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Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003)
Talking to the Dead
In this first episode of Penn and Teller: Bullshit, Penn first begins to explain why the show called Bullshit and why they cannot call people liars or quacks without losing money. The topic they take on in this episode is psychics and if they really are talking to the dead. In fact, famous psychics such as John Edwards are using an age-old technique called cold reading where they obtain information by asking questions and guesing rather than "talking to the dead". This episode will shock you and will be very entertaining as Penn and Teller take down modern psychics through proof and the humor that makes this show not only informal, but a whole lot of laughs!
Alternative Medicine
Penn and Teller take down alternative medicine. Penn and Teller will investigate an alternative medicine fair where they will show the action behind alternative medicine and why it's all just a bunch of bullshit! Aspects of alternative medicine that are looked into: chiropractic medicine, reflexology, magnet therapy and more.
Alien Abductions
In this episode of Penn and Teller: Bullshit! the topic of alien abductions are looked into. This episode looks in to the stories of those who claim to have been abducted by aliens and shows the influences these stories have on people. Penn and Teller will also visit an alien abduction group where they explain their stories while the person who listens is making tons of money! A seminar and alien events will also be visited, where alien books, products and many items are being sold. Famous speakers such as David Icke will be offerd a chance to explain, as well as other famous conspiracy and alien speakers
End of the World
Since before many of us could remember, there have been claims that the world was going to end. An example I'm sure we will all remember is the year 2000. In this episode of Bullshit, Penn and Teller will take a look into these claims and predictions. The misinterpretations of Nostradamus and why they are wrong, to the famous and million-dollar book series: Left Behind. A couple will also be looked at who live in the wild woods to survive, but cannot hunt! A camp will also be visited where people learn survival skills out in the woods just to survive the end of the world. These lessons turn out to be useless as they accomplish nothing. A survivalist has linked 40 school buses into an underground shelter for a commnity of people to live in when the bombs start falling. The end of the world may be comming, but why bother being involved in all the bullshit? If the world ends, then it ends. Penn and Teller explains all this Bullshit in this End of the World episode.
Second Hand Smoke / Baby Bullshit
Second hand smoke has been a major problem debated by many people. Joe Cherner, the presedent of smoke free educational services, will have his chance to explain his side of the fence. But Penn and Teller will soon be taking over his side as they explain the true reason of how only one report published years ago has caused this "second hand smoke health problem" See why it's all just a bunch of Bullshit! In the second half of this episode, the baby products industry is looked at. Everyday, new parents attend classes that are sometimes full of useless lessons. There are also many products such as the Mozart music program and a "talking baby video" that will "increase" a baby's intelligence and make them smarter in life. Once again, Penn and Teller and professionals will show you it's all a bunch of Bullshit!
Sex, Sex, Sex
Sex, sex, sex, sometimes it seems as if that's all you hear about these days. And that's often what many people think about. In this episode of Bullshit, Penn and Teller express how sick and tired they are of hearing this. Women want larger breats to look more attractive, so of course, a business would made of this desire for breast enlargement products. And men feel insecure of the size of their penis and so they also buy into items such as pills, and other products that would make their penis larger. Find out why all these products are out just to make money and that they don't really work at all, on this episode of Penn and Teller: Bullshit!
Feng Shui / Bottled Water
In this episode, three Feng Shui consultants who claim that Feng Shui is a "science" are put to the test when all three of them are invited into a home to provide their "science" but all three have differant layouts and suggestions and are making a ton of money while they are at it. Three differant designs that are totally differant! Also, two twins go to get a haircut, one will be getting a regular sixteen dollar haircut, and the other will be getting a haircut that looks exactly the same for $150! Penn and Teller explains that this is not a "science" but just a bunch of bullshit In the second half of this episode, the bottled water industry. Is it true that tap water is no worse then bottled water? As far as Penn and Teller is concerned, it's all the same. A prank is played at a fancy resturant with the world's first "water stuart". He sells a couple all different brands of water that cost up to $8! Where does this water come from? All botles with fake brands were filled with the garden hose out back! While everyone who tasted these different brands, thought it tasted different each time.
Creationism
This episode takes a look into a Georgia school board debate about whether or not they should teach what's in the Bible about the creation of living things. This is claimed to be a 'science" by those who would like this in the school systom. The truth is, they want their religion in the school system and for all the other students to learn of their religious beliefs, the science they are talking about is really bullshit. What they are really doing is teaching what's in the Bible which is for a private school, not a public school. Penn and Teller will explain why in this episode of Bullshit.
