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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I always judge the art by, can I like the mediocre in that?

I can like mediocre rock and roll.

I cannot like mediocre country-western music.

You've got to be really good for me to like it.

Okay.

And it's the same thing with magic.

You get that whole thing laid out, then you want to add ideas to it.

And one of the reasons I think I never liked satire and parody and takeoff was that I'm so bad at it.

Every time we've tried it, I'm just terrible.

I've often felt about what we do is people don't laugh with us, they laugh at us.

They...

I usually, on stage, with very few exceptions, say what I honestly believe, even though I get laughs.

Uh... I have this... totally bullshit way of looking at, um, music and art, and that is Springsteen and Dylan.

Okay.

People compare Springsteen and Dylan, and there's comparisons that are really real.

And Springsteen, they're very important to him.

But essentially, I see performers on a continuum of cheerleader and freak.

And cheerleader comes out and goes, whoa, we all love girls in cars, don't we?

Are we all ready to party?

And the freak comes out and goes, this is what I'm thinking.

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