MythBusters (2003)
MythBusters is a science entertainment television program created and produced by Australia's Beyond Television Productions for the Discovery Channel. The show's hosts, special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, use elements of the scientific method to test the validity of rumors, myths, movie scenes, adages, Internet videos, and news stories.
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Episode 1 - James Bond (1)
Release Date: 2008-01-16Can an electromagnetic watch really deflect a bullet? Would a round from Bond's gun pierce a propane cylinder? Could a boat survive driving up the bank of a river intact?
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Episode 2 - Lead Balloon
Release Date: 2008-01-23Can Adam and Jamie get a lead balloon to fly? Is it possible to drop a couple sticks of dynamite into a lake and create ideal surfing conditions?
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Episode 3 - Airplane on a Conveyor Belt
Release Date: 2008-01-30The team takes a crash-course in remote controlled airplane flying, bug-out by testing the "cockroach survival" theory, then return to fraternity pranks with exploding cans of shaving cream.
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Episode 4 - James Bond (2)
Release Date: 2008-02-06Is it possible for a pen-sized bomb to blow a crash-test dummy clean in half? Can Oddjob's sartorial weapon slice the head off a statue?
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Episode 5 - Viewers' Special (2)
Release Date: 2008-02-13Why would ancient man go to all the trouble of making stone arrowheads when sharpening a stick would have done the same job? Could machine gunfire mow down a tree?
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Episode 6 - MacGyver Myths
Release Date: 2008-02-20Jamie and Adam try to blow a hole in a wall using pure sodium metal dropped in a water bottle. The build team tries building an ultralight airplane with raw bamboo, a small stolen engine, and duct tape.
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Episode 7 - Alaska Special (1)
Release Date: 2008-04-23Adam and Jamie test the theory of cabin fever. Can a solitary stick of dynamite really sink a pickup parked on a frozen lake? The build team takes on the myth of car vs. moose.
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Episode 8 - Shark Week Special
Release Date: 2008-07-27Do dogs and injured "flapping" fish attract sharks? Will Robo-Shark eat Tory?
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Episode 9 - Exploding Steak
Release Date: 2008-08-06We test two myths suggested by the fans: alternate steak tenderizing methods and road rage.
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Episode 10 - NASA Moon Landing
Release Date: 2008-08-27Adam and Jamie investigate if the U.S. government shot the footage of the astronauts in a studio. The build team takes on claims that footage of footprints and flags flapping have to be faked.
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Episode 11 - Viral Hour
Release Date: 2008-09-03Can a car be blasted 15 feet in the air with the water pressure from 10 fire hoses? Can ordinary sawdust when airblasted through a flame explode into a catastrophic fireball? Do goats really faint?
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Episode 12 - Phone Book Friction
Release Date: 2008-09-10If you interweave the pages of two phone books, are they impossible to pull apart? Can the build team dispell five mini-myths from the movie Deep Blue Sea?
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Episode 13 - Water Stun Gun
Release Date: 2008-09-17Is an electronic stun gun mixed with water a possible weapon for crowd control? Can a fire extinguisher caught in a fire actually blow up? Is walking over hot coals just mind over matter?
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Episode 14 - Blind Driving
Release Date: 2008-10-08Is it really possible to drive a car completely blind? Do metal cleats on golf shoes really attract lightning. Can a huge underground explosion really cause a ball to drop from the lip into the hole?
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Episode 15 - Ninjas
Release Date: 2008-10-15Can an arrow be caught in midair? Is there really a punching technique that can floor an opponent with only a 1-inch lead in? Can an underwater blowpipe be stealthily used to fell an opponent?
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Episode 16 - Alcohol Myths
Release Date: 2008-10-22Is there such thing as "beer goggles"? Can running on a treadmill or slapping someone's face help to sober up a drunk person? Can an ancient medieval weapon really fire 200 arrows over 500 yards?
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Episode 17 - Motorcycle Flip
Release Date: 2008-10-29Can a flagpole in the front wheel of a motorcycle create a head-over-handlebars flip? Kari, Grant and Tory test whether or not it is possible to break out of jail using bed sheets, hair and toilet paper.
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Episode 18 - Coffin Punch
Release Date: 2008-11-05The team tests what is really bulletproof. Then, they test whether is is possible to escape if you are buried alive inside a coffin.
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Episode 19 - End With a Bang
Release Date: 2008-11-12Is it really true that you can't polish dung? Is hitting the ground at speed really faster than a standing start? Then, Adam and Jamie test another classic - is it really best to end with a bang?