Episode
MythBusters: Commercial Myths
Overview
The MythBusters go to vertigo-inducing heights to test out some commercial myths. Could you actually bob for an apple while jumping from a 100-foot high bungee cord? And from a viral video, could you really play a match of tennis while both players are standing on top of an airplane's wing?
Details
- Series
- MythBusters
- Season
- Season 12
- Episode
- Episode 11
- Air date
- 2014-07-24
Episode context
Commercial Myths is Episode 11 in Season 12 of MythBusters. It aired on 2014-07-24.
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