User:TV chump/Season 1

''The cast/crew of the television series MythBusters performs 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 myths the show has tested for accuracy in Season 1 include:

Episode 4 — "Penny Drop, Deadly Microwaves, Radio Tooth Fillings"

 * Original airdate: October 17, 2003

Penny Drop
Adam and Jamie explore a popular claim, likely to have originated from the Empire State Building.

Radio Tooth Fillings
Adam and Jamie test whether radio signals can be picked up from tooth fillings, as claimed by Lucille Ball in an interview on The Dick Cavett Show.

Episode 5 — "Hammer Bridge Drop, Buried Alive, Cola"

 * Original airdate: October 24, 2003

101 Uses For Cola
Cola is able to...

Episode 6 — "Lightning Strikes Tongue Piercing, Tree Cannon, Beat the Breath Test"

 * Original airdate: November 7, 2003

Episode 7 — "Stinky Car, Raccoon Rocket"

 * Original airdate: December 5, 2003

Stinky Car
A Corvette which has been fouled by a decomposing body...

Episode 8 — "Escape From Alcatraz, Duck Quack, Stud Finder"

 * Original airdate: December 12, 2003

Escape From Alcatraz
Jamie said that this was one myth they just had to test, since it is probably the most famous myth of San Francisco, where the show is based.

Does a Duck's Quack Echo?
This myth originated in lists of "Random Facts" distributed over the internet.

Episode 9 — "Chicken Gun, Octopus Egg Pregnancy, Killer Washing Machine"

 * Original airdate: January 18, 2004

Chicken Gun
¹ Original result later overturned. See Myths Revisited.

Episode 10 — "Explosive Decompression, Frog Giggin', Rear Axle"

 * Original airdate: February 22, 2004

Explosive Decompression
This myth was revisited in MythBusters Revisited.

Episode 11 — "Sinking Titanic, Goldfish Memory, Trombone Explosion"

 * Original airdate: January 25, 2004

Goldfish Memory
This myth is widely passed around, even making it into Time Magazine's "numbers" section at one point.

Episode 12 — "Break Step Bridge, Toothbrush Surprise, Rowing Water Skier"

 * Original airdate: January 25, 2004

Breakstep Bridge
The myth was retested for Myths Revisited, but was ultimately cut out of the episode. 

Episode 13 — "Buried in Concrete, Daddy Long-legs, Jet Taxi"

 * Original airdate: February 15, 2004

The Hunt for Hoffa
The myth revolved around Jimmy Hoffa, a union leader who unexpectedly disappeared, and the rumors that surrounded his disappearance. Among one of the myths was that he was buried under the infamous ten-yard bump in Giants Stadium, a rumor that persisted in various forms of media.

Jet Taxi
This was the first myth in which the MythBusters were neither able to confirm nor bust the results due to logistics reasons. According to the episode, upon arrival at Mojave Spaceport, the insurance company responsible for the aircraft backed out at the last minute, citing possible foreign object damage to the plane. However, BBC's Top Gear was able to independently verify this myth.