MythBusters (2003–…): Season 15, Episode 10 - Spike in the Road - full transcript
The MythBusters test ways to beat police road spikes using DIY ingenuity and Hollywood driving skills. Then, they investigate if a high-powered fountain can actually lift and suspend a human.
Narrator: ON THIS WET...
All: WHOA!
Narrator: ...AND WILD EPISODE
OF "MYTHBUSTERS"...
OOH, I DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE
I'M NOT REALLY IN CONTROL! WHOO!
HERE'S A LITTLE MATH FOR YOU --
FLAT TIRES PLUS
POLICE CHASING YOUR BUTT...
WHOO-HOO-HOO-HOO!
-OH, HE IS LOSING IT.
...EQUALS
"SEE YOU IN JAIL, BUDDY."
ACCORDING TO THE MURMURINGS
OF THE CRIMINAL UNDERWORLD,
YOU CAN DEFEAT A SPIKE STRIP.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY
A COUPLE OF DIY METHODS
FOR TOUGHENING UP OUR TIRES...
THAT'S NOT
A SEXY RIDE AT ALL!
...AS WELL AS
AN OUTRAGEOUS DRIVING MANEUVER
RIGHT OUT OF A HYPED-UP
HOLLYWOOD HEIST.
Narrator: ...AND BRIAN AND JON
MEET UP WITH A COUPLE
OF OLD PALS FROM "THE SEARCH"
TO POWER UP A SUPER FOUNTAIN.
WE'RE TESTING THE MYTH THAT
AN OLD MAN IN AN INNER TUBE...
YEAH, I THINK HE HAD A LITTLE
BIT TOO MUCH TO DRINK THIS TIME.
...ACCIDENTALLY FLOATS
HIS WAY OVER A FOUNTAIN
AND GETS SHOT UP INTO THE AIR,
BEING SUSPENDED BY THE WATER.
COME ON!
COME ON!
COME ON! COME ON!
WHOO!
♪♪
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CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
Narrator: THE FIRST MYTH OFF
THE BLOCKS INVOLVES AN ENTICING,
YET HIGHLY DANGEROUS COCKTAIL --
ALCOHOL AND WATER.
THE STORY GOES THAT
A TIPSY SENIOR CITIZEN DECIDED
TO FINISH OFF
AN EVENING OF DRINKING
WITH A DIP IN
HIS HOTEL'S DORMANT FOUNTAIN.
FLOATING IN AN INFLATABLE RING,
HE BOBBED ACROSS THE WATER'S
SURFACE IN A GENTLE STUPOR,
UNTIL, THAT IS,
THE FOUNTAIN SPRANG TO LIFE,
SUSPENDING THE STARTLED
SENIOR HIGH IN THE AIR
FOR SEVERAL SECONDS.
BUT WHEN THE MYTHBUSTERS
INVESTIGATE
THIS TRUNK MISADVENTURE,
WILL IT HOLD WATER OR IS IT
MERELY HYDRODYNAMIC HYPERBOLE?
WELL, THIS SOUNDS LIKE
A SENIOR'S PARTY GONE WRONG.
YEAH, I'D SAY GONE WRONG
AND THEN SOME.
IT'S SAFE TO ASSUME
THAT THOSE GREAT FOUNTAINS
IN VEGAS AND DUBAI AREN'T
GOING TO LET US DO THIS.
YOU MEAN BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOOD
FOR THEIR PUBLIC IMAGE?
YEAH, EXACTLY.
BUT THAT MEANS WE GET
TO BUILD A SUPER FOUNTAIN,
AND I'VE NEVER
DONE THAT BEFORE.
OH, WAIT. HERE'S THE SURPRISE --
I HAVEN'T EITHER.
LET'S DO IT.
BUT BEFORE THE GUYS GO
FULL VEGAS AND ENGINEER
A SUPER FOUNTAIN,
THEY NEED TO LEARN
HOW TO OPTIMIZE ITS DESIGN
TO LIFT AND HOLD
A FLOATING OBJECT.
LUCKILY FOR US, WE HAVE
A CUSTOM-BUILT "MYTHBUSTERS"
FOUNTAIN RIGHT HERE,
INCLUDING A POWERFUL PUMP,
A FLOW REGULATOR VALVE,
A RESERVOIR WITH ENOUGH WATER
FOR CONTINUOUS FLOW,
AND A SERIES OF
INTERCHANGEABLE NOZZLES
THAT WILL HELP US FIND
THE OPTIMUM STREAM
TO GIVE THIS MYTH
THE BEST CHANCE.
Both: OH!
THAT'S MORE REASONABLE.
Brian:
THIS MYTH IS ABOUT A PERSON
BEING LEVITATED
BY A STREAM OF WATER,
BUT A PERSON
IS ODDLY SHAPED.
OOH!
WE'RE GOING TO START
WITH SOMETHING
WITH A LITTLE SIMPLER
PHYSICAL PROPERTY -- A SPHERE.
ALL RIGHT.
-LET'S DO IT.
Narrator: THE FIRST NOZZLE UP
FOR TESTING IS MEDIUM-SIZED
AND PRODUCES WHAT IS KNOWN
AS A CLEAR STREAM JET.
SO IS IT CAPABLE OF SUSPENDING
A FOAM BALL IN MIDAIR?
Both: OH!
-IT LOOKED SO PROMISING.
-YOU KNOW WHAT?
I STARTED TO SEE
SOMETHING, THOUGH.
SHE'S GOING TO FALL OUT TO ONE
SIDE, BUT WATCH AS IT COMES OUT,
IT STARTS TO SPIN
AND SLOW DOWN ITS FALL.
AH!
YOU SEE IT HANG UP?
IT ROLLS OFF THE STREAM.
I THINK WE NEED
A LITTLE MORE STREAM.
LET'S DO IT.
WHOO!
OH!
OH!
THAT BALL IS LEVITATING.
-WHOA.
-THAT'S GREAT, MAN.
HOLY MOLY!
IT'S KIND OF LIKE BLACK MAGIC.
BUT THE HIGH-SPEED FOOTAGE
REVEALS THIS IS NO WITCHERY.
IT'S PURE PHYSICS.
THE BALL IS NOT
IN THE JET.
IT'S OFF TO THE SIDE
AND IT'S CONSTANTLY SPINNING.
RIGHT?
THAT'S THAT HYDRODYNAMIC EFFECT.
OBVIOUSLY GRAVITY IS
PULLING THE BALL DOWN,
BUT THE WATER IS
PUSHING IT UP AND OUT,
BUT THE IMPORTANT FORCE,
THAT WATER BEING FLUNG AROUND,
PUSHING IT BACK INTO THE STREAM
AND STABILIZING IT.
IT'S A SPECTACULAR TRICK
THE GUYS REPEAT
WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
BALLS AND NOZZLES.
BUT THE HYDRODYNAMIC
EFFECT MOST LIKELY
DOESN'T EXPLAIN THIS MYTH.
THAT'S COOL,
BUT CHECK THIS OUT.
BUSTER IN HIS INNER TUBE,
NO MAGIC CARPET RIDE.
SO IT'S BACK TO TESTING AND TIME
FOR A SWITCH OF BALLS.
WE HAVE THIS ONE. YEAH.
IT'S HEAVIER THAN THIS ONE.
IT'S SMALLER, TOO.
WANT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS?
YEAH.
HERE WE GO!
OKAY.
OH!
OH! SO CLOSE!
-OH!
OH!
I SHOULDN'T HAVE YELLED.
I WAS SO EXCITED
FOR LIKE 1/10 OF A SECOND.
THE JET IS JUST TOO TURBULENT,
AND BECAUSE SOME SECTIONS
OF THE WATER COLUMN
ARE MOVING FASTER THAN OTHERS,
THE INTERNAL DIFFERENCES
IN PRESSURE THIS CREATES
THROWS THE BALL OUT EVERY TIME.
I THINK A SMALLER NOZZLE
IS GOING TO PULL
A LITTLE TRICK HERE
THAT WE NEED.
BRIAN IS BACKING
A SMALL CLEAR STREAM NOZZLE
TO PRODUCE A LESS TURBULENT JET
IN WHICH THE WATER IS MOVING AT
A MORE UNIFORM SPEED WITH LESS
DESTABILIZING VARIANCE
AND INTERNAL PRESSURE.
GIVE HER A SHOT.
OH, COME ON!
OOH, LOOK AT THAT!
THAT'S BEAUTIFUL,
AND I THINK THAT MEANS
THESE NOZZLES ARE
IMPORTANT.
IN FACT, SEVERAL NOZZLE TYPES,
WHICH PRODUCE A MORE STABLE,
LESS TURBULENT JET,
ALSO STEADILY SUSPEND
WEIGHTIER RUBBER BALLS.
THERE YOU HAVE IT.
THIS IS A DIFFERENT PHYSICS
PRINCIPAL THAN WE SAW LAST TIME.
YEAH.
AND A COMPARISON WITH
THE HYDRODYNAMIC EFFECT
REVEALS WHY THESE
DIFFERING PHYSICS
COULD BE CRUCIAL
TO SOLVING THIS MYTH.
Brian:
THAT'S THE HYDRODYNAMIC EFFECT
AND THAT'S
BERNOULLI EFFECT.
MM. IT ALMOST DOESN'T LOOK
LIKE THE BALL IS MOVING.
IT'S JUST WATER MOVING UP
AND AROUND IT.
THE BERNOULLI EFFECT,
IT'S LIKE CUPPED HANDS.
THE TOP OF THAT STREAM
HOLDS THE BALL IN THE CENTER,
AND IF IT'S PUSHED
OFF TO THE SIDE,
THERE'S ACTUALLY EXTRA FORCE
FROM THAT MOVEMENT
AND LESS FORCE ON THE OTHER SIDE
BECAUSE THE BALL HAS MOVED OVER,
MAKING THAT BALL WANT TO SHIFT
BACK INTO THE CENTER,
HOLDING IT STEADY,
AND THAT BERNOULLI FORCE
IS EXACTLY
WHAT WE WANT TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
Narrator: BUT BEFORE MINI BUSTER
GETS TO RIDE IN THE JET FLOW...
LET'S SWERVE OVER TO A MYTH
ABOUT FLEEING THE FIVE-O.
[ SIRE]
THEY'RE EVERY GETAWAY DR
LET'S SWERVE OVER TO A MYTH
NIE -- ROAD SPIKES.IVE-O.
YET SOME FELONS CLAIM
TO HAVE BEATEN A BLOWOUT
AND THE BEST EFFORTS
OF THE BOYS IN BLUE.
THEIR SECRET --
DIY TOUGHENED TIRES.
BUT WHEN THE MYTHBUSTERS
INVESTIGATE,
WILL THESE CRIMINAL CLAIMS
HOLD FIRM OR HIT THE SKIDS?
THIS IS JON LUNG REPORTING
LIVE FOR "MYTHBUSTERS NEWS,"
AT WHAT APPEARS TO BE
A HORRIFIC ACCIDENT
INVOLVING AN OVERTURNED
TANKER TRAILER
JUST A 1/4 MILE
OUTSIDE OF HAZMAT CITY!
ACTUALLY, THIS IS JON LUNG
REPORTING FOR
"MYTHBUSTERS" AT DEL VALLE
DISASTER TRAINING FACILITY
WHERE FIREFIGHTERS TRAIN
EVERY DAY FOR REAL LIFE
DISASTERS JUST LIKE THIS, AND
IT'S THE PERFECT PLACE FOR US
TO HAVE OUR OWN
LITTLE DISASTER
INVOLVING SOME SPIKE STRIPS.
-THE BEST STUFF.
-[ WHISTLES ]
-THIS IS A REAL SPIKE STRIP.
-WOW.
THAT'S NOTHING
BUT BUSINESS, HUH?
LOOK AT THIS.
THE SPIKES COME RIGHT OUT,
AND THEY'RE HOLLOW
TO BLEED THE AIR OUT.
THESE LITTLE FEET
ACTUALLY GET CAUGHT
SO IT CAN TILT EITHER WAY
AS THAT WHEEL COMES IN,
LINING UP THOSE
SPIKES PERFECTLY.
IT'S GENIUS.
AND IT'S THESE DESIGN NUANCES
WHICH MAKE THE SPIKE STRIP
SUCH AN EFFECTIVE
CAR-KILLING TOOL.
IN FACT, THEY'RE SO EFFECTIVE
THAT RUN OVER THEM SLOW
OR RUN OVER THEM FAST,
AND YOU'RE ON A HIGHWAY
TO NOWHERE BUT FLATSVILLE.
[ AIR HISSING ]
YOU HEAR THAT, BRIAN?
YEAH.
THAT'S THE OVERWHELMING
SOUND OF OUR CAR
GETTING ITS BUTT KICKED
BY THAT SPIKE STRIP.
UNSURPRISINGLY, WHEN IT COMES
TO BEATING THE SPIKE STRIP,
AIR-FILLED TIRES
PROVED A REAL LETDOWN.
BUT THERE'S NO NEED
TO FEEL DEFLATED.
WHEN THE MYTHBUSTERS RETURN...
IF YOU CAN RAISE
A HOUSE WITH IT,
YOU COULD PROBABLY
SPIKE-PROOF A TIRE.
...THEY'LL TOUGHEN UP A SET
OF TIRES WITH A/B FOAM...
IT'S TIME TO ROLL OUT
THE WELCOME MAT.
...AND THEN RUN
THIS ROAD BLOCK FOR REAL.
AND IN THE MYTH
OF THE GEEZER GEYSER...
Man:
LOOK AT THAT!
...THE FUN CONTINUES AT
A POOL PARTY WITH OLD PALS.
YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT ENOUGH
FORCE, PUSHING OLD BUSTER UP.
-YOU THINK?
-YEAH.
Narrator: CAN A GETAWAY DRIVER
BEAT A SPIKE STRIP
AND ESCAPE THE POLICE WITH
THE AID OF DIY-TOUGHENED TIRES?
BRIAN AND JON ARE GOING
TO MAKE THEIR OWN
AND PUT THEM TO THE TEST.
-A.
-A.
-B.
-WHOO!
ALL RIGHT.
THERE YOU GO -- A/B FOAM.
THIS STUFF,
YOU FIND IT EVERYWHERE.
I MEAN, THEY LITERALLY
INSULATE STUFF WITH IT
ALL THE WAY TO RAISING
THE FOUNDATION OF A HOUSE,
AND YOU FIGURE IF YOU CAN
RAISE A HOUSE WITH IT
YOU COULD PROBABLY
SPIKE-PROOF A TIRE.
-READY?
-YEAH.
ALL RIGHT,
YOU STAND BACK, BUDDY.
SHOULD I COVER YOUR BEARD
WITH MY HAND OR SOMETHING?
IT PROTECTS ITSELF.
-OH! COMING OUT OF THAT ONE.
-THERE WE GO.
ALL RIGHT.
AND THIS ONE.
I'D SAY THAT'S FULL.
DON'T GET IN THE CROSSFIRE.
HOW IS MY BEARD?
IT'S DOING PRETTY GOOD.
ALL RIGHT.
Narrator: ONCE THE FOAM IS
CURED, THE GUYS SNAP OFF
THE EXCESS, WELD UP
THE FILL HOLES,
AND THEIR
DIY-TOUGHENED TIRES ARE DONE.
BUT IS A/B FOAM A SPIKE BUSTER?
TIME FOR THE RUBBER
TO MEET THE ROAD.
