Little known fact, Penn is the only one using sleight of hand. Teller is just a real wizard

@dudepool7530

5 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: Teller is actually immortal, and has gone by many names. Such as Merlin

@TheTruePacmanMG

5 жыл бұрын

Interesting tidbit, During his hippie phase Teller turned water to wine but the Romans didn't much like it.

@dbmail545

4 жыл бұрын

I have always suspected that was true.

@eksine

4 жыл бұрын

so basically Penn and teller are either Warlocks or Jesus himself

@Mothman1992

4 жыл бұрын

@@eksine penn is a warlock Teller is his patron

From watching these two, I've learned one thing. When Penn starts juggling something, always look at Teller.

@Nasher1805

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for pointing that out

@Camberwell86

5 жыл бұрын

They're too clever, by the time you look across you've already missed what Teller did and are currently missing what Penn is doing ;)

@general_merten

5 жыл бұрын

@@Camberwell86 Yeah Teller had the sign blade an put it in the fruit before the first cut.

@dudepool7530

5 жыл бұрын

Well yeah, you always look to the master to make sure you're doing well.

@IanSmithKSP

5 жыл бұрын

Penn starts juggling, teller reaches into his pocket and grabs the knife and the razer. He pretends to adjust the knife with his left hand and palms the razer before pretending to adjust the shaving cream and the rag as he hides the razer in the rag. He feels the rag again later to adjust the blades location. While cutting the grapefruit, he feigns that his hands are wet with juice and cleans the knife putting the razer in his right hand again. You can see it pressed against the knife blade with his thumb. Pretending to realign the knife with the original cut, you can see teller stick the razer in there and it almost looks like Conan sees it happen and is fake surprised by the result.

"This is not Juggling! .... This is called 'misdirection'."

@WingedEternitys

4 жыл бұрын

C'mon Grocery Clerks I get that ad a lot. And it fits this. That’s exactly what he did.

@smario34

4 жыл бұрын

let the ad play, first time I've heard Teller's voice... truly magic lol

@megavidaeos

4 жыл бұрын

Meet Your New Instructors

@karachlorophyll2182

4 жыл бұрын

ah i see it now

@WingedEternitys

4 жыл бұрын

TyphoonThaEmcee Yeah.

All 3 haven't aged in 17 years

@MsHojat

5 жыл бұрын

To be honest Penn does look considerably different. For one thing I think he's thinner, but even aside from that he definitely looks significantly older. The other two it's not as noticeable.

@regorf

5 жыл бұрын

@@MsHojat Penn lost a shit ton of weight and really improved his health.

@greyfade

4 жыл бұрын

@@regorf Right after he lost all that weight, it freaked me out. Dude's so thin, I don't know how to react now. He looks good, but goddamn.

@thedaybreakboys4334

4 жыл бұрын

Magic

@jasonredhorn6726

4 жыл бұрын

@@thedaybreakboys4334 magic is the makeup artist son

Teller with the left handed shake at the end cause he was palming a razor blade in the right lol hes a dangerous little dude.

@Ishamv3

5 жыл бұрын

Good find.

@hairycrocs5038

5 жыл бұрын

He’s 5’ 9”. There just unusually tall lmao.

@marcsannicolas4074

5 жыл бұрын

@@hairycrocs5038 5'9" is small

@Chizypuff

5 жыл бұрын

@@marcsannicolas4074 5'9 is 1 inch below average

@marcsannicolas4074

5 жыл бұрын

@@Chizypuff so below average?

so apparently, Conan O’Brien doesn’t age. this was 17 freaking years ago and he looks exactly the same as he does now.

@solomon_shurge

5 жыл бұрын

Hell of a plastic surgeon.

@SterlingWood

5 жыл бұрын

@@solomon_shurge 😂😂😂

@SterlingWood

5 жыл бұрын

Illuminatii

@timq6224

5 жыл бұрын

drinking human blood does wonderful things...

@thecircle8568

5 жыл бұрын

Duh

The absolute titanium testes on Teller to attempt, let alone pull off, this level of sleight of hand with a close up camera shot is simply amazing.

