Penn and Teller Fool Us with Colin McLeod and Kenny

[@kennyvids]

I wouldn't want to spoil Colin's trick but I can say I had a free choice of words. If you really want to know how it's done, google Colin. It's on one of his instuctional DVDs ;-)

[@miguelcruz4658]

kennyvids what is the video on google to learn this trick?

[@DracoHandsome]

If learning how the trick works "ruins magic", you don't really love magic.

[@tahardriba5704]

ok failing that could you please just tell those moronic NLP/Derren brown worshipers in the comment section that no matter how many times someone pick book or how poorly he mispronounces it. it still doesn't somehow magically influences your brain into thinking of the word brick. i was actually not sure how this trick was done because the dude said you were not an instant stooge, until i read your comment and realized. YOU WERE NOT lol. following instructions based on what you perceive as the trick does not make you a stooge of any kind. this is a lazy mix of dual reality with multiple outs. nice of you not to spill the beans and actually promote the guy.

[@justinpees7966]

kennyvids All the magician did was write down what word for the member audience to think of on a paper while he told the guy to pick a page number in my imaginary book. Now the audience said that he “had a free choice of words” if that is true then it can only suggest that the magician had given him the option of two words: house and brick OR hat/_ _ _ So maybe 4 words

[@ryanmedrina9411]

What I don't understand is how are you being guided to the word Brick when there's none of that word was said... And P&T said that they know that, but haven't performed that kind of level of Mentalism... It wasn't even Colin's toughest.

[@pauliejay4161]

3:20 - I think this here is one of the keys to the dynamic of this trick. "You're going to have to imagine this", and Kenny's reaction. He realises that he is being told what to do.

[@robertbennett848]

I expect that he had the words written down, and in his hand, when he asked him to imagine a word. With a promise to pay him, say, a hundred bucks if he plays along.

[@DracoHandsome]

*THE SECRET* Colin utilizes alternate narratives and improv to perform this trick. There's a constant psychology on stage where an audience member who joins in won't want to ruin the show and will go along with almost anything without questions. When Colin asks Kenny to imagine the title of a book, he shows him a picture of Penn & Teller in his palm - so Kenny thinks he's being asked to name specifically a Penn & Teller book, while the audience thinks he is free to imagine ANY book but "unimaginatively" comes back to Penn & Teller as the subject. Similarly, Colin gives Kenny a "free choice"... among the six or so words shown to him in Colin's palm. To Kenny, this readies a moderately impressive ability to guess which of the words was chosen. But to the rest of the audience, it readies a stellar ability to guess which arbitrary English word was chosen. Each of the words shown to Kenny has a different number of letters - there might be pairs such as "house" with "brick" - and so by asking him how many letters, Colin can pull out a different card. Each card has two words. If the word Kenny guesses is the first one, Colin can stop right there. If not, it must be the second one and he can play off the first wrong guess as a fake reveal and then do the second "real" reveal. So while Colin may or may not have attempted to suggest "brick" to Kenny using "pick" and "book", he could perform the trick successfully regardless of which of the words Kenny picked, and simply choose another prop of his besides the brick in the hat for the ending gag. And, If Kenny had picked one of the other words instead, we would all be focusing on some other thing McLeod said or did that we found relevant to the word chosen. Colin, Kenny, and Penn all agree that Kenny was NOT a stooge, because he was not told to do certain things to make the trick work. However, Penn & Teller easily saw that Colin was obviously palming something, and Teller's gesture is an obvious pantomime of that. Oh, and before any idiots say otherwise... this IS what's on the DVD, so don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining. Go ahead and buy it anyway 'cause it has more tricks than just this one on it.

[@sweiland75]

If I were Kenny, I would feel like a stooge.

[@paullambert8701]

Alright, I can go with that. My reasons above made me think that Kenny was a stooge (wearing a ball cap indoors, shabbily dressed - I wouldn't think he would be allowed into the auditorium looking like that). However, your explanation is plausible. I would suggest the Penn not pick someone who stands out from the crowd so much. It made me suspicious.

[@afa78djd]

What a pompous asshole.

