Before going onto greater fame, Farquhar's appeared as a contestant on the Canadian-produced
game show Talk About in 1989. Farquhar appeared on
The Ellen DeGeneres Show on January 13, 2010, where she referred to him as "the best sleight-of-hand magician in the world". He presented several effects, including his creation of a signed card in a sealed deck in Ellen DeGeneres' hands, and a torn and restored signed photograph. In 2011, Farquhar was filmed for Season 1 on the UK show
Penn & Teller: Fool Us, where hosts
Penn and Teller view contesting magicians' tricks with the intention of working out their methods. Farquhar successfully fooled them by creating the illusion of a signed card appearing reversed inside a brand new (and shrink-wrapped) deck. Farquhar won the opportunity to perform at their Vegas show. In 2012, Farquhar was a guest on the Canadian television talk show,
Steven and Chris, where he presented several effects including a card trick with a golf ball retriever and a sand pail as well as his original prototype for a comedic book test. This would then be demonstrated on July 13, 2016, when he returned to
Penn & Teller: Fool Us and asked the new host
Alyson Hannigan to test him in recalling several random pages of the novel
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes in a segment called
Sheer Luck. Farquhar was successful in fooling them, winning the opportunity to be at their Vegas show again. This made Shawn Farquhar the first magician to fool them twice. Screening in theatres in 2024, the documentary Lost In The Shuffle sees Farquhar explore centuries old mysteries hidden in a deck of cards, while visiting fellow magicians to explore their favourite card tricks. ==References==