Magician Penn Jillette uses the power of Twitter to answer common questions about magic. Do magicians ever reveal their secrets? Do Penn and Teller ever mess up an illusion? Is magic actually real? Penn answers all these questions and more!
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I really appreciate his candor and saying, “Don’t lie to a child or an adult. Magic isn’t real; the supernatural isn’t real”, and he sees it as a moral question. Good man.
I love how Penn uses the term “geek trick” in its proper old fashioned meaning. Geek today refers to someone who is nerdy or the like. But it also refers to a circus actor who specializes in grotesque tricks….like eating glass
These questions were awful
If you told a sick kid magic was real, it might lead him to believe it and think there was a magical cure rather than do what doctors said to do.
“When a trick goes wrong we don’t use dark magic, we just accept responsibility…”
“…Steven Spielberg ruined my plan by grabbing a card before I could force his choice, it just so happened that was the card I was going to force him to pick anyway.”
A good dude
What is morality without the supernatural? If we’re all just skin muscle and bones what does a lie to a child mean?
I do some easy magic to my students every year, and I always start by telling them « there is no magic, there are just tricks. Just enjoy it as it is, and if you catch anything, don’t ruin it for those who don’t want to know »
Anyway thank you Penn and Teller for what you bring to magic ! (And sorry for my english)
People with real magic would still be entertained by this stuff.
there is supernatural magic, figures an atheist like you would not know that.
This guy’s kid never believed in santa claus ^^.
?!?Thrown out of the Magic Assh- Oh! CASTLE! The Magic *Castle* 🤦♂️💀
Magic is real only unseen by the seeing
Most respectable dude I can think of that’s been relevant since I was a kid. Seriously, this man is probably the most well-respected, non-controversial, genuine guy that has been active even before I was born and still active today. Love him.
I loved that the clickbait was answered at the beggining so it was not really a clickbait
“ make it vanish “ actually makes it vanish 9:07
Penn’s use of inflection when speaking his words is a like Master Class in Acting and Performing it right the First time. I could listen to him speak all day.
Watching this in 2025, didn’t realize this was originally posted 6 years ago. 9:20 thought this was shot recently, still applies!!!
Jesus is God and He loves you! Please don’t use His name in vain.
I would’ve asked if Penn & Teller would let someone win the Fool Us Trophy because it was a great entertaining act despite them knowing how it was done