[ LAUGHS ]
Brian: THERE'S TWO DRIVING
COMPONENTS TO EVERY HEIST --
GETTING TO YOUR HEIST,
GETTING AWAY FROM YOUR HEIST.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT OUR MODIFIED
TIRES THROUGH BOTH THOSE TESTS.
THE FIRST TEST IS
GOING TO BE THIS COURSE,
WHICH IS A DAILY DRIVING
HOW-DOES-IT-HANDLE TYPE OF TEST.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WEAVING,
A FEW SPEED BUMPS,
A SHARP CORNER, AND A LONG DRIVE
UP TO THE FINISH LINE.
WHERE IT WILL BECOME
OUR STARTING LINE FOR TEST TWO.
NOW WE'LL BE DRIVING AWAY
FROM THE SCENE OF OUR CRIME
AS IF WE'RE BEING CHASED
BY THE COPS,
BUT UNFORTUNATELY,
WE'LL BE HITTING
THEIR SPIKE STRIPS IMMEDIATELY.
NOT ONLY DO WE CARE
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS
TO THE TIRES
ON THE SPIKE STRIPS,
BUT ALSO WHAT HAPPENS
TO THEM AFTERWARDS
AND HOW THE CAR HANDLES BECAUSE
WHAT GOOD IS A GETAWAY CAR
IF YOU'RE NOT GETTING AWAY?
OOH.
GOOD PASS, GOOD PASS.
♪♪
IT'S GOOD TO GO.
THESE FOAM-FILLED TIRES
AREN'T MUCH HEAVIER
THAN THE AIR-FILLED TIRES,
WHICH IS GOOD FOR HANDLING.
BUT THE BONUS IS, WITH THE
EXTRA-RIGID FOAM INSIDE,
WHEN THEY ROLL OVER THE SPIKES
AND ALL THE AIR FALLS OUT
IT SHOULD STILL BE GOOD.
A/B FOAM HANDLING TEST
IN THREE, TWO, ONE!
Brian: OH, IT'S A LITTLE ROAD
CONSTRUCTION.
OH, WHAT'S THIS, SOME POTHOLES?
OH, I HATE THESE POTHOLES.
OH, GOSH.
-WHOO!
-YEAH.
OVERALL THOUGH, I MEAN,
THIS IS A REALLY SMOOTH DRIVE.
Jon: AND HE'S BACK.
Narrator: SO ON THE LEISURELY
DRIVE TO THE HEIST,
THE A/B FOAM-FILLED TIRES
PERFORMED WELL.
IT'S TIME TO ROLL OUT
THE WELCOME MAT.
BUT HOW WILL THEY FARE
ON A HIGH-SPEED GETAWAY?
[ TIRES SQUEAL ]
OOH.
LOOK AT THAT PEEL OUT.
AND -- OOH!
I CAN HEAR THE AIR
LEAVING THOSE TIRES.
WHAT A SATISFYING SOUND.
OH, OH SNAP!
OH!
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH CONTROL
HE REALLY HAS LEFT
BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE HE JUST
BARRELED THROUGH ALL THAT STUFF.
OH, GOOD LORD.
ALL RIGHT, HERE HE COMES.
WHOA, LOOK AT THAT!
THE FRONT ONE IS RUNNING
A LITTLE FLAT,
BUT THE BACK TWO SEEM LIKE
THEY'RE DOING FINE.
BUT THE SOUND ON THAT
TURN SUGGESTS OTHERWISE.
OH, MY GOODNESS.
WHOO-WEE!
Narrator: THE HIGH-SPEED FOOTAGE
SHOWS THE A/B FOAM TIRES
SEEM TO STAND UP PRETTY WELL
TO THE SPIKE STRIP.
CAN YOU HEAR THAT, BRIAN?
IT'S THE SOUND OF US
GOING TO PRISON.
[ LAUGHS ]
BUT WITH NO AIR
LEFT IN THE TIRES,
THE FOAM TAKES THE FULL BRUNT
OF THE SPEED BUMPS,
BEGINS TO DISINTEGRATE,
AND BY THE SECOND LAP,
BRIAN IS DRIVING ON FOUR FLATS.
I MEAN, I'M WATCHING YOU
MAKE THOSE TURNS AND STUFF,
AND YOU'RE LOSING
MORE AND MORE CONTROL
EVERY TIME
YOU MAKE A LAP.
-YEAH. THAT'S EXACTLY IT.
-KIND OF NUTS.
I WAS LIKE, "I THINK I COULD
PROBABLY MAKE ONE MORE LAP,
BUT I COULDN'T MAKE
TWO MORE LAPS."
AND AN AUTOPSY OF ONE
OF THE TIRES REVEALS EXACTLY
WHY BRIAN'S GETAWAY
HIT A DEAD END.
OOH. THIS LOOKS LIKE SOME
SPEED BUMP DAMAGE.
YEAH.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT I FELT.
WELL,
THERE'S YOUR PROBLEM.
[ LAUGHS ]
YEAH.
THIS...
EVEN IF IT DIDN'T CRUMBLE,
STILL NOT ENOUGH STRUCTURE
TO GO THAT FAR,
BUT YOU COULD HAVE
DRIVEN ON THAT.
YOU CAN'T DRIVE ON THAT.
SO THE A/B FOAM TIRES
GETS AN "E.F." GRADE
AS SPIKE-BUSTERS --
EPIC FAIL.
TIME FOR A NEW SET OF TIRES.
THE GUYS HAVE SETTLED
ON A HEAVYWEIGHT OPTION.
YOU WANT TO START
MIXING CONCRETE
WHILE I DRILL HOLES
IN THIS TIRE?
YEAH.
THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
BUT WILL CONCRETE-FILLED TIRES
DEAL A KNOCKOUT BLOW
TO THE SPIKE STRIPS
AND MAKE FOR A CLEAN GETAWAY?
MOMENTUM!
OH, YEAH.
BOOP!
-ALL RIGHT, JON.
CONCRETE TIRE HANDLING TEST
IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
Jon: ALL RIGHT.
HERE COMES MY VERY SLOW,
VERY DELIBERATE START.
Narrator:
PROBABLY A SMART MOVE.
WITH EACH CONCRETE TIRE
ADDING 180 POUNDS,
THE WHEELS COULD EASILY
SHEER CLEAN OFF THE CAR.
Jon: HOW'S IT LOOKING
FROM THE OUTSIDE?
WELL, JON, GOT TO BE HONEST.
LIKE MY GRANDMOTHER'S DRIVING.
SO WHILE OLD ROLLING THUNDER
MAKES HIS WAY TO THE HEIST...
ALL RIGHT.
HERE WE GO, FIRST SPEED BUMP.
...THERE IS PLENTY OF TIME
TO CHECK BACK
INTO THE MYTH
OF THE GEEZER GEYSER.
ALL RIGHT.
THE MYTHBUSTERS HAVE DISCOVERED
HOW TO STABLY SUSPEND
A RUBBER BALL
IN A JET OF WATER.
Jon: OOH.
LOOK AT THAT!
Brian: THAT'S BEAUTIFUL,
AND I THINK THAT MEANS
THESE NOZZLES
ARE IMPORTANT.
BUT CAN THEY PULL THE
SAME LEVITATIONAL TRICK...
THAT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.
...ON SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE
LIKE THE DRUNKEN OLD GEEZER
IN THE MYTH?
TA-DA!
SO ON THE DRUNKEN NIGHT,
HE HUNG OUT AND SAID,
"I'M GOING TO SIT IN
A GIANT WATERMELON."
YEAH.
HE'S DRUNK.
OKAY.
GAS IT A LITTLE.
GAS IT A LITTLE.
FEELS LIKE IT'S GOING
TO TAKE THE WEIGHT. YOU READY?
-YEAH.
-I'M GOING TO LET GO!
OH, SNAP!
THAT'S SOMETHING
RIGHT THERE.
I THINK THIS ACTUALLY APPLIES
TO THIS MYTH REALLY WELL
BECAUSE IF MINI
BUSTER WAS DRUNK,
HE WOULDN'T HE HANGING
ON TO THAT, WOULD HE?
I MEAN, HE LITERALLY
JUST FELL OFF OF IT.
I DON'T THINK A SINGLE NOZZLE
IS GOING TO CUT IT.
THINK THERE'S
A FAIR AMOUNT OF PHYSICS
AND ENGINEERING THAT'S
GOING TO HAVE TO BE DONE
TO MAKE THIS WORK,
BUT I HAVE AN IDEA.
Narrator:
THE MYTHBUSTERS ARE GOING TO
REBUILD THE SMALL-SCALE FOUNTAIN
WITH AN ARRAY OF JETS
ENCIRCLING A CENTRAL JET,
TO BETTER REPLICATE THE VEGAS
FOUNTAIN IN THE MYTH.
WHEW!
AND THAT PROCESS STARTS
WITH A COMPLEX DESIGN.
YOU KNOW, USUALLY SOME IDEAS
LOOK EASIER ON PAPER.
THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM.
LET'S GO
BUILD THIS THING.
-LET'S DO IT.
-ALL RIGHT.
♪♪
OOH, FANCY.
AFTER YOU, SIR.
♪♪
HEY!
AHA!
ALL RIGHT.
THIS LOOKS GOOD.
LET'S SHUT IT DOWN,
TIGHTEN THOSE DOWN,
AND TRY TO FLOAT BUSTER.
COMING UP, THE GUYS GET SOME
EXPERT HELP FROM OLD PALS...
I JUST LIKE HUGGING IT.
TO UPSIZE
THEIR SMALL-SCALE FOUNTAIN
TO VEGAS PROPORTIONS...
All: WHOA!
...AND...
Jon: OKAY, HERE WE GO.
Narrator: ...IT'S CONCRETE TIRES
VERSUS SPIKE STRIP,
BUT WILL THIS
HEAVYWEIGHT DUEL...
Jon: SPIKE STRIPS ENGAGE!
Narrator: ...END IN A KNOCKOUT
OR A BLOWOUT?
Jon: OH, YES!
E MYTHBUSTERS ARE
Narrator: ...END IN A KNOCKOUT
INVESTIGATING A TALL TALE
OF DRUNKEN MISADVENTURE
IN A WATER FEATURE.
THE FIRST TIME WE TRIED
TO LEVITATE MINI BUSTER
IN HIS INNER TUBE,
WE HAD A SINGLE NOZZLE
WHICH RESULTED IN SOME
KIND OF INTERESTING
LEAN ON THE INNER TUBE
WHERE HE FELL OUT.
BUT NOW WE HAVE
AN ENTIRE ARRAY OF NOZZLES,
WHICH I THINK WILL GIVE US
A PRETTY STABLE LEVITATION
OF BUSTER
AND HIS MINI INNER TUBE.
LET'S SAY WE START
WITH THE OUTSIDE RING FIRST.
Brian:
SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
OH!
THAT IS PRETTY COOL.
IT SEEMED TO BE RIDING THE
OUTSIDE AND IT FELL RIGHT DOWN
WHERE THAT CENTRAL NOZZLE
ISN'T FLOWING RIGHT NOW.
SO WHAT I THINK
YOU'RE SAYING
IS WE SHOULD TRY THIS
WITH THE INNER NOZZLE.
I THINK
IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.
-ALL RIGHT.
-ALL RIGHT.
Narrator: FIRST, THEY'LL TRY
THE CENTER JET A LITTLE HIGHER
THAN THE OUTER ARRAY.
IT'S STRAIGHT OVER
THE FALLS FOR BUSTER,
BUT THE GUYS ARE GOING TO GIVE
THE INSIDE JET ANOTHER CHANCE.
DOWN A SMIDGEN
ON THE INSIDE?
YEAH, YOU THINK WE CAN GET TO
ABOUT 6 INCHES OR SO BELOW...
YEAH. I CAN GET ANYTHING
YOU WANT, JON.
THAT'S GETTING CLOSE, MAN.
CLOSE, BUT NO HYDRAULICALLY
SUSPENDED CIGAR.
MINI BUSTER'S JET RIDE LASTS
FOR LESS THAN A SECOND.
THINK WE'D BENEFIT
FROM A SLIGHTLY
MORE REALISTIC-WEIGHT
MINI BUSTER
BECAUSE
HE'S PRETTY LIGHT.
THEN WE PUT A FEW NUTS IN THERE,
TAPE HIM DOWN
LIKE HE'S HANGING ON,
JUST SO WE CAN FIND THAT BALANCE
POINT IN OUR SMALL-SCALE.
BY MAKING MINI BUSTER HEAVIER,
THE RATIO OF HIS WEIGHT
TO HIS RING'S WEIGHT
WILL BE CLOSER TO TRUE SCALE.
IT WILL ALSO LOWER
HIS CENTER OF GRAVITY,
WHICH JON THINKS SHOULD
STABILIZE HIS RIDE IN THE JETS.
OKAY.
TO BALANCE THE INCREASED
DOWNWARDS FORCE,
A BEEFED-UP BUSTER
WILL NOW EXERT...
UP A LITTLE BIT.
OH, IT'S TOO HIGH.
...THE GUYS CRANK UP
THE OUTER ARRAY TO 10 FEET
AND DROP THE INNER JET TO 5.
-HOW FAR?
-THAT'S GOOD.
ALL RIGHT.
SO WILL THIS
WATERY CONFIGURATION
RESULT IN LEVITATION?
BUSTER, INTO A 10-FOOT TALL
OUTER ARRAY
WITH HALF-HEIGHT INNER ARRAY
IN THREE, TWO, ONE!
OH!
[ LAUGHS ]
OH!
OH!
-WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT?
LEVITATION!
IT'S A PRETTY TURBULENT
JET RIDE FOR THE LITTLE GUY,
BUT HE CLINGS ON TO HIS RING
FOR THE DURATION.
AND CLOCKING A TOTAL FLIGHT TIME
OF 7 SECONDS,
THIS SMALL-SCALE TEST SUGGESTS
THERE MAY YET BE
SOME TRUTH TO THE MYTH.
-HOLY MOLY!
-RIGHT?
SO I THINK THERE'S ONLY
ONE QUESTION NOW.
YOU THINK THAT FOUNTAIN STILL
WORKS WHEN IT'S UNDER THE WATER?
YEAH. HOW DID BUSTER FLOAT
ON TOP OF THAT?
WE JUST SAW A PRETTY GOOD
LEVITATION OF OUR MINI BUSTER
IN HIS MINI INNER TUBE.
BUT THE MYTH DOES STATE
THAT OUR OLD GEEZER DOES FLOAT
ACCIDENTALLY INTO
A BUNCH OF FOUNTAINHEADS
AND THEN GETS LIFTED UPWARDS.
SO OUR NEXT STEP IS TO DROP OUR
NOZZLE ARRAY
DOWN UNDER THE WATER AND SEE
IF WE CAN GET THE SAME RESULT.
BUSTER IS IN POSITION.
GO AHEAD AND FIRE IT
IN THREE, TWO, ONE!
[ LAUGHS ]
THAT LOOKS DIFFERENT.
MORE LIKE A WAVE POOL
THAN A BEAUTIFUL FOUNTAIN.
THE STUFF IS RAINING BACK DOWN,
IT'S RIPPLING OUT
AND THE RIPPLES
ARE COMING BACK IN,
AND SO WE'RE GETTING
INTERMITTENT FLOW
WHEN THE NOZZLE
IS ABOVE WATER
-YOU READY?
-YEAH. NOW!
