Penn Jillette

Penn Jillette

Author, “Presto!”

Penn Jillette is a cultural phenomenon as a solo personality and as half of the world-famous Emmy Award-winning magic duo Penn & Teller. In the mid-'80s, Penn & Teller went from playing the tiki lounges at various Ramada Inns to being one of the most popular, big-budget, death-defying, nightclub acts in the country. After killing it in movies and SNL appearances, the duo went on to have their own Showtime series where they attempted to debunk everything from male enhancement pills to UFO sightings. Penn has independently produced the stand up comedy tribute film, The Aristocrats, and hosts a successful podcast with Ace Broadcasting, Penn's Sunday School. Penn & Teller: Fool Us, a current CW series, began its first season in London and now it has just begun its seventh, under the dazzling lights of Las Vegas.

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Magic goes to eleborate lengths to make something look one way that’s really another. Penn and Teller thought it would be funny to do a magic trick that accomplished reality.
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This trick, which they debuted on Saturday Night Live in 1986, put an unexpected twist on Houdini’s classic water tank escape.
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Who needs drugs or alcohol when you have magic? Penn Jillette decided drugs were not for him when he was 14 years old and he saw very smart people abusing […]
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Penn says his tolerance for crazy people “is I think as high a tolerance as you’re ever going to find.”
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The magician explains his libertarian beliefs and why President Obama should be “questioned and beat up.”
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Religion can cause “good people to do bad things,” but Penn Jillette gets along better with fundamentalists than with liberal Christians who preach easy tolerance.
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Author and magician Penn Jillette explains how his studiousness as a teenager led to his becoming an atheist.
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“Same way Kennedy prepared for his debates: with a blow job and a cup of coffee,” jokes the magician.
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When the Penn watches televised magic, he has “a very real sense” that he’s watching different takes stuck together.
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“Damn similar to how it is now,” says Penn.
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Penn and long-time partner Teller are best friends, but their relationship is based on respect rather than love.