1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:17,600 On this episode of Mythbusters, Adam and Jamie go blind and then get blind drunk. 2 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:19,360 Be a con drunk, over. 3 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:25,200 As they test an intoxicating car-caper from Hollywood. 4 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:28,320 Can a blind person really drive without crashing? 5 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:32,560 You've got an actual blind person driving the car. 6 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:39,200 Then Carrie, Tori and Grant take a swing and a myth at a golf trilogy. 7 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:43,680 Can your shoes turn you into a lightning magnet? 8 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:48,320 Is a tree really an impenetrable obstacle? 9 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:49,320 And Alakadyshak? 10 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:52,360 Okay, you want to play a rap little golfer? 11 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:55,880 Can an underground explosion really sink a pot? 12 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:57,880 Boom, boom. 13 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:03,880 Who are the Mythbusters? 14 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:05,880 Adam Savage. 15 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:08,880 I can't believe that this is my job. 16 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:09,880 And Jamie Heidemann. 17 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:11,880 That's kind of intense. 18 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:16,880 Between them more than 30 years of special effects experience. 19 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:17,880 Oh! 20 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:18,880 Joining them. 21 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:20,880 We killed the ninja. 22 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:21,880 Tori Bellachy. 23 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:22,880 Alright, what's the plan? 24 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:23,880 Grant Imahara. 25 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:25,880 We're going to be meat waffles, man. 26 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:26,880 And Carrie Barra. 27 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:28,880 All explosives and electricity. 28 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:31,880 They don't just tell the Myths. 29 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:33,880 They put them to the test. 30 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:47,880 Fasten your seatbelts because blind driving peels out first. 31 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:56,880 What are you doing? 32 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:58,880 I'm driving blind. 33 00:01:58,880 --> 00:01:59,880 Why? 34 00:01:59,880 --> 00:02:01,880 Because it's our next myth. 35 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,880 Oh, you mean like in the scent of a woman? 36 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:06,880 It's like you're freaking psyching. 37 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:07,880 That's awesome. 38 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:14,880 Yes, we're Al Pacino's character who is blind, is able to drive a sports car by being given instructions from his passenger. 39 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:15,880 That's what we're going to test. 40 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:16,880 Ho-ah! 41 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:24,880 Incentive of a woman, a blind driver takes a sports car for a high speed spin. 42 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:30,880 By responding to turn-by-turn instructions from his terrified, sighted passenger, 43 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:33,880 they pull off the seemingly impossible. 44 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:34,880 Here I go! 45 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:35,880 Here I go! 46 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:36,880 Wait! 47 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:37,880 Now! 48 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:40,880 But can such teamwork really work? 49 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:41,880 No. 50 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:44,880 Look at that! 51 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:47,880 Oh, sorry! 52 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:49,880 I assume you have a plan. 53 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:51,880 I do, and it's a pretty simple one. 54 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:56,880 I figure we need a blindfold, a car, and a closed course to drive on. 55 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:58,880 I'll put on the blindfold and go wherever you tell me. 56 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:00,880 And can we take turns? 57 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:01,880 Absolutely. 58 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:04,880 I think it's imperative that we both have a crack at it. 59 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:10,880 So let's get cracking to try to recreate this highly hazardous driving technique in the real world. 60 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:13,880 The guys are using a pedestrian-free zone. 61 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:20,880 The lovely people at the Alameda County Sheriff's Emergency Vehicle Operations Center have lent us their driving course. 62 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:23,880 It is a blank slate. 63 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:28,880 I'm going to set up a whole bunch of cones that will create our city streets for blind driving. 64 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:33,880 Jamie is going to play the blind driver first, so Adam sets up the course alone. 65 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:39,880 This means that the mustachioed maestro won't have the advantage of knowing its twists and turns. 66 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:45,880 In setting up the course for our blind driver, I've tried to add all the obstacles that we see in the movie. 67 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:49,880 So I'm starting out with a nice, long, get-your-bearings kind of straight away. 68 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:53,880 That also includes a sharp left-hand turn. 69 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:58,880 Right after that, I've got a second sharp left-hand turn. 70 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:03,880 And I've included an obstacle for Jamie to swerve around. 71 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:07,880 This ought to be all the challenges we need for our blind driver. 72 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:14,880 And that just leaves the car, which for this test comes complete with in-car cameras, 73 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:19,880 a driving instructor called Derek, and a crucial safety feature. 74 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:27,880 This car is specially rigged with control so that he can hit his own set of brakes and stop the car in case I get frisky on him. 75 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:35,880 With frisky Jamie blinded by science, where does he see the problem areas of the course being? 76 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:38,880 Obviously the straight bits are going to be the easiest ones. 77 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:44,880 The problem areas are going to be the turns, exactly how far I turn and when. That's going to be tricky. 78 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:46,880 You're feeling ready, champ? 79 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:48,880 Yeah, let's do it. 80 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:55,880 Just like in the movie, Jamie will be totally in the dark, relying solely on Adam's directions. 81 00:04:55,880 --> 00:05:00,880 My role in this test, I am literally a backseat driver. 82 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:07,880 I will be giving him all the stimulus, hopefully, he needs to drive this course correctly, although I don't expect him to. 83 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:10,880 I foresee many, many knocked over cones. 84 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:13,880 Ooh-ha! It's time for ignition. 85 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:21,880 Alright, Jamie, go forward. Just get your bearings a little bit to the left, a little bit to the left. That's good. 86 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:26,880 Cruising at an easy pace down the straightaway, they come to their first bend in the road. 87 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:30,880 Okay, there's a turn coming up. To the left. Excellent. 88 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:33,880 Made it with no cones down. 89 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:36,880 Straighten it out, straighten it out. Okay, pick up the speed. Let's pick up the speed. 90 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:38,880 But not for long. 91 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:42,880 Keep going, keep going. To the right, to the right, to the right. Now hard to the left. 92 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:44,880 To the right, to the right, more to the right. 93 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:48,880 Seeing their drive turns into a game of cone packman. 94 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:52,880 More to the right. Okay, to the left, to the left, hard to the left. 95 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:56,880 And then to the right. Beautiful. Okay, stop, stop, stop. 96 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:59,880 New navigator. 97 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:03,880 Managing the course took a very different turn to what they thought. 