Wizard Wars (2014) s01e01 Episode Script
Spam-Tastic
Hi.
My name's Penn.
This is my partner Teller.
We're Penn and Teller.
Now when you think of magic, you think of big stage illusions or street magic done on TV.
But the magic that impresses us, the magic that impresses magicians, is magic just done with everyday objects.
Just magic created with stuff you have around you.
Now, Teller's going to do a classic of magic, cups and balls, using a red plastic cup from the bar and a tinfoil ball.
Now, he's doing all this magic with just the objects that are around him.
That's what we're going to test tonight.
We're going to give magicians the challenge to come up with magic with just objects around them.
That's a big ball, Teller.
And that's a-- that's a potato.
( applause ) Hey, everyone.
I'm Ellen Fox, and welcome to Wizard Wars.
Let's hear it for the wizards, Justin Flom, Angela Funovitz, Gregory Wilson, and Shimshi.
My name's Gregory Wilson.
I'm the con man of the group.
I guess that might explain these.
But it's not what you think it is.
These were a gift from my agent.
Okay, it was a federal agent.
That's not important.
What's important is the escape.
I'm going to do that right now.
To make sure I can't cheat, Angela, can you grab the key? - Again, so I cannot cheat - In your pocket.
Reach in, pull that out.
Show that to everybody else.
Hold that up high.
No, I got it.
This? Oh, it's the handcuffs.
My name is Angela Funovitz and I deal with the power of the mind.
Keep your eyes on the glass.
I'll drink to that.
Very nice.
Very nice.
This is-- Actually, I'll teach you how it works.
Do you mind? No, not at all.
It's not the wine glass that is bending, it's actually your mind.
Oh, my gosh.
That is jaw-dropping.
I come from a long line of magicians.
My family was magicians.
They taught me the levitating bar stool.
Man: Wow.
That's not good.
That's, uh, better.
You can see undernea-- And, ladies and gentlemen, my name is Justin Flom.
Let's hear it for the wizards! Here's how Wizard Wars works.
Teams of magicians are given everyday objects that they must transform into some amazing, astounding, mind-bending magic.
Today, two teams of cutting-edge magic creators will square off in the challenger round.
The team that wins the challenger round will advance to take on a team of our wizards in round two, the Wizard War.
If the challengers can conquer the wizards, they're taking home $10,000.
Our first judges are entertainment icons.
They've been named Las Vegas Magicians of the Year a total of seven times.
Penn and Teller! When our next judge isn't busy checking out magic stars as the industry's best-known critic, she's checking out actual stars as an astronomer.
Christen Gerhart.
Our final judge is one of only four Americans to be crowned the Grand Prix World Champion of Magic.
Jason Latimer.
All right, let's get to our first team of challengers.
He's a self-described magic nerd, the oddly amazing Kyle Marlett! I'm normally behind the camera creating magic for other magicians.
I'm here more to prove to myself that I can be the magician that I want to be.
And teaming up with Kyle is an edgy close-up illusionist.
It's Dalton Wayne.
My magic style is really bizarre.
I'll do whatever I can to freak you out.
I want to be different.
I want people to remember, "Oh, that's Dalton Wayne.
Dalton Wayne did that.
" I feel like I'm representing the new generation of magicians.
Competing against these eccentric illusionists are a couple of Canadian magic masterminds, including a man known for drawing the biggest crowds north of the border, Chris Funk.
Chris: I think this is a great opportunity for me to make a name of myself and to show the world what I'm capable of, and that I'm not just some guy from Winnipeg, Canada, eh? And teaming up with Chris is a fellow Canadian originally from Russia who has released an entire DVD of her very own card tricks.
Let's hear it for Ekatarina.
In the magic community, I'm know for my cardistry.
I think Wizard Wars provides an opportunity to show beautiful magic, and I think people haven't seen my magic yet.
Now here's how the challenger round is going to work.
Each team will be given the same three everyday objects which must be used at least once in their routine.
They will also be judged on creativity, deception, and showmanship.
Let's reveal the three objects you'll use in your routines.
Playing cards, a Super Soaker, and Spam! It's important to remember there are no camera tricks on Wizard Wars.
All right, Kyle and Dalton are going to kick things off.
They've already built their routine, so let's take a look at how they did it.
We could have a card selected, right? And then the card appears inside a block of meat.
- What if we-- - You can slice it.
Yeah, slice it.
We're on the same track.
Then you can maybe shuffle it like a deck of cards.
Announcer: Kyle and Dalton are working on a transposition trick using playing cards and Spam.
( laughing ) They head into the Magic Shop to see what else they have to play with.
- So I got some balloons.
- Oh, you got balloons? Balloons are good.
They're always good, right? - Card's in the balloon? - Yeah.
That's in there.
Announcer: Next our magic geeks build a canvas for a prediction-based routine.
Slices of meat would be here.
We add in the card earlier on.
We spray, and the meat would break up and fall through the hole.
Leaving nothing but the card from-- Right.
So let's test the guns.
Announcer: What did they come up with? - It's not doing anything.
- Dude, this sucks.
Dalton: This is obviously not going to work.
Announcer: We're about to find out.
We got to figure out something else.
Kyle and Dalton.
Ready? - My name is Kyle Marlett.
- My name is Dalton Wayne.
- And we are - Magicians! We're going to start out the show by doing a classic in magic.
We're going to do a card trick.
Dalton is actually a ninja with playing cards.
- I wouldn't say so.
- Check this out.
Boom, boom.
- Boom, boom, boom, boom.
- Boom, boom, boom, boom.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Whoa! Whoa! Whoo! - No social life.
- No social life! - What's your name, man? - Shawn.
Kyle: Shawn, how are you? I'm doing pretty good.
How are you? I'm so wonderful.
Thank you so much for asking.
Dalton: This is what we're going to do, Shawn.
I want you to think of a playing card, okay? I'm going to divine that card from your mind.
Think about it.
Think about it.
- King of clubs.
- Aah! No.
- This is not going to work.
- Okay.
I'm going to put the deck over here.
You go find somebody.
We're going to to try something else, because, you know.
You know.
What's your name? How are you? - Great.
- Good.
Let's give her a round of applause! Come right over here.
We're going to try something, something that's different.
And that is - Spam! - Ooh! Kyle: Uh, Dalton loves Spam.
Yeah, I actually really love Spam.
I actually love mine cooked medium rare.
Whoa! Like that.
It's funny that we got Spam, because I'm a vegetarian.
Luckily, Dalton brought a glove.
This is for me.
So, Velecity, if you don't mind, just go ahead and grab a piece of Spam.
Dalton: You can pick any one.
Go deep, homegirl.
- YOLO.
Go for it.
- You only live once.
- Boom! There it is! - You got the pink one.
Write your initials nice, big, bold, and thick so everyone can see, even the judges in the back, okay? Get in there.
Just write it in there.
Dalton: She's a pro at this.
- What she it? V.
S.
- V.
S.
Sweet.
Everybody can see the V.
S.
, okay? Yes? Perfect.
We're going to attach it to the piece of Spam because I brought some pins.
You want to help me attach it right here in the corner? Right there, ladies and gentlemen.
Her piece of paper with her initials pinned to it.
Now we need to have you mix this piece of Spam up amongst the other pieces of spam.
- But we will not look.
- Yeah, we don't want to look.
So you take that.
We're going to look away.
We're going to look away.
So if you don't mind, try to hurry because this is very awkward.
ASAP, please.
Kyle: Yes, please tell us when you're done.
Okay.
Okay, now what Kyle is going to do with his empty hand, he's going to dig inside that Spam and find the selected, signed piece of Spam.
Here we go.
Ready, guys? - You got to dig it.
- I got it.
I got it! Boom! Whoo! Her signed piece of-- Dalton: Kyle.
That's a deck of cards.
Wait! If the deck of cards is here, that must mean in the card box which has been sitting there the entire-- This has been here the entire time.
Kyle, hold out your hand.
Watch.
I'll do this slowly.
Right inside.
- One piece of Spam.
- One piece of Spam.
