Teller
Also Known As: Penn & Teller, Raymond Joseph Teller
Biography: Teller (born Raymond Joseph Teller on February 14, 1948) is an American magician, illusionist, comedian, writer, and the frequently silent half of the comedy magic duo known as Penn & Teller, along with Penn Jillette. He is known for his advocacy of atheism, libertarianism, free-market economics, and scientific skepticism. He legally changed his name from "Raymond Joseph Teller" to just "Teller". He is an atheist, debunker, skeptic, and Fellow of the Cato Institute (a libertarian think-tank organization which also lists his partner Penn Jillette as a Fellow). The Cato Institute Association is featured prominently in the Penn and Teller Showtime TV series Bullshit!. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Steven Banks: Home Entertainment Center
Overview: In this brilliant one-man show, the mild-mannered, thirty-something Steven Banks arrives home after a long day at his dead-end corporate job, still dreaming of being a rock star. Steven receives a message on his machine from his boss, Mr. Buttle, informing him that he never received an urgent speech Steven wrote for the board of directors. Steven must scramble to write a new one, but he has less than an hour to do it. Along the way, he continually procrastinates and distracts himself from the task at hand, playing with toys and various musical instruments, baking cookies, putting on costumes, leafing through an old high school yearbook and performing some hilarious original songs along the way. Meanwhile, he's got to deal with his grumpy landlord Mr. Mescue, his clingy girlfriend Phoebe and even a broken toilet. Will Steven ever finish his speech? Or does fate have something else in mind for him?
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-10
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History of the Joke
Overview: Comedian Lewis Black presents a "history of the joke" while trying to find the greatest joke ever told.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-28
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Penn & Teller Get Killed
Overview: The "bad boys of magic" go over the edge in this mind-blowing, role-switching comedy murder mystery set in the dizzying world of Atlantic City casinos. In a TV interview, Penn mentions his idea of a fun practical joke: "I wish someone were trying to kill me. It would give focus to my life, excitement. I'd be like James Bond." Twenty million people hear him. One decides to deliver a punchline he'll never forget. Made by people who thought Psycho was a comedy, Penn & Teller Get Killed (they also wrote the piece) features Caitlin Clarke as the femme fatale and David Patrick Kelly as the Edgar Allan Poe-esque nutcase with a new mission. Arthur Penn, known for hip masterpieces like Bonnie and Clyde, Alice's Restaurant and Little Big Man, directs with roller-coaster pacing and subversive intelligence.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-22
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The Aristocrats
Overview: One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-07-29
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Penn & Teller: Off the Deep End
Overview: Penn & Teller: Off the Deep End is a two-hour special that premiered on NBC on November 13, 2005. It featured magicians Penn & Teller performing a variety of illusions in various locations around the Caribbean, most of which were done underwater or involved marine animals. It also featured a performance by musician Aaron Carter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-13
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The Fantasticks
Overview: Widowers Amos and Ben plot to romantically unite Amos' daughter Luiss and Ben's son Matt by pretending to feud and forbidding the teens to associate, knowing they will resist their fathers' interference. As the two youngsters fall in love, the fathers plot to end the 'feud' by hiring a traveling showman to fake an abduction and allow Matt to 'rescue' Luisa.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-22
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My Chauffeur
Overview: A feisty young woman accepts a mysterious offer to become a chauffeur for a Beverly Hills limousine business, much to the chagrin of her older male coworkers and the disbelief of her customers.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-24
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Penn & Teller Go Public
Overview: Penn reads "Casey at the Bat" while Teller escapes from a straight jacket; Penn does a not-wimpy card trick; Teller gives the illusion of reality with a cigarette; Penn eats fire; and the guys show you a trick you can do at home, if you don't mind taping over Masterpiece Theatre.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-28
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Grand Illusions - The Story Of Magic
Overview: Explore the rich, fascinating culture and history of magic through this six-part series, which takes you inside an alluring and enchanting world. It's all here, from the mechanical automata of Robert-Houdin to the elaborate illusions of Penn and Teller, from the death-defying escapes of Houdini to the bizarre and tragic feats of the sideshow performers. Come backstage and see what's behind the curtain.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-25
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Phobophilia: The Love of Fear
Overview: More terror/magic hijinks from Penn & Teller, with support from some other players. Paul Provenza spends the whole show trapped in a system of giant tubes. Skits include a new director and an auditioning starlet who can and will do anything, and the Three Stooges on a construction project. Other notable tricks include earthworms finding a photo from a stack, a borrowed ring apparently cut from a volunteer's stomach, and a bullet swap.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Free to Be... a Family
Overview: Seminal TV special about two groups of children, one in New York City and the other in Moscow, who befriend each other over a satellite connection and find common ground. The Muppets and several celebrities make a cameo.
