MythBusters

MythBusters

2003 - 2018DocumentaryTV-PG16 Seasons272 Episodes

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

Season 1

Season 1

11 Episodes • 2003

Season 2

Season 2

17 Episodes • 2004

Season 3

Season 3

20 Episodes • 2005

Season 4

Season 4

28 Episodes • 2006

Season 5

Season 5

25 Episodes • 2007

Season 6

Season 6

19 Episodes • 2008

Season 7

Season 7

23 Episodes • 2009

Season 8

Season 8

23 Episodes • 2010

Season 9

Season 9

21 Episodes • 2011

Season 10

Season 10

20 Episodes • 2012

Season 11

Season 11

11 Episodes • 2013

Season 12

Season 12

15 Episodes • 2014

Season 13

Season 13

14 Episodes • 2015

Season 14

Season 14

11 Episodes • 2016

Season 15

Season 15

6 Episodes • 2017

Season 16

Season 16

8 Episodes • 2018

Episodes - Season 1

Jet-Assisted Chevy

1. Jet-Assisted Chevy

45m

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

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

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

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 will not leave evidence behind in its victim?

Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station

5. Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station

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

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 hit the pulley holder?

Penny Drop

7. Penny Drop

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 tooth fillings?

Buried Alive

8. Buried Alive

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 cook a steak?

Lightning Strikes/Tongue Piercing

9. Lightning Strikes/Tongue Piercing

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

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

Created by: Peter Rees

Top Cast

Brian Louden

Brian Louden

Self - Host

Jonathan Lung

Jonathan Lung

Self - Host

Robert Lee

Robert Lee

Self - Narrator (voice)

Available on: Discovery, SBS

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