With an initialed piece of paper pinned right there, ladies and gentlemen, to the selected piece of Spam! Thank you so much.
- High-five.
- Thank you.
This is for you.
Watch your step.
You know what? A lot of people might not know this.
Besides magicians, and also really handsome guys, we are actually artists.
Dalton: Yes.
But we do it a little bit differently.
You're still thinking of your card, right? - Yes.
- Keep thinking of it.
I'm going to ask you for it in one second.
Ladies and gentlemen, we brought our paint brushes, if you will and we brought some canvas.
Shawn, for the very first time, in a nice, clear, loud voice, what was your card? - Seven of diamonds.
- Seven of diamonds? Check it out.
Right there, ladies and gentlemen! The seven of diamonds! Thank you guys so much! Let's find out what the judges thought.
We're going to start with Christen.
I thought that the Spam trick dragged out a little bit long.
I wanted to see it a little bit bigger and a little bit tighter.
The ending with the Super Soaker was spot on.
I thought it was quick.
I loved how you set it up in the beginning and then came back around to it.
It was that nice, full circle.
I loved the confetti part.
I thought that was absolutely hysterical and really, really, really wonderful.
You're welcome.
The way you used Spam, I thought, was great.
That should have been the focus of the effects because it was just outside of the box, literally.
But the deception part of it? I think it would have been more impactful if it was shorter.
The build-up was so long that is actually took away from the ending.
Because the ending was great, it just took a while to get there.
But other than that, great.
Great magic.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
Penn: Well, first of all, probably the best thing and the worst thing I can say about you two, Dalton and Kyle, is I liked you most when you weren't doing magic.
Dalton: Sure.
I liked the confetti going in the air.
I liked you covering each other's eyes.
I liked all that interaction.
And that's the hard part, is when you're not doing a trick to be really engaging.
So none of the tricks really killed me, but I liked the performance.
Thank you.
All right.
You'll have Chris and Ekatarina's performance right after this.
Coming up It's a deck of cards that does this Announcer: Team Canada performs amazing comedy magic.
Hashtag "blow your mind.
" Announcer: Will it be enough to advance to the Wizard War? That's a good trick.
Welcome back to Wizard Wars.
We are midway through the challenger round where two teams of mind-bending magic creators must turn the same three everyday objects into unbelievable routines, including playing cards, some Spam, and a Super Soaker! Which is why we brought in the plastic.
The winning team will meet our Wizards in the Wizard War for a chance to win $10,000.
Canadian conjurers Chris Funk and Ekatarina are up next, and they've already built their routine.
So let's see how they did it.
I'm pretty confident in what I'm going to do.
I have so many ideas.
I mean, this is just me playing with cards, but we're going to do some magic.
We got to figure out how we're going to tie all these things together.
I don't know what we're going to do.
Announcer: Team Canada heads into the Magic Shop to see what it has in store.
Chris: There's so much stuff in here.
I don't even know where to begin.
Why don't we try this? We could take the can maybe do, like, a crushing type of thing and then we can use a bag.
Is there anything in that bag that we-- Here.
That we could finish it off with a little vanish? I like that.
Yeah, that's cool.
Announcer: Chris and Ekatarina have an idea for a prediction using the water gun.
But do they have the firepower to pull it off? Wow.
I'm good at aiming at it.
Better than you.
Yeah.
Don't rub it in.
Chris and Ekatarina, let's see what you prepared.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, a can of Spam.
Not just any can of Spam.
A can of Spam that is in fact a deck of cards.
Gone.
It's gone.
Give me that.
You're right.
You're right.
Let's get rid of that.
See, it's not a normal deck of cards.
It's a deck of cards that does this But right now what we want to do is we want to bring the magic down to you.
And show you something incredible.
Hashtag "blow your mind.
" In order for this to work, I'm going to need someone to help me out from the audience.
Hi.
What is your name? Andrew, we have four wonderful judges back there.
What I want you to do is I want you to think of any one of those four judges.
Have you got one? I want you to say it out loud for everyone to hear.
- Penn.
- Penn.
Penn it is.
- Hi.
Penn.
- How are you? I'm going to need you to name any playing card.
The six of diamonds.
Six of diamonds is fair game here.
So would you mind to just autograph the card right here? Okay, sure.
Right across the top half here? Just right here.
Perfect.
Excellent.
Excellent.
And now, Penn, do you mind physical contact? Uh no.
Perfect, I want you to hold your hand out nice and flat.
Probably not what you had in mind when she asked that question.
That was precisely what I had in mind, which accounts for my hesitation.
Everyone can see the card? Perfect.
I'm just going to place it right here.
Let's see if we can do this.
Watch.
Oh, my goodness.
It's kind of like we're steam-pressing it.
Sometimes when you steam something that has a stain on it, it doesn't get it out.
It actually puts it a little deeper into the fibers.
I don't know if you can see this, but if we closely remove a layer of the card yes.
Oh, my goodness.
Penn, is this your signature inside the card? That's really something.
Ekatarina: Thank you so much.
That's a good trick.
Chris, I think we need to add an element of danger! Sorry.
I'm Russian.
How about a gun? Very, very good idea.
How about a, um water gun? Because I'm Canadian.
Huh? Pacifist.
Pacifist.
- Don't mind him.
- Sorry.
You had a choice between any of these lovely four judges and you went for Penn.
Chris, are you ready? Go ahead.
I'm feeling it.
I'm feeling it.
This is good.
This is good so far.
Now, wait, it probably doesn't look like much.
It's all in the way you look at it.
Penn! Oh, my goodness.
Now we must end off where we began.
It wasn't with the cards.
It was with the Spam.
Let's hear it from our judges.
What did you think of their performance? One of the things Teller and I were commenting on was that, Chris, you do a little bit of a character, and it's a little bit goofy and I like that the humor comes out of that.
You would normally have in classic American magic the woman be a little ditsier and the man being a little more in control.
I really liked the woman having a little bit more of the gravitas, a little bit more serious, and then you being in a classic sense kind of a bimbo.
I liked that.
I liked that reversal.
You then did great tricks.
This is a trick that I've never seen.
Teller's never seen it.
Brand new trick.
And I liked that you used a picture of me.
I don't normally love card tricks, but I loved this card trick.
So kudos on that, first off.
That was fantastic.
Nitpicking here, but maybe the beginning when you walked out holding the Spam you could argue that maybe it was a little bit gimmicked, so maybe it doesn't register as a non-magic prop.
But that's pretty nitpicky, because I love the vanish and I love that it came back in the Super Soaker, because we didn't expect to see it again.
So that was great.
Jason: On the creativity of the effects, in the very beginning when I saw the Spam effect, I'm like, "Okay, well, that's a valid way to use Spam.
I wish they would have used it a little bit more.
" When it came to the end, I'm like, "Oh, thank you.
" That made me feel better.
So that was a great way to bookend something that's really hard to use.
And then the card trick-- great card trick.
Really deceptive.
That's a killer card trick.
Thank you for a great magic show, you two.
Thank you.
All right, we'll find out which team will face our wizards for $10,000 when we get back.
Coming up It's a little bit of a swindle.
It's a little bit of a game.
Announcer: Penn and Teller expose a secret of magic.
That is illegal and it's morally wrong.
And later I'm going to teach you how to pick a pocket.
a wizard's performance is so good, it's a crime.
And he loses sword privileges.
There we go.
Welcome back to Wizard Wars.
Two teams of challengers just wowed the audience by performing unreal magic routines using the same three everyday objects.
Now it's time to find out which team won and will move on to face two of our in-house wizards in the Wizard War for a chance to win $10,000.
Time to make a decision.
It was a tough call.
You're talking about showmanship, creativity, and deception.
Having seen both performances, I really like that Dalton and Kyle got dirty with the Spam.
The spirit of this was to get a little dirty and dig around in it.
The Super Soakers, you kind of did the same trick.
It comes down to the card thing, because I like all your personalities.
We all liked all your performance skills.
And I've got to say, the card trick, it's deceptive.
None of us have seen something like that, so I think on the basis of the card trick, we go with Chris and Ekatarina.
All right, it's time for the Wizard War.
