Season 6

Episodes • 2008

Adam Savage
Jamie Hyneman
Kari Byron
Tory Belleci
Grant Imahara
Robert Lee
James Bond (1)

1. James Bond (1)

min

Can an electromagnetic watch really deflect a bullet? Would a round from Bond's gun pierce a propane cylinder? Could a boat survive driving up the bank of a river intact?

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Lead Balloon

2. Lead Balloon

60 min

Can Adam and Jamie get a lead balloon to fly? Is it possible to drop a couple sticks of dynamite into a lake and create ideal surfing conditions?

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Airplane on a Conveyor Belt

3. Airplane on a Conveyor Belt

min

The team takes a crash-course in remote controlled airplane flying, bug-out by testing the "cockroach survival" theory, then return to fraternity pranks with exploding cans of shaving cream.

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James Bond (2)

4. James Bond (2)

min

Is it possible for a pen-sized bomb to blow a crash-test dummy clean in half? Can Oddjob's sartorial weapon slice the head off a statue?

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Viewers' Special (2)

5. Viewers' Special (2)

min

Why would ancient man go to all the trouble of making stone arrowheads when sharpening a stick would have done the same job? Could machine gunfire mow down a tree?

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MacGyver Myths

6. MacGyver Myths

60 min

Jamie and Adam try to blow a hole in a wall using pure sodium metal dropped in a water bottle. The build team tries building an ultralight airplane with raw bamboo, a small stolen engine, and duct tape.

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Alaska Special (1)

7. Alaska Special (1)

60 min

Adam and Jamie test the theory of cabin fever. Can a solitary stick of dynamite really sink a pickup parked on a frozen lake? The build team takes on the myth of car vs. moose.

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Shark Week Special

8. Shark Week Special

min

Do dogs and injured "flapping" fish attract sharks? Will Robo-Shark eat Tory?

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Exploding Steak

9. Exploding Steak

min

We test two myths suggested by the fans: alternate steak tenderizing methods and road rage.

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NASA Moon Landing

10. NASA Moon Landing

min

Adam and Jamie investigate if the U.S. government shot the footage of the astronauts in a studio. The build team takes on claims that footage of footprints and flags flapping have to be faked.

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Viral Hour

11. Viral Hour

min

Can a car be blasted 15 feet in the air with the water pressure from 10 fire hoses? Can ordinary sawdust when airblasted through a flame explode into a catastrophic fireball? Do goats really faint?

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Phone Book Friction

12. Phone Book Friction

60 min

If you interweave the pages of two phone books, are they impossible to pull apart? Can the build team dispell five mini-myths from the movie Deep Blue Sea?

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Water Stun Gun

13. Water Stun Gun

min

Is an electronic stun gun mixed with water a possible weapon for crowd control? Can a fire extinguisher caught in a fire actually blow up? Is walking over hot coals just mind over matter?

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Blind Driving

14. Blind Driving

min

Is it really possible to drive a car completely blind? Do metal cleats on golf shoes really attract lightning. Can a huge underground explosion really cause a ball to drop from the lip into the hole?

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Ninjas

15. Ninjas

min

Can an arrow be caught in midair? Is there really a punching technique that can floor an opponent with only a 1-inch lead in? Can an underwater blowpipe be stealthily used to fell an opponent?

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Alcohol Myths

16. Alcohol Myths

min

Is there such thing as "beer goggles"? Can running on a treadmill or slapping someone's face help to sober up a drunk person? Can an ancient medieval weapon really fire 200 arrows over 500 yards?

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Motorcycle Flip

17. Motorcycle Flip

min

Can a flagpole in the front wheel of a motorcycle create a head-over-handlebars flip? Kari, Grant and Tory test whether or not it is possible to break out of jail using bed sheets, hair and toilet paper.

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Coffin Punch

18. Coffin Punch

min

The team tests what is really bulletproof. Then, they test whether is is possible to escape if you are buried alive inside a coffin.

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End With a Bang

19. End With a Bang

min

Is it really true that you can't polish dung? Is hitting the ground at speed really faster than a standing start? Then, Adam and Jamie test another classic - is it really best to end with a bang?

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