Shout-Outs: December 2003 Archives

But YES YES OH GOD YES.

For those of you too lazy to click through: Penn & Teller: Bullshit! has been renewed for a second season by Showtime. Because Showtime kisses open-mouthed with God, and Showtime knows the motherfucking score. Oh, yes. Yes.

Basic premise? People are full of shit. The homeopathic medicine people, the alien abduction people, the organic food people, the creationist people, the feng-shui people, the end-of-the-world people. All of them. Shit. You shouldn't believe them. And Penn & Teller spend an hour each week trying to explain why.

It's not just a show, it's a public service. And it's coming back.

If you've never seen Bullshit!, the entire first season's been immortalized; it's easy to find on the DC hubs and eMule, and there should be plenty of reruns on Showtime right now. Watch it. Trust me, it's like a breath of fresh air in a world where your televison seems determined to convince you that the moon landings were faked, half the US will be underwater by 2050, and religious statuettes regularly bleed the blood of their owners ER UHM I MEAN JESUS.

My secret, seven-digit, midnight transfer to Shaenon's Swiss bank account must have cleared, because she mentions me in this Comixpedia article as one of her picks for "most interesting webcomic debut" of 2003. I'm sure it'll all be downhill from here, but I think I'll bask while I can. Thanks a lot, Shaenon.

In other news, a quick look at Girlamatic's traffic stats pretty much verifies what total perverts all of you are. Sparkneedle's traffic, especially for a fairly new strip, is unreasonably high, so a lot of you are making it a point to hustle on over every Sunday morning to gawk at Drimmer's thing. I'm mortified by your prurience. Mortified.

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Don't forget, new SN strip tonight at midnight! Ding ding.