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MythBusters Season 8 Episodes
Season 8 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 2010 - 2011
Episode 1
Soda Cup Killer
Wed, Mar 24, 201051 mins
Adam and Jamie talk trash and crash when they test whether a Styrofoam cup full of soda can be a lethal projectile when thrown from a car at high speeds. Does the cup penetrate the windshield of an oncoming car and seriously injure the driver? Jamie and Adam build a number of soda shooting cannons to see how deadly this myth really is, including a never-before-seen shoulder mounted cannon courtesy of Jamie. On a higher note, Grant, Tory and Jessi Combs (in her final episode with the team) test the classic silver screen cliché of the death defying hang. Are any of these actually viable? Using a helicopter and their wits, the team finds out if these hang times can happen.
Episode 2
Dive to Survive
Wed, Mar 31, 201051 mins
Is it safer underwater when a boat on the surface explodes. Adam and Jamie intend to find out and it will take some major explosions to settle the question. Tory, Grant and Kari get to play with some high power guns to see if phone books work as a poor man's car armor.
Episode 3
Spy Car Escape
Wed, Apr 7, 201048 mins
Adam and Jamie investigate the best way to lose a tail in Spy Car Escape. In Vector Vengeance, Kari, Grant and Tory take their myth from a fascinating physics "thought experiment."
Episode 4
Bottle Bash
Wed, Apr 14, 201051 mins
Adam and Jamie test whether it's worse to get hit in the head with a full or an empty bottle, while the build team build various cannons made out of leather.
Episode 5
No Pain, No Gain
Wed, Apr 28, 201051 mins
Rocketeers Tory, Kari and Grant try to launch a barbecue grill propane tank. Dr. Jamie and Mr. Adam torture their guests, co-workers and co-star to collect data on pain tolerance.
Episode 6
Mythssion Control
Wed, May 5, 201051 mins
The Mythbusters respond to fan objections to their techniques in past episodes. Tory, Grant and Kari try again to knock some one out of his socks. Adam and Jamie test Jamie's assertion that a head on collision has the force of a collision with a wall at twice the speed.
Episode 7
Duct Tape Hour 2
Wed, May 12, 201051 mins
Myth Busters reprises their duct tape episode. While the Daring Duo builds a duct tape bridge and risks a fifty foot fall, the Tenacious Trio crashes car after car to find out if duct tape can stop a speeding vehicle.
Episode 8
Waterslide Wipeout
Wed, May 19, 201051 mins
Adam and Jamie try to recreate a You Tube video of a man sliding down a water slide, flying a hundred feet through the air and landing in a kiddie pool. The Trucker Trio checks out whether it is more efficient to forgo left turns even if right turns mean extra distance.
Episode 9
Fireball Stun Gun
Wed, Jun 2, 201051 mins
The three rocketeers are back this time trying to launch a man into the air with an impressive battery of off the shelf sky rockets. Meanwhile, Adam and Jamie find out if pepper spray and a taser work in combination to act as a flame thrower.
Episode 10
Flu Fiction
Wed, Jun 9, 201049 mins
Jamie and Adam test Flu and cold Myths. Does a sneeze really travel at 100MPH and travel over 30 feet? Also, how important IS wiping your nose? The Mythbusters test just how much nasal effluence can get passed around at a dinner party. Meanwhile Kari, Grant and Tory test out Decapitation by Tornado. Can a tornado really toss glass so fast that it can decapitate you? The squeamish be warned; "Neckman" the pig-based human analog used to test this myth, is both disgusting, and (unfortunately) rather phallic in appearance. What the tests do to "him" is even worse.
Episode 11
Mythbusters Top 25 Moments
Wed, Jun 16, 201099 mins
On this unique episode of MythBusters, Adam, Jamie, Kari, Tory and Grant get all nostalgic with a look back at their top 25 most celebrated MythBusters moments.
Episode 12
Hair of the Dog
Wed, Oct 6, 201051 mins
On this episode of Mythbusters, we're testing two shaggy-dog tales that both put our crime-fighting canines to the ultimate test.
Episode 13
Storm Chasing Myths
Wed, Oct 13, 201051 mins
Adam and Jamie use a 747 to simulate tornado force winds to test the Tornado Chasers armored vehicles and to design a personal tornado proof suit.
Episode 14
Cold Feet
Wed, Oct 20, 201051 mins
The Mythbusters test whether being scared actually gives you cold feet, and find out what happens when the poop really does hit a fan.
Episode 15
Tablecloth Chaos
Wed, Oct 27, 201051 mins
Can a motorcycle pull a tablecloth out from under a setting for a banquet? Do humans really only use 10% of their brain?
Episode 16
Arrow Machine Gun
Wed, Nov 3, 201051 mins
Adam and Jamie build an ancient "machine gun". While Tory, Grant and Kari test whether driving exhausted is as dangerous as driving drunk.
Episode 17
Mini Myth Madness
Wed, Nov 10, 201051 mins
Could your laptop save you from a speeding bullet? Is it easy to take candy from a baby?
Episode 18
Reverse Engineering
Wed, Nov 17, 201042 mins
Jamie and Adam test whether a '70s sport car is as aerodynamic backward as forward, while Grant, Tory and Kari take a surfboard scene from Lethal Weapon 2 to task.
Episode 19
Inverted Underwater Car
Wed, Nov 24, 201051 mins
Adams attempts to escape from an upside-down underwater car, while Kari, Grant and Tory take on "Kiss the Girls."
Episode 20
Bug Special
Wed, Dec 1, 201051 mins
Can bees really lift a laptop? Does water repel flies? Can the impact with a bug kill a biker?
Episode 21
President's Challenge
Wed, Dec 8, 201051 mins
President Obama challenges Jamie and Adam to revisit the Archimedes Death Ray, while Kari, Grant and Tory test whether Hellboy could flip a car with a punch.
Episode 22
Green Hornet Special
Wed, Dec 15, 201051 mins
Seth Rogen joins the MythBusters for two blockbusting stories from his film, The Green Hornet: Elevator Car Cut and Explosive Escape.
Episode 23
Operation Valkyrie
Wed, Dec 22, 201051 mins
Adam and Jamie whether moving a meeting from a bunker to a meeting room save Hitler from a bomb meant to kill him. Kari, Grant, and Tory test whether it is really possible to "slap some sense" into someone.
Episode 24
Hollywood Havoc
Wed, Jan 5, 2011
Car Chase Chaos / Animal Antics. Adam and Jamie tested three different movie clichés involving car chases, seeing how they compared to driving normally. In an expansion of the myth that flies are repelled by water, the Build Team tested various "at home" methods for repelling various types of animals