[@HSMak]

I feel like everyone is being too semantic with the term “instant stooge”. For all practical intents and purposes, Kenny would be a instant stooge in this instance if this trick is indeed performed in the manner described above. He is not being told EXACTLY what to say but he’s being instructed to select from a limited amount of choices while the audience believes he can pick absolutely anything.

[@johnmeye]

Wow, I’m certainly impressed

[@dusttodust1522]

I pick, oh yes the only guy in the audience with the hat

[@kennyvids]

Not suspicious or a coincidence. I managed to get tickets to the taping and asked Sharkey if he wanted to come with :-)

[@Ryan.A.]

Kenny what was in his hands? Also, funny that he's on broadway now in The Illusionist's

[@BEN-hl6yt]

Maybe a list of words? Dr BEN.

[@docteroreo4768]

KEEEEENNNNNNNEYYYYYYYYY Someone has to know this reference

[@TheHasteam]

hahaha AOT fan here

[@dibashbikramthapa8790]

Csgo?

[@cynicalidealist11]

These magicians with their secret language and hand secret hand gestures, where the fuck do they learn this from?

[@Tecom38415]

DVDs, books, we are still people we have to LEARN stuff lol not just born with it

[@heyhey3479]

he even says, "I want you to look there right now and I just think of one word that you can SEE"

[@pepe6666]

ahhh i see. he gives the guy on stage an instruction, and the audience think the instruction means something different.

[@codythurman2652]

I'm watching with 66,666 views😧

[@amaanhanslod]

You got 6 likes

[@la.uralox]

He had the two words somehow on his hands? The guy looked like he was literally reading off his hands and so if he had chosen house then he wouldn't have had to unfold the paper a second time. Also, house and brick are related words so he could have made a house joke with the brick in the hat at the end. It's the way Teller tapped his hand and Penn was talking about his "pantomiming the book". I really like Colin Cloud though I've seen some of his deduction work and it's really good!

[@kittybrucknell]

the crazy thing is that I like to guess along with these shows, and I thought House - and then he revealed it!! Crazy

[@Mishro22]

Not at all how it was done BrotherGreed. I recommend either purchasing Colin's DVD which actually explains this act, or studying up on advanced psychology, specifically the power of suggestion on the human mind when presented with a seemingly "free choice". Having written words in his hand wouldn't work in this routine because Colin does in fact explicitly instruct the participant to "imagine" what was in front of him, not "select".

[@answeris746]

caramel101010 he shows his hands multiple times and they were blanks

[@Merrida100]

Are you the REAL Kitty Brucknell? I LOVE YOUR PERFORMANCES.. Loved you doing Sweet Dreams and meeting Gaga and singing Queen. Your piano routine was beautiful!! Love you! @@kittybrucknell

[@wallyohrel9086]

Think about the word and its came out brick. Right. In the very end, and did its comes under the" hat "yes.🔟

[@seraphinaaizen6278]

Woo! Scotland!

[@delatorrejulieann3021]

The real life Sherlock Holmes

[@phoenixzzz0]

so the main trick is from where did the mic came....hmmmm.

[@Sam-wv4fz]

they always cut to mic them up after they've been selected.

[@parthjoshi2424]

He's back in AGT

[@igorsvacic217]

"his hands are empty!" No,they are not.Left hand,holds the paper.Under a gimmick similar to a thumb tip.This one just looks like several fingers

[@ponchred]

You're a bottom feeder

[@taohudson]

Is that one of Derren Browns Co - writers (Ian Sharkey) sat 2 seats to Kennys left???

[@kennyvids]

Hudson yes it is, we're friends and I invited him along :-)

[@taohudson]

kennyvids oh I see aha. It's a small world isn't it :)

[@kennyvids]

Don't know if anyone can still see this video... certainly no one in the UK can... but just to set the record straight on a few things raised in the comments... 1: I was picked randomly from the audience 2: I am not a stooge - nobody told me what to do or say if I got picked for anything 3: I am not a magician, but I am a fan of magic 4: I know a little bit about methods but not so much as to spoil it 5: Yes that's Iain Sharkey... we're pals 6: I'm also a fan of Derren Brown 7: I was aware this was a trick... (note:- magic isn't real) 8: Part of the trick was cut - for timing reasons I presume - but it was pretty good... 9: They cut the part where they put a mic on me (duh!) 10: It was really awkward when Penn asked me about the pantomime as I was rooting for Colin, but also... he's Penn!!!

