- 7.3/10304 votes7.3/10(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
- 7.2/10254 votes7.2/10(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
- 7.5/10231 votes7.5/10(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
- 7.4/10267 votes7.4/10(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
- 7.4/10259 votes7.4/10(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
- 7.4/10256 votes7.4/10(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
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- 7.4/10230 votes7.4/10(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
- 7.5/10228 votes7.5/10(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
- 7.5/10216 votes7.5/10(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
- 7.3/10217 votes7.3/10(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
- 8.0/10232 votes8.0/10(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
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
Episodes
11
Avg. Rating
7.4
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S2
S3
S4
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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".