Penn Jillette Lands Web Show
Penn Says to Play Exclusively on Crackle.com
By Alex Weprin -- Broadcasting & Cable, 1/10/2008 4:46:00 PM
Magician and TV host Penn Jillette signed a deal with Sony Pictures Television to launch a new Web show, Penn Says.
The program, which will play exclusively on Crackle.com, features Jillette at home, backstage at his show in Las Vegas and elsewhere, speaking his mind on everything from global warming to Dr. Phil.
The hope is that fans will interact with the show by posting responses and questions to Jillette’s rants and raves.
“When something gets my goat or I want to get someone else's goat or other farm animal, I'll flip on my camera and rave about it -- half-cocked, from inside my head, electronically to inside your head in minutes. No script, no thinking, so I might be wrong. I'm counting on you to keep me honest with videos right back to me,” Jillette said in a statement.
Jillette currently co-hosts Penn & Teller: Bullshit! on Showtime with his partner, Teller, and he is the former host of game show Identity on NBC.
Jillette -- much like comedian Drew Carey, who also launched a Web show on Reason.tv -- is an outspoken libertarian, a theme that has already sprung up in some of his first videos.
