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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 6

Episode 1: James Bond (1)

Air Date: January 16th, 2008

Summary: Can an electromagnetic watch really deflect a bullet? Would a round from Bond's gun pierce a propane cylinder? Could a boat survive driving up the bank of a river intact?

Episode 2: Lead Balloon

Air Date: January 23rd, 2008

Summary: Can Adam and Jamie get a lead balloon to fly? Is it possible to drop a couple sticks of dynamite into a lake and create ideal surfing conditions?

Episode 3: Airplane on a Conveyor Belt

Air Date: January 30th, 2008

Summary: The team takes a crash-course in remote controlled airplane flying, bug-out by testing the "cockroach survival" theory, then return to fraternity pranks with exploding cans of shaving cream.

Episode 4: James Bond (2)

Air Date: February 6th, 2008

Summary: Is it possible for a pen-sized bomb to blow a crash-test dummy clean in half? Can Oddjob's sartorial weapon slice the head off a statue?

Episode 5: Viewers' Special (2)

Air Date: February 13rd, 2008

Summary: Why would ancient man go to all the trouble of making stone arrowheads when sharpening a stick would have done the same job? Could machine gunfire mow down a tree?

Episode 6: MacGyver Myths

Air Date: February 20th, 2008

Summary: Jamie and Adam try to blow a hole in a wall using pure sodium metal dropped in a water bottle. The build team tries building an ultralight airplane with raw bamboo, a small stolen engine, and duct tape.

Episode 7: Alaska Special (1)

Air Date: April 23rd, 2008

Summary: Adam and Jamie test the theory of cabin fever. Can a solitary stick of dynamite really sink a pickup parked on a frozen lake? The build team takes on the myth of car vs. moose.

Episode 8: Shark Week Special

Air Date: July 27th, 2008

Summary: Do dogs and injured "flapping" fish attract sharks? Will Robo-Shark eat Tory?

Episode 9: Exploding Steak

Air Date: August 6th, 2008

Summary: We test two myths suggested by the fans: alternate steak tenderizing methods and road rage.

Episode 10: NASA Moon Landing

Air Date: August 27th, 2008

Summary: Adam and Jamie investigate if the U.S. government shot the footage of the astronauts in a studio. The build team takes on claims that footage of footprints and flags flapping have to be faked.

Episode 11: Viral Hour

Air Date: September 3rd, 2008

Summary: Can a car be blasted 15 feet in the air with the water pressure from 10 fire hoses? Can ordinary sawdust when airblasted through a flame explode into a catastrophic fireball? Do goats really faint?

Episode 12: Phone Book Friction

Air Date: September 10th, 2008

Summary: If you interweave the pages of two phone books, are they impossible to pull apart? Can the build team dispell five mini-myths from the movie Deep Blue Sea?

Episode 13: Water Stun Gun

Air Date: September 17th, 2008

Summary: Is an electronic stun gun mixed with water a possible weapon for crowd control? Can a fire extinguisher caught in a fire actually blow up? Is walking over hot coals just mind over matter?

Episode 14: Blind Driving

Air Date: October 8th, 2008

Summary: Is it really possible to drive a car completely blind? Do metal cleats on golf shoes really attract lightning. Can a huge underground explosion really cause a ball to drop from the lip into the hole?

Episode 15: Ninjas

Air Date: October 15th, 2008

Summary: Can an arrow be caught in midair? Is there really a punching technique that can floor an opponent with only a 1-inch lead in? Can an underwater blowpipe be stealthily used to fell an opponent?

Episode 16: Alcohol Myths

Air Date: October 22nd, 2008

Summary: Is there such thing as "beer goggles"? Can running on a treadmill or slapping someone's face help to sober up a drunk person? Can an ancient medieval weapon really fire 200 arrows over 500 yards?

Episode 17: Motorcycle Flip

Air Date: October 29th, 2008

Summary: Can a flagpole in the front wheel of a motorcycle create a head-over-handlebars flip? Kari, Grant and Tory test whether or not it is possible to break out of jail using bed sheets, hair and toilet paper.

Episode 18: Coffin Punch

Air Date: November 5th, 2008

Summary: The team tests what is really bulletproof. Then, they test whether is is possible to escape if you are buried alive inside a coffin.

Episode 19: End With a Bang

Air Date: November 12nd, 2008

Summary: Is it really true that you can't polish dung? Is hitting the ground at speed really faster than a standing start? Then, Adam and Jamie test another classic - is it really best to end with a bang?

Episode 20: Viewer Special Threequel

Air Date: November 19th, 2008

Summary: Could a torture technique consisting of growing a bamboo through a victim's body have worked? Does dropping alkali metals in a water-filled bathtub result in a huge explosion? Does brandy, such as carried by Saint Bernards, really prevent hypothermia? Does lighting a piano on fire make it explode?

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