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First Aired: January 23rd, 2003

Status: Ended

Network: Discovery

Summary: 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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Season 3

Episode 1: Brown Note

Air Date: February 16th, 2005

Summary: Will Adam be able to withstand subsonic frequencies, or will adult diapers be his only hope with the Brown Note? Is a constant drip of water falling on your head really unbearable torture?

Episode 2: Salsa Escape

Air Date: February 23rd, 2005

Summary: Adam and Jamie go head to head in a madcap Mexican jailbreak as they taste-test the theory of the Salsa Escape. Can you use dynamite to remove cement build-up from a mixer's barrel?

Episode 3: Exploding Port-a-Potty

Air Date: March 2nd, 2005

Summary: Can a person receive third-degree burns if he or she lights a cigarette inside a port-a-potty? Will a broken drive shaft on the front joint of a car vault cause a car to pole vault after it hits a pothole?

Episode 4: Is Yawning Contagious?

Air Date: March 9th, 2005

Summary: Can a yawn, like a cold, truly be caught? Does toast really fall buttered-side down? Could a toy car beat a real car (in this case, a Dodge Viper) in a gravity slope race?

Episode 5: Cooling a Six-Pack

Air Date: March 23rd, 2005

Summary: The MythBusters use ice, water, refrigerators, freezers and fire to test the fastest way to cool a six-pack. Then the team builds a new crash-test dummy ... and drops it 60 feet from a crane.

Episode 6: Son of a Gun

Air Date: March 30th, 2005

Summary: Did a bullet shot through a Civil War soldier's groin really impregnate a woman nearby? Is it dangerous to use the telephone or shower during a thunderstorm?

Episode 7: Breaking Glass

Air Date: May 18th, 2005

Summary: Can a singer break glass with just his or her voice? Is it possible to build an explosive jet engine out of vacuum-cleaner parts? Does a rolling stone truly gather no moss?

Episode 8: Jet Pack

Air Date: June 9th, 2005

Summary: Adam and Jamie create their own personal flying machine from scratch. Is the ancient secret to mummification ... the shape of the pyramid?

Episode 9: Killer Brace Position

Air Date: June 22nd, 2005

Summary: Is talking on your cell phone while driving more dangerous than driving drunk? The MythBusters test the efficacy of that familiar brace position that airlines outline in their safety procedures.

Episode 10: Bullet Proof Water

Air Date: July 13rd, 2005

Summary: How deep must you dive to survive a gunshot? If you push hard enough, can you get a swing to go all the way around the swing-set bar?

Episode 11: Jaws Special

Air Date: July 17th, 2005

Summary: Could a real shark be as strong as Spielberg's Jaws? Will punching a shark save your skin? Will a bullet blow a scuba tank sky high?

Episode 12: Border Slingshot

Air Date: July 27th, 2005

Summary: Can illegal immigrants fire themselves 200 yards across the border and into the United States with a slingshot so accurate that it can land the human projectiles safely on a carefully placed mattress?

Episode 13: Killer Tissue Box

Air Date: August 3rd, 2005

Summary: In a car crash, could the tissues kept on the rear shelf of your car be propelled forward with enough force to crush your skull?

Episode 14: Escape Slide Parachute

Air Date: August 10th, 2005

Summary: Could an airline's emergency life raft be used as a parachute? Is it possible for oxygen, an electrical spark and hair cream to result in a deadly cocktail? Can a human survive a terminal velocity fall?

Episode 15: MythBusters Revisited

Air Date: October 12nd, 2005

Summary: Adam and Jamie take their detractors head on as they revisit some of their favorite myths. They're going to answer them once and for all and forever silence their critics!

Episode 16: Chinese Invasion Alarm

Air Date: October 19th, 2005

Summary: Is an ancient Chinese text alluding to a subterranean sonar system that could apparently detect and intercept an invasion from below true? Is the five-second rule for food really safe to eat?

Episode 17: Confederate Rocket

Air Date: October 26th, 2005

Summary: The American Civil War was fought with bayonets, muskets and cannons. But was that all? Not according to the MythBusters.

Episode 18: Vodka Myths

Air Date: November 2nd, 2005

Summary: Can a pair of trucks in a high-speed, head-on collision be fused together sealing the drivers between them? Also, Kari hosts some urban legends about Russia's national drink, vodka.

Episode 19: Steel Toe-Cap Amputation

Air Date: November 9th, 2005

Summary: Are steel-toed boots more dangerous than the regular variety? Did an Aussie worker's boots really turn into toe cutters after a heavy weight fell on them?

Episode 20: Seasickness - Kill or Cure

Air Date: November 16th, 2005

Summary: From electric shock therapy to homeopathic tongue tinglers, can the MythBusters find a cure to seasickness? Does driving with your pickup's tailgate down save gas and, hence, money?

Episode 21: MythBusters Revisited

Air Date: October 12nd, 2005

Summary: Time to take down the non believers! Mythbusters will go revisit Blown Away, Running in the Rain, Plywood Flyer, Exploding Soda, Explosive Decompression, AC vs Windows Down, and Exploding Gas Tank to end the you did it wrong crowd for the last time!

Episode 22: Chinese Invasion Alarm

Air Date: October 19th, 2005

Summary: Join the MythBusters as they head to a California mine to test an ancient Chinese military myth – a subterranean sonar system that could allegedly detect and intercept an invasion from below. Then, armed with an incubator, agar plates and boundless enthusiasm, the guys aim to cook up the truth about a popular food fable. If food has been on the floor for less than five seconds, is it still safe to eat?

Episode 23: Confederate Rocket

Air Date: October 26th, 2005

Summary: The American Civil War was fought with polished bayonets, unreliable muskets and bulky cannons. But was that all? Not according to the Mythbusters - Adam, Jamie and the build team join forces to find out if the Confederate Army had a secret deadly weapon.

Episode 24: Vodka Myths

Air Date: November 2nd, 2005

Summary: In COMPACT COMPACT, trucks fused together upon impact, sealing the unfortunate car and driver between them. The team needs a traffic-free stretch of freeway to test this.Kari hosts some urban legends about Vodka and its impact on personal hygiene. The team takes vodka and puts it up against the normal oder persperant and tries to get rid of the oder on Kari's feet. They also put it up against the normal mouth wash and smell Kari

Episode 25: Steel Toe Amputation

Air Date: November 9th, 2005

Summary: In Steel Toe Amputation, Adam and Jamie test steel toe boots ability to protect from heavy objects. In Bottle Blast Off, the Build team fills soda bottle and watch it lift off, testing Newton's third law.

Episode 26: Seasickness - Kill or Cure

Air Date: November 16th, 2005

Summary: The MythBusters take on the myth that electric shock therapy or homeopathic tongue tinglers cure seasickness. Also does driving your pickup with the tailgate down save money and can shoving your fingers into a gun barrel save life?

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