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Jamie Hyneman | ||
Adam Savage | ||
Tory Belleci | ||
Kari Byron | ||
Grant Imahara | ||
Robert Lee | USA Narrator | |
Scottie Chapman | ||
Christine Chamberlain | ||
Heather Joseph-Witham | ||
Jessi Combs | ||
Nikos Andronikos | Australian Narrator | |
Adam Savage | Himself - Host | |
Jamie Hyneman | Himself - Host | |
Kari Byron | Herself - Builder | |
Tory Belleci | Himself - Builder | |
Robert Lee | Narrator | |
Grant Imahara | Himself - Builder | |
Scottie Chapman | Herself - Builder | |
Christine Chamberlain | Herself - Shop Assistant | |
Frank Doyle | Himself | |
Richard Dreyfuss | Matt Hooper | |
Roy Scheider | Brody | |
Robert Shaw | Quint | |
Peter Benchley | Himself | |
Susan Backlinie | Chrissie Watkins | |
Alan Normandy | Himself |
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Producer |
Andrew Farrell
Judith Plavnik |
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Chris Williams
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Cinematography |
Tim Alewood
Geoff Blee |
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 to find out which ones hold water (and keep it from dripping on your forehead and driving you insane). |
Disc 01 | ||
1 hr 0 mins 2/2/2005 1. Salsa Escape | ||
Adam and Jamie go head to head in a madcap Mexican jailbreak as they taste-test the theory of the Salsa Escape. Can you use dynamite to remove cement build-up from a mixer's barrel?
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1 hr 0 mins 2/9/2005 2. Exploding Port-A-Potty | ||
Can a person receive third-degree burns if he or she lights a cigarette inside a port-a-potty? Will a broken drive shaft on the front joint of a car vault cause a car to pole vault after it hits a pothole?
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1 hr 0 mins 2/16/2005 3. Is Yawning Contagious? | ||
Jamie and Adam examine whether yawning is contagious. They also examine whether a toy car can out race a real car.
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1 hr 0 mins 2/23/2005 4. Cooling a Six Pack | ||
Adam and Jamie examine the fastest way to cool a six-pack of beer. They also examine static electricity and test Busters body by dropping him while he's in a car.
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1 hr 0 mins 3/2/2005 5. Brown Note | ||
Will Adam be able to withstand subsonic frequencies, or will adult diapers be his only hope with the Brown Note? Is a constant drip of water falling on your head really unbearable torture?
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Disc 02 | ||
1 hr 0 mins 3/9/2005 6. Son of a Gun | ||
Mythbusters examines the Civil War myth that a woman was impregnated by a bullet fired through the groin of a soldier. They also examine whether you can be electrocuted during a thunderstorm while taking a shower or talking on the phone.
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1 hr 0 mins 3/16/2005 7. Breaking Glass | ||
Can a singer break glass with just his or her voice? Is it possible to build an explosive jet engine out of vacuum-cleaner parts? Does a rolling stone truly gather no moss?
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1 hr 0 mins 3/23/2005 8. Jet Pack | ||
Adam and Jamie create their own personal flying machine from scratch. Is the ancient secret to mummification ... the shape of the pyramid?
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1 hr 0 mins 3/30/2005 9. Killer Brace Position | ||
Jamie and Adam examine whether the brace position was designed by the airline industry to kill people rather than save them during an airplane crash. They also examine whether driving while talking on the cell phone is just as dangerous as driving while drunk.
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1 hr 0 mins 4/6/2005 10. Bullet Proof Water, 360 Degree Swing | ||
How deep must you dive to survive a gunshot? If you push hard enough, can you get a swing to go all the way around the swing-set bar?
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Disc 03 | ||
1 hr 0 mins 4/27/2005 11. Border Slingshot | ||
Can illegal immigrants fire themselves 200 yards across the border and into the United States with a slingshot so accurate that it can land the human projectiles safely on a carefully placed mattress?
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1 hr 0 mins 5/11/2005 12. Killer Tissue Box | ||
In a car crash, could the tissues kept on the rear shelf of your car be propelled forward with enough force to crush your skull?
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1 hr 0 mins 5/18/2005 13. Escape Slide Parachute | ||
Could an airline's emergency life raft be used as a parachute? Is it possible for oxygen, an electrical spark and hair cream to result in a deadly cocktail? Can a human survive a terminal velocity fall?
