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How David Allan Coe Scared the Penn & Teller Right Back Into The Great Performing Duo

Nick Gillespie | 10.20.2009 3:36 PM

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Penn Jillette tells a funny and strange and wonderful story about how he and his partner Teller were inspired by one of the least-likely sources of all time: country performer David Allan Coe.

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