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MythBustersSo exactly how hard is it to find a needle in a haystack, anyway? And can water dripping on your forehead really drive you nuts? Those are the kinds of questions, myths and urban legends that are put to the test in this humorous series that seeks to find out which myths are true and which are not.S5, EP12 "Big Rig Myths"Adam and Jamie test how dangerous an exploding truck tire can be.
S6, EP2 "Exploding Steak"Jamie and Adam try to tenderize steak with explosives and test to see if a motorist uses more fuel when driving under stress.
S7, EP15 "Greased Lightning"The team tests two potential kitchen catastrophes.
S6, EP1 "Alaska Special"The team tests some Alaskan anecdotes.
S6, EP3 "NASA Moon Landing"The team tests if NASA really did land on the Moon.
S20, EP11 "Dynamite Deposit"The MythBusters investigate if it's possible to blow a safe open and not destroy the loot inside; whether dog owners really look like their pets.
S20, EP10 "Spike in the Road"The MythBusters test ways to beat police road spikes using DIY ingenuity and Hollywood driving skills; investigating if a high-powered fountain can actually lift and suspend a human.
S20, EP9 "Wild Wild West"The MythBusters investigate two tall tales from the Wild West: the lethality of a dynamite-firing crossbow, and the best way to shoot from the hip during a shootout.
S20, EP8 "Pane in the Glass"Jon and Brian reconstruct a typical Hollywood movie stunt; they test three mythical cures to see if it's possible to chop an onion, without tearing up.
S20, EP7 "Fire Arrow vs. Gas Tank"Brian and Jon test if a flaming arrow fired into a car's gas tank causes it to erupt in flames; testing a seemingly dangerous tribal initiation.
S20, EP6 "Dead Body Double"Tackling two explosive ballistic mysteries: if a dead body is bullet-proof and if a strange non-Newtonian fluid called oobleck is bomb-proof.
S20, EP5 "Invisible Assassins"The MythBusters take on Hollywood's greatest invisible assassins with a trio of tall tales of ingenious booby traps.
S20, EP4 "Rock 'n' Roll Road Rage"The MythBusters investigate whether or not a leaping carp could land a killer blow to a water skier; they turn up the volume and test if listening to aggressive music leads to more aggressive driving.
S20, EP3 "Earthquake Water Heater"The MythBusters investigate if a water-heater can turn into a destructive torpedo, and reveal the explosive power of flatulence.
S20, EP2 "Chimney Cannon"The MythBusters investigate if a burglar can be shot out of a chimney when the fireplace is lit; they power up a chainsaw to test if a bullet embedded in a tree will have fatal consequences.
S20, EP1 "Heads Will Roll"The MythBusters put an exploding airbag to the ultimate test and tackle an epic movie myth using a rocket-powered sword.
S19, EP12 "Duct Tape: The Return"Attempting to save a Buster's life with their favorite mechanical cure all: Duct Tape.
S18, EP8 "Star Wars: The Myths Strike Back"Jamie and Adam take on the science of the "Star Wars" universe.
S18, EP6 "Unfinished Business"Adam and Jamie tackle fan favorites; video games; grenades; spy cars; super-fast firearms.
S18, EP5 "Supernatural Shooters"Adam and Jamie investigate the ability of hit men to take down a target.
S18, EP4 "Dangerous Driving"Adam and Jamie test whether or not hands-free driving is a safe way to make a call while behind the wheel.
S18, EP3 "Accidental Ammo"Ballistic backyard bedlam; glass guillotine; accidental ammunition.
S18, EP2 "Flights of Fantasy"Adam and Jamie tackle two flights of fantasy.
S18, EP1 "Blow It Out of the Water"Adam and Jamie blow up a boat with 1,000 lbs. of high explosive; homemade machine gun from the "Breaking Bad" finale.
S17, EP6 "San Francisco Drift"Testing two tales of daredevil drifting.
S17, EP5 "Transformers"Adam and Jamie attempt the mechanical metamorphosis of a car becoming a motorcycle and a bicycle becoming a boat.
