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The Best Episodes of Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 1

Every episode of Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 1!

The Best Episodes of Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 1

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...

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  1. 8.3/10(3 votes)

    #1 - Talking to the Dead

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    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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  2. 8.3/10(3 votes)

    #2 - Feng Shui / Bottled Water

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    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.

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  3. 8.0/10(3 votes)

    #3 - Alternative Medicine

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    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.

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  4. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #4 - Self-Helpless

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    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.

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  5. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #5 - Ouija Boards / Near Death Experiences

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    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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  6. 8.0/10(3 votes)

    #6 - Environmental Hysteria

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    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.

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  8. 7.7/10(3 votes)

    #7 - Alien Abductions

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    S1:E3

    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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  9. 7.0/10(3 votes)

    #8 - End of the World

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    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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  10. 7.0/10(2 votes)

    #9 - Creationism

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    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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  11. 7.0/10(2 votes)

    #10 - ESP

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    S1:E10

    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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  12. 6.0/10(3 votes)

    #11 - Eat This!

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    S1:E11

    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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  13. 5.3/10(3 votes)

    #12 - Second Hand Smoke / Baby Bullshit

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    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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  14. 5.3/10(3 votes)

    #13 - Sex, Sex, Sex

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    S1:E6

    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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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Talking to the Dead" is the best rated episode of "Penn & Teller: Bull!" season 1. It scored 8.3/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by N/A and written by John McLaughlin, Teller, Penn Jillette, it aired on 1/24/2003. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Feng Shui / Bottled Water".