This wonderful YouTube video from James Randi (uploaded 2/13) addresses the rash of paranormal shows and the misuse of scientific equipment by "paranormal" groups.  He actually mentions GH around the 6:00 mark, but I recommend watching the entire video.  It is informative and serves to remind us of how people were fooled in the past and how easily they can still be fooled. Randi does not deny that things like ESP etc. exist, but stresses how flimsy and unscientific most of the research has been (and still is).

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUMY7epfsHs

P.S. Sorry if someone already beat me to this.

Try the video again Stephen, it works for me now. I believe youtube was having some downtime earlier.

Randi often comes on very strong, but you must remember he started his career as a performer or, as he had on the sign he hung out, charlatan.    He didn't want to give anyone the impression that what he was doing was anything but illusions.  I believe he never lost his "showmanship".  His goal has always been to get and keep the public's attention in order to get his message across.  He has stood up to some of the worst frauds and exposed them big time.  I'm thinking in particular of Peter Popoff, the evangelist who used the communication device to pretend God was giving him information.  Unfortunately, he's back in action.  It's hard to keep a good fraud down!

I was hoping he was going to address the collar pull too; or anything in detail about GH.  But he did make no bones about who he was referring to in particular, mentioning the show and flashing a pic of them.   In fact, I would like to see any illusionist take that collar trick on.  A number of non-magicians have done a credible job of re-creating it, but no big names have come out with any public comments.  There may be reasons why he kept the subject on the equipment that GH and others like them use, but have no idea how to set, operate and interpret the information these meters and cameras provide. 

Did you catch the guy with the device on his head with one eye covered?  That's really a keeper.

Blinddog is right in that YouTube has been having its problems; ditto for MySpace.

As Randi points out, these shows are flourishing.   A strong sense of wanting to believe taints so many otherwise rational people into duping even themselves within the confines of a university research lab.

Regardless of what you might think of the man, he has done the most to promote critical analysis in public of sometimes outrageous claims.  And he was doing it way back when at a time skeptical voices were rarely heard or seen.  He is up in age now and has suffered a heart attack.  I hope he will be around for many years to come, as the scam business is once again thriving as it did in the past.  He has proved an inspiration for so many people, and has really opened some eyes.

LOL!  Didn't see that one!  You think it might be on YouTube?  Going to have to check and see.  You'd think that Bundy was so famous even the Russians would know what he looked like.  Didn't Randi also expose a Russian woman who was doing some kind of trick or claimed clairvoyant powers?  She was supposed to have fooled some of the best known researchers but it didn't take him long to figure out her schtick.

That's it!  Thanks.