dutchfartpolice A series full of debunking trough shallow paper thin arguments, based on "common sense" and led by the ideals of pen and teller.Troughout the series you will find times you agree with them and times you don't, but none of it is presented with very convincing arguments but full of riducule.I guess it is though provoking and helps you think deeper about the world around you, i just think penn and teller aren't the right persons to lead their audience in this endevour. As magicians they are masters of social engineering, redirection and reframing, and it shows in this series.As entertainment it is passable i guess. I doubt most people see it as such though, but rather use it as validation of their allready held beliefs. In that context it pretty much is useless information full of questionable sources and shallow reasoning and logic. It isn't any worse then anything else on tv though, i guess this is as good as it gonna get.

Leonidas Kontoulis Lets face it. Some of the subjects presented in the show are not exactly laughing material... Personally though, I find Penn's unbelievably complicated rants, combined with Teller's mute pantomimes (and the occasional female breast dropped in the mix for good measure!) extremely entertaining material for a weeknight. Humor also helps me stomach some of the subjects covered in the show, as I find them deeply annoying! I agree that presenting the bullshit side of an argument or controversy by choosing the most ridiculous representatives of it is the preferred method of the show and it's not right documentary-wise but... hey, this show is about comedy, right? It's not a documentary and I do not think it aspires to be one! Well, if it was a documentary it would be the most profane documentary ever (thanks to the aforementioned Pen's rants!).I just love the show and I take it as comedy and nothing more. If people are looking for documentaries on the subjects covered they should just watch proper documentaries! I would bet that they would not be as entertaining though!!

sparrowspearl882 I believe that Penn and Teller have stated in several of their shows that they realize the bias and non-objective status of some of their material. Just goes to prove that as hosts of their own show, they have the freedom to call anything B.S. that they want to.Obviously, the main purpose of the show is not to inform the audience of everything they THINK is B.S. But with some things, objectivity can't prove anything, no matter how clean it is (objectivity or not, religion isn't going away).So, I find it a bit harsh to expel this show due to some, repeat, some bias, when I think it would be literally impossible to go on for seven seasons without some of it. Penn and Teller tell us to expect it - so expect it.

killbot-prime I love this show. It's far from perfect, but it is indeed entertaining and more accurate than not.Almost as amusing to me as the show, however, are the people who find it so offensive and feel that they must attack it. Reading the submissions, I have taken great pleasure in chortling at the pre-literate scrawlings of those who hate the show the most. The majority of the negative comments are quite nearly illegible.To all of the misguided people who think the show is "right wing": Penn and Teller are libertarians (note the lower case l, it's important) and should never be referred to as "right wing" by anyone with a clue. (l)ibertarians find left and right to be equally pathetic and almost universally wrong.P&T are entertainers who perform 6 nights a week in Las Vegas where they make a great deal of money. Their income from Showtime is not going to come close to their Vegas earnings, so if you were thinking they're selling out, you're wrong and will need to start the critical thinking process over again.Yes, they employ vulgarity, nudity, and snarky comments in their war on stupidity and institutional ignorance. No, they don't always argue as completely or compellingly as one might hope, but they are out there doing something that no one else is bothering to do...and they're doing it pretty well.American Communists have the DNC and NPR; American Fascists have the GOP and Fox News. Us libertarians apparently only get P&T for 30 minutes a week.I'll gratefully accept BS! as it is until Penn & Teller die or someone else does it better. After all, I think for myself and I know entertainment when I see it.