Penn & Teller MMT INDIA

Penn & Teller's Magic and Mystery Tour is a 2003 television documentary miniseries starring Penn & Teller. The program was created by the CBC in association with Channel 4 Film.
The show focuses on street magic, and the subjects of each of the three shows are China (Chinese Linking Rings), India (Indian Rope Trick), and Egypt (Cups and Balls, Gali-Gali men). Unusually for Penn and Teller, Teller speaks in the Egypt episode, even though part of their trademark performance is that Penn does all the speaking.

[@ZenithSkies]

Accidentally jump halfway into video, see Teller casually slitting the throat of a young Indian boy. Context is everything, guys.

[@-hitman-9103]

FaultXFracture LOL

[@512TURNER]

ROTFLMAO

[@nature_boi_james3470]

to think this comment was made when i was just 6 years old is insane

[@genericusername4206]

@@nature_boi_james3470 ur sus

[@nature_boi_james3470]

@@genericusername4206 how tf

[@cheguevara8410]

tall white guy: ....this trick goes back hundreds of years penn: yeah, and this kid doesnt look that old either

[@Christophe_L]

Quick wit!

[@petershalashaska7886]

That joke went right over that guy’s head lol

[@kaizenweisz2120]

Yep lost it at that line and played it back a few times. Best line in the series 🤣

[@parthsavyasachi9348]

Yaa we can say that everytime someone says something goes back many years. Pointless line.

[@kaizenweisz2120]

@@parthsavyasachi9348 thank you for your contribution.

[@garyha2650]

"His brain's so far from the ground that there's no oxygen getting up there" hahhhaha 27:10

[@vivekraut9039]

lol

[@Kalenz1234]

That was an awesome burn.

[@Dred13657]

@@StellarPrism dude wtf. Completely irrelevant

[@bloviatingbeluga8553]

19:00 those cameras just saved that boy's life!

[@rohithkumarsp]

LMAO

[@yashdutt1]

Observation level is on peak

[@pitikidbb2284]

How did i miss that🤣

[@kylelang1815]

Oh come on his grandfather is breathing fire that is amazing

[@sydewan]

That was incredible

[@meansangma9258]

That was greatest

[@Silenced23]

Sure was! Just wasn't sure what that thing in his mouth was igniting the flames that were shooting out.

[@Warutteri]

@@Silenced23 I think it's called a firebasket if I remember correctly (I might be incorrect though as I'm very tired at the moment)

[@daveyork0]

So much respect for what Teller has to say here

[@sybon]

18:27 teller slitting a childs throat. Warms my heart.

[@-hitman-9103]

slic brobro LOL

[@1TheSarcastic]

I liked when the Indian guide was explaining to the police that they are Penn and Teller. The police is probably thinking, "who?!"

[@barryallen8488]

This is great. Seeing P&T humbled by such street performers is actually a joy to watch

[@X320riginal]

The abortion is not a good thing to do but it is a good thing to do it and it is not a good thing or I have no been able in the same thing life for me and in my life. It has a lot of people that I don't know what to think for now I don't know what I want to do. I'm sure you are so much better than I have ever ever had before but it was a very long day at work. Penn and Teller think the same.

[@canobenitez]

@@X320riginal ok.

[@X320riginal]

@@canobenitez Okay :-)

[@picklerickrickpickle]

"in all my 80 years of living i have never seen a performance like that" bahahaha

[@PickyMcCritical]

I never expected to see a kid chopped up; the rope trick itself was amazing! I have no idea how they did it; glad they fixed it! :D

[@FoodforThought12345678dsds]

it was shit

[@garyha2650]

India population: 1.339 billion (2017). Maybe if everybody has one more kid, then everyone will be twice as happy.

[@darkerfox6246]

​@@garyha2650That's literally how the feudal system worked - everyone was motivated to have like 5 kids so they would help in field work.Or when you are older you are dead. And as you can see they rely on their families here in a similar way.The cycle doesn't stop till poverty ends, which will never happen.And it's a problem of distribution, because India and the world for that matter has insanely rich parts. You are just there to judge necessity. Even though you would to the same thing in the same circumstances.

