1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,500 Do not try what you're about to see at home. 2 00:00:02,500 --> 00:00:08,000 We consult with experts, we take every precaution and we have years of experience in dangerous situations. 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:12,000 On this episode of Myth Busters, 4 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:17,000 we've got a classic collection of iconic conundrums. 5 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,000 I think we killed Captain Kirk! 6 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:25,000 First, Jamie and Adam answer the age-old Western question, 7 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,000 can you light a match with a bullet? 8 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:28,000 Punch in! 9 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:33,000 Then, can you really safely dip your digits into searing hot molten metal? 10 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,000 Is this the first terminator you've ever cooked? 11 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:38,000 And in a Camp Frank classic, 12 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:40,000 Got my jammies and I'm ready to go to work. 13 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,000 Will a wet hand lead to a bedwetting? 14 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,000 I don't think he's involuntarily urinating yet. 15 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,000 Then Grant Jesse and Tori, 16 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,000 Holy crap, tackle the nauseating, 17 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:54,000 tall tail of the earwax candle. 18 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:55,000 It's very much. 19 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:56,000 And finally, 20 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,000 Yes, yes! 21 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:03,000 Can you blow away a Star Trek baddie with a bamboo bazooka? 22 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,000 Who are the Myth Busters? 23 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:12,000 Adam Savage. 24 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:13,000 That's science. 25 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:14,000 And Jamie Heineman. 26 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,000 Things are going to start to get a little crazy in here. 27 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:22,000 Between them more than 30 years of special effects experience, 28 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:23,000 Joining them, 29 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:25,000 Carrie Byron. 30 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:27,000 Brent Imaher. 31 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:28,000 It's lethal people. 32 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,000 Tori Bellaci. 33 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,000 And featuring Jesse Combs. 34 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:34,000 That was awesome! 35 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,000 They don't just tell the Myths. 36 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:39,000 Are you ready? 37 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:40,000 I'm ready. 38 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,000 They put them to the test. 39 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,000 So you're trying to tell me you're nuts, right? 40 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:59,000 No, simply that this coconut is the perfect symbol for what this episode is all about. 41 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:00,000 How so? 42 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:03,000 In a nutshell, we get a lot of Myths that are too small to test. 43 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:04,000 We call them Mini Myths, right? 44 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:05,000 Yep. 45 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,000 Until now, those Myths have been a tough nut to crack, 46 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,000 but I think that we've nutted out a solution. 47 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:13,000 And that is to throw as many Mini Myths into a single episode as possible. 48 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,000 Specifically, this episode. 49 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:16,000 How many? 50 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:17,000 Six. 51 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:18,000 And I figured we'd begin with a classic, 52 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:21,000 Can you mail a coconut without any packaging? 53 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,000 I thought we'd start out by putting a stamp in our address on it, 54 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,000 to see if it comes back to the shop by the end of the show. 55 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,000 And you know, there's one I've always wanted to try, 56 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:31,000 which is, can you light a strike anywhere match with a bullet? 57 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:32,000 Well, let's get started. 58 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:37,000 It's a match made in Mini Myth Fan Request Heaven. 59 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:44,000 A single testable question that could be answered in one glorious afternoon down at the gun range. 60 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:48,000 Through the magic of editing, allow me to demonstrate exactly what we hope to achieve today. 61 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:50,000 Okay, I'm ready. 62 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:54,000 Dude, don't move. 63 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:55,000 I won't. 64 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,000 That's what this story's all about. 65 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:06,000 Can a bullet light a match? 66 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,000 Well, when you get right down to it, it's all about friction. 67 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:14,000 If this myth is true, we're going to be able to light this with this, 68 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:18,000 while this is traveling at nearly 800 feet per second. 69 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:23,000 The question is whether that bullet is able to cause enough friction when it raises that match 70 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:27,000 to actually ignite it without blowing the head of the match off. 71 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:31,000 I'll tell you, I'm not sure it's going to work, and it's not about the precision. 72 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,000 That, I feel that we can solve. 73 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:37,000 It's about the length of time this bullet will be in contact with this match, 74 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:43,000 and whether that length of time is long enough to set the lighting chemical conflagration in motion. 75 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,000 So the guys are ready. 76 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:46,000 Gun is going hot. 77 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:51,000 They have their 45 caliber gun with its large slow-moving slug, 78 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:56,000 perfect for this experiment, aimed by a laser at the tip of the match. 79 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,000 Firing in three. 80 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,000 Surely this won't take long. 81 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,000 One. 82 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:04,000 Maybe it will. 83 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,000 Not lit. Not even gone. 84 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:07,000 Apparently it's too low. 85 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:14,000 Despite Adam's pleasure at the quality of the high-speed shot, 86 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,000 that is so pretty. 87 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:22,000 It's so crisp you can see the reflection of the match head in the bullet. 88 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:27,000 Even with laser-guided precision, they completely missed. 89 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:32,000 So they're reverting to a more utilitarian method of marking the bullet's trajectory. 90 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:33,000 Let's do it. 91 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,000 Cardboard and trial and error. 92 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,000 Three, two, one. 93 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:41,000 Plenty of error. 94 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:42,000 That's crazy high. 95 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:46,000 Well, you shot the head right off. 96 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,000 And plenty of trial. 97 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:53,000 It missed it so close, but it's not touching it. 98 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:00,000 Well, we're a few shots in and we have not gotten the match to light yet, 99 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,000 but we're in the thick of it. 100 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:04,000 So close. 101 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:09,000 We knocked most of the red off the match without destroying it, 102 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:12,000 so we're really, really close. 103 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:16,000 We're trying to get this grazing action without destroying the match head, 104 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:17,000 which we've already done. 105 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:22,000 Too high. We want to just graze the very tip of it. 106 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:25,000 I don't know. To get one to light may take another few shots. 107 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,000 It may take another few hours. 