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Each episode, the MythBusters, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, methodically set out to bust three urban legends. And they don't just explain if something's true or false: through trial and error, they demonstrate it. Sometimes they crash things; sometimes they blow things up; all in the name of science.

Reality · 2003 · 50 min

Starring Robert Lee , Brian Louden , Jonathan Lung

EPISODE 1

Jet Assisted Chevy

Can a '67 Chevy turn into a 350-mile-per-hour road warrior, and are Pop Rocks candy and soda a recipe for disaster? Hosts Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage put urban legend to the test to find the truth behind these great stories.

43 min · Jan 23, 2003
EPISODE 2

Biscuit Bazooka

Find out if a person can get stuck to an airline toilet while it's in flight, and whether or not there is such a thing as a biscuit bazooka. Take a look at the truth behind the urban legend of the leaping lawyer.

43 min · Jan 23, 2003
EPISODE 3

Poppy Seed Drug Test

Find out if one poppy seed bagel can tilt the results of a drug test and whether balloons can carry a lawn chair. Is a body covered in gold paint able to breathe, or is this a glamorous way to die?

43 min · Mar 7, 2003
EPISODE 4

Exploding Toilet

Jamie and Adam set out to methodically bust urban legends. If a flammable substance is sprayed down a toilet bowl, will a lighted match cause the toilet to explode? Find out if assassins use ice bullets and if running in the rain makes sense.

48 min · Sep 23, 2003
EPISODE 5

Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station

MythBusters test whether or not using a cell phone at a gas station can cause the pump to explode.

49 min · Oct 3, 2003
EPISODE 6

Barrel of Bricks

Test the danger of responding to the call of nature on the electrified rail of a train track. Find out if an eel skin wallet can erase the magnetic information on credit cards, and hear the woeful tale of the unluckiest construction worker.

49 min · Oct 10, 2003