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MythBusters

MythBusters is an American pop science television program on the Discovery Channel starring special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, who use their skills and expertise to test the validity of various rumors and urban legends in popular culture. The show, narrated by Robert Lee, is filmed primarily at M5 Industries — Hyneman's special effects workshop — and in the surrounding San Francisco Bay Area.

The show was originally pitched to the Discovery Channel by producer Peter Rees from Beyond Television Productions in 2002. Discovery then commissioned three pilot specials. Hyneman came to the show through Rees, who previously interviewed him for his appearance on Battle bots. Savage, who had worked with Hyneman in commercials and on Battle bots, was approached by Hyneman to help co-host the show because Hyneman felt himself as too uninteresting to host the show on his own. In July 2006, an edited thirty-minute version (as opposed to the usual 50 minutes) of MythBusters began airing on BBC Two in the UK.

Each hour-long MythBusters episode focuses on two or three urban legends, popular beliefs, or Internet rumors. The featured myth often requires extensive preparation and set building, although the one or two simpler myths usually included in the show require less planning and execution. To date, however, three experiments (35, 40, and 46) were so complex they consumed the entire hour. Three MythBusters specials (Special Episodes 8, 9, and 11) were all two hours long.

Some urban legends that have been tested include:

• Can the unaided human voice shatter glass? ("Breaking Glass")
• Can a penny dropped from a tall building kill a person at ground level? ("Penny Drop")
• Could Ben Franklin's kite experiment have really happened? ("Franklin's Kite")
• Does a duck's quack echo? ("Duck Quack")
• Can diving underwater protect a person from gunfire? ("Bulletproof Water")
• Is it possible to break off a lock by shooting it with a gun? ("Mega Movie Myths")

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MythBusters Episodes

MythBusters Special

S- 1 23 Jan 03 Biscuit Bazooka
S- 3 7 Mar 03 Lawn Chair Balloon, Poppy Seed Drug Test, Goldfinger

MythBusters Season 1

0. 1- 2 23 Jan 03 Jet Assisted Chevy
1. 1- 1 23 Sep 03 Ice Bullet, Exploding Toilet, Who Gets Wetter?
2. 1- 2 3 Oct 03 Cell Phone Destruction, Silicone Breasts, CD-ROM Shattering
3. 1- 3 10 Oct 03 Barrel of Bricks, Pissing on the Third Rail, Eel Skin Wallet
4. 1- 4 17 Oct 03 Penny Drop, Deadly Microwaves, Radio Tooth Fillings
5. 1- 5 24 Oct 03 Hammer Bridge Drop, Buried Alive, Cola
6. 1- 6 7 Nov 03 Lightning Strikes Tongue Piercing, Tree Cannon, Beat the Breath Test
7. 1- 7 5 Dec 03 Stinky Car, Raccoon Rocket
8. 1- 8 12 Dec 03 Escape From Alcatraz, Duck Quack, Stud Finder
9. 1- 9 18 Jan 04 Chicken Gun, Octopus Egg Pregnancy, Killer Washing Machine
10. 1-10 11 Jan 04 Explosive Decompression, Frog Giggin', Rear Axle
11. 1-11 25 Jan 04 Sinking Titanic, Goldfish Memory, Trombone Explosion
12. 1-12 25 Jan 04 Break Step Bridge, Toothbrush Surprise, Rowing Water Skier
13. 1-13 15 Feb 04 Buried in Concrete, Daddy-Longlegs, Jet Taxi

MythBusters Special

S- 4 21 Mar 04 Best Animal Myths
S- 5 6 May 04 Best Electric Myths

MythBusters Season 1

16. 1-16 8 Jun 04 Myths Revisited

MythBusters Special

S- 7 29 Jun 04 Best Explosions

MythBusters Season 1

18. 1-18 27 Jul 04 Scuba Diver, Car Capers

MythBusters Season 2

19. 2- 1 29 Sep 04 Ancient Death Ray, Skunk Cleaning, What Is Bulletproof?
20. 2- 2 6 Oct 04 Elevator of Death, Levitation Machine
21. 2- 3 13 Oct 04 Beat the Radar Detector
22. 2- 4 20 Oct 04 Quicksand, Bathtub Electrocution, MRI Rays and Tattoos
23. 2- 5 3 Nov 04 Pingpong Rescue
24. 2- 6 10 Nov 04 Boom-Lift Catapult
25. 2- 7 16 Nov 04 Exploding House
26. 2- 8 18 Nov 04 Exploding Jawbreaker
27. 2- 9 5 Dec 04 Ming Dynasty Astronaut