S17, EP4 "Video Games Special"Adam and Jamie challenge the science of virtual worlds from video games.
S17, EP3 "The A-Team Special"Adam and Jamie scrutinize "The A-Team."
S17, EP2 "The Busters of the Lost Myths"Testing the hijinks from the "Indiana Jones" franchise.
S17, EP1 "The Simpsons Special"Adam and Jamie, along with Al Jean, the executive producer of "The Simpsons," test occurrences from the show.
S16, EP7 "Plane Boarding; Bite the Bullet"Efficiently boarding an airplane; tracing a bullet made of teeth or bone.
S16, EP6 "Traffic Tricks"Questions about congestion; testing shockwave jams; roundabout vs. four-way stop sign; driving or flying; changing lanes.
S16, EP5 "Laws of Attraction"Investigating five clichés about the laws of attraction; a preference to blondes; pheromones; tips correlating with breast size; wealth.
S16, EP4 "Road Rage"Testing Hollywood car crimes; a cliff-top push; two-wheel wipeout; the Corvette barrel roll from "Wanted."
S16, EP3 "Commercial Myths"Testing heights; bobbing for an apple when jumping with a bungee cord; playing tennis upon an airplane wing.
S16, EP2 "Household Disasters"Testing household myths; exploding a vacuum cleaner with black powder; sunscreen scorching skin; piano through a roof; exploding water heater extinguishing fire.
S16, EP1 "Fire in the Hole"Explosive scenarios from Hollywood; shooting a live grenade in midair; containing an explosion within an ordinary object.
S15, EP8 "Supersonic Ping Pong; Ice Cannon"Supersonic ping pong; lighting a frozen fuse on an ice cannon.
S15, EP7 "Bullet Baloney"Firearm cliches; firing a bent-barreled shotgun; firing a gun in space; dropping a gun in a deep fryer; stopping a bullet with weird items; shooting a neon sign.
S15, EP6 "Mythssion Impossible"Herding cats; catching a greased pig; ten pounds of feces in a five-pound bag.
S15, EP5 "Do Try This at Home?"Investigating myths that can potentially be tried at home.
S15, EP4 "Car Chase Chaos; Animal Antics"Testing car chase clichés; fan-suggested pest deterrents.
S15, EP3 "Hollywood Car Crash Cliches"Hollywood crash clichés; driving through glass; plowing throw traffic; firing an RPG at an SUV.
S15, EP2 "Moonshine Myths"Testing an exploding still; using "hooch" to fuel an unmodified car.
S15, EP1 "Star Wars: Revenge of the Myth"Swinging Luke and Leia across a chasm with a grappling hook; an Ewok log crushing an Imperial "Chicken Walker"; surviving in a tauntaun's belly.
S14, EP11 "Zombie Special"Michael Rooker ("The Walking Dead") helps the team test zombie myths; the more effective weapon, ax or gun; testing the strength of the living dead; outrunning or outsmarting a horde.
S14, EP10 "Breaking Bad Special"The MythBusters are de-bunking the science and chemistry of the hit TV show "Breaking Bad" as they are joined by creator Vince Gilligan and star Aaron Paul.
S14, EP9 "Painting With Explosives; Bifurcated Boat"Snowflake of death; painting a room with a boom; the bifurcated boat myth.
S14, EP8 "Duct Tape Canyon"Adam and Jamie use duct tape to survive in the desert.
S14, EP7 "Hypermilling; Crash Cusions"Testing if you can survive a car crash while sitting between two big guys; three hypermilling myths; techniques that may double your car's fuel efficiency.
S14, EP6 "Motorcycle Water Ski"Testing if a motorcycle can travel across water at high speeds; a parachute made from hotel room contents.
S14, EP5 "Battle of the Sexes - Round 2"The Mythbusters test the cliches in the second round of Battle of the Sexes.
S14, EP4 "Indy Car Special"The Mythbusters go to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to test racing myths.
