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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 ...
2002, Penn & Teller Present: Music To Look At Boxes By – Gary Stockdale on tracks "Liftoff Of Love / Ripoff Of Love" and "The Penn & Teller Theme", Label: MOFO, UPC: 091827167823 [96] 2010, Bukowsical! Original Cast Recording – Gary Stockdale & Spencer Green, Label: Kritzerland Records, ID: KR 20017-4 [97]
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.
He wrote the theme for Jillette's radio show Penn Radio. In 2015 he wrote music for and performed in Penn & Teller On Broadway. [1] He recorded the album The Show Before the Show was recorded with Jillette on bass. [2] The album is a compilation of performances recorded before the Penn & Teller show in Las Vegas. [3]
Behind the Scenes was a 10-part television miniseries aimed towards 8- to 12-year-olds about various aspects of the arts, that was broadcast on PBS in 1992. [2] The series was executive produced by Alice Stewart Trillin and Jane Garmey, produced and directed by Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer, and hosted by Penn & Teller. [3]
Each episode starts off with the introduction stating the purpose of the series. Penn & Teller come out and take their seats towards center stage, and hopeful magicians perform (6 in the pilot, 4 in season 1–present) their acts in front of them with a live studio audience (except for the second half of season 7 through season 9, when Covid forced them to perform in front of a virtual audience).
Penn & Teller: Off the Deep End is a two-hour special that premiered on NBC on November 13, 2005. [1] [2] It featured magicians Penn & Teller performing a variety of illusions in various locations around the Caribbean, most of which were done underwater or involved marine animals. [3] It also featured a performance by musician Aaron Carter.