[ May 22, 2007, 04:50 PM: Message edited by: Javert ]
Posted by ricree101 (Member # 7749) on :
That's a pretty cool video. On the whole subject of Teller speaking, he did an interview with the podcast The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe a couple months back. It was pretty interesting, and I'd recommend checking it out.
I can't hear you! Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :
Hahaha, you heard it, you know you did!!!
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
Cool video. Made me smile.
Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :
I still can't get over his voice. Totally not what I would have thought.
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
Who is Teller, and why does anyone care?
Posted by Foust (Member # 3043) on :
A lot of people believe he's god. You'd be glad to hear his voice too, wouldn't you?
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Teller just lip-synched to an off-camera ventriloquist.
Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :
quote:Originally posted by erosomniac: Who is Teller, and why does anyone care?
Serious answer: He's half of the magic/comedy duo Penn & Teller. His whole bit is that he doesn't speak. A bit like Harpo Marx.
The story goes that he began doing magic for frat parties in college. When he tried doing the 'magician monologue', he would get heckled. So he stopped talking, and his silence got everyone to pay attention to what he was doing.
And an act is born!
Posted by Omega M. (Member # 7924) on :
My mom went to grad school with Teller. They were both studying to be Latin teachers, which Teller was for a while before Penn & Teller took off. I'll have to send her this link.
In their "Mofo the Psychic Gorilla" routine (which has a talking mechanical gorilla head doing tricks), Teller does the gorilla's voice.