You wanted Penn & Teller info, you get it!
January 13, 2011 shannabarnarna
So as you may of seen I previously did a blog post about the one off special tv show ‘Fool Us’ which featured Penn Jillette (@pennjillette) and Teller (@Mr Teller). Some of the younger readers of this blog have asked me for a bit more information on Penn & Teller. So in this post I plan to give you some info on both Penn and Teller and some info about their act and such. So which is penn and which is Teller? Well Penn is the taller of the two, the one who talks, and Teller is the shorter of the two who is the silent one.
Penn and teller
Penn is the one on the left(with glasses) and Teller is on the right. Penn Jillette is the speaker of the two, Born in Greenfield Massachusetts. Penn Jillette (@pennjillette) is not only one half of the magic/comedic act Penn & Teller, He is also a writer, actor, bassist , and has a selection of other different talents. Penn as I’ve previously mentioned does most of the talking when doing the Penn & Teller live show / tv appearances with Teller. One of Penns many talents is juggling, Hes been known to juggle fire and broken glass bottles. He also ‘eats’ fire. Some of Penns acting credits include Sabrina the teenage witch (he played Drell head of the witches council), He also along with Teller has appeared on Home improvement (that tim allen family comedy from the 90′s ish) as well as many other different appearances on tv shows, as himself and also as made up characters. Penn & Teller have also appeared in various music videos. One of them including waking up in vegas by Katy Perry, If you watch closely you will see Penn & Teller being kicked out of a hotel room.
Penn is also known for having one red fingernail, There are three common answers to why he has a single red fingernail. One of these answers includes that it means he once shot a man for asking personal questions. Another common answer is that when he started out in magic his mother adviced him to keep his hands looking nice as people would be staring at his hands whilst he was doing his tricks, so he painted his nails red as a joke, and the single nail painted is in memory of his mother. And the final answer is that it provides good misdirection.
Penn has revealed that the real reason for the single red finger nail is beacuse of his mother telling him to keep his hands looking nice, and hes continued to keep painting the single fingernail red ever since in honour of his mother.
Now lets move onto Teller(@MrTeller), Teller is litterally just called Teller, He had his name legally changed to just his last name. Teller was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Teller is the near silent half of the two, he occasionally speaks but very rarely during the Penn & Teller act. Tellers silence as ive previously mentioned stems from when he first started out doing magic, he noticed that if he was silent during his act people would pay more attention to the trick and get bored of heckling hi. When Teller does talk however his mouth is usually coved, either by his hand or a prop. Teller often talks at seminars however.
Teller is also a successful writer and has worked with Penn on a few books, as well as doing his own writing. As well as his writing and magic Teller has also done some acting(mainly with Penn). He also along with Penn thought of the tv show Bullshit! which is a documentary show investigating common misconceptions and paranormal beliefs.
I hope this is enough information for those of you who wanted more Penn & Teller info. If you want to see their work on youtube you can go to http://youtube.com/user/pennpoint to see Penn Jillette’s regular vlogs. or do a youtube search for Penn and Teller and you will see a variety of videos.
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