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MythBustersSeason 1

Episodes

  • E01 Jet-Assisted Chevy

    7.0

    Jan 23, 2003 · 45m

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

  • E02 Biscuit Bazooka

    8.0

    Jan 23, 2003

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

  • E03 Poppy-Seed Drug Test

    8.5

    Mar 7, 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?

  • E04 Exploding Toilet

    8.0

    Sep 23, 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 will not leave evidence behind in its victim?

  • E05 Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station

    8.0

    Oct 3, 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?

  • E06 Barrel of Bricks

    8.3

    Oct 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 hit the pulley holder?

  • E07 Penny Drop

    8.0

    Oct 17, 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 tooth fillings?

  • E08 Buried Alive

    8.5

    Oct 24, 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 cook a steak?

  • E09 Lightning Strikes/Tongue Piercing

    8.5

    Nov 7, 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?

  • E10 Stinky Car

    8.0

    Dec 5, 2003

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

  • E11 Alcatraz Escape

    8.5

    Dec 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 experiments.

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