Apollo Riego on Penn & Teller: Fool Us

[@apolloriegomagic]

Check out some behind-the-scenes footage and see what it’s like to be a contestant on Penn & Teller: Fool Us! kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKTdcpR3qr2ZkKs

[@francoislechampi2002]

I love how Penn allways takes time to compliment the magician, even if he and Teller were not fooled

[@seansilence2697]

That's one of the things I love about this show. First and foremost, it's two of the world's best magicians enjoying other people perform their craft. It's a competition show second.

[@S_Drake]

Yes! I love how they always show respect for skill and showmanship, regardless of whether they were actually fooled.

[@olivier2553]

Hey, they selected the contestants to be on their show. If they had bad contestants that would lower the quality of their show :)

[@andrewvelonis5940]

Especially when they are not fooled. I've seen when they are fooled, calling the magician a rat bastard.

[@imaginary_Kyle]

Very solid performance. I love how on this show the magicians acknowledge the "Yeah, you got me." moment.

[@rodolforiego2128]

Nice performance and showmanship. Very proud of you. Keep it up Son👍

[@apolloriegomagic]

Thanks Pa 🙏🏽

[@Acaykath]

Considering this is like the fifth time a variation of this act has been performed on fool us, it's not a surprise that it did not fool. The fake injuries were a nice addition though.

[@apolloriegomagic]

I’ll be doing a behind the scenes and commentary about my performance in the next video! Subscribe to stay updated! I also love of your theories on how it’s actually done! Keep ‘em coming! Thank you all!

[@grimIitz]

Key words were "choice of magicians", i.e. "magician's choice" and "marked". You know which envelope contains the blade and since it can appear in the assistant's hands at various stages, you have multiple scenarios for each of them.

[@MisterDibitybopty]

Great trick! I'm glad you thought about safety first and had Allison wear those glasses. 😁

[@actscollector]

2:46 is where the magic start 🙂

[@michaelmatto9511]

wrong

[@xclimatexcoldxx]

I was REALLY hoping when he said to open the last envelope, that the blade wouldn't have been in there.

[@kathowed]

Fabulous stage presence and presentation! I hope this isn't the last time I see you work your magic.

[@apolloriegomagic]

Wow thank you! Yes I’m definitely working on some new projects right now! Hope you’re subbed 😄

[@Matt-ov1qp]

Congrats Apollo, I'm glad you had this opportunity. You seem like a good person.

[@apolloriegomagic]

Thanks Matt! Lord knows I try to be 😅

[@glcbo]

That was great man, really enjoyed, hope to see more from you

[@apolloriegomagic]

Thank you! More to come!

[@andrewvelonis5940]

This looks like a variation of the trick in which a spike is concealed in a paper bag. I once saw a video of that gone wrong.

[@FlatEarthMath]

Nice act! Please be careful out there. There are versions of this very trick (with knives or spikes) which have gone wrong, as you pointed out in your intro.

[@MahdiTheMagician]

So good! Really enjoyed this so much!

[@apolloriegomagic]

So glad you enjoyed it! I love your stuff Mahdi!

[@jalontf2]

My thoughts are either: A) every envelope had a foil disc in it that was smashable, the grapefruit demonstration at the beginning was just a ploy, or B) envelopes were marked a lá the traditional smashing your hand on a Styrofoam cup trick

[@apolloriegomagic]

I initially thought of putting foil blades in every envelope to sort of, throw them off but the handling got too complicated for my taste so I just stuck to my original Deliberation method.

[@spider853]

I didn't see the switch, nicely done... really tried to follow from start to finish... Didn't expect so much freedom for Alison

[@MrKockabilly]

Great performance. The only letdowns imho were: - the five other envelopes were empty, as you said, therefore Alyson can feel or weigh which one has the disc depriving her of the "innocence"; - you got to choose the envelope that would contain the disc. This would easily raise suspicion that the envelop was marked; - you did not smash the one that Alyson picked. The use of "magician's choice" is so obvious here.