98 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:05,880 How did I do? 99 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:11,880 Well, I gotta say, together we swerved around the cardboard obstacle perfectly. 100 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:17,880 But it turns out the turns were easy. It was correcting for the straight driving that was more difficult. 101 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:19,880 Right over there is the worst spot. 102 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:24,880 Like a couple of out of sync co-drivers, Adam blamed Jamie. 103 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:28,880 His ability to correct on the fly on the straightaway, it was pretty poor. 104 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:32,880 Even up to and including his ability to know left from right at times. 105 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:34,880 And Jamie blamed Adam. 106 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:38,880 You know, more and more and more is like, what, what, what. 107 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:43,880 You know, it's easy to get confused or not do something enough or too little. 108 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:48,880 If the guys don't begin to work as one, they're finished, finished, finished. 109 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:50,880 Ha ha ha ha ha. 110 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:02,880 So Grant, what's with the sweater? Did you retire? 111 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:07,880 No, I'm not retiring yet. I'm merely appropriately dressed for our next series of myths. 112 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:10,880 Is the next series of myths about fashion disasters? 113 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:19,880 No, with over 60 million golfers around the world, it's no surprise the website's been inundated with requests to do myths about golf. 114 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,880 The first one is that a tree is 90% air. 115 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:29,880 Yeah, I've heard that one. And a lot of golfers say if your ball gets stuck behind a tree, instead of shooting around the tree, it's better to shoot through it. 116 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:33,880 Because you have a 90% chance of getting through because it's 90% air. 117 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:38,880 Great. So all we need is a bucket of balls, some golf clubs, camp out behind a tree. 118 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:40,880 See how many we hit through. 119 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:42,880 Sounds good to me? 120 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:50,880 From a distance, a tree may look like a solid, impenetrable object, but up close, there's a huge amount of space between its leaves. 121 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:57,880 So huge that some golfers think you have a 90% chance of swinging clean through. 122 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:06,880 To find out if this myth is all hot air, team T-OF travels to one of the most famous golf courses in the world. 123 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:09,880 Alright, let's do this. 124 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:12,880 I'm starting to feel a little underdressed. 125 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:15,880 Where better to come to the world famous Pebble Beach? 126 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:19,880 I mean this is where Jack Nicholas and Tiger Woods play, and now they're going to let us play? 127 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:28,880 Yeah, I'm not sure they've seen the show, but with a world-class golf course, check some top-rate golf outfits, check. 128 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:33,880 Now the team just needs a tree. And this should do. 129 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:38,880 You know, the tree that we picked, it's a very average tree, and it's the kind of tree that you would try to play through, 130 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:42,880 because when you look at it, you see that there is enough light, so you're thinking, 131 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:45,880 I could get through this and actually play through to the next hole. 132 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:47,880 So what's the plan, Tiger? 133 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:55,880 So to begin our initial research into this myth, we're each going to hit 10 golf balls into the tree, and see if we can make it through. 134 00:08:55,880 --> 00:09:00,880 And if nine of those 10 do sail through, it's myth confirmed. 135 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:05,880 Having played golf since high school, Tari's going to tee off first. 136 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:09,880 That thing is, is I find myself in this situation quite often when I'm playing golf. 137 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:14,880 First shot went like a shot, straight through the foliage. 138 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:16,880 Look at that. Nice one. 139 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:19,880 See, normally I would have to shoot out into the fairway. 140 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:20,880 One for one. 141 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:21,880 I just cut the corner. 142 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:25,880 But shot two stops dead in its tracks. 143 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:27,880 I'm going to have to say that one didn't make it to the tree. 144 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:34,880 So it's one apiece after two, and after a montage of the other eight balls, what's the final score? 145 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:38,880 So far the score is six made it through, two went wacky, and two came back at us. 146 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:42,880 In other words, for Tari, the tree was 60% air. 147 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:44,880 Can Kari do any better? 148 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:45,880 So you want to stand there? 149 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:46,880 No. 150 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:51,880 Kari quickly learns that in golf, no matter how bad your last shot was, 151 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:54,880 Oh, God. 152 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:56,880 your worst is yet to come. 153 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:59,880 No, no, no, no, no, no, no. 154 00:09:59,880 --> 00:10:05,880 Of Kari's 10, only one ball went towards the tree, and that was along the ground. 155 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:08,880 But she's still better than Grant. 156 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:10,880 You like one. 157 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:12,880 Yeah, Grant. 158 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:17,880 In golf speed, swinging and missing the ball is known as a whiff. 159 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:21,880 So is aim positively stinks? 160 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:23,880 Maybe you should take up tennis. 161 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:31,880 So far, our threesome has dug up plenty of dirt, but nearing a conclusion, they aim. 162 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:33,880 Okay, well, this was not very scientific. 163 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:36,880 Out of 30 balls, how do you even actually counted? 164 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:37,880 Yeah, not many. 165 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:40,880 You know, we're going to have to figure out a way to get these balls to go at a consistent speed, 166 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:44,880 and we're going to need to aim it at the tree, so that way we get a good test. 167 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:46,880 The team had better get a grip. 168 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:50,880 To solve this myth, they still have a fair way to go. 169 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:52,880 Let's try it again. 170 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:02,880 Buckle up, because Adam and Jamie are on a movie inspired collision course. 171 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:10,880 Apparently, a few simple instructions and a blind person can drive with ease. 172 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:17,880 So far, on a closed track with Jamie steering blindfolded and Adam navigating, 173 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:19,880 Now, hard to the left. 174 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:21,880 It was a massive miscommunication. 175 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:24,880 Okay, to the left, to the left, hard to the left, and then to the right. 176 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:27,880 Okay, stop, stop, stop. 177 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:32,880 Now, to swap places, driving gear on. 178 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:35,880 Okay, go ahead, Adam. 179 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:37,880 They start out good. 180 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:40,880 Doing good, doing good. 181 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:43,880 But it's not long before things go bad. 182 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:46,880 Break hard left, too hard. 183 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:47,880 Straighten it out. 184 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:51,880 If they were on a real street, Adam would now be up over the sidewalk. 185 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:54,880 Hard left, straighten it out. 186 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:55,880 More. 187 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:57,880 And into the foyer of an office building. 