@@mattg1271 That's the best part - they chew rather obnoxiously which is PERFECT for building it up. Meanwhile, that's basically the "trick", right in front of everyone's eyes.
@@mattg1271 or instead you could do it how they actually do it and just use blown sugar which is what break away glass is actually made of much safer and tasty to looks just like real glass if you do it right sounds like it when you smash it to
Saw you and Teller in Baltimore many years ago. I took my late father (well, he wasn't late at the time) and both he and I were absolutely floored. It was one of the rare times that we both enjoyed the same thing at the same time in each other's company. Thank you (and thank Teller) for one of the best memories I still carry to this day.
Something about the way Penn answers the uncle's question of whether or not he should learn some magic - "Yes, you should!" Almost as if Penn's encouraging him. I like that.
No7 - Not sure if you are being real or joking, but both in their Master Class commercial (and obviously class, itself) and in at least one documentary to be found on YT, Teller talks the whole time. Very weird to finally hear him talk, and so casually. Kinda ruined it for me a bit, tbh. Like finding out Siskel and Ebert were actually really good friends.
The term "supernatural" is defined as something we do not understand and for which we do not have a scientific explanation. This most certainly *does* exist. Supernatural is not an inherent trait of a thing; it is a way in which we the categorize thing.
I'm an uncle for a few years now and occasionally I do simple magic tricks to entertain my nieces and nephews - without knowing that this is a very uncle thing to do. 🙊 I guess it's an unconscious uncle behavior? Lol
that has be the greatest idea ever. I told my wife that at my funeral, I wanted Paul Heyman to do my eulogy while Penn does magic to freak out the guests.
That is the wildest situation I have ever heard. Penn (and/or Teller) doing a séance at Stephen Spielberg's bachelor party. That means it wasn't just Stephen Spielberg, other people were there too. My question is, who else was there, and who the dead person they were trying to talk to???
Except there are people that eat light bulbs and there's all kinds of evidence that there are real instances of glass eating. Yes it is possible to fake eating glass but that doesn't mean it's all fake.
@@jries77 Like he said, it's a "geek" trick. The word geek has changed to mean someone who likes things like science and gadgets. It used to mean a person who does body based tricks, like eating crazy things, hammering nails into their body, etc. Originally, they would bite the heads off live chickens and eat them. Later they started doing other stuff. Do a search for The Engima. He's probably the most famous guy still doing that sort of act.
@@RyanAcidhedzMurphy I'm not sure how that refers to my point and to the original post about it being sugar. I get sword swallowers and all that are considered geek magic, and my point was there are people that still do eat real glass and it can be done it's just not intelligent to do but it doesn't mean it's guaranteed to be fake. That was my point to the original post.
@provis345 p This is the one time I will disagree with Penn. Magic IS real, except to magicians. Even then, it still is real, but it's an art and not fairy-tale fantasy magic. And per his advice, I'm starting to learn some tricks for my new nephew and niece. Can't wait until I can a few down and the kids are old enough to enjoy it: because that's the real "magic." /suggest ScamSchool/ScamNation. Brian is really good at teaching for those interested.
What's even creepier is here we have Penn saying magic doesn't exist, then he says he performed a magic trick that is impossible to explain at a seance for Stephen Spielberg. Think about that for a bit, a magic trick happened at a seance that the best magician is incapable of explaining, and he is the one that performed it. Interesting.
The most important thing that I learned in this video is that the rabbit is also a magician, and that he likes to perform the trick as much as we like seeing it.
Teller is one of the finest mimes, to ever exist on this world. It is kind of funny, to recall the several times I was lucky enough to meet and talk to him... because the soft and gentle sound of his voice, is what sticks in my mind the most.
@@blakes5827 Those of you who think you know everything... Simply because you are certain that your understanding of "the dark arts" doesn't exist, doesn't mean they don't exist. You have much to learn.
9:05 he "passes" the ball to his left hand, but he actually didnt, its still in his right hand, then when the frame went abit closer to Penn's face you see him hit the table with his right hand, dropping the ball to his laps. The red you see is his finger, he painted his nail/finger red. He makes us looks at his left by saying "if you look here" I think thats how this goes, idk just guessing Its an illusion, especially when he passed the ball left to right multiple times. Its all an *_iLlUsIoN_*
@@JoshSweetvale ... What does the belief in God (or not - atheist) have to do with summoning up or contacting spirits or ghosts or demons or whatever with ouija boards? Buddhists are often agnostic about God, but still believe in spirits etc
@@barquerojuancarlos7253 He says in this video that he doesn't believe in the supernatural at all, which means he doesn't believe in ghosts, spirits, demons or any of that stuff either. It's all fake to him.
David Blaine legitimately eats glass. In one of his specials they show him going to the dentist, and you can see his teeth are completely ground down and the nerves are nearly showing. It’s pretty nuts
It's not a good trick because it's "too easy" or "very simple" as a magician tricks that are super simple feel like they are bad tricks. When it's a puzzle, when it's a challenge, and you pull it off... thats a good trick.
@@michaelmcgee5478 Just because it is simple doesn't mean it's not a good trick. It doesn't have to be extremely hard to impress people. I've gotten some of the best reactions with some of the easiest tricks
I’m an electrical engineer who works with at the forefront of semiconductor technology in Silicon Valley. I’m with Penn on this one - everything I’ve witnessed still follows the laws of physics.
