Teller nearly SHOCKED by dangerous juggling duo, The Passing Zone, on Penn & Teller: Fool Us!
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- Jon and Owen of The Passing Zone join Penn & Teller on their hit show "Penn & Teller: Fool Us!" and perform a dangerous magic and juggling trick!
Them: *"We're going to put Teller in danger"*
Teller: 😃
Because nothing in magic is ever truly dangerous, if it's dangerous then it isn't magic.
@@xbon1 there are magic danger acts bro
@@shirohemoth1946 doesn't. 0% chance. you'd have to not be a real magician if you can't pull off your tricks all the time.
Lol
@@snacku5706 Yes and those acts are supposed to look and feel dangerous without actually being dangerous. Penn said himself: it would be unethical to perform magic that is genuinely dangerous.
I like how Teller hears "danger on stage" and he just RUNS to the stage...Teller is fearless.
Maniacally smiling as well! xD
He knows he’s not in any real danger. He’s excited to see the effect up close.
He's been a stage magician for decades. He's used to that sort of thing.
@@RareCandyRehab What are the jugglers throwing around then if it's not dangerous to lie there?
I mean they know what they're doing and all, but couldn't they still and drop one of the items?
@@lernenmitfrauweisenberger9130 yes but the chances are small, the items arent heavy enough to hurt much, and they gave him the safety glasses just in case.
the stun gun is fake, so the most dangerous outcome would be getting a rat trap dropped on his cheek or similar. Not pleasant at all but hardly lethal.
Teller’s manic grin as they juggle dangerous objects over his face is the real magic, here!
He just can't be fazed
They're not actually dangerous.
if they were actually dangerous, they wouldn't have allowed the act.
@@alexhalfner8837 says me. Every competitor has to reveal their act to the backstage judge before the act. And Penn and Teller worth millions of dollars in revenues. Do you really think the producers would allow putting such assets in danger?
@@Harry351ify relatively minor danger, yes. The stun gun will just hurt a little, the rat traps will leave a bruise at worst, and the kerosene torch is borderline harmless
Penn seems to be suggesting that they somehow switched the trap with another one. That's honestly more impressive than catching the card.
Alexander F he was just testing him. They didn’t switch it. It’s something they created. You can see after he jumps over him he bumped the bottom of the mouse trap on his leg and it releases the card from within in
So in magic, a rat trap is a code for having someone hidden somewhere in the act, under the table in this case. When teller picks a card they say it out loud, there person in the table places that exact card from a separate deck into the compartment in the baton. The juggler bumps the baton on his waist to activate that compartment. Penn knows there is someone hiding in the table helping and so asks if he can inspect the "rat trap"
@@giuliogimiliano3110 i also suspect the card choice was forced because the way they did the selection, moved it to the top of the deck, then handed them the card off the top of the deck
@@giuliogimiliano3110 thank you
They actually did switch the trap ... this is badly edited, when they cleared the floor with the blue mat, it was placed behind the table and the trap was switched at that moment ...
Thank you, this is going to be my next pickup line:" Excuse me ma'am your thighs are covering my launch area."
*Landing area ah? ;)
As if anyone would complain about that
She for some reason flirts back but you just wanted to jump off that chair into the vents
>excuse me ma’am cringe
@@Sip_Dhit There are always setbacks, no one stands between me and my crawl into the ventilation system.
Regardless of how this is done the juggling is absolutely phenomenal and especially the seamless continuation of juggling. The real magic is skill and dedication to their craft.
@James Klette brilliant comment
Welp, off to look up juggling combat videos.
I just did too... Was not disappointed xD
Lol!!
What thats REAL?!?
Juggling combat ?
th-cam.com/video/s6YKCsI00D4/w-d-xo.html
No words.
I just realised that the TH-cam rights for the performances are given to the performers. Awesome
Yup. It's an agreement that Penn and Teller made with the CW about producing the show. They are both really ethical people.
@@LeoStaley i love this detail.
Not in the UK one though, those get removed by copyright claims.
my jaw dropped when he jumped over him and caught all the 3 items . it was so awesome >3
"Baby's first stun gun" - that really tickled me!
Haha me too!
They were hilarious through and through. Screw the magic and fool us elements. I have rarely been this entertained by a juggling act.
Penn and Teller going up to greet the performers is so wholesome.
I love performances like this; Hilarious, to the point and absolutely absurd. The best form of entertainment.
That was probably the best show performance I've seen on P and T. The other magicians are good, but this really was entertainment at its finest, and a hark back to the days of fairs and showmen. Brilliant.
