Mythbusters Jr. (2019–…): Season 1, Episode 2 - Dynamite Air Freshener - full transcript
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[ MACHINE WHIRRING ]
-DID YOU SEE THAT?
Narrator:
SOMETHING SMELLS ON THIS EPISODE
OF "MYTHBUSTERS JR."...
Girl:
IT'S SO GROSS IN THERE, THOUGH.
Narrator:
...AS THE TEAM ROAD TESTS
THE MYTH THAT A CAR FULL
OF AIR FRESHENER...
[ EXPLOSION ]
-OH, MY GOD!
Boy: JEEZ. AGH!
Narrator: ...COULD CAUSE
A POTENTIALLY FATAL EXPLOSION.
-FLIP THE SWITCH.
[ SWITCH CLICKS ]
-AH.
-YOU ALL RIGHT?
YOU'RE GETTING A VERY,
VERY REGULAR
MYTHBUSTERS' KIND OF DAY,
-WHOA!
-OH, MY GOSH!
[ WHISTLES ]
Narrator:
THEN THE UNMISTAKABLE SMELL
OF WET DOG FILLS THE AIR.
RILEY DOES NOT LOOK GREAT
WHEN SHAKING.
THE MYTH IS THAT ANY DOG
CAN SHAKE OFF
70% OF THEIR WATER WEIGHT
IN A SINGLE SHAKE SESSION.
Narrator:
AND THE MYTHBUSTERS' CHALLENGE
IS NOT TO DROWN IN THE PROCESS.
AWESOME.
♪♪
YES, I'M BACK
WITH A BRAND-NEW
TEAM OF THE BEST BUILDERS,
THE BRIGHTEST MINDS
AND THE BOLDEST BUSTERS
I COULD FIND.
YES, THEY'RE A BUNCH OF KIDS,
BUT THE MYTHS,
THEY ARE AS FULL-SIZED
AND AS EXPLOSIVE AS EVER.
THIS IS "MYTHBUSTERS JR."
-[ EXPLOSION ]
-OH!
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
♪♪
THIS MYTH PROMISES TO DELIVER
TWO BANGS FOR THE BUCK
AND COMES COURTESY
OF THE INTERWEBS.
THAT'S TWO EXPLOSIVE
URBAN LEGENDS
FEATURING THE SAME PRODUCT,
AND THAT IS SPRAY AIR FRESHENER.
NOW, IN THE FIRST,
AN ODIFEROUS CAR
SPRAYED FULL OF AIR FRESHENER
BY AN OVEREAGER TEEN
SUPPOSEDLY EXPLODES
WHEN THE CAR'S INTERIOR LIGHT
COMES IN.
IN THE SECOND, A SLOW-LEAKING
CAN CAUSES A BIT OF BLOW UP
WHEN THE OWNER TRIES
TO LIGHT A CIGARETTE.
SO THAT IS THE MYTH.
CAN AIR FRESHENER
CAUSE A CAR TO EXPLODE?
Narrator:
WHICH BEGS THE QUESTION,
JUST HOW FLAMMABLE ARE SPRAY
CAN AIR FRESHENERS,
AND DO THEY CONTAIN ONE OF
ADAM'S LEAST FAVORITE THINGS?
FLAMMABLE GASES ARE WITHOUT
A DOUBT
THE SCARIEST THING
THAT WE DEALT WITH OVER
ALL THE YEARS
OF "MYTHBUSTERS."
WHOA!
WE'VE LIT CARS ON FIRE
THAT GOT OUT OF CONTROL.
Woman: THREE, TWO, ONE.
[ CHEERING ]
OH, MAN!
STUFF'S STILL DROPPING.
I THINK THIS IS FREAKING
CONFIRMED.
RIGHT, AND I SEEM TO REMEMBER
LOSING AN EYEBROW AT ONE POINT.
[ BEEPS, EXPLOSION ]
AM I MISSING AN EYEBROW?
OKAY, THAT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF
THE STUPIDEST THINGS
WE'VE EVER DONE.
THE THING ABOUT FLAMMABLE GASES
IS THEY'RE INVISIBLE,
SO WHEN THEY'RE IN A SPACE,
YOU DON'T KNOW,
AND IN REPLICATING
THE STORIES ABOUT THEM,
YOU OFTEN HAVE TO GET
THIS PERFECT STORM MIX OF GAS
TO OXYGEN TO IGNITION,
WHICH MEANS THEY'RE BOTH
DANGEROUS AND TRICKY
TO REPLICATE.
UGH, I DREAD FLAMMABLE GASES.
Narrator: THE FIRST JOB FOR
ALLIE, JESSE, AND VALERIE
IS TO TEST WHICH ONE OF THESE
FIVE OFF-THE-SHELF
AIR FRESHENERS
MAY CONTAIN,
YOU GUESSED IT, FLAMMABLE GAS.
♪♪
AND TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T
SINGE ANY EYEBROWS,
MYTHBUSTERS' EXPERT FABRICATOR,
JON MARCU,
HAS PUT TOGETHER A TEST RIG
THAT'S SIMPLE AND SAFE.
STICK ONE OVER HERE.
YOU PUSH IT DOWN,
JUST LIKE THE STICKER SAYS.
THAT LIGHTS YOUR TORCH.
PUSH DOWN NUMBER TWO, THAT SENDS
YOUR AEROSOL AND FLAMES
FIRING UP ALL THE WAY
INTO THE CEILING.
THAT SOUNDS AWESOME.
Narrator:
ALL AEROSOL CANS USE SOME KIND
OF COMPRESSED GAS LIKE PROPANE
OR ISOBUTANE AS PROPELLANTS.
THE TEAM HOPES TO I.D. THE MOST
FLAMMABLE SPRAY FOR THIS MYTH
BY MEASURING THE HEIGHT
OF THE FLAMES
AGAINST A SCALE MARKED
IN TWO-INCH INCREMENTS.
-YOU GUYS READY?
-YES.
OKAY, TORCH IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
AEROSOL IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
Jesse: WOW.
Narrator: ALREADY THE SWEET
SMELL OF SUCCESS.
Jesse: AIR FRESHENER NUMBER ONE
WAS SIX PINK LINES UP,
SO THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING TO
PUT OUR MARK, RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S ONE DOWN
AND FOUR MORE TO GO.
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ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS AEROSOL NUMBER TWO
IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
OH, THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD.
Narrator:
AND WHAT'S GOOD IN REAL LIFE
ALWAYS LOOKS BETTER
ON HIGH SPEED.
Jesse: OKAY, SO I LOOKED ON
THE HIGH SPEED FOR NUMBER TWO
AND IT WAS
FOUR PINK LINES DOWN.
PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
IT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE
FROM NUMBER ONE.
Narrator: IN FACT, THE SAME
AMOUNT OF SPRAY PRODUCED
TWICE THE FLAME.
AT THIS RATE, THEIR NEXT ATTEMPT
COULD BURN THE ROOF OFF.
AIR FRESHENER NUMBER
THREE IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
[ WHIRRING ]
-WHAT?
-[ LAUGHS ]
IT'S, LIKE, NOT EVEN GOING.
YOU COULD SEE THE TINIEST BIT
OF ORANGE,
BUT IT DID BASICALLY NOTHING.
-SO THIS IS A BUST.
-YEAH, BASICALLY.
I GUESS THAT ONE
IS NOT FLAMMABLE.
Narrator: THAT'S BECAUSE SOME
COMMON AEROSOL PROPELLANTS
SIMPLY AREN'T COMBUSTIBLE.
SO ON TO CAN NUMBER FOUR.
-IT'S NOT DOING ANYTHING EITHER.
-IT'S NOT DOING ANYTHING?
-NO, LOOK. YEAH, SEE?
-OH.
Narrator:
AND HOW ABOUT CAN NUMBER FIVE?
THIS ONE IS JUST
PRETTY DISAPPOINTING AS WELL.
YEP.
NUMBER THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE
WERE DEFINITELY A BUST,
BUT NUMBER TWO DEFINITELY WENT
THE HIGHEST OUT OF ALL OF THEM.
-NUMBER TWO IT IS.
-NUMBER TWO.
♪♪
THEY'VE GOT WHAT THEY WANTED --
A BUTANE-BASED AIR FRESHENER
WITH THE POTENTIAL
TO BLOW UP A CAR.
AND IT'S ON FIRE.
-OH.
-DON'T WORRY.
Narrator: BUT WHILE THEY PREPARE
TO WREAK HAVOC IN THE WORKSHOP,
IT'S TIME TO PLUNGE
INTO MYTH NUMBER TWO.
♪♪
THIS NEXT MYTH COMES COURTESY
OF MAN'S BEST FRIEND,
OR SHOULD I SAY HUMAN'S
BEST FRIEND,
EVERYONE'S FAVORITE
FOUR-LEGGED COMPANION -- DOGS.
IT IS SAID THAT A WET DOG
CAN SHAKE OUT
70% OF THE WATER
IN ITS FUR IN ITS FIRST SHAKE.
70%, IT IS
AN ASTOUNDING NUMBER.
THE QUESTION IS,
IS IT AN ACCURATE ONE?
WELL, IT SOUNDS REALLY
IMPRESSIVE, BUT IS IT TRUE?
THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY
TO FIND OUT.
RIGHT, AND WE'RE BRINGING IN
AN EXPERT THAT CANNAN KNOWS.
-HIS NAME IS?
-CLAUSE.
CLAUSE. BRING IN CLAUSE.
[ WHISTLES ]
Narrator: IT'S TIME
FOR THE OTHER MYTHBUSTERS
TO MEET ONE MEMBER
OF CANNAN'S EXTENDED FAMILY.
OH, HO, HO, HO. AW.
WHAT KIND OF DOG IS HE?
HE'S A RESCUE DOG,
SO WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE.
WELL, YOU GUYS HAVE YOUR TEST
PLATFORM HERE, NAMED CLAUSE.
YOU HAVE THE MYTH.
IT'S TIME FOR YOU GUYS TO GO
GATHER SOME WET DOG DATA.
-OKAY.
-HAVE FUN.
Narrator: CLAUSE IS THE LATEST
IN A LONG LINE
OF MYTHBUSTERS' CANINE
COLLABORATORS.
CAN YOU GUESS
WHAT MY ROLE IS TODAY?
Narrator: PERHAPS THE BEST LOVED
OF ALL WAS MORGAN,
WHO WE MET WHEN ADAM AND JAMIE
SET OUT TO BEAT THE BLOODHOUND.
Adam: SMELL. GET HIM.
Narrator: ADAM DID HIS DARNDEST
TO AVOID BEING TRACKED.
HE TRIED ZIGZAGGING
AND DOUBLING BACK...
THAT'S A GOOD BOY.
WHERE IS HE? GOOD BOY!
Narrator: ...CHANGING HIS
GETAWAY CLOTHES...
-OH!
-THAT'S A GOOD BOY.
Narrator: ...THAT OLD CLASSIC,
RUNNING THROUGH WATER...
Adam: IT TOOK HIM LESS TIME
THAN THE FIRST TWO TESTS.
YOU'RE JUST A STINKY GUY,
WHAT CAN I SAY?
[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator:
...EVEN DOUSING HIMSELF
WITH STRONG SMELLING COLOGNE
AND COFFEE,
ALL TO ABSOLUTELY NO AVAIL.
OH, HO, HO.
-YOU FOUND ME.
-WHAT A GOOD BOY.
Narrator: BACK AT THE SHOP,
IT'S ALMOST BATH TIME.
SO WE HAVE A PLAN.
WE HAVE THE POOL,
WE HAVE THE SCALE,
AND WE HAVE OUR LITTLE CLAUSE,
SO THE FIRST THING
WE'RE GONNA DO
IS WE'RE GONNA
WEIGH HIM NORMALLY,
THEN WE'RE GONNA
GIVE HIM A BATH.
Narrator: GETTING HIS DRY WEIGHT
OF 19.4 POUNDS IS THE EASY PART.
NOW IT'S TIME TO GET WET.
OH, NO. NO. NO.
NOT TOO HIGH.
-OKAY.
-JUST RIGHT ON HIM.
RIGHT, THERE WE GO.
Narrator:
WITH EIGHT DOGS AT HOME,
RACHEL'S GOT BATH TIME
DOWN PAT.
ELIJAH, NOT SO MUCH.
Elijah: YEAH, I HAVE NO DOGS.
I'M A CAT PERSON.
WELL, I LIKE CATS.
I'M NOT --
LIKE, I'M NOT A FURRY.
Narrator:
EVERY FIBER OF THIS FURRY FRAME
WANTS TO SHIMMY
FROM NOSE TO TAIL.
THE HARDEST PART WAS NOT GETTING
THE DOGS TO SHAKE
BECAUSE THAT'S ALL
THEY WANT TO DO IS SHAKE.
Narrator: ELIJAH GRABS
A READING OF 20.4 POUNDS
NOT A SECOND TOO SOON.
THAT WAS ALL UP IN MY FACE.
[ CHUCKLES ]
Narrator:
THEN IT'S BACK ON THE SCALE
FOR THOSE VITAL
POST-SHAKE PARTICULARS.
Elijah: 20.1 POUNDS.
YAY! GOOD BOY, CLAUSE.
Narrator: .3 OF A POUND
DOESN'T SOUND LIKE MUCH,
BUT MATH GENIUS
AND COLLEGE SOPHOMORE,
CANNAN, SOON CONFIRMS
THAT THE MYTH IS OFF
TO A PROMISING START.
THE RESULTS ARE THAT CLAUSE
LOST ABOUT 60% OF HIS
WATER WEIGHT IN ONE SHAKE CYCLE.
Rachel: IT'S NOT 70%,
BUT IT'S STILL VERY IMPRESSIVE.
Narrator:
IMPRESSIVE ENOUGH FOR ELIJAH
TO PROPOSE HIS PET THEORY
OF COMPARATIVE SPECIES SHAKING.
WE'RE GONNA TEST TO SEE
IF HUMANS CAN SHAKE WATER
OUT OF THEIR HAIR
JUST LIKE DOGS CAN SHAKE WATER
OUT OF THEIR FUR.
Narrator: NO PRIZES FOR GUESSES
WHICH HUMAN.
JUST LIKE CLAUSE,
ELIJAH FIRST GETS WEIGHED DRY.
THEN IT'S DUNK TIME.