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1 hr 0 mins 6/8/2005 14. Mythbusters Revisited | ||
Adam and Jamie take their detractors head on as they revisit some of their favorite myths. They're going to answer them once and for all and forever silence their critics!
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1 hr 0 mins 6/22/2005 15. Chinese Invasion Alarm | ||
Is an ancient Chinese text alluding to a subterranean sonar system that could apparently detect and intercept an invasion from below true? Is the five-second rule for food really safe to eat?
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Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 7/13/2005 16. Bullet Proof Water | ||
Adam and Jamie test two urban legends; in 'Bullet Proof Water' find out exactly how deep one must dive to survive a gunshot, and in '360 Degree Swing' find out if it is possible to get a swinger to go all the way around a swing set, up and over the bar.
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Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 7/17/2005 17. MythBusters Jaws Special | ||
Mythbusters are going to put the bite on some fascinating shark myths. Find out if real sharks are capable of performing the way the great white shark in the movie "JAWS" did, and uncover the strength and stamina of these off-screen giants. Including do sharks lose interest in attacking if punched on the nose or jabbed in the eyes and gills? Adam and Jamie put it to the test. Jamie goes overboard to tussle with some fearsome fish. And a scuba tank experiment so dangerous, the FBI are brought in!
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Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 7/27/2005 18. Border Slingshot | ||
Can you fling someone over the border (200 yards) using a slingshot safely to a mattress? Can the Mythbusters break a US-Mexico Border Myth
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Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 8/3/2005 19. Killer Tissue Box | ||
'Killer Tissue Box' is an investigation into whether a tissue box can become a lethal missile in a car crash. In 'Split Arrow' the build team tests whether an archer can split one arrow straight down the middle with another, as the legendary Robin Hood was said to have done.
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Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 8/10/2005 20. Escape Slide Parachute | ||
Join the MythBusters as they test three tall tales of high flying and free falling. The first pits them against Hollywood logic with Buster doing his best Indiana Jones impression, the second tests the explosive properties and decapitation potential of hair cream, and the third addresses surviving a fall from 33,000 feet without a parachute. So, basically, it's business as usual at the "Mythbusters Flying Circus"!
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Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 10/12/2005 21. MythBusters Revisited | ||
Time to take down the non believers! Mythbusters will go revisit Blown Away, Running in the Rain, Plywood Flyer, Exploding Soda, Explosive Decompression, AC vs Windows Down, and Exploding Gas Tank to end the you did it wrong crowd for the last time!
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Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 10/19/2005 22. Chinese Invasion Alarm | ||
Join the MythBusters as they head to a California mine to test an ancient Chinese military myth – a subterranean sonar system that could allegedly detect and intercept an invasion from below. Then, armed with an incubator, agar plates and boundless enthusiasm, the guys aim to cook up the truth about a popular food fable. If food has been on the floor for less than five seconds, is it still safe to eat?
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Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 10/26/2005 23. Confederate Rocket | ||
The American Civil War was fought with polished bayonets, unreliable muskets and bulky cannons. But was that all? Not according to the Mythbusters: Adam, Jamie and the build team join forces to find out if the Confederate Army had a secret deadly weapon.
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Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 11/2/2005 24. Vodka Myths | ||
In COMPACT COMPACT, trucks fused together upon impact, sealing the unfortunate car and driver between them. The team needs a traffic-free stretch of freeway to test this.Kari hosts some urban legends about Vodka and its impact on personal hygiene. The team takes vodka and puts it up against the normal oder persperant and tries to get rid of the oder on Kari's feet. They also put it up against the normal mouth wash and smell Kari
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Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 11/9/2005 25. Steel Toe Amputation | ||
In Steel Toe Amputation, Adam and Jamie test steel toe boots ability to protect from heavy objects. In Bottle Blast Off, the Build team fills soda bottle and watch it lift off, testing Newton's third law.
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Seen it: Yes 1 hr 0 mins 11/16/2005 26. Seasickness - Kill or Cure | ||
The MythBusters take on the myth that electric shock therapy or homeopathic tongue tinglers cure seasickness. Also does driving your pickup with the tailgate down save money and can shoving your fingers into a gun barrel save life?
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