MythBusters
Season 1

s01e01 / Ice Bullet, Exploding Toilet, Who Gets Wetter?

24th Sep '03 - 1:00am
Ice Bullet, Exploding Toilet, Who Gets Wetter? Summary

Can a toilet be made to explode by pouring a flammable liquid into it and lighting a match? Does running in the rain rather than walking get you less wet? Can assassins really use bullets made out of ice so that they leave no trace?

1965 have watched this episode

s01e02 / Cell Phone Destruction, Silicone Breasts, CD-ROM Shattering

4th Oct '03 - 1:00am
Cell Phone Destruction, Silicone Breasts, CD-ROM Shattering Summary

Can using a cell phone at a gas station cause the pump to explode? Can changes in air pressure at high altitude cause silicone breast implants to explode? Can spinning a CD-ROM at too high a speed cause it to shatter?

1947 have watched this episode

s01e03 / Barrel of Bricks, Pissing on the Third Rail, Eel Skin Wallet

11th Oct '03 - 1:00am
Barrel of Bricks, Pissing on the Third Rail, Eel Skin Wallet Summary

Can urinating on the electrified third rail of a train track cause you to be electrocuted? Can a wallet made from the skin of an electric eel erase the magnetic information from your credit cards? Can a construction worker behuged by a barrel of bricks?

1944 have watched this episode

s01e04 / Penny Drop, Deadly Microwaves, Radio Tooth Fillings

18th Oct '03 - 1:00am
Penny Drop, Deadly Microwaves, Radio Tooth Fillings Summary

Can a pedestrian behuged by a penny dropped from the top of a skyscraper? The team finds out the terminal velocity of a penny and make a penny cannon, then shot it at a pigs scull. This showed if a penny being dropping at terminal velocity canhug someone. Can you be baked to passing on a tanning bed? Can toothfillings transmit radio waves?

1943 have watched this episode

s01e05 / Hammer Bridge Drop, Buried Alive, Cola

25th Oct '03 - 1:00am
Hammer Bridge Drop, Buried Alive, Cola Summary

Can a person jumping off a bridge be saved from passing by throwing a hammer into the water to break the rigidity of the surface? How long will the air last in a coffin if you are buried alive? Can cola clean rust, cook a steak, or remove bloodstains?

1940 have watched this episode

s01e06 / Lightning Strikes Tongue Piercing, Tree Cannon, Beat the Breath Test

8th Nov '03 - 2:00am
Lightning Strikes Tongue Piercing, Tree Cannon, Beat the Breath Test Summary

Could a small town have built a working cannon out of a tree? Can a pierced tongue withstand the electric force of a bolt of lightning? The team takes a mold of Adam's head and pierced the heck out of it to see if they could get a lighting strike from an electric rod. Are there ways of beating a Breathalyzer? The team tries many myths to see if they could drink and make it not show up on a Breathalyzer.

1938 have watched this episode

s01e07 / Stinky Car, Raccoon Rocket

6th Dec '03 - 2:00am
Stinky Car, Raccoon Rocket Summary

Mythbusters, Jamie and Adam put their noses to the test to find out if that nasty smell in your car is there to stay. Is the myth of the stinky car true? Then follow the gasoline trail as they try to flush out the truth in the raccoon in the drain myth.

1936 have watched this episode

s01e08 / Escape From Alcatraz, Duck Quack, Stud Finder

13th Dec '03 - 2:00am
Escape From Alcatraz, Duck Quack, Stud Finder Summary

Jamie and Adam retrace the steps of the infamous prisoners who escaped from Alcatraz without a trace in 1962. Although presumed drowned, they'll find out if it was possible to survive the tides of the San Francisco Bay in a homemade raft. As for other myth, Jamie and Adam test whether quacks from ducks echo. They examine the urban legend about whether a stud finder can tell whether you have something implanted in your body.

1939 have watched this episode

s01e09 / Chicken Gun, Octopus Egg Pregnancy, Killer Washing Machine

12th Jan '04 - 2:00am
Chicken Gun, Octopus Egg Pregnancy, Killer Washing Machine Summary

Can a cooked and raw chicken flying toward an airplane interfere with its flight or will the jet engine just blow it away? The team makes a huge pressurized cannon and shoots a chicken at a jet's windshield. Did a woman give birth to an octopus after swallowing an octopus egg? Can your washing machinehug you?

1936 have watched this episode

s01e10 / Explosive Decompression, Frog Giggin', Rear Axle

19th Jan '04 - 2:00am
Explosive Decompression, Frog Giggin', Rear Axle Summary

Can a bullet hole in the hull of an airplane cause explosive decompression that destroys the plane? Can a .22 caliberballoon cartridge attached to a car ignition be used as a fuse? Can a car be ripped off its rear axle?

1932 have watched this episode

s01e11 / Sinking Titanic, Goldfish Memory, Trombone Explosion

26th Jan '04 - 2:00am
Sinking Titanic, Goldfish Memory, Trombone Explosion Summary

Will a sinking ship suck you down as it goes under? Can fish actually remember things? What happens when you throw a firecracker down the neck of a trombone?

1934 have watched this episode

s01e12 / Break Step Bridge, Toothbrush Surprise, Rowing Water Skier

23rd Jan '04 - 2:00am
Break Step Bridge, Toothbrush Surprise, Rowing Water Skier Summary

Can a marching band make a bridge collapse? Can bacteria from a toilet settle in a toothbrush? Can a person water ski behind a rowboat?

1935 have watched this episode

s01e13 / Buried in Concrete, Daddy-Longlegs, Jet Taxi

26th Feb '04 - 2:00am
Buried in Concrete, Daddy-Longlegs, Jet Taxi Summary

Is Jimmy Hoffa buried in the concrete under Giant's Stadium? Do Daddy-Long Leg Spiders have poison venom? Can a jet engine launch a taxi into the air?

1925 have watched this episode
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