Statistics used by pro-death penalty people that supposedly prove that capital punishment deters crime.
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this is some Stossel-level bullshit innit
― Curt1s Stephens, Friday, 29 June 2007 17:29 (5 years ago) Permalink
From everything I've read about the show, yes.
Disappointing, really, since P&T television specials used to be awesome.
― kingfish, Friday, 29 June 2007 17:35 (5 years ago) Permalink
it's more fun to watch if you imagine the people watching aren't the choir, and p/t aren't preaching to it
― Will M., Friday, 29 June 2007 17:37 (5 years ago) Permalink
Right, because this country is FULL of self-described libertarians who love magic and mutes.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Friday, 29 June 2007 18:02 (5 years ago) Permalink
The gun control episode is a hoot. "Guns are good, because, uh, freedom is good. And guns = freedom!" I think they even tried a variation on 'overthrowing the multilateralist black helicopter government if need be' line. It was some real Roger Adultery shit.
(nb: and I'm not a supporter of gun control)
― milo z, Friday, 29 June 2007 18:28 (5 years ago) Permalink
The "Wal-Mart is good" episode kinda pissed me off. I didn't watch any more after that.
― Rock Hardy, Friday, 29 June 2007 18:32 (5 years ago) Permalink
the show is getting worse and worse.
― kenan, Friday, 29 June 2007 18:35 (5 years ago) Permalink
Not nec., but plenty of geeks and nerds who love magic & mutes are badly socialized enough to be libertarian. Core audience & whatnot.
― kingfish, Friday, 29 June 2007 18:40 (5 years ago) Permalink
ya too many smart kids w/ no friends reading "the fountainhead" in 7th grade and thinking that it explains why they havent gotten laid
― max, Friday, 29 June 2007 18:41 (5 years ago) Permalink
or maybe they havent gotten laid in 7th grade because theyre only 11.
― max, Friday, 29 June 2007 18:42 (5 years ago) Permalink
Right, and take those people and advance them 40 years, and then have them get put into some apparatchik position in a U.S. Admin.
― kingfish, Friday, 29 June 2007 18:46 (5 years ago) Permalink
that or HELLO FARK.COM
― max, Friday, 29 June 2007 19:36 (5 years ago) Permalink
isn't this just the magic man's version of john stossel segments?
― mh, Friday, 29 June 2007 20:03 (5 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, the fourth season was all reactionary without any of the fun of the first two seasons.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 29 June 2007 20:25 (5 years ago) Permalink
i called it pretty early on.
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― kingfish, Saturday, 30 June 2007 17:33 (5 years ago) Permalink
I like the part of the episode where Penn earnestly sympathizes with those in serious emotional pain searching for some comfort. He's not trying to mock their struggles, he has problems too. But the shamelessness of these...ASSHOLES who profit from other people's misery that just gets his blood boiling.
Teller's usually not pulling a bandana through his nose during that speech.
― da croupier, Sunday, 1 July 2007 13:59 (5 years ago) Permalink
I only got through disc 1 of season 1 before giving up but I gather that it didn't get better.
― da croupier, Sunday, 1 July 2007 14:00 (5 years ago) Permalink
I was thinking more like, full of people who think they're smarter than dumb people and love laughing at dumb people's CRAAAAAZY IDEAAAAS (like the healing crystals are bullshit episode-- no healing crystal fans are turning on the TV and thinking, "I want to watch P&T. What? These new age magnets are bullshit?! THANKS GUYS! clearly everyone watching the show was already pretty anti-healing crystals). Also, atheists.
― Will M., Sunday, 1 July 2007 17:34 (5 years ago) Permalink
k, I've just seen four episodes of this show....and while I admit some of the episodes are funny, after seeing the environment and diversity episodes,....they make Michael Moore seem fair and balanced (not that I dislike M.M.).
the assessments above are OTM, wish I had read your warnings first.
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Monday, 4 August 2008 02:27 (4 years ago) Permalink
plenty of geeks and nerds who love magic & mutes are badly socialized enough to be libertarian. Core audience & whatnot.
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this is ridic otm
so many old school magic bros have gone this route it's ;_;
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 4 August 2008 03:02 (4 years ago) Permalink
ya scifi writers too.
― s1ocki, Monday, 4 August 2008 03:15 (4 years ago) Permalink
The show on free range kids has redeemed this season somewhat
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 23:08 (4 years ago) Permalink
Today, they are on ITV doing a Magician's X-Factor type thing.
Wonder if Teller will speak during this? (I know he does when the occasion suits, so ..)
― Mark G, Friday, 7 January 2011 11:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
Love this show.. 90% of the time.
OTM episodes: Alt meds, creationism, obesity, detoxing, new age meds, being green, stranger danger, good ol days, antivaxers
The other 10% is infuriating.
― Jeff, Friday, 7 January 2011 13:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
That's a good hit rate for that kind of show.
― Mark G, Friday, 7 January 2011 13:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
Also hilarious cursing. "What the fucking fuck, fuck you in the neck."
― Jeff, Friday, 7 January 2011 13:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
eh their smugness would be more tolerable if i knew they were using reliable data instead of sourcing it from whatever shady corporate funded fake laboratories
― ice cr?m, Friday, 7 January 2011 14:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
Has anyone seen their movie? "Penn & Teller Get Killed"
I read the synopsis, it sounds like the worst thing ever.
― Mark G, Monday, 10 January 2011 16:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
Catch them in Run DMC's "It's Tricky" video.
I no longer think this is a great series. Shit went off the rails.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 10 January 2011 19:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
I really enjoyed "Penn & Teller Get Killed" when I was like 13/14, but then again, I was like 13/14
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 10 January 2011 19:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
i remember being like "oh wow" about all the references to the Velvet Underground they threw in there...
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 10 January 2011 19:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
Yeah I'm pretty confused like everyone else as to what the point of the show is. I like Penn & Teller and think they're funny, but they only make half of the show funny, with the other half being some kind of patched-together debate between a well-spoken professor or scientist and some drugged-out halfwit they pull from the street, it's so intellectually dishonest that not even the hardcore skeptics can agree with the show's message. Which is too bad because I like these guys. But mostly the show just makes me mad, I wish they had like half the diligence of, say, Mythbusters.
― frogbs, Monday, 10 January 2011 20:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
i mean i think its biggest problem is that it shouldn't have gone six seasons. like it was pretty funny in the first two seasons watching them take down low hanging fruit like faith healers and psychics in the sense of "here's how these scams work."
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 10 January 2011 20:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
i mean but also, just saw the list of eps, and like control+F "scientology" not found
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 10 January 2011 20:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
I remember a "travels around the world" TV series they did, which was excellent and one I'd buy if it were available..
Teller did a bit of a video diary on it.
― Mark G, Thursday, 14 July 2011 09:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm finally watching this show, it's pretty great. The show about going green was so awesome. Some of them present really interesting points of view that I hadn't thought of, and never really see when these topics come up. They must get a lot of shit from leftists. Also, <3 the blonde with the perfect huge tits
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 30 April 2012 21:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
definitely some interesting POVs on this show, but I certainly wouldn't take anything away from it, it's about the least objective thing on TV right now
― That's a pretty funky dance, Garfield. Show me how you do it. (frogbs), Monday, 30 April 2012 21:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
Nothing's objective on TV.
The organic one was awesome too
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 30 April 2012 21:40 (1 year ago) Permalink