Genres: Comedy Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-14
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Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends
Overview: Penn & Teller's Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends is a straight-to-video release by magicians Penn & Teller on Lorimar Home Video in 1987. The tape features seven different swindles or tricks that the home viewer can use to fool their friends. The tape was a companion piece to their best selling book of the same name. All of the tricks involve using a portion of the videotape.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Car 54, Where Are You?
Overview: Brash NYC policeman Officer Gunther Toody is partnered with stiff, by-the-book Officer Francis Muldoon to protect an important mafia witness prior to testifying against orgainzed crime in Brooklyn, all the while dealing with their personal lives, overbearing spouses, common criminals, arms dealers, and their officious boss Captain Anderson.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-28
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Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
Overview: Penn Jillette and Teller are called upon to display their unique brand of humor to save civilization from strange extraterrestrial beings who have invaded Earth and who, disgruntled and bored with the mundane nature of human life, threaten to blow up the planet unless someone gives them a good reason not to.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-18
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Tim's Vermeer
Overview: Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically 150 years before the invention of photography? Spanning a decade, Jenison's adventure takes him to Holland, on a pilgrimage to the North coast of Yorkshire to meet artista David Hockney, and eventually even to Buckingham Palace. The epic research project Jenison embarques on is as extraordinary as what he discovers.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-06
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Long Gone
Overview: Story of the Tampico Stogies, a low minor-league baseball team, and its star player and manager, Stud' Cantrell, as they battle for the league championship amidst the corruption and racism of the American south.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-23
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A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
Overview: Documentary about Laurel & Hardy
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-25
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Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!
Overview: The sharks take bite out of the East Coast when the sharknado hits Washington, D.C. and Orlando, Florida.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Comedy Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-07-22
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Director's Cut
Overview: Herbert Blount is a crowdfunding contributor for the new Adam Rifkin feature KNOCKED OFF. Unhappy with the film, he steals the footage and kidnaps actress Missi Pyle to star in his own "director's cut!"
Genres: Horror Comedy Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-07-19
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Atlas Shrugged: Part II
Overview: Railroad owner Dagny Taggart and steel mogul Henry Rearden search desperately for the inventor of a revolutionary motor as the U.S. government continues to spread its control over the national economy.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-12
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Cheech & Chong Roasted
Overview: Cheech and Chong, the stoner pair who dominated the comedy scene in the 1970s and ’80s and recently reunited for their Light Up America tour, take their place in the hot seat to be roasted by close friends and fellow comedians. The duo made a name for themselves with their drug-laced humor, which kept audiences rolling in the aisles with such comedy routines as “Earache My Eye,” “Basketball Jones,
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-30
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Negligee and Underpants Party
Overview: 1988 Pay-Per-View special. Excellent appearances by a lot of great comedians and great rock musicians help this video great. The Star Search segment features Howard Stern, Emo Phillips, Judy Tenuta and Richard Belzer as judges who judge a comedy segment where Jackie "The Jokeman" Martling and Steve O battle it out for the greatest comedy ever.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-28
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& Teller 2
Overview: Pushed out of his Vegas home, Teller now lives in the wasteland, with a few resources left and little chance of surviving. One day he discovers a wandering infected showgirl that seems to be more capable than the others.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-09
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& Teller
Overview: Teller decides to keep a video diary when an epidemic infects the populace of Las Vegas.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-09
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Martin Mull: Talent Takes a Holiday
Overview: A comedy special in which Martin Mull and his guests spoof television variety shows.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Gorgon Video Magazine Vol. 2
Overview: Another low-budget horror documentary.
Genres: Horror Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-15
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Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder
Overview: Leela becomes an outlaw when she and a group of ecologically-minded feminists attempt to save an asteroid of primitive life forms and the Violet Dwarf star from being destroyed, while Fry joins a secret society and attempts to stop a mysterious species known as the "Dark Ones" from destroying all life in the universe.
Genres: Animation Comedy Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-02-23
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Fantasia 2000
Overview: Blending lively music and brilliant animation, this sequel to the original 'Fantasia' restores 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' and adds seven new shorts.
