1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,640 On this episode of MythBusters, is it pancake day for this compact in the head on from hell? 2 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:14,940 Once you guys go, you just go. 3 00:00:14,940 --> 00:00:18,880 Or with big rigs on the loose, are the MythBusters toast. 4 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:19,880 Details. 5 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:20,880 I know. 6 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:26,040 And can vodka cure bad breath and cheesy feet? 7 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:32,880 Grant and Adam go head to toe in an up close and personal hygiene test. 8 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:34,880 There is no dignity in television. 9 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:38,920 Who are the MythBusters? 10 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:42,800 Adam Savage. 11 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:43,800 And Jamie Heineman. 12 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:46,880 Aren't Tracer rounds illegal? 13 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:50,480 Between them more than 30 years special effects experience. 14 00:00:50,480 --> 00:00:52,600 That's what I'm talking about. 15 00:00:52,600 --> 00:01:00,760 They don't just tell the myths, they put them to the test. 16 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:12,400 So here's the story. 17 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:14,920 Two semi trucks head on collision. 18 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:18,920 The collision is so strong that they are fused together and have to be taken away to a wreckage 19 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,360 yard in one piece. 20 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:25,200 After a while there's a really terrible sort of decomposing smell. 21 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:29,320 And they start to pull the trucks part to find out what's going on with the smell. 22 00:01:29,320 --> 00:01:34,800 And they find a small European car completely squished into a pancake with the driver still 23 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:35,800 inside. 24 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:36,800 I've heard the story. 25 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:41,160 The way I heard it though is that one of the trucks was tailgating another. 26 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:47,240 First driver slammed on the brakes, second truck smashed into him and you know the same 27 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:48,840 thing, driver got pancake. 28 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:53,320 Well you know even though Kerry's scenario is a little less plausible, I think that's 29 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:57,480 one that we should do because that's the one that has the biggest spectacle, it's the 30 00:01:57,480 --> 00:01:58,480 biggest impact. 31 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:04,160 You know a head on collision with two full sized semi trailer trucks going 60, 75 miles 32 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:06,440 an hour, that's what we want. 33 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:07,760 And that's what you got. 34 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:12,440 Minus the compact in the movie Matrix Reloaded. 35 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:17,160 In this famous collision the two semi trailers did fuse together. 36 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:20,720 But this sequence was created by CGI. 37 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:29,040 The Mythbusters planned to pull this off with real trucks and with a compact car in between. 38 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:34,440 With a budget the size of Reloaded's daily donut allowance, Kerry and Tori hit the road 39 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:37,720 in search of two free semi trailers. 40 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:47,360 The trail takes them to the Specialty Truck Park. 41 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:52,360 Manager Dan Green shows them some trucks with a cab over engine configuration. 42 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:55,400 They're flat fronted for maximum squashing power. 43 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:56,720 Alright this is what we're trying to do. 44 00:02:56,720 --> 00:03:02,000 This is the compact car, these are the trucks. 45 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:03,000 That's what we're trying to do. 46 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:04,000 I think I cut my hair. 47 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:05,520 Ah this one's good. 48 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:10,000 It's tall, it's wide, it's the cab over there. 49 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,800 All that's missing are a couple of trailers to trash. 50 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:15,800 And Dan calls in an old favor. 51 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:16,800 They're on the way. 52 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:17,800 Dan, making it happen. 53 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:23,800 So we can take that truck and that truck, get us a couple trailers, we're good to go. 54 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:28,320 Looks like the Mythbusters have pulled off another piece of prize panhandling. 55 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:30,680 And the myth is up and running. 56 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:33,560 The plausibility of this myth is actually looking really good. 57 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:39,200 It sounds like from Dan's point of view, with the right size, mass, momentum and shape, 58 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:42,640 we might be able to smash this little car into a pancake. 59 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:46,240 Sounds encouraging. 60 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:51,120 While Tori and Kerry have been shopping for semis, built team buddy Grant has been looking 61 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:55,200 for a vacant stretch of freeway to smash them on. 62 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:58,280 By an amazing coincidence, this Allen M. 63 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:05,280 The freeway was specially constructed for, you guessed it, Matrix Reloaded. 64 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:12,280 One of the biggest sets in movie history, it allowed the director to shoot take after 65 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:16,280 take, without having to close off public roads. 66 00:04:16,280 --> 00:04:20,280 What I'm looking for here is a straight 3,000 foot run. 67 00:04:20,280 --> 00:04:24,280 I also need a straight 3,000 foot run. 68 00:04:24,280 --> 00:04:27,280 What I'm looking for here is a straight 3,000 foot run. 69 00:04:27,280 --> 00:04:30,280 I also need a 1,500 foot run. 70 00:04:30,280 --> 00:04:33,280 Those two are going to meet and form a T. 71 00:04:33,280 --> 00:04:38,280 At the intersection of the T is going to be ground zero, where two semis will collide 72 00:04:38,280 --> 00:04:45,280 and hopefully make an already compact European car even more compact. 73 00:04:45,280 --> 00:04:51,280 1,500 feet, 1,500 feet, 1,500 feet. 74 00:04:52,280 --> 00:04:55,280 They've got the track, the trucks and the trailers. 75 00:04:55,280 --> 00:04:58,280 But how about the small matter of the compact? 76 00:04:58,280 --> 00:05:00,280 No problem. 77 00:05:00,280 --> 00:05:03,280 I've traveled all the way out to the suburbs because we've got a fan here who's willing 78 00:05:03,280 --> 00:05:08,280 to relinquish his small European vehicle to be completely pancake between our two semi trucks. 79 00:05:08,280 --> 00:05:11,280 Mythbusters fans just keep on giving. 80 00:05:11,280 --> 00:05:13,280 How long has it been sitting in your driveway? 81 00:05:13,280 --> 00:05:15,280 About five years. 82 00:05:15,280 --> 00:05:16,280 Really? 83 00:05:16,280 --> 00:05:19,280 And you're willing to just let us destroy it? 84 00:05:19,280 --> 00:05:21,280 Well, I think it goes to a good cost. 85 00:05:21,280 --> 00:05:23,280 I think it'll be a lot of fun. 86 00:05:23,280 --> 00:05:24,280 So you've seen the show? 87 00:05:24,280 --> 00:05:25,280 Oh yes, many times. 88 00:05:25,280 --> 00:05:26,280 You know what it's in for? 89 00:05:26,280 --> 00:05:27,280 Yes, I do. 90 00:05:32,280 --> 00:05:34,280 Oh, nice. 91 00:05:36,280 --> 00:05:37,280 It's definitely little. 