Penn and Teller – Comedy and Magic with a Twist
May 9, 2008 – 2:42 amAccording to Penn and Teller’s home page, they call themselves “a couple of eccentric guys who have learned how to do a few cool things”. The dynamic duo first joined hands in 1975 and have since developed into show business’s leading acts. Their shows are one of the most demanded and watched performances in the theater industry, although Penn and Teller have also been making successful appearances on television.
Since their first gig together, the artists have combined Teller’s silent, occasionally creepy, magic with Penn’s clown college education and juggling expertise, the two have created an entertainment success story that went from the streets to small clubs to national theater tours, and now to a current, multi-year engagement at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
Penn and Teller are Las Vegas headliners whose act is an amalgam of illusion and comedy. Penn Jillette is a raconteur and Teller generally uses mime while performing, although his voice can occasionally be heard throughout their performance. They specialize in gory tricks, exposing quacks and frauds, performing clever pranks and have become associated with Las Vegas, atheism, scientific skepticism and libertarianism.
Some Penn and Teller trivia
- Penn and Teller have written three best-selling books - ‘Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends’, ‘How to Play with Your Food’ and ‘How to Play in Traffic’.
- Although the duo performs numerous well-known tricks, the most loved is their signature ‘flag restoration’ trick. They make a U.S. flag seem to disappear by wrapping it in a copy of the United States Bill of Rights, and apparently setting the flag on fire, so that “the flag is gone but the Bill of Rights remains”. In the end, the flag comes out unscratched.
- Movie appearances by Penn and Teller include ‘Penn & Teller’s Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends’, ‘Penn & Teller’s Invisible Thread for Showtime’ and ‘Michael Moore Hates America’.
- In September, Penn and Teller will celebrate their fifth year as headliners in their own theater at the Rio All-suite Hotel & Casino.
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