Penn & Teller : Fool Us - Page 3 - OOTV -- Two Plus Two Poker Forums

Two Plus Two Forums 2+2 Communities Other Other Topics OOTV

Penn & Teller : Fool Us

Post Reply Subscribe

...

Page 3 of 17

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 13

Page 3 of 17

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 13

07-09-2011 , 07:16 PM

#51

foal

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 3,599

Some of it is probably edited out.

Quote

07-09-2011 , 07:18 PM

#52

VillainUnknown

veteran

Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,957

Quote:

Originally Posted by RubbishCards

Yeah I just thought it was weird that they seemed to get away with just saying "you didn't fool us".

Maybe they edited that part out so they could include the feel good spiel

Spoiler:

Quote

07-09-2011 , 10:08 PM

#53

General Tsao

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 30,586

people ITT definitely need to stop referring to segments of this show's with just the magician's name. i get it, you're a huge magic fan. but for the rest of us, the only people on this show whose names are worth remembering so far have been penn, teller, jonathan ross (dislike btw), and piff the magic dragon who was absolutely hilarious.

Quote:

Daniel Madison's attempt was a pretty big fail. How he thought he could fool P+T with that method is beyond me and having them sit on his right side basically guarantees they can't miss. The camera work is also terrible and makes it very easy to spot.

I was disappointed with Benjamin Earl's choice of effect since I like him a lot and think he has tons of great effects he could have done, though for the sole purpose of fooling P+T it was obviously a good one. P+T are such fish falling for Ben's trap of performing an effect which could be done with a very simple and easy method in an extremely difficult way.

I have no idea what this post is referring to.

Quote

07-09-2011 , 10:54 PM

#54

sayid_the_saviour

banned

Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 2,416

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yeti

1) these posts are not allowed and i should be deleting them
2) you have to be pretty dumb to not be able to find tv shows on the internet
3) you have to be very very dumb to not be able to find tv shows on the internet when instructions of how to do so are about 8 posts above yours

ban that dumb mf

Quote

07-10-2011 , 12:23 AM

#55

General Tsao

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 30,586

Also, I can't believe everyone is taking the competition part of this so seriously. "They haven't defined what countenances being fooled!" Seriously, here's the premise of the show - watch awesome magic tricks and sometimes the performers will go on to do a bigger magic show that none of us will ever see. now enjoy.

Quote

07-10-2011 , 12:46 AM

#56

Li Dong

enthusiast

Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 57

Has the envelope trick from Ep1 been solved?

Quote

07-10-2011 , 01:03 AM

#57

ganstaman

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 10,852

Quote:

Originally Posted by General Tsao

I am a huge magic fan and I agree.

Quote

07-10-2011 , 05:00 AM

#58

kitaristi0

l'étranger

Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 16,139

Quote:

Originally Posted by General Tsao

I have no idea what this post is referring to.

Try actually paying attention the next time you watch the show.

Quote

07-10-2011 , 06:05 AM

#59

suchsickaments

banned

Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 5,437

Pretty uneventful Penn and Teller bit at the end, no? Those are obviously not Teller's hands holding the box, so Penn simply slipped the glasses to Teller one of the times he was going over to the box and teller put them on.

Quote

07-10-2011 , 02:34 PM

#60

Goldenad

adept

Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 972

Quote:

Originally Posted by sayid_the_saviour

ban that dumb mf

seems extreme. i didnt mean to ruffle any feathers, my apologies. ill go back to lurking the ootv threads.

Quote

07-10-2011 , 05:30 PM

#61

General Tsao

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 30,586

so how was the rope tie trick with the female magician done? (i assume you magic fans just know this stuff?)

Quote

07-10-2011 , 05:31 PM

#62

CheckRaise_

veteran

Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 2,746

love p&t

Quote

07-10-2011 , 10:23 PM

#63

ganstaman

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 10,852

Quote:

Originally Posted by General Tsao

so how was the rope tie trick with the female magician done? (i assume you magic fans just know this stuff?)

