The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller
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The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller | |
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Created by | Penn & Teller |
Directed by | Peter Orton |
Starring | Penn & Teller |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Channel X |
Original release | |
Network | Channel 4 |
Release | 7 January 11 February 1994 | –
The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller is a British magic show presented by Penn & Teller in 1994 on Channel 4.[1] The show featured segments deconstructing magic tricks, while performing some of their signature comedy magic stunts, essentially introducing the pair to British audiences.
Format
[edit]The first or middle segments would always feature a British celebrity like Stephen Fry or John Cleese who would participate in one of the pair's magic tricks.
The duo would also make a running gag poking fun at the popular British magician Paul Daniels. Another running gag that ended each episode was one where the pair would promise the audience that they never did any camera tricks for their magic, with the gag being that, at that moment, a camera trick would be done to the TV audience.
Episodes
[edit]No. | Guest | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | Stephen Fry | Peter Orton | Penn & Teller | 7 January 1994 |
2 | John Cleese | Peter Orton | Penn & Teller | 14 January 1994 |
3 | Dawn French | Peter Orton | Penn & Teller | 21 January 1994 |
4 | Fiona Fullerton | Peter Orton | Penn & Teller | 28 February 1994 |
5 | Alexei Sayle | Peter Orton | Penn & Teller | 4 February 1994 |
6 | Christopher Reeve | Peter Orton | Penn & Teller | 11 February 1994 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Penn & Teller: interview". Time Out. 5 July 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2014.