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Penn Fraser Jillette (born March 5, 1955) is an American magician, actor, musician, inventor, television presenter, and author, best known for his work with fellow magician Teller as half of the team Penn & Teller.
Since 2010, Penn & Teller have hosted Penn & Teller: Fool Us, originally on ITV, moving to The CW in 2015. Penn & Teller credit magician and skeptical activist James Randi for their own careers. During an interview at TAM! 2012 , Penn stated that Randi's book Flim-Flam! was an early influence on him, and said that "If not for Randi there would ...
Penn & Teller in 2012. Teller began performing with his friend Weir Chrisemer as The Othmar Schoeck Memorial Society for the Preservation of Unusual and Disgusting Music. He met Penn Jillette in 1974, and, with Chrisemer, they became a three-person act called Asparagus Valley Cultural Society, which started at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival and subsequently played in San Francisco.
Brooke Lisa Burke was born in Hartford, Connecticut [1] and raised in Tucson, Arizona, the younger of two siblings born to Donna and George Burke. [6] Her mother is of half Portuguese background; she was adopted [7] and then raised Jewish. [8]
The speaking half of Penn & Teller discusses his love of Bob Dylan, his Vegas residency and why he always paints one fingernail red. Penn Jillette Shares the 'Psychotically Fair' Rules for His ...
For Penn Jillette's latest trick, he made a hundred and five pounds disappear! The sixty-year-old illusionist told People Magazine he's dropped from 330 to 225 pounds since drastically changing ...
He worked with Penn and Teller on the show Fool Us, [1] and he holds a Guinness World Record for card tricks. Jay has performed on shows including Good Morning America and The Today Show . [ 2 ] In January 2018, Jay was recognized by the Society of American Magicians for his contribution to the art of magic.
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