{"id":374,"date":"2018-08-10T11:58:30","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T14:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/?p=374"},"modified":"2018-10-24T09:47:55","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T12:47:55","slug":"ian-stewart-on-fool-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/ian-stewart-on-fool-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Penn &#038; Teller Fool Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>I appeared on Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us on August 6th!<\/h1>\n<p>Penn &amp; Teller have been a huge influence on my career. \u00a0When I was a kid I would watch their special &#8220;Don&#8217;t Try This At Home&#8221; over and over again.<\/p>\n<p>The last few years I&#8217;ve watched their show &#8220;Fool Us&#8221; with my son. \u00a0It&#8217;s been fun to watch all the incredibly talented magicians do their thing. \u00a0My son started to ask me if I could go on. \u00a0I figured I may as well!<\/p>\n<p>This was my first big TV spot since last summer when I appeared on Germany&#8217;s &#8220;Das Supertalent&#8221;. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/das-supertalent\/\">https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/das-supertalent\/<\/a> tells more about that adventure.<\/p>\n<p>I created a trick I thought would go well for them. \u00a0It was very complicated. \u00a0In fact, \u00a0it took me many days, a lot of cash, and a few times thinking it simply wouldn&#8217;t work to make it happen.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the clip:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wc-responsive-video wc-rv-id-https-youtu-be-qqmjjkhrysm wc-rv-post-374 wc-rv-ratio-16-9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us  Dangerous Magic - Ian Stewart\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qqMJjkhrYSM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sure, I may not have &#8220;fooled them&#8221;, but that was never my goal. \u00a0I was hopeful it would happen as a bonus, but the main goal was to appear on their show and do a piece I was proud of. \u00a0I accomplished my goal!<\/p>\n<h2>How it&#8217;s done:<\/h2>\n<p>The show is called &#8220;Fool Us&#8221; and the point of the show is to see if you can fool Penn &amp; Teller. \u00a0Well, \u00a0I think the point is actually to get good magic on television, but the hook that makes it appealing to most people is the &#8220;how it&#8217;s done&#8221; element.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve read many comments on YouTube about how I did it. \u00a0Most people seemed pretty confident they knew. \u00a0So far, no one has put a correct guess in the YouTube comments that was correct. \u00a0At least not that I have read.<\/p>\n<p>Penn &amp; Teller got it. \u00a0They knew enough that I feel I didn&#8217;t fool them. \u00a0But for the people that guessed in YouTube comments here&#8217;s a few things I can say about my method.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There were 3 methods used. \u00a0One classic, one modern, and one I made up myself.<\/li>\n<li>The crossbows were real.<\/li>\n<li>It was safe.<\/li>\n<li>The cover over the chosen box had nothing to do with the method.<\/li>\n<li>I did the act myself, no assistants or backstage help<\/li>\n<li>Alyson fired the crossbows by pressing the buttons, I did not fire them.<\/li>\n<li>There was no &#8220;programming&#8221; the buttons.<\/li>\n<li>Each box had a power cord that ran to a crossbow and that wire is what caused the crossbow to fire when the button was pushed.<\/li>\n<li>There was no &#8220;remote&#8221; on the knife. \u00a0The knife was just a knife.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I did enjoy reading all the guesses on how it was done! \u00a0Thanks for all the interest in the trick!<\/p>\n<p>Fool Us Airs on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwtv.com\">The CW Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I appeared on Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us on August 6th! <\/p>\n<p>Penn &amp; Teller have been a huge influence on my career. \u00a0When I was a kid I would watch their special &#8220;Don&#8217;t Try This At Home&#8221; over and over again.<\/p>\n<p>The last few years I&#8217;ve watched their show &#8220;Fool Us&#8221; with my son. \u00a0It&#8217;s [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us - Ian Stewart: Corporate Entertainment | Chainsaw Juggler<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ian Stewart Appeared On Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us! Juggler Ian Stewart showed he can also do magic when he appeared on the hit CW show.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/ian-stewart-on-fool-us\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us - Ian Stewart: Corporate Entertainment | Chainsaw Juggler\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ian Stewart Appeared On Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us! Juggler Ian Stewart showed he can also do magic when he appeared on the hit CW show.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/ian-stewart-on-fool-us\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ian Stewart: Corporate Entertainment | Chainsaw Juggler\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-08-10T14:58:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-10-24T12:47:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ian Stewart\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ian Stewart\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/ian-stewart-on-fool-us\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/ian-stewart-on-fool-us\/\",\"name\":\"Penn & Teller Fool Us - Ian Stewart: Corporate Entertainment | Chainsaw Juggler\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-08-10T14:58:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-10-24T12:47:55+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d88586aa048aefa79e4488cad3499406\"},\"description\":\"Ian Stewart Appeared On Penn & Teller Fool Us! Juggler Ian Stewart showed he can also do magic when he appeared on the hit CW show.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/ian-stewart-on-fool-us\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/ian-stewart-on-fool-us\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/ian-stewart-on-fool-us\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Penn &#038; Teller Fool Us\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Ian Stewart: Corporate Entertainment | Chainsaw Juggler\",\"description\":\"Corporate Entertainment | Chainsaw Juggler\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d88586aa048aefa79e4488cad3499406\",\"name\":\"Ian Stewart\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/author\/chain_jug17\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Penn & Teller Fool Us - Ian Stewart: Corporate Entertainment | Chainsaw Juggler","description":"Ian Stewart Appeared On Penn & Teller Fool Us! Juggler Ian Stewart showed he can also do magic when he appeared on the hit CW show.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/ian-stewart-on-fool-us\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Penn & Teller Fool Us - Ian Stewart: Corporate Entertainment | Chainsaw Juggler","og_description":"Ian Stewart Appeared On Penn & Teller Fool Us! Juggler Ian Stewart showed he can also do magic when he appeared on the hit CW show.","og_url":"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/ian-stewart-on-fool-us\/","og_site_name":"Ian Stewart: Corporate Entertainment | Chainsaw Juggler","article_published_time":"2018-08-10T14:58:30+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-10-24T12:47:55+00:00","author":"Ian Stewart","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ian Stewart","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/ian-stewart-on-fool-us\/","url":"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/ian-stewart-on-fool-us\/","name":"Penn & Teller Fool Us - Ian Stewart: Corporate Entertainment | Chainsaw Juggler","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-08-10T14:58:30+00:00","dateModified":"2018-10-24T12:47:55+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d88586aa048aefa79e4488cad3499406"},"description":"Ian Stewart Appeared On Penn & Teller Fool Us! Juggler Ian Stewart showed he can also do magic when he appeared on the hit CW show.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/ian-stewart-on-fool-us\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/ian-stewart-on-fool-us\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/ian-stewart-on-fool-us\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Penn &#038; Teller Fool Us"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/","name":"Ian Stewart: Corporate Entertainment | Chainsaw Juggler","description":"Corporate Entertainment | Chainsaw Juggler","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d88586aa048aefa79e4488cad3499406","name":"Ian Stewart","url":"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/author\/chain_jug17\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":391,"href":"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374\/revisions\/391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chainsawjuggling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}