[@ashishhembrom3905]

@Jan Nix so is your mom.

[@jagdishnagar1221]

@Jan Nix why r y watching this then ?? Addicted to trash ?? U shithead !

[@dannydjduc99]

Real magic here is the 240p quality

[@MrInfoJoe]

that kids dance after he came back to life lol

[@Spaghetty]

I love how they preserved the culture that is the indian rope trick

[@lopade9267]

Teller:**slits child's throat** Also Teller: :>

[@paulthompkins4150]

Those poor animals break my heart.

[@jerrybobteasdale]

The Rope trick at the Taj Mahal was impressive. He snaked a pole-like support from a basket resting on a dirt floor that was strong enough for a boy to climb. That's really cool.

[@upplsuckimcool16]

But then how did they get the rope to go slack immediately? I agree it was one of the most impressive tricks I've seen ever! Most of the tricks I see I can guess what is happening fairly easily........

[@Coldcasereview]

It's a great trick

[@Gabor123]

@@upplsuckimcool16 it was a hollow rope probably. If you pull out the pole in one go, the rope drops to the floor.

[@upplsuckimcool16]

@@Gabor123 right but you still have yo hide the pole in that small hole.... And what? Someone dug underneath and theyre underground waiting to pull the pole out!?

[@coolmonkey5269]

thy cant dig soo much thy did not hv technology to build u derground room

[@JisRico]

Teller rarely speaks but hes just so charming and sweet. I love him! =D

[@nicolesong6199]

27:35 even disguised as a typical tourist with glasses

[@theadventuresofbrockinthai4325]

MY DAD TOLD ME ABOUT BEING IN INDIA IN THE LATE 20'S AND SAW A GUY MAKE A ROPE GO UP IN THE AIR AND THEN HE CRAWLED UP THE ROPE AND DISAPPEARED. DAD SAID HE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT WAS DONE AND NEITHER COULD ANY OF THE OTHER SAILORS IN THE CROWD.

[@sergiolobato1798]

When i was a kid, i was an alter boy, once a pigeon flew into the church and wedged itself next to the priests alter chair. we wrapped it in a cloth and set it free. The story evolved into On pentecost Sunday a white dove flew into the crowded church right when the father held up the host. To this day, people claim to be eye witnesses to this event.

[@ruanpingshan]

Going to India dressed as colonial-era British officers is not very diplomatic.

[@ProgrammerGamer1]

ruanpingshan I'm sure it wasn't intentional, a british military suit and those common gray suits are actually rather different even as a casual observer. Penn and Teller are two of my greatest idols in life and having seen near everything they ever produced I'd say they're literally the spoiled type of rich gullible tards that would stumble into something like that without even knowing it.

[@09876124]

Gnomefro WTF they're right where they belong bigoted asshole!

[@bashkillszombies]

ruanpingshan Claiming cruelty to one animal doesn't matter because of cruelty to other animals is equally ignorant as fuck. I'm no tree hugging pinko but that rubbed me up the wrong way. I'm sure Dr. Mengele said "It's just a Jew." Geeking has no place in magic, at all, and given these two are meant to be rationalists and anti-woo it's incredibly disappointing their stance towards geeking is absolutely fucking as backwards as religious nuts.

[@user-ph9si8uc8n]

+ruanpingshan I was thinking the same thing! Why the fuck would you dress like a colonizer lol I mean they are white people with money walking around a bunch of uneducated poor people, so no one would say anything. I think if they visit a rich area or a university they may get some looks and even some comments.

[@kodan7879]

You do realise their two biggest shows are called Bullshit and FU? They clearly don'T give a crap about being politicaly correct.

[@yurandeveloper6958]

Can't deny, the rope trick performed by that guy was awesome

[@FoodforThought12345678dsds]

what? It was shit, and it broke halfway through

[@garyha2650]

So how's it done? A battery operated rod in a pipe underground? A cord from heaven.

