FOOL US: Penn & Teller fooled by the Swiss magician LIONEL – Incredible trick with drinks!!!

The Fool Us Trophy makes its way to Switzerland. Lionel is the first Swiss magician ever appeared on Fool Us. He fools them badly using nothing else then the Swiss national beverage: Milk.

[incollectio]

I don't know who the bearded guy is, but he's kind of stealing the show with his expressions. :D

[rschiwal]

There may be a few drawbacks to living in Switzerland, but the flag is a big plus.

[cvdinjapan]

Whenever Penn drops the coded language and just explains how he thinks the trick is done in plain English, you know a Fool Us trophy is going to appear.

[destination]

The beer guy looks suspiciously like a magician.

[dillimore]

7:18 are we just going to ignore that Teller wrote down how to pronounce Lionel's name although he'd never say it anyway?

[LionelDellberg]

Just wanted to reach out and say THANK YOU for all your messages, comments and likes. You are awesome 🙌 Thank you from the bottom of my heart 🙏 I do feel very honor to be part of the magic world 🎩😍🎩

[themusicalmrc]

The first guy is still like "where is my beer?"

[mathiasjameson]

These are the most Swiss looking people ever. As a Swiss I am loving to see this

[VuskAO]

One thing is for sure, the 'milk bottle' is not wet when he tears it up

[RayyM]

First he poured milk at 1:59, which looks like there wasn't much there - probably just held in the upper plastic portion of the carton. As he's handing off the milk to the first person, you hear a plastic "pop" at about 2:04, which I think indicates he's removing a seal that separated the real milk from water that's in the rest of the container.

With the Lemon Lime and Cola soda's, he's very careful about how he holds the glasses. I think there's a drink mix at the bottom of each glass that includes a bi-carbonate (think alka seltzer) that flavors and creates fizz. Espcially with the Cola where he covers the pour so as not to reveal that what is coming out is clear.

At 3:11, he allows us to see the pour, but is squeezing the carton in a way he hasn't previously. He's probably holding a packet of instant orange that he slipped into the carton and is mixing with the water inside as it is poured, allowing us to see the orange color, while also cutting off the liquid to make is seem as if it runs out, thus allowing him to pour any residual mix directly into the glass while still keeping some water inside the container.

At 3:40, he pours the white wine, which initially looks clear but becomes cloudy in the glass as he pours. There was likely a powered alcohol mix at the bottom of the glass that was controversial many years back because people feared that it would be snorted. The mix was probably intended for a full glass (he didn't pour a full glass), thus giving it a very rich flavor that caused the reaction on the man's face.

Finally at 4:02, he's again careful to cover the glass, but at full screen you can tell that the liquid coming out of the carton is clear. It becomes white after reaching the glass. He does not drink the liquid, which likely indicates what-ever the mix is, it's intended to make water quickly turn white but not intended to be drank.

[blazejecar]

the carton looked dry though, the liquid was coming from somewhere else. Kinda weird p&t didn't catch that

[NoOorZ]

I'm quite sure there were white plastic containers inside and they were dumped in glass when he poured milk to himself. That's why he dumped milk so fast in his glass

[TroublesomeOwl]

There is no sight in this world that makes me smile more than Teller's smile when he is fooled and amazed. It is the most innocent childlike expression of wonder and joy and is utterly contagious.

[wparo]

Really nice to see. And that milk looks delicious. I think the trick was convincing Penn and Teller as well as everyone else that there was anything in the bottle at all. I think the fluids are coming from somewhere else.

[michaelminnick-chavez]

The first guy was like "why tf did I get milk and not soda?"

[ehrichweiss]

Lionel, this is awesome. BTW, this is your friend Eric from Lexington, Kentucky... :) It's awesome to see you on Penn & Teller and that you fooled them.

[Bull_sheet_Bob]

He's got pipes connected through his vascular system into the tips of his fingers, and the different drinks are pumped through his body and discharged from the tips of his fingers into the glasses. The camera angle makes it look like its coming out of the carton. That is the only solution.

[haztodialo]

The cows are going to be happy to hear the trick worked! 😁

[trueatfalse]

3:38 check the position of his thumb. something is fake with this show. the thumb is at a different spot during the close-up than before and after.

[padraig]

the sound effects when pouring the cola were highly suspicious