Teller is so good at sleight of hand, that the “razor blade in the glass” trick doesn’t even qualify as a warm up.

"You can see them in the Rio Hotel and Casino July 20th - August 19th." More like you can see them from July 20th until the heat death of the universe.

@augustgreig9420

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure there's new info that suggests there won't be a heat death of the universe.

@sailaab

3 жыл бұрын

August 👍

@trequor

2 жыл бұрын

@@augustgreig9420 ... do you know what that term means?

@augustgreig9420

2 жыл бұрын

@@trequor Yes

@trequor

2 жыл бұрын

@@augustgreig9420 alright what does it mean?

Teller is just so casual about planting the blade on the knife, and inserting the blade into the grapefruit with his initial cut. Everything about his body language says he's just performing ordinary innocuous tasks.

@disassemblyrequired3438

4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, it's a major tell when he initially inserts the knife into the grapefruit to plant the razor blade, wipes the grapefruit to hide his cut a little, and then nonchalantly gives the grapefruit a quarter turn to actually start cutting it in half.

@Cream147player

4 жыл бұрын

@@disassemblyrequired3438 It's a major tell to someone who knows what they're looking for, but to the vast majority of people it'll just go unnoticed. Of course, it highlights one advantage Penn and Teller have by working as a duo - Penn talking is able to distract from what Teller is doing.

@TomBush999

3 жыл бұрын

Totally necessary for you to call that out

@ASCENDANTGAMERSAGE

3 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't have caught that without you pointing it out. I can't ever figure these tricks out even if they tell me what happened so nice to finally see one for once. :)

@rockk9753

3 жыл бұрын

Starcraft is dope

Penn is massive. Conan is 6'4 (193cm) and yet Penn is taller and larger than him

@judecameron9476

6 жыл бұрын

EdoloChannel penn is 6"7

@EdoloChannel

6 жыл бұрын

Ali-A intro absolute unit

@chrisp5529

6 жыл бұрын

Yehh dude especially before losing weight he was larger than life

@krugerstan

5 жыл бұрын

google says its 6'6" and 6'4", which seems to agree with the eyes a bit better.

@jasonjackson5696

5 жыл бұрын

Penn is 6’6” & Conan is 6’4”

1:07 "You usually think of using these to, like, you know..." *gets out his wrist* ...I thought he was going a whooooole different direction just there.

@Th3Siam

5 жыл бұрын

Lol cutting wrists

@jlnbxn

5 жыл бұрын

I think this was the joke.

@CreepX

5 жыл бұрын

That's called misdirection

@dylanmonstrum1538

5 жыл бұрын

@@CreepX no it's not. He wasn't trying to misdirect.

@banjobill8420

5 жыл бұрын

I think the audience knew exactly what he meant that's why he quickly followed that motion with "shaving bits of hair"

I like that, near the end (6:05), Conan tried to shake Teller's *loaded* hand.

@evilplaya6350

5 жыл бұрын

But still Teller won't shake hand with a razor blade in it....

@Schell77

5 жыл бұрын

Good catch!

@thecircle8568

5 жыл бұрын

Duh lol had right hand occupied

@Claude-Eckel

5 жыл бұрын

+Random Person He's expecting to get his right hand, dude, what's your problem? That's how you shake hands: you present your hand and the other dude shakes it with the exact right hand. But obviously not when he's a razor blade palmed in his hand. Stupid!

@agamemnonra7938

5 жыл бұрын

That moment when you are explaining someone how a handshake works :D Maybe "random person" was raised by wolves? It would explain a lot

"That's a familiar sensation isn't it?" xD

@TephulioTX

5 жыл бұрын

I lost it there, such a great act!

@superskellyftw3230

5 жыл бұрын

That line was perfect on multiple levels

@dixierae3442

5 жыл бұрын

Couldn't help but notice there was 251 thumbs up would I be fair to assume they're all men's thumbs.😉

@cloveramv

5 жыл бұрын

Yep I once CUT MY HAND !!

