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Marvello Inner circle It's amazing how little I can say in 1612 Posts |
I just got done watching Penn & Teller's 1990 TV Special "Don't Try This At Home," which was hosted by Jane Curtin. I found it odd that they had her do a couple of tricks on the show (a cut & restored ribbon and "The infected Ear" which was a dental floss through her ear piercing penetration). I was just wondering if Jane Curtin is a magician, or is this just something she did for that TV special?
Never criticize someone else until you have walked a mile in their shoes. Then, when you do criticize them, you will be a mile away from them and you will have their shoes.
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Lyndel Inner circle wrote the theme to the TV show COPS! 1623 Posts |
I think it was just another acting gig for her...
I have never heard of her having any interest in magic outside the P&T appearance. Lyndel |
Marvello Inner circle It's amazing how little I can say in 1612 Posts |
OK that's what I thought - the next question is... why? were P&T that desperate to fill time on the show?
Never criticize someone else until you have walked a mile in their shoes. Then, when you do criticize them, you will be a mile away from them and you will have their shoes.
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Bendy Special user Columbus, Ohio 518 Posts |
Well, she's a comedic actress and they are comedic to some degree. Letting celebrities perform illusions on television specials is no new thing and was probably the idea of some producer, rather than that of Penn and/or Teller. I remember Cindy Williams performing a few illusions on David Copperfield's early specials, (she was in like 3 specials and laid a whopper of a kiss on him in one...I suspect they were dating at the time). And, at least on Copperfield's specials, other celebrities have been involved to a degree of knowing the secret, if not directly performing the trick, (Sherman Hemsley, Valerie Bertinelli, Ugene Levy, etc.). As David got more and more popular, he drew in better ratings and better advertisers. As that occurred, he gained more control over the specials and over time, you saw less and less celebrities actually involved in the tricks; eventually with none actually helping or involved in anything other than in the role of introducer or narrator during the larger illusions. I think the producers think that including celebrities in magical performances will draw in audience members who like the celebrity and wouldn't otherwise watch a magic program. They may be idiots...but I'm willing to bet it was more the producers' idea and demand than it was of, in this case, Penn and Teller.
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