Penn & Teller explain why Gilbert Gottfried did NOT fool them...but Vinny Grosso did.

From their 2019 April Fool Us Special, Penn & Teller reveal how Vinny Grosso, NOT Gilbert Gottfried, was able to fool them a second time.

[@Sheen1049]

No I got it. Every single one of the people in the audience is named mark

[@amai3561]

The ol "Oh hi Mark!"

[@farhannr28]

Tommy Wiseau: Oh hi Mark

[@GOLVEL]

He was just the mark... And, to keep the wonderful tradition alive... Oh, hai, Mark!

[@DissectingThoughts]

It's simple. They had a recording of Gilbert for every possible first name. Then they just played the right recording. (sarcasm)

[@rjkral]

DisThoughts haha I actually think the blue screen idea voiced by Penn was pretty much just sarcasm too

[@nhjb6608]

Is this sarcasm?

[@gamingman21]

Fallout 4 did it first.

[@gamedemon24]

Shin Lim, Shawn Farquhar, and Paul Gertner. Now THAT is elite company.

[@robertwadas]

Shin lim..how did anyone get fooled ? Sorry..saw every slide of card on black mat

[@flparg2]

@@robertwadas the pen fool them

[@mtiller2006]

Great trick, and even greater with Gilbert Gottfried participating in it, there's NO WAY you could conceal his voice anyway! It's very sad he's no longer with us now as of the time of my comment, he passed away yesterday at the age of 67. I know Gilbert could never have fooled Penn & Teller, but with Vinny by his (virtual) side, anything was possible! RIP Gilbert Gottfried (1955 - 2022)

[@ElvenSpellmaker]

I've seen this several times and just realised. Vinny had a box of parrots, no doubt a reference to Gilbert being Iago in Aladdin. And the one he gives to Mark is a monkey, which I assume is another Aladdin reference to Abu haha.

[@lightchipster]

Thank you! I was frustrating watching this as the voice was familiar but hadn't seen Gilbert's face before. I was just about to go to IMDb when I saw this comment

[@Mikeological]

Aha! I knew that’s how he did the trick!

[@830927mjki]

@High Commander Squealer neither was the toy

[@King_Solomon_the_Libtart]

My guess is that when Gilbert leaves the screen the video is paused and they get the volunteers name, print it out and slip it in the envelope before Gilbert comes back onto the screen.

[@GoatzombieBubba]

The Judge would not let that happen since the show is taped live.

[@LocalMaple]

I don’t think so. This seems to be pre-recorded. Listen to when Gilbert okays the “different” animals in the box.

[@AlexiSonic]

My main issue with this is that the enveloppe does not move an inch before and after he quits the screen. :/

[@mimked]

@@LocalMaple that was part of the trick. He knew it was a box full of parrots because he said so after the gorilla was pulled. Or are you just talking about the timing of syncing one's words with a possible recording?

[@LocalMaple]

Voro Kusanagi the syncing. Gilbert is replying as/before the magician names them.

[@pjabrony8280]

Let's not forget that Penn and Teller sat next to Gilbert yelling "You fool!" for about ten minutes once.

[@bverji]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3ewkoOLqaicb9E

[@ericdanielski4802]

Thank you.

[@PokerPlayerJames]

61/244. What a nicely rounded stat, exactly 25%. This nerd moment has now concluded.

[@edwinlevi6608]

What if he was like “it’s spelled Marc”

[@code-dredd]

"I did not hit her... Oh, hi Mark!"

[@andrewdickens7016]

I did NAAAAAAAAT

[@rjkral]

Showmanship!! This is choc full of fabulous showmanship from everyone involved here!!! So well done!

[@snaggledog0079]

One does not simply fool Penn and Teller. You simply design a trick they like well enough and hope they give you a trophy.

[@nguyenvu8262]

Actually, fooling them is simple enough. You pick a trick with multiple methods and pretend that one of those methods is used (via similar body gestures). That happened a few times in the past and once recently. Most magician do not think that's proper way to fool them since that contributes nothing to the advancement of magic as well as their own career. So they did not exploit that process.

