Hot on the heels of the BBC announcement of their Saturday night show "The Magicians", ITV has announced that they have tapped Jonathan Ross to host their own magic competition show "Penn & Teller Fool Us." According to Stage News:
Penn and Teller - Fool Us will see aspiring magicians perform tricks in front of the pair, with the act who manages to fool the professionals winning a trip to Las Vegas to perform in Penn and Teller’s show at the Rio Hotel and Casino. READ THE COMPLETE ARTICLE
From what's New on TV BBC: Speaking about the concept, Penn said: "Nothing would give me or Teller more pleasure than to hand over Vegas tickets to someone - anyone - who had the nerve to stand in front of us, monkey with us, leave us baffled and ultimately blow us away with their brilliance. That would be a dream. READ THE COMPLETE ARTICLE
In other Penn & Teller news, Mike Weathorford has offered up his current opinion on their show in a column with the content spoiling title "After a decade, hilarious Penn & Teller magic still does the trick" in which he says:
Maybe you have to see some of the other 100 to appreciate the effort that Penn & Teller put into their show. The two pack more bright ideas into their comedy-magic in their 10th year at the Rio than they did in their third or fourth. READ THE COMPLETE REVIEW