Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 1

Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 1

Season 1

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Episodes13
DatesJan 24, 2003 - Apr 18, 2003
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Episodes

Talking to the Dead
Season 1Episode 130 min

Talking to the Dead

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."
Jan 24, 2003
Alternative Medicine
Season 1Episode 230 min

Alternative Medicine

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.
Jan 31, 2003
Alien Abductions
Season 1Episode 330 min

Alien Abductions

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.
Feb 7, 2003
End of the World
Season 1Episode 430 min

End of the World

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.
Feb 14, 2003
Second Hand Smoke / Baby Bullshit
Season 1Episode 530 min

Second Hand Smoke / Baby Bullshit

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.
Feb 21, 2003
Sex, Sex, Sex
Season 1Episode 630 min

Sex, Sex, Sex

This show checks out penis and breast enlargement products, techniques and myths. Also aphrodisiacs: do they work? Expect some graphic and jaw-dropping visuals.
Feb 28, 2003
Feng Shui / Bottled Water
Season 1Episode 730 min

Feng Shui / Bottled Water

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.
Mar 7, 2003
Creationism
Season 1Episode 830 min

Creationism

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.
Mar 14, 2003
Self-Helpless
Season 1Episode 930 min

Self-Helpless

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.
Mar 21, 2003
ESP
Season 1Episode 1030 min

ESP

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.
Mar 28, 2003
Eat This!
Season 1Episode 1130 min

Eat This!

Penn & Teller will try to prove that many diet products and diet claims are complete nonsense. Also, a look at the obsession with products that claim to be healthier for you such as organic foods, fat free foods, etc.
Apr 4, 2003
Ouija Boards / Near Death Experiences
Season 1Episode 1230 min

Ouija Boards / Near Death Experiences

There's a physiological explanation that debunks it all. We'll switch the letters around on the board and see how the "spirits" like that! Also, the "tunnel of light" and what it really is when coupled with a look at the Oklahoma centrifuge study that created NDE-like results.
Apr 11, 2003
Environmental Hysteria
Season 1Episode 1330 min

Environmental Hysteria

Here Penn & Teller explore the truth behind fears about global warming, air quality, water quality, acid rain, species extinction, and take a look at Greenpeace's activities.
Apr 18, 2003

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