Stuck in the 80s Blogger on Penn & Teller Bullshit
January 9, 2008
Steve Spears is a Time online editor who runs the Stuck in the 80s blog.
He lucked out. He’s going to see Dennis DeYoung with Night Ranger on Jan. 19 at Clearwater’s Ruth Eckerd Hall. While there, he will be interviewing other 80’s freaks like you and I.
Sounds cool, huh… until he mentioned that he is doing it for the Penn & Teller’s show, Bullshit. If you have NEVER seen the show you are in luck. The show spends thousands of dollars to give a one-sided cynical, mean spirited, nihilistic, pseudoskepticism spin on every thing that anyone loves. They set out to conducted smear campaigns against everything for no reason. I’m certain that they would take that as a compliment… seriously. I hope they will do a “Bullshit” special about how THEIR show is bullshit, sleight of hand, smoke and mirrors, misdirection and mudslinging at its nastiest. Lately, every piece and oppinion I see from Penn & Teller is submerged in this sort of shock media like the “art” of Andres Serranos.
My comment to Steve: These guys did an hour long show blasting Mother Theresa & Mahatma Gandhi.. what do you think they’ll do to a Time online editor.
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Thanks for the link. Actually, the Night Ranger concert part of it will probably fall through. Music copyright issues have popped up.
Anyway, I figure they’ll be ruthless, mean-spirited and obscene — just like they always are. That’s their schtick. I get the same reaction from a lot of people who don’t understand the attraction of the 80s.
It’ll be very ironic, considering Penn & Teller came of age during the 80s. But I guess that’s water under the bridge.
I think people who watch their show do for the entertainment value: Just how obscene can they get? I’ve seen it before. I got a kick out of it.
However, since I’m not trying to prove Intelligent Design or the existence of UFO’s, I’m hoping I’ll fare a little better than average.
They can debate all they want about whether the 80s were a great time or not. They were for me — for the most part. But you can’t debate that — like it or not — I am indeed stuck in the 80s. Especially when it comes to my musical tastes. And if they want to mock me for that, then they need to take a number. There’s a long line of people in front of them.
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I thought the show was entertaining. I just prefer to hear both sides of an arguement. Preachy rants get old after awhile…
But give them HELL, Steve! For all people on Earth who are stuck in the 80’s you are our knight in Member’s Only jacket and Ray Ban glasses.