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Overview
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Release Date:
3 October 2003 (USA)
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Genre:
Tagline:
They don't just tell the myths; they put them to the test See more »
Plot:
A weekly documentary in which two Hollywood special effects experts attempt to debunk urban legends by directly testing them. Full summary »
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Awards:
Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys.
Another 1 win
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1 nomination
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NewsDesk:
(184 articles)
'MythBusters' gets 'Crabtastic' as 'Deadliest Catch' captains stop by
(From Zap2It - From Inside the Box. 8 May 2013, 2:08 PM, PDT)
“MythBusters” returns May 1, celebrates 10th anniversary
(From ChannelGuideMag. 18 April 2013, 9:22 AM, PDT)
Discovery goes Naked for two new survival series
(From EW.com - Inside TV. 4 April 2013, 11:06 AM, PDT)
(From Zap2It - From Inside the Box. 8 May 2013, 2:08 PM, PDT)
“MythBusters” returns May 1, celebrates 10th anniversary
(From ChannelGuideMag. 18 April 2013, 9:22 AM, PDT)
Discovery goes Naked for two new survival series
(From EW.com - Inside TV. 4 April 2013, 11:06 AM, PDT)
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One of the few shows on TV I actually make time for
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Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 6 of 43) | Jamie Hyneman | ... | Himself - Host (222 episodes, 2003-2013) |
 | Robert Lee | ... | Narrator (222 episodes, 2003-2013) |
 | Adam Savage | ... | Himself - Host (220 episodes, 2003-2013) |
 | Kari Byron | ... | Herself - Host / ... (205 episodes, 2003-2013) |
 | Tory Belleci | ... | Himself - Host / ... (203 episodes, 2004-2013) |
 | Grant Imahara | ... | Himself - Host / ... (181 episodes, 2005-2013) |
Series Directed by | |||
| Alice Dallow | (72 episodes, 2005-2012) | ||
| Tabitha Lentle | (52 episodes, 2006-2009) | ||
| Lauren Gray Williams | (41 episodes, 2010-2012) | ||
| Steve Christiansen | (15 episodes, 2011-2012) | ||
| Peter Rees | (12 episodes, 2003-2004) | ||
| Andrew Farrell | (6 episodes, 2004-2005) | ||
| Brian Leckey | (6 episodes, 2009-2012) | ||
| Eric Haven | (2 episodes, 2012) | ||
Series Writing credits | ||
| Peter Rees | (60 episodes, 2003-2012) | |
| Chris Williams | (52 episodes, 2005-2012) | |
| Jessica Mallett | (26 episodes, 2009-2012) | |
| Jessica Auty | (7 episodes, 2011-2012) | |
| Dan Tapster | (6 episodes, 2010-2012) | |
| Ross Gallen | (5 episodes, 2009-2011) | |
| Nicholas Searle | (3 episodes, 2012) | |
| Andrew Farrell | (2 episodes, 2003-2004) | |
| Steve Christiansen | (2 episodes, 2011) | |
| Mark Barlin | (unknown episodes) | |
| Steve Matthews | (unknown episodes) | |
Series Produced by | |||
| Linda Wolkovitch | .... | associate producer / coordinating producer / ... (177 episodes, 2004-2012) | |
| Eric Haven | .... | associate producer / field producer / ... (152 episodes, 2005-2012) | |
| John Hunt | .... | associate producer (89 episodes, 2006-2012) | |
| Alice Dallow | .... | associate producer / producer / ... (67 episodes, 2003-2012) | |
| Mary Donahue | .... | executive producer (56 episodes, 2006-2008) | |
| Tabitha Lentle | .... | producer (54 episodes, 2006-2010) | |
| Dennis Kwon | .... | associate producer (52 episodes, 2009-2012) | |
| Lauren Gray Williams | .... | producer / senior producer / ... (51 episodes, 2010-2012) | |
| Dan Tapster | .... | executive producer (37 episodes, 2009-2012) | |
| John Luscombe | .... | executive producer: Beyond Productions / executive producer (34 episodes, 2005-2012) | |
| Brian Dean | .... | coordinating producer: Discovery Channel / producer: Discovery Channel / ... (32 episodes, 2009-2012) | |
| Sadhana Jethanandani | .... | line producer (30 episodes, 2009-2012) | |
| Tracy Rudolph | .... | executive producer: Discovery Channel / supervising producer / ... (29 episodes, 2009-2012) | |
| Jamie Hyneman | .... | executive producer (29 episodes, 2010-2012) | |
