1 00:00:01,161 --> 00:00:01,166 _ 2 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:07,960 In the last episode, ten competed hopeful hosts for an ultimate prize. 3 00:00:08,040 --> 00:00:11,880 - Have a nice trip! - It was a howler and a catapult chair. 4 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:15,480 Buster flew out and proved that the myth was true. 5 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:20,000 - But a premature launch... - It was bad! 6 00:00:20,080 --> 00:00:23,640 ...made Sarah go home. 7 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:29,120 This week will the nine remaining contestants... 8 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:35,920 - ...test a classic myth. - It worked! 9 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:39,920 - Can you paint with explosives? - For science. 10 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,480 - Then they take to the bottle. - To drink at work! 11 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:48,840 - Does alcohol favor creativity? - This will be my masterpiece. 12 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:52,560 Who have what it takes to become a Mythbuster? 13 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:55,760 A... 14 00:01:32,320 --> 00:01:37,360 Then there were nine. Welcome to others week of "Mythbusters: The Search." 15 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:40,760 So you want to see what's in store this week? 16 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:46,000 What you see behind here is perhaps modern art or babies as scribbles. 17 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:51,640 But it is the remains of something old Mythbusters didn't succeed. 18 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:55,040 It's about the myth "paint with explosives". 19 00:01:55,920 --> 00:02:02,160 Explosives plus paint should be equal to an instant painted room. 20 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:07,560 - When Mythbusters first tried… - Three, two, one. 21 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:14,320 - ...it was a colorful flop. - It won't be even at all. 22 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:18,440 And seven years later, despite a homemade death star... 23 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:23,080 It wasn't what I had in mind. 24 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:27,440 There was paint on the walls, but the home did not get nicer. 25 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:33,240 So can the new generation add color to the classic myth? 26 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:37,280 It's scary to test a myth which Adam and Jamie have already tested. 27 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:41,960 But it's also cool, because we can maximize the lessons they learned. 28 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:47,680 You will build a rig with 0.5 kg puff pastry and a few liters of paint. 29 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:52,560 When it explodes, it should applied evenly in 360 degrees- 30 00:02:52,640 --> 00:02:55,640 - on four walls in a room of 3.6 x 3.6 m. 31 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:01,960 This week you are divided in groups of three. 32 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:06,760 The Blue Team: Tamara, Brian, Jon. 33 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:11,520 The Red Team: Tracy, Martin, Ben. 34 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:14,200 The rest of you are the green team. 35 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:16,880 In 4 days we are going to the blast field- 36 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:21,080 - where one of you becomes the MVP and one of you goes out. 37 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:27,800 I suggest you start by test concept. So, get started! 38 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:32,360 When I applied, I hoped that we would get to blow something up. 39 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:35,880 I'm so busy that I have standing fur. 40 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,880 I look forward to painting the room. 41 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:42,240 - Okay, Green Team. - So why are there three in each team? 42 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:45,200 It goes up evenly, but more importantly- 43 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:49,880 - a Mythbuster candidate cannot hide in a small group. 44 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:54,960 - We can follow everything. - Three teams provide triple brainstorming. 45 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:57,120 So it spins and paints? 46 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:01,400 When it explodes it sort of sends in the way paintball balls. 47 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:07,640 - These are pulled up like big curtains. - In the beginning, no idea is too wild. 48 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:14,040 We are building a large single cylinder engine which runs on a batch of puff pastry. 49 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:21,080 But what they build must paint the room without it being destroyed. 50 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:24,520 So if we look on the five aspects… 51 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:28,960 Jon, Brian and Tamara in the blue the team gets going first. 52 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:33,160 It's just a test, but this looks cool. 53 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:36,760 Production designer Jon cannot hide his enthusiasm. 54 00:04:36,840 --> 00:04:39,520 My name is Jon Lung and wants to be the next Mythbuster. 55 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:43,880 I'm a pro at fast produce working prototypes. 56 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:47,880 This myth is in his favor. 57 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:52,840 So right now we are going to paint the walls with a bunch of bullets that explode. 58 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:57,280 Then we rig them all in a container with our big bomb. 59 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:04,520 Then we distribute all the energy so that the paint ends up on the four walls. 60 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:11,840 In 2013, Mythbusters tested one similar system to the death star. 61 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:15,040 It became a Rorschach test on four walls. 62 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:19,600 But four rays were not enough for the paint to cover the walls. 