Really Big Things Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1

Paper Maker

Tue, Jan 9, 2007

First Matt joins the Army Corps of Engineers on their ambitious project to fix the Mississippi River. Then, what better place to find big machines than a copper mine. Although driving an enormous dump truck was a thrill, Matt really wants to smash boulders with the Rammer Hammer. Lastly, Matt find the workers at a Swedish paper mill love their big machines so much that they are reluctant to share.

Episode 2

Wind Mill Factory

Tue, Jan 16, 2007

Matt visits St. Louis Cardinal Football Stadium which isn't just big. It really moves, with a retractable roof and a football field which Matt takes for a ride in the sunshine. Next, Matt drives and helps service the world's largest dump truck at an oil sands refinery. Then Matt helps out in the construction of a huge wind turbine but he falls for a wrench as big as his arm.

Episode 3

Largest Telescope

Tue, Jan 23, 2007

Matt flies, and breaks, a NASA simulator. Matt returns to blow up part of Sweden where they still don't appreciate his sense of humor. Then Dave visits an observatory with an enormous pair of binoculars that astronomers really hope will find another earth-like planet.

Episode 4

Giant Tree Spade

Tue, Jan 27, 2026

Matt visits a factory where they retread tires for monster trucks. Alas, no trucks on site. Then Matt tours North America's largest hydroelectric dam, the Grand Coulee, which was so cool Matt had to break into opera. Finally Matt really digs trees with a giant tree spade.

Episode 5

Swing Bridge

Tue, Jan 27, 2026

Matt visits the assembly line for the General Electric Evolution locomotive which is really green no matter what color it's painted. Then he helps the Army Corps of Engineers operate a dredger to keep Mississippi River traffic moving. But once again he gets into trouble pushing the wrong buttons. Lastly he tours a most elegant moving bridge, the Spokane Street Bridge in Seattle.

Episode 6

Really, Really Big Show

Matt learns the history and operation of the Goodyear Blimp and can't pass up the opportunity to fly the largest aircraft in the sky. Back down on the ground he operates a tractor that compresses trash to make it fit really tightly into a land fill. Then Matt goes behind the scenes and even into the scenes to learn the secrets of the illusions in Cirque du Soleil's KÀ.