History Heartwarming / PennAndTellerBullshit

** This was also Houdini's motive to begin debunking the mediums of the 1920s, after the loss of his mother and seeing his friend ArthurConanDoyle, the creator of the ultra-rational character SherlockHolmes, become involved with spiritualism over grief at the death of his son in WorldWarOne. Houdini told his wife to attempt contact by mediums prior to his death, with a code word to verify if it was him-none ever produced it.

--> '''Penn''': [[AuthorFilibuster Norman Borlaug is an amazing man. An amazing man that changed the world. At a time when doomsayers where hopping around saying everyone was gonna starve, Norman was working. He moved to Mexico and lived among the people there till he figured out how to improve the output of the farmers, so that saved a million lives. Then he packed up his family and moved to India where, in spite of a war with Pakistan, he managed to introduce new wheat strains that quadrupled their food output. So that saved, like, another million. You get it? But he wasn't done, he did the same thing with a new rice in China. He's done the same thing in Africa, as much of Africa as he's allowed to visit. When he won the Nobel Prize in 1970 they said he had saved a billion people, that's ''billion'', that's Carl Sagan billion with a B, and most of them were a different race from him. Norman is the greatest human being... and you probably never heard of him.]]

* Penn gives a sincere thank to Mark Klaas in ''Death Penalty'' for telling his [[TearJerker story of why he supports the death penalty]], despite disagreeing with him. And it's clear that he sympathizes with Klaas's view and understands why Klaas came to these views due to the brutal murder of his daughter.

* Videogames Cause Violence? [[SarcasmMode Yeah, right]]. [[http://youtu.be/MaF9nbLo8as?t=26m56s Sorry]], [[TearJerker Harrison]].

* Penn gives a sincere thank to Mark Klaas in ''Death Penalty'' for telling his [[TearJerker story of why he supports the death penalty]], despite disagreeing with him.

--> '''Penn''': [[AuthorFilibuster Norman Borlaug is an amazing man. An amazing man that changed the world. At a time when doomsayers where hopping around saying everyone was gonna starve, Norman was working. He moved to Mexico and lived among the people there till he figured out how to improve the output of the farmers, so that saved a million lives. Then he packed up his family and moved to India where, in spite of a war with Pakistan, he managed to introduce new wheat strains that quadrupled their food output. So that saved, like, another million. You get it? But he wasn't done, he did the same thing with a new rice in China. He's done the same thing in Africa, as much of Africa as he's allowed to visit. When he won the Nobel Price in 1970 they said he had saved a billion people, that's ''billion'', that's Carl Sagan billion with a B, and most of them were a different race from him. Norman is the greatest human being... and you probably never heard of him.]]

* From the Eat This episode. Penn vouches for modified crops that can make '''greater''' yields and can grow in tougher places. Norman Borlaug, Noble laureate agricultural scientist whose "Green Revolution" have saved a '''BILLION''' people from starvation, explains:

* From the Eat This episode. Penn vouches for modified crops that can make greater yields and can grow in tougher places. Norman Borlaug, Noble laureate agricultural scientist whose "Green Revolution" may have saved tens of millions from starvation, explains. "You can't build a peaceful world on empty stomachs and human misery." Penn *voice over*: "Norman Borlaug is an amazing man. An amazing man that changed the world." *Cue another minute of praise*

* The end of the Area 51 episode, when Penn refrains from insulting the UFO hunters, because they're just a bunch of friends having a fun night comes off as quite sweet, especially in comparison to the shows usual tone.

* The segment in "Fast Food" , where Penn actually takes time to interview the CEO of a major fast food chain (Andy Puzder of Carl's Jr.) and let him defend himself against people that like to blame fast food for America's obesity problems. Penn and Teller make a point of showing their audience that he's not, in fact, some soulless CorruptCorporateExecutive setting out to ruin people's health ForTheEvulz. He's just a normal guy trying to make an honest buck by selling food that people love--and he takes pride in his work, just like every honest man should.

* Videogames Cause Violence? [[SarcasmMode Yeah, right]]. [[http://youtu.be/MaF9nbLo8as?t=26m56s Sorry]], [[TearJerker Harrison]].

* From the Eat This episode. Penn vouches for modified crops that can make greater yields and can grow in tougher places. Norman Borlaug agricultural scientist explains. "You can't build a peaceful world on empty stomachs and human misery." Penn *voice over*: "Norman Borlaug is an amazing man. An amazing man that changed the world." *Cue another minute of praise*

* Videogames Cause Violence? [[SarcasmMode Yeah, right]]. [[http://youtu.be/MaF9nbLo8as?t=26m56s Sorry, Harrison]].

* The romantic-montage of the two lesbians at the end of the "Nukes, Hybrids and Lesbians" video.

* Penn gives a sincere thank to Mark Class in ''Death Penalty'' for telling his [[TearJerker story of why he supports the death penalty]], despite disagreeing with him.

* Penn gives a sincere thank to Mark Class in ''Death Penalty'' for telling his [[TearJerker story of why he supports the death penalty]], despite disagreeing with him.

* Penn gives a sincere thank to Mark Class in ''Death Penilty'' for telling his [[TearJerker story of why he supports the death penilty]], despite disagreeing with him.

* From the "Stranger Danger" episode, Penn acknowledges that, even after her daughter was kidnapped, raped and murdered, Samantha Runnion's mother was still coming at it from a rational standpoint and they just couldn't make any wisecracks.

* Penn's speech about his deceased parents during the episode about mediums who claim to speak with the dead, where he gives his reasoning as to why people like John Edwards are the [[SouthPark biggest douches in the universe]].

* At the end of the Life Coaching episode, Penn suggests that if you need help dealing with life's problems, instead of paying for a life coach, save that money and get something that will last... *leans on Teller* a friend.

* The end of the UFO episode, when Penn refrains from insulting the UFO hunters, because they're just a bunch of friends having a fun night comes off as quite sweet, especially in comparison to the shows usual tone.

** This was also Houdini's motive to begin debunking the mediums of the 1920s, after the loss of his mother and seeing his friend [[Creator:ArthurConanDoyle Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]], the creator of the ultra-rational character SherlockHolmes, become involved with spiritualism over grief at the death of his son in WorldWarOne. Houdini told his wife to attempt contact by mediums prior to his death, with a code word to verify if it was him-none ever produced it.

* Penn's speech about his deceased parents during the episode about spiritual mediums, where he gives his reasoning as to why people like John Edwards are the biggest douches in the universe.

* Penn's speech about his deceased parents during the episode about spiritual mediums, where he gives his reasoning as to why people like John Edwards are the biggest douches in the universe.

* From the Eat This episode. Penn vouches for modified crops that can make greater yields and can grow in tougher places. Norman Borlaug agricultural scientist explains. "You can't build a peaceful world on empty stomachs and human misery." Penn *voice over*: "Norman Borlaug is an amazing man. An amazing man that changed the world." *Cue another minute of praise*