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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
EAN: 0097368920545
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Showtime Ent.
Manufacturer: Showtime Ent.
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Showtime Ent.
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 20, 2008
Running Time: 278 minutes
Sales Rank: 2664
Studio: Showtime Ent.
Theatrical Release Date: January 24, 2003
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Product Description:
The fifth season of this award-winning series featuring master showmen Penn & Teller delivers viewers an aggressive humorous expos of taboo topics using the duo s trademark humor knowledge of carnival tricks as well as hidden cameras and blatant confrontation. Nominated the last four years for the Emmy® for Outstanding Reality Program and Outstanding Writing for Non Fiction Programming Penn & Teller: Bullshit! continues its controversial muckraking throughout season five by confronting many of the institutions society holds dear.System Requirements:Running Time: 278 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 097368920545 Manufacturer No: 892054
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Penn & Teller: Bullsh*t--The Complete Fifth Season carries on the comic magicians' Showtime series in which they debunk one or another contemporary myth or collective assumption about the way in which we live. 'Obesity' takes on the weight-loss industry, diet companies, and doctors who frighten overweight people with unsubstantiated worries about health risks. At the same time, Penn & Teller turn their skepticism toward morbidly obese people who insist they are victims of discrimination. 'Breast Hysteria' is as puerile as longtime watchers of this series can easily imagine, with the two hosts practically drooling over the subject and the episode offering many instances of gratuitous nudity. But beneath the hijinks are fairly serious discussions about biases against public breastfeeding and the fact that more people spend money on pink-ribbon-bearing products than on actual breast cancer research. 'Exorcism' is another instance of Penn & Teller taking on an easy target, as cameras capture loony, self-styled exorcist types plying their trade on gullible victims. More seriously, 'Immigration' is a hard look at the absurdity of trying to keep people from crossing America's southernmost border with walls and little groups of vigilante Minutemen (who certainly don't look particularly tough here). Perhaps most controversially, 'Handicap Parking' is an assault on the American Disabilities Act and its insistence (as defined by Penn & Teller) on forcing America to conform to accessibility rules that, the hosts say, are out of step with reality. It might be impossible to agree with everything Penn & Teller: Bullsh*t--The Complete Fifth Season touches, but the series certainly knows how to spark debate. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Outstanding! Thank you!
Penn & Teller have done it again. Okay, they love knocking down the occasional straw man to make it funny, but it's still good, libertarian skepticism. Well worth the time, and the money!
Rating: - Another great season...
I just love this series--I've reviewed another season too, but I can't remember which one at the moment. I watched season 5 on Netflix (it's now up for instant-view for members) and enjoyed every minute of it. Especially their episodes on the breast hysteria in America, and "Nukes, Hybrids, and Lesbians." Ever wonder how someone could bring those three things together into a (mostly) cohesive, political statement? Well, P&T did it!
The language has never bothered me, largely for reasons covered by their episode on profanity. And if you've watched the first episode of the first season, you'll know that they actually have a legal reason for using the words they do. I can understand why other parents might not want their children watching it, but sometimes I really think adults need to give kids more credit. They hear all these words from their classmates, and usually the context is far worse.
The one thing that did disappoint me with this season was that it really seemed shorter than the others to me--like there were fewer episodes than seasons 1 through 4.
I could be mistaken, and I'm sure other people will comment if I am. And maybe Netflix just didn't release a few for various copyright reasons; all the more reason to buy the DVDs I guess. One thing's for sure, this series is always worth the money. I find myself watching this over and over.
Rating:  - Note To The Editor
I love and fully support this show. I may not always agree with their assesments, but the spirit of the show is the best thing on T.V. In a society bogged down in B.S., this is a breath of fresh air. One note, and why I held back a star, On the DVD and on it's back cover, it talks of an interview with the "Black Pope" of the Church of Satan on it's Exorcism segment. No such interview is on the DVD. False adverisement, B.S.!!
Rating: - Not quite 5 stars
Normally I give everything in this series 5 stars but this current offering is not as good as the rest. Maybe it is because Penn & Teller have gone through all the subjects thay are passionate about and are now getting to lesser material. Don't get me wrong, this is still good just not as good as seasons 1-4.
Rating: - Good Stuff
I always don't agree with them, But at least they are making a point and standing by it.
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