Chris and Ekatarina, you'll go head-to-head against two of our wizards.
If you can top them, you're taking home $10,000.
But before we find out who you're going up against, let's talk about your challenge.
In this round, each team will be given four random objects to create a routine using these items at least once eyeglasses, a mannequin, a chalkboard, and a fencing foil.
Wizards, two of you will take on Chris and Ekatarina.
I'll give you a moment to decide who it's going to be.
- I really like-- - Mannequin? Well, that mannequin is a practice pickpocket thing.
- Okay.
- Eyeglasses.
And somebody in the audience can be our foil.
Wizards, who's competing in tonight's Wizard War? I think me and Greg are going to try and take them on.
All right, well, let's get to it.
Upstairs we have a workshop and a magic shop that has everything you need to turn these everyday objects into world-class magic.
Challengers, you're up first, so lead the way.
All right, while the challengers work on their routines, we have an amazing treat in store.
The legendary Penn and Teller are going to teach us all a little bit about magic.
We'll do our best.
Could you come down for a minute, please? It's a little bit of a swindle.
It's a little bit of a game of observation.
We have three tins of mints here.
We're going to take two of these tins and we'll open them up.
We'll just give these to you, here.
That's not a hint.
Not a hint at all.
It's just a mint.
Now you see we have this one full.
And all you've got to do is keep your eye on which-- which one of the tins is full of mints.
So that's this one right here.
So as he mixes it up, you watch carefully.
Keep your eye on where you think it is.
Watch carefully now.
Which one of the tins do you think has the mints in it? - The middle one.
- The middle one.
That one right there is the one you think? No.
They're right over there.
So keep your eye right on the one with the mints in it.
That's the one right there.
Watch carefully as he moves through.
Oh, you should be able to tell right-- The left one.
The left one? Is it the left one? ( rattling ) Missed again.
Okay.
Now you know where it is.
Keep your eye on it.
We'll try this again.
Go ahead.
Boom.
Boom.
There you go.
Now which one is it? Yeah, everybody seems to agree it's that one right there, but, you know, it isn't? That one is completely empty.
Now you got a 50/50 chance.
Try to watch carefully this time.
Okay.
Here we go.
Which one is it now? - The left one.
- The left one.
Now, normally at this point we would bet some money on it.
But, no.
Right there.
It's right over there.
Want to do another chance? Just do it one more time? Now can you find it? Can you help her out? - The right.
- Right.
That one right there? No.
I'm sorry.
That one is empty, too.
They're right over there.
Now this teaches a few principles of magic.
The first principle of magic is you have to always remember the props that you see are not the only props that are being used.
In this case, there's another tin of mints that Teller has right here.
So Teller can make any tin sound like it has the mints in it.
See that right there? Just like that.
And your eyes are very directional, but your ears are not.
So you can't tell the difference between here and here.
And I want to make it very clear to the people at home, you should not ever play this game for money.
That is illegal and it's morally wrong.
And if you do, make sure you send us a little taste.
Leave it to Penn and Teller to always have a trick up their sleeve.
Hopefully the challengers are doing just as well up in the workshop.
I actually have something cool I can do with some glasses.
Show me.
That's pretty good.
I got something, too.
Yeah? Are you ready for some fire? How do I look? I like it.
Fencing foils.
En garde.
- Is it sharp? - You know what? I think I've got something really cool.
You're going to like it.
Announcer: Chris and Ekatarina decide upon a prediction routine So let's get to work.
using both large Just move it my way a little bit.
and small chalkboards.
I think that'll work.
With most of the routine in hand, the only question left is how to use the mannequin.
I'm dumbfounded.
I don't get it.
I don't know what to do.
Will they get her on board? All right, so I'm going to need a volunteer here.
Great.
Ellen: Coming up Time for the main event.
Announcer: The Canadians get snippy with the volunteer.
Will it cost them the Wizard War? We didn't know really what was going on.
What exactly was happening? Welcome back to Wizard Wars.
Time for the main event.
The challengers are up first.
The judges are looking for the best routine using the same four everyday objects.
Chris and Ekatarina, take it away.
You know, throughout history people have been fascinated with the connection between two humans two objects And a person and an object.
We don't buy into that psychokinetic stuff, though.
What we're going to do is we're going to create that illusion today using magic And sleight of hand.
So for this experiment, I will need a volunteer, preferably someone who is wearing glasses.
Heh heh.
Ekatarina: Okay, would you like to help us? Excellent.
Come up here.
Right over here.
What's your name? - Ania.
- Anya? - Ania.
- Ania.
Sorry.
My name is way more complicated.
Just place yourself here.
Now you see there's a mannequin on the right side.
Move a little bit.
There's a mannequin on the right side.
He's just too tall.
Now just do the same pose, okay? Just your hand like this? - And my knee like this? - Yes.
Exactly.
Don't move.
Now, in order for this to work we're actually going to need a random object from the audience.
So I am going to just have a quick little peek here to make sure that we've got one.
Do you mind if I have a little peek through your purse? Is that okay? Can I snoop a little bit? I just need to see if you have actually the right thing that we're looking for here.
Um, let's see.
That's not it.
Here, you know what? I think this will work perfectly.
I'm not exactly sure how you got that through security, but I won't tell anyone.
Now in order to establish a connection, we're going to have to make you look more alike.
Excellent.
We are going to need one more thing for this transformation to be complete.
I'll give it back when I'm done.
Don't worry.
No.
It's okay.
I got a lot more, too, where that came from, just in case we run out.
- Okay.
- You're safe.
Now-- put your hand down.
You look silly.
What I want you to do-- I'm just teasing-- is you're going to relax yourself right now.
Because we're going to try to create a connection between you and the mannequin.
I want you to be completely aware of everything that you hear and everything that you feel.
From this point in, just relax.
Perfect.
Ow.
What the heck? I didn't do anything.
Something poked me.
You see, nothing touched you.
She took a fencing foil and actually poked the mannequin in the butt! - Oh, dang.
- Oh, dang is right.
Ania: Wow.
We definitely have a very strong connection here, don't we? - Yeah.
- I'm sensing it.
I'm sensing it for sure.
I want to try one last thing with you.
Okay.
It only makes sense if you give the mannequin a name.
- Okay.
- I do have a piece of chalk, though.
What I'm going to have you do is just come on over here.
I want you to take this piece of chalk.
And right up here, I want you to write the name that you're thinking of, just so that we have it up here.
Aman Amy.
Now for those of you in the audience, check this out.
Judges, I wanted to be at your level because I want you to really see what's going to happen right now.
I don't know if you remember, but in the beginning we talked about a connection between and object and another object, so we're going to try to attempt to connect this large chalkboard with this small chalkboard.
Watch closely.
We're going to need a little bit of chalk dust.
All right.
A little bit more.
Watch.
I'm not going to draw anything.
"Amy.
" My name is Chris Funk! My name is Ekatarina! Thank you so much.
Let's hear what the judges have to say.
Uh, Jason? Using the mannequin as a road map to where you're going to touch somebody, that's really, really cool.
I actually thought the arm through chalkboard to pull out the glasses didn't really have much context.
We didn't really know what was going on.
And unfortunately, the viewing angle was really hard to see.
It was very hard to know what exactly was happening, and we didn't know that you were going to try to pull the glasses out of-- we didn't even have a storyline to drive us through the trick.
Maybe if the glasses had been drawn on and you had said, "Okay, the mannequin needs glasses to match you," and then we could have seen that was what you-- Jason: Yeah.
Just something to tie that in would have been-- Some type of that's what you're going for type of thing.
But that really just comes from nitpicking a really solid idea of blending everything together.
I think the magic was strong.
Thank you so much.
I like the voodoo connection.
That's such a deep mystery when you're watching that, how you could get something to happen inside somebody.
And I also loved the foil out of the purse.
And once again, you had this wonderful dynamic that the two of you-- I was going to say naturally fall into, but that's not giving you enough credit.
The dynamic that you worked out is wonderful.
I liked it.
It's really fun to watch you guys perform.
Again, your characters are so good.
This is amazing.