I am just old enough to remember the end of traveling fairs in England when they still had performances like this, eating fire, juggling chainsaws, throwing axes and catching arrows, working for whatever the crowd would give, the wall of death next to them with guys on ancient motorcycles flying round the wall while eating a roast dinner.
You gentlemen are natural successors to those old performers.
Hats off to you.
Their humor kinda sucked.
@@jonhohensee3258 Their humor was G-rated just like the old-time carnies' was. Carnivals were family shows, so keeping it brisk and clean is key to maintaining tempo.
I agree Bellerophon challen: it was a beautiful throwback act.
@@ladderallthinking8790 - I've seen g-rated humor that was good. This wasn't.
@@jonhohensee3258 It's not like we have to agree on the subjective quality of humor and performing arts. These guys were performing in a style rarely seen these days, with precise cadence, rhythm, and a style that flourishes in live performances.
It's ok if you didn't like the humor, or the act, or the show. Others did, and nobody's deficient for their preferences.
@@ladderallthinking8790 - Just because it's an older style does not mean it's good.
I love how Teller keeps smiling while the guy's juggling on his face. Wonderful performance!
Guys I was smiling through the entire act! It doesn't matter that you didn't fool them (and I suspect it doesn't matter to you either), that was very entertaining and an excellent display of skill! I was amazed at that hand off, I had to rewind a few times to see it again because it happened so fast 😂. It's one thing to be capable of doing something like that but a completely different thing being so good at it that you are confident enough to nail the act live on stage! 👏
I absolutely love the Passing Zone. Saw them live back in college and they along with P&T were a huge influence on my duo magic act. This was a great routine.
“We’re gonna put Teller in danger.”
Teller : “Danger?! Hell yeah!”
he was like happy about it
9:02 you get Teller's voice [possibly in the performer's mic] "It's so good of you to have come".
I LOVE these guys. I hope they will come back again.
Oh shit dude thought you were dead
I don't care that they didn't fool them.. This is what entertainment is all about!
Forget the card trick, that juggling was awesome!
This was just one great act!
Even understanding how it was done, I still enjoy watching it again and again.
How did they do it?
@@wingsofdivorce7606 Sure you want to know?
Effortless skill, humbly put on show. Beautiful.
I love how happy teller looked when he started juggling those
“AND THAT KIDS, is how I severely injured Teller.”
These guys are so freaking entertaining. What a load of talent on top of that too. I’d happily go watch their shows live.
This is one of the best act I have ever seen !
Teller has got to be one of the most adorable people alive
it hard not to love him.x
Teller is so damned cute. Imagine having a son that cute. His mom and dad must have ignored him sometimes just so their hearts wouldn't melt completely.
Nooo, he is cute because he is a man, who doesn't talk.... lol THATS sex appeal.
One of my absolute favourites of the whole run of the show.
It’s so sweet that Penn & Teller went up there at the end to say hi
Such an amazing peeformance! I've seen crazy effects and impossible tricks, but they lack the magical side, the authenticity and warmth that you guys have! Such a brilliant act!
The leaping & continuing to juggle 🤯 so incredibly impressive!!
I've been watching a lot P&T: FU videos a lot recently and this was the most entertaining one to me!
Very cool. This duo is very charismatic and the trick despite being caught was still very top notch. It's performative like most but this takes it to a higher level.
For those who think this was too easy, just remember the guy jumped over the shoulders of his partner and caught the three objects, continued juggling and did one more thing... all very smoothly!
2 more things but yes . I liked the act
@@domainmusicandgaming Sorry, yes; two more things. He also had the time whilst jumping over his colleague to send an sms to his mother for her birthday!
I never heard of Operation Sussex until now. My father was French Belgian who joined the Free French until he joined the US army intelligence. Thanks for posting this bit of history. Vive La France!
Clever. Take the one judge that could possibly spot what you did, and put them in a position where they can’t possibly see clearly what’s happening. A bit underhanded.
A bit late but Penn said it himself one episode, "Magicians cheat all the time! To fool us means you are the better cheater!' or something along those lines, so it's not underhanded, it's fair play. Though they have stated there are certain things that are underhanded that they don't allow. On top of it, people often forget that while yes, Teller, is the one you need to watch out for, Penn also knows a thing or two. I can't remember who it was but the trick actually fooled Teller BUT Penn was the one who caught the important part of the trick. There's a reason why it's "Fool Us" and not "Fool Teller" or "Fool Penn".
> A bit underhanded.
