May 22, 2006 3:04PM 

# Mencken Fellows Penn & Teller Take Over TCM Tonight! 

By [Thomas A. Firey](https://www.cato.org/people/thomas-firey) 

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Need a cure for a [bad case of the Mondays](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151804/)? Tune into [Turner Classic Movies](http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/index.jsp) tonight, when Cato H.L. Mencken Research Fellows [Penn Jillette](https://www.cato.org/people/jillette.html) and [Teller](https://www.cato.org/people/teller.html) take over as special [guest programmers](http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/thismonth/article/?cid=133232).

A quick look at what [Penn &amp; Teller](http://www.pennandteller.com/) have spooled up:

- 8 PM—The Marx Bros.’ underappreciated 1939 film [*At the Circus*](http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/thismonth/article.jsp?cid=87357&mainArticleId=133232)
- 9:30 PM—Orson Welles’ controversial 1976 documentary [*F for Fake*](http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/thismonth/article.jsp?cid=93540&mainArticleId=133232), about the brilliant forger Elmyr de Hory
- 11:15 PM—MGM’s disturbing and highly controversial 1932 film *[Freaks](http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/thismonth/article.jsp?cid=460&mainArticleId=133232)*
- 12:30 AM—Neil Simon’s 1975 Vaudeville tribute [*The Sunshine Boys*](http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/thismonth/article.jsp?cid=86476&mainArticleId=133232), starring Walter Matthau and George Burns (with then-little-known F. Murray Abraham in a supporting role).

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