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.
Air date: 2010-01-04
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Were trees really used to launch diseased bodies over medieval walls? What happens when you shoot a bullet at a frying pan?
Air date: 2010-03-24
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Jamie and Adam explore whether a cup of soda thrown from a car can kill, while Jessi, Tory and Grant see how long a good guy can hang by his fingertips.
Air date: 2010-03-31
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Can a deep dive really save you from an explosion? Can a car be bulletproofed using... phone books?
Air date: 2010-04-07
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Adam and Jamie try ways to lose a tail in a car chase, as Kari, Grant and Tory see if an object fired backward from a vehicle moving forward simply falls to the ground.
Air date: 2010-04-14
Overview: What's worse, having an empty beer bottle smashed over your head, or a full one? Could ancient armies have truly used animal hides to build their cannons?
Air date: 2010-04-28
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Are some types of people (women, for example) more tolerant to pain? Then see if a BBQ propane tank can heat up enough in a fire to launch through a garage roof like a rocket.
Air date: 2010-05-05
Overview: In response to fan criticism, Kari, Grant and Tory retest "Knock Your Socks Off," while Jamie and Adam take on "Compact Compact"... again.
Air date: 2010-05-12
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Duct tape is put to the test again. Can it really be used to build bridges and fix cars?
Air date: 2010-05-19
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Jamie and Adam take on a wild viral video, while Kari, Grant and Tory test whether taking only right turns can save you gas.
Air date: 2010-06-02
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Does pepper spray + flannel shirt + stun gun = massive fireball, per CSI? Can fireworks really launch a person over a lake? (Watch the show! Don't try it at home!).
Air date: 2010-06-09
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Jamie, Adam, Kari, Grant and Tory take on snot, sneezes and decapitation by tornado.
Air date: 2010-10-06
Overview: Can a sniffer dog be thrown off the scent using household items?
Air date: 2010-10-13
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman put tornados to the test alongside Storm Chasers Reed Timmer and Sean Casey.
Air date: 2010-10-20
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: When you get cold feet, do your feet actually get cold? And what actually happens when the poop hits the fan?
Air date: 2010-10-27
Overview: Can a motorcycle pull a tablecloth out from under a setting for a banquet? Do humans really only use 10% of their brain?
Air date: 2010-11-03
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Jamie and Adam attempt to build an arrow machine gun, while Kari, Grant and Tory test what's more dangerous: driving tipsy or tired.
Air date: 2010-11-10
Overview: Could your laptop save you from a speeding bullet? Is it easy to take candy from a baby?
Air date: 2010-11-17
Overview: Jamie and Adam test whether a '70s sport car is as aerodynamic backward as forward, while Grant, Tory and Kari take a surfboard scene from Lethal Weapon 2 to task.
Air date: 2010-11-24
Overview: Adam attempts to escape from an upside-down underwater car, while Kari, Grant and Tory take on Kiss the Girls.
Air date: 2010-12-01
Overview: Can a collision with a bug kill a biker? Can flies really lift a laptop? Does water repel flies?
Air date: 2010-12-08
Overview: President Obama challenges Jamie and Adam to retest the Archimedes Death Ray myth again, while Kari, Grant and Tory take on Hellboy.
Air date: 2010-12-15
Overview: Seth Rogen joins the MythBusters for two blockbusting stories from his film, The Green Hornet: Elevator Car Cut and Explosive Escape.
Air date: 2010-12-22
Overview: Adam and Jamie weigh in on a famous assassination attempt; Kari, Grant and Tory try to determine if one can really can “slap some sense” into someone.
