The Residents Mole Show Riverside Interview With Penn Jillette 

Penn: "I am allowed pretty much a personal opinion..." *green eye shaking his head no*

Penn Jillette was a perfect frontman for the Residents, it's great to see him come out in front of what many might consider a very intricate and self-absorbed performance, and explain the backstory in a minute or less, opening it up to everybody right off the bat. I wonder if the motel anecdote (3:21) is all true, "I hated it... it was very foreign to me, and after a week of being in that room, I began to like it..." Hahaha, I love it!

Penn Jillette seems to be involved in every counterculture thing

Some of the best art to ever grace this earth

Penn looks and sounds so young in this video.

The shoulder pat is GOLD.

Glad I got to see them few times 1st was this Moleshow 80" I think it was,last time was wormwood shows 99"😢

amazing unique music/cabaret in surreal mode at its best, reminiscent of different eras and with dark undercurrents of mystery.

Been a big fan since childhood and this is still one of my favourite videos of em. I have the 'Eyes Scream' documentary on VHS. Great stuff - You see how playful and inquisitive they can be! So much emotion in their actions, even behind masks!

I put a pen drawing of the Residents stood behind a mole in my art exam display at school. The teacher didn't rate it but I did. I wish I'd seen the Mole Show but I got the pic disc & Intermission.

I love how he just talks about it as the band members just observe random objects silently

I have that tape of Penn Jillette in the hotel room with the Residents records. It's just as weird as you would imagine.

The song @the beginning is "the new hyme " and the year was 1982. I caught the mole show in LA on Halloween nite.

oh, sweet, the recordings are here on YT, too this is excellent, thank you

I saw The Residents Mole Show in 1984 in Edinburgh, and my mate Andy gave Penn a swig of his 10 year old malt whisky , on stage! The Residents themselves wouldn't imbibe.

It was '83/'84. Saw them at The Hollywood Palladium. "Everybody in the whole cell block... were dancing to The Jailhouse Rock".

Quite unique.

I saw the Mole Show with Penn and Teller hosting.

Thanks... I saw this on TV as a kid & have wondered about it ever since! :)

the ralph records 30th anniversary recording was pretty surreal. he went from indifferent to loathing to being their self-rpoclaimed number one fan haha

still love it!

Ahaha Blue-Eye patting Penn on the shoulder is great

Hundred of years ahead of their time.

"Are any of them gay?" Yes, behind the eyeball masks they're the Village People.

5:02 yes!

this was hilarious XD

Go to 3:14 and pause.... and tell me if Im wrong... but.... Penn looks like eddie vedder from pearl jam!

What was the song at the very beginning of the video?

Is that a face inside at 4:40?

i meant 10th anniversary oh no

Big mouth ..they should write a song about Penn !

Insane Clown Posse

Ain't Randy their frontman?

skrillex

ke$ha

Stupid questions. It's been well known since the mid 80s (at least) that they never were a foursome.