MythBusters (2003–…): Season 15, Episode 11 - Dynamite Deposit - full transcript
The MythBusters investigate if it's possible to blow a safe open and not destroy the loot inside, and whether dog owners really look like their pets.
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[ DOGS PANTING ]
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Narrator: ON THIS EPISODE
OF "MYTHBUSTERS"...
BEST DAY AT WORK, JON.
...AN EXPLOSIVE
CRIMINAL CAPER...
LET THE HEIST BEGIN!
...AND A CUTE CANINE CONUNDRUM.
Girl: OH, MY GOSH!
LOOK AT HIS FACE!
FIRST UP...
CAN YOU BLOW OPEN A SAFE
FROM THE INSIDE?
Narrator: ...AND LEAVE
THE DOLLAR BILLS INTACT?
ONE!
Jon: ONE!
THAT'S WHY WE STAND
BEHIND BLAST SHIELDS.
AND...
NICE HEAD CARRIAGE.
...DO DOGS AND THEIR OWNERS...
DOES THIS DOG
LOOK LIKE ME, BRIAN?
BECAUSE I'M KEEPING HIM.
...REALLY LOOK ALIKE?
I GUESS IT'S TIME TO SEE
IF WE WERE RIGHT.
[ LAUGHS ]
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
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FIRST UP,
A FABLED CRIMINAL CAPER,
THE ULTIMATE INSIDE JOB.
IN A SMALL TOWN, A CUNNING
SAFE CRACKER CONCOCTS A PLAN
TO RELIEVE A LOCAL DEPOSITORY
OF THEIR LOCKED-UP LOOT.
HE PLACES A TIMED
EXPLOSIVE IN A BAG
THAT HE THEN DEPOSITS
WITH THE BANK.
IT'S PLACED IN THE SAFE,
AND WHEN MIDNIGHT ROLLS AROUND,
OUR CEREBRAL CRIMINAL MAKES OFF
WITH THE SURPRISINGLY
INTACT ILL-GOTTEN GAINS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONE THING THAT
INTRIGUES ME ABOUT THIS MYTH.
YEAH?
AREN'T YOU GOING TO DESTROY
THE LOOT YOU'RE TRYING
TO GET TO?
AND THAT, MY FRIEND, IS EXACTLY
WHY WE'RE TESTING THIS MYTH.
SO, TO INVESTIGATE
THE CRIMINAL CONUNDRUM
THAT IT'S POSSIBLE
TO BLOW UP A SAFE
AND NOT THE PAPER CONTENTS,
JON AND BRIAN HEAD FOR THE
HILLS WITH HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
IF WE'RE GOING TO TEST
THIS REAL INSIDE JOB,
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT
SOME EXPLOSIVES IN A SAFE
AND BLOW IT UP
TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
X MARKS THE SPOT, I GUESS.
YEAH.
THIS FEELS VERY SUN
MORNING CARTOONISH,
ROLLING A BIG OLD SAFE
ONTO A BIG OLD X
IN THE GROUND
IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.
YUP.
FIRST UP, A PROOF OF CONCEPT
WITHOUT THE VALUABLES.
WHAT HAPPENS TO A STEEL SAFE
WHEN YOU DETONATE IT
FROM INSIDE?
Brian: THIS IS OUR SAFE.
IT'S ABOUT 300 POUNDS
OF SOLID STEEL.
IT HAS A NICE, HEAVY DOOR
AND SOME BIG OLD LOCKING BOLTS.
NOW, YOU'VE SEEN THE DOOR TO ONE
OF THESE SAFES BLOWN OFF BEFORE,
BUT IT WAS FILLED WITH WATER,
WHICH IS NEARLY INCOMPRESSIBLE.
WOW!
THAT MEANS THAT EXPLOSION
USED HYDROSTATIC FORCE
TO BLOW OFF THE DOOR.
IN OUR CASE, OUR SAFE IS GOING
TO BE FILLED WITH AIR,
AND IT'S GOING TO BE
PNEUMATIC FORCE.
SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING
TO SEE IF THE DOOR
EVEN BLOWS OFF AT ALL.
BE FUN TO FIND OUT, THOUGH.
IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR US
TO DEPOSIT OUR EXPLOSIVES
INTO OUR SAFE,
AND FOR THAT, WE'RE USING
A NITROMETHANE-BASED
TWO-PART HIGH EXPLOSIVE.
NOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO
REMEMBER OUR OOBLECK EPISODE...
ONE!
[ LAUGHS ]
...IT WAS A PRETTY
IMPRESSIVE EXPLOSION,
AND THAT IS WHAT OUR PYRO
IS MIXING UP FOR US RIGHT NOW.
Narrator: NEWS REPORTS DESCRIBE
THE EXPLOSION
AS CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE
TO THE BANK INTERIOR.
BASED ON THAT, THEY'VE ESTIMATED
THE PERP USED FOUR STICKS
OR 1.3 POUNDS
OF BINARY EXPLOSIVE.
PROOF OF CONCEPT,
HIGH EXPLOSIVE IN EMPTY SAFE
IN THREE, TWO, ONE!
HOLY MOLY!
OH, LOOK AT THIS!
WELL, NOT MUCH
LEFT OF THAT.
YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE IT GOT
BLOWN UP LIKE A BALLOON.
I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY
THAT YOU CAN BLOW OPEN
A SAFE WITH HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
WALLS, ROOF,
IT'S TOTALLY GONE, MAN.
AND, WHEN YOU REVIEW IT
ON HIGH SPEED,
IT'S EVEN MORE SPECTACULAR.
ONE MOMENT, THE SAFE IS THERE.
THE SEAMS GIVE WAY,
SHOOTING DOORS OUT THAT WAY
AND WALLS OUT THAT WAY
AND CEILINGS
UP ALL THE WAY INTO THE SKY
AND JUST A CLOUD
OF SHRAPNEL AND DUST.
BUT I HAVE TO SAY IT'S A BIT
MORE A DISAPPEARING ACT
THAN IT ACTUALLY
IS A BANK ROBBERY.
IT'S THE BACK OF THE SAFE.
LOOKS LIKE A CRUMPLED
PIECE OF PAPER.
IF OUR THIEF WAS ABLE
TO BLOW THE DOOR OFF
AND GET AWAY WITH THE MONEY,
I'M PRETTY SURE
HE USED A LITTLE BIT
LESS THAN WE DID...
...BUT IT WAS FUN.
I THINK IT'S TIME TO GO BACK
TO THE SHOP AND INVESTIGATE
HOW OUR THIEF MIGHT HAVE
ACTUALLY PULLED THIS OFF.
SOUNDS GOOD.
Narrator: BEFORE THE BOOMS
CONTINUE, CUE MYTH NUMBER TWO.
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING,
PUPS HAVE BEEN PART OF
THE "MYTHBUSTER" FAMILY...
HIGH FIVE.
OTHER HIGH FIVE.
AW, YOU'RE SUCH A GOOD PUPPY.
MWAH.
...AND NOT JUST
AS CANINE COMPANIONS.
MUSH.
THE TEAM HAS TACKLED A TON
OF FURRY FOUR-LEGGED FABLES.
FROM GUARD DOGS TO BLOODHOUNDS,
THE WORLD OF WOOFERS
HAS PROVIDED
A RICH SOURCE OF MATERIAL.
WE'RE GOING TO RELEASE THE URINE
AND ANAL SECRETION.
OH!
THAT IS MESSED UP!
Narrator: BUT THERE'S ONE
CLASSIC CANINE CONUNDRUM
THAT HAS YET TO BE ADDRESSED.
Brian: ALL RIGHT, BUBBA.
YOU READY?
GO GET IT!
DO DOGS REALLY RESEMBLE
THEIR OWNERS?
YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE SAY BO
AND I LOOK ALIKE.
Jon: REALLY?
I DON'T SEE IT.
YEAH, ME NEITHER.
Jon: SOME PEOPLE ARE
JUST LIKE THEIR DOGS.
THEY ACT THE SAME.
THEY'RE COMPLETELY DIALED
INTO ONE ANOTHER,
AND SOME EVEN DRESS ALIKE,
BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT
OUR MYTH IS ABOUT.
OUR MYTH IS SOLELY BASED ON
LOOKS, SO HAIR,
FACIAL FEATURES, BODY TYPES,
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
WE'LL BE BASING OUR TESTS ON.
Narrator:
YEP, TO DIAL IN ON THE VERACITY
OF THIS WELL WORN CLICHE,
JON AND BRIAN WILL BE
CARRYING OUT A TRIO OF TESTS
IN PAW AND ORDER...
Cooper:
WHAT KIND OF DEMEANOR?
A NERVOUS EXCITEMENT.
Narrator:
A POLICE ARTIST HAS TO RENDER
FIVE PUPS AS PEOPLE.
Jon:
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THAT DOG
WOULD LOOK LIKE AS A PERSON.
THEN IN "PICK A POOCH,"
10 HUMANS CHOOSE THEIR IDEAL
CANINE COMPANION.
BUT FIRST UP, "BEST IN SHOW,"
10 PUPS, 10 OWNERS
AND A GAME OF MATCH.
I HAVE TO SAY IT'S
THIS GUY RIGHT HERE.
Brian:
I THINK THERE'S NO DOUBT.
FOR OUR FIRST TEST,
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
10 DOGS AND 10 OWNERS.
WE'RE GOING TO SEPARATE THEM OUT
AND LOOK AT THE DOGS...
WHAT UP, TINY DOG?
[ BARKS ANGRILY ]
...GET TO KNOW THEIR FACES,
REALLY GET TO UNDERSTAND THEM,
THEN SWAP THE DOGS OUT FOR THEIR
OWNERS AND DO THE SAME THING.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE 10 DOGS,
10 OWNERS, COMPARE THEM,
TRY TO MATCH THEM UP
AND SEE HOW WE DO.
Narrator: HELPING THEM OUT IS
A WELL GROOMED EXPERT.
GOT BEAUTIFUL PIGMENT, NICE DARK
PIGMENT, NICE HEAD CARRIAGE.
OVERALL STRUCTURE OF THE DOG
IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
EVAN GINSBERG IS AN EXPERIENCED
SHOW DOG JUDGE
AND A GERMAN SHEPHERD OWNER.
COULD YOU TELL?
FIRST UP, JON AND BRIAN
TAKE THEIR TIME
AND GET TO KNOW
EACH OF THE PUPS.
DOES THIS DOG LOOK
LIKE ME, BRIAN?
BECAUSE I'M KEEPING HIM.
ON THIS TEST, THEY'RE
LOOKING AT BROAD
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS...
VERY INTELLIGENT-LOOKING,
NICE MUZZLE.
...TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF
EACH OF THE DOGS' FEATURES...
YOU LOOK AT THE MUSCLING
ON THE SHOULDERS OF THAT DOG.
THAT IS A POWERFUL DOG
AND BIG EXPRESSIVE EYES.
...RECORD THEM...
I'M GOING TO CALL
THIS ONE BUFF DOG.
...AND GET A SUMMARY
TO COMPARE TO THE HUMANS.
Brian: SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO
SAY THIS OTHER THAN TO SAY THIS,
BUT IF I WAS LOOKING
FOR THAT DOG'S OWNER,
I THINK I'D BE LOOKING FOR
SOMEONE A LITTLE BIT BUG-EYED.
THERE'S A PSYCHOLOGICAL
MECHANISM THAT MIGHT EXPLAIN
WHY WE CHOOSE ONE DOG
OVER ANOTHER TO BE OUR PET,
AND IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE:
FAMILIARITY.
JUST BECAUSE WE SEE SOMETHING
AND GET EXPOSED TO IT,
IN THE FUTURE, WE LIKE IT.
SO IT LOOKS CALM.
AND INTELLIGENT.
THIS IS AN INTELLIGENT DOG.
Jon: LOOKING FOR A WELL MANNERED
AND WISE-LOOKING PERSON,
GOOD TEMPERAMENT.
Brian: IT CAN BE WHY YOU CHOOSE
TO DATE SOMEONE...
LOOK AT THIS GIGANTIC DOG!
OH, HI!
HI, GIGANTIC DOG!
...WHY YOU CHOOSE THE HOUSE
YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE IN...
SO STRONG, SILENT TYPE.
I'D LOOK FOR A MAN,
A LITTLE MACHO MAYBE.
BUT IS IT WHY WE
CHOOSE OUR PETS?
LET'S FIND OUT.
BEAUTIFUL, ALERT DOG.
Jon: DO YOU THINK WE'D BE
LOOKING WITH SOMEONE WITH BANGS?
TINY BASEBALL DOG.
THERE ARE OTHER THEORIES
AS TO WHY PEOPLE CHOOSE DOGS.
SEEMS KIND OF TIMID,
SUPER ADORABLE.
I WOULD LOOK FOR SOMEONE
WHY KIND OF LOOKS SHY.
NOW, SOME EXPERTS SAY
THAT WE VIEW MATES AND PETS
AS AN EXTENSION OF OURSELVES
WHILE OTHERS SAY THAT
PEOPLE DESIRE WHAT THEY LACK,
SO A SHY PERSON MIGHT PICK
A MORE OUTGOING DOG.
Ginsberg: GREAT FAMILY DOG,
AND HE SHOWS THAT.
HE WANTS TO GO PLAY
WITH THE OTHER DOGS.
Brian: GET OFF THERE!
OH, NICE.
HEY!
WE'VE LOOKED AT ALL 10 DOGS,
AND I THINK BRIAN AND I
HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA
OF WHAT PEOPLE WERE LOOKING
FOR TO MATCH THESE PUPS.
I MEAN, WE'RE LOOKING FOR, LIKE,
THE BEAUTIFUL, EXPRESSIVE EYES.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR SHAGGY,
UNKEMPT HAIR,
MAYBE SOMEONE
WHO'S SLIGHTLY OLDER,
SOMEONE WHO'S MORE EXCITABLE
AND SMILING ALL THE TIME.
I THINK WE HAVE THAT DOWN.
I ALSO FOUND MY NEW DOG, RIGHT?
YOU'RE COMING HOME WITH ME.
Narrator: COMING UP,
BRIAN AND JON MEET THE OWNERS.
CAN YOU PICK WHO IS WITH WHO?
OH, OH, OH!
UH-HUH.
Narrator:
IS IT POSSIBLE TO MATCH PUPS
AND THEIR PEOPLE JUDGING
ONLY ON THEIR LOOKS?
DO DOGS REALLY LOOK
LIKE THEIR OWNERS?
I THINK THERE'S NO DOUBT.
MAN!
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TO TEST THE MYTH THAT DOGSLOK
JON AND BRIAN ARE CARRYING
OUT THREE EXPERIMENTS
TO LOOK AT ALL ANGLES
OF THIS SUPPOSED PHENOMENON.
