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MythBusters
MythBusters is a popular science television program produced by Australian company Beyond Television Productions originally for the Discovery Channel in the United States. The series has since been distributed by a number of international broadcasters, including SBS in Australia and Quest in the UK. The series stars special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, who use basic elements of the scientific method to test the validity of various rumors, myths, movie scenes, internet videos and news stories in popular culture.
It’s a tough job separating truth from urban legend, but the MythBusters are here to serve. Each week special-effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman take on three myths and use modern-day science to show you what’s real and what’s fiction.
The business of busting myths has proven to be popular. “MythBusters” quickly became one of Discovery Channel’s highest-rated shows with more than 10 million viewers tuning in worldwide every week. Each episode typically tackles between two and four myths, usually within a related topic. There are also themed episodes — the “mega-movie” busts, the pirate show, a set of experiments based on the movie “Jaws” and the popular viewer’s choice shows. “MythBusters” popularity even got Adam and Jamie a cameo on the hit forensics drama “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.”
Filming for MythBusters is based in San Francisco, California, though occasional elements of production are done in Artarmon, Australia. Planning and some experimentation usually takes place at Hyneman’s workshops; experiments that require more space or special accommodations are filmed on location, typically around the Bay Area of San Francisco and sometimes other parts of Northern California. During the third season, several members of Savage and Hyneman’s team (“The Build Team”) were organized into a second team and now typically test separate myths from the main duo.
Over the course of 100 episodes since 2002, “MythBusters” has declared more than 300 myths confirmed, busted or plausible. (For the record, the above myths were all busted.) They’ve blown up, shot up and drowned everything from a hot water heater to a young fan’s parent’s car in the process. But “MythBusters” isn’t all about destruction — it’s just a perk of the job. Jamie and Adam, along with their partners on the build team, use the scientific method to conduct controlled, albeit sometimes messy, experiments. The original idea was to have fun and educate — to have science meet entertainment.