Nice one.
how did he swap the trap? or the whole stick? while jumping? this was a real tricky 1
@@jaxman682 I think that's part of Penn's strategy, too. He always gives Teller the credit and calls himself the "Big, dumb one." But Penn is clearly just as incredible. They're both masters of their craft and you can't underestimate either one of them, which is why it always shocks me when magicians invite Penn/Teller up to the stage with them. Either it's to misdirect their attention, or they're just that damn confident/good.
@@SirPraiseSun He didn't. "Rat trap" means something different in the world of magic.
One of the best tricks I’ve seen on Fool Us.
They remind me of an American version of the Weasley twins from Harry Potter.
Haha I had same impression and I was going to look for comment like this one
Haha definitely
This had nothing to do with Harry potter before you barged in
I searched this comment, because I instantly thought the same.
I was looking for that comment
These two have to be some of the most entertaining fellows.
You guys are great! I really enjoy your presentation, great humor, engagement with the participant, reference back to the start...just overall fun. Thanks for the entertainment!
I watch this stuff at 3am and wanted to clap afterward !!!!! but I couldn't be waking people up - GREAT SHOW
1:22 The way Penn's tongue swirls around in his tongue for some reason when he's excited just cracks me up, lol.
I love how charismatic you guys are.
Teller’s face in response to danger is delightful
These guys are so fun to watch... great stuff fellas.
Hahaha I love Teller man he’s awesome and funny. He smiles at the face of Danger lol 😂
That was hilarious & so fun to watch!
As an old juggler I like watching these videos. I really liked going to juggling conventions, and I went to two in the US in 1980 and 1981, Fargo and Cleveland. But school prevented me from going to Santa Barbara and Las Vegas, and then I lost interest. European conventions were even more of a blast, but I didn't like Combat juggling since I work with my hands and some of the injuries would have cost me more than I was willing to suffer for "fun". Loved this act, a variation on passing duos and of course P&T were two that would appreciate the skills needed.
Wow,never heard of that,just went on utube and that is amazing; guess people get hurt sometimes.
This was very fun to watch!
Still one of the best performances in FU history.
When i hear juggling i'm always like: great... so they will just throw some stuff in the air. But this one was genuinely awesome and entertaining. Great job!
Excellent act, even if they didn't fool the legends. Well done!
What a great performance and a great show... So entertaining!! What a couple of great guys!!
This is not juggling this is called misdirection.
For if you look over here...
Magic is just one big misdirection
I’ve seen that line at least 17 times just this month
@@345wer That's how you lose your wallet c:
Misdirection is juggling your attention and focus.
Exhibit A: the showmanship of Teller. This trick is nuts and the comments are about Teller's smile (including mine)
Your trick is really awesome. Also, anything that makes Teller smile is automatically super...
I´ve rewatched the bit on slowmo where the ratcatcher happends to catch the card, and I still dont know how they did it, so for me this is still an amazing show with not only juggling but with magic too. This was fresh and really fun to watch!
Hint: watch him after he catches the three juggling items, and watch what happens to the *base* of the rat trap wand and the sort of odd movement he makes after landing... watch it in slow mo, and you'll figure it out. The only part I can't figure out is how he loaded the card into the device in the first place.
@@AureliusR I suspect the taller guy loaded the card as he was resetting the trap following the carrot demo. The camera cuts a lot, so it's difficult to follow everything in this format.
Just examine the hints Pen gives. The stick was prepared and they picked the one with the 7diamonds pre loaded.
At 5:55 you can see him push the bottom of the stick into his belt. This must activate the mechanism that pushes the card out the top.
What a beautiful friendship!
Hang on, I watched this in .25 speed and the dude that made the jump and caught the items did actually catch the rat trap. As he juggles, he intentionally bangs the base of the rod into his belt and at that moment, the 7 card appears on the trap.
I noticed this too. Dead on 6:00. You can pause and use the < and > keys to go frame by frame.
If you watch the black part of the handle after the slam, it slides up. So slide the card out from inbetween the traps
@@Tehbestestevasss But the card is on the outside of one trap, not between the traps.
This is such a great show! Awesome trick!!
You can see that the guy that jumped used his belt to push a button that dispensed the card while he was juggling. He did not switch the things while he jumped. He loaded the card and pushed a button to push it out at the right time.
Great act. Very polished. You must have rehearsed that a 1000 times.
One time, when I worked at a downtown restaurant, a magician convention came to town. But the only thing I witnessed disappearing was my tips
teller looking so relaxed laying there makes me laugh I wish i could get him on his back 😂😘
Today I learned that Jon and Owen were the jugglers in the Addams Family movie during the Mamushka song!
Wonderful fun!
Thanks lads.