FIRST UP, CAN THEY MATCH THESE
10 PUPS WITH THEIR HUMANS?
WITH THE HELP OF REGINA CASH,
AN EXPERT WHEN IT COMES
TO ASSESSING
HUMAN FACIAL FEATURES,
IT'S TIME FOR THE PEOPLE PARADE.
I JUST NEED HEIGHT.
THAT'S ALL, YUP.
I NEED LOTS
OF GOOD HEIGHT.
I THINK WE SHOULD CLOSE THE GATE
SO THEY DON'T ESCAPE.
YEAH.
JON, BRIAN AND REGINA TAKE THEIR
TIME GETTING TO KNOW EVERYONE.
CASSIDY!
HI, HOW'S IT GOING?
SHE'S GOT, LIKE,
THE NICE, WAVY HAIR.
Cash: YEAH, DAINTY BALLERINA.
Narrator:
THEN BEGINS THE MATCHMAKING.
OH, IT'S SOFT!
WHOA!
I THINK THE TERM
IS WELL GROOMED.
I'LL PUT "SOFT MANE."
Cash: SPARKLY-EYED,
FACE IS IN PROPORTION.
VERY CLASSY.
OOH!
Cash: VERY WELL GROOMED,
VERY WELL PUT TOGETHER.
REALLY GREAT EYES.
LIKE HAIR COLOR.
HAIR COLOR, RIGHT,
HER EYEBROW COLOR, SEE?
Narrator: IF THE MYTH IS
TO BE BELIEVED...
ATHLETIC BUILD.
Brian: STICK YOUR TONGUE OUT
LIKE YOU'RE A HAPPY DOG.
VERY TALL.
TALL, YES.
GREAT LITTLE SMILE.
AGILE.
Brian: HMM?
NO.
Narrator:
...PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
WILL BE OBVIOUS ENOUGH
TO PICK THE PAIRS.
NOW WE'VE SEEN THE DOGS
AND THEIR OWNERS,
BUT SEPARATELY OF COURSE.
AT FIRST GLANCE,
IT SEEMS PRETTY EASY.
TEACUP CHIHUAHUA.
[ LAUGHTER ]
YOU KNOW, BIG BUFF DUDE
PROBABLY HAS A BIG BUFF DOG.
Cash: LOOK AT THE, YOU KNOW,
STATURE, THE MUSCLES.
BUT THEN THERE'S OTHER OWNERS
THAT ARE HARDER
TO MATCH WITH THEIR DOGS...
THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO.
...UNTIL YOU TALK TO THEM FOR
A BIT AND YOU SEE THEM SMILE,
AND YOU GO, "WAIT, I THINK I SAW
A DOG WITH A SIMILAR SMILE."
I'M GOING TO GO...
I THINK...
Brian: OH, YEAH!
RIGHT?
Cash: TOTALLY.
Brian:
ALL RIGHT, SO WE GOT OUR BOARD
WITH ALL OUR OWNERS ON IT.
WE'LL PUT OUR MATCHES HERE
AND THEN HIDDEN HERE
ARE ALL THE RESULTS.
Narrator:
WITH THE HELP OF BOTH EXPERTS,
THEY'VE ASSEMBLED THEIR MATCHES.
Jon: CONTESTANT
NUMBER ONE, ESTHER,
LOOKS FRIENDLY
BUT ALSO CONFIDENT,
AND SHE'S WELL GROOMED AND HAS
GOT A LIVELY, EXPRESSIVE FACE.
I THINK THERE'S ONLY ONE DOG
THAT MATCHED THAT, HUH?
IF THIS ISN'T HER DOG, WE SHOULD
JUST GIVE THIS DOG TO HER.
CODY!
HE WAS PRETTY
DIFFICULT TO PLACE.
SO, THAT WAS THE ONE ME
AND THE JUDGE WERE LOOKING AT.
I WAS PRETTY SURE I KNEW
WHO THAT DOG BELONGED TO.
WELL THEN, ON TOP OF IT,
I THINK THAT LONG,
SLENDER LOOK
KIND OF RULES THIS ONE OUT,
AND I THINK WE GOT TO GO
OPUS.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT?
NEXT ONE IS GARRETT.
THE JUDGE SAID HE HAD A GREAT
SMILE, SMOOTH, SOFT HAIR.
THAT LITTLE WAFT GOING ON.
Jon: YEAH, AND I THINK IT WAS,
LIKE, BASED OFF OF ALL THOSE
THAT WE SAID,
REAL-LIFE TEDDY BEAR.
REAL-LIFE TEDDY BEAR.
THAT'S JORDAN.
RIGHT.
WE SAID THAT HER BUILD
WAS PETITE,
GREAT SMILE AND SPARKLY EYES.
YEAH, IT'S, LIKE, FACE-FOR-FACE,
I KIND OF THINK THE SAME,
DEFINITELY THE SAME HAPPY,
ENLIGHTENED FACE.
THAT'S THE ONE.
TO MARIO.
THERE'S ALWAYS A CHANCE
THAT THE BIGGEST,
BUFFEST DUDE HAS GOT
THE TINIEST, CUTEST DOG.
IF WE'RE GOING
PURELY ON LOOKS,
I HAVE TO SAY,
IT'S THIS GUY RIGHT HERE.
I THINK THERE'S NO DOUBT.
MAN.
BIG DUDE, BIG DOG.
THAT'S SARA.
ALL RIGHT.
WE SAID SHE LOOKS SHY
AND HAS EMOTIVE EYES,
AND WE WENT WITH...
OH!
THE DOG I CALLED BASEBALL DOG
BECAUSE OF HIS BASEBALL SHIRT.
HALEY!
OKAY, SO OUR JUDGE SAID
SHE HAD GREAT EYES,
AND I DESCRIBED HER
AS HAVING QUIET CONFIDENCE.
THIS IS WHAT WE SAID.
PETUNIA?
NEXT PERSON, MAX.
WE SAID IN TERMS OF BUILD
THAT HE'S BUFF,
BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN
THAT HE'S TALL,
SO NOT NECESSARILY A BIG DOG,
JUST A DOG THAT'S GOT
PHYSICALITY TO IT.
Brian: THAT'S THE ONE.
OKAY, SO THAT GENTLEMAN IS MARK,
AND WE SAID HE WAS CLASSY,
CASUAL, FRIENDLY,
ALERT AND AGILE,
SO LAST BUT DEFINITELY
NOT LEAST IS CASSIDY,
WHO WE SAID HAD
SPARKLY BLUE EYES.
I'M PRETTY SURE OUR JUDGE
REGINA SAID SHE WAS, LIKE,
ALMOST HAD
A BALLERINA'S BUILDING.
Brian: THAT'S A LEAN
AND POWERFUL DOG.
LOOKING BACK AT OUR LIST
OF DOGS AND PEOPLE,
AND I'M PRETTY PLEASED
WITH THE CONNECTION HERE.
I KNOW.
I'M SEEING THAT
PHYSICAL RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN DOG AND OWNER.
I GUESS IT'S TIME TO SEE
IF WE WERE RIGHT.
BUT, BEFORE THE GRAND REVEAL,
IT'S BACK TO THE MYTH
OF "DYNAMITE DEPOSIT."
Jon: THREE, TWO, ONE!
IS IT REALLY POSSIBLE TO BLOW UP
A SIZEABLE SAFE FROM THE INSIDE
AND KEEP THE BANK BILLS
FROM BEING BURNED
OR SHREDDED IN THE BLAST?
IT SEEMS UNLIKELY, BUT THE
MYTHBUSTERS ARE ON THE CASE.
TO SEE AND UNDERSTAND
WHAT HAPPENS WITH AN EXPLOSION
INSIDE A SAFE,
WELL, YOU'RE GOING
TO NEED A CLEAR SAFE,
AND THEY DON'T
REALLY SELL THOSE,
SO WE'RE GOING TO BUILD OUR OWN.
IT'S LIKE I'M BREAKING INTO
THE SAFE I BUILT MYSELF.
TA-DA!
BEFORE WE START BLOWING UP
OUR CLEAR MINI-SAFES,
WE'RE GOING TO DO A NAKED
EXPLOSION ON THIS PLATFORM
SO WE CAN STUDY
IN MINUTE DETAIL
THE PROPERTIES
OF A HIGH-EXPLOSIVE BLAST.
NOW, WHEN WE BLEW UP
OUR REAL SAFE IN THE FIELD,
WE USED A BINARY
OR TWO-PART HIGH EXPLOSIVE,
BUT FOR OUR SMALL SCALE,
WE'LL BE USING DET CORD.
ONE CANDLE FOR THIS CAKE.
DET CORD IS A ROPE-LIKE
CONFIGURATION OF HIGH EXPLOSIVE
WITH A BLAST FORCE OF OVER
20,000 FEET PER SECOND.
Narrator: USING THE BINARY
EXPLOSION IN THE SHOP
IS A LEGAL AND SAFETY CONCERN,
SO DET CORD WITH
A SIMILAR DETONATION VELOCITY
IS A CONVENIENT ANALOGUE.
Brian: ALL RIGHT.
UNPROTECTED PIECE OF DET CORD
IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
WOO!
THAT WAS ENERGETIC.
AND TO APPRECIATE
THE SCALE OF THE ENERGY,
HERE'S THE HIGH-SPEED.
THREE, TWO, ONE.
EVEN AT 65,000 FRAMES
PER SECOND...
PAUSE IT, AND YOU CAN
GO FRAME BY FRAME.
...IT FLASHES BY
IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE.
BOOM!
OOH, LOOK AT THAT!
THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING.
YOU HAVE THIS SOLID FIREBALL
JUST IN THE SHAPE
OF THAT CYLINDER,
LIKE THE CORD IS.
AND IT EVENS OUT.
LOOK AT THAT.
IT'S JUST A BIG BALL NOW.
WONDER HOW THAT WILL BE
ANY DIFFERENT INSIDE THAT SAFE.
TO FIND OUT,
CUE THE SEE-THROUGH SAFE.
IN THREE...
THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE
SOME BACK PRESSURE,
AND THAT'S WHERE
THE SCIENCE GETS INTERESTING.
...TWO...
WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT FLAME FRONT
WITH THE EXTRA
CONFINEMENT OF A SAFE?
...ONE.
Both: WHOA!
AND THAT'S WHY WE STAND
BEHIND BLAST SHIELDS.
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AH, THAT'S INCREDIBLE!
RIGHT, SO THAT MEANS THAT SAFE
HAS ENOUGH STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY
TO HOLD IT TOGETHER WHILE THAT
PRESSURE WAVE IS BUILDING UP,
WHICH MEANS ALL SORTS
OF [INDISTINCT]
CRAZY THINGS GOING ON
BEFORE THAT FINALLY,
POW, BLOWS IT APART.
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY BONKERS.
WHEN OUR EXPLOSION
WENT OFF INSIDE THE SAFE,
THAT FLAME FRONT HIT THE TOP,
THEN THE BOTTOM,
THEN THE TOP UNTIL THE WALLS
OF THE SAFE GAVE OUT,
AND THAT'S IMPORTANT
BECAUSE IT'S THAT PHENOMENON
THAT MEANS THE FLAME LASTS
FOUR TIMES LONGER
THAN IN AN UNCONTAINED
EXPLOSION.
THAT MEANS ANY PAPER
GOODS IN THERE
ARE GOING TO BE IN THAT FIRE
FOR FOUR TIMES AS LONG,
SO THE QUESTION NOW IS,
IS THAT LONG ENOUGH
AND HOT ENOUGH TO DO
ANY DAMAGE TO THAT PAPER?
Narrator: COMING UP...
STARTING DOWN AT THE END.
...IT'S TIME FOR THE
"BEST IN SHOW" RESULT.
ASSESSED
Narrator: COMING UP...
10 DOGS AND THEIR OWNERS...D.
Jon: NO ONE HAS POOPED
ON THE FLOOR YET,
SO IT'S GOING TO BE HARD
TO JUDGE THAT ONE.
...AND PAIRED EACH PUP
WITH THE HUMAN
THEY BELIEVE
THEY RESEMBLE THE MOST.
THIS ONE IS HOT.
THE PROBABILITY OF GUESSING
CORRECTLY IS ONE IN 10,
AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING
TO THIS MYTH,
THEY SHOULD MATCH
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN THAT,
STARTING WITH THESE TWO.
ALL RIGHT.
STARTING DOWN AT THE END.
OH!
WE WERE SO SURE
THAT THAT WAS HER DOG.
I SEE IT A LITTLE BIT,
BUT DEFINITELY THE BETTER MATCH.
ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL SWAP THEIR DOGS.
PAIR NUMBER TWO.
GO!
OH!
[ Laughing ]
THAT'S NOT GOOD.
OH, BOY.
THAT'S NONE FROM TWO.
HOW ABOUT THESE GUYS?
ALL RIGHT.
MOVING ON TO REAL-LIFE
TEDDY BEAR.
OH!
ANOTHER MISS.
NEXT...
GO!
OH, YEAH!
I'LL TAKE IT.
CLEARLY THE CORRECT
DOG FOR HER.
OKAY, WAIT, THIS ONE IS EXTRA
SPECIAL TO ME BECAUSE I WAS,
LIKE, ALMOST 100 PERCENT
SURE THAT THIS DOG WAS HIS.
ARE YOU READY?
YOU GO FOR IT.
OH!
WE PICKED THE BIGGEST DOG,
BUT IT WASN'T QUITE RIGHT.
YOU READY FOR IT?
DO IT!
OH!
OKAY.
THAT MIGHT BE ON US.
OH! [ LAUGHS ]
SHOOT!
I DID NOT SEE THAT ONE.
IF THIS ISN'T HIS DOG...
OH, SNAP!
OKAY, LAST ONE.
HERE WE GO.
AW!
REAL-LIFE TEDDY BEAR!
Jon: I FEEL GOOD THAT BRIAN
AND I MATCHED DOG FACIAL
CHARACTERISTICS
TO PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS.
THE ONLY PROBLEM IS,
THOSE PEOPLE
DIDN'T ACTUALLY
OWN THOSE DOGS.
WELL, ONE OUT OF 10, MAN,
10 PERCENT IS NOT A GREAT SCORE.
SO FAR, IT'S NOT
LOOKING SO GOOD.
WE HAVE TO JUST PUT IT ON.
Narrator: YEP, IT'S NOT
A GOOD START FOR THE MYTH
OF THE DOGGY DOPPELGANGER,
BUT THE GUYS AREN'T DONE YET.
NEXT UP, THEY'RE BRINGING
A LITTLE FORENSIC SCIENCE
TO THE PROCEEDINGS.
TO SEE IF THE SPECIFIC FACIAL
FEATURES OF A DOG MATCH
THAT OF THEIR OWNER,
WE'VE BROUGHT AN EXPERT
IN THE STUDY OF FACIAL FEATURES,
A POLICE SKETCH ARTIST.
CUE POLICE DRAMA MUSIC.
[ SIRENS WAIL,
DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS ]
Narrator: MELISSA IS AN
EXPERIENCED FORENSIC ARTIST.