108 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:30,000 What do you think? 109 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,000 I don't see no fire. 110 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:36,000 No lit match, but a quick look at the high-speed confirms they are on target. 111 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,000 Perfect. It's just knocking off a little bit of the white there. 112 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:42,000 Just barely touched it. That's what's required. 113 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,000 The bullet grazed the match head, 114 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:48,000 but it didn't kickstart the chain of events that end in a lit match. 115 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:49,000 This is how matches work. 116 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:53,000 In the head of the match, you've got a fuel, which is a sulfur-based product. 117 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:57,000 You've got an oxidizer, which is usually potassium chloride. 118 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:01,000 And you've got glass powders all held together in a binder on the head of the match. 119 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:06,000 The striker has glass powder, but it also has a small amount of red phosphorus. 120 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:09,000 And when you strike the match on the striker, 121 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:15,000 that glass-on-glass friction generates enough heat to convert the red phosphorus into white phosphorus, 122 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,000 which happens to burst into flames when it's exposed to air. 123 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:21,000 Now, in a strike-anywhere match like this one, 124 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:24,000 all those same ingredients are on the head of the match. 125 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,000 And so you can strike it on any abrasive surface. 126 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:32,000 The same reaction occurs, generates heat, generates white phosphorus. 127 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,000 You've got a lit match. 128 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:39,000 And back on the range, despite feeling like they've got a busted myth on their hands, 129 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:42,000 the guys lock and load for one last shot. 130 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,000 Barring in three, two, one. 131 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:50,000 Nice! Punch in! 132 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,000 You asked for it, and we made it happen. 133 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,000 Well, that's fully-murt. We did it. 134 00:06:55,000 --> 00:07:00,000 But keep in mind that it took us nine tries to make this happen. 135 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:07,000 We had precision equipment, and the accuracy required was down to, you know, a thousandth of an inch or so. 136 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:11,000 That's great! That is so cool. 137 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,000 Well, I was wrong again. 138 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:25,000 This was fully able to light this when they were only in contact for a 12,000th of a second. 139 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:29,000 It's mighty short, but it's mighty confirmed. 140 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:37,000 Alright, quick hit myths from the fansite. What do we have? 141 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,000 Well, the first one comes from the movie Shrek. 142 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:40,000 Can doggies talk? 143 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:41,000 No, that's confirmed. 144 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:42,000 Can we hear the real one? 145 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:47,000 Okay, well, in the movie, Shrek uses his own earwax to make a candle. 146 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:48,000 Ugh, that's disgusting. 147 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,000 I'm interested. Please go on. 148 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:54,000 Okay, well, first we need to find out if earwax is flammable, 149 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:57,000 and finally we need to collect lots and lots of it. 150 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,000 I always wondered what was in my ears. 151 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,000 You might want to get this checked out. 152 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:07,000 It's a classic scene from the green screen. 153 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:13,000 Shrek pulls enough wax from his ears to form a fully functional flammable candle. 154 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:20,000 And to find out if this simple and nauseating concept is even possible, the team is brought in an expert. 155 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:21,000 You ready to go for it? 156 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:22,000 Oh, let's start digging. 157 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,000 Digging? I thought we were cleaning. 158 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:25,000 Well, that too. 159 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:32,000 First up, Dr. Lustig is digging up a sample for a proof of concept flammability test. 160 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:33,000 Holy crap. 161 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:34,000 What'd you get? 162 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,000 You got a little bit there, not too bad. 163 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:41,000 With the sample secured, the team gathers ready to burn the evidence. 164 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:42,000 So what do you guys think of the earwax? 165 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:43,000 That came out of your ear? 166 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:44,000 Yeah, pretty gross, huh? 167 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:45,000 Let's burn it. 168 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,000 Hang on a second there, Pyramaniac. 169 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:50,000 Now, since this is about candles, I have something to say about it. 170 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,000 Hang on a second there, Pyramaniac. 171 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:57,000 Now, since this is about candles, I have some commercial candle wax to compare, as well as some beeswax. 172 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:58,000 All right, this will be good. 173 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,000 We'll see which one is more flammable. 174 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:06,000 So the whole point of today's experiment is to find out if human earwax is in fact flammable. 175 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:15,000 But not only that, to be able to compare it visually to the types of waxes that are found in commercial grade candles, namely paraffin or beeswax. 176 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:16,000 Cool. 177 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:17,000 All right. 178 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:18,000 Should we move on to the earwax? 179 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:19,000 All right. 180 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,000 Ooh, it's sparking. 181 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,000 Dude, that was in your ear. 182 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:28,000 Paraffin and the beeswax burn normally, as I would have expected. 183 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:33,000 The really astounding thing is how well the human earwax burn. 184 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:37,000 And it's not like a slow burn, like the paraffin or the beeswax. 185 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:40,000 Sort of a more aggressive burn with a crackling. 186 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:41,000 It's like... 187 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,000 Which I'm not exactly sure what that is. 188 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:49,000 Maybe it's skin cells or little hairs, but very surprising that it burnt well. 189 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:51,000 I think this looks good for a myth. 190 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:57,000 That means they can move on to stage two, collecting enough earwax to make a candle. 191 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:01,000 But what's immediately clear is it's going to take a while. 192 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:02,000 You have clean ear canals. 193 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:05,000 We are going to have to call in a lot of people, huh? 194 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:06,000 We're going to need a lot of people. 195 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:09,000 All right, everybody, come on in. 196 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:12,000 Cue the usual suspects. 197 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:15,000 The Mythbusters team in all its waxy... 198 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:16,000 Victory. 199 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:17,000 Oily... 200 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,000 Wow! 201 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:20,000 ...Ary... 202 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:21,000 Got it. 203 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:22,000 All right, then. 204 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:23,000 Happy to help. 205 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:26,000 ...and greasy-eared Glory. 