Penn & Teller: Fool Us

Penn & Teller: Fool Us	
Penn & Teller: Fool Us
Also known as 	Fool Us
Genre 	EntertainmentComedy
Created by 	Penn JilletteTellerPeter Adam GoldenAndrew Golder
Presented by 	Jonathan Ross (seasons 1-2)
Alyson Hannigan (currently)
Starring 	Penn JilletteTeller
Country of origin	United KingdomUnited States
No. of seasons 	3
No. of episodes 	22 (aired)
Penn & Teller: Fool Us is a British-American television programme. Hosted by Alyson Hannigan and filmed at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Fool Us is a magic competition in which magicians perform tricks in front of American magician-comedian duo Penn & Teller. If Penn & Teller cannot figure out how a trick was done, the magician or magicians who performed it win a five-star trip to Las Vegas to perform as the opening act in Penn & Teller's world-famous show, also at the Rio Hotel & Casino. The first season was filmed at Fountain Studios.
It was announced on 28 June 2012 that ITV had cancelled the show, despite its averaging 4 million viewers, higher than the timeslot average. After finding moderate ratings success in running the ITV-produced episodes during the summer of 2014, The CW ordered a second season of original episodes to air in 2015. The second season has been a ratings hit for The CW, giving the network its highest ratings in that time slot compared to the previous 5 years. On August 11, 2015 the series was renewed for a third season by The CW.
== Production and format ==
The pilot of Fool Us was first commissioned by John Kaye Cooper, the controller of entertainment for ITV. In February 2011, it was announced that due to good viewing figures, a series of eight episodes had been commissioned, and would be produced by September Films and 1/17 Productions. The eight episodes were shot in a ten-day filming block, and began airing in June 2011.
Each episode starts off with the introduction stating the purpose of the series. Penn and Teller come out and take their seat towards center stage, and hopeful magicians perform their acts in front of them with a live studio audience. At the end of the episode, the duo perform a magic act of their own.
== Episodes ==
Performers in blue fool Penn & Teller in the episode.
=== Season 1 ===
No. in Series	No. in Season	Episode Title 	Air date 	Performers 	Type 	Nationality
1 	1 	Stab a Card, Any Card 	July 30, 2014 	Mark Shortland 	Comedy Magician 	British
1 	1 	Stab a Card, Any Card 	July 30, 2014 	Mathieu Bich 	Card Illusionist 	French
1 	1 	Stab a Card, Any Card 	July 30, 2014 	Young & Strange 	Street/Stage Illusionists 	British
1 	1 	Stab a Card, Any Card 	July 30, 2014 	Daniel Madison 	Card Illusionist 	British
2 	2 	How to Saw a Woman in Half 	August 6, 2014 	Ali Cook 	Close Up and Stage Magician 	British
2 	2 	How to Saw a Woman in Half 	August 6, 2014 	Michael Vincent 	Close Up and Stage Magician 	British
2 	2 	How to Saw a Woman in Half 	August 6, 2014 	John Archer 	Comedy Magician 	British
2 	2 	How to Saw a Woman in Half 	August 6, 2014 	Benjamin Earl 	Illusionist 	British
3 	3 	A Bellyful of Needles 	August 13, 2014 	High Jinx 	Illusionists & Circus Performers	British
3 	3 	A Bellyful of Needles 	August 13, 2014 	Jon Allen 	Street Magician 	British
3 	3 	A Bellyful of Needles 	August 13, 2014 	Graham Jolley 	Mentalist 	American
3 	3 	A Bellyful of Needles 	August 13, 2014 	James More 	Stage Magician and Illusionist 	British
4 	4 	Solid Goldfish 	August 20, 2014 	Piff the Magic Dragon 	Comedy Magician 	British