S14, EP3 "Down and Dirty; Earthquake Survival"Testing a bathroom hand dryer vs. using paper towels; the cleanest bathroom stall; the best place to stand during an earthquake.
S14, EP2 "Deadliest Catch Crabtastic Special"Captains Johnathan and Junior from Deadliest Catch join the team to test if a crab pot will drag you to the bottom if your foot is caught in a coil.
S14, EP1 "JATO Rocket Car: Mission Accomplished?"The 10th anniversary starts off with the busting of JATO rocket car.
S13, EP8 "Explosions A to Z"The team highlight some of the show's 752 detonations as they blast through the ultimate A-Z of explosions.
S13, EP7 "Food Fables"Celebrity chef Alton Brown helps the team discover if it can cook lasagna in a dishwasher or a meal beneath the hood of a car.
S13, EP6 "Cannonball Chemistry"Adam and Jamie test whether a mattress can really cushion a watery wipe out; Kari, Tory and Grant tackle a blast from the past as they test if cannonballs made of stone can really cause carnage.
S13, EP5 "Mini Myth Medley"Viewer requested myths include an underwater bike ride, if you can know something "like the back of your hand," and the potty dance.
S13, EP4 "Fright Night"Adam and Jamie see if certain sound frequencies can convince people of paranormal activity; finding out if the smell of fear exists.
S13, EP3 "Hail Hijinx"Adam and Jamie pick apart some rope bridge physics; giant hail vs. the hull of a fishing boat.
S13, EP2 "Trench Torpedo"The boys test whether a trench corner can slow down a shockwave and save a soldier.
S13, EP1 "Titanic Survival"James Cameron joins Adam and Jamie to try to answer the questions, did Jack (from Cameron's "Titanic") needlessly die? Is it possible that Rose and Jack could have both fit on the wooden board and survived together?
S12, EP12 "Hollywood Gunslingers"Hollywood firearms fables; never-ending ammo; lethal nail guns; deadly silver bullets.
S12, EP11 "Duel Dilemmas"Adam and Jamie test an old dueling myth; a two-stage missile known as the fire breathing dragon.
S12, EP10 "Bubble Pack Plunge"Jumping from a building while wrapped in bubble packaging; James Bond ejector seat.
S12, EP9 "Mailbag Special"The team answers viewer questions and takes requests regarding minimyths.
S12, EP8 "Bouncing Bullet"Taking aim at a ricochet myth; will jumping while running from an explosion soften the impact?
S12, EP7 "Revenge of the Myth"Fan favorites are taken to the next level and no result is safe.
S12, EP6 "Driving in Heels"Adam and Jamie hit the road with some fancy footwear; Tory and Grant try out a turbo-charged go-cart.
S12, EP5 "Battle of the Sexes"Men vs. women in the ultimate battle of the sexes as the team tests five gender-based cliches.
S12, EP4 "Swinging Pirates"The Hyneman and Captain Redbeard tackle the pirate movie myth; a turbo charged go-cart.
S12, EP3 "Square Wheels"Adam and Jamie try to reinvent the wheel; a date night movie myth.
S12, EP2 "Fire vs. Ice"A classic duel between a flamethrower and CO2 fire extinguisher.
S12, EP1 "Duct Tape Island"Adam and Jamie are abandoned on a desert island with only sticky silver adhesive; can tape be used to find water, food, build shelter and escape?
S11, EP10 "Toilet Bomb"Adam and Jamie take on a bathroom bomb; testing out if a flying V works for planes as well as it does for birds.
S11, EP9 "Wheel of Mythfortune"The guys spin the Wheel of Mythfortune to pick the five winners of the viewer request lottery.
S11, EP8 "Wet and Wild"The wettest myths of all time include riding the world's largest waterslide, deep-sea diving in a suit of armor, and swimming in syrup.
S11, EP7 "Location, Location, Location"The team declassifies its top destinations and reveals the inside scoop.
S11, EP6 "Drain Disaster"A test to determine if lighting combustible sewer gas will turn a manhole cover into a missile; putting a truck bedliner to the test.