92 00:05:37,280 --> 00:05:38,280 Let's open it. 93 00:05:42,280 --> 00:05:45,280 Oh, this is sweet. 94 00:05:45,280 --> 00:05:47,280 This is way too nice. 95 00:05:47,280 --> 00:05:51,280 The motor's gone so it's time to move on to bigger and better things. 96 00:05:51,280 --> 00:05:54,280 It breaks my heart to think that we're going to smash this car up. 97 00:05:54,280 --> 00:05:56,280 The upholstery is perfect. 98 00:05:56,280 --> 00:05:57,280 It's so cute. 99 00:05:57,280 --> 00:05:59,280 Oh well, she'll get over it. 100 00:06:00,280 --> 00:06:05,280 Well, we've gotten the requested vehicles, but none of us is really sure how you're going to be able 101 00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:08,280 to crash these two semis at the same time. 102 00:06:08,280 --> 00:06:12,280 We're going to put tow cables on the front of each of the semis. 103 00:06:12,280 --> 00:06:14,280 We're going to pull them towards the center point, 104 00:06:14,280 --> 00:06:18,280 but both cables will be pulled by the same tow vehicle. 105 00:06:18,280 --> 00:06:25,280 Air go, both trucks ought to hit that small European car at precisely the same moment. 106 00:06:25,280 --> 00:06:28,280 The plan is for a T-shaped crash course, 107 00:06:28,280 --> 00:06:33,280 with the semis running along the horizontal and the tow truck along the vertical line. 108 00:06:34,280 --> 00:06:36,280 The cables will run through pulleys, 109 00:06:36,280 --> 00:06:41,280 which will be secured in concrete below the compact at ground zero. 110 00:06:41,280 --> 00:06:45,280 The result should be a precision collision. 111 00:06:48,280 --> 00:06:51,280 It's D for Destruction Day at Alameda, 112 00:06:51,280 --> 00:06:53,280 and the crash crew arrives in convoy. 113 00:06:53,280 --> 00:06:55,280 There's a serious smash in store, 114 00:06:55,280 --> 00:07:01,280 but engineering ahead on collision is going to need some cunning choreography. 115 00:07:01,280 --> 00:07:04,280 Okay, Kerry, at either end of the tarmac is a truck. 116 00:07:04,280 --> 00:07:06,280 We're going to connect cables to those trucks 117 00:07:06,280 --> 00:07:10,280 and pull the cables to a central point, which is right here. 118 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:11,280 Okay. 119 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:15,280 So what we need you to do is drill a four-foot deep hole 120 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:18,280 so we can sink a pole in there and put two pulleys on it. 121 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:21,280 Wow, that's quite a plan. 122 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:24,280 A lot of things have to go right for that plan to work. 123 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:25,280 Absolutely. 124 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:27,280 But here's where we start. 125 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:31,280 While Kerry bores the hole at ground zero, 126 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:37,280 Grant and Tori start prepping the trucks for what should be a spectacular swan song. 127 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:43,280 Job number two, we've got a weld guide bar that will help keep the truck straight during the experiment. 128 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:46,280 If they veer off, guide bars will help bring them back in a straight path. 129 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:48,280 They've been here before. 130 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:53,280 The myth of the killer tissue box also called for a high-speed collision under tow. 131 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:59,280 So the guys rigged up a steering rack to keep the crash car on course right up to impact. 132 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:11,280 But can the same technique keep two large trucks on track after the break? 133 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:13,280 Now you know you've made it. 134 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:14,280 Oh, yeah. 135 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:19,280 We all know vodka packs a punch, but can it KO the smell of these puppies? 136 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:24,280 And Jamie gets serious about safety at the crash track. 137 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:26,280 Reinforce the heck out of everything. 138 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:28,280 You know, there can't be anything clumsy here. 139 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:30,280 Or we're screwed. 140 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:37,280 The Mythbusters have a history of testing liquid myths. 141 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:45,280 In a previous episode, they put cola to an array of tests to see if your favorite soda is more than just a thirst quencher. 142 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:48,280 It's kind of rejuvenating the blood, isn't it? 143 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:50,280 Isn't that what they advertise it to do? 144 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:55,280 Now, Carrie has another bevy of bevy myths to test. 145 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:57,280 Okay, what is it? 146 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:03,280 Vodka. Our researchers have been scouring the Internet and have compiled a list of the top vodka myths. 147 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:12,280 Vodka didn't make it to the West until the 1940s, but Russians have been quaffing it for over a thousand years. 148 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:20,280 Today, it's more than just the national drink, it's an icon, and the Russian people believe it possesses mythical powers. 149 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:25,280 Time for a vodka myth. 150 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:32,280 The myth is that washing your foot with vodka is going to cure foot odor. 151 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:37,280 So we're going to do a little comparison. One vodka foot and one commercial foot soap. 152 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:41,280 I'm wearing my oldest shoes today just by happenstance. 153 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:44,280 So my foot odor might be pretty good. 154 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:48,280 Well, I've got a ninja nose here that's going to do my sniff test. 155 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:53,280 This is like some of the ugliest feet I've ever seen. 156 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:56,280 I mean, not like I'm a foot specialist. 157 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:59,280 I think I have to do a before test. 158 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:03,280 Oh, please. Present your foot. How is it? 159 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:08,280 That's not foot odor. That's foot odia. 160 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:11,280 We got a little foot odor here. 161 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:13,280 Oh, yeah, that's good. 162 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:14,280 Okay. 163 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:16,280 Grant, just got to put on the blindfold. 164 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:18,280 Ready. 165 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:22,280 Okay, this is some commercial foot odor soap. 166 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:28,280 And then I've got vodka, which I'm going to use more of a pouring method because there's not as much to soak. 167 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:32,280 Would this be considered a perk of your myth buster experience? 168 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:34,280 Are you talking to me or him? 169 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:40,280 I had to say, I think there's going to be a lot of jealous fans out there, but I'm getting my feet washed by you, Kerry. 170 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:42,280 Now you know you've made it. 171 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:43,280 Oh, yeah. 172 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:46,280 Okay, sir, with mine, soaking in these for a few minutes. 173 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:47,280 No, not at all. 174 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:51,280 Relax in the sunshine and we'll come back for the sniff test. 175 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:52,280 All right. 