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Penn & Teller: Fool Us: Season 1

8 episodes Premiered Jan 7, 2011 Updated Jul 23, 2026

Penn & Teller: Fool Us is a magic competition television series. The show features illusionists Penn & Teller as judges, challenging aspiring magicians to perform their most baffling tricks in an attempt to win a prize. The prize includes the opportunity to perform in Penn & Teller's stage show in Las Vegas. The series is hosted by Jonathan Ross. It is a comedy and talk show, classified as TV-PG. The show's format in

Season overview

Penn & Teller: Fool Us is a magic competition television series. The show features illusionists Penn & Teller as judges, challenging aspiring magicians to perform their most baffling tricks in an attempt to win a prize. The prize includes the opportunity to perform in Penn & Teller's stage show in Las Vegas. The series is hosted by Jonathan Ross. It is a comedy and talk show, classified as TV-PG. The show's format involves Penn & Teller evaluating the tricks performed by the aspiring magicians, with the goal of determining whether the tricks are fooling them.

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Episodes

S1·E1

Teller Sucks... Helium

Jan 7, 2011 · 43 min

This week, the reigning world card trick champion, Shawn Farquhar, does the impossible right under Penn's nose. Plus Cuba's greatest magician - Manuel Martinez, who now lives in Ma

S1·E2

Stab a Card, Any Card…

Jun 18, 2011 · 43 min

In tonight's show, comedy magician Mark Shortland gives Jonathan the fright of his life, French genius Mathieu Bich is stupendously mysterious, double act Young and Strange give st

S1·E3

Solid Goldfish

Jul 25, 2011 · 43 min

Ross hosts and a number of magicians attempt to fool Penn and Teller with their best trick. If successful they manage to snag for themselves a spot in P&T’s Vegas stage show. Tonig

S1·E4

Teller Is a Blockhead

Jul 2, 2011 · 43 min

This episode has 15-year-old Daniel Kramer from North London show card & physical tricks, Romany (Magic Circle Stage Magician of the Year 2006) performs while tied up with rope, Al

S1·E5

Penn Gets Nailed

Jul 9, 2011 · 43 min

French illusionists Cubic Act, who use a magical box on stage, card expert Michael Vincent, Victorian magicians Morgan & West and award-winning performer Nick Einhorn try to outwit

S1·E6

The Magic of Polyester

Jul 16, 2011 · 43 min

Aspiring magicians try to baffle masters of magic Penn and Teller. Sweden's hottest magic double act perform 'The World's Most Difficult' - and painful - card trick.

S1·E7

A Bellyful of Needles

Jul 23, 2011 · 43 min

In today's episode, illusionists High Jinx, danger man Jon Allen, comedy mentalist Graham Jolley, and James more are the acts vying for a chance to win magic's greatest gig. After

S1·E8

Water Tanks for the Memories

Aug 30, 2011 · 43 min

This edition features Laura London - whose trick is as amazing as her outfit, 15-year-old card trickster Jack Taperell with nerves of steel, and mentalist Lee Hathaway with a mind-