I think it's fairly obvious by each man's expressions that none of them actually enjoyed the meal. They're either trying to impress the woman they're with or trying to convince themselves in an attempt to feel "refined."
Either Penn and Teller are horrible at reading body language or they simply ignored what they saw in order to make they're underlying point.
I think they're point is sound when applied to anything other than food.
You gotta love the look on that cunt's face when she realizes her "mature" suitor just stuck her in the same kind of prank that any stoner or frat boy her own age could have dreamed up.
I'm a simple man and by no means a food expert, but I find it bullshit that someone cannot tell the difference between instant potatoes and real or artificial, non-dairy whipped cream substitute and a legit dessert. I'm fairly sure I could. So either something is fishy or these are just really retarded people who also happen to be pretentious
Everything will taste stronger when you stop and actually try to taste it. That's how people "get used to" some ingredients they didn't previously like. First they try to taste "what does this new strange vegetable (etc) taste?!!" and when they're eating it the 35th time, they stop giving a ***.
for me the restaurant scene is basically the emperor's new clothes. if the food is expensive and served by pretentious waiters it MUST be good, and if you don't enjoy it you obviously have inferior taste - so everyone's too scared to speak out.
anyone with Netflix, go look up a documentary on wine with John Cleese. He destroys the mythology that a $5 bottle of wine is innately inferior to a $1,000 bottle. He did a blind taste test at a party he threw, and the guests guessed all over the map. A complete wash, and showed that if you like the wine, then it's good, no matter what it costs!
@TomaCukor I'm sorry that you feel the need to refer to me in such a way, as you have referred to a totally random person in a video as a "total bitch".
I say, and I am sure others would back me up on this, that it is YOU who should be confined to a mental institution.
love p&t but i reckon a few times the diners were lying.. Particularly Bill at the end, it seemed like he took a tiny amount of the whip, then quickly tried to cover the taste with the wafer stick thing
Well, Bill is an ass. He obviously has no taste buds, and he's trying to impress his friend with his vast knowledge of expensive dining. If you give me boxed potatoes, I can tell they're boxed.
One comment for me about this show as well as the human mind, Placebo effect. The mind is powerful. If someone is in a good mood, everything feels like the best.
@tyler2044 My god, have you no standards good sir? But no I wouldn't expect that of someone who dines of foods whipped in mere triple digit numbers would have any standards. Now if you'll excuse me, I am going to prove I am the best minesweeper player by detecting and defusing mines across the world, using just my index finger.
Barry Schwarz' name sounded familiar. Then I remembered one of my professors in college showing the class a video of him at TED making a speech against free choice -- apparently, you drive yourself crazy because there are too many kinds of salad dressing to choose from.
I think the best placebo effect comes with technology (this coming from an electrical engineering student).
Audio is an easy example. Most people buy iPods mainly because its associated with quality (same thing with iPhones). Buy any other mp3 player and people think you can't afford a "real" iPod. Thing is, it has little to do with the player itself, the bitrate of the song you're playing is what makes it sound good/bad. Speakers are a different story.
i remember that one time that i went to subway and spend like 3 bucks in one single cookie. . . it was the best cookie that i have ever tasted! But maybe it was just my imagination. . .
This is so right it's frustrating. What makes a good meal is the people and atmosphere, not how expensive the food is. The cliche of 'the best things in life are free' is right.. after all, what did people do for happiness before all of these marketing ploys?
how bad does this guy feel on a scale from 1 to 10. on national t.v. / the internet / and in front of his woman. would hate to be him watching the show for the 1st time with the whole family.
Well, white chocolate is essentially cocoa butter, a relatively flavorless fat, and Cool Whip is basically shortening, another relatively flavorless fat, so I guess it would make sense.
I fucking lost when i saw him heating it with the blowtorch. Just shows how much people can be fooled by words. Poor Bill, now he is just going to eat at McDonald's from now on.
Oh, the other thing is, I've been smoking generic cigarettes for 25 years, so my taste buds prefer the .59 cent Coolwhip with Hershey bar shavings. :)
You know what I was thinking, If you owned a fancy looking restaurant, you could earn a lot of money by simply hiring a good liar, a really bad cook, an oven and some canned food and you're in business!
When my wife and I were engaged, I took her to a 5 star hotel, and a 5 star restaurant.