[@jordanfan8222]

Nguyen Vu this is correct. The nice thing is, while the people who designed bad, gimmicky, ambiguous tricks may have earned themselves a fool us trophy, their videos never get anywhere near the amount of likes and views as the ones who fooled Penn and Teller the right way. Obvious example, Shin Lim is lauded as a maestro of magic while the only time Jibrizy is mentioned is as a joke. So talent still wins in the end

[@TheBaldr]

Even here I bet Penn wasn't happy when he learned it was Projection Mapping and not green screen. Still the same concept, just different delivery method.

[@9Kualalumpur]

@@TheBaldr Yeah, in this case I think Penn's guess was close enough to what actually happened, he's not a tech expert, it should have counted

[@dudetocartman]

I actually just saw Vinny 2x on a cruise ship I was on. Even got a photo shot with him. And he showed us this. Funny guy.

[@heisenberg6680]

This is the problem with Fool Us. They clearly know how the trick is done, there is just many possible ways to do it and they have to guess the correct way as their first guess. It has happened many times, they clearly know the trick, but lets say one of the tricks in an act has 3 possible ways of doing it, they have to guess which of the 3 ways you did it and if they dont guess right at the first time, eh you "fooled them".

[@DissectingThoughts]

Am I misremembering or haven't they also said that if something relies on sleight of hand it'll count as fooling them as long as they didn't see it happening even if they know how it was done?

[@pestoriusj]

I find that some of the best acts on Fool Us are the ones that deliberately take advantage of this quirk of the show though

[@heisenberg6680]

@@DissectingThoughts might be, dont remember that, but you can see Penn from time to time being a bit pissed off when he, the fooler, Teller and everyone who knows a squat about magic tricks that they weren't fooled, but he said one word in a wrong way or they guessed wrong which of the possible methods the magician used and by that got "fooled"

[@DissectingThoughts]

@@heisenberg6680 yeah, I've noticed that. Personally I find it difficult to differentiate between actually angry Penn and pretend angry Penn, though. Maybe he's just always actually angry.

[@groowanderer]

Yep. Pretty lame, actually. I come for the magic, not the distinction of "fooling" p&t, as I've got the feeling they've never been truly fooled. Could be simple as a different technique used in sleight of hand and they'll count it.

[@FrankRoosevelt32]

Watching that volunteer “close his eyes” was hilarious.

[@ddebenedictis]

He needed to be able to peek inside the box 😆

[@justinkoschak5388]

The envelope was open, they had the right paper slipped in behind the box.

[@DumbfoundedMadman]

Not only that, but pay attention to the position of that envelope throughout the different parts of the video. They never got it placed back correctly and the continuity error is pretty obvious once you think to look for it. However, just watching it the first time you would rarely notice it all.

[@draheim90]

So they have been fooled 61 times out of 244 acts which is precisely 25% or 1 in 4. Suspicious given that each episode has 4 acts (and almost always exactly 1 act “fools” them).

[@DamienTB]

Suspicious how no one really cares and people just wanna sit back and have a good laugh. No need to over analyze everything my guy, they're entertainers. *Not everything you see on TV is real* basically. It's entertainment.

[@Hazza_05]

Gophuk Jurself yo chill man... he’s just stating facts

[@dragon1130]

It may be as simple as they record a bunch of these at once and splice the acts together. After all it's no fun if they get all the coolers at once and then no one fools them for the rest of the season.

[@DerMannInDerWand]

Yeah, many shows do that, or they tape multiple episodes in one night. Whose Line does that since basically always

[@DamienTB]

@@Hazza_05 So am I tho

[@xAcoNm1x]

5:15 Gilbert Godfrey seems like steve-o in 20-30 years :'D

[@salluna1957]

Steve- o is a responsible person now. Like when he was on KroQ for the Kevin n bean show and slept in his trailer home or tried and then went home just to drive back. Such a good boy. Edit: rip Kevin n bean

[@johjoh4571]

he's honestly the most admirable celebrity. i can't say it often but he's a genuinely good person.