SO TODAY, WE'LL BE
DESCRIBING DOGS
AND TURNING IT INTO
A SKETCH OF A PERSON.
GOT IT.
Narrator: BUT TODAY'S CHALLENGE
WILL BE A LITTLE UNUSUAL.
Brian: JON AND I ARE GOING
TO BE DESCRIBING DOGS
IN NON-SPECIES-SPECIFIC TERMS:
LONG HAIR, DARK PIERCING EYES.
YOU GET THE IDEA.
Jon: I DON'T KNOW IF THIS
IS HELPFUL OR NOT.
I'M GOING TO START BY SAYING
THAT SHE IS
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.
AS WE DO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
A FORENSIC SKETCH ARTIST
DRAWING A HUMAN BASED
ON THOSE DESCRIPTIONS.
PERFECTLY SHAPED EARS.
SO YOU'RE SAYING
THEIR PROPORTIONATE?
YES.
OKAY.
GO AHEAD AND TELL ME
ABOUT HER EYES.
SHE ACTUALLY HAS HETEROCHROMIA,
SO ONE EYE IS, LIKE, A BROWN,
AND ONE EYE IS
A LIGHT BLUE.
OKAY.
ONCE WE'RE DONE, THE OTHER HOST
IS GOING TO TAKE THAT SKETCH
AND COMPARE IT TO 10 PICTURES
AND SEE IF THEY CAN
FIGURE OUT THE OWNER.
Narrator:
MELISSA CAN'T SEE THE PUPS.
Brian:
THIS IS A BEEFY INDIVIDUAL.
THE ONLY THINGS SHE HAS
TO GO ON ARE JON
AND BRIAN'S DESCRIPTIONS.
TELL ME ABOUT THE MOUTH.
JUST DRAW A BIG OLD GOOFY
HAPPY SMILE.
WHAT KIND OF DEMEANOR?
OH, A NERVOUS EXCITEMENT,
I WOULD SAY.
Brian: TRYING TO TURN
A DESCRIPTION OF A DOG
INTO A DESCRIPTION SOMEONE
CAN USE TO DRAW A PERSON...
WHAT IS THE SHAPE
OF HER FACE?
NARROW AND TRIANGULAR.
...IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.
IS IT IMPORTANT IF THE PERSON
HAS A TENNIS BALL
IN THEIR MOUTH?
Narrator:
THIS TEST SHOULD ISOLATE
A SPECIFIC ASPECT OF THE MYTH:
DO DOGS AND THEIR OWNERS SHARE
ACTUAL FACIAL CHARACTERISTICS?
IT'S SORT OF A WIDE, BIG FLUFFY,
LIKE, HANDLEBAR THING GOING ON.
IF YOU TAKE IT LITERALLY
AND TURN A DOG INTO A HUMAN,
THE RESULTS MAY BE
SLIGHTLY SURREAL.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THAT DOG
WOULD LOOK LIKE AS A PERSON.
BUT ARE THERE ANY RECOGNIZABLE
CROSS-SPECIES SIMILARITIES?
JON AND I HAVE COMPLETED
OUR FORENSIC SKETCHES
OF THE DOGS TURNED INTO PEOPLE.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THEM
ONE AT A TIME,
COMPARE THEM
TO A LINEUP OF 10 PEOPLE
AND SEE IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT
WHICH ONE IS THE DOG'S OWNER.
THAT'S WHAT THAT DOG
LOOKED LIKE!
DID YOU FIND
ITS PRECIOUS RING?
OH, WOW.
SO SLIGHTLY BROAD NOSE,
OVAL FACE.
I BASED THIS SKETCH COMPLETELY
OFF OF THE FEATURES OF THAT PUP.
HERE WE GO.
BOOM!
Jon:
OKAY, I CAN WORK WITH THIS.
YOU READY?
YEAH.
Narrator: THE OWNER'S PHOTO
IS PLACED AMONG NINE OTHERS
OF THE SAME GENDER
AND A SIMILAR AGE.
OKAY.
I MEAN, LIKE, THE BIGGEST,
THE FIRST THING I'M NOTICING IS,
I'M TRYING TO MATCH
THE FACIAL HAIR.
AND JON AND BRIAN SIMPLY
HAVE TO MATCH
THE FORENSIC SKETCH
TO THE OWNER.
NO, NO, NO.
Brian: I HATE TO SAY THIS.
I FEEL LIKE I'M LOOKING
FOR SMEAGOL.
IF THE MYTH IS REAL,
THEN THEY SHOULD SEEK
RECOGNIZABLE FEATURES
IN THE SKETCH
IN THE RELEVANT OWNER.
LOOK AT THIS HAIR.
LOOK AT THIS HAIR.
LOOK AT THE EYES.
HER, HER AND HER.
NO, NO.
I THINK I'M DOWN TO JUST
THOSE BOTTOM TWO.
ALL RIGHT.
ARE YOU GOING TO DRUMROLL ME IN?
I THINK THAT THIS PERSON...
THAT GUY.
IT'S CLEARLY HER.
THAT'S TWINSIES.
I THINK THAT THIS DOG
TURNED PORTRAIT BELONGS TO...
UGH!
THIS ONE OVER HERE.
I WANT TO GO WITH THIS GUY.
ARE YOU READY TO SEE
WHO'S BEHIND THAT DOOR?
YEAH, DON'T MAKE ME WAIT.
DRUMROLL?
YES, PLEASE.
ALL RIGHT.
REVEAL THE DOG AND OWNER
IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
COMING UP, BACK AT
THE SMALL-SCALE BANK...
Jon: STACKS ON STACKS.
...WILL THE APPROPRIATELY
SIZED BANK BILLS...
AND THREE...
...SURVIVE?
...TWO, ONE!
YTHBUSTERS" AND HEISTS...
AND THREE...
...SURVIVE?
IT HASN'T SET OFF
THE ALARM YET.
...GO TOGETHER LIKE
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT.
WHY, THOR THE GOD OF THUNDER
IS TRYING TO ENTER MY BUILDING.
CONTINUING THAT RICH LEGACY...
ONE!
...BRIAN AND JON
ARE TESTING THE TALL TALE
OF THE ULTIMATE INSIDE JOB.
CAN YOU BLOW UP A SAFE
FROM THE INSIDE
AND LEAVE THE LOOT INTACT?
ONE!
Jon: OUR SMALL-SCALE EXPERIMENT
HAS SHOWED US
THAT CONTAINING
OUR DET CORD EXPLOSION
INSIDE OUR CLEAR ACRYLIC SAFE
HAS INCREASED THE EXISTENCE
OF OUR FLAME FRONT FOURFOLD.
THAT MEANS, IF WE PUT
MONEY INSIDE THERE,
IT'LL BE EXPOSED TO FIRE
FOR LONGER, SO NEXT UP,
WE'RE GOING TO SEE
WHAT IT ACTUALLY TAKES
TO IGNITE MONEY
BY BURNING MONEY.
CHECK IT OUT.
EVERYTHING IS A HELMET
TO YOU, ISN'T IT?
YES.
[ Laughing ] ALL RIGHT.
PUT IT ON THE BURNER.
IT'S ILLEGAL TO BURN
U.S. CURRENCY.
SO FOR OUR MYTH,
WE'LL BE USING
TA-DA -- OFFICIAL MYTH MONEY.
Narrator: MADE WITH COTTON,
THE MYTH DOLLAR WILL BURN
EXACTLY LIKE OFFICIAL CURRENCY,
AND NO ONE NEED GO TO JAIL.
NOW OUR BONDS.
IN ADDITION TO THE BANK BILLS,
THE GUYS ARE ALSO TOASTING
BEARER BOND REPLICAS.
NOW PREHEAT YOUR OVEN
TO 350 DEGREES
AND WAIT FOR YOU
MONEY TO IGNITE.
HOW WE LOOKING?
WE ARE AT A MILD 138 DEGREES
AND RISING ON BOTH
THE MONEY
AND THE BEARER BONDS.
OOH, DOPE.
THE BILL'S DANCING
A LITTLE BIT.
OH, I SEE IT.
THEY'RE, LIKE,
CONDUCTIVE HEATING.
"I DON'T WANT TO DIE!"
IT'S FOR SCIENCE.
IT'S OKAY.
Jon: ALL OF OUR MYTH MONEY
AND OUR BEARER BONDS
BURST INTO FLAMES AROUND
650 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
OH, THERE'S IGNITION.
ON BOTH OF THEM.
NOW WE CHECKED THE DATA SHEET,
AND WE KNOW THAT OUR DET CORD
EXPLODES WITH A TEMPERATURE
OF 7,500 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
WOO, LOOK AT THAT!
HEADS UP!
OH, THERE GOES OUR MONEY, MAN.
THERE'S OUR RETIREMENT SAVINGS.
OH.
OH, IT'S GONE.
YOU THINK THAT MONEY INSIDE
A SAFE WITH THAT EXPLOSION
WOULD JUST GO BOOM,
UP INTO FLAMES.
I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND A SWEET
MUSTARD-BASED BARBECUE SAUCE
FOR THIS ONE.
BUT IGNITION IS A FUNCTION
OF HEAT AND TIME.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF I SWEEP
MY HAND OVER THIS FIRE,
I AM UNSCATHED BECAUSE
THE AMOUNT OF TIME MY HAND
SPENDS IN THE FIRE
IS NEGLIGIBLE,
BUT IF I HOLD MY HAND
ABOVE THE FIRE,
EVENTUALLY I'LL BURN MYSELF.
I'M BEGINNING TO THINK THAT
OUR MONEY WILL SURVIVE
THE FLAME GENERATED
BY THE EXPLOSION.
Narrator: LET'S FIND OUT,
FIRST IN SMALL SCALE.
THIS IS THE KIND OF SCORE
OUR WOULD-BE THIEF IS HOPING
FOR WHEN HE BLOWS
THAT BANK SAFE OPEN.
OH, YEAH, BEARER BONDS,
STACKS ON STACKS.
LOOK AT THIS.
Narrator:
ONCE AGAIN, THE GUYS HAVE PRIMED
A SHORT LENGTH OF DET CORD.
NICE AND TIGHT.
Narrator:
IT'LL GENERATE SOMETHING
IN THE REGION OF 7,500 DEGREES.
ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE READY.
CLEAR MINI-SAFE FILLED
WITH MINI-MYTH MONEY
AND MINI-MYTH BEARER BONDS
IN THREE, TWO, ONE!
OH!
ONE!
OH!
THAT DOESN'T GET OLD.
LET'S GO TAKE A LOOK.
ALL RIGHT.
COMBINE A SMALL-SCALE
HIGH EXPLOSIVE
WITH A SMALL-SCALE SAFE...
OH, LOOK!
THIS IS NOT EVEN BURNED,
THE STACK OF BEARER BONDS.
...AND YOU END UP
WITH RELATIVELY UNSCATHED
SMALL-SCALE BUNDLES OF MONEY.
Jon: IT SEEMS LIKE OUR WOULD-BE
THIEF HAS A REALLY GOOD CHANCE
OF GETTING AWAY
WITH A TON OF LOOT
BECAUSE,
AFTER THE SAFE EXPLODES,
ALL THE WALLS COME OFF PERFECTLY
AS THE MONEY TOSSES
IN PERFECT BUNDLES
SPINNING AROUND LIKE A BALLERINA
ON STAGE SLOWLY THROUGH THE AIR.
THEN WATCHED
THE BEARER BONDS GO...
AND ALMOST LANDING BACK
IN A PERFECT PILE
ON OUR LITTLE
EXPLOSIVE PLATFORM.
ALL THE BILLS AND ALL THE BEARER
BONDS WERE PERFECTLY INTACT.
THAT'S KIND OF CRAZY.
WE'VE SEEN WHAT WE CAN SEE
FROM SMALL-SCALE,
AND IT'S LOOKING
PRETTY GOOD FOR THIS MYTH.
THOSE PAPER GOODS ARE MAKING IT
OUT OF THAT SAFE
RELATIVELY UNSCATHED,
BUT WHEN WE GO TO FULL SCALE,
THAT LARGER SAFE
IS GOING TO REQUIRE
MORE ENERGY TO BLOW APART.
IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN
IF THAT PAPERWORK
IS GOING TO GET OUT
IN THE SAME CONDITION.
IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE
IF THOSE SMALL-SCALE PRINCIPLE
APPLY TO OUR BIG-SCALE SAFE
BECAUSE, IF THEY DO,
THAT ROBBER IS GOING TO BE
MAKING OUT WITH A LOT OF LOOT.
BRIAN, LET'S GO ROB A BANK!
OH, YEAH.
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
TAKE THE MONEY.
LUNCH IS ON ME, MAN.
LUNCH IS ON ME.
YOU KNOW, THE FULL-SIZE SAFE
WILL HAVE FULL-SIZE MONEY
THAT WILL BE EASIER
TO PAY WITH.
Narrator: COMING UP,
WHO LET THE DOGS OUT?
BEST DAY AT WORK, JON.
Narrator:
DO DOGS LOOK LIKE THEIR OWNERS?
JON AND BRIAN HAVE HAD
A FORENSIC ARTIST
DRAW FIVE DOGS AS HUMANS...
BEEF HAD, LIKE, URGH!
Jon: ALMOST LIKE CLOUDS ON,
LIKE, A SUNNY DAY.
THEY'RE, LIKE, WHITE,
BUT THERE'S A LITTLE BLUE IN IT.
...AND, FROM A LINEUP, PICKED
THE HUMAN THEY MOST RESEMBLE.
HER.
SO IT'S TIME TO FIND OUT
HOW MANY THEY GOT RIGHT.
FIRST UP, JACKSON THE DACHSHUND.
ALL RIGHT.
REVEAL THE DOG AND OWNER
IN THREE, TWO, ONE!
HEY!
Jon: OH!
WE DID IT!
THAT'S CRAZY!
IT'S JUST INTERESTING THAT,
LIKE, THAT SKETCH
DOESN'T LOOK
LIKE HER EXACTLY,
BUT OUT OF ALL THE PICTURES
OF PEOPLE UP THERE,
THAT SKETCH LOOKS
THE MOST LIKE HER.
I GOT TO SAY, I FEEL LIKE YOU
LOOK LIKE YOUR DOG,
AND I THINK THAT'S
A COMPLIMENT.
THE GUYS ARE OFF
TO A STRONG START.
NEXT UP IS JADA THE HUSKY.
ACTUAL DOG AND OWNER
IN THREE, TWO, ONE!
WHOA!
I CAN SAFELY SAY
THAT I DID NOT PICK ARIA
AS THE OWNER OF JADA
AT ALL IN THIS.
THAT'S A SWING AND A MISS.
NEXT IS ROSIE.
THREE, TWO, ONE!
ALL RIGHT, SO YOU'RE
A LITTLE BIT OFF THERE.
I WAS OFF.
