Penn Jillette

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2,353 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 14 Jan

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The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan · Penn Jillette | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan · 14 Jan 2026 podcast

So I would go out and start juggling and, you know, you get tips.

And then that develops into a show.

And then you find this formula that's been found over and over again, which is you do...

Four minutes of crowd gathering.

Okay.

You do four minutes of show, and you do four minutes of money collection.

And I got to the point that, um... I never made more money than I did on the streets until I get to Broadway.

Because you're making this stunning amount of money all in cash.

And I had a few rules.

I would only do it where it was illegal.

Yeah.

Yeah, because I just thought this idea of the San Francisco Pier 39, you audition for somebody, and they put you in a time slot, and I just thought that wasn't the groove of working on the street.

That's weird.

Really busking, you know?

So I did that, and you know,

When you are 18 years old and you're not doing drugs and you're finding people to sleep with, the amount of money you need to live is really small.

Okay.

You take away rent.

And you take away entertainment, and you take away, you know, travel.

And so I could street perform, and if I made $3 in a day, that's more than enough to eat, you know?

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