[@gerry5550]

EVERYONE... let’s be clear, the gorrilla wasn’t the big deal, ‘IT WAS THE NAME... “MARK” THAT WAS THE AMAZING PART OF THIS TRICK!!!’ Well done! I have no idea how that happened... FABULOUS!!!

[@TheSwedishRider]

Most likely, when Gilbert is gone, they used a still picture instead of of a live picture. Enough time to print that paper and place it in the envelope.

[@MrCharismatix]

He even said it wasn’t exactly how it was done. Meaning it’s definitely a visual effect but not blue/green screen

[@TheSwedishRider]

@@MrCharismatix absolutely! As conclusion I would say that they actually did get fooled by Gilbert Gottfried, the guy is the impersonated misdirection, so they didn't see the obvious. It was a great funny and entertaining performance, but yes, here Penn & Teller were fools.

[@WessieEmmert]

We need #captaindisillusion on this

Ofcourse the painting in the background comes to fullscreen when he goes away to print the paper. I don't think Penn even considered that the distraction.

[@jamesbevan9939]

A truly exceptional routine.

[@mendozajovy]

The beauty of this trick is, it is entertaining. Even if Penn and Teller were not fooled the presentation of the trick is remarkable.

[@GTrixYT]

what a coincidence im watching this on 2020 april fools

[@philswaim392]

There was a time when gilbert left that they didnt have the room up and gilbert wasnt on screen. Someone went and put the new envelope on the table. I mean it doesnt require a blue screen

[@L0K0R4C1NG]

The position of the envelope changes multiple times behind Gilbert, so the live video was actually multiple recordings, and it gave time to print out the name and animal on the paper and put it the envelope

[@theoremipsum]

My guess is that someone was behind the desk and they put it in while Gilbert was talking. That's why they went w/ stuffed animals in a box instead of something smaller like cards.

[@lordempalator]

Wrong. The fooling part is that it actually looks like a video but it isnt. He goes away with the envelope and prints the name mark. It was really him who fooled them.

[@bendowson3124]

@@lordempalator Penn said in this video that it only looked like the name "Mark" was on the paper. So no, it was prerecorded.

[@khalid9313]

But the thing is .. penn and teller believe that the video is prerecorded. But is actually live.. Double bluff.. Amazing

[@iamSTYNG]

wrong. I know it from Vinny, there was no live video. Everything was prerecorded

[@edthacow]

I was fooled who Gilbert was, then he walked away from the blur.

[@VoIcanoman]

Here's how it was done. At the beginning of the trick, the background is real. Gottfried starts talking. Then he leaves the view, at which point the camera switches to a greenscreen, a direct copy of a real background that exists right next to the greenscreen, with the same lighting, same camera-type with same settings, etc. It has to be greenscreen and not some other image projection technique because the place where Gottfried places the envelope is reflected in the false background image (so someone screen caps the real image and puts it on a green screen). When we learn Mark's name (with Gottfried OFF camera and the greenscreen on the feed), the real envelope is stuffed with the piece of paper and placed exactly where it used to be. Then the feed switches back to the real background just before Gottfried walks in front of it. This is why at the end Grosso says "it wasn't exactly as you described it" at the end. Because P+T thought the card was greenscreened, and he DID use greenscreen...just not for the card. The evidence is pretty obvious for someone watching at home...but SUPER hard to catch live. Just after Mark joins them onstage, the feed switches to the Gottfried camera. Then, the background image changes ever so slightly (over the next second or so, just as Gottfried is about to walk on). The shadows the painting casts are different, the painting appears to MOVE a bit downwards (they didn't get the camera angles EXACTLY right), and the reflections of the light off the desk slightly different. It's subtle but visible pretty easily. I also think they bump the camera deliberately after Gottfried walks on (just as he says the word "perfect") to help conceal the trickery.

