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.
Ngày phát sóng: 2008-01-16
Tổng quan: Can an electromagnetic watch really deflect a bullet? Would a round from Bond's gun pierce a propane cylinder? Could a boat survive driving up the bank of a river intact?
Ngày phát sóng: 2008-01-23
Thời lượng: 60 min
Tổng quan: Can Adam and Jamie get a lead balloon to fly? Is it possible to drop a couple sticks of dynamite into a lake and create ideal surfing conditions?
Ngày phát sóng: 2008-01-30
Tổng quan: The team takes a crash-course in remote controlled airplane flying, bug-out by testing the "cockroach survival" theory, then return to fraternity pranks with exploding cans of shaving cream.
Ngày phát sóng: 2008-02-06
Tổng quan: Is it possible for a pen-sized bomb to blow a crash-test dummy clean in half? Can Oddjob's sartorial weapon slice the head off a statue?
Ngày phát sóng: 2008-02-13
Tổng quan: Why would ancient man go to all the trouble of making stone arrowheads when sharpening a stick would have done the same job? Could machine gunfire mow down a tree?
Ngày phát sóng: 2008-02-20
Thời lượng: 60 min
Tổng quan: Jamie and Adam try to blow a hole in a wall using pure sodium metal dropped in a water bottle. The build team tries building an ultralight airplane with raw bamboo, a small stolen engine, and duct tape.
Ngày phát sóng: 2008-04-23
Thời lượng: 60 min
Tổng quan: Adam and Jamie test the theory of cabin fever. Can a solitary stick of dynamite really sink a pickup parked on a frozen lake? The build team takes on the myth of car vs. moose.
Ngày phát sóng: 2008-07-27
Tổng quan: Do dogs and injured "flapping" fish attract sharks? Will Robo-Shark eat Tory?
Ngày phát sóng: 2008-08-06
Tổng quan: We test two myths suggested by the fans: alternate steak tenderizing methods and road rage.
Ngày phát sóng: 2008-08-27
Tổng quan: Adam and Jamie investigate if the U.S. government shot the footage of the astronauts in a studio. The build team takes on claims that footage of footprints and flags flapping have to be faked.
Ngày phát sóng: 2008-09-03
Tổng quan: Can a car be blasted 15 feet in the air with the water pressure from 10 fire hoses? Can ordinary sawdust when airblasted through a flame explode into a catastrophic fireball? Do goats really faint?
Ngày phát sóng: 2008-09-10
Thời lượng: 60 min
Tổng quan: If you interweave the pages of two phone books, are they impossible to pull apart? Can the build team dispell five mini-myths from the movie Deep Blue Sea?
Ngày phát sóng: 2008-09-17
Tổng quan: Is an electronic stun gun mixed with water a possible weapon for crowd control? Can a fire extinguisher caught in a fire actually blow up? Is walking over hot coals just mind over matter?
Ngày phát sóng: 2008-10-08
Tổng quan: Is it really possible to drive a car completely blind? Do metal cleats on golf shoes really attract lightning. Can a huge underground explosion really cause a ball to drop from the lip into the hole?
Ngày phát sóng: 2008-10-15
Tổng quan: Can an arrow be caught in midair? Is there really a punching technique that can floor an opponent with only a 1-inch lead in? Can an underwater blowpipe be stealthily used to fell an opponent?
Ngày phát sóng: 2008-10-22
Tổng quan: Is there such thing as "beer goggles"? Can running on a treadmill or slapping someone's face help to sober up a drunk person? Can an ancient medieval weapon really fire 200 arrows over 500 yards?
Ngày phát sóng: 2008-10-29
Tổng quan: Can a flagpole in the front wheel of a motorcycle create a head-over-handlebars flip? Kari, Grant and Tory test whether or not it is possible to break out of jail using bed sheets, hair and toilet paper.
Ngày phát sóng: 2008-11-05
Tổng quan: The team tests what is really bulletproof. Then, they test whether is is possible to escape if you are buried alive inside a coffin.
Ngày phát sóng: 2008-11-12
Tổng quan: Is it really true that you can't polish dung? Is hitting the ground at speed really faster than a standing start? Then, Adam and Jamie test another classic - is it really best to end with a bang?
