The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
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The Only Living Pickpocket in New York has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
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John TurturroEmmy Award-winning American actor and director
Turturro said he practiced on the subway by putting his hands in people's bags without stealing.
“And I did go on the subway. I didn't steal from people. I put my hands in people's bags”
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!: We take John Turturro to the Cheesecake Factory (Oct 31, 2026) · Listen from 25:40
Turturro said he prepared for his pickpocket role by reading books and getting coaching from magician-pickpocket Apollo Robbins.
“I read a profile of Apollo Robbins in The New Yorker, who's a magician pickpocket. And he agreed to help me, first on Zoom and then in person”
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!: We take John Turturro to the Cheesecake Factory (Oct 31, 2026) · Listen from 25:07
Podcasts
- Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! · 1 episode
Episodes
We take John Turturro to the Cheesecake FactoryWait Wait... Don't Tell Me! · Oct 31, 2026 · 47 min
Guest host Negin Farsad quizzes panelists Faith Salie, Hari Kondabolu and Paula Poundstone on the week's news, and John Turturro plays a Hot Pockets quiz.