AND, ONCE AGAIN, IT'S A FAIL,
A RESULT THAT'S REPEATED
TWO MORE TIMES...
THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE
MEANT TO LOOK LIKE.
OH, MY GOD.
...MEANING THIS MYTH
IS ONCE AGAIN
ON ITS LAST STATISTICAL LEGS.
HEY!
OH, LOOK AT THIS PUP!
BEST DAY AT WORK, JON.
YEAH, I THINK SO.
WELL, THAT WAS A LOT
MORE FUN THAN LAST TIME
I HAD TO WORK WITH
A FORENSIC ARTIST.
YEAH, I MEAN, WE CAME UP WITH
SOME PRETTY HILARIOUS SKETCHES,
BUT IN THE END, WE ONLY
GOT 20 PERCENT RIGHT.
WELL, YOU KNOW
WHAT THAT MEANS.
THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO DO MORE TESTING,
WHICH MEANS PLAYING
WITH SOME MORE DOGS.
SWEET!
Brian: FOR THIS NEXT TEST,
WE WANT TO FIND OUT
WHAT SORT OF DOG
NON-DOG-OWNERS PREFER.
Jon:
IF YOU WERE TO CHOOSE ONE DOG
TO TAKE HOME AS YOUR OWN,
WHICH ONE WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
THE KIND OF DOG I WOULD LOVE TO
HAVE WOULD BE A LONG-HAIRED...
CUTE LITTLE PERKY EARS
AND SHORT LEGS.
PROBABLY WOULD BE BIG.
WARM, BROWN EYES.
IT'D BE FLUFFY AND SOFT.
WE WANT TO FIND OUT IF PEOPLE
INTENTIONALLY CHOOSE DOGS
THAT LOOK LIKE THEMSELVES.
Narrator: YEP, AFTER A YAPPY
HOUR MIX AND MINGLE...
HI!
...THESE 10 PEOPLE WILL
PICK THEIR PERFECT POOCH.
OH, MY GOSH!
LOOK AT HIS FACE!
Brian: WHAT OUR NON-DOG-OWNERS
DON'T KNOW
IS THAT WE'VE SELECTED ONE
OUT OF THE 10 DOGS
AS A PLANT THAT WE FEEL
LOOKS LIKE THEM.
WE'RE MAKING FRIENDS HERE.
WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW
FOR THIS TEST IS,
WILL THOSE PEOPLE SELECT
THEIR DOGGY DOPPELGANGER PLANTS?
SO MUCH FLUFF!
THAT ONE I REALLY LOVE.
WOW.
Narrator: THIS EXPERIMENT IS
BASED ON A WELL ESTABLISHED
PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY.
Jon: EVERY DAY, WE SEE
OURSELVES IN MIRRORS,
PICTURES, AND OTHER SORTS
OF REFLECTIONS.
NOW SCIENCE SUGGESTS THAT,
ON AN UNCONSCIOUS LEVEL,
WE GROW FOND OF THINGS
WE SEE OFTEN,
IN THIS CASE OUR FACES.
SO WHEN DOGS LOOK
LIKE THEIR OWNERS,
THEY'RE PLAYING INTO
THAT MIRRORING EFFECT,
BECOMING A REFLECTION
OF THEIR OWNERS.
WHY DO YOU THINK YOU'RE
GRAVITATING TOWARDS THIS DOG?
IT LOOKS LIKE A PILLOW,
AND IT'S JUST SO FLUFFY.
I WANT TO TAKE HOME
ALL 11 OF THEM, INCLUDING BO.
Brian: INCLUDING BO!
Brian:
WE'VE GIVEN OUR 10 SINGLES TIME
TO MINGLE AT THE BARK BAR.
NOW THAT THEY HAVE TIME
TO MAKE A SELECTION,
THEY'RE GOING TO
REVEAL IT TO US,
AND WE'LL SEE
IF THEY MATCHED THE DOGS
WE THOUGHT THEY LOOKED LIKE.
THIS GOLDEN RETRIEVER CLEARLY.
Narrator: BRIAN AND JON HAVE
PRESELECTED THEIR MATCHES.
HEY, I REALLY
LIKE THIS ONE.
WE GOT STEWART WITH ARTHUR.
NOW IT'S TIME TO FIND OUT
IF THE THEORY OF SELECTING A DOG
BASED ON HOW MUCH THEY LOOK
LIKE YOU IS CORRECT.
WHICH ONE DID YOU CHOOSE?
I PICK PENNY.
GREAT.
Narrator: IT'S A GREAT START.
THE PHYSICAL RESEMBLANCE
IS OBVIOUS, BUT...
STEWART!
YEAH.
FROM THERE ON...
THE DOG I'M PICKING,
GO WITH THOR.
IT GOES DOWNHILL RAPIDLY.
I HAVE TO GO WITH NIMBUS.
IF I HAD TO PICK ONE,
IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE PEE-WEE.
I THINK I'M GOING
TO GO WITH...
Jon: OH, MCLAUGHLIN.
OH, THERE YOU GO!
FINN!
NIMBUS!
I PICKED REX.
OH!
Narrator:
IT'S A CLEAR RESULT, AND NOT
JUST IN THE FINAL ROUND.
ALL THREE TESTS RETURNED
ONLY A SINGLE CORRECT
PUP-AND-PERSON PAIRING,
AND THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE.
AS FAR AS MATCHING UP DOGS
TO THEIR OWNERS WENT...
YOU GOT 10 PERCENT
ACCURACY.
AND THE FORENSIC
SKETCH ARTIST?
THAT WAS 20 PERCENT
ACCURACY.
AND FOR "PICK A PET"?
TEN PERCENT ACCURACY.
SO WHEN YOU AVERAGE
ALL THOSE TOGETHER?
IT'S JUST ABOVE 13 PERCENT.
SO THIS THING?
WE HAVE TO CALL IT BUSTED.
ABSOLUTELY BUSTED.
YOU READY TO GO PLAY, BO?
GO GET IT.
COMING UP...
LET THE HEIST BEGIN.
...THE EXPLOSIVE MYTH OF THE
DYNAMITE DEPOSIT GETS RAMPED...
LET'S GO TO THE SMALLEST AMOUNT
OF THE HIGH EXPLOSIVE
WE CAN USE.
...DOWN?
THREE, TWO, ONE!
♪♪
Brian:
SO WHERE ARE WE AT ON THIS MYTH?
WE DID PROVE THAT YOU CAN BLOW
OPEN A SAFE FROM THE INSIDE.
WE JUST USED A LITTLE BIT
TOO MUCH EXPLOSIVE.
WE THEN WENT BACK
TO THE SHOP...
Jon: OH, THERE'S IGNITION.
...AND DID SOME RESEARCH
TO UNDERSTAND
HOW THOSE PAPER BILLS
AND DOCUMENTS
ARE GOING TO SURVIVE
INSIDE THAT SAFE.
ONE!
THIS IS NOT EVEN BURNED.
AND NOW WE'RE BACK ON LOCATION
WITH ALL THAT INFORMATION.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S BUILD A BANK
TO BREAK INTO.
BOOM!
WE'RE READY TO LOAD UP OUR SAFE
WITH A SMIDGEN LESS EXPLOSIVE,
THOSE PAPER BILLS
AND DOCUMENTS...
INDEED, WE DO WELCOME YOUR
DEPOSIT TO THE BANK OF NOWHERE.
A FINER BANK
YOU WON'T FIND ON TV.
...AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO SEE
IF YOU BAD GUY HAS ANY LUCK.
Jon: YOU'LL REMEMBER AT
THE BEGINNING OF THIS MYTH
FOR OUR PROOF OF CONCEPT TEST,
WE USED FOUR STICKS
OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES
TO BLOW OPEN OUR SAFE,
AND IT BLEW OPEN,
LIKE, WAY OPEN.
BUT IF OUR ROBBER,
AS PER THE MYTH,
GETS AWAY WITH THE MONEY
INSIDE THE SAFE,
IT'S CLEARLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN
WITH THE AMOUNT WE USED BEFORE.
SO THIS TIME, HE'S GOING TO USE
TWO STICKS OF HIGH EXPLOSIVE.
Narrator:
THEY NEED TO DIAL IN ON THE
ENERGY NEEDED TO CRACK THE SAFE
BUT LEAVE THE MONEY INTACT.
GOOD DAY, SIR.
WELCOME TO THE U.S. BANK
OF NOWHERE.
HEY, I'M HERE
TO MAKE A DEPOSIT.
IF THIS MYTH IS TO BE
PROVEN PLAUSIBLE...
COULD YOU PLEASE
PUT THIS VERY CAREFULLY
IN THAT SAFE OVER THERE?
OOH, UH-UH-UH, REAL CAREFUL.
FAMILY JEWELS, MAN,
FAMILY JEWELS.
...IT'S GOING
TO REQUIRE PRECISION.
WILL TWO STICKS
OR 0.6 POUNDS DO IT?
GREAT.
REAL CAREFUL, ALL RIGHT?
REAL CAREFUL.
♪♪
THE SCENE IS SET.
SET.
OKAY, I'LL COUNT YOU IN.
THE BEARER BONDS AND CASH
ARE IN THE SAFE.
FULL-SCALE HIGH EXPLOSIVE IN
SAFE FULL OF MONEY IN THREE...
BUT ARE THEY SAFE?
...TWO, ONE!
OH, WELL, SHOOT.
♪♪
YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS WANTED
TO BE ABLE TO USE THIS LINE
FROM "BUTCH CASSIDY
AND THE SUNDANCE KID."
THEY BLOW UP THE TRAIN.
MONEY IS RAINING DOWN,
AND HE GOES,
"YOU THINK YOU USED ENOUGH
DYNAMITE THERE, BUTCH?"
[ EXPLOSION ]
I DON'T SEE
THE BANK ANYMORE.
YEAH, THAT MAY HAVE BEEN
A LITTLE TOO MUCH BOOM.
Brian: THIS MYTH STATES THAT
OUR THIEF GETS AWAY
WITH ALL HIS PAPER GOODS INTACT.
I HAVE SOME BAD NEWS, JON.
WHAT?
AS THE MANAGER OF THIS BRANCH,
I CAN'T ACCEPT ANY OF THOSE.
THEY WERE CLEARLY
IN AN EXPLOSION.
SO THIS RESULT IS MORE
FIRE KINDLING THAN LOOT.
THEY'VE JUST BEEN SHREDDED.
LOOK AT THIS.
IT'S LIKE A DOG GOT INTO IT.
WHAT'S NEXT?
LET'S GO TO THE LOWEST AMOUNT OF
THE HIGH EXPLOSIVE WE CAN USE.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHTY.
Jon:
NOW, WE'VE BEEN FEELING OUR WAY
TO SEE HOW MUCH HIGH EXPLOSIVES
IT WOULD TAKE TO BLOW
A SAFE OPEN LIKE THIS,
AND OUR DEMOLITIONS
EXPERT HAS TOLD US
THAT THIS IS THE SMALLEST AMOUNT
WE CAN USE TO GET THE JOB DONE.
IF THIS DOESN'T WORK,
THEN THIS MYTH IS BLOWN.
Narrator: THEY'RE GOING AGAIN
WITH A NEW SAFE AND 0.3 POUNDS.
Jon: AND EXPLOSIVE.
LET'S CLOSE IT REAL GENTLY.
Narrator:
IT'S THE BARE MINIMUM THAT WILL
CRACK OPEN THE STEEL SAFETY BOX.
I SURE AM A
TRUSTING BANK MANAGER.
JON AND BRIAN ARE WALKING AWAY
FAKE-MONEY RICH
OR WITH A BUSTED MYTH
ON THEIR HANDS.
HIT THE BUNKER?
OH, ABSOLUTELY.
LET THE HEIST BEGIN.
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
ON "MYTHBUSTERS"
WE'D RAMP AN EXPLOSION DOWN?
I GUESS THERE'S A FIRST TIME
FOR EVERYTHING.
OKAY, OUR BEST-CASE SCENARIO
IN THREE, TWO, ONE!
Brian: OH, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL!
LOOK AT THAT.
THE SAFE IS JUST BLOWN MAYBE,
LIKE, 30 FEET BACK
INSTEAD OF BEING
TOTALLY DESTROYED.
YEAH, IT OPENED UP LIKE THIS
INSTEAD OF HAVING EACH
INDIVIDUAL PIECE FLY OUT.
OH, I GOT TO GET
OUT THERE AND LOOK.
YEAH.
OUR MONEY IS BLOWING AWAY!
Narrator:
THE REAL-TIME EVIDENCE SHOWS
SUBSTANTIALLY LESS DESTRUCTION,
AND ALTHOUGH THE CAMERAS TOOK
A BEATING, THEY DID SURVIVE.
OOH, BOY, THAT
DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.
STILL ROLLING!
DID YOU TAKE THAT DOOR
TO THE FACE?
GOOD ON YOU.
BUT COULD FRAGILE BANK BILLS
REALLY SURVIVE
A BLAST LIKE THIS?
OOH, LOOK AT THIS.
INCREDIBLY, YES.
BESIDES, LIKE, THE THREE
OR SO THERE THAT ARE BURNT,
THE REST OF
THIS MONEY IS FINE.
Jon: HOW ABOUT THAT?
WE PUT THE RIGHT AMOUNT
OF EXPLOSIVES
INSIDE A SAFE AND BOOM!
CASH MONEY.
LOOK AT THIS, JON.
THAT IS A FAT STACK.
I MEAN, THIS STUFF
IS COMPLETELY INTACT.
YEAH, LIKE, PRISTINE.
I THINK OUR BANK ROBBER HAS GOT
AN EARLY RETIREMENT COMING.
Brian:
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS MYTH IS,
WE STARTED WAY TOO BIG
BLOWING A SAFE APART,
WENT MID-RANGE
AND LEARNED SOME STUFF
AND THEN WENT AS SMALL AS
PERSONAL TO MAKE THIS MYTH WORK,
AND WHAT WAS POSSIBLE
BECAME PROBABLE.
♪ YOU'RE A GOLD DIGGER ♪
♪ MMM-HMM ♪
Jon: THIS IS
A PERFECT INDICATION
OF JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT
OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES
BECAUSE, BESIDES MISSING
A FELT-LINED PANEL,
THIS DOOR IS ALMOST
ENTIRELY INTACT.
THESE BOLTS HAVEN'T BENT.
IT JUST RIPPED THE HINGES
OFF THE DOOR.
EVEN THE FRONT IS
ALMOST COMPLETELY INTACT.
♪♪
DEPOSIT A SMALL AMOUNT
OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES
INTO A BANK
SAFE OVERNIGHT,
BOOM, WALK AWAY WITH
AN ARMFUL OF UNDAMAGED CASH.
I HAVE TO SAY THIS IS...
CONFIRMED.
...MYTH CONFIRMED.
PLUS, IF YOU'RE INSIDE A BANK,
WIND WON'T BE BLOWING OUR MONEY
ALL OVER THE FLOOR.