That's only for the past few years or decade. For many years, he had his head up his backside. But improving and becoming better people with time is all any of us can hope to do.
Here's what Penn said about it, " People are asking about my fingernail. Wear my Dad's ring and my Mom's nail polish. Just for remembrance and respect."
Not really. Gladiators were like wwe today, they never actually injured one another lethally or killed the other. They would also promote people who payed as sponsors
@@gatherer818 Android is an operating system, so the other one wouldn't be "iPhone", but "iOS". That said, it's not a dichotomy; there's more than two mobile operating systems. And the original comment wasn't even referring to Android, the operating system, in the first place. It was just calling Penn a robot. Your comment was uncalled for and just plain wrong. How surprising.
@@clairechen7169I thought that as well. After rewatching that part a couple times though, finally realized he was referring to the 2nd Their (which was misspelled)
I'm no magician so I cant say for sure but, pay attention to his hand, he has a nail painted red so if you look quickly it looks like a part of the ball, pretty sure he drops the ball into his sleeve/onto the table then acts like he's holding it in his left hand
As a teacher of boys ages 9-14 THANK YOU for your continued emphasis on safety. If they think it’s even 2% possible they will encourage each other to the point of stupidity
If I had a nickel for every time I did a seance at Steven Spielberg’s bachelor party I would have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s strange it happened twice right?
@@crimson90 then why dont u share how he did it? he could have done it upside down for all we know, but he didn't. the camera angle obscured the obvious lapping. simple trick which u are just overthinking.
@@EpicBunty so you've never seen a person do a magic trick before? I'm genuinely surprised. I thought everyone had seen all of these tricks a million times, and I'm not saying that in a mean-spirited way. But you'd be hard-pressed to see a magic show and not see someone do essentially the vanishing ball trick. Penn and Teller taught this trick to an entire studio audience for, I think it was their PBS special in the 80s, and had them all doing it as the credits rolled
Not just one of my favorite magicians, one of my favorite celebs of all time. A truly kind and thoughtful person who takes the time to further the collective knowledge of his craft.
If Penn wasn't a staunch libertarian he wouldn't have been so big. But he IS a staunch libertarian so he and teller's "I'm going to fool you, but I'm telling you it's a ruse" schtick comes off authentic, cuz it is. It's like George Carlin said "when Clinton said I'm gonna lie to you, the public said "at least he's honest""
I LOVE how they incorporate trick reveals into the act! Makes you as a viewer feel like you're a part of it, because the way they do it...so hard to describe...best way to explain it is to suggest everyone watch their "lighting a cigarette" routine...literally the ENTIRE routine is about the trick reveal...ib fact, you don't even realize it's a magic trick UNTIL Penn & Teller start the reveal...when you can make a trick ALL ABOUT revealing the trick and that in itself becomes awesome... YOU...HAVE...ARRIVED 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
I went to their vegas show a couple of years ago and as always, they greeted guests after the show. Very cool. Penn was kind enough to let me tape a 30 sec get well video to my brother with leukemia. Very nice of him. Classy.
J Hitchcock Houdini spent a lot of time showing how mystics and fortune tellers would do their tricks so they couldn’t scam people. Houdini actually tried very hard to convince Arthur Conan Doyle that mystics couldn’t communicate with dead people to the point where they hated each other.
@@Moadar yeah that Kostya Kimlat guy who was on Fool Us, he literally practiced a precision shuffling technique so he can move the cards he wants to specific points in the deck and then grab it out of the air. No actual tricks, just pure skill
Penn Jillette: "Eating glass is dangerous, I'm not going to explain how in case someone tries it." Brian Brushwood: "Hold my beer. Well, first buy me a beer for the explanation, _then_ hold my beer."
Yeah, if they are actually eating the glass, first they have to grind down the sharp edges with their teeth and swallow the pieces (unless they only chew a few small pieces and leave them in their gums). Then after the show, they vomit it all back up. Now imaging practicing that trick over and over.
I have no idea how Penn can keep doing magic after he removed his power inducing pony tail? That's the big mystery. Much like how Teller can sometimes talk after giving up his voice for magical powers...
As a Magician myself.... I can say that this was incredible to watch! Penn = Goat! **If you listen closely, you can hear Teller speak in the background**
@@AbhishekTiwari-xt1kt So I hear, the curse is that Penn can only speak when performing and Teller can only speak offstage; in a rare moment like this when Penn is on-stage and Teller is not, they can finally communicate.
Internet: What about revealing secrets? Me: AHAHAHA! Magicians got so pissed at Valentino (the Masked Magician) and it turns out he was just ahead of TH-cam by several years. 😂
ah, morally wrong, eh ? that’s exactly what a wizard would want you to think. EDIT: mans just explained Twitter in a nutshell. It's just a lot of people with insomnia lmao.
I think Penn/Teller is one of the first to openly call what they do magic "tricks" which is very honest, but still retain the mystery of "how they do it" quality to it.
