'Mythbusters' Returns This Fall with Big Balls
Premiering Wednesday, September 28, the new season will also feature pigeons and (of course) lots and lots of duct tape and explosions.
Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage in "MythBusters 2011"
Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage in "MythBusters 2011" - © Discovery Channel
Fresh off its third consecutive Emmy nomination, "MythBusters" is back for more explosive science-y goodness, as hosts Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, and Tory Belleci, Kari Byron and Grant Imahara, return with all-new fall episodes beginning Wednesday, September 28 at 9PM ET/PT. The series, which first launched on Discovery Channel in 2003, is inspiring a generation to inquire, interact and get involved with science ... by using experimentation to prove or disprove popular myths, misconceptions or legends.
Fall 2011 myths will include:
• Is it impossible for humans (without a point of reference) to walk in a straight line?
• Are motorcycles better for the environment than cars?
• Can you supersize a Newton's Cradle to epic proportions?
• If a pigeon lands on the roof of a car, which is hanging precariously over a cliff's edge, could it provide enough force to send the car plunging over the side?
• In a standoff between a hero with a revolver and a villain with a rocket propelled grenade (as seen in the movie "Red"), could the bullet trigger the warhead? And would the villain be taken out by the blast?
• Was the "flying guillotine" a lethal ancient weapon—or kung-fu make believe?
• Can you use duct tape to fix a plane that has been mauled by a bear? (As odd as this one sounds, it's a story that has inundated our fan site message boards for years!)
• Could a methane blast inside a sewer, blow manhole covers tens of feet into the air?
• Some call it indestructible, but can truck bed liners stop an animal attack? Prevent a car from being damaged? Make it bomb-proof?
• A behind-the-scenes look at the special locations that "MythBusters" use to in their myth-busting tests, from Alameda to Africa and from the desert to the deep blue sea.
• Explosions. Rocket sleds. More duct tape. Oh... and more explosions!
"Mythbusters" By the Numbers
• 3 - Number of consecutive Emmy nominations for Best Reality Program (2009, 2010, 2011)
• 9 - Years of filming (series premiered on Discovery Channel in October 2003)
• 12 (Tons, that is) - Poundage of explosives used
• 128 - Vehicles destroyed
• 189 - Total episodes filmed to date (including specials)
• 744 - Explosions
• 769 - Myths tested to date (425 busted, 179 confirmed, 155 plausible)
• 2,391 - Experiments tested (approx.)
• 6,255 - Hours filmed (approx.)
Fall 2011 myths will include:
• Is it impossible for humans (without a point of reference) to walk in a straight line?
• Are motorcycles better for the environment than cars?
• Can you supersize a Newton's Cradle to epic proportions?
• If a pigeon lands on the roof of a car, which is hanging precariously over a cliff's edge, could it provide enough force to send the car plunging over the side?
• In a standoff between a hero with a revolver and a villain with a rocket propelled grenade (as seen in the movie "Red"), could the bullet trigger the warhead? And would the villain be taken out by the blast?
• Was the "flying guillotine" a lethal ancient weapon—or kung-fu make believe?
• Can you use duct tape to fix a plane that has been mauled by a bear? (As odd as this one sounds, it's a story that has inundated our fan site message boards for years!)
• Could a methane blast inside a sewer, blow manhole covers tens of feet into the air?
• Some call it indestructible, but can truck bed liners stop an animal attack? Prevent a car from being damaged? Make it bomb-proof?
• A behind-the-scenes look at the special locations that "MythBusters" use to in their myth-busting tests, from Alameda to Africa and from the desert to the deep blue sea.
• Explosions. Rocket sleds. More duct tape. Oh... and more explosions!
"Mythbusters" By the Numbers
• 3 - Number of consecutive Emmy nominations for Best Reality Program (2009, 2010, 2011)
• 9 - Years of filming (series premiered on Discovery Channel in October 2003)
• 12 (Tons, that is) - Poundage of explosives used
• 128 - Vehicles destroyed
• 189 - Total episodes filmed to date (including specials)
• 744 - Explosions
• 769 - Myths tested to date (425 busted, 179 confirmed, 155 plausible)
• 2,391 - Experiments tested (approx.)
• 6,255 - Hours filmed (approx.)