63 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:25,080 They delivered, but it needs to improve a bit. 64 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,960 So the blue team gotta take it to the next level. 65 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:35,200 I am satisfied with our design. The team works well together. 66 00:05:35,280 --> 00:05:39,280 And we know exactly which variables we will keep an eye on. 67 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:44,280 One variable is the color balls. 68 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:51,320 For the paint to spray evenly they find the most efficient nozzle. 69 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:57,120 Make this so it goes straight out without giving us spread? 70 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:00,720 Gives the trumpet a more even spread? 71 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:05,840 Or make it indented here that it sprays longer? 72 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:09,720 Which do you want to take first? This? 73 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:15,400 The nozzles on the pipes tested with 50 g of black powder 74 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,520 - to see which which gives the best spread. 75 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:22,440 - Are you ready? - Yes. We drive. 76 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:25,800 A trio of nozzles meets a trio bangs. 77 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:28,240 A! 78 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:32,400 Two. 79 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:34,880 Three. 80 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:38,280 And when the color dissipates do they have a result. 81 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:41,040 What is this? 82 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:44,720 70% with the straight tube, 30 with the trumpet- 83 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:47,800 - and spotty 50 with the folded tube. 84 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:51,200 Now they have all the data they need to full scale. 85 00:06:51,280 --> 00:06:55,520 We know that our three variants gives different spread on the wall. 86 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:59,200 Blue team, nice! 87 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:04,680 Martin, Tracy and Ben in red the team has an odd idea. 88 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:10,160 Can you cover the screens in color? Then there is color in the screens. 89 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:14,000 - They knock the pressure wave out of the paint. - Good idea. 90 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:20,240 So with two steel plates should the explosion's pressure waves are pressed 91 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:22,880 -through four screens of color. 92 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:27,360 We regulate the energy in the explosion so that it goes out on the walls- 93 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:29,840 -without wasting paint. 94 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:32,920 We set up four screens with color around the bang. 95 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:38,240 If we start with four screens with color we should get four painted walls. 96 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:45,240 And the screens with color they arrange with a plastic grid in a plastic bag. 97 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:49,080 First time Mythbusters tried paint with explosives... 98 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:51,880 Three, two, one... 99 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:58,360 - ...they filled bags with paint. - I was hoping for something better. 100 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:01,080 The result was spotty. 101 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:04,840 So the red team believes in the grid. 102 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:10,400 - For the mechanic Ben... - I'll show what I've been up to. 103 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:16,000 ...are such shady tests the reason for why he wants to be a Mythbuster. 104 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:19,400 I couldn't miss this chance. That's my thing. 105 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:22,920 Science, cool projects and shady rigs. 106 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:27,360 This is our little pagoda of death. We have three color packs on the outside. 107 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:32,200 There should be one more in the front the explosive in the middle. We'll see. 108 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:35,360 Three, two, one... 109 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:40,360 - It sounded good. - It looked solid. 110 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:47,320 - Only one wall was painted to 20%... - Wow, that didn't work. 111 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:50,520 So the grid doesn't spread the paint. 112 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:55,000 So the grid smokes. Next try. 113 00:08:55,920 --> 00:09:00,360 Bags, without mesh, in three, two, one... 114 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:05,520 Some tape flew. We check. 115 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:13,000 Without grids did not help much, but puff pastry can help. 116 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:16,160 With puff pastry in our finished construction- 117 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:22,520 - comes the strong pressure wave Shred the plastic and spray the paint. 118 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:26,040 Today it didn't even work through the plastic. 119 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:30,720 So I'm still optimistic before our final test. 120 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:36,320 - Risky to ignore the outcome. - But not as much color either. 121 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:40,760 But the red team chances that one bigger bangs paint the whole room. 122 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:44,800 - At the same time: - The color comes out here. 123 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:49,360 For Jason, Hackett and Allen in the green team... 124 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:54,400 The explosion is distributed evenly via a pole or something in the middle of the room. 125 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:58,120 You use explosives directly. I want to test indirectly. 126 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:03,360 Interesting dynamics. Red Team: several ideas, a compromise. 