The reason they did this was, back in the 90s magicians kept doing the same old magic tricks over and over again, never coming up with anything original. They decided that if they revealed the secrets behind the tricks it would force magicians to come up with new ones.

@rich1051414

5 жыл бұрын

@Show100prd Penn Jillette was friends with the masked magician(Valentino), but there's actually many of them, like 'anonymous'. They are a 'club' to demystify magic so people appreciate it for what it is, illusions, and to revitalize the art by encouraging the ingenuity of the next generation. It is the whole reason for their TV show fool us. Sometimes knowing how the trick is done leads to the trick being more impressive than if you didn't know at all.

@rich1051414

5 жыл бұрын

@Show100prd Chill dude. What is wrong with you? I had no idea what you did or didn't know. All you said was one line... The you lecture ME about how it is rude to lecture. Fuck yourself dude.

@flavafave8292

5 жыл бұрын

Richard Smith idk who your taking to man ahah ....nah but I’m sure you scared him away show100prd u a pansy!!!

@GinjouArmy

5 жыл бұрын

A true FORCE. If ya know what I mean.

@hummingbirdcake1902

5 жыл бұрын

@@rich1051414 They were probably a troll since I see they either deleted their account or comments

I loved the fact that Penn had to really lift his lanky legs and teller had to have someone stop his tiny body on the Zipline xD

@jrcumzxd

4 жыл бұрын

He's 5'9 He's not that short lol

@rafaelmattos1179

4 жыл бұрын

@@jrcumzxd Penn that is 2 meters high hahah

@jrcumzxd

4 жыл бұрын

@@rafaelmattos1179 seriously lol, anyone that stands next to him looks short if he isn't a NBA player

@flogoph13

4 жыл бұрын

jrcumzxd Lmao Yup he’s a big fella, Teller is actually a normal average size for a man! But when they did the “Shaq and Teller” VS. Penn show, Shaq made him look “normal” for once and made Teller look bite size! Bahahahaha 🤣

@ronaldstanford5601

4 жыл бұрын

Penn is 6’6

Teller had slowed down a lot, and that's understandable. But seeing him not using the fake legs in the first trick, and being on a trapeze catching things from a bear trap is just crazy.

@837301

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah he sure was a little more spry 26 years ago.

@OhioRiverFisherman

4 жыл бұрын

He's so good!!!

@mikedrop4421

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah but for a guy in his 70s I'd say it's not bad

@LeafHasLeft

3 жыл бұрын

He still catches things from the bear trap also they just updated liftoff to love to make it easier on both of them

Teller is perfect. I love how he uses facial expressions to add to all their shows. It wouldn't be the same without him.

@guykiernan537

3 жыл бұрын

@Chris P Bacon nope. It would just be P. 😂😂😂

I tried this trick at home and killed 14 people

@NobleAss

5 жыл бұрын

That's hell of a big family you have got sir. Had*

@nmarrs8539

4 жыл бұрын

Just 14? Whatever girl.

@SultanFriendlyGuest

4 жыл бұрын

You haven't read the title of the show, did ya? Rooky mistake

@heatshield

4 жыл бұрын

the marshmallows one?

@xcutionunknown9634

4 жыл бұрын

*Rooky* mistake huh....

Most of this is magic. The bee act? That takes balls.

@DJBaffler

4 жыл бұрын

fake bees

@837301

4 жыл бұрын

Bees are non aggressive unlike wasps. They probably got stung once or twice each.

@DJBaffler

4 жыл бұрын

Still fake bees. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingless_bee

@thejoker7902

4 жыл бұрын

@@DJBaffler A stinglesa bee is still a bee.

@DJBaffler

4 жыл бұрын

not really

Is nobody going to bring up the fact Teller made a ham and cheese sandwich with peanut butter? That's the most shocking part of the routine!

