- 7.2/1012 votes7.2/10(12)
#1 - Chewing Gum, Fish Hooks, Legoland
Season 9 Episode 1
Aired 5/17/2012
How do they transform rubber into chewing gum; how do they make fish hooks strong enough to catch a shark; and how are the models built at the world's largest...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/108 votes7.4/10(8)
#2 - Leatherman, Formula 1, Glassware
Season 9 Episode 2
Aired 7/12/2012
How do they build Formula 1 racing cars; how do they make the Leatherman, America's best-selling multi-tool; and how do they create classic Finnish Aalto glassware?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1010 votes7.3/10(10)
#3 - Hats, Longest Road Tunnel, Snake Catcher
Season 9 Episode 3
Aired 7/19/2012
Panama hats; rounding up Florida's escaped pythons; keeping drivers safe in the world's longest tunnel.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/108 votes7.4/10(8)
#4 - World In Miniature, Rhubarb
Season 9 Episode 4
Aired 7/26/2012
How do they build working miniature airports? How do they design houses to survive hurricanes? How is rhubarb cultivated in the dark?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/109 votes7.5/10(9)
#5 - Almonds, Snowblower
Season 9 Episode 5
Aired 8/2/2012
How do billions of bees produce tonnes of California almonds? How do they clear the snow to keep Norway's planes in action? How are tricky stains removed?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/108 votes7.6/10(8)
#6 - Fighter Plane, Trappist Beers, SUV
Season 9 Episode 6
Aired 7/26/2012
How is a modern fighter jet built? How do Belgium's Trappist monks make the world's finest beers? How do they build America's best performing SUV?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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- 7.4/108 votes7.4/10(8)
#7 - Guacamole, Swamp Buggy
Season 9 Episode 7
Aired 8/9/2012
How do volcanoes help produce the world's best guacamole? How do they build trucks that can cross swamps? How do they make the world-famous Fiskars scissors?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/108 votes7.4/10(8)
#8 - Suspension Bridge, Crossbows
Season 9 Episode 8
Aired 8/23/2012
How do they make steel cables strong enough to hold up a 50,000 tonne bridge; why do modern hunters use medieval weapons; and how do shops know which clothes sizes...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/109 votes7.5/10(9)
#9 - Tennessee Whiskey, Nightvision
Season 9 Episode 9
Aired 8/30/2012
How do they make Tennessee whiskey the traditional Lincoln County way? How do night goggles work? How do the Finnish relax in 160-degree saunas?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1011 votes7.9/10(11)
#10 - Vanilla, Anchors
Season 9 Episode 10
Aired 9/6/2012
How do they grow enough vanilla to make the world's favourite ice cream flavour? How are anchors for huge ships built? How are 12 million lighters made every year?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votesNaN/10(0)
#11 - Leather Footballs, Mussels
Season 9 Episode 11
Aired 9/13/2012
How do they craft footballs for the National Football League? How do they farm mussels? How do they design the ultimate fighter pilot's helmet?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votesNaN/10(0)
#12 - Scania Trucks, Miracle Forensics
Season 9 Episode 12
Aired 9/20/2012
How are powerful Scania trucks built? How do they use the world's biggest DNA database to solve crime? How is paraffin used to make Gouda cheese?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/108 votes7.4/10(8)
#13 - Guitars, Rope Access
Season 9 Episode 13
Aired 9/27/2012
How do they make the finest classical guitars? How do they keep the blades turning on a wind turbine? How do they produce America's ultimate mowing machines?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/108 votes7.6/10(8)
#14 - Liferafts, Mind Control
Season 9 Episode 14
Aired 10/4/2012
How can lifeboats hold up to 150 people? How can mind control techniques help golfers improve their shots? How do they make millions of celebratory stamps?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votesNaN/10(0)
#15 - Tequila, Steam-Powered Megacity
Season 9 Episode 15
Aired 10/11/2012
How do they produce tequila from cactus plants in Mexico? How does New York City run on steam? How do they produce soft ice cream?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/109 votes7.5/10(9)
#16 - Stuntmen, Seabreacher, Amber
Season 9 Episode 16
Aired 10/25/2012
How stuntmen survive a day of being knocked down and beaten up; how they make a watercraft that can swim like a dolphin; how they mine precious amber.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/108 votes7.4/10(8)
#17 - Tennis Balls, Surround Sound
Season 9 Episode 17
Aired 10/25/2012
How is NYC supplied with the finest steaks? How do they produce the ultimate surround sound home cinema systems?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/108 votes7.4/10(8)
#18 - Rayon, Snuff, Cola
Season 9 Episode 18
Aired 11/29/2012
How is viscose transformed into clothing and cloth? How do they produce the world's favourite fizzy drinks? How do they make traditional English snuff?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/108 votes7.4/10(8)
#19 - Zubrowka, Aerial Cable Car
Season 9 Episode 19
Aired 12/6/2012
How do they build the world's most expensive cable cars? How is vodka produced from grass? How do social networks connect people around the world?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/108 votes7.8/10(8)
#20 - Skydiving Suits, Surströmming
Season 9 Episode 20
Aired 12/13/2012
How do skydiving suits work? How do they produce Surströmming, one of the world's smelliest foods? How do they transform weeds into walls?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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Season 9 Ratings Summary
"Chewing Gum, Fish Hooks, Legoland" is the best rated episode of "How Do They Do It?" season 9. It scored 7.2/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/17/2012. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Leatherman, Formula 1, Glassware".