Penn & Teller's Bullsh*t

[Emma]

I'm a huge fan of this show (the title is censored for obvious reasons). I've been a fan of Penn & Teller for years (especially Penn Jillette) and this is by far the best show they've ever done.

If you're not familar with Penn & Teller or their act, they are a pair of magicians (Penn -- who is loud and immensly tall, and Teller -- who is small and never speaks) who are famous for their gory twists on common magic tricks, often making it look like something has gone horribly wrong. For example, one of their famous tricks is having an audience member pick a card and place it back in the deck. Penn proceeds to spread the cards all over a table, explaining how Teller is going to blindfold himself and stab the correct card. However, Teller stabs Penn through the hand instead. But, while Penn is screaming bloody murder, he holds up his hand and the correct card is impaled on the other end of the knife. They also seperate themselves from most magicians by explaining how they do their tricks to their audience.

Another aspect of their shtick is the debunking of psychics, who both hate with a passion because of how they use many of the same tricks as them to take advantage of people. Bullsh*t is an expansion on this, and it is essentially the two of them (along with a killer research team) finding a target (PETA and the taboo of swearing, for example) and presenting their arguements against it. It's won quite a few Emmys and is great because you might completely agree with them one moment and have the oppisite reaction the next. Whatever the case, it's a simply great show.

Google Video has many of their episodes online for free (just search for 'Penn Teller'), although there is profuse swearing (which is kind of obvious, look at the title) and some episodes contain a lot of nudity. But still, it's a great show. I highly reccomend it. *goes to watch some*