@randomness3611

5 жыл бұрын

and he still does that :3

@loganfisher3138

4 жыл бұрын

Are you sure it was peanut butter? It could have been a jar of mustard, which would make far more sense.

@toddtrisdale1850

4 жыл бұрын

@@loganfisher3138 That... that was pretty clearly peanut butter... idk what kinda mustard you're eating :s

@loganfisher3138

4 жыл бұрын

@@toddtrisdale1850 I agree that it definitely looks more like peanut butter, but the video quality isn't very good, mustard would make far more sense for this sandwich, and there are certainly some dark and thick jarred mustards out there.

@secretSociety40

4 жыл бұрын

It's peanut butter, I've seen multiple versions of them doing that routine, it's actually not a bad combo, same concept as cheese crackers with peanut butter, not sure how the extra stuff would be with it,. Google it. Grilled cheese & peanut butter.

I feel like the whole fire eating sexual euphemism thing kind of flew over the audiences head. Nobody reacted to his fire going out and her having to re-light it. Got a chuckle from me at least.

@Nate-bd8fg

4 жыл бұрын

Like when they laid down all slouched on the couch? C'mon!

@markd2797

4 жыл бұрын

I don't get it. Could you (or anyone reading this) explain?

@GarudaPSN

4 жыл бұрын

@@markd2797 The act is a funny sexual/romantic metaphor/play. Penn serves them "drinks", they look at each other lovingly as he goes down on a stick of Fire, then hands her her own. 19:34 they're both lit up together, and they start getting closer and closer. 19:52 she swallows the fire, seductively, and they both lay back on the couch, "tired". Then they go again, and even lick lips at each other. This is the funny part, at 20:34, his flame goes out, but hers doesn't, indicating Penn is done at this point, but she's still up for more, so she relights his fire forcefully. And again! After that it's pretty much setting up for the final cigarette trick, which specially during the 90s, "a cigarette after sex" was very popular imagery. And so the act/trick is complete :)

@markd2797

4 жыл бұрын

​@@GarudaPSN Thank you so so much for the detailed explanation. I hope you're doing well during this period of quarantine.

@GarudaPSN

4 жыл бұрын

@@markd2797 Sure thing! that's what got me on a Penn n Teller spree xD

Teller used to teach high school. His students probably had no idea how lucky they were.

@ThaCyNiQ

3 жыл бұрын

You can tell he was a teacher, he looks like he was born old.

@bravemeisterr

3 жыл бұрын

His students are probably dead by now

@benmcfee

3 жыл бұрын

@@bravemeisterr Wow! Grab a flashlight, kids; we're going to some dark places today.... Hey, Kids? Kids?? KIDS!!!

Oh my god a whole audience of 900 is doing a trick like it's the most inane thing ever and I'm sitting here dumbfounded. What is happening.

@Potacintvervs

7 жыл бұрын

Willem Maas fake thumb tip

@loodlebop

7 жыл бұрын

Willem Maas tissue stuffed in plastic thumb cover

@mooviies

6 жыл бұрын

it's harder to see with the low quality of the video footage of that time. They did the same thing in fool us and you can clearly see the fake plastic thumb on most of the audience.

@vely4412

4 жыл бұрын

It’s not fake because he never puts thumb in whole to put on and off

@Youtube.Commen-tater

3 жыл бұрын

VelyMania Yes you're wrong

That blast off song is a treat everytime

@Puppy_Puppington

3 жыл бұрын

sandra doyle shits hilarious

@samtinkle9076

3 жыл бұрын

B L A S T O F F

@PirateCommander

2 жыл бұрын

Bets you didn't watch it only once ?

I just love the fact that they brought 900 thumb tips and hankies to this show...what a gift!

@Torskekusken

9 жыл бұрын

😱

this is a quarter of a century old

@BigStrongSon

7 жыл бұрын

Now I feel old as fuck.