[@Nico12420]

Filipinos love danger! So proud that a fellow Filipino performs on fool us! I hope you try again to fool them!

[@apolloriegomagic]

Salamat kababayan!

[@AlphaMachina]

Well done, Apollo! Keep it up, my man.

[@apolloriegomagic]

Much appreciated! Will do!

[@dazuk1969]

I think it was Harry Houdini who said "I would never do anything more dangerous than sitting in my living room". I know P&T say something similar...but you sure made that look dangerous and defo fooled me. Wonderful illusion/trick.

[@davidwalter2002]

P&T think it's morally wrong to put actual danger into an act, and they won't allow it on the show. I respect that. This was a great trick, though. Very well presented, and the strawberry jam at the end was a fun twist.

[@dazuk1969]

@@davidwalter2002 There is a wonderful trick/illusion P&T did on the Connan show where they use razor blades. I do know how they did it but I would highly recommend it as a perfect example of how you can do something that looks really dangerous but in fact...it is "no more dangerous than sitting in your living room" 😉....thanks for reply.

[@nero3700]

@@dazuk1969 I vaguely remember that one, gonna (re)watch it right now, but when I think about seemingly dangerous magic acts from P&T I always remember the "catching a bullet with their teeth" one. I loved that one, and from what I remember it's what brought me to P&T.

[@freemagicfun]

@@nero3700 Yeah, Penn & Teller will do seemingly dangerous, but not actually dangerous tricks.

[@keithnaylor1981]

Baffling! With Alyson selecting the envelopes I see no way this could be done!

[@SethiozProject]

I think you used the common trick of "illusion of free will". Most likely you swapped the blade, it was never in any of the envelopes, because when you let her pick for you, this is where things can go wrong if you reall let her pick, altho it was unclear to me if she should have lowered the one you going to smash or the one that has blade in it, so maybe it was multiple outs. strawberry jam was a nice touch tho.

[@apolloriegomagic]

The blade was most definitely in one of the envelopes and I was in REAL danger if I had the slightest brain fog. It wouldn’t have been strawberry jam squirting out if I hit the wrong one 😅

[@sailaab]

You presentation and the script in general :-) were mesmerising

[@apolloriegomagic]

Much appreciated 😊

[@RobertBallMagician]

Fantastic performance 👍😊👍😊

[@apolloriegomagic]

Many thanks Robert!

[@catfdljws]

mentioning blood and i'm thinking of Teller's art direction for MacBeth at the Folger here in DC :)

[@MagicDevonte]

Great work Brody 🙌🏽

[@apolloriegomagic]

Thanks bro🙏

[@descubriendoconluismi]

Wow i watched the video sins you uploaded and still don't know how you change my 20 dollars bill for a dollar and come back to my 20 you are so good

[@apolloriegomagic]

Yes! That was in Abracadabra NYC! Love your content brother!

[@perryrush6563]

I love her "oh great"

[@enigmamann2266]

Hey bro nice job. I'm also from Rogue magic shop. Keep it up

[@apolloriegomagic]

Awesome! Thank you!🙏🏽

[@newmoment3654]

All he needed to do was to look at the small width difference that has the blade in the envelope.

[@apolloriegomagic]

Aha!!!!

[@apolloriegomagic]

Email me at [e-mail] i’m gonna send you a free gift!

[@newmoment3654]

@@apolloriegomagic Oh really? If I emailed you, how would you know it was from me? And whats the gift?

[@apolloriegomagic]

Well you’re the only one who got the method so I want to send you some magic tricks. I’ll give you different options. Also, I don’t get a lot of emails from my youtube viewers…

[@film_magician]

Even if the envelope is marked he still had to go through all of them that Allison picked.

[@apolloriegomagic]

@@Talenelgood eye

[@aixfukumoto]

Yes! Thank you for representing and showing the talent of Filipinos! 🇵🇭 You certainly got me fooled. Keep it up dude, you're awesome.