IN THREE, TWO, ONE, GO, DOWN.
THANK YOU.
[ LAUGHS ]
WELL, THAT WAS...
[ LAUGHS ]
-GO.
-OH.
Narrator: ELIJAH'S NOW WEIGHED
WITH HIS MANE
RINGING WET AND THEN...
OH, MY...
-[ LAUGHS ]
-WHOA.
-ELIJAH? ELIJAH.
-[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: SO LET'S GET THE DATA
ON DUDE VERSUS DOG.
Elijah: I GAINED 0.7 POUNDS
AFTER MY HAIR WAS SOAKED,
AND I LOST 0.2 POUNDS WHEN I,
LIKE, SHOOK OUT MY HAIR.
OKAY, MATH MAN, WHAT IS THAT
IN PERCENTAGE?
THAT IS 28.5%
OF THE WATER LOST.
Narrator: NOT TOO SHABBY.
STILL, NO MATCH FOR CLAUSE.
BUT TO GIVE THIS MYTH
A FAIR SHAKE,
THEY'LL NEED
A MUCH BIGGER SAMPLE SIZE.
COMING UP, THE MYTHBUSTERS
RELEASE THE HOUNDS.
IT'S BEEN LICKING ME A LOT.
HEY, HI.
♪♪
Narrator: EXPLORING THE MYTH
OF A RANDOM SPARK
OR A CIGARETTE TRIGGERING
AN EXPLOSION
IN A CAR
FULL OF AIR FRESHENER,
THE MYTHBUSTERS AND JON
SET UP FOR SMALL-SCALE TESTING.
THEY'RE WORKING ON THE PREMISE
THAT A FULL CAN
WAS EXPENDED IN THE CAR,
AND AS THE BLAST BOX
THEY'RE BUILDING
IS 13% OF THE VOLUME
OF A STANDARD SEDAN,
THEY'LL NEED TO DETERMINE 13%
OF A SPRAY CAN'S VOLUME.
FOR THIS NEXT TEST, WE NEED TO
FIGURE OUT HOW LONG IT TAKES
TO EMPTY
THIS CAN OF AIR FRESHENER,
AND I THINK IT WOULD BE
MORE PRODUCTIVE
IF WE EMPTIED IT OUT SOMEPLACE
THAT NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF HELP.
THIS IS THE BATHROOM
THAT ALL THE SHOP GUYS USE,
PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Narrator: BY TIMING IT OUT,
ALLIE CAN FIGURE
THE APPROPRIATE DOSE
FOR THE SMALL SCALE
IN MINUTES AND SECONDS.
Allie: OKAY, WE ARE AT
FOUR MINUTES NOW.
I HAVE THE FEELING I'M GONNA
BE HERE FOR A WHILE.
Narrator:
THE TOILET TEST CAN EVENTUALLY
TAPS OUT AT ABOUT 14 MINUTES.
NOW ALLIE CAN CRUNCH
THE NUMBERS.
SO IF WE TAKE 13%
OF 14 MINUTES,
THEN WE GET 1 MINUTE
AND 47 SECONDS OF SPRAY TIME
THAT WE SHOULD SPRAY THE SPRAY
CAN IN OUR SMALL-SCALE TEST.
Narrator: THEIR FIRST TEST
MIMICS THE FIRST MYTH SCENARIO,
THAT A CAR OVER SPRAYED
WITH AIR FRESHENER
COULD EXPLODE
WITH A RANDOM SPARK.
HERE THAT SPARK IS SUPPLIED
BY A NEON TRANSFORMER
VIA THE FINGERTIPS
OF JESSE'S MAGIC MERLIN.
GOOD LUCK, LITTLE DUDE.
Narrator: ALL THE REMAINS IS TO
FIT A LID ONTO THEIR BOOM BOX.
NOW THIS PAPER TAPE
MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE WEAK,
BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY
BUILDING THE BOX
WITH SOME WEAK POINTS
ON PURPOSE.
THERE'S GONNA BE SO MUCH
EXPANDING GAS IN THERE,
WE RUN THE RISK
OF BREAKING THE SIDES,
BUT IF WE PUT IN SOME WEAK
POINTS IN OUR JOINTS,
WE'LL JUST GET PANEL SEPARATION
INSTEAD OF FULL DESTRUCTION.
♪♪
Narrator: ALLIE UNLOADS
THE REQUISITE 1 MINUTE
AND 47 SECONDS WORTH
OF AIR FRESHENER.
-THERE WE GO.
-AND THEY'RE GOOD TO GO.
Allie: OKAY.
GOING HOT!
Jesse:
OVER SPRAYED AIR FRESHENER
IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
[ EXPLOSION ]
THAT WAS PRETTY COOL.
-OH, NO.
-THAT WAS CRAZY.
[ EXPLOSION ]
Narrator: JESSE'S WIZARD
WENT UP IN SMOKE.
-WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR WIZARD?
-OH, THE WIZARD.
-NO!
-HE'S GONE.
-AW.
-OH, MAN.
THAT IS
A WEIRD-LOOKING WIZARD.
Narrator: IT MAY BE SMALL-SCALE,
BUT THIS IS A BIG RESULT.
Valerie:
WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?
IT'S LOOKING GREAT
FOR THE MYTH SO FAR.
I MEAN, IF THIS REPRESENTED
A FULL CAN OF AIR FRESHENER
IN A REAL CAR, THEN THAT CAR
IS GOING TO BLOW UP.
Narrator: BUT THIS MYTH HAS
A SECOND SCENARIO
WHERE ROBOTICS EXPERT,
VALERIE, CAN FINALLY WORK
ALONGSIDE A KINDRED
MYTHBUSTER SPIRIT...BUSTER.
LET'S JUST ASSUME THAT BUSTER
PUTS THE AIR FRESHENER
IN THE BACK SEAT OF THE CAR,
AND THEN SOMETHING
GOES ON TOP OF IT,
AND IT STARTS LEAKING, RIGHT?
Narrator:
AND THEN BUSTER LIGHTS UP,
BUT COULD A LIGHTER
OR THE CIGARETTE ITSELF
SET OFF THE AIR FRESHENER?
TO TEST THAT, INVENTOR ALLIE
HAS TEAMED UP WITH JON
TO DESIGN
A REMOTE CONTROL LIGHTER.
OUR LITTLE RIG HERE IS A SERVO
THAT PUSHES DOWN ON THIS LIGHTER
AND GETS US A NICE OPEN FLAME.
THIS IS GROSS.
I'M DOING IT FOR SCIENCE.
Narrator: AND THAT'S THE IDEAL
MOMENT FOR A BRIEF
MYTHBUSTERS PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT.
REMEMBER, KIDS,
SMOKING KILLED THE DINOSAURS.
DON'T LET IT HAPPEN TO YOU.
Narrator:
THOSE WITH A VERY LONG MEMORY
MIGHT RECALL THIS IS NOT
BUSTER'S FIRST CIGARETTE.
I THINK WE SHOULD
CALL HIM BUSTER.
Narrator:
BUSTER'S SERIES ONE DEBUT
WAS THE EXPLODING TOILET MYTH,
WHERE JAMIE AND ADAM
TRIED TO FIND OUT
IF A LIT CIGARETTE DROPPED
IN A TOILET FULL OF BUG SPRAY
WOULD EXPLODE.
GO. NOTHING.
Narrator:
IT DIDN'T UNTIL THEY REPLACED
THE BUG SPRAY WITH GUN POWDER.
GO.
[ EXPLOSION ]
-WHOO!
[ LAUGHTER ]
Narrator:
THE RESULT WAS TWO BUSTED CANS.
YEAH, I'VE HAD DAYS
JUST LIKE THIS, TOO.
Narrator: OVER THE YEARS,
HE'S BEEN DROPPED...
[ LAUGHS ] POOR GUY.
Narrator: ...SPUN...
Man: HOW YOU FEELING, BUDDY?
Narrator: ...SMASHED...
...SHOT...
...FLUNG...
...AND PULVERIZED...
[ EXPLOSIONS ]
[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: ...TO FURTHER
THE CAUSE OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE.
THAT IS A HEADACHE.
NICE WORK, BUSTER.
NICE WORK.
[ GLASS SHATTERS ]
Narrator:
AS BUSTER RESUMES HIS BAD HABIT,
ALLIE LETS LOOSE WITH THE SCENT,
WHICH SHE'S RIGGED UP
TO AUTO-SPRAY.
Allie: OKAY, SPRAY IS IN.
ALL RIGHT.
LIGHTER'S IN PLACE.
OKAY, THIS IS LEAKY CAN
WITH YOUR AVERAGE LIGHTER
IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
Narrator: IT'S A HEALTHY FLAME,
BUT NO INSTANT COMBUSTION.
-NOTHING?
-NOPE.
JUST SMELLS BAD.
-YEAH.
-[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: TO MAKE BUSTER SMOKE,
VALERIE WORKS A SMALL PUMP
THAT DRAWS AIR
THROUGH THE BACK OF HIS HEAD.
HALF A MINUTE IN,
AND IT'S LOOKING LIKE
BUSTER'S GOT SMOKER'S COUGH.
-[ GASPS ]
-HE SPIT IT OUT.
EVEN BUSTER DOESN'T
LIKE CIGARETTES.
EVEN BUSTER DOESN'T
LIKE SMOKING.
Narrator:
BUT THIS TEST IS STILL LIVE
WITH A VOLATILE MIX OF OXYGEN,
FUEL, AND AN IGNITION SOURCE.
Valerie:
IT WAS PRETTY NERVE-RACKING.
WE WERE BEHIND BLAST PANELS.
WE HAD OUR HELMETS ON.
WE HAD EYE PROTECTION.
YOU KNOW, WE WERE NOT KIDDING
AROUND WITH THIS THING.
♪♪
Narrator: TO BUST OR CONFIRM
THE MYTH THAT A DOG CAN SHED
70% OF ITS WATER WEIGHT
IN JUST ONE SHAKE...
THAT WAS ALL UP IN MY FACE.
Narrator:
...THE MYTHBUSTERS KNOW THEY'LL
NEED MORE THAN ONE TEST POOCH.
SO THEY'VE SENT OUT
A CANINE CASTING CALL.
COME HERE, TIPI. COME ON.
AW, TIPI.
-NOW I WANT A DOG.
-[ LAUGHS ]
SENIOR DESIGN CONSULTANT,
TAMARA,
IS ON-HAND TO ADVISE AND ASSIST.
A "MYTHBUSTERS" VETERAN,
SEARCH FINALIST, AND ELITE
ALL-AROUND ENGINEER
AND MAKER,
SHE'S BEEN INSTRUMENTAL
IN CHOOSING TODAY'S TEST DOGS.
WE HAVE A SAMPLING OF SMALL,
MEDIUM, AND LARGE DOGS,
LOOKING AT BOTH LONG-HAIR
AND SHORT-HAIR BREEDS,
SO THAT WE CAN LOOK
AT ALL THE VARIABLES
AND TRY TO GET TO OUR 70%
WEIGHT LOSS WITH SHAKE.
YOU READY?
Narrator: AS BEFORE, THEY BEGIN
WITH A DRY WEIGH-IN,
WHICH IS AS GOOD A TIME
AS ANY TO MEET
OUR SIX DISTINCTIVE VOLUNTEERS.
THERE'S RILEY,
TIPI,
DAZZLE,
CODA-BEAR,
DANI,
AND WILLIE.
-HERE'S TIPI.
-TIPI, HELLO.
-HOW ARE YOU TODAY?
-HI.
Narrator: THE FIRST PUP TO HIT
THE H2O IS TIPI,
A SMALL DOG WITH SHORT HAIR.
IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG TO GET
HER THOROUGHLY SOAKED.
INCOMING TIPI.
Narrator:
AND UPCOMING CRITICAL MOMENT,
GETTING HER WET WEIGHT
BEFORE SHE SHAKES.
Elijah: 15.2.
OH, AND THERE GOES THE SHAKE.
Narrator:
SO IT'S OFF TO A HIGH SPEED
THAT'S JUST AS IMPRESSIVE
AS ANY EXPLOSION
AND FAR MORE FETCHING.
TIPI'S SHAKE STARTS AT THE HEAD
AND WORKS DOWN
TO THE TIP OF HER TAIL.
THE OPPOSING
BUT COMPLEMENTARY GYRATIONS
ARE SO BRILLIANTLY EFFICIENT
THAT THEY'RE BEING STUDIED
IN THE HOPE OF DESIGNING
BETTER WASHERS AND DRYERS.
AFTER TIPI SHOOK,
SHE WEIGHED 14.8 POUND.
OKAY.
Narrator: THAT'S ALMOST HALF
A POUND GONE IN ONE SHAKE.
HERE IS DAZZLE.
HELLO, DAZZLE.
HOW ARE YOU TODAY?
HI.
YOU'RE GONNA GET A BATH.
Narrator: SO LET'S SEE IF DAZZLE
CAN DO EVEN BETTER.
SHE'S JUST SO SKINNY.
Narrator: SHE MORE PETITE
THAN HER F.B.B.F.F.,
ENJOYS LONG WALKS
WITH MULTIPLE PIT STOPS
AND LIKES TO WEAR HER HAIR LONG.
-9.6.
-9.6.
-YEAH, 9.6
-9.6.
Narrator:
THEY'VE GOT HER WET WEIGHT,
BUT THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT
OF SHAKING GOING ON.
HOPEFULLY SHAKE IN THREE,
TWO, ONE.
-COME ON, DAZZLE, SHAKE.
-COME ON, SHAKE.
SHAKE.
SHAKE, DAZZLE.
-THERE IT IS.
-YAY!
8.5.
Narrator: THAT'S BETTER.
BOTH OF THESE SMALL DOGS
HAVE ACTUALLY SURPASSED
THE MYTHICAL 70% SHAKE-OFF,
DAZZLE WITH 73.3%
AND TIPI WITH 83.5%.
BUT HOW WILL THE BIGGER
DOGS FAIR?
ALL THEY KNOW FOR CERTAIN
IS THAT GETTING THOSE
PLUS-SIZED PETS WET
WILL BE NO WALK IN THE PARK.
TAMARA IS MORE WET
THAN THE DOG.
