Ok penn and teller, slam them all you want, without the other sides certainly not the people they had on there opinion, with people debating back and forth, your program lacks substance. Bullshit penn and teller lies peta animals go vegan meat. From the late 1970s through 1981, penn, teller, and chrisemer performed as a trio called the asparagus valley cultural society which played in petaluma, california at the phoenix theater. In other words, they take it for granted that we know peta s position and theyre just presenting some info we might not know.
Research has proven that selfesteembuilding does not work. An examination of the animal rights advocacy group. Penn and teller are penn jillette and raymond teller. I alway thought penn and teller were about presenting the counterviews that are usually swamped out of the public consciousness by the pushers for the issues explored. As an example, they considered the center for consumer freedom an expert for their peta episode. In episode 201, the second season premiere, the magicians examine people for the ethical treatment of animals peta, the organization that opposes all forms of medical testing involving animals and supports banning the ownership of pets. In the peta episode, there is some video footage of animal abuse, chickens being slaughtered, as well as footage of vandals breaking into animal research centres. While watching keep this quote from peta founder ingrid newkirk in mind who stated. Penn and tellers episode about peta tv tropes forum. In the season 8 finale, vaccination is considered modern medicines greatest weapon against disease but thanks to pseudoscience and public gullibility, the debate over vaccination safety rages on. Penn and teller look at the different techniques that the fitness industry uses to get your money, when a. Penn and teller look at animal liberation and expose peta people for the ethical treatment of animals as hypocrites.
In every episode penn and teller present a number of stories. The episode does a good job in showing how extreme peta can be by condoning violence and supporting men like robert coranado who is a convicted arsonist and has taken money from peta, but the episode has its own share of bulls. With penn jillette, teller, steven best, rod coronado. Later in the season the episode on death was another highlight of the. Penn and teller dedicated an episode of their show bullshit to animal rights and people for the ethical treatment of animals peta. Peta kills more dogs and cats every year than any other single organization in the united states. In episode 506, a blizzard of immigration bs melts when penn and teller spend some time with the minutemen, a militia group dedicated to preventing illegal border crossings, while illegal immigrants demonstrate their fencejumping techniques. References and footage of famous violent events eg.
Las vegas headliners whose act is an amalgam of illusion and comedy. This episode casts the spotlight on left behind apocalyptic crap, the nostradamus craze and those crazy, lovable survivalists. Penn and teller look at how the patriot act was rushed into law following 911 and what power this gave to the government. It also looks at how we are increasingly being monitored in our day to day life. Some of their interviewees have reported that the show edits their argument in a way to purposely make penn and tellers argument seem more valid. Bullshit prophets and other assorted nutcases have been predicting the end of the world since earliest recorded history. So im not a big fan of this episode, because its misleading who these animalrights people are. 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.
Bullshit guest star bobby slayton by ptbsonshowtime. After watching this, you will know peta as people for extortion terror and abuse of human beings. Penn and teller also do a nice number on a peta vice president whose treatments for type ii diabetes were developed using research on dogs. Penn and teller telling you the truth about the birdbrain and dangerous hypocrites from peta. They are hosts of the showtime network television show penn and teller. There are some episodes that i really disagreed with. From the pepsi arena in albany new york on monday march 7th 2016. Given the nature of the show, this is to be expected. They think that its the greater good both for reducing population and so the animals dont suffer from neglect and the living conditions of shelters or something.
To be fair, there is plenty of bullshit in peta and the animal rights movement in this episode such as petas staunch opposition to. I also think its ridiculous that peta claims mc donalds and kfc are cruel when they arent even the ones doing the slaughter, they just get their meat from a company and cook it in their own style. All but one are true, its up to the viewers to guess which story is false. Bullshit about mad cow and various other bullshit fears the media pushes on us. The peta episode, right at the start of the season, is one of the best single episodes of television ever. With zeal, passion and conviction the duo examines taboo topics and organizations such as peta, safety hysteria, the business of love, 12 step programs and the fountain of youth. Directed by star price, kevin barry, christopher poole. Full episode penn and teller telling you the truth about the birdbrain and dangerous hypocrites from peta. Penn jillette and teller were introduced to each other by weir chrisemer, and performed their first show together at the minnesota renaissance festival on august 19, 1975. Penn and teller bullshit angry episode clip by funny family videos.
They picket veterinarians and animal shelters for euthanizing animals, while euthanizing even more animals themselves. The thing that pisses me off about peta is that they draw attention and support away from reasonable animal rights groups that are actually working to ensure that the animals we interact with are not treated cruelly. Even at their most convincing, though, penn and teller. Bullshit penn and teller lies peta animals go vegan meat fur puppy mills shelters ccf.
Its first two seasons were hosted by jonathan ross, and the third season onwards by alyson hannigan. In episode 505, 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. Penn and teller have made some pretty dubious episodes of penn and teller bullshit, but even they where in disbelief about what they turned up about peta. Peta, animal rights, penn, teller, animal, testing. Penn and teller are highly entertaining, but this episode of. Some time after an episode debunking the use of chiropractors not all forms, mind you. This video just infuriated me which admittedly isnt that hard to do. Well, because we love saying things people dont want to hear. I never had much of an opinion of penn and teller, but i sure do now. Penn and teller look at animal liberation and expose peta people for the ethical treatment of animals. The tonight show starring jimmy fallon 2,929,718 views.
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