206 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,000 Can I take these off? 207 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:29,000 Oh, yes. 208 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,000 Otherwise, it'll be really hard. 209 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:39,000 After plumbing the eerie depths of the last few team members, family members, and passersby, 210 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:44,000 Dr. Lustig is finished, and the earwax candle making can begin. 211 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,000 Next, Adam and Jamie... 212 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:47,000 He's not sleeping. 213 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:48,000 He's waiting. 214 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:55,000 ...dream up a solution to a classic camp prank. 215 00:10:55,000 --> 00:11:02,000 Next up is an actual prank. 216 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:03,000 Let me start with a question. 217 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,000 Have you ever gone to Sleepaway Camp? 218 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:07,000 I was camp counselor for years. 219 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:10,000 Okay, did you ever play pranks on the kids in your charge? 220 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:11,000 Of course. 221 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,000 In fact, that was a job requirement. 222 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:19,000 Ever take a sleeping person's hand and dip it in a bowl of warm water to see if they'd wet themselves? 223 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:22,000 Actually, no, but I have always wondered about that one. 224 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:25,000 You're not going to have to wonder much longer because we're going to put it to the test. 225 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,000 Well, all right, then. 226 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:34,000 Aside from our sleeping human guinea pigs, the only piece of equipment the team requires for this test is this... 227 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:37,000 Moisture activated voice alarm. 228 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:41,000 So how is it that these shiny strips of metal are able to detect liquid? 229 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:47,000 Well, when water crosses over two of these strips, it'll allow a minute amount of electrical current to pass through it. 230 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:52,000 And this alarm right here is sensitive enough to detect that and start yelling at me... 231 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:54,000 Oh my God, what the hell are you doing? 232 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,000 ...when it does. 233 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:58,000 Next, the guys need a place to sleep. 234 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:01,000 Got my jammies. I'm ready to go to work. 235 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:09,000 And here, at the California Sleep Lab, in this bedroom with a view, they've got state-of-the-art monitoring equipment. 236 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:15,000 This is a camp prank, a staple of camp pranks the world over for generations, I swear. 237 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:20,000 And it is simply that if you take a sleeping person's hand and place it in a bowl of warm water, 238 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:24,000 that person will involuntarily wet themselves in their bed. 239 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:27,000 Oh my God, what the hell are you doing? 240 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,000 Yeah, and that's where we come in. 241 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:31,000 Alright, so we're gonna start your hookup now? 242 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:32,000 Okay. 243 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:38,000 We have come to the California Center for Sleep Disorders, and Jamie and I are each going to take turns being the test subject. 244 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:42,000 One of us will fall asleep in this bed when we reach the correct phase of sleep. 245 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:47,000 The other one will sneak in with a bowl of water and see if this is in fact true. 246 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,000 Do I think this is gonna work? 247 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:54,000 Well, in my case, not so much. 248 00:12:54,000 --> 00:13:00,000 As it happens, I'm a very light sleeper, and my suspicion is that if somebody comes in in the middle of the night 249 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:05,000 and tries to mess with my hand, the other one's gonna hit him square on the face. 250 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:10,000 And that is surely the key stumbling block for this myth. 251 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,000 Is he sucking his thumb? 252 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:20,000 Unless they are absolutely out for the count, getting the sleeper's hand into the water without waking them up will be tough. 253 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:23,000 But that's where clinical director Michael Salemi comes in. 254 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:26,000 His eyes are closed, but he's definitely not asleep. 255 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:29,000 With all the electrodes on Jamie's head, what are we looking at there? 256 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:33,000 These are his eyes right here, and we're looking at eye movements, and this is his EEG. 257 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:39,000 So we're looking at his brainwave patterns here to see if there's any changes that would indicate that he's actually falling asleep. 258 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:45,000 Basically, by monitoring the brain's electrical activity, we can tell how deep is Jamie's sleep. 259 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:51,000 Stages one and two are light transitional stages that won't be ideal for this test. 260 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:55,000 Stage three, also called slow wave sleep, is the goal. 261 00:13:55,000 --> 00:14:01,000 Here, brain activity is significantly reduced and the sleeper is less easily woken. 262 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:04,000 But Jamie's playing hard to get. 263 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:07,000 He's not sleeping. He's waiting. 264 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:14,000 And Adam, geared up with night vision goggles, loses patience and goes in. 265 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,000 Oh, you're totally awake. 266 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,000 You've had like two hours, man. 267 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,000 Sorry. Nice get up. 268 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:24,000 Thank you. I think your time is up. I think it's my turn. 269 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:29,000 So I was right about Jamie not sleeping. He was waiting, and he waited us out. 270 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:32,000 He waited so long we had to throw him out as a test subject. 271 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:35,000 I've always wanted the cyber hair extensions. 272 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:38,000 And now it's my turn. 273 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:42,000 As soon as Adam's down, he's out. 274 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:46,000 And finally, things are looking up. Or are they? 275 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:51,000 Although Adam dropped his sleep really quickly, he may not be a very good candidate for this either 276 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:59,000 because Adam has sleep apnea, which means that he's struggling for air from time to time and it's waking him up. 277 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:06,000 So he may not be able to get down into that deep sleep that we need him to be at to do this trick. 278 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:12,000 But before the team runs out of patience, Adam finally descends into stage three sleep. 279 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,000 However, there's another complication. 280 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:18,000 Both of his hands are under his head, so I don't know what to do other than try it. 281 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,000 If he doesn't wake up, maybe we'll get what we need. 282 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:29,000 With Adam twisted awkwardly, Jamie manages to get Adam's hand over the bowl. 283 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:34,000 But the best he can do is gently pour water over the hand until... 284 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:39,000 Our camp-frag victim awakes. 285 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:48,000 Alright then. So Adam, notice that your hand is wet. Is there anything else that's wet? 286 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:51,000 No. 287 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:52,000 It's all dry. 288 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:53,000 Darn it. 289 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:56,000 It's definitely not looking very good for this myth at this point. 290 00:15:56,000 --> 00:16:02,000 After the break, the team go into meltdown, melting down their earwax. 291 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:03,000 That sucked. 292 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:16,000 It's many myth mayhem, and the mythbusters want to know if, just like Shrek, you can make a candle out of earwax. 293 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:23,000 Well, I mean, it's obvious we don't have enough earwax to melt it down into a big vat and dip the wick in like you would normally make candles. 294 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:29,000 So why don't we try and melt that, lay it out, and roll it around a wick kind of like they do with those beeswax type of candles? 295 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:30,000 It might work. 296 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:34,000 I'm not really sure how this is going to work as a candle. 