@jerrickmarques8777

5 жыл бұрын

i dont understand

4:58 I swear I heard teller vocalise “it’s gone”

Ok, so Teller obviously lifts the blade from conan's palm as they spray the cream, then places it inside the grapefruit when he goes to wipe it off with the napkin, the juggling and reading of the magic word is all distraction. But I'll be damned if I can see teller actually swipe the blade to start with. Quick bugger.

@evanmulvihill9651

5 жыл бұрын

I think there was a magnet in the shaving cream can. You can see teller removing something off the can

@marc21256

5 жыл бұрын

Watch Teller's right hand. He waits for Penn to spray cream, then starts, the magnets in his can pull the razor blade up. He pulls it off the can with his right hand, then when he uses the knife, the first stab, his thumb is pressing the razor blade against the knife blade. That's how it's moved from Conan's hand to the grapefruit.

@KombatGod

5 жыл бұрын

No the wiping has nothing to do with it: he always keeps the razor in his right hand and only wipes with the left hand. Instead I'm pretty sure he's holding the razor on the side of the knife with his thumb and he pushes it in when making the first puncture. That's also why he makes it at an angle and then pulls the blade out and cuts the fruit at a different angle, and you can see he's no longer holding the knife with his thumb.

@stefstefstef6789

5 жыл бұрын

The razor blade would have been stuck on the knife as he cut it in... hence he pulls the knife out mid-cut to make sure it’s in.

@jonhanson8925

4 жыл бұрын

When I was younger I didn't want to learn how magic tricks work because I didn't want them ruined. But now that I've learned something about magic I feel like I have a whole new appreciation for magicians. Even if you know the theory the execution can still completely sell it.

1. They're all so young. 2. So weird to see this not end in Teller spurting blood.

@TimmahST

5 жыл бұрын

it would have been amazing if they had replaced the razor blade with a blood packet, so when he squeezes, fake blood would have exploded out of his palm xD

@sailaab

3 жыл бұрын

Timmah ST😁😆👍

4:30 Teller's shaving cream cane attracts the razor blade (magnet) 4:36 He (Teller) gets rid of the razor blade

Three Immortals discuss sleight of hand

I can't believe it. I saw Teller reach towards his pocket at a critical moment. The first time I watched this. I have never, ever, caught them doing anything they don't want the audience to see, before. This is also probably the earliest Penn & Teller footage I've ever seen. Great bit. Don't practice sleight of hand this way, that's just a joke. You will slice your hand open.

@Belgand

2 жыл бұрын

I think a lot of people these days don't recall their earliest work where they went in big on gory, shocking special effects.

Penn and Teller show 50% of how the trick works, call themselves ripoff artists, and still manage to amaze me with the trick

@TheArrowedKnee

Жыл бұрын

That's what i love about them specifically, they give you a taste of how it's done, but beacuse it's so well done you just look in awe anyway

Wow. Penn makes Conan look like a normal sized human

@jjmanzano9

4 жыл бұрын

You should go see their Vegas show. Penn and teller will wait outside afterward and take photos. Penn IS super tall and, more amazing, Teller will talk to you!

@Eclectic-Sheep

4 жыл бұрын

@@jjmanzano9 they do that! I gotta go!!!

@sailaab

3 жыл бұрын

yup😊.. one of the first things i noticed

I met these Gentlemen in the Fairlawn Hotel in Calcutta in Feb or March 2000. They were delightful. They had been filming the Indian rope trick and wore traditional Raj attire. As I wear a proper uniform when in the tropics, I offered to buy them a drink. The little fella, a charming man, saluted me and bought everyone in the beergarden a drink. My pith helmet was a Korean plastic thing that I had bought in Kanchanaburi for 2 dollars, but these gentlemen had acquired their hats from the BBC, apparently last used by Michael Palin in Ripping Yarns. Happy Days!

@random-zb7fp

Жыл бұрын

Wow what a memory to.keep

The real trick is Conan's lack of aging.