[ LAUGHS ]
♪♪
♪♪
[ DOGS PANTING ]
♪♪
Narrator: ON THIS EPISODE
OF "MYTHBUSTERS"...
BEST DAY AT WORK, JON.
...AN EXPLOSIVE
CRIMINAL CAPER...
LET THE HEIST BEGIN!
...AND A CUTE CANINE CONUNDRUM.
Girl: OH, MY GOSH!
LOOK AT HIS FACE!
FIRST UP...
CAN YOU BLOW OPEN A SAFE
FROM THE INSIDE?
Narrator: ...AND LEAVE
THE DOLLAR BILLS INTACT?
ONE!
Jon: ONE!
THAT'S WHY WE STAND
BEHIND BLAST SHIELDS.
AND...
NICE HEAD CARRIAGE.
...DO DOGS AND THEIR OWNERS...
DOES THIS DOG
LOOK LIKE ME, BRIAN?
BECAUSE I'M KEEPING HIM.
...REALLY LOOK ALIKE?
I GUESS IT'S TIME TO SEE
IF WE WERE RIGHT.
[ LAUGHS ]
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FIRST UP,
A FABLED CRIMINAL CAPER,
THE ULTIMATE INSIDE JOB.
IN A SMALL TOWN, A CUNNING
SAFE CRACKER CONCOCTS A PLAN
TO RELIEVE A LOCAL DEPOSITORY
OF THEIR LOCKED-UP LOOT.
HE PLACES A TIMED
EXPLOSIVE IN A BAG
THAT HE THEN DEPOSITS
WITH THE BANK.
IT'S PLACED IN THE SAFE,
AND WHEN MIDNIGHT ROLLS AROUND,
OUR CEREBRAL CRIMINAL MAKES OFF
WITH THE SURPRISINGLY
INTACT ILL-GOTTEN GAINS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONE THING THAT
INTRIGUES ME ABOUT THIS MYTH.
YEAH?
AREN'T YOU GOING TO DESTROY
THE LOOT YOU'RE TRYING
TO GET TO?
AND THAT, MY FRIEND, IS EXACTLY
WHY WE'RE TESTING THIS MYTH.
SO, TO INVESTIGATE
THE CRIMINAL CONUNDRUM
THAT IT'S POSSIBLE
TO BLOW UP A SAFE
AND NOT THE PAPER CONTENTS,
JON AND BRIAN HEAD FOR THE
HILLS WITH HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
IF WE'RE GOING TO TEST
THIS REAL INSIDE JOB,
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT
SOME EXPLOSIVES IN A SAFE
AND BLOW IT UP
TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
X MARKS THE SPOT, I GUESS.
YEAH.
THIS FEELS VERY SUN
MORNING CARTOONISH,
ROLLING A BIG OLD SAFE
ONTO A BIG OLD X
IN THE GROUND
IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.
YUP.
FIRST UP, A PROOF OF CONCEPT
WITHOUT THE VALUABLES.
WHAT HAPPENS TO A STEEL SAFE
WHEN YOU DETONATE IT
FROM INSIDE?
Brian: THIS IS OUR SAFE.
IT'S ABOUT 300 POUNDS
OF SOLID STEEL.
IT HAS A NICE, HEAVY DOOR
AND SOME BIG OLD LOCKING BOLTS.
NOW, YOU'VE SEEN THE DOOR TO ONE
OF THESE SAFES BLOWN OFF BEFORE,
BUT IT WAS FILLED WITH WATER,
WHICH IS NEARLY INCOMPRESSIBLE.
WOW!
THAT MEANS THAT EXPLOSION
USED HYDROSTATIC FORCE
TO BLOW OFF THE DOOR.
IN OUR CASE, OUR SAFE IS GOING
TO BE FILLED WITH AIR,
AND IT'S GOING TO BE
PNEUMATIC FORCE.
SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING
TO SEE IF THE DOOR
EVEN BLOWS OFF AT ALL.
BE FUN TO FIND OUT, THOUGH.
IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR US
TO DEPOSIT OUR EXPLOSIVES
INTO OUR SAFE,
AND FOR THAT, WE'RE USING
A NITROMETHANE-BASED
TWO-PART HIGH EXPLOSIVE.
NOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO
REMEMBER OUR OOBLECK EPISODE...
ONE!
[ LAUGHS ]
...IT WAS A PRETTY
IMPRESSIVE EXPLOSION,
AND THAT IS WHAT OUR PYRO
IS MIXING UP FOR US RIGHT NOW.
Narrator: NEWS REPORTS DESCRIBE
THE EXPLOSION
AS CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE
TO THE BANK INTERIOR.
BASED ON THAT, THEY'VE ESTIMATED
THE PERP USED FOUR STICKS
OR 1.3 POUNDS
OF BINARY EXPLOSIVE.
PROOF OF CONCEPT,
HIGH EXPLOSIVE IN EMPTY SAFE
IN THREE, TWO, ONE!
HOLY MOLY!
OH, LOOK AT THIS!
WELL, NOT MUCH
LEFT OF THAT.
YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE IT GOT
BLOWN UP LIKE A BALLOON.
I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY
THAT YOU CAN BLOW OPEN
A SAFE WITH HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
WALLS, ROOF,
IT'S TOTALLY GONE, MAN.
AND, WHEN YOU REVIEW IT
ON HIGH SPEED,
IT'S EVEN MORE SPECTACULAR.
ONE MOMENT, THE SAFE IS THERE.
THE SEAMS GIVE WAY,
SHOOTING DOORS OUT THAT WAY
AND WALLS OUT THAT WAY
AND CEILINGS
UP ALL THE WAY INTO THE SKY
AND JUST A CLOUD
OF SHRAPNEL AND DUST.
BUT I HAVE TO SAY IT'S A BIT
MORE A DISAPPEARING ACT
THAN IT ACTUALLY
IS A BANK ROBBERY.
IT'S THE BACK OF THE SAFE.
LOOKS LIKE A CRUMPLED
PIECE OF PAPER.
IF OUR THIEF WAS ABLE
TO BLOW THE DOOR OFF
AND GET AWAY WITH THE MONEY,
I'M PRETTY SURE
HE USED A LITTLE BIT
LESS THAN WE DID...
...BUT IT WAS FUN.
I THINK IT'S TIME TO GO BACK
TO THE SHOP AND INVESTIGATE
HOW OUR THIEF MIGHT HAVE
ACTUALLY PULLED THIS OFF.
SOUNDS GOOD.
Narrator: BEFORE THE BOOMS
CONTINUE, CUE MYTH NUMBER TWO.
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING,
PUPS HAVE BEEN PART OF
THE "MYTHBUSTER" FAMILY...
HIGH FIVE.
OTHER HIGH FIVE.
AW, YOU'RE SUCH A GOOD PUPPY.
MWAH.
...AND NOT JUST
AS CANINE COMPANIONS.
MUSH.
THE TEAM HAS TACKLED A TON
OF FURRY FOUR-LEGGED FABLES.
FROM GUARD DOGS TO BLOODHOUNDS,
THE WORLD OF WOOFERS
HAS PROVIDED
A RICH SOURCE OF MATERIAL.
WE'RE GOING TO RELEASE THE URINE
AND ANAL SECRETION.
OH!
THAT IS MESSED UP!
Narrator: BUT THERE'S ONE
CLASSIC CANINE CONUNDRUM
THAT HAS YET TO BE ADDRESSED.
Brian: ALL RIGHT, BUBBA.
YOU READY?
GO GET IT!
DO DOGS REALLY RESEMBLE
THEIR OWNERS?
YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE SAY BO
AND I LOOK ALIKE.
Jon: REALLY?
I DON'T SEE IT.
YEAH, ME NEITHER.
Jon: SOME PEOPLE ARE
JUST LIKE THEIR DOGS.
THEY ACT THE SAME.
THEY'RE COMPLETELY DIALED
INTO ONE ANOTHER,
AND SOME EVEN DRESS ALIKE,
BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT
OUR MYTH IS ABOUT.
OUR MYTH IS SOLELY BASED ON
LOOKS, SO HAIR,
FACIAL FEATURES, BODY TYPES,
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
WE'LL BE BASING OUR TESTS ON.
Narrator:
YEP, TO DIAL IN ON THE VERACITY
OF THIS WELL WORN CLICHE,
JON AND BRIAN WILL BE
CARRYING OUT A TRIO OF TESTS
IN PAW AND ORDER...
Cooper:
WHAT KIND OF DEMEANOR?
A NERVOUS EXCITEMENT.
Narrator:
A POLICE ARTIST HAS TO RENDER
FIVE PUPS AS PEOPLE.
Jon:
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THAT DOG
WOULD LOOK LIKE AS A PERSON.
THEN IN "PICK A POOCH,"
10 HUMANS CHOOSE THEIR IDEAL
CANINE COMPANION.
BUT FIRST UP, "BEST IN SHOW,"
10 PUPS, 10 OWNERS
AND A GAME OF MATCH.
I HAVE TO SAY IT'S
THIS GUY RIGHT HERE.
Brian:
I THINK THERE'S NO DOUBT.
FOR OUR FIRST TEST,
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
10 DOGS AND 10 OWNERS.
WE'RE GOING TO SEPARATE THEM OUT
AND LOOK AT THE DOGS...
WHAT UP, TINY DOG?
[ BARKS ANGRILY ]
...GET TO KNOW THEIR FACES,
REALLY GET TO UNDERSTAND THEM,
THEN SWAP THE DOGS OUT FOR THEIR
OWNERS AND DO THE SAME THING.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE 10 DOGS,
10 OWNERS, COMPARE THEM,
TRY TO MATCH THEM UP
AND SEE HOW WE DO.
Narrator: HELPING THEM OUT IS
A WELL GROOMED EXPERT.
GOT BEAUTIFUL PIGMENT, NICE DARK
PIGMENT, NICE HEAD CARRIAGE.
OVERALL STRUCTURE OF THE DOG
IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
EVAN GINSBERG IS AN EXPERIENCED
SHOW DOG JUDGE
AND A GERMAN SHEPHERD OWNER.
COULD YOU TELL?
FIRST UP, JON AND BRIAN
TAKE THEIR TIME
AND GET TO KNOW
EACH OF THE PUPS.
DOES THIS DOG LOOK
LIKE ME, BRIAN?
BECAUSE I'M KEEPING HIM.
ON THIS TEST, THEY'RE
LOOKING AT BROAD
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS...
VERY INTELLIGENT-LOOKING,
NICE MUZZLE.
...TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF
EACH OF THE DOGS' FEATURES...
YOU LOOK AT THE MUSCLING
ON THE SHOULDERS OF THAT DOG.
THAT IS A POWERFUL DOG
AND BIG EXPRESSIVE EYES.
...RECORD THEM...
I'M GOING TO CALL
THIS ONE BUFF DOG.
...AND GET A SUMMARY
TO COMPARE TO THE HUMANS.
Brian: SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO
SAY THIS OTHER THAN TO SAY THIS,
BUT IF I WAS LOOKING
FOR THAT DOG'S OWNER,
I THINK I'D BE LOOKING FOR
SOMEONE A LITTLE BIT BUG-EYED.
THERE'S A PSYCHOLOGICAL
MECHANISM THAT MIGHT EXPLAIN
WHY WE CHOOSE ONE DOG
OVER ANOTHER TO BE OUR PET,
AND IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE:
FAMILIARITY.
JUST BECAUSE WE SEE SOMETHING
AND GET EXPOSED TO IT,
IN THE FUTURE, WE LIKE IT.
SO IT LOOKS CALM.
AND INTELLIGENT.
THIS IS AN INTELLIGENT DOG.
Jon: LOOKING FOR A WELL MANNERED
AND WISE-LOOKING PERSON,
GOOD TEMPERAMENT.
Brian: IT CAN BE WHY YOU CHOOSE
TO DATE SOMEONE...
LOOK AT THIS GIGANTIC DOG!
OH, HI!
HI, GIGANTIC DOG!
...WHY YOU CHOOSE THE HOUSE
YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE IN...
SO STRONG, SILENT TYPE.
I'D LOOK FOR A MAN,
A LITTLE MACHO MAYBE.
BUT IS IT WHY WE
CHOOSE OUR PETS?
LET'S FIND OUT.
BEAUTIFUL, ALERT DOG.
Jon: DO YOU THINK WE'D BE
LOOKING WITH SOMEONE WITH BANGS?
TINY BASEBALL DOG.
THERE ARE OTHER THEORIES
AS TO WHY PEOPLE CHOOSE DOGS.
SEEMS KIND OF TIMID,
SUPER ADORABLE.
I WOULD LOOK FOR SOMEONE
WHY KIND OF LOOKS SHY.
NOW, SOME EXPERTS SAY
THAT WE VIEW MATES AND PETS
AS AN EXTENSION OF OURSELVES
WHILE OTHERS SAY THAT
PEOPLE DESIRE WHAT THEY LACK,
SO A SHY PERSON MIGHT PICK
A MORE OUTGOING DOG.
Ginsberg: GREAT FAMILY DOG,
AND HE SHOWS THAT.
HE WANTS TO GO PLAY
WITH THE OTHER DOGS.
Brian: GET OFF THERE!
OH, NICE.
HEY!
WE'VE LOOKED AT ALL 10 DOGS,
AND I THINK BRIAN AND I
HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA
OF WHAT PEOPLE WERE LOOKING
FOR TO MATCH THESE PUPS.
I MEAN, WE'RE LOOKING FOR, LIKE,
THE BEAUTIFUL, EXPRESSIVE EYES.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR SHAGGY,
UNKEMPT HAIR,
MAYBE SOMEONE
WHO'S SLIGHTLY OLDER,
SOMEONE WHO'S MORE EXCITABLE
AND SMILING ALL THE TIME.
I THINK WE HAVE THAT DOWN.
I ALSO FOUND MY NEW DOG, RIGHT?
YOU'RE COMING HOME WITH ME.
Narrator: COMING UP,
BRIAN AND JON MEET THE OWNERS.
CAN YOU PICK WHO IS WITH WHO?
OH, OH, OH!
UH-HUH.
Narrator:
IS IT POSSIBLE TO MATCH PUPS
AND THEIR PEOPLE JUDGING
ONLY ON THEIR LOOKS?
DO DOGS REALLY LOOK
LIKE THEIR OWNERS?
I THINK THERE'S NO DOUBT.
MAN!
♪♪
♪♪
TO TEST THE MYTH THAT DOGSLOK
JON AND BRIAN ARE CARRYING
OUT THREE EXPERIMENTS
TO LOOK AT ALL ANGLES
OF THIS SUPPOSED PHENOMENON.
FIRST UP, CAN THEY MATCH THESE
10 PUPS WITH THEIR HUMANS?
WITH THE HELP OF REGINA CASH,
AN EXPERT WHEN IT COMES
TO ASSESSING
HUMAN FACIAL FEATURES,
IT'S TIME FOR THE PEOPLE PARADE.
