Penn & Teller: BS! Season 4, Ep. 8 "Manners"

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Is it really true? Are Americans ruder today than they were 120 years ago? Penn & Teller will find out that our contemporary ideas about manners date back to the Victorian period, a time when there wasn't indoor plumbing and people used to urinate in the street.
  • Starring: Penn Jillette, Teller
  • Directed by: Star Price
  • Runtime: 26 minutes
  • Original air date: May 22, 2006
  • Network: Showtime
 
  
 
 

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  April 10, 2006
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  May 1, 2006
It has been four years since the worst terrorist attack on American soil and little has been built to commemorate the fallen heroes of that fateful day. There's been lots of media hype and politicians talking of what will be placed on this holy site but we haven't gotten very far.
 
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  May 15, 2006
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8. Manners
  May 22, 2006
Is it really true? Are Americans ruder today than they were 120 years ago? Penn & Teller will find out that our contemporary ideas about manners date back to the Victorian period, a time when there wasn't indoor plumbing and people used to urinate in the street.
 
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9. Numbers
  May 29, 2006
The magicians take a look at numbers and statistics, and how both are frequently fudged by the media, politicians and corporations to manipulate the public into following their agendas.
 
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10. Abstinence
  June 5, 2006
Penn and Teller debunk the abstinence movement with a look at the sexual shame that results from discouraging masturbation and healthy sexuality in kids, as well as government programs that feed our children false information.
 
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Episode 8, "Manners"
Synopsis: Is it really true? Are Americans ruder today than they were 120 years ago? Penn & Teller will find out that our contemporary ideas about manners date back to the Victorian period, a time when there wasn't indoor plumbing and people used to urinate in the street.
Original air date: May 22, 2006
Runtime: 26 minutes
ASIN: B000JO9Z6W
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,066 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! Season 4
Synopsis: Three-time Emmy-nominated and Writer's Guild Award-winning Penn & Teller: Bullshit! returns for a seventh season. It will continue to feature the notoriously outspoken duo on their crusade to expose the inherent hypocrisy (translation: bullshit) of many of the popular beliefs and sacred institutions in our culture. Season seven will cover varied topics such as orgasms, Little League baseball and the fundamentals of astrology, among others.
Starring: Penn Jillette, Teller
Creator: Randall Moldave, Eric Small
Season year: 2006
Genre: Comedy, Documentary
Executive producer: Aaron Yampolski
Network: Showtime
ASIN: B000JO9KHQ
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