| Adam Savage | .... | executive producer (29 episodes, 2010-2012) | |
| Peter Rees | .... | series producer / executive producer (27 episodes, 2003-2010) | |
| Yvette Solis | .... | associate producer (24 episodes, 2011-2012) | |
| Rob Hammersley | .... | co-executive producer (22 episodes, 2007-2008) | |
| Steve Christiansen | .... | producer / supervising producer / ... (22 episodes, 2009-2012) | |
| Jacquelyn Marker | .... | associate producer (17 episodes, 2010-2012) | |
| Cameo Wallace | .... | executive producer: Discovery Channel (11 episodes, 2012) | |
| Andrew Farrell | .... | producer / post producer (9 episodes, 2004-2010) | |
| Mark D'Anna | .... | associate producer (9 episodes, 2010) | |
| Scott Rettberg | .... | associate producer (7 episodes, 2006) | |
| Wendy Woll | .... | producer (4 episodes, 2009) | |
| Sadhana Hethanandani | .... | line producer (4 episodes, 2010) | |
| Brian Leckey | .... | producer / senior producer (3 episodes, 2009-2012) | |
| Jessica Mallett | .... | senior post producer (3 episodes, 2012) | |
| Richard Dowlearn | .... | producer (2 episodes, 2005-2010) | |
| Sean Gallagher | .... | executive producer (2 episodes, 2010) | |
| Gena McCarthy | .... | executive producer (2 episodes, 2010) | |
| Judy Plavnick | .... | executive producer (2 episodes, 2010) | |
Series Original Music by | |||
| Neil Sutherland | (36 episodes, 2005-2012) | ||
Series Cinematography by | |||
| Tim Alewood | (34 episodes, 2005-2008) | ||
Series Film Editing by | |||
| Evan Grimm | (48 episodes, 2006-2013) | ||
| Dana Hughes | (20 episodes, 2003-2008) | ||
| Andrew Cooke | (14 episodes, 2006-2008) | ||
| Torin Mathias | (10 episodes, 2010-2012) | ||
| Michael Drake | (8 episodes, 2009-2012) | ||
| Philippa Rowlands | (7 episodes, 2003-2004) | ||
| Toby Prior | (4 episodes, 2004) | ||
| Rob Buttery | (4 episodes, 2005-2006) | ||
| Teresa O'Mara | (4 episodes, 2008-2012) | ||
| Cliff Wilding | (3 episodes, 2006) | ||
| Robin Crago | (2 episodes, 2011) | ||
Series Production Management | |||
| Jaime Lipsky | .... | post-production manager / production manager / ... (130 episodes, 2007-2012) | |
| Clark Bunting | .... | executive in charge of production: Discovery Channel / executive in charge of production (22 episodes, 2008-2012) | |
| Sydni Dreher | .... | production manager: Discovery Channel (13 episodes, 2011-2012) | |
| Chris Golding | .... | production manager: Discovery Channel / production manager / ... (8 episodes, 2009-2011) | |
| Karen Oberman | .... | unit manager / production manager: San Francisco / ... (8 episodes, 2009-2011) | |
| Mary Bender | .... | production manager: Discovery Channel (7 episodes, 2011) | |
| Lyndsay Kenwright | .... | post-production manager / post production manager / ... (6 episodes, 2011) | |
| Jaime Levin | .... | junior production manager (4 episodes, 2009-2010) | |
| Betsy Ledonne | .... | production manager: Discovery Channel (4 episodes, 2012) | |
| John B. Ford | .... | executive in charge of production / executive in charge of production: Discovery Channel (2 episodes, 2009) | |
| Jenny Fulton | .... | post production team (2 episodes, 2011) | |
| Shane Grace | .... | post production team (2 episodes, 2011) | |
| Sadhana Jethanandani | .... | post production team (2 episodes, 2011) | |
| Rose Kang | .... | post production team (2 episodes, 2011) | |
| Caroline Audcent | .... | production manager (unknown episodes) | |
Series Art Department | |||
| Matthew Noble | .... | shop team / production team (25 episodes, 2011-2012) | |
| Tory Fink | .... | shop team / production team (23 episodes, 2011-2012) | |
| Donald Best | .... | shop team / construction / ... (22 episodes, 2009-2012) | |
| Eric Heyneker | .... | shop team / production team (21 episodes, 2011-2012) | |
| Jesse Cohen | .... | shop team (19 episodes, 2011-2012) | |
| Danny Firpo | .... | shop team (16 episodes, 2011-2012) | |
| Joseph Sargent | .... | shop team / production team (10 episodes, 2012) | |
| Chris Rocha | .... | shop team (7 episodes, 2009-2011) | |
| Matt Cordova | .... | shop team (6 episodes, 2009-2011) | |
| Thatchery Drummond | .... | shop team (5 episodes, 2009-2011) | |
