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| - I finally saw Penn & Teller, I have been a P&T fan for years and have always wanted to see them when I came out to vegas, but usually ran out of time, funds, or never made it over to the RIO.
I brought a friend of mine with, I didn't know it but he knew nothing about P&T so it was pretty sweet to see someone who didn't know anything about the show watch it, whilst I got to watch it for the first time live as well.
We got there early, the show "starts" at 8 with the Mike Jones Duo playing Jazz, the duo includes Mike Jones on the piano and Penn on the upright bass, I'm not a big jazz fan, but it sounded good. Also a surprise beers were only $5 in the P&T theater, I figured they would have been more.
Once the real show started it was great, the fire eating bit in the middle was a little boring, but all the classics were there, Cup and Balls, A Ring Trick, Some Mind Reading, A great trick involving a hand held camera and a cow figurine, some great teller solo stuff, and of course the final act, Magic Bullets. It was hands down one of the best shows I have seen anywhere, their timing and patter are impeccable, they are working in new bits, and the crowd was on the edge of their seats most of the show. And I must say the opening trick is worth going to the show, I have no clue how they do it.
I had seen many of the tricks done in their many specials or on youtube or other places, but seeing them live made me an even bigger fan! Huskerboy even said he really liked it and he's not a big fan of magic. I strongly reccomend if you are even thinking about seeing the show do it, I will be going again, hopefully in the & Section so I can see it better, our seats were in the Mezzanine, you could still see everything, but I really think floor seats would have made the show even better.
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