Penn & Teller: Bullsh**!
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1. Talking to the Dead
First aired: 1/24/2003In this first episode of Penn and Teller: Bullshit, Penn and Teller take on 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 guessing 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 informative, but a whole lot of laughs!
Director: Star Price
Guest star: John Edward (Himself - Host of "Crossing Over" [Stock Footage]), Joe Nickell (Himself - Paranormal Investigator, Journalist), James Underdown (Himself - Executive Director of the Center for Inquiry-West in Los Angeles), James Van Praagh (Himself - Host of "Beyond" [Stock Footage]), Mark Edward (Himself - Magician and Author), Rosemary Altea (Herself - Medium)
2. Alternative Medicine
First aired: 1/31/2003Penn and Teller take down alternative medicine. Penn and Teller will investigate an alternative medicine fair where they will show the humbug 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.
Director: Star Price
Guest star: Zachery Brinkerhoff (Himself - Reflexologist), Dr. Stephen Barrett (Himself - Consumer Advocate), Robert Park (Himself - Executive Director of the American Physical Society), William Philpott (Himself - Magnet Therapist, Chairman of the Bio-Magnetic Institute), Charles Devall, Jr., Jeffery Ptak (Himself - Chiropractor), Bruce Kimmel (Dr. Learly)
3. Alien Abductions
Community Score
| 8.7 Great |
In this episode of Penn and Teller: Bullsh**!, the topic of alien abductions is looked into. This episode looks into the stories of those who claim to have been abducted by aliens and shows the influence these stories can have on people. Penn and Teller will also visit an alien abduction therapy 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 offered a chance to explain their theories, as well as other famous conspiracy and alien speakers.
Director: Star Price
Guest star: Glenn Pfeffer, MD (Himelf - orthopedic surgeon), Earlene Carr (Herself - Author), Roger Leir, DPM (Himself - Podiatrist, Alien Abduction researcher, Author), Barbara Lamb (Herself - Family and Marriage Therapist, Hypnotherapist, Regression Therapist), Victoria Jack (Herself - UFO Convention Organizer), David Icke (Himself - Author), Anthony Ferrante (Himself - Editor in Chief, Cinescape Magazine), William Cone PhD (Himself - Clinical Psychologist, Author), Shurlene Wallace (Herself - Author)
4. End of the World
Community Score
| 8.5 Great |
Since before many of us could remember, there have been claims that the world was going to end. In this episode of Bullsh**!, Penn and Teller will take a look into these claims and predictions, From the misinterpretations of Nostradamus, to the famous and million-dollar book series: Left Behind.
Then we'll visit a couple who live in the wild woods to survive, but cannot hunt and a camp 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.
Plus, a survivalist has linked 40 school buses into an underground shelter for a community of people to live in when the bombs start falling. The end of the world may be coming, but why bother being involved in all the bullsh**? If the world ends, then it ends. Penn and Teller explains all this Bullsh** in this End of the World episode.
Director: Star Price
Guest star: Father Dave Heney (Himself - Catholic Priest, Author), John Hogue (Himself - Author), Tom Brown (IV) (Himself - Founder, Tracker Wilderness Survival School), James Randi (Himself - Skeptic, Magician, Escape Artist, Author), Bruce Beach (Himself - Survivalist, Builder Ark II survivalist shelter), Hal Lindsey (Himself - Author), Texe Marrs (Himself - Christian Researcher and Author), Jerry Jenkins (Himself - Coauthor of the "Left Behind" book series), Richard Ticho (Himself), David Richichi (Himself)
5. Secondhand Smoke / Baby Bullshit
First aired: 2/21/2003Secondhand smoke, its possible health effects, and legislation against it come under the microscope in this episode. Joe Cherner, the president 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 Bullsh**!
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 Baby 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 will show you it's all a bunch of Bullsh**!
Director: Star Price
Guest star: Gordon Shaw (Himself - Physicist, Neuroscientist, Professor, Co-founder of the M.I.N.D. Institute), Harvery Karp, MD (Himself - Doctor, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at UCLA), Robert A. Levy (Himself - Author, Professor, Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies, The Cato Institute), Robert C. Titzer, PhD (Himself - Educator / Researcher, Infant Learning), Elizabeth . M. Whelan, Sci.D., M.P.H (Herself - President/Founder, American Council on Science and Health, Author), Robert Needleman (Himself - Associate Professor of Pediatrics Case Western Reserve University), Larry Elder (Himself - Nationally Syndicated Radio Talk Show Host), Christopher Chabris, PhD (Himself - Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Harvard University), Joe Cherner (Himself - President, Smoke Free Educational Services), Carolyn Sperry (Jenny White, Creator of the Triangle of Love), Tracy Hogg (Herself-The Baby Whisperer), Neil G. Maxa (Himself - Musician in Open), Michael D. Lynn (Himself - Musician in Open), John Linden (Himself - Musician in Open)
6. Sex, Sex, Sex
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| 8.0 Great |
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 Bullsh**!, Penn and Teller delve into the business of people's sexual insecurities. Women want larger breasts to look more attractive, so of course, a business would spring 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: Bullsh**!
