Penn's Grim Portrait

[JoeDeceiver]

He must have aced 'Clown Expressions' class! His ID picture is like, the EPITOME of 'sad clown'! I've never seen one so believable and yet so over the top.

[pennsays]

We don't have that law in California . . . yet.

[simplybusby]

hahahaha yet......oh my goodness that is going to be funny.

[PerditaLupo]

I find your honesty about yourself very refreshing. I like the "what you see is what you get" method of "how to be a human" in this world. I do the same. Take it easy man, you're smile is your "way" it's in your laugh and in your jokes, THAT is your smile. I hate fake smiles anyway.

[Illyria23alyssa]

I laughed a bunch from that video, so I must be a loser too. :-D

[dropkicksmurphy]

so, if criminals are smiling,while doing a crime, does that prevent the software from recognizing them?

[rbrysonable]

Thats a relief, I thought I was the only person who couldn't smile. I just wind up coming of as insincere, which I guess a fake smile is but my attempt is sincere.

[icarusdown]

buy a big ugly pair of glasses that you only wear for your license picture, maybe that will mess them up.

[poorkinghaggard]

In that case, most people are not happy about ID.

[tommydatubes]

that laugh makes me wanna pee

[KrazyKali69]

why don't they try butthole recognition? it's pretty hard to look like someone else's butthole! lol

[flowerpt]

great, we're resting our security on some shitty software that can't tell if a person is the same if they're smiling or not. That'll stop em!

[nottinmatterz2day]

@flowerpt yeah!

[SleepNeed]

I had the same expression when I got my license. But because it took the DMV four damned hours from the time I got there to get to me and I had to wait half hour (somehow it took that long) for them to fix the error when they said I was born in 1890 instead of 1990...

[theknez6]

It's good to know that even when you're 120, you'll be able to have your licence, hehehe. :D

[blazedmittens]

about halfway through the vid it loses point

[chadpopstar]

not allowed to smile? FACIAL RECOGNITION from a machine? it's the NEW WORLD ORDER. wear masks and dark glasses people!! go MJ style!!

[mnmkidd]

Next time, just wear a Birka.

[stelcosteel77]

In canada on all government ID they tell you DON'T SMILE! if you do, they'll just retake the picture and delete the old one. nice try tho :D

[edward9145]

I think they got it all wrong, in regards to the wrong orifice.

I would think that other orifices would be less likely to be manipulated.

Yes I can see it now......Yes sir your the A..Hole we are looking for. Your under arrest.

[pennsays]

Anyone else inspired to change how they pose for their license photo?

[Revyloution]

I was told to take off my hat.

I have a friend who works at the DMV. He says the sour look, or blank look is the common default. The big shit eating grin is the odd man out. That made me feel good, since every piece of ID I have has me smiling from ear to ear. I'm just one of those annoyingly happy guys.

[TheOriginalEntz]

Here here for being annoyingly happy lol.

[cwood4ever]

@pennsays penn youre a bad ass

[pitbull103]

This man has a LOT to say. We love you, Penn.

[ratuse]

Face recognition... Big Brother strikes again! Before you know it, there'll be cameras on every street and alley. Just like London.

[imwhatsfourdinner]

there already are in some cities.

i live in a suburb of houston and work in houston - between leaving my house in the morning and getting home at night i drive past no less than 240 cameras - and those are just the ones i can see from inside my car as i drive by.

it's as disgusting as it is scary.

[gwagblade]

There was an ad for the Ghostbusters Video Game before this.

[ezmorningrebel]

That's it! You people have stood in my way long enough. I'm going to clown college!

(There's a Simpsons quote for everything)

[Mayokitty7]

Isn't it too hot to be filming outside?

Yeah, that's why I'm reluctant to ge tmy driver's licence, you have to pull back your hait AND take your glasses off! What kind of crap is that?

[PRWelke]

You aren't following the law, Penn. The law followed YOU.

Also, if you want a nice big "fuck you" smile, the best way to do it is just to think of something funny (smoking monkey, perhaps?) and start laughing. If they snap you mid laugh, it'll look awesome.

[SailorGoth]

Interesting to know that even more technology is being developed and used to turn the human race into cattle. Anon for president 2012.

[PunBB]

You went to clown collage and doesn't know how to fake smile?

[mrose59]

collEge

[QuasiMolko]

Just paint one on ^^

[Chronosagaaddict]

just think of something funny

[ArgoSG]

Love that face recognition technology. Sure do.

[BarloMung]

I always assumed one of the perks of being really famous would be that people wouldn't need to ask for ID.