We ordered $30 a plate dinner's, and all that.
When we were done, we had a good laugh at the small portions and pretentious attitude in the place. We both agreed we would rather eat a nice home cooked meal.
and, she said she loved my cooking more than the 5 star chef.
Bio, I don't mean to ruin anything, but there is another reason to your home meals area better - Your home meals are made for you, and only you. Meanwhile, The 5 star Restaurant is trying to appeal to some rich people who are ready to pay $30 for a portion that is about the size of a toothpick.
The love comes into it too, of course. That may well actualy be the prominant part.
The most important practical lesson from this was not the cynical appraisal of the shallowness of human nature, but rather that we have advanced to a stage now where even our worst food is still pretty good. I am glad this was brought up in the end since I think that was the most vital point, albeit less entertaining.
It's all about how you prepare it, you can have SPAM and it will still taste pretty good as long as you sear it a good minute. Just don't get actual SPAM, I always get those cans that actually have some more ham in it.
I heard of a guy serving some meat (i think it was buffalo or some other animal you dont normally eat) in a resturaunt. He was selling it for 12 dollars. He hardly ever sold it. With advice from his friend (who had a job advertising) he sold it for 40 dollars and added the word "delicasy" on the menu. He suddenly had people eating it every day.
It is not necessarily stupid on the part of the customer. Sometimes, spending lots of money is a part of the experience the customer is looking for. It is also typical in jewellery shops for a piece that is not selling to have its price raised, not lowered, in order for it to move. Some people take pride in the money they spend. Vain, perhaps. Yet there is a certain logic to it.
Social pressure and snobbery are the main reasons for spending a bomb in a stylish restaurant. As for those diners who declare crap like this to be the height of gourmet cuisine, they are victims of the "Emperor' s New Cothes" syndrome, which also applies to Art e.g.the Turner Prize awarded for an unmade bed soiled with biological stains! Prices now charged in restaurants are often criminally high. I restrict myself to a monthly döner kebab in a Bangladeshi bar at 3.50€ a time. - yummy!.
It helps if you cook your own food. A lot of it is in your head, but side by side someone could still probably tell the difference between a black angus flat iron steak, and a kobe beef flat iron steak cooked the same way. The biggest misconception isn't that they don't taste different or that one doesn't taste better, its just a matter of degrees. The odds are it doesn't taste 'that much' better then the alternative, and just like anything else the majority is hype.
Yes but the point is that if you "don't" have the other there to compare the two that "would you be able to realize it", at least that what it looks like they where trying to get across.
If not, or as you said the difference wasn't that much better, then why pay the extravagant price difference.
this works perfect ... i buy cheap fake clothes off big designers ,, wear them a few weeks . and sell them on ebay as used authentic clothes .. if you offer them new for cheap prices people will know it,s fake ...offer them as used they wil buy your story ,and you sell them for more ,,,, so easy
Only if other douchebags are around to see you spend-spend-spend though right? Admit it, it ain't about the food or the price, it's about trying to impress people.
LOL that's the most retarded thing I've read in awhile. I judge things like taste/quality for myself. People are idiots and a very poor barometer for measuring just about anything so I could give 2 shits if they're impressed with anything I do or not, I don't do it for them in the first place. The only one who factors in my enjoyment is me.
Best ways to do that I've found is try my best to be a good, honest and charitable person and to not give a flying rat's ass what people think of me or how they judge me. After all, if I'm truly being a good dude and not faking it, people's judgement of me won't really matter as I gain fulfillment from doing what I think is right while keeping my feet firmly planted in reality on the ground.
Buy someone else that fancy meal who wouldn't otherwise be able to and you'll feel even better.
Everyone is giving you thumbs down for your comment. I appreciate your honesty, however. If spending more money really helps you to enjoy your meal then I wouldn't knock it. If it works for you, fine. (Although I might not share that opinion.)
To possibly excuse "Bill", he might not be that stupid. He might even know he's eating whip topping out of a can, but with several cameras in his face and a girl he likes next to him, he'll say whatever is most comfortable.
I hate fancy restaurants. Even if the food was expensive and of good quality, who wants some pretentious dickhead waiter in your face and bragging about your meal while you eat?
