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The Best Episodes of Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 3

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 3 Episode 5 - Holier Than Thou
    8.1/10(167 votes)

    S3:E5

    To most of the world, highly revered figures such as Mother Theresa, Mahatma Gandhi and the Dalai Lama are larger-than-life symbols of love, peace and charity. But how much of our perception of "sainthood" is built on hype and not facts? This episode reveals the dark side of the so-called enlightened ones and delves into why we're so susceptible to buying into their bullshit.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Teller, Penn Jillette

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  2. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 3 Episode 1 - Circumcision
    8.0/10(186 votes)

    S3:E1

    Finally, an episode that will make every man feel regret, cringe with pain, and grab their genitals. What would make the male sex react like this? Two words - snip and chuck. If this alone doesn't make you cringe then this will: when your foreskin was removed thirty percent of your sexual pleasure went with that little piece of skin. Ouch! We'll examine the historical, religious, medical and ethical arguments associated with circumcision. And we'll have a little hidden-camera fun with the topic, as well. After all we are talking about dick!

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Teller, Penn Jillette

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  3. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 3 Episode 12 - Signs From Heaven
    7.9/10(150 votes)

    S3:E12

    The Virgin Mary...or a grilled cheese sandwich? Just a recent example of the public's willingness to believe ordinary statues, icons, relics pictures, stains on tortillas, and burn marks on a piece of greasy white bread are signs from Heaven. Bullshit! We'll examine the way preachers, faith healers, psychic researchers, and everyday folk continue to prey on those who pray. And we'll talk to scientists, historians, philosophers, and literary figures that will explain why humans are wired to attribute meaning to random patterns and events. We'll also show you how easy it is to find people who will find God wherever they look...even if it's in a photograph of...headcheese.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Teller, Penn Jillette

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  4. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 3 Episode 3 - Conspiracy Theories
    7.8/10(186 votes)

    S3:E3

    Conspiracies have been around for as long as there have been people to plot them. They are everywhere! In the age of the Internet, rumors circulate at the speed of a mouse click. Millions of people have lost trust in our scientific, military, and government establishments, so they seek to find the "truth" themselves. This leads to shadowy rumors of world domination, corruption, and evil plots behind every corner. We will look at some of the more current and sinister conspiracies. Did a missile shoot down TWA Flight 800 and did President Clinton try to cover it up? Was 9/11 plotted by rogue elements of our own government in cahoots with Al Qaeda? Both of our Presidential candidates were members of a secret organization that's rumored to be running the world. And then there are the favorite conspiracies that refuse to go away, who killed JFK or Princess Di? Did we really land on the moon?

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Teller, Penn Jillette

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  5. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 3 Episode 2 - Family Values
    7.4/10(161 votes)

    S3:E2

    There's a hysteria in America. A hysteria about what's become known as "the traditional family" and the desperate urgency to "save" it. And this rallying cry is not just coming from right wing conservatives and religious groups in the Red States (although, they're doing their share of tub-thumping.) The media (advertisers) and the government also have a vested interest in perpetuating the traditional concept of family: mother, father, two kids, dog and picket fence. But this hysteria is ignoring a key fact, the "traditional family" is bullshit. The traditional family structure may be for some, but it isn't for everyone. Shouldn't we stop trying to jam square pegs into round holes? Isn't it time for "Bullshit" to redefine the definition of "family?"

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Teller, Penn Jillette

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  6. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 3 Episode 4 - Life Coaching
    7.4/10(132 votes)

    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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  7. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 3 Episode 6 - College
    7.4/10(146 votes)

    S3:E6

    College degrees will lead us to future happiness, enlightenment, fun, preparation for life, a fulfilling job, as well as national prosperity. At least, that's what we've been told and sold. That's brochure bullshit! Been to a college lately? Rather than beacons of enlightenment, colleges have become bloated 400 billion dollar a year corporations, islands isolated from the real world, treacherous minefields where free speech and individual liberty often get trampled. And not only that, but going to college offers no sure path to an enriching life…or even a blue-collar job!

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

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  8. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 3 Episode 7 - Big Brother
    7.4/10(130 votes)

    S3:E7

    Has our surveillance society made our lives more convenient? Has it succeeded in deterring crime and terrorism? Are the watchers just a bunch of incompetents as prone to distraction as the two bit rent-a-cop security guards at your neighborhood mall? Have the freedoms guaranteed us by the Constitution become just another load of Bullshit? In this episode, we'll watch the watchers and discover what role human nature plays in data mining and surveillance. We'll unveil the latest, and scariest, technologies and prove just how easy it is to get the goods on anyone - even you. Security? Freedom? There's bullshit on all sides!

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

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  9. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 3 Episode 10 - Ghost Busters
    7.4/10(146 votes)

    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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  10. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 3 Episode 9 - Gun Control
    7.3/10(163 votes)

    S3:E9

    Many Americans will fight to the death to defend their right to bear arms. They say guns don't kill people - people kill people. A well-armed citizenry prevents crime. If the weak carried weapons, crime would go down. For gun control advocates, it's all heresy - guns don't belong in the hands of everyday citizens. Guns kill people. Period. Guns in homes get into the hands of people who shouldn't have them - children and criminals primarily. Fasten your seatbelts and put on your ear protectors. It's going to be a bumpy and noisy ride as we take on the facts, the stats and the truth to find out who's dishing up the bullshit on our episode about Gun Control!

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

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  11. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 3 Episode 11 - Endangered Species
    7.3/10(138 votes)

    S3:E11

    In over 30 years, the Endangered Species Act has cost taxpayers billions of dollars, but it has saved next to no endangered species! Its major accomplishment? Lining the pockets of environmental lawyers who know how to manipulate it for huge fees. And it's an excuse for a governmental land grab. We'll meet activists on all sides - from passionate believers who'll do anything to enforce the ESA, to a strong-willed, good-natured lady in a wheelchair who's homeless. The ESA won't let her build on her suburban lot in a neighborhood surrounded by houses and within rock throwing distance of a WalMart Supercenter! ESA our ass! Here's the simple fact: human beings and industrialization are not the sole impetus for extinction and if you hear anything different… it's bullshit!

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Teller, Penn Jillette

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  12. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 3 Episode 13 - The Best
    7.3/10(136 votes)

    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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  13. Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 3 Episode 8 - Hair
    7.1/10(141 votes)

    S3:E8

    The business of hair is a billion dollar industry. People who don't have it, want it. People who have it in the wrong spots, want to get rid of it, or move it to other areas of their anatomy. Hair unites the genders. We're all obsessed with it. From the tops of our heads to the nooks and crannies down below, we'll get into every vain detail…and every sweaty crevice. Styling, waxing, shaving, cutting, extending, replacing…even one of the greatest magic tricks of all time - Johnny Thompson's comb-over technique! And that's no bullshit!

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Teller, Penn Jillette

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Holier Than Thou" is the best rated episode of Penn & Teller: Bull! season 3. It scored 8.1/10 from 167 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Teller, Penn Jillette, it aired on May 23, 2005. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Circumcision".