Penn & Teller Consider ‘Alien Abductions’—and more (1 Viewer)

[LewB]

I've also seen their act in Vegas. It was great. I'll have to check this out !

 

[Jeremiah]

They did stuff like film the medium in action and intersperse commentary that pointed out what the game was. Penn was so angry I thought he was going to explode and bits of him would cover Teller. I liked it!

I remember that episode and Penn was dead on, he was completely justified in his rage towards the mediums. When he talked about the mediums tacking the persons real memories of their loved one(what the only have left) and exchanged them for a lie was so pin point accurate it was awesome, it made me p!ssed off at the con men.

 

[andrew markworthy]

Not been shown in the UK yet, but I'll look out for it - it sounds great.

 

[AlexanderS]

Im sure it will be huge in the UK because it shows just what morons some Americans are.

 

[andrew markworthy]

Im sure it will be huge in the UK because it shows just what morons some Americans are.

Trust me, we Brits can give you a run for your money.
:frowning:

 

[PhilipG]

Im sure it will be huge in the UK because it shows just what morons some Americans are.

I've seen the series, thought it was great. However it will not be huge in the UK due to its format. I expect it'll be scheduled in the graveyard slot on C4 or Five, if at all (thanks only to its title). Which is a pity.

edit: Oh, and much as I'd like to say America has the monopoly on morons, we have a fair few here too. The real question is: who started all these weirdo crazes...

 

[AlexanderS]

Im not saying were the only ones, but I do believe we have the market cornered at the moment.

 

[andrew markworthy]

Im not saying were the only ones, but I do believe we have the market cornered at the moment.

Admit it, Alexander, you've not seen Brit TV much, have you?

 

[Jack Briggs]

Alexander, yes, please check some out some of the programming from the U.K., as Andrew suggests. Believe me, most of the Brit sitcoms I've seen rerun ten years later on PBS are as stupid as U.S. sitcoms. And the U.S. doesn't have a monopoly on credulous people who prefer pseudoscience and superstition to the critical-thinking skills advocated by Penn and Teller. And, in the interests of thread harmony, let's get back on topic folks.

 

[Eric F]

BS! is a great show. Nobody's safe from their scrutiny.

I loved the one where they attacked the whole "natural/organic" food movement. I never realized was that organic farming can only feed at most 2-billion of the world's population. Sheds a whole new light on the subject.

The chiropractor one was particularly interesting after having my own bad experience with one (an actual MD referred me).

 

[Chu Gai]

One place, among many on the web, that deal with matters that this show deals with, is www.randi.org. Randi, also a magician, is quite close to P&E...a couple of very entertaining people. 'Course, they don't get the ladies like David Copperfield does.

 

[AlexanderS]

Yeah the chiropractor one was real disturbing, especially when the guy was working on a baby. That was sick.

 

[ThomasC]

Production on 13 new half-hour episodes begins this month with the second season premiere slated to air in the spring of 2004, following the DVD release of season one during the first quarter of 2004.

http://www.sho.com/site/ptbs/pop_up....enewal_release

 

[Eric F]

Here's another "debunking" website.
www.quackwatch.org

Check out the feedback. Fascinating stuff.

 

[Jack Briggs]

James "The Amazing" Randi is a hero of mine.

 

[Bob Turnbull]

Me too. I love his books (Flim Flam is great) and just about any appearance he's made on TV (didn't he frequent Carson?). He has excellent insight into the tactics and ways of the con-artists as well as those who truly believe they are "gifted", but tend to overlook their failings. He's asserted that in cases of suspected fraud, magicians are typically better suited for catching the tricks involved than scientists.

I do find that he occasionally drifts into ad hominem attacks on some of the people he is trying to debunk. I don't necessarily blame him, since some of these people are extremely unlikeable, but I find it tends to diminish his overall argument when he does that...

Looking forward to an eventual Penn and Teller DVD release. I'd buy it first day.

 

[Bob Turnbull]

Looks like March 30th is the potential release date for a "Box Set" of Penn & Teller's show. This according to the updated listings at eFilmCritic.

Excellent...