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‘Penn & Teller: Fool Us’ fan recap: Magic? There’s an app for that..

‘Penn & Teller: Fool Us’ fan recap: Magic? There’s an app for that..

By Kayleigh Roberts for Entertainment Weekly..

Full disclosure: I’m a huge fan of Penn and Teller. I’ve seen them live in Vegas. I loved their Showtime series. Heck, I was even a fan of Penn Jillette’s guest-star stint on Sabrina the Teenage Witch. I watched the first season of Penn & Teller: Fool Us on YouTube and was super-psyched when I heard that The CW had picked it up for a second season.

The show’s premise and structure, in case you’re not familiar, is as follows: Professional magicians take the stage to perform their best illusions for Penn and Teller. If P&T know how the trick is done, they give hints that let the magician know they know without giving away the magic to the audience. If they don’t know how the trick was pulled off, the magician(s) in question win the chance to perform as part of Penn & Teller’s long-running and hugely popular Vegas show—obviously, a major opportunity for any magician. Viewers are treated to a handful of hopefuls as they look to bamboozle P&T;  then, at the end of each episode, the judges perform one of their famous and world-class illusions, which is always a treat.

Here are this week’s hopeful foolers’ tricks, ranked from meh to magical:

http://community.ew.com/2015/07/21/penn-teller-fool-us-shoot-to-kill/

“Phone-y Business” and Exposure in the Information Age: Notes on ‘FOOL US’

“Phone-y Business” and Exposure in the Information Age: Notes on ‘FOOL US’

From the last season alone, Fool Us is a show that creates high expectations, with great talent given the space to show Penn and Teller, as well as the world, what they can do. Happily, last night’s season premiere did not disappoint. In fact, I could not wish for a better selection of performances to demonstrate the various attributes that make for great magic.

Jon Armstrong: Let’s call his routine “delight.” His little magical plunger was a masterpiece of whimsy, and beautifully deceptive. It may not have fooled Teller, but it certainly fooled me. Most important of all, it felt so marvelous that the fact that it fooled me did not matter – by the time the trick was halfway done, I had stopped caring about the method and just wanted to see more of the little plunger. I feel like my life is a bit richer for having seen it, and that’s something the best magic will do. Read more…

(Thanks to Mel Kientz at MAGICIAN’S LIFE for the link. 

Email: m.kientz@bnproducts.com  )

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/moviesandtv/columns/foolinggarwulf/14265-Penn-Teller-Fool-Us-Episode-1-Review-Recap

Scoop: PENN & TELLER: FOOL US on THE CW – Friday, August 1, 2014

Scoop: PENN & TELLER: FOOL US on THE CW – Friday, August 1, 2014

Scoop: PENN & TELLER: FOOL US on THE CW - Friday, August 1, 2014 WORLD-FAMOUS MAGICIANS PENN & TELLER BRING MAGIC TO The CW – Aspiring magicians are invited to perform their best trick to try and fool the world-famous team of Penn & Teller. They will get to see the trick only once and have to immediately try to work it out. There are no camera tricks, secret edits or helpful camera cuts. This is all real magic. Anyone who succeeds wins the right to perform with Penn & Teller in their celebrated show at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The live studio audience and the TV audience watch along with Penn & Teller as they try to figure out the secrets. The magicians featured in the episode include Mark Shorland, Mathieu Bich, Young & Strange and Daniel Madison. British television and radio personality Jonathan Ross (“Friday Night with Jonathan Ross”) serves as host. Josh Levi directed the episode written by Adam M. Reid & Max B. Reid (#102). 

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Scoop-PENN-TELLER-FOOL-US-on-THE-CW-Friday-August-1-2014-20140716#