[@apolloriegomagic]

Thank you so much! It’s an honor to rep our people!

[@mixvlog8073]

YES PROUD HERE FROM PHILIPPINES

[@apolloriegomagic]

Awesome! Salamat!

[@jeepdude7359]

I’m all for any magic that creates some legitimate risk. Even it’s all decent.

[@bukselak9328]

One of the envelopes has a different color, not much different, but enough so he can see the difference. But the audience can’t see the difference

[@Terpe75]

There are also Infrared Contact Lenses that can see luminous inks that are invisible to the naked eye. Combine that with the mirrored Safety Goggles Allison was wearing, just need one side of the envelope marked.

[@RationalTrade]

@@Terpe75 And a teleportation device.... nothing that fancy being used here.

[@WELLifeTV]

Polaroid reflection was the key :) search polaroid. To see marks you cant see by usual unless you use this type of glasses. Notice allison's glasses.

[@apolloriegomagic]

That was the red herring but Teller didn’t fall for it. The method is a lot simpler than that…

[@michaelrue1400]

Sometimes I understand Penn's code words and sometimes I don't. I think I got this one.

[@andrewvelonis5940]

"Marked"

[@rsh8057]

I know it's a trick, but it makes me nervous having someone else handle the props. Hopefully, he switched out the saw for a blunted one just in case...

[@apolloriegomagic]

The gloves are cut resistant

[@humanoidy]

Congrats Apollo nice to see a performance that isn't just about being funny. Keep at it brother ✨

[@apolloriegomagic]

Thanks so much🙏🏽

[@yourboyfriend3583]

apollo ascending from sansminds

[@lenrely2033]

Allison: "yeah, but..."

[@davidfanning1600]

Can't believe Penn was fooled by that old classic

[@mjrauhal]

It's possible he said that to get the "if you had your choice of magicians" in.

[@oneanddone7992]

Yep. 1:56 He never put the blade in the envelope, and if I can see it from here, p and t could from there.

[@thhutton]

@@oneanddone7992 The blade was in there. The envelope with the blade in it was marked. He gave Alyson mirrored glasses so he could see which one was marked.

[@nitedk]

Yes he did. Then Alyson put it in later.

[@apolloriegomagic]

He was thrown off because I used an alternate method and threw a couple of red herrings in there…

[@mercedeswilkins9085]

What does Allison have on today

[@draksig12]

Would have been a much better trick if you can work a way for the helper to pick which envelope to put the blade in instead of one of your choice.

[@AriLiaVlogs]

Apollo !!!! Congrats ! Proud of you 🎉🎉

[@apolloriegomagic]

Thank you! 🙏🏽

[@Bmmhable]

Subscribed this was awesome.

[@apolloriegomagic]

Thank you 🙏🏽

[@jaysonl]

Jam! I mean, damn! Good show.

[@apolloriegomagic]

Thanks Jayson! 🙏🏽

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

When he told her to lower the arm, that made me think it wasn't a magician's choice. But according to Penn and Teller, apparently it was. Magician's choice with marked envelopes is certainly the simplest way to do it. When she lowered an arm, I thought he had probably done it by switching the blade with something not dangerous instead, like a rubber blade with some kind of crust coating that could look real enough to Alison but not be dangerous when smashed. But according to Penn and Teller, he did it the other way.

[@YuriyDavygora]

Multiple outs, I think

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

@@YuriyDavygora If he used multiple outs, I don't think he would have said they solved it.

[@MasterlukePR2]

At 5:15 he tells her to lower a hand and she lowers her right hand as if he is intended to squash that envelope. Later at 5:30 he instead has her further lower that hand and squashes the left hand envelope.