176 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:57,280 Busting myths. It's a hard life, but someone's got to do it. 177 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:11,280 In the myth of the compact compact, some champion eyelash batting by Kerry has secured two trucks, two trailers and one small car. 178 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:16,280 Now the plan is to turn them into one large metal sandwich. 179 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:22,280 Grant and Tory have been building steering rigs to keep the truck straight under tow. 180 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:26,280 Adam and Jamie arrive to check on progress. 181 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:27,280 Hey guys, how's it going? 182 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:28,280 Hi. 183 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:29,280 What's going on? 184 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:31,280 So is it, what do you think? 185 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:32,280 Is it on or off? 186 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:33,280 It looks like it's going to work. 187 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:34,280 Check it out. 188 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:36,280 It's going to steer it. 189 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:38,280 Now, let's see. 190 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:43,280 So it's just like the killie tissue box with a guide bar that'll self-correct. 191 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:46,280 Right away, Jamie spots a problem. 192 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:49,280 The more I look at this, the more concerned I get actually. 193 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:53,280 I don't mean to reign in your parade, but we only have one shot at this. 194 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:54,280 Right. 195 00:11:54,280 --> 00:12:01,280 And that almost looks like if I had a heavy enough screwdriver and pounded it in there, I could pry it out, you know? 196 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:03,280 And this is, this is a lot of force. 197 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:08,280 Jamie's special effects experience tells him that the rig needs reinforcing. 198 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:19,280 What if you ran a plate welded it on right here and as wide as you can and then weld a filler between this stuff and that. 199 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:22,280 I think it's a great idea because there is no movement of this arm. 200 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:36,280 What we're trying to do is put a guide system on the front of this truck using its own steering system, just helping it along with a lever going forward so that when the tow trucks are pulling them, they're self-guiding. 201 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:38,280 These trucks will go where the cables go. 202 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:40,280 Sounds perfect. 203 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:47,280 While Grandin Tori make the necessary adjustments to the steering rig, Carrie's still busy boring. 204 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:49,280 Inching down this hole. 205 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:50,280 Big five. 206 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:52,280 Very slow process. 207 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:53,280 Wow. 208 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:03,280 It's down three feet. I say we call that good. 209 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:04,280 You bet. 210 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:11,280 Now are you concerned that our stable part is only about 12 inches deep? 211 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:19,280 Because I do have a plan B, which is to have a plate and some reinforcement on that. 212 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:21,280 Reinforce a heck out of everything. 213 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:23,280 You know, there can't be anything flimsy here. 214 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:30,280 With lives at stake, Jamie keeps hammering home the message that this myth should not be taken lightly. 215 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:40,280 The shaft is sunk, the plate is welded and bolted to the tarmac. 216 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:43,280 Things are rolling along nicely. 217 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:45,280 Everything seems to be going along fine out here. 218 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:49,280 These guys are all welding their various parts into place. 219 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:51,280 While they're doing that, I'm going to set up the cable. 220 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:56,280 These are 1500 foot runs of 3 eighths inch cable. 221 00:13:56,280 --> 00:14:00,280 The braking strength on this cable, I believe is close to 20,000 pounds. 222 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:01,280 It's just under that. 223 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:06,280 So the cable should be more than strong enough to pull these trucks up to speed. 224 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:09,280 This crash test needs a dummy. 225 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:11,280 A cube buster. 226 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:19,280 Okay, the wire has been laid, the pulleys have been rigged, and the guide bars have been welded on. 227 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:21,280 Now it's time to move the trucks into position. 228 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:25,280 Plan number one was to pull two semis with one tow truck. 229 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:27,280 But the mass is too great for one. 230 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:32,280 So plan number two involves two tow trucks, that is. 231 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:35,280 I always wanted to watch that happen. 232 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:42,280 Over half a mile away at the other end of the runway, the second tow truck hooks up the other semi. 233 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:52,280 Then the semis are lined up on their starting grids, each one precisely 1500 feet from the compact. 234 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:55,280 Perfect! 235 00:14:57,280 --> 00:15:00,280 That leads just one more piece of the puzzle. 236 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:05,280 Watch your feet around this thing, and we'll kill you. 237 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:07,280 The next step is that we're going to put the weights in the trailer. 238 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:11,280 The weights are steel plates, and each one of them weighs about 5,000 pounds. 239 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:20,280 And the point of this is that we need to simulate the worst case situation, which is with the trailer and a truck that are fully loaded. 240 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:26,280 Everything is set. The scale of the impending crash suddenly hits home. 241 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:27,280 Coming up. 242 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:29,280 They feel squeaky clean. 243 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:33,280 Adam's feet bring Grant to his knees in vodka foot bath. 244 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:34,280 I don't want to do that again. 245 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:38,280 And the mythbusters run for their lives in compact compact. 246 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:40,280 I pictured all of us getting sliced in half. 247 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:47,280 10 vodka cure foot odor. 248 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:50,280 That's the myth, and this is the guinea pig. 249 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:53,280 The unfortunate Grant is the nose. 250 00:15:53,280 --> 00:15:58,280 I just smelled Adam's feet, and it was gnarly. 251 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:10,280 The benefit of the viewers, if I were to rate Adam's foot odor on a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 being perhaps the worst thing I've ever smelled in my life, 252 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:14,280 I'd have to say he's probably about a 7, maybe 8. 