"Penn & Teller: Bullshit!" (2003) TV series 2003-????

User Rating:

8.8/10   

Creators:

Randall Moldave
Eric Small

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Release Date:

24 January 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Documentary

Tagline:

They can smell it from miles away!

Plot:

Using a combination of set ups, descriptions, rants and film of practitioners, Penn & Teller show the Bull Shit that's everywhere...

Plot Keywords:

Profanity In Title | Punctuation In Title | Magician | Exposé | Scam

Awards:

Nominated for 13 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Teller	...	Himself (69 episodes, 2003-2009)
Penn Jillette	...	Himself (67 episodes, 2003-2009)

Also Known As:

Penn & Teller: BS! (USA) (promotional title)
Penn & Teller: Bullsh*t! (USA) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-MA (most episodes) | USA:TV-PG (early episodes) | Australia:MA (some episodes) | Australia:R (some episodes) | USA:TV-14

Company:

Penn & Teller

Trivia:

The show was created to honor the spirit of master magician Harry Houdini, who devoted the latter part of his life to debunking some widely accepted (as he called it) "Humbug". The episode on profanity featured the title "Humbug" instead of "Bullshit!"

Quotes:

[repeated line from "Bible: Fact or Fiction" episode]
Penn Jillette: Elvis didn't do no drugs!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Kathy Griffin: Everybody Can Suck It (2007) (TV)

Hilarious and Informative

When I say this is hilarious and informative, I mean it informs you of how stupid some people are. Penn and Teller do such a good job with this show, and do an even better job of de-bunking con-artists. Everything from Feng Shue to Magnet Medicine and these people who communicate with the dead (such as John Edward) are de-bunked. I just watched an episode where Penn and Teller got people to try out a "Mucas Mask". This was a supposed be a beauty treatment/facial massage in which people actually let somebody put snails all over their faces. You then see these people who have faces covered with nasty slime giving testimonials on how much better their wrinkles looked and how relaxed their face felt. This was something P&T set up just to show that these testimonials for other cons are not reliable. People can be so stupid, and Penn and Teller do a hilarious job of pointing out how gullible some people are. I reccomend this show to anybody.