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Season 3 – MythBusters

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The questions in myths and urban legends are put to the test; seeking to find out which myths are true and which are not.

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MythBusters — Season 3

MythBusters — Season 3

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Adam Savage

Host

Jamie Hyneman

Host

Dan Tapster

Executive Producer

Tracy Rudolph

Supervising Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jun 8, 2004 Myths Revisited The team re-test past myths; they test if using a cell phone while pumping gas will cause an explosion; they revisit whether peeing on the third rail will cause electrocution. Details Episode 2 Aired Jul 27, 2004 Scuba Diver and Car Capers Testing whether a scuba diver can be sucked out of the water by a firefighting chopper; Hollywood car capers. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 29, 2004 Ancient Death Ray; Skunk Cleaning; What Is Bulletproof? Testing whether Archimedes could have set fire to a Roman fleet using only mirrors and sunlight; removing a skunk's aroma. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 6, 2004 Elevator of Death Hosts test urban legends: falling elevator; homemade levitation machine. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 13, 2004 Beat the Radar Detector Hosts test urban legends: construction worker holding plywood is carried by the wind; radar-busting tricks. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 20, 2004 Quicksand Dropping an electrical appliance into a bathtub. Hosts: Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage. Details Episode 7 Aired Oct 27, 2004 Exploding Jawbreaker Inflicting bodily harm with a playing card; heating a jawbreaker to see if it turns into killer candy. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 3, 2004 Ping-Pong Rescue Lifting a 3-year-old child with balloons; using ping pong balls to lift a sunken boat from the ocean floor. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 10, 2004 Boom Lift Catapult Buster tries to overcome the power of a 30,000-pound piece of machinery. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 16, 2004 Exploding House, Needle in a Haystack, Talking to Plants Finding out if toxic fumes and bug bombs prove to be an explosive combination. Hosts: Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage. Details Episode 11 Aired Dec 5, 2004 Ming Dynasty Astronaut The "Ming Dynasty Astronaut" myth is tested with an explosive launch into space; Adam and Jamie search for free energy. Details Episode 12 Aired Feb 16, 2005 Brown Note Adam tests whether his body can stand subsonic frequencies; the myth of Hollywood gunfights. Hosts: Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage. Details Episode 13 Aired Feb 23, 2005 Cement Truck Explosion Investigating whether it is possible to bust out of jail using only salsa; trying to use explosives to break up a cement truck filled with hardened cement. Details Episode 14 Aired Mar 2, 2005 Drive Shaft Pole Vault and Exploding Port-a-Potty Testing to see if a break in a car's driveshaft could launch the car into the air like a pole vault; testing the theory that lighting a match in a portable toilet can ignite the lingering methane gas and cause an explosion. Details Episode 15 Aired Mar 9, 2005 Toy Car Race-off, Buttered Toast, Is Yawning Contagious? Testing the probability of toast falling butter-side down when dropped; exploring the subconscious influence of seeing a person yawning; a toy car races a real Dodge Viper down a hill relying only on gravity. Details Episode 16 Aired Mar 23, 2005 Cooling a Six-Pack The fastest way to chill a six-pack of beer; how to rebuild a crash test dummy; examining whether a crude battery was invented more than 2,000 years ago. Details Episode 17 Aired Mar 30, 2005 Son of a Gun The probability of a woman becoming pregnant by a bullet during the Civil War; using a telephone during a thunderstorm. Details Episode 18 Aired May 18, 2005 Breaking Glass Glass is put to the test by a singer; building an explosive jet engine from vacuum cleaner parts. Hosts: Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage. Details Episode 19 Aired Jun 8, 2005 Jet Pack Adam and Jamie set out to build their own flying machine. Details Episode 20 Aired Jun 22, 2005 Killer Brace Position The airplane emergency landing position is put to the test. Hosts: Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage. Details Episode 21 Aired Jul 13, 2005 Bullet Proof Water Surviving a gunshot by diving into water; swinging up and over the bar on a swing set. Details Episode 22 Aired Jul 27, 2005 Border Slingshot Adam and Jamie test the myth that immigrants are becoming human projectiles in order to enter the United States. Details Episode 23 Aired Aug 3, 2005 Killer Tissue Box The dangers of a tissue box in a car crash; the team tests whether an archer can split an arrow with another arrow. Details Episode 24 Aired Aug 10, 2005 Escape Slide-Parachute The team tests a life raft to see if it can act as a parachute and sled. Details Episode 25 Aired Sep 7, 2005 MythBusters Revisited Adam and Jamie revisit some favorite myths to silence the critics; they take another shot at experiments with exploding soda in a hot car, running in the rain and getting blown away by gunfire. Details Episode 26 Aired Oct 19, 2005 Chinese Invasion Alarm An ancient Chinese subterranean sonar system is put to the test; the "five-second rule" about eating food dropped on the ground. Details

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MythBusters — Season 3

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Season Info

Executive Producer
Dan Tapster
Network
Discovery Channel
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Documentary, Special Interest
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jun 8, 2004