Fool Us Home Edition - Season 7 - Caleb Wiles

Watch Indianapolis magician perform on Penn & Teller Fool Us Season 7 Episode 3. Can he fool Penn & Teller with a board game?

[@R.F.9847]

I saw "Home Edition" and I was thinking it would be a remote, socially distanced performance. :-P

[@CalebWilesMagic]

Yeah, we filmed this on March 6, 2020. Six days later they declared a state of emergency in Las Vegas. Home Edition certainly does have a new connotation now!

[@Cobi7]

got me too, didnt regret it

[@MaximQuantum]

same hahah

[@JCO2002]

@@CalebWilesMagic Thanks for the explanation.

[@DOMO7N]

Same!

[@thecentralscrutinizerr]

The real magic is Caleb himself. Donating all the proceeds to charity is making a miracle in someone's life who's in need. That's real magic.

[@TheMadMedek]

You could see the energy suck out of your face when Penn said index. Sorry bro. Awesome performance. So cool.

[@CalebWilesMagic]

It's interesting. Of course, I was hopeful leading into the performance that I would fool them, but honestly I thought the chances were relatively low They're two VERY smart magic thinkers, after all! When Penn said "index", I actually thought I had them fooled! One of the wrong solutions I thought they might go for was to ask to look in the box. We structured the trick so that they actually can! The box is empty at the end of the trick. So, I think my face was reacting to the little jump in my stomach when I thought they might be going the wrong direction... but then they nailed the rest of the method. Penn was using the term "index" a little loosely in this context. By the end of his guess, I knew they knew :) There's one SMALL part that I think actually did fool them but it was a detail... not a main component. I was satisfied that they guessed the relevant parts.

[@joeyrusso47]

Caleb Wiles Happy to read this response- great work !

[@jamesfair9751]

Caleb Wiles oh come on you have to tell us what detail do you think it was that did fool them. Inquiring minds need to know lol 😆

[@shoresy6927]

Helps to make 4 suits on tellers card and each face number card on penns. Its what I assume happened. Extra decks

[@kob3178]

I'm finally starting to catch onto Penn's code.

[@WatchItPlayed]

How absolutely wonderful was that?! An absolute delight to watch Caleb - and what a fooler (even if you didn't fool them, I'm certainly baffled!)

[@dustinneumann2992]

Watching the same Video as "Watch it Played" is quite amazing;). And yes, it was very entertaining!

[@CalebWilesMagic]

Wish you could have been there live after you made the trip! But I’m really glad you’re finally able to see it. Maybe we need a Watch It Played rules explanation video. Lol

[@WatchItPlayed]

@@CalebWilesMagic Yes, I look forward to discussing this with the publisher :)

[@ric_dk-9520]

@@CalebWilesMagic sorry to say you did not fool me either... and I fully understood the clues from Penn.. and I'm not even a magician :) Cool trick tho!

[@henryserrano-wu127]

ric_dk - how did he do it

[@xzzlonezzwolfzzx]

You can just see the light vanish from his eyes when penn says index. Heartbreaking.

[@Sniffzoer]

lol yeah you can see the exact moment he realize that they figured it out

[@Invictus13666]

Read his response. You’re wrong.

[@xzzlonezzwolfzzx]

@@Invictus13666 idk what you’re even talking about bud. I literally just commented on what very clearly happened in the show 😘

[@Invictus13666]

@@xzzlonezzwolfzzx Caleb clearly said you’re wrong.

[@xzzlonezzwolfzzx]

@@Invictus13666 I guess I’m just confused because I never claimed to know how it was done, just that the magicians face looked distraught when penn says index. Lighten up buddy.

[@jefferysmith3179]

Great to see that you're still doing what you love. You were one of my favorite teachers in high school. Your magic tricks were really amazing. Thank you for the wonder and excitement you brought to class.

[@slippi2476]

No way, he was your teacher?!

[@camperius]

Wow! Mr. Wiles, can't believe you have come this far with your magic! I love Penn and Teller, been watching them since I was a kid. This was the last place I expected to see my old math teacher from Perry High! I still remember the way you would stump all the students in class with your card tricks. Congrats! Oh, and shade, shade, shade shade it shade it...

[@jamesfair9751]

I want this home edition game it’s pretty awesome. And you can tell Allison really did want that mini trophy lol.

[@CalebWilesMagic]

Yeah, I was so flattered that she genuinely seemed happy about me gifting the trophy to her. She asked me after the show if she really was allowed to keep it. One of the writers backstage later mentioned that she kept it on display in her dressing room for the rest of the season's filming :)

[@Pityuu2]

With everyone knowing that Teller doesn't speak on the stage, I always assumed that when magicians make him pick a number on the card, they expect a number 2-10, cause that's easy to signal. I thought its game over when he mimed king instead :o

[@tk20channel]

This was just phenomenal. I was glued to the entire thing. I am a gamer too so appreciated it that much more. This is one of my favorite performance on Fool Us ever.

