Their strong cultural importance for decades will cement them into North American entertainment history. They will be immortalised just like Copperfield. They are truly great magicians.
Not to sound corny but it is so wonderful to see these two still making people smile almost 50 years into there partnership. They truly admire each other and love their craft and performing. We are blessed that they do.
From what I understand, they don't really 'admire' eachother in the way that friends do, and don't really socialize outside of work. They're more like pretty close work colleagues, which is perfectly fine, especially if you've known your colleague and worked alongside them as long as these two. Although Penn has said that he considers Teller to be his best friend
@CoolAndrew89 exactly penn says that shit to keep his ideologies different, best friends don't need to be 100% in people's lives. Teller is very modist, let him be but dont let penn speak for him.penn also says he's way less skilled which is a force itself.
@@santhonycheng2637 you just said the same thing, burning is just the present participle of burn and burnt is past tense. the fire is not burning itself its always burning something else right? you can't light fire on fire it just makes a bigger fire. just like you can't make water wet is just makes more water.
It's weird when you have grown up watching Penn and Teller, because they "never changed", but seeing them now, wow they look different. (This is one of the shows I have vivid memories of seeing as a kid)
I remember this special, it's around the time I became a Penn and Teller fan. I thought these magicians were so unconventional. They reveal tricks in an entertaining way and don't take themselves serious. They make it clear that magic is magic and that no one has magical powers, they are tricks. So entertaining. Now we are over 30 years later and they are as entertaining as ever.
I agree. It turns from getting impressed by the "magic" and the idea of "not knowing is the fun part" to getting impressed by the performance, just like how we're impressed by well choreographed dance moves and well executed singing performances.
@@GENOSANDIEGO as well the magic secrets revealed which was on in 1997-1998 which was 7 years later. a lot of these i would say are simple tricks. even though magic is supposed to be kept secret, the simplest ones have been reveled after this long while more advance tricks are still secret and new tricks are still being made.
@@Marquis-Sade the floor they are under is hollow and every piece of the space ship is hollow of course abs the floor has little trap doors teller can go through
I thought to myself, "wow, they aged a ton in the span of 10 years", then I realized it wasn't 2000 anymore. So I said to myself, "well, 20 years is reasonable to age that much", and then I realized it's been 31 years.
Lowkey the most impressive thing about this special is how they could both take a bite of a *peanut butter and processed cheese* sandwich without grimacing. 😂 Highkey the most impressive trick is how on Earth they managed to fill a BALLOON with BEES.
I don't know how/when they thought these tricks up, but they were unlike all other magicians of their time. There's only so many apples on a tree, so their originality didn't last forever. Once variations were exhausted, they had to slow new ideas down a bit... until they started watching others do magic, instead of doing it themselves. That's how they had such a a successfully long prime-time career. Truly master showmen, they're ranked with the best ever. Bravo, gentlemen... for your long journey at the top. That's the real magic!
The best thing about the bear trap trick is that even if Teller screws it up completely, fails the trick, and jams his hand directly into the teeth, he will be fine. those traps are incredibly weak. for a real trap, one that can break bones, you need a special tool to even open the damn things. i suspect even the teeth are foam so he wouldn't even get cut. Penn and Teller make a huge deal that none of their tricks even have a possibility of hurting anyone
21:10 Professional fire performer here. The only way that last trick could have worked is if there is someone in the couch, underneath both of them, and has a lighter with the gas way up. The shorter bursts were just how they looked, and that is a skill we learn, but you can’t have enough residual fuel and vapor to make the flame that long after closing his mouth for the last time. I love these guys, they even make a fire performer scratch their head
They are probably not workers but drones, and drones don't sting. Still, amazing composure, I wouldn't be able to be that casual even if I knew they won't sting me.
@@praevasc4299 Nope, he got something like 25 stings doing this trick. He talks about it in one of his books. He started having skin issues on his genitals and I believe the tops of his feet, his girlfriend made him go to the doctor. The doctor told him the lie was over, he's a hardcore user of drugs. There's some back and forth of "I don't use drugs" and "Yes you do" before Penn asked about the bees, could that be the cause? The doctor said yes, called him an idiot and sent him home.
Learned from unus annus that breathing in while fire eating can cause you lungs to collapse. Thank you, wish there were more like you. Moments mori, forever.