[@asessins7634]

Wowww great

[@billboots3373]

I was definitely entertained. i don't know how the trick was done. Are they saying the random audience member was somehow forcefully meant to say brick? cool how he dropped the brick out of hat at the end.

[@patrickoriley8382]

Nope! It sure doesn't!

[@dirtdiv3r]

BrotherGreed I think that explanation was a bit more elaborate than how he actually did it. 03:54 there is nothing in his left hand after he just mimicked holding a book. He has done similar acts with no props and through the suggestion of words made people say numbers and things by planting the idea in their head. Since he is well studied in this, I imagine he planted the idea in his head, though Penn & Teller thought it was more about the way he used his hands. Maybe in part, but I think it was his word choice. It probably works on people easily manipulated just like hypnosis.

[@---cr8nw]

It's dual reality. When he held his hands up for the audience to see, they appeared to be empty. When he held his hands around an imaginary book, he flipped over a flesh colored card that had various words on it. The only two words with 5 letters were brick and house. Multiple outs.

[@georgenyiri7281]

- - Has

[@DM-dg9yr]

He said to Pen "so I don't choose someone with a hat...

[@SkorLord]

D Mc Exactly! He mentioned "hat" twice, and then asked Pen to pick someone that would "work quite well". One ball cap, and one skull cap is all I could spot in the crowd. I think the guy with "the white T-shirt and ball hat" was the assistant....

[@ponchred]

Hilariously wrong. Kenny wasn't a stooge. They even blatantly say that at the end.

[@tsuritoquinker217]

He fooled Penn and was forced to pick someone with hat... I think he deserve to be in

[@Astorec]

He said "we are going chose someone by throwing out a hat" then followed up with "so I don't chose someone with the hat" It's the Scottish accent Source: I'm Scottish

[@---cr8nw]

+onchred, you are correct that Kenny wasn't a stooge, but that wasn't completely ruled out. Colin said, "I would like to point out that it wasn't an instant stooge." That means it wasn't a regular member of the audience that was agreeing to play along. He could have been an assistant and Colin would not have been lying. But he wasn't.

[@spikez1014]

Something was written on his hand. And that was the word brick. They didnt know each other but the guy with the hat became an instant accomplice. Influencing 1 to amaze more audience.

[@OneHuntiBoi]

well it isn''t as obvious as it being boldly written on his hand... and he clearly stated he didn't use the idea of an instant stooge...

[@Tecom38415]

Hands were empty sorry

[@BestmenhaitiH]

I tbink Goerge W. Bush is he's Dad.

[@tombarford583]

This is cool but it's either really suspicious or a massive coincidence that Kenny was sat two seats away from Derren Brown's Creative Writer... ;)

[@BEN-hl6yt]

Ha ha! I get it, he looks like Andy Neiman, yeah? Dr BEN.

[@KeithOtisEdwards]

That's good news! Now maybe Derren will get a better act.

[@tennistankRF]

three words in palms of hand. hat, house, and brick. that is why penn shows his palm to audience member to explain trick and teller taps his palm. All on the dvd

[@bladefearawksttm]

