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Penn and Teller Hate Fun

By Genevieve Burgess | Posted Under Miscellaneous | Comments (13)

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I’ve spent a lot of my day cleaning up my room here in my parents’ house which has caused me to be alternately annoyed by, proud of, and bewildered by the remnants of my teenaged self. Like a younger sister who’s smart and a little quirky, but you kind of want to grab by the shoulders and reassure that high school ends and the less you care about it at the time, the less you’ll be disappointed by that fact later. This is how I’m going to be spending a lot of my weekend. Should be fun. Here’s Thursday night’s TV:

8:00 p.m.: “Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night” on ABC. Special presentation.

“America’s Home Cooking: What’s For Dinner” on PBS. As those of you who have me on facebook know, what’s for dinner for me tonight is bacon pancakes. I expect my blood will actually congeal after this so it’s been nice knowing all of you.

8:30 p.m.: “100 Questions” on NBC.

“ABC Sports Special: NBA Countdown” on ABC. Special presentation.

9:00 p.m.: “Burn Notice” on USA.

“Modern Marvels: The Real National Treasure” on History. Is it Nic Cage’s hair?

“Police Women of Memphis” on TLC.

“The Real Housewives of New York City: The Reunion, Part 1” on Bravo. One hour special presentation. There is nothing about that sentence that I like.

“The Smoking Gun Presents: World’s Dumbest Criminals 21” on TruTV. Eighth season
premiere.

“ABC Sports Special: NBA Finals, Game 4” on ABC. Special presentation.

10:00 p.m.: “Bethenny’s Getting Married?” on Bravo. Series premiere. Each day I do this job, I want to burn Bravo to the ground just a little bit more.

“Mall Cops: Mall of America” on TLC.

“The OCD Project” on VH1.

“Penn and Teller: Bullshit” on Showtime. Eighth season premiere. This week’s topic is cheerleaders. I’m not really sure how cheerleaders can be bullshit. I mean, they’re right there, doing their thing. What’s there to disprove?

“Royal Pains” on USA.

10:30 p.m.: “The Green Room with Paul Provenza” on Showtime. Series premiere.

Late Night Listings:

“Late Night With David Letterman” on CBS featuring Harry Connick Jr., Jaden Smith, and Peter Wolf.

“The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” on NBC featuring Denis Leary, Judd Apatow, and Alanis Morissette.

“Jimmy Kimmel Live” on ABC featuring Bradley Cooper, Khloe & Kourtney Kardashian, and Taio Cruz.

“The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson” on CBS featuring Wolfgang Puck, Damian Marley, and Nas.

“Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” on NBC featuring John C. Reilly, Justin Bartha, and Sarah McLachlan.

“The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” on Comedy Central featuring Gov. Tim Pawlenty.

“The Colbert Report” on Comedy Central featuring Alan Bean.

Intern Rusty is a Masters student at the University of Miami. You can learn more about her at Rusty’s Ventures.









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“Penn and Teller: Bullshit” on Showtime. Eighth season premiere. This week’s topic is cheerleaders. I’m not really sure how cheerleaders can be bullshit. I mean, they’re right there, doing their thing. What’s there to disprove?

They may have run out of stuff to debunk/attack. Is next week's episode on kittens?

/watching basketball...and getting ready for month of World Cup.

Posted by: Fredo at June 10, 2010 7:14 PM

Paul Provenza is still alive? I thought he'd committed suicide after MTV's 1/2 Comedy Hour got cancelled.


Mmmmmm, I have been meaning to catch an episode of Burn Notice to see if it's any good, I could SWEAR I caught a glimpse of The Chin in one of their promos.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at June 10, 2010 7:27 PM

That's because The Chin is a prominent character on the show.

Posted by: PaleoLithchick at June 10, 2010 7:47 PM

Rusty, did you see the bacon pankcakes on Jezebel earlier today? I did and if I didn't make cupcakes earlier today I would have been allll over that shit.

Posted by: vikky at June 10, 2010 7:57 PM

Cheerleaders are SUCH bullshit.

Posted by: C.C. Divine at June 10, 2010 8:03 PM

Yeah, I am definitely looking forward to Bethanny Getting Married. Seriously.

I mean, 24 and Lost are over now, so... yeah.

I really should watch Burn Notice, though. I actually LIKE that show, but somehow I keep forgetting to watch it.

Posted by: kayla at June 10, 2010 8:19 PM

Tell me somebody is watching So You Think You Can Dance. I must talk about that David Bowie opening number, which was delicious. Also, Kat Deeley's outfit looks like the unholy mix of a flapper and a dress I had in the third grade circa 1989.

Posted by: Tammy at June 10, 2010 9:09 PM

The Chin is what got me hooked on Burn Notice.

Posted by: Uda at June 10, 2010 9:55 PM

It's a marketing tactic, you dolts. It's not cheerleaders themselves who are Bullshit, but the fact that their coaches suck, the girls are constantly getting paralyzed, and it causes 65% of competative sports injuries, and believe that our education like such as in South Africa, and the Iraq, everywhere like such as and, I believe they should uh, our education over here, in the U.S. should help the U.S.

Posted by: Poultice at June 10, 2010 10:05 PM

Peter Wolf/Alanis Morissette face-off/showdown/smackdown.

I'll see YOU in a centerfold.

Posted by: , at June 10, 2010 11:23 PM

I watched tonight's Bullshit. As Poultice said, it dealt with the DISGUSTING number of girls being maimed or even killed while attempting cheer stunts. Thanks to Title IX, cheer isn't considered a sport--even if the squad is one of those more competitive groups that more closely resemble gymnysts. Since cheer isn't a sport, it doesn't fall under the same rules and regulations as other sports, so these girls and their coaches are often left to their own devices. Turns out one reason that cheer still isn't considered a sport is because Varsity ("THE" cheering company) owns nearly fucking everything associated with cheer and are in bed with whomever they need to be in order to keep cheer bascially illegitimate.

As a high school teacher, it burns me up to know some of my students are not being kept as safe as others just because they aren't considered "athletes," especially considering the obscene amount of money and time they invest.

As a woman who will bring a little girl into the world in less than 8 weeks, it scares the shit out of me that there will be pressure for her to become involved in cheer (or pageants for that matter... *shudder*).

Oh, and kudos to Penn and Teller for not turning tonight into an endless stream of topless cheerleaders. There were a fair share of pom poms and boobage, but they stayed pretty focused on the topic.

Posted by: superEdna at June 11, 2010 1:54 AM

Also, Kat Deeley's outfit looks like the unholy mix of a flapper and a dress I had in the third grade circa 1989.

Hand to God, Tammy, I had to pop a freaking Depakote when I saw her dress.

Pretty excited about this season, though. This is my one and only reality show.

Posted by: superEdna at June 11, 2010 1:57 AM

Another great episode of Bullshit. Sometimes it's the topics where you go "nahhh, what's bullshit about that?" when they come out and make some thoroughly compelling television with utterly scary points. The rest of their topics for the season sound good, too.

Posted by: Steve at June 12, 2010 1:18 AM