Penn & Teller: Bull!

Penn & Teller: Bull!

2003 - 2010Comedy, DocumentaryTV-MA8 Seasons89 Episodes

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.

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

13 Episodes • 2003

Season 2

Season 2

13 Episodes • 2004

Season 3

Season 3

13 Episodes • 2005

Season 4

Season 4

10 Episodes • 2006

Season 5

Season 5

10 Episodes • 2007

Season 6

Season 6

10 Episodes • 2008

Season 7

Season 7

10 Episodes • 2009

Season 8

Season 8

10 Episodes • 2010

Episodes - Season 1

Talking to the Dead

1. Talking to the Dead

30m

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."

Alternative Medicine

2. Alternative Medicine

30m

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.

Alien Abductions

3. Alien Abductions

30m

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.

End of the World

4. End of the World

30m

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.

Second Hand Smoke / Baby Bullshit

5. Second Hand Smoke / Baby Bullshit

30m

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.

Sex, Sex, Sex

6. Sex, Sex, Sex

30m

This show checks out penis and breast enlargement products, techniques and myths. Also aphrodisiacs: do they work? Expect some graphic and jaw-dropping visuals.

Feng Shui / Bottled Water

7. Feng Shui / Bottled Water

30m

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.

Creationism

8. Creationism

30m

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.

Self-Helpless

9. Self-Helpless

30m

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.

ESP

10. ESP

30m

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.

Created by: Eric Small

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Teller

Teller

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Penn Jillette

Penn Jillette

Himself

Available on: Showtime

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