[@charles67198]

@@garyha2650 tunnle in the ground and someone farther away pushing a rod with one half sturdy and the other half more flexible. the angle of the tunnel makes it look like its going straight up and when leaning on the edge of the tunnle can be climbed

[@luisquintana2248]

49:30 Penn got married in India.

[@Optimus333]

Nice ending! An epic prank that will spread to millions and millions of people throughout several generations, as something legendary that happened in that spot!

[@WillyTheComposerOfficial]

47:20 This one line really stood out to me. When Lee says, "The more we trust in our powers of observation, the easier we are to fool." That's actually really deep. If we're insecure, unsure of ourselves and the world around us, we don't know what to believe, and it's really difficult to accept what we see around us even if we can't explain it. But when we are confident in ourselves, and sure of what we believe in, we trust our own perception more, and are more willing to buy into what we see but can't explain.

[@triplebasic]

40:40 The true Indian is always ready to provide tech support.

[@harishv5000]

That keyboard

[@rangeispow]

LOL I can't believe I missed that.

[@VirendraYadav75]

You Sir, have eyes like hawk! LoL

[@domore1234]

You're a God Damned Genius!! I know who the real magician is here.

[@yourfriend5144]

Wtf🤣🤣

[@Gabor123]

This is the best one from the three. There was some truly great magic. The one with the knots, was right in their hands.

[@Gabor123]

(Having the taj mahal as a backdrop for a cool trick helps of course)

[@richardlynch8009]

38.00 ... "it's a gawd-damned chicken, Toughen up!!" I used to like penn and teller. now they are magestic.

[@Kalenz1234]

Reminded me of the people who voiced their opinions against traditional cockfighting. Just before they make a stop at KFC to get a bowl of chicken.

[@richardlynch8009]

@@Kalenz1234 Honestly, I slightly respect people who go all vegan for the cause of "I'm Squeemish and I fear for puppies" rather than the ones who think "I'm saving the world with my diet-limiting gesture!" So they tear a head off a chicken...Do you think it is going to waste? Damned thing is in a stock pot in an hour and was going to die anyway. I don't particularly like bull fighting except when the matador gets gored (I live in Spain). They don't give the damned bulls a reward for winning...they get whacked and dragged around the stadium either way. On the other hand I like recortadores (essentially bull-leaping) becasue unarmed performers get hurt. but I think in the end the result is the same for the bull. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. I like the portugese version of bull runs (touradas or marradas) because bulls get to fuck up a lot of people ... idiots that torment them as well as bystanders. I can watch that on youtube for hours cheering for the unpredictability and strength of the bull that some puny idiot tries to out-smart ("smart" may be the wrong word). Fun fact about KFC, in Japan people make reservations months in advance for the Christmas rush. What I really want to know is what they do to the bones to make them so soft you can eat them. I haven't eaten fast food in a really long time. That isn't a protest. Most of it isn't food. I wrote a play about cock fighting using people with umbrellas. No one understood it. I think I won.

[@richardlynch8009]

@@weirdsideofyoutube9547 Dog fighting is a little brutal and no one eats the dogs...So I'll sympathize on that one. Most seafood lovers probably don't realize that if they eat clams or oysters they were alive a moment ago or might still be. Lobsters get whacked just a few minutes before they arrive at your table... If you were starving, you'd kill a chicken and probably screw it up badly.

[@richardlynch8009]

@@weirdsideofyoutube9547 you didnt want me to repeat what I already said, did you?

[@PownyRider]

Penn said, what needed to be said. i am against animal cruelty, but hes right.. 1. its just a chicken 2. it would have never survived that day anyways 3. nothing of it is going to waste 4. ITS A GAWD DAMN CHICKEN!!! TOUGH IT UP!

[@unhappyattendantughh2469]

Anyone else love the intro

[@yashkumardiwakar]

Apart from indian street magic show coverage ! This video is much more valuable now after so many years showing the problems but also the skills that was in India during 90s ! They say our culture is being destroyed but don't realise that we are the one majorly who are destroying it.

