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Season 7, Episode 8, RT 26:45 and FUCK: NSFW!
Penn and Teller dig up the truth about the lawn care industry, visit a man who was imprisoned for having an untended lawn, and find a neighborhood where a certain type of grass is mandatory.
First aired August 14, 2009.
Penn and Teller dig up the truth about the lawn care industry, visit a man who was imprisoned for having an untended lawn, and find a neighborhood where a certain type of grass is mandatory.
First aired August 14, 2009.
Aug 27, 2009 6:53 PM
Re: Penn & Teller Bullshit!: Lawns
My guess is that you particularly liked their comparison to the Organic Foods episode segment.
That portion cemented my position that this show is about entertainment and not so much about the issue du jour being presented as topic.
That portion cemented my position that this show is about entertainment and not so much about the issue du jour being presented as topic.
By: spam_vigilante
Re: Penn & Teller Bullshit!: Lawns
I do not understand your first sentence, or maybe I do.
Fact is, I gave the Organics episode **** while I didn't at all agree with (most of) their overall statements on that issue. However, I did agree a lot with their poking fun. You know me.
I am well aware that Penn and Teller do make their Bullshit! episodes rather rapidly, and I strongly suspect they usually choose a subject based on preconceived (is that the right word?) notions. I mean, they have already come to a conclusion based on previous, perfectly valid, experiences. It's not that they spend years studying lawns (or something) scientifically, reading thousands of books on the subject, and then present their findings. Nah, they undoubtedly had heard of the Grass Nazis (hell, even I knew of this and I'm half a world away) and decided to make their case. With such a subject matter, common sense can only lead you to one conclusion, and Penn and Teller do a superb job in so doing.
This is not to say I think they only do well on fluff subjects. On the contrary. I can't think of a subject they botched -- not off the top of my head, other than the Organics one. Then again, applying labels here: Libertarians often agree on certain matters.
I think they just, by a hair, missed the truth on global warming. At the end of that episode, they were uncertain as to whether there is global warming, or whether Man causes it (hell, I forgot the details).
So ... I don't wholly (mammoth: subspecies) agree with you that Bullshit! is mostly done for entertainment's sake. Maybe they said so somewhere or somewhen, but I don't believe it. They obviously care about the message they present. They're not hacks or simple entertainers. One thing that makes them so good is that they care -- deeply (about people). It's like with Tolkien. Surely you don't say The Lord of the Rings is pure entertainment just because it's chockfull of elves, hobbits, and orcs?
Excuse me for the somewhat muddled post. Gotta go get my coat clipped.
Fact is, I gave the Organics episode **** while I didn't at all agree with (most of) their overall statements on that issue. However, I did agree a lot with their poking fun. You know me.
I am well aware that Penn and Teller do make their Bullshit! episodes rather rapidly, and I strongly suspect they usually choose a subject based on preconceived (is that the right word?) notions. I mean, they have already come to a conclusion based on previous, perfectly valid, experiences. It's not that they spend years studying lawns (or something) scientifically, reading thousands of books on the subject, and then present their findings. Nah, they undoubtedly had heard of the Grass Nazis (hell, even I knew of this and I'm half a world away) and decided to make their case. With such a subject matter, common sense can only lead you to one conclusion, and Penn and Teller do a superb job in so doing.
This is not to say I think they only do well on fluff subjects. On the contrary. I can't think of a subject they botched -- not off the top of my head, other than the Organics one. Then again, applying labels here: Libertarians often agree on certain matters.
I think they just, by a hair, missed the truth on global warming. At the end of that episode, they were uncertain as to whether there is global warming, or whether Man causes it (hell, I forgot the details).
So ... I don't wholly (mammoth: subspecies) agree with you that Bullshit! is mostly done for entertainment's sake. Maybe they said so somewhere or somewhen, but I don't believe it. They obviously care about the message they present. They're not hacks or simple entertainers. One thing that makes them so good is that they care -- deeply (about people). It's like with Tolkien. Surely you don't say The Lord of the Rings is pure entertainment just because it's chockfull of elves, hobbits, and orcs?
