man and listen to him speak about anything. He's brilliant.

@JodiStrikesBack

4 жыл бұрын

He has a podcast! Penns Sunday School. He chats away, its chill and funny.

@pringlesmegastack8575

4 жыл бұрын

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@DaviniaHill

3 жыл бұрын

He's a libertarian who doesn't believe smoking causes cancer.

@furrykef

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaviniaHill I don't think he's ever denied smoking causes cancer.

@notbob555

3 жыл бұрын

@@furrykef People will say literally anything on the Internet to spread hate.

It IS immoral to make the audience complicit in putting someone at risk. I used to get so nervous when I was younger watching magicians do things that were dangerous. It was so scary to me that anyone could actually get hurt it really made me feel badly. I’m so glad someone said it.

@DisobedientSpaceWhale

4 жыл бұрын

But he says he lies, so it's not really immoral then

@0ooTheMAXXoo0

4 жыл бұрын

The point was that there is usually no danger. They are carefully designed and rehearsed tricks.

@TheSectric

4 жыл бұрын

Well like he said about escape artists. They are usually always far ahead. When one thing is put on they are already out of the piece before. So they truly art put into a tank of water wearing 6 different locks cause 5 are already done before they are submerged .

@Jay-vz7og

4 жыл бұрын

It's not just their code. Penn and Teller want tricks to be done intelligently and elegantly. Have you seen their show? If someone performs a trick really well, even if it's common, Penn & Teller are very respectful. If you're only doing cheap tricks to fool idiots, you deserve to be mocked.

I like his appreciation for Paul Rudd's trick and his explanations about stage craft. Wonderful lecturer.

@leighmcmillan6282

Жыл бұрын

Oh, and "instant stooging," what a great phrase and concept.

I just love that SNL story performing under pressure, reminds me of my drum corps days, great stuff. Thanks for sharing that!

2:31 - He's telling exactly what My Cocaine said in the movie. So cool! Caine in the film knew about the 'too perfect' concept; Jackman didn't, apparently.

@andreasbuder4417

4 жыл бұрын

Nice autocorrect fail :-D

@RickReasonnz

4 жыл бұрын

What Penn was talking about was one of the themes of the film.

@FanboyFilms

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I wish Penn had talked about the plausibility of the actual point of the movie which is that the performer's ego wouldn't allow the act to be done with twins. Only he had the charisma to introduce the act which left the twin to soak up all the applause at the end, which he couldn't tolerate, leading him to search for a way to do the trick without twins. What Penn was talking about was the implausibility of that trick launching Christian Bale's character, and later Hugh Jackman's, to being the greatest magician in the land. He's just saying the audience wouldn't accept the trick at any rate because they'd quickly realize the only way to do it was with twins and once they realized that, the trick becomes easy and would no longer impress. Even if that's not how it was done.

@David_Last_Name

4 жыл бұрын

It looks like for SOME reason, Isham's phone has "my cocaine" as a commonly used phrase...... lol. #notsuspiciousatall

@paulturtle92

3 жыл бұрын

@@David_Last_Name It's a story Michael Caine told on the Graham Norton Show - when a hostess at a party he attended thought he was a drug dealer because she misheard his name as being "My Cocaine".

Watched Penn and Teller two different times in Vegas. And I watched other Magician acts.... It ain't close Penn and Teller to this day is my favorite one. They just get it

@AntonioGee

4 жыл бұрын

I want to see them perform. To me they are the greatest duo of all time. Their accomplishment of headlining Vegas for over 40 years is crazy!

@magicmanscott40k

4 жыл бұрын

I don't like their tricks, especially if u compare them to classics, but I will admit, they're far more charismatic than most and u can see them care about the audience and every little thing. To care about something, even after 50 plus years of repetition is incredible

@springbloom5940

4 жыл бұрын

@@magicmanscott40k Yeah, they're not that great magicians, but they're entertaining.

@m7mdronaldo7

4 жыл бұрын

@@springbloom5940 i would disagree , watching ''fool us'' , they practically solve most of the tricks which shows that they are great magicians, they just choose to be more entertaining .

@springbloom5940

4 жыл бұрын

@@m7mdronaldo7 That means they're book-smart, not 'magicians'. They'd be the first to tell you the difference. Im not much of a magician, but after a couple months of youtube magic tutorials, I could bust about 80% of the Fool Us acts. Ive even hit some that they've missed; though thats likely because they just didn't want to bust them, or I guessed right on which one of multiple possible methods, that they just passed on.

2:20 “wasn’t that something he moved a long distance” BURNNN 🤣🤣🤣🔥🔥🔥

"And remember, I lie." Just after he says that he hopes we've learned something while knowing he didn't teach us anything. Perfect.

Most people cant see teller in the background doing the invisible ninja trick.

@CyberMew

4 жыл бұрын

Shinkai Atusya did you? I did!

@edgarricardo8257

4 жыл бұрын

maybe cause is invisible ?

@IRVDawg

4 жыл бұрын

*Friggidy fraggles get frigged on Fraggle Rock.*

Penn is looking so healthy these days, glad he's taking care of himself. We need more!

The best part of this video is his experience in watching how audiences react to the tricks. We all love it.

I like how he talks about walking through the crowd you would think they would notice you but they dont. Its a great example of every slight of hand/misdirection trick done. When you are the one doing it, you cant believe the crowd doesnt see you palming the card, or swapping the deck around. Everyones attention is drawn to the water chest full of "blood" so they dont see what you are actually doing. Its the most fun part of magic tricks, card tricks, etc for me. Is knowing how obvious the trick is and being amazed that people keep falling for it.

Actually it is Chris Pratt doing that...he does it on the graham norton show as well.

@magicmanscott40k

4 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah. I forgot about that. I remember him doing it awkwardly. I always liked those kinds of tricks, where u think they're wrong or that's the method and then they hit hit you with another trick. It's fun story telling

@gandalfthegrey7146

4 жыл бұрын

Scott Fillinger that’s what I always do...I’ve got one trick like that...nobody has ever figured it out...it’s pretty genius in my humble opinion lol...

@hasukumori

4 жыл бұрын

Just came to make sure someone gave Chris Pratt his due. I was irritated that Penn didn't do his research.

@gandalfthegrey7146

4 жыл бұрын

Hasu Kumori lol...I don’t think he even knew who Pratt was, seeing as how he kept referring to him as “the actor”...

@DaveDEF82

4 жыл бұрын

You can even see that he does the shuffling. Those are his hands.

The greatest trick is that he is a magician, when magic is only secondary. He is a great communicator. He makes u stop and listen. There can be no misdirection without attention.

@smward87

2 жыл бұрын

Yup that's the whole dynamic of his partnership with Teller. He's 6'6 and talks loudly and often times fastly, meanwhile 5'9 Teller is a mute performer. So all your focus is on the big loud obnoxious oaf (Penn's own words to describe himself during their act) and not the person doing the actual magic, which is of course Teller.

7:20 "oh my goodness" 😂😂😂

“Would you look at that? He moved a long distance.”

I am still impressed by the upsidedown trick, just keeping your arms locked to the desk for that amount of time is impressive

@CanalTremocos

4 жыл бұрын

It's so sad it's a trick you really can only fully enjoy once. I was in awe the first time i saw it.

@amunra4256

2 жыл бұрын

I disagree. I thought it was very obvious that they were actually upside down. It's much more fun to watch knowing this, and multiple viewings doesn't make it less impressive or interesting