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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!

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...
Genre:Documentary
Networks:DiscoverySBS
Episodes
11
Avg. Rating
7.4
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
7.3
7.2
7.5

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Jet-Assisted Chevy" is the best rated episode of "MythBusters" season 1. It scored 7.3/10 based on 304 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/23/2003. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Biscuit Bazooka".

  • Jet-Assisted Chevy
    7.3/10(304)

    #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?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Biscuit Bazooka
    7.2/10(254)

    #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

    Writer: N/A

  • Poppy-Seed Drug Test
    7.5/10(231)

    #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

    Writer: N/A

  • Exploding Toilet
    7.4/10(267)

    #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

    Writer: N/A

  • Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station
    7.4/10(259)

    #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?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Barrel of Bricks
    7.4/10(256)

    #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

    Writer: N/A

  • Penny Drop
    7.4/10(230)

    #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

    Writer: N/A

  • Buried Alive
    7.5/10(228)

    #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

    Writer: N/A

  • Lightning Strikes/Tongue Piercing
    7.5/10(216)

    #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

    Writer: N/A

  • Stinky Car
    7.3/10(217)

    #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

    Writer: N/A

  • Alcatraz Escape
    8.0/10(232)

    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A