What’s the Trick to Fooling Penn & Teller?.. Part 3 of 3
By Paul Gertner.. It was almost time to see whether my new ending to UnShuffled would be successful in fooling Penn and Teller. On Sunday, April 10th, my wife Kathryn and I flew to Las Vegas for the taping of Penn & Teller Fool Us. I felt good about my routine and was hopeful that the surprise ending I had planned just might do the trick. A car from the show picked us up at the airport, and as I glanced at the driver’s schedule sheet, it quickly became evident that this was a complex operation. The car service schedule was filled with names of magicians, many names I knew and some I did not, who were arriving for the show. One exciting bonus of the Fool Us experience was finding out that I would get to see my friend, gambling expert, Richard Turner. Richard and I had just spent the past July and August in China, where we bonded over many decks of Bee Playing Cards during the seven-week theater tour. Read more at: http://gertner.com/whats-trick-fooling-penn-teller-part-three/
(Special thanks to Mel Klentz’s “Magician’s Life Web Notes” for first pointing us to this story…)