The funny thing is because of the camera angle, at 43:20 you can clearly see that something isn't right with the truck tires.... (yes i know how this was pulled off but someone who perhaps doesn't might take a minute to realize the differences in the "tires" on the truck on the one side).
I guessed exactly right (with the exception of the material of tire) for the truck trick. I thought the wheels were just going to be deflated with the counter balance making the wheels just roll right over him. I’m honestly kinda proud of myself.
If you look real close you'll see there's a roller just off center on the tractor's axle and an extra tire near the center of the axle on the trailer because the counterweight wasn't enough. The roller was putting down so much ground force they had to lay a piece of steel on top of the pavement so it wouldn't sink in. You can see the steel has flexed and come off the pavement right before the Teller gets up.
If you look real close you'll see there's a roller just off center on the tractor's axle and an extra tire near the center of the axle on the trailer because the counterweight wasn't enough. The roller was putting down so much ground force they had to lay a piece of steel on top of the pavement so it wouldn't sink in. You can see the steel has flexed and come off the pavement right before the Teller gets up.
I remember watching this as a kid, these guys were ahead of their time. They did the same show with many of the same tricks for a British audience and the UK Magic Circle went absolutely bat-shit that they were showing people how to do these tricks 😂
It's really interesting how a lot of these danger tricks involve physics and using it to make a seemingly dangerous trick not really intimidating at all
reminds me of the professor who risked his life believing in physics, when a swinging ball won't return to where it started as long as no speed is enacted on the object.
Omg, so easy, it's a empty outside wheel, but since there is air in the inside wheel it doesn't look flat (semis have two sets of wheels on the trailer part). The SNL lady was just using a slipknot in both tricks, and the cutting part was her holding the cut area on the end.
It's great that these two are still going strong in 2020.
That and Penn has got a lot healthier in time which is good
Their strong cultural importance for decades will cement them into North American entertainment history. They will be immortalised just like Copperfield. They are truly great magicians.
@@reidhanson4755 But what's Copperfield doing now? They're from the same era
@@reidhanson4755 Penn and Teller > Copperfield
I just wish they could be young again so they could have all this energy.
Can we just appreciate the absolute pure chaos of "the bee skit"
32:57 - LMAO
"how many children will tell this to their appointed psychiatrist"
Every animal in Antarctica is stinging me
Was just gonna say this hah
"Skit" is a good word to use here, not really much magic or illusion here.
Not to sound corny but it is so wonderful to see these two still making people smile almost 50 years into there partnership. They truly admire each other and love their craft and performing. We are blessed that they do.
corny
where?
@@tedzards509 I think he meant "their".
From what I understand, they don't really 'admire' eachother in the way that friends do, and don't really socialize outside of work. They're more like pretty close work colleagues, which is perfectly fine, especially if you've known your colleague and worked alongside them as long as these two.
Although Penn has said that he considers Teller to be his best friend
@CoolAndrew89 exactly penn says that shit to keep his ideologies different, best friends don't need to be 100% in people's lives. Teller is very modist, let him be but dont let penn speak for him.penn also says he's way less skilled which is a force itself.
"I Lied through my teeth, just like you told me to." Best part of the whole video.
Absolutely lmao
Riding zip lines, navigating under the hollow stage floor like a Ninja, and swinging upside down on a trapeze - Teller was deceivingly athletic!
Holy scrap this screams early 90ies
I've also heard water is wet.
@@mightisright Water isn't actually wet. It makes other things wet, but is not itself wet. You wouldn't call fire burnt, would you?
fire is burning though.
@@santhonycheng2637 you just said the same thing, burning is just the present participle of burn and burnt is past tense. the fire is not burning itself its always burning something else right? you can't light fire on fire it just makes a bigger fire. just like you can't make water wet is just makes more water.
@@santhonycheng2637 somebody call 911, Shawty fire burning on the dance floor
It's weird when you have grown up watching Penn and Teller, because they "never changed", but seeing them now, wow they look different.
(This is one of the shows I have vivid memories of seeing as a kid)
One of my middle school science teachers had a good sense of humor and showed some of their VHS videos during class.
I remember watching them on Channel 1 at school.
I remember this special, it's around the time I became a Penn and Teller fan. I thought these magicians were so unconventional. They reveal tricks in an entertaining way and don't take themselves serious. They make it clear that magic is magic and that no one has magical powers, they are tricks. So entertaining. Now we are over 30 years later and they are as entertaining as ever.
