@@snacku5706 Yes and those acts are supposed to look and feel dangerous without actually being dangerous. Penn said himself: it would be unethical to perform magic that is genuinely dangerous.
Alexander F he was just testing him. They didn’t switch it. It’s something they created. You can see after he jumps over him he bumped the bottom of the mouse trap on his leg and it releases the card from within in
So in magic, a rat trap is a code for having someone hidden somewhere in the act, under the table in this case. When teller picks a card they say it out loud, there person in the table places that exact card from a separate deck into the compartment in the baton. The juggler bumps the baton on his waist to activate that compartment. Penn knows there is someone hiding in the table helping and so asks if he can inspect the "rat trap"
@@giuliogimiliano3110 i also suspect the card choice was forced because the way they did the selection, moved it to the top of the deck, then handed them the card off the top of the deck
They actually did switch the trap ... this is badly edited, when they cleared the floor with the blue mat, it was placed behind the table and the trap was switched at that moment ...
@@alexhalfner8837 says me. Every competitor has to reveal their act to the backstage judge before the act. And Penn and Teller worth millions of dollars in revenues. Do you really think the producers would allow putting such assets in danger?
@@Harry351ify relatively minor danger, yes. The stun gun will just hurt a little, the rat traps will leave a bruise at worst, and the kerosene torch is borderline harmless
@@RareCandyRehab What are the jugglers throwing around then if it's not dangerous to lie there? I mean they know what they're doing and all, but couldn't they still and drop one of the items?
@@lernenmitfrauweisenberger9130 yes but the chances are small, the items arent heavy enough to hurt much, and they gave him the safety glasses just in case. the stun gun is fake, so the most dangerous outcome would be getting a rat trap dropped on his cheek or similar. Not pleasant at all but hardly lethal.
Clever. Take the one judge that could possibly spot what you did, and put them in a position where they can’t possibly see clearly what’s happening. A bit underhanded.
A bit late but Penn said it himself one episode, "Magicians cheat all the time! To fool us means you are the better cheater!' or something along those lines, so it's not underhanded, it's fair play. Though they have stated there are certain things that are underhanded that they don't allow. On top of it, people often forget that while yes, Teller, is the one you need to watch out for, Penn also knows a thing or two. I can't remember who it was but the trick actually fooled Teller BUT Penn was the one who caught the important part of the trick. There's a reason why it's "Fool Us" and not "Fool Teller" or "Fool Penn".
@@jaxman682 I think that's part of Penn's strategy, too. He always gives Teller the credit and calls himself the "Big, dumb one." But Penn is clearly just as incredible. They're both masters of their craft and you can't underestimate either one of them, which is why it always shocks me when magicians invite Penn/Teller up to the stage with them. Either it's to misdirect their attention, or they're just that damn confident/good.
For those who think this was too easy, just remember the guy jumped over the shoulders of his partner and caught the three objects, continued juggling and did one more thing... all very smoothly!
@@domainmusicandgaming Sorry, yes; two more things. He also had the time whilst jumping over his colleague to send an sms to his mother for her birthday!
Regardless of how this is done the juggling is absolutely phenomenal and especially the seamless continuation of juggling. The real magic is skill and dedication to their craft.
Forget the card trick, that juggling was awesome! This was just one great act! Even understanding how it was done, I still enjoy watching it again and again.
This is sort of a simple card trick with many distractions. At 2:25 he moves the card to the top of the deck and palms it with the right hand. Then walks over to the "special box" a.k.a a box that simply throws cards in the air. While he does that he moves the card up his sleeve with his pinky ( 2:29 ) . At 2:52 he takes off his jacket and either drops the card to his partner for him to set it up ( 3:07 ) or he sets it up in the rat trap. At this point the card is inside the rat trap. At 5:58 the guy in the orange shirt catches the rat trap thingy and presses it against his hip, activating the mechanism that makes the card come out of it.
Yes - his pinky moves too much when stacking the cards for it to be natural :) But the ‘broad junglar’ way comment is to say a woman is helping them in the black table to load the card from jacket to trap (or two decks). Before the trick they have to tell teller if there are secret assistants.
Very cool. This duo is very charismatic and the trick despite being caught was still very top notch. It's performative like most but this takes it to a higher level.