188 00:11:57,880 --> 00:11:59,880 Right, right, right, right. 189 00:11:59,880 --> 00:12:03,880 Left, okay, stop. 190 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:05,880 That was great. 191 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:06,880 Was it? 192 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:09,880 Man, you nailed that. 193 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:12,880 Every single one of them. 194 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:14,880 Apparently, I did great. 195 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:17,880 And by great, I mean, I drove appallingly. 196 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:20,880 Just about like what I'd expect a blind person to drive like. 197 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:23,880 Once again, Jamie believes Adam is at fault. 198 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:28,880 Adam did pretty much exactly what you would think he would do as a blind driver. 199 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:30,880 In other words, he was erratic. 200 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:32,880 Subtle controls. 201 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:37,880 Adam doesn't drive that way normally and he doesn't drive that way blind. 202 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:39,880 And Adam thinks Jamie is. 203 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:41,880 Honestly, I feel like he gave up a little too quickly. 204 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:44,880 Right, right, right. 205 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:47,880 I could tell halfway through that he was kind of just like, 206 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:53,880 left, right, you know. 207 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:58,880 The blind driver theory is looking like it's on the road to being busted. 208 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:00,880 But the guys did confirm one thing. 209 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:03,880 There's no I in team. 210 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:04,880 This is all about teamwork. 211 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:06,880 It's not about the driver or the navigator. 212 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:08,880 It's about how both of them are working together. 213 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:11,880 They really have to get in sync for this to work. 214 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:14,880 So shall we take it to the max? 215 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:15,880 We really need a blind guy. 216 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:16,880 I totally agree. 217 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:20,880 No one will believe this is plausible until we get an actual blind guy in the driver's seat. 218 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:30,880 One of the most frustrating situations you can get in the sometimes infuriating game of golf 219 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:33,880 is getting stuck behind a tree. 220 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:40,880 To swing you out of the jungle, the team has been testing the myth that when blocked by a tree, 221 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:43,880 you should try to shoot right through it. 222 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:45,880 I'm going to have to say that one didn't make it through the tree. 223 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:50,880 The theory is that although a tree looks solid, 90% of its volume is air, 224 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:54,880 meaning a ball will sail through 90% of the time. 225 00:13:54,880 --> 00:14:01,880 But so far their golfing skills have been so bad that testing the myth has been impossible. 226 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:04,880 That means you're going to need a plan B. 227 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:06,880 I know, it's pretty obvious. 228 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:09,880 In order to test this properly, we're going to have to take ourselves out of the equation, 229 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:10,880 which means only one thing. 230 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:11,880 We're getting Tiger Woods? 231 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:12,880 No, better. 232 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:14,880 We're going to build a robot. 233 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:20,880 We're going to build a machine that fires balls at the same speed and angle as a professional golfer. 234 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:23,880 Then we should have a really big sample size, like 100 balls, 235 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:26,880 and see if they go through the tree 90% of the time. 236 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:28,880 What is it with you and these robots? 237 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:29,880 Is that your default button? 238 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:32,880 Yeah, it's like with control, the control out the lead. 239 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:37,880 Grant's mantra in life is, if in doubt, build a robot. 240 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:43,880 And he's got no doubt that his robo-golfer will give the best of the business a run for their money. 241 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:51,880 Not even Tiger Woods could shoot a golf ball in roughly the same area 100 times in a row, 242 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:53,880 200 times in a row to test this. 243 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:57,880 So I'm going to build a golf ball shooting cannon. 244 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:04,880 Using compressed air, Grant hopes to shoot balls through the barrel at the same velocity as a proficient human golfer. 245 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:07,880 And that's something they figured out earlier. 246 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:15,880 Before they left Pebble Beach, the team met pro golfer Laird Small to precisely analyze his swing. 247 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:16,880 How you doing, Tori? 248 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:19,880 Tori, welcome to Spyglass Hill in Pebble Beach. Glad you're here. 249 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:26,880 Using the high-speed camera, they determined that when ball leaves club, it does so at around 150 miles an hour. 250 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:29,880 So that's what Grant's aiming for. 251 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:31,880 It makes it look so easy. 252 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:33,880 Huh? He is the proud. 253 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:40,880 We don't want it to be superhuman to give it some advantage at getting through the tree. 254 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:42,880 Time to test its oomph. 255 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:45,880 Dialed in at 40 psi. 256 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:49,880 Here we go. In three, two, one. 257 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:55,880 And what do you know? The ball shot out at 150 miles per hour, just like the real deal. 258 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:58,880 Now we know how to make foam cylinders. 259 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:07,880 Earned with their machine at a serious amount of balls, the team heads back to the course for the 90% air invetational. 260 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:09,880 Think that is our tree. 261 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:19,880 So the myth is that a tree is 90% air, which theoretically gives you a 9 out of 10 chance of shooting through it and making it through. 262 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:26,880 That's the theory. And to test it out, they're going to start with a tree-free control, like all good science golfers do. 263 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:31,880 We want to see how the tree affects the distance of the ball. 264 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:37,880 So we're going to shoot 100 balls without a tree in the way and 100 balls with the tree in the way and see how far they go. 265 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:38,880 Fire it, Will. 266 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:40,880 Three, two, one. 267 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:42,880 Perfect. 268 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:44,880 You're on the green. 269 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:54,880 Not missing a single shot, Grant's machine skips years of aggravation trying to perfect the complexities of the backswing, downswing and follow-through. 270 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:57,880 Last ball, 100. 271 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:00,880 All right. Your cannon's shooting like a real golfer. 272 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:04,880 A little hook to the left, a little slice to the right. 273 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:12,880 Their control test is complete. Without the tree impeding their flight, most of the yellow balls landed 500 feet away. 274 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:18,880 Now to see how far they go with the tree in the way. This time, they're using pink balls. 275 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:29,880 So for this myth, which is that the tree is 90% air, what we'll be looking for is 90 of the pink balls will be at the same distance as the yellow balls. 276 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:39,880 But there's a twist. Having assessed his competition from the sidelines, Tari is also going to pit himself against Grant's robot using blue balls. 277 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:41,880 So what are his chances? 