Letters to the President
8 pm/ET HBO2
When a nation plays it as close to the vest as Iran, it's hard to know what goes on behind its borders, but a trio of documentaries seek to give at least a glimpse of what makes the country tick. The first is Letters to the President, a look at Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's correspondence with the populace. It's followed by The Queen and I on June 17 (8 pm/ET), a chronicle of a former revolutionary's relationship with the Shah's widow, and Be Like Others: Transsexuals in Iran on June 24 (8 pm/ET).
Read on for previews of Top Chef Masters, American Masters, Real World/Road Rules Challenge and Mythbusters.
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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.
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New releases announced today, February 27:
Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern - Collection 3 will be coming out June 23
Extreme Engineering - Collection 2 will be coming out May 19
MythBusters - Collection 4 will be coming out May 5
Quincy, M.E. - Season 3 will be coming out June 2
Survivorman - Season 3 will be coming out June 9
Swiss Family Robinson (1976) will be coming out June 30
Time Warp (DVD & Blu-ray) will be coming out June 9
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Of course you have, who hasn't?! But the real question is: Do you know why you sound like one the Chipmunks after taking a swing of the gas? Mythbusters has the answer — and not only does the debunker break down the explanation, but he also demonstrates the opposite affect sulfur hexafluoride. Check it out — assuming you promise not to try this at home, of course.
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New releases announced today, September 1:MythBusters - Big Blasts Collection will be coming out December 2 Visit TVShowsOnDVD.com for the complete stories on these and other news items.
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