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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.
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17 this season · 625 totals02e01 Exploding Toilet, Is It Worth Running in the Rain?, Ice Bullet 2003-09-24 01:00
Exploding Toilet, Is It Worth Running in the Rain?, Ice Bullet
Episode #4 – "Exploding Toilet"Myths tested:Can a person be propelled off a toilet seat by dropping a lit cigarette into a toilet bowl when filled with various combustible materials?Is running better than walking to keep dry in the rain?Is it possible to make a "magic bullet" out of ice?Tested myths include magic ice bullets, thought to kill without a clue and is it worth running in the rain, where Adam and Jamie see which gets you drier, running or walking in the rain. To test if you can explode a toilet, the Mythbusters get a crash-test dummy that they name Buster.
s02e02 Cell Phone+Gas Station=Explosion??, Exploding Implants, Exploding CDs 2003-10-04 01:00
Cell Phone+Gas Station=Explosion??, Exploding Implants, Exploding CDs
Episode #5 – "Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station"Myths tested:Will using a cell phone near a gas pump cause an explosion?Will silicone breast implants explode or expand in low pressure?Can a standard CD-ROM drive shatter a CD?Cell phones are tested to see if they can destroy a gas station. Then, breast implants are tested to see if high altitudes will make them explode. Finally, CD's are tested to see if computer drives can make them break.
s02e03 Barrel of Bricks, Peeing on the Third Rail, EEL Skin Wallet 2003-10-11 01:00
Barrel of Bricks, Peeing on the Third Rail, EEL Skin Wallet
Episode #6 – "Barrel of Bricks"Myths tested:Can a bricklayer hoisting a wooden barrel full of bricks with a pulley from the top of a three-story building fall and hit a man multiple times?Can a person be electrocuted by urinating on the third rail?Can an eel skin wallet erase a credit card?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.
s02e04 Penny Drop, Microwave Madness!, Radio Fillings 2003-10-18 01:00
Penny Drop, Microwave Madness!, Radio Fillings
Episode #7 – "Penny Drop"Myths tested:Will a penny dropped from the top of the Empire State Building kill a person or penetrate the ground?Can a person's internal organs be cooked by a tanning booth?Can tooth fillings receive radio waves?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. The team finds out the terminal velocity of a penny and make a penny cannon, then shot it at a pigs scull. This showed if a penny being dropping at terminal velocity can kill someone. Can you be baked to death on a tanning bed They also examine several myths surrounding microwave ovens.