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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

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    Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 2 Episode 4 - War on Drugs
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #1 - War on Drugs

    S2:E4

    America is waging a massive war on its home soil, a war it is losing. Our country spends $20 billion a year in drug enforcement, but the illegal drug industry is thriving. Should we even be waging this war, when alcohol is legal and pushed every night on network TV? By criminalizing drugs, we just turn non-violent citizens into criminals. And medicinal uses of marijuana are being blocked by crusading moralists yelling "family values."

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Teller, Penn Jillette

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  2. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 3 Episode 13 - The Best
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #2 - The Best

    S3:E13

    Penn and Teller skewer our pursuit of "the best" in everything, from neighborhoods to electronics to automobiles to spouses, and demonstrate how such rampant consumerism is a race designed so that the runners never win.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Teller, Penn Jillette

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  3. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 4 Episode 8 - Manners
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - Manners

    S4:E8

    According to a recent poll, 8 out of 10 people in the US think Americans are ruder today than any time in history. Is that even possible? Are we really ruder and less well mannered? On this episode of BULLSHIT, we'll find out that our contemporary ideas about manners date back about 120 years to the Victorian period, a time when there wasn't indoor plumbing an people used to urinate in the street, we'll meet an etiquette expert who knows which fork to use when eating salad and visit with a stripper who puts the entire issue of manners into perspective. Saying "please" and "thank you" are good social lubricants and help you avoid getting beat up... the rest of manners, are pretty much BULLSHIT.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Sheryl Zohn, Teller, Penn Jillette

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  4. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 4 Episode 9 - Numbers
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #4 - Numbers

    S4:E9

    They say numbers don't lie, but in the hands of the media, politicians, pollsters and salesmen, numbers can be downright subversive. BULLSHIT meets the author of Damned Lies and Statistics - he tells us how numbers are craftily manipulated based on political affiliation and agenda. The numerically ambiguous world of Vacation Time Shares leaves our undercover operative dazed and confused. We also take street cons to Las Vegas - a town built on Numbers - and reveal how readily most of us can be cheated. And we look into the bullshit behind political polls, gambling odds and state lotteries. Source: http://www.sho.com/site/ptbs/prevepisodes.do?episodeid=s4/numbers

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Sheryl Zohn, Teller, Penn Jillette

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  5. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 7 Episode 8 - Lawns
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #5 - Lawns

    S7:E8

    Penn and Teller investigate the lawn care industry, talk to a man whose unkempt lawn landed him in prison and visit a neighborhood where only one strain of grass can be grown.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 1 Episode 1 - Talking to the Dead
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #6 - Talking to the Dead

    S1:E1

    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."

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:John McLaughlin, Teller, Penn Jillette

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  7. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 1 Episode 7 - Feng Shui / Bottled Water
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #7 - Feng Shui / Bottled Water

    S1:E7

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:John McLaughlin, Teller, Penn Jillette

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  8. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 7 Episode 3 - Video Games
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #8 - Video Games

    S7:E3

    Politicians and other alarmists claim that playing violent video games leads to teen violence. Penn & Teller attempt to debunk that theory by handing over a real semi-automatic weapon to a nine-year-old to see if playing video games will turn him into a human killing machine.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 7 Episode 5 - Lie Detectors
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #9 - Lie Detectors

    S7:E5

    Polygraphs are used in thousands of investigations and job screenings. Can a machine really detect whether someone is lying? Penn & Teller will meet people whose lives were ruined by the faulty tests.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 1 Episode 2 - Alternative Medicine
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Alternative Medicine

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 1 Episode 9 - Self-Helpless
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Self-Helpless

    S1:E9

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:John McLaughlin, Teller, Penn Jillette

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  12. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 1 Episode 12 - Ouija Boards / Near Death Experiences
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Ouija Boards / Near Death Experiences

    S1:E12

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:John McLaughlin, Teller, Penn Jillette

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  13. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 1 Episode 13 - Environmental Hysteria
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #13 - Environmental Hysteria

    S1:E13

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:John McLaughlin, Teller, Penn Jillette

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  14. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 2 Episode 5 - Recycling
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Recycling

    S2:E5

    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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Teller, Penn Jillette

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  15. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 2 Episode 8 - Fountain of Youth
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Fountain of Youth

    S2:E8

    The good news: we're living longer. The bad news: the older we get, the more we're made to feel that there's something wrong with that, and so we make futile efforts to turn back the clock. Wacky diets, worthless creams, Botox, Collagen, lipo, plastic surgery... none of it will stop the advancing years, except in your own mind! Aging is inevitable. Get used to it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Teller, Penn Jillette

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  16. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 2 Episode 10 - Profanity
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #16 - Profanity

    S2:E10

    A whole show on words and the power we give them, focusing on the latest actions of the FCC and other anti-profanity groups. The First Amendment is under attack. Hey, what country do we live in?

