I’m not sure what this means for their popular Showtime series, but Discovery have announced a very cool new series from the duo Penn & Teller. Secrets of the Universe also invites the audience to determine if the two are lying. Here’s how it works: Each of the six episodes will feature up to 10 outrageous and mind-blowing stories, but one is a fabrication, an out and out lie! It will be up to Discovery’s intrepid, savvy, and conversant audience to discover the untruths aimed at them by Penn & Teller, the biggest brains in entertainment, as a new game of “Guess the Lie” begins in each episode.
Secrets of the Universe will premiere this fall on Discovery Channel.
“There’s a natural convergence between Penn & Teller’s performances and Secrets of the Universe,” said Clark Bunting, president and general manager, Discovery Channel. “It reflects their work with deception as magicians and debunkers in all other areas of their act, which makes it a one of a kind entertainment experience.”
“If there are two things Penn & Teller stand for, it’s the truth & lying, although not necessarily in that order; this show has both,” said Penn Jillette. “We have always been very pro-science and technology and it will be wonderful to be on the network we watch the most.”
In each episode, aided by a series of extraordinary visual stunts, Penn & Teller will reveal the most wondered Secrets of the Universe.
Unbelievable stories like:
* How were five people shot by their dogs since 1990?
* Can you lift a 5,000 pound car with a human hair?
* Did ancient aboriginal Australians create a cure for snoring?
* Can you land a plane if the rudders go out?
* What music causes alligators to have sex (clue #1 – it’s not Barry White!)?
* What happens to Teller when he’s lowered into a tank of piranhas?
And one of them won’t be true, as Discovery’s audience across multiple platforms decode which is the cock-and-bull story, and interact with the program to stop these wild anti-magicians in their tracks. Only at the end of each show will Penn & Teller’s lies be exposed.
The Discovery Channel App is available for free from the App Store on iPad or at itunes.com/appstore.