Excuse me for the somewhat muddled post. Gotta go get my coat clipped.
Re: Penn & Teller Bullshit!: Lawns
Yeah, yeah. You Libertarians stick together. ;-) Tell ya what, you post their Taxes episode from this season.
Of course the show is a soapbox for Penn Jillette's views (Teller, we can't quite figure out, the little mute fuck).
As for my first sentence (notice the reverse order of my posting responses thus far?), there is a segment in this episode which contains a dwarf and a nude model in both here and the Organic Food episode. Being that P&T take the time to point out that their positions in these two instalments were diametrical in nature, I thought I should also. See? They aren't always driving home a point.
Bad timing on the coat getting trimmed. The days are getting shorter and the nights are getting cold. See if you can find some human companionship to build you a bonfire this winter. See if he is willing to toss you a few scraps of meat in exchange for companionship and cave protection. Let us know how it all works out in a few million years of coexistence.
Of course the show is a soapbox for Penn Jillette's views (Teller, we can't quite figure out, the little mute fuck).
As for my first sentence (notice the reverse order of my posting responses thus far?), there is a segment in this episode which contains a dwarf and a nude model in both here and the Organic Food episode. Being that P&T take the time to point out that their positions in these two instalments were diametrical in nature, I thought I should also. See? They aren't always driving home a point.
Bad timing on the coat getting trimmed. The days are getting shorter and the nights are getting cold. See if you can find some human companionship to build you a bonfire this winter. See if he is willing to toss you a few scraps of meat in exchange for companionship and cave protection. Let us know how it all works out in a few million years of coexistence.
By: spam_vigilante
Re: Penn & Teller Bullshit!: Lawns
Mmm ... how considerate of you to throw me a scrap of meat, i.d. the Bullshit! Taxes. Problem is, I can only find sections of it on YouTube; and posting stuff from elsewhere (except Google Videos and YT) usually goes wrong. I have posted a Vimeo vid once, and perhaps two from MySpace. Only through the technical dexterity of DeK were those exceptions presented in watchable form. Oh, and one GUBA (about the Spanish Inquisition).
Before I digress -- no, wait, now that I have digressed, let's go back to the issues at hand:
Fuck! Now I understand what you meant. Boy, that was dumb of me. At least I got to watch those nude women again. (Definitely the blonde. Keep that Aryan blood pumping ...)
Now on to something really important: my coat. My coat, after all, lands me all those Inuit girls. First, separate them from the herd, chase them playfully into the wide open wilderness (not so they can see I'm playing, of course, remaining at a constant temperature because my third leg has plenty of uses), and then they'll come rushing to me when night falls. Meanwhile looking out for those snow mobiles their dads operate nowadays. I got some other tactics as well, which is why you can often find me right smack inside them igloos. Trade secret.
So I did decide to trim it, because I damn well know what's best for it. As a matter of fact, while Melville wrote the best goddamn book on whales (and went on at length about whaling), I'll write the best goddamn book about wolves (and will go on at length -- no, wait for it -- how to look after one's coat.
Some more about the human companionship seems to be in order here, too, because I am, as you know, looking for a she. Females can be fine hunters, and I'd be glad to be sharing the table with her, and I'll be even more willing to accept her 'cave protection.' No need to wait a million or more years. Now, of course you're free to throw me some scraps as well, and offering a separate bedroom, from which I'll daily make incursions into the City, tearing out a few throats of the damn law enforcers on the way.
*Howls*
By the way, who's that entity who wants to have you killed? It's in the Feedback Section, which I visited yesterday. Why is no one threatening to kill me? Me, who's exposing the evil Federal Government and its unholy alliance with the undead international banking elite. Me, having told numerous times of how I would like to eliminate countless corrupt folks. Remember the time I hunted Palin and McCain through the Canadian wildness? I get goose bumps just remembering, or maybe that's because I just trimmed my coat and it's getting colder each day ...
Before I digress -- no, wait, now that I have digressed, let's go back to the issues at hand:
Fuck! Now I understand what you meant. Boy, that was dumb of me. At least I got to watch those nude women again. (Definitely the blonde. Keep that Aryan blood pumping ...)
