In the first segment we learn that claims about the danger of second-hand smoke are false, even while anti-smoking crusaders are using dubious studies to support their attempts to ban smoking in public places. Segment two shows us the lack of evidence for marketers' claims that their videos, computer programs, CDs and other products can really make your baby smarter.
The first segment is well-argued with a relatively (for this show) small number of cheap shots. Joe Cherner, the Wall Street entrepreneur-turned-anti-smoking fanatic, is so repulsive that Penn and Teller hardly needed their pack of editing tricks to make him look worse. The second segment is weaker, especially that horrific ending where the jokesters trick a group of fathers into believing that behaving like babies will make their babies smarter. We see them putting on diapers (over their jeans, thank God), wearing bibs, allowing themselves to be spoon-fed, etc. Was this trick really necessary?
The first segment is well-argued with a relatively (for this show) small number of cheap shots. Joe Cherner, the Wall Street entrepreneur-turned-anti-smoking fanatic, is so repulsive that Penn and Teller hardly needed their pack of editing tricks to make him look worse. The second segment is weaker, especially that horrific ending where the jokesters trick a group of fathers into believing that behaving like babies will make their babies smarter. We see them putting on diapers (over their jeans, thank God), wearing bibs, allowing themselves to be spoon-fed, etc. Was this trick really necessary?