They're not the first. Traditionally, magicians in 19th century Europe would sign confessions to the local constabulary stating that what they did was trickery and that they were defrauding people. This was intended to avoid the potentially more devastating legal (and at times, physical) consequences of being found guilty of witchcraft, thanks to many European localities not bothering to update their laws for centuries. Also, in some places people did believe in magic in the torches and pitchforks kind of way.
Not really. Houdini wrote like six books dissecting tricks much earlier. I recommend his books, they are free in Project Gutenberg. I especially like the one on fire walkers/eaters and poison drinkers.
Why would Penn try to convince a sick kid that magic is real? Wouldn’t the kid then be forced to conclude that some people can do magic but no one is using it to help them?
I really respect that about people like Penn & Teller and James Randi. They are magicians and entertainers, but at no point do they try to deceive anyone into believing they have actual powers. They're open and upfront about their trickery. Obviously they won't reveal how they do their tricks, but they're also not shy about telling you that it's a trick. In fact, James Randi at this point has probably made more of a career out of exposing charlatans and frauds claiming they have supernatural powers than he has as a magician.
yeah no that's cool. I love this guy (/these guys) because he's (/they're) honest about it. All you see is talents and tricks and just because _you_ can't figure out how something works doesn't mean there's a higher power behind it.
William Falls Nah. The whole schtick is that the shop keeper makes a force on you to buy the wand he wants you to buy, hence the “wand choosing the wizard.” It’s a scam.
9:06 "Your little nephew or niece will just love it"
me: "wtf how'd he do that"
@Amir Hamzah His finger is always painted Red...
@Amir Hamzah how would he do that with a red finger?
@Amir Hamzah did he absorb the ball with his finger?
@Amir Hamzah I'm talking about the red finger remark?
Hope Watch the trick frame by frame. What you thought was the ball in his hand before he made it disappear was actually his finger!
I love how most of this video hes like "Its not real its a trick please dont eat sharp objects"
Yup.. cuz he for sure knows there are many stupid people in this world and is afraid that one might actually try do it.. lol
@@mattg1271 That's the best part - they chew rather obnoxiously which is PERFECT for building it up. Meanwhile, that's basically the "trick", right in front of everyone's eyes.
Or.. You know.. Candy glass
@@mattg1271 or instead you could do it how they actually do it and just use blown sugar which is what break away glass is actually made of much safer and tasty to looks just like
real glass if you do it right sounds like it when you smash it to
You know that if he explains even one part of it, some dude's gonna go out and buy razor blades tonight
I love Penn mostly because he dodges answers so gracefully.
I dunno I think Teller avoids answering questions even better than Penn BADUM TSSSS
It's not dodging it's lying (eating "glass")
@Colton Thompson what's the difference?
I mean both of these questions asked how to do tricks and he's not going to tell the internet either way
Saw you and Teller in Baltimore many years ago. I took my late father (well, he wasn't late at the time) and both he and I were absolutely floored. It was one of the rare times that we both enjoyed the same thing at the same time in each other's company. Thank you (and thank Teller) for one of the best memories I still carry to this day.
Penn: i don't participate in the dark arts
Also Penn: so i was doing a seance at spielberg's bachelor party...
Well, tbf, he was asked about using the dark arts in the stage show to cover up mistakes...
"we were doing a seance at Steven Spielberg's bachelor party" is not a sentence I ever expected
I love his raspy voice
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@@firstnamelastname-zo5gd oh
@@firstnamelastname-zo5gd u so high😂
I wonder if Penn can do a Alan Rickman voice impersonation ?
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@@ft.Pluvi0phile can we get married tho?
I’m glad he takes good care of the rabbits :) that’s made me real happy
Something about the way Penn answers the uncle's question of whether or not he should learn some magic - "Yes, you should!" Almost as if Penn's encouraging him. I like that.
What do you mean "almost"? He was _explicitly_ encouraging him to learn some magic.
Yeah.. "Yes, you should!" is explicit encouragement.
@@RabblesTheBinx Jedi is a bit of a thick head
The fun of "magic" tricks is that you know it's a trick but it's amazing to see it pulled off.
Fool Us is one of my favorite shows. The comedy, humility, and innovation are incredible!
Penn makes my list of people I'd like to have dinner and a conversation with.
“That’s not magic, that’s nature!” 🤣
6:17 "I do a palm, I do a pass"
just me or did anyone else rewind to make sure Penn didn't slip the worlds stealthiest pass in there.
Lmao i did too
Penn has a partner named Teller, yet he doesn't tell anyone about anything!
Greater_No7 Ever heard of a wonderful thing called Irony? I think you should try it sometime.
@@savagenovelist2983 what do you mean?
Savage Novelist i think that’s... I think that’s the joke
No7 - Not sure if you are being real or joking, but both in their Master Class commercial (and obviously class, itself) and in at least one documentary to be found on YT, Teller talks the whole time. Very weird to finally hear him talk, and so casually. Kinda ruined it for me a bit, tbh. Like finding out Siskel and Ebert were actually really good friends.
Teller?! I hardly know her!
I could listen to Penn talk about magic all day long.
His sentence structure is superb. 👌
The term "supernatural" is defined as something we do not understand and for which we do not have a scientific explanation. This most certainly *does* exist. Supernatural is not an inherent trait of a thing; it is a way in which we the categorize thing.