[@rakninja]

the problem with this theory is that gilbert is still casting shadows on the background objects. he blocks the reflections you claim are different. while it's not impossible to edit such things, it takes professional movie effects teams months of man-hours and many thousands of dollars to do. any other form of compositing the "real" image and the still one you claim was keyed in would be VERY obvious, especially if there's a noticeable misalignment between the "real" and static images, as you claim there is.

[@bendowson3124]

That's wrong. Penn said in this video that it only looked like Mark was on the envelope. And someone else in the comments claimed that Vinny told him it was all prerecorded meaning that there was no actual "Mark" on the sheet.

[@TheMysticCraft86]

In that context - they have to guess which sneaky method the sneaky magician uses... Jay Sankey was a definite winner and should be given a trophy.

[@cringeyusername7459]

No. Jay Sankey was full of it.

[@leocoelho12]

sankey just did a bunch of crap, accepted the loss and then make a video afterwards telling everyone how genius of a magician he is... pretty lame

[@magicmanscott40k]

Jankey said they couldn't figure out the straw and ring trick and they edited that part out and he did have proof of that. My question is sankey went on there to fool em and he used probably his weakest material do it. Why didn't he use his good tricks?

[@TheMysticCraft86]

@@magicmanscott40k he used material that was well known, but used unreleased methods for accomplishing the routine.. In that aspect, he fooled them because they simply referred to material they already knew was published.

[@magicmanscott40k]

@@TheMysticCraft86 oh I didn't know that part. That makes sense.

[@andrewburgess-linden9612]

R.I.P. Gilbert Godfried

[@Dugiedugdug]

I mean Gilbert's not on screen presumably the video is paused when he picks mark? He just needs a line to Gilbert, just a guy in the audience text him the name then print out the slip before the video starts back up

[@matthewadair4507]

RIP Gilbert Gottfried

[@nickwilson9683]

RIP Gilbert Gottfried.

[@NomadUniverse]

Still waiting for the explanation...

[@sleepyj222]

It would have been impressive if Gilbert read the paper. I think he lied about the video editing

[@matthiaj]

j-338899 even if he had lied I’m pretty sure when someone goes on the show there are people behind the scenes who know how the trick is done (to prevent people from lying)

[@AidanWR]

@@matthiaj To go on the show, the contestants have to explain their trick to the "judges" and if the contestant lies about them not getting it right, then the judges will tell Penn and Teller. The judges are also used a few times to tell Penn and Teller if the contestant fooled them in a few cases where they had to spout out a lot of information

[@neomp5]

they said they were right about the principle. the text was added to the card digitally. but they incorrectly guessed that it was blue screen or chromakey, but more likely it was motion tracking, and the paper would have had symbols on it that a computer can map a new image to

[@Mr_Giraffe989]

Keep a close eye on the envelope when the camera pans back and forth to Gilbert.

[@Toonamik]

you can clearly see envelope moved behind Gilbert, someone just put an mark letter in it

[@darrenleack3690]

Does anyone notice that the volunteer he picks doesn't cover his eyes. If you watch he is peeping thru his glasses the whole time.

[@matthewosborne8384]

I find this explanation interesting because, as I have posted on other videos of this trick, this is something I would of said in Penn's place: The talking films were a great breakthrough, and even though there are times where we can be deaf to things going on and blind to things we cannot see, especially those outside the shot frame, we get to see what we are meant to see. Even if we cannot hear the subtitles being printed as they go, usually by a monkey or a minion. Being blind to things, to the choices our choices in life, can lead to others forcing their ideals upon us. Those ideals can be presented to us in the darkness and placed in our hands without us knowing. So that in future examination all we had were two choices, the one we took and the majority we did not. From there is really no choice at all those in control choose for us and show us our choice. But it was a McCombical deck. I really thought I had this one too.

