Episode
MythBusters: MythBusters Revisited
Overview
Adam and Jamie take their detractors head on as they revisit some of their favorite myths. They're going to answer them once and for all and forever silence their critics!
Details
- Series
- MythBusters
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 2005-10-12
Episode context
MythBusters Revisited is Episode 15 in Season 3 of MythBusters. It aired on 2005-10-12.
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Episode 14: Escape Slide Parachute
Could an airline's emergency life raft be used as a parachute? Is it possible for oxygen, an electrical spark and hair cream to result in a deadly cocktail? Can a human survive a terminal velocity fall?
Episode 16: Chinese Invasion Alarm
Is an ancient Chinese text alluding to a subterranean sonar system that could apparently detect and intercept an invasion from below true? Is the five-second rule for food really safe to eat?
More episodes from this season
Episode 13: Killer Tissue Box
In a car crash, could the tissues kept on the rear shelf of your car be propelled forward with enough force to crush your skull?
Episode 17: Confederate Rocket
The American Civil War was fought with bayonets, muskets and cannons. But was that all? Not according to the MythBusters.
Episode 12: Border Slingshot
Can illegal immigrants fire themselves 200 yards across the border and into the United States with a slingshot so accurate that it can land the human projectiles safely on a carefully placed mattress?
Episode 18: Vodka Myths
Can a pair of trucks in a high-speed, head-on collision be fused together sealing the drivers between them? Also, Kari hosts some urban legends about Russia's national drink, vodka.
Episode 11: Jaws Special
Could a real shark be as strong as Spielberg's Jaws? Will punching a shark save your skin? Will a bullet blow a scuba tank sky high?
Episode 19: Steel Toe-Cap Amputation
Are steel-toed boots more dangerous than the regular variety? Did an Aussie worker's boots really turn into toe cutters after a heavy weight fell on them?
Episode 10: Bullet Proof Water
How deep must you dive to survive a gunshot? If you push hard enough, can you get a swing to go all the way around the swing-set bar?
Episode 20: Seasickness - Kill or Cure
From electric shock therapy to homeopathic tongue tinglers, can the MythBusters find a cure to seasickness? Does driving with your pickup's tailgate down save gas and, hence, money?
Episode 9: Killer Brace Position
Is talking on your cell phone while driving more dangerous than driving drunk? The MythBusters test the efficacy of that familiar brace position that airlines outline in their safety procedures.
Episode 8: Jet Pack
Adam and Jamie create their own personal flying machine from scratch. Is the ancient secret to mummification ... the shape of the pyramid?