[@CalebWilesMagic]

tk20 I'm glad you liked the performance. Board games are the only other thing I love as much as magic!

[@kroth5810]

Fun show. The facial expression change when Penn says "index" is the icing on the cake :)

[@osco4311]

That was kinda hard to watch. Poor guy!

[@AzizidarkReborn]

Damn it. I really really wanted you to win the rematch. A shame Penn and Teller saw through your latest gambit. Although it was still super cute. Hope to see you again on Fool Us with something truly mindblowing so you can win that trophy for real.

[@keithnaylor1981]

Definitely not a ‘bored’ game! Brilliant baffling magic! The wonderful natural personality of Alyson showing why she was irreplaceable!

[@AjayRaj-vi8pk]

The effort you had taken for the preparation and your response after knowing you didn't fool them made me a fan of you instantly ... Awesome perfomence

[@Green.Country.Agroforestry]

"Too Perfect" principle strikes again .. when you printed the chosen card on the backs of the jokers, it narrowed it down to only one method, and that's all she wrote. It's still a good trick 👍

[@SKyrim190]

I couldn't spot it, because it was a true free choice by them, no messing with cards, no nothing, just "say a card out loud"...

[@rohithkumarsp]

saw another video with 3 of heard/spsades etc all written on the cards which also didn't fool teller, that one was also too perfect and narrowed down

[@oninoni]

@@SKyrim190 he's got all combinations. "Extra decks"

[@Vidar93]

@@SKyrim190 he had an index of different decks with different cards that he swapped out depending on what card they pick. In those decks about halfway through each of them have different pen and teller cards with the selected card in between them and the name on their backs. I'm assuming that he used a little magicans glue to help make sure the cards that were put in when they cut the cards to stick to the card above so they wouldn't spread easily but can probably be done as well without as long as cut is above the halfway point. They also probably had different values on their backs so he could do that face up spread at the end.

[@jakelakota3010]

@@SKyrim190 Deck switch at 2:55

[@jasonwargo5244]

Man!! I’ve seen some creativity on P&T, but what you did was simply incredible! Loved every minute of it!!

[@MrXBT2000]

What a creative and entertaining performance. All those funny little details to make us laugh. Truely amazing. And I also like how you really include your volunteer in the performance, both for this one and especially the one in season 3.

[@CalebWilesMagic]

Thanks! I really like the interactive aspect to magic, so i think it’s fun to involve the audience member(a) as much as possible.

[@waiyanoo1102]

I have studied a lot of magic tricks before and this is one of the more common tricks, but the idea to do something like this. I'm just lost for words with how great the act was and from an audience perspective, I don't think there is another trick that is going to be better than this. I'm just blown away

[@JSeriously]

I honestly wasn’t paying much attention to the trick, because the Home Edition game idea was entertaining as hell. What a great act.

[@goldeneddie]

What a wonderful manner you have, and such a joy to see magic being centred on the audience and the spectator like it should be. You Sir can be very proud of this great piece of mini theatre!

[@irisfryer6531]

Why don't they mention he was on in season 3? They act like this is his first time being on the show.

[@kathrynnpetersen8876]

He was on season three as well

[@liviamartin3641]

This was such a lovely display of magic. Great work!!

[@roballister5269]

DUDE WHAT A CHAMP!!!! He had the backup trophy haha bro i loled so hard i'd hang out w this guy he is legit

[@FusionDeveloper]

Your props were very enjoyable to see. Thank you. I would love to see a version like this for all episodes.

[@itsgigajoule]

The presentation of this trick was beautiful!

[@lalafirdous5717]

I love the way u presented the trick 👌👌

[@rishimakhanlal8905]

One of the most original acts on the show. Loved it!

[@shamsabir2259]

It was awesome, man! Great job

[@mr.harmon2745]

Great performance Caleb. I loved your dvd Knockout Magic and 26 is wonderful. Keep releasing magic as that's what your good at

[@88Doug]

Very cool!!!!!!! That end blew me away!!

[@stevenospam4216]

Bravo and thank you, Caleb!

[@InnocentDoodles]

What a delight! This is such a cute setup

[@zzxd7720]

I really liked your spirit man! Great trick and great 3d printed parts!!!!!!!

[@CalebWilesMagic]

ZZxd Thanks! Those 3D printed parts were all the work of my brother-in-law. He nailed it. It was a lot of work and a lot of reprinting new versions until we were finally happy.