[@HiBunnyGames]

Teller is so cute~

[@CptCPT-dl9lh]

Jason Elder jesus, relax. You wonder you didn't get an answer

[@oscargold1554]

All women say that. Magical man.

[@everhirstseyt2667]

There's something about Teller. His universal adorableness. Us women love him like we would a sweet, cute puppy. Awakens the protectiveness and maternal instinct idk.

[@Liliputian07]

true teller simp hours

[@M0rshu1]

He did that black spinning top thing by balancing the stick thing either closer or farther from the part in his mouth. The smaller the angle formed, the stick gets caught on the mouthpiece; it gets farther, is freed and then spins with the top.

[@Nyghtfall]

man I wish they did more of these. Way too entertaining

[@KombatGod]

The keyboard played a pivotal role in that Indian rope trick.

[@skycaptainIndigo]

I love this! there so pure and talented, i love how happy magic makes them.

[@LordLoss]

and dis is my boi, dis is mye boyy

[@Dudeatrix]

Penn & Teller are fucking cool as fuck

[@lechanneldemysterieuxmante1807]

Fuck yeah they are!

[@melodymaker396]

Penn and Teller should have bought all those "good luck" rings to help Naseem's family out and then sell them at their show in Las Vegas as souviners from the MMT show.

[@9Jov]

I read somewhere that they did in fact help him and his family out a lot. They didn't film that though since they didn't want to give out the wrong msg. It was more along the lines of just because we can help him, doesn't mean we should boast for helping him, or something like that.

[@LordTurtleneck]

+Zver Zverot "I read somewhere that they did in fact help him and his family out a lot. They didn't film that though since they didn't want to give out the wrong msg." That's deeply, fucking hypocritical. They will proudly fight exploitative con-men to the proverbial death in the US, but in this shithole of a country, they will gladly pay for his dinner.

[@lindas1st]

+Myes They actually said they felt a bit hypocritical. Penn said if this same person was doing this same thing in the US they would be all over him. Different culture and different circumstances I guess.

[@KarlHerzog]

@@LordTurtleneck >I don't know what privilege is: The KZbin Comment

[@d4rksol123]

@@LordTurtleneck If you think India (or any country for that matter) is a shithole of a country, then I pity your sad and petty existence.

[@KushanDwarsingh]

u guys came to India... and I finally got to see the modern rope trick... wow

[@frosted1030]

From the intro music.. I am hooked. Penn and Teller rock!

[@shubhpareek8025]

There's so much talent in india

[@jonc2276]

I love the old school animation

[@risque83]

thanks for upload! love penn and teller

[@richardichard4237]

Thanks for posting this...!!

[@jxs68]

Teller says it all. " " ~ Teller.

[@unvergebeneid]

21:29 That guy looks like a fucking fire demon! Could Penn and Teller maybe be a tiny bit less underwhelmed over the fact that they just saw a human balrog? :)

[@MsSavarinathan]

This is interesting to watch with the famous magicians our own Indian magic shows.Thanks. +SMA

[@eyewaves...]

Brilliant documentary !!!!! So real, I guess...

[@jagethemage86]

those Deli gangsta rappers @ 10:30 were pretty killer

[@EhlistarsWrath]

jagethemage86 it’s the male puppet with the flute that’s truly killer

[@wtp7631]

I was vibin

[@dennischauhan_dc2964]

😂💗 this is just a song

[@NerdGlassGamingPA]

38:00 Eating raw chicken in India OMG how could they. OMG this Sushi is so great, we love the Japanese ...

[@DanJuega]

Lel eating raw chicken is super dangerous. That’s the difference.

[@Warutteri]

Salmonella is the big difference, for real, eating raw chicken can be deadly... Eating fresh raw fish is generally safe if the fish is from relatively clean waters, killed very recently and was a healthy fish, raw chicken on the other hand is never truly safe...