297 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:38,000 Yeah, it's flammable, but it's not quite the same as regular wax. 298 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:39,000 Alright, well, are you ready to melt? 299 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:40,000 Yes. 300 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:45,000 The bigger question for me is actually getting it into candle form. 301 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:48,000 You look more like boogers than earwax, don't they? 302 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:49,000 Yeah. 303 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,000 Those with sensitive... 304 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:53,000 Are you going to throw up? 305 00:16:53,000 --> 00:17:03,000 Not so steely stomachs might want to avert your eyes around about now. 306 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:06,000 Why are we making this candle? 307 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:09,000 Oh, it's gonna drop. 308 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:12,000 Well, maybe if you just keep breathing it, you get used to it. 309 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:13,000 Yeah, probably not. 310 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:15,000 Alright, it looks pretty soft. 311 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,000 You want to like smash out a big... 312 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:28,000 That sucked. 313 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,000 Alright, here's your wick. 314 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:36,000 You know what, making the candle was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be. 315 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,000 Cool, it's like a little earwax taco. 316 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:43,000 It's not like it's a pre-packaged material that you pull out and form into a shape of a candle. 317 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:45,000 I mean, this is earwax you're talking about. 318 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,000 It's actually working kind of. 319 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:55,000 There's hair in there, there's skin cells, and to get it melted down into the shape of a candle was hard enough. 320 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:56,000 Look at that! 321 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:57,000 We got a candle. 322 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:01,000 Well, almost, the final proof is in the lighting. 323 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:05,000 Okay, so for our side-by-side comparison, we have... 324 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,000 Oh, you're going to stick it on that cupcake? 325 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,000 Birthday candle? 326 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:11,000 Careful it doesn't fall apart. 327 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:12,000 Oh. 328 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:14,000 Alright. 329 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:17,000 The earwax all together and the wick in it, personally, 330 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:21,000 I don't think it's going to melt like a normal candle because when we tested it, it sparkled. 331 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:22,000 Go. 332 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:23,000 Okay. 333 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:24,000 Okay. 334 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:26,000 So it's either going to be like 4th of July or it's going to go completely out. 335 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:29,000 It's lit like a candle, but we'll see if it lasts. 336 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:33,000 Look how it's bubbling up right around, right around, and it's going down. 337 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:36,000 Yep, it's burning up just like in our little sample test. 338 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:39,000 It burns up and then that's it, it's done. 339 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:40,000 I don't think it's going to last. 340 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:41,000 Nope. 341 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:44,000 It's going out, it's going out. 342 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:46,000 Okay, 23 seconds. 343 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,000 Not much of a candle at all. 344 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:49,000 Nope. 345 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:53,000 And that's down to the composition of candle wax as opposed to earwax. 346 00:18:53,000 --> 00:19:01,000 The long chain hydrocarbons in paraffin or beeswax melt and in liquid form get pulled up the wick 347 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:04,000 where they burn in a slow, controlled fashion. 348 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:10,000 Earwax, full of dead skin cells, hair, fatty acids and cholesterol, may be flammable, 349 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:14,000 but critically it doesn't melt or burn consistently. 350 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,000 Alright, it looks like this one's busted. 351 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:17,000 Busted. 352 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:18,000 Totally busted. 353 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,000 Happy birthday! 354 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,000 We got to sleep. 355 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,000 We got him to where he needed to be. 356 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:48,000 We got his hand in the bowl, but the best I could do was dribble water over it. 357 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,000 We did not get full immersion. 358 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:51,000 Nope. 359 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:52,000 I'm so tired. 360 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:59,000 So we've got one last chance and for that we're going to induct Matt, our runner, 361 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:02,000 and we'll see whether we can get him to wet his bed. 362 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,000 Yeah, let's make mama proud. 363 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:07,000 Sweet dreams. 364 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:11,000 And mere minutes after lights out, sweet dreams it is. 365 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:12,000 There we go. 366 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,000 I'm starting to spread out. 367 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,000 Alright, let's get a bucket of water ready. 368 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:19,000 Let this be a lesson to you kids. 369 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:22,000 Less do you think working for MythBusters is all fun and games. 370 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:26,000 Even the runners are not above getting humiliated on national television. 371 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:31,000 This is perfect. 372 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:34,000 Matt's hand is in the bowl. 373 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:37,000 It's the ideal illustration of this man. 374 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:42,000 I don't hear the alarm, so I don't think he's involuntarily hearing it again. 375 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:48,000 Not yet, but after five minutes of hand and wrist immersion, this happens. 376 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:51,000 Oh my god, what the hell are you doing? 377 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:52,000 Oh my god! 378 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:57,000 With the alarm going nuts and bedlam in the bedroom, it's not until the lights are switched 379 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:00,000 on that the offending puddle can be examined. 380 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:03,000 Dude, did you think you peed yourself? 381 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,000 I don't think I did. 382 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,000 Roll over and let's see what's going on. 383 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,000 Looks like it could be a spell. 384 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:13,000 Yeah, it's not from the source, unfortunately. 385 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:16,000 How did he get that separate puddle over there? 386 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:19,000 If Matt says it's not from the source, I'm going to go with him. 387 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:22,000 Yeah, it looks like it is just on the side. 388 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:26,000 I don't see wet pants overall. 389 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:32,000 Well, if that is the case then it didn't work because his hand was full on in that water for like, 390 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,000 five minutes or better. 391 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,000 Did you even feel it? 392 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:37,000 No. 393 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:38,000 That's awesome. 394 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:42,000 I really thought that we'd hit pay dirt with this myth when I heard this start screaming, 395 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:43,000 but no. 396 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:47,000 It's late in the middle of the night and after Matt's hand was in that bowl for five minutes, 397 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:51,000 some of the water sloshed out and caused our alarm to go off. 398 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:56,000 With all of this, I can't see that we can call this myth anything but busted. 