# Penn & Teller's Bullsh\*t!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penn-tellers-bullsh-t/239873>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 13, 2004, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penn-tellers-bullsh-t/239873 "2004-04-13T22:47:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penn-tellers-bullsh-t/239873/41 "2004-04-26T03:52:27Z")

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> [@Ogre](#):
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> If anyone’s vaguely interested, when the shows first came out, I posted an extensive review of the “Alternative Medicine” show [here](http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/02/03/154832.php). The review itself is fairly boring, but the comments are priiiiiiceless.

I see you dodged the question… ART thou the Teller?

I love the “I’m guessin its gotta do with magnetic somethings” explication of his “science”.

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**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penn-tellers-bullsh-t/239873/42 "2004-04-26T04:59:05Z")

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> I see you dodged the question… ART thou the Teller?

Yeah, that’s what made me throw in the towel. I sensed that stringing them along with hints that they’d uncovered my secret role as Penn’s sidekick might be…unfruitful.

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**Author:** ![Njoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Njoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Njoy)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penn-tellers-bullsh-t/239873/43 "2004-04-26T05:13:25Z")

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Penn & Teller admitted once that the are only trying to make fun of the people who believe in bullshit.

They do argue their side of the case quite well, so that is why I watch the show. I could always look up the other sides of the argument if I feel that P&T are wrong.

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**Author:** ![GreyWanderer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@GreyWanderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreyWanderer)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penn-tellers-bullsh-t/239873/44 "2004-04-26T15:00:59Z")

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I think it’s pretty appearent form the show that they are not trying to appear unbiased at all. I mean, they frequently edit interviews to pick out the most hilarious phrases that we can’t even be sure are in context. I think they are just showing us their viewpoints while having some fun making biased television.

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penn-tellers-bullsh-t/239873/45 "2004-04-26T17:03:52Z")

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I went out and bought the DVD. I have only seen the first two episodes, but I’m not impressed. They aren’t doing anything special here, and what they are doing isn’t especially funny or entertaining.

I was expecting something a little better. Hopefully, the rest is better…

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