Fan Request: Penn & Teller's First Appearance | Letterman

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  • Опубліковано 11 лип 2024
  • Fan Friday Request:
    "Hello,
    I love the Letterman clips. They help me get through the day sometimes.
    I have a request. Could you please post the first Late Night appearance of Penn & Teller (or one of the several Thanksgiving show appearances P&T made in the 90s)?
    Best,
    Scott Sullivan"
    (From "Late Night," air date: 6/26/85)
    If you have a clip you’d like to see, email us at whoaskedforit@gmail.com
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  • @JustWasted3HoursHere
    @JustWasted3HoursHere 20 днів тому +77

    Wow, Penn sounds so different here! Teller sounds exactly the same.

  • @ROB-o-saur
    @ROB-o-saur 19 днів тому +18

    Penn tells the story about this appearance. He said his adrenaline was so high he had tunnel vision was only seeing black and white and everything was happening in slow motion.

  • @videogameobsession
    @videogameobsession 25 днів тому +39

    Hah..I somehow missed this one! Back when my friends and I were kids (I'm 51 now), we tried to replicate the P&T SNL skit/trick, where they do the entire thing upsidedown! We had a basement with windows which were ground level, so of course my brother and I thought it would be a great idea to nominate our best friend, "Sparky", to hang from his legs, into the basement interior. Where we had many props hidden under a mounted table. It was quite an elaborate setup, if I do say so myself! We had a fake drinking cup Velcro'd to the table, and cards that he would pick up and would magically disappear into thin air. As well as a monkey puppet that looked like it had come to life, no strings either! Anyway, we showed this to family and friends, who had no knowledge of the original P&T SNL skit, or of what we were doing, and all of them were stumped! They must have come up with a dozen different ideas, not one of them was , "oh! He's hanging upside down, from the basement window, with the camera, also upside down, along with an upsidedown coffee table!". I've never been more proud of something we've accomplished,, (sad, I know!). I thought for sure that Sparky's face turning from a normal shade, to beet red, from all of his blood rushing to his head (poor kid!), would have given it away, but nope! Anyway, I just wanted to share this with someone, even if no one reads it. -Matt

  • @benjwah
    @benjwah 15 днів тому +7

    Dave’s reaction is the best thing, I don’t think I’ve ever heard him laugh like that.

    • @dylanotto1675
      @dylanotto1675 11 днів тому

      you should see the one where the dump a bunch of roaches on Dave

  • @chmod1777
    @chmod1777 25 днів тому +12

    This was the first time I ever saw them. Absolutely blew me away, been a fan ever since.

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones 14 днів тому

      I can imagine! What a... sharp force

  • @revwillyg6450
    @revwillyg6450 21 день тому +12

    Got to see them live a few years after this. What a great show!

    • @-danR
      @-danR 12 днів тому +1

      Gosh. They were so young, especially Penn. Sad for them to live only a few years longer.

    • @revwillyg6450
      @revwillyg6450 12 днів тому

      @@-danR they're not deceased. Alive and well

  • @kjkapinos
    @kjkapinos 19 днів тому +9

    In 2019 Penn and Teller headlined a magic convention that was run by Richard Kaufman, who wrote one of those reviews in one of the magazines they showed. Their one request was that their introduction before they took the stage would be Richard Kaufman reading that review.

  • @tamrasmith1744
    @tamrasmith1744 25 днів тому +6

    Loved seeing Dave’s genuine shock and enjoyment of the trick. Always enjoyed Penn and Teller.

  • @batgurrl
    @batgurrl 26 днів тому +19

    They have been classified as magicians since then. ‘The community’ hated them for explaining how some ‘magic’ tricks work. Love this blast from the past

    • @JustWasted3HoursHere
      @JustWasted3HoursHere 20 днів тому +2

      And then they positively lost their minds when the Masked Magician came on the scene.

  • @richinoable
    @richinoable 19 днів тому +6

    Few things on TV astonished me as much as this. I saw it broadcast on TV and I screamed, cried, laughed, and acted it out for everyone I knew.
    You had to catch these moments unless you had a friend who taped everything.
    It's funny that this was a debut, seems they're an institution and this is just one of their standards

  • @bobbyk9815
    @bobbyk9815 26 днів тому +21

    Penn's ponytail is on the wrong side.

  • @Kyrei
    @Kyrei 15 днів тому +3

    I remember watching watching this on the night. I was immediately a huge P&T fan from this trick on.

  • @dbyrne231
    @dbyrne231 26 днів тому +8

    Yes! More Penn & Teller, please.

  • @KungEMuller
    @KungEMuller 26 днів тому +5

    Wow! Different magicians on a crazy late night talk show. Dave made that happen. Wow!

  • @ehrichweiss
    @ehrichweiss 17 днів тому +7

    It's hilarious to hear some of those "reviews" knowing that P&T basically saved magic.

  • @markjones952
    @markjones952 26 днів тому +11

    I saw Teller talk on Miami Vice. Learn to love it.

    • @S1L3NTG4M3R
      @S1L3NTG4M3R 26 днів тому +2

      yeah... I saw that too, on youtube a few months ago...

    • @deputay
      @deputay 26 днів тому +1

      Yes, and in the TV movie Long Gone...it throws you off at first!

    • @user-ir4pp6qe6n
      @user-ir4pp6qe6n 25 днів тому

      Maybe you heard Teller talk. 😂

    • @MiddleAgeBMX
      @MiddleAgeBMX 22 дні тому +1

      and you can see Don Johnson get taller as they walk to the bar because Johnson was on a ramp!

