Teller

Penn & Teller

Teller appears in the following:

Uncovering The Mystery of Vermeer

Friday, January 31, 2014

Teller, from the popular magical duo "Penn & Teller," is bringing magic to the big screen. In his documentary "Tim's Vermeer," Teller chronicles Tim Jenisen, an inventor who has joine...

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How to Make Your Own Vermeer

Friday, January 17, 2014

Some have speculated that Johannes Vermeer must have invented an optical device to help capture his subjects in near-photographic detail. Meet the man who thinks he's cracked the case.

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On Stage Now: Play Dead

Friday, March 11, 2011

Always wanted to see a magician eat a light bulb, then disembowel an audience member? It happens every night at Play Dead — a ghoulish haunted house of a magic show Off Broadway. It's...

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"Play Dead"

Friday, February 18, 2011

Teller (of Penn & Teller) and Todd Robbins discuss writing the Off-Broadway show “Play Dead,” which Teller directs and Robbins stars in. It’s a spirit-shaking show inspired by “Midnight Spook Shows,” an American institution from the 1930s to the 1970s, and it includes ethereal sights and sounds, suspenseful storytelling and uncanny stage illusions. It’s playing in an open-ended run at The Players Theatre.

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Guest Picks: Teller

Friday, February 18, 2011

Read more to find out what Teller (From Penn & Teller) has been reading and watching recently!

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Teller on Secrets

Saturday, November 24, 2001

Kurt Andersen and special guest Teller, half of the magic and comedy team Penn & Teller, talk about the artistic urge to create, keep, and reveal secrets. For the last 25 years, with his comedy and magic partner Penn Jillette, Teller has been the team's silent foil. He never talks during ...

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Secrets, Teller, Flags

Saturday, November 24, 2001

Kurt Andersen and his guest Teller, half of the magic and comedy team Penn & Teller, talk about the art of secrets. We search for the real identity of a cult-musician called Jandek, an English professor compiles literary forensic evidence to determine secret authorship, and we hear about the coded ...

Secrets, Sneakers, Teller

Saturday, July 21, 2001

Kurt Andersen surveys the cultural impact of history's most disturbing symbols and Paola Antonelli, design curator at the Museum of Modern Art, looks at the ever-changing style and technology of the sneaker. Kurt and special guest Teller, half of the magic and comedy team Penn & Teller, talk about secrets, ...

Teller on Secrets

Saturday, July 21, 2001

Kurt Andersen and special guest Teller, half of the magic and comedy team Penn & Teller, talk about the artistic urge to create, keep, and reveal secrets. 

For the last 25 years, with his comedy and magic partner Penn Jillette, Teller has been the team's silent foil. He never talks ...

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