S11, EP5 "Flying Guillotine"Taking on the military myth that it's safe to use the explosive C4 as a cooking fuel as long as you don't drop anything on it; Chinese martial arts myth.
S11, EP4 "Duct Tape Plane"Adam and Jamie test three viral videos; Kari, Grant, and Toby attempt to repair a plane with duct tape.
S11, EP3 "Walk a Straight Line"An experiment to see if a blindfolded man can walk a straight line; testing whether binary explosives can be set off by a fender bender.
S11, EP2 "Newton's Crane Cradle"Testing a viral video that uses wrecking balls to transfer energy.
S11, EP1 "Bikes and Bazookas"Adam and Jamie test the theory that a motorcycle runs greener and cleaner than a car.
S10, EP7 "Spy Car 2"Jamie and Adam do battle with each other; Kari, Tory and Grant endure a snowy challenge.
S8, EP11 "Top 25 Moments"Adam, Jamie, Kari, Tory and Grant offer a look back at their top 25 most celebrated "Mythbusters" moments.
S6, EP7 "Blind Driving"The team tests four myths.
S2, EP13 "Sinking Titanic"Finding out if a sinking ship will suck passengers down with it; putting a lit firecracker down the neck of a trombone.
S2, EP11 "Breakstep Bridge"A rowing team pulls Jamie on water skis; soldiers march on a bridge; toilet bacteria. Hosts: Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage..
S2, EP10 "Chicken Gun; Octopus Egg; Killer Washing Machine"Launching a chicken at an airplane; octopus egg pregnancy; killer washing machine.
S2, EP9 "Explosive Decompression"Whether a single gunshot can destroy an aircraft; using a gun cartridge as a car-ignition fuse; ripping a car off its rear axle.
S2, EP8 "Alcatraz Escape"Hosts test urban legends: infamous prisoners escape from Alcatraz in 1962.
S2, EP7 "Stinky Car"The hosts test urban myths, including one about a stinky car in which a person has died and started to decay and another one about a raccoon in a drain.
S2, EP6 "Lightning Strikes; Tongue Piercing"Hosts test urban legends: building a working cannon out of a tree; how lightning affects tongue-piercings.
S2, EP5 "Buried Alive"Surviving jumping from a bridge by throwing a hammer into the water first to break the water's surface tension; getting buried alive.
S2, EP4 "Penny Drop"Dropping a penny from a skyscraper; tanning bed danger; microwaves. Hosts: Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage.
S2, EP3 "Barrel of Bricks"Third-rail danger; electric-eel-skin wallet; unlucky construction worker woes. Hosts: Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage.
S2, EP2 "Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station"Exploding gas pumps; exploding silicon implants; shattering CD-ROMs . Hosts: Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage.
S2, EP1 "Exploding Toilet"Hosts test urban legends: flammable substance poured into toilet; running versus walking in the rain; ice bullets.
S2 "Buried in Concrete"A team of science experts set out to discover whether common myths have any viable evidence to back them up. Includes details of the experiments they conduct, as well as how they succeed or fail.
S1, EP3 "Poppy-Seed Drug Test"Hosts test urban legends: lawn-chair balloon; poppy seed bagels and drug tests; being covered in gold paint.
S1, EP2 "Biscuit Bazooka"Checking out whether a person can really get stuck to an airliner toilet while in flight; biscuit bazooka; leaping lawyer.
S1, EP1 "Jet-Assisted Chevy"Investigating urban legends, including whether a 1967 Chevy can be turned into a 350 mph road machine; checking out whether mixing Pop Rocks candy and soda is really a recipe for disaster.
So exactly how hard is it to find a needle in a haystack, anyway? And can water dripping on your forehead really drive you nuts? Those are the kinds of questions, myths and urban legends that are put to the test in this humorous series that seeks to find out which myths are true and which are not.
Original Air Date: Jan 23, 2003
Genres: RealityDocuseriesTV Series
Rating: TVPG
Playback: HD
15 seasons available on demand (100 episodes)
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