[@CiroqLee]

1:52 this nigga was not ready lmao you can hear it in his voice

[@xXSnak0rXx]

at 2:17 the envelop is flat on the surface behind then they change the camera and when they get back to Gilbert the envelop is in a different position...

[@HallowedWeasel]

This isn't the full video of the trick. In the full trick, Gilbert places the parrot behind the envelope as the prediction, then the reveal that "no no, the prediction isn't BY the envelope, it's IN the envelope".

[@Leongon]

1:14 too, but I guess this video is edited, not showing the full original pacing.

[@voorp]

2:56 - 2:57 The envelope moved between shots.

[@EpicSpiderWizard]

Because he put the parrot behind the envelope, and then he grabbed it

[@ChonkyMonkey1]

There's a subtle cut in the arguments, where Gilbert grabs the parrot from behind the envelope and continues discussing - probably cut that way to save time on the show

[@Monody512]

Assuming Gilbert was live, all they had to do was print out the paper with the name "Mark" as soon as Mark said his name. The stream was shut off more than long enough to print it and stick it in the envelope.

[@Splatcake]

The magic os having a working printer

[@neomp5]

what they say in this video was that they made it "look like" he had the answer on the paper

[@alifmuhammadchicago]

*Aaaa get the hellada hehre!*

[@pengujedi4559]

rip

[@jasonandrews1606]

Everyone is over-thinking this trick. I agree with Brian T who said in his comment that "between 2:54 and 2:58 it shows that the envelope moves" - they had someone print the sheet and exchange the envelopes. At 2:56 in the closeup shot of Vinny, you can see on the big screen that the envelope is still standing up and at 2:57, when it cuts to the full shot it's laying flat. Can anyone explain how in less than a second the envelope falls flat on the table?

[@alexortiz9777]

Gravity

[@shanagins007]

Gilbert GODfried

[@MitchellTF]

...See, this is what 'y'all' is for...

[@richardli8272]

Do Penn and Teller have to guess the exact method that was used? What if there was a slight deviation because the trick could've been done in multiple ways?

[@flparg2]

There are judges off screen that know the trick. Being close is not enough. They either fool penn and teller or dont. All magicians use sleigh of hands, gimmicks, screens, asistants and so on. Calling any of these things (just one, once) and if they miss, then they are fooled. Sorry for my english

[@Nicolllla]

@2:53 the envelope in the back is leaning on the picture. Then at 2:57 it is all of a sudden flat. This is when they put in the piece of paper with marks name

[@rakninja]

the one problem with that is all acts on the show are edited to fit into their allotted timeslot in the show. we dont know how much of the act was cut out to make it fit.

[@NetAndyCz]

That is not when the switch is made, it is made earlier. This video is missing few things apparently

[@xavermeier8357]

Plot twist: the audience member's name is actually Marc. With a 'C' not 'K'. Trick failed.

[@davidshareefChTPhD]

Vinny you are an awesome magician I can't wait to hang out with you again I will see you at Tommy rockers on Wednesday I hope

[@lucky5th2]

Where's the one with carrot top?

[@xandresglx]

It's the only "magic" trick of the program that I haven't understand yet.. I have watch it several times and I don't get where's the "magic"

[@YasirAlidr]

The name of the randomly selected audience member “MARK” is written on the prediction paper.

[@QuirkyCarmi]

I am sure that they pause the video after Gilbert walks out, and print Mark's name on to the paper. The folder is glued onto the table so it does not look like it moved. This is why it said Mark.

[@Swingman2012]

There's a lot that's just odd about this trick, the routine, and P&T's responses. First of all, I don't believe that Mark was a plant. P&T wouldn't participate in a setup - if it was ever exposed they'd be ruined. But there was enough editing to make it look false when Mark was chosen. I think Vinny just pulled the gorilla out of his left pocket and put it on top in the box, but as others have noted the real trick was Mark's name on the card when Godfried pulled it out. The parrot in the video disappearing made it look like it was prerecorded and edited but that's such a huge mistake that I'm thinking it was intentional as a distraction. I don't know how it was all done, but I don't think P&T were genuinely fooled. There are a dozen ways it could have been done and they just picked the wrong one.