It was really a pleasure to watch.
The glasses, yes, could have been slightly better, but, eh.
I think you did a fantastic job.
Ellen: All right, thank you, judges.
That was a rather touching performance from the challengers.
The wizards will take a stab when we return.
Coming up They don't call me MacGyver for nothing.
Announcer: The wizards try to steal a victory.
How do we work pickpocketing into this for you? Can they pull it off? Check and make sure you have your wallet.
Good.
Now I know where it's at.
Hello! Welcome back to Wizard Wars.
Chris and Ekatarina livened things up with a mannequin-sized voodoo doll routine.
Ow! Now it's time to see what a team of our wizards Justin and Gregory can do with the same four objects.
We're looking for a way to make the sword useable with the mannequin.
I have an idea.
Paint at the tip of the sword.
But we could make markings with the sword Announcer: After putting their heads together Why don't you predict the spot? the wizards have an idea for a crime scene routine.
How do we work pickpocketing into this for you? Obviously, the mannequin.
This is good.
This is good.
Okay.
Wait.
Put those on for a second.
Next stop Close your eyes.
the eyeglasses.
They don't call me MacGyver for nothing.
You should see what I do with a toothpick, a rubber band, and a mustache comb.
And the final piece of the puzzle, the chalkboard.
I love these.
But the guys don't see eye to eye on the new design.
Because I think they should be bigger.
This is the perfect size.
Will their routine come together? I'm going to pretend like I know where you're going.
It's all you.
Wizards, take it away.
All right, what's up? This is Greg.
This is Justin.
And, um, who's this guy? This is my pickpocket partner, which is hard to explain.
We'll get back to him in a second.
But first, chalkboards.
We've covered it up.
It's a prediction that we made before we even came on stage.
Well, he made the prediction because he has another uncanny skill.
Like a mind-reading CSI investigator, he knows who commits the crime before it happens.
He did it.
How you doing, sir? What's your name? Gary.
Gary, you are going to commit a crime.
Greg, you're going to teach Gary how to pick a pocket.
Let's give Gary a big round of applause.
Gary! Gary! Gary! Gary! What is up? Right this way.
- Right this way.
- Right this way.
Oh, my gosh.
He didn't look so big in the audience.
Justin: Good thing we're not mugging him.
Okay, so here's the deal.
I'm going to teach you how to pick a pocket.
- Oh, really? - How to pick a pocket.
You need light fingers and nerves of steel.
Okay, so you're going to go in like this.
You're going to reach in.
You're going to grab it.
Light fingers.
But first, before we do that, check and make sure you have your wallet.
- I have it.
- Check it.
You sure? - I'm positive.
- Take it out.
Let me see.
Good.
Now I know where it's at.
Hello! I don't want to search everywhere.
We're going to go in for this one over here, though.
Reach in like this.
You're going to boom like this.
Just like this.
It's called boom like this.
But you got to go light fingers.
- You have light fingers? - I think so.
Light fingers, or it won't work.
Like this.
Wait, are you left-handed or right-handed? Okay, right-handed.
Perfect.
Like this.
You're going to go in.
Remember, light fingers Nerves of steel.
Light fingers.
Nerves of steel.
Okay, reach in like that.
Oh, there you go.
Look at that.
Look at that.
Oh, my gosh.
You're looking over there.
Behind the back, over there! Oh! Whoa! First try! Now we're going to show you how to get your money in New York.
They use a knife.
That-- that's a knife.
So here's the deal.
Come on over this way.
It's got a sponge tip on the end of it, so the safety's on.
We're going to dip the sponge in paint.
The paint is going to mark where Gary is going to stab the mannequin.
In the workshop, we took the glasses that we were given, we spray-painted them to make a blindfold.
Here, take that.
I'll take the paint from you.
All right, can you see? Can you see straight ahead at all? I cannot.
You can't.
Yes.
Very good.
Now as you're stabbing the mannequin, I want you to visualize somebody that you're stabbing.
- Maybe a boss.
- A bully.
Somebody who owes you money.
What do you got? First name? My sister's ex-boyfriend.
- What's his name? - Randy.
Randy! Go for it.
- Excellent.
- Very good.
- Oh, that's-- - Really good.
Get some more paint on it.
I think you can do it one more time.
- You seem to enjoy this.
- Go for it.
Anywhere you want.
Head to toe.
Anywhere.
Oh! Okay.
Justin: Flesh wound on the cheek, there.
Greg: One more, one more.
One more load of paint.
As low as you want.
As high as you want.
Hit it.
Oh! No, stab! Stab, stab! I was cutting his legs completely off.
No swashbuckling! And he loses sword privileges.
There we go.
Greg: Wow.
Okay, all right.
Here's what I want you to do.
I'm going to turn him back just a little bit like this.
You were so good at the pickpocketing, I want you to do the big finish.
You're going to go in the side pockets now.
Cool and casual.
Light fingers.
See what you find.
Oh, cool, yeah.
You got to be cool about it.
Cool.
That's cool.
Look at that.
What is that? - Oh.
- It's a-- what is it? It's a watch! Does that look familiar? It definitely does.
That would be your watch! Come on, now! Put that back on tight over there like that.
On tight.
Now do the other one, the other pocket.
Watch out for the paint.
Watch out.
Go for it again.
Go for it again.
Yeah, you got it, you got it, you got it.
Did you get it? Did you get it? Oh, congratulations.
Does that look familiar? - Yeah, I mean.
- What is that? It's a wallet! It's your wallet! Congratulations! Thanks for helping out.
Give him a big hand for helping out.
Yes, you were great.
Have a seat.
By the way, you were so good, here's another watch for you.
A little souvenir for you.
It's Gary, ladies and gentlemen! All right, back to the chalkboard.
It's been in full view the entire time.
We haven't touched it.
Let's take these off.
Wouldn't it be amazing if, CSI-style, we predicted exactly where Gary would stab the mannequin? Yeah! Yep, he did it! Nailed it.
Thank you very much.
No, we should really show you.
Ladies and gentlemen Boom, boom, boom! - Swish! - And Randy! Randy! Bam! Well, let's find out what the judges think.
Jason? Well, you guys did exactly what we want our wizards to do.
You played to your strengths-- pickpocketing with Greg.
Justin, that whole prediction, that says you all over it.
So major props on that.
I love this show because it forces everybody to be creative, deceptive, and a showman.
But when it comes down to the creativity part of it, my favorite part about it? Everything was one trick.
Great job.
Great effect.
You actually chose the perfect person that made the trick wonderful.
Picking someone bigger than you is a good choice because then you can't be accused of being a bully, and you get full credit for that.
I liked all the tricks.
I will say, if you have a little trouble with a prop, and if you're wrestling with the prop a little bit, don't say right afterwards, "We didn't touch it.
" That would have been okay unless you reminded us that you had been monkeying with it a little bit.
But I thought the tricks were great.
Even though these are props you haven't worked with and they aren't partners, there's an owning of the room and an owning of themselves.
Great job.
First off, I want to say that I think it was really clever to make this a crime story.
It was a beautiful, cohesive story that was incredibly creative.
So on creativity that was awesome.
I loved your interaction with the audience.
Your personalities really shown through.
I really, really enjoyed that.
Thank you, guys.
We'll have tonight's winner when we return.
Welcome back to Wizard Wars.
This is the moment of truth.
Which team is the winner of tonight's Wizard War? Penn? We had a difference of opinion of who we wanted to win on this and had to kind of work it out.
Gives you an idea of how tremendously close it was.
You used the foils wonderfully, both of you.
You used the mannequin just perfectly, both of you.
You used the blackboard perfectly.
Chris and Ekatarina, you have this wonderful exuberance, this wonderful power.
We love being in the room with you.
And, Justin and Greg, there's a relaxed comfort and owning of the room, and both of those things are what you want out of a performance.
So I'm going to tell you I wanted to go with Chris and Ekatarina, and I was outnumbered, and the wizards get it.
It is Justin and Greg by just a hair! Just a hair.
Sorry, Ekatarina and Chris.
You were incredible.
Thank you all for a fabulous evening.
