Penn & Teller's Magic and Mystery Tour (2003)

Original title

Penn & Teller's Magic & Mystery Tour

Genre

documentary, comedy

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 3 episodes

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Penn and Teller travel to China, India, and Egypt to investigate street magic traditions. They look at local performers and famous tricks like the Indian rope trick and Chinese linking rings. The series shows the duo learning about the culture behind the magic.

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What happens

Penn & Teller's Magic and Mystery Tour is a 2003 television documentary miniseries starring Penn & Teller. The program was created by the CBC in association with Channel 4 Film. Ric Esther Bienstock was series producer and writer. She also directed the China episode. The show focuses on street magic, and the subjects of each of the three shows are China (Chinese Linking Rings), India (Indian Rope Trick), and Egypt (Cups and Balls, Gali-Gali men). Unusually for Penn and Teller, Teller speaks in the Egypt episode, even though part of their trademark performance is that Penn does all the speaking. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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