[@MuhammedAboobackerMABvideos]

Love from India 🇮🇳

[@aaronwalderslade]

Ha! Love the way the boy dances at the end of the rope trick! So funny!

[@takineko]

learns that doing magic tricks is illegal and gets people beaten up-- gives them a prop to do magic that makes him look like he's murdering someone in braod daylight, "Use it on your son"

[@livelifegalaxy]

lol that part when teller pretend to throws out blood after getting cursed was hilarious

[@saiakhilkatkam87]

Love from India ❤️

[@goldeneraofindia4301]

OMG 😱 my india is looking like that in That time 🥺 . And amazing magician 😘💕

[@solairee1406]

But did he fool them

[@ChapuleTaylor]

No, I think they fooled them.

[@spencer6874]

@@ChapuleTaylor doubt

[@mr.raymond9176]

"Bring down the trophiy"

[@well_as_an_expert_id_say]

@@ChapuleTaylor what a wonderful username

[@OGdadpool]

@@well_as_an_expert_id_say I'd guess you'd be the expert

[@andrewpurvis1754]

that theme song reminds me of Jello Biafra so much.

[@jianfeibai]

Awesome documentary

[@stevenscottdubrowski7473]

I love that penn is always a head taller than the crowd

[@NathanPratyksh]

I was expecting Jadugar Samrat SHankar and Jadugar Mangal Tara... lol... Nevertheless, great episode!

[@Sayerik1]

Good show. Wrapping it up with how a staged performance can turn to myth and actual history was genius.

[@ryangilbert1499]

I wish they still did this show

[@detectiveandspynovels7140]

P & T are Best , whether in India or America or else. Love for them❤

[@tunafishjoe]

Holy shit. I hope the "technical difficulties" at 41:45 wasn't the guy in the pit underneath the basket being smothered to death by sand!!

[@QuibbleTrouble]

That doesn't explain how the rope is kept solid.

[@thechozzman1797]

I dont think anyone died..

[@duckmyass]

The rope is hollow and a wooden or metal pole/stick is pushed through it. The person under the ground just slips the pole/stick through the center of the hollow rope.

[@evanbarnes9984]

Didn't he pick up the basket off the ground with the rope partially solidified though?

[@markschiavone8003]

Evan Barnes you're kidding me right lol. didn't the trick have to be reset after that.

[@FractalMachine]

penn's rant about chicken just made this whole video worth while XD

[@goodluck6948]

^this, lol

[@vinosmanuel]

He's vegan now. Which in retrospect makes it funnier.

[@squashyhex9818]

@@vinosmanuel lmao

[@abinari]

man i miss india so much

[@ruthecker399]

love them both

[@Jackcabbit]

32:37 Best use for a tie I've seen in a long time.

[@Mr_Boss_Smile]

28:00 this explains why teller never speaks

[@saidmuhamadabdulkader2113]

SIMPLY FASCINATING

[@WaddleDeePwns]

omg i love that opening XD

[@garyha2650]

38:05 Yeah but that chicken wanted to watch the rest of the show

[@randyrandalman8234]

19:45 sad seeing those animals chained up living like that

[@robertburkhart991]

Amazing

[@Mafon2]

I wish they travelled more.

[@dad2325]

I wish Teller would shut up for once. Always got his mouth going.

[@MarkARoutt]

But he was cursed to never speak again, so it works

[@zfilms4858]

Did you mean penn?

[@fatstacksfatlips8708]

Z Films > The Joke > Your Head

[@ElectricalSwift]

@@fatstacksfatlips8708 I'm surprised it took 3 years for someone to fall for it lmao.

[@zfilms4858]

@@fatstacksfatlips8708 I got the joke, it was supposed to be a witty response

[@RamRod13]

Walking on coals. Like walking barefoot outside in AZ, but it ends.

[@CChissel]

RamRod13 You’re not kidding. I was out in Tuscan one summer years ago and the rubber on the soles of my shoes were melting as I was walking.

