MythBusters (season 3)

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 3 include:

Episode 25 — "Brown Note, Water Torture"

*Original airdate: February 16, 2005

Blown Away

Someone who is shot and thrown backward a significant distance is a staple Hollywood visual effect.
* Revisited in "MythBusters Revisited", , episode 38

Episode 26 — "Salsa Escape, Cement Removal"

*Original airdate: February 23, 2005

Salsa Escape

See also Exploding Toilet (Season 1)

Driveshaft Pole Vault

Toast - Butter Side Up or Down?

Episode 30 — "Son of a Gun"

*Original airdate: March 30, 2005

Son of a Gun

Episode 31 — "Breaking Glass"

*Original airdate: May 18, 2005

Breaking Glass

Adam and Jamie investigate whether a human voice could shatter glass, as perpetuated in stories of opera singers and demonstrated by Ella Fitzgerald in a commercial for Memorex.

Episode 32 — "Jet Pack"

*Original airdate: June 9, 2005

Jet Pack

Cell Phones vs. Drunk Driving

Adam and Kari take on a contemporary issue in driving, one that has given conflicting scientific data. To do so, Adam and Kari perform a general-purpose road safety test three times (initially sober without a cellphone, then while talking to Jamie on a cell phone, and finally while slightly intoxicated but under the legal blood-alcohol content limit of 0.08%) and compare the three results.

Episode 35 — "Border Slingshot"

*Original airdate: July 27, 2005This was the first episode in which the entire hour was devoted to testing a single myth.

Episode 37 — "Escape Slide Parachute"

*Original airdate: August 10, 2005

Escape Slide Parachute

Explosive Decompression

Biscuit Bazooka Spinoff

Episode 39 — "Chinese Invasion Alarm"

*Original airdate: October 19, 2005

Chinese Invasion Alarm

Episode 41 — "Compact Compact, Vodka Myths"

*Original airdate: November 2, 2005

Compact Compact

Bottle Rocket Blast-Off

The Build team attempt to recreate this [http://youtube.com/watch?v=NoLh1ILDWB4 Water Bottle Jetpack from a Japanese Game Show] .

Finger in a Barrel

The Build Team take on a myth that forms a staple of cartoon physics. This was revisited in "Myths Redux".

External links

* [http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/mythbusters.html MythBusters Official site]
* [http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/episode/episode.html Episode guide]
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* The cut facts about flatus experiments [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHcDP_Yew-g #1] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqFRBHPIE-w #2]