253 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:23,280 Since the control sniff, Adam's been taking the weight off, with one foot soaking in commercial foot soap, and the other in a vodka foot bath. 254 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:29,280 He's got high hopes for this myth, but is he underestimating the scale of the problem? 255 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:34,280 They feel squeaky clean. I don't know if they've been this clean in ages. 256 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:46,280 Well, alcohol is definitely a way to kill bacteria, and as bacteria, I believe, are primary cause of foot odor, I think vodka ought to do just fine. 257 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:50,280 I wouldn't be surprised if Grant is unable to tell the difference between the two feet. 258 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:57,280 The condemned man is led from the building. His one last wish that Adam is right. 259 00:16:57,280 --> 00:16:59,280 Hello. 260 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:00,280 Hello. 261 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:03,280 Okay, start with that one. 262 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:05,280 And put your toes like that. 263 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:07,280 They are. 264 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:11,280 Grinch nothing if not thorough. 265 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:19,280 There is no dignity in television. 266 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:24,280 It's not bad. It's really not that, maybe, you know, a 0.5. 267 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:25,280 Wow. 268 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:30,280 All right, well let's try foot number two. 269 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:33,280 Here you are trembling. 270 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:44,280 Okay, this one, I think this one is the vodka foot, and I think I smell just a little trace of something on it. 271 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:49,280 And still, not anywhere near a seven or anything like that. 272 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:53,280 If anything, it's still like a 0.75. It's under one. 273 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:56,280 You got it right. This is actually the vodka foot. 274 00:17:56,280 --> 00:18:00,280 You said, given your druthers, you'd choose the footbath foot over the vodka foot. 275 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:04,280 Both of them removed almost all of the traces of any odor. 276 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:06,280 So I'd say that's myth confirmed. 277 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:07,280 Confirmed. 278 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:08,280 Confirmed. 279 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:10,280 I don't want to do that again. 280 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:11,280 You sure? 281 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:12,280 Yeah. 282 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:27,280 The Mythbusters are attempting to pancake this little car between two big rigs in a high speed head-on collision. 283 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:33,280 The two tow truck drivers are going to be key players, so Jamie gives them the lowdown about the myth. 284 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:40,280 So we've got a car over here, and we've got two semis, and you guys are going to make them go, 285 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:42,280 smack, with the car in the middle. 286 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:45,280 And we even have a crash test dummy in the car ready to go. 287 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:46,280 Have you heard of this myth? 288 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:47,280 No. 289 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:50,280 Not heard anything about it? 290 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:51,280 Actually, I have. 291 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:52,280 You have heard of the myth. 292 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:53,280 What did you hear? 293 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:55,280 Exactly what you described. 294 00:18:55,280 --> 00:19:00,280 According to the myth, a compact car was caught up in a head-on between two semi-trailers. 295 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:05,280 The trucks fused together in the impact, and the wreck was towed off in one piece, 296 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:09,280 with the compact car squashed flat in between them. 297 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:14,280 First, a tow test to see if the cables hold and the steering steers. 298 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:20,280 The tow cables have a braking strain of 20,000 pounds and shouldn't break. 299 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:24,280 The ropes that attach the cables to the tow truck should. 300 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:30,280 They are only good to 6,000 pounds and are designed to snap when the semis collide, 301 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:33,280 so the tow trucks never reach the end of their tether. 302 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:35,280 Of course, no. 303 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:36,280 Hi, Jamie. 304 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:40,280 I have the cable hooked up to the truck, ready when you are. 305 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:41,280 Ready to go? 306 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:42,280 Ready. 307 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:43,280 All right. 308 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:48,280 Everything looks good, Jamie. 309 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:49,280 Over. 310 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:51,280 Looks good. 311 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:53,280 It seems to be working. 312 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:57,280 34,000 pounds of truck, no driver. 313 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:01,280 And there goes the tow roll. 314 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:05,280 We've got ourselves a runaway. 315 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:06,280 Runaway. 316 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:08,280 Cable's coming this way. 317 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:09,280 Right now. 318 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:10,280 Yeah. 319 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:13,280 How do we stop this thing? 320 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:16,280 That's a very good question, with no answer. 321 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:19,280 Get your car out of the way, dad. 322 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:21,280 Get out of the car. 323 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:22,280 This way. 324 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:30,280 I don't see the cable. 325 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:36,280 Eventually, the PsychoSemi comes to rest. 326 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:38,280 Roll to a stop. 327 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:41,280 The truck is rolled to a stop and we're fine. 328 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:44,280 I pictured all of us getting sliced in half. 329 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:47,280 Dude, what are we doing? 330 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:49,280 We're going to crash two big trucks. 331 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:50,280 It's beautiful. 332 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:52,280 I had no idea what your plan was for stopping it. 333 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:54,280 Yeah, there wasn't really a plan. 334 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:59,280 It may not have looked it at home, but that's what the Mythbusters call a successful test. 335 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:03,280 We just did a test pull of our truck to see if it would steer straight. 336 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:05,280 And it did. 337 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:06,280 It did beautifully. 