Penn & Teller BULLSHIT

[vanzilla]

Okay, if there's going to be an American Idol thread on this board I figured there should be a thread on something actually worth watching.

(No offense Fab - I just don't like the show...but I understand why others do and that's cool)

Anyway - I know we have some P&T fans in the house. What do you guys think of Season 3 after 3 episodes.

My opinion is that so far, they need to step it up a little bit. The first episode on circumcision was painful to watch. Seeing bloody baby wieners isn't my thing. And I don't think anyone who has above a 2nd grade education didn't already know that circumcision has any medical/health benefits. I'd give that one a D

Episode 2 on the institution of marriage was entertaining, but I don't think the married couple that had a boyfriend/girlfriend is the norm. Nor do I think that emotionally the 4 of them function well once the cameras aren't rolling. I do agree that gay parents don't raise their kids any differently than hetero parents. P&T as always make good points, but I think this time they were trying to convince themselves a little too hard on certain points. I'd give this one a D too.

Episode 3 on Conspiracy Theories was also lame. Most all of us knew going in that the arguments they were going to show us were Bullshit. The JFK stuff was interesting though, but the 9-11 and moon landing stuff was a no brainer. Everyone knew the guys they were hammering on were idiots. My Grade = C.

I love P&T but I wish they'd go back to tackling stuff that everyone things is bulletproof. The episode they did on recycling was classic. That's what I want to see more of. They don't need to convince me that a guy who thinks 9-11 was a govt. conspiracy is full of shit.

Your thoughts?

[Figs]

I wish I could talk about the current season, but I just rent the DVD's. I've seen all of the first two seasons, and usually the only fault of the show is that they sometimes take on easy targets, like alien abduction, hypnotism, etc. The great ones were recycling (as you said), AA, war on drugs, ecologists, PETA, the Bible. These new ones do sound like easier targets, which is probably the main reason they aren't as entertaining. Top notch show though.

[vanzilla]

Exactly. If they took on more taboo subjects the show would be much better.

[Nickdfresh]

I no longer get SHOWTIME. So I'll have to rent the DVD. The one on circumcision was just brutal!

[Matt White]

THat's GOTTA leave a mark!

[vanzilla]

Dude, it was one of the most grusome things I've ever seen on TV. If you have a penis, it was painful to watch.

Then they ice the cake with this 70 year old dude dropping trou and revealing how you can grow back your foreskin with a simple mini barbell looking device.

It was perhaps the most grueling half hour of TV I watched this year. And I work at a local news station that does nothing but put crap on the air.

[vanzilla]

This fucking thread will NOT sink.

If the fucking AI thread stays afloat in this forum - you bet your ass the BULLSHIT THREAD will too.

Now get SHOWTIME fuckers and get enlightened.

It's embarrassing that more people in the ROTH army watch AI than this show.

[DLR82VH]

Well after hearing about the circumsizions I don't really think I wanna see it at all now.

[vanzilla]

That was a painful experience. I sat there the whole time thinking, wow, this actually happened to me. I'm glad I don't remember it. (Even though it was only a month ago)

[Nickdfresh]

Originally posted by vanzilla
This fucking thread will NOT sink.

If the fucking AI thread stays afloat in this forum - you bet your ass the BULLSHIT THREAD will too.

Now get SHOWTIME fuckers and get enlightened.

It's embarrassing that more people in the ROTH army watch AI than this show.

Fear not, I think I am getting SHOWTIME back this week.

[Ally_Kat]

Originally posted by vanzilla
Dude, it was one of the most grusome things I've ever seen on TV. If you have a penis, it was painful to watch.

Then they ice the cake with this 70 year old dude dropping trou and revealing how you can grow back your foreskin with a simple mini barbell looking device.

It was perhaps the most grueling half hour of TV I watched this year. And I work at a local news station that does nothing but put crap on the air.

All my guy friends had their hands over their crotches grimacing with pain the entire episode.

And that old dude dropping his pants and putting the balls into his foreskin was just...I can't put it into words. I'm traumatized.

[vanzilla]

I'm beginning to see a pattern on Season 3. So far they haven't told me anything that I didn't already know or suspect. BULLSHIT is becoming, well...bullshit.

Episode 4 on the LIFE COACHES was pretty week. I admire them for being able to find these crazy motherfuckers who believe they are legit and truly making a difference in people's lives. I am amazed that these people actually agree to go the show.

However, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that going to a CUDDLEPARTY isn't going to solve any of life's problems.

BULLSHIT is at the very least an entertaining show. However, they've dumbed down the content to the point where they are going after easy targets.

Hopefully the show on endangered species will change that.

I give this one a D.

Three D's and a C for the first 4 episodes of my favorite show. What the fuck is going on here?

Oh well, it's still beats the fuck out of AMERICAN IDOL.

[lucky wilbury]

the best was when they got a bunch of hippies to ban dihydrogen monoxide by telling them it was everywhere from nuclear plants to being used on vegtables even in the water. too funny:D

[vanzilla]

Yeh, that was classic. I was waiting for them to ban women's sufferage too, but Howard Stern already did that.

That's the kind of stuff I want to see more of on the show.

[vanzilla]

I saw the promo for Monday's new show. They take on bullet proof religious figures. How can anyone have anything bad to say about MOTHER TERESA? Find out on the next PENN AND TELLER BULLSHIT!

Bullshit! - MONDAYS AT 9c ON SHOWTIME.

Thank you.