@boskee

2 жыл бұрын

The power of makeup

@joshuafult84

2 жыл бұрын

he has aged obviously unless your blind

@Rlyeh_The_Dead

2 жыл бұрын

@@joshuafult84 you're*

Penn, Teller, and Conan are an amazing comedy team, they bounce off of each other really well XD

"SQUEEZE!" "NO!" "SQUEEZE"

5:05 - notice the thumb position on the blade, then at 5:26 - the first puncture is where the razor will be and the next cut is nowhere near the first stab. I love Penn and Teller so much, and love spending time watching your tricks for practice.

@Gronkle123

5 жыл бұрын

It's so cocky that they do most of the sl6of hand in plain sight. Love it

@DigiBullet23

4 жыл бұрын

also he but it in half with the second cut starting at 12and going all the way around the clock ion a diff angle then the first puncture...but hes smart and flips it over like completing the half cut but does a full cut

"I don't know how to feed a horse." David Letterman's plan was hatched that day

@sailaab

3 жыл бұрын

I somewhat know the reference.. even though i am not from the West!

Teller had the razor btw his thumb and the knife. He pushed the blade in with his thumb on the initial cut. When he made the next perpendicular cut it pushed the blade into the center. Turning the fruit perpendicular again made the next cut appear to be a fresh cut into the center. Still amazing.

4:47 what Penn says and it cutting to Conan's reaction had me in STITCHES.

@daveed467

4 жыл бұрын

I dont get it :/

@nicrobe9443

4 жыл бұрын

@@daveed467 It's a masturbation joke. SQUEEZE! SQUEEZE! SQUEEZE! *Squish* *Cream all over hand*

The old timey baseball bit was by far my favorite Conan segment I've seen. Love your profile pic!

I can never get enough of Penn and Teller. They are seriously the best entertainers, I would say, of this generation and the last.

@tungmiyaynusnbahls8936

2 жыл бұрын

Well that’s simply a fucking absurd statement.

Did this just magically pop into everyone else’s recommend?

@robertharrison8286

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@HOTD108_

3 жыл бұрын

Not everyone, only people who have been watching Penn and Teller videos.

@iamapokerface8992

3 жыл бұрын

cringe stfu

Teller's natural miming makes this pair the crème de la crème of magicians... 😋

@sailaab

3 жыл бұрын

👍

Penn's wrist cutting joke was killer, no matter how you slice it.

4:58 Teller breaks character and _speaks!!_

@smward87

2 жыл бұрын

He talks all the time during acts, just never loud enough for the audience to hear.

Penn's stage presence makes it so much easier for Teller to do his thing.

@smward87

2 жыл бұрын

Penn will be the first one to tell you that Teller is the actual magician of the duo. His entire role is basically to be the distraction/assistant. Now obviously he does tricks himself, but he's said time and time again that when it comes to actual skill, he's a novice compared to Teller.

GREAT performance by Penn & Teller. Lots of respect. :)

I waited on these two many, many times in D.C. at the Old Ebbitt..... They were absolutely delightful to serve.

magnet on the shaving cream can removed it from his hand then teller takes it and sticks it to the knife and deposits the razor on the first puncture of the grapefruit then cuts it open to reveal the blade. lol love these guys

@4:36 teller takes the blade out of the magnetic can in his right hand @5:28, the first two cuts are just to insert the blade inside the fruit or else those cuts were not required to open the fruit. Also it was at right angle perpendicular to that of what fruit was half cut open.

Why is everyone commenting "2 months before 9/11?" Yeah, we were alive and living our normal lives. It has nothing to do with this video.

@artmeatj6620

5 жыл бұрын

Ron Happold jeez lighten up will ya

@HartyBiker

5 жыл бұрын

9/11? Reminds me of that tragedy

@doctorsuave

5 жыл бұрын

LoneW0lf11 don’t laugh at 9/11 Adam

@Whoknowsuknow

5 жыл бұрын

Amethyst Jean 7/11 in American date format would be two months AFTER 9/11, which is normally written as 11/9

@ROGER2095

5 жыл бұрын

Because for most Americans, 9/11 was a dividing line in our lives.

