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MythBusters

Season 4 2006
TV-PG

  • 2006-01-12T02:00:00Z on SBS
  • 43m
  • 23h 20m (28 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary, Reality, Comedy
The cast of the television series MythBusters perform experiments to verify or debunk urban legends, old wives' tales, and the like. The holiday special episode in this season was the first time MythBusters was broadcast in high definition.

28 episodes

Season Premiere

2006-01-12T02:00:00Z

4x01 Paper Crossbow

Season Premiere

4x01 Paper Crossbow

  • 2006-01-12T02:00:00Z1h

Is it possible to make a deadly weapon out of nothing more dangerous than newspaper and underwear? Grant, Kari and Tory unscrew the cap on some more vodka myths.

2006-01-19T02:00:00Z

4x02 Shredded Plane

4x02 Shredded Plane

  • 2006-01-19T02:00:00Z50m

Is the photo of a light plane, with precise, clean tears on the side, genuine? Was it the work of the jilted lover, who took to her ex's plane with a chainsaw and a taste for vengeance?

Challenged from fan mailbags to retest the "Archimedes Death Ray," Adam and Jamie accept. In turn, fans and a M.I.T. team were invited to perform this challenge.

2006-02-02T02:00:00Z

4x04 Helium Football

4x04 Helium Football

  • 2006-02-02T02:00:00Z50m

This time around, Adam and Jamie test a myth that footballs filled with helium will fly farther and hang longer than ones filled with regulation air. Are teeth strong enough to withstand the force of a bullet?

2006-03-09T02:00:00Z

4x05 Franklin's Kite

4x05 Franklin's Kite

  • 2006-03-09T02:00:00Z50m

The build team attempts to discover electricity by flying a kite in a thunderstorm. Do innocuous legumes really increase gas? Is it possible to break wind so much that you can suffocate to death?

2006-03-16T02:00:00Z

4x06 Cell Phones on Planes

If you fill a normal raft with helium can you fly? Tory and Kari tackle a conspiracy theory familiar to many frequent flyers. Can your cell phone interfere with a plane's instruments?

2006-04-20T01:00:00Z

4x07 Bullets Fired Up

4x07 Bullets Fired Up

  • 2006-04-20T01:00:00Z49m

Can celebratory gunfire kill when the bullets fall back to Earth? Grant, Tory and Kari quench their thirst with another round of "Vodka Myths."

2006-04-27T01:00:00Z

4x08 Myths Re-Opened

4x08 Myths Re-Opened

  • 2006-04-27T01:00:00Z50m

The team revisits myths explored from "Split Arrow," "Confederate Rocket," and "Bulletproof Water."

2006-05-04T01:00:00Z

4x09 Mind Control

4x09 Mind Control

  • 2006-05-04T01:00:00Z50m

Adam and Jamie do a little painting and detonating when they try to blow open a home-improvement myth. Grant, Tory and Kari explore if it is possible to manipulate someone's mind remotely.

2006-05-11T01:00:00Z

4x10 Exploding Pants

4x10 Exploding Pants

  • 2006-05-11T01:00:00Z50m

Tory, Kari and Grant investigate the spontaneous trouser combustion. Do gas companies and car manufacturers deliberately conspire to make gas-guzzling cars so that they can split the cash?

Are Hollywood break-ins complete hocus pocus? The team tries to tiptoe their way around a laser system before facing the mother of all safes.

2006-07-20T01:00:00Z

4x12 Steam Cannon

4x12 Steam Cannon

  • 2006-07-20T01:00:00Z50m

Did Archimedes build the world's first "supergun," a cannon powered by steam? Adam's mom thinks a typical modern breakfast cereal has less nutritional value than the box it comes in. Is Mom right?

2006-07-27T01:00:00Z

4x13 Whirlpool/Snowplow

4x13 Whirlpool/Snowplow

  • 2006-07-27T01:00:00Z50m

Somewhere on Earth is there a massive whirlpool sucking whole ships and their hapless crews to a watery grave? Can a passing wintery road sweeper displace so much air that it flips an oncoming car?

2006-08-10T01:00:00Z

4x14 Mentos and Soda

4x14 Mentos and Soda

  • 2006-08-10T01:00:00Z50m

Adam and Jamie try to figure out the theory behind the chaos when diet cola and Mentos mix. Can posting a postage stamp on the rotor blades send a helicopter into a tailspin?