338 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:14,280 In fact, once it was off of its tow line, it actually started to veer way off direction. 339 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:17,280 Luckily, it rolled to a stop behind me here in this field of grass. 340 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:20,280 But man, the sound the cable was making was astonishing. 341 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:23,280 She was like, whew whew whew whew whew. 342 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:25,280 In this case, we saw what we wanted. 343 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:33,280 We narrowly had a little bit of a disaster as far as automobiles getting crunched by a runaway semi-trailer truck. 344 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:36,280 But, you know, details. 345 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:38,280 After the break. 346 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:39,280 All right, we're good to go. 347 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:42,280 The Mythbusters gear up for a pile up. 348 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:46,280 Twenty miles an hour. 349 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:48,280 Don't you wish you were here? 350 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:52,280 And Carrie cuts the cheese in another vodka mist. 351 00:21:56,280 --> 00:22:02,280 At an Alameda film set, the Mythbusters are planning a pile up. 352 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:11,280 They're testing the myth that a compact car smashed between two trucks could be squashed so small that it becomes hidden in the wreckage. 353 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:14,280 So there's heavy duty cable on either side of us. 354 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:16,280 We've got semi-tracks, a small car. 355 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:20,280 What was your plan for not having us all get killed during this collision? 356 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:23,280 The plan is that we've got these trucks out at either end. 357 00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:25,280 They're being pulled by cables. 358 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:28,280 The cables go through a pulley that's right underneath this little car. 359 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:32,280 The tow trucks are pulling the cables out at right angles to this setup. 360 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:37,280 And so if everything's done right, the trucks will meet right in the middle, right on top of the car. 361 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:47,280 With failure more than an option, they decide on a test run to see if the tow trucks can stay neck and neck for the length of the 1,500 foot track. 362 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:50,280 Alright, we're good to go. 363 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:55,280 So start your engines for a high-speed synchronized tow truck test. 364 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:07,280 Grant and Tori are the co-drivers. 365 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:10,280 Twenty miles an hour. 366 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:12,280 You're looking good, you're looking good. 367 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:13,280 A little slower. 368 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:14,280 A little slower. 369 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:17,280 Thirty miles an hour. 370 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:22,280 This is going to be so cool. 371 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:24,280 Don't you wish you were here? 372 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:28,280 Forty-five miles an hour. 373 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:31,280 Going up, going up, going up, faster, faster, faster. 374 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:35,280 This is one race where the aim is a photo finish. 375 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:46,280 We almost made it up to 50 miles an hour. 376 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:52,280 I don't see them rolling over end to end yet, they just made the turn. 377 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:54,280 Just like clockwork. 378 00:23:54,280 --> 00:24:02,280 The trucks reached an acceptable 45 miles per hour, but they weren't quite neck and neck, which has Adam worried. 379 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:11,280 We only have one shot at this crash, so if they don't tighten it up, it means that one truck's going to hit the car a millisecond or two before the other truck hits the car. 380 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:13,280 There's just one finishing touch. 381 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:15,280 Okay, okay, okay. 382 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:19,280 Buster's crash test buddies take their hot seats. 383 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:20,280 Should we put our seatbelt on? 384 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:21,280 Yeah. 385 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:25,280 They seem understandably reticent about the whole deal. 386 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:27,280 Oh, my shoulder's stuck on the gear shift. 387 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:28,280 Okay. 388 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:29,280 Okay. 389 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:32,280 Good. 390 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:33,280 Okay, he's in. 391 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:41,280 Two semi-trailers face each other across 3,000 feet of hot tarmac. 392 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:45,280 On the tow road, the tow trucks rev their engines. 393 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:50,280 In the middle of it all, the tiny compact prepares to meet its maker. 394 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:53,280 Take your seats for the head on from hell. 395 00:24:55,280 --> 00:25:02,280 I am in the chase car about to follow one of these empty trucks of doom towards its final end. 396 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:06,280 And I'm totally psyched. 397 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:10,280 This is probably the best view to see this from. 398 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:11,280 I can't wait. 399 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:14,280 The anticipation is all too much for me. 400 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:15,280 I need a drink. 401 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:31,280 I got another vodka myth here, one that is very strange and I've never heard it before, but you can make vodka into mouthwash. 402 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:42,280 All you need is about a cup of vodka, 9 tablespoons of cinnamon, you seal it up in an airtight container for 2 weeks and it's supposed to come out mouthwash. 403 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:48,280 All you gotta do is strain out all of the cinnamon and you'll have fresh, clean breath. 404 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:53,280 To test it out, Carrie needs a myth buster who needs help with halitosis. 405 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:58,280 You might get mad at me, but Adam's got some rank breath sometimes. 406 00:25:58,280 --> 00:25:59,280 I don't know if he knows. 407 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:00,280 Oh, he knows. 408 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:04,280 Because Carrie told him during an outtake in a previous myth. 409 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:05,280 No, I can't. 410 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:08,280 But your breath is really bad. 411 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:10,280 You look sorry. 412 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:16,280 That's my breath, baby. 413 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:20,280 So can a homemade high octane mouthwash do the trick? 414 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:24,280 And this is the plastic bottle brand vodka. 415 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:27,280 Oh, he's the finest for myth busters. 416 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:34,280 One cup of gut rot, then the cinnamon to create a kind of mud slushy. 417 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:38,280 So far this is not looking much like mouthwash. 