MythBusters (2008 season)
| MythBusters (2008 season) | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | Australia United States |
| No. of episodes | 20 (includes 8 specials) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Discovery Channel |
| Original release | January 16 – November 19, 2008 |
| Season chronology | |
The cast of the television series MythBusters perform experiments to verify or debunk urban legends, old wives' tales, and the like. This is a list of the various myths tested on the show as well as the results of the experiments (the myth is busted, plausible, or confirmed).
The MythBusters test various myths inspired by scenes in several James Bond movies.
Four years later, when Will Hayden of Sons of Guns watched a re-run of this episode, he was compelled to lead a Red Jacket revisit of the myth, which was shown in "Red Jacket Challenges MythBusters". He devised a multi-projectile "Super Beehive" round that still only needed one pull of the trigger and invited Kari and Tory to Red Jacket to revisit the myth and try some weapons. After extensive testing, the myth remained busted - but in return, Kari issued a challenge to Will and invited him and Red Jacket to M5.
The MythBusters, having already put the concrete glider through its paces, test another flight idiom.
Though this is not actually a myth, the Build Team decided to test why James Bond prefers his martinis "shaken, not stirred."
On the MythBusters fansite, the build team tested another short myth.
Adam and Jamie were put under a battery of tests to prove that they could match MacGyver's ingenuity. They were not necessarily testing these myths to bust or confirm them, but whether they had the smarts and the ability to make them work without any preparation. In each test, Adam and Jamie had a one-hour time limit and could only use the materials that they were provided by Tory and Grant.
In the weeks before the broadcast of the MacGyver special, the MythBusters were advertising this special using the following mini myths.
The MythBusters went to Alaska as part of the Discovery Channel's Alaska Week.
This was a double length episode for Shark Week 2008 in which seven myths were tested.
To test this, Adam and Jamie built a robot shark they named Bruce, after the shark in Jaws. Bruce could move like a true shark would in an attack. He was equipped with stop switches for eyes and two sets of teeth (one metal, and a softer set for the test). They put Bruce in the water, and Tory and Adam in its mouth. When tested, they found that some positions of the body make it harder to hit the eyes. Lying face up took the smallest amount of time, while lying face down—like someone would on a surf board—was much harder.
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