magician, specializing in sleight-of-hand

magic. My company

trains & books magicians

around the world for all kinds of

corporate events.

Over the years, I started to see the

connections between the art of magic

and the craft of business.

A sale, just like a magic trick, happens

in the customer's mind. It's all about

perception.

And that means human interaction.

How do we communicate?

Those are the real secrets of magic.

Great magic doesn't strive to fool you

so that you believe in something...

Great magic reminds you to be

careful about what you believe in.

And that's what it can be so help to

Think Like a Magician™

Our next performer has been known to

teach businessmen how to

Think Like a Magician™

like they need any help in

making people's money disappear.

Would you please welcome,

Kostya Kimlat!

Thank you very, very much!

It's an absolute pleasure to be here

with all of you in the theater

and everyone watching at home.

Penn, Teller—I'd like to show you

something special using a pack

of playing cards.

Will you please join me

so you can watch closely?

Everyone welcome Penn & Teller!

So please have a seat, relax

In a moment, you're going to help me

shuffle these cards.

Now, I found that how people

shuffle cards depends on which part

of the world they've come from.

Now we have 52 playing cards, we've

taken the jokers out.

I don't know if you have a preferred

way of shuffling the cards, but I'd

like to give you about half of the cards

and I'd like you to mix those up as much

as you'd like.

And you can mix them up too.

Can you wash them here on the table?

Like this.

The hardest part is collecting all

those cards.

So we're going to square all of these

cards up. And you feel those are

pretty well-shuffled for yourself?

Thank you, Teller.

I'm going to spread these face up.

And then I'm going to do a crazy shuffle.

I'm going to turn these face down.

And I'm going to shuffle them together

But—before I push them in, I want

you to see the state that they're in.

All right, very well mixed up.

Teller, take your hand and place

it like this. And can you take your

hand and place it above?

And press the cards together.

That way you not only see them

down the line, but you actually feel them

being shuffled. Working so effortlessly!

Penn: We're such a team!

You are, I love it!

Perfect shuffle!

Penn: You should see us shampoo together!

Now look, would you agree these are

really well-mixed?

Penn: Unfortunately, yeah, I would.

There's only one other shuffle that

mixes the cards in a more thorough way.

And this is a shuffle that is preferred

by children and drunks.

Like that.

Now we dropped some on the floor

but it doesn't matter.

Why don't you get in there and feel like

a kid again?

Mix them face up, face down.

Do whatever you like, give them a nice mix

You feel pretty good about that?

Penn: Actually, it's starting to make me

feel worse and worse!

Collect them, that's fine. I'm going to

gather them

Now gentlemen, this is my favorite part!

Even though the cards have been

thoroughly mixed...

Penn: I'm gonna break your hands!

I'm going to find your 2 cards,

which is really impressive because

you haven't even picked them yet.

I get excited by the shuffle!

Let's do this. I'll go through here

face up and face down — reach in there

and grab one, face up or face down.

It's your choice.

Face up — thank you so much, I really

appreciate that.

Truthfully, it doesn't matter what the

card is. If I know what it is, it's OK.

What matters is which way you take it out.

Reach in there and take another one

for me if you would.

And you've got another one?

Penn: I got our card!

Nice, the 3 of clubs, I love it!

You can put it back in however you like

face up or down, it's completely

up to you. Yes slide it in there.

So you see it going in?

And which way? Do you want to put it

back in face up or face down?

We'll even leave it sticking out there

until the very last moment.

Now look, at this point, some cards are

face up, and some cards are face down.

Look, I'm not even going to touch them

I'm just going to let them sit there

And if I let them sit there, they start

to turn over, so that every card is facing

the right way. Every card is now face up,

except for one, except for two—

the only two—and hopefully

lucky for me, they are your two cards!

Kostya Kimlat, ladies and gentlemen!

You can take your seats.

And you'll take the cards with you,

is that ok?

Penn: Of course it's OK!

I think we've got a rough idea

how this might be heading, but come

and join me round the fun here

Ladies and gentlemen, how spectacular

was that?

We like to see Penn pissed

off like that! Here's in a terrible mood

now. But that was really quite special

indeed

This trick, is this one that you've come

up with?

Absolutely, some magicians, we create the

magic. That's what we love to do.

So really the chance of them getting this,

certainly if they do, it will be

having seen it for the first time

not knowing similar tricks in the past.

Now I'm hoping that you'll be back here

performing with them.

Would that mean a lot to you?

Absolutely, I've been a fan for such

a long time. To be back here in Vegas

on this stage would be wonderful.

I think we're ready to hear your verdict.

Mr. Penn and Mr. Teller? What do

you have to say?

OK, I want to say right up front...

I HATE YOU.

Let's get that out of the way.

There is a bias.

I HATED THE WAY YOU LOOKED

I HATED THE WAY YOU CLEANLY

HANDLED THE DECK OF CARDS.

I HATED THAT I KNEW THE PUNCHLINE

WHEN YOU STARTED

I HATED THAT IT WAS CLEAN ALL THE

WAY THROUGH.

I HATED THAT I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN IT

I HATED IT FROM THE MOMENT YOU

WALKED OUT.

I TELL YA, WHEN I SAW HIM SITTIN' THERE

WITH HIS BEADY LITTLE EYES,

I WANTED YOU AS DEAD AS A HAMMER!

Kostya: I feel the love, thank you.

NO YOU DON'T FEEL ANY LOVE!

YOU FEEL NOTHING BUT HATE!

I KNEW THAT YOU WERE GOING

TO FOOL ME FROM THE MOMENT I SAW YOU

SITTING THERE. AND YES YOU DID,

BUT WHO CARES?!

WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE!

NO, IT'S NOT, NO, IT'S NOT!

SHUT UP, SHUT UP, BRING THAT BACK

INTO THE AIR! PUT IT BACK!

YOU FOOLED ME...YOU KNOW FOR A FACT

THAT IT'S HARD TO SAY THE WORD "BIG"

WITHOUT COVERING IT WITH "DUMB"

YOU FOOLED THE BIG, DUMB GUY

THAT DOESN'T MEAN JACK!

TWO-THIRDS OF THE PEOPLE ON HERE

FOOL THE BIG, DUMB GUY!

WHEN YOU BRING THAT THING DOWN

WHEN YOU SAY FOOLER, FOOLER, FOOLER

IS WHEN YOU FOOL TELLER!

AND TELLER HANDLED THE CARDS

AND HE LOOKED AT IT

AND HE THOUGHT ABOUT IT

...AND YOU FOOLED HIM!

YOU FOOLED TELLER!

NOW BRING IT DOWN!

NOW IT'S A FOOLER!

Ladies and gentlemen,

the fabulous Kostya Kimlat

ladies and gentlemen!

He fooled Penn & Teller!

Well done!