Show Summary:
A Hollywood lighting myth is tested; experiments to stop out-of-control cars are conducted. Will be aired: Wednesday June 22nd, 2011.
Adam and Jamie decide to take on the roles of tomb raiders as they anxiously test out ancient mirrors and their ability to light up a tomb. Meanwhile, The trio tests whether or not they can stop a high-speed runaway car by using another car to pull in front of the runaway and stop it.Did a Medieval Chinese astrologer make it into space by strapping rockets to his chair and setting them off? Just how hard IS it to find a needle in a haystack? Can you in fact go insane by having water drip on your forehead?
These are just a few of the myths, urban legends, and improbable sayings that the Mythbusters try to figure out. Comprised of special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Heineman - as well as their mottley crew of Mythbuilders, Mythterns, and resident 'crash test dummy' Buster - they don't just tell the myths, they put them to the test to see which ones are possible, and which ones are just plain bunk. As of 2008, MYTHBUSTERS has tested 600 myths, done over 1,900 experiments and created over 650 explosions to prove these Myths Right or Wrong!
A Hollywood lighting myth is tested; experiments to stop out-of-control cars are conducted. Will be aired: Wednesday June 22nd, 2011.
