Episode
MythBusters: Lead Balloon
Overview
Can Adam and Jamie get a lead balloon to fly? Is it possible to drop a couple sticks of dynamite into a lake and create ideal surfing conditions?
Details
- Series
- MythBusters
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2008-01-23
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Lead Balloon is Episode 2 in Season 6 of MythBusters. It aired on 2008-01-23. The runtime is 60 min.
Previous / Next
Episode 1: James Bond (1)
Can an electromagnetic watch really deflect a bullet? Would a round from Bond's gun pierce a propane cylinder? Could a boat survive driving up the bank of a river intact?
Episode 3: Airplane on a Conveyor Belt
The team takes a crash-course in remote controlled airplane flying, bug-out by testing the "cockroach survival" theory, then return to fraternity pranks with exploding cans of shaving cream.
More episodes from this season
Episode 4: James Bond (2)
Is it possible for a pen-sized bomb to blow a crash-test dummy clean in half? Can Oddjob's sartorial weapon slice the head off a statue?
Episode 5: Viewers' Special (2)
Why would ancient man go to all the trouble of making stone arrowheads when sharpening a stick would have done the same job? Could machine gunfire mow down a tree?
Episode 6: MacGyver Myths
Jamie and Adam try to blow a hole in a wall using pure sodium metal dropped in a water bottle. The build team tries building an ultralight airplane with raw bamboo, a small stolen engine, and duct tape.
Episode 7: Alaska Special (1)
Adam and Jamie test the theory of cabin fever. Can a solitary stick of dynamite really sink a pickup parked on a frozen lake? The build team takes on the myth of car vs. moose.
Episode 8: Shark Week Special
Do dogs and injured "flapping" fish attract sharks? Will Robo-Shark eat Tory?
Episode 9: Exploding Steak
We test two myths suggested by the fans: alternate steak tenderizing methods and road rage.
Episode 10: NASA Moon Landing
Adam and Jamie investigate if the U.S. government shot the footage of the astronauts in a studio. The build team takes on claims that footage of footprints and flags flapping have to be faked.
Episode 11: Viral Hour
Can a car be blasted 15 feet in the air with the water pressure from 10 fire hoses? Can ordinary sawdust when airblasted through a flame explode into a catastrophic fireball? Do goats really faint?
Episode 12: Phone Book Friction
If you interweave the pages of two phone books, are they impossible to pull apart? Can the build team dispell five mini-myths from the movie Deep Blue Sea?
Episode 13: Water Stun Gun
Is an electronic stun gun mixed with water a possible weapon for crowd control? Can a fire extinguisher caught in a fire actually blow up? Is walking over hot coals just mind over matter?