They may have fooled Donna Jean but they did NOT fool me.

I really do hope Penn and Teller come to believe in the God they love to mock. They seem less cynical now, I pray they know the God who created their creativity.

i had one of those cheap common novelty toys as well. I'm surprised to see them use something so old and basic.

Penn did not shuffle the cards, just made it look like he did. When cards cut he you see him look at the bottom card, he knows the order, so he now knows how many cards in his hand. The person hiding under the chair also knows the order, so when Penn says the amount of cards, he then knows what card to put in the large trick pack to hand to Teller.

My best theory is that the drawing lady is an “instant stooge” being shown what to draw by a reflection on the glass. This is why her head has to be positioned just right in the cradle. In this way she makes a drawing that is very similar but not the same. The smash one drawing and use the tray to swap the other in.

Ok but what about the ones where the magician switches with the assistant and the assistant is on top of the box?

I remember when you did this on the West Wing.

if you slow it down, you can see teller actually stabbing the board

Thank you Brian Brushwood for this amazing Booktest

Classic. I think I know how it's done. And yes, Houdini did it the same way.... technically.

BEST !

I saw it, but I won't say. ;)

I love the gag, but He is a precious and irreplaceable resource. Once it floats into the upper atmosphere, it's gone for good. Use it for the most important stuff.

Haha, I feel for the audience member who showed the Queen to the audience. Penn did say to show it to the audience, and he forgot he shouldn't haha 😅

Super smooth by Teller at 3.52. Had to re-watch it a couple of times

Why does Adam have any kind of following? He says it himself - he ruins everything. He does ruin everything, but he seems to think it's a novel selling point. Little does he know...

Nice trick :)

Oh Adam!! Cool!

Beyond brilliant.

Adam Conover? Nvm.

I saw this clip about 5 years ago and I wanted to find it again. I googled “Penn and Teller Donna Jean” and sure enough

50% of the trick for me is obvious - there are almost 3 paintings. The "first" one is shown at @2:06 . Notice the two green dashes on the right eye (from out point of view). Then when the magician removes the "painting" @2:28 they are gone. Do notice that the magician removes, for no aparent reason, the head-resting-peg @2:23. The third painting is shown at the end and it's just a copy of the second. I believe that @2:24 the trick has already been perfomed and everything else is just spectacle.

Oh! Thank you. I'm Italian, 45 years old. I never saw this one before. Having tbe privilege to watch more productions by my favourite magician duo is a blessing. I enjoyed every second of this. I'm happy as a kid with a present at christmas eve.

Talk about a bait-and-switch.

The dog should retire🙃

If you pause the clip at 5:50 you can see where Teller is about to totally baffle me for the next 59 seconds.

So I will GUESS (very good guess)... that they are chemically staining the glass and using a transparent semipermeable sheet to transfer the image from pane 1 to pane 2 using transparent chemicals. Explanation below. Each marker has no actual dye or paint, but rather a different transparent chemical. Once those chemicals come in contact with the glass (maybe using a heat or chemical reaction with gas from the chamber), they react and form each of the 3 unique colors. Essentially they are making stained glass. The reaction occurs within the glass itself, so there is no risk of color contamination with any non-glass surface. A transparent semipermeable sheet absorbs the chemicals from the original drawing and then gets transferred by Teller to the pan and eventually the chamber. I'm thinking the sheet removal happens 2:26-2:28. Who would EVER hold a large glass frame with one hand? Other hand is very close to the pan that gets placed in the gas chamber, so Teller probably sticks the sheet to the bottom of the pan. Camera cut and angle prevent us from verifying this. A very thin and absorptive sheet would allow the chemicals to pass through the sheet while still reacting with the glass behind it. Notice the large amount of marker smear that occurs between 2:06 and 2:27, especially on the left (viewer's right) face. If that was because of excess liquid, we would see some smearing in the full minute it had been sitting there. It's impossible to remove a sheet without at least some lateral movement. Hence the smearing. Presumably the process to stain the glass occurs during that smoke show for the second pane. The first pane was prepped shortly before the performance and perhaps has some component trapped between the glass and the transparent sheet. Problem with this theory: -How does the sheet get removed without any light reflection? Presumably the sheet is coated or entirely something that reduces glare, but I really don't know how they could entirely eliminate light reflection.

There are two different paintings. The painting at 2:13 and 2:28 are different (they have different eyelashes). But I have no clue when the switch happens. The original painting is the one he then smashes at 2:55 (again after a switch I do not see). And the second painting is the one he pulls from the smoke box.

Unintentional asmr

I can think of a way to do it. But is it THE way to do it?

Adam Conover is kind of a hack. I've watched his show and on some things I'm knowledgeable on, he gets a lot wrong. Plus, his sources are often not credible sources (e.g. using Mother Jones as a source instead of a primary source).

Beyoncé and Jay-Z joke aged well…

A great show, in more ways than one! I am left just wondering what TSA means? Thoroughly Spectacular Acrobatics maybe?

This is inspired magic, completely unique.

Unfortunately this trick relies more on video editing skills than sleight of hand skills...

Bummer for anyone who hasn’t seen the original that the video title gives it away. Still an impressive performance.

I’d like Allison to feed me her muffin. ❤

The real trick was Tom Green acting so normally.

You’re telling me he didn’t hear any of you say all of that?

No Mr. Piffles?

The quality of how great of performers Penn and teller are is so consistent and great. I’ve seen 3 different recordings of this trick and they’re almost identical shot for shot. Perfect performance quality.

I absolutely love how no one in the comments can detail how this was done, thats the magic touch that Teller always seems to have

Amazing bit!

First

Rashad was a great volunteer

I think they switched the deck slightly of hand and every card is the 10 of dimond

What a terrific example of word association football 😍

You can tell instantly that it is a completely different picture

I love how Teller's solo tricks are like poetry in motion

this is very entertaining but it looks like the hot chick just kind of wiggled out of it without any sophisticated movements hahaha