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'''Penn & Teller''' are an American double-act, comedians and stage magicians, with a regular gig at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
Penn Jillette is the tall, talkative one with long dark hair. [[Only One Name|Teller]] is the short one who [[The Voiceless|never speaks on stage]] and makes [[Silent Snarker|amusing facial expressions]] on the frequent occasions when Penn exposes him to danger. They were introduced to one another by a mutual friend in 1975. Ever since then, they've done most of their work together, developing their own rather quirky style of magic.
The pair have a wide fraud-busting streak, which gets its widest exposure in their Showtime TV show, ''[[Penn
{{examples|Aside from their various stage shows, Penn & Teller's body of work includes:}}
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* [[Three-Way Sex]]: A trick in ''How to Play in Traffic'' revolves around playing a [[Knights and Knaves]]-esque game supposedly to choose which of two potential sex partners you have a better "connection" with. It ends with you supposedly reading both of their minds (courtesy of the trick, of course), concluding that you can't possibly choose, and [[Take a Third Option|inviting both of them to your hotel room together]]. (This is followed by a parenthetical note that you ''could'' in theory just pick the one you like better instead, but ''who in the world would do that''?)
* [[Unwinnable by Design]]: In ''Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors'', hyperbole is not in any way involved in the naming of the "Impossible" difficulty level.
* [[The Voiceless]]: Teller's on-stage persona, although he has spoken in non-"Penn & Teller" contexts, such as the film version of ''[[The Fantasticks]]'' and has even been a voice actor.
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