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    TV Series

    MythBusters

    "Failure is always an option."

    IMDb8.3/10
    2003 - 2018
    43m/ep
    Ended
    Seasons: 16
    Episodes: 272

    MythBusters is a science entertainment television program created and produced by Australia's Beyond Television Productions for the Discovery Channel. The show's hosts, special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, use elements of the scientific method to test the validity of rumors, myths, movie scenes, adages, Internet videos, and news stories.

    Created by: Peter Rees
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    Seasons & Episodes

    Jet-Assisted Chevy

    1. Jet-Assisted Chevy

    7

    Can a '67 Chevy turn into a 350-mile-per-hour road warrior? Are Pop Rocks candy and soda a recipe for disaster?

    1/23/200345 min
    Biscuit Bazooka

    2. Biscuit Bazooka

    8

    Can a person get stuck to an airline toilet while it's in flight? Is there such a thing as a biscuit bazooka?

    1/23/2003
    Poppy-Seed Drug Test

    3. Poppy-Seed Drug Test

    8.5

    Can a poppy-seed bagel tilt the results of a drug test? Can balloons carry a lawn chair? If you cover your body in gold paint, will you be able to breathe? Or could you die from it?

    3/7/2003
    Exploding Toilet

    4. Exploding Toilet

    8

    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?

    9/23/2003
    Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station

    5. Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station

    8

    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?

    10/3/2003
    Barrel of Bricks

    6. Barrel of Bricks

    8.3

    Is it dangerous to pee on the electrified third rail of a train track? Can an eel-skin wallet erase the information on your credit cards? Can a 500-pound barrel of bricks really hit the pulley holder?

    10/10/2003
    Penny Drop

    7. Penny Drop

    8

    Can a penny dropped from a skyscraper kill a person below? Is it possible to "bake yourself" on a tanning bed? Did Lucille Ball expose a spy ring by hearing radio signals from her tooth fillings?

    10/17/2003
    Buried Alive

    8. Buried Alive

    8.5

    Could a person survive a leap from a bridge by throwing a hammer in the water first? Is it possible to survive being buried alive? Can cola really remove bloodstains, clean rust or cook a steak?

    10/24/2003
    Lightning Strikes/Tongue Piercing

    9. Lightning Strikes/Tongue Piercing

    8.5

    Is it possible to make a cannon out of a tree? Could a drunk person really fool a Breathalyzer test? Can Adam's tongue piercing withstand the electric force of a lightning bolt?

    11/7/2003
    Stinky Car

    10. Stinky Car

    8

    Is the myth of the stinky car true? Is the "raccoon in the drain" myth true? Will our MythBusters become human cannonballs?

    12/5/2003
    Alcatraz Escape

    11. Alcatraz Escape

    8.5

    Could prisoners really have escaped Alcatraz without a trace? Does a duck's quack echo? Can a stud finder really prove if human beings have been guinea pigs in mind-control experiments.

    12/12/2003

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