2006-08-17T01:00:00Z

4x15 Shattering Subwoofer

4x15 Shattering Subwoofer

  • 2006-08-17T01:00:00Z50m

The guys find out if the bass from a car stereo can destroy an automobile. Also, Grant, Kari and Tory hit the road to take on two tall tales from our mates down under.

It's "lights, camera, action!" time again for the MythBusters, as they test more Hollywood heists. This time, our cat burglars Adam and Jamie go cold as they try to beat a heat-detecting alarm sensor.

2006-08-31T01:00:00Z

4x17 Earthquake Machine

4x17 Earthquake Machine

  • 2006-08-31T01:00:00Z50m

Adam and Jamie take on one of the greatest scientist/inventor and myth creator legends of all time: Nikolai Tesla and his Earthquake Machine. Tory and Kari investigate a lethal lava lamp.

2006-09-07T01:00:00Z

4x18 Deadly Straw

4x18 Deadly Straw

  • 2006-09-07T01:00:00Z50m

Can the wind in a tropical hurricane get so strong that it can blow a piece of straw through a palm-tree trunk? Can a hurricane blow the feathers off a chicken?

2006-09-14T01:00:00Z

4x19 Mega Movie Myths

4x19 Mega Movie Myths

  • 2006-09-14T01:00:00Z43m

Can you use awnings to cushion your fall? Is there really such a thing as a car ejector seat? Can you chop a sword with another sword Is it possible to shoot through a door lock?

2006-10-12T01:00:00Z

4x20 Killer Cable Snaps

4x20 Killer Cable Snaps

  • 2006-10-12T01:00:00Z50m

If a cable at high tension snaps, can it slice a person clean in two? Does ancient pottery contain sounds from the past that can be played back and listened to today, just like a record?

2006-10-19T01:00:00Z

4x21 Air Cylinder Rocket

4x21 Air Cylinder Rocket

  • 2006-10-19T01:00:00Z50m

Can a ruptured cylinder -- carefully aimed --really cause the massive damage some people claim? Meanwhile, Tory, Grant and Kari go back in time to test some prototypes from the past.

2006-10-26T01:00:00Z

4x22 More Myths Revisited

4x22 More Myths Revisited

  • 2006-10-26T01:00:00Z50m

"Myths Revisited" offers Jamie and Adam the chance to clear their names. Watch as they repeat past experiments to see if their original answer was genuine or bogus.

2006-11-02T02:00:00Z

4x23 Exploding Lighter

4x23 Exploding Lighter

  • 2006-11-02T02:00:00Z50m

Jamie and Adam find out if a small, disposable butane lighter can suddenly ignite with the force of several sticks of dynamite. The "Magnificent Three" try and shoot down some popular gunslinger myths.

2006-11-09T02:00:00Z

4x24 Concrete Glider

4x24 Concrete Glider

  • 2006-11-09T02:00:00Z50m

Adam and Jamie test the old engineering challenge that you can't make a concrete glider fly. Kari, Grant and Tory find out just how dangerous it is to stand too close to the edge of a train platform.

2006-11-30T02:00:00Z

4x25 Firearms Folklore

4x25 Firearms Folklore

  • 2006-11-30T02:00:00Z50m

Could a criminal's bullet have hit and jammed the empty chamber of a policeman's revolver? Could two bullets colliding mid-air fuse together? Is a hammer more dangerous than you think?

2006-12-07T02:00:00Z

4x26 Anti-Gravity Device

4x26 Anti-Gravity Device

  • 2006-12-07T02:00:00Z50m

Could leaving Christmas lights on your tree overnight cause it to burst into flames? Is Anti-gravity science or science fiction? Can vodka cure the pain of a jellyfish sting?

2006-12-07T02:00:00Z

4x27 Holiday Special

4x27 Holiday Special

  • 2006-12-07T02:00:00Z51m

Can six reindeer run fast enough to launch an ultralite glider? Does one burn more calories jogging Naked in the snow or by putting on an Airtight jogging suit and running in a hot desert?

Season Finale

2006-12-14T02:00:00Z

4x28 22,000-Foot Fall

Season Finale

4x28 22,000-Foot Fall

  • 2006-12-14T02:00:00Z50m

Is it possible to survive a 22,000 foot fall using the blast from a 1,000 pound bomb to break the fall? Is electricity saved by switching off the lights when leaving a room?

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