| Will Nail | .... | shop team (5 episodes, 2009-2011) | |
| Mike Kennan | .... | shop team / production team (5 episodes, 2012) | |
| David Nip | .... | production team / shop team (5 episodes, 2012) | |
| Jonathan Nunley-Kilborn | .... | production team / shop team (5 episodes, 2012) | |
| Andrew Conlon | .... | art production assistant (4 episodes, 2010) | |
| Dennis Kwon | .... | production team (3 episodes, 2012) | |
Series Sound Department | |||
| Matt Jepson | .... | location sound / sound: greenscreen / ... (32 episodes, 2009-2012) | |
| Alison Rider | .... | location sound / sound: greenscreen / ... (24 episodes, 2009-2012) | |
| Jen Longhurst | .... | sound recordist (23 episodes, 2004-2008) | |
| Judith Henry | .... | sound recordist (19 episodes, 2003-2004) | |
| Tony Jensen | .... | location sound (7 episodes, 2011-2012) | |
| Brice Picard | .... | sound re-recording mixer (5 episodes, 2003-2004) | |
| Dale Warren | .... | sound mixer (3 episodes, 2003) | |
| Mark Tanner | .... | sound mixer (2 episodes, 2007-2010) | |
| Sebastian Dunn | .... | sound recordist (2 episodes, 2007) | |
Series Special Effects by | |||
| Matt Heron | .... | special effects (12 episodes, 2012) | |
| John McLeod | .... | pyrotechnician (unknown episodes) | |
Series Visual Effects by | |||
| Lars Fields | .... | digital artist (19 episodes, 2003-2004) | |
| Fred Lewis | .... | assistant digital artist (19 episodes, 2003-2004) | |
| Jillian Rose | .... | digital artist (19 episodes, 2003-2004) | |
| Tom Spiers | .... | graphic designer (11 episodes, 2011-2012) | |
| Hamish Gilbert | .... | graphic designer (10 episodes, 2011-2012) | |
| David Timperley | .... | graphic designer (8 episodes, 2011) | |
| Chris Parkinson | .... | graphic designer (3 episodes, 2009-2010) | |
| Katie Winchester | .... | graphic designer (3 episodes, 2012) | |
| Peter Rees | .... | visual effects / visual effects producer (2 episodes, 2003) | |
Series Stunts | |||
| Rocky Capella | .... | stunt coordinator (1 episode, 2006) | |
| Richard Epper | .... | stunt driver (1 episode, 2006) | |
| Mike Martinez | .... | stunt rigger (1 episode, 2006) | |
| Luke Tipple | .... | shark safety coordinator / stunt coordinator (1 episode, 2008) | |
Series Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Ben Hanson | .... | camera operator / camera operator: greenscreen (44 episodes, 2007-2012) | |
| Scott Sorensen | .... | camera operator / high speed camera / ... (32 episodes, 2009-2012) | |
| Duncan Clark | .... | high speed camera / second camera / ... (30 episodes, 2009-2012) | |
| Christopher Norris | .... | second camera operator (29 episodes, 2006-2007) | |
| Will Nail | .... | high speed camera / second camera / ... (26 episodes, 2011-2012) | |
| Scott Stoneback | .... | camera operator (24 episodes, 2005-2007) | |
| Peter Rees | .... | camera operator (14 episodes, 2003-2004) | |
| Tim Alewood | .... | second camera operator (12 episodes, 2004-2005) | |
| Emery Clay III | .... | camera operator (12 episodes, 2008-2011) | |
| Jeremy Wong | .... | high speed camera operator (7 episodes, 2004-2005) | |
| Peter Heap | .... | camera operator (3 episodes, 2009-2010) | |
| Hitesh Makan | .... | camera operator (2 episodes, 2010) | |
| Paul Henry | .... | camera operator (unknown episodes) | |
| Nathan Patterson | .... | high speed camera / second camera operator (unknown episodes) | |
Series Animation Department | |||
| Peter Rees | .... | animator (1 episode, 2003) | |
Series Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Bertrand Pellegrin | .... | wardrobe (1 episode, 2009) | |
Series Editorial Department | |||
| Anthony Toy | .... | on-line editor (27 episodes, 2007-2012) | |
| Jeff Cunich | .... | edit assistant / post team (25 episodes, 2010-2012) | |
| Shane Grace | .... | post team (22 episodes, 2011-2012) | |
| Korey Powell | .... | assistant editor (21 episodes, 2008-2009) | |
| Lyndsay Kenwright | .... | post-production coordinator / editorial department / ... (20 episodes, 2005-2011) | |
| Rebecca Clare | .... | post team (18 episodes, 2011-2012) | |
| Nathan Brand | .... | post team (8 episodes, 2011-2012) | |