[@koilamaoh4238]

Yea but walking hot outside of AZ is hot and real, while the coals be fake, as a magician trick, and used for scamming sometimes. Walking on coals would be much safer then the hot 120f+ heat of az lol

[@Imightberiding]

I agree. Very profound.

[@conejopestilente]

THAT INTRO, epic.

[@aylamiller5752]

Teller would be a good father 😂😂 I mean come on! Teaching them the wholesome gory magic tricks 😂😂

[@everhirstseyt2667]

He's 71yo now and never became a dad.

[@aylamiller5752]

@@everhirstseyt2667 there's still a chance that he can have kids! He just hasn't found the right person I guess to have kids with him.

[@elinlloyd7002]

@@aylamiller5752 yes i was thinking that too.

[@jonathanryals9934]

So the rings protect you from being stabbed through the neck? Hope nobody goes home and tests it out...

[@EhlistarsWrath]

Those puppets have me dead, the way they move kills me 10:31 see what I mean? He moves like a goober and even blows the horn like a goober

[@billdavidbilldavid]

Very nice show. I love my India!, I love pen and teller. Hope one day I visit countries like this.

[@Orangecatinahoodie]

“ITS JUST A CHICKEN!” -Penn

[@Habading]

I thought Professor Lee Siegel was John Malkovich for a while there.

[@Daugust77]

You can't convince me he's not.

[@Latigo]

Penn & Teller have an edge.

[@WhimsicalDalliance]

Well, that opening was Bewitching.

[@_Ciosu..]

Come to Mars please we have so many tricks here..

[@TrebleForTheBass]

Like giant 3 mile wide faces carved into a mountain

[@manantank]

i am from India and i am having hard time seeing this side of India.

[@nibirananda9381]

Why? Because your Anglicized mind has a hard time grasping that those not wearing hard hats and ties are also humans and have a divine right to live and express themselves in life as they want to?

[@mugammadbenjamin2597]

Ok

[@darkerfox6246]

@@nibirananda9381 no, because they have no choice but to live in such poverty that any serious illnes could kill you and nobody could help. Are you a troll or just dense?

[@belowaverage6507]

Best intro ever

[@billgreen4003]

Cool thanks for sharing knowledge freely Amen in Christ God Bless everyone 🙏

[@eikons]

If you stuck a pole into a hollow rope, it would rise bottom-first, with the limp rope stiffening up as the pole was pushed into further into it. It still could be a pole with a rope around it, and the rope that he rolls up into the basket is just a decoy. They would have to retract the pole quite rapidly to make it suddenly go limp like that, but it seems most plausible. It also explains why they had to interrupt the trick: before the interruption he lifted the basket.

[@darkerfox6246]

yeah, and the pole is in the sand with some stick in it horizontally to keep it from falling down, also the hole supports it from swaying sideways. not sure how the slow rising part is done.

[@insanomonkey]

Anyone know the answer? I still don't know how it's done lol

[@sack5962]

@@insanomonkey someone buried in the sand

[@GILBERTLEE666]

penn reminds me of peter griffin 0.0

[@jimjimx5418]

Shut up and enjoy. Do you whine when you watch film too?

[@GILBERTLEE666]

@@jimjimx5418 good one

[@kingjames4886]

penn- just chillin on the train teller- considering pulling the emergency stop cuz "shenanigans"

[@Crmsnraider]

One thing Id like people to add to their perspective is how this is over a decade old... this is a 2003 Presentation.

[@LordTurtleneck]

+Crmsnraider And it's still the exact same medieval shithole.

[@cryptic8630]

Myes They can't grow out of the caste system.

[@eriknelson3238]

Lol I wonder why he hates puppets so much

[@independentsystem5203]

Let me remind you that it is just one city. Do not assume you have seen the whole of India.

[@samc7336]

Independent System it’s still great to see nonetheless.

[@MrPixelblur]

Nice upload

[@doodbool3719]

awwww i wanted to see more of the puppets