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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: How Israeli-Canadian illusionist Vitaly Beckman fooled Penn & Teller–a third time!
Description: Vitaly Beckman, a Vancouver-based illusionist, recently accomplished something only four other performers have ever done: stump famed American magicians Penn and Teller with an illusion… for the third time.
Beckman wowed the legendary duo in an episode of their long-running reality TV series, Penn & Teller: Fool Us, at the Las Vegas theatre bearing their name. They awarded him a trophy before inviting him back to perform on April 26 as the closing act for their own live show.
Beckman has been pursing magic and illusion for nearly three decades, ever since he got hooked by watching David Copperfield on his par...