| Cameron Power | .... | edit assistant (8 episodes, 2011-2012) | |
| Ra-ey Saleh | .... | on-line editor (4 episodes, 2011-2012) | |
| Travis Handley | .... | post team (3 episodes, 2012) | |
| Belinda Hobbs | .... | edit assistant (3 episodes, 2012) | |
| Rob Jones | .... | edit assistant / post team (2 episodes, 2009-2011) | |
| Geri Berman | .... | post team (2 episodes, 2009-2010) | |
| Sébastien Le Corre | .... | edit assistant (2 episodes, 2011) | |
| David Quinn | .... | edit assistant (2 episodes, 2012) | |
| Sarah Graham | .... | post-production (unknown episodes) | |
| Amanda Hastie | .... | post-production (unknown episodes) | |
| Cliff Wilding | .... | assistant editor (unknown episodes) | |
Series Music Department | |||
| The Dandy Warhols | .... | theme rearranged and performed by (21 episodes, 2011-2012) | |
Series Other crew | |||
| Ria Castle | .... | production coordinator / post-production ap / ... (87 episodes, 2008-2012) | |
| Dennis Kwon | .... | researcher (47 episodes, 2007-2009) | |
| John Hunt | .... | researcher (44 episodes, 2005-2006) | |
| Jon Blumberg | .... | production coordinator (35 episodes, 2006-2007) | |
| Eric Haven | .... | researcher (33 episodes, 2004-2005) | |
| Peter Tehan | .... | legal and business affairs / legal service / ... (33 episodes, 2009-2012) | |
| Matt Cordova | .... | runner (32 episodes, 2008-2009) | |
| Mark Wheeler | .... | production accountant (32 episodes, 2009-2012) | |
| Jenny Fulton | .... | stock footage researcher / researcher / ... (30 episodes, 2009-2012) | |
| Anita Bezjak | .... | program development manager: Beyond Productions (29 episodes, 2009-2012) | |
| Jenny O'Shea | .... | vice president production: business: Beyond Productions / head of production operations and business: Beyond Productions (29 episodes, 2009-2012) | |
| John Luscombe | .... | senior vice president: Beyond Productions (28 episodes, 2009-2012) | |
| Catherine Hoyle | .... | legal and business affairs (27 episodes, 2011-2012) | |
| Cari Hantsbarger | .... | production coordinator / production team (26 episodes, 2011-2012) | |
| Sara Kaplan | .... | senior production coordinator: Discovery Channel / production coordinator / ... (25 episodes, 2009-2012) | |
| Nancy Daniels | .... | executive vice president of production and development: Discovery Channel (22 episodes, 2011-2012) | |
| Bob Parr | .... | risk management (20 episodes, 2008) | |
| Rose Kang | .... | production coordinator (20 episodes, 2011-2012) | |
| Denise Contis | .... | senior vice president of production & development: Discovery Channel (17 episodes, 2011-2012) | |
| Michael Bushroe | .... | researcher (16 episodes, 2006-2011) | |
| Hatiche Karamese | .... | production coordinator (16 episodes, 2011-2012) | |
| Edward Schlesinger | .... | researcher (12 episodes, 2008) | |
| Peter Rees | .... | experiment designer / science advisor (9 episodes, 2003-2004) | |
| Scott Trimble | .... | location consultant / location scout (9 episodes, 2004-2009) | |
| Kris Butler | .... | head set medic (8 episodes, 2004-2010) | |
| Elisha Rivers | .... | research intern (8 episodes, 2006) | |
| Angus Fotheringham | .... | legal service / legal and business affairs / ... (7 episodes, 2009-2010) | |
| Daniel De Rogatis | .... | production coordinator / researcher (5 episodes, 2009-2010) | |
| Kevin Tao Mohs | .... | vice president of production: Discovery Channel (5 episodes, 2010-2011) | |
| Tracy Rudolph | .... | production assistant: Discovery Channel (5 episodes, 2011) | |
| Yvette Solis | .... | production coordinator / production team (4 episodes, 2010-2011) | |
| Francesca Garigue | .... | production coordinator (4 episodes, 2012) | |
| Janet Hillis | .... | production coordinator (4 episodes, 2012) | |
| Rahim Jackson | .... | production coordinator: Discovery Channel (4 episodes, 2012) | |
| Alicia Wenman | .... | production coordinator (4 episodes, 2012) | |
| Alice Dallow | .... | researcher (3 episodes, 2003) | |
| Meghan Driscoll | .... | production coordinator (2 episodes, 2011) | |
| Jim Rockwell | .... | safety officer (unknown episodes) | |