[funboy7979]

"Clown college" was a two-month extended audition for Ringing Brothers, where they taught wannabes mime and juggling to see whom they could hire. Penn didn't get the job.

Penn Jillette's lack of education and narcissistic ambition makes him the perfect shill for his masters at the ExxonMobil-funded Cato Institute, as well as his TV boss, uber-Zionist Viacom mogul Sumner Redstone.

Penn Jillette is nothing more than a fat fuck dancing monkey.

[tkdaddy]

"Penn Jillette is nothing more than a fat fuck dancing monkey."

And of course you, funboy7979, come across as an intellectual giant. heh...

[Napstrpsx]

funboy7979:

Hmm... opening up with an ad hominem attack. Then criticizing his education - while I don't know the extent of his formal education Penn is knowledgeable and witty... then you try and link him to whatever evil you see in his superiors.

Then you close with another ad hominem attack. bo_ob

[mrose59]

uber-Zionist

must have went to nazi college

[dorkstomper]

maybe be so but hes funny tho int he?

[TheAmishking]

A huge, bushy beard will foul the software, as will heavy makeup. Watch them make you be clean shaven and freshly washed to get your photo taken.

[neestle]

Organ donor, Penn? If you really want to be hardcore libertarian about things, how about you protest the unfree market in organs that ensures there will always be shortages? If no one donated, they'd have to change the system.

They're your organs to do with as you please (as long as you or your estate doesn't make a wooden nickel), but as far as meaningless protests against the nanny state go, it's way better than a sour puss.

[Eban11235]

So if they don't want you smiling due to the face recognition crap, what about beards?

[FlowerPickingCow]

this reminds me of my dad ( happy fathers day dad! ) he's a policeman an i asked him once why he looked so mean in his police id, an he answered "who do you think im going to show it to?" xD

[ColemanMulkerin]

It's a fuckin' ad. Just look away or something. Youtube has to pay the bills some way.

Ads have been around since Radio because they are MORE convenient then writing a check every month to 100's of places we want to get our entertainment. 

btw don't let the government laws stop you from doing what is right. Be an organ donor.

[ezmorningrebel]

Or you could just get Firefox and install Ad-block+.

[HazelEhren]

If you do the sad clown face they have the same problen with the software anyway. Well they would if it worked that well.

[treetopteresa]

Guess they want us all to look like we are taking a mug shot

[TheStig000]

Happiness is an enemy of the state.

[tstevenpaul]

Lose on freind, I'm following.

[11mc22]

There is some really strange Scientology ad in the corner

[l0lidude]

haha, true

[LarrySDonald]

Is it really sad that I checked up on the covering parts by ripping it and going through it frame by frame? Perhaps a little. Could be some of the blurry moves could be decoded. I can see you have BLUE eyes though. GOTCHA BITCH! Oh wait, I knew that..

[AnarchyLLC]

hey, to screw with thier facial recognition program just go around constantly smiling in the airport (if you have a frowny face ID) AND refuse to NOT smile if security asks. That'll show em!

[TikiKrissy]

Your "sad clown" face is the cutest ever, Penn! <3

[AnarchyLLC]

ass kisser

[LarrySDonald]

The hell is all that about? Oh well, welcome to youtube. The systems will be as effective as ballistic or tool mark checks. They'll catch all the really dumb people easily, but it's not exactly like changing them is rocket science.

[mrbobsevil]

your laugh is the funniest laugh ever

[AnarchyLLC]

brown noser

[ZachsMind]

I want my ID card to say Organ Grinder.

[austinisi]

I know you've had it for a while, Penn, but you do NOT look good with a beard. Especially that one. 

And why you have to color your hair?

[950horsepower]

Come ON...

[EnemyAce88]

Haven't the casinos been using the facial recognition software for years to spot blackjack players who count cards and stuff?

[burnhippiesforfuel]

i'm disappointed that penn has gone for the anti- capitalist organ donor program.

[aaron0883]

awesome name. However, I don't know if I fully agree. I do think there should be a free market on organs ... but when it is illegal ... I don't blame the guy dying without an organ for the law. So I think I will eventually become an organ doner. Maybe we should kill every politician for their organs. It is a way to add irony to their horrible laws.

[cwclemons2007]

He chose to be an organ donor. It would only be Anti-Capitalist if the Government forced him into it. Just FYI :)

[archivesbc]

Penn, that's the uniform straight mouth thing - for the biometric information gathering. Basically the computer can simulate a lot of different mouth positions but a smile somehow messes it up. They'll just tell you to "try again"...

