P&T

Penn and Teller!

We've seen them ten or so times over the past few years. They mix in new "tricks" so the show has something different every time we've been.Once they even stopped a new trick in the middle because something was messed up (and saw the trick in full the NEXT time) pretty cool. Personally I'd be fine seeing a "greatest hits" show over and over, but they are actual artists and they take their jobs very seriously, so that wouldn't happen. On our last trip we saw them again and there was some real magic.

A little background.

As I said my sweetie (CP) and I have seen them a bunch over the years and she keeps bringing up the time she saw them when she was a kid. Penn singled her out to help with a trick and she has been "rubbing it in my face" for years. So there we are walking out (let's say the sixth time we'd seen them) P&T and Mike Jones are standing in the hall on the way out of the theater signing autographs and thanking folks for coming (they do this every show) and CP leans over to me and says "You know, I was on stage with them..." A couple of shows later we get pictures with them and she tells Penn "You know, you pulled me up on stage..." And on and on, twisting the knife in my side a little more with each and every retelling of her story.

So here it is the last full night of our trip and we get a sweet deal (!) on tickets and head to the show. About halfway through Penn is walking up the aisle very close to us. He and I actually make eye contact for a second and I say in my head "Oh crap, I'M GOING UP!"

Penn says, "excuse me sir what is your name?" I say "RM" and he says "OK RM wanna help us with a trick?" So I follow him up to the stage meet Teller and help with an escape trick. Teller is put in a plastic bag that is filled up with Helium. Penn takes a picture of the audience and suddenly the bag is flying, with only me holding on to it. Teller is kneeling on the floor between us and Penn says "Go ahead and let it go RM." The bag floats up to the ceiling. P&T thank me and I head back to my seat. Wow!

CP instantly shoots me the "you are one lucky bastard" look and I smile.

So the show ends and P&T run out of the theater and stand in the hall. This time we go for the pictures. Hi Mike. Hi Teller. By the time we get to Penn it takes a little while to get up to him, but we are happy to wait it out. We get a little closer and he notices me and smiles. CP gives me a slight elbow. Soon it's our turn and Penn says "RM! Great job up there buddy, we couldn't have done it without you". We take a picture and head to the rental car.

We get to the escalator and I sigh ever so slightly and CP looks at me laughing (we have been together for so long we pretty much always know what the other one is thinking) and says watch it! We get to the rental car and I say "Yup, I think I'll add magicians assistant to my resume." She returns with "I've done that too." She has nothing to say when I counter with "Does Penn remember your name?"

I can't wait to see them again!