-PRETTY! NOPE! PRETTY! NOPE!
-NOW! NOW! NOW!
PRETTY! OKAY.
SO, PROBLEM?
I THINK WE SHOULD TRY THIS
IN A BIGGER POOL
SO THAT THERE'S
LESS SPLASH
AND THEN WE CAN TRY
WITH FULL-SIZED NOZZLES?
TEXAS-SIZED FOUNTAIN?
I LIKE THAT.
WELL, IF IT'S
A TEXAS-SIZED FOUNTAIN,
WE SHOULD PROBABLY GET
A TEXAS-SIZED CREW.
OOH.
TAMARA AND ALLEN?
I LIKE
THE WAY YOU THINK.
GO GIVE THEM A CALL!
STILL TO COME...BRIAN AND JON
HIT THE ROAD WITH OLD FRIENDS
TO FIND A FULL-SIZE POOL...
HA! AAH!
...AND GIVE THEIR SMALL-SCALE
FOUNTAIN A TEXAS-SIZED UPGRADE.
AND JON IS IN FOR A WILD RIDE
AS HE ATTEMPTS TO BEAT
A SPIKE STRIP...
Brian:
OH, HE IS LOSING IT. YEP.
...AND MAKE A CLEAN GETAWAY.
Jon: WHOO! SAVED THE CAMERA,
YOU'RE WELCOME!
E MYTHBUSTERS ARE ATTEMPTING
TO FOIL A POLICE SPIKE STRIP
AND MAKE A SUCCESSFUL GETAWAY
USING DIY-TOUGHENED TIRES.
BUT THEIR FIRST EFFORT WITH
A/B FOAM-FILLED TIRES FELL FLAT.
Jon:
YOU HEAR THAT, BRIAN?
THAT'S THE SOUND OF US
GOING TO PRISON.
[ LAUGHS ]
NOW THE GUYS HAVE SWITCHED
TO CONCRETE-FILLED TIRES,
ADDING 740 POUNDS
TO THE WEIGHT OF THE CAR.
BUT WHILE THE GOING
IS SLOW ON THE WAY
TO THE MYTHBUSTERS'
IMAGINARY HEIST,
THE WEIGHTY WHEELS
ARE HANDLING WELL.
Brian:
THE TIRES ARE AWFULLY STIFF,
BUT THE SUSPENSION IS
DOING ITS JOB.
IT DOESN'T LOOK TOO BAD.
JON: A little limber towards
the end when I picked up speed,
BUT OTHER THAN THAT,
IT DRIVES FINE.
YOU WANT TO TURN AROUND
AND GO FOR THE GOLD?
You know I do.
TIME FOR A SHARP EXIT
FROM THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.
SO WILL THE CONCRETE TIRES
SURVIVE THE SPIKES
AND A SPEEDY GETAWAY?
SPIKE STRIPS ENGAGE!
OH!
I MEAN, I HEARD SOMETHING
BUT I AIN'T STOPPING.
OH, YEAH.
HERE WE GO.
OOH, I DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE
I'M NOT REALLY IN CONTROL.
WHOO! SAVED THE CAMERA,
YOU'RE WELCOME!
YOU'RE WELCOME!
OH, OH, OH!
GOING AROUND
FOR ANOTHER LAP?
OH, GOT THAT
SPIKE STRIP AGAIN.
WHOO!
OH, HE IS LOSING IT.
YEP.
OH! THAT'S NOT
A SEXY RIDE AT ALL.
IT'S GETTING PRETTY CRAZY.
MAYBE IT'S GOING TO BE
MY LAST LAP.
COPY THAT, JON.
HERE WE GO!
OH, WE'RE STILL GOOD, CAMERA!
AND HERE WE GO.
AAH!
♪♪
WELL, WHAT DO YOU SAY
ABOUT THAT, MR. NEW YORK DRIVER?
IF YOU'RE GOING
AT 25 MILES AN HOUR,
YOU HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL
OF THE CAR.
YOU GO 35 MILES AN HOUR
AND THEN THE ENTIRE THING
IS JUST YOU GOING LIKE
THIS DOWN THE STREET.
SO I'M NOT PERFECTLY
EDUCATED ON IT,
BUT WHAT'S THE TOP SPEED
OF A POLICE CAR?
I'M PRETTY SURE
SIGNIFICANTLY FASTER
THAN 35 MILES AN HOUR.
EVEN THOUGH
THE CONCRETE-FILLED TIRES
NOT ONLY SURVIVED
THE SPIKE STRIP
BUT ALMOST RIPPED IT IN HALF,
THEIR ADDED WEIGHT
AND LACK OF TRACTION
ALSO DESTROYED
THE CAR'S HANDLING.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE THE
END OF THE ROAD FOR THIS MYTH.
DIY TIRES
VERSUS SPIKE STRIPS.
WELL, THE CONCRETE TIRES
ROLLED RIGHT OVER THE SPIKES
AND NEARLY CUT
THE STRIP IN TWO.
YEAH, BUT WHAT ABOUT AFTER
YOU GOT UP TO SOME SPEED?
YEAH.
AFTER THAT, NOT SO MUCH.
I MEAN, ANYTHING OVER
35 MILES AN HOUR,
YOU CAN'T
CONTROL THE CAR.
THERE'S NO WAY
YOU'RE ESCAPING THE LAW.
AND THEN THERE'S
THE A/B FOAM-FILLED TIRES.
ONCE THE SPIKES
DID THEIR WORK
AND THERE WAS
NO AIR LEFT IN THE TIRES,
IT COULDN'T
GET OVER THE OBSTACLES.
YEP, DESTROYED
BY THE WEIGHT OF THE CAR
AND THE BUMPS IN THE ROAD
IN UNDER A MINUTE.
SO CONCRETE TIRES, BUSTED.
AND A/B FOAM-FILLED
TIRES, BUSTED.
[ AIR HISSING ]
BUT THE MYTHBUSTERS HAVEN'T
GIVEN UP ON GETTING AWAY
JUST YET.
COMING UP,
A SECOND SPIKE-BUSTING MYTH.
CAN A HOLLYWOOD SKID
SKIP THE STRIP?
BUT NOW IT'S BACK TO THE MYTH
OF THE GEEZER GEYSER AND HQ,
WHERE BRIAN AND JON HAVE
ENLISTED THE HELP OF OLD PALS
FROM "THE SEARCH,"
TAMARA ROBERTSON AND ALLEN PAN.
SO GEEZER GEYSER,
NEXT STEPS?
SO WE'VE DONE
THE SMALL-SCALE.
WE TRIED ONE NOZZLE
AND AN ARRAY OF NOZZLES.
BUT WHAT WE GOT TO
WAS THE POINT
WHERE OUR SMALL POOL
WAS CAUSING WAVES
TO CRASH BACK OVER THE NOZZLE,
INTERRUPTING THAT STREAM.
SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED
A BIGGER POOL.
LUCKILY WE HAVE ONE.
YEAH, BUT BEFORE WE GET
TO THAT BIGGER POOL,
WE HAVE TO BUILD
ALL OF THIS.
WHAT IS THIS?
WE'VE GOT ARRAYS, OUTER AND
INNER, MANIFOLDS,
AND SCAFFOLDING THAT LETS US
ADJUST EVERYTHING
SO WE CAN TRY TO FLOAT
BUSTER ALL THE WAY UP.
OOH, YOU WANT TO
BUILD THE SCAFFOLD?
OOH, YEAH.
-SO, PLUMBING?
-YEAH, SOUNDS GOOD.
Jon: OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
RIGHT NOW JON AND I --
HI, JON!
HI, ALLEN!
ARE USING PERFORATED
C-CHANNEL
TO BUILD
A SCAFFOLDING SYSTEM
TO HOLD OUR
MIDDLE NOZZLES IN PLACE
AND KEEP OUR OUTER
NOZZLES ADJUSTABLE
SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY
DIAL IN THE STREAMS
TO GIVE BUSTER
THE BEST POSSIBLE CHANCE
OF ACTUALLY BEING SHOT UP
AND SUSPENDED WITH WATER.
BRIAN AND I ARE WORKING ON OUR
WATER DISTRIBUTION MANIFOLDS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO OF THEM
THAT ARE FED BY THREE PUMPS.
THAT WILL GIVE US
ENOUGH PRESSURE FOR THE OUTER
AND THE INNER ARRAYS
FOR OUR NOZZLES.
Brian: TAMARA AND I HAVE TO
SPEND A LOT OF TIME
MAKING SURE EVERY
CONNECTION HERE IS RIGHT.
I JUST LIKE HUGGING IT.
WE'RE NOT DEALING
WITH A TON OF PRESSURE.
I MEAN, IT'S A FAIR AMOUNT,
BUT NOT INSANE.
IT'S A TON OF WATER.
EACH OF OUR PUMPS CAN HANDLE
ABOUT 900 GALLONS
PER MINUTE OF WATER.
ANY LITTLE LEAK,
AND ONE OF THOSE NOZZLES
MIGHT NOT BE RIGHT,
NO FLYING
BUSTER.
Narrator: IT'S A DEMANDING...
[ GROANS ]
...AND COMPLEX BUILD.
BUT AFTER SOME SERIOUS
NUMBER CRUNCHING...
Jon:
SO IT'S 2x SQUARED EQUALS 18.
OH, ACTUALLY, THAT'S A PRETTY
SMART WAY TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
Narrator: ...AND SOME
NOT-SO-SERIOUS PLUMBING...
NOW THE FOUNTAIN GODS
WILL HONOR US.
...THE SCAFFOLDING AND PIPEWORK
FOR A VEGAS-SIZED
FOUNTAIN ARE COMPLETE.
COOL. LOOKS LIKE
WE GOT ALL THE PIECES.
WHY DON'T WE BRING THEM OUT
THERE AND PUT THEM TOGETHER?
LET'S DO IT!
BUT YOU CAN'T JUST BUILD
A SUPER FOUNTAIN ANYWHERE.
TIME FOR A DRIVE OUT
TO THE COUNTRY,
WHERE THE MYTHBUSTERS HAVE TEED
UP A LOCATION FOR FINAL TESTING.
OH, THAT'S
A NICE-LOOKING POOL.
YEAH, IT REMINDS ME OF WHEN I
WAS A KID GOING TO SUMMER CAMP.
YOU WENT TO SUMMER CAMP?
NOPE, TOO MANY ALLERGIES,
COULDN'T GO.
Narrator:
WITH SUMMER LONG GONE,
THE POOL IS DESERTED
AND THE PERFECT SPOT
TO BUILD A FOUNTAIN
OF VEGAS PROPORTIONS.
ALL RIGHT.
THE FOUNTAIN'S INNER JET ARRAY
WILL BE POWERED BY A SINGLE PUMP
WHILE THE OUTER ARRAY
CAN TAKE EITHER ONE OR TWO.
CLEAR!
SO THE MYTHBUSTERS HAVE ORDERED
IN TWO LARGE UNITS
AND ONE VERY LARGE UNIT,
WHICH THEY'LL USE
IN DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS.
THREE MASSIVE PUMPS
IN PLACE.
WHILE TAMARA GETS TO GRIPS
WITH THE OVERSIZED PIPEWORK
AND BRIAN SUPERVISES...
[ GROANS ]
OH, THAT'S USING EVERYTHING
YOU'VE GOT. ALL RIGHT.
...JON AND ALLEN
MAKE A START IN THE POOL.
OOH!
SO HOPEFULLY JON IS NOT
ALLERGIC TO COLD WATER.
AHH!
Tamara: SO THIS IS A PRETTY
BIG BUILD IN ITSELF,
BUT ADD ANY ELEMENT OF WATER
AND IT GETS EVEN MORE INTENSE.
-IT'S COLD!
-IT IS COLD.
EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING
IS ACTUALLY JUST ZAPPING
THE ENERGY AND HEAT OUT OF YOU.
TOO FAR AWAY.
I CAN COME OVER,
WHATEVER YOU NEED.
YOUR HANDS START TO CRAMP UP,
WHICH TAKES YOU LONGER
TO ACTUALLY SCREW EVERYTHING IN,
WHICH THEN MEANS THAT YOU'RE
IN THE COLD WATER EVEN LONGER,
GETTING COLDER, TAKING LONGER,
GETTING COLDER, TAKING LONGER.
IT'S A PROCESS,
BUT WE'RE ALMOST DONE.
ALL RIGHT.
THAT LAST HOSE IS ATTACHED.
READY TO TEST
THE CENTER MANIFOLD?
YEAH, BEFORE WE HOOK
THE REST OF IT UP
AND SEE IF IT
ALL EXPLODES APART?
YEAH.
LET'S DO IT.
YEAH!
HA!
I CAN'T FEEL MY FOOT.
IS THAT BAD?
YEAH.
Narrator: BRIAN AND JON
DEVELOPED THE FOUNTAIN'S DESIGN
DURING SMALL-SCALE TESTING
TO PROVIDE THE BEST SHOT
AT LEVITATING BUSTER
AND HIS RING,
BUT WITH A COMBINED
MAXIMUM OUTPUT
OF 3,000 GALLONS PER MINUTE,
THESE PUMPS ARE BIG-LEAGUE,
AND THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT
MYTHBUSTERS' SCALED-UP FOUNTAIN
WILL HANDLE SUCH MASSIVE FORCE.
WELL, THERE'S ONLY
ONE WAY TO FIND OUT.
-WELL, I'M READY.
-ON YOUR MARK.
CENTER MANIFOLD INTEGRITY TEST
IN THREE, TWO, ONE!
[ ENGINE STARTS ]
A LITTLE BIT.
Narrator: FIRST, BRIAN WILL FIRE
THE INNER ARRAY
HOOKED UP TO ONE
OF THE LARGE PUMPS.
SO FAR, SO GOOD.
YAY!
BUT NEXT, THE REAL TEST -- BOTH
ARRAYS FIRING SIMULTANEOUSLY
WITH THE OUTER JETS HOOKED UP
TO THE EXTRA LARGE PUMP.
WHOA!
YAY!
THAT'S AWESOME.
LOOK AT THAT!
THE FOUNTAIN REMAINS INTACT,
AND EVEN WITH THE BIGGER PUMP
BACKED OFF FULL CAPACITY,
THE OUTER JETS REACH
AROUND 60 FEET IN THE AIR.
DEFINITELY ENOUGH FORCE
TO PUSH AND HOLD BUSTER UP.
YOU THINK?
YEAH.
[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: AND COMING UP NEXT...
GO, GO, GO, GO,
GO, GO, GO!
COME ON!
...IT'S TIME TO FIND OUT.
Narrator: THE MYTHBUSTERS HAVE
PUT THEIR SUPER FOUNTAIN
TO THE TEST,
AND THE RESPONSE WAS GUSHING.
OH!
BUT ARE ITS POWERFUL JETS
CAPABLE OF SUSPENDING
A DRUNKEN OLD GUY
IN AN INFLATABLE RING
AS CLAIMED IN THE MYTH?
ACCORDING TO THIS MYTH,
THIS GEEZER HAS TO FLOAT
EXACTLY ON TOP OF A FOUNTAIN
RIGHT WHEN IT GOES OFF.
TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS,
ME, JON, AND TAMARA
ARE GOING TO BE GUIDING
THE FLOAT WITH THESE LINES.
Narrator: BUT FOR INITIAL
TESTING THERE WILL BE NO BUSTER,
JUST HIS INFLATABLE RING,
AND THE MYTHBUSTERS
WILL START SMALL,
FIRING ONLY THE OUTER JETS
POWERED BY ONE
OF THE LARGE PUMPS.
