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President Obama: Mythbuster in Chief

• Dec 8, 2010 11:06 AM ET
• by Megan Walsh-Boyle

Myth: Barack Obama has better things to do than appear on a television series. Fact: Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, better known as the MythBusters, have been recruited for the White House campaign to get kids excited about science. And so tonight the president shows up ... read more

Matt's Picks: December 6-9

• Dec 5, 2010 06:55 PM ET
• by Matt Roush

Men of a Certain Age (Monday, 10/9c, TNT)

This seriocomic slice-of-midlife-crisis drama returns for a second season with its three best buds of a certain age (Ray Romano, Andre Braugher, Scott Bakula, each terrific) adjusting to new circumstances. Joe (Romano) is tentatively re-entering the ... read more

First Look: President Obama Tests the Mythbusters Team

• Nov 22, 2010 08:13 PM ET
• by Natalie Abrams

President Barack Obama is heading to Mythbusters.

In the Dec. 8 episode (airing at 9/8c on the Discovery Channel), the president asks co-hosts Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage to explain how Archimedes set fire to an invading Roman fleet by using mirrors and the reflection of the sun.

Check out a sneak peek of the Commander-in-Chief's episode below: 

President Obama to Appear on Mythbusters

• Oct 18, 2010 05:54 PM ET
• by Natalie Abrams

President Barack Obama announced Monday that he would appear on an upcoming episode of Mythbusters.

At the White House Science Fair, the commander in chief introduced Mythbusters co-hosts Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, with whom he'll challenge... read more

VIDEO: The MythBusters Return with a Bang, Smash and Pratfall!

• Apr 8, 2009 10:23 AM ET
• by Matt Mitovich

This Wednesday at 9 pm/ET, Discover Channel's MythBusters — led by Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage — returns with a "Demolition Derby Special," in which our stalwart experimenters try to flip a bus (à la Speed), compact a compact car, and mimic a remarkable Lexus commercial.

In this video Q&A with TVGuide.com, Hyneman and Savage discuss the difficulty they often face in recreating "once in a million occurrences," with Savage admitting, "Sometimes it really kicks our butt."

Also coming up in the show's seventh season: another Alaska special, in which they try to sail a boat made out of sawdust and ice, a nod to Seinfeld (does double-dipping really spread germs?), and an in-depth expose of, yes, the age-old banana-peel slip. Says Hyneman of their look into the slapstick chestnut, "It's hilarious."

See everything the guys had to share after the jump.