Mofo Knows Pins and Buttons

Description: Penn & Teller introduced Mofo the Psychic Gorilla as a bizarre blend of magic, comedy, and theatrical deception. The routine features a costumed gorilla supposedly endowed with psychic abilities through scientific experimentation, while Teller secretly supplies the character’s voice from offstage. A member of the audience is invited to write down a number, which Teller discreetly observes before returning to his position and dramatically revealing it through Mofo. The character later became connected to “Mofo Knows,” the name used for Penn & Teller’s newsletter during the 1990s, when Mofo was portrayed as a psychic chimpanzee backed by the fictional “Mofo’s Life Support Systems.”