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I Think Penn Jillette is a Smarmy A**hole. There, I Said It.

By Genevieve Burgess | Posted Under Miscellaneous | Comments (22)

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I’d like to start by wishing a very happy Canada day to the significant portion of Pajibans who live in that frozen wasteland to the north. (I’m mostly kidding, I’ve been to Canada quite a few times and it was lovely. Of course, I’ve always been there in August.) And obviously, we United Statesians are going to be celebrating our own independence related holiday this weekend with meat products of dubious provenance, fireworks of questionable legality, and ugly patriotic themed outfits. Fashion tip: almost no one over the age of 10 looks good in anything approaching a flag pattern unless they’re a Playboy bunny in an American flag themed bikini. That color and pattern combination just makes people look lumpy for some reason. The founding fathers knew this, have you see any portraits of Washington or Jefferson in red, white and blue waistcoats? No. Because it’s gaudy and unattractive. Here’s your Thursday night TV:

8:00pm: “Wipeout” on ABC. New episode on a special night.

8:30pm: “100 Questions” on ABC. First season finale.

9:00pm: “Burn Notice” on USA

“Police Women of Memphis” on TLC

“Rookie Blue” on ABC

“So You Think You Can Dance” on Fox

10:00pm: “Ace of Cakes: 100 Episodes of Cake” on Food network. One hour ninth season premiere. I really do wish this show were more popular. The people working at Charm City Cakes really do capture the artistic and quirky side of Baltimore as opposed to the more popularly portrayed drug infested hell hole side of Baltimore.

“Bethenny’s Getting Married” on Bravo

“Boston Med” on ABC

“Futurama” on Comedy Central. I… have not loved the two new episodes I’ve see so far. I’m sticking with it, because I didn’t hate them either, but it makes me a little sad.

“Mall Cops: Mall of America” on TLC

“The OCD Project” on VH1

“PBS Special: Soundstage: Norah Jones” on PBS

“Penn and Teller: Bullshit: Teen Sex” on Showtime. Again, what is this about? That teens are having sex? That they’re doing it in stupid and impetuous ways? I’m pretty sure teenagers do just about everything in stupid and impetuous ways, that’s why we don’t consider them legal adults. I’m in favor of comprehensive sex ed, but realistically it’s not going to change the stupid and impetuous problem. I know a lot of people like this show, but I have yet to hear anything ground breaking come out of it and if I really want a big dude with an unfortunate ponytail to yell his opinions at me like I’m an annoying halfwit, I’ll go down to the local biker bar and ask what’s so great about Harley Davidsons.

“Royal Pains” on USA

Late Night Listings

“The Late Show with David Letterman” on CBS featuring Taylor Lautner, and Barry Sonnenfeld

“Jimmy Kimmel Live” on ABC featuring Dakota Fanning, Grocery List Collector Bill Keaggy, and Korn

“The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” on CBS featuring Kathy Griffin, Michael Vartan, and Alicia Witt

“The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” on Comedy Central featuring Jere Van Dyk

“The Colbert Report” on Comedy Central featuring Manny Howard

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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Comments

Excellent call on Jillette. You're still an annoying twit who's about 50% as clever as she thinks she is, but good call on Jillette.

Posted by: Jack Random at July 1, 2010 7:19 PM

I have to say, the way that Royal Pains just hangs at the bottom of that list makes it feel like such an afterthought. True it is on tonight, but it makes me feel like you resent having to notify us about it.

It's almost as if you are saying "fuck this show and fuck its existence" there is an audible apathy in the way it lingers.

I also just may be reading into things a bit. Maybe.

Posted by: Dulli1419 at July 1, 2010 7:27 PM

Isn't it just in alphabetical order, Dulli?

Posted by: Monica at July 1, 2010 7:34 PM

Is it pick on Rusty day? Because nobody told ME.

Ha ha! You have red hair and nicknamed yourself Rusty! Ha!

Posted by: MM at July 1, 2010 7:36 PM

Oh, snap! Damn, Genny, you just got served by a stranger on the internet! If only you could find some way to jack your cleverness rating up to 75-80%, perhaps you could then impress Jack Random! I'm not sure how you'd do it, though, because he already set the gold standard of cleverness when he called you annoying. It's gonna pretty hard to top that.