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Teller, Penn Jillette

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  17. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 2 Episode 12 - Exercise vs. Genetics
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Exercise vs. Genetics

    S2:E12

    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!

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Teller, Penn Jillette

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  18. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 2 Episode 13 - Hypnosis
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Hypnosis

    S2:E13

    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!

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Teller, Penn Jillette

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  19. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 3 Episode 4 - Life Coaching
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #19 - Life Coaching

    S3:E4

    Today, it's hip to have a therapist. In fact, you're really "in" if you skip doc's diagnosis and head straight to a "Life Coach" for motivation. The training of psychologists, psychiatrists and other mental health "professionals" does little or nothing to make them better equipped as counselors or therapists. We'll reveal the bullshit that Freud made famous, and we'll find out what the experts think about the degree to which drug therapy is being used. Is it really helping? Or, are we over-medicating our way to an unknown future. We'll expose the truth behind the lucrative mind games industry, tracing its history to the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud. We'll weave our way through all the trends in psychobabble, including the latest scam, life coaching. We'll catch coaches in action as they celebrate International Coaching Week with an array of events and activities. To top it all off, we'll create our own psychotherapist and thread him throughout the show. Skip the therapy & coaching, talk to a good friend and take some notes during this episode of Bullshit!

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Sheryl Zohn, Teller, Penn Jillette

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  20. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 3 Episode 10 - Ghost Busters
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Ghost Busters

    S3:E10

    It's scary to know in today's Age of Enlightenment, the world's fascination with the "paranormal" is at an all-time high. And where there are gullible believers, you can bet there are hordes of "experts" lurking, ready to sell something to them. We will delve into the realm of the "spirits" and take a look at the revived interest ghost hunting. We'll spend time with so-called parapsychologists as they track ghosts with their new-fangled, pseudoscientific equipment. Will they find something? Yeah, right! We'll show you how some of them bullshit themselves as much as their clients as they try to get to the bottom of nonexistent mysteries.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Teller, Penn Jillette

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  21. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 4 Episode 1 - Boy Scouts
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #21 - Boy Scouts

    S4:E1

    The Boy Scouts of America restricts scout membership and leadership opportunities to homosexuals and straight males who DON'T believe in God. According to the BSA, atheists and gays don't make good scouts or good role models. If the Boy Scouts of America were a privately funded group, it could discriminate against and hate anyone it damn well wanted to. But the Boy Scouts of America is dependent upon Federal, State and local government handouts. So, the BSA and their intolerance… are BULLSHIT!

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Teller, Penn Jillette

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  22. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 4 Episode 3 - The Death Penalty
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #22 - The Death Penalty

    S4:E3

    We understand the feelings of rage felt by crime victims and their families. But - studies show there is no deterrent effect to State executions. And, DNA evidence has exonerated 122 men formerly on death row! If we're killing inmates to satisfy a primitive emotion, if we can't be sure the criminal is guilty as charged, and we have ways to keep someone locked up and out of circulation for life and for less cost, why does our government still support the archaic, primitive, cruel and costly BULLSHIT known as the Death Penalty?

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Teller, Penn Jillette

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  23. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 4 Episode 5 - Ground Zero
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #23 - Ground Zero

    S4:E5

    It has been over four years since the worst terrorist attack on American soil and the only reminder is a big gaping hole in the middle of New York's financial district. Disgruntled family members of the victims want to memorialize the fallen, big corporations want to get back to business, local residents remain concerned over the health risks of living and working nearby, and politicians blather on, afraid of making politically incorrect moves. Everyone it seems is angling for a piece of the multi-billion dollar federal government pie to rebuild the site. BULLSHIT! takes on the fight for Ground Zero from street level to New York's towers of power.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Teller, Penn Jillette

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  24. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 5 Episode 5 - Exorcism
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #24 - Exorcism

    S5:E5

    Penn and Teller battle the forces of evil when they witness three modern-day exorcists performing their demonic casting-out duties, then pay a visit to the "Black Pope," the leader of the Church of Satan.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 5 Episode 6 - Immigration
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #25 - Immigration

    S5:E6

    The blizzard of bullshit surrounding immigration melts when Penn and Teller spend some time with the "Minutemen," a militia group dedicated to preventing illegal border crossings, while illegal immigrants demonstrate their fence-jumping techniques.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"War on Drugs" is the best rated episode of "Penn & Teller: Bull!". It scored 8.5/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Teller, Penn Jillette, it aired on 4/22/2004. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Best".