In each episode of this fascinating disc, Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, the MYTHBUSTERS, set out to explore three urban legends. Can a penny dropped from a skyscraper kill a pedestrian walking below? Can a bullet made out of ice kill someone and then vanish without a trace? As special effects experts with over 30 years of experience, Jamie and Adam do all they can to answer these age-old questions.
A general retail release is on the way from Ingram Entertainment for
MythBusters - Urban Legends on DVD. Running 198 minutes long, this 4-episode collection comes on a single disc for $14.98 SRP. It arrives in stores on
February 23rd. We've got the list of included episodes for you, followed by a look at the front of the box:
- EXPLODING TOILET: Will a toilet explode when a flammable substance is sprayed into the bowl and then ignited with a match? Do you get wetter running or walking in the rain? Can assassins use bullets made of ice in order to not leave evidence in their victims? Our intrepid heroes find out.
- CELL PHONE DESTROYS GAS STATION: Jamie and Adam test whether or not using a cell phone at a gas station causes the pump to explode. Also, do silicon breast implants explode with pressure at high altitudes? And can high-speed CD-ROM drives really shatter compact discs.
- PENNY DROP: The MythBusters explore the penny dropped from a skyscraper can kill a pedestrian below and test whether you can literally bake yourself on a tanning bed. Then they ask, could Lucille Ball have broken a Japanese spy ring by picking up radio signals in her tooth fillings?
- EXPLODING LIGHTER: The guys have a gas exploring the myth of the "Exploding Lighter" - can a disposable butane lighter suddenly ignite with the force of several sticks of dynamite? The duo also test the myths of the "Silver Dollar," "Gunslinger" and the "Hangman's Noose."
