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MythBusters
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.
- Created by:
- Peter Rees
- Cast:
- Brian Louden, Jonathan Lung, Robert Lee
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- Australia, United States of America, Ireland
- Network:
- Discovery, SBS
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 12
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
★ 8.4Star Wars Special
2014-01-04 · 43mThe MythBusters test if Luke really could swing himself and Leia across a chasm with only his belt-rigged grappling hook, could an Ewok log swing crush an Imperial "Chicken Walker", and could Luke survive in a tauntaun's belly?
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E02
Episode 2
★ 8.0Moonshiner Myths
2014-01-11 · 43mThe MythBusters find out if an exploding still really could blow your house down and if you really could use hooch to fuel an unmodified car on a "moonshine run."
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E03
Episode 3
★ 9.0Hollywood Car Crash Cliches
2014-01-18 · 43mIt's wall-to-wall automotive mayhem, as the MythBusters drive through glass, plow through traffic, and fire an RPG at an SUV to take aim at classic Hollywood crash cliches.
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E04
Episode 4
★ 8.7Car Chase Chaos / Animal Antics
2014-01-25 · 43mThe MythBusters test car-chase cliches: Can you really share driving, change places, or dump the driver while moving at speed? Also, from the message boards, the team tests some fan-suggested deterrents for driving away cats, bears and snakes.
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E05
Episode 5
★ 9.3*DO* Try This at Home?
2014-02-01 · 43mAfter more than 10 years of testing impossible, dangerous and downright crazy myths that you shouldn't or couldn't try at home, the MythBusters investigate a host of myths that maybe you can!
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E06
Episode 6
★ 8.7Mythssion Impossible
2014-02-15The MythBusters test three impossible idioms: Can you herd cats? Can you catch a greased pig? And, most importantly, can you cram 10 pounds of poop into a 5-pound bag?
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E07
Episode 7
★ 9.0Bullet Baloney
2014-02-22The MythBusters take on five filmic firearm cliches: Will a bent-barreled shot gun fire? Can you fire a gun in space? Will a gun dropped in a deep fryer go off? What weird items will stop a bullet? And does a neon sign really explode when hit by a bullet?
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E08
Episode 8
★ 9.0Supersonic Ping Pong/Ice Cannon
2014-03-01 · 60mIn this ballistics bonanza, Adam and Jamie ask if supersonic ping pong can go lethally wrong while Kari, Grant and Tory light the frozen fuse on a cannon made of ice!
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E09
Episode 9
★ 8.3Fire in the Hole
2014-07-10 · 60mThe MythBusters tackle some of Hollywood's favorite explosive scenarios. Could a hero really shoot a live grenade in midair and thus render it useless? Could you really contain a TNT explosion inside an ordinary object like a file cabinet or aquarium?
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E10
Episode 10
★ 8.3Household Disasters
2014-07-17It's YOUR house under the Myths-cro-scope this time. Could a vacuum cleaner explode while sucking up black powder? Could sunscreen scorch your skin? Could a piano crash through your roof? And finally, could an exploding water heater extinguish a house fire?
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E11
Episode 11
★ 8.0Commercial Myths
2014-07-24The MythBusters go to vertigo-inducing heights to test out some commercial myths. Could you actually bob for an apple while jumping from a 100-foot high bungee cord? And from a viral video, could you really play a match of tennis while both players are standing on top of an airplane's wing?
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E12
Episode 12
★ 8.0Road Rage
2014-07-31 · 60mIn this episode, three car crimes straight from Hollywood are put to the test: the cliff top push, the two-wheel wipeout (and ... we do mean WIPEOUT, with Adam at the wheel to boot), and, finally, the Corvette barrel roll from "Wanted."
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E13
Episode 13
★ 9.7Laws of Attraction
2014-08-07The MythBusters use sexy science to tackle five captivating clich?s about the laws of attraction, including whether men really do prefer blondes, if pheromone sprays really work, if bigger boobs equal bigger tips, and whether a man's wealth really woos women.
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E14
Episode 14
★ 8.0Traffic Tricks
2014-08-07The subject is everyone's favorite topic of discussion besides weather: traffic! The MythBusters determine whether a roundabout (or rotary) is better than a four-way stop sign, if it's faster to drive than fly when your trip is under 400 miles, and whether it's better to change lanes or stay put in heavy traffic.
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E15
Episode 15
★ 8.0Plane Boarding
2014-08-21If you travel at all, you'll LOVE this episode, as Jamie and Adam explore the most efficient ways to board an airplane (back to front? window to aisle? unassigned seating? etc.). Then, Kari, Grant and Tory determine whether you can really make a bullet out of a human tooth.
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Brian Louden
Self - Host
Jonathan Lung
Self - Host
Robert Lee
Self - Narrator (voice)