Their strong cultural importance for decades will cement them into North American entertainment history. They will be immortalised just like Copperfield. They are truly great magicians.
It's weird when you have grown up watching Penn and Teller, because they "never changed", but seeing them now, wow they look different. (This is one of the shows I have vivid memories of seeing as a kid)
@@Marquis-Sade the floor they are under is hollow and every piece of the space ship is hollow of course abs the floor has little trap doors teller can go through
@@santhonycheng2637 you just said the same thing, burning is just the present participle of burn and burnt is past tense. the fire is not burning itself its always burning something else right? you can't light fire on fire it just makes a bigger fire. just like you can't make water wet is just makes more water.
Not to sound corny but it is so wonderful to see these two still making people smile almost 50 years into there partnership. They truly admire each other and love their craft and performing. We are blessed that they do.
From what I understand, they don't really 'admire' eachother in the way that friends do, and don't really socialize outside of work. They're more like pretty close work colleagues, which is perfectly fine, especially if you've known your colleague and worked alongside them as long as these two. Although Penn has said that he considers Teller to be his best friend
I remember this special, it's around the time I became a Penn and Teller fan. I thought these magicians were so unconventional. They reveal tricks in an entertaining way and don't take themselves serious. They make it clear that magic is magic and that no one has magical powers, they are tricks. So entertaining. Now we are over 30 years later and they are as entertaining as ever.
I agree. It turns from getting impressed by the "magic" and the idea of "not knowing is the fun part" to getting impressed by the performance, just like how we're impressed by well choreographed dance moves and well executed singing performances.
@@GENOSANDIEGO as well the magic secrets revealed which was on in 1997-1998 which was 7 years later. a lot of these i would say are simple tricks. even though magic is supposed to be kept secret, the simplest ones have been reveled after this long while more advance tricks are still secret and new tricks are still being made.
I thought to myself, "wow, they aged a ton in the span of 10 years", then I realized it wasn't 2000 anymore. So I said to myself, "well, 20 years is reasonable to age that much", and then I realized it's been 31 years.
Lowkey the most impressive thing about this special is how they could both take a bite of a *peanut butter and processed cheese* sandwich without grimacing. 😂 Highkey the most impressive trick is how on Earth they managed to fill a BALLOON with BEES.
They are probably not workers but drones, and drones don't sting. Still, amazing composure, I wouldn't be able to be that casual even if I knew they won't sting me.
The best thing about the bear trap trick is that even if Teller screws it up completely, fails the trick, and jams his hand directly into the teeth, he will be fine. those traps are incredibly weak. for a real trap, one that can break bones, you need a special tool to even open the damn things. i suspect even the teeth are foam so he wouldn't even get cut. Penn and Teller make a huge deal that none of their tricks even have a possibility of hurting anyone
Learned from unus annus that breathing in while fire eating can cause you lungs to collapse. Thank you, wish there were more like you. Moments mori, forever.
I guessed exactly right (with the exception of the material of tire) for the truck trick. I thought the wheels were just going to be deflated with the counter balance making the wheels just roll right over him. I’m honestly kinda proud of myself.
If you look real close you'll see there's a roller just off center on the tractor's axle and an extra tire near the center of the axle on the trailer because the counterweight wasn't enough. The roller was putting down so much ground force they had to lay a piece of steel on top of the pavement so it wouldn't sink in. You can see the steel has flexed and come off the pavement right before the Teller gets up.
If you look real close you'll see there's a roller just off center on the tractor's axle and an extra tire near the center of the axle on the trailer because the counterweight wasn't enough. The roller was putting down so much ground force they had to lay a piece of steel on top of the pavement so it wouldn't sink in. You can see the steel has flexed and come off the pavement right before the Teller gets up.
I don't know how/when they thought these tricks up, but they were unlike all other magicians of their time. There's only so many apples on a tree, so their originality didn't last forever. Once variations were exhausted, they had to slow new ideas down a bit... until they started watching others do magic, instead of doing it themselves. That's how they had such a a successfully long prime-time career. Truly master showmen, they're ranked with the best ever. Bravo, gentlemen... for your long journey at the top. That's the real magic!
It's really interesting how a lot of these danger tricks involve physics and using it to make a seemingly dangerous trick not really intimidating at all
reminds me of the professor who risked his life believing in physics, when a swinging ball won't return to where it started as long as no speed is enacted on the object.
I remember watching this as a kid, these guys were ahead of their time. They did the same show with many of the same tricks for a British audience and the UK Magic Circle went absolutely bat-shit that they were showing people how to do these tricks 😂
Omg, so easy, it's a empty outside wheel, but since there is air in the inside wheel it doesn't look flat (semis have two sets of wheels on the trailer part). The SNL lady was just using a slipknot in both tricks, and the cutting part was her holding the cut area on the end.
theres something so funny to me about the fact that they told the audience to leave during that ribbon trick and when they all got up and started walking they turned all the lights down like they must have been bumping into each other and tripping and stuff lol
Penn was that one kid you really didn’t want to invite bc he’d take away all the attention but you knew your friends wouldn’t get along if he wasn’t there😂