When I think of it, no fancy restaurants (proper ones) I have ever been to in any country ever brags about the food or even talks about it unless the customer has a question about it (in which case they are happy to talk about it.) The waiter's act in this clip would have tipped me off to something not being quite right. It was far too exaggerated.
I like how they switch from the dinner table to the Mexican chef, it just adds that feeling of remorse for the people who are actually eating that ..um...tasteful crap?
i dunno, i thought the funny part was people obsessed with the "best" experiences in life, when in fact they can't even distinguish what is the "best" with what is considered "bland" or possibly even the "worst".
hell, a Lamborghini Murcielago gets a run for its money when pitted against a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 10, or a 2009 Chevrolet Corvette.
This is why you don't go out and buy filet mignon. Stick to sirloin or top round steaks, when cooked right they taste as good or better than the expensive cuts of meat.
So wanna see Gordon Ramsays reaction to this.
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mtahracmouz 1 month ago
this is just the best show in the world.
DanJCunningham 1 month ago
They should have just roasted rats.
RedDaVincy 3 months ago 2
Hydroponic potatoes from a university grown by graduate students?
What PhD are they aiming at?
mehja1 4 months ago 4
@mehja1 Lol
lkjhgfddfd 2 months ago
@mehja1 Botany??
jb111082 1 month ago
@mehja1 Agricultural studies.
Gmpeirce 1 month ago
@mehja1
Botany? Agriculture? Sustainable farming?
Hadra568 1 month ago
@Hadra568 I cannot wait to see the title of their thesis :)
mehja1 1 month ago
i can tell you 3 things about that redheaded girl, 1 she is kinda hot. 2 she is frickin pissed, 3 that dude is so not getting laid XD
TheWOWNinga 4 months ago
I think it's fairly obvious by each man's expressions that none of them actually enjoyed the meal. They're either trying to impress the woman they're with or trying to convince themselves in an attempt to feel "refined."
Either Penn and Teller are horrible at reading body language or they simply ignored what they saw in order to make they're underlying point.
I think they're point is sound when applied to anything other than food.
stillshotprod 4 months ago
@stillshotprod I should really proofread.
stillshotprod 4 months ago
@stillshotprod their* point, not they're (=they are)
youtubian2500 4 months ago in playlist Penn & Tellers Bullshit
I know that if someone was trying to sell food or any product that hard I would think Bullshit. But maybe thats just hine site.
scienceatheism 4 months ago
this is the best episode yet
MCCENTx2 5 months ago
5:20
You gotta love the look on that cunt's face when she realizes her "mature" suitor just stuck her in the same kind of prank that any stoner or frat boy her own age could have dreamed up.
GoldsteinsBook 5 months ago 5
5:20 she does not look happy. Hahaha!
casioexz1080 6 months ago
I'm a simple man and by no means a food expert, but I find it bullshit that someone cannot tell the difference between instant potatoes and real or artificial, non-dairy whipped cream substitute and a legit dessert. I'm fairly sure I could. So either something is fishy or these are just really retarded people who also happen to be pretentious
DrFrostyNutz 6 months ago 13
@DrFrostyNutz yeah man, I can tell the difference between coke and pepsi !
williefrombadsanta 1 week ago
@DrFrostyNutz You're probably right but it sure made me laugh.
bigfatgoider 4 days ago
@DrFrostyNutz I dunno man.That red head chick, looked pissed!
TheKidDoc81 3 days ago
you know what would be ironic, if Tim was a 5 star restaurant chef and the things told regarding the ingredients was real
that would be ironic :)
shin1300 6 months ago
didnt show much of the reaction of the convinced guy. Maybe he got really pissed and broke his lady friend
JakeHRogers 6 months ago
These poor saps need a deep sea diving suit to not drown from the bullshit. I know I'm already wearing floaties and a snorkle.
mistereveready 7 months ago
they should have introduced them to the chef :D
prithwin 7 months ago
thing is, you eat what you WANT to eat and the guy has been TOLD that food is high class so he believes the expert
wolfchicgalpal 7 months ago
Everything will taste stronger when you stop and actually try to taste it. That's how people "get used to" some ingredients they didn't previously like. First they try to taste "what does this new strange vegetable (etc) taste?!!" and when they're eating it the 35th time, they stop giving a ***.