278 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:45,880 Come on, it's Grant's robot. It's got consistency. 279 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:51,880 He could make that exact. I mean, I don't really think that Tari has a chance. 280 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:54,880 There's only one way to find out. 281 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:58,880 Here we go. In three, two, one. 282 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:07,880 It's man against machine in the ultimate golfing challenge. Each are firing 100 balls into the tree. 283 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:13,880 But how many will sail clean through? Will it be the 90% that this myth needs? 284 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:16,880 That's 100 balls. Test complete. 285 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:22,880 Now to tally up blue one. Tari, the machine, or the tree. 286 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:31,880 By counting the pink and blue balls that made it into the same range as the yellow, they can calculate the percentage that were unimpeded by the tree. 287 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:35,880 27. 27 balls made it through the tree. 288 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:36,880 So 27%? 289 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:38,880 24% on pink. 290 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:45,880 So about, well, that's about a quarter of the balls made it through. That's not 90% air right there. 291 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:46,880 No, it's not. 292 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:54,880 With such a low percentage of balls making it through the tree, for proponents of the myth, Tari's got some bad news. 293 00:18:54,880 --> 00:19:01,880 Now the myth says that the tree's 90% air. That should be 90% of the balls. That was only 25% of the balls. That means this myth is busted. 294 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:04,880 I hate to say it, but I beat the machine. 295 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:05,880 He did. 296 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:06,880 You beat the machine. 297 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:07,880 You beat the machine. 298 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:09,880 You're better than a robot. 299 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:10,880 Yeah. 300 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:11,880 Woo! 301 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:20,880 Music 302 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:32,880 Adam and Jamie are testing the myth that a blind person can drive a vehicle without crashing if they're told where to go by a sighted person. 303 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:34,880 All you need is a system. 304 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:35,880 A system, huh? 305 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:40,880 Look, you grab me by the waist. If you want me to turn right, you squeeze on the right. 306 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:41,880 You're doing good. 307 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:47,880 Having already taken this theory for a test drive, they set a new standard in reckless driving. 308 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:50,880 Now they're shifting it into high gear. 309 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:55,880 We realize that's not enough. We need an actual blind person behind the wheel of the car. 310 00:19:55,880 --> 00:20:00,880 And more than that, we need to raise the stakes. The close course isn't good enough. We need city streets. 311 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:06,880 Safely away from inhabited neighborhoods, the site for their trial is an abandoned military base. 312 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:12,880 If this once thriving community feels spine-chillingly familiar, it is. 313 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:20,880 Carri-Torian Grant used the derelict streets of Cypress Nulls to test the cost of road rage. 314 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:24,880 Where did those rats go? Where did you go? 315 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:32,880 This location is amazing. They are residential streets, and they're totally abandoned. 316 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:37,880 And I gotta tell you, it's creepy as heck. It really is post-apocalyptic. 317 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:42,880 And I'm expecting a zombie horde to come crawling out of a basement at any moment. 318 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:45,880 Nice view. Just like home. 319 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:52,880 Not only have they found the ideal location, but also the ideal driver, Jerry. 320 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:56,880 Jamie, howdy. Glad to meet you. Hey, man. Good to meet you. 321 00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:01,880 So, you're here to do a little driving for us, I understand. I certainly am. 322 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:08,880 Well, there are different kinds of blindness. There's legally blind as per the definition, and then there's can't see a darn thing blind. 323 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:15,880 What are you? No light, no nothing. That's perfect. Are you ready to drive? Who ya? 324 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:23,880 Jerry is one gutsy guy, and he needs to be, because his route through the burbs is full of twists and turns. 325 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:36,880 We start out with a nice straightaway, easing into a little bit of a curve, then a hard right-hand turn, and an obstacle just like yesterday. 326 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:44,880 But we're not done. One more right-hand turn before we get home, and we've gotta finish off by parking in the driveway. 327 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:51,880 That's our course. Of course, with a real blind man at the wheel, Jamie's getting nervous. 328 00:21:51,880 --> 00:22:00,880 We've got two issues to deal with. One is the actual navigating, and the other is whether he's gonna go crazy with a car. 329 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:06,880 Will our driving duo make it safely home, or end up in someone's front yard? 330 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:12,880 It's like the blind leading the ball now, isn't it? Yeah, very funny. You have fun now. 331 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:29,880 Up next, we have a real shocker of a myth. That's right. This one involves thunderbolts and lightning. Very, very frightening. 332 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:38,880 Now, the myth is that if you're playing a round of golf in a thunderstorm, and you're wearing metal cleats, you're more likely to get hit by lightning. 333 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:46,880 We know playing golf in a thunderstorm is seriously dangerous, but this myth is not about holding a club in the air or a golf umbrella. 334 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:53,880 That's obviously a bad idea. This is about whether the metal cleats in the bottom of your shoes actually attract the lightning. 335 00:22:53,880 --> 00:23:02,880 This myth isn't out of thin air. Golfers are sometimes struck by lightning, because it's attracted to their highly conductive metal clubs. 336 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:08,880 But could metal cleats on their shoes also be enough to attract a bolt from the blue? 337 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:15,880 Alright, well this myth is a little problematic. First of all, not many lightning storms this time of year, and secondly, it's just too dangerous to film in one. 338 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:20,880 Yeah, and the chances are the camera crew would be the first to get hit, and we don't want that to happen, do we? 339 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:28,880 Agreed. So to keep all of us safe, let's build two ballistic gel dummies with the same electrical resistance as a person. 340 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:33,880 We'll put regular plastic cleats on one, and metal cleats on the other, and see which gets hit by lightning. 341 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:39,880 Alright, well for the lightning we should go to an electric company that has a test facility. This way we have a controlled environment. 342 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:43,880 We can put our ballistic golfers wherever we want them, and then we can see if we can fry them with one of these lightning bolts. 343 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:44,880 Good ideas. 344 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:51,880 To explore this high voltage theory, Tori gets started by modifying a pair of mannequins. 345 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:58,880 Ballistic gel golfers will lighten and be attracted to your golf cleats. 346 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:10,880 For the later tests, it's crucial that these golfer stand-ins have the same electrical properties as the human body, and filling them with a special ballistic gel should do just that. 347 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:15,880 The ballistic gel is going to give us the same kind of resistance to electricity as the human body. 348 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:17,880 Okay. 349 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:20,880 He's a unicorn. 350 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:24,880 When they're set, they head out to the links in search of lightning. 351 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:35,880 The PG&E Technology Center is one of the MythBusters' favorite playing grounds. 352 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:41,880 But even though from the outside it looks like a giant golf ball, there's not a fair way to be found. 353 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:45,880 First up, Kari gets the lightning low down. 354 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:47,880 How does this simulate lightning? 