MythBusters
MythBusters
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MythBusters

Failure is always an option.

7.8 / 10
2003
16 seasons
272 episodes
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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MythBusters Reunion Trailer

Where to Watch(AU)

Disney Plus
Disney Plus
Hulu
Hulu
HBO Max
HBO Max
HBO Max Amazon Channel
HBO Max Amazon Channel
Discovery+ Amazon Channel
Discovery+ Amazon Channel
YouTube TV
YouTube TV
Philo
Philo
Discovery
Discovery
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Cast

Seasons

  • Jet-Assisted Chevy

    1.Jet-Assisted Chevy

    7.0
    23-01-200345m

    Can a '67 Chevy turn into a 350-mile-per-hour road warrior? Are Pop Rocks candy and soda a recipe for disaster?

  • Biscuit Bazooka

    2.Biscuit Bazooka

    8.0
    23-01-2003

    Can a person get stuck to an airline toilet while it's in flight? Is there such a thing as a biscuit bazooka?

  • Poppy-Seed Drug Test

    3.Poppy-Seed Drug Test

    8.5
    07-03-2003

    Can 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...

  • Exploding Toilet

    4.Exploding Toilet

    8.0
    23-09-2003

    Can 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 wil...

  • Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station

    5.Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station

    8.0
    03-10-2003

    Can 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?

  • Barrel of Bricks

    6.Barrel of Bricks

    8.3
    10-10-2003

    Is 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 hi...

  • Penny Drop

    7.Penny Drop

    8.0
    17-10-2003

    Can 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...

  • Buried Alive

    8.Buried Alive

    8.5
    24-10-2003

    Could 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...

  • Lightning Strikes/Tongue Piercing

    9.Lightning Strikes/Tongue Piercing

    8.5
    07-11-2003

    Is 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?

  • Stinky Car

    10.Stinky Car

    8.0
    05-12-2003

    Is the myth of the stinky car true? Is the "raccoon in the drain" myth true? Will our MythBusters become human cannonballs?

  • Alcatraz Escape

    11.Alcatraz Escape

    8.5
    12-12-2003

    Could 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 experim...

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