[@AAGEnzee]

Yea, the video seeming to be recorded IS the misdirection. Gilbert and Vinny purposefully respond to each other with slight delays to reinforce the idea. The first part could've be recorded, doesn't matter, but the part where Gilbert holds up the envelope was definitely live. When he walks off screen, the video can be frozen on the still image, and the prediction is placed in the envelope. That's why Vinny said 'that's not quite how it happened' when they guessed greenscreen. He DID do some shenanigans with the prediction (obviously, it's a magic trick) and they simply swapped in, physically, the one he reveals. By that point, they know the audience member's name, and Vinny is forcing the Gorilla pick. You can see the moment Vinny has to do the sleight of hand to put it in the box, he's got the box up against him, right side facing audience, obscuring his left side completely. Relatively easy to pull something from his pocket and put it in the box. Then, his right arm (our left) is obscured by the box when Mark goes to pick. He could just be holding the gorilla and putting it front of Mark's hand when he reaches in. While this can be said for many tricks, it's super simple once you see it, but it seems like some of the simplest tricks are the ones that fool P&T. Either because it's pulled off SO smooth, they literally don't see it (the cookie and milk one) or there is too many ways for the trick to be done, they can't be sure which it is. Some people think that's not fair to them, but if it was only the tricks they had literally NO idea how they were done, it'd be a super short list of maybe 5ish people that ever fooled them, I'd guess. Even with someone like Shin Lim, they knew how he did a lot of his tricks, but there was a couple they weren't really sure on, and that is so rare that they love it when it happens. Their knowledge of magic is so profound, even when they are confused, they could likely guess the trick if you gave them a few minutes to talk with the magician alone and throw out all their guesses.

[@Drummerchef13]

Thing is with the show they have said stage trap doors, audience participants, and (Fool Us) camera edits (doesnt mean there cant be fooler video magic just that the act they see live and the act you see are the same) never part of the trick

[@ViewtifulJosh388]

Wasn't Mark chosen to be the volunteer from the beginning? It looked way too obvious how that ball was going in one direction then next frame the other direction with only Mark stretching out his hands. Plus, how was he able to say his name loud and clear? Don't people rush to give the person a mic? I think this time we, the TV audience, were fooled.

[@TheAwesomeStuffies]

Apparently they threw the ball legitimately, and then stopped filming so they could fit the mic, then reshot the throw in a controlled manner so mark could say his name

[@JelloTricks]

Dylan Gonzalez no, it’s staged

[@Andrethegiant2008]

@@JelloTricks None of the guests on the show are allowed to use audience plants.

[@Kadd69]

The video is actually live, everyone think its pre record. The gorilla is simple, just sleight of hand. Stuff in your jacket and put it where the audience will get it. Since i said its not pre record, this mean gilbert is actually writting the name of the audience and put it in the envelope. Pretty simple trick but if u go overthink it then you already fool.

[@scarbrothers1501]

@@JelloTricks It could very well have been staged, but from everything I've seen and read about P&T they have too much self respect to do that kind of thing. The only people who know the trick ahead of time are the producers.

[@jakelakota3010]

That manila envelope behind Gilbert moves more than an illegal alien crossing Mexico

[@chumon1992]

So is the Gilbert/Penn feud as real as the Eminem/ICP feud? XD

[@TehBellcarl]

Listen to penn on Gilbert’s podcast. Hysterical.

[@RONNIE5579]

The video of Gilbert wasn't live, it was pre recorded and he learned the video with a set up script before hand.

[@c_weir753]

Really?! I had no idea. Doofus

[@neomp5]

doesn't change the trick whether it was live or prerecorded

[@JustMe031]

The envelope in Gilbert's room has moved. It was leaned against the wall before Mark picked up from the box and when they showed Gilbert, the envelope was lying flat. This was not a live stream.