355 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:56,880 This uses a generator back in the shed back there and creates very, very high voltage electricity that comes through a ball over there, and it goes to a ground. 356 00:24:56,880 --> 00:25:01,880 Because lightning is no laughing matter, here's an important safety message. 357 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:10,880 Even our crews who are specially trained to work in extremely hazardous conditions know that when the lightning is coming, they need to seek shelter. 358 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:13,880 They need to seek shelter immediately, and everybody else should do the same thing. 359 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:18,880 This is our lightning source, so we need to set up our golfers equidistant from this source. 360 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:23,880 And then we dress our golfer dummies, one with plastic cleats, one with metal cleats, and see where the lightning strikes. 361 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:25,880 This is going to be fun. 362 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:29,880 First, they need to lay out some groundwork. 363 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:32,880 So what we're trying to do here is simulate a golf course. 364 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:34,880 That's why we have this. 365 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:37,880 It's a copper plane, and we have a clamp. 366 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:43,880 We're going to connect the clamp to the copper plane, and that's going to be connected to the ground of the facility. 367 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:49,880 And that will give us that electrical earth simulation that we need to conduct this test. 368 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:56,880 Then, because there's nothing like the feel of fresh green turf underfoot, they lay out some sod. 369 00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:58,880 It's a golf course. 370 00:25:58,880 --> 00:25:59,880 Sweet. 371 00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:00,880 Next. 372 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:03,880 You guys got any power around here? 373 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:16,880 Tori removes the tops of the dummies' heads and soles of their feet, so when the lightning strikes, it will have a clear path to the ground. 374 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:19,880 Time to get kitted up in appropriate attire. 375 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:23,880 We want to give this myth the best possible chance of working. 376 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:28,880 So we have found some leather-soled shoes with metal cleats. 377 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:30,880 It's going to give us the best conduction path. 378 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:36,880 Now, to be a really good comparison, we have our modern rubber-soled shoes with plastic cleats. 379 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:41,880 And all laced up, they're ready to hit the green. 380 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:42,880 Wow. 381 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:44,880 That's a well-attired golfer. 382 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:46,880 Yeah, you know I've never seen a golfer with just golf shoes? 383 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:48,880 That would freak me out. 384 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:53,880 Finally, they place both golfers the exact same distance from the lightning source. 385 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:56,880 This guy is at 46.5. 386 00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:57,880 Yeah! 387 00:26:57,880 --> 00:26:58,880 Great. 388 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:00,880 Perfect is good enough for me. 389 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:02,880 Oh no, it's starting to rain. 390 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,880 Who will be struck out of the game first? 391 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:31,880 Well, it's time to put that theory to the test. 392 00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:36,880 Well, Jamie is just about to get in the back seat while he lets Jerry control everything to do with the car. 393 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:40,880 Jerry is 100% blind and that means the stakes here are pretty high. 394 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:45,880 And if I had to make a prediction, I think there might be some curbing on this trip. 395 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:48,880 Well, with those words of wisdom, it's go time. 396 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:51,880 Jamie and Jerry, are you guys ready to go? 397 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:52,880 Ready to rock and roll. 398 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:54,880 Yeah, we're all set. 399 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:58,880 Okay, we'll wait for you on your mark. Go ahead. 400 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:01,880 I just let the break go and see if we'll start to roll. 401 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:03,880 Cool, that's perfect. 402 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:07,880 Jamie's strategy is to start off nice and easy. 403 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:09,880 That's perfect. 404 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:13,880 I think the trick here is going to be to work incrementally. 405 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:16,880 We're going to start slow and gradually build up from there. 406 00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:18,880 Ready? 407 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:19,880 Perfect. 408 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:23,880 We've got an actual blind person. 409 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:26,880 Driving a car. 410 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:29,880 You don't see that every day. 411 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:36,880 Obeying all the rules of the road other than having a completely blind person at the wheel, they come to a 90 degree turn. 412 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:40,880 Okay, cool. A hard right. 413 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:43,880 Straighten it out. 414 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:48,880 And with that nailed, Jamie utters the words the insurance company doesn't want to hear. 415 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:50,880 Give it a little gas. 416 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:53,880 It's right. Jamie gets Jerry to put his foot down. 417 00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:56,880 More gas. That looks good. Okay. 418 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:58,880 It's a good speed. 419 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:01,880 He's going about 20 miles an hour now. 420 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:03,880 This is for real, man. 421 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:04,880 One more gas. 422 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:10,880 Traveling over the limit in a residential area, Jerry is officially speeding. 423 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:13,880 35 miles an hour. 424 00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:19,880 He even clears the obstacle without breaking a sweat. 425 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:23,880 Jerry's final test requirement could be the toughest. 426 00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:25,880 Now comes the last obstacle. 427 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:26,880 Parking. 428 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:27,880 Start to break. 429 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:30,880 Now turn hard left. 430 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:35,880 But it looks like Jerry will successfully avoid traffic school. 431 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:37,880 And stop. 432 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:39,880 You made it. 433 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:46,880 No injuries, no impacts, no nothing. 434 00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:48,880 That was fantastic. 435 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:50,880 Jerry, shake my hand. 436 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:52,880 You are a natural. 437 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:54,880 Yo. 438 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:55,880 Had a good guide. 439 00:29:55,880 --> 00:30:02,880 You know, I think that Jerry was better than either of us because he has no preconceptions about how he wants to drive. 440 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:07,880 Yeah, he followed my instructions exactly and it was a piece of cake. 441 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:10,880 Jerry's ability to drive is astounding. 442 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:15,880 I wouldn't have known he was blind watching him drive around our course. 443 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:17,880 That was amazing. 444 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:20,880 What was the experience like from Jerry's perspective? 445 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:23,880 I found it very easy to follow Jamie's instructions. 446 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:24,880 Coming up to a stop. 447 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:32,880 He was very calm, very deliberate, and it was easy to just meld into it and do what he told me. 448 00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:36,880 So where do the guys park this blind driving myth? 449 00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:41,880 Based on what I'm seeing at this point, the scene in the movie is totally plausible. 