Skeptics' Guide - Episode #76
Recording Date: January 3rd, 2007
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Panelists (in order of appearance)
- Steven Novella
- Bob Novella
- Perry DeAngelis
- Rebecca Watson
- Jay Novella
- Evan Bernstein
Interesting Facts
- Steve announces his NeuroLogica Blog in this episode
- 7th time everyone wins Science or Fiction
Randi Speaks - Topic
Optical Illusions
Science or Fiction**
- Rebecca* (21/36)
- Bob* (29/55)
- Evan* (18/46)
- Perry* (15/49)
- Jay* (9/33)
Funny Quotes
1. Evan (about 2006 psychic predictions not being accurate): "That was my prediction when the year started that they wouldn't do really well."
Rebecca: "Awww look at you. You should be up for a million dollars."
2. Jay: "Is this the guy that had sex with prostitutes? What did this guy do wrong?"
Steve: "No that was Jimmy Swaggart. This is the 700 Club."
Rebecca: "This is Pat Robertson, the man who thinks he can leg-press 2 billion pounds."
Jay: "Who's the one that saw the 500 foot Jesus, in the desert?"
Bob: "I think that was him. Yeah. I remember that. But Jay I think it was 900 foot. Hello!"
Evan: "Wait we're confusing our jackasses here."
3. Perry: "I thought Atlanteans came from the ocean."
Evan: "They come from Georgia."
4. Rebecca (when Bob mentions the orgasmatron): "Oh don't even say something like that in the context of Sylvia Browne cuz that makes me vomit in my mouth. And when I vomit in my mouth I can't continue with the podcast."
5. Jay: "So I'm officially putting Sylvia Browne in league with Tom Cruise."
Bob: "Wooooow. Wow Jay."
Jay: "Yeah they're my two most hated now. That's it. These two, top."
Evan: "You hear that Sylvia? You just made the list."
Rebecca: "The Jay-list"
Steve: "Tremble."
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6. Evan (in a Scottish accent): "Aarch. If it's not homeopathic it's crap!" Download
7. Perry: "The situation that he recorded was a monkey who found, in his tree, his home tree. A rather large bird one morning. Really a sizeable bird. And what happened when the monkey encountered the bird and approached him." (plays hilarious audio clip) Download
8. Jay (about getting heavy metal poisoning): "Yeah or if you go to a Metallica concert."
9. Rebecca: "Jay did you wanna bet some bacon on that?"
Jay: "Not this, NO. Not this year."
10. Steve: "I guess I was assuming too much knowledge on your parts."
Jay: "Are you trying to take my sweet sweet victory away from me?"
11. Evan (about a skeptical rap): "Alright I guess sometime in 2007 I'll have to come up with something."
Steve: "It doesn't have to be a gangsta-rap. Just some kind of rap."
Rebecca: "Hip-hop. It can be Trip-hop even."
Evan (Dr. Evil accent): "I'm with it. I'm hip. Tucka, tucka, tucka, tucka, tucka."
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