@4:58 you can hear teller say "It's Gone"

@tewstronge9173

5 жыл бұрын

No you can only see him

@davilathegreat

5 жыл бұрын

It's because he lost the blood pack Conan was supposed to squeeze for the surprise end. Works better if you just see the act, but that's what you missed.

@brokenwave6125

4 жыл бұрын

No, you can't. And based on his lips he definitely doesn't say "its gone"

@BlastinRope

4 жыл бұрын

If you fucks want me to watch something, link 3 seconds before it happens

@well_as_an_expert_id_say

4 жыл бұрын

@@BlastinRope L

5:16 - One of my all time e-liquid favorites.

@xelavon2719

4 жыл бұрын

Bro can I hit your juul? Dude just the tiniest of hits. Please bro I'm fiendin

I think the way they made the blade “disappear” was they put a magnet inside tellers shaving cream spray bottle if you notice he picks something up from the tip after they finish spraying Connans hand, then when pen starts juggling you can see teller taking a knife out of his right pocket and attach the razor blade to the knifes end, then when he begins to cut notice that he takes a deep cut takes out without the razor blade and continues cutting, at least that’s what it looks like to me

@CMKloser

4 жыл бұрын

Ye, look how carefully teller places the razerblade off his hand to the side, then he pushes the bottle against his hand when he sprays. All he had to do then was push it along the side of the knife as he cut.

One could mistakenly assume that Teller is a dwarf by watching this footage.

Little known fact that a similar trick would be used and broadcasted on tv just 2 months later.

I love watching close, and it's all right there, like Penn and teller say in there show. But marvelous job

6:05 why does Teller shake Conan's hand with his left hand? Because he's palming the razor blade with the right hand ;)

“This is not juggling, this is called misdirection!” -Penn

Back when I watched TV. These were great times

Great video

Teller's can has a magnet, the can grabs the razor blade and you can see Teller take it from the can and save it to his right pocket. No matter what grapefruit is chosen, the razor is on Teller's knife (which is also a magnet. The first this Teller does is to stab the grapefruit, inserting the razor blade, then he proceeds to cut the fruit like it should be.

Notice that Teller and Conan haven’t aged a day, yet poor old Penn...

just incredible

Thank you for the upload Conan Fanatic! Feel free to throw a dub my way I'll be uploading my very own magic routines in the not so distant future ...

My favorite magicians and my favorite comedian together.

Teller really is good at palming, but he’s also an amazing and maybe even better actor

Conan's come a long way from his days hosting the O'Brien Variety Hour.

Conan's scream when he's closing his hand was priceless.

Magnetic spray can to lift the blade from Conan’s hand. Keep your eye on teller you’ll see him remove it from the can , then keep your eye on him when pen is juggling he presses the the razor flat to the blade of the knife and on the first incision he squeezes the fruit to keep the razor blade in there when he pulls the knife out

@babyblue1194

2 жыл бұрын

The best thing about the great magicians, is even knowing how it’s done you are still amazed at how it is done. You are still captivated by the performance. It is so clean you are amazed at the magic of it all.

“Arteest.... artEEST” >internal Conan< *kill me*

I love these guys

4:30 if you notice , Penn was the 1st that put cream on Conan's hand, and Teller for some reason reached with his cream bottle too near Conan's hand. As soon as Penn's cream covered Conan's hand, Teller used his device on his hand (probably has a magnet or something) to grab the razor blade and hide it in his pocket (4:36). Notice how he shakes the top of his bottle for no reason, probably to clean the razor blade so it doesnt leave any traces when it goes to his pocket

Teller used slight of hand the entire time. Different visual tricks, very similar techniques

They probably made us too smart after so many seasons of Fool Us and hinting how tricks are done, you can follow very easily each of Teller moves during this presentation.

@Belgand

2 жыл бұрын

Which was their ultimate trick all along: making people care more about the skill and talent required for magic instead of just viewing it as a simple trick that's easy once you know how to perform it.