♪♪
Narrator: TESTING THE MYTH
THAT A CAR FULL OF AIR
FRESHENER COULD BE COMBUSTIBLE,
ALLIE, JESSE, AND VALERIE
GOT A BIG SMALL-SCALE RESULT
USING A SPARK FOR IGNITION.
THAT WAS PRETTY COOL.
Narrator: NOW THEY'VE MOVED ON
TO THE SECOND SCENARIO,
A SLOWLY LEAKING CAN
WITH A LIT CIGARETTE.
Allie: EVEN BUSTER DOESN'T
LIKE CIGARETTES.
Narrator: THEY'VE BEEN WATCHING
AND WAITING
FOR ALMOST TWO MINUTES
AND THAT'S LONG ENOUGH.
-THAT DIDN'T WORK AT ALL.
-MNH-MNH.
BUT WE DO KNOW OUR AIR
FRESHENER IS FLAMMABLE.
Narrator:
THE RATIO OF AIR TO FUEL
IS CRUCIAL FOR COMBUSTION.
WORKING ON THE PREMISE
THAT THEY DIDN'T LEAK
ENOUGH AIR FRESHENER,
THIS TIME THEY START THE SPRAY
A FULL MINUTE BEFORE IGNITION.
LIGHTING IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
[ OBJECT WHIRS ]
Narrator:
THE LIGHTER IS WORKING,
BUT SO FAR NO BOOM.
WELL, MAYBE IT'S TOO WET
IN THERE.
MAYBE IT'S TRYING TO COME ON,
BUT SINCE IT'S SO WET,
THEN IT'S NOT ABLE TO.
I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP TRYING
AND EVERY FIVE SECONDS
TRY IT AGAIN, JUST TO SEE
IF IT WILL DRY UP AND EXPLODE.
-THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
-SOUNDS GOOD.
Narrator: BY LETTING THE SPRAY
DISPERSE AND SETTLE,
THEY'RE HOPING TO DIAL
IN THE PERFECT EXPLOSIVE RATIO
OF FUEL TO AIR.
AND JUST A FEW CLICKS LATER...
-OH, MY GOD!
-OH, MY GOODNESS!
-JEEZ!
-WHOA!
THAT WAS OUT OF NOWHERE!
OH, MY GOD. OH, MY GOD.
-OH, I FELT IT.
-OH.
THAT WAS SO AWESOME.
I WAS LITERALLY JUST ABOUT
TO SAY, "IT'S NOT WORKING."
Narrator:
IT'S A SAFE BET THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT VALERIE WAS THINKING, TOO.
BOOM, THE TOP FLIES OFF,
AND VALERIE IS LIKE,
"OH, MY GOD, MY HEART."
I THINK IT SCARED HER.
YOU WOULD STARE AT IT FOR, LIKE,
10 SECONDS, AND YOU'D LOOK AWAY,
AND AT THAT EXACT MOMENT,
IT WOULD EXPLODE.
MORAL OF THE STORY?
DON'T EVER TURN YOUR BACK
ON SCIENCE,
ESPECIALLY WHEN
IT'S AN EXPLOSION.
-THAT'S SO PRETTY.
-OH, MY GOD.
Jesse: LOOK AT THE LID.
OH, MY GOD, AND RIGHT
AT THAT MOMENT
WAS WHEN MY HEART DROPPED.
YEAH.
RIGHT THERE WAS WHEN I HAD
A HEART ATTACK.
WAH.
♪♪
Narrator: AS BOTH THE SPARK
AND THE CIGARETTE
SCENARIOS WORKED,
IT'S AGREED THEY CAN NOW REGARD
THIS AS ONE SIMPLE MYTH.
AEROSOL SPRAY PLUS
GENERIC IGNITION
EQUALS ONE ALMIGHTY BANG.
-OH, MY GOD.
-OH, MY GOODNESS.
Narrator: BUT GOING FULL-SCALE
MIGHT NOT PROVE QUITE SO SIMPLE.
ONE THING WE HAVE TO REMEMBER
IS THAT OUR BOX ISN'T A CAR.
A CAR HAS STEEL AND HAS A LOT
MORE VOLUME
THAN OUR ACRYLIC BOX DOES,
SO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO
IS GO TO THE BOMB RANGE...
-OH, MY GOD.
-I'M SORRY, BUSTER.
...FILL UP OUR CAR...
[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ] THE AREA
AND GET BACK TO BACK TO BASE.
...AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET
A BOOM OUT OF IT.
SPARKING IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
Narrator:
PINT-SIZED DAZZLE AND TIPI
HAVE ALREADY DONE
THEIR BIT TO SEE IF A SOGGY DOG
CAN SHED 70% OF ITS WATER
WEIGHT WITH ONE GOOD SHAKE.
NOW THEY'RE BRINGING
IN THE BIG GUNS.
HERE'S DANI.
Narrator: AT 102 POUNDS,
SHORT-HAIRED DANI
IS CONSIDERABLY HEAVIER
THAN SOME OF THE YOUNGER
MYTHBUSTERS AND TAMARA.
SO THIS TIME,
IT'S A REAL TEAM EFFORT.
GOOD GIRL.
PROJECT DANI COMING IN.
Narrator: LIKE THE OTHERS,
SHE'S WEIGH PRE...
104.1.
Narrator: ...AND POST SHAKE.
THE NEAT THING ABOUT THE HIGH
SPEED SHOTS
IS THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT
EVEN THOUGH THE DOGS HEADS
ARE ONLY REALLY TILTING FROM,
SAY, A ONE TO AN 11 ON A CLOCK,
THEIR SKIN IS GOING FULL THREE
TO 9:00,
SO YOU'RE GETTING THIS AWESOME
SPIRAL OF WATER
EVERY TIME THEY'RE SHAKING.
WATCHING THE DOGS ON HIGH SPEED
WHEN THEY SHOOK,
THE MAIN THING THAT
SURPRISED ME WAS
HOW MUCH SALIVA
THEY GOT OUT WHEN THEY SHOOK.
IT WAS THE MOST DISGUSTING
THING I'VE EVER SEEN.
♪♪
Narrator: OUR NEXT HAIRY
HEAVYWEIGHT IS WET WILLIE.
-102.5, I THINK.
-I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.
-YEAH, 102.5. WRITE THAT DOWN.
-102.5, OKAY.
Narrator:
AND THEN DUCK FOR COVER.
[ LAUGHS ]
AWESOME.
Narrator: BOTH ADAM AND CANNAN
TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM.
I WAS GLAD I HAD
THE SWIMMING TRUNKS ON
BECAUSE THAT HELPED AS FAR
AS NOT GETTING
MY ACTUAL WARDROBE WET.
Narrator: DANI'S PERCENTAGE OF
WATER WEIGHT LOST IS JUST 42,
AND WILLIE'S IS EVEN LESS,
BOTH WELL SHORT
OF THE EARLIER RESULTS
AND THE MYTHICAL 70%.
CONFIRMING OR BUSTING THE MYTH
STILL HANGS IN THE BALANCE,
AND IT'S GONNA COME DOWN
TO OUR FINAL TWO MIDDLEWEIGHTS.
ONLY ONE THING IS ASSURED,
IT WON'T BE PRETTY.
HIS LIPS, THAT'S THE MOST
ATTRACTIVE THING
I'VE SEEN ALL DAY.
♪♪
Narrator: AFTER PROVING
THE DESTRUCTIVE POTENTIAL
OF BUTANE
PROPELLANT AIR FRESHENERS,
IT'S TIME TO TAKE THIS
VOLATILE MYTH ON THE ROAD.
FOR VALERIE, ALLIE, AND JESSE,
IT'S THE ULTIMATE FIELD TRIP.
-IN THREE...
-TWO.
ONE.
Narrator:
THE ALAMEDA COUNTY BOMB RANGE
WAS THE SITE OF CHOICE
FOR SOME OF ADAM AND JAMIE'S
MORE EXUBERANT MYTHS.
♪ FIRE IN THE HOLE,
FIRE IN THE HOLE ♪
♪ FIRE IN THE HOLE ♪
Narrator: IF YOU'RE INTO BLOWING
STUFF TO BITS,
THIS IS WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS.
BUH-BYE.
[ EXPLOSION ]
Narrator: AND IT WASN'T ALL
JUST FUN AND GAMES.
IN SERIES EIGHT,
THE GUYS SET OUT TO SEE
IF AN ATTEMPT ON HITLER'S LIFE
WOULD HAVE SUCCEEDED
IF THE BOMB WENT OFF IN A BUNKER
INSTEAD OF A REGULAR ROOM.
[ EXPLOSION ]
-WHOA!
-BOOM.
Narrator: THEY DECIDED IT WASN'T
THE ROOM THAT MATTERED,
BUT HOW CLOSE TO BOMB
WAS TO THE FUHRER.
HE MIGHT HAVE TAKEN A LOT
OF DAMAGE
FROM SPLINTERS
IN HIS LOWER HALF,
BUT HIS HEAD,
COMPLETELY UNTOUCHED.
Narrator:
SO THE VALKYRIE MYTH WAS BUSTED.
THE BOMB RANGE WAS REALLY COOL
BECAUSE IT WAS BASICALLY WALKING
THROUGH A "MYTHBUSTERS" MUSEUM.
IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE.
Narrator: BUT REST ASSURED,
THERE WILL BE
PLENTY OF RESPONSIBLE
ADULT SUPERVISION.
♪♪
ALL RIGHT, GOING FULL SIZE
AT THE BOMB RANGE.
TELL ME WHAT YOU GUYS LEARNED
IN YOUR SCALE EXPERIMENTS.
BOTTOM LINE, THIS STUFF SMELLS
REALLY GOOD, AND IT'S FLAMMABLE.
IDEAL.
ALSO, WHEN IT COMES TO
THE CIGARETTE TEST
VERSUS THE SPARK TEST,
THE SPARK TEST IS
A LOT MORE PREDICTABLE,
AND IT STILL
HAS A GREAT EXPLOSION.
FABULOUS.
WELL, FOR BIG-SCALE STUFF
LIKE THIS,
RELIABILITY EQUALS SAFETY,
SO YOU GUYS ARE HAPPY
TO BE GOING WITH THE SPARK
FOR ALL THE TESTS?
-YEAH.
-YEP.
Narrator: TO GENERATE THE SPARK,
THEY'RE STICKING
WITH THE EVER RELIABLE
NEON TRANSFORMER.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GET BUSTER IN THE CAR.
Narrator:
FOR FULL-SCALE TESTING,
BUSTER GETS HIS FULL SCALE
BODY BACK.
-OH, MY GOD.
-I'M SORRY, BUSTER.
-YOU HAVE HIS LEGS BACKWARDS.
-I KNOW.
Narrator: AND RIGHT NOW, HE'S
WISHING HE LEFT IT IN STORAGE.
POOR BUSTER!
-MAN, I DON'T --
-WHY'D YOU DO THAT?
I'M TRYING TO GET HIM
IN THE CAR.
Narrator: IT'S NOT QUITE
THE RECOMMENDED DRIVING POSTURE,
BUT HEY, SO LONG
AS HE'S COMFORTABLE.
CLOSE THE DOOR.
THERE, PERFECT.
WE DID IT.
IT IS ALMOST TIME TO FILL
THIS CAR WITH SOME DELIGHTFUL,
YET FLAMMABLE AIR FRESHENER,
BUT FIRST, I'M GONNA GET
DRESSED FOR THE OCCASION.
YOU CAN'T SMELL THIS GEAR,
BUT I TELL YOU,
IT SMELLS LIKE FIRE
AND FIRE RETARDANT MATERIAL.
IT JUST...[ INHALES DEEPLY,
EXHALES SLOWLY ]
IT'S SUCH A GOOD
MEMORY SMELL FOR ME.
HERE WE GO.
LIGHT MY FIRE.
Narrator:
THOSE MEMORIES INCLUDE SEEING
IF SUNSCREEN COULD BE FLAMMABLE.
Adam: CAN'T GET SUNBURNT.
NO, NO SUNBURN FOR YOU.
Narrator:
SOME SPRAY-ON BRANDS WORK,
SO THAT MYTH WAS PLAUSIBLE.
Adam: HEY,
WE CAUGHT HIM ON FIRE.
Narrator: THEY TESTED THE MOVIE
MYTH OF A LIT GASOLINE TRAIL
CATCHING UP TO
AND EXPLODING A CAR...
Adam: BE CAREFUL, YOU GUYS,
NOT TOO CLOSE.
Narrator:
...WHICH WAS TOTALLY BUSTED.
Adam:
FOR A REAL WORLD CONTROL,
THAT TEST WENT ABOUT AS GOOD
AS I COULD HAVE HOPED.
Narrator: AND THE SUIT CAME IN
FOR A SERIOUS SCORCHING
WHEN JAMIE AND ADAM
PITTED A CO2
FIRE EXTINGUISHER
AGAINST A FLAMETHROWER.
ALL OF THIS SHOULD KEEP ME
PERFECTLY SAFE.
♪♪
I LIVED! HOLY [BLEEP]!
THAT WAS AWESOME.
Narrator: WHILE ADAM DISCHARGES
THE CAN'S CONTENTS,
HIS CORE TEMPERATURE INSIDE
THAT SUIT RAPIDLY RISES.
FORTUNATELY, HE CAN BE REPLACED
BY SOME HEAVY-DUTY TAPE
TO HOLD DOWN THE NOZZLE.
SAFETY IS SAFETY.
IF THIS TAKES 14 MINUTES
TO UNLOAD,
AND I'M STANDING HERE
WITHOUT MOVING,
I COULD GET HEAT STROKE,
AND IT'S NO GOOD
IF I'M PASSED OUT NEXT TO A CAR
THAT'S ABOUT TO EXPLODE.
ALL RIGHT, I THINK IT'S DONE.
TIME TO...
[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
THE AREA AND GET BACK TO BASE.
♪♪
ALL RIGHT.
-HELLO.
-YOUR CAR IS TOTALLY FULL...
-IS IT REALLY?
-...OF AIR FRESHENER, YEAH.
Narrator: FOR ADAM, THIS IS ALL
IN A DAY'S WORK.
THE BOMB RANGE FIRST-TIMERS,
THOUGH,
ARE YET TO ACQUIRE
THOSE NERVES OF STEEL.
AH!
YOU ALL RIGHT?
HUH! OKAY.
-CALL IT IN.
-OKAY.
AH!
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
-OKAY, OKAY.
