Last Friday night magic duo Penn & Teller were the ‘celebrity contestants‘ on game show “Don’t Forget the Lyrics”. Contestants on the show try to remember and sing the lyrics to various hit songs; each time they correctly do so, they win more money, with each step taking them closer to the ‘million dollar song’. Celebrities play on behalf of their favourite charity. P&T’s choice? The James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF)!
Though they teased skeptical fanbois by heading into six-figure heaven for a few moments, they crashed back to earth with an incorrect lyric to a Doors song (Jim’s no doubt got a big smile on his face on the ‘other side’), resigning the JREF to a ‘paltry’ $25,000 donation. Although that will surely come in handy, paying a good 14% of James Randi’s wage for the coming year ($US175,000). Homeless children and starving babies be damned…there’s a cranky old man who needs to misinform the public about the ‘truth’, at least according to his long-held prejudices. Unfortunately, P&T’s winnings will only help feed and clothe one – there are thousands of them out there folks, in desperate need of funds to allow them too to stand up and annoy the crap out of us with patronising sermons. I say huzzah for Penn & Teller for bringing attention to this silent epidemic…