I JUST NEED HEIGHT.
THAT'S ALL, YUP.
I NEED LOTS
OF GOOD HEIGHT.
I THINK WE SHOULD CLOSE THE GATE
SO THEY DON'T ESCAPE.
YEAH.
JON, BRIAN AND REGINA TAKE THEIR
TIME GETTING TO KNOW EVERYONE.
CASSIDY!
HI, HOW'S IT GOING?
SHE'S GOT, LIKE,
THE NICE, WAVY HAIR.
Cash: YEAH, DAINTY BALLERINA.
Narrator:
THEN BEGINS THE MATCHMAKING.
OH, IT'S SOFT!
WHOA!
I THINK THE TERM
IS WELL GROOMED.
I'LL PUT "SOFT MANE."
Cash: SPARKLY-EYED,
FACE IS IN PROPORTION.
VERY CLASSY.
OOH!
Cash: VERY WELL GROOMED,
VERY WELL PUT TOGETHER.
REALLY GREAT EYES.
LIKE HAIR COLOR.
HAIR COLOR, RIGHT,
HER EYEBROW COLOR, SEE?
Narrator: IF THE MYTH IS
TO BE BELIEVED...
ATHLETIC BUILD.
Brian: STICK YOUR TONGUE OUT
LIKE YOU'RE A HAPPY DOG.
VERY TALL.
TALL, YES.
GREAT LITTLE SMILE.
AGILE.
Brian: HMM?
NO.
Narrator:
...PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
WILL BE OBVIOUS ENOUGH
TO PICK THE PAIRS.
NOW WE'VE SEEN THE DOGS
AND THEIR OWNERS,
BUT SEPARATELY OF COURSE.
AT FIRST GLANCE,
IT SEEMS PRETTY EASY.
TEACUP CHIHUAHUA.
[ LAUGHTER ]
YOU KNOW, BIG BUFF DUDE
PROBABLY HAS A BIG BUFF DOG.
Cash: LOOK AT THE, YOU KNOW,
STATURE, THE MUSCLES.
BUT THEN THERE'S OTHER OWNERS
THAT ARE HARDER
TO MATCH WITH THEIR DOGS...
THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO.
...UNTIL YOU TALK TO THEM FOR
A BIT AND YOU SEE THEM SMILE,
AND YOU GO, "WAIT, I THINK I SAW
A DOG WITH A SIMILAR SMILE."
I'M GOING TO GO...
I THINK...
Brian: OH, YEAH!
RIGHT?
Cash: TOTALLY.
Brian:
ALL RIGHT, SO WE GOT OUR BOARD
WITH ALL OUR OWNERS ON IT.
WE'LL PUT OUR MATCHES HERE
AND THEN HIDDEN HERE
ARE ALL THE RESULTS.
Narrator:
WITH THE HELP OF BOTH EXPERTS,
THEY'VE ASSEMBLED THEIR MATCHES.
Jon: CONTESTANT
NUMBER ONE, ESTHER,
LOOKS FRIENDLY
BUT ALSO CONFIDENT,
AND SHE'S WELL GROOMED AND HAS
GOT A LIVELY, EXPRESSIVE FACE.
I THINK THERE'S ONLY ONE DOG
THAT MATCHED THAT, HUH?
IF THIS ISN'T HER DOG, WE SHOULD
JUST GIVE THIS DOG TO HER.
CODY!
HE WAS PRETTY
DIFFICULT TO PLACE.
SO, THAT WAS THE ONE ME
AND THE JUDGE WERE LOOKING AT.
I WAS PRETTY SURE I KNEW
WHO THAT DOG BELONGED TO.
WELL THEN, ON TOP OF IT,
I THINK THAT LONG,
SLENDER LOOK
KIND OF RULES THIS ONE OUT,
AND I THINK WE GOT TO GO
OPUS.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT?
NEXT ONE IS GARRETT.
THE JUDGE SAID HE HAD A GREAT
SMILE, SMOOTH, SOFT HAIR.
THAT LITTLE WAFT GOING ON.
Jon: YEAH, AND I THINK IT WAS,
LIKE, BASED OFF OF ALL THOSE
THAT WE SAID,
REAL-LIFE TEDDY BEAR.
REAL-LIFE TEDDY BEAR.
THAT'S JORDAN.
RIGHT.
WE SAID THAT HER BUILD
WAS PETITE,
GREAT SMILE AND SPARKLY EYES.
YEAH, IT'S, LIKE, FACE-FOR-FACE,
I KIND OF THINK THE SAME,
DEFINITELY THE SAME HAPPY,
ENLIGHTENED FACE.
THAT'S THE ONE.
TO MARIO.
THERE'S ALWAYS A CHANCE
THAT THE BIGGEST,
BUFFEST DUDE HAS GOT
THE TINIEST, CUTEST DOG.
IF WE'RE GOING
PURELY ON LOOKS,
I HAVE TO SAY,
IT'S THIS GUY RIGHT HERE.
I THINK THERE'S NO DOUBT.
MAN.
BIG DUDE, BIG DOG.
THAT'S SARA.
ALL RIGHT.
WE SAID SHE LOOKS SHY
AND HAS EMOTIVE EYES,
AND WE WENT WITH...
OH!
THE DOG I CALLED BASEBALL DOG
BECAUSE OF HIS BASEBALL SHIRT.
HALEY!
OKAY, SO OUR JUDGE SAID
SHE HAD GREAT EYES,
AND I DESCRIBED HER
AS HAVING QUIET CONFIDENCE.
THIS IS WHAT WE SAID.
PETUNIA?
NEXT PERSON, MAX.
WE SAID IN TERMS OF BUILD
THAT HE'S BUFF,
BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN
THAT HE'S TALL,
SO NOT NECESSARILY A BIG DOG,
JUST A DOG THAT'S GOT
PHYSICALITY TO IT.
Brian: THAT'S THE ONE.
OKAY, SO THAT GENTLEMAN IS MARK,
AND WE SAID HE WAS CLASSY,
CASUAL, FRIENDLY,
ALERT AND AGILE,
SO LAST BUT DEFINITELY
NOT LEAST IS CASSIDY,
WHO WE SAID HAD
SPARKLY BLUE EYES.
I'M PRETTY SURE OUR JUDGE
REGINA SAID SHE WAS, LIKE,
ALMOST HAD
A BALLERINA'S BUILDING.
Brian: THAT'S A LEAN
AND POWERFUL DOG.
LOOKING BACK AT OUR LIST
OF DOGS AND PEOPLE,
AND I'M PRETTY PLEASED
WITH THE CONNECTION HERE.
I KNOW.
I'M SEEING THAT
PHYSICAL RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN DOG AND OWNER.
I GUESS IT'S TIME TO SEE
IF WE WERE RIGHT.
BUT, BEFORE THE GRAND REVEAL,
IT'S BACK TO THE MYTH
OF "DYNAMITE DEPOSIT."
Jon: THREE, TWO, ONE!
IS IT REALLY POSSIBLE TO BLOW UP
A SIZEABLE SAFE FROM THE INSIDE
AND KEEP THE BANK BILLS
FROM BEING BURNED
OR SHREDDED IN THE BLAST?
IT SEEMS UNLIKELY, BUT THE
MYTHBUSTERS ARE ON THE CASE.
TO SEE AND UNDERSTAND
WHAT HAPPENS WITH AN EXPLOSION
INSIDE A SAFE,
WELL, YOU'RE GOING
TO NEED A CLEAR SAFE,
AND THEY DON'T
REALLY SELL THOSE,
SO WE'RE GOING TO BUILD OUR OWN.
IT'S LIKE I'M BREAKING INTO
THE SAFE I BUILT MYSELF.
TA-DA!
BEFORE WE START BLOWING UP
OUR CLEAR MINI-SAFES,
WE'RE GOING TO DO A NAKED
EXPLOSION ON THIS PLATFORM
SO WE CAN STUDY
IN MINUTE DETAIL
THE PROPERTIES
OF A HIGH-EXPLOSIVE BLAST.
NOW, WHEN WE BLEW UP
OUR REAL SAFE IN THE FIELD,
WE USED A BINARY
OR TWO-PART HIGH EXPLOSIVE,
BUT FOR OUR SMALL SCALE,
WE'LL BE USING DET CORD.
ONE CANDLE FOR THIS CAKE.
DET CORD IS A ROPE-LIKE
CONFIGURATION OF HIGH EXPLOSIVE
WITH A BLAST FORCE OF OVER
20,000 FEET PER SECOND.
Narrator: USING THE BINARY
EXPLOSION IN THE SHOP
IS A LEGAL AND SAFETY CONCERN,
SO DET CORD WITH
A SIMILAR DETONATION VELOCITY
IS A CONVENIENT ANALOGUE.
Brian: ALL RIGHT.
UNPROTECTED PIECE OF DET CORD
IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
WOO!
THAT WAS ENERGETIC.
AND TO APPRECIATE
THE SCALE OF THE ENERGY,
HERE'S THE HIGH-SPEED.
THREE, TWO, ONE.
EVEN AT 65,000 FRAMES
PER SECOND...
PAUSE IT, AND YOU CAN
GO FRAME BY FRAME.
...IT FLASHES BY
IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE.
BOOM!
OOH, LOOK AT THAT!
THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING.
YOU HAVE THIS SOLID FIREBALL
JUST IN THE SHAPE
OF THAT CYLINDER,
LIKE THE CORD IS.
AND IT EVENS OUT.
LOOK AT THAT.
IT'S JUST A BIG BALL NOW.
WONDER HOW THAT WILL BE
ANY DIFFERENT INSIDE THAT SAFE.
TO FIND OUT,
CUE THE SEE-THROUGH SAFE.
IN THREE...
THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE
SOME BACK PRESSURE,
AND THAT'S WHERE
THE SCIENCE GETS INTERESTING.
...TWO...
WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT FLAME FRONT
WITH THE EXTRA
CONFINEMENT OF A SAFE?
...ONE.
Both: WHOA!
AND THAT'S WHY WE STAND
BEHIND BLAST SHIELDS.
♪♪
AH, THAT'S INCREDIBLE!
RIGHT, SO THAT MEANS THAT SAFE
HAS ENOUGH STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY
TO HOLD IT TOGETHER WHILE THAT
PRESSURE WAVE IS BUILDING UP,
WHICH MEANS ALL SORTS
OF [INDISTINCT]
CRAZY THINGS GOING ON
BEFORE THAT FINALLY,
POW, BLOWS IT APART.
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY BONKERS.
WHEN OUR EXPLOSION
WENT OFF INSIDE THE SAFE,
THAT FLAME FRONT HIT THE TOP,
THEN THE BOTTOM,
THEN THE TOP UNTIL THE WALLS
OF THE SAFE GAVE OUT,
AND THAT'S IMPORTANT
BECAUSE IT'S THAT PHENOMENON
THAT MEANS THE FLAME LASTS
FOUR TIMES LONGER
THAN IN AN UNCONTAINED
EXPLOSION.
THAT MEANS ANY PAPER
GOODS IN THERE
ARE GOING TO BE IN THAT FIRE
FOR FOUR TIMES AS LONG,
SO THE QUESTION NOW IS,
IS THAT LONG ENOUGH
AND HOT ENOUGH TO DO
ANY DAMAGE TO THAT PAPER?
Narrator: COMING UP...
STARTING DOWN AT THE END.
...IT'S TIME FOR THE
"BEST IN SHOW" RESULT.
ASSESSED
Narrator: COMING UP...
10 DOGS AND THEIR OWNERS...D.
Jon: NO ONE HAS POOPED
ON THE FLOOR YET,
SO IT'S GOING TO BE HARD
TO JUDGE THAT ONE.
...AND PAIRED EACH PUP
WITH THE HUMAN
THEY BELIEVE
THEY RESEMBLE THE MOST.
THIS ONE IS HOT.
THE PROBABILITY OF GUESSING
CORRECTLY IS ONE IN 10,
AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING
TO THIS MYTH,
THEY SHOULD MATCH
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN THAT,
STARTING WITH THESE TWO.
ALL RIGHT.
STARTING DOWN AT THE END.
OH!
WE WERE SO SURE
THAT THAT WAS HER DOG.
I SEE IT A LITTLE BIT,
BUT DEFINITELY THE BETTER MATCH.
ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL SWAP THEIR DOGS.
PAIR NUMBER TWO.
GO!
OH!
[ Laughing ]
THAT'S NOT GOOD.
OH, BOY.
THAT'S NONE FROM TWO.
HOW ABOUT THESE GUYS?
ALL RIGHT.
MOVING ON TO REAL-LIFE
TEDDY BEAR.
OH!
ANOTHER MISS.
NEXT...
GO!
OH, YEAH!
I'LL TAKE IT.
CLEARLY THE CORRECT
DOG FOR HER.
OKAY, WAIT, THIS ONE IS EXTRA
SPECIAL TO ME BECAUSE I WAS,
LIKE, ALMOST 100 PERCENT
SURE THAT THIS DOG WAS HIS.
ARE YOU READY?
YOU GO FOR IT.
OH!
WE PICKED THE BIGGEST DOG,
BUT IT WASN'T QUITE RIGHT.
YOU READY FOR IT?
DO IT!
OH!
OKAY.
THAT MIGHT BE ON US.
OH! [ LAUGHS ]
SHOOT!
I DID NOT SEE THAT ONE.
IF THIS ISN'T HIS DOG...
OH, SNAP!
OKAY, LAST ONE.
HERE WE GO.
AW!
REAL-LIFE TEDDY BEAR!
Jon: I FEEL GOOD THAT BRIAN
AND I MATCHED DOG FACIAL
CHARACTERISTICS
TO PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS.
THE ONLY PROBLEM IS,
THOSE PEOPLE
DIDN'T ACTUALLY
OWN THOSE DOGS.
WELL, ONE OUT OF 10, MAN,
10 PERCENT IS NOT A GREAT SCORE.
SO FAR, IT'S NOT
LOOKING SO GOOD.
WE HAVE TO JUST PUT IT ON.
Narrator: YEP, IT'S NOT
A GOOD START FOR THE MYTH
OF THE DOGGY DOPPELGANGER,
BUT THE GUYS AREN'T DONE YET.
NEXT UP, THEY'RE BRINGING
A LITTLE FORENSIC SCIENCE
TO THE PROCEEDINGS.
TO SEE IF THE SPECIFIC FACIAL
FEATURES OF A DOG MATCH
THAT OF THEIR OWNER,
WE'VE BROUGHT AN EXPERT
IN THE STUDY OF FACIAL FEATURES,
A POLICE SKETCH ARTIST.
CUE POLICE DRAMA MUSIC.
[ SIRENS WAIL,
DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS ]
Narrator: MELISSA IS AN
EXPERIENCED FORENSIC ARTIST.
