MythBusters: Season 6

2008 · 19 episodes · ★ 8.6

What Season 6 of MythBusters

The sixth season of MythBusters premiered in January 2008 and consists of 21 episodes. This science educational show, aired on Discovery Channel and filmed in the San Francisco Bay Area, once again puts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman in charge, special effects experts who work in the latter's shop. With their crew, they take urban legends, popular beliefs and pop culture claims and put them to the scientific method. They build devices, test materials and, when needed, travel to other locations. Hyneman plays the serious one and Savage the comedian, and the narration is handled by Robert Lee. The conflict that drives each episode is separating what works from what is merely said.

19episodes

Jan 16, 2008premiered

Nov 12, 2008Latest episode

4 hrtotal runtime

Season 6 Episodes

6x01 James Bond (1)
Jan 16, 2008
Can an electromagnetic watch really deflect a bullet? Would a round from Bond's gun pierce a propane cylinder? Could a boat survive driving up the bank of a river intact?
6x02 Lead Balloon
Jan 23, 2008 · 60 min
Can Adam and Jamie get a lead balloon to fly? Is it possible to drop a couple sticks of dynamite into a lake and create ideal surfing conditions?
6x03 Airplane on a Conveyor Belt
Jan 30, 2008
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.
6x04 James Bond (2)
Feb 6, 2008
Is it possible for a pen-sized bomb to blow a crash-test dummy clean in half? Can Oddjob's sartorial weapon slice the head off a statue?
6x05 Viewers' Special (2)
Feb 13, 2008
Why would ancient man go to all the trouble of making stone arrowheads when sharpening a stick would have done the same job? Could machine gunfire mow down a tree?
6x06 MacGyver Myths
Feb 20, 2008 · 60 min
Jamie and Adam try to blow a hole in a wall using pure sodium metal dropped in a water bottle. The build team tries building an ultralight airplane with raw bamboo, a small stolen engine, and duct tape.
6x07 Alaska Special (1)
Apr 23, 2008 · 60 min
Adam and Jamie test the theory of cabin fever. Can a solitary stick of dynamite really sink a pickup parked on a frozen lake? The build team takes on the myth of car vs. moose.
6x08 Shark Week Special
Jul 27, 2008
Do dogs and injured "flapping" fish attract sharks? Will Robo-Shark eat Tory?
6x09 Exploding Steak
Aug 6, 2008
We test two myths suggested by the fans: alternate steak tenderizing methods and road rage.
6x10 NASA Moon Landing
Aug 27, 2008
Adam and Jamie investigate if the U.S. government shot the footage of the astronauts in a studio. The build team takes on claims that footage of footprints and flags flapping have to be faked.
6x11 Viral Hour
Sep 3, 2008
Can a car be blasted 15 feet in the air with the water pressure from 10 fire hoses? Can ordinary sawdust when airblasted through a flame explode into a catastrophic fireball? Do goats really faint?
6x12 Phone Book Friction
Sep 10, 2008 · 60 min
If you interweave the pages of two phone books, are they impossible to pull apart? Can the build team dispell five mini-myths from the movie Deep Blue Sea?
6x13 Water Stun Gun
Sep 17, 2008
Is an electronic stun gun mixed with water a possible weapon for crowd control? Can a fire extinguisher caught in a fire actually blow up? Is walking over hot coals just mind over matter?
6x14 Blind Driving
Oct 8, 2008
Is it really possible to drive a car completely blind? Do metal cleats on golf shoes really attract lightning. Can a huge underground explosion really cause a ball to drop from the lip into the hole?
6x15 Ninjas
Oct 15, 2008
Can an arrow be caught in midair? Is there really a punching technique that can floor an opponent with only a 1-inch lead in? Can an underwater blowpipe be stealthily used to fell an opponent?
6x16 Alcohol Myths
Oct 22, 2008
Is there such thing as "beer goggles"? Can running on a treadmill or slapping someone's face help to sober up a drunk person? Can an ancient medieval weapon really fire 200 arrows over 500 yards?
6x17 Motorcycle Flip
Oct 29, 2008
Can a flagpole in the front wheel of a motorcycle create a head-over-handlebars flip? Kari, Grant and Tory test whether or not it is possible to break out of jail using bed sheets, hair and toilet paper.
6x18 Coffin Punch
Nov 5, 2008
The team tests what is really bulletproof. Then, they test whether is is possible to escape if you are buried alive inside a coffin.
6x19 End With a Bang Season Finale
Nov 12, 2008
Is it really true that you can't polish dung? Is hitting the ground at speed really faster than a standing start? Then, Adam and Jamie test another classic - is it really best to end with a bang?