Here's what I think his act consist of, Dual Reality and Multiple Outs. First, lets talk about Dual Reality, the audience see's Colin hands gesture as book but however in Kenny's first vision is an empty memoir, Kenny genuine was subtle-suggested and since P&T is right infront of him hence he said P&T memoir. He had a complete free choice. Now for the second, which is the page number, this time round is Absolute Reality, both audience and Kenny saw Colin empty hands gesturing a book, and he had a complete free choice of the page number. Next Colin uses the concept of Dual Reality, and again the audience who sees it as a hand gesturing a book, now Kenny is shown 4 words, HOUSE , BRICK , and 2 other words which are 6 Letters long. Now this is where Multiple Outs Concept Kicks in: Colin has 2 papers, both with 2 words, HOUSE and BRICK in one, And 2 6 Letters words in the other. As for the final gag review, look at the hat and that podium. Every one is focus on the hat but not the podium. You know when magicians bring a podium along in his act, usually it serve a purpose; concealment. I am sure he can fit a mini toy house in that podium and he can do some reveal and punchline. Also the hat could be a gimmick, that can store multiple items. So basically the hat and podium concealed 4 items. HOUSE , BRICK, and 2 other 6 Lettered item. So all he has left was to ask Kenny if his word was longer than 6 or not. If it is longer than 6 , show the 6 letter words and he has 2 chance here. Like wise if the word was shorter than 6 , in this case was house and brick. Show House , and "predict". If wrong, reveal Brick Then proceed to the hat/podium to reveal the final gag. Remember he has a free choice of words, but in the audience reality the free choice means literally 'free choice', while in Kenny reality it means 'free choice out of these 4 words' And no, Dual Reality is not a fancy word for instant stooging. Instant stooging would means Kenny stood to gain something by helping Colin. But this is IMPOSSIBLE because Colin would have to PERFORM AND EXPLAIN this for the producers of Fool Us before performing to P&T. And the producers would not allow it. Many thinks this is Colin's weakest act, in contrast I think it is one of the strongest. The Dual Reality is such a strong effect, both for the audience and Kenny. And the fact that there are so many assumptions to this trick means that it actually is mind-boggling. Although P&T may not have been fooled, we audience are definitely fooled.

[@maihomahesh]

3:04 "Kenny! let's imagine, you see behind this we have 'brick' cases. I want you to imagine for me Kenny, you walk into a 'brick' shop, you open up the door, and there's 'bricks' on either side of the 'brick' shop....". - WoW.

[@icepick859]

Completely wrong

[@icepick859]

Brick was written on his hand dumbass

[@Reasguite]

Wow awesome

[@ReinEngel]

My word would have been faux. If you're ever in this situation and have complete freedom, pick that word. Nobody is guessing that.

[@liamcourt4601]

what was the gesture that teller made

[@NewDubstepPlaylist]

in your hand

[@TypicalToyReviews]

What year was this filmed? He looks waaaaay different on AGT

[@nebulous1]

2011

[@dbfr2017]

New name, went for the edgelord mentalist look

[@jreynolds4163]

It’s very strange that Kenny was sat with Iain Sharkey, Derren Browns creative writer. Too much of a coincidence.

[@kennyvids]

It's not a coincidence. We're mates and both fans of P&T. I got tix to the taping and invited him along.

[@tutuuo]

This guy was on agt... penn and teller could get him again LUL

[@kmadden1602]

Let's be honest. Wasn't his best trick

[@Tecom38415]

Why?

[@naanpizza3881]

what did the guy do?? was something in his hands?

[@floggyWM1]

yes thats exactly how he did it, u can even see teller point at his hand at the end

[@davidtunnicliff5442]

yeah maybe colin should have shown his hands to the audience to show that there was nothing in or on them...........

[@randysager3523]

Actually he did.

[@FretlessMayhem]

Hear Kenny say “I won’t embarrass you” when shaking hands? He keeps his left hand obscured because words are written on it. Pause it when he holds it up right after Kenny picks his word and see black magic marker.

[@FretlessMayhem]

You can see Kenny staring right at his hand, not imagining on stage. Plus his wry grin when Penn asks if he really helped him pick a word, and Teller motioning right where the black magic marker was just to be clear.

[@FretlessMayhem]

I am dumbfounded at where people are getting all these weird mentalism notions. He blatantly never motions with his left hand until after Kenny picks a word. A quick wipe off of the hand after, and now he motions freely with his left hand.

[@hikaru555]

Holy shit. He's SO YOUNG. Actually didn't recognize him. His last name's spelling didn't help lol

[@yuriydisman6829]

Yeah he's a baby still. Hadn't changed his name yet. Seen him live twice now he's excellent

[@justinpees7966]

All the magician did was write down what word for the member audience to think of on a paper while he told the guy to pick a page number in his “imaginary book”. ;) Now the audience member said that he “had a free choice of words” if that is true then it can only suggest that the magician had given him the option of two words: house and brick OR hat/ _ _ _ :)

[@jjouney]

This is precisely how it's done. Those words were written on his hand.