The phone in glass bottle trick is done by sleight of hand. The phone in the bottle is just the same model of the spectators phone.
I'm an uncle for a few years now and occasionally I do simple magic tricks to entertain my nieces and nephews - without knowing that this is a very uncle thing to do. 🙊 I guess it's an unconscious uncle behavior? Lol
Sparky Barth I think you mean subconscious, if you’re doing it while unconscious then I’m impressed lol
@@lizziedae91 🤣🤣🤣 Now I'm imagining it.
You're right. Its subconscious.
Can't believe I met him and got a card signed by this genius.
I really want to see Penn and Paul Heyman debate something. I don't even care what it is.
that has be the greatest idea ever. I told my wife that at my funeral, I wanted Paul Heyman to do my eulogy while Penn does magic to freak out the guests.
Eating glass is easy. It’s not glass, it is sugar.
@ 6:40 , thats the correct "their" , cuz its not "if they are invisible ink" its "if THEIR invisible ink"
He was referring to the second half of the tweet, "...when their [sic] writing." Should be "...when they're writing."
That is the wildest situation I have ever heard. Penn (and/or Teller) doing a séance at Stephen Spielberg's bachelor party. That means it wasn't just Stephen Spielberg, other people were there too. My question is, who else was there, and who the dead person they were trying to talk to???
What an amazing style act
Teller took a trick out of John Cena’s book, he waved his hand in front of his face and chanted the magic words. ”You Can’t See Me”
I love and hate how he can do a perfect "stupid little vanish"
"We were doing a séance at Steven Spielberg's bachelor party"....what a sentence lol
Everyone got their question answered except poor Timmy Tuner who just got schooled lol
how do I tell the two apart: Teller is the quiet one.
2:31 and he just says that casually like it’s not a big deal
eating glass is spun sugar. it melts in your mouth. but still has a shardy crunch.
Im sure that it is done with sugar glass sometimes but as a person that has actually done this stunt I can tell you ive used real glass.
Except there are people that eat light bulbs and there's all kinds of evidence that there are real instances of glass eating. Yes it is possible to fake eating glass but that doesn't mean it's all fake.
@@jries77 Like he said, it's a "geek" trick. The word geek has changed to mean someone who likes things like science and gadgets. It used to mean a person who does body based tricks, like eating crazy things, hammering nails into their body, etc. Originally, they would bite the heads off live chickens and eat them. Later they started doing other stuff.
Do a search for The Engima. He's probably the most famous guy still doing that sort of act.
@@RyanAcidhedzMurphy I'm not sure how that refers to my point and to the original post about it being sugar. I get sword swallowers and all that are considered geek magic, and my point was there are people that still do eat real glass and it can be done it's just not intelligent to do but it doesn't mean it's guaranteed to be fake. That was my point to the original post.
Teller is there too. He used to be silent, now he's just invisible.
Made me genuinely chuckle, very nice!
@@evesword4270 thank you. Happy to have made you chuckle!
Pen made Teller disappear. Jk
He's the one filming
He took Chuck Norris's invisibility trick
“Magic isn’t real” that sounds like something a wizard would say.
@provis345 p that's wholesome
@provis345 p This is the one time I will disagree with Penn. Magic IS real, except to magicians. Even then, it still is real, but it's an art and not fairy-tale fantasy magic.
And per his advice, I'm starting to learn some tricks for my new nephew and niece. Can't wait until I can a few down and the kids are old enough to enjoy it: because that's the real "magic."
/suggest ScamSchool/ScamNation. Brian is really good at teaching for those interested.
@@d34dR0d3n7 Brian is great! Good recommendation, Friend.
Its subjective, nothing disproves its existence. It could be real, saying it isn't real leaves a dead end
@@d34dR0d3n7 better recognize the skills they have than to just say its magic, even more magical to know anyone can do it with practice
"We were doing a seance at Steven Spielberg's bachelor party" is the wildest sentence I've ever heard
It's also hilarious because knowing Penn being a staunch atheist, what worst people to get to perform a seance.
Spielberg is gonna be so disappointed if he sees this.
I mean...you haven't?
Almost. In my head I heard, "We were doing a seance at Steven Segall's bachelor party". That would be wilder, but way worse.
The way he says it too, like "oh yeah typical Thursday"
"We were doing a seance at Steven Spielberg's bachelor party..." ...as one does...
if I had a nickel for every time I did a seance at Steven Spielbergs bachelor party, I'd have some nickels, let me tell you.
You dont? Wierdo
I wonder if Spielberg saw this and went "I KNEW HE SCREWED IT UP!"
I mean, we’ve all been there!
What's even creepier is here we have Penn saying magic doesn't exist, then he says he performed a magic trick that is impossible to explain at a seance for Stephen Spielberg. Think about that for a bit, a magic trick happened at a seance that the best magician is incapable of explaining, and he is the one that performed it. Interesting.
Hearing the rabbits enjoyed their job makes me extremely happy
I think it made all of us happy.
It did indeed
The most important thing that I learned in this video is that the rabbit is also a magician, and that he likes to perform the trick as much as we like seeing it.
I mean instead of a rabbit out of the Hat I would like to see maybe a turtle or a dog I think that could be interesting
Why else crine rn
"They don't have to be good."
