http://blog.vegas.com/las-vegas-shows/teller-talks-6671/ Las Vegas Blog news from VEGAS.com Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:37:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.vegas.com/las-vegas-shows/teller-talks-6671/comment-page-1/#comment-10449 Q & A with Penn Jillette | Las Vegas Blogs Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:23:21 +0000 http://blog.vegas.com/?p=6671#comment-10449 [...] James “The Amazing” Randi. I’ve read a lot about Houdini and I guess it would be cooler to work with a magician who was dead (although in that case I’d probably pick Black Herman, Sun Ra was named after him), but Randi is still with us. When I was 18, Teller and I met Randi and he taught us that magic could be presented in a way that was pro-science. He taught us to lie on stage as a way to tell the truth in life. Randi created the heart of Penn & Teller. We’d do anything with him. (Read an interview with Teller). [...] [...] James “The Amazing” Randi. I’ve read a lot about Houdini and I guess it would be cooler to work with a magician who was dead (although in that case I’d probably pick Black Herman, Sun Ra was named after him), but Randi is still with us. When I was 18, Teller and I met Randi and he taught us that magic could be presented in a way that was pro-science. He taught us to lie on stage as a way to tell the truth in life. Randi created the heart of Penn & Teller. We’d do anything with him. (Read an interview with Teller). [...]

]]> http://blog.vegas.com/las-vegas-shows/teller-talks-6671/comment-page-1/#comment-10313 Penn & Teller are having a ball (& cup) exposing the secrets of magic. Or is their exposé simply an illusion? | Las Vegas Blogs Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:59:00 +0000 http://blog.vegas.com/?p=6671#comment-10313 [...] “We pull that off because we became successful,” admits Teller. Both magicians are also best-selling authors, Broadway veterans and stars of the Emmy-nominated series “Penn & Teller: B*llsh*t!” on Showtime. “When we were first out there and nobody knew who we were, magicians were furious.” (Read more quotes from Teller in the article, “Teller Talks”). [...] [...] “We pull that off because we became successful,” admits Teller. Both magicians are also best-selling authors, Broadway veterans and stars of the Emmy-nominated series “Penn & Teller: B*llsh*t!” on Showtime. “When we were first out there and nobody knew who we were, magicians were furious.” (Read more quotes from Teller in the article, “Teller Talks”). [...]

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