[@DarthKryat]

might need to watch that again . gilbert put the parrot behind it the first time which is why it was propped up , then when he pulled the parrot out when the audience member had the gorilla to show that's what he was meant to pick, the envelope was then laid flat as there wasn't anything behind it

[@crafty192]

When teller threw the object into the crowd to pick a random person, it did a terrible cut and a guy caught it from a completely different angle as Mark was supposed to be chosen. That moment ruined the show for me as its clearly set up

[@BrianSu]

crafty192 the ball was thrown from person to person many times. The editors cut the middle part out this it looks like Mark wasn’t the target

[@crafty192]

@@BrianSu I find that hard to believe, why would any editor make a cut that ruins an illusion for anyone watching? I have done the most basic editing possible and even I know that's a bad move

[@BrianSu]

crafty192 yeah it was bad editing but if you watch P&T’s shows you’ll spot more of them too, they’re done to save time but sometimes done poorly. If you head over to this magician’s KZbin channel, he explained this to someone who commented there.

[@Rj_Anass]

They commented

[@neomp5]

yeah, they guessed it was a blue card or something of that kind. but i think it more likely had symbols like plus signs on it that let a computer perfectly match the movement of the card. but the trick isn't which animal was pulled out, but the inclusion of the volunteer's name

[@TheBaldr]

That is exactly what Penn describe, the producers would have given credit to Penn for that.

[@neomp5]

@@TheBaldr motion tracking is very different from blue screen

[@jamcdonald120]

@@neomp5 not really, and it is clearly what pen is describing

[@RobertBallMagician]

Very funny routine. 😊

[@djmulder]

Am I the only one that noticed that "Mark" was Gilbert? :P

[@neomp5]

nobody else noticed that because it isn't true

[@djmulder]

@@neomp5 just look closer

[@neomp5]

i think you need to look closer. or get your eyes checked

[@djmulder]

@@neomp5 he's got that stuff like Gordon Ramsay is using in his undercover tricks. That part is obvious. Ok willing to say, not 100% sure on who's under it, but it's that stuff. And ofc if someone is undercover it's more than likely Gilbert

[@neomp5]

what are you going on about? what "stuff"?

[@magicmanscott40k]

I seen a lot of fool us episodes and this is probably one the weakest trick for me. Plus he won which is annoying. I did enjoy his first trick where he did naked. That one I have no clue how he did it. The trick that is

[@quinn4582]

Some comments on the first one suggested a sort of smell or taste that was put onto the cards, that he simply remembered.

[@magicmanscott40k]

All these methods sound really freaking werid. It's usually a trap door.

[@justvin7214]

This trick is called... ...The Aristocrats.

[@rybelknap]

I know one part that got the audience member to pick gorlia in his mind. When he was naming back the Parrots and calling them by the other animals name he did not say gorilla. I think he slid the gorilla in the box as the audience member reached in side.

[@epicragegaming2016]

the gorilla is behind the box and he hides it behind the rear flap. exposes the parrots then tilts the box away from the audience and uses one hand to hold the box while mark chooses a stuffy and puts the gorilla in his hand. this was obvious to penn and teller.

[@brucecook502]

I really wish folks could get past what Gilbert had said several years ago. The guy made a mistake, and whether or not his apology for using those deaths in Japan was only prompted by the outrage of the community, folks need to realize he is only human, and at the time had a bad taste for humor, and when someone realizes the harm in something they have done, and refrained from doing it ever again, YOU NEED TO FORGIVE and let it go. He isnt a terrible person for making that one error in judgement, it just means he made a poor choice, and what matters is that he learned from this mistake and didnt do it again. We all make mistakes, he would we feel if folks did this to us, throwing up something in our face for a long time or the rest of our lives. We wouldnt like it, in fact that would hurt us that we are held accountable nonstop for something that didnt involve ruining the life of anyone else, a fucking poor choice of words used in comedy..... Im not religious, but I have to say that there is much value in the biblical passage that says if you cant forgive someone their tresspass, then you wont be forgiven when you are judged after death(i take this metaphorically, i dont believe in afterlife).... When someone has actually destroyed someone else's life, then theres warrent to criticize someone until they have made retribution to the one they hurt, and Gilbert is not guilty of ding such a thing.

