MythBusters

Failure is always an option.

7.8(618)|2003-01-23|16 seasons, 272 episodes

Documentary

Overview

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.

Episodes

Season 1(11)Season 2(17)Season 3(20)Season 4(28)Season 5(25)Season 6(19)Season 7(23)Season 8(23)Season 9(21)Season 10(20)Season 11(11)Season 12(15)Season 13(14)Season 14(11)Season 15(6)Season 16(8)

S4E1 · 2006-01-11 · 60m

Paper Crossbow

8.0

Is it possible to make a deadly weapon out of nothing more dangerous than newspaper and underwear? Grant, Kari and Tory unscrew the cap on some more vodka myths.

S4E2 · 2006-01-18

Shredded Plane

8.3

Is the photo of a light plane, with precise, clean tears on the side, genuine? Was it the work of the jilted lover, who took to her ex's plane with a chainsaw and a taste for vengeance?

S4E3 · 2006-01-25

Archimedes Death Ray Revisited

7.7

Challenged from fan mailbags to retest the "Archimedes Death Ray," Adam and Jamie accept. In turn, fans and a M.I.T. team were invited to perform this challenge.

S4E4 · 2006-02-01

Helium Football

7.3

This time around, Adam and Jamie test a myth that footballs filled with helium will fly farther and hang longer than ones filled with regulation air. Are teeth strong enough to withstand the force of a bullet?

S4E5 · 2006-03-08

Franklin's Kite

7.3

The build team attempts to discover electricity by flying a kite in a thunderstorm. Do innocuous legumes really increase gas? Is it possible to break wind so much that you can suffocate to death?

S4E6 · 2006-03-15

Cell Phones on Planes

7.3

If you fill a normal raft with helium can you fly? Tory and Kari tackle a conspiracy theory familiar to many frequent flyers. Can your cell phone interfere with a plane's instruments?

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Brian Louden

Self - Host

Jonathan Lung

Self - Host

Robert Lee

Self - Narrator (voice)