MythBusters: Season 8

2010 · 23 episodes · ★ 8.7

What Season 8 of MythBusters

Season eight of MythBusters premiered on January 4, 2010 and wrapped up on December 22, 2010, with 23 episodes.

23episodes

Jan 4, 2010premiered

Dec 22, 2010final episode

12 hrtotal runtime

Season 8 Episodes

8x01 Boomerang Bullet
Jan 4, 2010 · 60 min
Were trees really used to launch diseased bodies over medieval walls? What happens when you shoot a bullet at a frying pan?
Starring: Jessi Combs
8x02 Soda Cup Killer
Mar 24, 2010 · 60 min
Jamie and Adam explore whether a cup of soda thrown from a car can kill, while Jessi, Tory and Grant see how long a good guy can hang by his fingertips.
Starring: Jessi Combs
8x03 Dive to Survive
Mar 31, 2010 · 60 min
Can a deep dive really save you from an explosion? Can a car be bulletproofed using... phone books?
8x04 Spy Car Escape (1)
Apr 7, 2010 · 60 min
Adam and Jamie try ways to lose a tail in a car chase, as Kari, Grant and Tory see if an object fired backward from a vehicle moving forward simply falls to the ground.
8x05 Bottle Bash
Apr 14, 2010
What's worse, having an empty beer bottle smashed over your head, or a full one? Could ancient armies have truly used animal hides to build their cannons?
8x06 No Pain, No Gain
Apr 28, 2010 · 60 min
Are some types of people (women, for example) more tolerant to pain? Then see if a BBQ propane tank can heat up enough in a fire to launch through a garage roof like a rocket.
8x07 Mythssion Control
May 5, 2010
In response to fan criticism, Kari, Grant and Tory retest "Knock Your Socks Off," while Jamie and Adam take on "Compact Compact"... again.
8x08 Duct Tape Hour (2)
May 12, 2010 · 60 min
Duct tape is put to the test again. Can it really be used to build bridges and fix cars?
8x09 Waterslide Wipeout
May 19, 2010 · 60 min
Jamie and Adam take on a wild viral video, while Kari, Grant and Tory test whether taking only right turns can save you gas.
8x10 Fireball Stun Gun
Jun 2, 2010 · 60 min
Does pepper spray + flannel shirt + stun gun = massive fireball, per CSI? Can fireworks really launch a person over a lake? (Watch the show! Don't try it at home!).
8x11 Flu Fiction
Jun 9, 2010 · 60 min
Jamie, Adam, Kari, Grant and Tory take on snot, sneezes and decapitation by tornado.
8x12 Hair of the Dog
Oct 6, 2010
Can a sniffer dog be thrown off the scent using household items?
8x13 Storm Chasing Myths
Oct 13, 2010 · 60 min
Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman put tornados to the test alongside Storm Chasers Reed Timmer and Sean Casey.
8x14 Cold Feet
Oct 20, 2010 · 60 min
When you get cold feet, do your feet actually get cold? And what actually happens when the poop hits the fan?
8x15 Tablecloth Chaos
Oct 27, 2010
Can a motorcycle pull a tablecloth out from under a setting for a banquet? Do humans really only use 10% of their brain?
8x16 Arrow Machine Gun
Nov 3, 2010 · 60 min
Jamie and Adam attempt to build an arrow machine gun, while Kari, Grant and Tory test what's more dangerous: driving tipsy or tired.
8x17 Mini Myth Madness
Nov 10, 2010
Could your laptop save you from a speeding bullet? Is it easy to take candy from a baby?
8x18 Reverse Engineering
Nov 17, 2010
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.
8x19 Inverted Underwater Car
Nov 24, 2010
Adam attempts to escape from an upside-down underwater car, while Kari, Grant and Tory take on Kiss the Girls.
8x20 Bug Special
Dec 1, 2010
Can a collision with a bug kill a biker? Can flies really lift a laptop? Does water repel flies?
8x21 President's Challenge
Dec 8, 2010
President Obama challenges Jamie and Adam to retest the Archimedes Death Ray myth again, while Kari, Grant and Tory take on Hellboy.
Starring: Barack Obama
8x22 Green Hornet Special
Dec 15, 2010
Seth Rogen joins the MythBusters for two blockbusting stories from his film, The Green Hornet: Elevator Car Cut and Explosive Escape.
Starring: Seth Rogen
8x23 Operation Valkyrie Season Finale
Dec 22, 2010
Adam and Jamie weigh in on a famous assassination attempt; Kari, Grant and Tory try to determine if one can really can “slap some sense” into someone.