[@rheawelsh4142]

I think the way he does it is by just saying "lower your hand" without clarifying if that indicates to use or exclude the lowered envelope. From there he can just pick whichever envelope he wants and count on the social pressure of a live performance to stop the person from correcting him on which envelope the participant intended, and in even the participant's mind it comes off as miscommunication rather than a force

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

@@rheawelsh4142 Yeah, clearly that's the magician's choice. But it's a risky one because one of the two options is more awkward. Doesn't look as natural. But it's a high risk/high reward because if he gets the more natural looking choice, the magician's choice is harder to detect.

[@kenpearce3269]

Good job! That was entertaining! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@apolloriegomagic]

Glad you enjoyed it!🙏🏽

[@voltaquake]

So.. how did he do it?

[@darrkneo-darrkoneent]

Great job my brotha! U always had that showmanship going 4 u, even back from when we worked 2gether at Marvin's Magic. I'm beyond proud of u man, and so proud 2 tell everyone..."I know that guy!"👍🏾

[@sailaab]

Are you too into performing arts? Would love to see your work

[@apolloriegomagic]

Thanks so much! What’s your name? I miss the old Marvin’s Magic days!

[@sailaab]

💙🤍🙇🏻‍♂ @@apolloriegomagic Love and respects from India.

[@apolloriegomagic]

@@sailaab thank you so much! 🙏

[@wildae.]

love your story and work

[@apolloriegomagic]

Thank you!

[@Rainmanai]

Great one, at least you got one fool , good performance

[@apolloriegomagic]

Thanks Frank!

[@rpegelectronics]

Great work buddy! We gotta hang out again! It’s Ray btw xD

[@axlphishm6943]

Allisons preformance in this is amaxing and funny as heck

[@apolloriegomagic]

She was really fun to work with and super down to earth!

[@juliandruyancarbajal692]

That’s my boyyyyyyyyyyyy. Yea Apollo

[@nazfrde]

There had to be a way for you to recognize which envelope had the blade in it, and it had to have something to do with the goggles, yes?

[@vickielawson3114]

No. Goggles weren’t required.

[@apolloriegomagic]

I used the goggles as a red herring but Teller didn’t fall for it 😅

[@labla8940]

He knew it was there and if it were in the lower hand he would hit top and if on top he would hit bottom. No matter what she picks there is always a new empty envelope to smash and when she had 2 empty he smashed both knowing they were good if 1 were the blade he would have only smashed 1

[@klippelism]

Equivoque and marked envelopes

[@salamangkero666]

Great performance Bro! Congratulations!!!

[@apolloriegomagic]

Thanks bro! Glad you liked it!

[@sefhapita]

Proud of you, bro! Congratulations! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@apolloriegomagic]

Thanks a lot Sef!🙏🏽

[@KenLieck]

I'm sure that the CW just loved him for blowing off their audience and doing a callout to us KZbinrs instead!

[@apolloriegomagic]

Oh yeah😏

[@Gennovense]

You are amazing Apollo!

[@apolloriegomagic]

Thank you so much😊

[@danielstoner3831]

even tho i knew the injuries were fake, as no actually dangerous magic is allowed on the show, the fake injuries were good for a good laugh, thanks!

[@apolloriegomagic]

Well…if I had a sudden lapse in judgment and hit the wrong one, that rotary blade would’ve definitely penetrated my skin. It almost happened to me during a trial run while smashing the envelope with grapefruits😅

[@dundun679]

maybe I have bad English, but I watched it thrice and still don't know the meaning to their codes

[@trym2121]

Mark... It is marked

[@Titanticore]

@@trym2121 Yes but he only said Marked 26 times.. are you sure?

[@axlphishm6943]

This guy is fucking awesome

[@apolloriegomagic]

I appreciate it! 🙏🏽

[@Chuck-Ruby]

I'm guessing you have MUCH better tricks .. you're a GREAT performer!! Good Luck next time.. get back on next season!!

[@ljvernon8147]

omg that was killer!! ✨

[@apolloriegomagic]

Thanks LJ☺️

[@FusionDeveloper]

I prefer the "code talk" to just mention magician names, because I never know them.

[@krisfowle5173]

That’s my friend !

