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I had watched him on set taking crew members watches and wallets so effortlessly and right in front of their eyes. Over the course of the shoot I began to speak with him and became intrigued as to how he was able to pull these things off right in front of people. That trick earned him the respect of Penn Jillette and the community of magicians. He looked up at Apollo, and said “Fuck you!” Apollo had the ink cartridge in his hand. When he unscrewed the cap his face went pale. Penn pulled off his ring and reached for the pen in his breast pocket. Apollo asked Penn to remove his wedding ring and use his pen to trace a circle around the outside of the ring on a cocktail napkin.

#Apollo robbins pickpocket full

Apollo claimed he was at a disadvantage being in a room full of magicians and asked Penn if he could do a trick instead, Penn agreed. After Penn goaded Apollo at a cocktail party filled with magicians, claiming Pickpockets were a few of the lowest rungs of show biz – even below hypnotists, Apollo accepted Penn’s challenge to pick his pockets. The coup de gras was pulling the wool over Penn Jillette of the famed Penn and Teller. He stopped short of taking the agents’ guns, which was probably a wise choice. It would prove to be his graduate school education in mis-direction.Īnother time he was able to pick the pockets of President Carter’s Secret Service team, getting ahold of their badges, watches, wallets, the keys to the motorcade and the President’s itinerary – something he did not have the security clearance for. He estimates that over those years of working for Caesar’s he picked 81,000 peoples’ pockets. While greeting them he would pick their pockets as part of the show. Under the employment of Caesar’s Palace he would greet tour groups as they would check into the hotel. It highlighted some of the incredible things he has achieved, showing he is truly the world’s greatest pickpocket.

I went home that evening and found an article in the New Yorker about Apollo. That’s what Apollo does, he gathers intelligence on a subject – learning their behaviors in what seems like an instant and he acts upon them exploiting a person’s weaknesses. But he wasn’t just watching, he was observing. I saw him in the corner of the set watching what were were doing. I first noticed him while we were setting up a shot in the bullpen. I didn’t really know who he was but there was something about him which caught my attention more than any other guest star we have had on the show.

When I first me Apollo Robbins he was working as a guest star on the show Brooklyn Nine Nine.