UNPLEASANT WORLD OF PENN & TELLER, THE {SHOW #2} {JOHN CLEESE} (TV)
Summary
One in this British series, hosted by Penn & Teller, featuring the duo's unique blend of magic, stunt humor, and gore. In this installment, the team suggests to their audience that England have a "national magic trick" that would be performed by the spectators at the beginning of football games -- and they instruct their audience how to perform such a trick. Other highlights include the following: John Cleese joins Penn for a card trick that is performed, very slowly, while Teller remans immersed without air in a glass tank filled with water; the pair let out a magician's secret about how to perform card tricks; and they revolt audience members with a new take on the old rabbit-out-of-the-hat trick, producing instead swarms of flies and a saucepan full of maggots.
Details
- NETWORK: Channel 4 (United Kingdom)
- DATE: January 14, 1994 10:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:24:30
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:32548
- GENRE: Comedy/Variety
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy/Variety; International Collection - United Kingdom; Magic and magicians
- SERIES RUN: Channel 4 (United Kingdom) - TV series, 1994
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Alan Marke … Executive Producer
- Peter Orton … Producer, Director
- Heather Hampson … Associate Producer
- Penn Jillette … Writer, Performer
- Teller … Writer , Performer
- John Cleese … Guest
- Jon Snow
- Penn & Teller