[@apolloriegomagic]

Hey long time no see! W.C. Bryant alumni here!

[@MrKmoconne]

Lol, those are cast saw blades! Very harmless.

[@apolloriegomagic]

Yeah…I’m sure something that sharp won’t cut through flesh🤦‍♂️

[@ReubenLardizabal]

Congrats Apollo!!!!!

[@apolloriegomagic]

Thanks Reuben!

[@ailurophile4341]

Uy kababayan! Matagal na akong nanonood ng Penn and Teller masaya akong makakita ng isang Pinoy na pumunta sa kanila. Kamusta ka diyan!

[@apolloriegomagic]

Maraming salamat! Eto…magic gig dito, magic gig doon. Pa subscribe naman dyan kuya/ate hehe

[@ailurophile4341]

@@apolloriegomagic Sige lodi subbed na! Ingat!

[@midnightmosesuk]

Great act, it's a shame that Teller had you sussed but, he's one of the greats, not much is going to get past him. One thing no one mentioned is that you have lots of charisma and great stage presence. Sure, you're an excellent magician, but you could get up on stage and read out a booklet of instructions for a washing machine and people would still pay attention. You can't learn that, you either have it or you don't, and you have it in spades. So keep going mate, though you didn't fool 'em, I think we'll be seeing a lot more of you. All the best from England.

[@apolloriegomagic]

Thank you so much! And yes I got more in store!

[@coryblack4917]

Nice performance, and great choice of trick to try and fool P&T given there is 2 very different ways of doing this, they had a 50/50 choice, unfortunately got it right!

[@mikelabor7688]

Future big time talent? I'd say, "he's got it".

[@apolloriegomagic]

I appreciate it brother! 🙏🏽

[@ericlester5033]

This is probably one of the first time I seen when one of them were fooled and the other one wasn't

[@AveragePicker]

It was part of the coded message.

[@freemagicfun]

@@AveragePicker Yes, it was well played, though. 😎

[@jimmckay2337]

Great performance. I was fooled.

[@apolloriegomagic]

Thank you 😄

[@RobertBallMagician]

New subscriber 😊

[@apolloriegomagic]

Thanks for subbing!🙏🏽

[@RobertBallMagician]

@@apolloriegomagic 👍👍

[@kathrynnpetersen8876]

Good thing she put the safety gloves on before going back onstage because if she did not put the safety gloves on before going back onstage then it would've gone badly when she tries to attempt to release the blade from the sixth envelope causing her to have a blade cut.

[@apolloriegomagic]

Yes…the producers and I made sure Alyson had on cut resistant gloves. Her safety came first.

[@elicegaveriego2883]

Congratulations

[@apolloriegomagic]

Thank you! Cool that we have the same last name!

[@liminalityinstitute720]

awesoe

[@tacitus539]

Cool shirt. I want one.

[@apolloriegomagic]

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[@MASSADA69]

🎈🎈👌👌👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@apolloriegomagic]

🙏🏽 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@lparent89108]

One envelope had a small "mark" on it so he knew the whole time

[@apolloriegomagic]

Nope…Teller got me on a technicality. There was a moment that was cut out of the performance where he and I had a conversation in the middle of the verdict…but Im not going to publicize what he said out of respect to my idols.

[@Julsrud13]

So the deadly blade was in the envelope with the crease in it... Good one

[@apolloriegomagic]

There were no creases on any of them beforehand. Alyson handled the envelopes with cut resistant gloves on so she just happened to crease one of the empty ones by accident.

[@zzxd7720]

Good trick!

[@kennyknowles6875]

He used the lights to get the reflection in the envelope when he made Allison lower his arm his checking it to assured it.. ❤ great trick

[@apolloriegomagic]

Not the method I used but certainly very similar to the red herring I was pushing them towards.

[@mottyk8491]

I have seen this similar trick done 1000x on this show .... it's not a romantic trick

[@apolloriegomagic]

Yeah…I wasn’t trying to hit on Alyson so why would it be romantic?