Good night from Wizard Wars.
My name's Penn.
This is my partner Teller.
We're Penn and Teller.
Now when you think of magic, you think of big stage illusions or street magic done on TV.
But the magic that impresses us, the magic that impresses magicians, is magic just done with everyday objects.
Just magic created with stuff you have around you.
Now, Teller's going to do a classic of magic, cups and balls, using a red plastic cup from the bar and a tinfoil ball.
Now, he's doing all this magic with just the objects that are around him.
That's what we're going to test tonight.
We're going to give magicians the challenge to come up with magic with just objects around them.
That's a big ball, Teller.
And that's a-- that's a potato.
( applause ) Hey, everyone.
I'm Ellen Fox, and welcome to Wizard Wars.
Let's hear it for the wizards, Justin Flom, Angela Funovitz, Gregory Wilson, and Shimshi.
My name's Gregory Wilson.
I'm the con man of the group.
I guess that might explain these.
But it's not what you think it is.
These were a gift from my agent.
Okay, it was a federal agent.
That's not important.
What's important is the escape.
I'm going to do that right now.
To make sure I can't cheat, Angela, can you grab the key? - Again, so I cannot cheat - In your pocket.
Reach in, pull that out.
Show that to everybody else.
Hold that up high.
No, I got it.
This? Oh, it's the handcuffs.
My name is Angela Funovitz and I deal with the power of the mind.
Keep your eyes on the glass.
I'll drink to that.
Very nice.
Very nice.
This is-- Actually, I'll teach you how it works.
Do you mind? No, not at all.
It's not the wine glass that is bending, it's actually your mind.
Oh, my gosh.
That is jaw-dropping.
I come from a long line of magicians.
My family was magicians.
They taught me the levitating bar stool.
Man: Wow.
That's not good.
That's, uh, better.
You can see undernea-- And, ladies and gentlemen, my name is Justin Flom.
Let's hear it for the wizards! Here's how Wizard Wars works.
Teams of magicians are given everyday objects that they must transform into some amazing, astounding, mind-bending magic.
Today, two teams of cutting-edge magic creators will square off in the challenger round.
The team that wins the challenger round will advance to take on a team of our wizards in round two, the Wizard War.
If the challengers can conquer the wizards, they're taking home $10,000.
Our first judges are entertainment icons.
They've been named Las Vegas Magicians of the Year a total of seven times.
Penn and Teller! When our next judge isn't busy checking out magic stars as the industry's best-known critic, she's checking out actual stars as an astronomer.
Christen Gerhart.
Our final judge is one of only four Americans to be crowned the Grand Prix World Champion of Magic.
Jason Latimer.
All right, let's get to our first team of challengers.
He's a self-described magic nerd, the oddly amazing Kyle Marlett! I'm normally behind the camera creating magic for other magicians.
I'm here more to prove to myself that I can be the magician that I want to be.
And teaming up with Kyle is an edgy close-up illusionist.
It's Dalton Wayne.
My magic style is really bizarre.
I'll do whatever I can to freak you out.
I want to be different.
I want people to remember, "Oh, that's Dalton Wayne.
Dalton Wayne did that.
" I feel like I'm representing the new generation of magicians.
Competing against these eccentric illusionists are a couple of Canadian magic masterminds, including a man known for drawing the biggest crowds north of the border, Chris Funk.
Chris: I think this is a great opportunity for me to make a name of myself and to show the world what I'm capable of, and that I'm not just some guy from Winnipeg, Canada, eh? And teaming up with Chris is a fellow Canadian originally from Russia who has released an entire DVD of her very own card tricks.
Let's hear it for Ekatarina.
In the magic community, I'm know for my cardistry.
I think Wizard Wars provides an opportunity to show beautiful magic, and I think people haven't seen my magic yet.
Now here's how the challenger round is going to work.
Each team will be given the same three everyday objects which must be used at least once in their routine.
They will also be judged on creativity, deception, and showmanship.
Let's reveal the three objects you'll use in your routines.
Playing cards, a Super Soaker, and Spam! It's important to remember there are no camera tricks on Wizard Wars.
All right, Kyle and Dalton are going to kick things off.
They've already built their routine, so let's take a look at how they did it.
We could have a card selected, right? And then the card appears inside a block of meat.
- What if we-- - You can slice it.
Yeah, slice it.
We're on the same track.
Then you can maybe shuffle it like a deck of cards.
Announcer: Kyle and Dalton are working on a transposition trick using playing cards and Spam.
( laughing ) They head into the Magic Shop to see what else they have to play with.
- So I got some balloons.
- Oh, you got balloons? Balloons are good.
They're always good, right? - Card's in the balloon? - Yeah.
That's in there.
Announcer: Next our magic geeks build a canvas for a prediction-based routine.
Slices of meat would be here.
We add in the card earlier on.
We spray, and the meat would break up and fall through the hole.
Leaving nothing but the card from-- Right.
So let's test the guns.
Announcer: What did they come up with? - It's not doing anything.
- Dude, this sucks.
Dalton: This is obviously not going to work.
Announcer: We're about to find out.
We got to figure out something else.
Kyle and Dalton.
Ready? - My name is Kyle Marlett.
- My name is Dalton Wayne.
- And we are - Magicians! We're going to start out the show by doing a classic in magic.
We're going to do a card trick.
Dalton is actually a ninja with playing cards.
- I wouldn't say so.
- Check this out.
Boom, boom.
- Boom, boom, boom, boom.
- Boom, boom, boom, boom.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Whoa! Whoa! Whoo! - No social life.
- No social life! - What's your name, man? - Shawn.
Kyle: Shawn, how are you? I'm doing pretty good.
How are you? I'm so wonderful.
Thank you so much for asking.
Dalton: This is what we're going to do, Shawn.
I want you to think of a playing card, okay? I'm going to divine that card from your mind.
Think about it.
Think about it.
- King of clubs.
- Aah! No.
- This is not going to work.
- Okay.
I'm going to put the deck over here.
You go find somebody.
We're going to to try something else, because, you know.
You know.
What's your name? How are you? - Great.
- Good.
Let's give her a round of applause! Come right over here.
We're going to try something, something that's different.
And that is - Spam! - Ooh! Kyle: Uh, Dalton loves Spam.
Yeah, I actually really love Spam.
I actually love mine cooked medium rare.
Whoa! Like that.
It's funny that we got Spam, because I'm a vegetarian.
Luckily, Dalton brought a glove.
This is for me.
So, Velecity, if you don't mind, just go ahead and grab a piece of Spam.
Dalton: You can pick any one.
Go deep, homegirl.
- YOLO.
Go for it.
- You only live once.
- Boom! There it is! - You got the pink one.
Write your initials nice, big, bold, and thick so everyone can see, even the judges in the back, okay? Get in there.
Just write it in there.
Dalton: She's a pro at this.
- What she it? V.
S.
- V.
S.
Sweet.
Everybody can see the V.
S.
, okay? Yes? Perfect.
We're going to attach it to the piece of Spam because I brought some pins.
You want to help me attach it right here in the corner? Right there, ladies and gentlemen.
Her piece of paper with her initials pinned to it.
Now we need to have you mix this piece of Spam up amongst the other pieces of spam.
- But we will not look.
- Yeah, we don't want to look.
So you take that.
We're going to look away.
We're going to look away.
So if you don't mind, try to hurry because this is very awkward.
ASAP, please.
Kyle: Yes, please tell us when you're done.
Okay.
Okay, now what Kyle is going to do with his empty hand, he's going to dig inside that Spam and find the selected, signed piece of Spam.
Here we go.
Ready, guys? - You got to dig it.
- I got it.
I got it! Boom! Whoo! Her signed piece of-- Dalton: Kyle.
That's a deck of cards.
Wait! If the deck of cards is here, that must mean in the card box which has been sitting there the entire-- This has been here the entire time.
Kyle, hold out your hand.
Watch.
I'll do this slowly.
Right inside.
- One piece of Spam.
- One piece of Spam.
With an initialed piece of paper pinned right there, ladies and gentlemen, to the selected piece of Spam! Thank you so much.