Ianuarius85 7 months ago
potatos hydroponically engineered FROM MY CUM
dropdead024 7 months ago
I couldnt help but be embarrased for the people eating that.
Trollfacer 8 months ago
just like most medicines, weight loss pills and stuff ITS ALL ON YOUR MIND
CarimboHanky 8 months ago
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Emperors new clothe, take it to the cleaners! :-D
BigAndTall666 8 months ago
Hydroponically grown?
I like that
FijneWIET 9 months ago
...Will you both stfu? It's the internet... Thanks.
thatweirdchick69 10 months ago
I work at a 4.5 star casino/resort. People sure do love gordons food service.
Wabaanimkii 10 months ago
"...for the difference in price, you could probably FUCK a few of the hydroponic grad students in Oregon..."
HAHAHA LOL
MarqJagger582 11 months ago 20
for me the restaurant scene is basically the emperor's new clothes. if the food is expensive and served by pretentious waiters it MUST be good, and if you don't enjoy it you obviously have inferior taste - so everyone's too scared to speak out.
smile221 11 months ago
all of a sudden I really want some tuna and mashed potatoes.
dunklersoldat 11 months ago
LOL hydroponic tomatoes!
UndeadClown95 11 months ago
That Tim guy is a fucking legend.
UbiquitousChe 11 months ago
anyone with Netflix, go look up a documentary on wine with John Cleese. He destroys the mythology that a $5 bottle of wine is innately inferior to a $1,000 bottle. He did a blind taste test at a party he threw, and the guests guessed all over the map. A complete wash, and showed that if you like the wine, then it's good, no matter what it costs!
mowriter 11 months ago
Is that Bruce Willis wearing a wig?
CalusoXP 11 months ago
Russ is hot
guillaume2005 1 year ago
red hair is not pleased by this test. LOL
SNESosT 1 year ago 2
lol the red head "she is not amused"
ziffy88 1 year ago 3
@ziffy88 yea u can see shes a total bitch
TomaCukor 10 months ago
@TomaCukor go fuck yourself midget prick
Noodlelette 10 months ago
@Noodlelette is she ur wife ?
TomaCukor 10 months ago
@TomaCukor Yes...because I am totally a lesbian.
You fucked up cum guzzling shit head.
Noodlelette 10 months ago
@Noodlelette no your not a lesbian, your an ill fuck, you belong in a mental institution with a fucking straightjacket on
TomaCukor 10 months ago
@TomaCukor I'm sorry that you feel the need to refer to me in such a way, as you have referred to a totally random person in a video as a "total bitch".
I say, and I am sure others would back me up on this, that it is YOU who should be confined to a mental institution.
You aren't right.
Noodlelette 10 months ago
@Noodlelette leave me alone u sick fuck
TomaCukor 10 months ago
@TomaCukor I like the fact that you can't come up with an intelligent comeback.
Be gone, scum!
Noodlelette 10 months ago
@Noodlelette yea calling me names was very intelligent, give yourself a pat on your back
TomaCukor 10 months ago
@TomaCukor At least I can type correctly.
Noodlelette 10 months ago
oh bill, what are you doing to yourself? why do you keep on making a fool out of yourself?
*sighs*
what some guys are willing to do and to endure just to get into a hot chick's panties...
Timberwolftrass 1 year ago 2
the redhead girl from the restaurant was pissed.
detahdomo 1 year ago 6
@detahdomo
that's JUST what I was about to type! Looks like you beat me to it, HAHAHA!
MMRED 1 year ago
@detahdomo I know right. Someone can't take a joke.
TheAryonB 1 year ago
love p&t but i reckon a few times the diners were lying.. Particularly Bill at the end, it seemed like he took a tiny amount of the whip, then quickly tried to cover the taste with the wafer stick thing
misscaffeinenicotine 1 year ago
Wow, I need to open up a gourmet restaurant.
HyperSpify 1 year ago
lol i like mashed potatoes from a box XD
itsuyo211 1 year ago
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4:00 to 4:55: Thumbs up guys, love the sentiment..