[@AriIsenberg]

So good, Caleb! Love this. :)

[@magicjim1]

GREAT job, Caleb!!!

[@user-so4zy5dy4r]

This was truly awesome! Finally someone found a creative way to handle the cards. Also, this trick looks like true self-working magic. So, great job, sir, I really liked it!

[@charlie3449]

Has Fool Us: home edition hit the market yet??? i totally want one, whose with me?????

[@evanabbott2737]

I want one!👍

[@simonblack6499]

Really really wonderful! Super creative :)

[@weirdcat4187]

Great work!

[@robinsonrom]

I think this was a beautifully done execution of what I think would otherwise be a fairly simple trick (I'm not a magician myself so maybe it's way more complicated than I could imagine though!). The board game idea was cute and entertaining. Well done Caleb, even if you didn't get an FU trophy!

[@23UAS]

It might not be the greatest magic trick, but it might be the greatest oda to the show! The performance was really enjoyable and that's what matters the most! Bravo!

[@ijeon]

Man, I don't even know how you put that card between those two cards... Amazing!

[@Universaa]

Think when when alyson shakes the cards, maybe it dropped from one of the penn and teller cards as it might have been stuck together or there some cyclic maneuverer involved whatever that means

[@user-eu5jc6qj4r]

Never do predictions. At the moment the prediction appeared I was quite sure about how it was done.

[@charlie3449]

ummmmm predictions are basically a whole genre of magic tricks dude. There are many ways to do them, you can't just say don't do them as a blanket statement. Also ik its on fool us, but magic tricks are for the audience, not the magician watching.

[@Lost13]

Board games and magic! A great combo.

[@Nico12420]

What A Creative Magic Trick! Even if you didn't fool them, based on their facial reactions I know they liked it! I hope you try again to fool them!

[@glowingfish]

Cute set-up and fun

[@treemarie3080]

What an awesome trick! Very original!!

[@meganpopple9100]

I love this so much! A little bummed you didn’t fool them, but I think that we all had the same amount of fun and smiles regardless. 😍

[@nategwright]

Perfect, now we can do Fool Us in quarantine with the home edition

[@Ryan_Schlutz]

Woot woot!!! Nice job man

[@CalebWilesMagic]

Thanks for all of your help in talking through the trick in the months leading up to the television taping!

[@TamagoTamago77]

it was a delightful act!

[@marcjameswhelan6231]

Great trick man, hard luck but still lots of fun to watch

[@adnanhajdarpasic5019]

Wow that was awesome

[@ryanawe123]

This is really entertaining

[@josephcakir]

Amazing trick! And great 3D printing, as a fellow nerd I was impressed!

[@CalebWilesMagic]

Thanks for picking up on the 3D printing. That’s what took us the longest to create. Lots of iterations!

[@tonilando]

What a wonderful trick

[@rafaelzeinoun1636]

Beatifully done

[@JohnBarkerVlogs]

Excellent trick man!

[@evanabbott2737]

Amazing!!👍

[@angelarredondo611]

This is fun straight from the beginning

[@BrianSu]

You’re a great entertainer :) keep it up!!!

[@kathrynnpetersen8876]

It looked like caleb and Alyson were having a race to see who would win and the game and collect the mini fool us trophy first

[@Aaron._dubs]

Nicely done 👍👍👍

[@ianjuby]

That was an awesome trick dude!

[@dinpuiaraltesiakeng2818]

Nice trick! Love it! Btw you still got the trophy!!!!

[@CalebWilesMagic]

Ha ha. Yeah, I've got the mini trophy hanging from the mini stage in my office right now :)

[@thomasbarlow4223]

Ol. Allison sure is a looker

[@qazjay542]

now that's a real example of 'create your own happiness'. XD

[@snowflakehunter]

Recreational and mathematics are two words I never thought I would hear together!

[@ScoreMagnet]

Very entertaining trick^^

[@willshad]

One possible solution is to somehow have 52 different decks inside the game box/table. Just take out the corresponding one. The Penn card has the King Of Spades somehow attached or lightly glued to the back of it, which you unattach at 4:17-4:20 before you place the cards back into the pile.

[@shivananda8796]

He just dropped 2 cards.. I don't see if they were 3 when and how they got detached!!

[@dimi3636]

great trick!

[@BoardGameDave]

Wait, wait... you were on Fool Us with Penn & Teller?! Twice?! That's so amazing!! 🤯I really hope I get to run into you at Origins! I would be honored! 😳 (Really love the way you incorporated board games into your act, too!)

[@CalebWilesMagic]

Yes! I was on in Seasons 3 and 7. Such a great experience.

[@BoardGameDave]

@@CalebWilesMagic I watched both videos this morning! Very impressive, Caleb! ☺

[@FaisalQuadri22]

This does not get the credit it deserves. How brilliant.

