Talk:List of MythBusters special episodes

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[edit] Baseball Special

I think that last episode, last week was a special, "Baseball Special" I think was the title, so it should be listed here.

[edit] Biscuit Bazooka

What was the exact result? According to the details here, the biscuit tin exploded at 60º Celcius. Wouldn't that be near lethal for someone in the car?--Drat (Talk) 10:44, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nutritional value of cereal boxes

On their recent tour, Adam and Jamie showed footage of them attempting to investigate the myth that the boxes that kids breakfast cereal is packeged in is more nutritional then the actual product. It was decided not to be broadcast due to the results being judged too disturbing by the production staff (but it makes for wonderfully black humor). Think it should be covered? --Paul Soth 06:34, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Christmas special

"The area near the burning fire was around 1½ °C (33 °F) colder than the rest of the room." This is incorrect. 1½ °C may equal 33 °F (roughly), but this only holds for an absolute value. The above is relative.--Drat (Talk) 09:29, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Duck's quack

I think it was the Outtakes, but not sure. Anyway, one of these special episodes showed extra footage of the "Duck's quack doesn't echo" myth, and how much trouble they had testing it. Every time the narrator or the Mythbusters said "quack", the closed captioning read "psychiatrist" (at least during the initial airing). I dunno how this could be confirmed, as I'm sure it's been fixed since, but if someone could find which episode it was it might be interesting to mention.

[edit] Vodka myths

Should the Vodka myths be in their own section?Yugioh73036 22:14, 14 August 2006 (UTC)Yugioh73036

[edit] BBC's edited shows.

I'm not watching them any more. If anyone else wants to take over the filling-in-the-table duty, please do so. --Billpg 23:08, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Been doing so. Kelvingreen 08:30, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

They seem to have stopped showing them. Kelvingreen 16:58, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Shark Myths - Jaws

While the exploding air tank was busted, I disagree that the test showed the tank "simply" decompressed. It rocketed all over the inside of the shipping container. While that is not as dramatic as the movie's explosion, it should have been sufficient to kill the shark. [[Wat Tyler 18:08, 3 September 2006 (UTC)]]

Presuming the tank doesn't just fly away. Besides, the myth wasn't if it could kill a shark, but if it would explode when shot. --Paul Soth 20:52, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Movie Myths: Falling through Awnings

Didn't Jackie Chan do this in one of his earlier films? He did it three times didn't he? And he survived, even though he landed on his head for one of them. Joe042293 13:46, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Possible Re-Visit on the Pop Rocks/Soda Myth

Hello, I was watching the Mythbusters episode where they debunked the pops rocks/soda myth in which eating pop rocks and drinking soda at the same time will kill you however I recently saw one of those mentos/soda eruptions on the internet and it made me wonder. Is it possible that the mentos/soda reaction could be interpreted as a mondern day version of the pop rocks/soda myth, that consuming soda and eating mentos could potenially result in a fatal reaction thus proving the myth? I believe that this idea is worthy of a possible re-visit of the myth in question, please let me know what you think. - RVDDP2501 15:09, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Although disgusting, I feel compelled to mention that someone found it necessary to film this very thing (and naturally, post it on the internet). Suffice to say, he didn't die, but the expected reaction occurred and the pressure was sufficient to cause involuntary emesis. I'll let you look that one up. --Snicker|¥°€| 21:24, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Remove tables?

I think the tables should be replaced with some sorts of lists, for example:

  • Myth: An obese person can get stuck on an airline vacuum toilet.
  • Status: Busted
  • Notes: It is impossible to get a perfect seal on a modern airplane toilet, and even if it is possible a properly working toilet provides suction for only a few seconds. Even then, the suction (3 psi) is not beyond human ability to overcome.

The table columns are of uneven width, and it's hard to read them.

[edit] Needle drop

Hey guys. I'm probably the only one who noticed this but during the needle drop-fest, Kari made 10 needle-catchers, two more than the 8 conditions shown. In fact, there was another tube sample shown on the episode saying "diagonal cut" proving this. I say we include diagonal cut. Starhood` 19:41, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Goldfinger - covering the body with paint

Any substantial area of paint on the human skin is a threat to life - the coverage does not have to be 100 per cent. The latex paint used in the Mythbusters TV show first prevented the escape of heat from the body, the rise in skin temperature causing the sweat glands to pump out sweat. But the paint was blocking the ends of the sweat ducts. The pressure of the sweat in the blocked ducts was then rupturing the sweat ducts and the redundant sweat spreading through the skin, destroying skin blood capillaries in the process. The only connection between arteries and veins is the capillaries, and the skin capillaries hold more blood than any other organ of the body. As these capillaries were gradually being destroyed the blood pressure was rising due to loss of capacity in the circulation system. Fortunately the latex paint was peeled off intact fairly quickly before the sudden rise in blood pressure reached a level high enough to cause a heart attack. Once the paint was removed the capillaries would have quickly regenerated in a process known as angiogenesis, with blood pressure returning to normal. If any other type of paint had been used which could not be quickly removed intact, leaving paint particles blocking the ends of the 3-4 million sweat ducts, the result may have been quite different.Warrenward 18:21, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Swords cutting swords

Under Special 9 — "Mega Movie Myths 2 Hour Special", an anon added that a diamond sword may be able to cut other swords. Is this mentioned in the show? Or is it just more stinking original research?--Drat (Talk) 06:34, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Special 11 — "Pirate Special"

I thought the cannon they used wasn't stated as Civil War spec, but from the Mexican–American War??--293.xx.xxx.xx 08:53, 7 March 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Special 12? - "Dog Special"

I'm currently watching the Mythbusters episode, where all the Myths are centered around dogs. Does this count as a special?

[edit] Other specials

I would just like to point out that the episodes "Myth Evolution, Baseball Myths, and Superhero Special" Are not included here, and they are specials. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.247.244.94 (talk) 02:51, 29 November 2007 (UTC)