4 	4 	Solid Goldfish 	August 20, 2014 	Damien O'Brein 	Street Magician 	British
4 	4 	Solid Goldfish 	August 20, 2014 	David Masters 	Illusionist 	British
4 	4 	Solid Goldfish 	August 20, 2014 	Soma 	Illusionist 	Hungarian
5 	5 	Water Tanks for the Memories	August 27, 2014 	Lee Hathaway 	Cabaret Act and Close Up 	British
5 	5 	Water Tanks for the Memories	August 27, 2014 	Jack Taperell 	Close Up 	British
5 	5 	Water Tanks for the Memories	August 27, 2014 	Laura London 	Illusionist 	British
5 	5 	Water Tanks for the Memories	August 27, 2014 	 	 	
6 	6 	Teller is a Blockhead 	September 3, 2014 	Daniel Kramer 	Illusionist 	British
6 	6 	Teller is a Blockhead 	September 3, 2014 	Gazzo 	Street Magician 	British
6 	6 	Teller is a Blockhead 	September 3, 2014 	Alan Rorrison 	Close Up 	British
6 	6 	Teller is a Blockhead 	September 3, 2014 	Romany 	Burlesque Dancer & Magician 	British
7 	7 	Penn Gets Nailed 	September 10, 2014	 	 	
7 	7 	Penn Gets Nailed 	September 10, 2014	Cubic Act 	Illusionists 	French
7 	7 	Penn Gets Nailed 	September 10, 2014	Nick Einhorn 	Mentalist 	British
7 	7 	Penn Gets Nailed 	September 10, 2014	Michael Vincent 	Close Up and Stage Magician 	British
7 	7 	Penn Gets Nailed 	September 10, 2014	Morgan & West 	Close Up and Stage Magicians 	British
8 	8 	The Magic of Polyester 	September 17, 2014	Colin McLeod 	Mentalist 	British
8 	8 	The Magic of Polyester 	September 17, 2014	Brynolf & Ljung 	Illusionists 	Swedish
8 	8 	The Magic of Polyester 	September 17, 2014	Keelan Leyser and Charlotte Marie	Quick-Change Artists 	British
8 	8 	The Magic of Polyester 	September 17, 2014	Etienne Pradier 	Card Magician 	French
9 	9 	Teller Sucks...Helium 	September 24, 2014	Manuel Martinez* 	Illusionist 	Bulgarian*
9 	9 	Teller Sucks...Helium 	September 24, 2014	Shawn Farquhar** 	Close Up 	Canadian
9 	9 	Teller Sucks...Helium 	September 24, 2014	Chris Dugdale 	Illusionist 	British
9 	9 	Teller Sucks...Helium 	September 24, 2014	Martin Daniels 	Entertainer 	British
*Martinez presented himself as Cuban, but Penn & Teller outed him as Bulgarian after his act.
**Although Penn & Teller could not explain the essence of how Farquhar had performed his card trick, Jillette stated that he had caught him performing a deck switch at the beginning of the trick, and therefore did not consider him to have fooled them completely. Nonetheless, he won the opportunity to go to Vegas.
=== Season 2 ===
No. in Series	No. in Season	Episode Title 	Air date 	Performers 	Type 	Nationality
10 	1 	Phone-y Business 	July 6, 2015 	Jon Armstrong 	Close Up 	American
10 	1 	Phone-y Business 	July 6, 2015 	Xavier Mortimer 	Illusionist 	French
10 	1 	Phone-y Business 	July 6, 2015 	The Shocker 	Mentalist/Illusionist	American
10 	1 	Phone-y Business 	July 6, 2015 	Steven Brundage 	Close Up 	American
11 	2 	The Invisi-Ball Thread 	July 13, 2015 	Mike Hammer 	Illusionist 	American
11 	2 	The Invisi-Ball Thread 	July 13, 2015 	Leon and Romy 	Illusionist/Card 	American/Australian
11 	2 	The Invisi-Ball Thread 	July 13, 2015 	Shin Lim 	Close Up 	American
11 	2 	The Invisi-Ball Thread 	July 13, 2015 	Peter Boie 	Illusionist 	American
12 	3 	Penn & Teller Shoot to Kill 	July 20, 2015 	Brian Brushwood 	Close Up 	American
12 	3 	Penn & Teller Shoot to Kill 	July 20, 2015 	Simon Pierro 	illusionist 	German
12 	3 	Penn & Teller Shoot to Kill 	July 20, 2015 	Handsome Jack 	Illusionist 	American
12 	3 	Penn & Teller Shoot to Kill 	July 20, 2015 	Kyle Knight & Mistie 	Illusionist 	American
