WATCHED
WATCHED THE SHOW LAST NIGHT RIGHT HERE ON THE CW. PENN AND TELLER FOOL KICKED OFF SEASON
SEVEN WITH SOME OF THE BEST
MAGICIANS TRYING TO FOOL THEM.
SO LET'S BRING IN PENN JILLETTE
THIS MORNING. FIRST OF ALL,
GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING TO
YOU. HOW ARE YOU DOING? I'M
DOING GREAT. HOW DID IT GO LAST
NIGHT? VERY WELL. YOU KNOW,
LAST NIGHT WAS A NAIL BITER FOR
US BECAUSE WE FEEL IT'S OUR
SEVENTH SEASON. SO WE'VE HAD
HUNDREDS OF MAGICIANS ON TRYING
TO FOOL US AND EVEN THOUGH ONLY
ABOUT 12 PERCENT FALSE LAST
NIGHT WE HAD ALL MAGICIANS WHO
FOOLED US TWICE BEFORE SO WAS A
VERY, VERY SCARY, SCARY NIGHT
FOR US. YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S
TOUGH TO SIT THERE AND HAVE
THE BEST MAGICIANS IN THE WORLD
COME IN. TRY TO DO ONE TRICK
THAT WE GET TO SEE ONCE TO SEE
IT LIVE AND TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT HOW IT'S DONE. IT'S ALSO SO
STRANGE TO SEE THE SHOW LAST
NIGHT WE SHOT THE WHOLE THING A
WHOLE SEASON RIGHT BEFORE
THE PANDEMIC. SO WE HAVE
MAGICIANS FROM CHINA, JAPAN,
SPAIN, ITALY, BRAZIL ALL OVER
THE WORLD COMING IN AND A FULL
AUDIENCE AND AUDIENCE
PARTICIPATION ALL OF THAT THAT
WE HAVE DURING THE PANDEMIC
HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SEE AT ALL
ARE HOPING WE'LL GET BACK TO AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE. WHAT IS LIFE
LIKE RIGHT NOW IN VEGAS, PENN?
I MEAN I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN AT
THE REAL WHAT 19 YEARS TOGETHER
DOING SHOWS. YEAH, IT JUST AREA
SORT THE PICTURE FROM YOUR
POINT. WELL ACTUALLY YOU KNOW,
WE'RE THE LONGEST RUNNING
HEADLINERS IN VEGAS HISTORY AND
I'VE BEEN DOING SHOWS WITH
TELLER FOR 45 YEARS. HOW WE
DOING SHOWS IN FRONT OF PEOPLE
FOR 50 TO 53 YEARS. I MEAN I'VE
BEEN DOING THIS LONGER THAN
YOU'VE BEEN ALIVE AND IT'S VERY
STRANGE. YOU KNOW, NOW LOCKED
DOWN IN MY HOUSE WITH MY FAMILY
FOR THREE MONTHS. LIKE MANY
PEOPLE I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT I
HAVE THE LEAST ESSENTIAL JOB IN
THE COUNTRY. AND WE'RE JUST
WAITING, YOU KNOW, FOR IT TO BE
SAFE AND HOW DESPERATELY I WANT
TO PERFORM DOES NOT TRUMP, YOU
KNOW, BEING RESPONSIBLE TO KEEP
PEOPLE SAFE. SO IT'S VERY
STRANGE, YOU KNOW. YOU CAN
THERE ARE TIMES YOU CAN DRIVE
DOWN THE STRIP AND THERE'S
THERE'S NOT TRAFFIC. YOU KNOW,
THEY'RE OPENING UP VEGAS SLOWLY
BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO BE
RESPONSIBLE ABOUT IT AND THEY
JUST AREN'T. THE CROWDS WERE
USED TO I MEAN OUR OUR WHOLE
LIFE, YOU KNOW, THE VATICAN,
ORLANDO AND VEGAS ARE ALL ARE
ALL TOURISTS AND IT'S A VERY
STRANGE THING TO GET USED TO.
