Penn Jillette

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

Penn Jillette’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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They've given me that attention.

And, uh... They've chosen to give it to me, so... I mean, this sounds awful, but I like them.

I get that.

I like them because they've chosen that.

You know, it's funny because I saw Sinatra toward the end of his life.

And the disrespect he had for the audience... Really?

...had a, like, seemed... And it was unusual for Frank, but it was really there.

And then you saw, I saw the Sex Pistols, and their disrespect was one of the most disingenuous things they've ever seen.

They were spitting on the audience.

Yeah.

Oh, they failed to make Chey-Tad!

You know?

And I didn't believe it for a second.

They were wonderful performers.

And Johnny Rotten had this Judy Garland quality.

I've never heard it put that way.

Oh, yeah.

Well, I can... It's very simple.

Salvador Dali said that an artist must hate all other artists, but not, I'm paraphrasing, the way I understood it, maybe not what he meant.

You have to hate other artists, but then you shouldn't be surprised when the audience didn't.

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