13 	4 	Knife of the Party 	July 27, 2015 	Austin Janik 	Close Up 	American
13 	4 	Knife of the Party 	July 27, 2015 	Amazing Allison 	Mentalist 	American
13 	4 	Knife of the Party 	July 27, 2015 	Mac King 	Illusionist 	American
13 	4 	Knife of the Party 	July 27, 2015 	Norman Ng 	Close Up 	American
14 	5 	Mission Impossi-Ball 	August 3, 2015 	Bill Cook 	Close Up 	American
14 	5 	Mission Impossi-Ball 	August 3, 2015 	Wes Barker 	Illusionist 	Canadian
14 	5 	Mission Impossi-Ball 	August 3, 2015 	Matthew Holtzclaw 	Close Up 	American
14 	5 	Mission Impossi-Ball 	August 3, 2015 	David Regal 	Illusionist 	American
15 	6 	Now THAT'S Bunny! 	August 10, 2015 	Jay Sankey 	Close Up 	Canadian
15 	6 	Now THAT'S Bunny! 	August 10, 2015 	Greg Wilson 	Illusionist 	American
15 	6 	Now THAT'S Bunny! 	August 10, 2015 	Trigg Watson 	Close Up 	American
15 	6 	Now THAT'S Bunny! 	August 10, 2015 	Jen Kramer 	Close Up 	American
16 	7 	Penn's Favorite Card Trick 	August 17, 2015 	 	 	
16 	7 	Penn's Favorite Card Trick 	August 17, 2015 	Kostya Kimlat 	Close Up 	Ukrainian-American
16 	7 	Penn's Favorite Card Trick 	August 17, 2015 	Frederick Falk 	Close Up 	American
16 	7 	Penn's Favorite Card Trick 	August 17, 2015 	Chris Funk 	Card/Stage Magician 	Canadian
16 	7 	Penn's Favorite Card Trick 	August 17, 2015 	Nate Dendy 	Stage Magician 	American
17 	8 	Teller Plays with a Full Deck 	August 24, 2015 	Blake Vogt 	Close Up 	American
17 	8 	Teller Plays with a Full Deck 	August 24, 2015 	Joshua Jay 	Close Up 	American
17 	8 	Teller Plays with a Full Deck 	August 24, 2015 	Levent 	Illusionist 	American
17 	8 	Teller Plays with a Full Deck 	August 24, 2015 	Ben Seidman 	Illusionist 	American
18 	9 	Star Spangled Magic 	August 31, 2015 	Riley Siegler 	Close Up 	American
18 	9 	Star Spangled Magic 	August 31, 2015 	Jade 	Illusionist 	Chinese-American
18 	9 	Star Spangled Magic 	August 31, 2015 	Ran'd Shine 	Close Up 	American
18 	9 	Star Spangled Magic 	August 31, 2015 	David Roth 	Coin Magician 	American
19 	10 	Where There's Smoke There's Magic	September 14, 2015	Joel Meyers & Spidey 	Mentalists 	American
19 	10 	Where There's Smoke There's Magic	September 14, 2015	Rick Lax 	Close Up 	American
19 	10 	Where There's Smoke There's Magic	September 14, 2015	Marcus Eddie 	Illusionist 	American
19 	10 	Where There's Smoke There's Magic	September 14, 2015	Bruce Gold 	Comedy Magician 	American
20 	11 	Teller Deflowers a Shadow 	September 21, 2015	Scott Alexander & Puck	Illusionist 	American
20 	11 	Teller Deflowers a Shadow 	September 21, 2015	Eric Jones 	Coin Magician 	American
20 	11 	Teller Deflowers a Shadow 	September 21, 2015	Mark Calabrese 	Close Up 	American
20 	11 	Teller Deflowers a Shadow 	September 21, 2015	Paul Vigil 	Mentalism 	American
21 	12 	Penn & Teller Ring Someone's Neck	September 28, 2015	Victor & Diamond 	Illusionists 	American
21 	12 	Penn & Teller Ring Someone's Neck	September 28, 2015	Francis Menotti 	Mentalism 	American
21 	12 	Penn & Teller Ring Someone's Neck	September 28, 2015	Nash Fung 	Close Up 	Chinese-American
21 	12 	Penn & Teller Ring Someone's Neck	September 28, 2015	Chad Juros 	Rope Magician 	American
22 	13 	An Egg-cellent Trick 	October 5, 2015 	Derek Hughes 	Close Up/Card 	American
22 	13 	An Egg-cellent Trick 	October 5, 2015 	Reuben Moreland 	Illusionist 	American
22 	13 	An Egg-cellent Trick 	October 5, 2015 	Suzanne 	Illusionist 	American
22 	13 	An Egg-cellent Trick 	October 5, 2015 	Jared Kopf 	Mentalism 	American
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