DVDs: January 2006 Archives

Entertainers Penn and Teller hate people who try to pass themselves off as having real magic or psychic powers. They also hate people who try to make money through lies. In Bullshit, a half-hour series on Showtime, hosts Penn and Teller use heavy handed, obnoxious, funny, and sometimes cruel pranks to expose charlatans who make their living duping other people. They've gone after penis enlargement pill pushers, channelers, alien abductees, and people who say second hand smoke is worse for you than it really is.

My favorite episode has Penn and Teller going after PeTA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), exposing them as hypocrites of the lowest kind. While PeTA boycotts animal shelters for euthanizing animals, PeTA euthanizes 2/3 of the animals it rescues. And while they support terrorists that firebomb medical research clinics that use animals to develop new kinds of life saving drugs, the woman who is second-in-command at PeTA uses insulin made from animal products to keep herself alive. (She has some nonsensical excuse that its OK for her to save herself by killing animals because she is saving animals). Eye opening bullshit indeed! Season One $29.99 on Amazon Season Two $25.99 on Amazon