-IT'S EXCITING.
Narrator:
RIGHT NOW, IT'S ANYBODY'S GUESS
WHAT WILL EXPLODE FIRST,
THE CAR OR VALERIE.
SPARKING IN THREE, TWO, ONE...
♪♪
Narrator:
TESTING THE MYTH THAT A WET DOG
CAN SHED 70% OF THE WATER
WITH ONE GOOD SHAKE...
Tamara: THERE IT IS.
Narrator: ...THE TEAM IS DOWN TO
THEIR LAST TWO,
UH, TEST PLATFORMS.
THEY'RE BOTH MEDIUM SIZED.
ONE WITH SHORT HAIR,
THE OTHER WITH LONG.
[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator:
FIRST INTO THE WATER...
-COME HERE.
-HEY, CODA.
CODA.
Narrator: ...AND THEN ONTO
THE SCALES IS CODA-BEAR.
WAIT, WAIT.
-61.8.
-61.8.
61.8.
Narrator:
AND NOW THE FUR FLIES WITH
CANNAN RIGHT IN THE FIRING LINE.
THE RESULT, THOUGH,
LOOKS PROMISING.
59.1.
1. 59.1.
Narrator: LAST OF ALL IS RILEY,
WHO'S JUST ITCHING TO SHAKE OFF
THOSE EXCESS POUNDS.
91.6 POUNDS.
91.6.
Narrator: ONCE AGAIN,
IT'S POETRY IN MOTION,
ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGH SPEED.
RILEY DOES NOT LOOK GREAT
WHEN SHAKING.
Rachel: THOSE LIPS, THOUGH,
THAT'S THE MOST ATTRACTIVE THING
I'VE SEEN ALL DAY.
Narrator:
BUT DID OUR MID-SIZED DOGS
DO ENOUGH TO RESCUE THE MYTH?
RILEY'S RESULT WAS WELL ABOVE
70, BUT CODA'S FELL WAY SHORT.
WET DOGS, I HAVE THE LIST OF ALL
OF THE AVERAGE WATER WEIGHTS
THAT EACH OF OUR TEST SUBJECTS
WAS ABLE TO SHED.
RILEY WAS NUMBER ONE
AT 87.5%.
TIPI FOLLOWED CLOSELY
AT 83.5%.
DAZZLE, 73 AND CHANGE.
CODA-BEAR, 49%.
DANI, 42%.
WILLIE, 41.6%.
AND THE AVERAGE OF ALL
OF THOSE AVERAGES IS?
ABOUT 63%.
Narrator: SURPRISINGLY,
THE RESULTS BARE NO OBVIOUS
RELATION TO SIZE
OR LENGTH OF HAIR.
WHAT'S LESS SURPRISING IS THAT
TODAY'S BEST IN SHOW IS RILEY,
THE LAB RETRIEVER,
THE ONLY ONE
OF THE BUNCH WITH WATER DOG DNA.
ALL RIGHT.
WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?
IS THAT BUSTED,
PLAUSIBLE, OR CONFIRMED?
THE MYTH SAYS 70%.
I THINK 63%
IS CLOSE ENOUGH.
I THINK WE CAN CALL
THIS PLAUSIBLE.
I AGREE, IT'S PLAUSIBLE.
I MEAN, WE HAD NUMBERS ABOVE IT
AND BELOW IT SO.
-I AGREE.
-I AGREE, PLAUSIBLE.
I TOTALLY AGREE.
I THINK IT'S PLAUSIBLE AS WELL.
EXCELLENT WORK, GUYS.
IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME,
I'M GONNA GO WALK MY DOGS.
-BYE.
-OKAY, THEN.
♪♪
Narrator: AFTER OVERCOMING
SOME PRE-IGNITION NERVES...
-FLIP THE SWITCH.
-AH!
-YOU ALL RIGHT?
-HUH!
Narrator: ...THE TEAM IS ALL SET
TO TEST THE FULL-SCALE MYTH
OF EXPLODING AIR FRESHENER.
FULL CAN LEAKED INTO CAR.
SPARKING IN THREE, TWO, ONE...
♪♪
Narrator: NOTHING.
IT'S POSSIBLE THERE WAS NO
SPARK, BUT THAT'S EASY TO CHECK.
I SEE THE SPARK. NOTHING.
OKAY, GO AHEAD AND --
-WOW, REALLY?
-...PULL YOUR HAND BACK.
THAT WAS ANTI-CLIMACTIC.
Narrator: JUST LIKE IN
THE SMALL-SCALE CIGARETTE TEST,
THE PROBLEM IS MOST LIKELY
THE RATIO OF SPRAY TO OXYGEN.
SO AGAIN, THEY DECIDE TO GIVE
THE AIR FRESHENER TIME
TO DISPERSE.
ALL RIGHT.
IT'S BEEN ABOUT 90 SECONDS
SINCE THE FIRST BLAST ATTEMPT.
-OKAY.
-CALL IT IN.
ALL RIGHT, FULL CAN OF AIR
FRESHENER LEAKED INTO CAR.
-BRILLIANT.
-ALL RIGHT.
SPARKING IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
[ ELECTRICITY BUZZING ]
NOTHING.
-NADA.
-DARN IT.
Narrator: BUT THEY'VE COME
TOO FAR TO GIVE UP NOW.
-YOU GUYS WANT TO TRY AGAIN?
-YES.
Narrator:
SO 30 SECONDS LATER...
Jesse: FULL CAN OF AIR
FRESHENER IN CAR.
THIRD TIME.
ZAPPING IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
[ ELECTRICITY BUZZING ]
IT'S ZAPPING.
IT'S ZAPPING.
WHY!
Narrator: THAT'S REALLY
THE BURNING QUESTION,
AND IT WON'T BE TOO LONG
BEFORE THEY GET
A FITTINGLY FLAMMABLE ANSWER.
Jesse: WHOA, IT'S ON FIRE.
-WHAT?
-IT'S ON FIRE.
REALLY?
♪♪
IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
Narrator: AFTER THREE FUTILE
ATTEMPTS TO CONFIRM
THE MYTH
OF EXPLOSIVE AIR FRESHENER...
Adam:
I SEE THE SPARK. NOTHING.
Narrator: ...IT'S PROVING TO BE
AN UNUSUALLY QUIET DAY
ON THE BOMB RANGE.
YOU'RE GETTING A VERY,
VERY REGULAR
MYTHBUSTERS KIND OF DAY HERE.
-REALLY?
-YEP.
THIS IS HOW IT ALWAYS GOES,
NEVER QUITE WHAT YOU'D EXPECT.
Narrator: AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH
BECAUSE
ON THEIR NEXT ATTEMPT...
SPARKING IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
[ ELECTRICITY BUZZING ]
NOTHING. NOTHING.
-I'VE LOST HOPE.
-WHOA, IT'S ON FIRE.
-WHAT?
-IT'S ON FIRE.
REALLY?
Narrator: YEAH, REALLY.
AND WHAT STARTED OUT
AS A FLICKER OF FLAME
IS FAST BECOMING
A BUSTER BONFIRE.
-UH...
-WELL.
THAT'S NOT WHAT
WE WERE GOING FOR.
YEAH, CAR'S ON FIRE.
Narrator: AFTER MULTIPLE
ATTEMPTS AT CONFIRMING
THE MYTH OF EXPLODING
CAR AIR FRESHENER,
THEY'VE AT LEAST GOT
SOME KIND OF RESULT.
AS ADAM VENTS THE CAR
AND TACKLES THE FLAMES,
THE MYTHBUSTERS
GO TO THE ACTION REPLAY.
Jesse: WE HIT THE BUTTON.
IT DIDN'T QUITE EXPLODE
LIKE WE WERE HOPING,
BUT, I MEAN,
IT WAS REALLY COOL.
THERE WAS THIS BIG OLD BUBBLE
OF FLAMES,
AND IT JUST SURROUNDED THE CAR
AND WENT ALL OVER THE PLACE.
Narrator: ADAM'S MANAGED
TO SAVE BUSTER'S SKIN.
EVEN SO, THERE'S BEEN
PLENTY OF DAMAGE DONE.
-EW.
-WHAT?
THE WHOLE SEAT MELTED.
IT'S LIKE A S'MORE GONE WRONG.
Narrator:
ALTHOUGH THEY GOT FIRE,
IT SEEMS THAT
THEIR RATIO OF REACTANTS
OR STOICHIOMETRIC MIX
STILL WASN'T QUITE RIGHT.
I THINK WE HAD TOO MUCH FUEL
AND NOT ENOUGH AIR.
THERE WAS A FULL CAN IN HERE.
THAT IS A TON OF PROPELLANT.
WE FILLED THIS CAR FULL OF
AIR FRESHENER,
AND THE MIXTURE PROVED
TOO RICH FOR ABOUT 40 MINUTES.
SO WE'RE GONNA CLEAN
THE WINDOWS.
WE'RE GONNA PUT SOME PLYWOOD
IN THE BACK WINDOW
THAT I HAD TO BREAK IN ORDER
TO SAFELY APPROACH THE CAR.
THEN WE'LL CUT A HOLE
IN THAT PLYWOOD FOR ME
TO PUT IN THE AIR FRESHENER,
AND WE'VE AGREED WE'RE GONNA
PUT IN FOUR MINUTES OF SPRAY
FROM THE CAN,
NOT THE FULL 12 TO 14 MINUTES,
AND I THINK THAT SHOULD GIVE US
THE RIGHT AIR-FUEL MIXTURE
FOR THE BOOM WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
[ SPRAY HISSING ]
♪♪
THE RIG IS HOT.
WANT TO ARM IT?
[ SWITCH CLICKS ]
-ALL RIGHT.
MAKE SURE WE GET A SPARK,
JESSE.
SPARKING IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
[ ELECTRICITY BUZZING ]
WELL, LOOK AT THAT.
-NOTHING HAPPENED.
-OH, COME ON, VALERIE.
I'M SO DONE WITH THIS.
THIS IS KILLING ME.
THIS IS KILLING ME.
THIS IS AWFUL.
Narrator: THEY NEED TO REMEMBER
THIS ISN'T A FAILURE.
IT'S A RESULT.
BUT AFTER THE SUCCESS OF THEIR
SMALL-SCALE EXPERIMENTS...
-OH, MY GOD!
-OH, MY GOODNESS!
-JEEZ!
-WHOA!
Narrator: ...IT'S NOT THE RESULT
THEY EXPECTED.
VALERIE IS ESPECIALLY VEXED THAT
THE CAR IS STILL IN ONE PIECE.
I'M NOT LEAVING HERE
UNTIL WE SEE SOMETHING EXPLODE.
Narrator:
AND THAT'S A WISH EASILY GRANTED
THANKS TO BOMB RANGE SUPERVISOR
J.D. NELSON
AND A STRATEGICALLY PLACED
WATER IMPULSE CHARGE OF C-4.
FIRE IN THE HOLE!
FIRE IN THE HOLE!
FIRE IN THE HOLE!
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME
SINCE I'VE DONE THAT.
-ALL RIGHT, YOU READY?
-[ MOUTHS WORDS ]
VALERIE, YOU ARE
HOLDING ON TO --
I KNOW, IT'S REAL.
THIS IS C-4 EXPLOSION
IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
♪♪
-DID IT WORK?
-I HAVE NO IDEA.
I SAW THE SHOCK TUBE WORK.
THE CAR DID NOT EXPLODE.
[ EXPLOSION ]
-WHOA!
-WHOA!
NO! I DIDN'T GET TO SEE IT!
-WOW!
-DANG IT!
Narrator: ON A DAY WHEN NOT MUCH
WENT ACCORDING TO PLAN,
THEY WERE ALL LOOKING SOMEWHERE
ELSE WHEN THE CAR WENT UP.
THE MINOR DETAIL THAT SLIPPED
THROUGH THE CRACKS
WAS THAT THE DETONATOR
WAS ON AN EIGHT-SECOND DELAY.
THERE'S ALWAYS THE HIGH SPEED.
THAT IS THE MANTRA
OF "MYTHBUSTERS."
THERE IS ALWAYS THE HIGH SPEED.
SAY IT WITH ME.
All: "THERE IS ALWAYS
THE HIGH SPEED."
Narrator:
AND THIS IS THE HIGH SPEED.
Valerie: OH, MY GOD!
HOLY COW!
Narrator:
THAT BLAST WAS SO POWERFUL
THAT BUSTER'S STODGY SEDAN
BECAME AN INSTANT CONVERTIBLE,
BUT HE'S IN NO CONDITION
TO APPRECIATE IT.
BUSTER!
OH, MY GOODNESS, HIS...
OH, MY GOODNESS.
-A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR BUSTER.
-[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator:
SO HOW DO THEY WANT TO CALL IT?
ALLIE HAS BEEN CHOSEN
TO SPEAK FOR THE TEAM.
THE MYTH IS YOU CAN CAUSE
AN EXPLOSION WITH AIR FRESHENER,
AND FROM WHAT WE'VE SAW
FROM THE SMALL-SCALE TEST,
THAT WAS PRETTY COOL,
AND WE GOT A COOL EXPLOSION.
WHEN WE TOOK IT
TO LARGE-SCALE TESTING,
HOWEVER, WE DIDN'T GET
THE BOOM WE WANTED,
BUT WE STILL GOT THE CAR
TO SET ON FIRE,
SO I WOULD SAY
THIS MYTH IS PLAUSIBLE.
♪♪
Adam: THESE GUYS DID A GREAT JOB
ON THIS STORY.
LET ME FRAME THEIR RESULTS
THIS WAY.
IF I'M A CHEMICAL ENGINEER
DESIGNING AN AIR FRESHENER
USING FLAMMABLE PROPELLANT,
I'M GOING TO TRY
AND ENGINEER A MIXTURE
WITH A VERY NARROW WINDOW
WHERE THAT MIXTURE IS FLAMMABLE.
THAT'S JUST SAFE DESIGN,
AND THE MYTHBUSTERS WERE ABLE
TO FIND
THAT EXPLOSIVE WINDOW IN SCALE,
AND WHILE THE EXPLOSIVE ASPECT
OF IT
ELUDED THEM IN LARGE SCALE,
THEY WERE ABLE TO GET A FIRE,
AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM
CALLING THIS STORY PLAUSIBLE.
FEELS LIKE EXACTLY
THE RIGHT INITIATION
TO THIS JOB.