418 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:42,280 In fact, it looks like another experiment we've done with Adam. 419 00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:54,280 You let this sit for 2 weeks and then we'll filter it through a white coffee filter and then we should have some mouthwash. 420 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:57,280 Okay, so try not to drink this for 2 weeks. 421 00:26:57,280 --> 00:26:59,280 It'll be hard to restrain myself. 422 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:02,280 Man, that just looks so good. 423 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:12,280 Right, it's been 2 weeks for my vodka mouthwash and all the cinnamon is totally solidified at the bottom of the flask. 424 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:16,280 It's a nice brown liquid. I don't know if I'd use that for mouthwash, but it's time to filter it. 425 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:20,280 Vodka mouthwash, commercial mouthwash. 426 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:23,280 Now all I need is my subject with nasty breath. 427 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:25,280 Who could I get? 428 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:30,280 What is that horrible, horrible smell? 429 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:35,280 To ensure Adam's breath is truly rank, Carrie's got a couple of treats in store. 430 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:38,280 Is it even legal to sell cheese that looks like this? 431 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:39,280 Oh! 432 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:47,280 I have for you cigarettes. 433 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:50,280 Thank you, garlic. 434 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:52,280 Ooh, a burnt. 435 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:54,280 And the piece de la résistance. 436 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:56,280 Some sticky foot cheese. 437 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:14,280 You know what, my eyes are watering being in the vicinity of these 3 items. 438 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:17,280 I think I need an official tester. 439 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:19,280 So while you continue chewing... 440 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:23,280 Granting Mahara! I need your nose! 441 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:26,280 Dead man walking. 442 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:34,280 Up next, it's no giggle as Adam gargles with Mythbusters mouthwash. 443 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,280 The birds. 444 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:40,280 When one big rig bows out, it's crunch time at Alameda. 445 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:42,280 Oh no! 446 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:49,280 Vodka's odorless, but can you mix it with cinnamon to take away bad breath? 447 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:56,280 To test the myth, Adam has poisoned his palate with runny cheese, fresh garlic and cigarettes. 448 00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:58,280 Grant has drawn the short straw. 449 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:02,280 And I'm going to need you to smell it before and after. 450 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:08,280 Go away, cleanse your nose, and then come do the second test for the second mouthwash. 451 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:10,280 Are you ready for the challenge? 452 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:12,280 I'm ready. 453 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:14,280 First, the before test. 454 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:22,280 Not that bad. Definitely the worst breath I've ever smelled, but if I were to give it a breath scale, 455 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:24,280 it wasn't actually that unpleasant. 456 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:26,280 Maybe a 7. 457 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:28,280 7. I'll call that a 7. 458 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:31,280 To give you a yardstick, a camel scores 6. 459 00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:35,280 So can the Mythbusters mouthwash freshen up the breath of death? 460 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:38,280 Okay, first we're going to administer the vodka mouthwash. 461 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:41,280 Don't forget the goggle. 462 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:46,280 That burns. 463 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:49,280 It's killing all the bad breath odor. 464 00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:51,280 It's killing something. 465 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:53,280 How do they look? 466 00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:54,280 Okay, you ready? 467 00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:57,280 Okay, Grant, brace yourself. 468 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:04,280 Yeah, cinnamony, actually. 469 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:07,280 Kind of like, you know, cinnamon toast. 470 00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:09,280 Actually quite pleasant. 471 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:11,280 Give us another... 472 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:13,280 Ooh, you know. 473 00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:19,280 I did sense a little something on the finish there. 474 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:24,280 Grant the nose in Mahara is becoming quite the connoisseur. 475 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:28,280 Coming out initially, very nice, you know, maybe a 1, really. 476 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:33,280 But the finish was definitely a little smoky. 477 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:35,280 So that's going to make it like a 3. 478 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:37,280 7 to 3, that's definitely an improvement. 479 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:41,280 Oh, absolutely, from liquid death to cinnamon toast. 480 00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:47,280 Okay, let's go ahead and back room while we bring out the cheese again, and I'll reload. 481 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:49,280 Garlic reloading. 482 00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:55,280 Stinky foot cheese reloading. 483 00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:00,280 Can I go home? 484 00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:07,280 When Adam's smelling like a French farmer's moldy sock, the nose returns for test number two. 485 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:11,280 Paging Dr. in Mahara to the white courtesy telephone. 486 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:12,280 Okay, you ready? 487 00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:14,280 Okay, hit me. 488 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:18,280 Yeah, same as before. 489 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:20,280 It's about a 7, yeah. 490 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:23,280 So it's a level playing field. 491 00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:27,280 Now, can the commercial mouthwash outscore the vodka? 492 00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:31,280 That burns too, just a little bit. 493 00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:40,280 You know, interestingly enough, I get the same cigarette finish on this. 494 00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:43,280 You just can't wipe away the cigarette stink. 495 00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:47,280 But other than that, you know, same pleasant mouth sweetening ability. 496 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:50,280 So it's about a 3, it's about the same as the vodka mouthwash. 497 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:51,280 Yeah, it's about the same. 498 00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:55,280 I'd have to say that that's myth confirmed. It actually worked. 499 00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:57,280 All right, good. Can I go now? 500 00:31:57,280 --> 00:31:58,280 Yes. 501 00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:08,280 Back at Alameda, it's showtime. 