[@ainteazybeinweezy4914]

Great and interesting trick. You must've worked hard on that game

[@CalebWilesMagic]

Thanks! Yeah, this was the hardest I had ever worked on props for a trick. There were many iterations of the components.

[@bennettlewis5495]

@@CalebWilesMagic It was worth it for all of us. Pretty much everyone who watches the show are fans, so you really pandered to us. :-D Thank you! Loved the special show!

[@damon9693]

Well done! Love the idea

[@VGAppSolutions]

Cool trick unexpected end. For me predictions immediately allows you to look at the more obvious solutions. Without the prediction there were many ways the trick could be done and I was baffled.

[@leonblum816]

What a great attitude

[@Hallands.]

2:59 He actually takes the deck of cards behind the raised box lid, easily finding the chosen card, while going back and forth with the dollhouse items. Once found, palm and slide...

[@jcwynn4075]

I don't see how he does it though. At 4:21 he drops the Penn & Teller cards into the deck and clearly nothing is in between. Then he doesn't touch the deck again until after Alyson spreads the deck and you see another card sandwiched between. When did he manage to slide the king of spades in there?

[@priyansh1210]

@@jcwynn4075 Exactly! How did he manage to get the King of Spades in the middle? Was it glued face down behind the Penn Joker?

[@Clossbone]

Yep .. You Fool me HAHAhAHA nice work!

[@tmhchacham]

So, how much for the home edition? That thing is awesome!

[@Olddirtytiger]

Great game great trick

[@mediamannaman]

“Index … Durable … Memorize” There was a clue in there somewhere, but it’s lost on me. VERY fun trick!

[@kitcat9447]

Lol I liked this

[@MattAero]

Wow this trick was longer than normal, but I was engaged the whole time!

[@brpk9377]

I think the flaw would be that he held the card for too long after opening the card box and reaching for the next item. That was really fishy even with my non magician standard.

[@rexrocker1268]

This is a cute act. So is Alyson. She is great for this job. Such a good host. She’s funny. I love the ones where she is grossed out and can’t deal with it. She’s hilarious, perfect for this job. The original guy was funny too, but she’s definitely better.

[@EsotericTherapy]

Thank goodness someone sees it. I've only read comments from dudes moaning about Jonathan being gone. I agree: they're both good for sure; I don't know if Alyson is "better" but she is really something. ...My favourite grossed-out (and kinda scared) Alyson reaction is with Dan Sperry. :)

[@kathrynnpetersen8876]

My favorite Alyson gross -out reaction was with Brett loudermilk

[@HenkJanBakker]

Who did the art work? Those portraits are awesome.

[@CalebWilesMagic]

My friend Michael did the art work for the characters. He did an amazing job!

[@HenkJanBakker]

@@CalebWilesMagic He sure did. Talented guy. Not unlike you. ;)

[@Jdelguerciojr]

You need to sell this! They seemed interested lol

[@sam4malaysia]

The coolest trick is when Caleb predict he take away with his own made of home edition f.u. trophy 😆

[@Lovuschka]

"Supernerd" That name alone would sell it to me.

[@Lovuschka]

Maybe you shouldn't have gone home with the trophy, but you should have gotten a special award for that game.

[@TERRORSPEED]

I thought home edition meant it was a social distancing shoot of penn and teller

[@kristina_hall]

I'm a boardgamer, I loved this trick.

[@CalebWilesMagic]

Thanks, Kristina. I'm hoping to start performing more at board game conventions. In fact, I'll be bringing my show to Gen Con in Indianapolis in a couple of weeks. Let me know if you end up attending!

[@kristina_hall]

@@CalebWilesMagic I wish. I'mp high risk for Covid so large events are a no go still for me. Hopefully next year.

[@shatnershairpiece]

The real magic is Teller’s hairpiece. I was totally fooled.

[@richardxwhipsnchainsx2110]

Bahahahahahaha stop

[@urusledge]

making your performance double as a product pitch is pretty clever.

[@crt-bajarecords2051]

Great job. A mi si me fooleo.

[@dylanchangedeverythingfore1312]

Such a great fun creative idea+presentation that it almost doesn't matter that Penn+Teller figured out how you did it. Your creativity and unique presentation your gentle and funny personality is the reason Penn and Teller had you back and I hope they have you back for a third go round very very soon

[@alexzee4564]

Teller looks like baby new year

[@jdssurf]

Cool

[@HenkJanBakker]

I half and half expected you to pull a trick with the images. I mean how cool would it be if the card would be in the hands of the caricature Penn and teller right there on the card, making the drawings even more significant. The index though.... Would be fun if that part disappeared somehow. Guaranteed fooler.