@Dougyy

7 жыл бұрын

this version of penn looks like dwight howard from the office

@kibbleracingteamturbor6335

6 жыл бұрын

seth panders 2018

@jackmccullough9848

6 жыл бұрын

almost a third

@MayfieldArchival

4 жыл бұрын

consistency 14 Why are you so miserable

I wonder if they set any kinda record for most people doing the same magic trick at once with that opening. lol

They could have swapped out Victoria for a log in a blue dress and a blonde wig and no one would notice the difference.

@yaosio

8 жыл бұрын

AnOtherChoosenOne She's absolutely crazy now. She ran for a commissioner seat in my county.

@necronsplayer

8 жыл бұрын

AnOtherChoosenOne what makes you think they didn't? :U

@DeathTheKid2100

8 жыл бұрын

+AnOtherChoosenOne I'd notice, it wouldn't be as loud and annoying.

@JoeServo

8 жыл бұрын

+AnOtherChoosenOne Margaret Lanterman would notice!

@cullinaaronkress

4 жыл бұрын

I'd have still hit it.

the first 4 years of the 90s were basically the 80s

@pryt86

10 жыл бұрын

agreed

@thetman0068

5 жыл бұрын

First three years of the 2000s were basically the 90s DLC expansion pack.

@sussurus

5 жыл бұрын

Wow isn't it crazy that cultures don't just magically transform on cue as we enter the next decade.

@stevem.o.1185

4 жыл бұрын

The last twenty years were still basically the back end of the nineties

@muffinman5741

4 жыл бұрын

@@thetman0068 meanwhile the 2010's started pretty much in 2011

Lmao when they just started destroying the tables

@TheMartinbomber

3 жыл бұрын

Link or it didn't happen

@theblackbaron4119

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMartinbomber watch the video. It is in the opening, do you have ADHD or something.

@TheMartinbomber

3 жыл бұрын

@@theblackbaron4119 yes I have A Dick that Hangs Down

Could that lady be any worse of an actor? Holy fuck.

I watched this back in the early 90s one night that I stayed around my nan and gramp's house. I can still remember the night vividly and makes me miss my nan dearly. Rest easy nan. It's also the night I became hooked on P&T :P

@gamernick1533

4 жыл бұрын

Since posting this my gramp died too, pretty shitty year but still happy memories of perfect evenings at the grandparent's house :)

@harmonyquinn2557

4 жыл бұрын

Gamer Nick I’m really sorry to hear that. My condolences. Did they watch it with you?

Penn gives an intense WWE promo to his rivals

Man Teller's voice is soothing

I love that the entire fire eating bit was... I can't think of a word or phrase... A visual euphemism? Ah whatever, they were fucking.

@erickt1974

8 жыл бұрын

+logandh2 Yep.

@Jcolinsol

8 жыл бұрын

+logandh2 The funny thing is that Teller talked on his blog about Penn teaching him fire eating, and doing this exact routine together.

@chapterblaq

8 жыл бұрын

yeah its a little too much lol

@chapterblaq

8 жыл бұрын

yeah its a little too much lol

@shelbytull2281

8 жыл бұрын

It was porn

I've watched many Penn videos but Teller is just phenomenal he makes the show with no words. This guy would dominate silent movies and still feel ready to take on more

this shit is so good man. i love penn and teller. its hard to believe this is almost 30 years old. Almost.

@georgecostanzafromseinfeld7485

4 жыл бұрын

One year left bud.

@rootabeta9015

4 жыл бұрын

Say again?

@harmonyquinn2557

4 жыл бұрын

2020!

@michaelgourvitch5323

3 жыл бұрын

We did it boys!!!

0:00- Intro 0:33-It’s All Done With Mirrors 2:40- The National Magic Trick 4:14- Blast-Off! 8:25- Victoria Johnson/The Truck 13:15- Everything is Fake! 17:15- A Hot Date 23:10- King of Animal Traps 31:19- Producing Bees from “Empty” 34:55- Mending Ribbons and Dental Floss 42:00- The Truck Trick/Make Your Bets! 47:26- Don’t Try This at Home!/Credits

Fucking epic entrance with the mirrors and zip lines. That should be their entrance on every episode of Fool Us. But, they are probably too damn old for the zip lines now.