502 00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:13,280 The mythbusters are all set to pancake a compact between two semi-trailers. 503 00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:18,280 Two tow trucks will pull the semis, but can they stay neck and neck? 504 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:23,280 And will the semis fuse together and crush the compact between them? 505 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:24,280 Okay, ready? 506 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:27,280 Go. 507 00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:30,280 There's no burning rubber in this start. 508 00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:37,280 With almost 80,000 pounds of truck under tow, the power must be squeezed on slowly. 509 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:40,280 We're at 10 miles an hour. 510 00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:50,280 As the pace increases, friction overheats the pulleys. 511 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:54,280 35 miles an hour. 512 00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:59,280 Then one tow truck falls behind. 513 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:03,280 It must make up ground or be late for impact. 514 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:05,280 You guys, you just pick up. 515 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:11,280 800 feet and closing. 516 00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:17,280 Then disaster. 517 00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:22,280 The second truck is out of control, I believe, over. 518 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:24,280 Oh, shoot. Oh, no. 519 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:26,280 Oh, no. 520 00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:36,280 The other truck hurdles on unstoppable. 521 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:39,280 There goes the car. 522 00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:59,280 Well, at least it worked kind of like a good break. 523 00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:02,280 Look at that. 524 00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:03,280 Whoa. 525 00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:07,280 It bent the rod. 526 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:10,280 Oh, that's smoking. 527 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:12,280 I don't know, this is going to be tough to fix and reset. 528 00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:14,280 It's already half pulled out of the ground. 529 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:15,280 Wow. 530 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:19,280 We dragged our cable all the way there, so our breakaway rope didn't fail. 531 00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:22,280 Well, something did. 532 00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:26,280 The question is what and can it be fixed for another bite at the cherry? 533 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:28,280 The car is still more or less intact. 534 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:31,280 Well, the back end is pretty crushed in, but yeah. 535 00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:35,280 Intact must be myth busties for total right off. 536 00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:39,280 And in plain English, the truck's steering rack is screwed. 537 00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:42,280 But Adam's thinking that all is not lost. 538 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:44,280 We'll have to remake the guide bar. 539 00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:47,280 However, we have to do it. 540 00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:52,280 Though badly damaged, the compact is more of an omelet than a pancake. 541 00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:55,280 And it's in good enough shape for another smash. 542 00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:56,280 Just. 543 00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:03,280 So, how about the second truck? 544 00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:07,280 The tow cable is sheared just five feet from its end. 545 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:12,280 It's 20,000-some-odd-pound test cable. 546 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:16,280 I think the jerking as we were trying to catch up to the other guy. 547 00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:17,280 A higher load. 548 00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:22,280 What could have happened with the jerking is that this truck could have accelerated too fast 549 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:24,280 and rolled over its own cable. 550 00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:31,280 Now, it's all hands on deck to get everything ship-shaped for one more shot at the compact. 551 00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:39,280 Some delicate fine-tuning. 552 00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:40,280 Fine-tuning. 553 00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:50,280 They calculate that to get a second shot, they must reset in under two hours. 554 00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:55,280 We're good here. 555 00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:56,280 Sweet. 556 00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:02,280 Jamie, we're tight in on this cable. Over. 557 00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:03,280 Over. 558 00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:10,280 All righty then. 559 00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:12,280 Now we just have to go to the tow truck. 560 00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:19,280 We get the amazing strength of Jamie Heineman. 561 00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:23,280 And 90 minutes later. 562 00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:25,280 Yeah, here we are again. 563 00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:28,280 I hope you enjoyed that little sequence of failure. 564 00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:30,280 Because we're about to try it again. 565 00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:32,280 So, we got one more shot. 566 00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:40,280 You guys do what you have to do to stay together and to do it as smoothly as possible without jerking. 567 00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:42,280 Because that's what kind of got us. 568 00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:45,280 There's an abort situation. 569 00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:48,280 Are you going to call it out on the radio or are we just going to... 570 00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:49,280 There is no abort. 571 00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:50,280 Okay. 572 00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:52,280 Once you guys go, you just go. 573 00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:55,280 You did the right thing the last time. You just keep going. 574 00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:56,280 Two. 575 00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:58,280 Coming up on This Busters. 576 00:36:58,280 --> 00:36:59,280 Let's go. 577 00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:01,280 Get a load of this. 578 00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:11,280 Take a small European car and two semi trailers. 579 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:16,280 Add five Mythbusters and you should get one heck of a crash. 580 00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:19,280 But will you get a compact compact? 581 00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:21,280 The tow trucks are on the grid. 582 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:24,280 All right, radio check, Grant. 583 00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:27,280 And stand by and Grant's ready. 584 00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:30,280 The countdown starts now. 585 00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:35,280 Three, two, one, go. 586 00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:40,280 Both semis pull away slow and smooth. 587 00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:45,280 Okay. 588 00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:47,280 You looking good? You looking good? 589 00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:50,280 The tow trucks jockey to stay neck and neck. 590 00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:52,280 Look at the lower. 