127 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:06,280 The Blue Team: some ideas, compromise. 128 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:12,960 Green team: Three people, three different ideas, no compromise. 129 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:21,800 Soon: The next generation of shelves Home ground of the Mythbuster spirit. 130 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:26,920 - We can get started. - Alameda County Bomb Range. 131 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:31,160 Red, blue and green team should add color to existence. 132 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:33,920 Three, two, one! 133 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:43,960 So there. Now we blow it up. 134 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:50,840 Since its inception, Mythbusters has always widened the use of explosives. 135 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:54,800 - How nice! - Tender meat. 136 00:10:57,680 --> 00:11:01,040 Surf a pressure wave. 137 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:05,040 Create diamonds. 138 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:09,440 Make tomatoes juicier. 139 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:15,040 Even crush cars. 140 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:24,480 Three, two, one... 141 00:11:24,560 --> 00:11:30,160 Those who want to be the new generation testing a Mythbusters classic again: 142 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,280 Painting with explosives. 143 00:11:36,560 --> 00:11:40,640 But Jason, Allen and Hackett in the green team nothing paint- 144 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:44,280 - until they agreed around a working concept. 145 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:48,400 Three people, three different ideas, no compromise. 146 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:53,360 I can take something tricky, because I am used to explosions in my art. 147 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:56,080 I want to benefit of your experiences. 148 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:59,120 The small-scale test gives us a choice. 149 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:04,560 We test them, and then we work hard with what works best. 150 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:08,280 - Cannon. - Then we drive. 151 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:12,840 So the green team have decided on one thing: 152 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:17,240 That everyone works on their own. Then they see what turned out best. 153 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:22,960 If I didn't think my idea was the best if I hadn't brought it. 154 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:27,320 Then I would have hooked on one of the others. 155 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:31,600 First into the ring is the robot engineer Jason. 156 00:12:31,680 --> 00:12:35,680 My name is Jason Kerestes and we will build self-driving vehicles. 157 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:39,240 He can build a quadricycle that drives itself. 158 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:42,720 But he can tame an explosion too? 159 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:49,640 He must have the paint in a glass box with a glass cylinder containing explosives. 160 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:52,040 That's a lot of glass. 161 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:57,280 We can smash something so that the color spreads. 162 00:12:57,360 --> 00:13:01,640 - Then you will be allowed to test. - We'll see how it goes. 163 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:06,920 So what do you think? about my glasstizer? 164 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:11,520 - There will be glass flying in all directions. - Exactly. 165 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:14,600 Three, two, one... 166 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:19,360 Decent. 167 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:23,800 - Interesting. - I don't see any glass out here. 168 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:28,080 We are using broken glass now. 169 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:32,560 Paint in glass houses paint walls. 170 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:37,120 Jason painted a full 40% of the walls. 171 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:40,560 Now that's the electronics genius Allen's turn. 172 00:13:41,560 --> 00:13:48,720 - He usually transforms movie fantasy... - How scary. I'm getting used to it. 173 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:52,880 ...to reality, but explosives not really his thing. 174 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:56,040 I set the firecracker between two pieces of steel- 175 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:59,400 - to bring about a ring-shaped explosion. 176 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:03,800 The two steel pieces are surrounded by styrofoam. 177 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:07,560 Hope it shatters easily in the pressure wave. 178 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:11,560 Allen uses materials as the pressure wave crumbles. 179 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:15,400 But he puts in a net which forms a half cylinder. 180 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:20,080 We'll see if it gets the color to be sprayed out at all. 181 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:25,360 It resembles a lighthouse. That's why it's called the Death Light 3000. 182 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:29,920 Death Light 3000, if 3, 2, 1... 183 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:39,640 Check! 184 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:44,640 - The spread became much more even. - It's fantastic. 185 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:47,840 - His design is better. - Absolutely. 186 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:54,040 - So far. Mine is still there. Decent! - Cannon! I am completely satisfied. 187 00:14:55,720 --> 00:15:01,240 Allen's mesh increased color dispersion so that the walls were painted to 60%. 188 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:06,520 Now it's Hackett the junkyard Santa's turn. 189 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:09,800 Today you will see how you can build a water purifier. 190 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:13,000 He loves the peculiar. 191 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:18,160 It is built from junk, has none moving parts and does not need electricity. 