IN THREE, TWO, ONE!
ALL RIGHT, LET IT GO!
GO, GO, GO, GO, GO!
COME ON, BABY!
BUT EVEN WITH THE LARGE PUMP
AT CLOSE TO FULL POWER,
THE OUTER JETS FAIL TO LIFT
THE INFLATABLE RING.
WHAT IF WE TRAPPED IT
WITH THE OUTER LIKE THAT
AND THEN ACTUALLY USE
THE CENTER TO START RAISING IT?
-SO USE BOTH SETS OF PUMPS?
-YEP.
Brian: SO I'LL BRING UP THE
POWER ON THE OUTER ARRAY, TOO,
TO LOCK IT WELL IN.
COPY THAT.
ALL RIGHT. LET'S DO IT.
ALL RIGHT.
LET IT GO.
COME ON.
OH!
THE INNER JETS DID
PROVIDE EXTRA LIFT,
BUT NOT THE SUSTAINED
STABLE SUSPENSION
DESCRIBED IN THE MYTH.
DO YOU THINK THE WEIGHT
OF BUSTER WOULD HELP?
LET'S THROW BUSTER
IN THERE.
IN EARLIER PHASES OF TESTING, A
REALISTIC SCALE AND WEIGHT
MINI BUSTER WITH
A LOWER CENTER OF GRAVITY
WAS CRITICAL
TO SUCCESSFUL LEVITATION.
SO COULD THE ADDITION OF THIS
GUY MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE?
THIS GUY HAS GOT TO GET
THAT PARTYING UNDER CONTROL.
YEAH, I THINK HE HAD A LITTLE
BIT TOO MUCH TO DRINK THIS TIME.
AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO SOBER UP
THAN WITH A RELAXING FLOAT
IN A SUPER FOUNTAIN?
AFTER A BUNCH OF PRELIMINARY
TESTS TO HONE IN EVERYTHING,
I THINK WE'RE READY
TO GO FULL-SCALE.
THAT MEANS
BOTH ARRAY OF NOZZLES,
FULL-SIZE INNER TUBE,
AND FULL-SIZE BUSTER.
I THINK HE'S GOING TO GO
PRETTY HIGH UP,
SINCE WE GOT THAT
GOOD STABILIZING OUTER RING
AND A PRETTY POWERFUL
INNER ARRAY.
Narrator: Well, there's only
one way to find out --
HIT THE JETS, TEX!
Jon: OH, MY GOD!
♪♪
[ ALL SHOUTING ]
♪♪
MUCH LIKE THE PREVIOUS TEST,
THE FOUNTAIN TIPS
THE INFLATABLE RING
AND DRUNKEN BUSTER TUMBLES
INTO THE TURBULENCE.
WE CAME UP PRETTY HIGH
ON THAT OUTSIDE NOZZLE, RIGHT,
AND ALMOST ALL THE WAY
ON THE INSIDE ONE
JUST TO GET
THAT TO HAPPEN.
-YEAH.
-I THINK WE NEED TO GO BACK
TO THAT BIGGER PUMP
ON THAT OUTSIDE NOZZLE, RIGHT?
WHOO! ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GET SET UP.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, TAMARA!
GET OUT OF THERE!
LET GO!
Narrator: WITH THE EXTRA-LARGE
PUMP HOOKED UP
TO THE OUTER JETS, THEY KICK OUT
A WHOLE LOT MORE JUICE,
BUT WILL THEY HOLD BUSTER
STEADY ENOUGH
FOR THE INNER JETS TO LIFT HIM!
OH!
IS THAT IT?
Brian:
THAT IS EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT
ON THE OUTER ARRAY RIGHT NOW.
Narrator: AND STILL
NO FOUNTAIN FLIGHT FOR BUSTER.
JON HAS A THEORY WHY.
EVERY TIME WE SEE
OLD MAN BUSTER ALMOST GET LIFTED
BY THE CENTER ARRAY,
HE FLIPS FEET OVER HEAD.
NOW, THAT'S BECAUSE HE'S HEAVIER
IN THE CHEST THAN HIS LEGS ARE,
JUST LIKE A NORMAL
HUMAN BEING IS.
Narrator: WHEN THE SMALL-SCALE
FOUNTAIN SUCCESSFULLY SUSPENDED
MINI BUSTER, JON HAD FIRST
CAREFULLY BALANCED
THE WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION
IN HIS RING.
BUT AS AN OLD DUDE SITTING
IN AN INFLATABLE RING
WOULD BE IMBALANCED,
JUST LIKE BUSTER,
USING COUNTER WEIGHTS
TO EVEN THINGS OUT
WOULD BE CHEATING THE MYTH.
SO THE MYTHBUSTERS INSTEAD
DECIDE TO BOTH RECONFIGURE
THE FOUNTAIN
AND HOOK IT UP
TO ALL THREE PUMPS
TO ATTEMPT TO LIFT BUSTER
ONE LAST TIME.
FOR THIS FINAL SHOT,
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO
IS WE'RE GOING TO MOVE
OUR INNER ARRAY
OUT CLOSER TO OUR OUTER ARRAY,
SO THAT ALL OF OUR PUMPS
ARE FOCUSING ALL OF OUR FORCE
ON THE OUTER PART,
WHICH SHOULD GIVE US THE MOST
STABILITY AND THE MOST FORCE,
AND MAYBE BUSTER WILL
ACTUALLY STAY UP THERE.
ALL RIGHT.
YOU GUYS READY?
All: YEAH!
ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE BIG ONE.
IN THREE, TWO, ONE!
Narrator: THIS IS THE FINAL CALL
FOR DRUNKEN BUSTER.
WILL HE MAKE HIS FLIGHT
OR GET DITCHED IN THE DRINK
TO DROWN HIS SORROWS?
OH, YEAH!
LET'S GO!
GO, GO,
GO, GO, GO, GO, GO!
COME ON!
COME ON. COME ON!
COME ON!
GO! GO! GO!
♪♪
I THINK WE MAXED OUT.
-THAT DIDN'T WORK AT ALL.
-NO, IT DIDN'T.
Jon:
LOOK AT ALL THE STUFF WE DID
FOR THIS FULL-SCALE TEST TODAY.
WE JUST FIRED
THE OUTER ARRAY...
COME ON, BABY!
...WE FIRED BOTH
ARRAYS TOGETHER.
WE USED ALL THE PUMPS,
EVEN ARRANGED THE INNER NOZZLES
OUTSIDE TO CREATE SOME
SUPER RING OF NOZZLES
AND IT STILL DIDN'T WORK.
WE DEFINITELY MASTERED
CAGING BUSTER,
BUT LEVITATION,
NOT SO MUCH.
YEAH, EVEN WHEN WE SAW
BUSTER START TO LIFT
A LITTLE ABOVE
THE SURFACE OF THE WATER,
HE WOULD JUST FLIP OVER
LIKE A PANCAKE.
I'VE GOT TO SAY,
THIS IS BUSTED.
-BUSTED.
-AGREED.
-AGREED.
Narrator: STILL TO COME...
BRIAN, YOU READY?
I WAS BORN READY!
...GET READY FOR SPIKE-BUSTING
MYTH NUMBER TWO,
THE HOLLYWOOD POWER SLIDE.
Narrator: WHEN THE MYTHBUSTERS
TESTED IF DIY-TOUGHENED TIRES
COULD BEAT POLICE
ROAD SPIKES...
Jon: OOH! I CAN HEAR THE AIR
LEAVING THOSE TIRES.
...THE MYTH ENDED UP
AS BUSTED AS THE TIRES.
BUT WHAT IF THERE'S ANOTHER WAY
TO BEAT A SPIKE STRIP?
WELL, ACCORDING TO THE MOVIE
"BABY DRIVER," THERE IS.
ALL YOU NEED IS
A HIGH-POWERED CAR,
A SKILLED DRIVER
WITH NERVES OF STEEL,
AND YOU CAN DRIFT THOSE SPIKES
CLEAN OFF THE ROAD,
THEN ESCAPE TO FREEDOM.
USING ONE OF OUR REAR TIRES
TO BRUSH ASIDE A SPIKE STRIP
IS SORT OF LIKE TRYING TO DO
SURGERY WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER
BECAUSE WE'RE USING
A FULL-SIZED VEHICLE
TO BRUSH ASIDE SOMETHING THAT'S
ABOUT THIS TALL AND THIS WIDE.
TO GET THIS RIGHT,
WE NEED PERFECT TIMING
AND A WHOLE LOT
OF COORDINATION.
Narrator: AND THAT SOUNDS LIKE
A WHOLE BUNDLE OF BRIAN BABY.
THE MYTHBUSTERS' VERY OWN
TRAINEE STUNT DRIVER
WILL GET EXPERT COACHING
FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT PURSUIT
AND EVASION DRIVING INSTRUCTOR,
MARCUS SMITH.
ALL RIGHT,
FIRST THING IS A PRECISION MOVE.
YOU HAVE TO GET THE BACK END
TO ROTATE IN AN OVERSTEER SKID.
THE PROBLEM IS IF YOU DON'T
ROTATE ENOUGH, YOU GET A SPIKE.
IF YOU ROTATE TOO MUCH,
THE CAR IS GOING TO BE FACING
IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
LET'S DO IT.
BEFORE BRIAN GETS A RUN
AT THE SPIKES,
HE'LL HONE HIS TECHNIQUE
ON A SOFTER TARGET.
OKAY.
THE TRACK IS CLEAR.
COPY THAT, READY TO GO.
Jon: OH, BOY.
HERE WE GO.
OOH, BRIAN.
SWING AND A MISS, MAN.
OOH, SO CLOSE!
OOH, THAT WAS A GOOD ONE.
ROTATION WAS GOOD.
MAYBE RECOVERED
JUST A LITTLE BIT TOO EARLY.
Narrator: WHAT IS NEEDED IS
A LITTLE LESS CAUTION
AND A LITTLE MORE
APPROACH SPEED.
♪♪
WHOA!
NICE.
NOT TO MIX MY SPORTS
METAPHORS, BUT BULL'S-EYE!
THIS TIME, BRIAN CLIPS
THE BOXES,
BUT DOES HE REALLY NAIL
THE MANEUVER?
PERFECT PLACEMENT.
Brian: I FEEL LIKE, THOUGH,
NOT QUITE ENOUGH ROTATION.
THE TIRE PLACEMENT
WAS SPOT-ON.
AND YOU WANT TO LEAD WITH THE
REAR, NOT THE FRONT OF THE CAR.
RIGHT, SO PLUS FOR ME
IS TIRE PLACEMENT.
DOWNSIDE FOR ME
IS NOT QUITE ENOUGH ROTATION.
SO IF BRIAN IS GOING TO
BEAT THE SPIKE STRIP,
HE'LL NEED TO COMMIT
EVEN MORE TO THE POWER SLIDE.
Jon: OKAY.
IT'S TIME FOR THE REAL THING.
HOW DO YOU THINK
HE'S GOING TO DO?
I ACTUALLY THINK HE'S GOING
TO DO A GOOD JOB,
BUT I'M ROOTING
FOR THE SPIKE STRIP.
I UNDERSTAND
WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S CALL HIM IN.
THREE, TWO, ONE.
AND HE'S OFF.
♪♪
DON'T MOVE YOUR CAR,
BRIAN.
Brian: YEAH.
I CAN'T SEE THE SPIKE STRIPS,
SO I THOUGHT I WOULD
JUST HANG OUT HERE.
Narrator: AMAZINGLY,
ALL THE TIRES SURVIVE INTACT,
BUT THE SPIKE STRIP IS WRAPPED
AROUND BOTH BACK WHEELS,
IMMOBILIZING THE CAR.
SO WHAT WENT WRONG?
Brian:
OH, THAT'S SIDEWAYS.
BRIAN NAILS THE MANEUVER,
SLIDING THE SIDE WALL
OF HIS REAR TIRE INTO THE STRIP,
BUT HE STILL FAILS
TO BEAT THE SPIKES.
Jon: YEAH, YOU'RE HITTING REAL
NICE SIDEWAYS,
BUT YOU HIT IT RIGHT
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STRIP.
Smith:
A LITTLE BIT OFF.
EXACTLY, WHICH MAKES YOUR
GETAWAY A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT,
I'M GOING TO SAY.
-YEAH.
I DON'T THINK I COULD
HAVE GONE ANYWHERE.
BUT THERE'S A CHANCE, I THINK,
IF I HIT IT CLOSER TO THE EDGE,
THAT WOULD GO DIFFERENTLY, HUH?
-YEAH.
GOOD THING YOU DIDN'T POP
ANY OF THOSE TIRES.
YOU WANT TO HOP BACK IN
AND GIVE IT ANOTHER GO?
NO. [ SCOFFS ]
BRIAN, YOU READY?
I WAS BORN READY!
OOH, HE'S GOT THE REV.
I THINK HE FORGOT
TO TAKE IT OUT OF PARK.
♪♪
NICE.
THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR THIS MYTH.
NO, SIR, IT IS NOT.
Narrator: EVEN THOUGH BRIAN
SLIDES IN PERFECTLY SIDEWAYS
AND HITS THE VERY END
OF THE STRIP,
JUST LIKE IN "BABY DRIVER,"
MULTIPLE SPIKES BITE
INTO THE TIRE.
Jon: I THINK
THEY CAUGHT YOU, MAN.
Brian: YEAH, I WAS A LITTLE
SCARED TO KEEP GOING.
IT'S WEIRD. IT'S LIKE THESE
SPIKE STRIPS JUST WERE DESIGNED
TO STOP CARS
NO MATTER WHAT THEY DID.
AS THOUGH YEARS OF ENGINEERING
AND REHEARSAL
AND TRIAL AND ERROR
HAVE CAUSED THIS
TO WORK SO WELL.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE
THE SHARPEST SPIKE IN THE STRIP
TO WORK OUT THE VERDICT
ON THIS MOVIE MYTH.
SO BEATING A SPIKE STRIP
WITH A POWER SLIDE,
I MEAN, IT SEEMS
PRETTY EASY IN THE MOVIES.
YEAH, BUT EVEN WITH BRIAN BABY
BEHIND THE WHEEL,
NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE
IN REAL LIFE.
YEAH, YOU HAVE TO GET
THE ROTATION OF THAT SLIDE
JUST RIGHT TO BRUSH THE SPIKE
STRIP BUT NOT ROLL OVER IT.
NOT EASY, AND YOU HAVE TO HIT
THE VERY END OF THAT SPIKE STRIP
WITH A TIRE TO HAVE A CHANCE
OF BRUSHING IT AWAY.
ALSO NOT EASY.
EVEN IF YOU GET THE ACCURACY
AND THE ROTATION
OF THAT POWER SLIDE RIGHT,
YOU END UP WITH SPIKES
IN YOUR TIRE.
SO THIS MYTHICAL MOVE
MIGHT WORK IN BLOCKBUSTERS
BUT IN REAL LIFE
IT'S JUST PLAIN BUSTED.
JUST LIKE THOSE TIRES.
SO, BRIAN BABY, YOU READY
TO TRY TO MAKE ANOTHER GETAWAY?
YEAH. NEVER GOING TO
CATCH ME, COPPER!
[ IMITATES
WHEELS SQUEALING ]
YEAH. YOU KNOW I'M NOT
GOING TO USE THE SPIKE STRIP
THIS TIME, RIGHT?
