Mythbusters - Season 2

Mythbusters - Season 2

Season 2

Tory Belleci, Scottie Chapman and Mythtern Christine Chamberlain make their first appearances this season. Folklorist Heather Joseph-Witham makes her final appearance this season.
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DatesSep 23, 2003 - Feb 22, 2004
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Episodes

Exploding Toilet, Is It Worth Running in the Rain?, Ice Bullet
Season 2Episode 147 min

Exploding Toilet, Is It Worth Running in the Rain?, Ice Bullet

Episode #4 – "Exploding Toilet"

Myths tested:
Can a person be propelled off a toilet seat by dropping a lit cigarette into a toilet bowl when filled with various combustible materials?
Is running better than walking to keep dry in the rain?
Is it possible to make a "magic bullet" out of ice?

Tested myths include magic ice bullets, thought to kill without a clue and is it worth running in the rain, where Adam and Jamie see which gets you drier, running or walking in the rain. To test if you can explode a toilet, the Mythbusters get a crash-test dummy that they name Buster.

 

Sep 23, 2003
Cell Phone+Gas Station=Explosion??, Exploding Implants, Exploding CDs
Season 2Episode 247 min

Cell Phone+Gas Station=Explosion??, Exploding Implants, Exploding CDs

Episode #5 – "Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station"

Myths tested:
Will using a cell phone near a gas pump cause an explosion?
Will silicone breast implants explode or expand in low pressure?
Can a standard CD-ROM drive shatter a CD?

Cell phones are tested to see if they can destroy a gas station. Then, breast implants are tested to see if high altitudes will make them explode. Finally, CD's are tested to see if computer drives can make them break.

Oct 3, 2003
Barrel of Bricks, Peeing on the Third Rail, EEL Skin Wallet
Season 2Episode 347 min

Barrel of Bricks, Peeing on the Third Rail, EEL Skin Wallet

Episode #6 – "Barrel of Bricks"

Myths tested:
Can a bricklayer hoisting a wooden barrel full of bricks with a pulley from the top of a three-story building fall and hit a man multiple times?
Can a person be electrocuted by urinating on the third rail?
Can an eel skin wallet erase a credit card?

The story of the unlucky construction worker and the barrel of 500 lb. of bricks is tested. Also, you'll see if peeing on the third rail can kill you, along with credit cards not working due to an eel skin wallet.

Oct 10, 2003
Penny Drop, Microwave Madness!, Radio Fillings
Season 2Episode 447 min

Penny Drop, Microwave Madness!, Radio Fillings

Episode #7 – "Penny Drop"

Myths tested:
Will a penny dropped from the top of the Empire State Building kill a person or penetrate the ground?
Can a person's internal organs be cooked by a tanning booth?
Can tooth fillings receive radio waves?

Jamie and Adam test whether a penny dropped from a skyscraper will embed in concrete and whether it is possible to pick up radio signals through tooth fillings. The team finds out the terminal velocity of a penny and make a penny cannon, then shot it at a pigs scull. This showed if a penny being dropping at terminal velocity can kill someone. Can you be baked to death on a tanning bed They also examine several myths surrounding microwave ovens.

Oct 17, 2003
Buried Alive!!!, 101 Uses for Cola, Hammer Jump
Season 2Episode 547 min

Buried Alive!!!, 101 Uses for Cola, Hammer Jump

Buster tries to survive a drop into a body of water with a hammer, and Jamie's getting buried alive! Also, you'd be surprised by how many cola-related myths are perfect for the Mythbusters.

Oct 24, 2003
Tongue Stud Lightning Rod, Tree Cannon, You Can't Beat the Breath Test!
Season 2Episode 647 min

Tongue Stud Lightning Rod, Tree Cannon, You Can't Beat the Breath Test!

Jamie and Adam want to see if tongue piercing attract lightning, if they can make a cannon out of a tree, and if drunk people can fool the police.

Nov 11, 2003
Stinky Car, Raccoon Rocket
Season 2Episode 760 min

Stinky Car, Raccoon Rocket

The Mythbusters see if a car can get so stinky that no one will buy it. Waiting for 2 months for 2 dead pigs to decompose in a car, the want to test raccoon rocket, where a person lighting gasoline in a sewer pipe to eliminate a raccoon but shoots himself out but lives. Looks like a job for Buster!

Dec 5, 2003
Escape from Alcatraz, Does a Duck's Quack Echo?, Mind Control Chips
Season 2Episode 847 min

Escape from Alcatraz, Does a Duck's Quack Echo?, Mind Control Chips

Jamie and Adam try to escape from Alcatraz using a raft made from raincoats. In between, they test to see if duck quacks can echo and if Red Cross has mind control chips for their patients.

Dec 12, 2003
Explosive Decompression, Frog Giggin', Rear Axle
Season 2Episode 960 min

Explosive Decompression, Frog Giggin', Rear Axle

Jan 11, 2004
Chicken Gun, Octopus Egg Pregnancy, Killer Washing Machine
Season 2Episode 1060 min

Chicken Gun, Octopus Egg Pregnancy, Killer Washing Machine

Jan 18, 2004
Break Step Bridge
Season 2Episode 1160 min

Break Step Bridge

Jan 25, 2004
Buried in Concrete, Daddy Longlegs, Jet Taxi
Season 2Episode 1260 min

Buried in Concrete, Daddy Longlegs, Jet Taxi

Feb 15, 2004
Sinking Titanic
Season 2Episode 1360 min

Sinking Titanic

Feb 22, 2004

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