MythBusters

Season 1

11 episodes 17 seasons

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MythBusters Season 1 released on January 23, 2003.

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S01E01 Aired January 23, 2003

Jet-Assisted Chevy

Can a '67 Chevy turn into a 350-mile-per-hour road warrior? Are Pop Rocks candy and soda a recipe for disaster?

S01E02 Aired January 23, 2003

Biscuit Bazooka

Can a person get stuck to an airline toilet while it's in flight? Is there such a thing as a biscuit bazooka?

S01E03 Aired March 07, 2003

Poppy-Seed Drug Test

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?

S01E04 Aired September 23, 2003

Exploding Toilet

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?

S01E05 Aired October 03, 2003

Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station

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?

S01E06 Aired October 10, 2003

Barrel of Bricks

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?

S01E07 Aired October 17, 2003

Penny Drop

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?

S01E08 Aired October 24, 2003

Buried Alive

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?

S01E09 Aired November 07, 2003

Lightning Strikes/Tongue Piercing

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?

S01E10 Aired December 05, 2003

Stinky Car

Is the myth of the stinky car true? Is the "raccoon in the drain" myth true? Will our MythBusters become human cannonballs?

S01E11 Aired December 12, 2003

Alcatraz Escape

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.