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

Creators:

Randall Moldave
Eric Small
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

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 bullshit that's everywhere...

Plot Keywords:

Punctuation In Title | Magician | Libertarianism | Exclamation Point In Title | Exposé

Awards:

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

Cast

Penn Jillette	...	Himself / ... (85 episodes, 2003-2010)
Teller	...	Himself / ... (85 episodes, 2003-2010)

Series Directed by
Star Price		(79 episodes, 2003-2009)
Chip Selby		(18 episodes, 2006-2008)
Scott Firestone		(14 episodes, 2006-2007)
Tim Rogan		(12 episodes, 2003-2008)
David Wechter		(11 episodes, 2006-2008)
Joshua E. Kessler		(10 episodes, 2005-2007)
Ted Saad		(5 episodes, 2008)
Tom Greenhut		(4 episodes, 2005-2007)
Steven Uhlenberg		(2 episodes, 2008)
Christopher Poole		(unknown episodes)
Scott Schaefer		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Randall Moldave		(79 episodes, 2003-2009)
Eric Small		(79 episodes, 2003-2009)
Star Price		(70 episodes, 2004-2010)
Penn Jillette		(39 episodes, 2003-2010)
Teller		(39 episodes, 2003-2010)
Michael Goudeau		(36 episodes, 2006-2010)
Sheryl Zohn		(23 episodes, 2006-2008)
Cliff Schoenberg		(22 episodes, 2006-2008)
David Wechter		(20 episodes, 2003-2010)
Jon Hotchkiss		(20 episodes, 2006-2007)
John McLaughlin		(17 episodes, 2003-2005)
Rich Nathanson		(16 episodes, 2008-2010)
David Weiss		(10 episodes, 2007)
Tom Kramer		(6 episodes, 2009-2010)
Steve Melcher		(5 episodes, 2006-2010)
Dean Ward		(2 episodes, 2005)
Steven Bortko		(unknown episodes)
Jonathan B. Taylor		(unknown episodes)
Emma Webster		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Star Price	....	executive producer (84 episodes, 2003-2010)
Penn Jillette	....	co-executive producer / executive producer (79 episodes, 2003-2009)
Teller	....	co-executive producer / executive producer (79 episodes, 2003-2009)
Aaron Yampolski	....	senior producer / producer (53 episodes, 2005-2010)
Jon Hotchkiss	....	co-executive producer / supervising producer (33 episodes, 2005-2007)
Joshua E. Kessler	....	senior producer / supervising producer / ... (28 episodes, 2004-2007)
Alex Walton	....	producer (14 episodes, 2006-2010)
Randall Moldave	....	executive producer (12 episodes, 2003)
Eric Small	....	executive producer (12 episodes, 2003)
Mitch Glazer	....	field producer (10 episodes, 2008)
David Wechter	....	executive producer / supervising producer (7 episodes, 2003-2010)
Tammie Smalls	....	producer (5 episodes, 2004-2005)
Karina Fraley	....	associate producer (3 episodes, 2003)
Patti Duce	....	supervising producer (3 episodes, 2005-2008)
June Molgaard	....	producer (3 episodes, 2005)
Shari Adagio	....	supervising producer (3 episodes, 2007-2008)
Peter Adam Golden	....	co-executive producer / producer (2 episodes, 2003-2008)
Mark Wolper	....	executive producer (2 episodes, 2003-2008)
Sara Chamberlain	....	field producer (2 episodes, 2006-2008)
Katy Scanlan	....	associate producer (2 episodes, 2007-2008)
Steven Uhlenberg	....	co-executive producer (2 episodes, 2007-2008)
Jeff Zoldan	....	producer (2 episodes, 2007-2008)
Sheryl Zohn	....	supervising producer (2 episodes, 2008)
Steve Jones	....	segment producer (unknown episodes)
Randall Kirk	....	series producer (unknown episodes)
Maurice H. Patrykus	....	associate producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Gary Stockdale		(52 episodes, 2003-2008)

Series Cinematography by
Kevin O'Brien		(3 episodes, 2003-2008)
Steve Jones		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Tim Sullivan		(16 episodes, 2008-2010)
Steven Uhlenberg		(14 episodes, 2003-2008)
Jules Frazier		(13 episodes, 2003)
Brian Horn		(11 episodes, 2005-2008)
Eric Wise		(6 episodes, 2003)
Mitch Rosa		(2 episodes, 2003)
Ian Sears		(2 episodes, 2007-2008)
Doug Folkerts		(unknown episodes)
Tim Schultz		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
David Zimmerman		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Rudy Matchinga		(3 episodes, 2003-2008)

Series Costume Design by
Kathryn Shemanek		(40 episodes, 2006-2009)

Series Makeup Department
Phyllis Bond	....	hair stylist / makeup artist (3 episodes, 2003-2008)

Series Production Management
CJ	....	post-production supervisor (30 episodes, 2006-2008)
Kathleen Boyette Bramlett	....	production manager: Penn & Teller / production manager (3 episodes, 2003-2008)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joshua E. Kessler	....	field director (unknown episodes, 2005)

Series Art Department
Dustin Knouse	....	production assistant (23 episodes, 2005-2006)
Jeremy Carmone	....	props (2 episodes, 2007-2008)