Self-Helpless
There are many people who feel they need help or who are trying to find themselves. So they invest their money and faith into products and services which they believe will improve their lives. Do these products and classes really improve your life? For one day, a group of people attend a one-day class that teaches you how to become better with your life by walking through glass and fire which, by what the instructer says is a breakthrough in the person's life. It seems like a big deal, but in reality-it's not. There's a rational answer as to why your feet won't be burned or hurt. Penn and Teller shows you how much bullshit is in these self-help programs and to show you that the only help you need is to help yourself.
ESP
On this episode of Bullshit, Penn and Teller take a look into the world of ESP and how much bullshit it really is! First, the discovery of technical remote viewing, which through drawing pictures someone could find out details of an object or event is looked in to. Penn and Teller attend a class on technical remote viewing and test the students and teacher to see if it really does what it's supposed to do. So Penn and Teller have the object of a spiral staircase which the students are supposed to find out through drawing. None of the ten students were even close! Also in the episode, an animal comunication consutant charges people so that she may tell them what their animal is thinking (saying to her). Everything thing she says is information anyone could make up or guess. See why this is all bullshit and join Penn and Teller.
Eat This!
In this episode, Penn and Teller you offer you a new diet-that you don't eat until the show is over. Sounds like bullshit? Well it is and so are many health products that claim will make you a healthier person and loose weight. Such as the Hollywood diet, where you don't eat anything for 48 hours except for water and the Hollywood diet shake. Penn and Teller take a look into this diet and see one person's weekend on it. He only lost a few pounds - not a big improvement - but within a few days he gained back the few pounds that he had lost. Also in this episode, Penn and Teller take a look into the geneticaly engineered food which produces more food for the poor and may even make it healthier. They take down those who go against them who believe that the food should remain the same.
Ouija Boards / Near Death Experiences
In this episode of Penn and Teller: Bullshit! they will take a look into the world of ouija boards and how people are fooled into thinking they are really contacting spirits. They show how easy it is to move it without realizing that you are the one doing it yourself! There are no spirits here! Also featured is the world of Near death experiences and how the chemicals in your brain are really performing all the magic. There are many books on near death experiences that make millions. Hey, if an idea makes money (even if it's bullshit!) then it's out to make money and to fool people into thinking that when they pass out they are going into the spirit world.
Environmental Hysteria
Here Penn & Teller explore the truth behind fears about global warming, air quality, water quality, acid rain, species extinction, and take a look at Greenpeace's activities.
P.E.T.A.
PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is against all forms of medical testing involving animals - regardless of the potential benefits to human beings... PETA supports banning the ownership of pets and advocates releasing them into the wild... It's enough to make a vegetarian eat meat!
Safety Hysteria
We're being told that, in order to keep us safe, we need everything from anti-terrorism gas masks to paper toilet seat covers. Crime rates are going down, not up. You're four times more likely to get struck by lightning than to be violently killed at school. And, once and for all, cell phones don't give you cancer!
The Business of Love
Romantic love - it's a fantasy akin to believing in Santa Claus. Here's the truth - the first blush of love is a chemical reaction. And, like all drugs, it wears off after a while! We'll look into the myth of monogamy, and the industry mining for people looking for love and relationships. That comprises just about all of us, folks!
War on Drugs
America is waging a massive war on its home soil, a war it is losing. Our country spends $20 billion a year in drug enforcement, but the illegal drug industry is thriving. Should we even be waging this war, when alcohol is legal and pushed every night on network TV? By criminalizing drugs, we just turn non-violent citizens into criminals. And medicinal uses of marijuana are being blocked by crusading moralists yelling "family values."
Recycling
Exposing the reality behind recycling, a supposedly pro-environment activity that in actuality creates pollution, has to be subsidized by the government because it's cost ineffective, and is completely unnecessary because, contrary to popular belief, our landfills are not running out of space.
The Bible: Fact or Fiction?
Noting its contradictions and implausibilities, the boys question the reliability of the Bible as a true historical record.
Yoga / Tantric Sex
From yoga to crystals to herbs, New Age crap is everywhere. The hosts gleefully expose the B.S. of Tarot Cards, then travel to the Mecca of the New Age movement: Sedona, Arizona, where they chant, sing, and unsuccessfully seek a higher consciousness.
Fountain of Youth
From nutty diets to expensive facial creams that don't do anything, the magicians blow apart the efforts by those who are living longer than ever to turn back the clock, whether they are lining up for Botox injections or extensive plastic surgery.