Now on to something really important: my coat. My coat, after all, lands me all those Inuit girls. First, separate them from the herd, chase them playfully into the wide open wilderness (not so they can see I'm playing, of course, remaining at a constant temperature because my third leg has plenty of uses), and then they'll come rushing to me when night falls. Meanwhile looking out for those snow mobiles their dads operate nowadays. I got some other tactics as well, which is why you can often find me right smack inside them igloos. Trade secret.
So I did decide to trim it, because I damn well know what's best for it. As a matter of fact, while Melville wrote the best goddamn book on whales (and went on at length about whaling), I'll write the best goddamn book about wolves (and will go on at length -- no, wait for it -- how to look after one's coat.
Some more about the human companionship seems to be in order here, too, because I am, as you know, looking for a she. Females can be fine hunters, and I'd be glad to be sharing the table with her, and I'll be even more willing to accept her 'cave protection.' No need to wait a million or more years. Now, of course you're free to throw me some scraps as well, and offering a separate bedroom, from which I'll daily make incursions into the City, tearing out a few throats of the damn law enforcers on the way.
*Howls*
By the way, who's that entity who wants to have you killed? It's in the Feedback Section, which I visited yesterday. Why is no one threatening to kill me? Me, who's exposing the evil Federal Government and its unholy alliance with the undead international banking elite. Me, having told numerous times of how I would like to eliminate countless corrupt folks. Remember the time I hunted Palin and McCain through the Canadian wildness? I get goose bumps just remembering, or maybe that's because I just trimmed my coat and it's getting colder each day ...
Re: Penn & Teller Bullshit!: Lawns
Hmm, would that not be your FIFTH leg, not the THIRD? Hard to tell, as you keep phasing in and out of character.
No matter, thanks for the chuckles.
And yeah, thanks for mentioning the Feedback section comment. Look there shortly for my smartassed remark.
No matter, thanks for the chuckles.
And yeah, thanks for mentioning the Feedback section comment. Look there shortly for my smartassed remark.
By: spam_vigilante
Re: Penn & Teller Bullshit!: Lawns
The legs/paws thing has to do with the Moon. VERY complicated. Won't annoy you with the details.
Anyway, I'm sorta surprised that the death threat or actually the diluted form of a death threat is allowed to remain up there. If I'm not incorrect, I believe those kinds of things are against the rules. But, NAAAAHHHH, this is hypocritical of me to say.
OFF WITH THE QUEEN'S HEAD!!!
(Instead of a Suzuki Swift, I'll try it with a Dodge Ram. But the Moon has to be just right, otherwise my fifth paw is bound to get in the way.)
Could be one of your exes, though ...
Anyway, I'm sorta surprised that the death threat or actually the diluted form of a death threat is allowed to remain up there. If I'm not incorrect, I believe those kinds of things are against the rules. But, NAAAAHHHH, this is hypocritical of me to say.
OFF WITH THE QUEEN'S HEAD!!!
(Instead of a Suzuki Swift, I'll try it with a Dodge Ram. But the Moon has to be just right, otherwise my fifth paw is bound to get in the way.)
Could be one of your exes, though ...
Dead link? Already?
Wow. But some n00bs vote a 1* in lieu of reporting it a dead link. Great. Thanks. May Karma serve you well.
Fortunately, available in YouTube flavor in three parts:
1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_VgC7O2xtg
2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY77JAEv8tI
3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEK52MWv3s4
Fortunately, available in YouTube flavor in three parts:
1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_VgC7O2xtg
2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY77JAEv8tI
3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEK52MWv3s4
By: spam_vigilante
Re: Dead link? Already?
Another mirror added:
http://www.viddler.com/explore/slimebuckete/videos/3/
http://www.viddler.com/explore/slimebuckete/videos/3/
By: spam_vigilante
Re: Dead link? Already?
It's up to jax to fix this, us mods have no power over the headlines.
Re: Dead link? Already?
Yeah, I know it. Sorry.
I am dropping him a PM now. Thanks.
Bleh.
I am dropping him a PM now. Thanks.
Bleh.
By: spam_vigilante