I was at the filming of the truck running over Teller and the most shocking part of the the night was Teller speaking during the setup. I have seen him speak since then but at the time I wasn’t sure he could speak.

@0623kaboom

3 жыл бұрын

the truck was pretty easy ... if you look when they do the shot from the back look at the middle of the tires at the rear ... there i no gap ... yet the otherside has a gap ... the tires on the truck that were to run over Teller were arctic soft tread tires ... designed to NOT CRUSH stuff under them but support heavy loads ... that is why no gap .. the weight is dispersed more broadly thus reducing the weight on teller ... all he had to do was inhale and keep his chest puffed out ...

Did he just really draw out the same trick for ten minutes with a beautiful woman

@eduardopupucon

4 жыл бұрын

it's more of a perfomance rather than a trick

@scarletthread4921

4 жыл бұрын

Yup

@maximmillions

4 жыл бұрын

Actually a brilliant scene

I'm not usually into magic shows, but I absolutely love these guys. They know how to put on an entertaining performance.

That introfuction with glass shattering was really neat. I loved it!

1:45 You can hear some clapping, someone noticed.

35:24 The 1990's summed up in 2 names

That bee act really brought up my anxiety levels jesus christ.

@Fancyfinn99

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah seriously. Why bees?!

@SkyButt3r

3 жыл бұрын

Squishosaurus nothing wrong with bees. They’re soft little angels

that fire model thougg

@rays5163

5 жыл бұрын

apparently she got a tumor, became a hunch back and gained 70 pounds which forced her to quit modeling and she went on to start a successful pet product company. i looked her up though and found a 2 year old interview and she still looked pretty fine in it. carol perkins

Wonderful. Fire eating scene was beautiful, almost moved me to tears.

@leancassady2

9 жыл бұрын

I was also impressed, with few elements, the set, music and choregraphy create a very powerful atmosphere

@richardxwhipsnchainsx2110

4 жыл бұрын

Gave me a boner

hmm at 19:19 the glass is half full but then magically becomes full again. They really are good magicians!

@SuitableFish

9 жыл бұрын

No, they're optimists.

@Torskekusken

9 жыл бұрын

No shit! ;)

@trickysnacks

9 жыл бұрын

Eddie Marz NICE

@Dougal-Mcguire

9 жыл бұрын

Eddie Marz was a shit part to the show as well i thought. was boring and in no way interesting.

@ImpendingJoker

9 жыл бұрын

Eddie Marz I was in no way looking at the glasses.

I would give anything to see these guys live. They don't seem to come to the UK often though.

@koorssgamer

4 жыл бұрын

@Chris P Bacon this is what happens when they give a theater your name

Also, seeing their animal trap routine evolve over the last decade or two is truly an inspiration to any future magicians. If you find something that creates surprise, suspense and applause, you've got something unique, and that'll give you motivation to keep it that way

I regret wearing earphones

The 90's, when television events were worth watching

Love Teller. He so the best

The moment they showed the truck I thought “fake tire”, great show I’m just really proud that I knew that right away, I wonder if anyone was fooled?

wow... they gave a great door gift right at the beginning and taught the how to do it!

15:45 - OH NO NOT THE MARSHMALLOWS NOT THE MARSHMALLOWS OOOOOOH THEY'RE IN MY EYES OOOOHHH AAWWWALWH

What a cool find! *I love Penn & Teller!!* I've seen lots of their shows but I've never seen this episode before. Brings me back to my childhood, growing up in the good ol' 1990s, when this type of entertainment still existed, and when cable TV was still good. Haha!

I miss the 90s.