591 00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:58,280 Looking better. 592 00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:00,280 Looking better this time. 593 00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:09,280 Almost 80,000 pounds of truck clothes at a combined speed of 70 miles per hour. 594 00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:12,280 Is this Bye Bye Buster? 595 00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:14,280 Oh my God. 596 00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:16,280 It's going to work. 597 00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:23,280 Oh my God. 598 00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:28,280 Oh my God. 599 00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:30,280 Oh my God. 600 00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:33,280 That was so cool. 601 00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:40,280 Well, it wasn't quite right, but I don't think we can reset. 602 00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:44,280 It's one almighty smash, but no pancake. 603 00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:49,280 The compact got spat out sideways. 604 00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:51,280 Oh my God. 605 00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:55,280 Oh, I'm a little sad because it didn't work perfectly. 606 00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:58,280 It looks like we're going to have to revisit this one. 607 00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:01,280 But wow. 608 00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:03,280 I want to see this pulley. 609 00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:08,280 The biggest ever smash on Mythbusters, and he wants to see the pulley. 610 00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:11,280 That was some serious friction. 611 00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:14,280 He's like, I've had enough. I'm getting out. 612 00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:24,280 Oh my God. That was crazy. 613 00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:26,280 That was ridiculous. 614 00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:29,280 No, you got to get the close up view. 615 00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:31,280 Oh my God. 616 00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:33,280 Oh my God. 617 00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:35,280 That was ridiculous. 618 00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:37,280 No, you got to get the close up view. 619 00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:41,280 What are you guys yelling about? They're not fused. 620 00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:43,280 I don't see any fused together. 621 00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:46,280 That is a beautiful thing. 622 00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:48,280 That was crazy. 623 00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:50,280 Did you really think you were going to confirm the myth? 624 00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:52,280 We actually answered a lot of questions about it. 625 00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:54,280 I mean, look at them. They're not fused together. 626 00:39:54,280 --> 00:39:56,280 They're not welded together. They're not inseparable. 627 00:39:56,280 --> 00:39:58,280 They're easy to pull apart. 628 00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:02,280 And I don't care how fast they were going or how hard they would have hit this thing. 629 00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:05,280 There's not a lot of disappeared between these two engines. 630 00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:07,280 Yeah, this is just like a lot of shrapnel. 631 00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:12,280 There's no solid chunk of fused together impact of any sort. 632 00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:16,280 And the heart of this myth really is whether they could be welded together. 633 00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:19,280 Because the carb is irrelevant. 634 00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:22,280 If these cannot weld together from the force and the heat, 635 00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:23,280 it's just not going to happen. 636 00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:25,280 Which we knew already, but it was fine. 637 00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:29,280 Nothing like a bit of wanton annihilation to brighten up the day. 638 00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:36,280 Let's check on the carnage. 639 00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:39,280 I think we're going to need the jaws of life. 640 00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:44,280 All three crash test dummies have certainly earned their corn. 641 00:40:44,280 --> 00:40:47,280 Okay, we lost a calf there. 642 00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:51,280 Yeah, busters all screwed up. 643 00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:54,280 For Buster, it's just another day at the office. 644 00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:57,280 Broke his bones, didn't he? 645 00:40:58,280 --> 00:41:01,280 That's a little fixing that needs to be done. 646 00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:05,280 Busters busted again, but what about the myth? 647 00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:07,280 It didn't exactly go 100% as I would have hoped, 648 00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:09,280 but I think a lot of questions were answered 649 00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:11,280 and there's some interesting results. 650 00:41:11,280 --> 00:41:15,280 Our compact car, the front wheel and the rear wheel of this car 651 00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:17,280 are almost touching. 652 00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:19,280 I mean, it's pretty compact. 653 00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:22,280 It's been made into a pretty small package. 654 00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:24,280 I still don't think that you'd lose this 655 00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:26,280 between these two trucks, 656 00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:30,280 but it does go to show that even at like 35 miles per hour, 657 00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:32,280 how much force we're actually dealing with. 658 00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:38,280 We had a successful run. 659 00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:40,280 I think the test is valid. 660 00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:43,280 It could have been a little bit more square on. 661 00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:45,280 It could have been a little faster, 662 00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:50,280 but I pretty much think that what we saw happen 663 00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:53,280 would be what would happen to the car. 664 00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:56,280 What would happen in any circumstance like this 665 00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:58,280 at any speed on any highway. 666 00:42:08,280 --> 00:42:11,280 So myth, busted, confirmed or plausible? 667 00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:12,280 What are you voting? 668 00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:14,280 Just like the trucks. 669 00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:16,280 It's busted. 670 00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:18,280 Boy, is it busted. 671 00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:26,280 Nice toggles. 672 00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:28,280 I'm saving those. 673 00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:30,280 Dude, you're salvaging in the middle of the... 674 00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:32,280 Of a rescue operation. 675 00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:35,280 Why else do you think I got into this line of work? 676 00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:48,280 Any survivors? 677 00:42:48,280 --> 00:42:50,280 Yeah, he's missing a leg, but he's good. 678 00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:52,280 Just throw a tourniquet on that. 679 00:42:52,280 --> 00:42:54,280 It'll be fine.