Talk:MythBusters (2005 season)

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What are the official seasons?

What are the official seasons? Discovery channel seems to be billing the new epsiodes since this January 2006 as the start of a new season, but that is not how the shows are broken up in the articles here. Also, the Discovery Channel store is selling a "Season 2" MythBusters set that features 13 episodes, but according to the articles here season 2 actually has many more episodes.

What is up with this inconsistency? Can anyone help make some sense of this?

Sea-sickness

Didn't they also test a REAL over the counter oral cure for sea-sickness. I thought I remembered this worked for both Adam and Grant, but I'm not sure. Hoof Hearted 20:24, 17 March 2006 (UTC) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:MythBusters"

They did, but it was more of a comparison test; they knew the OTC remedy actually worked, and were comparing the other remedies to that one. Their conclusion was that the OTC remedy worked, but caused a great deal of drowsiness, making it less than ideal. —MarsJenkar (talk | contribs) 23:48, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

New episodes

I added new episodes from a press release found here. [1] WP 01:49, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

There is not a fourth season yet

The episodes during August 2006 belong to season 3 not 4. New seasons traditionally start with Revisits. Season 4 should be merged with 3.

Not according to the production crew -- Dynamite Paint Job was not produced in or near the same time as, say, Finger in a Barrel. We cannot say that revisits begin seasons either, as revisit episodes have been aired in the middle of seasons (eg. Myths Reopened). Another supporting piece of evidence is that Discovery Channel Canada is airing Crimes and Myth-Demeanors as part of its fall season premiere, which would have aired in the summer months if it was part of the third season. kelvSYC 05:06, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Change the part about the fire without matches mythes

The mythes about the fire without matches were never intended to be busted/confirmed like most mythes. They went into the tests knowing it was possible and they directly state it. Adam Y. 16:00, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia on the Skeptic podcast

In this podcast where Adam, Jamie, and Kari are interviewed, parts of this article was quoted word for word (eg. the outcomes to the Five Second Rule myths). kelvSYC 07:21, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Shredded Plane

After an internet search I discovered this article published by the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority. http://www.casa.gov.au/fsa/2001/sep/10-13.pdf

On the last page you will see a article describing the incident that caused the damage. Is this worth adding to the references or links? --202.4.49.207 07:29, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Collision Myth

The car used in the semi-truck myth was in fact a Triumph TR7, NOT a Fiat-GeorgeFormby1

Actually, it was a Fiat X 1/9. I should know, I have one.

I can confirm that, i owned a TR7 (and nearly bought an X1/9). I have updated the entry to reflect that.supaluminal 10:13, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

"Confirmed" my foot! What about common sense?!

I have read about the retesting and confirmation of the "running-vs.-walking-in-the-rain" myth, and I thought, "What?! Why run in the rain when you're just gonna slip and fall?!?!?!?!?!" This is totally controversial against common sense!!!!! >XO Couldn't anyone state that?! (I won't! Don't know if this breaks any rules!) TT.TT Chef Clover 15:12, 27 April 2007 (UTC) MyTalk

It'd be original research. Besides, the risk of slipping is dependent on many factors, such as the amount of rain and the surface(s) involved.--Drat (Talk) 15:37, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

But whatta bout da mud? Hmmmm? (T_T)

Chef Clover 13:11, 30 April 2007 (UTC) MyTalk

Tracers "not available to the public"

I placed a "citation needed" marker on that statement for episode #38. I seem to recall that statement coming from the episode itself, but I'm not sure, and it's worth citing IMHO. For what it's worth, in Virginia you can, or at least could in recent history, indeed buy tracer ammunition, though my statement thereof is original research--I wonder if they meant not available in California, which has stricter gun laws? Anyway, the statement in the notes on the exploding gas tank myth that they aren't available making it a "moot point" seems, at best, to need a citation to be encyclopedic.

Tracer rounds are not legal in California. Acording to the Dangerous Weapons Control Law, tracer rounds are classified as "destructive devices", and possessing a destructive device can get you a big fine and possibly time in prison. See http://ag.ca.gov/firearms/dwcl/12301.php Spejic 18:13, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

AC vs. Windows Down

There is a citation request next to the mention made about Car Talk referencing this data a number of times. How does one cite a radio program? I, too have heard the brothers say this on air, but I can't hyper-link to either my memory, or radio waves traveling through the ether.Sipfan 01:52, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Good luck on finding your reference I briefly checked the car guy's question archives and couldn't find it there. I've heard allot of references to the Mythbusters and their results on various shows so I don't doubt your comment but I'm not a member of cite police squad and I don't support the overuse and abuse of cite tagging, as far as I'm concerned that's as discrediting to Wikipedia as is vandalism. One things for certain about Wikipedia, you could even state the obvious like the sky is blue, the grass is green and someone will come along and slap a cite tag on it --DP67 (^talk/_contribs) 03:05, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Contradictory temperatures

Under the episode "Biscuit Bazooka Spinoff" the higher temperature is given as "135 °F (55.5 °C)". This is not a correct conversion, so one of those numbers must be wrong, but I don't know which one. Can someone with a copy of the episode please check it out and fix this? --207.176.159.90 (talk) 22:38, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Killer Brace Position

"it was learned through research that the amount of money paid by airlines in wrongful death suits is lower than the amount of money paid for injury compensation."

Surely that's simply because there are far more successful injury compensation suits than there are successful wrongful death suits? Kay Dekker (talk) 00:19, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Season subdivision, reference

Why aren't there any source references to the season subdivisions? Where do you get the information on when each season begins? There seem to bee different information on different websites. And the official MythBusters site doesn't list seasons at all. Wouldn't it be better to just arrange the episodes under year and skip the season subdivisions if there are no secure sources?! / Dreamingtree (talk) 15:42, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

"Son of a Gun": Final appearance of Scottie Chapman as a Build Team member? Nope.

I'm making a bold edit, moving the final appearance of Scottie Chapman as a Build Team member to the episode "Jet Pack". The fact is that while Grant Imahara's official debut as a team member was in the Hollywood On Trial episode, Scottie made two more appearances in that capacity, for the "Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss" myth in "Breaking Glass", and also the "Pyramid Power" myth in "Jet Pack". (She did appear again in both "Supersized Myths" and the Young Scientist special, but she was more of a guest team member in those.) Tentatively, I'm going to leave Christine where she is, until I can confirm where her actual last appearance was (I suspect it was earlier). —MarsJenkar (talk | contribs) 23:39, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

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