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Penn & Teller: Bullshit!: Season 6

Penn & Teller: Bullshit!

Penn & Teller: Bullshit!: Season 6

Paramount (2008)
DVD
NR (Not Rated)
097368944145
TV Series | Comedy | Documentary
USA | English | Color | 04:30

In society, there are many products and ideas that we buy into. Some of these products, services or ideas are just plain bullshit. Well known magicians: Penn and Teller are here to knock some sense into people in a humorous and informal way and to explain why some things in life are just bullshit.


Episodes View details

1 War on Porn 30 min | Jun 19, 2008

In the sixth season premiere, Penn and Teller look at the "War on Porn",a crusade by various special interest groups to restrict free speech and regulate the Internet.

2 New Age Medicine 30 min | Jun 26, 2008

Penn and Teller take a skeptical look at New Age medicine and its outrageous, unsupported claims of healing despite a heap of evidence that it doesn't work.

3 NASA 30 min | Jul 03, 2008

In episode 603, it's time to take a closer look at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a government agency that spends scads of taxpayer money to achieve what private industry might be able to do more profitably and efficiently.

4 Dolphins 30 min | Jul 10, 2008

In episode 604, the cultural mumbo jumbo regarding dolphins is exposed, including New Age-style beliefs about the animals' evolutionary superiority (bunk, say dolphin experts) and the nonsense about dolphin "energy" believed by many.

5 Sleep, Inc. 30 min | Jul 17, 2008

In episode 605, the magicians think twice about the high cost of getting a good night's sleep due to the ever-growing industry of sleep product hawkers trying to convince consumers that a special pillow, mist machine or pill will deliver a magical rest.

6 Being Green 30 min | Jul 24, 2008

In episode 606, Penn and Teller consider the popularity of the "green" movement, a largely bogus and hypocritical philosophy that links sanctimonious politics to an "ethical" lifestyle while doing little or nothing to actually create a healthier ecosystem.

7 Sensitivity Training 30 min | Jul 31, 2008

In episode 607, the mind control courses known as sensitivity training are dissected and their roots in political correctness, an increasingly litigious culture, and the suffocation of free speech, are finally exposed.

8 Stranger Danger 30 min | Aug 07, 2008

In episode 608, our contrarian hosts argue that the world's never been safer for children, but you'd never know it in our culture of fear, toxic toys and even anti-anxiety medication for kids.

9 World Peace 30 min | Aug 14, 2008

In episode 609, Penn and Teller go on a logic spree with their argument that the utopian ideal of world peace is dangerously naive and out of sync with human nature.

10 Good Ol' Days 30 min | Aug 21, 2008

In episode 610, the sixth season finale, the merry myth-shatterers puncture the nostalgic but unrealistic tendency of humans to long for an idyllic past - one that, in truth, never really existed.

Cast View all

Penn Jillette Himself - Host
Teller Himself - Host
George W. Bush Himself
Adolf Hitler Himself
Richard Branson Himself
Bobby Slayton Himself - Comedian
Al Gore Himself
Philip Hersh Himself - Mock Trainee
Gabrielle Dennis Mock Trainer's Assistant
John Paul Lubran Himself - Lab Rat
Julie Wittner Mock Trainer
Jaime Andrews Field Interviewer
Gregory Jarvis Himself - Died in Challenger disaster
John Rocker Himself - Former Major League Baseball Player
Michael J. Smith Himself - Died in Challenger disaster
James E. Oberg Himself - Journalist
Judith A. Resnik Herself - Died in Challenger disaster
Robert Park Himself - Professor of Physics / University of Maryland
Don Imus Himself
Beverly Eakman Herself - Author & Lecturer
Christa McAuliffe Herself - Died in Challenger disaster
Francis Scobee Himself - Died in Challenger disaster
Ron McNair Himself - Died in Challenger disaster
Ellison Onizuka Himself - Died in Challenger disaster
David Guzman Himself - Little Person

Edition details

Edition DVD
Packaging Keep Case
Nr Discs 2
Screen Ratios Fullscreen (4:3)
Widescreen (1.78:1)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
Stereo [English]
Dolby Digital Surround [English]
Subtitles English (Closed Captioned)
Distributor Paramount
Layers Single side, Single layer
Edition Release Date May 12, 2009
Regions Region 1

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