TheLastOutpost 1 year ago
Well, Bill is an ass. He obviously has no taste buds, and he's trying to impress his friend with his vast knowledge of expensive dining. If you give me boxed potatoes, I can tell they're boxed.
madamcrocodile 1 year ago 3
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DIEidealistsDIE 1 year ago
I'd like to say I wouldn't fall for this shit but i really don't know. I know nothing about food lol
MT62 1 year ago
One comment for me about this show as well as the human mind, Placebo effect. The mind is powerful. If someone is in a good mood, everything feels like the best.
Mirroga 1 year ago 4
I would love to make a career outta bullshitting people like this
pokemonpoacher 1 year ago 3
This makes me think of "Eat The Rich"
Ludd3332 1 year ago
Fucking awesome programme. Eating and drinking their own bull shit.
alexandermccarthy 1 year ago
i dont eat any mouse under 180 whips.
tyler2044 1 year ago 89
@tyler2044 mousse or mouse?
ontariobuds 9 months ago
@tyler2044 My god, have you no standards good sir? But no I wouldn't expect that of someone who dines of foods whipped in mere triple digit numbers would have any standards. Now if you'll excuse me, I am going to prove I am the best minesweeper player by detecting and defusing mines across the world, using just my index finger.
DEATHBYFLYINGCDS 9 months ago
@tyler2044 Ahahahahahaha
jc8liter2388 8 months ago
@tyler2044 You eat mice?
BaronXS 7 months ago 5
@BaronXS Ah, language... eating mouse, mousse or moose is all equally humorous in this context.
Zanderith 6 months ago 3
@tyler2044 Moose, bro...
rehmsmeyer 5 months ago
@tyler2044 I can't believe you whip mice.
potterluvver 1 month ago
poor old bill
kissntellen 1 year ago
Barry Schwarz' name sounded familiar. Then I remembered one of my professors in college showing the class a video of him at TED making a speech against free choice -- apparently, you drive yourself crazy because there are too many kinds of salad dressing to choose from.
MooseOfReason 1 year ago
3:06 So awesome.
8shanrahan 1 year ago
i think the 3 people that disliked this were the guys in the restaurant...
pnerualevolI 1 year ago 84
i lost my mind laughing at hydroponic .
invitationofchaos 1 year ago 3
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I can't get no, satisfaction!
alexanderthewraith 1 year ago
a tv dinner for 2.39? damn, that's a deal! where can i find that?
HappyGestapo 1 year ago
I think the best placebo effect comes with technology (this coming from an electrical engineering student).
Audio is an easy example. Most people buy iPods mainly because its associated with quality (same thing with iPhones). Buy any other mp3 player and people think you can't afford a "real" iPod. Thing is, it has little to do with the player itself, the bitrate of the song you're playing is what makes it sound good/bad. Speakers are a different story.
Blargh45 1 year ago 3
They should try this experiament on Gordan Rameys.
kozzy18 1 year ago 2
@kozzy18 See if hes full of shit or just thinks about taste?
clay180 1 year ago
This is hilarious, how do these bullshit actors keep their faces straight while doing this? I wouldn't be able to stop laughing.
BladeEdge86 1 year ago
This experiment would have had some interesting results had they tried it on Gordon Ramsay. I don't think that man has a broken bullshit detector.
imperiumdiaboli 1 year ago
I love dry potato flakes from a box. You don't get those chunks of potatoes.
monicavictor82 1 year ago 3
i remember that one time that i went to subway and spend like 3 bucks in one single cookie. . . it was the best cookie that i have ever tasted! But maybe it was just my imagination. . .
And Subway fucking sucks!
TOKAGERO1 1 year ago
@TOKAGERO1
Three dollars for a fucking cookie? How hungry were you?
mamasaid0 1 year ago
It's all in the mind man. All you have to do is make it sound so high class and the human mind makes it taste how it wants.
FatJoe214 1 year ago
That waiter is THE BEST liar ever xD Love him on this.
SpecklePattern 1 year ago
funniest episode of all time
the irony that they would fall for such asshatery is so amazing
Ele3tricEye 1 year ago
This is so right it's frustrating. What makes a good meal is the people and atmosphere, not how expensive the food is. The cliche of 'the best things in life are free' is right.. after all, what did people do for happiness before all of these marketing ploys?
imamacyoureapc 1 year ago
That one dude's date looked really pissed. Notice they didn't show her reaction at finding out that dude was in on it.
