MythBusters — Season 8

Aired 4 January 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?

Aired 24 March 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.

Aired 31 March 2010 • 60 min

Can a deep dive really save you from an explosion? Can a car be bulletproofed using... phone books?

Aired 7 April 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.

Aired 14 April 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?

Aired 28 April 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.

Aired 5 May 2010

In response to fan criticism, Kari, Grant and Tory retest "Knock Your Socks Off," while Jamie and Adam take on "Compact Compact"... again.

Aired 12 May 2010 • 60 min

Duct tape is put to the test again. Can it really be used to build bridges and fix cars?

Aired 19 May 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.

Aired 2 June 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!).

Aired 9 June 2010 • 60 min

Jamie, Adam, Kari, Grant and Tory take on snot, sneezes and decapitation by tornado.

Aired 6 October 2010

Can a sniffer dog be thrown off the scent using household items?

Aired 13 October 2010 • 60 min

Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman put tornados to the test alongside Storm Chasers Reed Timmer and Sean Casey.

Aired 20 October 2010 • 60 min

When you get cold feet, do your feet actually get cold? And what actually happens when the poop hits the fan?

Aired 27 October 2010

Can a motorcycle pull a tablecloth out from under a setting for a banquet? Do humans really only use 10% of their brain?

Aired 3 November 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.

Aired 10 November 2010

Could your laptop save you from a speeding bullet? Is it easy to take candy from a baby?

Aired 17 November 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.

Aired 24 November 2010

Adam attempts to escape from an upside-down underwater car, while Kari, Grant and Tory take on Kiss the Girls.

Aired 1 December 2010

Can a collision with a bug kill a biker? Can flies really lift a laptop? Does water repel flies?

Aired 8 December 2010

President Obama challenges Jamie and Adam to retest the Archimedes Death Ray myth again, while Kari, Grant and Tory take on Hellboy.

Aired 15 December 2010

Seth Rogen joins the MythBusters for two blockbusting stories from his film, The Green Hornet: Elevator Car Cut and Explosive Escape.

Aired 22 December 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.