Penn & Teller: BS!
TV Show · Comedy · Reality

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.

2003 · 26m
  • 16+
Starring Penn Jillette, Teller
Director Star Price, David Wechter

Season 1

  • Talking to the Dead
    EPISODE 1
    Talking to the Dead
    A look into the practices of popular psychics of today reveals how those who claim to be in con-tact with the dead are actually performing an age-old trick called cold reading.
    26m
  • Alternative Medicine
    EPISODE 2
    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.
    26m
  • Alien Abduction
    EPISODE 3
    Alien Abduction
    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.
    26m
  • End of the World
    EPISODE 4
    End of the World
    A look at people who claim that The Sky is Falling. From Nostradamus and his misinterpreted quatrains, the Left Behind publishing phenomenon, to various crackpot rapture groups. Also featured: 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.
    26m
  • Second Hand Smoke / Baby Bullshit
    EPISODE 5
    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. A look at smart videos, teaching babies to read, the Baby Whisperer, and the baby product in-dustry that preys on guilt-ridden parents.
    26m
  • Sex, Sex, Sex
    EPISODE 6
    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.
    26m

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Cast & Crew

  • Penn Jillette
    Self
  • Teller
    Self
  • S‌P
    Star Price
    Director
  • D‌W
    David Wechter
    Director
  • S‌P
    Star Price
    Producer
  • M‌W
    Mark Wolper
    Producer
  • Penn Jillette
    Writer
  • Teller
    Writer
  • R‌M
    Randall Moldave
    Creator
  • Eric Small
    Creator

About

Penn & Teller: BS!

Comedy

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.

16+

COMMON SENSE

Unscientific debunking for laughs; adult material.

Information

Studio
Showtime
Released
2003
Rated
TV-MA
Region of Origin
United States
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