Comments on: Penn and Teller make thousands of bees appear out of "nothing" http://boingboing.net/2008/04/11/penn-and-teller-make.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Agent 86 http://boingboing.net/2008/04/11/penn-and-teller-make.html#comment-163329 Agent 86 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-163329 I vote that Penn's P3n)$ Peeling as a consequence of this stunt should be added to the blurb. Brings watching their performance to a new level. I vote that Penn’s P3n)$ Peeling as a consequence of this stunt should be added to the blurb. Brings watching their performance to a new level.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/04/11/penn-and-teller-make.html#comment-163333 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-163333 Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Old Ones my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray Chthullu my soul to take. peace,strength and rest all... Now I lay me down to sleep.
I pray the Old Ones my soul to keep.
If I should die before I wake,
I pray Chthullu my soul to take.

peace,strength and rest all…

]]> By: gvonk http://boingboing.net/2008/04/11/penn-and-teller-make.html#comment-162586 gvonk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-162586 Don't know if this quote is accurate or not, but it's interesting... <blockquote>"Some of our stuff has been a little dangerous," Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller fame) once confessed. "I was stung 25 times in a cage with a million bees on an NBC special, and they had to give me speed to get my blood pressure back up. I had an allergic reaction to the venom, and all the skin peeled off my balls... As sexy as that is, we didn't show it on the special."</blockquote> <a href="http://www.anecdotage.com/index.php?aid=16430" rel="nofollow">Source</a> Don’t know if this quote is accurate or not, but it’s interesting…

“Some of our stuff has been a little dangerous,” Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller fame) once confessed. “I was stung 25 times in a cage with a million bees on an NBC special, and they had to give me speed to get my blood pressure back up. I had an allergic reaction to the venom, and all the skin peeled off my balls… As sexy as that is, we didn’t show it on the special.”

Source

]]> By: HokusPokus http://boingboing.net/2008/04/11/penn-and-teller-make.html#comment-163354 HokusPokus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-163354 This has got to be some of the laziest sleight of hand I've seen. You only have to barely pay attention to Teller's right hand to see him load up every prop with bees. It is magical that they were able to get me to watch all three minutes of that though. :0 This has got to be some of the laziest sleight of hand I’ve seen. You only have to barely pay attention to Teller’s right hand to see him load up every prop with bees.

It is magical that they were able to get me to watch all three minutes of that though. :0

]]> By: Agent 86 http://boingboing.net/2008/04/11/penn-and-teller-make.html#comment-163610 Agent 86 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-163610 They're about comedy and entertainment, not super-magic special effects. Heck, they used to have a show that gave you plausible (but usually wrong) explanations for how they did the tricks. They’re about comedy and entertainment, not super-magic special effects. Heck, they used to have a show that gave you plausible (but usually wrong) explanations for how they did the tricks.

]]> By: pentomino http://boingboing.net/2008/04/11/penn-and-teller-make.html#comment-162877 pentomino Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-162877 Here's the radio episode where Penn told this story. http://www.pennfans.net/view/Audio_Archive/PennRadio/The.Penn.Jillette.Radio.Show.2006.04.11/ It's followed by another great story about a party he threw that almost ended in disaster because he invited both a chimp and a dwarf. He actually had to finish the story the next day. Click "Prev" to get to April 12, because the episodes are indexed backwards. This was an important landmark for the show, because a week later there was another primate-related story, which in turn sparked the months-long tradition known as "Monkey Tuesday", leading to many brilliant stories by callers, many of which were completely ruined by delay dumps. For example, they bleeped out the word "nipple" in the "A Monkey Bit Off My Nipple" story. Here’s the radio episode where Penn told this story.

http://www.pennfans.net/view/Audio_Archive/PennRadio/The.Penn.Jillette.Radio.Show.2006.04.11/

It’s followed by another great story about a party he threw that almost ended in disaster because he invited both a chimp and a dwarf. He actually had to finish the story the next day. Click “Prev” to get to April 12, because the episodes are indexed backwards.

This was an important landmark for the show, because a week later there was another primate-related story, which in turn sparked the months-long tradition known as “Monkey Tuesday”, leading to many brilliant stories by callers, many of which were completely ruined by delay dumps. For example, they bleeped out the word “nipple” in the “A Monkey Bit Off My Nipple” story.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/04/11/penn-and-teller-make.html#comment-162622 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-162622 I just realized Teller stole some of Harpo's best facial expressions I just realized Teller stole some of Harpo’s best facial expressions

]]> By: Ari B. http://boingboing.net/2008/04/11/penn-and-teller-make.html#comment-162672 Ari B. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-162672 I miss Penn Radio, I only caught on just before the show was cancelled. Too bad they don't seem to be preserved anywhere. I miss Penn Radio, I only caught on just before the show was cancelled. Too bad they don’t seem to be preserved anywhere.