- High-five.
- Thank you.
This is for you.
Watch your step.
You know what? A lot of people might not know this.
Besides magicians, and also really handsome guys, we are actually artists.
Dalton: Yes.
But we do it a little bit differently.
You're still thinking of your card, right? - Yes.
- Keep thinking of it.
I'm going to ask you for it in one second.
Ladies and gentlemen, we brought our paint brushes, if you will and we brought some canvas.
Shawn, for the very first time, in a nice, clear, loud voice, what was your card? - Seven of diamonds.
- Seven of diamonds? Check it out.
Right there, ladies and gentlemen! The seven of diamonds! Thank you guys so much! Let's find out what the judges thought.
We're going to start with Christen.
I thought that the Spam trick dragged out a little bit long.
I wanted to see it a little bit bigger and a little bit tighter.
The ending with the Super Soaker was spot on.
I thought it was quick.
I loved how you set it up in the beginning and then came back around to it.
It was that nice, full circle.
I loved the confetti part.
I thought that was absolutely hysterical and really, really, really wonderful.
You're welcome.
The way you used Spam, I thought, was great.
That should have been the focus of the effects because it was just outside of the box, literally.
But the deception part of it? I think it would have been more impactful if it was shorter.
The build-up was so long that is actually took away from the ending.
Because the ending was great, it just took a while to get there.
But other than that, great.
Great magic.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
Penn: Well, first of all, probably the best thing and the worst thing I can say about you two, Dalton and Kyle, is I liked you most when you weren't doing magic.
Dalton: Sure.
I liked the confetti going in the air.
I liked you covering each other's eyes.
I liked all that interaction.
And that's the hard part, is when you're not doing a trick to be really engaging.
So none of the tricks really killed me, but I liked the performance.
Thank you.
All right.
You'll have Chris and Ekatarina's performance right after this.
Coming up It's a deck of cards that does this Announcer: Team Canada performs amazing comedy magic.
Hashtag "blow your mind.
" Announcer: Will it be enough to advance to the Wizard War? That's a good trick.
Welcome back to Wizard Wars.
We are midway through the challenger round where two teams of mind-bending magic creators must turn the same three everyday objects into unbelievable routines, including playing cards, some Spam, and a Super Soaker! Which is why we brought in the plastic.
The winning team will meet our Wizards in the Wizard War for a chance to win $10,000.
Canadian conjurers Chris Funk and Ekatarina are up next, and they've already built their routine.
So let's see how they did it.
I'm pretty confident in what I'm going to do.
I have so many ideas.
I mean, this is just me playing with cards, but we're going to do some magic.
We got to figure out how we're going to tie all these things together.
I don't know what we're going to do.
Announcer: Team Canada heads into the Magic Shop to see what it has in store.
Chris: There's so much stuff in here.
I don't even know where to begin.
Why don't we try this? We could take the can maybe do, like, a crushing type of thing and then we can use a bag.
Is there anything in that bag that we-- Here.
That we could finish it off with a little vanish? I like that.
Yeah, that's cool.
Announcer: Chris and Ekatarina have an idea for a prediction using the water gun.
But do they have the firepower to pull it off? Wow.
I'm good at aiming at it.
Better than you.
Yeah.
Don't rub it in.
Chris and Ekatarina, let's see what you prepared.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, a can of Spam.
Not just any can of Spam.
A can of Spam that is in fact a deck of cards.
Gone.
It's gone.
Give me that.
You're right.
You're right.
Let's get rid of that.
See, it's not a normal deck of cards.
It's a deck of cards that does this But right now what we want to do is we want to bring the magic down to you.
And show you something incredible.
Hashtag "blow your mind.
" In order for this to work, I'm going to need someone to help me out from the audience.
Hi.
What is your name? Andrew, we have four wonderful judges back there.
What I want you to do is I want you to think of any one of those four judges.
Have you got one? I want you to say it out loud for everyone to hear.
- Penn.
- Penn.
Penn it is.
- Hi.
Penn.
- How are you? I'm going to need you to name any playing card.
The six of diamonds.
Six of diamonds is fair game here.
So would you mind to just autograph the card right here? Okay, sure.
Right across the top half here? Just right here.
Perfect.
Excellent.
Excellent.
And now, Penn, do you mind physical contact? Uh no.
Perfect, I want you to hold your hand out nice and flat.
Probably not what you had in mind when she asked that question.
That was precisely what I had in mind, which accounts for my hesitation.
Everyone can see the card? Perfect.
I'm just going to place it right here.
Let's see if we can do this.
Watch.
Oh, my goodness.
It's kind of like we're steam-pressing it.
Sometimes when you steam something that has a stain on it, it doesn't get it out.
It actually puts it a little deeper into the fibers.
I don't know if you can see this, but if we closely remove a layer of the card yes.
Oh, my goodness.
Penn, is this your signature inside the card? That's really something.
Ekatarina: Thank you so much.
That's a good trick.
Chris, I think we need to add an element of danger! Sorry.
I'm Russian.
How about a gun? Very, very good idea.
How about a, um water gun? Because I'm Canadian.
Huh? Pacifist.
Pacifist.
- Don't mind him.
- Sorry.
You had a choice between any of these lovely four judges and you went for Penn.
Chris, are you ready? Go ahead.
I'm feeling it.
I'm feeling it.
This is good.
This is good so far.
Now, wait, it probably doesn't look like much.
It's all in the way you look at it.
Penn! Oh, my goodness.
Now we must end off where we began.
It wasn't with the cards.
It was with the Spam.
Let's hear it from our judges.
What did you think of their performance? One of the things Teller and I were commenting on was that, Chris, you do a little bit of a character, and it's a little bit goofy and I like that the humor comes out of that.
You would normally have in classic American magic the woman be a little ditsier and the man being a little more in control.
I really liked the woman having a little bit more of the gravitas, a little bit more serious, and then you being in a classic sense kind of a bimbo.
I liked that.
I liked that reversal.
You then did great tricks.
This is a trick that I've never seen.
Teller's never seen it.
Brand new trick.
And I liked that you used a picture of me.
I don't normally love card tricks, but I loved this card trick.
So kudos on that, first off.
That was fantastic.
Nitpicking here, but maybe the beginning when you walked out holding the Spam you could argue that maybe it was a little bit gimmicked, so maybe it doesn't register as a non-magic prop.
But that's pretty nitpicky, because I love the vanish and I love that it came back in the Super Soaker, because we didn't expect to see it again.
So that was great.
Jason: On the creativity of the effects, in the very beginning when I saw the Spam effect, I'm like, "Okay, well, that's a valid way to use Spam.
I wish they would have used it a little bit more.
" When it came to the end, I'm like, "Oh, thank you.
" That made me feel better.
So that was a great way to bookend something that's really hard to use.
And then the card trick-- great card trick.
Really deceptive.
That's a killer card trick.
Thank you for a great magic show, you two.
Thank you.
All right, we'll find out which team will face our wizards for $10,000 when we get back.
Coming up It's a little bit of a swindle.
It's a little bit of a game.
Announcer: Penn and Teller expose a secret of magic.
That is illegal and it's morally wrong.
And later I'm going to teach you how to pick a pocket.
a wizard's performance is so good, it's a crime.
And he loses sword privileges.
There we go.
Welcome back to Wizard Wars.
Two teams of challengers just wowed the audience by performing unreal magic routines using the same three everyday objects.
Now it's time to find out which team won and will move on to face two of our in-house wizards in the Wizard War for a chance to win $10,000.
Time to make a decision.
It was a tough call.
You're talking about showmanship, creativity, and deception.
Having seen both performances, I really like that Dalton and Kyle got dirty with the Spam.
The spirit of this was to get a little dirty and dig around in it.
The Super Soakers, you kind of did the same trick.
It comes down to the card thing, because I like all your personalities.
We all liked all your performance skills.
And I've got to say, the card trick, it's deceptive.
None of us have seen something like that, so I think on the basis of the card trick, we go with Chris and Ekatarina.
All right, it's time for the Wizard War.
