Skeptics' Guide - Episode #101
Recording Date: June 20th, 2007
Link to the Official Episode Notes
Official Episode #101 thread on the forums
Official Episode #101 Skeptical Puzzle thread
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Panelists (in order of appearance)
- Steven Novella
- Bob Novella
- Perry DeAngelis
- Evan Bernstein
- Jay Novella
Interesting Facts
- Rebecca had the "day off" for this episode
- Episodes 100 and 101 were recorded within 2 days because Steve was away on vacation in Cumberland, Maryland the following week
- No one was announced as the winner of the previous week's Skeptical Puzzle due to the fact that both episodes were recorded a day apart
Science or Fiction**
- Evan* (30/70)
- Perry (26/72)
- Bob* (44/79)
- Jay (24/56)
Funny Quotes
1. Jay (about the sturgeon leaping and cutting off a woman's fingers): "Oh my god. That's one hell of a leap. What do they have freakin' ginsu knives attached to their backs? What's happening with that?"
2. Steve: "You know some northwestern city's gotta grab bigfoot as their local legend. He's currently unaffiliated."
3. Jay: "So Dave, do you consider yourself a breast man? You must hear that joke like every week right?"
4. Jay (Schwarzenegger accent): "It's not a toomuh!"
5. Jay (about Scientology): "It's a freakshow on the dancefloor."
6. Steve (after Evan picks the eel story as fiction): "You think there's something fishy about it?"
7. Perry (about eels communicating the location of prey with electrical discharges): "Never saw the old cartoons Bob where the eel would change his shape and it would say 'Eat at Joe's'?"
8. Jay (about the moon telescope): "Bob how much do they have to spend on that?"
Bob: "Billions."
9. Perry: "That's the first time steel has ever burned feet."
10. Steve (after Evan reads the Skeptical Puzzle): "We call this formula 409."
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** - As of the conclusion of this episode's game. (wins/times played)
* - won this week's game