450 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:46,880 With the one small caveat that this was something that we planned out. 451 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:52,880 If you're doing it like in city traffic and impromptu, it might be a little different. 452 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:58,880 But watch this space because there's a dangerous twist in the tail for this myth. 453 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:03,880 Would Jerry be as in control if Jamie wasn't? 454 00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:04,880 Jerry, what do you say? 455 00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:07,880 You willing to let a drunk Jamie guide you while driving? 456 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:11,880 Sure. As long as I get a shot at that bottle after we're all over. 457 00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:13,880 That's the spirit. 458 00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:22,880 In this Thunderdome, the team set up two ballistic dummies equidistant from a high-voltage source. 459 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:28,880 The only difference is one is wearing shoes with metal cleats, the other plastic. 460 00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:30,880 So what are they looking for? 461 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:36,880 To confirm this myth, we need to see a definite trend of lightning discharging into the dummy with the metal cleats. 462 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:42,880 And with the dummies sitting pretty, it's time to unleash the lightning. 463 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:50,880 Alright you guys, this is it. Ten strikes, got two identical dummies, one has metal cleats, the other has plastic. 464 00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:52,880 Alright, fire it up. 465 00:31:52,880 --> 00:32:00,880 One on plastic. Two on plastic. Two plastic, one metal. 466 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:06,880 The guys are unleashing ten bolts from the blue and keeping a tally of who gets hit. 467 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:10,880 And that will cleat golfer or his plastic-preferring counterpart. 468 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:13,880 Two on the metal, four on the plastic. 469 00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:17,880 And after a shocking few minutes, the results are in. 470 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:22,880 Six on the plastic, four on the metal. 471 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:28,880 So for our first test, we had two identical ballistic gel dummies at equal distances from our high-voltage source. 472 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:33,880 What we saw was a fairly equal distribution of lightning strikes between the two, 473 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:37,880 which indicates that there's no difference having the metal cleats. 474 00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:41,880 So that means metal cleats do not attract lightning, this myth is busted. 475 00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:42,880 Busted, busted. 476 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:46,880 But the team isn't finished with the lightning cleats theory just yet. 477 00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:50,880 Next test, we're going to load up our golfer with the metal cleats with more metal. 478 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:55,880 We're going to have chains, watches, keys, change, whatever, and see if that attracts more lightning strikes. 479 00:32:56,880 --> 00:32:59,880 To make sure the metal makes contact with the ballistic gel, 480 00:32:59,880 --> 00:33:03,880 Tori drills holes in the dummies fiberglass shell. 481 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:08,880 Will all the extra bling attract some extra zing? 482 00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:10,880 You take your retainer out? 483 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:14,880 One in the metal! Two in the metal! 484 00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:20,880 Their punk rock golfer sustains consecutive hits, until... 485 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:23,880 One to the left! 486 00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:27,880 This time, eight strikes went to the heavy metal golfer, 487 00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:31,880 but still two hit his plastic playing partner. 488 00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:34,880 I actually thought this one was heading towards confirmed, 489 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:37,880 but then one of the strikes came down and hit the guy with the plastic cleats, 490 00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:41,880 which means this one is still busted. 491 00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:46,880 So in bad weather, wearing metal spikes won't increase the chance of lightning strikes. 492 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:48,880 But what about holding a club? 493 00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:52,880 If you notice, during your backswing, you actually become a lightning rod. 494 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:55,880 So what I'm going to do is attach this golf club to that golfer, 495 00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:58,880 and we're going to find out if you are crazy enough to play during a storm, 496 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:00,880 what might happen. 497 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:08,880 What a shocker! 498 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:14,880 In less than a second, a single strike of lightning can heat the air to 60,000 degrees Fahrenheit. 499 00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:18,880 Our guy is literally melting under the pressure. 500 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:24,880 Well, maybe that's why you're not supposed to play golf in a lightning storm. 501 00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:28,880 But you gotta head it to him. He never loses his grip. 502 00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:45,880 Okay, our last myth has to do with gophers, explosions, and putting. 503 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:48,880 You're talking about the final scene in Caddyshack. I love that movie. 504 00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:53,880 Precisely the American classic. Let me set the scene for you. It's my favorite part. 505 00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:56,880 Okay, the greenskeeper is going mad trying to catch a gopher he just can't get, 506 00:34:56,880 --> 00:34:59,880 so he decides he's going to exterminate him with C4. 507 00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:04,880 He puts C4 down, each of the gopher holes, and gets ready to blow into smithereens. 508 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:10,880 But before he pushes the button 50 yards away, there's a golfer trying to make the winning putt. 509 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:14,880 He hits the ball, but it catches just on the edge of the cup. 510 00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:18,880 And then the groundskeeper sets off the explosions with big bursts of fire, 511 00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:21,880 destroys half the golf course, and sinks the winning putt. 512 00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:24,880 Alright, so we need to find out if C4 causes that much damage, 513 00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:28,880 and if it does, is the shock wave strong enough to knock the ball into the cup? 514 00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:29,880 Exactly. 515 00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:32,880 Okay, let's get some explosives and head back to Pebble Beach. 516 00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:35,880 You know what, actually, your golf swing already destroyed half of their golf course, 517 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:39,880 so they're actually not letting us come back, so we're going to have to find another place to do the experiment. 518 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:42,880 Sorry, man. Maybe learn how to play golf. 519 00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:47,880 It's a great golfer golf scene where you get two myths for the price of one. 520 00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:52,880 First, we'll see for a really explode into great balls of fire. 521 00:35:56,880 --> 00:36:02,880 And second, will the resulting shock wave be enough to knock a teetering ball into the hole? 522 00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:08,880 As a golf course substitute, the team has found a field perfect for their experiments. 523 00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:11,880 Here's our golf course. 524 00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:13,880 Not for long. 525 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:15,880 Sweet. 526 00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:19,880 We're at Riversdale Ranch. It's a huge field. It kind of looks like a golf course. 527 00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:22,880 There's tons of gopher holes, and they've agreed to let us blow it up with C4. 528 00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:24,880 How great is that? 529 00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:25,880 Gopher hole. 530 00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:30,880 Sure enough, the ground is riddled with the telltale signs of gophers. 531 00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:32,880 Oh my God, this thing had so many gophers. 532 00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:34,880 This field is perfect. 533 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:38,880 But don't worry, animal lovers, this is a gopher ghost town. 534 00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:41,880 This is an area where gophers have already been exterminated, 535 00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:45,880 which means there are no little creatures running around and we're not going to do any damage. 