Season 2

Episodes • 2008

Brian Unger
Crash Test Dummies

1. Crash Test Dummies

60 min

Join Brian as he learns the painstaking process in which crash-test dummies are assembled. Next, Brian travels to a company that make old-fashioned kettle chips.

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Fire Trucks

2. Fire Trucks

60 min

Brian travels to Dublin Ohio, home of Sutphen fire engines to learn how to build one. Then, Brian travels to the Rio Grande Valley of Texas to see how pure, white, refined sugar is made.

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Leatherman

3. Leatherman

60 min

Join Brian at the Leatherman factory, where they make their cool new tool-the Skeletool. Then, Brian heads to Simmons in Charlotte, North Carolina to uncover the science of how they make the Simmons Beautyrest.

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Bow & Arrow

4. Bow & Arrow

60 min

Brian travels to Eugene, Oregon to work with the Bow-Tech craftsman to create a state-of-the-art compound bow. Next, he goes to Monrovia, North Carolina where the legendary Ludwig drums are pounded out for rock stars & wannabes all over the world.

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Crayons

5. Crayons

60 min

Brian Unger travels to Easton, Pennsylvania to make...washable crayons, the much-loved tool of young artists. Then, he heads to Orrville, Ohio to build the breath-taking pipe organs that Schantz installs in churches nationwide.

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Cast Iron Cookware

6. Cast Iron Cookware

60 min

Brian travels to South Pittsburg, Tennessee to the Lodge Cast Iron Cookware to learn how to make cast-iron cookware. Then, on to Old Town, Maine where for the last 100 years the craftsmen of Old Town Canoes have made some of the world's finest watercraft.

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Newspaper; Pool Table

7. Newspaper; Pool Table

60 min

Brian Unger heads to the home of country music, Nashville Tennessee to assemble the city's 100-year old newspaper. Join Brian Unger as he heads to Portland, Tennessee to learn how to build a world-class pool table.

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Semi Tractor Trailer

8. Semi Tractor Trailer

60 min

How do you build a semi tractor-trailer capable of pulling up to 80,000 tons and make it fuel efficient? Brian Unger finds out at the Peterbilt factory. Then, he heads to Upper Sandusky, Ohio to make a shotgun that's been around since 1937.

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Sourdough Bread

9. Sourdough Bread

60 min

Brian tries his hand at making bread in San Francisco, and then hops over to the East Coast to take a look at a rigid-inflatable boat.

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Aluminum Foil

10. Aluminum Foil

60 min

In this episode Brian visits Honda ATV factory to see how an ATV is manufactured Also a look round the Alcoa Aluminum plant to observe the making of aluminum foil.

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Tennis Balls

11. Tennis Balls

60 min

Brian examines tennis balls in Arizona, and then heads to Maine to look at some kayaks. Also: silly putty.

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Golf Balls

12. Golf Balls

60 min

Included in this episode Titleist golf balls; panty hose at Holt Hosiery. Also: a segment on the tape measure.

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