399 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:06,000 Our trio of Trekkies tackle a Star Trek tale and later, 400 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:11,000 Jamie and Adam get a handle on a hair-raising hot pot of molten lead. 401 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:15,000 And this little piggy, Mern, clean off. 402 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:19,000 Do not try what we do on the show at home. 403 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:21,000 We're what you call experts. 404 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:22,000 Stay safe. 405 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:31,000 It's not quite a mini myth, but this Trekkie tall tale is too good to resist. 406 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:36,000 I tell you what, I cannot believe how popular this next myth is. 407 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:40,000 Yeah, fans have been requesting it for years and when I announced that we were doing this on the internet, 408 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,000 the reaction was massive. 409 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,000 You're talking about the Gorn episode of Star Trek. 410 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:50,000 This is the episode of the classic Star Trek series where Captain Kirk battles a reptilian creature called the Gorn. 411 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:53,000 Yeah, and right when you think Captain Kirk is about to get defeated, 412 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:57,000 he devises a weapon using nothing but the things he finds on this alien planet. 413 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,000 Doesn't he make his own gunpowder as well? 414 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,000 Heck yeah, he's Captain Kirk. 415 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,000 Let's get this going. 416 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,000 Enterprise, three to beam up. 417 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,000 You're getting reception? 418 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,000 Yeah, mine's real. 419 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:20,000 In a memorable Star Trek moment, a marooned Captain Kirk channels MacGyver and makes a bamboo bazooka. 420 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:23,000 Yes, yes. 421 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,000 What? What is it, Spock? 422 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,000 An invention, yeoman. 423 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:32,000 After scavenging the three basic ingredients of gunpowder and diamonds for ammunition, 424 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:35,000 they would make formidable projectiles. 425 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:38,000 Oh, we're from the Gorn. 426 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:43,000 Kirk goes to work mixing his materials and constructing the cannon. 427 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:45,000 Can he do it? 428 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:48,000 If he has the time, yeoman. 429 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:51,000 If he has the time. 430 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:54,000 Of course he has the time. He's Kirk. 431 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,000 But what about reality? 432 00:23:56,000 --> 00:24:03,000 Can you really make your own gunpowder and can you really make a bazooka out of bamboo? 433 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:05,000 Now gunpowder is composed of three things. 434 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:10,000 Potassium nitrate, charcoal and sulfur. 435 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:14,000 Now on their own, each of these three things is non-explosive. 436 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:19,000 But the question is whether you can combine them together without further refinement 437 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:23,000 to create gunpowder capable of firing the projectile out of a cannon. 438 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:27,000 So what we're going to do is we're going to make Captain Kirk black powder. 439 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:31,000 We're going to take these elements, mix them up just like he does in the TV clip 440 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,000 and compare it to regular black powder. 441 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:37,000 Now the next big question of this myth is whether or not we can build a cannon out of bamboo 442 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,000 that will withstand the explosion of gunpowder. 443 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:43,000 So I'm going to have a stab at this while I leave the boys to their pyrotechnics. 444 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:47,000 And our pair of pyromaniacs begin pyrotechnics 101 445 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:52,000 with the assumption that Kirk knew the correct ratio of the three key ingredients 446 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,000 and also liked their hero. 447 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,000 Okay dude, Kirk or Picard? 448 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,000 Are you kidding? Kirk. 449 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:01,000 They're not using any tools to grind and mix the black powder. 450 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,000 Just some rocks from the floor of the set. 451 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,000 Mr. Spock or Lieutenant Commander Data? 452 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:06,000 Spock. 453 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:07,000 Did Han shoot first? 454 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:08,000 Yes he did. 455 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:11,000 So we've been at this for a good 15 minutes or so. 456 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,000 It's starting to look like black powder. 457 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:17,000 No longer than Kirk might have had while down on the planet. 458 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:21,000 And now it's time to test our black powder formulas. 459 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,000 First what we're going to do is let off some real black powder 460 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:27,000 just to see what it's supposed to look like. 461 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:31,000 Good. 462 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:36,000 Then we're just going to try our own recipes and see what we got. 463 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:39,000 So that's what the guys are aiming for. 464 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:44,000 That's the kind of reaction Kirk achieved by hand mixing his gunpowder. 465 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:48,000 And we're about to find out if that's possible. 466 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:49,000 Hey. 467 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:50,000 Hey. 468 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,000 I was kind of doing something. 469 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,000 It's a little something something. 470 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:55,000 Yeah. 471 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:59,000 Kind of burning like, it's like those snakes that you get a fourth of July. 472 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:03,000 So no, we didn't get the big poof like a black powder on our first test. 473 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:08,000 But I'm actually pleasantly surprised because I fully expected nothing to happen. 474 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:09,000 No ignition. 475 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:10,000 Wow. 476 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:11,000 Look at that. 477 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:12,000 That's a little better. 478 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:15,000 But we did get ignition and it smelled like black powder. 479 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:18,000 And furthermore we got these sparks. 480 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:22,000 That actually means that we're on the right track. 481 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,000 I think it's just a matter of time until we find the right ratio. 482 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:30,000 While our budding kitchen chemists mix things up with a few new recipes, 483 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:33,000 Jesse cooks up a bamboo can. 484 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:36,000 Captain Kirk was put on this barren wasteland. 485 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:40,000 He was very lucky to find a broken off piece of bamboo. 486 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,000 One that is approximately the size that we've chosen here, 487 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,000 which is about a six inch inside diameter. 488 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:49,000 Well, the problem that we're having here is that a piece of bamboo didn't have these 489 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:52,000 inner walls where it walks off all of these sections. 490 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:55,000 So what I have to do is just get rid of those inner walls. 491 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:59,000 The heat is on to find the perfect and mixed black powder formula. 492 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:03,000 Now on this one I added more charcoal and more sulfur. 493 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:07,000 After working their way through over 30 different formulations, 494 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:13,000 the guys decide they found the best possible combination that could be made by hand. 495 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:17,000 Hey, you know what? It's not too bad. 496 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:21,000 I mean, I don't know if you'd be able to make it in 30 minutes during the heat of the battle, 497 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,000 but I mean, so far it's looking good. 498 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:33,000 You look like you're thinking of something pretty good. 499 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:38,000 I am. There's a myth going around that you can stick your hand into molten lead and not get hurt. 500 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:43,000 Molten metal. Pretty nasty stuff. 