536 00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:48,880 This is just, you know, a little homemade gopher golf course. 537 00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:51,880 Before they explore a movie land. 538 00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:53,880 This is going to be a whole lot of fun, huh? 539 00:36:53,880 --> 00:37:01,880 As curious as broad-eyed rodents, the team wheels out a gadget used by real-life professional exterminators. 540 00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:05,880 Now, professional exterminators have a number of tools at their disposal. 541 00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:07,880 They have chemicals that they can use. 542 00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:09,880 They have traps. 543 00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:13,880 And then they have the Rodex 5000. 544 00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:17,880 Spraying an explosive mixture of oxygen and propane, 545 00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:22,880 the Rodex 5000 sends a shudder through gophers across the land. 546 00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:25,880 Okay, you want to play a rough little golfer? 547 00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:30,880 Tori inserts the nozzle of the rodent ridder at someone's former front door. 548 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:35,880 But before they fire it up, Grant has a serious safety warning. 549 00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:37,880 It's good that we're all wearing pants. 550 00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:42,880 As they say, if the explosion comes back around you, it can blow the dirt right up your shorts. 551 00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:44,880 All right, stand back it is. 552 00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:46,880 All right, gassy up. 553 00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:51,880 The team carefully releases the combustible concoction into the burrow. 554 00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:53,880 Okay, you're at a minute. 555 00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:55,880 A lot of gas. 556 00:37:55,880 --> 00:38:01,880 And after letting it build up within the network of tunnels below, it's time for ignition. 557 00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:02,880 Okay, that's two. 558 00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:04,880 Valve closed. 559 00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:09,880 This is Golf Gopher Test commercial gopher exterminator in three, two, one. 560 00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:14,880 Wow! 561 00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:15,880 Yeah! 562 00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:16,880 Wow! 563 00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:18,880 Dude, look at how much damage we did. 564 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:20,880 Look at it went all the way down. 565 00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:24,880 It pulled the whole tunnel. That's awesome. 566 00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:27,880 Unless you're a gopher. 567 00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:29,880 I know. 568 00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:31,880 But enough of real life. 569 00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:34,880 We've got two myths from the movie to bust. 570 00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:37,880 For this golf myth, we have two things to test. 571 00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:41,880 They come from the last scene in Caddyshack, which is an American icon, if you ask me. 572 00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:47,880 First of all, can C4 create the kind of explosions that they have happening in that last golf scene? 573 00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:54,880 And secondly, can the ground shake enough to drop that golf ball teetering on the edge of the hole into the hole? 574 00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:58,880 So, 50 yards, that one. 575 00:38:58,880 --> 00:38:59,880 Alright. 576 00:38:59,880 --> 00:39:07,880 From closely watching the movie, they've calculated that it was about 50 yards from the explosive's detonation point to the golf ball. 577 00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:08,880 50. 578 00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:09,880 Right. 579 00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:10,880 There. 580 00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:17,880 So they make a hole the same distance away and teeter a ball right on the lip. 581 00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:18,880 Nobody breathe. 582 00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:21,880 And that just leaves the explosives. 583 00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:23,880 Oh, look who's just blown in. 584 00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:25,880 Retired FBI agent Frank Doyle. 585 00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:27,880 Well, hello. 586 00:39:27,880 --> 00:39:28,880 How are you? 587 00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:29,880 Good. 588 00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:30,880 Did you bring us the good stuff? 589 00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:32,880 I brought the really good stuff for today. 590 00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:36,880 Channeling a reach the end of his tether green keeper. 591 00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:41,880 Frank delicately places balls of C4 inside a series of gopher holes. 592 00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:45,880 And he's placing so much that grants very confident. 593 00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:48,880 Seeing the amount of C4 that we have out in this field, 594 00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:52,880 I think it's probably a 50-50 chance of the ball not going in the cup, 595 00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:55,880 but actually flying over the cup and across the field. 596 00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:57,880 That's a lot of C4 out there. 597 00:39:57,880 --> 00:39:59,880 I'm expecting a big boom. 598 00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:02,880 But will it be a big fiery boom? 599 00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:04,880 And will it sink the putt? 600 00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:06,880 Fire in the hole! 601 00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:07,880 Fire in the hole! 602 00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:08,880 Here we go. 603 00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:12,880 In three, two, one. 604 00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:17,880 Oh my god! 605 00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:20,880 That was awesome! 606 00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:25,880 The boom sure was a blast, 607 00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:28,880 but part one of the myth is already up in smoke. 608 00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:33,880 The main difference between the explosion that we saw with real C4 and real gopher holes 609 00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:37,880 and what you see in the movie is an element of fire. 610 00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:41,880 And what we saw is just a blast of dirt going straight up. 611 00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:44,880 In other words, the movie fireball was a fake. 612 00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:46,880 But what about the blast's power? 613 00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:50,880 Well at Gopher Ground Zero, things are looking promising. 614 00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:53,880 Hey! Look at the size of these holes! 615 00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:58,880 I think this might be actually a very effective gopher extermination method. 616 00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:01,880 This is an effective golf course extermination method. 617 00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:03,880 Yeah, no kidding, man. 618 00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:07,880 It's created a gopher graveyard crater at the blast site. 619 00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:09,880 But what's happened on the green? 620 00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:11,880 Great explosion. 621 00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:15,880 Oh, it didn't go in the hole! 622 00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:16,880 That's not surprising. 623 00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:19,880 I mean, that was a cool explosion, but the shockwave wasn't enough to knock it in. 624 00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:21,880 I really thought it would! 625 00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:24,880 So where does that leave their caddyshack recreation? 626 00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:28,880 So that's negative on the golf ball, negative on the explosion. 627 00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:30,880 So this one's busted? Busted. 628 00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:35,880 But as in Hollywood, if at first you fail, then just fake it. 629 00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:38,880 Anyway, you look at this one, it's busted, but we're not done yet. 630 00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:42,880 We want to replicate the explosions that they had in caddyshack. 631 00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:45,880 And Frank has got something special for us. 632 00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:48,880 Real special! 633 00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:53,880 Yep, Frank has something guaranteed to get that Hollywood-inspired fireball. 634 00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:55,880 Gasoline. 