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA,
UNCOOL!
[ SIREN WAILS ]
All: WHOA!
Narrator: ...AND WILD EPISODE
OF "MYTHBUSTERS"...
OOH, I DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE
I'M NOT REALLY IN CONTROL! WHOO!
HERE'S A LITTLE MATH FOR YOU --
FLAT TIRES PLUS
POLICE CHASING YOUR BUTT...
WHOO-HOO-HOO-HOO!
-OH, HE IS LOSING IT.
...EQUALS
"SEE YOU IN JAIL, BUDDY."
ACCORDING TO THE MURMURINGS
OF THE CRIMINAL UNDERWORLD,
YOU CAN DEFEAT A SPIKE STRIP.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY
A COUPLE OF DIY METHODS
FOR TOUGHENING UP OUR TIRES...
THAT'S NOT
A SEXY RIDE AT ALL!
...AS WELL AS
AN OUTRAGEOUS DRIVING MANEUVER
RIGHT OUT OF A HYPED-UP
HOLLYWOOD HEIST.
Narrator: ...AND BRIAN AND JON
MEET UP WITH A COUPLE
OF OLD PALS FROM "THE SEARCH"
TO POWER UP A SUPER FOUNTAIN.
WE'RE TESTING THE MYTH THAT
AN OLD MAN IN AN INNER TUBE...
YEAH, I THINK HE HAD A LITTLE
BIT TOO MUCH TO DRINK THIS TIME.
...ACCIDENTALLY FLOATS
HIS WAY OVER A FOUNTAIN
AND GETS SHOT UP INTO THE AIR,
BEING SUSPENDED BY THE WATER.
COME ON!
COME ON!
COME ON! COME ON!
WHOO!
♪♪
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CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
Narrator: THE FIRST MYTH OFF
THE BLOCKS INVOLVES AN ENTICING,
YET HIGHLY DANGEROUS COCKTAIL --
ALCOHOL AND WATER.
THE STORY GOES THAT
A TIPSY SENIOR CITIZEN DECIDED
TO FINISH OFF
AN EVENING OF DRINKING
WITH A DIP IN
HIS HOTEL'S DORMANT FOUNTAIN.
FLOATING IN AN INFLATABLE RING,
HE BOBBED ACROSS THE WATER'S
SURFACE IN A GENTLE STUPOR,
UNTIL, THAT IS,
THE FOUNTAIN SPRANG TO LIFE,
SUSPENDING THE STARTLED
SENIOR HIGH IN THE AIR
FOR SEVERAL SECONDS.
BUT WHEN THE MYTHBUSTERS
INVESTIGATE
THIS TRUNK MISADVENTURE,
WILL IT HOLD WATER OR IS IT
MERELY HYDRODYNAMIC HYPERBOLE?
WELL, THIS SOUNDS LIKE
A SENIOR'S PARTY GONE WRONG.
YEAH, I'D SAY GONE WRONG
AND THEN SOME.
IT'S SAFE TO ASSUME
THAT THOSE GREAT FOUNTAINS
IN VEGAS AND DUBAI AREN'T
GOING TO LET US DO THIS.
YOU MEAN BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOOD
FOR THEIR PUBLIC IMAGE?
YEAH, EXACTLY.
BUT THAT MEANS WE GET
TO BUILD A SUPER FOUNTAIN,
AND I'VE NEVER
DONE THAT BEFORE.
OH, WAIT. HERE'S THE SURPRISE --
I HAVEN'T EITHER.
LET'S DO IT.
BUT BEFORE THE GUYS GO
FULL VEGAS AND ENGINEER
A SUPER FOUNTAIN,
THEY NEED TO LEARN
HOW TO OPTIMIZE ITS DESIGN
TO LIFT AND HOLD
A FLOATING OBJECT.
LUCKILY FOR US, WE HAVE
A CUSTOM-BUILT "MYTHBUSTERS"
FOUNTAIN RIGHT HERE,
INCLUDING A POWERFUL PUMP,
A FLOW REGULATOR VALVE,
A RESERVOIR WITH ENOUGH WATER
FOR CONTINUOUS FLOW,
AND A SERIES OF
INTERCHANGEABLE NOZZLES
THAT WILL HELP US FIND
THE OPTIMUM STREAM
TO GIVE THIS MYTH
THE BEST CHANCE.
Both: OH!
THAT'S MORE REASONABLE.
Brian:
THIS MYTH IS ABOUT A PERSON
BEING LEVITATED
BY A STREAM OF WATER,
BUT A PERSON
IS ODDLY SHAPED.
OOH!
WE'RE GOING TO START
WITH SOMETHING
WITH A LITTLE SIMPLER
PHYSICAL PROPERTY -- A SPHERE.
ALL RIGHT.
-LET'S DO IT.
Narrator: THE FIRST NOZZLE UP
FOR TESTING IS MEDIUM-SIZED
AND PRODUCES WHAT IS KNOWN
AS A CLEAR STREAM JET.
SO IS IT CAPABLE OF SUSPENDING
A FOAM BALL IN MIDAIR?
Both: OH!
-IT LOOKED SO PROMISING.
-YOU KNOW WHAT?
I STARTED TO SEE
SOMETHING, THOUGH.
SHE'S GOING TO FALL OUT TO ONE
SIDE, BUT WATCH AS IT COMES OUT,
IT STARTS TO SPIN
AND SLOW DOWN ITS FALL.
AH!
YOU SEE IT HANG UP?
IT ROLLS OFF THE STREAM.
I THINK WE NEED
A LITTLE MORE STREAM.
LET'S DO IT.
WHOO!
OH!
OH!
THAT BALL IS LEVITATING.
-WHOA.
-THAT'S GREAT, MAN.
HOLY MOLY!
IT'S KIND OF LIKE BLACK MAGIC.
BUT THE HIGH-SPEED FOOTAGE
REVEALS THIS IS NO WITCHERY.
IT'S PURE PHYSICS.
THE BALL IS NOT
IN THE JET.
IT'S OFF TO THE SIDE
AND IT'S CONSTANTLY SPINNING.
RIGHT?
THAT'S THAT HYDRODYNAMIC EFFECT.
OBVIOUSLY GRAVITY IS
PULLING THE BALL DOWN,
BUT THE WATER IS
PUSHING IT UP AND OUT,
BUT THE IMPORTANT FORCE,
THAT WATER BEING FLUNG AROUND,
PUSHING IT BACK INTO THE STREAM
AND STABILIZING IT.
IT'S A SPECTACULAR TRICK
THE GUYS REPEAT
WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
BALLS AND NOZZLES.
BUT THE HYDRODYNAMIC
EFFECT MOST LIKELY
DOESN'T EXPLAIN THIS MYTH.
THAT'S COOL,
BUT CHECK THIS OUT.
BUSTER IN HIS INNER TUBE,
NO MAGIC CARPET RIDE.
SO IT'S BACK TO TESTING AND TIME
FOR A SWITCH OF BALLS.
WE HAVE THIS ONE. YEAH.
IT'S HEAVIER THAN THIS ONE.
IT'S SMALLER, TOO.
WANT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS?
YEAH.
HERE WE GO!
OKAY.
OH!
OH! SO CLOSE!
-OH!
OH!
I SHOULDN'T HAVE YELLED.
I WAS SO EXCITED
FOR LIKE 1/10 OF A SECOND.
THE JET IS JUST TOO TURBULENT,
AND BECAUSE SOME SECTIONS
OF THE WATER COLUMN
ARE MOVING FASTER THAN OTHERS,
THE INTERNAL DIFFERENCES
IN PRESSURE THIS CREATES
THROWS THE BALL OUT EVERY TIME.
I THINK A SMALLER NOZZLE
IS GOING TO PULL
A LITTLE TRICK HERE
THAT WE NEED.
BRIAN IS BACKING
A SMALL CLEAR STREAM NOZZLE
TO PRODUCE A LESS TURBULENT JET
IN WHICH THE WATER IS MOVING AT
A MORE UNIFORM SPEED WITH LESS
DESTABILIZING VARIANCE
AND INTERNAL PRESSURE.
GIVE HER A SHOT.
OH, COME ON!
OOH, LOOK AT THAT!
THAT'S BEAUTIFUL,
AND I THINK THAT MEANS
THESE NOZZLES ARE
IMPORTANT.
IN FACT, SEVERAL NOZZLE TYPES,
WHICH PRODUCE A MORE STABLE,
LESS TURBULENT JET,
ALSO STEADILY SUSPEND
WEIGHTIER RUBBER BALLS.
THERE YOU HAVE IT.
THIS IS A DIFFERENT PHYSICS
PRINCIPAL THAN WE SAW LAST TIME.
YEAH.
AND A COMPARISON WITH
THE HYDRODYNAMIC EFFECT
REVEALS WHY THESE
DIFFERING PHYSICS
COULD BE CRUCIAL
TO SOLVING THIS MYTH.
Brian:
THAT'S THE HYDRODYNAMIC EFFECT
AND THAT'S
BERNOULLI EFFECT.
MM. IT ALMOST DOESN'T LOOK
LIKE THE BALL IS MOVING.
IT'S JUST WATER MOVING UP
AND AROUND IT.
THE BERNOULLI EFFECT,
IT'S LIKE CUPPED HANDS.
THE TOP OF THAT STREAM
HOLDS THE BALL IN THE CENTER,
AND IF IT'S PUSHED
OFF TO THE SIDE,
THERE'S ACTUALLY EXTRA FORCE
FROM THAT MOVEMENT
AND LESS FORCE ON THE OTHER SIDE
BECAUSE THE BALL HAS MOVED OVER,
MAKING THAT BALL WANT TO SHIFT
BACK INTO THE CENTER,
HOLDING IT STEADY,
AND THAT BERNOULLI FORCE
IS EXACTLY
WHAT WE WANT TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
Narrator: BUT BEFORE MINI BUSTER
GETS TO RIDE IN THE JET FLOW...
LET'S SWERVE OVER TO A MYTH
ABOUT FLEEING THE FIVE-O.
[ SIRE]
THEY'RE EVERY GETAWAY DR
LET'S SWERVE OVER TO A MYTH
NIE -- ROAD SPIKES.IVE-O.
YET SOME FELONS CLAIM
TO HAVE BEATEN A BLOWOUT
AND THE BEST EFFORTS
OF THE BOYS IN BLUE.
THEIR SECRET --
DIY TOUGHENED TIRES.
BUT WHEN THE MYTHBUSTERS
INVESTIGATE,
WILL THESE CRIMINAL CLAIMS
HOLD FIRM OR HIT THE SKIDS?
THIS IS JON LUNG REPORTING
LIVE FOR "MYTHBUSTERS NEWS,"
AT WHAT APPEARS TO BE
A HORRIFIC ACCIDENT
INVOLVING AN OVERTURNED
TANKER TRAILER
JUST A 1/4 MILE
OUTSIDE OF HAZMAT CITY!
ACTUALLY, THIS IS JON LUNG
REPORTING FOR
"MYTHBUSTERS" AT DEL VALLE
DISASTER TRAINING FACILITY
WHERE FIREFIGHTERS TRAIN
EVERY DAY FOR REAL LIFE
DISASTERS JUST LIKE THIS, AND
IT'S THE PERFECT PLACE FOR US
TO HAVE OUR OWN
LITTLE DISASTER
INVOLVING SOME SPIKE STRIPS.
-THE BEST STUFF.
-[ WHISTLES ]
-THIS IS A REAL SPIKE STRIP.
-WOW.
THAT'S NOTHING
BUT BUSINESS, HUH?
LOOK AT THIS.
THE SPIKES COME RIGHT OUT,
AND THEY'RE HOLLOW
TO BLEED THE AIR OUT.
THESE LITTLE FEET
ACTUALLY GET CAUGHT
SO IT CAN TILT EITHER WAY
AS THAT WHEEL COMES IN,
LINING UP THOSE
SPIKES PERFECTLY.
IT'S GENIUS.
AND IT'S THESE DESIGN NUANCES
WHICH MAKE THE SPIKE STRIP
SUCH AN EFFECTIVE
CAR-KILLING TOOL.
IN FACT, THEY'RE SO EFFECTIVE
THAT RUN OVER THEM SLOW
OR RUN OVER THEM FAST,
AND YOU'RE ON A HIGHWAY
TO NOWHERE BUT FLATSVILLE.
[ AIR HISSING ]
YOU HEAR THAT, BRIAN?
YEAH.
THAT'S THE OVERWHELMING
SOUND OF OUR CAR
GETTING ITS BUTT KICKED
BY THAT SPIKE STRIP.
UNSURPRISINGLY, WHEN IT COMES
TO BEATING THE SPIKE STRIP,
AIR-FILLED TIRES
PROVED A REAL LETDOWN.
BUT THERE'S NO NEED
TO FEEL DEFLATED.
WHEN THE MYTHBUSTERS RETURN...
IF YOU CAN RAISE
A HOUSE WITH IT,
YOU COULD PROBABLY
SPIKE-PROOF A TIRE.
...THEY'LL TOUGHEN UP A SET
OF TIRES WITH A/B FOAM...
IT'S TIME TO ROLL OUT
THE WELCOME MAT.
...AND THEN RUN
THIS ROAD BLOCK FOR REAL.
AND IN THE MYTH
OF THE GEEZER GEYSER...
Man:
LOOK AT THAT!
...THE FUN CONTINUES AT
A POOL PARTY WITH OLD PALS.
YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT ENOUGH
FORCE, PUSHING OLD BUSTER UP.
-YOU THINK?
-YEAH.
Narrator: CAN A GETAWAY DRIVER
BEAT A SPIKE STRIP
AND ESCAPE THE POLICE WITH
THE AID OF DIY-TOUGHENED TIRES?
BRIAN AND JON ARE GOING
TO MAKE THEIR OWN
AND PUT THEM TO THE TEST.
-A.
-A.
-B.
-WHOO!
ALL RIGHT.
THERE YOU GO -- A/B FOAM.
THIS STUFF,
YOU FIND IT EVERYWHERE.
I MEAN, THEY LITERALLY
INSULATE STUFF WITH IT
ALL THE WAY TO RAISING
THE FOUNDATION OF A HOUSE,
AND YOU FIGURE IF YOU CAN
RAISE A HOUSE WITH IT
YOU COULD PROBABLY
SPIKE-PROOF A TIRE.
-READY?
-YEAH.
ALL RIGHT,
YOU STAND BACK, BUDDY.
SHOULD I COVER YOUR BEARD
WITH MY HAND OR SOMETHING?
IT PROTECTS ITSELF.
-OH! COMING OUT OF THAT ONE.
-THERE WE GO.
ALL RIGHT.
AND THIS ONE.
I'D SAY THAT'S FULL.
DON'T GET IN THE CROSSFIRE.
HOW IS MY BEARD?
IT'S DOING PRETTY GOOD.
ALL RIGHT.
Narrator: ONCE THE FOAM IS
CURED, THE GUYS SNAP OFF
THE EXCESS, WELD UP
THE FILL HOLES,
AND THEIR
DIY-TOUGHENED TIRES ARE DONE.
BUT IS A/B FOAM A SPIKE BUSTER?
TIME FOR THE RUBBER
TO MEET THE ROAD.
