"MythBusters" (2003) TV series 2003-????

User Rating:

9.2/10   

Creator:

Peter Rees

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Release Date:

3 October 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

Plot:

A weekly documentary in which two Hollywood special effects experts attempt to debunk urban legends by directly testing them.

Plot Keywords:

Urban Legend | Experiment | Explosion | Segway | Scientific Research

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win

US TV Schedule:

Sun. Nov. 8	9:00 AM	DSC	Myths Revisited	#2.1
Sun. Nov. 8	10:00 AM	DSC	Killer Tissue Box	#3.17

Cast

Jamie Hyneman	...	Host / ... (131 episodes, 2003-2009)
Adam Savage	...	Host / ... (131 episodes, 2003-2009)
Robert Lee	...	Narrator (130 episodes, 2003-2009)
Kari Byron	...	Herself - Builder / ... (109 episodes, 2003-2009)
Tory Belleci	...	Himself - Builder / ... (107 episodes, 2004-2009)
Grant Imahara	...	Himself - Builder / ... (85 episodes, 2005-2009)
Robin Banks	...	Himself - Narrator (UK screening) (65 episodes, 2003-2006)

Runtime:

USA:44 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

Australia:PG (some episodes) | USA:TV-PG | Australia:G (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

Alameda Naval Air Station, Alameda, California, USA

Company:

Beyond Entertainment

Trivia:

Kari Byron, who joined the team in season 2, can be seen in Jamie's shop working on a computer in the first episode.

Goofs:

Factual errors: At the beginning of the title sequence used during seasons 1-4, the formula for the area of a circle is shown as two times pi times the radius squared (A=2*PI*r2) but the actual formula for the area of a circle is pi times the radius squared (A=PI*r2).

Quotes:

Kari: [after Adam gets shocked by the ark] Do you feel God?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: The Theory of Everything (#8.15)" (2008)

Just love it, and you learn a lot

A fine show, co-hosted by an up-for-anything redheaded seeming goofball (who's actually quite smart and occasionally capable of startling arrogance) and a muscular, mustachioed pain in the a**.

There's obviously tension between the hosts, but it seems to make for more effort and better work on all sides. (One exchange that made it to air: "Quit whining, you big baby"/"F*** off!"/Sound of off-camera things breaking).

They do much useful debunking, but the guys being competitive is what's the most fun about MB. I kinda wish the show hadn't promoted Kari, Tori and Grant to effective co-hosts, since it means less A&J, but the hosts may have real lives to get back to, and perhaps it's been discovered that they do better if they don't spend quite so much time together.