Hosted by Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, with Tory Belleci, Kari Byron and Grant Imahara, the Mythbusters mix scientific method with gleeful curiosity and plain old-fashioned ingenuity to create their own signature style of explosive experimentation. The team's combined backgrounds in animatronics, robotics, model building and prototyping arm them with the ability to create anything they need to test a myth.
s01e01JATO Car, Pop Rocks (Pilot 1)2003-01-2402:00⌄
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JATO Car, Pop Rocks (Pilot 1)
s01e01 ·
2003-01-24 ·
02:00
Episode 1- "Jet-Assisted Chevy" (Pilot #1)Myths tested:Can a 1967 Chevy take off with JATO rockets, like in the tale of the JATO Rocket Car?Can Pop Rocks and soda, when eaten simultaneously, cause the eater's stomach to rupture?The story of the jet-assisted Chevy goes like this. The Arizona Highway Patrol stumbled across a blackened crater in the side of a mountain at the end of a long stretch of desert road. After an investigation, they learned that an Air Force sergeant from a nearby military base had attached a rocket-assisted takeoff unit to the roof of a 1967 Chevy Impala. He got up to about 80 mph, and then fired the things off. Within seconds the car was traveling at 350 mph. The crater was found in the mountainside 100 feet off the ground. Who do you think will be the "dummy" to test this myth? The Pop Rocks and soda legend concerns a boy known as little Mikey, who was featured in commercials for Life cereal. Some years later, Mikey was challenged by his friends to eat six packs of Pop Rocks candy with six cans of soda. According to the myth, the carbon dioxide in the candy combined with the carbon dioxide in the soda to create so much pressure that Mikey's stomach exploded and he died. Our MythBusters risk their lives for you, the viewer, in these two death-defying experiments.
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s01e02Stuck on You, Biscuit Bullet, Falling Lawyer (Pilot 2)2003-01-3102:00⌄
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Stuck on You, Biscuit Bullet, Falling Lawyer (Pilot 2)
s01e02 ·
2003-01-31 ·
02:00
Episode #2 - "Biscuit Bazooka" (Pilot #2)Myths tested:Can an airplane toilet create enough suction to cause a person to become stuck on it?Can a can of biscuit dough explode in a hot car?Can a person throw himself through a skyscraper window?In this episode, Jamie and Adam take on a few legends involving dubious behavior. First, they contemplate the one about an obese woman on a trans-Atlantic flight whose derriere is suctioned into the plane's toilet after flushing, forcing the plane to land before she can be removed. Will the bottom fall out of this myth? How about the one involving a friend of a friend who thought she was shot while sitting in her car in a supermarket parking lot on a very hot day? The story goes that when the paramedics arrived, they found her head splattered with a mass of raw biscuit dough. And then there's the leaping lawyer. Some guy (apparently a lawyer), kept bouncing off a plate-glass window on the 24th floor of a high-rise building. After one too many impacts, the window shattered and the guy fell 24 floors to the ground, where he promptly died. Another day, another deadly myth.
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s01e03Poppy-Seed Drug Test2003-03-0802:00⌄
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Poppy-Seed Drug Test
s01e03 ·
2003-03-08 ·
02:00
Episode #3 - "Poppy-Seed Drug Test" (Pilot #3)
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s01e04Ice Bullet, Exploding Toilet, Who Gets Wetter?2003-09-2401:00⌄
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Ice Bullet, Exploding Toilet, Who Gets Wetter?
s01e04 ·
2003-09-24 ·
01:00
Can you explode a toilet by flushing flammables down the bowl then lighting a match? Do you get wetter running or walking in the rain? Can you really make a 'magic bullet' that will not leave evidence behind in its victim?
Can chatting on a cell phone while pumping gas cause the pump to blow up? Will silicone breast implants burst under pressure? Can high-speed CD-ROM players really shatter a CD?
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s01e06Barrel Of Bricks, Pissing On The Third Rail, Eel Skin Wallet2003-10-1101:00⌄
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Barrel Of Bricks, Pissing On The Third Rail, Eel Skin Wallet
s01e06 ·
2003-10-11 ·
01:00
The story of the unlucky construction worker and the barrel of 500 lb. of bricks is tested. Also, you'll see if peeing on the third rail can kill you, along with credit cards not working due to an eel skin wallet.
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s01e07Penny Drop, Deadly Microwaves, Radio Tooth Fillings2003-10-1801:00⌄
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Penny Drop, Deadly Microwaves, Radio Tooth Fillings
s01e07 ·
2003-10-18 ·
01:00
Jamie and Adam test whether a penny dropped from a skyscraper will embed in concrete and whether it is possible to pick up radio signals through tooth fillings. They also examine several myths surrounding microwave ovens.
Buster tries to survive a drop into a body of water with a hammer, and Jamie's getting buried alive! Also, you'd be surprised by how many cola-related myths are perfect for the Mythbusters.
