Penn Jillette
Born in Greenfield, MA, Penn Jillette is a comedian and magician, best known for his work with Teller as the duo Penn & Teller.
Jillette served as a voice-over artist and spokesperson for Comedy Central in the 1990s.
Work with MST3K[]
Appearing as host of This Is MST3K while an audience version of himself riffs on the program.
Jillette hosts the 1993 Mystery Science Theater 3000 making-of special This Is MST3K.
His voiceover promos run by Comedy Central over the end credits to MST3K often ran over episodes with credit gags, most famously during the extended broken button sequence of a rerun of Episode #301. Many MSTies sent in complaints about the lack of attention Comedy Central was giving the show and the network eventually decided to stop the voice-overs during the credits of MST3K.
Penn is mentioned in the tribute to doughy guys during Episode #522. He is also referred to in Episode #605, in which Dr. Forrester explains that NummyMuffinCoocolButter is so cute that it makes "Snuggles [sic] the fabric-softener bear look like Penn Jillette."
Penn appeared (with Teller) during The Final Countdown, a special livestream event that marked the end of the Bring Back MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 campaign, explaining one of the rewards that he and Teller were offering.
In 2022, he returned to serve as spokesman for the Gizmoplex streaming service and previews pf Season 13 episodes.
Trivia[]
- Penn plays bass with a jazz band (led by Mike Jones) before his stage show most nights.
- Penn has been quoted as saying that smoking monkeys are the funniest thing in human history.
- Penn is a big fan of raspberry Krispy Kreme donuts and Razzleberry pie.
- Penn has two children. Zolten Jillette (his wife's maiden name) and Moxy Crimefighter Jillette.
- Penn graduated from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College.
- Penn hosted a radio show with fellow juggler Michael Goudeau until early 2007.
External links[]
Penn Jillette at Wikipedia