Almost a year ago, Bob linked to a segment from The Tonight Show in 1973 in which professional "spoon bender" Uri Geller was exposed on national television by Carson and frequent Carson guest and professional debunker James Randi. The clip, via YouTube, was part of a larger documentary about hoaxes.
Recently, citing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Geller's company, Explorologist Ltd., demanded the clip be removed for violation of copyright. YouTube suspended the account of the user who posted the video.
While many of the networks will undoubtedly keep a lot of crap on the air for another two seasons, this is actually
good news. Showtime just picked up seasons four and five of Penn & Teller: Bullshit! The program is along
the same lines as their live show, except, instead of debunking magic tricks, they debunk all sorts of things like
magnet therapy, reflexology, Feng Shui, Ouija boards, baby myths, and chiropractors (don't shoot the messenger!).
Season four of the show starts April 3 on Showtime. New episodes include examining the death penalty, prostitution and
virginity.
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