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MythBusters

7.8/10 671 votes
Documentary

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

17 available

Season 12

Episodes

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Episode 1

★ 8.4

Star Wars Special

2014-01-04 · 43m

The 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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Episode 2

★ 8.0

Moonshiner Myths

2014-01-11 · 43m

The 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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Episode 3

★ 9.0

Hollywood Car Crash Cliches

2014-01-18 · 43m

It'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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Episode 4

★ 8.7

Car Chase Chaos / Animal Antics

2014-01-25 · 43m

The 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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Episode 5

★ 9.3

*DO* Try This at Home?

2014-02-01 · 43m

After 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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Episode 6

★ 8.7

Mythssion Impossible

2014-02-15

The 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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Episode 7

★ 9.0

Bullet Baloney

2014-02-22

The 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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Episode 8

★ 9.0

Supersonic Ping Pong/Ice Cannon

2014-03-01 · 60m

In 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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Episode 9

★ 8.3

Fire in the Hole

2014-07-10 · 60m

The 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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Episode 10

★ 8.3

Household Disasters

2014-07-17

It'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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Episode 11

★ 8.0

Commercial Myths

2014-07-24

The 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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Episode 12

★ 8.0

Road Rage

2014-07-31 · 60m

In 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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Episode 13

★ 9.7

Laws of Attraction

2014-08-07

The 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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Episode 14

★ 8.0

Traffic Tricks

2014-08-07

The 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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Episode 15

★ 8.0

Plane Boarding

2014-08-21

If 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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Cast

Brian Louden

Brian Louden

Self - Host

Jonathan Lung

Jonathan Lung

Self - Host

Robert Lee

Robert Lee

Self - Narrator (voice)

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