♪♪
♪♪
[ MACHINE WHIRRING ]
-DID YOU SEE THAT?
Narrator:
SOMETHING SMELLS ON THIS EPISODE
OF "MYTHBUSTERS JR."...
Girl:
IT'S SO GROSS IN THERE, THOUGH.
Narrator:
...AS THE TEAM ROAD TESTS
THE MYTH THAT A CAR FULL
OF AIR FRESHENER...
[ EXPLOSION ]
-OH, MY GOD!
Boy: JEEZ. AGH!
Narrator: ...COULD CAUSE
A POTENTIALLY FATAL EXPLOSION.
-FLIP THE SWITCH.
[ SWITCH CLICKS ]
-AH.
-YOU ALL RIGHT?
YOU'RE GETTING A VERY,
VERY REGULAR
MYTHBUSTERS' KIND OF DAY,
-WHOA!
-OH, MY GOSH!
[ WHISTLES ]
Narrator:
THEN THE UNMISTAKABLE SMELL
OF WET DOG FILLS THE AIR.
RILEY DOES NOT LOOK GREAT
WHEN SHAKING.
THE MYTH IS THAT ANY DOG
CAN SHAKE OFF
70% OF THEIR WATER WEIGHT
IN A SINGLE SHAKE SESSION.
Narrator:
AND THE MYTHBUSTERS' CHALLENGE
IS NOT TO DROWN IN THE PROCESS.
AWESOME.
♪♪
YES, I'M BACK
WITH A BRAND-NEW
TEAM OF THE BEST BUILDERS,
THE BRIGHTEST MINDS
AND THE BOLDEST BUSTERS
I COULD FIND.
YES, THEY'RE A BUNCH OF KIDS,
BUT THE MYTHS,
THEY ARE AS FULL-SIZED
AND AS EXPLOSIVE AS EVER.
THIS IS "MYTHBUSTERS JR."
-[ EXPLOSION ]
-OH!
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
♪♪
THIS MYTH PROMISES TO DELIVER
TWO BANGS FOR THE BUCK
AND COMES COURTESY
OF THE INTERWEBS.
THAT'S TWO EXPLOSIVE
URBAN LEGENDS
FEATURING THE SAME PRODUCT,
AND THAT IS SPRAY AIR FRESHENER.
NOW, IN THE FIRST,
AN ODIFEROUS CAR
SPRAYED FULL OF AIR FRESHENER
BY AN OVEREAGER TEEN
SUPPOSEDLY EXPLODES
WHEN THE CAR'S INTERIOR LIGHT
COMES IN.
IN THE SECOND, A SLOW-LEAKING
CAN CAUSES A BIT OF BLOW UP
WHEN THE OWNER TRIES
TO LIGHT A CIGARETTE.
SO THAT IS THE MYTH.
CAN AIR FRESHENER
CAUSE A CAR TO EXPLODE?
Narrator:
WHICH BEGS THE QUESTION,
JUST HOW FLAMMABLE ARE SPRAY
CAN AIR FRESHENERS,
AND DO THEY CONTAIN ONE OF
ADAM'S LEAST FAVORITE THINGS?
FLAMMABLE GASES ARE WITHOUT
A DOUBT
THE SCARIEST THING
THAT WE DEALT WITH OVER
ALL THE YEARS
OF "MYTHBUSTERS."
WHOA!
WE'VE LIT CARS ON FIRE
THAT GOT OUT OF CONTROL.
Woman: THREE, TWO, ONE.
[ CHEERING ]
OH, MAN!
STUFF'S STILL DROPPING.
I THINK THIS IS FREAKING
CONFIRMED.
RIGHT, AND I SEEM TO REMEMBER
LOSING AN EYEBROW AT ONE POINT.
[ BEEPS, EXPLOSION ]
AM I MISSING AN EYEBROW?
OKAY, THAT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF
THE STUPIDEST THINGS
WE'VE EVER DONE.
THE THING ABOUT FLAMMABLE GASES
IS THEY'RE INVISIBLE,
SO WHEN THEY'RE IN A SPACE,
YOU DON'T KNOW,
AND IN REPLICATING
THE STORIES ABOUT THEM,
YOU OFTEN HAVE TO GET
THIS PERFECT STORM MIX OF GAS
TO OXYGEN TO IGNITION,
WHICH MEANS THEY'RE BOTH
DANGEROUS AND TRICKY
TO REPLICATE.
UGH, I DREAD FLAMMABLE GASES.
Narrator: THE FIRST JOB FOR
ALLIE, JESSE, AND VALERIE
IS TO TEST WHICH ONE OF THESE
FIVE OFF-THE-SHELF
AIR FRESHENERS
MAY CONTAIN,
YOU GUESSED IT, FLAMMABLE GAS.
♪♪
AND TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T
SINGE ANY EYEBROWS,
MYTHBUSTERS' EXPERT FABRICATOR,
JON MARCU,
HAS PUT TOGETHER A TEST RIG
THAT'S SIMPLE AND SAFE.
STICK ONE OVER HERE.
YOU PUSH IT DOWN,
JUST LIKE THE STICKER SAYS.
THAT LIGHTS YOUR TORCH.
PUSH DOWN NUMBER TWO, THAT SENDS
YOUR AEROSOL AND FLAMES
FIRING UP ALL THE WAY
INTO THE CEILING.
THAT SOUNDS AWESOME.
Narrator:
ALL AEROSOL CANS USE SOME KIND
OF COMPRESSED GAS LIKE PROPANE
OR ISOBUTANE AS PROPELLANTS.
THE TEAM HOPES TO I.D. THE MOST
FLAMMABLE SPRAY FOR THIS MYTH
BY MEASURING THE HEIGHT
OF THE FLAMES
AGAINST A SCALE MARKED
IN TWO-INCH INCREMENTS.
-YOU GUYS READY?
-YES.
OKAY, TORCH IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
AEROSOL IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
Jesse: WOW.
Narrator: ALREADY THE SWEET
SMELL OF SUCCESS.
Jesse: AIR FRESHENER NUMBER ONE
WAS SIX PINK LINES UP,
SO THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING TO
PUT OUR MARK, RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S ONE DOWN
AND FOUR MORE TO GO.
♪♪
ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS AEROSOL NUMBER TWO
IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
OH, THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD.
Narrator:
AND WHAT'S GOOD IN REAL LIFE
ALWAYS LOOKS BETTER
ON HIGH SPEED.
Jesse: OKAY, SO I LOOKED ON
THE HIGH SPEED FOR NUMBER TWO
AND IT WAS
FOUR PINK LINES DOWN.
PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
IT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE
FROM NUMBER ONE.
Narrator: IN FACT, THE SAME
AMOUNT OF SPRAY PRODUCED
TWICE THE FLAME.
AT THIS RATE, THEIR NEXT ATTEMPT
COULD BURN THE ROOF OFF.
AIR FRESHENER NUMBER
THREE IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
[ WHIRRING ]
-WHAT?
-[ LAUGHS ]
IT'S, LIKE, NOT EVEN GOING.
YOU COULD SEE THE TINIEST BIT
OF ORANGE,
BUT IT DID BASICALLY NOTHING.
-SO THIS IS A BUST.
-YEAH, BASICALLY.
I GUESS THAT ONE
IS NOT FLAMMABLE.
Narrator: THAT'S BECAUSE SOME
COMMON AEROSOL PROPELLANTS
SIMPLY AREN'T COMBUSTIBLE.
SO ON TO CAN NUMBER FOUR.
-IT'S NOT DOING ANYTHING EITHER.
-IT'S NOT DOING ANYTHING?
-NO, LOOK. YEAH, SEE?
-OH.
Narrator:
AND HOW ABOUT CAN NUMBER FIVE?
THIS ONE IS JUST
PRETTY DISAPPOINTING AS WELL.
YEP.
NUMBER THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE
WERE DEFINITELY A BUST,
BUT NUMBER TWO DEFINITELY WENT
THE HIGHEST OUT OF ALL OF THEM.
-NUMBER TWO IT IS.
-NUMBER TWO.
♪♪
THEY'VE GOT WHAT THEY WANTED --
A BUTANE-BASED AIR FRESHENER
WITH THE POTENTIAL
TO BLOW UP A CAR.
AND IT'S ON FIRE.
-OH.
-DON'T WORRY.
Narrator: BUT WHILE THEY PREPARE
TO WREAK HAVOC IN THE WORKSHOP,
IT'S TIME TO PLUNGE
INTO MYTH NUMBER TWO.
♪♪
THIS NEXT MYTH COMES COURTESY
OF MAN'S BEST FRIEND,
OR SHOULD I SAY HUMAN'S
BEST FRIEND,
EVERYONE'S FAVORITE
FOUR-LEGGED COMPANION -- DOGS.
IT IS SAID THAT A WET DOG
CAN SHAKE OUT
70% OF THE WATER
IN ITS FUR IN ITS FIRST SHAKE.
70%, IT IS
AN ASTOUNDING NUMBER.
THE QUESTION IS,
IS IT AN ACCURATE ONE?
WELL, IT SOUNDS REALLY
IMPRESSIVE, BUT IS IT TRUE?
THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY
TO FIND OUT.
RIGHT, AND WE'RE BRINGING IN
AN EXPERT THAT CANNAN KNOWS.
-HIS NAME IS?
-CLAUSE.
CLAUSE. BRING IN CLAUSE.
[ WHISTLES ]
Narrator: IT'S TIME
FOR THE OTHER MYTHBUSTERS
TO MEET ONE MEMBER
OF CANNAN'S EXTENDED FAMILY.
OH, HO, HO, HO. AW.
WHAT KIND OF DOG IS HE?
HE'S A RESCUE DOG,
SO WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE.
WELL, YOU GUYS HAVE YOUR TEST
PLATFORM HERE, NAMED CLAUSE.
YOU HAVE THE MYTH.
IT'S TIME FOR YOU GUYS TO GO
GATHER SOME WET DOG DATA.
-OKAY.
-HAVE FUN.
Narrator: CLAUSE IS THE LATEST
IN A LONG LINE
OF MYTHBUSTERS' CANINE
COLLABORATORS.
CAN YOU GUESS
WHAT MY ROLE IS TODAY?
Narrator: PERHAPS THE BEST LOVED
OF ALL WAS MORGAN,
WHO WE MET WHEN ADAM AND JAMIE
SET OUT TO BEAT THE BLOODHOUND.
Adam: SMELL. GET HIM.
Narrator: ADAM DID HIS DARNDEST
TO AVOID BEING TRACKED.
HE TRIED ZIGZAGGING
AND DOUBLING BACK...
THAT'S A GOOD BOY.
WHERE IS HE? GOOD BOY!
Narrator: ...CHANGING HIS
GETAWAY CLOTHES...
-OH!
-THAT'S A GOOD BOY.
Narrator: ...THAT OLD CLASSIC,
RUNNING THROUGH WATER...
Adam: IT TOOK HIM LESS TIME
THAN THE FIRST TWO TESTS.
YOU'RE JUST A STINKY GUY,
WHAT CAN I SAY?
[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator:
...EVEN DOUSING HIMSELF
WITH STRONG SMELLING COLOGNE
AND COFFEE,
ALL TO ABSOLUTELY NO AVAIL.
OH, HO, HO.
-YOU FOUND ME.
-WHAT A GOOD BOY.
Narrator: BACK AT THE SHOP,
IT'S ALMOST BATH TIME.
SO WE HAVE A PLAN.
WE HAVE THE POOL,
WE HAVE THE SCALE,
AND WE HAVE OUR LITTLE CLAUSE,
SO THE FIRST THING
WE'RE GONNA DO
IS WE'RE GONNA
WEIGH HIM NORMALLY,
THEN WE'RE GONNA
GIVE HIM A BATH.
Narrator: GETTING HIS DRY WEIGHT
OF 19.4 POUNDS IS THE EASY PART.
NOW IT'S TIME TO GET WET.
OH, NO. NO. NO.
NOT TOO HIGH.
-OKAY.
-JUST RIGHT ON HIM.
RIGHT, THERE WE GO.
Narrator:
WITH EIGHT DOGS AT HOME,
RACHEL'S GOT BATH TIME
DOWN PAT.
ELIJAH, NOT SO MUCH.
Elijah: YEAH, I HAVE NO DOGS.
I'M A CAT PERSON.
WELL, I LIKE CATS.
I'M NOT --
LIKE, I'M NOT A FURRY.
Narrator:
EVERY FIBER OF THIS FURRY FRAME
WANTS TO SHIMMY
FROM NOSE TO TAIL.
THE HARDEST PART WAS NOT GETTING
THE DOGS TO SHAKE
BECAUSE THAT'S ALL
THEY WANT TO DO IS SHAKE.
Narrator: ELIJAH GRABS
A READING OF 20.4 POUNDS
NOT A SECOND TOO SOON.
THAT WAS ALL UP IN MY FACE.
[ CHUCKLES ]
Narrator:
THEN IT'S BACK ON THE SCALE
FOR THOSE VITAL
POST-SHAKE PARTICULARS.
Elijah: 20.1 POUNDS.
YAY! GOOD BOY, CLAUSE.
Narrator: .3 OF A POUND
DOESN'T SOUND LIKE MUCH,
BUT MATH GENIUS
AND COLLEGE SOPHOMORE,
CANNAN, SOON CONFIRMS
THAT THE MYTH IS OFF
TO A PROMISING START.
THE RESULTS ARE THAT CLAUSE
LOST ABOUT 60% OF HIS
WATER WEIGHT IN ONE SHAKE CYCLE.
Rachel: IT'S NOT 70%,
BUT IT'S STILL VERY IMPRESSIVE.
Narrator:
IMPRESSIVE ENOUGH FOR ELIJAH
TO PROPOSE HIS PET THEORY
OF COMPARATIVE SPECIES SHAKING.
WE'RE GONNA TEST TO SEE
IF HUMANS CAN SHAKE WATER
OUT OF THEIR HAIR
JUST LIKE DOGS CAN SHAKE WATER
OUT OF THEIR FUR.
Narrator: NO PRIZES FOR GUESSES
WHICH HUMAN.
JUST LIKE CLAUSE,
ELIJAH FIRST GETS WEIGHED DRY.
THEN IT'S DUNK TIME.
IN THREE, TWO, ONE, GO, DOWN.