Hang on, I watched this in .25 speed and the dude that made the jump and caught the items did actually catch the rat trap. As he juggles, he intentionally bangs the base of the rod into his belt and at that moment, the 7 card appears on the trap.
I absolutely love the Passing Zone. Saw them live back in college and they along with P&T were a huge influence on my duo magic act. This was a great routine.
That was probably the best show performance I've seen on P and T. The other magicians are good, but this really was entertainment at its finest, and a hark back to the days of fairs and showmen. Brilliant. I am just old enough to remember the end of traveling fairs in England when they still had performances like this, eating fire, juggling chainsaws, throwing axes and catching arrows, working for whatever the crowd would give, the wall of death next to them with guys on ancient motorcycles flying round the wall while eating a roast dinner. You gentlemen are natural successors to those old performers. Hats off to you.
@@jonhohensee3258 Their humor was G-rated just like the old-time carnies' was. Carnivals were family shows, so keeping it brisk and clean is key to maintaining tempo. I agree Bellerophon challen: it was a beautiful throwback act.
@@jonhohensee3258 It's not like we have to agree on the subjective quality of humor and performing arts. These guys were performing in a style rarely seen these days, with precise cadence, rhythm, and a style that flourishes in live performances. It's ok if you didn't like the humor, or the act, or the show. Others did, and nobody's deficient for their preferences.
The rat trap is a gimick and at 5:58 if you slow down the video you can see he pushes the handle of it to his hip to activate the mechanism that deploys the card witch he slight of hand loaded into the device earlyer.
Teller is so damned cute. Imagine having a son that cute. His mom and dad must have ignored him sometimes just so their hearts wouldn't melt completely.
Guys I was smiling through the entire act! It doesn't matter that you didn't fool them (and I suspect it doesn't matter to you either), that was very entertaining and an excellent display of skill! I was amazed at that hand off, I had to rewind a few times to see it again because it happened so fast 😂. It's one thing to be capable of doing something like that but a completely different thing being so good at it that you are confident enough to nail the act live on stage! 👏
"So in magic, a rat trap is a code for having someone hidden somewhere in the act, under the table in this case. When teller picks a card they say it out loud, there person in the table places that exact card from a separate deck into the compartment in the baton. The juggler bumps the baton on his waist to activate that compartment. Penn knows there is someone hiding in the table helping and so asks if he can inspect the "rat trap""
*Oh, I thought you were just trying to be a smart ass with the time thing. lol. Teller collapsed as a joke like he was fainting due to his "near death" experience from the dangerous position he was put in.*
Ohhhhh so Penn by saying "not that one the other one" was saving their trick and not letting the gimmick get found out. The gimmick being the rat trap wand that has a button on the bottom of the handle that spits out the card . That's nice of him lol cause they really didn't want to let them inspect it.
If you DON'T want to know how this trick was performed, scroll back up and be amazed. For those curious people, Click Read More... . . . . . . . . . . The card Teller picked was 'sleight of handed' into his jacket, as he takes his jacket off and puts it into the trunk, the card is inserted into the "Rat Trap" just before he grabs the plunger. Then pause the video at 5:57, Set Playback speed to 0.25. When he leapfrogs over and catches the items, you can see him press the rattrap on his thigh, activating the card to pop out of the "Rat Trap". In no way is this trick easy to pull off, and it looks amazing when performed!
No, the card was actually free choice, they loaded the chosen card (from a separate deck) into the gizmo while in the process of grabbing the mousetrap gizmo. They then swapped the gizmo for a non gizmo while putting the yoga mat away.
Penn suggest smooth and rough cards on Tellers choice (a way of forcing the 7 of diamonds). Then a certain move or button on the rat trap pushes out the card they knew he would pick. Fun trick!
No, I don't think the 7 of diamonds could've been forced on Teller using the method you described. I think he had a free choice of that card. However, if the performer manipulating the cards was wearing an appliance on one of his fingers that could roughen the card Teller chose, that would help with finding it later.
they didn't switch it. "rat trap" is actually a term in magic, the jugglers were just being cheeky making their device for the trick be actual rat traps. When Penn asked for the "rat trap" he was actually talking about something completely different than the trap on a stick they were juggling
To me, it looks like someone loaded the 7 of diamonds behind the black curtain in the mousetrap and when he lands at 5:58 he presses a button that shoots the card out. He definitely doesn't switch out the rat trap. I think they fooled them but in the heat of the moment, they just went with it. If you slow the video down you can tell he doesn't switch any mousetrap out,
there was no switch, theres a person in the cart (known by magicians as a rat trap) who loads the card into the rat trap sticks mechanism as soon as they announce the 7 of diamonds out loud to the room, they then do the rest of the act, i assume activates the rat trap stick mechinism by tapping it agianst his thigh as you spotted.