501 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,000 Just look at these shots of a foundry. 502 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:51,000 It would seem that if you touched any of that stuff with your hands, you'd be horribly, horribly burned. 503 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:57,000 But maybe not so. See, there's a myth going around that if you take pure lead and you melt it, 504 00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:01,000 that you can dip your hand in it and not be burnt a horribly injured. 505 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:05,000 I know. The trick is supposed to be that you wet your hand before doing it 506 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:09,000 and it exploits what's known as the lead and frost effect. 507 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,000 The lead and frost effect? 508 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,000 Well, seeing as it's the scientific basis for the myth, 509 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:20,000 Adam, with his hot steel ball and fish tank, is on demonstration duty. 510 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,000 Wow, look at that! 511 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:31,000 You can see a clear skin of, I guess, its steam around the whole thing. 512 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:35,000 What you're seeing in this demonstration is known as the lead and frost effect. 513 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,000 It's like an atmosphere. 514 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:43,000 It's interesting because the steam that's created when you expose a hot surface to water 515 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:45,000 is actually insulating that surface. 516 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:53,000 And it makes sense because steam being a gas conducts heat less rapidly than the water itself does. 517 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:55,000 And that's the key. 518 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:59,000 When cool water is exposed to an extremely hot surface, 519 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:03,000 a layer of water vapor, which is a relatively poor heat conductor, 520 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,000 provides a thin protective barrier. 521 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:10,000 So it's time to get cooking for this air-raising stunt. 522 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:12,000 Is this me? 523 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:15,000 With the one and only ingredient, lead. 524 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:18,000 Is this the first terminator you've ever cooked? 525 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,000 No, I've done this a lot before, actually. 526 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:23,000 Every time I get a robot that's misbehaving. 527 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:28,000 Problems you've got to keep them cooking, otherwise they reformulate and try and kill you. 528 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:32,000 It's about 725 degrees. 529 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:35,000 Well, that's about 100 degrees more than melting temperature. 530 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:36,000 I think that's about right. 531 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:37,000 Let's do it. 532 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:39,000 Cue the stand-in digits. 533 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:45,000 This meat is raw, and if it actually gets too hot, it's going to change color because it's cooking. 534 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:48,000 If these finger-sized sausages sizzle, 535 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:52,000 then Adam and Jamie won't be going anywhere near the hot pot. 536 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,000 Oh, no, that seems to be a problem, doesn't it? 537 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:59,000 A very slight change of color. 538 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:03,000 But also, lead stuck, I wouldn't want that to happen to my finger. 539 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:04,000 No. 540 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:10,000 While not burnt by the standards of any backyard barbecue, the sausage is being cooked. 541 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:12,000 But they're not giving up yet. 542 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,000 My hair's breath over 800. 543 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:21,000 In order to avoid burning their stand-in digits, they're going to raise the temperature and try again. 544 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:28,000 Coming up, the team beamed down to the bomb range and blast off with a bamboo bazooka. 545 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,000 I will be highly impressed if this actually works. 546 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:39,000 That worked pretty well. 547 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:41,000 Yeah, we're a story. 548 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:45,000 Gosh, dang it. 549 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,000 This is the fourth time this week. 550 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:49,000 We used to get a new service provider. 551 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:50,000 Right? 552 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:56,000 Our intrepid trio of Trekkies are tackling the tall tale of the Gorn Cannon. 553 00:30:57,000 --> 00:31:00,000 They want to know, can you hand-mix black powder? 554 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:04,000 Can you really build a bazooka out of bamboo? 555 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:09,000 And can the cannon fire with enough force to take down the Gorn? 556 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:13,000 We're working with three different elements here. 557 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:17,000 So the chances of everything working together, I'm thinking slim to none. 558 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:19,000 The gunpowder looks promising. 559 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:21,000 The bamboo, I think, is going to completely fail. 560 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:24,000 And then the Gorn actually being hit by diamonds. 561 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:25,000 Not so much. 562 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,000 Hey, nice vine you got there. 563 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:30,000 Yeah, you know, it's amazing how it grows in three-courts here on this planet. 564 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:37,000 In the episode, Captain Kirk takes the vine and wraps it around the bamboo bazooka at the combustion chamber. 565 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,000 I guess that's the strengthening or something. 566 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:42,000 Alright, we have to tighten this. 567 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:46,000 Alright, that's time for the secret sauce. 568 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:49,000 Our own formulation of black powder. 569 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:52,000 After 33 formulations, this is the most potent. 570 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:57,000 And just to remind you, this is using only the chemicals that Kirk had on the planet, 571 00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:00,000 which were potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal. 572 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:04,000 And speaking of James Tiberius Kirk, here he is. 573 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:06,000 Alright, buddy, it's time. 574 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,000 Or at least his stunt double. 575 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,000 You know why I was wearing the red shirt, don't you? 576 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:11,000 Why? 577 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:15,000 Every Star Trek fan knows, if you've been down to a plant in a red shirt, you're not going to back. 578 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:17,000 Perfect. 579 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:22,000 We are about to test our bamboo bazooka. 580 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:26,000 Is it going to be strong enough to withstand an explosion from our homemade black powder? 581 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:30,000 Forehand, I measured out an amount. Two handfuls, which Kirk put in. 582 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,000 And that's what this cup is. 583 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:37,000 And is that explosion going to be strong enough to launch our projectiles into the gourd to take him down? 584 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:40,000 Okay, load it up with the diamonds. 585 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:43,000 Where's this whole thing? Just going to explode into splinters. 586 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:46,000 I will be highly impressed that this actually works. 587 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,000 We are about to find out. 588 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:52,000 Alright, this is Gorn Cannon, just like in the episode. 589 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,000 Here we go. 590 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,000 Kiss your butt to buy it, Gorn! 591 00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:58,000 Ha ha ha ha! 592 00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,000 It's quite endearing, really. 593 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:03,000 Grantantory's beaming faces full of anticipation. 594 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:06,000 Childhood dreams about to be realized. 