Penn & Teller Bullsh*t!

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Trey and Matt of South Park, who also have changed their position on certain key issues. (Hint: Al Gore.)

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What did T&M change about their view of Gore?

I loved them as magicians, and found their show when I was in college and loved it too. Asking people to ban water was hilarious.

If you ever go to Vegas and 'Rona is over, they take pictures with anyone in the crowd that wants to. I still have that and a signed program from when I went.

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If you ever go to Vegas and 'Rona is over, they take pictures with anyone in the crowd that wants to

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True! Seen them at the Rio in Vegas years ago and at the Sanger in New Orleans about 3 years ago? They did the same after each show and signed autographs while doing pictures with people.

Still have my signed ticket from the Rio show

Best thing to do going into the show is, no matter where you fall on the political spectrum, be ready to get shite on :)

Both sides have some fairly ridiculous beliefs and P&T don't pull punches pointing out when either side believes something stupid.

Of course there are the safer episodes for folks, like debunking Moon Landing conspiracies.

Episode List

89 total episodes, so you'll find plenty to enjoy.

Of course, the last one is on vaccinations and how there is absolutely no link to autism.

They're both Libertarian, but that's not nearly as "pro-Conservative" as people think, due to the fact that Conservatism has decided to be linked directly with Republicans, who are most assuredly NOT "small government" (the preface being that while people who VOTE Republican might be for small government, the people elected to office with an "R" next to their name pretty much never are).

Honestly, this show really shaped my thinking. I find it sad Penn no longer classifies himself as a libertarian, since I think him, Trey Parker, and Matt Stone were the true libertarians that really shaped a lot of young people’s thinking. I got to go with the PETA episode where they implicitly abused animals the entire show just to piss PETA off as much as possible (like locking some dogs up in a restaurant grade freezer).

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I got to go with the PETA episode where they implicitly abused animals the entire show just to piss PETA off as much as possible (like locking some dogs up in a restaurant grade freezer).

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I don't think you have to be PETA to not want people to torture animals.

What I hate about PETA is that nearly any point they take is associated with them and then gets deemed "crazy".

I, personally, have no love for circuses. Not because of having the animals perform, but because they put them in pretty terribly conditions between performances. (Which is admittedly better than how some other countries treat their own zoo animals, but I digress).

It's like saying, "I don't think my 3 year old nephew should own a grenade launcher" and someone saying, "You hate the 2nd Amendment!" Which is BS, because I bought my 5 year old nephew a minigun for Christmas.

For the record, I don’t lose my shite when some hero of mine changes their views on certain topics. People grow older. People change. It’s actually cool for me to sometimes listen to liberals because at least I’m challenging myself to try to see things from their point of views.

That being said, I *might* be disappointed if they changed their views based on peer pressure or something like that

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Honestly, this show really shaped my thinking.

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I feel the same way to an extent. When it first came out, it exposed me to different points of view on topics I never gave much consideration to at the time.

Episodes criticizing diversity requirements, reparations, sensitivity training, and environmentalists were eye opening, and would probably never air today.

Like was mentioned already, my favorite might be the organic food episode. The taste test with two regular bananas from the same bunch with one labeled "organic" was brilliant.