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May 15, 1989

The New Yorker cover for May 15, 1989

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A Couple of Eccentric Guys

Calvin Trillin

Calvin Trillin on the illusionists Penn & Teller. “Penn & Teller had a relationship with the audience that was less characteristic of magicians than of street performers—which they both once were.”