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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 and eleventh season by Brooke Burke.
Brooke Lisa Burke was born in Hartford, Connecticut [1] and raised in Tucson, Arizona, the younger of two siblings born to Donna and George Burke. [6] Her mother is of half Portuguese background; she was adopted [7] and then raised Jewish. [8]
Since 2010, Penn & Teller have hosted Penn & Teller: Fool Us, originally on ITV, moving to The CW in 2015. Penn & Teller credit magician and skeptical activist James Randi for their own careers. During an interview at TAM! 2012 , Penn stated that Randi's book Flim-Flam! was an early influence on him, and said that "If not for Randi there would ...
The duo has been featured in numerous stage and television shows, such as Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, and is as of 2024 headlining in Las Vegas at The Rio. Jillette serves as the act's orator and raconteur. Jillette has published eight books, including the New York Times Bestseller, God, No!:
Shortly after his World Championship win in 2015, Lim was contacted by the producers of Penn & Teller: Fool Us, a show where magicians attempt to fool hosts and magicians Penn & Teller with their tricks. They had seen his YouTube videos and offered him a spot on the show to try to fool the hosts. [8] His routine successfully fooled the hosts. [3]
Wesley Barker is a Canadian magician and YouTuber, [2] [3] known for starring in the TruTV stunt magic show Big Trick Energy. [4] He has appeared on Ellen and America’s Got Talent as well as fooling Penn & Teller on their show Fool Us.
She appeared on the show again in 2019 on the 6th season and fooled Penn and Teller once more. In 2020, she appeared on the 7th season [1] [11] and became the first person to fool Penn & Teller three times on their show Fool Us. [12] [13] [14] [3] [15] Helen also appeared on the 8th season (2021). [16]
He fooled Penn and Teller with a card trick on their television program Fool Us in 2017. Turner's audiences have included Jimmy Stewart, Gene Kelly, Johnny Carson, Bob Hope, Muhammad Ali, and Secretary of State Colin Powell, who joined Turner and his wife at one of their school programs. [8]