635 00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:58,880 Those varmints aren't going to know who hit him. 636 00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:02,880 He places the containers in a line all the way along a burrow. 637 00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:06,880 And with the stage set, the team can't wait to be entertained. 638 00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:09,880 Da-da-da-da-da-da. 639 00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:12,880 Da-da-da-da-da, three, two, one, boom, boom! 640 00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:20,880 That's what you expect to see! 641 00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:23,880 At last they get their money's worth. 642 00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:28,880 So they may not have achieved what they set out to do, 643 00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:33,880 but just like in the movies, they've all learned a valuable lesson. 644 00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:36,880 You know what? We showed that this one is totally busted, 645 00:42:36,880 --> 00:42:38,880 and we got a beautiful explosion at the same time. 646 00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:40,880 And we showed how exciting golf can really be. 647 00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:42,880 It is exciting without explosion. 648 00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:43,880 Sure it is. 649 00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:44,880 That's not. 650 00:42:53,880 --> 00:42:58,880 Jamie and Adam have confirmed the movie myth that a blind person can drive a car, 651 00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:00,880 accident-free, 652 00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:02,880 Now turn to hard left. 653 00:43:02,880 --> 00:43:04,880 If a sighted person prompts them. 654 00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:05,880 You made it. 655 00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:13,880 But now they have an even more intoxicating real-world tale to try. 656 00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:19,880 So the story we have is that a blind man has actually been pulled over for driving a car, 657 00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:23,880 and the situation was that a friend of his got so drunk, 658 00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:26,880 he asked the blind guy to drive for him. 659 00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:28,880 This story heralds from Europe, 660 00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:31,880 where police saw a car traveling on the wrong side of the road, 661 00:43:31,880 --> 00:43:37,880 they discovered the driver was blind and being directed by his intoxicated buddy. 662 00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:41,880 Testing this drive from the headlights, 663 00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:45,880 Jamie is designated intoxicated navigator, 664 00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:48,880 and is already flushed in the face and a little frisky. 665 00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:51,880 He gets drunk not like anybody else I've ever met. 666 00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:55,880 His head gets red, he starts to giggle, but he doesn't say much. 667 00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:57,880 It's very peculiar. 668 00:43:57,880 --> 00:44:01,880 Now to make sure he is officially over the limit. 669 00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:08,880 I know we're supposed to be doing this, but it doesn't feel right. 670 00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:14,880 How much have you had to drink today, sir? 671 00:44:14,880 --> 00:44:15,880 That much. 672 00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:16,880 That much? 673 00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:17,880 We're gonna have to test him. 674 00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:21,880 And on the spot sobriety test is required, beginning with a physical. 675 00:44:22,880 --> 00:44:23,880 Finger to nose. 676 00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:24,880 Left. 677 00:44:25,880 --> 00:44:27,880 Then a breath test. 678 00:44:29,880 --> 00:44:30,880 Keep going, keep going. 679 00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:32,880 The evidence is irrefutable. 680 00:44:32,880 --> 00:44:34,880 The Heinemann is drunk. 681 00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:35,880 You're not allowed to drive. 682 00:44:35,880 --> 00:44:37,880 Thank goodness. 683 00:44:37,880 --> 00:44:43,880 The responsibility of driving home is up to blind man Jerry and his nerves of steel. 684 00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:44,880 Okay, a little curb. 685 00:44:44,880 --> 00:44:45,880 Up the driveway. 686 00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:52,880 The effects of imbibing alcohol include a decrease in reaction time and intellectual performance. 687 00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:57,880 So will Jamie's directions be as clear intoxicated as they were sober? 688 00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:04,880 All I've got to do is say right and left or slower or faster. 689 00:45:04,880 --> 00:45:09,880 So I think Jerry's gonna take us home quite nicely. 690 00:45:09,880 --> 00:45:11,880 Follow Carter drunk navigator. 691 00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:13,880 Follow Carter drunk navigator. 692 00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:15,880 Who you calling drunk over? 693 00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:18,880 Well, you better be drunk for this test of work. 694 00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:19,880 Are you ready? 695 00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:21,880 Yeah, whatever. 696 00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:26,880 Okay, whenever you feel like going will follow. 697 00:45:27,880 --> 00:45:33,880 A common consequence of people being drunk is that they think they're funnier than they really are. 698 00:45:33,880 --> 00:45:34,880 Laura. 699 00:45:34,880 --> 00:45:35,880 Yes. 700 00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:39,880 He knows better than to listen to me. 701 00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:42,880 Another is that their perspective of events. 702 00:45:42,880 --> 00:45:43,880 Straight now. 703 00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:45,880 Right, right, right, right, right, right, right. 704 00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:49,880 Can be very different to non-drinking observers. 705 00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:54,880 So I swear he is weaving a lot more around the road. 706 00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:59,880 It's like, oh, we got some curb action there. 707 00:46:02,880 --> 00:46:03,880 Hard left. 708 00:46:03,880 --> 00:46:06,880 Feelings of affection can also become magnified. 709 00:46:07,880 --> 00:46:09,880 Oh, you're so good. 710 00:46:09,880 --> 00:46:11,880 And make others feel uncomfortable. 711 00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:12,880 Right. 712 00:46:12,880 --> 00:46:15,880 Drunk Jamie as a navigator made me a lot more nervous. 713 00:46:15,880 --> 00:46:21,880 He gave a lot of positive reinforcements and it wasn't as useful. 714 00:46:21,880 --> 00:46:23,880 Good little bit of left. 715 00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:31,880 But what's important for this test is that drunk Jamie is making Jerry weave the road like he's the one who's been Swig and Bourbon. 716 00:46:32,880 --> 00:46:37,880 For the first time, driving instructor Derek has to help Jerry control the car. 717 00:46:38,880 --> 00:46:44,880 The situation felt a little less in control and twice Derek intervened. 718 00:46:44,880 --> 00:46:48,880 He grabbed the wheel once and he also hit the brake once. 719 00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:50,880 Hard right. 720 00:46:50,880 --> 00:46:54,880 But the guys do manage to pull into the drive in one piece. 721 00:46:54,880 --> 00:46:57,880 He got me home and I was drunk. 722 00:46:58,880 --> 00:46:59,880 Thank you, Jerry. 723 00:46:59,880 --> 00:47:00,880 You're my best friend. 724 00:47:00,880 --> 00:47:02,880 You're a bit your sweet little bit. 725 00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:13,880 From where Adam was sitting, there was a very distinct difference between Jamie's navigation skills sober versus drunk. 726 00:47:13,880 --> 00:47:18,880 You're weaving much more from right to left, right to left. 727 00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:26,880 There's a lot of delay in correction and if I was a cop behind you, I would be pulling that car over thinking there's a drunk man behind the wheel. 728 00:47:26,880 --> 00:47:29,880 I don't know which is worse, being blind or blind drunk. 729 00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:36,880 So if you ever consider the blind driving method of getting somewhere, call a cab. 730 00:47:36,880 --> 00:47:38,880 Booyah! 731 00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:46,880 Can we stop doing these drinking myths? I don't feel so good. 732 00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:49,880 Okay, I'll do the heavy lifting in the wrap up. 733 00:47:49,880 --> 00:47:58,880 I think you and I proved on the closed course that with a little practice, it is possible to drive while blindfolded as long as your instructions are competent. 734 00:47:58,880 --> 00:48:02,880 And our blind guy that we got, Jerry, actually turned out to be a great driver. 735 00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:08,880 He did and that combined with the story we found of someone actually doing it, I'd say this one is totally confirmed. 736 00:48:08,880 --> 00:48:11,880 It's illegal, but you can do it. It's confirmed. 737 00:48:11,880 --> 00:48:14,880 You know what my favorite part of this whole story was? 738 00:48:14,880 --> 00:48:20,880 Was it after you got drunk, your instructions made Jerry drive as if he was drunk. 739 00:48:20,880 --> 00:48:22,880 I would have never called that. 740 00:48:22,880 --> 00:48:23,880 Hmm. 741 00:48:23,880 --> 00:48:25,880 I thought I did pretty well. 742 00:48:25,880 --> 00:48:28,880 Yeah, but that's the whole point. You were actually drunk.