The Best Episodes of Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 8
Every episode of Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Penn & Teller: Bull! Season 8!
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 to the reality behind Feng Shui and Ouija boards, the archly comic masters of misdirection host this eye-opening analysis of the middle-ground between perception and reality.
Season 8 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Penn & Teller: Bull!" season 8 is "Cheerleaders", rated 7.5/10 from 137 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Cheerleaders" aired on 6/10/2010 and is rated 0.6 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Fast Food".
7.5/10 137 votes#1 - Cheerleaders
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 6/10/2010
In the Season Eight premiere, it's as all-American as apple pie, but cheerleading is also responsible for 65% of all catastrophic female sport injuries, with competitive coaches, fanatic parents, and a multimillion dollar industry concerned with its bottom line.
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- 6.9/10 127 votes
#2 - Fast Food
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 6/17/2010
Hold on to your cheeseburger! Public Health agencies, food activists and special interest groups have launched an all-out war against fast food restaurants. Should the government really be spending our tax dollars to regulate what, where, and how we eat?
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- 6.9/10 107 votes
#3 - Martial Arts
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 6/24/2010
Thanks to centuries of Eastern mystique, the martial arts may appear spiritual and special. The mischievous magicians take a more skeptical look at a bunch of guys in pajamas breaking boards with their feet and overweight housewives learning to "defend" themselves.
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- 6.8/10 113 votes
#4 - Teen Sex
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 7/1/2010
Every generation worries about teen sex, but today's parents are more hysterical than ever. The duo will look at the drastic measures adults are taking to combat the perceived dangers of teenage promiscuity, "sexting," and gay-straight alliances.
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- 7.5/10 104 votes
#5 - Easy Money
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 7/8/2010
Everyone wants to get rich quick, but are multilevel marketing schemes really the answer? Penn & Teller reveal the truth about direct-sales companies that market everything from sausages to sex toys.
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- 6.9/10 105 votes
#6 - Area 51
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 7/15/2010
Is the government hiding alien spaceships? Follow a team of UFO hunters on an overnight expedition in search of mysterious aircraft flying above a secret military facility known as Area 51.
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- 7.3/10 100 votes
#7 - Criminal Justice
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 7/22/2010
Is America's criminal justice system weighed down with bad science, ineffective methods, incompetence and corruption? Penn & Teller set out to reveal that the only thing scarier than crime is America's war on crime.
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- 6.6/10 100 votes
#8 - Old People
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 7/29/2010
According to Penn and Teller, America's seniors are stripped of their dignity thanks to ongoing stereotypes about old people. They investigate the widespread beliefs that old people can't drive, don't have sex, and smell bad.
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- 6.8/10 97 votes
#9 - Self-Esteem
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 8/5/2010
Research has proven that self-esteem-building does not work. However, misguided parents, coaches and social workers are using this flawed technique to create a generation of narcissistic losers who believe that they are "special."
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- 8.0/10 131 votes
#10 - Vaccinations
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 8/12/2010
In the Season 8 finale, vaccination is considered modern medicine's greatest weapon against disease but thanks to pseudo-science and public gullibility, the debate over vaccination safety rages on.
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