That's damn good entertainment thank you
One of the most entertaining performances I've ever seen on Fool Us! I was smiling ear to ear the whole time! 👏
Sometimes it's not about fooling them but instead it's just about entertaining your audience.
Wonderfully done
The way he forces the card is hilarious
I went through that part frame by frame, no force. He was just trying to throw them off the trail, but Penn knew it was the proverbial rat trap
@@mikeischangingplaces um it was a force
You didn't fool Penn and Teller, you didn't fool me. But OMG I LOVED THAT TRICK!
This is sort of a simple card trick with many distractions. At 2:25 he moves the card to the top of the deck and palms it with the right hand. Then walks over to the "special box" a.k.a a box that simply throws cards in the air. While he does that he moves the card up his sleeve with his pinky ( 2:29 ) .
At 2:52 he takes off his jacket and either drops the card to his partner for him to set it up ( 3:07 ) or he sets it up in the rat trap.
At this point the card is inside the rat trap. At 5:58 the guy in the orange shirt catches the rat trap thingy and presses it against his hip, activating the mechanism that makes the card come out of it.
Yes - his pinky moves too much when stacking the cards for it to be natural :)
But the ‘broad junglar’ way comment is to say a woman is helping them in the black table to load the card from jacket to trap (or two decks).
Before the trick they have to tell teller if there are secret assistants.
Good enough for Vegas.
Great show!
I felt like I was watching 2 Mark Summers on Double Dare...80s baby
Such a good act!
I wonder if teller was sitting there and thinking to himself like "if someone was trying to kill me... This is probably how they would do it"
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Slow down to 0.25 5:58 it's the moment actual exchange happen...wow really amazing that they did exchange so smoothly
Even magic nerds who know how this trick is done can see the talent and enjoy it.
The act was superb 🔥🙌
Normies: "Anime movements are so unrealistic. Nobody could ever move like that in a real fight."
Me: *shows this video*
So much fun! It felt like it was right on stage at Renfest. You guys might have known my dad he played the dulcimer at MN ren fest during that time.
My first time hearing/seeing a hammered dulcimer was at Renfest! Had to know what it was. So beautiful. It was about 10 years ago, though.
If you DON'T want to know how this trick was performed, scroll back up and be amazed.
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The card Teller picked was 'sleight of handed' into his jacket, as he takes his jacket off and puts it into the trunk, the card is inserted into the "Rat Trap" just before he grabs the plunger.
Then pause the video at 5:57, Set Playback speed to 0.25. When he leapfrogs over and catches the items, you can see him press the rattrap on his thigh, activating the card to pop out of the "Rat Trap".
In no way is this trick easy to pull off, and it looks amazing when performed!
This trick became even more amazing , if this how it's actually done.
No, the card was actually free choice, they loaded the chosen card (from a separate deck) into the gizmo while in the process of grabbing the mousetrap gizmo. They then swapped the gizmo for a non gizmo while putting the yoga mat away.
@@codefeenix Deck could just as easily been all 7's. Would make it a lot easier.
The safety goggle really got me! 😂
The rat trap is a gimick and at 5:58 if you slow down the video you can see he pushes the handle of it to his hip to activate the mechanism that deploys the card witch he slight of hand loaded into the device earlyer.
Nice catch. Yea.
Passing Zone came to Busch Gardens, Williamsburg this summer. They had employees be the "audience participants." My Daughter and a fellow dancer were the chosen ones. It was a great time by all. They did this trick.
Hilarious and fantastic, well done.
04:17 (Chuckles) I'm in dangeeer...
They are really entertaining. what a great juggling skill, that's real danger
They may not have fooled Penn & Teller, it was a good performance
Holy shit, these guys are actually hilarious i usually dont laugh like this and extremely talented with dexterity too hands down some of my favorite performers in anything ever..
“It was so smooth, how you got rough with Teller...”
_Wink wink, nudge nudge_
That was interesting to me, because they really didn't have to go smooth/rough. If the "rat trap" is what people have suggested previously (and I think it is), then Teller could have a free choice of card - they even announce out loud what the card is. There'd be no reason to force a selection.
Mindi City I know I'm responding to an old comment but I'm 100% with you. I'm confused as to why they would need to force a card on Teller if someone under the table could choose any card to load the trap with.
@@Jeremy-ob4gm I think it was purely for humour.
It was smooth how they got rough with Teller as that was a misdirection on purpose.
The best magic performance yet!
OMG, I totally know Owen! I must have been 12 or 13 the first time I saw these guys at the original Renn Faire in Paramount Ranch, California, c.1983, 84? They did this routine where they would blindfold a volunteer, stick a carrot in his mouth and then chop it up by juggling knives back and forth around the poor guy, cracking jokes the whole while. Mind blowing.
