Penn and teller get hippies to sign petition to ban water. Penn and teller successful petition to ban water video. Penn and teller look at how in the early 80s the religious right and specifically the mormon church took over the boy scouts of america and how they now discriminate against homosexuals and atheists. However, tonights show was an irrational illogical libertarian screed. Thanks to wacki for tipping us to this penn and teller edition. Penn and teller made dozens of episodes of that show and most of them were great. The dihydrogen monoxide parody involves calling water by an unfamiliar chemical name, most often dihydrogen monoxide dhmo, and listing some of waters wellknown effects in a particularly alarming manner, such as accelerating corrosion and causing suffocation. Thanks to wacki for tipping us to this penn and teller edition slamming the science behind climate change in fact, slamming science behind pretty much all environmental concerns. Penn and teller get a bunch of environmentalists to sign a petition calling for the ban of dihydrogen monoxide or in simpler terms h2o or water. Let me introduce you to teller, of penn and teller. They probably informed every one of their marks that dihydrogen monoxide was h2o. In their good episodes, they also have good experts. The series premiered on january 24, 2003, and 89 episodes aired over the course of the series in the span of 8 seasons, concluding on august 12, 2010.
Penn and teller did a great job with it in this bit. Apr 22, 2009 yeah, penn has read ayn rand and its influenced him a bit but hes no randian. View entire discussion 301 comments more posts from the facepalm community. Penn and teller videogames full episode penn and teller disprove the link. You wouldnt believe how many brainless lefties fell hook, line and sinker for this, demonstrating once again how quickly they join movements without even bothering to investigate the facts. I was enjoying it until the climate change episode. For my part, i thought penn and teller were those guys who got mauled by their own tiger, but it turns out they arent quite so courageous. Penn and teller get hippies to sign a petition that bans water. Penn and teller show how network marketing schemes are nothing more than pyramid selling, where the only ones making money are the companies. When someone tells you we should act now because things will be harder to change later, and that it may not be possible to change later, and that things are getting worse, if you. Dihydrogen monoxide is a dangerous chemical that should be banned.
Their demonstration of well meaning environmentalists signing up to ban the dangerous and ubiquitous chemical known as dihydrogen monoxide i. Penn and teller banning dihydrogen monoxide check out this short video clip edited from a penn and teller show. Penn and teller look at the various twelve step programs that are used to cure addiction. See more ideas about penn and teller, the magicians and magic illusions. While fans of the series often wish penn and teller would have gotten around to their longpromised selfcritical episode, the final episodes they did actually produce are among the best the series had to offer. All their work is conducted from behind the protective glass of a camera. The parody often calls for dihydrogen monoxide to be banned, regulated, or labeled as dangerous. They sent someone to an environmental rally to collect signatures to ban dihydrogen monoxide in other words, h 2 o or water. If your not already familiar with the show on showtime, penn and teller bullshit hosted by comedian and magician team penn gillete and teller takes a different controversial topic each episode and annylses either side, then normally calls one of the sides assholes. Penn and teller argue that sensitivity training is a form of brainwashing, and that companies that use to do so only to protect themselves from legal action. I hope your views on old people and you just making a fool of yourself has turned people away from your pathetic excuse for a blog page. Penn and teller look at some of the more extreme claims of the various environmental organizations. Good quality, love penn and teller bs episodes like watching adult version with humor of 60 min with less bias.
Penn and teller are a lot of fun and put on a great show. Penn and teller take a look at creationism, or intelligent design as it would like to be known, and how it is trying to force its way into american schools. The mouthpiece of the gaming generation, the escapist aims to capture and celebrate the contemporary video gaming lifestyle and the diverse global video game culture by way of indepth features, thought provoking articles and relevant columns authored by leading video game authorities, as well as cuttingedge video shorts, engaging forums and robust social media elements that incorporate the. Penn and teller taught me how gullible people can be when i was 16. The episode were they claimed second hand smoke to be bullshit comes to mind. On april fools day in 20, a pair of florida disc jockeys got themselves into a bit of hot water with station management for. Dihydrogen monoxide hoax penn and teller get hippies to sign water banning. I hope your views on old people and you just making a fool of yourself has turned people away from your pathetic excuse for a. Much of the show is simply penn and teller promoting their political leanings and not debunking woo.