MythBusters Special

S-10 22 Dec 04 Christmas Special

MythBusters Season 2

29. 2-11 2 Feb 05 Buster Special

MythBusters Special

S-12 9 Feb 05 Ultimate MythBusters

MythBusters Season 3

31. 3- 1 16 Feb 05 Brown Note
32. 3- 2 23 Feb 05 Salsa Escape
33. 3- 3 2 Mar 05 Exploding Port-a-Potty
34. 3- 4 9 Mar 05 Is Yawning Contagious?
35. 3- 5 16 Mar 05 MythBusters Outtakes
36. 3- 6 23 Mar 05 Cooling a Six-Pack
37. 3- 7 30 Mar 05 Son of a Gun

MythBusters Special

S- 8 6 Apr 05 Shop till You Drop
S- 9 27 Apr 05 MythBusters Revealed

MythBusters Season 3

40. 3-10 11 May 05 Hollywood on Trial
41. 3-11 18 May 05 Breaking Glass
42. 3-12 8 Jun 05 Jet Pack
43. 3-13 22 Jun 05 Killer Brace Position
44. 3-14 13 Jul 05 Bullet Proof Water

MythBusters Special

S-15 17 Jul 05 MythBusters Jaws Special

MythBusters Season 3

46. 3-16 27 Jul 05 Border Slingshot
47. 3-17 3 Aug 05 Killer Tissue Box
48. 3-18 10 Aug 05 Escape Slide Parachute
49. 3-19 12 Oct 05 MythBusters Revisited
50. 3-20 19 Oct 05 Chinese Invasion Alarm
51. 3-21 26 Oct 05 Confederate Rocket
52. 3-22 2 Nov 05 Vodka Myths
53. 3-23 9 Nov 05 Steel Toe Amputation
54. 3-24 16 Nov 05 Seasickness - Kill or Cure

MythBusters Season 4

55. 4- 1 11 Jan 06 Paper Crossbow
56. 4- 2 18 Jan 06 Shredded Plane
57. 4- 3 25 Jan 06 Archimedes Death Ray Revisited
58. 4- 4 1 Feb 06 Helium Football
59. 4- 5 8 Mar 06 Franklin's Kite
60. 4- 6 15 Mar 06 Cell Phones on Planes
61. 4- 7 19 Apr 06 Bullets Fired Up
62. 4- 8 26 Apr 06 Myths Reopened
63. 4- 9 3 May 06 Mind Control
64. 4-10 10 May 06 Exploding Pants
65. 4-11 12 Jul 06 Crimes and Myth-demeanors 1
66. 4-12 19 Jul 06 Steam Cannon
67. 4-13 26 Jul 06 Killer Whirlpool
68. 4-14 9 Aug 06 Diet Coke and Mentos
69. 4-15 16 Aug 06 Shattering Subwoofer
70. 4-16 23 Aug 06 Crimes and Myth-demeanors 2
71. 4-17 30 Aug 06 Earthquake Machine
72. 4-18 6 Sep 06 Deadly Straw
73. 4-19 13 Sep 06 Mega Movie Myths
74. 4-20 11 Oct 06 Killer Cable Snaps
75. 4-21 18 Oct 06 Air Cylinder Rocket
76. 4-22 25 Oct 06 More Myths Revisted
77. 4-23 1 Nov 06 Exploding Lighter
78. 4-24 8 Nov 06 Concrete Glider
79. 4-25 29 Nov 06 Firearms Folklore
80. 4-26 UNAIRED Facts About Flatuence
81. 4-27 6 Dec 06 Anti-Gravity Device

MythBusters Special

S-28 6 Dec 06 Holiday Special

MythBusters Season 4

83. 4-29 13 Dec 06 22,000 Foot Fall

MythBusters Season 5

84. 5- 1 10 Jan 07 Hindenburg Mystery

MythBusters Special

S- 2 17 Jan 07 Pirate Special

MythBusters Season 5

86. 5- 3 24 Jan 07 Underwater Car
87. 5- 4 7 Mar 07 Speed Cameras
88. 5- 5 14 Mar 07 Dog Myths
89. 5- 6 21 Mar 07 More Myths Reopened
90. 5- 7 11 Apr 07 Voice Flame Extinguisher
91. 5- 8 18 Apr 07 Birds in a Truck
92. 5- 9 25 Apr 07 Walking on Water

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MythBusters Comments

I just saw the episodes where they tested the diet coke and mentos episodes and it was great. It goes to show that you should never drink diet softdrinks, they are so full of crazy substances that it makes themselves explode

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