Penn & Teller were up to their old tricks during the 3rd hour of TODAY.
The veteran duo stopped by the show Feb. 26 and pulled off a card trick that blew Dylan Dreyer away.
Penn Jillette asked Dylan to think of a card and write it on Teller’s forehead, but tasked her to “confuse his skin” out of concern that he may be able to guess it based on the way the ink moved. Jillette then told Dylan to further use the ink to decorate Teller’s skin with various symbols of her choosing in the hopes of throwing him off.
To make sure Teller couldn’t see her guess in the reflection of Jillette’s or Al Roker’s glasses, Dylan had to cover Teller’s eyes while she wrote the card she was thinking of on his forehead. Dylan then wrote “7D” — for seven of diamonds — before adding a few symbols.
Teller, who remained silent during the segment, as is his custom during performances, then began tossing various playing cards on the floor while he spun around — all while Dylan kept her hand on his forehead. After a few moments, he dropped his remaining cards, except for one, which he revealed on his forehead. When Jillette asked her what the card was, she said it was the 7 of diamonds.
“Did it look like this, Dylan?” Jillette asked, as Teller revealed the remaining card — the 7 of diamonds — that was pressed against his forehead.
“What?” a flabbergasted Dylan said. “I could’ve come up with anything!”
“You guys are amazing,” she added.
Penn & Teller are touring to commemorate 50 years of performing together. Jillette said their success can be attributed to their beginnings.
“I think it’s the fact that we are business partners and didn’t start out really as friends. I think that respect is maybe more important than friendship in the long run. We’ve become friends, but, really, we’ve always though the show was the most important thing,” he said.
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