Is it possible to throw a regular playing card fast enough to inflict bodily harm? Jamie and Adam put the "hugger card" myth under the microscope, then look into whether a heated jawbreaker can explode in your mouth. Finally, the guys invent their own static cannon to learn if an unfortunate construction worker really died from sandblasting a PVC pipe on the job.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 2 Episode 8 of MythBusters resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

MythBusters Season 2 Episodes...

• s02e01 - Ancient Death Ray, Skunk Cleaning, What Is Bulletproof?
• s02e02 - Elevator of Death, Levitation Machine
• s02e03 - Beat the Radar Detector
• s02e04 - Quicksand, Bathtub Electrocution, MRI Rays and Tattoos
• s02e05 - Pingpong Rescue
• s02e06 - Boom-Lift Catapult
• s02e07 - Exploding House
• s02e08 - Exploding Jawbreaker
• s02e09 - Ming Dynasty Astronaut

MythBusters Show Summary

Did a Medieval Chinese astrologer make it into space by strapping rockets to his chair and setting them off? Just how hard IS it to find a needle in a haystack? Can you in fact go insane by having water drip on your forehead?

These are just a few of the myths, urban legends, and improbable sayings that the Mythbusters try to figure out. Comprised of special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Heineman - as well as their mottley crew of Mythbuilders, Mythterns, and resident 'crash test dummy' Buster - they don't just tell the myths, they put them to the test to see which ones are possible, and which ones are just plain bunk.