Posted by: Marra at July 1, 2010 7:38 PM

I've never trusted Klingons, or Canadians, and I never will.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at July 1, 2010 7:54 PM

I approve of your Anti-Red/White/Blue dress code policy, but I disapprove of your Anti-Bullshit/Penn Jillette policy...

Posted by: RobP at July 1, 2010 8:00 PM

Oh Penn is totally a smarmy a-hole! His libertarian views don't hold water, and he's a sexist prick.

Posted by: Mebe at July 1, 2010 8:31 PM

BarbadoSlim >> Bravo.

Posted by: DarthCorleone at July 1, 2010 8:48 PM

I watched the first couple of seasons of P&T:B and while I quite enjoyed the first season, they lost me after a while as many of their topics seemed politically motivated. It's sad because this is exactly the kind of show I'd normally be into.

I watched the martial arts episode last week just to see what they'd say, and while the section on Chi Kung was mostly good (though I have done some Chi Kung as part of the martial art I practice, and have found it quite handy for alleviating the symptoms of asthma, though mine is very mild) the whole "martial arts don't train you in self defense" or whatever they were going for was bullshit, not because it was untrue, but because nobody seriously believes that's the case. It's like saying that Basketball won't teach you proper self defense and then acting smug.

Posted by: Chugga at July 1, 2010 9:04 PM

I really like Penn Jillette just based on his book "Sock" - which I thought was really good and is one of the only fiction books I've read with a positive atheist central character. And there's just not enough of that. But Bullshit is just bullshit. There's no actual investigative effort. I tuned in to the fast food episode and I agree that the anti-ff lady was super annoying and a general pain in the ass, but the pro-ff mom and dad were pretty crap too. It's really not that hard to make a decent meal for a family of four for $20, and you get to spend time doing interesting stuff with your kids. And they learn how to chew food instead of just mush it against the roof of their mouth. (why is fast food so squishy?!)

Posted by: king at July 1, 2010 10:05 PM

Grocery List Collector Bill Keaggy -> I must know more about this.

Posted by: TWoP_Fan at July 1, 2010 10:11 PM

I've never trusted Klingons, or Canadians, and I never will.

Come on, Slim, everyone knows Canadians don't really exist. It's fiction, man.

Posted by: Uriah Creep at July 1, 2010 10:55 PM

But those fucking Klingons will slip a weird knife (I refuse to look up the geek term) between your shoulder blades if you let them close.

Posted by: Uriah Creep at July 1, 2010 10:56 PM

the whole "martial arts don't train you in self defense" or whatever they were going for was bullshit, not because it was untrue, but because nobody seriously believes that's the case.

I'm confused. Were they saying that martial arts could be used for self defense or not? Is it like a Mythbusters situation, where they debunk some commonly-held but incorrect assumptions, or do they denounce the entire subject as crap?

I guess I am being thrown off by the wording, and I have never seen the show.

Posted by: Vermillion at July 1, 2010 10:59 PM

Factually,I do not know much about this , but wealthymingle.net is a good place to take part in.

Posted by: rexchen at July 1, 2010 11:01 PM

Penn Jillette: We haven't tackled Scientology because Showtime doesn't want us to. Maybe they have deals with individual Scientologists—I'm not sure. And we haven't tackled Islam because we have families.

Um... bullshit?

Posted by: ceejeemcbeegee at July 2, 2010 1:15 AM

Penn Jillette, I'm on the fence on. He can be quite entertaining to me, but Anarcho-Libertarianism is an insanely impractical philosophy.

And though it has nothing to do with my own personal beilefs, he also equates religion with pure evil far too often, and to me, that's just as blind as equating atheism and agnosticism with pure evil. There are a lot of atheists out their who seem to miss the entire points and advantages of atheism.

Posted by: Voodoo Lounger at July 2, 2010 1:39 AM

Sorry, but Penn, and his Bullshit!, are the bomb. Love that damn show to death.

Posted by: EJ at July 2, 2010 1:19 PM

How about you fucking watch the episode. Its exactly opposite of what you think.

Posted by: viktor at July 3, 2010 5:41 AM

When's the 'Bullshit: Moxie CrimeFighter' episode going to air? Maybe some of his viewers could rustle up some impromptu justice and get that poor little girl's name changed to something a little less adjective-heavy.

Posted by: Jo 'Mama' Besser at July 5, 2010 11:06 PM

ginger chicks who think they are intelligent

Posted by: mothy at July 6, 2010 4:46 PM