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Manners

Manners

2006TV Episode⏱️ 25mTV-MA
ComedyDocumentary
7.5
IMDB Rating
135 votes

Penn and Teller argue that American manners are not getting worse.

Director
N/A
Writers
Penn Jillette, Teller, Sheryl Zohn
Stars
Penn Jillette, Teller, John Mayer
Release Date
May 22, 2006
💬 1
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Penn Jillette
Penn Jillette
as Self - Host
Teller
Teller
as Self - Host
👤
John Mayer
as Self - Rudeness Expert
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Steven Mintz
as Self - Expert on Manners
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Sheila Murphy Nelson
as Self - Victorian Era Reenactor
👤
Walter Nelson
as Self - Expert on Victorian Manners
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Ellen Simonetti
as Self - Fired Flight Attendent
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Gloria Starr
as Self - Etiquette Consultant

🎬 Technical Specs

Production
Showtime Networks, Penn & Teller, StarPrice Productions

🏷️ Keywords

mannerstable mannerssocial controlruderudeness

🎯 Categories

ComedyDocumentary

⭐ Featured Review

Missing the Point
by robert-wells-22007-02-11
3/10

"I love this show, but this episode is missing the point of their own topic. They start out trying to refute the idea that Americans are generally more rude than the rest of the world. Being someone that has traveled extensively through Europe, I have noticed that Americans are more rude. I love our country, but we don't really care about other people that we are never going to see again. This show did a good job of explaining why we are more pleasant to be around than we were a hundred years ago but said nothing about how if you go to an American airport it is unlikely that you will find ..."

💡 Did You Know?

Gloria Starr, the etiquette consultant, did not hold her wine glass properly. She picked it up by the bowl, not the stem. The proper way to hold your wine glass is by the stem, between your thumb, forefinger, and middle finger.

📖 Synopsis

Penn and Teller argue that American manners are not getting worse.