THANK YOU.
[ LAUGHS ]
WELL, THAT WAS...
[ LAUGHS ]
-GO.
-OH.
Narrator: ELIJAH'S NOW WEIGHED
WITH HIS MANE
RINGING WET AND THEN...
OH, MY...
-[ LAUGHS ]
-WHOA.
-ELIJAH? ELIJAH.
-[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: SO LET'S GET THE DATA
ON DUDE VERSUS DOG.
Elijah: I GAINED 0.7 POUNDS
AFTER MY HAIR WAS SOAKED,
AND I LOST 0.2 POUNDS WHEN I,
LIKE, SHOOK OUT MY HAIR.
OKAY, MATH MAN, WHAT IS THAT
IN PERCENTAGE?
THAT IS 28.5%
OF THE WATER LOST.
Narrator: NOT TOO SHABBY.
STILL, NO MATCH FOR CLAUSE.
BUT TO GIVE THIS MYTH
A FAIR SHAKE,
THEY'LL NEED
A MUCH BIGGER SAMPLE SIZE.
COMING UP, THE MYTHBUSTERS
RELEASE THE HOUNDS.
IT'S BEEN LICKING ME A LOT.
HEY, HI.
♪♪
Narrator: EXPLORING THE MYTH
OF A RANDOM SPARK
OR A CIGARETTE TRIGGERING
AN EXPLOSION
IN A CAR
FULL OF AIR FRESHENER,
THE MYTHBUSTERS AND JON
SET UP FOR SMALL-SCALE TESTING.
THEY'RE WORKING ON THE PREMISE
THAT A FULL CAN
WAS EXPENDED IN THE CAR,
AND AS THE BLAST BOX
THEY'RE BUILDING
IS 13% OF THE VOLUME
OF A STANDARD SEDAN,
THEY'LL NEED TO DETERMINE 13%
OF A SPRAY CAN'S VOLUME.
FOR THIS NEXT TEST, WE NEED TO
FIGURE OUT HOW LONG IT TAKES
TO EMPTY
THIS CAN OF AIR FRESHENER,
AND I THINK IT WOULD BE
MORE PRODUCTIVE
IF WE EMPTIED IT OUT SOMEPLACE
THAT NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF HELP.
THIS IS THE BATHROOM
THAT ALL THE SHOP GUYS USE,
PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Narrator: BY TIMING IT OUT,
ALLIE CAN FIGURE
THE APPROPRIATE DOSE
FOR THE SMALL SCALE
IN MINUTES AND SECONDS.
Allie: OKAY, WE ARE AT
FOUR MINUTES NOW.
I HAVE THE FEELING I'M GONNA
BE HERE FOR A WHILE.
Narrator:
THE TOILET TEST CAN EVENTUALLY
TAPS OUT AT ABOUT 14 MINUTES.
NOW ALLIE CAN CRUNCH
THE NUMBERS.
SO IF WE TAKE 13%
OF 14 MINUTES,
THEN WE GET 1 MINUTE
AND 47 SECONDS OF SPRAY TIME
THAT WE SHOULD SPRAY THE SPRAY
CAN IN OUR SMALL-SCALE TEST.
Narrator: THEIR FIRST TEST
MIMICS THE FIRST MYTH SCENARIO,
THAT A CAR OVER SPRAYED
WITH AIR FRESHENER
COULD EXPLODE
WITH A RANDOM SPARK.
HERE THAT SPARK IS SUPPLIED
BY A NEON TRANSFORMER
VIA THE FINGERTIPS
OF JESSE'S MAGIC MERLIN.
GOOD LUCK, LITTLE DUDE.
Narrator: ALL THE REMAINS IS TO
FIT A LID ONTO THEIR BOOM BOX.
NOW THIS PAPER TAPE
MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE WEAK,
BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY
BUILDING THE BOX
WITH SOME WEAK POINTS
ON PURPOSE.
THERE'S GONNA BE SO MUCH
EXPANDING GAS IN THERE,
WE RUN THE RISK
OF BREAKING THE SIDES,
BUT IF WE PUT IN SOME WEAK
POINTS IN OUR JOINTS,
WE'LL JUST GET PANEL SEPARATION
INSTEAD OF FULL DESTRUCTION.
♪♪
Narrator: ALLIE UNLOADS
THE REQUISITE 1 MINUTE
AND 47 SECONDS WORTH
OF AIR FRESHENER.
-THERE WE GO.
-AND THEY'RE GOOD TO GO.
Allie: OKAY.
GOING HOT!
Jesse:
OVER SPRAYED AIR FRESHENER
IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
[ EXPLOSION ]
THAT WAS PRETTY COOL.
-OH, NO.
-THAT WAS CRAZY.
[ EXPLOSION ]
Narrator: JESSE'S WIZARD
WENT UP IN SMOKE.
-WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR WIZARD?
-OH, THE WIZARD.
-NO!
-HE'S GONE.
-AW.
-OH, MAN.
THAT IS
A WEIRD-LOOKING WIZARD.
Narrator: IT MAY BE SMALL-SCALE,
BUT THIS IS A BIG RESULT.
Valerie:
WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?
IT'S LOOKING GREAT
FOR THE MYTH SO FAR.
I MEAN, IF THIS REPRESENTED
A FULL CAN OF AIR FRESHENER
IN A REAL CAR, THEN THAT CAR
IS GOING TO BLOW UP.
Narrator: BUT THIS MYTH HAS
A SECOND SCENARIO
WHERE ROBOTICS EXPERT,
VALERIE, CAN FINALLY WORK
ALONGSIDE A KINDRED
MYTHBUSTER SPIRIT...BUSTER.
LET'S JUST ASSUME THAT BUSTER
PUTS THE AIR FRESHENER
IN THE BACK SEAT OF THE CAR,
AND THEN SOMETHING
GOES ON TOP OF IT,
AND IT STARTS LEAKING, RIGHT?
Narrator:
AND THEN BUSTER LIGHTS UP,
BUT COULD A LIGHTER
OR THE CIGARETTE ITSELF
SET OFF THE AIR FRESHENER?
TO TEST THAT, INVENTOR ALLIE
HAS TEAMED UP WITH JON
TO DESIGN
A REMOTE CONTROL LIGHTER.
OUR LITTLE RIG HERE IS A SERVO
THAT PUSHES DOWN ON THIS LIGHTER
AND GETS US A NICE OPEN FLAME.
THIS IS GROSS.
I'M DOING IT FOR SCIENCE.
Narrator: AND THAT'S THE IDEAL
MOMENT FOR A BRIEF
MYTHBUSTERS PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT.
REMEMBER, KIDS,
SMOKING KILLED THE DINOSAURS.
DON'T LET IT HAPPEN TO YOU.
Narrator:
THOSE WITH A VERY LONG MEMORY
MIGHT RECALL THIS IS NOT
BUSTER'S FIRST CIGARETTE.
I THINK WE SHOULD
CALL HIM BUSTER.
Narrator:
BUSTER'S SERIES ONE DEBUT
WAS THE EXPLODING TOILET MYTH,
WHERE JAMIE AND ADAM
TRIED TO FIND OUT
IF A LIT CIGARETTE DROPPED
IN A TOILET FULL OF BUG SPRAY
WOULD EXPLODE.
GO. NOTHING.
Narrator:
IT DIDN'T UNTIL THEY REPLACED
THE BUG SPRAY WITH GUN POWDER.
GO.
[ EXPLOSION ]
-WHOO!
[ LAUGHTER ]
Narrator:
THE RESULT WAS TWO BUSTED CANS.
YEAH, I'VE HAD DAYS
JUST LIKE THIS, TOO.
Narrator: OVER THE YEARS,
HE'S BEEN DROPPED...
[ LAUGHS ] POOR GUY.
Narrator: ...SPUN...
Man: HOW YOU FEELING, BUDDY?
Narrator: ...SMASHED...
...SHOT...
...FLUNG...
...AND PULVERIZED...
[ EXPLOSIONS ]
[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: ...TO FURTHER
THE CAUSE OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE.
THAT IS A HEADACHE.
NICE WORK, BUSTER.
NICE WORK.
[ GLASS SHATTERS ]
Narrator:
AS BUSTER RESUMES HIS BAD HABIT,
ALLIE LETS LOOSE WITH THE SCENT,
WHICH SHE'S RIGGED UP
TO AUTO-SPRAY.
Allie: OKAY, SPRAY IS IN.
ALL RIGHT.
LIGHTER'S IN PLACE.
OKAY, THIS IS LEAKY CAN
WITH YOUR AVERAGE LIGHTER
IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
Narrator: IT'S A HEALTHY FLAME,
BUT NO INSTANT COMBUSTION.
-NOTHING?
-NOPE.
JUST SMELLS BAD.
-YEAH.
-[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: TO MAKE BUSTER SMOKE,
VALERIE WORKS A SMALL PUMP
THAT DRAWS AIR
THROUGH THE BACK OF HIS HEAD.
HALF A MINUTE IN,
AND IT'S LOOKING LIKE
BUSTER'S GOT SMOKER'S COUGH.
-[ GASPS ]
-HE SPIT IT OUT.
EVEN BUSTER DOESN'T
LIKE CIGARETTES.
EVEN BUSTER DOESN'T
LIKE SMOKING.
Narrator:
BUT THIS TEST IS STILL LIVE
WITH A VOLATILE MIX OF OXYGEN,
FUEL, AND AN IGNITION SOURCE.
Valerie:
IT WAS PRETTY NERVE-RACKING.
WE WERE BEHIND BLAST PANELS.
WE HAD OUR HELMETS ON.
WE HAD EYE PROTECTION.
YOU KNOW, WE WERE NOT KIDDING
AROUND WITH THIS THING.
♪♪
Narrator: TO BUST OR CONFIRM
THE MYTH THAT A DOG CAN SHED
70% OF ITS WATER WEIGHT
IN JUST ONE SHAKE...
THAT WAS ALL UP IN MY FACE.
Narrator:
...THE MYTHBUSTERS KNOW THEY'LL
NEED MORE THAN ONE TEST POOCH.
SO THEY'VE SENT OUT
A CANINE CASTING CALL.
COME HERE, TIPI. COME ON.
AW, TIPI.
-NOW I WANT A DOG.
-[ LAUGHS ]
SENIOR DESIGN CONSULTANT,
TAMARA,
IS ON-HAND TO ADVISE AND ASSIST.
A "MYTHBUSTERS" VETERAN,
SEARCH FINALIST, AND ELITE
ALL-AROUND ENGINEER
AND MAKER,
SHE'S BEEN INSTRUMENTAL
IN CHOOSING TODAY'S TEST DOGS.
WE HAVE A SAMPLING OF SMALL,
MEDIUM, AND LARGE DOGS,
LOOKING AT BOTH LONG-HAIR
AND SHORT-HAIR BREEDS,
SO THAT WE CAN LOOK
AT ALL THE VARIABLES
AND TRY TO GET TO OUR 70%
WEIGHT LOSS WITH SHAKE.
YOU READY?
Narrator: AS BEFORE, THEY BEGIN
WITH A DRY WEIGH-IN,
WHICH IS AS GOOD A TIME
AS ANY TO MEET
OUR SIX DISTINCTIVE VOLUNTEERS.
THERE'S RILEY,
TIPI,
DAZZLE,
CODA-BEAR,
DANI,
AND WILLIE.
-HERE'S TIPI.
-TIPI, HELLO.
-HOW ARE YOU TODAY?
-HI.
Narrator: THE FIRST PUP TO HIT
THE H2O IS TIPI,
A SMALL DOG WITH SHORT HAIR.
IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG TO GET
HER THOROUGHLY SOAKED.
INCOMING TIPI.
Narrator:
AND UPCOMING CRITICAL MOMENT,
GETTING HER WET WEIGHT
BEFORE SHE SHAKES.
Elijah: 15.2.
OH, AND THERE GOES THE SHAKE.
Narrator:
SO IT'S OFF TO A HIGH SPEED
THAT'S JUST AS IMPRESSIVE
AS ANY EXPLOSION
AND FAR MORE FETCHING.
TIPI'S SHAKE STARTS AT THE HEAD
AND WORKS DOWN
TO THE TIP OF HER TAIL.
THE OPPOSING
BUT COMPLEMENTARY GYRATIONS
ARE SO BRILLIANTLY EFFICIENT
THAT THEY'RE BEING STUDIED
IN THE HOPE OF DESIGNING
BETTER WASHERS AND DRYERS.
AFTER TIPI SHOOK,
SHE WEIGHED 14.8 POUND.
OKAY.
Narrator: THAT'S ALMOST HALF
A POUND GONE IN ONE SHAKE.
HERE IS DAZZLE.
HELLO, DAZZLE.
HOW ARE YOU TODAY?
HI.
YOU'RE GONNA GET A BATH.
Narrator: SO LET'S SEE IF DAZZLE
CAN DO EVEN BETTER.
SHE'S JUST SO SKINNY.
Narrator: SHE MORE PETITE
THAN HER F.B.B.F.F.,
ENJOYS LONG WALKS
WITH MULTIPLE PIT STOPS
AND LIKES TO WEAR HER HAIR LONG.
-9.6.
-9.6.
-YEAH, 9.6
-9.6.
Narrator:
THEY'VE GOT HER WET WEIGHT,
BUT THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT
OF SHAKING GOING ON.
HOPEFULLY SHAKE IN THREE,
TWO, ONE.
-COME ON, DAZZLE, SHAKE.
-COME ON, SHAKE.
SHAKE.
SHAKE, DAZZLE.
-THERE IT IS.
-YAY!
8.5.
Narrator: THAT'S BETTER.
BOTH OF THESE SMALL DOGS
HAVE ACTUALLY SURPASSED
THE MYTHICAL 70% SHAKE-OFF,
DAZZLE WITH 73.3%
AND TIPI WITH 83.5%.
BUT HOW WILL THE BIGGER
DOGS FAIR?
ALL THEY KNOW FOR CERTAIN
IS THAT GETTING THOSE
PLUS-SIZED PETS WET
WILL BE NO WALK IN THE PARK.
TAMARA IS MORE WET
THAN THE DOG.
♪♪
Narrator: TESTING THE MYTH
THAT A CAR FULL OF AIR
FRESHENER COULD BE COMBUSTIBLE,
ALLIE, JESSE, AND VALERIE
GOT A BIG SMALL-SCALE RESULT
USING A SPARK FOR IGNITION.
