MythBusters

10 Best Episodes of MythBusters - Season 2011

MythBusters is a science entertainment television program created and produced by Australia's Beyond Television Productions for the Discovery Channel. The show's hosts, special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, use elements of the scientific method to test the validity of rumors, myths, movie scenes, adages, Internet videos, and news stories.

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MythBusters - S2011E16

#15 - Duct Tape Plane (Season 2011 - Episode 16)

Adam and Jamie test three viral videos featuring the extraordinary excavator: Can it really row a barge? Be used to go wakeboarding? Perform seemingly impossible feats of acrobatics? Then -- using only duct tape -- Kari, Grant, and Tory attempt to patch up a plane that's had an unfortunate encounter with a bear.

The episode was rated 8.17 from 111 votes.

MythBusters - S2011E19

#14 - Location, Location, Location (Season 2011 - Episode 19)

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From Alameda to Africa, from the desert to the deep blue sea, the MythBusters declassify their top destinations and reveal all kinds of inside scoop, from quarry-bans to unplanned myth busts.

The episode was rated 8.21 from 87 votes.

MythBusters - S2011E6

#13 - Blow Your Own Sail (Season 2011 - Episode 6)

Adam and Jamie put Hollywood sound effects up against reality, and Kari, Grant and Tory find out if you are adrift on a sailboat with no wind, can you propel your boat with a fan?

The episode was rated 8.22 from 113 votes.

MythBusters - S2011E10

#12 - Planes, Trains and Automobiles (Season 2011 - Episode 10)

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The MythBusters count down -- and give you insight into -- their favorite transportation moments.

The episode was rated 8.25 from 76 votes.

MythBusters - S2011E13

#11 - Bikes and Bazookas (Season 2011 - Episode 13)

Adam and Jamie test the myth that a motorcycle is a greener and cleaner machine than a car, while Kari, Tory, and Grant unleash the first RPG in MythBusters history to see if a bullet could take out a bazooka.

The episode was rated 8.27 from 120 votes.

MythBusters - S2011E11

#10 - Let There Be Light (Season 2011 - Episode 11)

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Jamie and Adam take on "The Mummy," while Kari, Grant and Tory try to stop an out-of-control car with another car.

The episode was rated 8.27 from 106 votes.

MythBusters - S2011E17

#9 - Flying Guillotine (Season 2011 - Episode 17)

Jamie and Adam explore whether it's safe to use the explosive C4 as a cooking fuel as long as you don't drop anything on it, while Kari, Grant, and Tory put a Chinese martial-arts myth to the test.

The episode was rated 8.28 from 113 votes.

MythBusters - S2011E2

#8 - Blue Ice (Season 2011 - Episode 2)

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Jamie and Adam take on an explosive scene from Bourne Supremacy, while Kari, Grant and Tory test a tale about human waste falling from the sky.

The episode was rated 8.28 from 127 votes.

MythBusters - S2011E1

#7 - Mission Impossible Face Off (Season 2011 - Episode 1)

Can realistic facial masks be used to bypass security measures as shown in the movie, Mission Impossible? Is it possible to start a merry-go-round spinning by shooting bullets at it, as depicted in Shoot 'Em Up?

The episode was rated 8.29 from 141 votes.

MythBusters - S2011E14

#6 - Newton's Crane Cradle (Season 2011 - Episode 14)

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Jamie and Adam test a viral video that supersizes Newton's cradle using wrecking balls, while Kari, Grant, and Tory tackle whether a bird landing on your hood is enough to tip your car off a cliff.

The episode was rated 8.30 from 107 votes.

MythBusters - S2011E21

#5 - Wheel of Mythfortune (Season 2011 - Episode 21)

By spinning the Wheel of Mythfortune, the MythBusters find themselves taking on five random viewer-suggested myths with titles like the Monty Hall Paradox, Lumber Car, Firearm Fashion, Hit the Deck and Flaming Tire. Keep those ideas coming!

The episode was rated 8.36 from 115 votes.

MythBusters - S2011E12

#4 - Paper Armor (Season 2011 - Episode 12)

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Adam and Jamie explore the physics of shock waves in water and how to avoid injury, while Kari, Grant and Tory find out if paper battle armor can compare to steel.

The episode was rated 8.37 from 116 votes.

MythBusters - S2011E22

#3 - Toilet Bomb (Season 2011 - Episode 22)

Adam and Jamie tackle a blockbuster bathroom bomb (from Lethal Weapon!), while Kari, Tory, and Grant take to the skies to find out if flying in V-formation works for airplanes as well as it does for birds.

The episode was rated 8.37 from 94 votes.

MythBusters - S2011E15

#2 - Walk a Straight Line (Season 2011 - Episode 15)

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Adam and Jamie explore whether humans -- deprived of sight -- can travel in a straight line, while Kari, Grant and Tory test whether binary explosives will explode in the case of a fender bender.

The episode was rated 8.58 from 112 votes.

MythBusters - S2011E18

#1 - Drain Disaster (Season 2011 - Episode 18)

Find out whether a sewer drain full of combustible gas, when ignited, will turn an innocent manhole cover into a missile, and whether truck bedliners are truly bite, crash, and bomb proof.

The episode was rated 8.61 from 112 votes.

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