Penn and Teller Bullshit

Post by **inphlict** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 1:21 am

First time I came across this and the show is pretty good. Anyone else like it? I've only seen the last 2 episodes of season 3.

Post by **Transient** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 1:27 am

One of the best shows on TV. I absolutely love it. I have no idea why people allow themselves to be interviewed for the show knowing Penn Gillette is going to rip them a new one, though. :lol:

Post by **inphlict** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 1:30 am

Yeah the over the top swearing is class, most of the people who they interview probally never heard of the show.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 1:32 am

Brilliant show. It can be a little biased at times but I take it in stride.

Post by **Transient** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 1:33 am

Haha, did you see the show about swearing?

Post by **Transient** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 1:34 am

Massive Quasars wrote:Brilliant show. It can be a little biased at times but I take it in stride.

Just a little? At least they don't hide it.

Post by **inphlict** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 1:35 am

Not yet, but I plan to watch all that I can find. I've only seen diversity in college & big brother.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 1:37 am

Transient wrote: Just a little? At least they don't hide it.

Yeah, they don't hide it. It's refreshing.

They would say something like this, "... now here's our bullshit unscientific survey ...".

Post by **Transient** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 1:38 am

My 2 favorite are the 12-step programs and the swearing episodes. Look for those, they're both funny. Oh, and the conspiracy theorists ep.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 1:39 am

There use a lot of profanity, and depending on the episode, some nudity and sexual content. Quite enjoyable.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 1:44 am

They've done episodes on:
- the Bible (they've got balls)
- Near death experiences
- bottled water
- recycling
- environmental hysteria
- the Patriot Act (most recently)
- Creationism
- Self-help people

among others...

Sat Jun 18, 2005 1:45 am

Transient wrote:One of the best shows on TV. I absolutely love it. I have no idea why people allow themselves to be interviewed for the show knowing Penn Gillette is going to rip them a new one, though. :lol:

On one of the episodes they explain that they show the people they interview previous episodes and explain how the show works. The reason why people agree to go on is in Penn's words "These people genuinely believe they are bulletproof".

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 2:36 am

i saw the one on male circumcision :icon14:

Post by **Transient** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 3:48 am

Pooinyourmouth_needmerge wrote:
Transient wrote:One of the best shows on TV. I absolutely love it. I have no idea why people allow themselves to be interviewed for the show knowing Penn Gillette is going to rip them a new one, though. :lol:

On one of the episodes they explain that they show the people they interview previous episodes and explain how the show works. The reason why people agree to go on is in Penn's words "These people genuinely believe they are bulletproof".

Yeah, I saw the ep they mentioned that in. It still baffles me. :icon26:

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 4:35 am

yeah, i've seen every episode... great show.
now that dead like me is gone its the only reason to have showtime.

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 4:37 am

[xeno]Julios wrote:i saw the one on male circumcision :icon14:

glad you got around to it... you like it?
had alot of good info, well presented.

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 4:52 am

Dr_Watson wrote:
glad you got around to it... you like it?
had alot of good info, well presented.

yea - actually a friend of mine had a copy of it, and thought i'd find it interesting.

It was well made, although I don't think they did much primary research. Rather, they summarized views of classic proponents and opponents. Yet they do include many relevant points.

It was great seeing Edgar Schoen - I knew his papers are wonky, but I never knew he was. It was great to see him completely ommit any mention of penile cancer, as that was his great contribution to the literature on circumcision.

Btw - i always found this quote hilarious - it's taken from a major pro-circumcision site:

Also, contrary to the claim often repeated by the anti-circumcision lobby, the foreskin is not the only erogenous part of the penis!

http://www.circumcisioninfo.com/index_home_new.html

Now that the existence of erogenous tissue in the foreskin cannot be ignored (since it's now part of the scientific literature), the best pro-circers can do is to use arguments such as:

"well there are other erogenous parts of the penis - so it's not as bad as ppl make it out to be"

imagine someone justified female circumcision that way:

"well we're only removing the labia - they still have their clit"

Secondly, I have never once seen an anti-circ statement that claimed that the foreskin is the only erogenous part of the penis.

Post by **Transient** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 2:34 am

I just got done watching an episode on Hair. Gotta love HBO, showing a hot chick getting her snatched waxed spread-eagle.

Right now is the episode on Self-Help, in case anyone on the East Coast has HBO and is interested, followed by a rerun of the Hair ep at 11:00pm EST.

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 3:27 am

umm... penn and teller is on showtime.

Post by **Scourge** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 3:31 am

Been meaning to catch this show.

Post by **Transient** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 10:17 am

Dr_Watson wrote:umm... penn and teller is on showtime.

Wups, thanks. :icon14:

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 10:18 am

caught a penn n teller show in vegas a few years back. that was fun