Chris and Ekatarina, you'll go head-to-head against two of our wizards.
If you can top them, you're taking home $10,000.
But before we find out who you're going up against, let's talk about your challenge.
In this round, each team will be given four random objects to create a routine using these items at least once eyeglasses, a mannequin, a chalkboard, and a fencing foil.
Wizards, two of you will take on Chris and Ekatarina.
I'll give you a moment to decide who it's going to be.
- I really like-- - Mannequin? Well, that mannequin is a practice pickpocket thing.
- Okay.
- Eyeglasses.
And somebody in the audience can be our foil.
Wizards, who's competing in tonight's Wizard War? I think me and Greg are going to try and take them on.
All right, well, let's get to it.
Upstairs we have a workshop and a magic shop that has everything you need to turn these everyday objects into world-class magic.
Challengers, you're up first, so lead the way.
All right, while the challengers work on their routines, we have an amazing treat in store.
The legendary Penn and Teller are going to teach us all a little bit about magic.
We'll do our best.
Could you come down for a minute, please? It's a little bit of a swindle.
It's a little bit of a game of observation.
We have three tins of mints here.
We're going to take two of these tins and we'll open them up.
We'll just give these to you, here.
That's not a hint.
Not a hint at all.
It's just a mint.
Now you see we have this one full.
And all you've got to do is keep your eye on which-- which one of the tins is full of mints.
So that's this one right here.
So as he mixes it up, you watch carefully.
Keep your eye on where you think it is.
Watch carefully now.
Which one of the tins do you think has the mints in it? - The middle one.
- The middle one.
That one right there is the one you think? No.
They're right over there.
So keep your eye right on the one with the mints in it.
That's the one right there.
Watch carefully as he moves through.
Oh, you should be able to tell right-- The left one.
The left one? Is it the left one? ( rattling ) Missed again.
Okay.
Now you know where it is.
Keep your eye on it.
We'll try this again.
Go ahead.
Boom.
Boom.
There you go.
Now which one is it? Yeah, everybody seems to agree it's that one right there, but, you know, it isn't? That one is completely empty.
Now you got a 50/50 chance.
Try to watch carefully this time.
Okay.
Here we go.
Which one is it now? - The left one.
- The left one.
Now, normally at this point we would bet some money on it.
But, no.
Right there.
It's right over there.
Want to do another chance? Just do it one more time? Now can you find it? Can you help her out? - The right.
- Right.
That one right there? No.
I'm sorry.
That one is empty, too.
They're right over there.
Now this teaches a few principles of magic.
The first principle of magic is you have to always remember the props that you see are not the only props that are being used.
In this case, there's another tin of mints that Teller has right here.
So Teller can make any tin sound like it has the mints in it.
See that right there? Just like that.
And your eyes are very directional, but your ears are not.
So you can't tell the difference between here and here.
And I want to make it very clear to the people at home, you should not ever play this game for money.
That is illegal and it's morally wrong.
And if you do, make sure you send us a little taste.
Leave it to Penn and Teller to always have a trick up their sleeve.
Hopefully the challengers are doing just as well up in the workshop.
I actually have something cool I can do with some glasses.
Show me.
That's pretty good.
I got something, too.
Yeah? Are you ready for some fire? How do I look? I like it.
Fencing foils.
En garde.
- Is it sharp? - You know what? I think I've got something really cool.
You're going to like it.
Announcer: Chris and Ekatarina decide upon a prediction routine So let's get to work.
using both large Just move it my way a little bit.
and small chalkboards.
I think that'll work.
With most of the routine in hand, the only question left is how to use the mannequin.
I'm dumbfounded.
I don't get it.
I don't know what to do.
Will they get her on board? All right, so I'm going to need a volunteer here.
Great.
Ellen: Coming up Time for the main event.
Announcer: The Canadians get snippy with the volunteer.
Will it cost them the Wizard War? We didn't know really what was going on.
What exactly was happening? Welcome back to Wizard Wars.
Time for the main event.
The challengers are up first.
The judges are looking for the best routine using the same four everyday objects.
Chris and Ekatarina, take it away.
You know, throughout history people have been fascinated with the connection between two humans two objects And a person and an object.
We don't buy into that psychokinetic stuff, though.
What we're going to do is we're going to create that illusion today using magic And sleight of hand.
So for this experiment, I will need a volunteer, preferably someone who is wearing glasses.
Heh heh.
Ekatarina: Okay, would you like to help us? Excellent.
Come up here.
Right over here.
What's your name? - Ania.
- Anya? - Ania.
- Ania.
Sorry.
My name is way more complicated.
Just place yourself here.
Now you see there's a mannequin on the right side.
Move a little bit.
There's a mannequin on the right side.
He's just too tall.
Now just do the same pose, okay? Just your hand like this? - And my knee like this? - Yes.
Exactly.
Don't move.
Now, in order for this to work we're actually going to need a random object from the audience.
So I am going to just have a quick little peek here to make sure that we've got one.
Do you mind if I have a little peek through your purse? Is that okay? Can I snoop a little bit? I just need to see if you have actually the right thing that we're looking for here.
Um, let's see.
That's not it.
Here, you know what? I think this will work perfectly.
I'm not exactly sure how you got that through security, but I won't tell anyone.
Now in order to establish a connection, we're going to have to make you look more alike.
Excellent.
We are going to need one more thing for this transformation to be complete.
I'll give it back when I'm done.
Don't worry.
No.
It's okay.
I got a lot more, too, where that came from, just in case we run out.
- Okay.
- You're safe.
Now-- put your hand down.
You look silly.
What I want you to do-- I'm just teasing-- is you're going to relax yourself right now.
Because we're going to try to create a connection between you and the mannequin.
I want you to be completely aware of everything that you hear and everything that you feel.
From this point in, just relax.
Perfect.
Ow.
What the heck? I didn't do anything.
Something poked me.
You see, nothing touched you.
She took a fencing foil and actually poked the mannequin in the butt! - Oh, dang.
- Oh, dang is right.
Ania: Wow.
We definitely have a very strong connection here, don't we? - Yeah.
- I'm sensing it.
I'm sensing it for sure.
I want to try one last thing with you.
Okay.
It only makes sense if you give the mannequin a name.
- Okay.
- I do have a piece of chalk, though.
What I'm going to have you do is just come on over here.
I want you to take this piece of chalk.
And right up here, I want you to write the name that you're thinking of, just so that we have it up here.
Aman Amy.
Now for those of you in the audience, check this out.
Judges, I wanted to be at your level because I want you to really see what's going to happen right now.
I don't know if you remember, but in the beginning we talked about a connection between and object and another object, so we're going to try to attempt to connect this large chalkboard with this small chalkboard.
Watch closely.
We're going to need a little bit of chalk dust.
All right.
A little bit more.
Watch.
I'm not going to draw anything.
"Amy.
" My name is Chris Funk! My name is Ekatarina! Thank you so much.
Let's hear what the judges have to say.
Uh, Jason? Using the mannequin as a road map to where you're going to touch somebody, that's really, really cool.
I actually thought the arm through chalkboard to pull out the glasses didn't really have much context.
We didn't really know what was going on.
And unfortunately, the viewing angle was really hard to see.
It was very hard to know what exactly was happening, and we didn't know that you were going to try to pull the glasses out of-- we didn't even have a storyline to drive us through the trick.
Maybe if the glasses had been drawn on and you had said, "Okay, the mannequin needs glasses to match you," and then we could have seen that was what you-- Jason: Yeah.
Just something to tie that in would have been-- Some type of that's what you're going for type of thing.
But that really just comes from nitpicking a really solid idea of blending everything together.
I think the magic was strong.
Thank you so much.
I like the voodoo connection.
That's such a deep mystery when you're watching that, how you could get something to happen inside somebody.
And I also loved the foil out of the purse.
And once again, you had this wonderful dynamic that the two of you-- I was going to say naturally fall into, but that's not giving you enough credit.
The dynamic that you worked out is wonderful.
I liked it.
It's really fun to watch you guys perform.
Again, your characters are so good.
This is amazing.
It was really a pleasure to watch.
