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Don't Try This at Home!(1990)

Comedy Documentary TV Movie

Status: Released

Date: 1990-11-23

71%

7 Votes

Time: 0h 47m

Overview:

Penn and Teller play with mirrors, teach 900 people to make a hankie disappear, play with clear acrylic boxes, turn marshmallows into tools of violence, do some erotic fire-eating, become the King of Animal Traps, produce bees without end, make Jane Curtin do a magic trick with a needle, dental floss, and her pierced ear, and drive a truck filled with concrete over Teller.

Languages: English.

Countries:

United States of America

ProductionCompanies:

Brillstein-Grey Entertainment

Radio City Music Hall Television Productions

Movie: Don't Try This at Home!

Top 5 Billed Cast

Penn Jillette

Self

Teller

Self

Victoria Jackson

Self

Jane Curtin

Self

Carol Perkins

Carol Perkins

Female fire-eater

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Overview
Penn and Teller play with mirrors, teach 900 people to make a hankie disappear, play with clear acrylic boxes, turn marshmallows into tools of violence, do some erotic fire-eating, become the King of Animal Traps, produce bees without end, make Jane Curtin do a magic trick with a needle, dental floss, and her pierced ear, and drive a truck filled with concrete over Teller.
Release Date
1990-11-23
Average
7.143
Rating:
3.6 starts
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Genres
Comedy Documentary TV Movie
Languages:
English

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