@freeizzy8395

4 жыл бұрын

I couldn't watch this in the 90s. Bum ass internet.

the myth busters of the 90's

Anybody else spot the guy in a white shirt and tie tasting tellers fake blood at 16:25?

Wait a minute. I'm in love with Jane. She's always so cool. I forgot how much she kicks ass. Cleanest lobes in the biz.

Now that's what I call a hot date.

Spoiler alert: Teller survives.

@omegafoxxtrot7248

6 жыл бұрын

Oh good, I was wondering how they would get three seasons of a TV special out of a corpse for the CW.

@vichsandler9521

6 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks for ruining it, dick P.s. calm down it’s a joke

Somehow Teller reminds me a lot of Art Garfunkel

@---cr8nw

6 жыл бұрын

It's the fivehead.

@wlassiter2000

6 жыл бұрын

I’ve always thought that!

@slonk420

5 жыл бұрын

It's probably his hair, I've been thinking about this a lot as well.

@dissonanceofcircles5451

4 жыл бұрын

Gotta be the same person.

@justinhamilton8647

4 жыл бұрын

I always thought he reminded me of Paul Simon, and Penn of Art. Simply because of the height similarities :p

Teller looks so young

Teller so cute

This is soooo 90s, thank you lord for this bounty.

I'm from Chile and here we have never heard of this duo... Right now i'm on a marathoning every Penn & Teller I find here in youtube. These guys are amazing! Their shows are timeless! But somehow I feel bad for being 25 years late for the show

thank you SO much for uploading this. this was my introduction to P&T, which my mom showed me when i was young.

@JoeServo

9 жыл бұрын

TMA2 You're welcome!

Man I love these guys... that scene with Penn and the lovely woman doing the fire stuff, just so good.

This is one of my favorite show. I watch this so much I think I have everything memorized.

ive watched this a few times in my lifetime.. i keep watching it again and again because its a good show

Thanks for the upload, this is great!

@JoeServo

8 жыл бұрын

+Cole Trickle Glad I could provide! Thanks for checking it out!

This is what got me hooked on Penn & Teller

I remember seeing this when it came out... Loved it then, and I still do.

Im just watching these old shows bc of the quarantine

immediately guessed the Truck trick. I was a little surprised when they had 3 instead of only 1 tier running over him though.

sFor those wondering, it was first on NBC. Hence Victoria Jackson.

Ok the fire breathing act was finally an example of Penn’s carnie training in action, that I haven’t seen before. Excellent.

I've watched this video 25 years after it was made and still I saw stuff I've never seen before in my life. I'm totally amazed. And I consider myself a big fan of magicians and illusionists. Penn and Teller are geniuses.

wow 1990 I feel old, I mean really old....

It's crazy to think that there are people who were in that audience that are dead now

i remember watching this years ago and was completly blown away by penn and teller and the next couple years of their magic

This first trick is the one I most vividly remember from my childhood and I've only seen it once. Been trying to find it online for years with no luck so thanks for uploading this

@RENTnerd87

4 жыл бұрын

They did it on an episode of Muppets Tonight. It was one of the later episodes that aired on Disney Channel after ABC cancelled it

Why is nobody talking about the million bees act? The monologue is comedic and so is the performance.

That was the hottest magic trick I've ever seen.

I remember watching this is a child and was fascinated by these two. Especially where Teller produces the bees etc. I would give anything to see them live.

this was awesome. UPLOAD MORE!!! Penn and Teller are one of the best acts ever!

So, after watching this I can't help but think if they were to do this special today it would be more or less exactly the same, on a somewhat larger budget, but there's no way in hell Victoria Jackson would have been there. For a multitude of reasons. That'd be the only real difference.

@CriswellKOL

9 жыл бұрын

That's very likely true. Their more recent incarnation of Lift Off/Rip Off shows that it has been upgraded in budget.

