In the last couple years I have had the fortune to meet with a lot of celebrities. Sometimes it kind sucks though because unfortunately when you meet them in person they can be real jerks. Then you are done with them as a fan.
At Techcrunch50 I got to sit down with Penn Jillette for about a hour. We talked about his iPhone application, religion, politics, just about everything. He was really a cool guy and it was a pleasure to meet him.
I asked him if he would do a quick interview with me and he agreed:
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Excellent. You got to love Penn.
Hey Jeremy, I think that would be a cool feeling. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Thanks
I love his show. Was his partner in crime there too.
Met Penn, cool!
(Magicians don’t make good internet marketers: their specialty is making money disappear…)
When I was doing valet parking years ago he came in with a bright pink ford bronco… With “pink death” written on the back. I don’t remember the exact conversation but I do remember he was just a really nice guy.
It’s official, I’m jealous…
Am I the only one that doesn’t know of his app?
Did you get to talk to Teller? I heard he’s not much of a conversationalist.
Sean
great meeting right???
That’s awesome! That guy is pretty hilarious. I love the way he tries to explain how much tricks work, yet by the time he’s done, you still have no idea how the hell they did it. It’s kind of like the internet marketing world.
Matt
I love how you scratch your ear from .42 to .48…
And I agree with Penn, yes, us married guys want to get laid too…
Cool interview…
His show rocks, cool that you got to meet him!
“A lot of married people want to get laid too” Penn is one funny guy. Will have to check out his new iphone app.
Glad to hear he didn’t turn out to be one of the jerks. I like those guys and just watched Penn & Teller Get Killed again the other day.
That is quite funny, off my chair now.
Penn rocks!!
You are a pretty tall dude Shoe….
….Penn seemed to tower over you even while just sitting down. (or it seemed that way watching the video)
Was that the case?
He also seems to have a VERY strong personality….was that also the case?
I don’t know how tall Jeremy is, but Penn is just under 6′ 7″, so there aren’t a lot of people that he doesn’t tower over.
I love that guy! He is really funny, although sometimes he seems to be an a-hole, but oh well, you can’t have everything!
He is very cool and very smart person. That is cool that you got to do an interview and talk with him. Greg Ellison
I <3 Penn and Teller. I've been a fan of Magic for a long time.
Thank God you didn’t try to interview Teller cause that interview would have gone nowhere.
Hah, funny… Too bad the interview is really short.
“Sometimes it kind sucks though because unfortunately when you meet them in person they can be real jerks. Then you are done with them as a fan.
You’re hitting the celebrity status yourself Jeremy. Do you watch what you say more than you did than let’s say last year?
Cheers
John
I just am myself.
I dunno if i want Penn’s help in getting laid, having his money might help lol
Wow! I really liked the interview. He is find such a really charismatic personality. It’s rare to mind such a multi -faceted personality.
Nice interview .. interesting guy
Hope you had a great time with Penn. Cool interview
Who is this guy?
Oh that was a memorable meeting. Isn’t it?
I can see through the video that he’s really a very nice guy.
It is true that famous people very often turn to be not very pleasant ones. And it is always nice to hear about exceptions.
Good stuff!
Thank you for this video. There are new things i’ve learned just wayching it. Rosario
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