    • @Pocketrocket-pj1us
      @Pocketrocket-pj1us 21 день тому +1

      Wait! I get them mixed up. So, big or small?
      I saw the Big guy on Sabrina the teenage witch. He's really big now. He must be 7 feet tall, or he's got lifts.

  • @88porpoise
    @88porpoise 6 днів тому +1

    Kind of funny seen Letterman's uncertainty about their act.
    As a kid growing up they were the definitive magicians.

  • @johncornell3665
    @johncornell3665 26 днів тому +3

    This was a great episode and always enjoyed Grant Tinker. Thanks Tom!

  • @Honeygrip
    @Honeygrip 26 днів тому +5

    Still entertaining 😊

  • @DoctorBiobrain
    @DoctorBiobrain 16 днів тому +2

    This was a fine show.

  • @ruthecker399
    @ruthecker399 25 днів тому

    love them both

  • @AJScraps
    @AJScraps 26 днів тому

    Always an iconic duo

  • @BrentWigginsWords
    @BrentWigginsWords 26 днів тому +11

    His name's Teller, but he won't tell you anything. He uses Penn to communicate though. Magic!

    • @Hellwyck
      @Hellwyck 16 днів тому

      Penn talks for the both of them, Teller doesn't use Penn.

    • @BrentWigginsWords
      @BrentWigginsWords 15 днів тому +1

      @@Hellwyck I was speaking figuratively.

    • @ChicCanyon
      @ChicCanyon 13 днів тому +1

      ​@@Hellwyckr/whoosh

    • @-danR
      @-danR 12 днів тому +1

      @@BrentWigginsWords And you spoke punderfully as well.

  • @Nick_Lavigne
    @Nick_Lavigne 25 днів тому +1

    I'd love to see the Paul Shaffer memorial museum again. something like that, in the skit he is an attraction like Lenin's body.

    • @NicholasMoreau
      @NicholasMoreau 17 днів тому

      FYI: Requests are taken through their email in the upload description, they don't take through the comments.

  • @davelinn32115
    @davelinn32115 24 дні тому

    I recall Don Geronimo playing the end clip on his WAVA show. Is that him yelling, "Say hi to Washington" from the audience?

  • @kernicterus1233
    @kernicterus1233 6 днів тому

    I wonder how they got on, is there a vid somewhere showing what happened to these guys?

  • @gongqi67
    @gongqi67 25 днів тому +1

    Eddie!

  • @Pocketrocket-pj1us
    @Pocketrocket-pj1us 21 день тому +8

    I just looked these goofs up. You know, just to see if they went on to anything.
    The only thing I found, was a video game, called 'Desert Bus' and a tiny (Tina) credit in a game called, Border fans 3.
    I guess it's about people who only make the edges of the puzzle and then stop.
    Sounds boring to me.
    At least the bus has a Horn.
    Too bad, they can't all be winners but it was nice of that old Weatherman to give them a chance!

    • @Khronogi
      @Khronogi 14 днів тому +1

      I forgot they were in BL3.

    • @seandearmond519
      @seandearmond519 3 дні тому

      The bus game takes a few hours to really pick up, but there's a neat little boss battle with an insect.

  • @revwillyg6450
    @revwillyg6450 21 день тому +2

    Penn's voice changed a lot over the years. Smoker maybe?

    • @danielkoga9937
      @danielkoga9937 20 днів тому +3

      Nah... Projecting your voice for years will do it to your throat. Even teachers suffer from this.

    • @revwillyg6450
      @revwillyg6450 20 днів тому +1

      @@danielkoga9937 true. Henry Rollins sounds like that too and he's never smoked

    • @SanchoKobe
      @SanchoKobe 16 днів тому

      I think Penn did smoke for awhile, but he also yelled a lot and lived a generally unhealthy lifestyle until he got to be older and realized he wasn't gonna live to see his grandkids grow up unless he changed.

    • @-danR
      @-danR 12 днів тому +1

      @@SanchoKobe
      After he went on that famous potato diet and dropped like 100 pounds, his voice lost its boom. He sounded like a wheezy ghost ever after.

    • @SanchoKobe
      @SanchoKobe 12 днів тому

      @@-danR Oh yeah I remember the potato diet now. He claimed it was the greatest thing ever.

  • @thomasd4738
    @thomasd4738 25 днів тому

    the three smartest people on television

  • @Middleman9595
    @Middleman9595 7 днів тому

    these guys seem pretty good. Pity they never took off.

  • @daverapp
    @daverapp 19 днів тому +1

    The weirdest thing is that they're not wearing matching suits.

  • @FrankBenlin
    @FrankBenlin 26 днів тому +2

    Fool us, again.

  • @S1L3NTG4M3R
    @S1L3NTG4M3R 26 днів тому +1

    :)

  • @eltzrothm1
    @eltzrothm1 14 днів тому

    Where are the cockroaches?

  • @jimmyjames2022
    @jimmyjames2022 26 днів тому +1

    Teller kills me, but not sure about this Penn fellow, he seems a bit sketchy. Maybe if Teller went out on his own.

  • @gerrydooley951
    @gerrydooley951 26 днів тому +12

    so sad, both dead on the same day. Now that's a magic trick. RIP Penn and Teller

    • @r0bw00d
      @r0bw00d 25 днів тому +11

      What are your talking about? They're both still alive.

    • @-danR
      @-danR 12 днів тому +1

      @@r0bw00d Alive and well and touring Australia as of this date, July 25, 2024.

    • @jimi-w
      @jimi-w 8 днів тому

      @@-danR Sure buddy, “Australia”

  • @zugunruhebirdingtours329
    @zugunruhebirdingtours329 26 днів тому

    RIPenn & Teller

    • @r0bw00d
      @r0bw00d 25 днів тому +5

      What are your talking about? They're both still alive.