@amberhenson1920

5 жыл бұрын

I actually think that this special has the best version performed of Lift-Off/rip-off because Penn is more in sync with the music, all the other performances of this trick, that I've seen, doesn't seem like it's performed as well, It seems a bit rushed

Teller: *throws a truck on a table* Oh shit, this one's styrofoam. *scratches head* *waits a little* *turns around and leaves*

I remember this the first time round, a great show, I used to watch it every week

Coming back to this after lift off got retired. Always gonna be my favorite trick.

19:20 I think they did a cut here cause the fluid in the left glass is completely different when they change cameras. Bugs me

@AbbsJr

8 жыл бұрын

+David Richmond it's possible the tray was rotated so the fuller glassed switched places with the other

@AbbsJr

8 жыл бұрын

+AbbsJr without a camera cut

@nuckelheddjones6502

8 жыл бұрын

+David Richmond I see that too. That is strange. It is full when they switch back as well. I wonder if they did a composite cut from another nights performance or filmed before the show and dubbed in the audience applause.

@harmonyquinn2557

4 жыл бұрын

Nuckelhedd Jones someone else commented it’s a different clip from like 18:59 - 19:19 roughly. You can tell also by the curtain change right behind him. That pink curtain is folded out at the edge during the clip and then it goes straight

Teller is kind of an ironic name. ive never heard him speak

@Xarphor

4 жыл бұрын

He has such a nice voice ngl, nice and deep

@ferirogasperon2169

3 жыл бұрын

See their trailer at Masterclass

@taylorgreen9929

3 жыл бұрын

Teller? I hardly know 'er!

That fireshow was just amazingly beautiful. It told a story. Fantastic!

this is great! thanks for the upload

What's up with the super long black screens between cuts?

@MagisterMalleus

9 жыл бұрын

Ad breaks I think

@TheMetalAllfather

6 жыл бұрын

This originally aired on NBC in 1990, then was released on VHS in 1992. The black cuts are commercial breaks they edited out for the home video release.

Many thanks for this upload! Nice to see how they did some of these acts all the way back in 1990. I saw them 7 years or so ago in Vegas and they are great performers, lots of interesting gimmicks too that intrigue the nosy observer from the moment you see the stage. The tune they play during the bodyparts in boxes act though, it get's annoying after two minutes, let alone decades of shows. Give some young talent a chance and make something better :P

Wow, Teller looked amazing in that dress for the fire eating scene 🔥

Great show, thanks for uploading it.

Holy shit its been almost 25 years!! And These's kick ass motherfuckers haven't aged a bit!! AWESOME!!! :D

@BartCWB1

9 жыл бұрын

Penn did gain a little weight though

@CrunkKrow

9 жыл бұрын

lmao

@JoeServo

9 жыл бұрын

Bart Eikens Hahaha! He is starting to lose some again, at least at the time of this comment.

@demontweeker3429

9 жыл бұрын

Everyone sees it differently I guess. I was actually thinking how much younger they look! Sorry to be disagreeable!

@elinlloyd2792

9 жыл бұрын

Doug Hi we all age

To everyone complaining about the magic , just enjoy the show its not just magic it’s also genius comedy

this is amazing. they're amazing. when they crushed the tables, wow.

Man... the 90s was a weird decade

6:24 Matt Damon, before he was famous ;)

the doors - moonlight drive, comes to my head at 16:50

@ericthatsme

4 жыл бұрын

MarathonInfinityHalo YES! Was also thinking Erik Satie.

The music is supremely 90s sounding. The nostalgia is unreal.

still doing the same sets today and they're only better now. Those guys are geniuses.

I knew the tires were fake!! Do I get a donut version of Teller?

@WarPede

7 жыл бұрын

LinXx what would you do with a donut teller?

I bet they did the truck trick with flex tape

@AirConditioner_xelA

4 жыл бұрын

No

Holy crap this was 23 years ago..... I feel old now.

Very high quality, thanks!

@Torskekusken

9 жыл бұрын

YEAH!!!!$€$€$£$€$£$#$$£€£•€?