I agree. It turns from getting impressed by the "magic" and the idea of "not knowing is the fun part" to getting impressed by the performance, just like how we're impressed by well choreographed dance moves and well executed singing performances.
@@GENOSANDIEGO as well the magic secrets revealed which was on in 1997-1998 which was 7 years later. a lot of these i would say are simple tricks.
even though magic is supposed to be kept secret, the simplest ones have been reveled after this long while more advance tricks are still secret and new tricks are still being made.
ILLUSIONS @GameTime-yj6qv, tricks are something a whore does for money....or, cocaine.
Even knowing how they do the rocket ship trick it still makes me smile and make me not know how they do it
So how did they do it?
@@Marquis-Sade the floor they are under is hollow and every piece of the space ship is hollow of course abs the floor has little trap doors teller can go through
@@rcangelanddemon8815 Thx, for telling
@@Marquis-Sade watch it even knowing how it’s done it’s still awesome since yes you know but your brain is still doing a how the
@@rcangelanddemon8815 Yeah, thats the cool thing about magic, isnt it?
Still holds up.
Can u believe this is 30 years old
youschtube I wasn’t even alive
nope, it looks like it was shot in the 70ies.
@@prophetherbandderp2733 AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Yes. The image quality gives it away.
Cant believe penn can move like that
love the early 90s madness
Im was born in 1990☺
Penn and Teller iconic. Knowing that teller still moves like that also knowing I'm 23 and my knees shatter when I crouch down is mind blowing
Hey yours to?! =D
You should probably get that checked out
I've seen this show a hundred times before and yet I'm watching the entire thing again ...
Penn & Teller are goddamn LEGENDS
"It's never been done before." *Fast forward to later in the hospital* "Well we know why it's never been done before."
@Mr Xigmega tf does that mean lol
@@darkthought7860 took me a second but I think it's a reference to how the character in Kira Yoshi's profile pic dies
@@darkthought7860 Big 🐞JOJO spoiler
2:21 penns so tall he stopped 15 feet before teller, and teller had to get caught.
The National Magic Trick at the beginning is fantastic.
“you’re REALLY gonna hate us for thi-“
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DAMN YOU PENN & TELLER
Omg ur right LOL
My magic trick? AddBlock...
So many bees that I wasn't sure if it was a magician act or a Jackass precursor.
it really had very similar energy now that you mention it .....
Can't it be both?
The performance at 16:23 is so beautiful. It's like they are having a conversation using just the fire.
craziest thing in this video wasn't any of the tricks....it was that bologna american cheese and peanut butter sandwich....what in the world
The disdain for lettuce.
@@davidmanchester8978 lettuce would have ruined it
Teller is remarkable in his expressions and actions/reactions. 26:11 like this bit, he is brilliant and incredibly talented
I watched this as a kid and I'd forgotten how insane that bee skit was. Really enjoyed the nostalgia trip.
I’m not surprised I have no idea who Victoria Johnson is.
Why are you not surprised?
SNL...
@@Dayvit78 she’s a terrible actor, fuck off
@@Dayvit78 Saturday Night Life?
@@canag0d Jeeze
These guys have the best magic and energy in all of magic. I bet Penn loves the bass of the music they picked... Great moves
He’s not def lol
33 years later and I was still nervous for Teller, a guy I know is alive right now. 😂
who the hell puts peanut better on a baloney and cheese sandwich
who the hell takes a bite out of it😭✋
Who actually eats something that was on top of rusty metal?
The king of animal traps
People who arent wusses
It was the 90s. Don't question it.
Of all my years of watching Penn and Teller perform I have learned that you need to be deliberate in life and in art
I remember rushing home from work so I could watch this TV special when it originally aired.
Wow! That fire eating romance was fantastic!
I thought to myself, "wow, they aged a ton in the span of 10 years", then I realized it wasn't 2000 anymore. So I said to myself, "well, 20 years is reasonable to age that much", and then I realized it's been 31 years.
and then what happened?
Holy crap you are right! It's not the 2000s anymore, it's the 2020s. I can't believe it man.
@@ollikoskiniemi6221 its 2046 bro
God dammit it’s not 2010 anymore dude I was thinking 1990 was 20 years lol
l met them on the Howard Stern show, l was 21, that was 36 yrs. ago. I feel young again watching this amazing duo.👉🏼🏆
tyvm imdb!! the lady who plays penns fire eating date is a lady named carol perkins who according to imdb is a trained fire eater!!
