PieThatCorner
Enlightened
Anyone get a chance to watch this Penn & Teller offering on Showtime?
The title is actually Bulls**t! A referrence to the many things that are just plain hokey, such as talking to the dead, fortune tellers, alien abductions, and the like.
Granted, I don't really care at all for Penn and Teller. In fact, I find them to be annoying and exceedingly obnoxious. However, curiosity got the best of me, so I watched one of their half-hour shows tonight. It was about Environmental Hysteria, featuring the blind leading the blind in a protest march against global warming and species extinction. A gathering of the minds, or mindless, as it was pointed out. Good intentions, but scientifically incorrect information that they were acting on. The real topping to the cake included ongoing interview cuts to Kate Loewe, the chief speaker and activist for Global Justice. Not to mention the conjured up petition against dihydrogen oxide, a major component of acid rain, a major contributor to erosion, and where accidental inhalation can kill you... in other words: H20 - water. Hundreds of marchers and protestors signed the petition. This was pure comedy in itself.
I don't have the words to describe this, but what Penn & Teller have put together in this little show is something I have been wanting to yell out at the top of my lungs for a long time. It's a no-nonsense, direct approach to challenging some of the baloney that we tend to encounter, the type of baloney supported by many all too trusting members of the public.
I highly recommend catching a glimpse of this show. There are some truly funny moments in there.
-Jim
The title is actually Bulls**t! A referrence to the many things that are just plain hokey, such as talking to the dead, fortune tellers, alien abductions, and the like.
Granted, I don't really care at all for Penn and Teller. In fact, I find them to be annoying and exceedingly obnoxious. However, curiosity got the best of me, so I watched one of their half-hour shows tonight. It was about Environmental Hysteria, featuring the blind leading the blind in a protest march against global warming and species extinction. A gathering of the minds, or mindless, as it was pointed out. Good intentions, but scientifically incorrect information that they were acting on. The real topping to the cake included ongoing interview cuts to Kate Loewe, the chief speaker and activist for Global Justice. Not to mention the conjured up petition against dihydrogen oxide, a major component of acid rain, a major contributor to erosion, and where accidental inhalation can kill you... in other words: H20 - water. Hundreds of marchers and protestors signed the petition. This was pure comedy in itself.
I don't have the words to describe this, but what Penn & Teller have put together in this little show is something I have been wanting to yell out at the top of my lungs for a long time. It's a no-nonsense, direct approach to challenging some of the baloney that we tend to encounter, the type of baloney supported by many all too trusting members of the public.
I highly recommend catching a glimpse of this show. There are some truly funny moments in there.
-Jim