[@humudu]

I know how he did it, it's basic russian roulette sometimes it works out, sometimes not

[@MichaelJohnsonProductions]

Awesome

[@apolloriegomagic]

Thank you Michael🙏🏽

[@GlowBee666]

Jeff Mcbride influenced

[@apolloriegomagic]

Most definitely! 🎭♠️♥️♣️♦️🎭

[@GlowBee666]

@@apolloriegomagic Jeff is amazing. A one of a kind

[@GlowBee666]

@@apolloriegomagic do some tutorials on Jeff's card flicks and productions

[@apolloriegomagic]

This is the closest thing to what I have on my channel so far: kzbin.info/www/bejne/boPckIytiJ2MiKcfeature=shared Btw, thanks for the suggestion!😎

[@GlowBee666]

@@apolloriegomagic thanks for sharing

[@xeltranjim6716]

Psychology says, no matter what happen, Human nature will be greater than anyone, ALLISON CHOOSE THE ENVELOP CAREFULLY FOR THE ACT, ALLISON IS A PROFESSIONAL, SHE DONT WANT ANY ACCIDENT HAPPEN

[@paulmayon8821]

Before I get thru the intro. I hate that Chris angel burned this style of magic.

[@rachelclegg79]

Wouldn’t Allison know by the weight?

[@apolloriegomagic]

Fair point but we’re not allowed to prearrange anything with Alyson or anyone for that matter. Stooging is not allowed on the show.

[@rachelclegg79]

@@apolloriegomagic us of course, I just thought she might feel it when she held it

[@apolloriegomagic]

@@rachelclegg79 but yes the spectator does feel the weight difference. I usually fake them out by pretending to go for the one with the blade in it…it really freaks em out 🤣

[@rachelclegg79]

@@apolloriegomagic well, ultimately it worked and it was amazing 🤩 I was only curious because I am new to magic and am very paranoid about anything I do being spotted immediately. So thank you for your reply 😊

[@apolloriegomagic]

@@rachelclegg79 cool if you ever have any questions about magic feel free to ask me on ig instagram.com/apolloriego?igshid=YTQwZjQ0NmI0OA==

[@michaelmagician1917]

Damn... This performance was amazing, I got fooled by Apollo, even if he try personally to me, he will scare the shit of me with that, congratulations Apollo, keep it up and go for more

[@apolloriegomagic]

Thanks brother 🙏🏽

[@kathrynnpetersen8876]

Aww that was nice of Apollo to help Alyson to get the surgeon glasses out of her surgeon coat pocket for her but I wonder why he got the surgeon glasses out of her surgeon coat pocket for her I mean she could've done it herself like she could've just handed him the envelopes so she could get them out of her pocket, put them on and then Apollo gives her back the envelopes once her surgeon glasses were on.

[@marctompkins3001]

I jumped when I saw the red on your hand. I though you had messed up, and sliced your hand wide open.

[@apolloriegomagic]

Glad to scare ya! 😂😂😂

[@roguemagic8121]

Incredible performance! I feel like he did fool both of them!! They owe him a trophy!!

[@apolloriegomagic]

Lol thanks bro!

[@erikziak1249]

The show is called Fool Us. Not Fool (at least) one of us. While Teller was not fooled, Penn was. So he should have gotten the price!

[@AveragePicker]

It was said as part of the code.

[@Titanticore]

Your logic doesn't make any sense. Us is a collective term. You'd have to fool the collective to get the prize.

[@erikziak1249]

@@Titanticore I stand corrected. You are right.

[@freemagicfun]

He did not fool either one - it was part of the coded answer. 😎

[@TheDarkeyndyel]

uy pinoy!

[@apolloriegomagic]

Yup! Proud Pinoy here!

[@cohuiskes5333]

so easy hahahaha but well done

[@7ebr830]

But surely Alison could tell the packet with the blade in it?

[@qihan2872]

That's what the safety goggles are for