I remember watching this when it aired and it blew... my .... mind. I had never heard of them before it. I've been a fan ever since.
That whole eating fire truck was crazy stupid sexy
"eating fire truck"
I love typos
@@Q-TebGamesNL yeah I saw this while they were just doing the “national magic trick” and was like excuse me?
Lowkey the most impressive thing about this special is how they could both take a bite of a *peanut butter and processed cheese* sandwich without grimacing. 😂
Highkey the most impressive trick is how on Earth they managed to fill a BALLOON with BEES.
Their showmanship is absolutely amazing 👏 I couldn't ask for more..@ 8:32 you can see how creeped out Victoria gets by Teller..
Damn I miss the 90s
It’s so funny hearing Penn yell saying the countries and continents
Thanks P&T for spreading the magic...
I don't know how/when they thought these tricks up, but they were unlike all other magicians of their time. There's only so many apples on a tree, so their originality didn't last forever. Once variations were exhausted, they had to slow new ideas down a bit... until they started watching others do magic, instead of doing it themselves. That's how they had such a a successfully long prime-time career. Truly master showmen, they're ranked with the best ever. Bravo, gentlemen... for your long journey at the top. That's the real magic!
I honestly see them as educators more than magicians.
The best thing about the bear trap trick is that even if Teller screws it up completely, fails the trick, and jams his hand directly into the teeth, he will be fine. those traps are incredibly weak. for a real trap, one that can break bones, you need a special tool to even open the damn things. i suspect even the teeth are foam so he wouldn't even get cut. Penn and Teller make a huge deal that none of their tricks even have a possibility of hurting anyone
Penn "whispering" is just him talking at a normal human volume
I was either about to be born or was born when this aired lol amazing watching these
21:10
Professional fire performer here.
The only way that last trick could have worked is if there is someone in the couch, underneath both of them, and has a lighter with the gas way up.
The shorter bursts were just how they looked, and that is a skill we learn, but you can’t have enough residual fuel and vapor to make the flame that long after closing his mouth for the last time.
I love these guys, they even make a fire performer scratch their head
I love the fabulous duo. They are legends!💙💙💙
Ohh I'm kinda proud of myself, I imagined how they did the rocket act and it was exactly like how I imagined when they showed it. Still really fun!
They're the coolest magicians I've seen live!
Dam these guys have been great for so long !
The porformance that ended at 21:49 beautiful absolutely beautiful
31:30 I’m damn impressed he is still opening his mouth when there’s so much bees… 😱
They are probably not workers but drones, and drones don't sting. Still, amazing composure, I wouldn't be able to be that casual even if I knew they won't sting me.
@@praevasc4299 Nope, he got something like 25 stings doing this trick. He talks about it in one of his books. He started having skin issues on his genitals and I believe the tops of his feet, his girlfriend made him go to the doctor. The doctor told him the lie was over, he's a hardcore user of drugs. There's some back and forth of "I don't use drugs" and "Yes you do" before Penn asked about the bees, could that be the cause? The doctor said yes, called him an idiot and sent him home.
Learned from unus annus that breathing in while fire eating can cause you lungs to collapse. Thank you, wish there were more like you.
Moments mori, forever.
I swear, this makes me love Teller even more!!!!
Wow! I didn't know that Penn and Teller used to have this kind of programme, too. What a shame that it's never been shown in my country's television.
Teller is the absolute man! Having so much fun on that zip line 😅
that was a great show, so much exciting to watch them. Thanks for uploading
Penn's voice in the beginning as he addresses the camera makes me think of Dwight from the office
Get ready for your night in heaven!
One of the best duo magician in the world
god the fire breathing is my fave thing ever, its so beautiful
at 27:17 to 27:18 you can hear that MC Ride was actually at this performance, and was impressed by Teller's handiwork
They are coming to my town on my birthday next month so pumped
Those 37 dislikes are from those magicians who cudnt fool Penn & teller!🤣
Those 37 dislikes are from the parents of the bees that died in the act
Aaahahahahahahaah
Spell much? You should at least do that, while you rip others faults.
@@morbidmanmusic shut up old man
So wierd they don't show the dislikes now.
30:58 walter white on the camera
and at 2:39 is jason segel
Knowing how the trick works doesn't take away from it.. it makes it more magic..