[ LAUGHS ]
Brian: THERE'S TWO DRIVING
COMPONENTS TO EVERY HEIST --
GETTING TO YOUR HEIST,
GETTING AWAY FROM YOUR HEIST.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT OUR MODIFIED
TIRES THROUGH BOTH THOSE TESTS.
THE FIRST TEST IS
GOING TO BE THIS COURSE,
WHICH IS A DAILY DRIVING
HOW-DOES-IT-HANDLE TYPE OF TEST.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WEAVING,
A FEW SPEED BUMPS,
A SHARP CORNER, AND A LONG DRIVE
UP TO THE FINISH LINE.
WHERE IT WILL BECOME
OUR STARTING LINE FOR TEST TWO.
NOW WE'LL BE DRIVING AWAY
FROM THE SCENE OF OUR CRIME
AS IF WE'RE BEING CHASED
BY THE COPS,
BUT UNFORTUNATELY,
WE'LL BE HITTING
THEIR SPIKE STRIPS IMMEDIATELY.
NOT ONLY DO WE CARE
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS
TO THE TIRES
ON THE SPIKE STRIPS,
BUT ALSO WHAT HAPPENS
TO THEM AFTERWARDS
AND HOW THE CAR HANDLES BECAUSE
WHAT GOOD IS A GETAWAY CAR
IF YOU'RE NOT GETTING AWAY?
OOH.
GOOD PASS, GOOD PASS.
♪♪
IT'S GOOD TO GO.
THESE FOAM-FILLED TIRES
AREN'T MUCH HEAVIER
THAN THE AIR-FILLED TIRES,
WHICH IS GOOD FOR HANDLING.
BUT THE BONUS IS, WITH THE
EXTRA-RIGID FOAM INSIDE,
WHEN THEY ROLL OVER THE SPIKES
AND ALL THE AIR FALLS OUT
IT SHOULD STILL BE GOOD.
A/B FOAM HANDLING TEST
IN THREE, TWO, ONE!
Brian: OH, IT'S A LITTLE ROAD
CONSTRUCTION.
OH, WHAT'S THIS, SOME POTHOLES?
OH, I HATE THESE POTHOLES.
OH, GOSH.
-WHOO!
-YEAH.
OVERALL THOUGH, I MEAN,
THIS IS A REALLY SMOOTH DRIVE.
Jon: AND HE'S BACK.
Narrator: SO ON THE LEISURELY
DRIVE TO THE HEIST,
THE A/B FOAM-FILLED TIRES
PERFORMED WELL.
IT'S TIME TO ROLL OUT
THE WELCOME MAT.
BUT HOW WILL THEY FARE
ON A HIGH-SPEED GETAWAY?
[ TIRES SQUEAL ]
OOH.
LOOK AT THAT PEEL OUT.
AND -- OOH!
I CAN HEAR THE AIR
LEAVING THOSE TIRES.
WHAT A SATISFYING SOUND.
OH, OH SNAP!
OH!
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH CONTROL
HE REALLY HAS LEFT
BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE HE JUST
BARRELED THROUGH ALL THAT STUFF.
OH, GOOD LORD.
ALL RIGHT, HERE HE COMES.
WHOA, LOOK AT THAT!
THE FRONT ONE IS RUNNING
A LITTLE FLAT,
BUT THE BACK TWO SEEM LIKE
THEY'RE DOING FINE.
BUT THE SOUND ON THAT
TURN SUGGESTS OTHERWISE.
OH, MY GOODNESS.
WHOO-WEE!
Narrator: THE HIGH-SPEED FOOTAGE
SHOWS THE A/B FOAM TIRES
SEEM TO STAND UP PRETTY WELL
TO THE SPIKE STRIP.
CAN YOU HEAR THAT, BRIAN?
IT'S THE SOUND OF US
GOING TO PRISON.
[ LAUGHS ]
BUT WITH NO AIR
LEFT IN THE TIRES,
THE FOAM TAKES THE FULL BRUNT
OF THE SPEED BUMPS,
BEGINS TO DISINTEGRATE,
AND BY THE SECOND LAP,
BRIAN IS DRIVING ON FOUR FLATS.
I MEAN, I'M WATCHING YOU
MAKE THOSE TURNS AND STUFF,
AND YOU'RE LOSING
MORE AND MORE CONTROL
EVERY TIME
YOU MAKE A LAP.
-YEAH. THAT'S EXACTLY IT.
-KIND OF NUTS.
I WAS LIKE, "I THINK I COULD
PROBABLY MAKE ONE MORE LAP,
BUT I COULDN'T MAKE
TWO MORE LAPS."
AND AN AUTOPSY OF ONE
OF THE TIRES REVEALS EXACTLY
WHY BRIAN'S GETAWAY
HIT A DEAD END.
OOH. THIS LOOKS LIKE SOME
SPEED BUMP DAMAGE.
YEAH.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT I FELT.
WELL,
THERE'S YOUR PROBLEM.
[ LAUGHS ]
YEAH.
THIS...
EVEN IF IT DIDN'T CRUMBLE,
STILL NOT ENOUGH STRUCTURE
TO GO THAT FAR,
BUT YOU COULD HAVE
DRIVEN ON THAT.
YOU CAN'T DRIVE ON THAT.
SO THE A/B FOAM TIRES
GETS AN "E.F." GRADE
AS SPIKE-BUSTERS --
EPIC FAIL.
TIME FOR A NEW SET OF TIRES.
THE GUYS HAVE SETTLED
ON A HEAVYWEIGHT OPTION.
YOU WANT TO START
MIXING CONCRETE
WHILE I DRILL HOLES
IN THIS TIRE?
YEAH.
THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
BUT WILL CONCRETE-FILLED TIRES
DEAL A KNOCKOUT BLOW
TO THE SPIKE STRIPS
AND MAKE FOR A CLEAN GETAWAY?
MOMENTUM!
OH, YEAH.
BOOP!
-ALL RIGHT, JON.
CONCRETE TIRE HANDLING TEST
IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
Jon: ALL RIGHT.
HERE COMES MY VERY SLOW,
VERY DELIBERATE START.
Narrator:
PROBABLY A SMART MOVE.
WITH EACH CONCRETE TIRE
ADDING 180 POUNDS,
THE WHEELS COULD EASILY
SHEER CLEAN OFF THE CAR.
Jon: HOW'S IT LOOKING
FROM THE OUTSIDE?
WELL, JON, GOT TO BE HONEST.
LIKE MY GRANDMOTHER'S DRIVING.
SO WHILE OLD ROLLING THUNDER
MAKES HIS WAY TO THE HEIST...
ALL RIGHT.
HERE WE GO, FIRST SPEED BUMP.
...THERE IS PLENTY OF TIME
TO CHECK BACK
INTO THE MYTH
OF THE GEEZER GEYSER.
ALL RIGHT.
THE MYTHBUSTERS HAVE DISCOVERED
HOW TO STABLY SUSPEND
A RUBBER BALL
IN A JET OF WATER.
Jon: OOH.
LOOK AT THAT!
Brian: THAT'S BEAUTIFUL,
AND I THINK THAT MEANS
THESE NOZZLES
ARE IMPORTANT.
BUT CAN THEY PULL THE
SAME LEVITATIONAL TRICK...
THAT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.
...ON SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE
LIKE THE DRUNKEN OLD GEEZER
IN THE MYTH?
TA-DA!
SO ON THE DRUNKEN NIGHT,
HE HUNG OUT AND SAID,
"I'M GOING TO SIT IN
A GIANT WATERMELON."
YEAH.
HE'S DRUNK.
OKAY.
GAS IT A LITTLE.
GAS IT A LITTLE.
FEELS LIKE IT'S GOING
TO TAKE THE WEIGHT. YOU READY?
-YEAH.
-I'M GOING TO LET GO!
OH, SNAP!
THAT'S SOMETHING
RIGHT THERE.
I THINK THIS ACTUALLY APPLIES
TO THIS MYTH REALLY WELL
BECAUSE IF MINI
BUSTER WAS DRUNK,
HE WOULDN'T HE HANGING
ON TO THAT, WOULD HE?
I MEAN, HE LITERALLY
JUST FELL OFF OF IT.
I DON'T THINK A SINGLE NOZZLE
IS GOING TO CUT IT.
THINK THERE'S
A FAIR AMOUNT OF PHYSICS
AND ENGINEERING THAT'S
GOING TO HAVE TO BE DONE
TO MAKE THIS WORK,
BUT I HAVE AN IDEA.
Narrator:
THE MYTHBUSTERS ARE GOING TO
REBUILD THE SMALL-SCALE FOUNTAIN
WITH AN ARRAY OF JETS
ENCIRCLING A CENTRAL JET,
TO BETTER REPLICATE THE VEGAS
FOUNTAIN IN THE MYTH.
WHEW!
AND THAT PROCESS STARTS
WITH A COMPLEX DESIGN.
YOU KNOW, USUALLY SOME IDEAS
LOOK EASIER ON PAPER.
THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM.
LET'S GO
BUILD THIS THING.
-LET'S DO IT.
-ALL RIGHT.
♪♪
OOH, FANCY.
AFTER YOU, SIR.
♪♪
HEY!
AHA!
ALL RIGHT.
THIS LOOKS GOOD.
LET'S SHUT IT DOWN,
TIGHTEN THOSE DOWN,
AND TRY TO FLOAT BUSTER.
COMING UP, THE GUYS GET SOME
EXPERT HELP FROM OLD PALS...
I JUST LIKE HUGGING IT.
TO UPSIZE
THEIR SMALL-SCALE FOUNTAIN
TO VEGAS PROPORTIONS...
All: WHOA!
...AND...
Jon: OKAY, HERE WE GO.
Narrator: ...IT'S CONCRETE TIRES
VERSUS SPIKE STRIP,
BUT WILL THIS
HEAVYWEIGHT DUEL...
Jon: SPIKE STRIPS ENGAGE!
Narrator: ...END IN A KNOCKOUT
OR A BLOWOUT?
Jon: OH, YES!
E MYTHBUSTERS ARE
Narrator: ...END IN A KNOCKOUT
INVESTIGATING A TALL TALE
OF DRUNKEN MISADVENTURE
IN A WATER FEATURE.
THE FIRST TIME WE TRIED
TO LEVITATE MINI BUSTER
IN HIS INNER TUBE,
WE HAD A SINGLE NOZZLE
WHICH RESULTED IN SOME
KIND OF INTERESTING
LEAN ON THE INNER TUBE
WHERE HE FELL OUT.
BUT NOW WE HAVE
AN ENTIRE ARRAY OF NOZZLES,
WHICH I THINK WILL GIVE US
A PRETTY STABLE LEVITATION
OF BUSTER
AND HIS MINI INNER TUBE.
LET'S SAY WE START
WITH THE OUTSIDE RING FIRST.
Brian:
SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
OH!
THAT IS PRETTY COOL.
IT SEEMED TO BE RIDING THE
OUTSIDE AND IT FELL RIGHT DOWN
WHERE THAT CENTRAL NOZZLE
ISN'T FLOWING RIGHT NOW.
SO WHAT I THINK
YOU'RE SAYING
IS WE SHOULD TRY THIS
WITH THE INNER NOZZLE.
I THINK
IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.
-ALL RIGHT.
-ALL RIGHT.
Narrator: FIRST, THEY'LL TRY
THE CENTER JET A LITTLE HIGHER
THAN THE OUTER ARRAY.
IT'S STRAIGHT OVER
THE FALLS FOR BUSTER,
BUT THE GUYS ARE GOING TO GIVE
THE INSIDE JET ANOTHER CHANCE.
DOWN A SMIDGEN
ON THE INSIDE?
YEAH, YOU THINK WE CAN GET TO
ABOUT 6 INCHES OR SO BELOW...
YEAH. I CAN GET ANYTHING
YOU WANT, JON.
THAT'S GETTING CLOSE, MAN.
CLOSE, BUT NO HYDRAULICALLY
SUSPENDED CIGAR.
MINI BUSTER'S JET RIDE LASTS
FOR LESS THAN A SECOND.
THINK WE'D BENEFIT
FROM A SLIGHTLY
MORE REALISTIC-WEIGHT
MINI BUSTER
BECAUSE
HE'S PRETTY LIGHT.
THEN WE PUT A FEW NUTS IN THERE,
TAPE HIM DOWN
LIKE HE'S HANGING ON,
JUST SO WE CAN FIND THAT BALANCE
POINT IN OUR SMALL-SCALE.
BY MAKING MINI BUSTER HEAVIER,
THE RATIO OF HIS WEIGHT
TO HIS RING'S WEIGHT
WILL BE CLOSER TO TRUE SCALE.
IT WILL ALSO LOWER
HIS CENTER OF GRAVITY,
WHICH JON THINKS SHOULD
STABILIZE HIS RIDE IN THE JETS.
OKAY.
TO BALANCE THE INCREASED
DOWNWARDS FORCE,
A BEEFED-UP BUSTER
WILL NOW EXERT...
UP A LITTLE BIT.
OH, IT'S TOO HIGH.
...THE GUYS CRANK UP
THE OUTER ARRAY TO 10 FEET
AND DROP THE INNER JET TO 5.
-HOW FAR?
-THAT'S GOOD.
ALL RIGHT.
SO WILL THIS
WATERY CONFIGURATION
RESULT IN LEVITATION?
BUSTER, INTO A 10-FOOT TALL
OUTER ARRAY
WITH HALF-HEIGHT INNER ARRAY
IN THREE, TWO, ONE!
OH!
[ LAUGHS ]
OH!
OH!
-WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT?
LEVITATION!
IT'S A PRETTY TURBULENT
JET RIDE FOR THE LITTLE GUY,
BUT HE CLINGS ON TO HIS RING
FOR THE DURATION.
AND CLOCKING A TOTAL FLIGHT TIME
OF 7 SECONDS,
THIS SMALL-SCALE TEST SUGGESTS
THERE MAY YET BE
SOME TRUTH TO THE MYTH.
-HOLY MOLY!
-RIGHT?
SO I THINK THERE'S ONLY
ONE QUESTION NOW.
YOU THINK THAT FOUNTAIN STILL
WORKS WHEN IT'S UNDER THE WATER?
YEAH. HOW DID BUSTER FLOAT
ON TOP OF THAT?
WE JUST SAW A PRETTY GOOD
LEVITATION OF OUR MINI BUSTER
IN HIS MINI INNER TUBE.
BUT THE MYTH DOES STATE
THAT OUR OLD GEEZER DOES FLOAT
ACCIDENTALLY INTO
A BUNCH OF FOUNTAINHEADS
AND THEN GETS LIFTED UPWARDS.
SO OUR NEXT STEP IS TO DROP OUR
NOZZLE ARRAY
DOWN UNDER THE WATER AND SEE
IF WE CAN GET THE SAME RESULT.
BUSTER IS IN POSITION.
GO AHEAD AND FIRE IT
IN THREE, TWO, ONE!
[ LAUGHS ]
THAT LOOKS DIFFERENT.
MORE LIKE A WAVE POOL
THAN A BEAUTIFUL FOUNTAIN.
THE STUFF IS RAINING BACK DOWN,
IT'S RIPPLING OUT
AND THE RIPPLES
ARE COMING BACK IN,
AND SO WE'RE GETTING
INTERMITTENT FLOW
WHEN THE NOZZLE
IS ABOVE WATER
-YOU READY?
-YEAH. NOW!
-PRETTY! NOPE! PRETTY! NOPE!
-NOW! NOW! NOW!
PRETTY! OKAY.
SO, PROBLEM?