Penn asked/told her that it was a variation on the Kellar rope tie. Google that and you'll have your answer.

Quote

07-11-2011 , 09:25 AM

#64

Yeti

Abominable

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 23,208

pretty terrible posts tsao! btw i think you are confusing 'huge magic fans' with 'people with a memory better than a goldfish who also know how to use google'.

bit of a boring episode but thought woss was on amazing form at times.

Quote

07-11-2011 , 11:05 AM

#65

General Tsao

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 30,586

i was actually just being polite. i really meant 'magic nerds' and i consider you all to be very weird for knowing these magicians' names.

Quote

07-11-2011 , 02:18 PM

#66

Dr. Spaceman

worth 1000 words

Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 7,978

Quote:

Originally Posted by General Tsao

i was actually just being polite. i really meant 'magic nerds' and i consider you all to be very weird for knowing these magicians' names.

The only magicians I can name are David Blaine and Henry Houdini.

Quote

07-12-2011 , 12:14 AM

#67

etothemc2

old hand

Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,317

Quote:

Originally Posted by suchsickaments

just watched and i agree. the chosen camera angles made it obvious what was happening during the trick. even though i spotted the key moment, i still enjoyed it because Penn is humorous and has a great stage presence, which is probably more important than the tricks themselves.

Quote

07-12-2011 , 12:35 AM

#68

Senor Cardgage

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,686

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. Spaceman

The only magicians I can name are David Blaine and Henry Houdini.

Or in other words, just David Blaine.

Quote

07-12-2011 , 12:47 AM

#69

dukemagic

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,899

Quote:

Originally Posted by etothemc2

Agreed. That one camera angle when Penn moved over to Teller to knock the wand against the block made it pretty clear when the handoff was. If I'm wrong about that then I guess they fooled me!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Senor Cardgage

Or in other words, just David Blaine.

LOL I didn't even notice that the first time. Awesome.

Quote

07-12-2011 , 03:27 AM

#70

Salva135

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,045

I could name Penn & Teller for sure.

Quote

07-12-2011 , 05:37 PM

#71

dknightx

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 6,497

Quote:

Originally Posted by dukemagic

Agreed. That one camera angle when Penn moved over to Teller to knock the wand against the block made it pretty clear when the handoff was. If I'm wrong about that then I guess they fooled me!

LOL I didn't even notice that the first time. Awesome.

yes i noticed that as well but how does teller actually get the glasses on his face?

Quote

07-13-2011 , 06:10 PM

#72

Zygote

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 5,740

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yeti

good read :

http://www.rob-james.com/foolus.html

and a bit more by the guy who wrote that :

the trouble with that the trick is they asked at the end for him to switch cds and couldn't. so they had discovered a flaw in the trick. he was representing that each of those cds had the song. if he could have maintained that, he would have fooled them. without this, they remain obviously skeptical, and not exactly fooled. its not about method guessing.

Quote

07-13-2011 , 06:44 PM

#73

Yeti

Abominable

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 23,208

apparently he could, he just didn't want to argue further because it was so discouraged by the producers. (i read that in the thread i linked last week)

anyway whatever, i am not defending that trick. just highlighting the inconsistencies and giving some backstage info. it's just dumb that for some acts they allegedly spend 30 mins examining props and asking questions, yet for others they make one low probability guess (to which being answered 'no' basically reveals how the trick was done), then announce they are fooled and cart them off to vegas. anyway ya ya it's tv just enjoy it, i get it.

Quote

07-13-2011 , 07:25 PM

#74

loosekanen

USA#1, Oh Yeah!

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 27,836

Wow, so much magic nittery itt. Just be happy someone pitched a show that got some magicians on tv. They're probably getting work even if they don't "fool them" and go to Vegas (which is probably just a neat little weekends anyway.) Chill out.

Quote

07-13-2011 , 07:32 PM

#75

Yeti

Abominable

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 23,208

ok bro

Quote

Page 3 of 17

First

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 13

Last

Post Reply Subscribe

...

Page 3 of 17

First

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 13

Last