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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

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Season 1

  • Alcatraz Escape
    8.0/10246 votes

    Alcatraz Escape

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/2003

    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Lightning Strikes/Tongue Piercing
    7.6/10228 votes

    Lightning Strikes/Tongue Piercing

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/7/2003

    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?

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Poppy-Seed Drug Test
    7.5/10245 votes

    Poppy-Seed Drug Test

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/7/2003

    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?

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Buried Alive
    7.5/10240 votes

    Buried Alive

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/24/2003

    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?

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Exploding Toilet
    7.4/10283 votes

    Exploding Toilet

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/23/2003

    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?

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station
    7.4/10274 votes

    Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/3/2003

    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?

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Barrel of Bricks
    7.4/10271 votes

    Barrel of Bricks

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/10/2003

    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?

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Penny Drop
    7.4/10244 votes

    Penny Drop

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/17/2003

    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?

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Stinky Car
    7.4/10229 votes

    Stinky Car

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/5/2003

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

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Jet-Assisted Chevy
    7.3/10319 votes

    Jet-Assisted Chevy

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/23/2003

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

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Biscuit Bazooka
    7.2/10268 votes

    Biscuit Bazooka

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/23/2003

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

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown