![]() "As you can see by the regulator in his mouth and the bubbles coming up, Teller is breathing relatively comfortably, through the yellow scuba tank, and will not actually stop breathing until the press conference begins." He would start breathing again when someone asked an interesting question. ![]() "Now since you're not uncomfortable - 'cause God forbid Penn & Teller should make anyone uncomfortable - Teller is not holding his breath now," Penn assured his audience. "My partner Teller," he continued - as the small, silent Teller was brought out, dressed in a business suit and immersed in a seven-foot glass tank of water - "has decided to hold his breath for the entire press conference." The Bush administration may well take note of this technique. So we're going to find a way to do the most expedient press conference ever. ![]() "We've done an awful lot of cities and press conferences in each city, and a lot of them just seem to drag on. "Hello," said Penn Jillette, the tall, talkative half of the team, in his friendliest ashtray rumble. ![]() ![]() It was the Press Conference of Death: Yesterday, the antic anti-magicians Penn & Teller, who begin a three-week run at the National Theatre tomorrow, entertained questions from about 30 reporters and cameramen, but they gave the event - an everyday occurrence here in the press conference capital - a peculiarly Penn & Teller twist. ![]()
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