THAT WAS PRETTY COOL.
Narrator: NOW THEY'VE MOVED ON
TO THE SECOND SCENARIO,
A SLOWLY LEAKING CAN
WITH A LIT CIGARETTE.
Allie: EVEN BUSTER DOESN'T
LIKE CIGARETTES.
Narrator: THEY'VE BEEN WATCHING
AND WAITING
FOR ALMOST TWO MINUTES
AND THAT'S LONG ENOUGH.
-THAT DIDN'T WORK AT ALL.
-MNH-MNH.
BUT WE DO KNOW OUR AIR
FRESHENER IS FLAMMABLE.
Narrator:
THE RATIO OF AIR TO FUEL
IS CRUCIAL FOR COMBUSTION.
WORKING ON THE PREMISE
THAT THEY DIDN'T LEAK
ENOUGH AIR FRESHENER,
THIS TIME THEY START THE SPRAY
A FULL MINUTE BEFORE IGNITION.
LIGHTING IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
[ OBJECT WHIRS ]
Narrator:
THE LIGHTER IS WORKING,
BUT SO FAR NO BOOM.
WELL, MAYBE IT'S TOO WET
IN THERE.
MAYBE IT'S TRYING TO COME ON,
BUT SINCE IT'S SO WET,
THEN IT'S NOT ABLE TO.
I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP TRYING
AND EVERY FIVE SECONDS
TRY IT AGAIN, JUST TO SEE
IF IT WILL DRY UP AND EXPLODE.
-THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
-SOUNDS GOOD.
Narrator: BY LETTING THE SPRAY
DISPERSE AND SETTLE,
THEY'RE HOPING TO DIAL
IN THE PERFECT EXPLOSIVE RATIO
OF FUEL TO AIR.
AND JUST A FEW CLICKS LATER...
-OH, MY GOD!
-OH, MY GOODNESS!
-JEEZ!
-WHOA!
THAT WAS OUT OF NOWHERE!
OH, MY GOD. OH, MY GOD.
-OH, I FELT IT.
-OH.
THAT WAS SO AWESOME.
I WAS LITERALLY JUST ABOUT
TO SAY, "IT'S NOT WORKING."
Narrator:
IT'S A SAFE BET THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT VALERIE WAS THINKING, TOO.
BOOM, THE TOP FLIES OFF,
AND VALERIE IS LIKE,
"OH, MY GOD, MY HEART."
I THINK IT SCARED HER.
YOU WOULD STARE AT IT FOR, LIKE,
10 SECONDS, AND YOU'D LOOK AWAY,
AND AT THAT EXACT MOMENT,
IT WOULD EXPLODE.
MORAL OF THE STORY?
DON'T EVER TURN YOUR BACK
ON SCIENCE,
ESPECIALLY WHEN
IT'S AN EXPLOSION.
-THAT'S SO PRETTY.
-OH, MY GOD.
Jesse: LOOK AT THE LID.
OH, MY GOD, AND RIGHT
AT THAT MOMENT
WAS WHEN MY HEART DROPPED.
YEAH.
RIGHT THERE WAS WHEN I HAD
A HEART ATTACK.
WAH.
♪♪
Narrator: AS BOTH THE SPARK
AND THE CIGARETTE
SCENARIOS WORKED,
IT'S AGREED THEY CAN NOW REGARD
THIS AS ONE SIMPLE MYTH.
AEROSOL SPRAY PLUS
GENERIC IGNITION
EQUALS ONE ALMIGHTY BANG.
-OH, MY GOD.
-OH, MY GOODNESS.
Narrator: BUT GOING FULL-SCALE
MIGHT NOT PROVE QUITE SO SIMPLE.
ONE THING WE HAVE TO REMEMBER
IS THAT OUR BOX ISN'T A CAR.
A CAR HAS STEEL AND HAS A LOT
MORE VOLUME
THAN OUR ACRYLIC BOX DOES,
SO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO
IS GO TO THE BOMB RANGE...
-OH, MY GOD.
-I'M SORRY, BUSTER.
...FILL UP OUR CAR...
[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ] THE AREA
AND GET BACK TO BACK TO BASE.
...AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET
A BOOM OUT OF IT.
SPARKING IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
Narrator:
PINT-SIZED DAZZLE AND TIPI
HAVE ALREADY DONE
THEIR BIT TO SEE IF A SOGGY DOG
CAN SHED 70% OF ITS WATER
WEIGHT WITH ONE GOOD SHAKE.
NOW THEY'RE BRINGING
IN THE BIG GUNS.
HERE'S DANI.
Narrator: AT 102 POUNDS,
SHORT-HAIRED DANI
IS CONSIDERABLY HEAVIER
THAN SOME OF THE YOUNGER
MYTHBUSTERS AND TAMARA.
SO THIS TIME,
IT'S A REAL TEAM EFFORT.
GOOD GIRL.
PROJECT DANI COMING IN.
Narrator: LIKE THE OTHERS,
SHE'S WEIGH PRE...
104.1.
Narrator: ...AND POST SHAKE.
THE NEAT THING ABOUT THE HIGH
SPEED SHOTS
IS THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT
EVEN THOUGH THE DOGS HEADS
ARE ONLY REALLY TILTING FROM,
SAY, A ONE TO AN 11 ON A CLOCK,
THEIR SKIN IS GOING FULL THREE
TO 9:00,
SO YOU'RE GETTING THIS AWESOME
SPIRAL OF WATER
EVERY TIME THEY'RE SHAKING.
WATCHING THE DOGS ON HIGH SPEED
WHEN THEY SHOOK,
THE MAIN THING THAT
SURPRISED ME WAS
HOW MUCH SALIVA
THEY GOT OUT WHEN THEY SHOOK.
IT WAS THE MOST DISGUSTING
THING I'VE EVER SEEN.
♪♪
Narrator: OUR NEXT HAIRY
HEAVYWEIGHT IS WET WILLIE.
-102.5, I THINK.
-I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.
-YEAH, 102.5. WRITE THAT DOWN.
-102.5, OKAY.
Narrator:
AND THEN DUCK FOR COVER.
[ LAUGHS ]
AWESOME.
Narrator: BOTH ADAM AND CANNAN
TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM.
I WAS GLAD I HAD
THE SWIMMING TRUNKS ON
BECAUSE THAT HELPED AS FAR
AS NOT GETTING
MY ACTUAL WARDROBE WET.
Narrator: DANI'S PERCENTAGE OF
WATER WEIGHT LOST IS JUST 42,
AND WILLIE'S IS EVEN LESS,
BOTH WELL SHORT
OF THE EARLIER RESULTS
AND THE MYTHICAL 70%.
CONFIRMING OR BUSTING THE MYTH
STILL HANGS IN THE BALANCE,
AND IT'S GONNA COME DOWN
TO OUR FINAL TWO MIDDLEWEIGHTS.
ONLY ONE THING IS ASSURED,
IT WON'T BE PRETTY.
HIS LIPS, THAT'S THE MOST
ATTRACTIVE THING
I'VE SEEN ALL DAY.
♪♪
Narrator: AFTER PROVING
THE DESTRUCTIVE POTENTIAL
OF BUTANE
PROPELLANT AIR FRESHENERS,
IT'S TIME TO TAKE THIS
VOLATILE MYTH ON THE ROAD.
FOR VALERIE, ALLIE, AND JESSE,
IT'S THE ULTIMATE FIELD TRIP.
-IN THREE...
-TWO.
ONE.
Narrator:
THE ALAMEDA COUNTY BOMB RANGE
WAS THE SITE OF CHOICE
FOR SOME OF ADAM AND JAMIE'S
MORE EXUBERANT MYTHS.
♪ FIRE IN THE HOLE,
FIRE IN THE HOLE ♪
♪ FIRE IN THE HOLE ♪
Narrator: IF YOU'RE INTO BLOWING
STUFF TO BITS,
THIS IS WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS.
BUH-BYE.
[ EXPLOSION ]
Narrator: AND IT WASN'T ALL
JUST FUN AND GAMES.
IN SERIES EIGHT,
THE GUYS SET OUT TO SEE
IF AN ATTEMPT ON HITLER'S LIFE
WOULD HAVE SUCCEEDED
IF THE BOMB WENT OFF IN A BUNKER
INSTEAD OF A REGULAR ROOM.
[ EXPLOSION ]
-WHOA!
-BOOM.
Narrator: THEY DECIDED IT WASN'T
THE ROOM THAT MATTERED,
BUT HOW CLOSE TO BOMB
WAS TO THE FUHRER.
HE MIGHT HAVE TAKEN A LOT
OF DAMAGE
FROM SPLINTERS
IN HIS LOWER HALF,
BUT HIS HEAD,
COMPLETELY UNTOUCHED.
Narrator:
SO THE VALKYRIE MYTH WAS BUSTED.
THE BOMB RANGE WAS REALLY COOL
BECAUSE IT WAS BASICALLY WALKING
THROUGH A "MYTHBUSTERS" MUSEUM.
IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE.
Narrator: BUT REST ASSURED,
THERE WILL BE
PLENTY OF RESPONSIBLE
ADULT SUPERVISION.
♪♪
ALL RIGHT, GOING FULL SIZE
AT THE BOMB RANGE.
TELL ME WHAT YOU GUYS LEARNED
IN YOUR SCALE EXPERIMENTS.
BOTTOM LINE, THIS STUFF SMELLS
REALLY GOOD, AND IT'S FLAMMABLE.
IDEAL.
ALSO, WHEN IT COMES TO
THE CIGARETTE TEST
VERSUS THE SPARK TEST,
THE SPARK TEST IS
A LOT MORE PREDICTABLE,
AND IT STILL
HAS A GREAT EXPLOSION.
FABULOUS.
WELL, FOR BIG-SCALE STUFF
LIKE THIS,
RELIABILITY EQUALS SAFETY,
SO YOU GUYS ARE HAPPY
TO BE GOING WITH THE SPARK
FOR ALL THE TESTS?
-YEAH.
-YEP.
Narrator: TO GENERATE THE SPARK,
THEY'RE STICKING
WITH THE EVER RELIABLE
NEON TRANSFORMER.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GET BUSTER IN THE CAR.
Narrator:
FOR FULL-SCALE TESTING,
BUSTER GETS HIS FULL SCALE
BODY BACK.
-OH, MY GOD.
-I'M SORRY, BUSTER.
-YOU HAVE HIS LEGS BACKWARDS.
-I KNOW.
Narrator: AND RIGHT NOW, HE'S
WISHING HE LEFT IT IN STORAGE.
POOR BUSTER!
-MAN, I DON'T --
-WHY'D YOU DO THAT?
I'M TRYING TO GET HIM
IN THE CAR.
Narrator: IT'S NOT QUITE
THE RECOMMENDED DRIVING POSTURE,
BUT HEY, SO LONG
AS HE'S COMFORTABLE.
CLOSE THE DOOR.
THERE, PERFECT.
WE DID IT.
IT IS ALMOST TIME TO FILL
THIS CAR WITH SOME DELIGHTFUL,
YET FLAMMABLE AIR FRESHENER,
BUT FIRST, I'M GONNA GET
DRESSED FOR THE OCCASION.
YOU CAN'T SMELL THIS GEAR,
BUT I TELL YOU,
IT SMELLS LIKE FIRE
AND FIRE RETARDANT MATERIAL.
IT JUST...[ INHALES DEEPLY,
EXHALES SLOWLY ]
IT'S SUCH A GOOD
MEMORY SMELL FOR ME.
HERE WE GO.
LIGHT MY FIRE.
Narrator:
THOSE MEMORIES INCLUDE SEEING
IF SUNSCREEN COULD BE FLAMMABLE.
Adam: CAN'T GET SUNBURNT.
NO, NO SUNBURN FOR YOU.
Narrator:
SOME SPRAY-ON BRANDS WORK,
SO THAT MYTH WAS PLAUSIBLE.
Adam: HEY,
WE CAUGHT HIM ON FIRE.
Narrator: THEY TESTED THE MOVIE
MYTH OF A LIT GASOLINE TRAIL
CATCHING UP TO
AND EXPLODING A CAR...
Adam: BE CAREFUL, YOU GUYS,
NOT TOO CLOSE.
Narrator:
...WHICH WAS TOTALLY BUSTED.
Adam:
FOR A REAL WORLD CONTROL,
THAT TEST WENT ABOUT AS GOOD
AS I COULD HAVE HOPED.
Narrator: AND THE SUIT CAME IN
FOR A SERIOUS SCORCHING
WHEN JAMIE AND ADAM
PITTED A CO2
FIRE EXTINGUISHER
AGAINST A FLAMETHROWER.
ALL OF THIS SHOULD KEEP ME
PERFECTLY SAFE.
♪♪
I LIVED! HOLY [BLEEP]!
THAT WAS AWESOME.
Narrator: WHILE ADAM DISCHARGES
THE CAN'S CONTENTS,
HIS CORE TEMPERATURE INSIDE
THAT SUIT RAPIDLY RISES.
FORTUNATELY, HE CAN BE REPLACED
BY SOME HEAVY-DUTY TAPE
TO HOLD DOWN THE NOZZLE.
SAFETY IS SAFETY.
IF THIS TAKES 14 MINUTES
TO UNLOAD,
AND I'M STANDING HERE
WITHOUT MOVING,
I COULD GET HEAT STROKE,
AND IT'S NO GOOD
IF I'M PASSED OUT NEXT TO A CAR
THAT'S ABOUT TO EXPLODE.
ALL RIGHT, I THINK IT'S DONE.
TIME TO...
[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
THE AREA AND GET BACK TO BASE.
♪♪
ALL RIGHT.
-HELLO.
-YOUR CAR IS TOTALLY FULL...
-IS IT REALLY?
-...OF AIR FRESHENER, YEAH.
Narrator: FOR ADAM, THIS IS ALL
IN A DAY'S WORK.
THE BOMB RANGE FIRST-TIMERS,
THOUGH,
ARE YET TO ACQUIRE
THOSE NERVES OF STEEL.
AH!
YOU ALL RIGHT?
HUH! OKAY.
-CALL IT IN.
-OKAY.
AH!
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
-OKAY, OKAY.
-IT'S EXCITING.
