Penn & Teller Fooled By 3 Card Scam? - Joe Monti - Penn & Teller: Fool Us 

Watch more Penn & Teller: Fool Us www.cwtv.com/shows/penn-teller-fool-us/ Check out the best handpicked magic tricks! allthingsmagic.com/collections/taco-tuesday

The nod from teller when joe said “I worked hard” thats some SERIOUS respect

Lucky for Joe they didn't ask to examine his pants :) Great trick

Joe performed a private show for my company a little over 20 years ago - I was amazed by his talent with close-up magic. He was performing for a lot of engineers who KNEW is was sleight of hand but enjoyed it so much because they just couldn't catch him doing it. Joe also has really big hands which would seem to make it even harder. Anyway, he provided me an invite to the Magic Castle in Hollywood which really impressed my date. We had a spectacular time and never forgot what a great guy he was.

I love how P and T trying taking a guess and failing sometimes makes the trick so much better. Knowing he finished clean just took the trick to a whole new level. I went from having a few guesses to having ZERO idea how it's done.

sometimes pen and teller know they are fooled, or they like the act little too much or they respect the magician a lot, that they just make a wild guess as a formality just to be wrong and give away the trophy. Very generous of them. For example, never ever that have gone up on stage to inspect something and actually found something that proved not a fooler.

I couldn't figure it out. I thought he was using gimmicked cards, I'm assuming the Archilles Heel reference had something to do with it, i.e., the ace had a 2 of clubs sign in one corner, and the 2 had an ace of diamonds sign in one corner. He's careful to only show 3/4 of each card and he obscures the corners with his arm when showing the cards. However, at the end the cards are fully shown, showing no gimmicked corners. So I can only think the Monti Move, tucking it in his pants, removed a corner overlay as the last insertion is much deeper and there's an extra hand pat on his pants after the move. Similarly, placing the Ace in the box removed an overlay, or prepped for removal, so withdrawing it left the overlay inside the box. The cards had to be clean by the end of the trick or Penn/Teller would have seen something.

I like Joe! Such a great personality and emotionally involved in his act and his win. Congrats 😊

He has such an amazing personality and showmanship. This was just brilliant

So happy for Joe! I tear up every time I watch this!

Acted like a sneaky, fumbling, street magician, and did something miraculous. Sublime!

He didn’t fool me, this guy ain’t no magician…he’s a wizard. 👏👏👏

Is not about how many times you fell, but how many times you get up. Your act is AWESOME. AWESOME

So clever with the large cards - what a great routine, I really smiled throughout that act!

this show ALWAYS puts a smile on my face and that is why I watch it

Yoo I LOVE THIS!! Amazing performance. I watched it twice and still am fooled on how he did the last trick. Thank you for sharing his video on your channel. Wow!

8:04 I love their reaction as they were not expecting a "yes" at all.

great performance.. Joe really has a magnetic personality

Nice job Joe! And congrats on the trophy! You have paid you dues, and you earned ever bit of that award!❤

5:00 you got me!

I’ve done dozens of Monte’s using the mis-indexed corners, so he suckered me right in!

I finally got it (i think) after a frame-by-frame. There are actually 5 cards (A A 2 2 3). The way he's holding the cards keeps it so we only ever see 3 at a time, and when he places the cards back in the box before bowing, the extra cards get hidden there. So when P&T inspect at the end, only 3 cards are left out for them to look at.

That was absolutely amazing. What a wonderful trick. Blessings,Carlos ✝️🙏❤️😊🇺🇸

I teared up when I saw him tear up. Must have been the onions I cut yesterday. Delayed response. Great job! Great routine and you can tell, a great spirit when you see one! Way to go!!!

You can really tell this guy has been performing on the street, I thought especially by the way he talked to Brooke. He didn't stop at the trick, he has an instinct to connect with people so he's talking about shoes, complimenting Brooke's outfit. In a couple sentences Brooke is already touching him and saying "We". That seems like a good way to not get beaten up 😂

Now that Joe has performed his three card monte on T.V.. and has won for his performance. Which he truly deserves. Absolutely fabulous. Any chance that he will be marketing this routine for us magicians? As I’ve been doing the sidewalk shuffle for many years and would absolutely love to replace it with something so powerful. What a great effect.