192 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:21,080 And today's plan follows that theme. 193 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:27,360 - What do you have here? - I'm building something that tames the bang. 194 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:32,680 Hackett's innovative idea is to use the explosion as a power source. 195 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:35,440 Bang! After the explosion, it locks. 196 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:41,120 It operates a complex array firecrackers, levers and pistons. 197 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:44,480 Those in the team get a little hesitant. 198 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:49,800 This is cool, but let's fix it here in not even half a day? 199 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:52,400 Absolutely. 200 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:57,120 I have followed the green team and sees a pattern: Hackett. 201 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:02,720 He is independent. He is one router, but difficult to work with. 202 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:06,160 Hackett is clear a goal oriented man. 203 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:13,480 And after an hour of welding and adjustments of compressed air pistons- 204 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:16,760 - is he ready with its unconventional rig. 205 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:20,240 Nice of you swallow this madness. 206 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:23,920 But how will it work? 207 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:27,760 A 20-kg weight sits on a firecracker. 208 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:33,800 The detonator lifts the compressed air piston arm so that paint is absorbed. 209 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:37,000 The weight catches on the lever and pulls it down. 210 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:40,680 Then the piston squirts out paint on the walls of the room. 211 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:42,760 Easy. 212 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:46,240 - Are you ready? - This is clearly crazy. 213 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:49,920 - It's screwed. - Perfect. 214 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:54,880 I think it works great or not falls gallantly. Good, whatever! 215 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:03,680 We test a simple wall painting machine in three, two, one... 216 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:06,560 Beware! 217 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:12,640 Huh? 218 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:22,080 That was nothing among all that the green team had expected. 219 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:25,880 The rig was clearly a heavyweight. 220 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:32,200 - Did it hit where it was supposed to? - Yes, straight to the ring. 221 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:34,920 It was completely knotted up. 222 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:40,920 Is this color or has the machine pissed off with fright? 223 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,480 - It took off. - Out of sheer terror. 224 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:47,680 Of all the teams we have probably expended the most energy 225 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:50,640 -on fixing the cleanest walls. 226 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:55,200 Hackett's mackerel pear neither sprayed nor sprayed. 227 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:04,440 - There was no color anywhere. - What a spectacular failure. 228 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,200 It feels okay. 229 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:15,240 Yes, a Mythbuster is always ready to fail. 230 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:19,360 Was Hackett's rig crazy? Yes. 231 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:22,360 Was it brilliant? Perhaps. 232 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:26,840 At least I know it was fun to watch in the spirit of Mythbusters. 233 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:31,840 This was great, but we only have one way forward. 234 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:34,720 - We are betting on the second idea. - Death Light! 235 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:37,360 We get started. 236 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:42,960 - Soon: - I think it... Bang! 237 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:49,160 What do you get with three teams, a myth and a few kilos of puff pastry? 238 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:51,920 - Three... - A... 239 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:04,520 - In three... - Two, one... 240 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:10,440 What Mythbusters love most is a real explosion. 241 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:17,120 But can a big bang paint a room? 242 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:22,640 All teams are done with the small-scale ones the tests with varying success. 243 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:31,360 Now they have to finish building them in full scale in a short time. 244 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:34,960 When they are done are they going out on the blast field. 245 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:43,120 Three teams, three different designs, where the explosion will do the work. 246 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:45,600 Brian can't save himself. 247 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:49,400 I have seen "Mythbusters" since the first episode. 248 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:52,720 And the explosions has always attracted me. 249 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:59,320 He sows the seeds for something the blue team calls Dandelion. 250 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:05,840 It channels a pressure wave into 36 directional color ampoule launchers. 251 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:13,200 Now Dandelion of Doom is to be built. Everything is cut out and ready. 252 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:19,960 We run with straight pipes all around and a flared one in the middle. 253 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:26,880 Each tube gets two color charges. Then we hope for painted walls. 