BUT OF COURSE I CAN'T COMPLAIN
WE'RE SUFFERING MUCH LESS THAN
OTHER PEOPLE. YOUR WHOLE LIFE
HAS BEEN LOW COMEDY AND
ENTERTAINING PEOPLE AND MAKING
PEOPLE LAUGH. HAVE YOU BEEN
ABLE TO LAUGH YOUR WAY THROUGH
THIS OR ARE YOU FEELING
FRUSTRATED? WELL, I'M TRYING TO
DO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING
.TELL HIM I'M STILL WORKING
OVER ZOOM. MOST EVERY DAY WE'VE
WE'VE WRITTEN SEVERAL NEW
TRICKS AND AND PUT THEM
TOGETHER, REHEARSE THEM OVER
ZOOM I'M PRACTICING LIKE A
FREAK. YOU KNOW, I PRESS MY
DECK OF CARDS ALL THE TIME AND
LIKE ALL MAGICIANS AND YOU
KNOW, LIKE LIKE MANY PEOPLE I'M
DOING A LOT OF READING AND
SPENDING TIME WITH MY FAMILY.
BUT IT'S IT'S CERTAINLY STRANGE
.IT'S A GREAT LEVELER OR ALL
KIND OF IN THE SAME POSITION NO
MAGIC LIKE RIGHT NOW WHAT MAKES
A GOOD MAGICIAN? WELL, YOU
KNOW, IT'S A VERY SPECIAL KIND
OF EMPATHY. YOU HAVE TO REALLY
BE ABLE TO THINK THE WAY PEOPLE
WATCHING YOU WERE THINKING
BECAUSE YOU DON'T EVER FOOL
SOMEONE. THEY KIND OF FOOL
THEMSELVES. YOU KNOW, IF I TELL
YOU SOMETHING, YOU COULD BE
SKEPTICAL IF YOU ASSUME
SOMETHING IT GETS INTO YOUR
HEAD BEFORE YOU HAVE YOUR
DEFENSES. SO SO IT IS THE REAL
ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO SEE
THE TRICK THROUGH SOMEONE
ELSE'S FRESH EYES. THAT'S
THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF
MAGIC. YOU HAVE TEENAGERS. AM I
RIGHT? I'M DOING JUST THAT
FOLLOWING IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS.
YES. MY DAUGHTER MY DAUGHTER
MOX IS. SHE'S 15. SHE'S TURNED
15 AND SHE IS VERY INTO MAGIC.
SHE DOES LITTLE MAGIC TRICKS ON
TICK TALK AND SHE'S SHE'S
ALWAYS PRACTICING YOU KNOW,
SHE'S SHE'S BEEN FORTUNATE. YOU
KNOW, I GREW UP IN A LITTLE
TOWN IN MASSACHUSETTS. I DIDN'T
KNOW ANYBODY MAGIC BUT SHE HAS
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SHE CONSIDERS
HER UNCLES AUNTS WHO ARE
PROFESSIONAL MAGICIANS ALL
THE TIME THAT SHE GETS TO ASK
QUESTIONS AND SO SHE'S REALLY
INTO IT. SHE ALSO REALLY SHOWS
THE BIGGEST CHANGE IN MAGIC
THIS CENTURY WHICH IS DIVERSITY
.I MEAN MAGIC WAS IN THE 20TH
CENTURY A A PATHETIC BOY'S
CLUB. BUT NOW THERE ARE A LOT
OF GIRLS GETTING INTO MAGIC AND
WE ARE SEEING THAT ALREADY
HAPPENING WITH A LOT OF WOMEN
COMING ON OUR SHOW THIS SEASON
OF PENN TELLER FOOL. OBVIOUSLY
THIS THE SEASON SEVEN JUST
KICKED OFF LAST NIGHT BUT WHAT
CAN WE EXPECT I HAVE TO BE
HONEST WITH YOU WATCHING
THE EPISODE OF SOME OF
THE CLIPS FROM IT, IT'S ALMOST
NOSTALGIC NOW. I REMEMBER WHEN
WE COULD ALL GATHER TOGETHER. I
LOVE THAT WE'RE AIRING THIS AND
I LOVE PEOPLE CAN ENJOY IT.
YEAH. AND THEN THERE'S THIS
SEASON WE COME ON. WELL I COME
ON. IT'S CONTESTED. I WORKED
BEHIND TILL BACK. LEARNED A
TRICK AND WE SURPRISED HIM AND
I WENT ON TO DO PENN VERSUS
TELL WE'RE NOT JUST PENN AND
TELLER. ALL RIGHT PENN
JILLETTE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR PERSPECTIVE. APPRECIATE