Director: Star Price
Guest star: Marc Mani (Himself - Plastic Surgeon), Tim Sabourn (Fake Director), Robert Butterworth, PhD (Himself - Clinical Psychologist), Kyrah Malan (Herself - Hypno-therapist), Sue McGarvie (Herself - Sex Therapist, Author), Joe Francis (Himself - Founder and CEO of Girls Gone Wild), Meredith Charles (Survey Giver), Pat Wong (Firefighter Twin), Martha Hopkins (Herself - Author of "Inter Courses"), Ron Jeremy (Himself), Paul Wong (Firefighter Twin), Dudley Danoff, MD, FACS (Himself - Urologic Surgeon, Author)
7. Feng Shui / Bottled Water
First aired: 3/7/2003In 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 different layouts and suggestions and are making a ton of money while they are at it.
Also, two twins go to get a haircut, one will be getting a regular sixteen dollar haircut, and the other will be getting a "feng shui" haircut that looks exactly the same for $150! Penn and Teller explain that this is not a "science" but just a bunch of bullsh**.
Plus, 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 restaurant with the world's first "water steward". He sells a couple all different brands of water that cost up to $8! Where does this water come from? The garden hose out back!
Director: Star Price
Guest star: Tim Sabourn (Water Steward), Milan (Herself - Feng Shui Consultant), Phyllis Sullo (Herself - Owner, Sullo Salon and Spa), Kartar Diamond (Herself - Feng Shui Consultant), David Cho (Himself - Feng Shui Consultant), Stephen Kay (Himself - Spokesman, International Bottled Water Association), Erik D. Olson (Himself - Drinking Water Expert, Natural Resources Defense Council)
8. Creationism
Community Score
| 8.8 Great |
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 as much a 'science' by its supporters as evolution. The truth is, they want their religion in the school system and for all the other students to learn of their religious beliefs. 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 Bullsh**!
Director: Star Price
Guest star: Jeffrey Selman (Himself - Local Parent, Marietta, Georgia.), Russell Brock (Himself - Local Parent, Marietta, Georgia.), Robert Russell (Himself - Professor of Theology and Science, Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley), Dr. Robert Todd Carroll (Himself - Professor of Philosophy, Sacremento City College), Ron Mattson, PhD (Himself - Professor of Biology, Kennesaw State University), Dr. Eugenie C. Scott (Herself - Physical Anthropologist, National Center for Science Education), Dr. Duane Gish (Himself - Senior Vice President, Institute for Creation Research), Myrna Feldman (Herself - Teacher)
9. Self-Helpless
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| 7.9 Good |
There are many people who feel they need help or 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 cope with life by walking on broken glass and hot coals which, by what the instructor claims, is a breakthrough in the person's life. It seems like a big deal, but in reality-it's not. Penn and Teller show you how much bullsh** is in these self-help programs and show you that the only help you need is to help yourself.
Director: Star Price
Guest star: Gail Baiman (Herself - Founder of Universal Rememberance University, Certified Firewalk Instructor), David Willey (Himself - Physics Instructor, University of Pittsburgh), William Cone PhD (Himself - Clinical Psychologist), Phil McGraw (Himself - TV Psychologist [Stock footage]), Tony Robbins (Himself - Creator of "Personal Power" [Stock Footage]), Dr. Steve Lovinson (Himself - Clinical Psychologist), Hale Dwoskin (Himself - CEO of Sedona Training Associates, Author of "Happiness is Free"), Pat Allen (Herself - Psychotherapist and Relationship Therapist)
10. ESP
Community Score
| 8.3 Great |
On this episode of Bullsh**!, Penn and Teller take a look into the world of ESP and how much bullsh** it really is! First, an examination of remote viewing, by which people attempt to determine the identity of a hidden object by drawing at random. Penn and Teller attend a class on remote viewing and test the students and teacher to see if it really does what it's supposed to do.
Also in the episode, an animal communication consultant charges people so that she may tell them what their animal is thinking (saying to her). And get ready to go inside an exciting SPOON-BENDING PARTY!
Director: Star Price
Guest star: Wayne Carr, PhD (Himself - Executive director of the Western Institute of Remote Viewing), Monica Dietrich (Herself - Pet Psychic), Russell Targ (Himself - Physicist, Author, and Cofounder of Stanford Research Institute), Steven Walton (Himself - Professor of Physics and Astronomy, California State University Northridge), Jack Hauck (Himself - Psychokinesis teacher), James Randi (Himself), Ray Hyman (Himself - Research Psychologist, Professor of Psychology, University of Oregon), Dr. Bruce Goldberg (Himself - Hypnotherapist, Dentist), Mark Klaas (Himself - President of Beyond Missing Inc. and the Klaas Kids Foundation, Father of Polly Klaas), Chris Mohandie, PhD (Himself - Police Psychologist)
11. Eat This!
First aired: 4/4/2003In this episode, Penn and Teller offer you a new diet-that you don't eat until the show is over. Sounds like bullsh**? 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.
Also in this episode, Penn and Teller take a look into the movement to ban genetically engineered food, even though it may produce more food for the poor and may even make it healthier.
12. Ouija Boards / Near Death Experiences
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| 7.5 Good |
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.
13. Environmental Hysteria
First aired: 4/18/2003Here 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.
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