| Kirsten L. Strom | .... | consultant (unknown episodes) | |
| Garett Zunt | .... | researcher (unknown episodes) | |
Series Thanks | |||
| J.D. Nelson | .... | special thanks / special thanks: Alameda County Sheriff's Office (10 episodes, 2009-2012) | |
| Frank Doyle | .... | special thanks / special thanks: Butte County Inter-Agency Bomb Squad (5 episodes, 2010-2012) | |
| Doug DeLong | .... | special thanks (4 episodes, 2009-2012) | |
| Rhett Allain | .... | special thanks (3 episodes, 2011-2012) | |
| Alexander Jason | .... | special thanks (3 episodes, 2011-2012) | |
| Stephen Smith | .... | special thanks / special thanks: NASA Ames Research Center (2 episodes, 2010-2012) | |
| Marvin Ruff | .... | special thanks (2 episodes, 2011-2012) | |
| Nick Concolino | .... | special thanks (2 episodes, 2012) | |
| David Harding | .... | special thanks (2 episodes, 2012) | |
| Randy Lamb | .... | special thanks (2 episodes, 2012) | |
| Daniel Meyer | .... | special thanks (2 episodes, 2012) | |
| Dan Powell | .... | special thanks (2 episodes, 2012) | |
| Brian Schumacher | .... | special thanks (2 episodes, 2012) | |
| Jason Winger | .... | special thanks (2 episodes, 2012) | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Discovery Channel (2003-) (USA) (all media)
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2006) (UK) (TV)
- Discovery Channel UK (2005-) (UK) (TV)
- Discovery Channel (200?) (Netherlands) (TV)
- SBS Net (2008) (Denmark) (TV)
- Airtrax special thanks
- Dewalt Industrial Tool Co. special thanks
- Freightliner Trucks special thanks
- Hobart Welding special thanks
- Mark Tanner Sound audio mix
- PCB Piezotronics special thanks (as PCB Piezotronics Inc.)
- Plasschaert & Associates special thanks: entertainment risk & safety consultants
- Road Rebel production travel
- U-Save Equipment Rental special thanks
- Yamaha special thanks
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USA:44 min
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USA:TV-PG | Australia:G (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | USA:TV-14 (some episodes) | Singapore:PG (some episodes)
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Trivia:
Among the shelves of spare parts on the M5 Industries workshop where the series is filmed are boxes which purportedly contain: - Seat Belts - Rolled Wire - Plexi Scraps - Clay (Colored) - Putrid Pork - Rubber Balls - Sports Balls - Plastic Tubes - Fresh Fish - Leg Gear - Extension Cords - Suits and Booties - Safety Harness - Fiber Optics - Small Pumps - Netting - Filaments - Models (Trains) - Oil Clay - UltraCal - Squirrel Cage FansSee more »
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).See more »
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Rarely do we, the television audience, experience the privilege of a show that is equal parts educational and entertaining. Not that I'm learning anything from it, mind you, but other people very well might.
The simple premise is that our two hosts, Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, recreate the conditions of popular myths to verify or, as is more often the case, bust them. Of course, a premise alone does not a good show make. The fun comes from watching Jamie and Adam gleefully trounce the sometimes ridiculous stories. Adam is the energetic and outgoing one, taking every opportunity to goof off and make the work look more like play, whereas Jamie reacts to things with a much drier sense of humor and is somewhat more sarcastic. I was as disappointed as anyone upon learning of the inclusion of three "Jr. Mythbusters" for the second season, but my concern was ill-founded, as I realized that they had just as much personality as Jamie and Adam, and my conclusion is that anyone who thinks the show has gone downhill as a result of the new additions is simply averse to any change whatsoever. The show remains a favorite.
On a side note, you really have to admire how smart these guys are. Most of what they do can be traced back to physics, which makes me respect them all the more, based on my consistent inability to grasp the simplest of concepts in this particular field.