Originally Posted by movielib

Showtime, 9:00pm CDT


I think another ho-hum episode. But the season overall has been pretty good.

Next week: The Vatican. This season's finale should get some people riled up.

Originally Posted by Bill Donohue's twisted mind

On August 27, Showtime, owned by CBS, will feature a vicious assault on Catholics. In the season finale of Penn & Teller's show, they "take on the secretive inner world of The Vatican, the holy city of Catholicism and home of the Pope." How do we know it will defame Catholics? Because on the show's website, it says so: There is a Showtime Advisory for "Graphic Language, Adult Content."

If Showtime posted that warning about a show on Islam, Muslims would brace for the worst (and so might CBS). But Muslims need not worry: it's not all religions that Showtime likes to trash--just Catholicism. Indeed, Showtime is currently working on a show, "Revelation," that promises to be at least somewhat respectful of Protestantism.

What will the upcoming show be like? On his Twitter page, Penn Jillette brags how he rips a Catholic encyclical on sexuality: "I'm dressed as Darth with a condom c--k light saber." He even boasts that the show is "hardcore," admitting that "we attack the Vatican." From trashing The Last Supper to mocking Catholic prayers, anti-Catholic bigots who feed on this kind of stuff will have a stomach full.

This is not the first time Showtime has featured a vile Penn & Teller show. In 2005, Mother Teresa was called "Mother F---ing Teresa," and her order of nuns were branded "f---ing c--ts." The year after, Jillette said on his CBS radio show that Mother Teresa "got her [sexual] kicks watching people suffer and die."

Just recently, Jillette took after me again in his usual foul way. That doesn't matter, but what matters greatly is his pathological obsession with bashing Catholics and their religion. There is no legitimate place for this kind of frontal assault on any demographic group.

CBS/Showtime needs to send Penn & Teller a message and let them know that they have crossed the line for the last time. This should be their final season. We know that they've been told before to drop the Catholic bashing, and yet they persist. By doing so, Penn & Teller have effectively stuck their middle finger right in the eye of CBS.

Originally Posted by Nausicaa

It already has. That blathering fool Bill Donohue of the Catholic League has already taken out an ad in Variety calling for the firing of Penn and Teller by CBS.

Bill, you're one of the last people to be criticizing others for their pathology. Gotta love the Fatwa envy towards the beginning.

Originally Posted by spainlinx0

Has this show attacked Islam in any way yet? Seems a little cowardly if the only religion they ever take on is Christianity. It does seem a little safer to bash, and I'm not a subscriber to any particular religion.

Originally Posted by spainlinx0

Has this show attacked Islam in any way yet? Seems a little cowardly if the only religion they ever take on is Christianity. It does seem a little safer to bash, and I'm not a subscriber to any particular religion.