Season 6
19 episodes · first aired 2008-01-16
| Still | # | Title | Overview | Air date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 01 | James Bond (1) 2008-01-16 | 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? | 2008-01-16 | 10.0 |
![]() | 02 | Lead Balloon 2008-01-23 | 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? | 2008-01-23 | 8.0 |
![]() | 03 | Airplane on a Conveyor Belt 2008-01-30 | 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. | 2008-01-30 | 8.0 |
![]() | 04 | James Bond (2) 2008-02-06 | 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? | 2008-02-06 | 10.0 |
![]() | 05 | Viewers' Special (2) 2008-02-13 | 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? | 2008-02-13 | 8.0 |
![]() | 06 | MacGyver Myths 2008-02-20 | 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. | 2008-02-20 | 8.3 |
![]() | 07 | Alaska Special (1) 2008-04-23 | 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. | 2008-04-23 | 8.2 |
![]() | 08 | Shark Week Special 2008-07-27 | Do dogs and injured "flapping" fish attract sharks? Will Robo-Shark eat Tory? | 2008-07-27 | 9.0 |
![]() | 09 | Exploding Steak 2008-08-06 | We test two myths suggested by the fans: alternate steak tenderizing methods and road rage. | 2008-08-06 | 7.3 |
![]() | 10 | NASA Moon Landing 2008-08-27 | 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. | 2008-08-27 | 9.7 |
![]() | 11 | Viral Hour 2008-09-03 | 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? | 2008-09-03 | 8.7 |
![]() | 12 | Phone Book Friction 2008-09-10 | 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? | 2008-09-10 | 8.0 |
![]() | 13 | Water Stun Gun 2008-09-17 | 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? | 2008-09-17 | 8.0 |
![]() | 14 | Blind Driving 2008-10-08 | 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? | 2008-10-08 | 7.3 |
![]() | 15 | Ninjas 2008-10-15 | 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? | 2008-10-15 | 9.3 |
![]() | 16 | Alcohol Myths 2008-10-22 | 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? | 2008-10-22 | 9.3 |
![]() | 17 | Motorcycle Flip 2008-10-29 | 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. | 2008-10-29 | 8.5 |
![]() | 18 | Coffin Punch 2008-11-05 | The team tests what is really bulletproof. Then, they test whether is is possible to escape if you are buried alive inside a coffin. | 2008-11-05 | 8.7 |
![]() | 19 | End With a Bang 2008-11-12 | 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? | 2008-11-12 | 8.7 |
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