Penn Teller Fool Us Stuart MacDonald Fooled Penn and Teller with a magic mirror. 

yah he check from edge to edge of the mirror

But one tiny mistake because he's too excited, and it would have been 0 trophies.

Teller had a very close look at the back of the mirror as he walked behind to get the trophy.

@@focuselp Well, I guess just because they've been fooled doesn't mean they aren't interested in how it worked 🙂

How cool would it be if he had prepared that. Having a (take) trophy ready in oàrder to pull one last trick before the exiting. But anyway, I believe Teller was behind the mirror at all times when on stage, so doing it would have been impossible without him seeing

@@mareksroka5629 1) It wouldn't have mattered much at that point if they saw how it was done and still have been a fantastic piece of showmanship, and 2) it would likely have been a foam, compressible trophy if he went that route, which wouldn't have fooled them from any angle. He should've done it!

Yeah! I noticed that! The dollar sign was reversed!

​@@PhilBagels good catch yall

Huh, never noticed! Really nice touch

This is the video from the Fool Us episode from back in 2017, I am fairly positive.

I know, right? On the other hand, Penn always looks like he either doesn't give a f**k, or he is annoyed that someone on stage is as good at magic as him.

If you also notice, Teller walked behind the mirror prop while getting the trophy to get a good look at the trick. Sneaky sneaky.

Teller himself once said (yes said) that a magician is never happier then when he’s fooled by a magic trick he’s never seen.

I reckon the shelving rack that hangs on the back of the mirror gets removed and is covered up by the blanket while he shows us the mirror.

​@James Stanley bingo. This is a great example of showmanship and skill. He's able to remove and hide it so quickly, it truly appears like there's nothing their.

Right??? Was the first thing came to my mind especially when he started talking. Also it was very eerie when he said "just like the oscars" hmmmmmmm

i knew he looked familer....

I'm not so sure about that. Yes, everyone knows that the things he pulled out from behind his mirror have been there beforehand, or he put it there at some point during the act. He was also careful to show the back of the mirror in the beginning, so we also see that he doesn't just have a big box there. But this kind of basic knowledge isn't enough to count as "busted", especially considering the amount of items involved which probably required some careful and probably ingenious management to keep it all invisible. And probably some gimmicks. Its not the first trick where Penn does an explanation stating that they "followed" him, and followed him, and followed him some more, but eventually they just gave up. I'm guessing that this is really the case here, basically an "overloading fool": he's been developing this performance for years, and while some of this certainly had to go into things like story as well, there's probably been a lot of development and experimentation to get each effect right. Penn&Teller would basically have to recreate at least the overall script of what he's developed in these years

I get that a lot

More like Ryan Reynolds but bald. Especially the eye area. 😅

Thank you. Not a bad problem to have lol!!!!!@@_Kobold_

Yeah as soon as I saw the "mirror" I had it figured out.

Something in the black drape that got rehung on the back of the mirror after it was returned to the vertical position?

Nothing to do with the black drape that's a decoy

It says in the title, magic mirror 😉

It's not a mystery: they've explained several times they cut a single "episode" out of different days, so the guy would appear in different episodes that had parts from the same day. This is also the reason why within a season Alyson and P&T wear the same outfits (so that cutting parts from different recordings would work).

Doesn’t bust the whole thing - I’m sure P&T “followed” that

@@bupobm If they followed that, then what fooled them exactly?

3:00 to 3:04 don't know if P&T saw the side angle but they did mention the compression. Not sure what they didn't get.

@@bupobm Yea nah, it does. Without that blanket/cloth he wouldn't of been able to pull off the illusion, espcially trying to make it look like there was nothing behind the mirror. Don't know how P&T missed that.

You are welcome

Thank you!!!!

Thank you. This invention has done quite well for me.

his was the worst version of this act. I have a hard time watching it and I'm the guy who created it.

@Magician Stuart MacDonald Sorry, I didn't know it was your channel, I thought it was shared. I didn't mean to be so disrespectful. I've seen this act or one like it a few times I think, where there was a mirror so it hangs or hides the other objects. Did you create the device or were you referring to some variations of it or the way the act was presented? Again I apologize for the rude manner of my intervention.

@@ecastag This was the first performance of the mirror illusion I invented in front of a live audience. There were other versions but this was the first stand alone mirror. It has since gone through many evolutions and is much improved.

@@StuartMacDonaldMagician Ok, thank you. Good luck. Sorry again for my manners.

"The worst"? Really? The presentation, storytelling, and creativity was exceptional. I loved it. Not sure what you were on about.