7.2/10300 votes#1 - 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?
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7.2/10250 votes#2 - 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: N/A
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7.5/10230 votes#3 - 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: N/A
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7.4/10264 votes#4 - 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: N/A
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7.4/10256 votes#5 - 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?
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7.4/10254 votes#6 - 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: N/A
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7.4/10228 votes#7 - 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: N/A
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7.5/10227 votes#8 - 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: N/A
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7.5/10216 votes#9 - 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: N/A
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7.4/10214 votes#10 - 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: N/A
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8.0/10230 votes#11 - 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.
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The Best Episodes of MythBusters Season 1
Every episode of MythBusters Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of MythBusters Season 1!
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Jet-Assisted Chevy" is the best rated episode of "MythBusters" season 1. It scored 7.2/10 based on 300 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/23/2003. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Biscuit Bazooka".