The Big Whoop
Penn's Sunday School
Penn's Sunday School
4.8 • 5.6K Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2026
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Jim Turner, Mark Fite, and Dave (Gruber) Allen (a.k.a. Big Bugs, Corky, and Gustav) from the cast of The Big Whoop join Penn and the gang for an in depth discussion on making the film. Penn's history with the cast and clown acts in the past, finding empathy in characters you disagree with, bonus live improv from Corky and Big Bugs, and lots more.
Check out The Big Whoop streaming now! https://www.thebigwhoopmovie.com/
and live at Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles on Sunday, May 3: https://www.dynastytypewriter.com/calendar-squad-up?event-id=132545
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| 0:00.0 | This is Penn Sunday School. |
| 0:03.0 | Here we go, we're going, you know. |
| 0:04.0 | And to our listening ears, |
| 0:07.0 | Oh, nature sings and round the streets, the music of the sweet. |
| 0:13.0 | This is this and Sunday School. |
| 0:16.0 | Brothers, sisters, siblings, welcome to Penn Sunday School. |
| 0:19.0 | I'm Matt Downley. |
| 0:20.0 | We're very excited today. We're joined by the cast, the stars of the Big Whop. It was time very well. Jim Turner, Mark, Fight, and Gruber are here. You may know them from Clown Town. You will know them from the Big Wolf. It's the big movie that Penn helped produce. |
| 0:38.1 | They're fantastic people, and they're with us here today. |
| 0:40.2 | Here he is, Preaching the Love, brought you by Masterclass. |
| 0:43.7 | Here's Penn. |
| 0:45.0 | Yeah, here I am, preaching love and for masterclass. |
| 0:49.6 | Dot com slash. |
| 0:52.0 | And we'll tell you more about that later when we do our commercial break but in the meantime |
| 0:57.2 | late 70s san francisco i was playing with the asparagus valley cultural society i went and saw |
| 1:03.3 | duck's breast mystery theater and i saw the man that i considered to be up to that point |
| 1:08.6 | the uh funniest most talented person I'd ever seen live. |
| 1:12.9 | And that was Jim Turner. |
| 1:14.5 | And then shortly after that, when I was in New York City with the Comedy Channel, |
| 1:21.0 | I saw the Higgins Boys and Gruber, and I met another one of the greatest people I've ever seen perform |
| 1:27.2 | and worked with, actually. |
| 1:29.1 | I actually stood on set with, and that was Gruber. |
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