595 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:10,000 That was interesting. 596 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:14,000 But unfortunately, all that hope has gone up in smoke. 597 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:17,000 I was hoping for like a shit and wah! 598 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,000 This is so underwhelming. 599 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:21,000 I'm sorry, guys. 600 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:26,000 It appears the homemade black powder doesn't burn fast or aggressively enough. 601 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:30,000 The energy is simply dissipating rather than exploding. 602 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:33,000 I'm not going to lie, I'm a little disappointed. 603 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,000 All I can indeed is smoke profusely. 604 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:39,000 But I don't think necessarily that it was the gunpowder. 605 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:41,000 It was a gunpowder that we lost containment. 606 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:42,000 I don't know. 607 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:47,000 All I know is that people have been making gunpowder this way for centuries with the exact same recipe. 608 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,000 Careful, it might still be hot. 609 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:51,000 Maybe we should try this in the real cannon and see if it even works. 610 00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:52,000 I agree. 611 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:53,000 Alright. 612 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:56,000 So our Trekkie Trio isn't giving up yet. 613 00:33:56,000 --> 00:34:01,000 To confirm its Kirk's gunpowder recipe that's failing and not the bamboo cannon, 614 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:06,000 the team is switching in some hardware that they know works. 615 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:11,000 So, I'm going to give it another shot, put it in a proper cannon and see how well that does. 616 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:12,000 Look at him. 617 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:14,000 He's laughing at us. 618 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:19,000 Here's where we stand so far. 619 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:21,000 Behind me is a bucket of molten lead. 620 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:28,000 Into which we have already stuck a couple of breakfast sausages and watched them get lead stuck to them and watch them get burnt. 621 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:34,000 We're not ready to put our hands in there yet, but we hear that if we get the lead, 200 degrees over its melting point. 622 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:35,000 Great. 623 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:36,000 That's 850. 624 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:37,000 Let's try it. 625 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:38,000 It'll stop sticking. 626 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:41,000 Here's that finger, bucket of water. 627 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,000 Shake it off. 628 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:46,000 Into the lead. 629 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:50,000 And it looks pretty much perfect and it's still cold. 630 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:51,000 Yeah. 631 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:55,000 So 850 degrees Fahrenheit is the magic number. 632 00:34:55,000 --> 00:35:00,000 The sausage comes through unscathed, which leaves just one question. 633 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:01,000 I'm game. 634 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:02,000 You game? 635 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:04,000 I picture people yelling at their TV. 636 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:05,000 Go on, do it. 637 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:06,000 You go on. 638 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:07,000 Try it. 639 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:08,000 Ha. 640 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:09,000 Yeah. 641 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:10,000 All right. 642 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:11,000 We're about to go for it. 643 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:16,000 We're about to dip our hands into molten metal and we've got plenty of evidence saying that this is safe. 644 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:21,000 It's clear from our experimentation that the conditions to do it safely are actually pretty precise. 645 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,000 I think we've got them. 646 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:26,000 I think it's going to be okay. 647 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:31,000 And this little piggy burned clean off. 648 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:39,000 Despite the sausage-based evidence, clearly a sentence never before used, there is still a healthy amount of trepidation. 649 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:52,000 Remember, the lead is at around 450 degrees Celsius, which puts this stunt firmly in the don't try at home category. 650 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:54,000 Nothing. 651 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:56,000 Now I just went about that deep. 652 00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:57,000 Yeah. 653 00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:58,000 You want to go a little deeper? 654 00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:00,000 My little finger is just fine. 655 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:03,000 Of course, I only went in about that deep. 656 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:07,000 I was being a little careful. 657 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:08,000 I didn't feel a thing. 658 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:11,000 It felt kind of warm and pleasant, actually. 659 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:12,000 Go for it. 660 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:16,000 At a repeat performance with an index finger yields the same result. 661 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:20,000 Now that one, it went in pretty good and no problem. 662 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:21,000 No problem? 663 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:22,000 No problem. 664 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:23,000 I guess this is my turn. 665 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:30,000 Adam has had the luxury of using Jamie as a human guinea pig, so naturally he has to up the ante. 666 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:33,000 He's going for four fingers. 667 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:35,000 Here we go, ladies and gentlemen. 668 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:40,000 One human hand in molten metal. 669 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:43,000 Ho ho ho ho ho ho ho. 670 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:44,000 That's freaky. 671 00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,000 You can feel the water boiling against your fingers. 672 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,000 You can feel that right there. 673 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:52,000 And that pretty much puts this lead mini-myth to bed. 674 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:57,000 So Jamie and I just successfully dipped our hands into a pot of molten metal. 675 00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:58,000 No lie. 676 00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:01,000 The lead and cross effect is no myth. 677 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:02,000 It protected us. 678 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,000 Well, I'm unharmed. 679 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:05,000 You? 680 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:06,000 I'm fine. 681 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:07,000 That's all we needed. 682 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:08,000 That's a myth confirmed. 683 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:09,000 Yup. 684 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:26,000 We just tested our Gorn cannon. 685 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:28,000 It was so underwhelming. 686 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:31,000 We were left with nothing but a big smoke stack. 687 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:34,000 I mean, I guess if you wanted to smoke the Gorn to death, you might have a chance. 688 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:38,000 But as far as the cannon going off, it was nothing close to it. 689 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:40,000 But that doesn't mean we're going to give up yet. 690 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:42,000 We have a few more tests before we call this one busted. 691 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:44,000 So I got the cannon out. 692 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:47,000 This way we could test our homemade black powder to see whether or not it's even working. 693 00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:49,000 We've used this cannon a lot. 694 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:50,000 We know it works. 695 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:53,000 I mean, we used it on prison escape. 696 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:55,000 And we used it on cheese cannon. 697 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:58,000 It's like so hard right through the sink. 698 00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,000 So we know the cannon works. 699 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:04,000 What we're trying to find out is does our homemade gunpowder work? 700 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:08,000 So this test is focusing on the homemade black powder. 