#penn jillette

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i'm learning absolutely insane fucking things on the wikipedia page for penn jillette of penn and teller

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Hackers (1995)

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Penn Jillette mention Lennon-McCartney as "love affair" compilation

"Business partners, I mean, the most important thing about our partnership is it's not based on cuddly love and affection….. I mean, Lennon and McCartney had a love affair pretty clearly. Martin and Lewis had a love affair, Jagger and Richards had a love affair. And when that goes south, when all of a sudden love fades away, it becomes a huge explosion. I mean, Lennon and McCartney hated each other. And with working with Teller there was no real attraction. "(2010)

Penn and Teller are not like other famous duos, says Penn Jillette , the larger and more talkative of the two magicians. Lennon and McCartney, Martin and Lewis, Jagger and Richards—these relationships were rooted in love and affection, and “when all of a sudden love fades away it becomes a huge explosion.”(2010)

"I believe that the volatile groups Lennon and McCartney, Martin and Lewis, Gilbert and Sullivan… We don’t have teams nowadays, we have to go back in time, but um, Martin and Lewis, and specially Lennon and McCartney - those two groups..were love affairs, those were two people who fell in love; Lennon and McCartney were certainly in love. And then when things start to not go right, love is heartbreaking."(2011)

Though he(Penn) has called Teller his best friend, Penn has said that the two share few common interests, and that unlike famously volatile partnerships based in intense personal relationships—such as Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin, or John Lennon and Paul McCartney—they benefit professionally from giving each other “space” in their offstage lives. (2017)

"Most teams start out as love affairs. I mean, certainly Lennon-McCartney, certainly Martin and Lewis, and Teller and I never felt that. "(2017)

"That said; the longevity of our relationship comes from an absence of love. I believe that Martin & Lewis are the best example, but you also have Lennon & McCartney, Gilbert & Sullivan… these are teams that fell in love. Lennon & McCartney were- by every definition- madly, head over heels in love with each other. When that falls apart, it’s horrible, heart breaking… When these two men discovered they wanted to have girlfriends, marriages and a personal life? The rejection they felt was heartbreaking.

All that said, over 45 years Teller has become I best friend. When our parents died, when I was married, when I had children….. I mean the first person to hold my children after my wife and I, was Teller. The difference is that Lennon & McCartney wanted to be breathing each other’s air, they wanted to be close to each other, and feel that affection. As soon as they weren’t getting along, it was heartbreaking. "(2020)

The magician Penn Jillette once said that the secret of his 50 year professional relationship with partner Teller is that they were never friends.

Citing the example of The Beatles, he stated that John Lennon and Paul McCartney "fell in love and put that in front of the job", whereas he and Teller were business partners first and foremost.(2025)

"Well, you know, many of your teams fall in love. I mean, Lennon and McCartney were in love." (2025)

I asked Jillette why he said onstage that he rarely agreed with Teller when it's clearly not true, and he replied, "It's useful.” He brought up how bands get emotionally sloppy and break up over petty relationship issues. "I'm mad at Lennon and McCartney for falling in love and putting that in front of the job,” he said, changing the tone in his voice.(2026)

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Does anybody know Penn relationship with Paul? i know he analysis abt Now and Then when the single release.

"head over heels" "breathing each other air" "fall in love put that infront of job" the word he describe ITS INSANE.

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Timothée Chalamet and the cast of ‘Marty Supreme’ at the LA premiere on December 8, 2025. ✨✨✨

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This is very funny.

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shout out to penn jillette from penn and teller for being so awesome and amazing.

"Many times when I identified as Libertarian, people said to me, 'its just rich white guys that don't want to be told what to do,' and i had a zillion answers to that -- and now that seems 100 percent accurate"

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