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s01e09Lightning Strikes Tongue Piercing, Tree Cannon, Beat The Breath Test2003-11-0802:00⌄
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Lightning Strikes Tongue Piercing, Tree Cannon, Beat The Breath Test
s01e09 ·
2003-11-08 ·
02:00
Jamie and Adam want to see if tongue piercing attract lightning, if they can make a cannon out of a tree, and if drunk people can fool the police.
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s01e10Stinky Car, Raccoon Rocket2003-12-0602:00⌄
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Stinky Car, Raccoon Rocket
s01e10 ·
2003-12-06 ·
02:00
The Mythbusters see if a car can get so stinky that no one will buy it. Waiting for 2 months for 2 dead pigs to decompose in a car, the want to test raccoon rocket, where a person lighting gasoline in a sewer pipe to eliminate a raccoon but shoots himself out but lives. Looks like a job for Buster!
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s01e11Escape From Alcatraz, Duck Quack, Stud Finder2003-12-1302:00⌄
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Escape From Alcatraz, Duck Quack, Stud Finder
s01e11 ·
2003-12-13 ·
02:00
Jamie and Adam try to escape from Alcatraz using a raft made from raincoats. In between, they test to see if duck quacks can echo and if Red Cross has mind control chips for their patients.
Can firing a bullet into the shell of an aircraft cause explosive decompression? Can a loaded .22-caliber gun cartridge be used as a replacement fuse in a car's ignition? Can a car be ripped off its rear axle?
In this episode the Adam and Jamie test:
1) If a bullet hole in an airplane's window can cause an explosive decompression that destroys the plane and blows out the passengers.
2) If a 22 caliber gun cartridge can be used a fuse.
3) If a car can be ripped off its rear axle if gets stuck in a hole.
Will launching a chicken at an airplane disrupt its flight, or will the bird be blown away? Is it possible for a woman to swallow an octopus egg — and then give birth to an eight-legged offspring?
To see if an airplane's window can resist the crashing of a bird flying at high speed, engineers launch chickens at high speeds into the windows with an air cannon before the window is used in a plane.
In this episode the Adam and Jamie test:
1) If launching frozen chickens out of a cannon do more damage when crahing into airplane winshields.
2) If a woman can give birth an octopus by swallowing an octopus egg.
3) If a washing machine with the help of a dog can kill you.
Will a college rowing team be able to pull Jamie up on water skis? Can the rhythm of soldiers marching together can cause a bridge to collapse? Does the bacteria from a toilet will settle in your toothbrush?
In this episode Adam and Jamie test:
1) If a party of marching soldiers can make a bridge fall down.
2) If bacteria from the toilet can go to toothbrushes.
3) If it's possible to water ski behind a rowboat.
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s01e203Break Step Bridge2004-01-2602:00⌄
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Break Step Bridge
s01e203 ·
2004-01-26 ·
02:00
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s01e16Buried In Concrete, Daddy—longlegs, Jet Taxi2004-02-1602:00⌄
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Buried In Concrete, Daddy—longlegs, Jet Taxi
s01e16 ·
2004-02-16 ·
02:00
Will Jamie and Adam find Jimmy Hoffa, who is allegedly buried in concrete? Can the power and force of a 737 launch a taxicab 75 feet in the air? Is the daddy longlegs the most venomous spider?
In this episode the Adam and Jamie test:
1) If Jimmy Hoffa is buried in the concrete in front of a stadium.
2) If “Daddy-Longlegs” are the most poisonous spiders in the world and if they even have venom.
3) If a taxi can be launched into the air by a jet motor's power.
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s01e205Buried In Concrete, Daddy—longlegs, Jet Taxi2004-02-1602:00⌄
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Buried In Concrete, Daddy—longlegs, Jet Taxi
s01e205 ·
2004-02-16 ·
02:00
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s01e14Sinking Titanic2004-02-2302:00⌄
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Sinking Titanic
s01e14 ·
2004-02-23 ·
02:00
Will a sinking ship suck you down as it goes under? Are goldfish bored or just plain stupid? Will throwing a lit firecracker down the neck of a trombone make your music sweeter?
In this episode the Mythbusters test:
1) If a sinking ship can suck you down and kill you if you are next to it.
2) If goldfish can remember things.
3) They see what happens when you drop explosive material inside a trombone.
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s01e204Sinking Titanic2004-02-2302:00⌄
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Sinking Titanic
s01e204 ·
2004-02-23 ·
02:00
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s01e17Best Animal Myths2004-03-2202:00⌄
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Best Animal Myths
s01e17 ·
2004-03-22 ·
02:00
This "clip-show" has the staff review their favorite myths about animals from previous animals.
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s01e18Best Electric Myths2004-05-0701:00⌄
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Best Electric Myths
s01e18 ·
2004-05-07 ·
01:00
This "clip-show" has the staff review their favorite myths about electricity from previous shows: Peeing on the Third Rail, Lightning Strikes Tongue Piercing, Microwave Madness.
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s01e19AM var am2004-05-1400:00⌄
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AM var am
s01e19 ·
2004-05-14 ·
00:00
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