Penn & Teller: Bull!
TV-MA2003•30m•7.7/10
ComedyDocumentary
Ratings
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7.7/10(123)
This daring original series stars postmodern bad boys of magic Penn & Teller as they question many of our culture's most cherished and widely held beliefs. From the truth about palm readings and TV psychics to the reality behind Feng Shui and Ouija boards, the archly comic masters of misdirection host this eye-opening analysis of the middle-ground between perception and reality.
Production
Buggs and Rudy Discount Corporation, Wolper Productions
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
January 24, 2003
Last Aired
August 12, 2010
Networks
Showtime
Created By
Eric Small
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
US
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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
E1
Talking to the Dead
Air date: 2003-01-24
A look into the practices of popular psychics of today reveals how those who claim to be in contact with the dead are actually performing an age-old trick called "cold reading."
E2
Alternative Medicine
Air date: 2003-01-31
A look at chiropractic medicine, reflexology, magnet therapy,and a trip to an alternative medicine fair that ends in a "sting" operation at a crowded mall.
E3
Alien Abductions
Air date: 2003-02-07
This show features three days spent at a UFO convention and a visit to an alien abduction group therapy session. It also explores the psychological explanations, and the influences of pop culture, on the typical abduction story.
E4
End of the World
Air date: 2003-02-14
A look at "The Sky is Falling" people from Nostradamus and his misinterpreted quatrains, to the "Left Behind" publishing phenomenon, to various crackpot rapture groups. Also featured is a survivalist who has converted 40 school buses into an elaborate underground compound that he and his friends will escape to when the bombs start dropping.
E5
Second Hand Smoke / Baby Bullshit
Air date: 2003-02-21
We'll go to a hearing in NYC, where the dangers of second-hand smoke, and legislating human behavior, is being hotly debated and stage a hidden-camera sting that shows just how rabid people are about this topic. Also, a look at smart videos, teaching babies to read, the "Baby Whisperer," and the baby product industry that preys on guilt ridden parents with money to burn.
E6
Sex, Sex, Sex
Air date: 2003-02-28
This show checks out penis and breast enlargement products, techniques and myths. Also aphrodisiacs: do they work? Expect some graphic and jaw-dropping visuals.
E7
Feng Shui / Bottled Water
Air date: 2003-03-07
Penn & Teller put three Feng Shui home consultants to the test and feature a visit to a Feng Shui hairstylist. Also, the craze of bottled water is a national obsession but tap water is usually safer for you, and often better tasting too. Using a hidden camera, we'll take a look at the obsession.
E8
Creationism
Air date: 2003-03-14
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.
E9
Self-Helpless
Air date: 2003-03-21
Motivational speakers, books, videos, relationship seminars, do they really help? We'll take a look. Also, the popular motivational activity of firewalking - which is no more dangerous than walking across hot sand at the beach - is debunked.
E10
ESP
Air date: 2003-03-28
We'll attend a class in "remote viewing," a form of ESP that is all the rage. We'll test the teacher and the students to reveal that the "hits" they get are so vague, it's all nonsense.
E11
Eat This!
Air date: 2003-04-04
Penn & Teller will try to prove that many diet products and diet claims are complete nonsense. Also, a look at the obsession with products that claim to be healthier for you such as organic foods, fat free foods, etc.
E12
Ouija Boards / Near Death Experiences
Air date: 2003-04-11
There's a physiological explanation that debunks it all. We'll switch the letters around on the board and see how the "spirits" like that! Also, the "tunnel of light" and what it really is when coupled with a look at the Oklahoma centrifuge study that created NDE-like results.
E13
Environmental Hysteria
Air date: 2003-04-18
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.
Cast
Teller
Himself
Penn Jillette
Himself
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