]]> By: kaosdevice http://boingboing.net/2008/04/11/penn-and-teller-make.html#comment-162712 kaosdevice Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-162712 P&T aren't human beings. There are made of compressed ambulatory awesomeness. P&T aren’t human beings. There are made of compressed ambulatory awesomeness.

]]> By: Maurik http://boingboing.net/2008/04/11/penn-and-teller-make.html#comment-162477 Maurik Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-162477 Who knew a popular vegas act would solve Colony Collapse Disorder?! Who knew a popular vegas act would solve Colony Collapse Disorder?!

]]> By: nanite2000 http://boingboing.net/2008/04/11/penn-and-teller-make.html#comment-162497 nanite2000 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-162497 So that's where all the bees have been hiding: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/27/business/27bees.html?ex=1330232400&en=3aaa0148837b8977&ei=5088" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com</a> So that’s where all the bees have been hiding:

http://www.nytimes.com

]]> By: sequelguy http://boingboing.net/2008/04/11/penn-and-teller-make.html#comment-162759 sequelguy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-162759 Penn Radio is archived on PennFans.net: http://www.pennfans.net/category/Audio_Archive/PennRadio/ Penn Radio is archived on PennFans.net:

http://www.pennfans.net/category/Audio_Archive/PennRadio/

]]> By: Graham http://boingboing.net/2008/04/11/penn-and-teller-make.html#comment-162508 Graham Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-162508 Great magicians, obviously, but my God, what an annoying style Penn has. There is a microphone in front of you! We can hear you!!! Great magicians, obviously, but my God, what an annoying style Penn has. There is a microphone in front of you! We can hear you!!!

]]> By: jeannieh http://boingboing.net/2008/04/11/penn-and-teller-make.html#comment-162517 jeannieh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-162517 I like Penn & Teller like I like my coffee: covered in bees. I like Penn & Teller like I like my coffee: covered in bees.

]]> By: thornae http://boingboing.net/2008/04/11/penn-and-teller-make.html#comment-162539 thornae Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-162539 What's really disturbing is seeing this video directly after looking at the whole earth covered in <a href="http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/ESOC/SEMN2VM5NDF_mg_3_s_b.html" rel="nofollow">bees</a>^W <a href="http://esamultimedia.esa.int/images/spacecraft-operations/space_debris/Bee-Hive-6_H1.jpg" rel="nofollow">satellites</a>. What’s really disturbing is seeing this video directly after looking at the whole earth covered in bees^W satellites.

]]> By: Abby http://boingboing.net/2008/04/11/penn-and-teller-make.html#comment-162543 Abby Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-162543 #4: You win. http://youtube.com/watch?v=Xs-tl6GBOBo #4: You win.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Xs-tl6GBOBo

]]> By: Chris Tucker http://boingboing.net/2008/04/11/penn-and-teller-make.html#comment-162546 Chris Tucker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-162546 Actually, there were almost no stings at all, save for the one on Penn's arm. Oh, and the one at 3:15 where he spits out the bee that stung him on his tongue. That's right. Penn got stung by a bee ON HIS TONGUE! Now, go ahead and tell me just how badly YOUR job sucks! Actually, there were almost no stings at all, save for the one on Penn’s arm. Oh, and the one at 3:15 where he spits out the bee that stung him on his tongue.

That’s right. Penn got stung by a bee ON HIS TONGUE!

Now, go ahead and tell me just how badly YOUR job sucks!

]]> By: RogerX http://boingboing.net/2008/04/11/penn-and-teller-make.html#comment-162559 RogerX Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-162559 I have had the GREAT fortune of listening to every Penn Jillette Radio Podcast ever produced. His stories about working with bees were incredible. The best was when they did a stunt like this, and Penn was basically pumped up on stimulants to prevent anaphalaxis/ death from a toxic dose of bee venom. The venom still had an effect that led to, as he put it, much of the outer layers of skin from his genitalia peeling off in his underwear later that night. When he went to the doctor, the doctor accused him of taking poor-quality street drugs, as that was the "only kind of poison" to cause that kind of allergic reaction. This was before Penn mentioned the bees, of course. :) (But his 'hairdryer' story was better, and made my wife blush!) I have had the GREAT fortune of listening to every Penn Jillette Radio Podcast ever produced. His stories about working with bees were incredible. The best was when they did a stunt like this, and Penn was basically pumped up on stimulants to prevent anaphalaxis/ death from a toxic dose of bee venom. The venom still had an effect that led to, as he put it, much of the outer layers of skin from his genitalia peeling off in his underwear later that night. When he went to the doctor, the doctor accused him of taking poor-quality street drugs, as that was the “only kind of poison” to cause that kind of allergic reaction. This was before Penn mentioned the bees, of course. :)

(But his ‘hairdryer’ story was better, and made my wife blush!)

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