Penn Jillette and
Teller are a couple of very eccentric guys who
have been doing cool things together since 1975.
Their award-winning theater show has been a
long-running hit on and off Broadway. Penn &
Teller also keep a busy touring schedule and are
regular headliners at Bally's Las Vegas.
Regular guests on late- night talk shows too
numerous to mention, Penn & Teller have made
scores of television appearances, running the
gamut from guest VJs on MTV to "Good Morning
America" to "Sabrina the Teenage Witch." "Penn &
Teller Go Public," a PBS special, won two Emmys
and the International Golden Rose. Other
television projects include "Penn & Teller's
Invisible Thread," a short film for Showtime, "Don't
Try This at Home," an NBC special, and "The
Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller," a series for
England's Channel 4.
Their critically lauded film, "Penn & Teller Get
Killed," directed by Arthur Penn, saw the pair in
their big screen debut. They have appeared in
many films, together and separately. Both Penn
and Teller have recently completed movies to be
released by United Artists. Penn can be seen in
"HACKERS." Teller is featured as Mortimer in the
motion picture adaptation of the long-running
off-Broadway musical "The Fantasticks," due to be
released this winter.
The duo also appear as the evil magicians Paine
& Terrore in Steven Spielberg's "Director's Chair."
With their razor-sharp wit, flawless technique and healthy appreciation for the macabre,
Penn and Teller have created an entirely new genre of magic. Over the past two decades, they have
wrested the heavyweight magic title from the unctuous grasp of David Copperfield and Lance Burton and
single-handedly rescued the profession of prestidigitation from its extended engagement with geekdom
(remember Doug Henning?) Penn, the speaking half of the duo, hosted the
Cool Site of the Year Awards show in early October.
We didn't get a chance to interview them then, but when the Bad Boys of Magic recently came to our part of town,
we weren't going to miss the opportunity again. CSotD is proud to present Penn & Teller as this week's [AGENTS of COOL].