[@Tecom38415]

Nope

[@Tecom38415]

@@jjouney nope hands were empty.

[@m.r.8614]

pick + book = brick look how he is repeating this 2 words

[@angryscottishidiot]

Pook, bick pok pik bock...

[@Pumbear]

The trick is a lot easier mate.

[@dirtdiv3r]

h'es also been known to say a one word, making people thinking he was saying something else, like saying Six Eight to suggest a page number but in context it sounded like Sexy. I watched again and he could have possibly been saying 'brick' instead of 'book' a couple times. But saying pick and book also moved his mind in that direction too, i'm sure

[@tomylim6022]

I would pick the word Expelliarmus anytime xD

[@garystinten9339]

NLP is part of this

[@donfrankmagic6442]

He wasn't mic'ed when they picked him.

[@jaycartwright5333]

thats called editing genuis

[@jasonhyder6748]

Wow.. Penn Picked a great one... Kenny who already has a Mic on.. LOL

[@urmintrude]

Jason Hyder editing

[@NuraHm]

3:13 you can hear him saying "would you pick a brick from this side or this side " thats how his magic is done .. by saying words that sounds as something like book but it was said as a "brick" which makes it stick in the persons mind

[@icepick859]

Wrong idiot.

[@icepick859]

You guys are so stupid . You post these comments like you figured it out so confidently but youre completely wrong. Brick was written on his hand

[@splee8474]

XD damn, you tryna win the asshole award? Lmao a simple explanation would have worked just fine lmao

[@HSMak]

The word Brick was already written down for Kenny to read off (along with a few other words). Saying the word “Brick” beforehand is actually part of the trick meant to confuse you into believing he actually connected with Kenny’s brain or something lol.

[@simgenx5167]

He better not try this on me. As a non-native English speaker, I would never have come to the word brick. Not if I was shown a brick. It is simply not a commonly used word in conversation, so I do not hear it alot in my second language. His entire trick is ruined if a non-native comes up with the word stone.

[@HSMak]

Yeah this trick is pretty risky. He didn’t even try it on America’s got talent.

[@keithnaylor1981]

Completely impossible? Are we to believe he somehow made the guy say BRICK. Was Teller indicating that he had something in his hand prompting the guy to say BRICK? If so that is not ‘magic’ but a con!

[@spmartin]

He'd be famous if he had decent hair!

[@dirtdiv3r]

he has better hair now that he's more famous

[@GGMM1579]

Joshua Smith his hair looks literally so bad

[@dirtdiv3r]

well, in this video yes. my point is in more recent videos it's better imo

[@GGMM1579]

Joshua Smith no it looks very bad now. he's on Americas Got Talent and he has badly dyed black straightened emo head shaved hair

[@garystinten9339]

Black eye shadow and black leather... Nah, it's been done.

[@elbruces]

So is Fool Us just a feeder show into America's Got Talent...? Also, missed joke, "are you by any chance a fan of the 70's band The Commodores?" Maybe you'd have to be a certain age to get that.

[@maeauditore]

(I imagined myself to be kenny--> i am the lucky girl being randomly chosen to go on stage) "Imagine urself picking a book and name the book title." I was shown penn and teller picture in his hidden palm. I said: "Magician ass buster. The book is about a pair of smartypants who bust magicians's ass on stage." "Okay, now imagine a word." I was shown several words beforehand and i assume i have to choose from those shown to me. But being an asshole that i am, i said: "Thong, from the 1600s like the ones your great great great great granma use." "WHAT! YOU RUINED THE SHOW! MY SHOW! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO CHOOSE FROM THE LIST I GAVE YOU!" "The list said "Mouse prick", i can't say that on stage in front of so many people! So i just said the next thing that came into my mind after mouse prick, which is your great great great great granma's thong." "WHAT! It was "House brick"!" "Oh sorry. Dyslexia."

[@migeto]

why was Kenny mic'd up before the camera even turned to him :thinking:

[@kennyvids]

That's the magic of television! They cut the part where they put a mic on me as it doesn't make good TV watching someone shove a radio pack where the sun don't shine!

[@kennyvids]

If you look closely I'm sitting very awkwardly when I go back to my chair!