*sends a felt ball to the 3rd plane of oblivion*
"See its easy"
hahaha
"3rd plane of oblivion" got me good
Sometimes stupid tricks like those get me more excited than the elaborate things they have on their show
@@enlosmargenes I agree. I find close up sleight of hand much more fascinating than most elaborate tricks.
Right lol I still dont know how they do that
Man, I’m excited for the Teller episode, it’s just gonna be 10 minutes of silence 🤣
Teller is one of the finest mimes, to ever exist on this world. It is kind of funny, to recall the several times I was lucky enough to meet and talk to him... because the soft and gentle sound of his voice, is what sticks in my mind the most.
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Would make a great video for April 1st.
It depends whether or not he does it in character...
Teller is not mute.
He can speak.
I get the feeling Penn has dabbled in the dark arts and wasn't impressed.
Yeah, he should try the ultraviolet arts! :DDDDDDDDD
BadWebDiver He went straight to PLAID!
Because they don't exist...as he knows well.
@@blakes5827 Those of you who think you know everything...
Simply because you are certain that your understanding of "the dark arts" doesn't exist, doesn't mean they don't exist. You have much to learn.
@@jbc242424 LOL
PB Initiate: "How do magicians make pipe bombs?"
Penn: "The same way normal people do. Next question!"
9:00 "Your magic tricks don't need to be good you can do this stupid trick:"
me: where the ball go??
9:05 he "passes" the ball to his left hand, but he actually didnt, its still in his right hand, then when the frame went abit closer to Penn's face you see him hit the table with his right hand, dropping the ball to his laps. The red you see is his finger, he painted his nail/finger red.
He makes us looks at his left by saying "if you look here"
I think thats how this goes, idk just guessing
Its an illusion, especially when he passed the ball left to right multiple times. Its all an *_iLlUsIoN_*
It slipped into the void
@@redlock1815 the red fingernail has nothing to do with magic tricks, it is painted red in remembrance of his dead mom.
@@kronnie13 but it is the red fingernail ahahaha look at it. Nicely done!
His nose inhaled it... obviously
Penn: i don't participate in the dark arts
Also Penn: so i was doing a seance at spielberg's bachelor party...
Atheists aren't afraid of ouija boards. It's that train of logic. Parody the pomp.
@@JoshSweetvale ... What does the belief in God (or not - atheist) have to do with summoning up or contacting spirits or ghosts or demons or whatever with ouija boards? Buddhists are often agnostic about God, but still believe in spirits etc
@@barquerojuancarlos7253 Religion is superstition with bosses.
@@barquerojuancarlos7253 he technically said we weren't afraid of ouija boards, which i guess is the truth - i believe in ghosts, but i dont fear them
@@barquerojuancarlos7253 He says in this video that he doesn't believe in the supernatural at all, which means he doesn't believe in ghosts, spirits, demons or any of that stuff either. It's all fake to him.
"you should not go to an entertainment expecting someone to get hurt"
MMA fans: 👁👄👁
Nascar fans :o
@@lenonel3286 Are there lots of injuries in NASCAR? I thought auto racing is pretty safe these days.
@@reaganharder1480 yeah but watching a car crash, flip and burn is much more exciting that watching a car go around in circles 30 times
@@lenonel3286 true. But even in crashes I personally have seen very few injuries in motorsport. It's kinda incredible actually.
@@lenonel3286 "watching a car go around in circles 30 times."
That's why i don't watch NASCAR. Lol
How to eat glass: make a sugar candy that looks like shattered glass and crunch away to the horror of your viewers.
Or you can just eat the real thing if you feel super sad.
@@senza4591 but if you do that its not gonna be a magic trick anymore.
@@srsaito9262 the magic will be that your conciousness will dissapear.
@@senza4591 But you can only do that once
David Blaine legitimately eats glass. In one of his specials they show him going to the dentist, and you can see his teeth are completely ground down and the nerves are nearly showing. It’s pretty nuts
Dying Kid: “Penn, is magic real?”
Penn: “Lol naw kid you dumb.”
Lmao
Oh ma gahd
tips fedora
Kid: Dies
Penn: what are you stupid
Screams: hey everyone this kid that just died thinks magic is real. What a dumb kid
Thousandth like🙌🏼
"We were doing a seance at Steven Spielberg's bachelor party..."
Now that's a way to start a story.
what is a seance? 😳
@@Alex632 It's that thing when some medium tries to make contact with a dead person.
The fact this has 666 likes makes this look so funny out of context
Humble brag...
“The trick doesn’t have to be good!”
*does trick flawlessly*
It actually fooled me lol
It's not a good trick because it's "too easy" or "very simple" as a magician tricks that are super simple feel like they are bad tricks. When it's a puzzle, when it's a challenge, and you pull it off... thats a good trick.
@@michaelmcgee5478 Just because it is simple doesn't mean it's not a good trick. It doesn't have to be extremely hard to impress people. I've gotten some of the best reactions with some of the easiest tricks
It means it doesn't have to be too complicated but should be executed properly.
Plus camera angles. See how the lens focus shifted? But he’s a real nice intelligent guy in real life.
"There's no such thing as magic" sounds like something a magician would say
Is your profile pic bf1?
Aiden it is
@@Aiden-re7vy Lawrence of Arabia
Very good
Magician...or Vernon Dursley....