That's a GREAT trick. Good job, Joe!

4:52 the ace is clearly the highest and leftmost, and he picks up that same card once the backs are facing to us, tucks the middle card in his pants and reveals the middle card to be the ace. That to me is more magical than anything else because there wasn't even any evident sleight of hand. Nothing looked like it shifted. It just stopped being what it was.

Trick one and two. The Ace had one corner with the 2Clubs on it. The 2Clubs had one corner with the Ace diamonds on it. He only ever shows 3 corners of those cards at one time. When he does the last trick, he uses his pants to remove the AceDiamonds from the 2 Clubs and uses that weird contraption the he puts the Ace in to remove the 2Clubs from the corner, to leave all three cards clean. Check his pants and check the contraption to find those two pieces.

Wonderful act wonderful presentation and I'm deserved round of applause and trophy Great job Joe it was a pleasure to watch and was a pleasure to meet you in my shop years ago.

I was trying to figure it out from the start because I was sure there was no way he was just going to do a mispip monte. Fooled me.

They should have asked to check his pants. The entire routine was obvious to me how it was done until the full card reveal at the end, but then it wasn't difficult to realize that he simply slid off the false corners into his pants and the card stand. Still well executed.

Noticed the CW ad for Fboy Island at the end of the clip when he gets the trophy. LMFAO! 🤣

The end was mind boggling.. Congrats Joe

I immediately flashed on Run DMC when I saw those shoes. Nice touch.

Thanks for showing this one. I Kinda needed an -it's not over til- message,.this was a great one....And its a helluva great monte

I have a set of those jumbo cards and I got fooled by Joe's ending here. Very nice & congrats Joe!!

It had to be a magnetic corner piece that he had in his trousers. He made sure the magnetic corner stayed in his pants at the end to end the trick wit clean cards. Now, if Penn said something like "Can you perform the same trick wit different 👖?" Then they would've had him there. I'm surprised they didn't in fact think of that. Or maybe they did, and they jus had to come to 1 solid guess. Like, they aren't allowed to keep guessing 3, 4 & 5 times. Ik that from previous seasons. Lol

This is the best Monty I have ever seen. Even I kmow the Classic trick. Congrats

brilliant trick well done !!

A very cleaver twist on a Michael Skinner classic. Surprised the boys did catch it! Anyway well done!

Congrats Joe you are AWESOME

That was a great trick. I can usually figure out card tricks but I have NO CLUE!

Wow.. OUTSTANDING

Great! Also, Brook is doing a fabulous job. What a charismatic young lady.

It's easy to palm a card or do a lift with a small deck..This raises the bar though! GREAT trick...

That was amazing. Way to go Joe Monti. Thanks, I like it a lot, Luke!

Joe Monti's FU win was the best I've EVER seen on Penn & Teller's Fool Us!

When he went 2 cards... he had a sticker on one card saying it was the ace..he really did put the ace in the holder. When the 2 cards went in his pants the sticker comes off. If u noticed he patted his belt line to make sure wasn't sticking out

At first I thought he might have been using flaps but, unless he did a clever switch, there is no way he used flaps because P&T examined the cards...

Really likeable and entertaining! Go Joe!

Brillant act, well done on the Fool Us win!

Loved this so much, and let's not forget he fooled us all.

The trick was insane!

Nice routine! Skinner would be proud. And also the 2 other Grimaces.

after watching it over again and going back to watch how he did it 20 years ago, finally figured out how he did it. but it was a darned good trick and live audiences aren't going to be able to watch you do it over and over again and will still be amazed like i was

Brilliant. Spoiler below... The cards are ordinary, just large. However, the Ace has a 2 stuck to one corner, and the 2 has an A stuck to one corner. During the final trick he slips the covers off, very deftly.

I loved this!

Great kicker ending.

It's the simple tricks that really make you feel something. That was amazing. Do you know if he told P&T anything afterwards?