I THINK WE SHOULD TRY THIS
IN A BIGGER POOL
SO THAT THERE'S
LESS SPLASH
AND THEN WE CAN TRY
WITH FULL-SIZED NOZZLES?
TEXAS-SIZED FOUNTAIN?
I LIKE THAT.
WELL, IF IT'S
A TEXAS-SIZED FOUNTAIN,
WE SHOULD PROBABLY GET
A TEXAS-SIZED CREW.
OOH.
TAMARA AND ALLEN?
I LIKE
THE WAY YOU THINK.
GO GIVE THEM A CALL!
STILL TO COME...BRIAN AND JON
HIT THE ROAD WITH OLD FRIENDS
TO FIND A FULL-SIZE POOL...
HA! AAH!
...AND GIVE THEIR SMALL-SCALE
FOUNTAIN A TEXAS-SIZED UPGRADE.
AND JON IS IN FOR A WILD RIDE
AS HE ATTEMPTS TO BEAT
A SPIKE STRIP...
Brian:
OH, HE IS LOSING IT. YEP.
...AND MAKE A CLEAN GETAWAY.
Jon: WHOO! SAVED THE CAMERA,
YOU'RE WELCOME!
E MYTHBUSTERS ARE ATTEMPTING
TO FOIL A POLICE SPIKE STRIP
AND MAKE A SUCCESSFUL GETAWAY
USING DIY-TOUGHENED TIRES.
BUT THEIR FIRST EFFORT WITH
A/B FOAM-FILLED TIRES FELL FLAT.
Jon:
YOU HEAR THAT, BRIAN?
THAT'S THE SOUND OF US
GOING TO PRISON.
[ LAUGHS ]
NOW THE GUYS HAVE SWITCHED
TO CONCRETE-FILLED TIRES,
ADDING 740 POUNDS
TO THE WEIGHT OF THE CAR.
BUT WHILE THE GOING
IS SLOW ON THE WAY
TO THE MYTHBUSTERS'
IMAGINARY HEIST,
THE WEIGHTY WHEELS
ARE HANDLING WELL.
Brian:
THE TIRES ARE AWFULLY STIFF,
BUT THE SUSPENSION IS
DOING ITS JOB.
IT DOESN'T LOOK TOO BAD.
JON: A little limber towards
the end when I picked up speed,
BUT OTHER THAN THAT,
IT DRIVES FINE.
YOU WANT TO TURN AROUND
AND GO FOR THE GOLD?
You know I do.
TIME FOR A SHARP EXIT
FROM THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.
SO WILL THE CONCRETE TIRES
SURVIVE THE SPIKES
AND A SPEEDY GETAWAY?
SPIKE STRIPS ENGAGE!
OH!
I MEAN, I HEARD SOMETHING
BUT I AIN'T STOPPING.
OH, YEAH.
HERE WE GO.
OOH, I DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE
I'M NOT REALLY IN CONTROL.
WHOO! SAVED THE CAMERA,
YOU'RE WELCOME!
YOU'RE WELCOME!
OH, OH, OH!
GOING AROUND
FOR ANOTHER LAP?
OH, GOT THAT
SPIKE STRIP AGAIN.
WHOO!
OH, HE IS LOSING IT.
YEP.
OH! THAT'S NOT
A SEXY RIDE AT ALL.
IT'S GETTING PRETTY CRAZY.
MAYBE IT'S GOING TO BE
MY LAST LAP.
COPY THAT, JON.
HERE WE GO!
OH, WE'RE STILL GOOD, CAMERA!
AND HERE WE GO.
AAH!
♪♪
WELL, WHAT DO YOU SAY
ABOUT THAT, MR. NEW YORK DRIVER?
IF YOU'RE GOING
AT 25 MILES AN HOUR,
YOU HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL
OF THE CAR.
YOU GO 35 MILES AN HOUR
AND THEN THE ENTIRE THING
IS JUST YOU GOING LIKE
THIS DOWN THE STREET.
SO I'M NOT PERFECTLY
EDUCATED ON IT,
BUT WHAT'S THE TOP SPEED
OF A POLICE CAR?
I'M PRETTY SURE
SIGNIFICANTLY FASTER
THAN 35 MILES AN HOUR.
EVEN THOUGH
THE CONCRETE-FILLED TIRES
NOT ONLY SURVIVED
THE SPIKE STRIP
BUT ALMOST RIPPED IT IN HALF,
THEIR ADDED WEIGHT
AND LACK OF TRACTION
ALSO DESTROYED
THE CAR'S HANDLING.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE THE
END OF THE ROAD FOR THIS MYTH.
DIY TIRES
VERSUS SPIKE STRIPS.
WELL, THE CONCRETE TIRES
ROLLED RIGHT OVER THE SPIKES
AND NEARLY CUT
THE STRIP IN TWO.
YEAH, BUT WHAT ABOUT AFTER
YOU GOT UP TO SOME SPEED?
YEAH.
AFTER THAT, NOT SO MUCH.
I MEAN, ANYTHING OVER
35 MILES AN HOUR,
YOU CAN'T
CONTROL THE CAR.
THERE'S NO WAY
YOU'RE ESCAPING THE LAW.
AND THEN THERE'S
THE A/B FOAM-FILLED TIRES.
ONCE THE SPIKES
DID THEIR WORK
AND THERE WAS
NO AIR LEFT IN THE TIRES,
IT COULDN'T
GET OVER THE OBSTACLES.
YEP, DESTROYED
BY THE WEIGHT OF THE CAR
AND THE BUMPS IN THE ROAD
IN UNDER A MINUTE.
SO CONCRETE TIRES, BUSTED.
AND A/B FOAM-FILLED
TIRES, BUSTED.
[ AIR HISSING ]
BUT THE MYTHBUSTERS HAVEN'T
GIVEN UP ON GETTING AWAY
JUST YET.
COMING UP,
A SECOND SPIKE-BUSTING MYTH.
CAN A HOLLYWOOD SKID
SKIP THE STRIP?
BUT NOW IT'S BACK TO THE MYTH
OF THE GEEZER GEYSER AND HQ,
WHERE BRIAN AND JON HAVE
ENLISTED THE HELP OF OLD PALS
FROM "THE SEARCH,"
TAMARA ROBERTSON AND ALLEN PAN.
SO GEEZER GEYSER,
NEXT STEPS?
SO WE'VE DONE
THE SMALL-SCALE.
WE TRIED ONE NOZZLE
AND AN ARRAY OF NOZZLES.
BUT WHAT WE GOT TO
WAS THE POINT
WHERE OUR SMALL POOL
WAS CAUSING WAVES
TO CRASH BACK OVER THE NOZZLE,
INTERRUPTING THAT STREAM.
SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED
A BIGGER POOL.
LUCKILY WE HAVE ONE.
YEAH, BUT BEFORE WE GET
TO THAT BIGGER POOL,
WE HAVE TO BUILD
ALL OF THIS.
WHAT IS THIS?
WE'VE GOT ARRAYS, OUTER AND
INNER, MANIFOLDS,
AND SCAFFOLDING THAT LETS US
ADJUST EVERYTHING
SO WE CAN TRY TO FLOAT
BUSTER ALL THE WAY UP.
OOH, YOU WANT TO
BUILD THE SCAFFOLD?
OOH, YEAH.
-SO, PLUMBING?
-YEAH, SOUNDS GOOD.
Jon: OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
RIGHT NOW JON AND I --
HI, JON!
HI, ALLEN!
ARE USING PERFORATED
C-CHANNEL
TO BUILD
A SCAFFOLDING SYSTEM
TO HOLD OUR
MIDDLE NOZZLES IN PLACE
AND KEEP OUR OUTER
NOZZLES ADJUSTABLE
SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY
DIAL IN THE STREAMS
TO GIVE BUSTER
THE BEST POSSIBLE CHANCE
OF ACTUALLY BEING SHOT UP
AND SUSPENDED WITH WATER.
BRIAN AND I ARE WORKING ON OUR
WATER DISTRIBUTION MANIFOLDS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO OF THEM
THAT ARE FED BY THREE PUMPS.
THAT WILL GIVE US
ENOUGH PRESSURE FOR THE OUTER
AND THE INNER ARRAYS
FOR OUR NOZZLES.
Brian: TAMARA AND I HAVE TO
SPEND A LOT OF TIME
MAKING SURE EVERY
CONNECTION HERE IS RIGHT.
I JUST LIKE HUGGING IT.
WE'RE NOT DEALING
WITH A TON OF PRESSURE.
I MEAN, IT'S A FAIR AMOUNT,
BUT NOT INSANE.
IT'S A TON OF WATER.
EACH OF OUR PUMPS CAN HANDLE
ABOUT 900 GALLONS
PER MINUTE OF WATER.
ANY LITTLE LEAK,
AND ONE OF THOSE NOZZLES
MIGHT NOT BE RIGHT,
NO FLYING
BUSTER.
Narrator: IT'S A DEMANDING...
[ GROANS ]
...AND COMPLEX BUILD.
BUT AFTER SOME SERIOUS
NUMBER CRUNCHING...
Jon:
SO IT'S 2x SQUARED EQUALS 18.
OH, ACTUALLY, THAT'S A PRETTY
SMART WAY TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
Narrator: ...AND SOME
NOT-SO-SERIOUS PLUMBING...
NOW THE FOUNTAIN GODS
WILL HONOR US.
...THE SCAFFOLDING AND PIPEWORK
FOR A VEGAS-SIZED
FOUNTAIN ARE COMPLETE.
COOL. LOOKS LIKE
WE GOT ALL THE PIECES.
WHY DON'T WE BRING THEM OUT
THERE AND PUT THEM TOGETHER?
LET'S DO IT!
BUT YOU CAN'T JUST BUILD
A SUPER FOUNTAIN ANYWHERE.
TIME FOR A DRIVE OUT
TO THE COUNTRY,
WHERE THE MYTHBUSTERS HAVE TEED
UP A LOCATION FOR FINAL TESTING.
OH, THAT'S
A NICE-LOOKING POOL.
YEAH, IT REMINDS ME OF WHEN I
WAS A KID GOING TO SUMMER CAMP.
YOU WENT TO SUMMER CAMP?
NOPE, TOO MANY ALLERGIES,
COULDN'T GO.
Narrator:
WITH SUMMER LONG GONE,
THE POOL IS DESERTED
AND THE PERFECT SPOT
TO BUILD A FOUNTAIN
OF VEGAS PROPORTIONS.
ALL RIGHT.
THE FOUNTAIN'S INNER JET ARRAY
WILL BE POWERED BY A SINGLE PUMP
WHILE THE OUTER ARRAY
CAN TAKE EITHER ONE OR TWO.
CLEAR!
SO THE MYTHBUSTERS HAVE ORDERED
IN TWO LARGE UNITS
AND ONE VERY LARGE UNIT,
WHICH THEY'LL USE
IN DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS.
THREE MASSIVE PUMPS
IN PLACE.
WHILE TAMARA GETS TO GRIPS
WITH THE OVERSIZED PIPEWORK
AND BRIAN SUPERVISES...
[ GROANS ]
OH, THAT'S USING EVERYTHING
YOU'VE GOT. ALL RIGHT.
...JON AND ALLEN
MAKE A START IN THE POOL.
OOH!
SO HOPEFULLY JON IS NOT
ALLERGIC TO COLD WATER.
AHH!
Tamara: SO THIS IS A PRETTY
BIG BUILD IN ITSELF,
BUT ADD ANY ELEMENT OF WATER
AND IT GETS EVEN MORE INTENSE.
-IT'S COLD!
-IT IS COLD.
EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING
IS ACTUALLY JUST ZAPPING
THE ENERGY AND HEAT OUT OF YOU.
TOO FAR AWAY.
I CAN COME OVER,
WHATEVER YOU NEED.
YOUR HANDS START TO CRAMP UP,
WHICH TAKES YOU LONGER
TO ACTUALLY SCREW EVERYTHING IN,
WHICH THEN MEANS THAT YOU'RE
IN THE COLD WATER EVEN LONGER,
GETTING COLDER, TAKING LONGER,
GETTING COLDER, TAKING LONGER.
IT'S A PROCESS,
BUT WE'RE ALMOST DONE.
ALL RIGHT.
THAT LAST HOSE IS ATTACHED.
READY TO TEST
THE CENTER MANIFOLD?
YEAH, BEFORE WE HOOK
THE REST OF IT UP
AND SEE IF IT
ALL EXPLODES APART?
YEAH.
LET'S DO IT.
YEAH!
HA!
I CAN'T FEEL MY FOOT.
IS THAT BAD?
YEAH.
Narrator: BRIAN AND JON
DEVELOPED THE FOUNTAIN'S DESIGN
DURING SMALL-SCALE TESTING
TO PROVIDE THE BEST SHOT
AT LEVITATING BUSTER
AND HIS RING,
BUT WITH A COMBINED
MAXIMUM OUTPUT
OF 3,000 GALLONS PER MINUTE,
THESE PUMPS ARE BIG-LEAGUE,
AND THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT
MYTHBUSTERS' SCALED-UP FOUNTAIN
WILL HANDLE SUCH MASSIVE FORCE.
WELL, THERE'S ONLY
ONE WAY TO FIND OUT.
-WELL, I'M READY.
-ON YOUR MARK.
CENTER MANIFOLD INTEGRITY TEST
IN THREE, TWO, ONE!
[ ENGINE STARTS ]
A LITTLE BIT.
Narrator: FIRST, BRIAN WILL FIRE
THE INNER ARRAY
HOOKED UP TO ONE
OF THE LARGE PUMPS.
SO FAR, SO GOOD.
YAY!
BUT NEXT, THE REAL TEST -- BOTH
ARRAYS FIRING SIMULTANEOUSLY
WITH THE OUTER JETS HOOKED UP
TO THE EXTRA LARGE PUMP.
WHOA!
YAY!
THAT'S AWESOME.
LOOK AT THAT!
THE FOUNTAIN REMAINS INTACT,
AND EVEN WITH THE BIGGER PUMP
BACKED OFF FULL CAPACITY,
THE OUTER JETS REACH
AROUND 60 FEET IN THE AIR.
DEFINITELY ENOUGH FORCE
TO PUSH AND HOLD BUSTER UP.
YOU THINK?
YEAH.
[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: AND COMING UP NEXT...
GO, GO, GO, GO,
GO, GO, GO!
COME ON!
...IT'S TIME TO FIND OUT.
Narrator: THE MYTHBUSTERS HAVE
PUT THEIR SUPER FOUNTAIN
TO THE TEST,
AND THE RESPONSE WAS GUSHING.
OH!
BUT ARE ITS POWERFUL JETS
CAPABLE OF SUSPENDING
A DRUNKEN OLD GUY
IN AN INFLATABLE RING
AS CLAIMED IN THE MYTH?
ACCORDING TO THIS MYTH,
THIS GEEZER HAS TO FLOAT
EXACTLY ON TOP OF A FOUNTAIN
RIGHT WHEN IT GOES OFF.
TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS,
ME, JON, AND TAMARA
ARE GOING TO BE GUIDING
THE FLOAT WITH THESE LINES.
Narrator: BUT FOR INITIAL
TESTING THERE WILL BE NO BUSTER,
JUST HIS INFLATABLE RING,
AND THE MYTHBUSTERS
WILL START SMALL,
FIRING ONLY THE OUTER JETS
POWERED BY ONE
OF THE LARGE PUMPS.