254 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:31,600 At the same time finally working green team as a team. 255 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:34,440 God, it's like butter. 256 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:37,760 Allen's winning design got the green light. 257 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:42,960 They will put in the styrofoam, the paint and the puff pastry- 258 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:49,640 - between two steel plates. Then it is raised up to take advantage of gravity. 259 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:54,280 Finally, a net is set up to spread the color. 260 00:20:54,360 --> 00:20:59,600 The puff pastry should be stuffed in later. We shall not weld with it in. 261 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:04,080 So we need a loophole, like this one. 262 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:09,760 It feels fun, for my idea became our painting rig. 263 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:11,920 - Does it leak? - No. 264 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:19,080 But I'm nervous too, because if we If I lose, I bear the responsibility. 265 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:23,000 It's not just Allen who should be nervous. 266 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:26,680 - The Red Team's tests... - One. 267 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:29,920 ...were clearly substandard. 268 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:36,320 Instead of learning from it they think more explosives will solve it. 269 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:39,680 Will it pay dividends full scale? 270 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:45,400 The red team chances that a bigger explosion gives more spread. 271 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:52,080 - After the victory last week... - Bye, Buster. 272 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:57,000 ...Tracy has come up with a clever trick to maximize their color. 273 00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:59,920 Do you see this? It's sausage skin. 274 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:04,320 As we saw in the small-scale test held the plastic bags too well. 275 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:10,040 These should crack in the explosion so that the entire walls are painted. 276 00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:16,960 They melt in your mouth, so they should crack against the walls, right? 277 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:22,520 The red team's color sausages surround blasting dough in a steel structure- 278 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:25,960 - as the welder Martin ties up. 279 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:32,680 We try to bend them so that the bang goes straight out sideways. 280 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:40,040 So we cut to them and pulls around expanded metal. 281 00:22:40,120 --> 00:22:46,320 Then we insert the colored sausages. It will be like a color burger. 282 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:48,680 Yummy! 283 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:54,600 Although the myth only holds two things, paint and explosives 284 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:56,880 -is it mary. 285 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:02,280 The old Mythbusters made three attempts. I don't know if our teams succeed. 286 00:23:02,360 --> 00:23:08,560 I see how they messed with it. They have to think outside the box. 287 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:14,280 But they must manage to do the inside on the box evenly painted. 288 00:23:14,360 --> 00:23:17,400 That's the hard part about this myth. 289 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:22,920 With the explosive deadline Above all, the teams are under pressure. 290 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:27,320 While our candidates weld, painting and building... 291 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:33,360 Here is the Dandelion of Doom. When the color fly out, we wish for something hard. 292 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:38,160 ...it is clear that their motto is all or nothing. 293 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:40,640 Okay, now we're welding. 294 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:46,280 And after two long days... 295 00:23:46,360 --> 00:23:52,440 Teams, time is up! Let go the tools. We're going to the blast field. 296 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:59,400 Three macaques take on the myth to shoot paint on the walls. 297 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:03,760 We name it the Beacon of Paint. 298 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:15,600 - Now the next myth must be busted. - Oh no! 299 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:19,400 And nice things are on offer. 300 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:26,080 The second myth of the week might do some of you merry, for you shall drink. 301 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:34,280 - Does alcohol make you more creative? - Nice. 302 00:24:34,360 --> 00:24:38,880 - More self-esteem, fewer inhibitions. - Hang up. 303 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:43,280 The idea is that a few glasses boosts creativity. 304 00:24:43,360 --> 00:24:49,640 In the test you must sculpt your own faces. 305 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:54,560 To help you, you have model maker Darren Marshall. 306 00:24:54,640 --> 00:25:00,160 He has worked on “Star Wars The Clone Wars" and "Mars Attacks". 307 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:03,800 - Drinking at work. - For science. 308 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:07,960 It has given us many classic "Mythbusters" moments. 309 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:11,720 They showed that man can sober up with various tricks. 310 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:17,400 - There are beer glasses. - How beautiful she is. 311 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:22,560 And you don't feel any worse to drink beer before liquor. 312 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:26,680 But does alcohol make you more creative? 313 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:33,480 To find out, guests will referee Darren Marshall with tips. 314 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:38,040 - Don't be afraid to just keep going. - A basic sculpture course. 315 00:25:38,120 --> 00:25:43,480 Check how the jaw moves. Don't be picky. Go rough, just. 316 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:49,280 I have a feeling it will be difficult, because you make it look easy. 317 00:25:49,360 --> 00:25:54,760 To test creativity, we took something they probably don't master. 