Fun_People Archive
20 Aug
convention-al Penn
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 13:32:31 PDT
To: Fun_People
Subject: convention-al Penn
Forwarded from rob@research.att.com by pep@research.att.com
Wed Aug 19 23:08:48 1992
[Magician/comedian] Penn Jillette is on the floor at the convention.
these reports from our far-flung correspondent.
+-----------------------------< Today >------------------------------+
| I asked Margaret Anderson, the major fund-raiser for Bush how much |
| to get George to come to your house and play Twister. She seemed |
| to think that 3 million would do it. |
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+-----------------------------< Today >------------------------------+
| I had a blast at Comedy Central and by yelling and being crazy, I |
| got Barbara Bush to tell me a Knock Knock joke. It was |
| considered an amazing coup. |
| "Hey, Mrs. Bush, Mrs. Bush" (she was coming out of McNeil Lehrer, |
| one floor below" She waved.) |
| "I'm Penn Jillette and this is Lawrence O'Donnell Jr., come up |
| here and talked with us." |
| "Who?" |
| "That doesn't matter, we're from Comedy Central, tell us a joke." |
| "You're crazy." |
| "I know that. Tell us a joke." |
| "You....you're the joke." |
| "Anything, a knock knock joke, anything. You say `Knock Knock' |
| and I'll say `Who's There?". It'll be great." |
| "Knock Knock" (at this point, the crew is out of their minds). |
| "Who's there?" |
| "Barbara Bush." |
| "Barbara Bush Who?" |
| "Barbara Bush, me." (the SS hustle her away.) |
| |
| "Wow, she is so hip, I don't even get it. It's too hip for |
| Dennis Miller, too hip for the band, too hip for the Astrodome. |
| Totally minimalist, postmodern, deconstructed knock knock joke." |
| |
| |
| All the reporters from print and TV descended on me as getting |
| "THE GET." |
| Pretty lucky for a first day out. |
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