@rakninja

2 жыл бұрын

my first watch through, i played the mark. it's very easy to get wrapped up in penn's misdirection and conan's reactions, allowing teller to slip some very obvious moves past me. i then watched it again never taking my eyes off of teller. despite the moves being obvious, he made them look inconspicuous and natural. then again, after so many years of watching the boys, it's hard not to pick up on the usual way teller hides his moves. for example, any time he turns his profile to the camera, you can be sure he's reaching into his coat pocket, on the side facing away from the camera (generally, his right.)

@orangenostril

Жыл бұрын

They explain the core of it at the beginning of the video lol, that's just how they roll

Without doubt my most respected magicians

The subtle wrist slitting motion before saying shaving was a good one lol

Loved that David Blaine jab. xD

@DrVonNostrand

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't understand it?

Conan is the only late show host to not be boring or go for the easy laugh with politics. He even makes himself the butt of the joke most the time soemthing you dont ever see

Brilliant guys. All 3.

I love Penn & Teller

"when you dont talk the audience will tell the story"

“That’s a familiar sensation” 😂😂😂

Back when Conan and NBC still loved each other.

that was pretty good!!

"Conan, everyone has one of those"

These three should have some type of show, they're perfect together.

@brokenwave6125

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah...just remove Conan and you'd have a great team

I’m almost 40, and I still love magic as much as I did as a 7 year old

All I can think about is that this was broadcasted exactly 2 months before the US truly changed for the worst.

I'd say there's a magnet on Teller's shaving cream can which catches the razor blade. He then palms the blade and holds in against the knife blade while making the first cut which inserts the blade into fruit. Then he turna the fruit to make the final cross section which reveals the blade he just inserted.

@scribe570

5 жыл бұрын

Feel better getting to be a big shot exposing magic tricks? To what purpose?

@E2O10

5 жыл бұрын

scribe570 feel better being a condescending douche? xD This is what has driven human innovation, the need to figure out how things work..

When Penn was juggling , Teller took the razor blade and palmed it. When Penn handed the grapefruit to Teller, he put the razor blade into the grapefruit through the partially peeled flesh. The reasoning for all the shaving foam is so Teller could do this and no one would notice the partially peeled flesh of the grapefruit as easily as they would if he didn't have it covered in foam.

this is the most elaborated sponsor I've seen.

I was but a few months old when this came out. Damn.

1:52 when your drunk uncle says you're cute

7-11 is a part-time job.

@sailaab

3 жыл бұрын

¿meaning?

I hope nothing bad happens in exactly two months after the airdate of this

Magnet on shaving cream can teller is holding. Presses razor against knife blade and pushes it into grapefruit during 1st cut. Turns grapefruit 90° then cuts it in half with 1st cut towards the palm.

Can't believe Conan didn't catch Penn's wrist cutting joke at the beginning

"This is Halloween gone wrong." Uh, I know, right? What kind of sicko would give out grapefruits on Halloween? I mean, they're only _marginally_ in season at the end of October.

love love teller

I'm happy that I caught teller pulling a blade out of his pocket with his little fingers during the four razors bit

Conan "This is my time. Never speak during my time" O'Brien

This is great! I wonder what crazy and whacky tricks Penn & Teller will be doing exactly two months after this aired

@jacksonsmith2955

2 жыл бұрын

context?

@prof298

2 жыл бұрын

They made the Twin Towers disappear

Teller grabbed the razor from Conan's hand. He attached the razor into that special blade when Penn was juggling and then stabbed the grapefruit with the blade-razor. There is a release button that releases the razor into the grapefruit when inside. And then he changed the orientation of grapefruit and started to cut.

2 months later and boom goes the dynamite

1:47 lmao 😂

4:02 conan's hands

@CLOSE1RocketLeague

5 жыл бұрын

Ok...

I think when he makes the first slice, you can see him push in the razor blade with his thumb 5:27 and then he sort of makes a half-cut. That's him pushing the blade to the middle of the grapefruit. Then he rotates it and starts cutting from a different side. Edit: Also when Penn is juggling, you can see Teller position the blade onto the knife

4:58 Teller said "it gone"😲That was a magic Moment