Hurricane Windows - November 4, 2009 On this cold and blustery episode, Adam and Jamie bet the house on a highly contentious hurricane survival tale in "Hurricane Windows".
The myth contends that a house will suffer significantly less damage in a major storm if all the windows are actually left open. Small-scale tests at a nearby NASA research facility provide some very clear data, so it's off to The University of Florida to test a bigger house with the world's largest portable hurricane simulator.
The Mythbusters huff and puff their way towards a spectacular conclusion: is there really a difference between 'windows open' and 'windows closed'?
Meantime, Kari, Grant and Tory tackle two frigid fables involving liquid nitrogen. In "Shattered Head", they try to recreate a famous scene from a horror movie where the villain dunks the victim's head in LN2 for 5 seconds, then shatters it on the counter.
Skulls, brains and 'smash-hammers' are all deployed to make or break this myth. Kari survives potential suffocation and an unintended depilation, admitting at the end that nothing she's ever seen on the show was quite as disgusting as this. Now that's a recommendation!
Then in "Frozen Tree", they investigate a very unusual urban legend that, if true, could potentially ruin your Christmas. The myth goes that a huge amount of liquid nitrogen leaked onto a Christmas tree, causing the water inside the trunk to snap-freeze, expand and explode the tree.
With their customary diligence, flair for danger and a whole truckload of LN2, the team sets out to confirm or bust this incredible tale.
Exploding Frozen Tree **Deleted Scene** A First for Kari Witness Kari Byron's first ice sculpture, a pig head that she created as the control during the shattered-head myth test.
Crash and Burn - November 11, 2009 There's thrills and spills and spectacle galore in this classic episode of MythBusters.
First up Adam and Jamie test a classic that's been around in tinsel-town since the motorcar was invented. Picture this scene - two cars are having a high-speed chase deep in the countryside. They're overtaking, undertaking, and generally weaving around like maniacs. It's only a matter of time before one of them loses control. And that's when disaster strikes. Unable to slow down or steer, one of the cars scoots off the side of the road and plunges into a ravine below. Down and down it tumbles, bouncing off the cliff face until it reaches the bottom. Whereupon, guess what, it explodes into a huge ball of fire. First time, every time, the Crash & Burn fable has MythBusters written all over it!
And it's no surprise that the guys drive straight into the deep end by simply driving a whole bunch of cars off a 150-foot cliff onto a quarry floor below. Will they get that fireball they're looking for? And if not, why not? Has it to do with engine temperature, or gasoline vapors? What's going on? It's a gnarly old problem but one that won't get the better of the MythBusters. With spectacle and explosions, it’s strange that it took us till season 7 to put this one to the test!
Meanwhile in Rocket Man, Kari, Tory and Grant also ramp the spectacle up to 11, as they test an extraordinary story about the world's first rocketeer. Lagari Hasan Çelebi was an Ottoman Turk who according to legend was the first person to have made a successful manned rocket flight. According to an account given by Evliya Çelebi in the 17th century, Lagari Hasan Çelebi was launched in the air in a rocket from Sarayburnu (the point below Topkap? Palace in Istanbul). He built himself a cage, which he attached one giant black powder rocket to. After the ascent Lagari is said to have made a slow descent into the Bosphorus using wings attached to his body. He was rewarded by the Sultan with gold and the rank of sipahi.
Or at least that's how the story goes. But can you really use one huge rocket to launch a cage-holding human? Would this really be a journey that was survivable? And what about those wings? That sounds too good to be true.
Starting off at a missile silo in San Francisco the guys test this small scale. But after a quick spot of hang-gliding, it’s not long before the full scale test arrives where the team go to the most exciting location of all - White Sands missile base. Believe me, this myth is a blast.
Myth Evolution - November 18, 2009 On this episode of MythBusters, it's an evolution revolution as the team takes five fan favorites and focuses on a fascinating new facet for each.
First up, Adam and Jamie try to raise the roof. Literally. When they first fired a water heater through a house, it was undeniably spectacular but fans weren't happy. The house the guys used was a bungalow and most homes in the US are a little taller to say the least! So due to fan demand, the guys return to this story with an extra story to find out if a water heater rocket can really blow up through your roof if it starts in the basement. There's high pressure and a load of hot air, which is a clever way of saying that this story's a blast.
Next up, the MythBusters think outside the box. In Car Roof Cling, Adam and Jamie got a grip Hollywood style as they tested if you could really hold on to a moving car through zigs, zags and even sudden stops. But viewers spotted an omission and it's a classic omission from nigh on every movie car chase - the cardboard box. It's strange but every Hollywood back alley has a stack and when trying to throw someone off your car, they make the perfect obstacle but will an encumbrance of cardboard really do the trick.
Meanwhile, Kari, Tory and Grant first unload the big guns before they chill out before the grand finale. First, they test another myth from the movie Wanted. Having busted the idea that bullets can curve through the air, they're taking the story up a notch. The movie also portrays another piece of ballistics brilliance - the Corner Shot - a gun that can apparently shoot around corners. Does it exit? Fans want to know!
Then the guys get all cool as they focus on a liquid nitrogen myth that slipped through the net. Since that episode aired, fans have written, emailed and even phoned up to ask why we didn't test if liquid nitrogen can really make it easier to Pick a Lock. Well rest assured; they're doing that right now.
And finally they're ending with a bang. Remember Snow Plough Split? It was Alaskan anecdote that was 'snow joke' - a car allegedly ploughed into a plough and was split completely in half from bumper to fender. But when the guys put this to the test, they found it was totally and utterly busted. But fans want more! You see, back then Kari, Tory and Grant only tested the circumstances of the myth - they didn't replicate the result...until now. Fans have asked us to find out if under ANY super-sized circumstances, a car could ever be split in twain. And that means it's time to unpack some rockets, and get a snowplough to travel supersonic! Literally.
More info. to come!
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