“Magic is not real” Penn is obviously not an electronic technician.
High voltage electrician here, I ear you dude hahahaha !!!
Yeah, no kidding.
"The black magic box that I'm not competent enough to understand"
Yesssss
I’m an electrical engineer who works with at the forefront of semiconductor technology in Silicon Valley. I’m with Penn on this one - everything I’ve witnessed still follows the laws of physics.
Magicians don’t reveal their secrets, they sell them
If you good at something don't do it for free. Idk who quote dat.
@@explosivemind08 joker
I instantly remembered the movie The Prestige because of this 😅
"who the kcuf want to be an MC if you cant get paid to be gnikcuf MC" -ODB
Penn is one of those few people who seems to exude confidence without pomposity or arrogance.
That's only for the past few years or decade. For many years, he had his head up his backside. But improving and becoming better people with time is all any of us can hope to do.
does he? he seems a still seems a bit.. uppity
may)(day he's allowed to be arrogant
Exactly. People don't seem to realize the difference between the real Penn Jillette and when he's playing it up on stage.
Well when he said there's no such thing as the supernatural, that was pretty arrogant because there's literally no way to prove that.
I like the red fingernail, you just keep looking at it. Just as intended.
why is it red though?
@@Hussein_Nur it's a natural alarming color. By evolution you have to look at it. Think about the color of street or warning signs, yellow or red.
@@hpenvy1106 hhahaha, thats not what I meant. Why does he color it?
Here's what Penn said about it, " People are asking about my fingernail. Wear my Dad's ring and my Mom's nail polish. Just for remembrance and respect."
@@starpointstudios Thanks.
Love that he wouldn’t explain how to eat glass he is very considerate of how many stupid people there are in the world 🤣
@Kevin w I don't think eating a thing that was once a rock (mineral) is a good thing.
@Kevin w Oh ok.
@Kevin w Good for you and for the humanity. 🤣
@@ToonMageChannel salt enters the chat
@@deathnote939393 Forgot about that. Thanks for reminding me.
“You really shouldnt go to show expecting someone to get hurt”
Romans: “WHATS THE POINT THEN”
As Sigfried & Roy's audience were dramatically reminded...
Not really. Gladiators were like wwe today, they never actually injured one another lethally or killed the other. They would also promote people who payed as sponsors
8:10 Ah yes, the three genders: girlfriend, boyfriend, and any sort of friend you want.
"3 of spades"
Me: TELL ME WHERE THE REAL PENN IS NOW!!!!!
He's currently locked in some government chamber. The Penn that was in this video is, clearly, an Android, or Robot
@@ZacharyMellinger The dichotomy isn't between Android and Robot. It's Android or iPhone.
First 3 that showed up... not 3♧
@@gatherer818 Android is an operating system, so the other one wouldn't be "iPhone", but "iOS". That said, it's not a dichotomy; there's more than two mobile operating systems.
And the original comment wasn't even referring to Android, the operating system, in the first place. It was just calling Penn a robot.
Your comment was uncalled for and just plain wrong. How surprising.
@@OrdinaryLatvian Did you miss the joke? Zach said that Penn was clearly "an Android, or Robot", on a "tech support" video.
I've noticed that Penn Jillette often talks about, and clearly thinks about, morality and ethics.
He's heavily influenced by Houdini. That was something he was super into, ethical tricks
Because he’s a libertarian. ✌️
He says such obvious things yet he seems so wise
Jamie Nelson lol
In an age of lies, Truth is king.
It also helps that he's an extremely smart person
Most wisdom is obvious. The difficulty is retaining and applying it to your own life.
That's intelligence, charisma, and wicked good articulation.
My favorite question was, “How do you know you’re out of invisible ink?”
Similar to "How do you know when your yoghurt has spoiled?"
@@clairechen7169I thought that as well. After rewatching that part a couple times though, finally realized he was referring to the 2nd Their (which was misspelled)
Penn: *Casually makes ball disappear*
My two brain cells: *💀💀💀*
But... those are three skulls.
Soggy Potato the third is for me
I'm no magician so I cant say for sure but, pay attention to his hand, he has a nail painted red so if you look quickly it looks like a part of the ball, pretty sure he drops the ball into his sleeve/onto the table then acts like he's holding it in his left hand
As a teacher of boys ages 9-14 THANK YOU for your continued emphasis on safety.
If they think it’s even 2% possible they will encourage each other to the point of stupidity
That's what boys do. It's amazing any of us males actually live long enough to see adulthood. LOL.
I'm 33, I might still do it with a 2% chance.
Id be lucky if the boys made me do something with a 2% chance
Eh, even adults can get like this
@@workhardism Even as a young adult I nearly killed myself at least a dozen times. :D
“We were doing a seance at Steven Spielberg’s bachelor party” sure.... that’s a normal sentence....
It sounded like something straight outta Gex
I am completely confused when I see him without long hair. It’s like looking at an entirely different person.
SolidSonicTH same, I cant get used to him with short hair!
Only his voice and glasses are familiar
@@KittyPieVibes He...sort of has the beard.
SolidSonicTH and he’s lost a lot of weight
I just pretend there's a ponytail back there
Why wasn't Teller here? I feel like he'd have a lot to say on this subject
If I had a nickel for every time I did a seance at Steven Spielberg’s bachelor party I would have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s strange it happened twice right?
Not really. I would have 2 dollars.
Thanks, Doof.
That Phineas and Ferb humor is coming in strong, lol
Love the Phineas and Ferb reference
And yes so true 😂
Me: *looking away for a second*
Penn: "DANIEL"
Me: ?!?!?!?!
Daniel Kniffin I had the same response!
Same
lol
I did the same thing, which is odd as my name is Tom and not Daniel...
I know right?!!
Not gonna lie, I'm not used to seeing Penn without the ponytail.
Thanks for not lying, appreciate the honesty
And he’s pretty handsome without =)
He hasn't had it for a few years since he lost weight
Hes getting old and his hair looks kind of fragile
I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG
A good way to open a conversation: "So there we were, performing a séance at Steven Spielberg's bachelor party..."
What's a seance?
@@vinnicinhus44 Like a ritual for contacting the dead
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I get the feeling that if Penn wasn’t a magician, he’d be a guitarist
Me too
he plays bass
He's a bassist actually.
He was a punk rock fan back then too
he plays bass in bands, and can play the guitar.
I’m actually so impressed by the “stupid uncle magic trick” he showed, how’d he do that?!
Well the camera angles changes, I'm guessing he drops the ball because they dont show that and he even looks down at it
@@EpicBunty Nope, that's not how it's done. He could've done it standing up with nothing in front of him in real life right in front of you.
@@crimson90 then why dont u share how he did it? he could have done it upside down for all we know, but he didn't. the camera angle obscured the obvious lapping. simple trick which u are just overthinking.
@@EpicBunty so you've never seen a person do a magic trick before? I'm genuinely surprised. I thought everyone had seen all of these tricks a million times, and I'm not saying that in a mean-spirited way. But you'd be hard-pressed to see a magic show and not see someone do essentially the vanishing ball trick. Penn and Teller taught this trick to an entire studio audience for, I think it was their PBS special in the 80s, and had them all doing it as the credits rolled
@@mikeischangingplaces That trick only works in controlled environments
Not just one of my favorite magicians, one of my favorite celebs of all time. A truly kind and thoughtful person who takes the time to further the collective knowledge of his craft.
Agreed. I have the most respect for that guy.
Have u met Penn? Wish i did!
If Penn wasn't a staunch libertarian he wouldn't have been so big. But he IS a staunch libertarian so he and teller's "I'm going to fool you, but I'm telling you it's a ruse" schtick comes off authentic, cuz it is. It's like George Carlin said "when Clinton said I'm gonna lie to you, the public said "at least he's honest""
I LOVE how they incorporate trick reveals into the act! Makes you as a viewer feel like you're a part of it, because the way they do it...so hard to describe...best way to explain it is to suggest everyone watch their "lighting a cigarette" routine...literally the ENTIRE routine is about the trick reveal...ib fact, you don't even realize it's a magic trick UNTIL Penn & Teller start the reveal...when you can make a trick ALL ABOUT revealing the trick and that in itself becomes awesome...
YOU...HAVE...ARRIVED
😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
I went to their vegas show a couple of years ago and as always, they greeted guests after the show. Very cool. Penn was kind enough to let me tape a 30 sec get well video to my brother with leukemia. Very nice of him. Classy.
Much respect for a man who sticks to his values, even when it can make him unpopular. Magic is a skill, not divine intervention.
Funny thing is some of it is so skillful and so clever that it is more impressive than if magic was just real.
*Penn and Teller spawn into an RPG world, palms something into making it disappear*
Everyone: *Shocked Pikachu.jpg*
J Hitchcock Houdini spent a lot of time showing how mystics and fortune tellers would do their tricks so they couldn’t scam people. Houdini actually tried very hard to convince Arthur Conan Doyle that mystics couldn’t communicate with dead people to the point where they hated each other.
@@Moadar yeah that Kostya Kimlat guy who was on Fool Us, he literally practiced a precision shuffling technique so he can move the cards he wants to specific points in the deck and then grab it out of the air. No actual tricks, just pure skill
he even hinted at knowing how the cell phone trick is done, but declined to answer it because its not his to tell
Penn Jillette: "Eating glass is dangerous, I'm not going to explain how in case someone tries it."
Brian Brushwood: "Hold my beer. Well, first buy me a beer for the explanation, _then_ hold my beer."
Also, hold my torches, because after this I’ll teach you how to eat fire.
Good to see some modern rogues
"Hold my beer. Cause i need the bottle."
Yeah, if they are actually eating the glass, first they have to grind down the sharp edges with their teeth and swallow the pieces (unless they only chew a few small pieces and leave them in their gums). Then after the show, they vomit it all back up. Now imaging practicing that trick over and over.
Maybe the real magic is the friends we meet along the way
Lmao no
Yes
THAT IS SO GROSS AND CHEESY, I LOVE IT!!!😤
Penn is really pulling off that Teddy Roosevelt look well here.
What have you done
WHOA! So jarring to see Penn wearing something other than a black suit with stripes!
No black hair either
Ya Jorge and not using the 3 of clubs as an example card. =D
JayS Or ponytail!!
