The BEST episodes written by David Wechter
#1 - P.E.T.A.
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 2 - Episode 1
P.E.T.A. (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is against all forms of medical testing involving animals - regardless of the potential benefits to human beings. P.E.T.A. supports banning the ownership of pets and advocates releasing them into the wild. It's enough to make a vegetarian eat meat!
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#2 - Yoga, Tantric Sex, Etc.
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 2 - Episode 7
The New Age is a marketeers dream. From aromatherapy dishwashing liquid to yoga to crystals, herbs and tarot, we're swallowing it all! Join us as we travel to the Mecca of New Age, Sedona, Arizona, where we'll chant, sing, and seek a higher consciousness from hill to dale to parking lot. And stay for our big climax! They say Maui's the place to achieve a cosmic orgasm while holding a tantric pretzel pose. Watch out! It's a flying vortex!
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#3 - Talking to the Dead
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 1 - Episode 1
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."
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#4 - Hypnosis
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 2 - Episode 13
There are some topics that are complete nonsense, and there are others, like Hypnosis, that combine an element of truth with a generous helping of bullshit. We'll go under the "spell" and show you just where the bullshit lies. The bottom line: you never give up control when under an hypnotic spell. But you will give up your money to smooth-talking hypnotists who claim they can enlarge your penis or achieve the ultimate orgasm. When they count to ten, hold onto your wallet and run for the door!
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#5 - Exercise vs. Genetics
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 2 - Episode 12
Exercise Schmexerise. Here's the shocker: the power of genetics determines your body type. Throw away all those fitness machines, gym memberships and exercise manuals, the size and shape of your body was decided the moment you were conceived. A look at the huge amount of bullshit behind the exercise industry. Gym memberships, fat-burning, muscle-building supplements, exercise tapes and equipment - we're fair game... and so are they!
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#6 - ESP
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 1 - Episode 10
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.
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#7 - Self-Helpless
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 1 - Episode 9
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.
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#8 - Eat This!
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 1 - Episode 11
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.
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#9 - Feng Shui & Bottled Water
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 1 - Episode 7
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.
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#10 - Ouija Boards & Near Death Experiences
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 1 - Episode 12
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.
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#11 - Creationism
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 1 - Episode 8
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.
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#12 - Recycling
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 2 - Episode 5
Here's the truth: recycling is garbage. The recycling industry creates pollution, has to be subsidized by the government because it's cost ineffective, and is completely unnecessary. Contrary to popular belief, our landfills are not running out of space - we have enough room to last for thousands of years! So how did the bullshit of recycling get started?
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#13 - Sex, Sex, Sex
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 1 - Episode 6
This show checks out penis and breast enlargement products, techniques and myths. Also aphrodisiacs: do they work? Expect some graphic and jaw-dropping visuals.
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#14 - End of the World
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 1 - Episode 4
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.
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#15 - Environmental Hysteria
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 1 - Episode 13
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.
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#16 - Alien Abductions
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 1 - Episode 3
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.
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#17 - Second Hand Smoke & Baby Bullshit
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 1 - Episode 5
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.
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#18 - American Teen
Charles in Charge - Season 2 - Episode 6
In this episode of "Charles In Charge," Charles is in love, but that's nothing new. What is new is that the self-assured Charles is nervous about calling this wonderful young lady named Louise (Nikolette Scorsese) and asking her out. The problem is that she's a French foreign exchange student, she's refined, classy and why would she ever want to go out with the likes of Charles? Buddy's advice for Charles is to be positive about himself, but Charles is still reluctant to call this lovely lady. Meanwhile Charles is telling Sarah to stand up and have confidence in herself, the same lesson he should be heeding himself! Sarah has written a beautiful essay for American Teen Magazine's huge national contest and she's embarrassed to submit it. But lo and behold, someone submits it for her, and she ends up in the finals! When Charles finally realizes he is preaching to Sarah what he is not practicing himself, he calls Louise.