[archivesbc]

farnkylovesyal - it's Penn's own thing - there's a video here somewhere in pennsays where he speaks about it in length. They did a building size poster of him and Teller but touched up his painted fingernail.

[xxBoogiepunkxx]

You remember the name of the video?.

[archivesbc]

look on the right at the list of episodes from Pennsays - one is called "Penn &" - it's the billboard thing and "Painting my fingernail" in which he goes into it in detail

[xxBoogiepunkxx]

i found it thanks.

[dylantuzyk]

Penn's an organ donor

[scafativ]

I'm sure that you've explained the significance of what appears to be a whale tail pendant., but I must have missed it.

[kittyprydekissme]

I wouldn't be bothered by Driver's Licences if that were all they were used for. Why can't it simply have a picture and the words 'Licenced Driver', and no other information?

[kittyprydekissme]

I clicked on the link for this video earlier today, but it wouldn't play. It said it was private. I'm glad it lets me watch now. Does anyone know why it was like that earlier?

I'm not sure if there's a smiling rule here in Oklahoma, but they do make you remove your glasses. Wouldn't that make you less recognisable if you normally wear them all the time?

[StrGrlOllie]

its so they can see your eyes clearly.

[liberal4ever]

loser or no, god bless ya for bein' an organ donor.

[itstheownage]

i don't feel like hes a sheep, wouldn't frowning excessively have the same effect as smiling?

[trinidadnomad]

your not a looser penn your a rebel with a cause :D

[MudHag]

Lol Penn ;)

[dangerousprimate]

its a shame he doesnt respond or reply to comments!!

[ecwforeverhardcore01]

When does the new season of Penn & Teller start this year?

[blackskull1452]

you can smile for you picture in Texas, although nobody does. can't wear your glasses though.

[sentientist]

If I ever need a new heart

I hope it's Penn's

[Prytonis]

Cool, Penn's an organ donar.

[princeofpwnage22]

what the FUCK!

NO!

i fuckin new it youtube is hulu

why the fuck did i have to watch that ad

[MudHut67]

They sponsor penn says

[princeofpwnage22]

Wait so it's just penn bein a douche right?

Youtubes not gonna force people to watch it after a certain amount of vids or some dumbshit right?

[MindPizza]

You can't just post 3 videos in a day and talk about nothing and start giggling for no reason. People will think you're a psycho. :P

[plipsig]

I think Penn firmly established himself as a "psycho" years ago...holy crap just watch one of the Penn&Teller shows. They are obviously both delightfully, deliciously INSANE! Buah-haha!

[KendoTheGreenWiza]

LOLZ

[iArchonius]

hahaha

[HomoCyborgZombie]

No smiling? What kind of bull shittery is this?

[fivestarmichael]

I tried to look drunk in my picture, so then when I get pulled over...

[Thereminator101]

Your number one in the database! I had a friend that when to court because he refused to get a licence.He actually won, but having to tell every cop that pulled him over that he wasnt required to have a licence was a pain in the ass...so he moved!

[SurferRosa79]

that's a really ugly pic lol

[kizbo]

that's a really ugly pic lol

[edthe1st]

He is an organ donor!

Dibs on the hands.

[edthe1st]

It's a really bad paper cut from practice.

[DustyMay1944]

Can you say: "hellow big brother"??? :-(

[alixinthemiddle]

lol. loser! XD

[Diasanti]

Serious question: What is with the nail polish on Penn's ring finger? Is it a style thing or something more significant?

[Dizzzaniel]

it means he killed someone for asking personal questions.

[JBSauce]

It's an homage to his late mother.

[Gezab]

It's nail polish, he's said so himself.

[sticksquash]

Oh snap, sorry, misheard.

[haypenny]

Penn's next Driver's License Pic Instructions to confound the Government:

1.] Shove cotton balls in your mouth toward the back of your cheeks.

2.] Wear false front teeth you steal from the set of "Bullshit".

3.] Smile like an idiot.

4.] Rejoice later by shouting, "Recognize This, mutha-fukas!"

[spyvsspy44]

Aw XD

[IWontGetOvertheDam]

Haha. Very jazzy, Penn.

[Katalyzt]

Heh

[hgryphon]

In your license picture you look like the Quaker Oats guy, after he died his hair, reacting to that lady who sued Quaker for false advertising because she thought Crunchberries were real.

[invisibility00000]

wow

[kitsune10000]

WTF....U.S.A surley is fucked up.

[Solar2]

"How do you smile? I cant remember..."

lol funny Penn

love the videos

[plipsig]

Yeah, when he was doing those "is this a smile?" faces, I think there was a split-second Ozzy Osbourne morph there...whoa.