The glasses, yes, could have been slightly better, but, eh.
I think you did a fantastic job.
Ellen: All right, thank you, judges.
That was a rather touching performance from the challengers.
The wizards will take a stab when we return.
Coming up They don't call me MacGyver for nothing.
Announcer: The wizards try to steal a victory.
How do we work pickpocketing into this for you? Can they pull it off? Check and make sure you have your wallet.
Good.
Now I know where it's at.
Hello! Welcome back to Wizard Wars.
Chris and Ekatarina livened things up with a mannequin-sized voodoo doll routine.
Ow! Now it's time to see what a team of our wizards Justin and Gregory can do with the same four objects.
We're looking for a way to make the sword useable with the mannequin.
I have an idea.
Paint at the tip of the sword.
But we could make markings with the sword Announcer: After putting their heads together Why don't you predict the spot? the wizards have an idea for a crime scene routine.
How do we work pickpocketing into this for you? Obviously, the mannequin.
This is good.
This is good.
Okay.
Wait.
Put those on for a second.
Next stop Close your eyes.
the eyeglasses.
They don't call me MacGyver for nothing.
You should see what I do with a toothpick, a rubber band, and a mustache comb.
And the final piece of the puzzle, the chalkboard.
I love these.
But the guys don't see eye to eye on the new design.
Because I think they should be bigger.
This is the perfect size.
Will their routine come together? I'm going to pretend like I know where you're going.
It's all you.
Wizards, take it away.
All right, what's up? This is Greg.
This is Justin.
And, um, who's this guy? This is my pickpocket partner, which is hard to explain.
We'll get back to him in a second.
But first, chalkboards.
We've covered it up.
It's a prediction that we made before we even came on stage.
Well, he made the prediction because he has another uncanny skill.
Like a mind-reading CSI investigator, he knows who commits the crime before it happens.
He did it.
How you doing, sir? What's your name? Gary.
Gary, you are going to commit a crime.
Greg, you're going to teach Gary how to pick a pocket.
Let's give Gary a big round of applause.
Gary! Gary! Gary! Gary! What is up? Right this way.
- Right this way.
- Right this way.
Oh, my gosh.
He didn't look so big in the audience.
Justin: Good thing we're not mugging him.
Okay, so here's the deal.
I'm going to teach you how to pick a pocket.
- Oh, really? - How to pick a pocket.
You need light fingers and nerves of steel.
Okay, so you're going to go in like this.
You're going to reach in.
You're going to grab it.
Light fingers.
But first, before we do that, check and make sure you have your wallet.
- I have it.
- Check it.
You sure? - I'm positive.
- Take it out.
Let me see.
Good.
Now I know where it's at.
Hello! I don't want to search everywhere.
We're going to go in for this one over here, though.
Reach in like this.
You're going to boom like this.
Just like this.
It's called boom like this.
But you got to go light fingers.
- You have light fingers? - I think so.
Light fingers, or it won't work.
Like this.
Wait, are you left-handed or right-handed? Okay, right-handed.
Perfect.
Like this.
You're going to go in.
Remember, light fingers Nerves of steel.
Light fingers.
Nerves of steel.
Okay, reach in like that.
Oh, there you go.
Look at that.
Look at that.
Oh, my gosh.
You're looking over there.
Behind the back, over there! Oh! Whoa! First try! Now we're going to show you how to get your money in New York.
They use a knife.
That-- that's a knife.
So here's the deal.
Come on over this way.
It's got a sponge tip on the end of it, so the safety's on.
We're going to dip the sponge in paint.
The paint is going to mark where Gary is going to stab the mannequin.
In the workshop, we took the glasses that we were given, we spray-painted them to make a blindfold.
Here, take that.
I'll take the paint from you.
All right, can you see? Can you see straight ahead at all? I cannot.
You can't.
Yes.
Very good.
Now as you're stabbing the mannequin, I want you to visualize somebody that you're stabbing.
- Maybe a boss.
- A bully.
Somebody who owes you money.
What do you got? First name? My sister's ex-boyfriend.
- What's his name? - Randy.
Randy! Go for it.
- Excellent.
- Very good.
- Oh, that's-- - Really good.
Get some more paint on it.
I think you can do it one more time.
- You seem to enjoy this.
- Go for it.
Anywhere you want.
Head to toe.
Anywhere.
Oh! Okay.
Justin: Flesh wound on the cheek, there.
Greg: One more, one more.
One more load of paint.
As low as you want.
As high as you want.
Hit it.
Oh! No, stab! Stab, stab! I was cutting his legs completely off.
No swashbuckling! And he loses sword privileges.
There we go.
Greg: Wow.
Okay, all right.
Here's what I want you to do.
I'm going to turn him back just a little bit like this.
You were so good at the pickpocketing, I want you to do the big finish.
You're going to go in the side pockets now.
Cool and casual.
Light fingers.
See what you find.
Oh, cool, yeah.
You got to be cool about it.
Cool.
That's cool.
Look at that.
What is that? - Oh.
- It's a-- what is it? It's a watch! Does that look familiar? It definitely does.
That would be your watch! Come on, now! Put that back on tight over there like that.
On tight.
Now do the other one, the other pocket.
Watch out for the paint.
Watch out.
Go for it again.
Go for it again.
Yeah, you got it, you got it, you got it.
Did you get it? Did you get it? Oh, congratulations.
Does that look familiar? - Yeah, I mean.
- What is that? It's a wallet! It's your wallet! Congratulations! Thanks for helping out.
Give him a big hand for helping out.
Yes, you were great.
Have a seat.
By the way, you were so good, here's another watch for you.
A little souvenir for you.
It's Gary, ladies and gentlemen! All right, back to the chalkboard.
It's been in full view the entire time.
We haven't touched it.
Let's take these off.
Wouldn't it be amazing if, CSI-style, we predicted exactly where Gary would stab the mannequin? Yeah! Yep, he did it! Nailed it.
Thank you very much.
No, we should really show you.
Ladies and gentlemen Boom, boom, boom! - Swish! - And Randy! Randy! Bam! Well, let's find out what the judges think.
Jason? Well, you guys did exactly what we want our wizards to do.
You played to your strengths-- pickpocketing with Greg.
Justin, that whole prediction, that says you all over it.
So major props on that.
I love this show because it forces everybody to be creative, deceptive, and a showman.
But when it comes down to the creativity part of it, my favorite part about it? Everything was one trick.
Great job.
Great effect.
You actually chose the perfect person that made the trick wonderful.
Picking someone bigger than you is a good choice because then you can't be accused of being a bully, and you get full credit for that.
I liked all the tricks.
I will say, if you have a little trouble with a prop, and if you're wrestling with the prop a little bit, don't say right afterwards, "We didn't touch it.
" That would have been okay unless you reminded us that you had been monkeying with it a little bit.
But I thought the tricks were great.
Even though these are props you haven't worked with and they aren't partners, there's an owning of the room and an owning of themselves.
Great job.
First off, I want to say that I think it was really clever to make this a crime story.
It was a beautiful, cohesive story that was incredibly creative.
So on creativity that was awesome.
I loved your interaction with the audience.
Your personalities really shown through.
I really, really enjoyed that.
Thank you, guys.
We'll have tonight's winner when we return.
Welcome back to Wizard Wars.
This is the moment of truth.
Which team is the winner of tonight's Wizard War? Penn? We had a difference of opinion of who we wanted to win on this and had to kind of work it out.
Gives you an idea of how tremendously close it was.
You used the foils wonderfully, both of you.
You used the mannequin just perfectly, both of you.
You used the blackboard perfectly.
Chris and Ekatarina, you have this wonderful exuberance, this wonderful power.
We love being in the room with you.
And, Justin and Greg, there's a relaxed comfort and owning of the room, and both of those things are what you want out of a performance.
So I'm going to tell you I wanted to go with Chris and Ekatarina, and I was outnumbered, and the wizards get it.
It is Justin and Greg by just a hair! Just a hair.
Sorry, Ekatarina and Chris.
You were incredible.
Thank you all for a fabulous evening.
Good night from Wizard Wars.