MythBusters
“Failure is always an option.”
Documentary
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.
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Seasons & episodes
S1 · 11 epS2 · 17 epS3 · 20 epS4 · 28 epS5 · 25 epS6 · 19 epS7 · 23 epS8 · 23 epS9 · 21 epS10 · 20 epS11 · 11 epS12 · 15 epS13 · 14 epS14 · 11 epS15 · 6 epS16 · 8 ep
1Jet-Assisted Chevy23 Jan 2003 · 45m · ★ 7.0Can a '67 Chevy turn into a 350-mile-per-hour road warrior? Are Pop Rocks candy and soda a recipe for disaster?
2Biscuit Bazooka23 Jan 2003 · ★ 8.0Can a person get stuck to an airline toilet while it's in flight? Is there such a thing as a biscuit bazooka?
3Poppy-Seed Drug Test7 Mar 2003 · ★ 8.5Can 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?
4Exploding Toilet23 Sept 2003 · ★ 8.0Can 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?
5Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station3 Oct 2003 · ★ 8.0Can 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?
6Barrel of Bricks10 Oct 2003 · ★ 8.3Is 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?
7Penny Drop17 Oct 2003 · ★ 8.0Can 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?
8Buried Alive24 Oct 2003 · ★ 8.5Could 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?
9Lightning Strikes/Tongue Piercing7 Nov 2003 · ★ 8.5Is 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?
10Stinky Car5 Dec 2003 · ★ 8.0Is the myth of the stinky car true? Is the "raccoon in the drain" myth true? Will our MythBusters become human cannonballs?
11Alcatraz Escape12 Dec 2003 · ★ 8.5Could 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.
Details
- Created by
- Peter Rees
- First aired
- 23 Jan 2003
- Last aired
- 21 Feb 2018
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- Discovery, SBS
- Episodes
- 272
- Votes
- 660 on TMDB
Where to watch (US)
Disney Plus
Hulu
HBO Max Amazon Channel
Philo
Discovery+ Amazon Channel
YouTube TV
Discovery
HBO Max
Discovery +
Spectrum On Demand
The Roku Channel
Pluto TV
Plex
Plex Channel
Xumo Play
Cast
Brian LoudenSelf - Host
Jonathan LungSelf - Host
Robert LeeSelf - Narrator (voice)