318 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:57,920 You see how fast it goes. 319 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:02,280 But we also wanted to show them the basics with the tools and the clay. 320 00:26:02,360 --> 00:26:05,800 So first they get to practice for 30 minutes. 321 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:09,320 Don't worry about that like the eye is wrong. 322 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:13,040 - Do you ever do this drunk? - Maybe that. 323 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:17,480 The basics were covered. 324 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:20,600 Is everyone ready? Will it be fun? 325 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:25,480 - Okay. The clock is starting now. - And this is science. 326 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:31,480 Before they are served liquor, they get sculpt something for 45 minutes. 327 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:37,600 Now just the details are missing. Then it's done. 328 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:40,320 I'm halfway there now. 329 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:45,840 When I was little I did clay animations with cash clay figures. 330 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:50,440 I've never tried to do mine head, but I'll fix that. 331 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:53,960 I didn't know that we should sculpt ourselves. 332 00:26:54,040 --> 00:27:00,280 It's a shame I don't remember how I look in detail. 333 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:07,800 I don't remember proportions between eyes and nose and so on. 334 00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:10,800 So I'm going to solve it. 335 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:14,560 Some of the artwork are not lifelike. 336 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:17,560 - Check how thick your neck is. - It's huge. 337 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:21,240 Tracy, what are you trying to do? 338 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:24,680 I'm not artistic. 339 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:31,640 For others it is the mud like wax in their hands. 340 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:35,880 Hi, Martin. This is pretty impressive. 341 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:38,280 Thanks. 342 00:27:38,360 --> 00:27:41,440 Okay, everyone, 10 minutes to go! 343 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:49,400 With time-lapse images, you can see what they sculpt, but then the time is up. 344 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:55,680 Five, four, three, two, one... 345 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:59,400 Put down the tools. Release the mud. Time is up. 346 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:05,120 And in an instant do we see the good, the bad- 347 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:08,080 - and ugly. 348 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:12,520 But what do our candidates think? that it has passed? 349 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:17,040 It wasn't my thing at all. I have never sculpted before. 350 00:28:17,120 --> 00:28:22,920 - So it was interesting to say the least. - I had problems with gravity. 351 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:27,640 My sculpture bagged, the neck got thicker and the chin slipped out. 352 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:34,000 So it kept getting worse, but the similarity was decent. 353 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:38,520 If I were to judge it artistically, and I'm not an art critic- 354 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:42,880 - I think so that Jon and Martin were great. 355 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:47,160 They embraced the practice and did something quite nice. 356 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:53,080 Among the worst was Ben and his goiter. 357 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:58,480 And Tracy's cakey face was no Picasso. 358 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:02,600 Hackett and Ben, you can go. You are done for today. 359 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:07,640 For the rest of you, it's time to drink for the sake of science. 360 00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:14,120 Sobriety Hackett and Ben miss out Mythbusters wonderful drinks cart. 361 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:24,120 - They choose their drink. - For scientific sculpting! 362 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:28,840 The candidates will be enough silly to get creative- 363 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:34,680 - but they still stay below California's blood alcohol limit of 0.7. 364 00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:40,040 - Then we'll see. - And when everyone has blown... 365 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:45,480 ...the clock starts ticking for test 2. 366 00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:47,960 I'm starting from within now. 367 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:53,720 So it's the brain, the eyes, the spine. I'm going to make the skull. 368 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:58,040 It is fairly well established that alcohol 369 00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:01,200 - lets go of inhibitions and raises self-esteem. 370 00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:03,480 This will be my masterpiece. 371 00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:09,840 But it also affects things in the brain which controls focus and planning. 372 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:12,520 I can't work with him here. 373 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:15,480 So if you get a little silly- 374 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:20,800 - you don't need to focus, but you just do it. 375 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:27,040 Yes, a little alcohol quiets your insides criticizes and unleashes the artist. 376 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:31,440 Alcohol affects the candidates in different ways. 377 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:37,400 Allen and Tamara have freaked out more when they got silly. 378 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:40,320 Definitely creative. 379 00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:44,120 The most important thing? My T-Rex. 380 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:49,480 Brian, Tracy and Jason act sculpt with more confidence now. 381 00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:52,800 - So that could also be true. - It's probably going better. 