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In 2011, Farquhar was filmed for Season 1 on the UK show Penn & Teller: Fool Us, where the eponymous hosts Penn and Teller view contesting magicians' tricks with the intention of working out their methods. Farquhar successfully fooled them by creating the illusion of a signed card appearing reversed inside a brand new (and shrink-wrapped) deck.
Penn & Teller: Fool Us is a magic competition television series in which magicians perform tricks in front of American magician-comedian duo Penn & Teller. Its first two seasons were hosted by Jonathan Ross , the third through ninth seasons were hosted by Alyson Hannigan and the tenth season by Brooke Burke .
Lester was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. In 2007, her family immigrated to Vancouver, British Columbia. [6] [7] At the age of ten, she met Canadian magician Shawn Farquhar who inspired her to pursue magic, and later became her mentor.
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For every contestant, Penn says "You fooled us" or "You did not fool us", which I imagine is the definitive statement that the contestant has won or lost. Penn's words to Farquhar: "I should say that you absolutely did, on the most important part of the trick, I think you did fool us!"
The name is also in use for girls in the United States, with Shawn the most widely used spelling, perhaps due to its similarity to the name Dawn. Shawn was among the top 1,000 names for American girls between 1948 and 1988 and was at peak popularity as a name for girls there in 1970. [1] Shawn is also in use for children of both sexes in Canada.