ThirdRAILKink 1 year ago
I'd love to see and episode on gravity or maybe the sun,moon,or the belief that you need water and air to survive.
MultiVaultDweller 1 year ago
It's all in the mind. Best sex is not physical, it's your imagination during it. Remember the old one bagger, two bagger, three bagger? Same thing.
gongoloo 1 year ago
hes not thinking at all about the food, hes only thinking about getting her on her knees later on!!
paulspydar 1 year ago
how bad does this guy feel on a scale from 1 to 10. on national t.v. / the internet / and in front of his woman. would hate to be him watching the show for the 1st time with the whole family.
gynecolog1st 1 year ago
Well, white chocolate is essentially cocoa butter, a relatively flavorless fat, and Cool Whip is basically shortening, another relatively flavorless fat, so I guess it would make sense.
CrazyCheeseMagee 1 year ago
I fucking lost when i saw him heating it with the blowtorch. Just shows how much people can be fooled by words. Poor Bill, now he is just going to eat at McDonald's from now on.
DANCINMONKEYable 1 year ago 2
Oh, the other thing is, I've been smoking generic cigarettes for 25 years, so my taste buds prefer the .59 cent Coolwhip with Hershey bar shavings. :)
DevSodDribble 1 year ago
never thought i'd this but I luv bullshit
mapleloaf67 1 year ago
thats awsome
xbillytimx 1 year ago
5:22 Little miss law student is NOT amused lol
Collegejew629 1 year ago
The guy at 1:05 is such a douche
beatleman 1 year ago 4
its funny how easy you can fool people....
insightliviu 1 year ago
A good book to read on this subject is "Predictably Irrational" by Dan Arielly in case you want to educate yourself further.
jslbrt 1 year ago
the english guy reminds me of a fatter Michael Gambon
GBJ83 1 year ago
My alma Mater grow potatoes? lol
Toanly1990 2 years ago
"Well that explains alot!"
prolly the best P&T labrat response ever... oh crap did i just say "the best"
stfwho 2 years ago 4
I don't blame him, I love whip cream too :D
WhiteTiger225 2 years ago 3
You know what I was thinking, If you owned a fancy looking restaurant, you could earn a lot of money by simply hiring a good liar, a really bad cook, an oven and some canned food and you're in business!
eventzz 2 years ago 2
@eventzz what makes you think major restaurants don't do that already????
lol
would be neat to see how long you could get away with it.......
OctoberGrimm 2 years ago 3
And you thought I was being serious?
LOL!
eventzz 2 years ago
....actually I was running with the joke, I thought your comment was humorously intriguing
OctoberGrimm 2 years ago
@eventzz
fail
Ubersnuber 1 year ago
XD i think the comment about food with the people you love is like the mildest i've ever seen or heard penn LOL
nanjokoji 2 years ago
I prefer burgerking to the burgers at the local 4 star resturant that charges like 30 bucks a burger XD
WhiteTiger225 2 years ago
When my wife and I were engaged, I took her to a 5 star hotel, and a 5 star restaurant.
We ordered $30 a plate dinner's, and all that.
When we were done, we had a good laugh at the small portions and pretentious attitude in the place. We both agreed we would rather eat a nice home cooked meal.
and, she said she loved my cooking more than the 5 star chef.
bio2020 2 years ago 19
@bio2020
This is a perfect example of why the illusion of having the best is the biggest waste of time and money.
Clear1 2 years ago
Bio, I don't mean to ruin anything, but there is another reason to your home meals area better - Your home meals are made for you, and only you. Meanwhile, The 5 star Restaurant is trying to appeal to some rich people who are ready to pay $30 for a portion that is about the size of a toothpick.
The love comes into it too, of course. That may well actualy be the prominant part.
TAGMOMG 2 years ago
@bio2020 yeah I've been on this really posh ship once in france, the food wasn't anything near special. Me & my mum could do way better.
well, at least you got to mingle with ponces like the people in the above video.
shiril01 1 year ago
The most important practical lesson from this was not the cynical appraisal of the shallowness of human nature, but rather that we have advanced to a stage now where even our worst food is still pretty good. I am glad this was brought up in the end since I think that was the most vital point, albeit less entertaining.
pitcalco 2 years ago 4
No. We eat shit. The quality of food was much higher in primitive society.