Genres: Animation Family Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Barbecue Death Squad From Hell
Overview: Lydia Lunch and Penn & Teller jazz up the Jenkins' family picnic home movie, turning it into a backyard SOV slasher.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-08
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Michael Moore Hates America
Overview: Michael Wilson, like the subject of his film, is trying to get an interview with a multi-millionaire; however, in this case, that millionaire is Michael Moore himself.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-12
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Home Invasion
Overview: Are you ready for some card tricks? ABC fills the pesky non-Monday Night Football hour with the gregarious Penn Gilette and the silent Teller popping up at malls, schools, private homes and the beach with a dizzying array of sleight-of-hand tricks. For anyone who has ever been left wanting after seeing one of their tricks on David Letterman's show, this is an overflowing bounty. Duo's signature is a constant state of misdirection, flubbing one or more aspects of a trick --- even to the apparent point of death or mutilation --- to make the finale that much more spectacular. They even explain tricks: one with cards so anyone can do it at home and another with cups and balls that, rather than explicate, is an astonishing display of technique. Throughout, Penn combines carnival barking with political soapbox ranting --- subversive, sublime and wildly amusing --- and bolsters the weirdness factor of even the most ordinary trick.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-10
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Gambler's Ballad: The Legend of Johnny Thompson
Overview: Penn and Teller hired Johnny Thompson to consult on their magic show as soon as the duo began their career and Johnny has been with them ever since. "Gambler's Ballad" follows Penn and Johnny's progress as Thompson teaches Penn his signature card act. Numerous well known figures from the magic world reminisce and wax philosophic about the unparalleled knowledge and profound influence Johnny Thompson has had on their own careers as well as the history and current state of the art of magic.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-04-02
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Pentatonix: A Not So Silent Night
Overview: The Grammy-winning a cappella group and special guests Kelly Clarkson, Backstreet Boys, Penn & Teller, and Maren Morris celebrate the holiday in Las Vegas.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-10
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We Are Most Amused and Amazed
Overview: A spectacular night of comedy and magic from The London Palladium to celebrate the 70th birthday of HRH The Prince of Wales and to raise funds for The Prince's Trust. Reuniting comedians Armstrong & Miller as hosts, the show also features the very best comedians and magicians from Britain and beyond. From the world of comedy, Bill Bailey, Rowan Atkinson, Sandi Toksvig, Omid Djalili, Mischief Theatre and Alistair McGowan and, from the world of magic, Penn & Teller, Dynamo and The Ehrlich Brothers. There are also some special appearances from Kylie Minogue, Cheryl, Jim Carter and Wallace & Gromit.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-13
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Don't Try This at Home!
Overview: Penn and Teller play with mirrors, teach 900 people to make a hankie disappear, play with clear acrylic boxes, turn marshmallows into tools of violence, do some erotic fire-eating, become the King of Animal Traps, produce bees without end, make Jane Curtin do a magic trick with a needle, dental floss, and her pierced ear, and drive a truck filled with concrete over Teller.
Genres: Comedy Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-23
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Penn & Teller: Try This at Home
Overview: A special for these unique times. Filmed entirely at the homes of Penn & Teller and their friends around the world, Penn & Teller: Try This at Home showcases new magic Penn & Teller and their magician friends have developed at home and teaches viewers how to do an array of tricks themselves while being joined by celebrity guests including Elle and Dakota Fanning, Michael Carbonaro and Shin Lim.
Genres: Comedy Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-05-18
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Penn & Teller: Try This at Home Too
Overview: Filmed entirely at the homes of Penn & Teller and their friends around the world, "Penn & Teller: Try This At Home Too" is the second show from the magical duo and showcases new magic Penn & Teller and their magician friends have developed at home. Penn & Teller teach viewers how to do an array of tricks themselves and are joined by celebrity guests including Howie Mandel, Piff the Magic Dragon, and the cast of "Nancy Drew" including Kennedy McMann, Scott Wolf, Riley Smith, Leah Lewis, Maddison Jaizani, and Tunji Kasim. We will also get a chance to see viewer videos submitted showcasing versions of tricks they learned on Penn & Teller’s first “Try This At Home” show.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-07-27
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Exploring Psychic Powers Live
Overview: With the aide of two experts on psychology and the paranormal, James Randi lets people with self-professed abilities try out under guidelines for a large cash prize.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-07
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Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition
Overview: Featuring Robert Crumb, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tiny Tim, Russ Meyer and more this volume of the “Midnight Blue” collection focuses on celebrities.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-31
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The Eyes Scream: A History of the Residents
Overview: This documentary is a history of The Residents hosted by Penn & Teller. It contains excerpts from most of their videos and some are in their complete form. It also contains the complete "Don't Be Cruel" video, their performance of "From the Plains to Mexico" and "Teddy Bear" on Night Music, and other TV appearances.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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& Teller 4
Overview: After being cared for by the Thompsons, Teller is finally back to health and doing his video diary once again. In the meantime, the elderly couple do a magic show for him and the infected as the audience.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-27
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& Teller 3
Overview: After a couple of elderly Vegas entertainers shoot Teller, they pick up his recording equipment and decide to start a video diary of their own, while dealing with the infected in a secluded abandoned house.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-23
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& Teller 5
Overview: Surrounded by the infected and unable to avoid them for much longer, the Thompsons help Teller escape, while he continues his video diary.
Genres: Comedy Horror Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-30
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TV's 50 Greatest Magic Tricks
Overview: A two-hour special compiling and ranking 50 of the greatest magic tricks ever seen on TV.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-31
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WWE NXT Stand & Deliver 2025
Overview: The 2025 Stand & Deliver was a professional wrestling event produced by WWE for its developmental brand NXT. It was the fifth annual NXT Stand & Deliver event and took place on Saturday, April 19, 2025, at the T-Mobile Arena in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-04-19
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