Home > Documentary > MythBusters >

Season 4

AD:This title is currently not available on Prime Video

MythBusters Season 4

January. 11,2006
|
8.3
|
TV-PG
| Documentary
MythBusters

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 Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, use elements of the scientific method to test the validity of rumors, myths, movie scenes, adages, Internet videos, and news stories.

Watch Now
Watch on Prime Video

With 30 Day Free Trial!

Stream Now
AD:This title is currently not available on Prime Video

MythBusters

2003  / TV-PG

The cast of the television series MythBusters perform experiments to verify or debunk urban legends, old wives' tales, and the like. The holiday special episode in this season was the first time MythBusters was broadcast in high definition.

READ MORE

Watch Trailer

Cast
Brian Louden, Jonathan Lung
Producted By
Beyond Entertainment
Genres
Watch on Prime Video

With 30 Day Free Trial!

Stream Now

MythBusters Season 4 Full Episode Guide

Episode 28 - 22,000-Foot Fall
First Aired: December. 13,2006

Is it possible to survive a 22,000 foot fall using the blast from a 1,000 pound bomb to break the fall? Is electricity saved by switching off the lights when leaving a room?

Episode 27 - Holiday Special
First Aired: December. 06,2006

Can six reindeer run fast enough to launch an ultralite glider? Does one burn more calories jogging Naked in the snow or by putting on an Airtight jogging suit and running in a hot desert?

Episode 26 - Anti-Gravity Device
First Aired: December. 06,2006

Could leaving Christmas lights on your tree overnight cause it to burst into flames? Is Anti-gravity science or science fiction? Can vodka cure the pain of a jellyfish sting?

Episode 25 - Firearms Folklore
First Aired: November. 29,2006

Could a criminal's bullet have hit and jammed the empty chamber of a policeman's revolver? Could two bullets colliding mid-air fuse together? Is a hammer more dangerous than you think?

Episode 24 - Concrete Glider
First Aired: November. 08,2006

Adam and Jamie test the old engineering challenge that you can't make a concrete glider fly. Kari, Grant and Tory find out just how dangerous it is to stand too close to the edge of a train platform.

Episode 23 - Exploding Lighter
First Aired: November. 01,2006

Jamie and Adam find out if a small, disposable butane lighter can suddenly ignite with the force of several sticks of dynamite. The "Magnificent Three" try and shoot down some popular gunslinger myths.

Episode 22 - More Myths Revisited
Episode 21 - Air Cylinder Rocket
First Aired: October. 18,2006

Can a ruptured cylinder -- carefully aimed --really cause the massive damage some people claim? Meanwhile, Tory, Grant and Kari go back in time to test some prototypes from the past.

Episode 20 - Killer Cable Snaps
First Aired: October. 11,2006

If a cable at high tension snaps, can it slice a person clean in two? Does ancient pottery contain sounds from the past that can be played back and listened to today, just like a record?

Episode 19 - Mega Movie Myths
First Aired: September. 13,2006

Can you use awnings to cushion your fall? Is there really such a thing as a car ejector seat? Can you chop a sword with another sword Is it possible to shoot through a door lock?

Episode 18 - Deadly Straw
Episode 17 - Earthquake Machine
First Aired: August. 30,2006

Adam and Jamie take on one of the greatest scientist/inventor and myth creator legends of all time: Nikolai Tesla and his Earthquake Machine. Tory and Kari investigate a lethal lava lamp.

Episode 16 - Crimes and Myth-Demeanors (2)
First Aired: August. 23,2006

It's "lights, camera, action!" time again for the MythBusters, as they test more Hollywood heists. This time, our cat burglars Adam and Jamie go cold as they try to beat a heat-detecting alarm sensor.

Episode 15 - Shattering Subwoofer
Episode 14 - Mentos and Soda
First Aired: August. 09,2006

Adam and Jamie try to figure out the theory behind the chaos when diet cola and Mentos mix. Can posting a postage stamp on the rotor blades send a helicopter into a tailspin?

Episode 13 - Whirlpool/Snowplow
First Aired: July. 26,2006

Somewhere on Earth is there a massive whirlpool sucking whole ships and their hapless crews to a watery grave? Can a passing wintery road sweeper displace so much air that it flips an oncoming car?

Episode 12 - Steam Cannon
First Aired: July. 19,2006

Did Archimedes build the world's first "supergun," a cannon powered by steam? Adam's mom thinks a typical modern breakfast cereal has less nutritional value than the box it comes in. Is Mom right?

Episode 11 - Crimes and Myth-Demeanors (1)
Episode 10 - Exploding Pants
First Aired: May. 10,2006

Tory, Kari and Grant investigate the spontaneous trouser combustion. Do gas companies and car manufacturers deliberately conspire to make gas-guzzling cars so that they can split the cash?

Episode 9 - Mind Control
First Aired: May. 03,2006

Adam and Jamie do a little painting and detonating when they try to blow open a home-improvement myth. Grant, Tory and Kari explore if it is possible to manipulate someone's mind remotely.

Episode 6 - Cell Phones on Planes
First Aired: March. 15,2006

If you fill a normal raft with helium can you fly? Tory and Kari tackle a conspiracy theory familiar to many frequent flyers. Can your cell phone interfere with a plane's instruments?

Episode 5 - Franklin's Kite
First Aired: March. 08,2006

The build team attempts to discover electricity by flying a kite in a thunderstorm. Do innocuous legumes really increase gas? Is it possible to break wind so much that you can suffocate to death?

Episode 4 - Helium Football
First Aired: February. 01,2006

This time around, Adam and Jamie test a myth that footballs filled with helium will fly farther and hang longer than ones filled with regulation air. Are teeth strong enough to withstand the force of a bullet?

Episode 3 - Archimedes Death Ray Revisited
Episode 2 - Shredded Plane
First Aired: January. 18,2006

Is the photo of a light plane, with precise, clean tears on the side, genuine? Was it the work of the jilted lover, who took to her ex's plane with a chainsaw and a taste for vengeance?

Episode 1 - Paper Crossbow

Free Trial Channels

AD
Show More

Seasons

Similar titles