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Humorous story: I once got yelled at by Teller. I was in Vegas for the World Series of Poker which was held at the Rio, the same casino where their show runs. T
by mattmaroon 15y ago
Humorous story: I once got yelled at by Teller. I was in Vegas for the World Series of Poker which was held at the Rio, the same casino where their show runs. The previous night I had had dinner at Okada with Penn's wife, Emily, who was a friend of the friend who put the dinner together. I also had tickets the next day to see their show for the first time.
On a break from my tournament I stopped by Starbucks to properly caffienate and saw Penn and Teller sitting in a corner. I went over to introduce myself, as I would to the spouse of anyone I had just met if I somehow recognized them. Right when I got there Teller gave me the evil eye and said something like "Can't you see we're working here?".
Of course they were just sitting at a Starbucks talking. They didn't have any props or anything. And probably they were hashing out details for the show or something, but I still found it quite rude, especially since I know they greet people outside of the show every night afterward.
But mostly I just thought it was funny to get yelled at by a guy most people think is mute.
- MengYuanLong 15y agoI wrote out a significant response about the strange segregation of being a celebrity (of any repute) before rereading your post. The most interesting thing to me is that within the span of 24 hours you ate alone with one partner's wife and the next day got yelled at by the other partner. Did you talk to them after the show?
- mattmaroon 15y agoI went up and said hi and left it at that. I didn't really think ill of Teller for the whole thing, I can't imagine what it's like to be bothered all the time. I more than anything thought it was funny to be yelled at by a guy who is possibly more famous for not talking than anyone in history.