Think about the labels for 'good food'
"organic" "free range" "no hormones" "wild caught"
The advantage is obviously that we can feed more people... but I for one would rather eat well with 500 than poorly with 100,000.
monkeytwineball 1 year ago
lol penn and teller should have a discount dinner show on the food network
ragglefraggle09 2 years ago
Bill is a tard.
TheAmazingRandall 2 years ago
This is all pretty funny passing off cheap stuff as gourmet food, but then again it may actually taste quite good.
pitcalco 2 years ago 5
@pitcalco
It's all about how you prepare it, you can have SPAM and it will still taste pretty good as long as you sear it a good minute. Just don't get actual SPAM, I always get those cans that actually have some more ham in it.
Clear1 2 years ago
This is an amazing show, I fell of my chair laughing.. And it's all absolutely true!!!
This is exactly how human mind operates!!!!!
The vast majority of people really are complete brainwashed unable to sense or think morons!!!
mastergreg27 2 years ago
I heard of a guy serving some meat (i think it was buffalo or some other animal you dont normally eat) in a resturaunt. He was selling it for 12 dollars. He hardly ever sold it. With advice from his friend (who had a job advertising) he sold it for 40 dollars and added the word "delicasy" on the menu. He suddenly had people eating it every day.
fieldman07 2 years ago
Stupid makes money bruddah
DoctorBimbles 2 years ago
It is not necessarily stupid on the part of the customer. Sometimes, spending lots of money is a part of the experience the customer is looking for. It is also typical in jewellery shops for a piece that is not selling to have its price raised, not lowered, in order for it to move. Some people take pride in the money they spend. Vain, perhaps. Yet there is a certain logic to it.
pitcalco 2 years ago
I laughed so hard when he said "this is not your average cool whip!"
z3ekeezzz 2 years ago 30
Social pressure and snobbery are the main reasons for spending a bomb in a stylish restaurant. As for those diners who declare crap like this to be the height of gourmet cuisine, they are victims of the "Emperor' s New Cothes" syndrome, which also applies to Art e.g.the Turner Prize awarded for an unmade bed soiled with biological stains! Prices now charged in restaurants are often criminally high. I restrict myself to a monthly döner kebab in a Bangladeshi bar at 3.50€ a time. - yummy!.
Hendrikdevuile 2 years ago 6
It helps if you cook your own food. A lot of it is in your head, but side by side someone could still probably tell the difference between a black angus flat iron steak, and a kobe beef flat iron steak cooked the same way. The biggest misconception isn't that they don't taste different or that one doesn't taste better, its just a matter of degrees. The odds are it doesn't taste 'that much' better then the alternative, and just like anything else the majority is hype.
Daharen 2 years ago
Yes but the point is that if you "don't" have the other there to compare the two that "would you be able to realize it", at least that what it looks like they where trying to get across.
If not, or as you said the difference wasn't that much better, then why pay the extravagant price difference.
DarkBunnyLord 2 years ago
makes wanna open my own restaurant. lol
BigHashTouraj 2 years ago 58
You can tell a chef is talented if he/she keeps a blowtorch in the kitchen.
venescas 2 years ago 6
cheap ass food with people you like is better than kobe beef with an asshole is soooo true.
vth76 2 years ago 6
Last time I ate at a fancy restaurant, the portions were puny and the steak wasn't even all that good.
lordthawkeye 2 years ago 2
this works perfect ... i buy cheap fake clothes off big designers ,, wear them a few weeks . and sell them on ebay as used authentic clothes .. if you offer them new for cheap prices people will know it,s fake ...offer them as used they wil buy your story ,and you sell them for more ,,,, so easy
wildtatz 2 years ago 6
I think stuff tastes better if I pay a lot for it. it can be crappy food but the fact that it's expensive makes it a lot better
Chaaarge 2 years ago
Tool.
JacksonShredder18 2 years ago 5
Only if other douchebags are around to see you spend-spend-spend though right? Admit it, it ain't about the food or the price, it's about trying to impress people.
zyphoid666 2 years ago 2
yeah, and if people are impressed by you spending you will enjoy your meal more. that's why expensive food is better indirectly.
