Skeptics' Guide - Episode #67
Recording Date: November 1st, 2006
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Panelists (in order of appearance)
- Steven Novella
- Bob Novella
- Rebecca Watson
- Perry DeAngelis
- Jay Novella
Interesting Facts
- 8000 listeners as of this episode
Randi Speaks - Topic
Alice Cooper and Metal Detectors
Interviewee
Richard Wiseman
Science or Fiction**
- Rebecca* (15/28)
- Bob (25/47)
- Perry* (14/45)
- Jay (7/26)
Funny Quotes
1. Steve (About The Ghosthunters being plumbers): "Well they're experts in crap, so that qualifies them."
2. Rebecca (about Sylvia Browne): "And she would say things like 'Oh and tarot cards, don't get me started on that nonesense. So anyway, like I was saying to the dead guy.'"
3. Steve (about Sylvester Stallone's mom doing butt readings): "She's an ass whisperer?"
4. Perry (about Stallone's mom's ass readings): "Does the ass have to be presented in a open fashion or more casual?"
Jay (in a Stallone accent): "Aye yo mah, read my ass."
Rebecca: "I think that's up to the individual and it probably, whichever one you choose, probably says something more about you than any other characteristic of your ass."
5. Rebecca: "I can't believe that Jay just came up with a good idea just there."
6. Steve: "You do get more wise as you get older."
Perry: "And then you get hit with Alzheimer's and you rub feces on the wall."
Jay: "Oh god, some of us do that now."
7. Bob: "We might be outcasts but we're not misinformed."
8. Bob (about the face on Earth seen here): "I think I even see a booger in her nose. It's really accurate."
9. Perry: "I think the desire to wanna watch people kill themselves is universal."
10. Jay: "I'm gonna try to make it to the show."
Richard Wiseman: "Well that would be good, if you're there, let me know. Because we always have one member of the audience each night who takes a special role in the show and I dont want to get into too much detail. But it's part of examining your self-identity and lowering your self-esteem."
Rebecca: "I don't know if that's possible for Jay actually."
11. Rebecca (about scientists resurrecting a 5 million year old retrovirus): "That was stupid."
12. Jay: "What do you mean by retrovirus?"
Rebecca: "He means a virus from the seventies."
13. Steve: "Do you guys have any idea how they resurrected this 5 million year old retrovirus?"
Bob: "Yeah they heated it up with a hair dryer."
14. Jay (about the virus): "So Steve how bad-ass is it?"
15. Steve: "Newly published study apparently confirms a link between microwave cooking certain foods, such as potatoes, and cancer risk. That is fiction. In fact. The exact opposite is true."
Rebecca: "Potatoes cure cancer? Microwave potatoes cure cancer? You heard it here first!"
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