Death, Inc.
We're afraid of death. But all of us have to face it at least once, and maybe more if someone we care about happens to die on us. But what are we so freaked out about? We'll show you that, yes, even with death, there's much to laugh about. As we know, the only thing to fear is fear itself... and having to sit across the desk from funeral director intent upon selling us an airtight, waterproof vault!
12-Stepping
There's no proof that AA or any other 12-Step program is any more effective than going cold turkey, doing things in moderation or getting medical help. And there's a debate raging whether alcoholism is even a disease! The quasi-religious 12-step groups have America brainwashed into believing that a higher power will take care of everything. Whatever happened to personal responsibility?
Exercise vs. Genetics
Penn & teller interview various fitness gurus such as Clack Bartram and Tami lee, and catch them in contradictions, in order to prove that genetics is really more important than fitness
Hypnosis
While there is some truth to the power of hynopsis in helping patients relax and focus mentally, Penn and Teller explore the more outrageous claims of hypno-charlatans that assert they can enlarge the size of male genitals and achieve other impossible results.
Circumcision
This episode examines the historical, religious, medical and ethical arguments associated with circumcision.
Family Values
Explores the family structure that is reported on by the Media and politicians that a traditional family must be a Father, Mother, Two kids and a Dog.
Conspiracy Theories
Explores the growing belief in conspiracy theories, which stems from the lack of trust in government leaders. Also the ease of the internet to instantly spread those theories around the world.
Life Coaching
Are Psychologists & Psychiatrists really helping people. Are they really making people happier or over-prescribing dangerous drugs? Are new-age therapists just spouting psychobabble?
Holier Than Thou
The guys take on Mother Teresa, Gandhi and the Dalai Lama to reveal the truth about the so-called enlightened spiritual leaders.
College
A look at college education, viewed by many as a must for those looking for success. In reality a $400 billion-per-year industry driven by fear and more interested in espousing leftist dogma than in learning.
Big Brother
A look at how the Land of the Free has been transformed into a surveillance society where citizens are photographed, X-rayed, sound-recorded, spied upon, measured, tracked, indexed and archived 24 hours a day. Who is watching the watchers?
Hair
Penn and Teller feather their locks, trim their bangs and set off to explore one of the most ego-challenging subjects of all: hair, and the billion-dollar-per-year industry spawned by those who want to change it, want to shed it, or just want to grow it back.
Gun Control
Penn and Teller feather their locks, trim their bangs and set off to explore one of the most ego-challenging subjects of all: hair, and the billion-dollar-per-year industry spawned by those who want to change it, want to shed it, or just want to grow it back.
Ghost Busters
The fearless hosts tackle the facts, the stats, and the truth to find out who's right in the raging controversy over the Second Amendment and gun control.
Endangered Species
The magicians take a hard look at the fight to save endangered species, an expensive and fruitless exercise to preserve critters that may already be on the road to extinction through natural selection; also, examining the Endangered Species Act.
Signs from Heaven
Penn & Teller take a look at how people seem to see religious symbols with in all kinds of object for example doors and grilled cheese sandwiches.
The Best
We are constantly told that we can have "the best": the best televisions, the best q-tips, the best cars, the best vacations… even the best spouses. The problem is, there's no such thing as "the best!" It's a constantly moving target. And there is always someone who has something better than you do. As we explore America's insatiable pursuit of "the best," from day-to-day household items to lifestyle experiences, we'll see that the harder we try to get it, the more miserable we make ourselves. It's bullshit that's making us crazy!
The Boy Scouts
The Boy Scouts of America restricts scout membership and leadership opportunities to homosexuals and straight males who DON'T believe in God. According to the BSA, atheists and gays don't make good scouts or good role models. If the Boy Scouts of America were a privately funded group, it could discriminate against and hate anyone it damn well wanted to. But the Boy Scouts of America is dependent upon Federal, State and local government handouts. So, the BSA and their intolerance… are BULLSHIT!
Prostitution
Everyone knows that prostitution is practiced throughout the land. Where it is legal - in only a few Nevada counties, prostitution is vigorously regulated and monitored by the State of Nevada Health Department. The women submit to compulsory medical tests for STDs. No one is forced to work as a prostitute. Pimps don't exist. HIV has never been detected. The women earn regular paychecks and tips. Some even get vacation and sick days. And they pay taxes! It's BULLSHIT that it's illegal for two consenting adults to have sex with each other!