The funny thing is because of the camera angle, at 43:20 you can clearly see that something isn't right with the truck tires.... (yes i know how this was pulled off but someone who perhaps doesn't might take a minute to realize the differences in the "tires" on the truck on the one side).
I guessed exactly right (with the exception of the material of tire) for the truck trick. I thought the wheels were just going to be deflated with the counter balance making the wheels just roll right over him. I’m honestly kinda proud of myself.
If you look real close you'll see there's a roller just off center on the tractor's axle and an extra tire near the center of the axle on the trailer because the counterweight wasn't enough. The roller was putting down so much ground force they had to lay a piece of steel on top of the pavement so it wouldn't sink in. You can see the steel has flexed and come off the pavement right before the Teller gets up.
If you look real close you'll see there's a roller just off center on the tractor's axle and an extra tire near the center of the axle on the trailer because the counterweight wasn't enough. The roller was putting down so much ground force they had to lay a piece of steel on top of the pavement so it wouldn't sink in. You can see the steel has flexed and come off the pavement right before the Teller gets up.
When I saw the hubcap bending as it went over him I figured it was foam
I remember watching this as a kid, these guys were ahead of their time.
They did the same show with many of the same tricks for a British audience and the UK Magic Circle went absolutely bat-shit that they were showing people how to do these tricks 😂
teller torturing penn with mutilation via marshmallow was pure perfection
26:20 Love the single clap in the audience 😂😂
I am obsessed with these two, man their charisma is off the charts…I would love to meet them once before dying
if you go to there show in vegas they do a meet and greet afterwards
Didn’t know they were so crazy back then 😂👌🏻
Penn & Teller caught so much hell with this. But they don't care an , I love em for it. They are the masters of magic. I bow down to the masters.
It's really interesting how a lot of these danger tricks involve physics and using it to make a seemingly dangerous trick not really intimidating at all
reminds me of the professor who risked his life believing in physics, when a swinging ball won't return to where it started as long as no speed is enacted on the object.
@@santoriomaker69 Gravity and Kinetic/Potential Energy really do be wilding
@@casuallydone468 ikr
OMG i havent seen fido dido in so many years daaaaamn the nostalgia! 40:40
Anyone notice the level of fluid in the glasses changes at 18:08 doesn’t mean anything but I noticed it and thought I’d share
i noticed that too
I noticed and I'm wondering how and why that happened?
Looking back to where the legends were made.
Some parts of this are actually amazing unintentional asmr
Such a great show! Big up!
2:35 this guy has been waiting on his moment for years
What a great show!
I love how he is still bleeding throughout the bee bit
Is it a anime, in your profile picture ??
@@binodlegend6358 yes dangonronpa
@@zachzed7230 thanks you
Bleeding where?
Penn's fingernail is painted red, to remind him of his mother. It's not blood!
I can’t tell if the fire eating was an allegory for sex or drugs
Why not both
@Someone that too
Yes.
Trust me, I wont try the bee thing at home.
I love the just "TThis one is stinging me! Ouch!"
Why not? I mean we all got a million bees in our homes don't we, might as well go for it
Drive auxillary tires over teller? As in the are light and put little to no pressure on him.
After 4:48 the pen starts dancing.
What is the name of dance ?
It only makes more funny when you see how young they looked here and a advertised commercial for them appears as am watching this
Omg, so easy, it's a empty outside wheel, but since there is air in the inside wheel it doesn't look flat (semis have two sets of wheels on the trailer part). The SNL lady was just using a slipknot in both tricks, and the cutting part was her holding the cut area on the end.
0:46
Simple as it is, this is one of my all-time favourite tricks that Penn & Teller perform
That '90's aesthetic is wonderful! Penn got the moves at the beginning:D
Anyone notice the liquid level in the champagne flute Penn is usually gets refilled half way through?
Where I'm from this show from 1990 wouldn't even have made it in 1970. They have come a long way since.
question: does anyone know the bgm at 16:25? thank you...
During the traps section, you might notice that teller never puts hand into the jaws, always under.
Does anyone know what's the song playing @ 16:24 ? I'm looking for it for years now :(
Teller has more hair now than he use to lol
The evil glee on Teller's face as he pours out the wineglass full of bees 💀
Wow, at 44:30, Penn and Teller made that guy's shirt sleeves disappear!
Great show! Very entertaining and funny! Hilarious!
Awesome
I remember buying this on VHS in wh Smith's as a kid
It´s sure a relic now...