"Penn & Teller: Bullshit!" (2003) TV series 2003-????

User Rating:

8.8/10   

Creators:

Randall Moldave
Eric Small
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Release Date:

24 January 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Documentary

Tagline:

They can smell it from miles away!

Plot:

Using a combination of set ups, descriptions, rants and film of practitioners, Penn & Teller show the Bull Shit that's everywhere...

Plot Keywords:

Exposé | Magic | Profanity In Title | Scam | Magician

Awards:

Nominated for 11 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Teller	...	Himself (57 episodes, 2003-2008)
Penn Jillette	...	Himself (55 episodes, 2003-2008)

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Series Directed by
Star Price		(51 episodes, 2003-2008)
Joshua E. Kessler		(10 episodes, 2005-2007)
Tim Rogan		(2 episodes, 2003-2007)
Tom Greenhut		(unknown episodes, 2005)
Christopher Poole		(unknown episodes)
Scott Schaefer		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Cliff Schoenberg		(14 episodes, 2006-2008)
Penn Jillette		(4 episodes, 2003-2007)
Teller		(4 episodes, 2003-2007)
John McLaughlin		(3 episodes, 2003)
David Wechter		(3 episodes, 2003)
Randall Moldave		(2 episodes, 2003-2007)
Eric Small		(2 episodes, 2003-2007)
Dean Ward		(2 episodes, 2005)
Steven Bortko		(unknown episodes)
John McLaughlin		(unknown episodes)
Steve Melcher		(unknown episodes)
Jonathan B. Taylor		(unknown episodes)
Emma Webster		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Aaron Yampolski	....	senior producer / producer (37 episodes, 2005-2008)
Joshua E. Kessler	....	senior producer / supervising producer / ... (28 episodes, 2004-2007)
June Molgaard	....	producer (3 episodes, 2005)
Star Price	....	executive producer (1 episode, 2003-2006)
Patti Duce	....	supervising producer (1 episode, 2005-2007)
Michael Goudeau	....	co-executive producer (unknown episodes)
Jon Hotchkiss	....	co-executive producer / supervising producer (unknown episodes)
Steve Jones	....	segment producer (unknown episodes)
Randall Kirk	....	series producer (unknown episodes)
Maurice H. Patrykus	....	associate producer (unknown episodes)
Sheryl Zohn	....	associate producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Gary Stockdale		(50 episodes, 2003-2007)

Series Cinematography by
Kevin O'Brien		(2 episodes, 2003-2007)
Steve Jones		(unknown episodes)
Don Starnes		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Steven Uhlenberg		(13 episodes, 2003-2007)
Brian Horn		(10 episodes, 2005-2008)
Tim Sullivan		(10 episodes, 2008)
Eric Wise		(6 episodes, 2003)
Mitch Rosa		(2 episodes, 2003)
Doug Folkerts		(unknown episodes)
Paul Frazier		(unknown episodes)
Tim Schultz		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
David Zimmerman		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Rudy Matchinga		(2 episodes, 2003-2007)

Series Makeup Department
Phyllis Bond	....	hair stylist / makeup artist (2 episodes, 2003-2007)

Series Production Management
CJ	....	post-production supervisor (30 episodes, 2006-2008)
Kathleen Boyette Bramlett	....	production manager / production manager: Penn & Teller (2 episodes, 2003-2007)

Series Art Department
Russell Tamashiro	....	property master (1 episode, 2003)
Jeremy Carmone	....	props (1 episode, 2007)

Series Sound Department
Paul S. Shapiro	....	sound mixer (5 episodes, 2003-2007)
Graham Gardner	....	sound mixer (3 episodes, 2003-2004)
Lenny Jones	....	sound designer (2 episodes, 2003-2007)
Bob Schuck	....	sound (2 episodes, 2003-2007)
Noah Mathers	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)
David Weinstock	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Skip Burrows	....	special effects supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Justin Schultz	....	animator (2 episodes, 2005)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Dave Babb	....	camera operator (8 episodes, 2004-2008)
Ryan Mhor	....	assistant camera (8 episodes, 2008)
Rage Stewart	....	camera production assistant (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ann Helmeth	....	wardrobe (1 episode, 2003)
Kathryn Shemanek	....	wardrobe (1 episode, 2007)

Series Editorial Department
Christopher Nunn	....	assistant editor (14 episodes, 2005-2006)
Mike Krause	....	assistant editor (13 episodes, 2003)
CJ	....	post-production coordinator (11 episodes, 2005)
Ed Decker	....	assistant editor (10 episodes, 2007)
Alpesh Patel	....	lead assistant editor (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Franka Mavrides	....	production assistant / assistant to executive producer (13 episodes, 2003)
CJ	....	assistant to executive producer (13 episodes, 2004)
Ryan Mhor	....	production assistant (10 episodes, 2007)
Steven Solars	....	production assistant (10 episodes, 2007)
Glenn S. Alai	....	assistant: Penn & Teller / publicity manager (2 episodes, 2003-2007)
Tim Rogan	....	stage manager (2 episodes, 2003-2007)
Nathan Santucci	....	director of covert activities: Penn & Teller / director: covert activities (2 episodes, 2003-2007)
Jennifer L. Goosby	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes, 2004)
Joshua E. Kessler	....	field director (unknown episodes, 2005)
Katy Scanlan	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes, 2005)
Daniel Leaderman	....	production assistant (unknown episodes, 2007)
Michelle Basterrechea	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Kyle Hollingsworth	....	title designer (unknown episodes)
Randall Kirk	....	segment producer (unknown episodes)
Justin Leibow	....	title designer (unknown episodes)
Pancho Mansfield	....	network executive (unknown episodes)
Cassandra Seidl	....	post accounting supervisor (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Penn & Teller
• StarPrice Productions
• Wolper Organization, The

Distributors

• Movie Network, The (TMN) (????) (Canada) (TV)
• Showtime Networks (TV)
• Siren Visual Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (DVD)

Other Companies

• King Media Services  DVD design and authoring (season 3)

Also Known As:

Penn & Teller: BS! (USA) (promotional title)
Penn & Teller: Bullsh*t! (USA) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-MA (most episodes) | USA:TV-PG (early episodes) | USA:TV-14

Company:

Penn & Teller

Trivia:

While we never see Teller speak, his voice is occasionally heard while his face is obscured or while he is off-camera.

Quotes:

Penn Jillette: Life coaches are like hookers, which is good, except you're renting their ears instead of their genital and you never get to come!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Kathy Griffin: Straight to Hell (2007) (TV)

Hilarious and Informative

When I say this is hilarious and informative, I mean it informs you of how stupid some people are. Penn and Teller do such a good job with this show, and do an even better job of de-bunking con-artists. Everything from Feng Shue to Magnet Medicine and these people who communicate with the dead (such as John Edward) are de-bunked. I just watched an episode where Penn and Teller got people to try out a "Mucas Mask". This was a supposed be a beauty treatment/facial massage in which people actually let somebody put snails all over their faces. You then see these people who have faces covered with nasty slime giving testimonials on how much better their wrinkles looked and how relaxed their face felt. This was something P&T set up just to show that these testimonials for other cons are not reliable. People can be so stupid, and Penn and Teller do a hilarious job of pointing out how gullible some people are. I reccomend this show to anybody.