The next year, I went back and they were there again but this time I kept going to see their show over and over until I finally got to talk with them. Owen in particular was quite patient and encouraging. I was so inspired I bought myself some juggling balls at the Faire that day and taught myself how to juggle. I still have them. Learned lots of tricks, even some in the French style (crazy-hard timing, think acrobat meets hacky-sac, cubed).
A few years later I was at Disneyland and there was this jester juggling by the castle and I just had to go and see and no way, it was Owen! And he remembered me! We talked for a good 10 minutes or so and he never stopped juggling the whole time. He wasn't even really watching the balls go up and down, they were a minor distraction at best, like a fly he kept unconsciously swatting at. Otherwise, he was just chatting with me and saying hello to everyone that passed by at the same time. Oh man, I have got to go home tonight and learn how to do that! I made sure to come around again before he got off to say thank you and goodbye.
(Wait, it gets better...)
The next summer, I was at Newport Beach one day and there was this group of people down the way that were all juggling and of course I just had to go and see. As I got close I saw one particular man juggling 5 clubs and as I got closer I realized that it was Owen! And he remembered me.
They let me hang around with them all afternoon and taught me how to spin pins and rings. They even invited me to share their fire when the Sun went down, fed me hot dogs and gave me sodas. How cool is that?! To be a 16-year-old kid chilling on the beach with a bunch of 20-somethings? Not just ordinary adults, but fellow jugglers, artists, one of them my semi-celebrity hero?
My family had to send my little sister to come and get me. How embarrassing. Never saw him again 'til today.
I didn't want to go home, but I had to; I wanted to stay with these guys, but I couldn't. If ever I had a moment to run away to the circus and blew it, it was probably that one.
Hey Owen, remember me? It's Jason. Tall skinny kid with straight black hair? The kid from Renn Faire that ran into you at Disneyland and Newport Beach? The one that bugged you, by chance alone, for 4 straight years? Oh crap, it's that same kid again? Yup.
Thank you so much for your kindness and understanding, Owen, it was everything to me at the time.
I don't juggle so much anymore, other than the current events of my life, but then, I hardly ever drop anything, either.
To see you and Jon on Penn and Teller is pure joy to me.
But next time, maybe you should just produce as many balls as possible and then make them all disappear! (Keeping in mind that Penn & Teller are masters of the ball-trick in all its forms, but speaking in code, just like they do.)
So happy to see you doing well.
Penn's the juggler, Teller the magician, you have to fool both of them, bro...
thank you for all your kind words jason, of course i remember you! i wonder when our paths will cross again?! i look forward to it, cheers brother. - owen
@@thepassingzone And that my friends is a real magic trick. So unreal.
A lesson that takes lifetimes to learn, pulls sheer impossibilities out of the Universe's butt, requires God's exclusive blessing and can only take place because of the Internet or a deck of cards.
I knew it was you. Doesn't that beat all?
Talk about juggling! There is no luck in juggling, only precision and the odd toss. So I have seen in my own life, juggling all these possible fates around. It is so good to hear back from you! I am nearly euphoric.
I am in LA for now and would be happy to come see you perform local.
I don't juggle so great anymore, but I could probably twirl a fire-stick pretty good with a week or two of practice. Lemme know...
(Keeping in mind it would take me at least two weeks to find a decent fire-stick without practice. But, if you just happen to have one, I just happened to have shaved my head last Tuesday.)
Owen, my old friend and mentor, I can not be worried about what the universe has dealt me more than what it is about to.
And therefore, I can not be worried, for it is about to deal me more of the same.
When will I see you again? Soon enough. This passing reassures me. We would not be here if we were not meant to be as such, and so each passing is part and parcel of the same being.
I have a funny feeling that I will see you again soon. Ask the Universe when. I don't know.
These guys are insane, they performed the juggling between Gomez and Fester in the Adams family movie, and I saw them live at church camp back in the 90s.
6:26 - switch fake vs real (off camera though), brilliant.
I love teller honestly, he’s always so excited to take part in the act🙌🏼❤️🙌🏼
To me, it looks like someone loaded the 7 of diamonds behind the black curtain in the mousetrap and when he lands at 5:58 he presses a button that shoots the card out. He definitely doesn't switch out the rat trap. I think they fooled them but in the heat of the moment, they just went with it. If you slow the video down you can tell he doesn't switch any mousetrap out,
Their comedy and wit is amazing top...
That was some stunt you don't see everyday.