SO TODAY, WE'LL BE
DESCRIBING DOGS
AND TURNING IT INTO
A SKETCH OF A PERSON.
GOT IT.
Narrator: BUT TODAY'S CHALLENGE
WILL BE A LITTLE UNUSUAL.
Brian: JON AND I ARE GOING
TO BE DESCRIBING DOGS
IN NON-SPECIES-SPECIFIC TERMS:
LONG HAIR, DARK PIERCING EYES.
YOU GET THE IDEA.
Jon: I DON'T KNOW IF THIS
IS HELPFUL OR NOT.
I'M GOING TO START BY SAYING
THAT SHE IS
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.
AS WE DO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
A FORENSIC SKETCH ARTIST
DRAWING A HUMAN BASED
ON THOSE DESCRIPTIONS.
PERFECTLY SHAPED EARS.
SO YOU'RE SAYING
THEIR PROPORTIONATE?
YES.
OKAY.
GO AHEAD AND TELL ME
ABOUT HER EYES.
SHE ACTUALLY HAS HETEROCHROMIA,
SO ONE EYE IS, LIKE, A BROWN,
AND ONE EYE IS
A LIGHT BLUE.
OKAY.
ONCE WE'RE DONE, THE OTHER HOST
IS GOING TO TAKE THAT SKETCH
AND COMPARE IT TO 10 PICTURES
AND SEE IF THEY CAN
FIGURE OUT THE OWNER.
Narrator:
MELISSA CAN'T SEE THE PUPS.
Brian:
THIS IS A BEEFY INDIVIDUAL.
THE ONLY THINGS SHE HAS
TO GO ON ARE JON
AND BRIAN'S DESCRIPTIONS.
TELL ME ABOUT THE MOUTH.
JUST DRAW A BIG OLD GOOFY
HAPPY SMILE.
WHAT KIND OF DEMEANOR?
OH, A NERVOUS EXCITEMENT,
I WOULD SAY.
Brian: TRYING TO TURN
A DESCRIPTION OF A DOG
INTO A DESCRIPTION SOMEONE
CAN USE TO DRAW A PERSON...
WHAT IS THE SHAPE
OF HER FACE?
NARROW AND TRIANGULAR.
...IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.
IS IT IMPORTANT IF THE PERSON
HAS A TENNIS BALL
IN THEIR MOUTH?
Narrator:
THIS TEST SHOULD ISOLATE
A SPECIFIC ASPECT OF THE MYTH:
DO DOGS AND THEIR OWNERS SHARE
ACTUAL FACIAL CHARACTERISTICS?
IT'S SORT OF A WIDE, BIG FLUFFY,
LIKE, HANDLEBAR THING GOING ON.
IF YOU TAKE IT LITERALLY
AND TURN A DOG INTO A HUMAN,
THE RESULTS MAY BE
SLIGHTLY SURREAL.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THAT DOG
WOULD LOOK LIKE AS A PERSON.
BUT ARE THERE ANY RECOGNIZABLE
CROSS-SPECIES SIMILARITIES?
JON AND I HAVE COMPLETED
OUR FORENSIC SKETCHES
OF THE DOGS TURNED INTO PEOPLE.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THEM
ONE AT A TIME,
COMPARE THEM
TO A LINEUP OF 10 PEOPLE
AND SEE IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT
WHICH ONE IS THE DOG'S OWNER.
THAT'S WHAT THAT DOG
LOOKED LIKE!
DID YOU FIND
ITS PRECIOUS RING?
OH, WOW.
SO SLIGHTLY BROAD NOSE,
OVAL FACE.
I BASED THIS SKETCH COMPLETELY
OFF OF THE FEATURES OF THAT PUP.
HERE WE GO.
BOOM!
Jon:
OKAY, I CAN WORK WITH THIS.
YOU READY?
YEAH.
Narrator: THE OWNER'S PHOTO
IS PLACED AMONG NINE OTHERS
OF THE SAME GENDER
AND A SIMILAR AGE.
OKAY.
I MEAN, LIKE, THE BIGGEST,
THE FIRST THING I'M NOTICING IS,
I'M TRYING TO MATCH
THE FACIAL HAIR.
AND JON AND BRIAN SIMPLY
HAVE TO MATCH
THE FORENSIC SKETCH
TO THE OWNER.
NO, NO, NO.
Brian: I HATE TO SAY THIS.
I FEEL LIKE I'M LOOKING
FOR SMEAGOL.
IF THE MYTH IS REAL,
THEN THEY SHOULD SEEK
RECOGNIZABLE FEATURES
IN THE SKETCH
IN THE RELEVANT OWNER.
LOOK AT THIS HAIR.
LOOK AT THIS HAIR.
LOOK AT THE EYES.
HER, HER AND HER.
NO, NO.
I THINK I'M DOWN TO JUST
THOSE BOTTOM TWO.
ALL RIGHT.
ARE YOU GOING TO DRUMROLL ME IN?
I THINK THAT THIS PERSON...
THAT GUY.
IT'S CLEARLY HER.
THAT'S TWINSIES.
I THINK THAT THIS DOG
TURNED PORTRAIT BELONGS TO...
UGH!
THIS ONE OVER HERE.
I WANT TO GO WITH THIS GUY.
ARE YOU READY TO SEE
WHO'S BEHIND THAT DOOR?
YEAH, DON'T MAKE ME WAIT.
DRUMROLL?
YES, PLEASE.
ALL RIGHT.
REVEAL THE DOG AND OWNER
IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
COMING UP, BACK AT
THE SMALL-SCALE BANK...
Jon: STACKS ON STACKS.
...WILL THE APPROPRIATELY
SIZED BANK BILLS...
AND THREE...
...SURVIVE?
...TWO, ONE!
YTHBUSTERS" AND HEISTS...
AND THREE...
...SURVIVE?
IT HASN'T SET OFF
THE ALARM YET.
...GO TOGETHER LIKE
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT.
WHY, THOR THE GOD OF THUNDER
IS TRYING TO ENTER MY BUILDING.
CONTINUING THAT RICH LEGACY...
ONE!
...BRIAN AND JON
ARE TESTING THE TALL TALE
OF THE ULTIMATE INSIDE JOB.
CAN YOU BLOW UP A SAFE
FROM THE INSIDE
AND LEAVE THE LOOT INTACT?
ONE!
Jon: OUR SMALL-SCALE EXPERIMENT
HAS SHOWED US
THAT CONTAINING
OUR DET CORD EXPLOSION
INSIDE OUR CLEAR ACRYLIC SAFE
HAS INCREASED THE EXISTENCE
OF OUR FLAME FRONT FOURFOLD.
THAT MEANS, IF WE PUT
MONEY INSIDE THERE,
IT'LL BE EXPOSED TO FIRE
FOR LONGER, SO NEXT UP,
WE'RE GOING TO SEE
WHAT IT ACTUALLY TAKES
TO IGNITE MONEY
BY BURNING MONEY.
CHECK IT OUT.
EVERYTHING IS A HELMET
TO YOU, ISN'T IT?
YES.
[ Laughing ] ALL RIGHT.
PUT IT ON THE BURNER.
IT'S ILLEGAL TO BURN
U.S. CURRENCY.
SO FOR OUR MYTH,
WE'LL BE USING
TA-DA -- OFFICIAL MYTH MONEY.
Narrator: MADE WITH COTTON,
THE MYTH DOLLAR WILL BURN
EXACTLY LIKE OFFICIAL CURRENCY,
AND NO ONE NEED GO TO JAIL.
NOW OUR BONDS.
IN ADDITION TO THE BANK BILLS,
THE GUYS ARE ALSO TOASTING
BEARER BOND REPLICAS.
NOW PREHEAT YOUR OVEN
TO 350 DEGREES
AND WAIT FOR YOU
MONEY TO IGNITE.
HOW WE LOOKING?
WE ARE AT A MILD 138 DEGREES
AND RISING ON BOTH
THE MONEY
AND THE BEARER BONDS.
OOH, DOPE.
THE BILL'S DANCING
A LITTLE BIT.
OH, I SEE IT.
THEY'RE, LIKE,
CONDUCTIVE HEATING.
"I DON'T WANT TO DIE!"
IT'S FOR SCIENCE.
IT'S OKAY.
Jon: ALL OF OUR MYTH MONEY
AND OUR BEARER BONDS
BURST INTO FLAMES AROUND
650 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
OH, THERE'S IGNITION.
ON BOTH OF THEM.
NOW WE CHECKED THE DATA SHEET,
AND WE KNOW THAT OUR DET CORD
EXPLODES WITH A TEMPERATURE
OF 7,500 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
WOO, LOOK AT THAT!
HEADS UP!
OH, THERE GOES OUR MONEY, MAN.
THERE'S OUR RETIREMENT SAVINGS.
OH.
OH, IT'S GONE.
YOU THINK THAT MONEY INSIDE
A SAFE WITH THAT EXPLOSION
WOULD JUST GO BOOM,
UP INTO FLAMES.
I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND A SWEET
MUSTARD-BASED BARBECUE SAUCE
FOR THIS ONE.
BUT IGNITION IS A FUNCTION
OF HEAT AND TIME.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF I SWEEP
MY HAND OVER THIS FIRE,
I AM UNSCATHED BECAUSE
THE AMOUNT OF TIME MY HAND
SPENDS IN THE FIRE
IS NEGLIGIBLE,
BUT IF I HOLD MY HAND
ABOVE THE FIRE,
EVENTUALLY I'LL BURN MYSELF.
I'M BEGINNING TO THINK THAT
OUR MONEY WILL SURVIVE
THE FLAME GENERATED
BY THE EXPLOSION.
Narrator: LET'S FIND OUT,
FIRST IN SMALL SCALE.
THIS IS THE KIND OF SCORE
OUR WOULD-BE THIEF IS HOPING
FOR WHEN HE BLOWS
THAT BANK SAFE OPEN.
OH, YEAH, BEARER BONDS,
STACKS ON STACKS.
LOOK AT THIS.
Narrator:
ONCE AGAIN, THE GUYS HAVE PRIMED
A SHORT LENGTH OF DET CORD.
NICE AND TIGHT.
Narrator:
IT'LL GENERATE SOMETHING
IN THE REGION OF 7,500 DEGREES.
ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE READY.
CLEAR MINI-SAFE FILLED
WITH MINI-MYTH MONEY
AND MINI-MYTH BEARER BONDS
IN THREE, TWO, ONE!
OH!
ONE!
OH!
THAT DOESN'T GET OLD.
LET'S GO TAKE A LOOK.
ALL RIGHT.
COMBINE A SMALL-SCALE
HIGH EXPLOSIVE
WITH A SMALL-SCALE SAFE...
OH, LOOK!
THIS IS NOT EVEN BURNED,
THE STACK OF BEARER BONDS.
...AND YOU END UP
WITH RELATIVELY UNSCATHED
SMALL-SCALE BUNDLES OF MONEY.
Jon: IT SEEMS LIKE OUR WOULD-BE
THIEF HAS A REALLY GOOD CHANCE
OF GETTING AWAY
WITH A TON OF LOOT
BECAUSE,
AFTER THE SAFE EXPLODES,
ALL THE WALLS COME OFF PERFECTLY
AS THE MONEY TOSSES
IN PERFECT BUNDLES
SPINNING AROUND LIKE A BALLERINA
ON STAGE SLOWLY THROUGH THE AIR.
THEN WATCHED
THE BEARER BONDS GO...
AND ALMOST LANDING BACK
IN A PERFECT PILE
ON OUR LITTLE
EXPLOSIVE PLATFORM.
ALL THE BILLS AND ALL THE BEARER
BONDS WERE PERFECTLY INTACT.
THAT'S KIND OF CRAZY.
WE'VE SEEN WHAT WE CAN SEE
FROM SMALL-SCALE,
AND IT'S LOOKING
PRETTY GOOD FOR THIS MYTH.
THOSE PAPER GOODS ARE MAKING IT
OUT OF THAT SAFE
RELATIVELY UNSCATHED,
BUT WHEN WE GO TO FULL SCALE,
THAT LARGER SAFE
IS GOING TO REQUIRE
MORE ENERGY TO BLOW APART.
IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN
IF THAT PAPERWORK
IS GOING TO GET OUT
IN THE SAME CONDITION.
IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE
IF THOSE SMALL-SCALE PRINCIPLE
APPLY TO OUR BIG-SCALE SAFE
BECAUSE, IF THEY DO,
THAT ROBBER IS GOING TO BE
MAKING OUT WITH A LOT OF LOOT.
BRIAN, LET'S GO ROB A BANK!
OH, YEAH.
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
TAKE THE MONEY.
LUNCH IS ON ME, MAN.
LUNCH IS ON ME.
YOU KNOW, THE FULL-SIZE SAFE
WILL HAVE FULL-SIZE MONEY
THAT WILL BE EASIER
TO PAY WITH.
Narrator: COMING UP,
WHO LET THE DOGS OUT?
BEST DAY AT WORK, JON.
Narrator:
DO DOGS LOOK LIKE THEIR OWNERS?
JON AND BRIAN HAVE HAD
A FORENSIC ARTIST
DRAW FIVE DOGS AS HUMANS...
BEEF HAD, LIKE, URGH!
Jon: ALMOST LIKE CLOUDS ON,
LIKE, A SUNNY DAY.
THEY'RE, LIKE, WHITE,
BUT THERE'S A LITTLE BLUE IN IT.
...AND, FROM A LINEUP, PICKED
THE HUMAN THEY MOST RESEMBLE.
HER.
SO IT'S TIME TO FIND OUT
HOW MANY THEY GOT RIGHT.
FIRST UP, JACKSON THE DACHSHUND.
ALL RIGHT.
REVEAL THE DOG AND OWNER
IN THREE, TWO, ONE!
HEY!
Jon: OH!
WE DID IT!
THAT'S CRAZY!
IT'S JUST INTERESTING THAT,
LIKE, THAT SKETCH
DOESN'T LOOK
LIKE HER EXACTLY,
BUT OUT OF ALL THE PICTURES
OF PEOPLE UP THERE,
THAT SKETCH LOOKS
THE MOST LIKE HER.
I GOT TO SAY, I FEEL LIKE YOU
LOOK LIKE YOUR DOG,
AND I THINK THAT'S
A COMPLIMENT.
THE GUYS ARE OFF
TO A STRONG START.
NEXT UP IS JADA THE HUSKY.
ACTUAL DOG AND OWNER
IN THREE, TWO, ONE!
WHOA!
I CAN SAFELY SAY
THAT I DID NOT PICK ARIA
AS THE OWNER OF JADA
AT ALL IN THIS.
THAT'S A SWING AND A MISS.
NEXT IS ROSIE.
THREE, TWO, ONE!
ALL RIGHT, SO YOU'RE
A LITTLE BIT OFF THERE.
I WAS OFF.
AND, ONCE AGAIN, IT'S A FAIL,
A RESULT THAT'S REPEATED
TWO MORE TIMES...
THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE
MEANT TO LOOK LIKE.
OH, MY GOD.
...MEANING THIS MYTH
IS ONCE AGAIN
ON ITS LAST STATISTICAL LEGS.
HEY!
OH, LOOK AT THIS PUP!
BEST DAY AT WORK, JON.
YEAH, I THINK SO.
WELL, THAT WAS A LOT
MORE FUN THAN LAST TIME
I HAD TO WORK WITH
A FORENSIC ARTIST.
YEAH, I MEAN, WE CAME UP WITH
SOME PRETTY HILARIOUS SKETCHES,
BUT IN THE END, WE ONLY
GOT 20 PERCENT RIGHT.
WELL, YOU KNOW
WHAT THAT MEANS.
THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO DO MORE TESTING,
WHICH MEANS PLAYING
WITH SOME MORE DOGS.
SWEET!
Brian: FOR THIS NEXT TEST,
WE WANT TO FIND OUT
WHAT SORT OF DOG
NON-DOG-OWNERS PREFER.
Jon:
IF YOU WERE TO CHOOSE ONE DOG
TO TAKE HOME AS YOUR OWN,
WHICH ONE WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
THE KIND OF DOG I WOULD LOVE TO
HAVE WOULD BE A LONG-HAIRED...
CUTE LITTLE PERKY EARS
AND SHORT LEGS.
PROBABLY WOULD BE BIG.
WARM, BROWN EYES.
IT'D BE FLUFFY AND SOFT.
WE WANT TO FIND OUT IF PEOPLE
INTENTIONALLY CHOOSE DOGS
THAT LOOK LIKE THEMSELVES.
Narrator: YEP, AFTER A YAPPY
HOUR MIX AND MINGLE...
HI!
...THESE 10 PEOPLE WILL
PICK THEIR PERFECT POOCH.
OH, MY GOSH!
LOOK AT HIS FACE!
Brian: WHAT OUR NON-DOG-OWNERS
DON'T KNOW
IS THAT WE'VE SELECTED ONE
OUT OF THE 10 DOGS
AS A PLANT THAT WE FEEL
LOOKS LIKE THEM.
WE'RE MAKING FRIENDS HERE.
WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW
FOR THIS TEST IS,
WILL THOSE PEOPLE SELECT
THEIR DOGGY DOPPELGANGER PLANTS?
SO MUCH FLUFF!
THAT ONE I REALLY LOVE.
WOW.
Narrator: THIS EXPERIMENT IS
BASED ON A WELL ESTABLISHED
PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY.
Jon: EVERY DAY, WE SEE
OURSELVES IN MIRRORS,
PICTURES, AND OTHER SORTS
OF REFLECTIONS.
NOW SCIENCE SUGGESTS THAT,
ON AN UNCONSCIOUS LEVEL,
WE GROW FOND OF THINGS
WE SEE OFTEN,
IN THIS CASE OUR FACES.
SO WHEN DOGS LOOK
LIKE THEIR OWNERS,
THEY'RE PLAYING INTO
THAT MIRRORING EFFECT,
BECOMING A REFLECTION
OF THEIR OWNERS.
WHY DO YOU THINK YOU'RE
GRAVITATING TOWARDS THIS DOG?
IT LOOKS LIKE A PILLOW,
AND IT'S JUST SO FLUFFY.
I WANT TO TAKE HOME
ALL 11 OF THEM, INCLUDING BO.
Brian: INCLUDING BO!
Brian:
WE'VE GIVEN OUR 10 SINGLES TIME
TO MINGLE AT THE BARK BAR.
NOW THAT THEY HAVE TIME
TO MAKE A SELECTION,
THEY'RE GOING TO
REVEAL IT TO US,
AND WE'LL SEE
IF THEY MATCHED THE DOGS
WE THOUGHT THEY LOOKED LIKE.
THIS GOLDEN RETRIEVER CLEARLY.
Narrator: BRIAN AND JON HAVE
PRESELECTED THEIR MATCHES.
HEY, I REALLY
LIKE THIS ONE.
WE GOT STEWART WITH ARTHUR.
NOW IT'S TIME TO FIND OUT
IF THE THEORY OF SELECTING A DOG
BASED ON HOW MUCH THEY LOOK
LIKE YOU IS CORRECT.
WHICH ONE DID YOU CHOOSE?
I PICK PENNY.
GREAT.
Narrator: IT'S A GREAT START.
THE PHYSICAL RESEMBLANCE
IS OBVIOUS, BUT...
STEWART!
YEAH.
FROM THERE ON...
THE DOG I'M PICKING,
GO WITH THOR.
IT GOES DOWNHILL RAPIDLY.
I HAVE TO GO WITH NIMBUS.
IF I HAD TO PICK ONE,
IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE PEE-WEE.
I THINK I'M GOING
TO GO WITH...
Jon: OH, MCLAUGHLIN.
OH, THERE YOU GO!
FINN!
NIMBUS!
I PICKED REX.
OH!
Narrator:
IT'S A CLEAR RESULT, AND NOT
JUST IN THE FINAL ROUND.
ALL THREE TESTS RETURNED
ONLY A SINGLE CORRECT
PUP-AND-PERSON PAIRING,
AND THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE.
AS FAR AS MATCHING UP DOGS
TO THEIR OWNERS WENT...
YOU GOT 10 PERCENT
ACCURACY.
AND THE FORENSIC
SKETCH ARTIST?
THAT WAS 20 PERCENT
ACCURACY.
AND FOR "PICK A PET"?
TEN PERCENT ACCURACY.
SO WHEN YOU AVERAGE
ALL THOSE TOGETHER?
IT'S JUST ABOVE 13 PERCENT.
SO THIS THING?
WE HAVE TO CALL IT BUSTED.
ABSOLUTELY BUSTED.
YOU READY TO GO PLAY, BO?
GO GET IT.
COMING UP...
LET THE HEIST BEGIN.
...THE EXPLOSIVE MYTH OF THE
DYNAMITE DEPOSIT GETS RAMPED...
LET'S GO TO THE SMALLEST AMOUNT
OF THE HIGH EXPLOSIVE
WE CAN USE.
...DOWN?
THREE, TWO, ONE!
♪♪
Brian:
SO WHERE ARE WE AT ON THIS MYTH?
WE DID PROVE THAT YOU CAN BLOW
OPEN A SAFE FROM THE INSIDE.
WE JUST USED A LITTLE BIT
TOO MUCH EXPLOSIVE.
WE THEN WENT BACK
TO THE SHOP...
Jon: OH, THERE'S IGNITION.
...AND DID SOME RESEARCH
TO UNDERSTAND
HOW THOSE PAPER BILLS
AND DOCUMENTS
ARE GOING TO SURVIVE
INSIDE THAT SAFE.
ONE!
THIS IS NOT EVEN BURNED.
AND NOW WE'RE BACK ON LOCATION
WITH ALL THAT INFORMATION.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S BUILD A BANK
TO BREAK INTO.
BOOM!
WE'RE READY TO LOAD UP OUR SAFE
WITH A SMIDGEN LESS EXPLOSIVE,
THOSE PAPER BILLS
AND DOCUMENTS...
INDEED, WE DO WELCOME YOUR
DEPOSIT TO THE BANK OF NOWHERE.
A FINER BANK
YOU WON'T FIND ON TV.
...AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO SEE
IF YOU BAD GUY HAS ANY LUCK.
Jon: YOU'LL REMEMBER AT
THE BEGINNING OF THIS MYTH
FOR OUR PROOF OF CONCEPT TEST,
WE USED FOUR STICKS
OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES
TO BLOW OPEN OUR SAFE,
AND IT BLEW OPEN,
LIKE, WAY OPEN.
BUT IF OUR ROBBER,
AS PER THE MYTH,
GETS AWAY WITH THE MONEY
INSIDE THE SAFE,
IT'S CLEARLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN
WITH THE AMOUNT WE USED BEFORE.
SO THIS TIME, HE'S GOING TO USE
TWO STICKS OF HIGH EXPLOSIVE.
Narrator:
THEY NEED TO DIAL IN ON THE
ENERGY NEEDED TO CRACK THE SAFE
BUT LEAVE THE MONEY INTACT.
GOOD DAY, SIR.
WELCOME TO THE U.S. BANK
OF NOWHERE.
HEY, I'M HERE
TO MAKE A DEPOSIT.
IF THIS MYTH IS TO BE
PROVEN PLAUSIBLE...
COULD YOU PLEASE
PUT THIS VERY CAREFULLY
IN THAT SAFE OVER THERE?
OOH, UH-UH-UH, REAL CAREFUL.
FAMILY JEWELS, MAN,
FAMILY JEWELS.
...IT'S GOING
TO REQUIRE PRECISION.
WILL TWO STICKS
OR 0.6 POUNDS DO IT?
GREAT.
REAL CAREFUL, ALL RIGHT?
REAL CAREFUL.
♪♪
THE SCENE IS SET.
SET.
OKAY, I'LL COUNT YOU IN.
THE BEARER BONDS AND CASH
ARE IN THE SAFE.
FULL-SCALE HIGH EXPLOSIVE IN
SAFE FULL OF MONEY IN THREE...
BUT ARE THEY SAFE?
...TWO, ONE!
OH, WELL, SHOOT.
♪♪
YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS WANTED
TO BE ABLE TO USE THIS LINE
FROM "BUTCH CASSIDY
AND THE SUNDANCE KID."
THEY BLOW UP THE TRAIN.
MONEY IS RAINING DOWN,
AND HE GOES,
"YOU THINK YOU USED ENOUGH
DYNAMITE THERE, BUTCH?"
[ EXPLOSION ]
I DON'T SEE
THE BANK ANYMORE.
YEAH, THAT MAY HAVE BEEN
A LITTLE TOO MUCH BOOM.
Brian: THIS MYTH STATES THAT
OUR THIEF GETS AWAY
WITH ALL HIS PAPER GOODS INTACT.
I HAVE SOME BAD NEWS, JON.
WHAT?
AS THE MANAGER OF THIS BRANCH,
I CAN'T ACCEPT ANY OF THOSE.
THEY WERE CLEARLY
IN AN EXPLOSION.
SO THIS RESULT IS MORE
FIRE KINDLING THAN LOOT.
THEY'VE JUST BEEN SHREDDED.
LOOK AT THIS.
IT'S LIKE A DOG GOT INTO IT.
WHAT'S NEXT?
LET'S GO TO THE LOWEST AMOUNT OF
THE HIGH EXPLOSIVE WE CAN USE.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHTY.
Jon:
NOW, WE'VE BEEN FEELING OUR WAY
TO SEE HOW MUCH HIGH EXPLOSIVES
IT WOULD TAKE TO BLOW
A SAFE OPEN LIKE THIS,
AND OUR DEMOLITIONS
EXPERT HAS TOLD US
THAT THIS IS THE SMALLEST AMOUNT
WE CAN USE TO GET THE JOB DONE.
IF THIS DOESN'T WORK,
THEN THIS MYTH IS BLOWN.
Narrator: THEY'RE GOING AGAIN
WITH A NEW SAFE AND 0.3 POUNDS.
Jon: AND EXPLOSIVE.
LET'S CLOSE IT REAL GENTLY.
Narrator:
IT'S THE BARE MINIMUM THAT WILL
CRACK OPEN THE STEEL SAFETY BOX.
I SURE AM A
TRUSTING BANK MANAGER.
JON AND BRIAN ARE WALKING AWAY
FAKE-MONEY RICH
OR WITH A BUSTED MYTH
ON THEIR HANDS.
HIT THE BUNKER?
OH, ABSOLUTELY.
LET THE HEIST BEGIN.
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
ON "MYTHBUSTERS"
WE'D RAMP AN EXPLOSION DOWN?
I GUESS THERE'S A FIRST TIME
FOR EVERYTHING.
OKAY, OUR BEST-CASE SCENARIO
IN THREE, TWO, ONE!
Brian: OH, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL!
LOOK AT THAT.
THE SAFE IS JUST BLOWN MAYBE,
LIKE, 30 FEET BACK
INSTEAD OF BEING
TOTALLY DESTROYED.
YEAH, IT OPENED UP LIKE THIS
INSTEAD OF HAVING EACH
INDIVIDUAL PIECE FLY OUT.
OH, I GOT TO GET
OUT THERE AND LOOK.
YEAH.
OUR MONEY IS BLOWING AWAY!
Narrator:
THE REAL-TIME EVIDENCE SHOWS
SUBSTANTIALLY LESS DESTRUCTION,
AND ALTHOUGH THE CAMERAS TOOK
A BEATING, THEY DID SURVIVE.
OOH, BOY, THAT
DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.
STILL ROLLING!
DID YOU TAKE THAT DOOR
TO THE FACE?
GOOD ON YOU.
BUT COULD FRAGILE BANK BILLS
REALLY SURVIVE
A BLAST LIKE THIS?
OOH, LOOK AT THIS.
INCREDIBLY, YES.
BESIDES, LIKE, THE THREE
OR SO THERE THAT ARE BURNT,
THE REST OF
THIS MONEY IS FINE.
Jon: HOW ABOUT THAT?
WE PUT THE RIGHT AMOUNT
OF EXPLOSIVES
INSIDE A SAFE AND BOOM!
CASH MONEY.
LOOK AT THIS, JON.
THAT IS A FAT STACK.
I MEAN, THIS STUFF
IS COMPLETELY INTACT.
YEAH, LIKE, PRISTINE.
I THINK OUR BANK ROBBER HAS GOT
AN EARLY RETIREMENT COMING.
Brian:
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS MYTH IS,
WE STARTED WAY TOO BIG
BLOWING A SAFE APART,
WENT MID-RANGE
AND LEARNED SOME STUFF
AND THEN WENT AS SMALL AS
PERSONAL TO MAKE THIS MYTH WORK,
AND WHAT WAS POSSIBLE
BECAME PROBABLE.
♪ YOU'RE A GOLD DIGGER ♪
♪ MMM-HMM ♪
Jon: THIS IS
A PERFECT INDICATION
OF JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT
OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES
BECAUSE, BESIDES MISSING
A FELT-LINED PANEL,
THIS DOOR IS ALMOST
ENTIRELY INTACT.
THESE BOLTS HAVEN'T BENT.
IT JUST RIPPED THE HINGES
OFF THE DOOR.
EVEN THE FRONT IS
ALMOST COMPLETELY INTACT.
♪♪
DEPOSIT A SMALL AMOUNT
OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES
INTO A BANK
SAFE OVERNIGHT,
BOOM, WALK AWAY WITH
AN ARMFUL OF UNDAMAGED CASH.
I HAVE TO SAY THIS IS...
CONFIRMED.
...MYTH CONFIRMED.
PLUS, IF YOU'RE INSIDE A BANK,
WIND WON'T BE BLOWING OUR MONEY
ALL OVER THE FLOOR.
[ LAUGHS ]
♪♪
♪♪