Narrator:
RIGHT NOW, IT'S ANYBODY'S GUESS
WHAT WILL EXPLODE FIRST,
THE CAR OR VALERIE.
SPARKING IN THREE, TWO, ONE...
♪♪
Narrator:
TESTING THE MYTH THAT A WET DOG
CAN SHED 70% OF THE WATER
WITH ONE GOOD SHAKE...
Tamara: THERE IT IS.
Narrator: ...THE TEAM IS DOWN TO
THEIR LAST TWO,
UH, TEST PLATFORMS.
THEY'RE BOTH MEDIUM SIZED.
ONE WITH SHORT HAIR,
THE OTHER WITH LONG.
[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator:
FIRST INTO THE WATER...
-COME HERE.
-HEY, CODA.
CODA.
Narrator: ...AND THEN ONTO
THE SCALES IS CODA-BEAR.
WAIT, WAIT.
-61.8.
-61.8.
61.8.
Narrator:
AND NOW THE FUR FLIES WITH
CANNAN RIGHT IN THE FIRING LINE.
THE RESULT, THOUGH,
LOOKS PROMISING.
59.1.
1. 59.1.
Narrator: LAST OF ALL IS RILEY,
WHO'S JUST ITCHING TO SHAKE OFF
THOSE EXCESS POUNDS.
91.6 POUNDS.
91.6.
Narrator: ONCE AGAIN,
IT'S POETRY IN MOTION,
ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGH SPEED.
RILEY DOES NOT LOOK GREAT
WHEN SHAKING.
Rachel: THOSE LIPS, THOUGH,
THAT'S THE MOST ATTRACTIVE THING
I'VE SEEN ALL DAY.
Narrator:
BUT DID OUR MID-SIZED DOGS
DO ENOUGH TO RESCUE THE MYTH?
RILEY'S RESULT WAS WELL ABOVE
70, BUT CODA'S FELL WAY SHORT.
WET DOGS, I HAVE THE LIST OF ALL
OF THE AVERAGE WATER WEIGHTS
THAT EACH OF OUR TEST SUBJECTS
WAS ABLE TO SHED.
RILEY WAS NUMBER ONE
AT 87.5%.
TIPI FOLLOWED CLOSELY
AT 83.5%.
DAZZLE, 73 AND CHANGE.
CODA-BEAR, 49%.
DANI, 42%.
WILLIE, 41.6%.
AND THE AVERAGE OF ALL
OF THOSE AVERAGES IS?
ABOUT 63%.
Narrator: SURPRISINGLY,
THE RESULTS BARE NO OBVIOUS
RELATION TO SIZE
OR LENGTH OF HAIR.
WHAT'S LESS SURPRISING IS THAT
TODAY'S BEST IN SHOW IS RILEY,
THE LAB RETRIEVER,
THE ONLY ONE
OF THE BUNCH WITH WATER DOG DNA.
ALL RIGHT.
WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?
IS THAT BUSTED,
PLAUSIBLE, OR CONFIRMED?
THE MYTH SAYS 70%.
I THINK 63%
IS CLOSE ENOUGH.
I THINK WE CAN CALL
THIS PLAUSIBLE.
I AGREE, IT'S PLAUSIBLE.
I MEAN, WE HAD NUMBERS ABOVE IT
AND BELOW IT SO.
-I AGREE.
-I AGREE, PLAUSIBLE.
I TOTALLY AGREE.
I THINK IT'S PLAUSIBLE AS WELL.
EXCELLENT WORK, GUYS.
IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME,
I'M GONNA GO WALK MY DOGS.
-BYE.
-OKAY, THEN.
♪♪
Narrator: AFTER OVERCOMING
SOME PRE-IGNITION NERVES...
-FLIP THE SWITCH.
-AH!
-YOU ALL RIGHT?
-HUH!
Narrator: ...THE TEAM IS ALL SET
TO TEST THE FULL-SCALE MYTH
OF EXPLODING AIR FRESHENER.
FULL CAN LEAKED INTO CAR.
SPARKING IN THREE, TWO, ONE...
♪♪
Narrator: NOTHING.
IT'S POSSIBLE THERE WAS NO
SPARK, BUT THAT'S EASY TO CHECK.
I SEE THE SPARK. NOTHING.
OKAY, GO AHEAD AND --
-WOW, REALLY?
-...PULL YOUR HAND BACK.
THAT WAS ANTI-CLIMACTIC.
Narrator: JUST LIKE IN
THE SMALL-SCALE CIGARETTE TEST,
THE PROBLEM IS MOST LIKELY
THE RATIO OF SPRAY TO OXYGEN.
SO AGAIN, THEY DECIDE TO GIVE
THE AIR FRESHENER TIME
TO DISPERSE.
ALL RIGHT.
IT'S BEEN ABOUT 90 SECONDS
SINCE THE FIRST BLAST ATTEMPT.
-OKAY.
-CALL IT IN.
ALL RIGHT, FULL CAN OF AIR
FRESHENER LEAKED INTO CAR.
-BRILLIANT.
-ALL RIGHT.
SPARKING IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
[ ELECTRICITY BUZZING ]
NOTHING.
-NADA.
-DARN IT.
Narrator: BUT THEY'VE COME
TOO FAR TO GIVE UP NOW.
-YOU GUYS WANT TO TRY AGAIN?
-YES.
Narrator:
SO 30 SECONDS LATER...
Jesse: FULL CAN OF AIR
FRESHENER IN CAR.
THIRD TIME.
ZAPPING IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
[ ELECTRICITY BUZZING ]
IT'S ZAPPING.
IT'S ZAPPING.
WHY!
Narrator: THAT'S REALLY
THE BURNING QUESTION,
AND IT WON'T BE TOO LONG
BEFORE THEY GET
A FITTINGLY FLAMMABLE ANSWER.
Jesse: WHOA, IT'S ON FIRE.
-WHAT?
-IT'S ON FIRE.
REALLY?
♪♪
IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
Narrator: AFTER THREE FUTILE
ATTEMPTS TO CONFIRM
THE MYTH
OF EXPLOSIVE AIR FRESHENER...
Adam:
I SEE THE SPARK. NOTHING.
Narrator: ...IT'S PROVING TO BE
AN UNUSUALLY QUIET DAY
ON THE BOMB RANGE.
YOU'RE GETTING A VERY,
VERY REGULAR
MYTHBUSTERS KIND OF DAY HERE.
-REALLY?
-YEP.
THIS IS HOW IT ALWAYS GOES,
NEVER QUITE WHAT YOU'D EXPECT.
Narrator: AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH
BECAUSE
ON THEIR NEXT ATTEMPT...
SPARKING IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
[ ELECTRICITY BUZZING ]
NOTHING. NOTHING.
-I'VE LOST HOPE.
-WHOA, IT'S ON FIRE.
-WHAT?
-IT'S ON FIRE.
REALLY?
Narrator: YEAH, REALLY.
AND WHAT STARTED OUT
AS A FLICKER OF FLAME
IS FAST BECOMING
A BUSTER BONFIRE.
-UH...
-WELL.
THAT'S NOT WHAT
WE WERE GOING FOR.
YEAH, CAR'S ON FIRE.
Narrator: AFTER MULTIPLE
ATTEMPTS AT CONFIRMING
THE MYTH OF EXPLODING
CAR AIR FRESHENER,
THEY'VE AT LEAST GOT
SOME KIND OF RESULT.
AS ADAM VENTS THE CAR
AND TACKLES THE FLAMES,
THE MYTHBUSTERS
GO TO THE ACTION REPLAY.
Jesse: WE HIT THE BUTTON.
IT DIDN'T QUITE EXPLODE
LIKE WE WERE HOPING,
BUT, I MEAN,
IT WAS REALLY COOL.
THERE WAS THIS BIG OLD BUBBLE
OF FLAMES,
AND IT JUST SURROUNDED THE CAR
AND WENT ALL OVER THE PLACE.
Narrator: ADAM'S MANAGED
TO SAVE BUSTER'S SKIN.
EVEN SO, THERE'S BEEN
PLENTY OF DAMAGE DONE.
-EW.
-WHAT?
THE WHOLE SEAT MELTED.
IT'S LIKE A S'MORE GONE WRONG.
Narrator:
ALTHOUGH THEY GOT FIRE,
IT SEEMS THAT
THEIR RATIO OF REACTANTS
OR STOICHIOMETRIC MIX
STILL WASN'T QUITE RIGHT.
I THINK WE HAD TOO MUCH FUEL
AND NOT ENOUGH AIR.
THERE WAS A FULL CAN IN HERE.
THAT IS A TON OF PROPELLANT.
WE FILLED THIS CAR FULL OF
AIR FRESHENER,
AND THE MIXTURE PROVED
TOO RICH FOR ABOUT 40 MINUTES.
SO WE'RE GONNA CLEAN
THE WINDOWS.
WE'RE GONNA PUT SOME PLYWOOD
IN THE BACK WINDOW
THAT I HAD TO BREAK IN ORDER
TO SAFELY APPROACH THE CAR.
THEN WE'LL CUT A HOLE
IN THAT PLYWOOD FOR ME
TO PUT IN THE AIR FRESHENER,
AND WE'VE AGREED WE'RE GONNA
PUT IN FOUR MINUTES OF SPRAY
FROM THE CAN,
NOT THE FULL 12 TO 14 MINUTES,
AND I THINK THAT SHOULD GIVE US
THE RIGHT AIR-FUEL MIXTURE
FOR THE BOOM WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
[ SPRAY HISSING ]
♪♪
THE RIG IS HOT.
WANT TO ARM IT?
[ SWITCH CLICKS ]
-ALL RIGHT.
MAKE SURE WE GET A SPARK,
JESSE.
SPARKING IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
[ ELECTRICITY BUZZING ]
WELL, LOOK AT THAT.
-NOTHING HAPPENED.
-OH, COME ON, VALERIE.
I'M SO DONE WITH THIS.
THIS IS KILLING ME.
THIS IS KILLING ME.
THIS IS AWFUL.
Narrator: THEY NEED TO REMEMBER
THIS ISN'T A FAILURE.
IT'S A RESULT.
BUT AFTER THE SUCCESS OF THEIR
SMALL-SCALE EXPERIMENTS...
-OH, MY GOD!
-OH, MY GOODNESS!
-JEEZ!
-WHOA!
Narrator: ...IT'S NOT THE RESULT
THEY EXPECTED.
VALERIE IS ESPECIALLY VEXED THAT
THE CAR IS STILL IN ONE PIECE.
I'M NOT LEAVING HERE
UNTIL WE SEE SOMETHING EXPLODE.
Narrator:
AND THAT'S A WISH EASILY GRANTED
THANKS TO BOMB RANGE SUPERVISOR
J.D. NELSON
AND A STRATEGICALLY PLACED
WATER IMPULSE CHARGE OF C-4.
FIRE IN THE HOLE!
FIRE IN THE HOLE!
FIRE IN THE HOLE!
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME
SINCE I'VE DONE THAT.
-ALL RIGHT, YOU READY?
-[ MOUTHS WORDS ]
VALERIE, YOU ARE
HOLDING ON TO --
I KNOW, IT'S REAL.
THIS IS C-4 EXPLOSION
IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
♪♪
-DID IT WORK?
-I HAVE NO IDEA.
I SAW THE SHOCK TUBE WORK.
THE CAR DID NOT EXPLODE.
[ EXPLOSION ]
-WHOA!
-WHOA!
NO! I DIDN'T GET TO SEE IT!
-WOW!
-DANG IT!
Narrator: ON A DAY WHEN NOT MUCH
WENT ACCORDING TO PLAN,
THEY WERE ALL LOOKING SOMEWHERE
ELSE WHEN THE CAR WENT UP.
THE MINOR DETAIL THAT SLIPPED
THROUGH THE CRACKS
WAS THAT THE DETONATOR
WAS ON AN EIGHT-SECOND DELAY.
THERE'S ALWAYS THE HIGH SPEED.
THAT IS THE MANTRA
OF "MYTHBUSTERS."
THERE IS ALWAYS THE HIGH SPEED.
SAY IT WITH ME.
All: "THERE IS ALWAYS
THE HIGH SPEED."
Narrator:
AND THIS IS THE HIGH SPEED.
Valerie: OH, MY GOD!
HOLY COW!
Narrator:
THAT BLAST WAS SO POWERFUL
THAT BUSTER'S STODGY SEDAN
BECAME AN INSTANT CONVERTIBLE,
BUT HE'S IN NO CONDITION
TO APPRECIATE IT.
BUSTER!
OH, MY GOODNESS, HIS...
OH, MY GOODNESS.
-A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR BUSTER.
-[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator:
SO HOW DO THEY WANT TO CALL IT?
ALLIE HAS BEEN CHOSEN
TO SPEAK FOR THE TEAM.
THE MYTH IS YOU CAN CAUSE
AN EXPLOSION WITH AIR FRESHENER,
AND FROM WHAT WE'VE SAW
FROM THE SMALL-SCALE TEST,
THAT WAS PRETTY COOL,
AND WE GOT A COOL EXPLOSION.
WHEN WE TOOK IT
TO LARGE-SCALE TESTING,
HOWEVER, WE DIDN'T GET
THE BOOM WE WANTED,
BUT WE STILL GOT THE CAR
TO SET ON FIRE,
SO I WOULD SAY
THIS MYTH IS PLAUSIBLE.
♪♪
Adam: THESE GUYS DID A GREAT JOB
ON THIS STORY.
LET ME FRAME THEIR RESULTS
THIS WAY.
IF I'M A CHEMICAL ENGINEER
DESIGNING AN AIR FRESHENER
USING FLAMMABLE PROPELLANT,
I'M GOING TO TRY
AND ENGINEER A MIXTURE
WITH A VERY NARROW WINDOW
WHERE THAT MIXTURE IS FLAMMABLE.
THAT'S JUST SAFE DESIGN,
AND THE MYTHBUSTERS WERE ABLE
TO FIND
THAT EXPLOSIVE WINDOW IN SCALE,
AND WHILE THE EXPLOSIVE ASPECT
OF IT
ELUDED THEM IN LARGE SCALE,
THEY WERE ABLE TO GET A FIRE,
AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM
CALLING THIS STORY PLAUSIBLE.
FEELS LIKE EXACTLY
THE RIGHT INITIATION
TO THIS JOB.
♪♪