I followed along with his act, with the benefit of slow motion replay of course. Flawless performance, Magic isnt about the trick, we all know how its done these days, its about the showmanship and performance.... 11/10, well done to him.

No idea how he finishes clean, but that's an impressive trick.

I bet you're glad they didn't check the front of your pants for the extra piece 😂, very nice 🎉

Wooow amazing

That number 2 card has an ace overlay and the ace card has a 2 overlay i did a similar trick years ago just for fun. The overlays can be removed with a little misdirection and sleight

Unless there was a video edit, I don't know how he did the ending showing all the cards without covering anything up. Great routine.

Fantastic trick.

Beautiful reaction from Joe

That was wild! I know the trick, but I didn't see the slip.

They have been accused of faking being fooled sometimes… But I feel it’s very real here - based on Penn’s reaction when he asked if they could see the cards. Well done!

Mindfreak only required "magic" consultants 😂

I rewatched and saw what he done very very clever

He was one of Criss Angel's consultant during Mindfreak days 😮🎉

Luke is such a fantastic communicator/podcaster and all around brilliant thinker, creator and phenomenal sleight of hand magician! Thank you Luke❤️

I think I may have this one solved. 3 is the lead card and it 100% authentic. The other two cards are expertly layered to mirror eachother. Tucking the cards against his warm body changes the color with thermocromic ink. Letting the card sit on the stand gave it time to cool and change back.

"I worked hard", he says...

Harry Anderson did the giant-card 3-card monty trick 35 years ago.

Thats a big hustler right there ^^

Joe Monti JoMamma'd Fooler wearing those classic Adidas and walked off that stage like its Christmastime in Hollis, Queens

Took a few seconds but can see how its done, for those that need a hint think about what you are seeing at 5:38 and take note of how they are being held and whats really there. He obviously knew that penn and teller would want to examine them at the end.

Fantastic, and very touching. Joe is man I would be proud to call a friend. But what I really want to know - as a former single Dad - is How is that little girl doing?

figured out the gimmick (at least I think I did ) after a few slow motion watches , but still a nice effect.

Wowww 👏👏👏👏

Teller seems to agree that he's worked hard on this trick to earn the award.. but I think he realized the trick while examining the 2 C. Yes.. it was examinable.

I feel like one of the most important parts of the trick happened when they camera cut to P/T at 5:49

He is JUST AMAZING.... Scammer... Oops..🤭.i mean... MAGICIAN. 😅

This guy has numbers...in his pants! 😜

I had it all figured out....until he showed the cars at the end.

nice trick, but Im kinda surprised this fooled them, for me (final part) it seems like fake card corner (ace) which is put on the black card and which he later on hide in his pants. I might be also completely wrong, but thats how I would do this.

They're piping in these sound bytes of Penn's booming laugh and they're horribly cut off and even sometimes playing when they're showing him in the chair silent - the production on the show seems like it's going way downhill recently. (e.g., 5:48 and the exact same soundbyte is played at 3:43)

An extra card or cards are concealed behind his back, so obvious as he never turns around during the performance.

The Ministry of Magic called. The Aurora are looking for him.

I would have expanded Penns question... can we examine, and are those the same cards you used in the act. Seems to me it would be a simple sleight of hand to swap them out at the end of the act (as he returned them to his stand).

What episode is the clip at 0:09 ?

They forgot to look in his pants!

theres a mixture of 2 things happening here ,,, at least... hes turning the cards upside down , to show the opposite corner ,,, thats fine .. but the last trick wipes them somehow ... ill keep thinking

If you freeze the screen around 4:14-4:15 you can see there is a card hiding behind the two of clubs. (I think?)

It is very cleverly done. They expected something else. I have an idea how it was done. Also, even the first time watching the video, I noticed a small detail. Re-watching it just confirmed my initial thoughts. If I am correct, than knowing how the trick is done does not substract anything from the performance. I enjoyed it a lot, it has great acting, smooth moves and smart humor. I guess Teller realized how it was done (differently thatn they thought) once he examined the one card he checked, while Penn was just furious because he expected to find something that was never there.

You know how it is done till the end and then boom How does it even work😢😢

Penn is really putting the weight back on.