Chaaarge 2 years ago
LOL that's the most retarded thing I've read in awhile. I judge things like taste/quality for myself. People are idiots and a very poor barometer for measuring just about anything so I could give 2 shits if they're impressed with anything I do or not, I don't do it for them in the first place. The only one who factors in my enjoyment is me.
zyphoid666 2 years ago
yeah, but i have a bad self esteem and I need people to be impressed by me 24/7
Chaaarge 2 years ago
Best ways to do that I've found is try my best to be a good, honest and charitable person and to not give a flying rat's ass what people think of me or how they judge me. After all, if I'm truly being a good dude and not faking it, people's judgement of me won't really matter as I gain fulfillment from doing what I think is right while keeping my feet firmly planted in reality on the ground.
Buy someone else that fancy meal who wouldn't otherwise be able to and you'll feel even better.
zyphoid666 2 years ago 3
Everyone is giving you thumbs down for your comment. I appreciate your honesty, however. If spending more money really helps you to enjoy your meal then I wouldn't knock it. If it works for you, fine. (Although I might not share that opinion.)
pitcalco 2 years ago
To possibly excuse "Bill", he might not be that stupid. He might even know he's eating whip topping out of a can, but with several cameras in his face and a girl he likes next to him, he'll say whatever is most comfortable.
IndianKBlue 2 years ago
He didn't know there was a camera until they were done filming.
spagerbot 2 years ago 4
Nothing wrong with using a blowtorch; it's actually a standard tool for caramelizing.
cubix2006 2 years ago 43
@cubix2006 he should have used a cigarette or a zippo or something.
maikeru01 1 year ago
@cubix2006 Creme Brule
gamemeister27 1 year ago
@cubix2006 Blowtorches are fun to use for other things too. Bacon a la blow torch! Wahoo!
JorgensZelda 1 year ago
@cubix2006
Very true about blowtorches. Personally, I make my hot chocolate using an acetylene torch on high in a stainless steel cup. Oh, the fun!
AndrewDeLong 1 year ago
@cubix2006 caramelized potato? but seriously they're using it on crappy ass quality potato.
vikeyev1 1 year ago
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DrElliotReid 2 years ago
I wonder if there was more to this episode but they decided to just focus on that fool, Bill, because its just too funny.
Ulfikedup 2 years ago 3
I hate fancy restaurants. Even if the food was expensive and of good quality, who wants some pretentious dickhead waiter in your face and bragging about your meal while you eat?
SecondsToLast 2 years ago 6
When I think of it, no fancy restaurants (proper ones) I have ever been to in any country ever brags about the food or even talks about it unless the customer has a question about it (in which case they are happy to talk about it.) The waiter's act in this clip would have tipped me off to something not being quite right. It was far too exaggerated.
pitcalco 2 years ago
I would hate to have Tim as my waiter. He constantly looks like her has an evil glare on his eyes.
ValisFan2 2 years ago 5
lol @ blowtorch
chaOsMastaGuru 2 years ago 4
The Bill guy is a total tool.
bezenartw 2 years ago 10
The first bite is with the eye
ArtfulDawdger 2 years ago 4
Useless trivia; the word "best" was spoken about 71 times in this episode. It averages out about roughly 3x per minute.
technologysucks 2 years ago 4
Nice!
Can't believe you bothered to count, but cudos, mate!
SinOfAugust 2 years ago 2
I like how they switch from the dinner table to the Mexican chef, it just adds that feeling of remorse for the people who are actually eating that ..um...tasteful crap?
damthiscrazycriple 2 years ago
I think the funny part is that you have absolutely no idea what Penn and Teller's point of this whole thing.
Offatwork 2 years ago 2
i dunno, i thought the funny part was people obsessed with the "best" experiences in life, when in fact they can't even distinguish what is the "best" with what is considered "bland" or possibly even the "worst".
hell, a Lamborghini Murcielago gets a run for its money when pitted against a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 10, or a 2009 Chevrolet Corvette.
that's $75,000 USD vs. $350,000 USD.
visualkei72 2 years ago 2
This is why you don't go out and buy filet mignon. Stick to sirloin or top round steaks, when cooked right they taste as good or better than the expensive cuts of meat.
TrueMetis 2 years ago 3
You can cook potato with flamers? I got to try that sometime :)
dfgl1029 2 years ago 2
the waiter is SUCH a good liar
lee3 2 years ago 3