May 26th, 2005
Also in the George Gurley New York Observer column on Bob Saget was a choice quote from his colleague Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller fame). Talking about his upcoming documentary The Aristocrats, which features about one hundred comedians in the raw, Jillette says:
This movie is a pure dream of Thomas Jefferson, in that it’s a hundred people saying anything that pops into their head, with no fear whatsoever. You know a lot of the Hollywood people–and this pissed me off so much–would say, “Oh, your movie’s fine in the blue states, but what about in the red states, where you get to the stupid people?” And I would say, “Oh, by ‘stupid people’ you mean people who can program a machine, fix cars and perform surgeries? As opposed to we who are in Hollywood, who can’t do f–king anything?”
Anonymous May 27, 2005 at 12:54 pm
Jillette is a remarkably sensible person in spite of his penchant for hyperbole. He’s one of the few entertainment types who’s loudly called Michael Moore on Moore’s bullshit, and speaking of, “Penn & Teller: Bullshit!” is almost always on target.Brian Moore (no relation)