IN THREE, TWO, ONE!
ALL RIGHT, LET IT GO!
GO, GO, GO, GO, GO!
COME ON, BABY!
BUT EVEN WITH THE LARGE PUMP
AT CLOSE TO FULL POWER,
THE OUTER JETS FAIL TO LIFT
THE INFLATABLE RING.
WHAT IF WE TRAPPED IT
WITH THE OUTER LIKE THAT
AND THEN ACTUALLY USE
THE CENTER TO START RAISING IT?
-SO USE BOTH SETS OF PUMPS?
-YEP.
Brian: SO I'LL BRING UP THE
POWER ON THE OUTER ARRAY, TOO,
TO LOCK IT WELL IN.
COPY THAT.
ALL RIGHT. LET'S DO IT.
ALL RIGHT.
LET IT GO.
COME ON.
OH!
THE INNER JETS DID
PROVIDE EXTRA LIFT,
BUT NOT THE SUSTAINED
STABLE SUSPENSION
DESCRIBED IN THE MYTH.
DO YOU THINK THE WEIGHT
OF BUSTER WOULD HELP?
LET'S THROW BUSTER
IN THERE.
IN EARLIER PHASES OF TESTING, A
REALISTIC SCALE AND WEIGHT
MINI BUSTER WITH
A LOWER CENTER OF GRAVITY
WAS CRITICAL
TO SUCCESSFUL LEVITATION.
SO COULD THE ADDITION OF THIS
GUY MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE?
THIS GUY HAS GOT TO GET
THAT PARTYING UNDER CONTROL.
YEAH, I THINK HE HAD A LITTLE
BIT TOO MUCH TO DRINK THIS TIME.
AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO SOBER UP
THAN WITH A RELAXING FLOAT
IN A SUPER FOUNTAIN?
AFTER A BUNCH OF PRELIMINARY
TESTS TO HONE IN EVERYTHING,
I THINK WE'RE READY
TO GO FULL-SCALE.
THAT MEANS
BOTH ARRAY OF NOZZLES,
FULL-SIZE INNER TUBE,
AND FULL-SIZE BUSTER.
I THINK HE'S GOING TO GO
PRETTY HIGH UP,
SINCE WE GOT THAT
GOOD STABILIZING OUTER RING
AND A PRETTY POWERFUL
INNER ARRAY.
Narrator: Well, there's only
one way to find out --
HIT THE JETS, TEX!
Jon: OH, MY GOD!
♪♪
[ ALL SHOUTING ]
♪♪
MUCH LIKE THE PREVIOUS TEST,
THE FOUNTAIN TIPS
THE INFLATABLE RING
AND DRUNKEN BUSTER TUMBLES
INTO THE TURBULENCE.
WE CAME UP PRETTY HIGH
ON THAT OUTSIDE NOZZLE, RIGHT,
AND ALMOST ALL THE WAY
ON THE INSIDE ONE
JUST TO GET
THAT TO HAPPEN.
-YEAH.
-I THINK WE NEED TO GO BACK
TO THAT BIGGER PUMP
ON THAT OUTSIDE NOZZLE, RIGHT?
WHOO! ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GET SET UP.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, TAMARA!
GET OUT OF THERE!
LET GO!
Narrator: WITH THE EXTRA-LARGE
PUMP HOOKED UP
TO THE OUTER JETS, THEY KICK OUT
A WHOLE LOT MORE JUICE,
BUT WILL THEY HOLD BUSTER
STEADY ENOUGH
FOR THE INNER JETS TO LIFT HIM!
OH!
IS THAT IT?
Brian:
THAT IS EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT
ON THE OUTER ARRAY RIGHT NOW.
Narrator: AND STILL
NO FOUNTAIN FLIGHT FOR BUSTER.
JON HAS A THEORY WHY.
EVERY TIME WE SEE
OLD MAN BUSTER ALMOST GET LIFTED
BY THE CENTER ARRAY,
HE FLIPS FEET OVER HEAD.
NOW, THAT'S BECAUSE HE'S HEAVIER
IN THE CHEST THAN HIS LEGS ARE,
JUST LIKE A NORMAL
HUMAN BEING IS.
Narrator: WHEN THE SMALL-SCALE
FOUNTAIN SUCCESSFULLY SUSPENDED
MINI BUSTER, JON HAD FIRST
CAREFULLY BALANCED
THE WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION
IN HIS RING.
BUT AS AN OLD DUDE SITTING
IN AN INFLATABLE RING
WOULD BE IMBALANCED,
JUST LIKE BUSTER,
USING COUNTER WEIGHTS
TO EVEN THINGS OUT
WOULD BE CHEATING THE MYTH.
SO THE MYTHBUSTERS INSTEAD
DECIDE TO BOTH RECONFIGURE
THE FOUNTAIN
AND HOOK IT UP
TO ALL THREE PUMPS
TO ATTEMPT TO LIFT BUSTER
ONE LAST TIME.
FOR THIS FINAL SHOT,
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO
IS WE'RE GOING TO MOVE
OUR INNER ARRAY
OUT CLOSER TO OUR OUTER ARRAY,
SO THAT ALL OF OUR PUMPS
ARE FOCUSING ALL OF OUR FORCE
ON THE OUTER PART,
WHICH SHOULD GIVE US THE MOST
STABILITY AND THE MOST FORCE,
AND MAYBE BUSTER WILL
ACTUALLY STAY UP THERE.
ALL RIGHT.
YOU GUYS READY?
All: YEAH!
ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE BIG ONE.
IN THREE, TWO, ONE!
Narrator: THIS IS THE FINAL CALL
FOR DRUNKEN BUSTER.
WILL HE MAKE HIS FLIGHT
OR GET DITCHED IN THE DRINK
TO DROWN HIS SORROWS?
OH, YEAH!
LET'S GO!
GO, GO,
GO, GO, GO, GO, GO!
COME ON!
COME ON. COME ON!
COME ON!
GO! GO! GO!
♪♪
I THINK WE MAXED OUT.
-THAT DIDN'T WORK AT ALL.
-NO, IT DIDN'T.
Jon:
LOOK AT ALL THE STUFF WE DID
FOR THIS FULL-SCALE TEST TODAY.
WE JUST FIRED
THE OUTER ARRAY...
COME ON, BABY!
...WE FIRED BOTH
ARRAYS TOGETHER.
WE USED ALL THE PUMPS,
EVEN ARRANGED THE INNER NOZZLES
OUTSIDE TO CREATE SOME
SUPER RING OF NOZZLES
AND IT STILL DIDN'T WORK.
WE DEFINITELY MASTERED
CAGING BUSTER,
BUT LEVITATION,
NOT SO MUCH.
YEAH, EVEN WHEN WE SAW
BUSTER START TO LIFT
A LITTLE ABOVE
THE SURFACE OF THE WATER,
HE WOULD JUST FLIP OVER
LIKE A PANCAKE.
I'VE GOT TO SAY,
THIS IS BUSTED.
-BUSTED.
-AGREED.
-AGREED.
Narrator: STILL TO COME...
BRIAN, YOU READY?
I WAS BORN READY!
...GET READY FOR SPIKE-BUSTING
MYTH NUMBER TWO,
THE HOLLYWOOD POWER SLIDE.
Narrator: WHEN THE MYTHBUSTERS
TESTED IF DIY-TOUGHENED TIRES
COULD BEAT POLICE
ROAD SPIKES...
Jon: OOH! I CAN HEAR THE AIR
LEAVING THOSE TIRES.
...THE MYTH ENDED UP
AS BUSTED AS THE TIRES.
BUT WHAT IF THERE'S ANOTHER WAY
TO BEAT A SPIKE STRIP?
WELL, ACCORDING TO THE MOVIE
"BABY DRIVER," THERE IS.
ALL YOU NEED IS
A HIGH-POWERED CAR,
A SKILLED DRIVER
WITH NERVES OF STEEL,
AND YOU CAN DRIFT THOSE SPIKES
CLEAN OFF THE ROAD,
THEN ESCAPE TO FREEDOM.
USING ONE OF OUR REAR TIRES
TO BRUSH ASIDE A SPIKE STRIP
IS SORT OF LIKE TRYING TO DO
SURGERY WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER
BECAUSE WE'RE USING
A FULL-SIZED VEHICLE
TO BRUSH ASIDE SOMETHING THAT'S
ABOUT THIS TALL AND THIS WIDE.
TO GET THIS RIGHT,
WE NEED PERFECT TIMING
AND A WHOLE LOT
OF COORDINATION.
Narrator: AND THAT SOUNDS LIKE
A WHOLE BUNDLE OF BRIAN BABY.
THE MYTHBUSTERS' VERY OWN
TRAINEE STUNT DRIVER
WILL GET EXPERT COACHING
FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT PURSUIT
AND EVASION DRIVING INSTRUCTOR,
MARCUS SMITH.
ALL RIGHT,
FIRST THING IS A PRECISION MOVE.
YOU HAVE TO GET THE BACK END
TO ROTATE IN AN OVERSTEER SKID.
THE PROBLEM IS IF YOU DON'T
ROTATE ENOUGH, YOU GET A SPIKE.
IF YOU ROTATE TOO MUCH,
THE CAR IS GOING TO BE FACING
IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
LET'S DO IT.
BEFORE BRIAN GETS A RUN
AT THE SPIKES,
HE'LL HONE HIS TECHNIQUE
ON A SOFTER TARGET.
OKAY.
THE TRACK IS CLEAR.
COPY THAT, READY TO GO.
Jon: OH, BOY.
HERE WE GO.
OOH, BRIAN.
SWING AND A MISS, MAN.
OOH, SO CLOSE!
OOH, THAT WAS A GOOD ONE.
ROTATION WAS GOOD.
MAYBE RECOVERED
JUST A LITTLE BIT TOO EARLY.
Narrator: WHAT IS NEEDED IS
A LITTLE LESS CAUTION
AND A LITTLE MORE
APPROACH SPEED.
♪♪
WHOA!
NICE.
NOT TO MIX MY SPORTS
METAPHORS, BUT BULL'S-EYE!
THIS TIME, BRIAN CLIPS
THE BOXES,
BUT DOES HE REALLY NAIL
THE MANEUVER?
PERFECT PLACEMENT.
Brian: I FEEL LIKE, THOUGH,
NOT QUITE ENOUGH ROTATION.
THE TIRE PLACEMENT
WAS SPOT-ON.
AND YOU WANT TO LEAD WITH THE
REAR, NOT THE FRONT OF THE CAR.
RIGHT, SO PLUS FOR ME
IS TIRE PLACEMENT.
DOWNSIDE FOR ME
IS NOT QUITE ENOUGH ROTATION.
SO IF BRIAN IS GOING TO
BEAT THE SPIKE STRIP,
HE'LL NEED TO COMMIT
EVEN MORE TO THE POWER SLIDE.
Jon: OKAY.
IT'S TIME FOR THE REAL THING.
HOW DO YOU THINK
HE'S GOING TO DO?
I ACTUALLY THINK HE'S GOING
TO DO A GOOD JOB,
BUT I'M ROOTING
FOR THE SPIKE STRIP.
I UNDERSTAND
WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S CALL HIM IN.
THREE, TWO, ONE.
AND HE'S OFF.
♪♪
DON'T MOVE YOUR CAR,
BRIAN.
Brian: YEAH.
I CAN'T SEE THE SPIKE STRIPS,
SO I THOUGHT I WOULD
JUST HANG OUT HERE.
Narrator: AMAZINGLY,
ALL THE TIRES SURVIVE INTACT,
BUT THE SPIKE STRIP IS WRAPPED
AROUND BOTH BACK WHEELS,
IMMOBILIZING THE CAR.
SO WHAT WENT WRONG?
Brian:
OH, THAT'S SIDEWAYS.
BRIAN NAILS THE MANEUVER,
SLIDING THE SIDE WALL
OF HIS REAR TIRE INTO THE STRIP,
BUT HE STILL FAILS
TO BEAT THE SPIKES.
Jon: YEAH, YOU'RE HITTING REAL
NICE SIDEWAYS,
BUT YOU HIT IT RIGHT
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STRIP.
Smith:
A LITTLE BIT OFF.
EXACTLY, WHICH MAKES YOUR
GETAWAY A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT,
I'M GOING TO SAY.
-YEAH.
I DON'T THINK I COULD
HAVE GONE ANYWHERE.
BUT THERE'S A CHANCE, I THINK,
IF I HIT IT CLOSER TO THE EDGE,
THAT WOULD GO DIFFERENTLY, HUH?
-YEAH.
GOOD THING YOU DIDN'T POP
ANY OF THOSE TIRES.
YOU WANT TO HOP BACK IN
AND GIVE IT ANOTHER GO?
NO. [ SCOFFS ]
BRIAN, YOU READY?
I WAS BORN READY!
OOH, HE'S GOT THE REV.
I THINK HE FORGOT
TO TAKE IT OUT OF PARK.
♪♪
NICE.
THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR THIS MYTH.
NO, SIR, IT IS NOT.
Narrator: EVEN THOUGH BRIAN
SLIDES IN PERFECTLY SIDEWAYS
AND HITS THE VERY END
OF THE STRIP,
JUST LIKE IN "BABY DRIVER,"
MULTIPLE SPIKES BITE
INTO THE TIRE.
Jon: I THINK
THEY CAUGHT YOU, MAN.
Brian: YEAH, I WAS A LITTLE
SCARED TO KEEP GOING.
IT'S WEIRD. IT'S LIKE THESE
SPIKE STRIPS JUST WERE DESIGNED
TO STOP CARS
NO MATTER WHAT THEY DID.
AS THOUGH YEARS OF ENGINEERING
AND REHEARSAL
AND TRIAL AND ERROR
HAVE CAUSED THIS
TO WORK SO WELL.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE
THE SHARPEST SPIKE IN THE STRIP
TO WORK OUT THE VERDICT
ON THIS MOVIE MYTH.
SO BEATING A SPIKE STRIP
WITH A POWER SLIDE,
I MEAN, IT SEEMS
PRETTY EASY IN THE MOVIES.
YEAH, BUT EVEN WITH BRIAN BABY
BEHIND THE WHEEL,
NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE
IN REAL LIFE.
YEAH, YOU HAVE TO GET
THE ROTATION OF THAT SLIDE
JUST RIGHT TO BRUSH THE SPIKE
STRIP BUT NOT ROLL OVER IT.
NOT EASY, AND YOU HAVE TO HIT
THE VERY END OF THAT SPIKE STRIP
WITH A TIRE TO HAVE A CHANCE
OF BRUSHING IT AWAY.
ALSO NOT EASY.
EVEN IF YOU GET THE ACCURACY
AND THE ROTATION
OF THAT POWER SLIDE RIGHT,
YOU END UP WITH SPIKES
IN YOUR TIRE.
SO THIS MYTHICAL MOVE
MIGHT WORK IN BLOCKBUSTERS
BUT IN REAL LIFE
IT'S JUST PLAIN BUSTED.
JUST LIKE THOSE TIRES.
SO, BRIAN BABY, YOU READY
TO TRY TO MAKE ANOTHER GETAWAY?
YEAH. NEVER GOING TO
CATCH ME, COPPER!
[ IMITATES
WHEELS SQUEALING ]
YEAH. YOU KNOW I'M NOT
GOING TO USE THE SPIKE STRIP
THIS TIME, RIGHT?
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA,
UNCOOL!
[ SIREN WAILS ]