Skeptics' Guide - Episode #59
Recording Date: September 5th, 2006
Link to the Official Episode Notes
Official Episode #59 thread on the forums
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Panelists (in order of appearance)
- Steven Novella
- Rebecca Watson
- Perry DeAngelis
- Evan Bernstein
Interesting Facts
- Jay was in Mexico at the time this episode was being recorded
- Jay got engaged while he was in Mexico
- The NESS started out as the Conneticut Skeptical Society in 1996
- They investigated the Warrens (famous in ghosthunting circles) in 1996
- Here is an example of the "ghost pics" that Steve and Perry took while investigating the Warrens
- Perry and Steve appeared on their local channel 12 on TV with the Warrens
- Rebecca's mom's birthday is September 5th
- Rebecca lives in a second floor apartment
- First time Evan was referred to as the official Puzzle Master
- The answer to the Rebecca psychic puzzle wasn't revealed until the next episode
Science or Fiction**
- Rebecca (10/21)
- Perry (12/41)
- Evan* (13/34)
Funny Quotes
1. Perry (after being introduced): "Monkeys can beat up birds."
Rebecca: "What kind of greeting is that Perry?"
Perry: "Well I was just floating here in the ether and I couldn't think of anything witty to say so I said that."
Rebecca: "You're obsessed."
Steve: "Your bird denial is starting to get disturbing Perry"
Rebecca: "See I'm a huge monkey fan and yet I have to say you're souding very birdist. And it's disturbing."
Perry: "It's possible. I won't deny it."
2. Perry (about Steve getting proposals for Rebecca in his email): "If you're gonna propose to Rebecca and you can't even route your emails correctly, you're not even in the running. That's ridiculous."
Evan: "Get it straight people. Steve is not Rebecca's father. You don't need to ask his permission."
3. Rebecca (about a ghost typically appearing in a white dress): "No matter when she died, it was definitely before Labor Day."
4. Rebecca (about a ghost sighting ending up being a car headlight): "Well isn't it just possible that it could have been a ghost car?"
5. Rebecca (about a ghost caught on camera being taped over): "It was like wow, you know, I had this solid evidence of a ghost but then I put it in the VCR and it was like an episode of Major Dad."
6. Evan (about the guy who knows when people will call or email him): "Hey, I'm about to get spammed! Oh! How did I know?"
7. Rebecca (about the liver thief myth): "That's not a myth. That happened to my uncle's friend."
8. Perry (about guys having their family hold their penis so it doesn't shrink away to nothingness - I'm not kidding here - timestamp 29:40 of the episode): "I have to go hold uncle Vinnie's penis?"
9. Steve (reading a listener email): "'..definitely one of the better skeptical shows out there.' Better?!"
Evan: "Must be a typo."
10. Evan (people using certain evidence to treat cancer): "Cuz you're not using the good evidence like anecdotal evidence."
11. Perry (about people thinking that humans and dinosaurs co-existed): "Too many episodes of the Flintstones? Come on!"
12. Perry: "My monkey cousins have often imitated beatin up birds. Right and left. Unlike birds, all they can do is stand around and peck." Download
13. Evan: "What did we learn here? Sometimes you go with your gut. Except when you don't."
14. Evan: "We'll break out the poetry again another time in the future."
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