[@XsigmaZ]

HAHA that the worst eye cover ever :D

[@ilyashamid7427]

Gilbert angried goldberg

[@Rj_Anass]

You didn't explain anything

[@Rj_Anass]

I mean they

[@monzy2]

Hasn't Ondrej Psniska fooled them 3 times?

[@thijmen0169]

I think they hate him too much to acknowledge him lol

[@n8style]

2:16 you can see the envelope flat on the table, then Gilbert redirects attention to Mark, seconds later the envelope is all wonky 2:55 the envelope is still wonky, they redirect attention by having an argument and seconds later it's flat again

[@You-fools]

Gilbert is holding it in an awkward way which causes it to bend.

[@xXxJustCallMeM]

@@You-fools it is the yellow packet behind him and it moves between shots.

[@JustMe031]

Ok. Saw this again, the gorilla was inside the flaps, what we saw was what was in the box. Then when Mark tried to pick, Vinny palmed off the gorilla from within the box.

[@chriswatson7965]

That's the easy bit to pick.

[@JustMe031]

That one was easy too. He went out of frame and picked the printout.

[@blake2861]

@@JustMe031 It wasn't a live video

[@regularstan6212]

Gilbert Godfrey?

[@DukeApples]

They "Fool" pen and teller on the details which is not important honestly...does it matted how the piece of paper gets inside his shoe? No...i doesn't, but They know how the trick is done, just not the weird detail on method.

[@AidanWR]

Yes it does. You can't just say, "Oh he used sleight of hand to hide a marker" because most of the magicians on the show use sleight of hand, but getting it from a hat to the shoe without being seen can warrant a fooler

[@robertwadas]

B.S.... nobody fooled

[@TonyDAnnunzio]

Who the fuck is Gilbert godfree?

[@MichelLinschoten]

I hate that damn voice even back in the day I sucked

[@ss11111ss]

the tricks not that good

[@the_chomper]

Mark was a plant, the gorilla was in marks sleeve and mark never covered his eyes

[@tommywood2135]

Fool us doesn’t allow plants the judges know how the trick is done and won’t allow plants

[@jonathanluis4966]

I hate Gilbert Godfrieds voice

[@Stanton_High]

This is one of the worst fake fools on the show, I can't believe it got replayed. The clips are obvious and the ball was most definitely thrown down the isle to a plant. Possibly the worst trick on the show.

[@cottontailsify]

The ball was not thrown to a plant. Plants are not possible on Fool Us. They aren't allowed. Rather, anytime an audience member is picked, the production crew cuts, gets a mic on them, and re-films them grabbing the ball.

[@Stanton_High]

@@cottontailsify close enough! If there is enough time to stop and setup a mic, there's enough time to setup the bad trick. Lame shit man

[@agenerikusername2802]

Stanton High you do realize if someone in the audience said that P&T did that they’d be destroyed right? And you have to realize, this show is being filmed yes, but there is also a LIVE AUDIENCE that can see everything that happens. Video editing and clever cuts means nothing if you can’t also fool the people in person

[@neomp5]

the trick is putting the volunteer's name on the card digitally. there's no plant

[@rybelknap]

They do not need a plant for this trick. I believe I figured it out.

[@JelloTricks]

Simple, it’s called staging the whole show of course, not that hard

[@saeedm9772]

It was one of the most boring acts of the show. Your previous act was much more entertaining. Seems like this one was a try hard to get the second trophy and you forgot about the audiance and focused on p and t.

[@Kjetilstorm]

rip