The Best Episodes of MythBusters Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.3/10(319 votes)

   #1 - Jet-Assisted Chevy

   S1:E11/23/2003

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

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   7.2/10(268 votes)

   #2 - Biscuit Bazooka

   S1:E21/23/2003

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

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   7.5/10(245 votes)

   #3 - Poppy-Seed Drug Test

   S1:E33/7/2003

   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?

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   7.4/10(283 votes)

   #4 - Exploding Toilet

   S1:E49/23/2003

   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?

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   7.4/10(274 votes)

   #5 - Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station

   S1:E510/3/2003

   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?

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   7.4/10(271 votes)

   #6 - Barrel of Bricks

   S1:E610/10/2003

   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?

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   7.4/10(244 votes)

   #7 - Penny Drop

   S1:E710/17/2003

   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?

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   7.6/10(240 votes)

   #8 - Buried Alive

   S1:E810/24/2003

   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?

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   7.6/10(228 votes)

   #9 - Lightning Strikes/Tongue Piercing

   S1:E911/7/2003

   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?

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    7.4/10(229 votes)

    #10 - Stinky Car

    S1:E1012/5/2003

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

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    8.0/10(246 votes)

    #11 - Alcatraz Escape

    S1:E1112/12/2003

    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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