He still has the painted nail though.
shoutout to u for having a Lum profile pic
I have no idea how Penn can keep doing magic after he removed his power inducing pony tail? That's the big mystery.
Much like how Teller can sometimes talk after giving up his voice for magical powers...
10:12 that tweet was sent nearly a decade ago.
And?
2010 was max 3 years ago bro at most
Hold it, what do you mean this isn't 2010?
[Looks at calendar]
Oh...
*_Oooh..._*
Get some glasses it says 2019
ro59559 maybe replace your glasses because it says 2010
"A lot of problems with insomnia on Twitter, as we see with our President"
*GOLD*
scrolled looking for someone pointing it out xD
I wish they could use magic to do the vanishing trick
He said PRECEDENT guys chill
@@samuelralte7 your a slow one.
@@prizm2807 you're*
As a Magician myself.... I can say that this was incredible to watch! Penn = Goat!
**If you listen closely, you can hear Teller speak in the background**
Yes, but you see Teller doesn't speak.
Ethan : but he can
@@AbhishekTiwari-xt1kt So I hear, the curse is that Penn can only speak when performing and Teller can only speak offstage; in a rare moment like this when Penn is on-stage and Teller is not, they can finally communicate.
@@clockworkkirlia7475 Yeah ik
@PRESIDENT ANDREW YANG I've heard Penn say that Teller is a far superior magician.
I noticed the painted nail before hand and still got caught on the trick
The painted nail is not related to a trick. He keeps that fingernail painted red in memory of his mother. He's had it that way for years
"I would never leave someone believing magic is real"
Very smart penn, these muggles aren't ready yet.
😂
Lol!
Internet: What about revealing secrets?
Me: AHAHAHA! Magicians got so pissed at Valentino (the Masked Magician) and it turns out he was just ahead of TH-cam by several years. 😂
ah, morally wrong, eh ? that’s exactly what a wizard would want you to think. EDIT: mans just explained Twitter in a nutshell. It's just a lot of people with insomnia lmao.
"Baby chicks do come out of eggs. That's not magic, that's nature."
😂😂😂
I think Penn/Teller is one of the first to openly call what they do magic "tricks" which is very honest, but still retain the mystery of "how they do it" quality to it.
They're not the first. Traditionally, magicians in 19th century Europe would sign confessions to the local constabulary stating that what they did was trickery and that they were defrauding people. This was intended to avoid the potentially more devastating legal (and at times, physical) consequences of being found guilty of witchcraft, thanks to many European localities not bothering to update their laws for centuries. Also, in some places people did believe in magic in the torches and pitchforks kind of way.
It’s an illusion, Michael!
Not really. Houdini wrote like six books dissecting tricks much earlier. I recommend his books, they are free in Project Gutenberg. I especially like the one on fire walkers/eaters and poison drinkers.
“Magicians love magic MORE than non-magicians” he nailed that answer lol
Why would Penn try to convince a sick kid that magic is real? Wouldn’t the kid then be forced to conclude that some people can do magic but no one is using it to help them?
that's why poor kids shouldn't watch Santa movies
@Lujack Shaw did you believe in Santa and the Easter Bunny until you were a teenager?
@Lujack Shaw
Did you just say children don’t have critical thinking skills?
@@bikeshop2002 let alone superbook 🙄
@@zvchery4227 minimal critical thinking skills
I love how he avoids answering questions. He does it in a creative and respectful manner.
my question
"what's your opinion of Chris Angel."
Dabunny Rabbit I’m pretty sure they hate him....
CA is a fraud..
Chris Angel used to just use camera tricks, probably no opinion
Criss Angel is garbo
I don't think he's even in the same industry. Angel is a performer, an illusionist. He's not really doing the same kind of art that these guys are.
"We were doing a seance at Steven Spielberg's bachelor party"
Penn: We dont resort to Sorcery and Shadow Magic
2min later
"We did a Séance at Steven Spielbergs house...."
😒
Hope Spielberg doesnt see this video, it will screw up his awesome, unexplainable, bachelor-magic story he has been telling for some decades.
This guy is on my list of solid dudes your kid could write a report on as a role model.
couldn't agree more
"I never ever wanted to leave someone believing that magic is real. That'd be morally wrong" Penn Jillette, Aug 2019
I really respect that about people like Penn & Teller and James Randi. They are magicians and entertainers, but at no point do they try to deceive anyone into believing they have actual powers. They're open and upfront about their trickery. Obviously they won't reveal how they do their tricks, but they're also not shy about telling you that it's a trick. In fact, James Randi at this point has probably made more of a career out of exposing charlatans and frauds claiming they have supernatural powers than he has as a magician.
yeah no that's cool. I love this guy (/these guys) because he's (/they're) honest about it. All you see is talents and tricks and just because _you_ can't figure out how something works doesn't mean there's a higher power behind it.
Does the wand really choose the wizard? /*
Penn: No. The magician makes a purchase, like any other reasonable adult.
William Falls
Nah. The whole schtick is that the shop keeper makes a force on you to buy the wand he wants you to buy, hence the “wand choosing the wizard.”
It’s a scam.
@@ninboy01 Lol, mind blown.
I want to know if they were ever forced to put someone in their vegas show that they didn't want to just because they really did fool them.