Penn Jillette
speaker
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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We talk about the ideas we're trying to put across, how we're trying to do it, and the tricks and the jokes come later.
You know, we don't get like a nice hook and say, we're going to go with this.
We've got this idea we want to play with, interesting idea, and then we flesh it out.
My mentor, Johnny Thompson, who I got this bracelet when he died, he used to work with us all the time until six years ago.
He worked with us all the time.
I used to love it because Johnny would say this to me over and over again, like a third base coach says, keep your eye on the ball, saying the same thing over and over again.
He would say to me, it was so great, he'd go, Pat, it's a really nice idea.
And you've got it looking really good on stage.
And it's really clear.
Now put in some f***ing jokes.
It's impossible to sit through.
And he would bring me down to earth, you know?
And that's always been the problem with when Teller and I are working.
Put in some fucking jokes.
Get the thing moving.
And so we come about it very differently.
I know many comics, getting a laugh is the end of the process.
Yeah, but I think that you've got to get the right kind of laugh, you know?
Yeah.
Yeah, a laugh should be understanding.
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