MythBusters Season 6 Episodes

Episode 1

James Bond Special: Part 1

Wed, Jan 16, 200844 mins

"The name's Hyneman. James Hyneman." It's tuxedos and martinis as the Mythbusters take on 007 in this James Bond special one-hour episode. Our stealthy secret agents are on a mission to explode the myths about Bond's gadgets, getaways, and guns.

Episode 2

Lead Balloon

Wed, Jan 23, 200844 mins

In this episode of Mythbusters, surfs up dude. The team tests if a couple of sticks of dynamite can create ideal surfing conditions and then test the proverbial lead balloon.

Episode 3

Airplane on Conveyor Belt

Wed, Jan 30, 200851 mins

In this three-myth blockbuster 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.

Episode 4

James Bond Special: Part 2

Wed, Feb 6, 200851 mins

The Mythbusters dedicate this one-hour special to the ultimate action hero: James Bond. They put the gadgets and stunts to the test leaving them shaken, not stirred.

Episode 5

Viewers Special 2

Wed, Feb 13, 200844 mins

The Mythbusters try to cut down a tree with a machine gun, test out baseball players' eye black, try to slide down a ski lift using pants, and try to replicate the cartoon myth of blowing up a barrel of gunpowder that someone is carrying.

Episode 6

MacGyver Special

Wed, Feb 20, 200851 mins

This reverential episode of MythBusters pays tribute to the man who made something really useful from out of almost anything-MacGyver!

Episode 7

Alaska Special

Wed, Apr 23, 200844 mins

MythBusters travels to Alaska to investigate whether a stick of dynamite fetched by a dog can sink an SUV on a frozen lake, whether cabin fever is real, and whether its better to hit a moose at high speed or low speed.

Episode 8

MythBusters Young Scientists Special

Sat, Apr 26, 2008

Episode 9

Shark Week Special 2

Sun, Jul 27, 2008

The myth busters test the second round of shark week born myths.

Episode 10

Exploding Steak

Wed, Aug 6, 200844 mins

Adam and Jamie try various nonstandard way to tenderize steaks, while the build team looks into whether drivers use more gas when calm or when angry.

Episode 11

NASA Moon Landing Hoax

Wed, Aug 27, 200843 mins

On this episode of MythBusters, the team tackles the tallest tale of all in Moon Landing Hoax Hour. Did NASA pull off the greatest cover-up in human history?

Episode 12

Viral Hour

Wed, Sep 3, 200844 mins

On this infectious episode of Mythbusters, we give internet 'viral videos' a timely check-up. They're exciting, funny, and sometimes barely credible. We can't wait to pass them on to our ten best friends, but can we truly believe everything we see?

Episode 13

Phonebook Friction

Wed, Sep 10, 200842 mins

On this episode of Mythbusters Adam and Jamie take a fan mail film and use it to dial in on a phone book fable. And then Kari, Grant and Tory test a fishy tale of Hollywood pyrotechnics with their own big bang theories.

Episode 14

Water Stun Gun

Wed, Sep 17, 200844 mins

On this episode of Mythbusters, Adam and Jamie investigate a secret agent myth - that you can turn a conventional electric stun gun into a water-powered electric stun gun.

Episode 15

Blind Driving

Wed, Oct 8, 200844 mins

Adam and Jamie test whether a blind driver can drive well with a good navigator, while Kari, Grant and Tory test golf myths: is a tree 90% air, so easy to hit a golf ball through, and was the fate of the Caddy Shack gofer realistic?

Episode 16

Ninjas 2

Wed, Oct 15, 200843 mins

Ninjas and Mythbusters go together like matches and gunpowder: a marriage made in heaven. Ninjas are steeped in mythology that they've been only too happy to circulate. It's time to separate fact from fiction in the Mythbusters Ninja special 2.

Episode 17

Alcohol Myths

Wed, Oct 22, 200844 mins

On this episode of Mythbusters, Jamie, Adam and Kari apply some science to the theory that the more you drink, the more attractive you find the opposite sex.

Episode 18

Motorcycle Flip

Wed, Oct 29, 200843 mins

On this spectacular episode of Mythbusters Adam and Jamie raid the Ark-hives for an Indiana Jones movie myth... and Kari, Grant and Tory are breaking bad to test tall tales of breaking out of prison.

Episode 19

Coffin Punch

Wed, Nov 5, 200844 mins

Adam and Jamie test what's bulletproof: police badges, pizzas, fat, muscle, and create their own body armour. While Kari Grant and Tory test Kill Bill's 3 inch coffin punch.

Episode 20

End with a Bang

Wed, Nov 12, 200844 mins

The team look at idioms instead of myths: can't you polish a turd? Is it better to hit the ground running? Is it better to end with a bang?

Episode 21

Viewer Special Threequel

Wed, Nov 19, 200844 mins

At the viewers' request the Mythbusters investigate bamboo torture, more alkali metals reacting in water and the merits of brandy for treating hypothermia.