Series Sound Department
Lenny Jones	....	sound designer (89 episodes, 2003-2010)
Michael Dennis	....	sound mixer / sound (15 episodes, 2003-2010)
Paul S. Shapiro	....	sound mixer (5 episodes, 2003-2007)
Bob Schuck	....	sound (3 episodes, 2003-2008)
Graham Gardner	....	sound mixer (3 episodes, 2003-2004)
Brandon Goodwin	....	sound mixer (3 episodes, 2009)
Dick Rogers	....	sound re-recording mixer (2 episodes, 2007-2008)
Noah Mathers	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)
David Weinstock	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Skip Burrows	....	special effects supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Justin Schultz	....	animator (2 episodes, 2005)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Chuck Bejarano	....	camera operator (40 episodes, 2006-2009)
Dave Babb	....	camera operator (13 episodes, 2004-2010)
Ryan Mhor	....	assistant camera (10 episodes, 2008)
Breck Larson	....	camera operator (5 episodes, 2005-2010)
Peter Zivkovic	....	camera operator (4 episodes, 2007-2009)
Perry Ryan	....	camera operator (3 episodes, 2004-2010)
Mark Gamsey	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 2009)
Kameron Mogadam	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 2010)
Rage Stewart	....	camera production assistant (unknown episodes)

Series Animation Department
Peter Conlon	....	animation director: title sequence (20 episodes, 2009-2010)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kathryn Shemanek	....	wardrobe (2 episodes, 2007-2008)

Series Editorial Department
Christopher Nunn	....	assistant editor (14 episodes, 2005-2006)
Mike Krause	....	assistant editor (13 episodes, 2003)
CJ	....	post-production coordinator (11 episodes, 2005)
Ed Decker	....	assistant editor (11 episodes, 2007-2008)
Alpesh Patel	....	lead assistant editor (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Dan Gill	....	script supervisor / researcher (40 episodes, 2007-2010)
Jeff Critelli	....	teleprompter operator / teleprompt operator (27 episodes, 2008-2010)
Michael Bancroft	....	production assistant (20 episodes, 2009-2010)
Laura Elizabeth Cannon	....	assistant to the executive producer / assistant to executive producers (13 episodes, 2003)
James Elden	....	production assistant / assistant to executive producers (13 episodes, 2003)
Franka Mavrides	....	production assistant / assistant to executive producer (13 episodes, 2003)
CJ	....	assistant to executive producer (13 episodes, 2004)
Ryan Mhor	....	production assistant (10 episodes, 2007)
Steven Solars	....	production assistant (10 episodes, 2007)
Lauren Willems	....	researcher (10 episodes, 2010)
Bill Narducci	....	script supervisor (4 episodes, 2006)
Tim Rogan	....	stage manager (3 episodes, 2003-2008)
Nathan Santucci	....	director: covert activities / director of covert activities: Penn & Teller (3 episodes, 2003-2008)
Zach Wechter	....	production assistant (3 episodes, 2006-2009)
Glenn S. Alai	....	assistant: Penn & Teller / publicity manager (2 episodes, 2003-2007)
Michael Buyer	....	magic team (2 episodes, 2007-2008)
Randall Moldave	....	consultant (2 episodes, 2007-2008)
Eric Small	....	consultant (2 episodes, 2007-2008)
Ezekiel Zabrowski	....	magic team (2 episodes, 2007-2008)
Anna Dean	....	production assistant (2 episodes, 2008)
Jennifer L. Goosby	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes, 2004)
Katy Scanlan	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes, 2005)
Daniel Leaderman	....	production assistant (unknown episodes, 2007)
Michelle Basterrechea	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Kyle Hollingsworth	....	title designer (unknown episodes)
Randall Kirk	....	segment producer (unknown episodes)
Justin Leibow	....	title designer (unknown episodes)
Pancho Mansfield	....	network executive (unknown episodes)
Cassandra Seidl	....	post accounting supervisor (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Mobile Video Productions Inc.
• Penn & Teller
• StarPrice Productions
• Wolper Organization, The
• Wut It Is (Main Title Design and Animation)

Distributors

• Movie Network, The (TMN) (????) (Canada) (TV)
• Showtime Networks (TV)
• Siren Visual Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (DVD)

Other Companies

• King Media Services  DVD design and authoring (season 3)
• Teatown Communications Group  post-production facilities
• Teatown Communications Group  post-production services
• Wut It Is  main title design and production

Also Known As:

"Penn & Teller: BS!" - USA (promotional title)

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:

Mobile Video Productions Inc.

Trivia:

Neither Penn Jillette nor (obviously) Teller swear once during the "Profanity" episode.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Referenced in (500) Days of Summer (2009)

Best Approached With an Open Mind

Showtime's recent series 'Bullshit!' garners widely-varying responses from viewers-- it has fanatically devoted fans as well as those downright offended by it. Abandoning Penn & Teller's usual material, dispelling myths surrounding magicians and magic, 'Bullshit!' is based on the duo's more serious beliefs. With episodes critiquing beliefs many people hold dear to their hearts, such as religion and environmentalism, 'Bullshit!' is an excellent show if you're looking for more than just the same old sensationalist garbage on television. Using a satisfying blend of humor and journalism, 'Bullshit!' is entertaining and informative. ****