701 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:12,000 And once again, the team use the same amount as Captain Kirk. 702 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,000 You have two handfuls of gunpowder. 703 00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:16,000 Don't set this cannonball out. 704 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:19,000 If you got, if you got. 705 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:23,000 Let's try that again from a safe distance. 706 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:27,000 You know, if two handfuls of homemade gunpowder doesn't launch this ball out, 707 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:29,000 we might have to switch to normal gunpowder. 708 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:32,000 All right, fuse is going in. 709 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:41,000 Look at that. The cannonball actually ended up behind the cannon. 710 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:46,000 Yep. And it clearly demonstrates that although you can hand mix the raw ingredients of black powder 711 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:51,000 to get an energetic product, you won't get an explosive result 712 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:55,000 without more accurate refinement and measurement techniques. 713 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:59,000 Even as a hardcore Star Trek fan, I think you're going to have to concede 714 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:03,000 that black powder made in two hours from the surface of the planet with no tools. 715 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:05,000 Just doesn't cut it. 716 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:07,000 All right, but we still have to test this bamboo cannon. 717 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:11,000 So I say let's pretend like he was able to make commercial gray black powder. 718 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:15,000 Let's take the same amount, load up our cannon and see what happens. 719 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:18,000 Yeah, this is getting good now. 720 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:20,000 Easy. Don't go too hard. 721 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:23,000 But even in this impossible best case scenario, 722 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:27,000 Tori has his doubts the bamboo cannon can. 723 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:32,000 I think the weakest link in our bamboo bazooka is the fact that we're using the natural membrane 724 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:35,000 of the bamboo as the backing of our cannon. 725 00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:38,000 I mean, that is going to be taking the full force of the black powder. 726 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:41,000 I just don't think it's strong enough to withstand that force. 727 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:46,000 Run! Run! 728 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:53,000 I think we killed Captain Kurt from the garden. 729 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:55,000 Yeah, the garden is still standing. 730 00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,000 It totally blew out the back of the cannon. 731 00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:59,000 How cool was that? 732 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:04,000 Look, it's obvious the bamboo was not strong enough to withstand the explosion of the black powder. 733 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:06,000 Right out the back, cracked it all the way up. 734 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:08,000 Yeah, but it looks like it did in the episode. 735 00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:10,000 Yeah, but I mean, look at Captain Kurt. 736 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:12,000 He does not look like he did in the episode. 737 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:14,000 This guy probably would have died. 738 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:17,000 And the gorn escaped without a scratch. 739 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:18,000 Or did he? 740 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:20,000 He looks pretty healthy from this angle. 741 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:22,000 Yeah, he's still standing. 742 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:24,000 But wait a minute, look at that. That looks like a hit. 743 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:25,000 No. 744 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:26,000 Yeah? 745 00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:27,000 Look at this! 746 00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:29,000 Dude, it's everywhere he is! 747 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:31,000 He actually got crystals from flying back. 748 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:32,000 Yeah! 749 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:36,000 You know what? I mean, this one's still looking busted. 750 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:41,000 Because it's like the person shooting the cannon is going to sustain way more damage than the person getting shot at. 751 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,000 Well, how can we make it better though? 752 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:46,000 Well, we could always replicate the result. 753 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:49,000 Alright, but so far as this goes, this one's busted. 754 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:50,000 Totally busted. 755 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:51,000 Alright. 756 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:56,000 Okay, so the mythical gorn cannon is busted in more ways than one. 757 00:40:56,000 --> 00:41:00,000 But is there any way Kurt could have made a cannon out of bamboo? 758 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:03,000 The weak link was the membrane in the bamboo itself. 759 00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:08,000 So what we've done is we've taken three-quarter inch plywood, plugged it, put it still right across, 760 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:12,000 and then we're going to put some polyurethane sealer in there to help fill all those cracks. 761 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:15,000 And hopefully the explosion is going to go out the front end of the cannon 762 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:19,000 and shoot all those crystals at the gorn the way we want it to. 763 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,000 You know what? I don't care. 764 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:29,000 Captain Kirk wasn't able to make homemade black powder on the planet. 765 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:31,000 I don't care if this myth is busted. 766 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:34,000 We're reenacting the gorn episode and you know what? 767 00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:36,000 I'm happy. 768 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:38,000 I probably should get out of here now. 769 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,000 Oh! 770 00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:46,000 Woo! 771 00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:47,000 Yeah! 772 00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:49,000 Hey, that was good! 773 00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:53,000 I think we took out both the gorn and captain Kirk. 774 00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:59,000 Finally, the team gets its gorn and hits the bullseye. 775 00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:03,000 Shot to the head, the chest, the stomach. 776 00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:05,000 And to the groin! 777 00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:12,000 But despite this brief moment of satisfaction and Kirk's cult hero status, 778 00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:15,000 there really was only one reason for this myth. 779 00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:20,000 As sad as I am to say, since this is my favorite episode of Star Trek, this one is busted. 780 00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:23,000 I mean, you cannot make homemade black powder strong enough to launch the projectiles. 781 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:28,000 And even if you could, the bamboo would not be strong enough to contain the explosion. 782 00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:33,000 I mean, giving it the best possible chances using the immersion grade black powder and reinforcing the bamboo. 783 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:36,000 Our bamboo bazooka still exploded, killing captain Kirk. 784 00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:39,000 I mean, any way you look at it, this is a bad idea. 785 00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:42,000 I mean, you're better off giving it to the goring and let him shoot you. 786 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:49,000 You guys want to walk? I don't want to walk. 787 00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:51,000 Scotty, beam us out of here. 788 00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:54,000 You know what? You might want to use yours, Grant. I'm not getting a signal. 789 00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:58,000 Enterprise, four to beam up. 790 00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:06,000 Has anyone seen Jamie? 791 00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:09,000 You're right. Got the mail. 792 00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:14,000 Bill, Bill, Bill, coconut. 793 00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:18,000 Coconut? Dude, our coconut came back. Do you know what this means? 794 00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:19,000 What? 795 00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:21,000 This means myth confer. 796 00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:24,000 It also means we're going to get a lot of coconuts in the mail. 797 00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:27,000 Oh, you're right. Nuts.