Bullshit special feature bed gag by ptbsonshowtime. Penn and teller get hippies to sign water banning petition. From antiaging to talking to the dead, they tackle it all with their trademark wit and humor taking on the people who take americans for a ride. The heart and soul of season 3 are the episodes on conspiracy theories and gun control. Atla has remained in imdbs top fifteen rated tv series alongside shows such as breaking bad and the sopranos. Sep 24, 2009 a good way to spot the bad episodes of bullshit. Perhaps youve seen him on snl, letterman, leno, or his own mega hit, bullshit, on showtime.
Reading the bible or the koran, or the torah will make you an atheist big think duration. You can hardly be shocked when someone disagrees with you. Yeah, penn has read ayn rand and its influenced him a bit but hes no randian. Penn and teller here were the most compassionate teachers. With penn jillette, teller, traci burgard, nina fascione.
Penn and teller battle the forces of evil when they witness three modernday exorcists performing their demonic castingout duties, then pay a visit to the black pope, the leader of the church of satan. Its a documentary anthology in which our personable hosts take a theme and break it down to the point that penn invariably calls bullshit. His show penn and teller live at the beautiful rio allsuites hotel and casino in las vegas, nv. Wow, maddox, you must have sucked a lot of dick just to get yourself on television. Jul 22, 2008 im sorry, but, graboid didnt work out so well. They also look at the alcoholics anonymous and ask if it is a front for religious indoctrination. Penn and teller bullshit i just watched this episode of penn and tellers bullshit. Full episode penn and teller telling you the truth about the birdbrain and dangerous hypocrites from peta. The first season of this unusual show finds the garrulous penn and silent teller taking aim, over episodes, at such perennial hokum as talking to the dead, esp, and ouija boards. Ultimately, this set of episodes does an amazing job of rounding out the series, bringing it to an end on a strong high note.
Its format consisted of debating political topics, usually from a naturalist libertarian capitalist point of view the political philosophy espoused by both penn and teller or aiming to debunk pseudoscientific ideas, paranormal beliefs, popular fads and misconceptions. The conspiracy theory episode takes a bunch of 911 truthers and lets them rant and rave about how they know more than the rest of the world. Help im addicted to dhmo and my doctor said the withdrawal symptoms are. The political issue they spend the most time on is. The video is an expose about how easy it is to get people to sign a petition even for something ridiculous, like banning water. Mar 21, 20 look, i making a video that i stole from a tv show. The fact that they are open about it being biased and unfair for the side theyre criticizing makes it only slightly easier to watch. If the guests for an episode consist primarily of penn jillettes friends from the cato institute, theres gonna be a lot of bullshit in the episode. Includes an experiment where people at an environmental rally sign a petition to ban water, disguised under the name dihydrogen monoxide, without thinking out. This is why the episode is titled environmental hysteria. But they also go after a couple of contemporary, exploitationdriven industries they believe con vulnerable people in the same way phony mediums rip off the. Its mostly penn and teller presenting their point of view on an issue in their own words, theyre biased as fuck in an entertaining fashion. Originally nickelodeon only ordered thirteen episodes but the show would run for three seasons as its creators intended and a total of sixtyone episodes, culminating with a four part finale sozins comet in july 2008.
Queen b approves of the before i let go dance challenge. Bottled water episode pennnteller shotime show bullshit. Environmental hysteria tv episode 2003 penn jillette as self host. Their position was that gm could improve crop quality and quantity. In being green they pull off some of the same useful cautionary tales by showing how easily people can be duped by green guilt into. From ufos, esp, and ouija boards to feng shui and life coaching, to such venerated institutions as the boy scouts, the endangered species act, and the bible, almost any type of subject matter seems fair game to penn jillette and his silent partner, the one. Even if they werent right about every issue, they encouraged their audience to think critically, which is more than i can say about anything else on tv. From antiaging to talking to the dead, they tackle it all with their trademark wit and. Watch more dihydrogen monoxide hoax videos on know your meme.
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