Mortenn Christiansen, first Danish magician on Penn & Teller Fool Us. The episode originally aired on The CW the 26th of January 2024. Season 10 episode 10 Episode name: A Magical Punch In The Face. Instagram: @mortennmortenn
The pre-recorded opening profile was amazing… creativity & vulnerability in abundance, which are the hallmarks of a great entertainer. 👍 P.S. ¡Duck, yeah!
I loved it! I have Autism, social anxiety, etc. as well but I could never see myself being up on stage like this. I'm assuming the humor helps you to deal with some of that. I can't wait to see more of your magic in the future!
Though it was long ago in the 1980s when I lived in Denmark for a few years, I remember still that Danish humor runs a course a bit different than American. The guy is from Denmark for sure.
You are a wildly funny magician, and a stupendously lovely chap. You *have* to get more widely known, outside Denmark (and bar at The Session) - the world has a Mortenn-shaped hole it isn't yet aware of.
If his goal was to make us laugh he should have gotten an honoury trophy or something cos i laughed almost non stop! This guy got exactly my sort of messed-up humor
Ducks in Danish is "ænder" which also sounds like "n-er" (multiple Ns). His name is Mortenn with two Ns (in DK it's usually spelled with only 1 N), hence his joke is he is Morten with two Ns (Morten with two ducks in Danish).
In Danish, "ænder" (ducks) rhymes with "hænder" (hands). The joke is about saying "I'm having two ducks (aender)... Oh, I mean two hands (haender)! (ae equals the danish letter æ)
That was a brilliant act, Dougal... I mean Mortenn. There was a slight awkwardness in the audience's response to you, and that was because, after watching your intro, they expected you to be a bit simple. And you weren't a bit simple. In fact you were a bit over their heads, humour wise. So they weren't quite sure how to take you, but they had almost caught up with you by the time you were finishing your act.
It's a pun so it doesn't translate well. In Danish, "ducks" in plural is the same as multiple N's (the letter). He has to N's in his name and carries two Ducks on stage. It's the same joke Penn unknowingly makes
That bit at the beginning reminds me that you used to be able to get candy bubble soap that was non-toxic. I used to go to punk rock shows blow a few bubbles and then guzzle the rest of the bottle much to the amusement of the crowd. Now they only have stuff that smells like candy but will make you puke your guts out of you drink any of it!
It's not really even a joke.. It's a pun on his name that in fact only works in danish. In Denmark a duck is an "and". The plural of "and" in danish is said in exactly the same way as you would say "two N's" in danish. This is why when Penn talks about the two n's - Mortenn thinks it's hilarious. Which it in fact isn't at all.
@@rambledogs2012 I think _piss_ is used both in Sweden, Denmark and Norway in the same meaning and content as in UK and US. _Helvetets jävla piss_ = Fuck fucking piss 😄
If he is even saying anything, I think he is talking about two people sitting down. One of them say Its getting warm, the other one respond "piss". (So I guess the joke is that he peed his pants) Its hard to hear, and I can totally make this up. I had to listen to it 5 times, and I am still not sure if I got even a single word right.
Translated transcript of the joke: So there are these two goldfish and they're sitting in an aquarium/fish tank and then one of them says "damn, it's hot in here" and then the other one says "piss". The Danish "pis" directly translates to "piss" but figuratively to "shit" or "damn it".
Great job! Believe it or not some acts are too cringie to watch for they're so obvious. Not saying I know how you did yours but it was great entertainment and great at the jokes. Need to be a comedian.
@@rafko5076 Okay, here is one about the fish: 'There are these two goldfish in an aquarium. One says to the other, 'Darn, it's hot in here.' Then the other says, 'Pee!'
The host and Penn & Teller always wear the same outfit, so the performances that are filmed on different days can be put together into the same episode.
They film based on logistics of the set, rather than what goes nicely together in an episode. So if the host changed dress on different days, it would mess up the continuity of each episode. Each episode is made up of acts that were actually performed on different days.
As I understand it, they film all the acts for the season over a couple of weeks in the summer. Then they put together the episodes so there's at least one fooler per episode, but not too many, etc.
