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Penn & Teller Tell a Lie

2011 · 1 season

A playful, fast-paced guessing game where you watch outrageous stunts and try to spot the one fib.

Created by
Michael J. Miller
Genres
Comedy, Documentary
Starring
Penn Jillette, Teller, Julie Ann Serrano
Overview
Penn & Teller bring their unique vision of the world in a new interactive series with a twist. In each episode, Penn & Teller make up to seven outrageous claims. While most of the wildly unbelievable stories are absolutely, positively true - one of them is a BIG FAT LIE.

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Created by
Michael J. Miller
Genres
Comedy, Documentary
Starring
Penn Jillette, Teller, Julie Ann Serrano
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • mystery
  • media
  • science
  • art
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • anthology
  • procedural
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness1
Complexity4
Emotional weight2

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Genres
comedy, documentary
Created by
Michael J. Miller
Written by
Michael J. Miller, Penn Jillette, Michael Goudeau, Teller
Starring
Penn Jillette, Teller, Julie Ann Serrano
Cinematography
Dylan O'Brien, Lon Magdich
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 45 min each
Network
Discovery
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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