Penn of Penn & Teller hates Cracked.com and people named "Dave"
Posted on May 4, 2009 - 5:58am by Jose L Garcia
I'm a big fan of
Cracked.com so when I read
this topic on their site, I was expecting a hilarious criticism of Celebrity baby names, such as Apple Blythe Alison Martin, the daughter of Coldplay singer Chris Martin and Gwenyth Paltrow.
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But there are, apparently, names that are worse. If you already clicked on the link and read the topic, you know what horrors are contained in the world of Celebrity Baby Names. Especially when it comes to Penn Jillette, of Penn & Teller fame, and what he named his daughter.
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You did not misread the link. Penn Jillette named his daughter "Moxie Crimefighter." Now, I'm well aware that this is America, and you can name your kid as you bloody well please, but every now and then, you come across a name so utterly cruel and unusual you wonder whether it should by law count as torture for the child. But that is not the worst of it. Jillette released a video condemning Cracked for making fun of a kid named Moxie Crimefighter. Click the link for hilarity.
3rd Worst Name: Penn Says
The best part is that Jillette's only justification for giving his daughter such a ridiculous name and thus condemning her to a life of playground ridicule and having her lunch money brutally stolen by smelly bullies is because it is a one-of-a-kind name. I've got news for you: just because something's original doesn't make it good.
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When you name your kid "Moxie Crimefighter," you can't really claim any sort of high ground, making Jillette's attack on the name "Dave" both sad and funny at the same time. Seriously, Penn's daughter would be better off being named "Dave" rather than "Moxie Crimefighter."
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But there are, apparently, names that are worse. If you already clicked on the link and read the topic, you know what horrors are contained in the world of Celebrity Baby Names. Especially when it comes to Penn Jillette, of Penn & Teller fame, and what he named his daughter.
[caption id="attachment_31821" align="aligncenter" width="236" caption="Is it sad when a guy who writes for the Internet has better facial hair than a guy with a TV show and a Las Vegas magic act?"]
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You did not misread the link. Penn Jillette named his daughter "Moxie Crimefighter." Now, I'm well aware that this is America, and you can name your kid as you bloody well please, but every now and then, you come across a name so utterly cruel and unusual you wonder whether it should by law count as torture for the child. But that is not the worst of it. Jillette released a video condemning Cracked for making fun of a kid named Moxie Crimefighter. Click the link for hilarity.
3rd Worst Name: Penn Says
The best part is that Jillette's only justification for giving his daughter such a ridiculous name and thus condemning her to a life of playground ridicule and having her lunch money brutally stolen by smelly bullies is because it is a one-of-a-kind name. I've got news for you: just because something's original doesn't make it good.
[caption id="attachment_31823" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Moxie has so much to look forward to, doesn't she?"]
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When you name your kid "Moxie Crimefighter," you can't really claim any sort of high ground, making Jillette's attack on the name "Dave" both sad and funny at the same time. Seriously, Penn's daughter would be better off being named "Dave" rather than "Moxie Crimefighter." 