Death Penalty
We understand the feelings of rage felt by crime victims and their families. But - studies show there is no deterrent effect to State executions. And, DNA evidence has exonerated 122 men formerly on death row! If we're killing inmates to satisfy a primitive emotion, if we can't be sure the criminal is guilty as charged, and we have ways to keep someone locked up and out of circulation for life and for less cost, why does our government still support the archaic, primitive, cruel and costly BULLSHIT known as the Death Penalty?
Cryptozoology
BULLSHIT tours Inverness, Scotland, the home of the Loch Ness Monster, with two "cryptozoologists" who try to lure the mythical giant of the deep to the surface... with a bag of fish guts. Later, we investigate the latest mysterious Bigfoot footage posted on the internet. In between, we check in with some credentialed scientists for their take on the bullshit "science" of Cryptozoology. Will our scientific experts conclusively debunk the existence of mythical creatures? Here's a hint: Crypto means "hidden" while zoology stands for the study of animals. Put them together and what do you get? BULLSHIT!
Ground Zero
It has been over four years since the worst terrorist attack on American soil and the only reminder is a big gaping hole in the middle of New York's financial district. Disgruntled family members of the victims want to memorialize the fallen, big corporations want to get back to business, local residents remain concerned over the health risks of living and working nearby, and politicians blather on, afraid of making politically incorrect moves. Everyone it seems is angling for a piece of the multi-billion dollar federal government pie to rebuild the site. BULLSHIT! takes on the fight for Ground Zero from street level to New York's towers of power.
Pet Love
BULLSHIT takes its cameras inside the world of extreme pet lovers where we'll meet reptile enthusiasts, show-cats and their owners, and a man who claims to have revolutionized veterinary medicine. We'll visit a woman who shares her home with 25 cats and an artist who creates pet memorials that will blow you away. We'll even get all scientific and figure out why we are biologically attracted to puppies and kittens. Finally, we'll get to the bottom of the diseases our four legged, fine-feathered friends are spreading, like West Nile Virus and Monkeypox. Go ahead love your pet if you feel like it. But c'mon, let's draw the line at rubbing noses and swapping saliva... Now that's doggy BULLSHIT!
Reparations
Slavery, the slaughter of Native Americans (and the confiscation of their tribal land) and the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II are three tragedies from this nation's past. However, are those who suffered as a result of these government policies, deserving of money - lots of money? They're called "reparations" and like the Indians and the Japanese before them, today many African Americans think the Federal Government (meaning Mr. And Mrs. Tax Payer) owes them money because their ancestors were once slaves. In this episode, BULLSHIT goes inside the reparations movements and uncovers the truths about the internment of Japanese Americans, Indian Casinos and the Federal Government's long history of correcting the historical wrongs associated with its institutional racism.
Manners
According to a recent poll, 8 out of 10 people in the US think Americans are ruder today than any time in history. Is that even possible? Are we really ruder and less well mannered? On this episode of BULLSHIT, we'll find out that our contemporary ideas about manners date back about 120 years to the Victorian period, a time when there wasn't indoor plumbing an people used to urinate in the street, we'll meet an etiquette expert who knows which fork to use when eating salad and visit with a stripper who puts the entire issue of manners into perspective. Saying "please" and "thank you" are good social lubricants and help you avoid getting beat up… the rest of manners, are pretty much BULLSHIT.
Numbers
They say numbers don't lie, but in the hands of the media, politicians, pollsters and salesmen, numbers can be downright subversive. BULLSHIT meets the author of Damned Lies and Statistics - he tells us how numbers are craftily manipulated based on political affiliation and agenda. The numerically ambiguous world of Vacation Time Shares leaves our undercover operative dazed and confused. We also take street cons to Las Vegas - a town built on Numbers - and reveal how readily most of us can be cheated. And we look into the bullshit behind political polls, gambling odds and state lotteries.
Abstinence
BULLSHIT goes on the prowl for virgins! We meet women - and men! - who are saving themselves for marriage. We find out -what the hell for? Then, there's sex education! We find out if it is helping them screw…or screwing them up. And we get really revved up about teaching abstinence only! We meet an expert who encourages multiple sex partners before settling down. He has proof that sex reduces stress and it releases endorphins that make us feel good. The cherry on the top of our cherry is a visit to a masturbation clinic. Now we're talking sex education! We'll also meet up with the former US Surgeon General, Dr. Jocelyn Elders. She was fired for advocating masturbation as an alternative to sexual intercourse to prevent STDS, and that's BULLSHIT.