Penn Teller

Since teaming up in 1975, Penn & Teller's off-beat comedy routine has found
success on stage and television. It was several of their television
appearances that intrigued my husband, who decided he'd like to see them
while we were in Vegas for his birthday.

Penn's political satire combines stunts and magic, while divulging secrets of
the trade. As a mime, Teller gets the obvious laughs with mischief and
mishaps. Penn on the other hand is the brain and does more than enough
talking for the both of them. The show drug on endlessly with Penn spending
way too much time explaining his trick and getting sidetracked, ultimately
losing the audience's attention. I struggled to stay awake as the show came
to the finale. Penn spent more than 20 minutes of technical rambling before
firing a gun leaving me no idea what had happened.

The curtain went down and the lights went up. I felt like I barely made it
through a bad sermon. I thought for sure it was just me, but my husband
was upset. I was so bewildered by it all that while my husband was in the
restroom I walked around interviewing strangers as to their opinions. Many
admitted being Penn & Teller fans, but they too were in dismay as to what
happened to this famous duo.

I don't know if they were having a bad night or were trying out a new show,
but they had no business charging $75 a person for that flop.

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