MythBusters

Season 1

Myths tested: Can a person take to the skies using only a lawn chair and weather balloons? Can someone test positive for heroin by eating a large amount of poppy seeds? Can being painted with gold paint actually be deadly?

Myths tested: Can an airplane toilet create enough suction to cause a person to become stuck on it? Can a can of biscuit dough explode in a hot car? Can a person throw himself through a skyscraper window?

Myths tested: Can a 1967 Chevy take off with JATO rockets? Can Pop Rocks & Soda, when eaten simultaneously, cause the eater's stomach to rupture? Note: First appearance of Kari Byron

Was it possible to survive an escape from Alcatraz? Does a duck's quack echo? Does the government implant secret chips in people and can stud finders be used to find them?

Is it possible to de-stink a car after being sealed up with a dead pig, and then sell it? If gasoline is poured down a drain pipe and lit while a person is inside of it, will that person be launched as if from a cannon?

Can a cannon be built out of a tree? Is a person with a tongue piercing more likely to get struck by lightning? Can the breathalyzer be beaten through various methods?

How long will the air in a coffin last? Does Cola have special properties? Will throwing a hammer off a bridge to break the surface tension of the water save a person who jumped off the bridge?

Will a penny dropped from the top of the Empire State Building kill a person? Can tooth fillings receive radio waves? Can a person's internal organs be cooked by a tanning booth?

The story of a man being hit multiple times by the same barrel of bricks. Can a person be electrocuted by urinating on the third rail? Can an eel skin wallet erase a credit card?

Will using a cell phone near a gas pump cause an explosion? Will silicone breast implants explode or expand in low pressure? Can a standard CD-ROM drive shatter a CD?

Is it possible to make a "magical bullet" out of ice? Is running better than walking to keep dry in the rain? Can a person be propelled off a toilet seat by dropping a lit cigarette into a toilet bowl when filled with various combustible materials?