I vote for whatever myth would require them to strip down to their skivvies.
Or further.
Ranchoth, they did a segment on microwave myths and only joked about actually putting a poodle in the nukerator…
Didja see the one where they tested the “you die if you’re covered in paint” myth? They had Jamie in gold-colored tighties that left little to the imagination.
The promos for Mythbusters sometimes show a quick shot of one of the guys (don’t recall if it’s Adam or Jamie) holding a duck up to a microphone. While I know good and damn well the answer to this one, I’d like to see them air this show so that, once and for all, the world will be finally dispelled of this myth (though I doubt it will).
I agree that they should have used an old junker instead of that Corvette for placing dead, decaying pigs in. :eek:
There was also an episode where they had to go to a fetish-type shop and buy super-tight latex bodystockings. I can’t for the life of me remember which myth that was for.
I think it was when they were seeing if it was better to walk or run in the rain.
CaptBushido, what did they determine. I’ve always wondered that myself.
Did they do the “guy-with-a-rocket-car-ends-up-in-a-mountain” one?
Bruce,,
I think the rocket-car one was the series premiere episode. I just loved the scenes of Jamie calling the Air Force to attempt to aquire a JATO rocket. (he was unsuccessful, they ended up using a few hobbyist rocket motors that had more total thrust then a JATO, IIRC).
I can’t remember what they determined.
But didn’t Cecil do a take on that?
Searching…
They found it was better to walk. They also talked (on the show) to the same guys mentioned in the follow-up to Cecil’s column.
I can’t wait to see the rocket/car episode in reruns.
How about the one where Jamie wakes up in a bathtub full of ice, a sharp pain in his side …
I think they made a mistake on the wooden cannon episode. People would not have used a the technique they did.
It seems to me I did see Jamie in a bathtub, having ice poured over him in a promo…
Love the show. The reactions of the people leaning into the car were priceless. I was curious, however…the commercial “death cleaner” claimed he could in fact get the smell out of anything. The guys were unable to totally clean the Corvette…but they are amatures at cleaning. Could the professional really do it?
On the rain running/walking theory, who are we to believe?
Mythbusters showed walking is better.
Cecil Adams says running is better.
For all the smugness of the professional, I doubt it. As Adam and Jamie noted, you could have gotten every atom of stench out of the visible interior of the car, but the minute you turned on the A/C…
This is the only show I make a point of watching every week anymore. (Well, OK, that and NFL Matchup, for the football pool.) Great stuff.
I think it is possible to completely rid the car of the stench. The real question is about feasibility…
I wonder what would have happened if they immersed the entire car in a cleaning solution instead of trying to wipe it down?
It wouldn’t run anymore, for one. 
Lol, well it didn’t run after they gutted it anyway, so what did they have to lose? Similarly to Icerigger, I wondered what would happen if they just dipped the entire car in a giant vat of MEK…