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Wizard Wars Series Premier..

Wizard Wars Series Premier..

  From Syfy news release. 

Premieres Tuesday, August 19th at 10PM – This competition series takes viewers behind the scenes of magic by challenging a new team of magicians each week to create the most jaw-dropping illusions using an array of random objects and transforming them into eye-popping miracles. The winning team of challengers in the first round then take on the expert “home team” of world-renowned wizards – two-time World Championship of Magic winner Gregory Wilson, Wynn Resort resident magician Shimshi; YouTube sensation Justin Flom, and internationally renowned Mentalist Angela Funovits. Judges include Penn & Teller, Jason Latimer and Christen Gerhart. Production company: A. Smith & Co. (Hell’s Kitchen, Joe Rogan Questions Everything, America Ninja Warrior). Executive producers: Arthur Smith, Kent Weed, Frank Sinton, Tim Eagan, Penn Jillette and Teller…

(Editors note: This series was originally scheduled for broadcast in March. Due to unannounced conflicts, the series premier has been rescheduled for August.. Stay tuned for any further updates..) 

Penn and Teller: ‘We compare death threats with Richard Dawkins’..

Penn and Teller: ‘We compare death threats with Richard Dawkins’..

By Craig McLean in the Telegraph..

What kind of trickery is this? First of all, Teller struggles to unscrew the cap on the bottle of fizzy water plonked on the hotel boardroom table. Having a couple of decades on the diminutive 66-year-old magician, I give it a go. Failing miserably, I hand it to his hulking partner, Penn Jillette, 59, who is twice the man of each of us. Or, he’s the two of us combined. He can’t open it either.

Penn and Teller quietly harrumph. The temperature in the over-air-conditioned conference space drops another notch.

The magicians have travelled from Las Vegas to a hotel in central London. Also on their schedule: a trip to the BBC’s Manchester studios to visit Blue Peter. They’ve been trying to think of a kiddie-friendly trick. They think “maybe the muffin trick. But adults are very good at underestimating children’s ability to make choices,” says Teller with a hint of reproach, “so they often try to make us do things that seem absolutely innocuous.”..

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Penn Jillette – 24 Tricks of the Trade..

Penn Jillette – 24 Tricks of the Trade..

  By Mike Andrelczyk for Fly Magazine..

Penn & Teller have been performing magic together for nearly 40 years. You know their act – Penn does all the talking, and his partner, Teller, remains silent during the duo’s performances.

Their show is a postmodern take on magic; it’s both about how magic tricks work and a “screw-you” (Penn would use the F-word) to hack magicians who try to fool the audiences into believing in the supernatural. Penn & Teller perform their comedy and magic at the Strand-Capitol this month, so we called Penn at his Las Vegas home, nicknamed “The Slammer.”

In this interview, we made the questions disappear and let Penn do what he does best – all the talking. Here, he pulls back the curtain to reveal some of the secrets of magic and life…

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Magicians Penn and Teller Celebrate 40 Years in Magic..

Magicians Penn and Teller Celebrate 40 Years in Magic..

You might think that having a silent co-host is every performers dream, and it’s certainly worked out for magicians Penn and Teller.

They’re celebrating 40 years together, and now they’re bringing their long running Las Vegas show to Britain.

Next month the duo will be making magic on their first ever UK tour.

On BBC Breakfast they performed a trick with playing cards and muffins..

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