Penn & Teller: Bullshit! Season 7

Orgasms

22 (12.1%)

Astrology

5 (2.7%)

Video Games

19 (10.4%)

The Apocalypse

18 (9.9%)

Lie Detectors

12 (6.6%)

Organic Food

18 (9.9%)

Taxes

58 (31.9%)

Lawns

8 (4.4%)

Stress

8 (4.4%)

The Vatican

14 (7.7%)

Total Members Voted: 43

[JWI]

people keep telling me to watch this show. i think i'll start listening.

From what I've seen, it's a show about a Libertarian/skeptic duo who disprove BULLSHIT views. What's not to love?

FTFY

Fixed again

also, This.

[shezmu]

people keep telling me to watch this show. i think i'll start listening.

From what I've seen, it's a show about a Libertarian/skeptic duo who disprove BULLSHIT views. What's not to love?

FTFY

Fixed again

also, This.

Oops, my bad. At the time of me posting that, the only episodes in my mind were the libertarian ones. Sorry.

[JWI]

people keep telling me to watch this show. i think i'll start listening.

From what I've seen, it's a show about a Libertarian/skeptic duo who disprove BULLSHIT views. What's not to love?

FTFY

Fixed again

also, This.

Oops, my bad. At the time of me posting that, the only episodes in my mind were the libertarian ones. Sorry.

LOL No issue here, I just felt like being a grammar Nazi.

[Laetitia]

I am shocked there has not been a "Speed Limits" BS.

You know... I'd like to see this. I was driving through Texas last week, and loved their approach to speed limits.
80, with a couple of qualifiers about night time or potential flooding, on the interstate, except in the cities. And the highways were marked 10-15 miles higher than here in Georgia. (The center of small towns were @ 35mph, but not for more than just the few blocks around the post office, school and store.)

I felt perfectly safe zipping along at 85 with the rest of traffic, and everyone seemed to naturally adjust as heavier traffic, wind or rain storms changed driving conditions. Saw fewer cops and accidents in 2-3 days of travel than I see in a typical drive across town to the dentist.

[Harry Tuttle]

I look forward to all of them. I have to say I'm most intersted in the "Organic Food" on because that seems to be one of the most inane religious movements of the moment.

I'm curious as to why "orgasms" is listed though. I'm sure they will not be taking the position that orgasms do not occur. Perhaps they will discuss some myths about orgasms or how they are/are not achieved. Either way, I'll be watching.

[Lindsey]

I look forward to all of them. I have to say I'm most intersted in the "Organic Food" on because that seems to be one of the most inane religious movements of the moment.

I'm curious as to why "orgasms" is listed though. I'm sure they will not be taking the position that orgasms do not occur. Perhaps they will discuss some myths about orgasms or how they are/are not achieved. Either way, I'll be watching.

Those are the two I am most interested in.  I have just begun watching the first season - as I have always been interested in the show but never had the opportunity to watch.  Also, the boyfriends' parents are really in to organics - and I do buy some organic things as well so I'm definitely interested in that.  Orgasms...I just gotta know what the show topic will be. 

[Alex Libman 14]

Episode One

[anarchir]

YAAAY!

[Rillion]

I'm curious as to why "orgasms" is listed though. I'm sure they will not be taking the position that orgasms do not occur. Perhaps they will discuss some myths about orgasms or how they are/are not achieved. Either way, I'll be watching.

Mostly just an opportunity to show loads of nudity, loads of people making "O" faces, and to make fun of various kinds of sex coaches and the people who go to them.

[Lindsey]

I'm curious as to why "orgasms" is listed though. I'm sure they will not be taking the position that orgasms do not occur. Perhaps they will discuss some myths about orgasms or how they are/are not achieved. Either way, I'll be watching.

Mostly just an opportunity to show loads of nudity, loads of people making "O" faces, and to make fun of various kinds of sex coaches and the people who go to them.

It didn't quite hit me the right way.  I thought some bits of it were good, like the statistics about how over half of women don't have an orgasm from intercourse, etc., but I wasn't expecting so much focus on the hippie freako sex coaches.  'Twas a bit odd, but hey - it's my fault for developing a certain expectation. 

[Russell Griswold]

The "sex coaches" made me laugh. The whole episode was meh.

[Harry Tuttle]

I agree with the concensus on the orgasm episode. It seems like they just "phoned it in" on this one. Making fun of new-age touchy-feely types is like shooting fish in a barrel.

Maybe they are running out of bullshit topics?

[shezmu]

Maybe they are running out of bullshit topics?

Unless they have so standards that prohibits them from covering 99% of the BS out there, I doubt it. I mean, they haven't even touched free energy yet.

[Alex Libman 14]

CORRECTION: the "Video Games" episode title has been clarified as "Violent Video Games". One month to go...

BT link

So, what do y'all think?

[Rillion]

the "Video Games" episode title has been clarified as "Violent Video Games"So, what do y'all think?

Disappointed.  It made some good points, but those were clouded by the lousy ones.  As much as I like P&T, I'm really getting tired of them making fun of people in lieu of making actual arguments-- it's horribly condescending to the audience.  If you're talking to a guy who says that the combination of troubled kids, guns, and first person shooter video games leads to killings, then it is not an argument against that  to point out that killings occur when that combination does not exist.  It's like saying that running a red light doesn't cause car accidents because speeding does.  

Oh, and I took rifelry in Girl Scouts when I was 9 or 10 years old, and it wasn't a big deal.  Really.