[@IvanchuuuV]

"Dual reality"? Just a fancy way to say instant stooge imo

[@heatherhorton1623]

You are sexy ivan

[@heatherhorton1623]

Ivan m you are gorgeous

[@dustingrimmmagic1067]

Not in this case ^^

[@RODGERGRUMMIDGE]

Kenny *was* an instant stooge in this trick. In magic an instant stooge is different to a regular stooge. There is no pre-arranged performance or organization with an instant stooge. The magician and the instant stooge don't know each other before the performance. But during the performance, the instant stooge unwittingly ensures that the trick is successful without the audience realising their contrubution. Colin has been somewhat disingenuous in claiming their was no instant stooging in the performance.

[@kennyvids]

I would have been an instant stooge if Colin had somehow given me a message to say, just play along with this, but that's not what happened. Penn also agreed that the trick didn't involve an instant stooge.

[@RODGERGRUMMIDGE]

The audience member agreed that "...his pantomime was so good that it was *helping you* with your imagination..." which is the very definition of instant stooging where the audience member unwittingly helps with the trick without the audience realising. Its still a great effect and a very nice trick. But it does require a compliant audience member who doesn't 'go rogue' to ensure the trick works. If the audience member decided not to follow the 'pantomining" and go rogue, the trick would not have worked.

[@kennyvids]

@RODGERGRUMMIDGE if the audience member (in this case, me) unwittingly helps the trick... that is not instant stooge. A stooge is someone who has agreed in advance to make the trick work. An instant stooge is someone who agrees to make the trick work in the moment. I can honestly say I did not agree to a prescribed outcome either before, or during the trick.

[@stephenkholer4873]

When I see this type of trick, I often wonder how often he fails to get the audience member to imagine the word he wants. I mean, brains are tricky things. Someone with ADHD, for example, who's brain goes at light speed all the time, and has a million thoughts racing, might not be so persuaded to say the word that he wants. I was listening to the whole thing, thought of a title of a book when he asked the guy, imagined the book case, and the word I thought of was toboggan, because it's my wife's favorite word and always makes her laugh.

[@peterhamilton2695]

so why didn't the fellow In the audience say he had it written on his hand ???

[@angryscottishidiot]

If only there was a way to get intouch with the guy in the video? What was his name again? Benny? Maybe teh poster of this video will remember.

[@RAJESHWARIASHAR]

Simon Woolcott Kenny is himself the one who has uploaded this video!

[@SuperMunda1]

Rajeshwari Ashar 🤦‍♂️

[@-_Nuke_-]

it bothers me that the random selected guy already wears a microfon.

[@Laurikoivisto]

have you ever seen these? kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqendnSHiZ2UeLc

[@paullambert8701]

Not for nothing, but why are the volunteers from the audience so shabbily dressed when going out to a Vegas act? It makes me think they are part of the act and in on the trick. Dressing that way makes them easy to spot and to "choose". Kenny is dressed to go clean the leaves out of the roof gutter. Surely, nobody goes out to a show dressed like that.

[@nellekx]

they're not in Vegas. They're just a studio audience

[@paullambert8701]

:/..yeah, I guess you got me there, PaperBuddy.

[@vegasgeorge]

You've obviously never been to Las Vegas. They go to shows there in flip flops and cut offs.

[@paullambert8701]

You're right, I have never been to Las Vegas. Perhaps you can tell me: How long has this (flip-flops and cut-offs) been going on? I have known people who have gone to Las Vegas, but that was more than 30 years ago. I promise they would never have thought of going to a show dressed like that. Holy smokes!

[@Kman.]

People go dressed in any flavor, to all the shows. That is how people have been dressing for years. It's no different than how folks go to church on Sundays, and yes...we were in Vegas going on 4 yrs ago this summer. @@paullambert8701

[@614560w]

How is that magic or supposed mentalism if he just had the word brick written in his hand????

[@dustingrimmmagic1067]

614560w he had not, his Method is much cleaner ::

[@greymaxmotovlog]

BrotherGreed wow....u explained well sir.

[@vidmaster7]

It seems to surprise a lot of people that magic, including mentalism, is made up of tricks, illusions, gimmicks, misdirection, etc. This in no way takes away from the entertainment value; instead it increases it.