| Description |
1 videodisc : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1. |
| Note |
Title from disc. |
| Performer |
Hosted by Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage ; narrated by Robert Lee. |
| Note |
First 3 pilot episodes from the Discovery Channel. |
| Contents |
Pilot 1: Jet-assisted Chevy -- Pop rocks and soda Pilot 2: Vacuum toilet -- Biscuit bazooka -- Leaping lawyer -- Pilot 3: Larry's lawn-chair balloon -- Goldfinger -- Poppy seed drug test. |
| Summary |
Pilot 1. Jamie & Adam test the claim that an Air Force sergeant attached a rocket to the roof of a '67 Chevy Impala, leaving only a blackened crater in the side of a mountain. Then, see if Pop Rocks and soda could have killed Mikey, star of Life cereal commercials; pilot 2. Investigate the story of a woman on an airplane who got stuck on the toilet, forcing it to land. Then, see if it's possible for raw biscuit dough to explode in a hot car; pilot 3. Can a guy float away on his lawn chair, lifted by a bunch of weather balloons? And, see if gold body paint, as shown in Goldfinger, causes death by skin suffocation. Will poppy-seed bagels produce a "positive" result in a drug test? |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Subject |
Urban folklore.
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Popular culture -- Mythology.
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Science in popular culture -- Experiments.
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Science -- Experiments.
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Pseudoscience.
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Curiosities and wonders.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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| Added Author |
Hyneman, Jamie.
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Savage, Adam.
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Lee, Robert, 1957-
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Discovery Communications, Inc.
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Beyond Productions.
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Discovery Channel (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Mythbusters (Television program)
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| Music No. |
734178-B Discovery Channel |
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