It's funny because it was a brain slip due to the fact that they are friends off stage. He's used to Teller actually speaking and responding normally off stage! Haha He just forgot about his stage persona for a moment.
That's crazy, even going frame by frame I can't see how it was done. At the 6:00 mark the mouse trap dips off screen with no card, then comes back up with the card in it. He's juggling during that entire time, his hands are occupied
Exceptional show. But why is the producer obsessed with audience shots? All the tricks are cut short at the crucial points to make sure we, the TV audience are sure there is someone in the studio audience gawking which it MUCH more interesting than coming to rest with the action on stage.
Pretty cool that Penn covers up for them so he doesn’t just blatantly reveals their trick but it’s pretty obvious that the mouse trap handle was rigged
I think the Flying Karamazov Brothers had a skit where they introduced “dangerous juggling tools” back in the 80’s. Edit: they called it the terror items. Changed it to danger after 9/11. See link. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flying_Karamazov_Brothers
Owen could easily pass as Mike Rowe's brother. Looks and sounds enough like him that I fully expected to read on google that they are brothers. Mike Rowe is the guy from all those Discovery channel shows.
That was interesting to me, because they really didn't have to go smooth/rough. If the "rat trap" is what people have suggested previously (and I think it is), then Teller could have a free choice of card - they even announce out loud what the card is. There'd be no reason to force a selection.
Mindi City I know I'm responding to an old comment but I'm 100% with you. I'm confused as to why they would need to force a card on Teller if someone under the table could choose any card to load the trap with.
You can see that the guy that jumped used his belt to push a button that dispensed the card while he was juggling. He did not switch the things while he jumped. He loaded the card and pushed a button to push it out at the right time.
Why they confirmed to Pen they switched the trap if they didn’t. Watched over and over at 0.25 speed, there is no switch. Either way, super sleek duo 👏🏻
Such an amazing peeformance! I've seen crazy effects and impossible tricks, but they lack the magical side, the authenticity and warmth that you guys have! Such a brilliant act!
I think I got it! They use an invisible deck which forces the 7D. They have a gimmicked rat trap on a stick which when a button is pressed will release the 7D on the end of the trap. He jumps teller and his friend catches the trap and keeps on juggling.. When Penn says you switched the trap, I think he means after the trick is done. I think s Penn and teller are walking to their seats... The magicians take the 7D from the gimmick trap and just casually switch it with the original prop.
I think you're close. There is only one card in the rat trap, and it's probably a one time use device so even inspecting it and realizing its a gimmick device won't explain how the trick is done. (also the button has to be pressed really hard to activate so pressing the button on the end of the stick won't feel like a button) You would have to explain how the right card got in the rat trap. Like another commenter pointed out, a rat trap is magic slang for a hidden compartment where an assistant is hiding. I think an assistant was hiding in the box they grabbed their juggling implements from and placed the correct card in the rat trap on a stick. Switching the trap out after the act is over wouldn't change anything as the premise of fool us is whether or not they know how you did it, and a last second switch out wouldn't change that.
I´ve rewatched the bit on slowmo where the ratcatcher happends to catch the card, and I still dont know how they did it, so for me this is still an amazing show with not only juggling but with magic too. This was fresh and really fun to watch!
Hint: watch him after he catches the three juggling items, and watch what happens to the *base* of the rat trap wand and the sort of odd movement he makes after landing... watch it in slow mo, and you'll figure it out. The only part I can't figure out is how he loaded the card into the device in the first place.
@@AureliusR I suspect the taller guy loaded the card as he was resetting the trap following the carrot demo. The camera cuts a lot, so it's difficult to follow everything in this format.
You guys are great! I really enjoy your presentation, great humor, engagement with the participant, reference back to the start...just overall fun. Thanks for the entertainment!
They swapped the mouse trap after picking the mat up and while putting the yoga mat away. The editing shows the gizmo while picking up the mat, doesn't show them putting the yoga mat away, then the next shot has no mat on the ground and the mouse trap without the gizmo..