382 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:57,120 It actually resembles your face more now. 383 00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:59,720 I don't know if the myth can be true yet. 384 00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:05,360 But I know it will be difficult for Darren to rank the sculptures. 385 00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:14,040 - And when 45 minutes have passed... - Allen Jr. 386 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:16,680 ...we have several alcohol-powered works. 387 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:19,600 But are they more or less creative? 388 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:23,320 Guest judge Darren will decide that. 389 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:29,600 Here you see seven silly sculptures and seven sober sculptures. 390 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:36,640 Take the stickers and put them at the most creative sculptures. 391 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:43,800 Darren doesn't know which ones were made in a sober or drunken state. 392 00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:46,760 Wow, what a difference. Bang 393 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:52,320 Festive. I put it on. 394 00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:57,960 So before you sober up completely, here it is the outcome surrounding this myth. 395 00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:03,480 Darren has ranked them all silly and sober sculptures. 396 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:09,920 And in four of the pairs they were lazy the sculptures more creative. 397 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:15,040 So the myth may be true, but it's on the hair. 398 00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:17,720 MAY APPLY 399 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:21,480 Sober for now. You stink right from here. It's bad. 400 00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:27,320 - Soon. - 500 g of puff pastry is like a baseball. 401 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:31,680 And for one of the Mythbuster candidates the journey ends here. 402 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:34,920 - But for whom? - The person going home is... 403 00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:55,320 Welcome to Mythbusters second home: Alameda County Bomb Range. 404 00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:59,720 A record number of myths have been tested here. 405 00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:09,760 You will work with our guest judge and Honorary Mythbuster, Inspector Nelson. 406 00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:16,440 JD is a living legend, almost as important as the blast field. 407 00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:22,720 You need a Mythbusters concert with explosive power. 408 00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:34,040 Then we drive. Behind me is room of 3.6 x 3.6 x 2.4 m. 409 00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:37,360 Each team takes turns to deploy his rig. 410 00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:44,400 Insert 10 l of paint and 500 g of puff pastry. 411 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:50,520 Then, bang! Then we'll see about the myth cracked, can fit or fits. 412 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:53,720 And then we'll see who gets to go home. 413 00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:57,920 So green team, you begin. Come again. 414 00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:03,360 - Yes! - It is the painting that decides here. 415 00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:06,600 How cool! I smell sulfur. 416 00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:13,000 So how do we know about our candidates Does it measure up? 417 00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:15,480 How do we score the tests? 418 00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:19,240 As you can see, our rooms are of 3.6 x 3.6 x 2.4 m- 419 00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:23,000 -divided into 30 cm squares. 420 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:29,040 The team that paints most of the walls percentage wise wins today. 421 00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:33,080 But we honor all winners, because we'll see how it goes. 422 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:40,720 For the myth to be true, the walls must be painted completely and remain 423 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:46,280 - which can be difficult even for that the green team's two-meter rig. 424 00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:50,440 Yes! Now it depends on JD. 425 00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:55,040 I think it... Bang! 426 00:34:56,800 --> 00:35:00,400 Will there be a pallet for the puff pastry? No. 427 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:04,320 While it is obliterated, will it paint the walls? Yes. 428 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:07,760 And what more could you ask for? 429 00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:11,480 The green team, large scale, paint with explosives. 430 00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:15,120 In three, two, one... 431 00:35:21,720 --> 00:35:26,280 - I see green color from here. - Yes, but I would have liked to see more. 432 00:35:28,240 --> 00:35:33,440 It's hard to see when you look in, but when you look closer... 433 00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:39,560 - Okay. Okay. - Not as bad as I thought. 434 00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:43,280 How much has been covered here do you think? 435 00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:48,280 - 99%. - It was probably a bit optimistic. 436 00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:52,000 Hackett clearly expected more of the puff pastry. 437 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:56,800 I expected a bang that echoed in the mountain- 438 00:35:56,880 --> 00:36:03,520 - a green mushroom cloud, the mountain is on fire. We hold each other's hands when we die. 439 00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:09,680 I thought the whole room was going to be painted. It was more difficult than expected. 440 00:36:10,720 --> 00:36:16,560 With only 29% of the walls painted doesn't look good for the myth. 441 00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:23,360 But can the red team make this room nicer? 442 00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:27,960 We want to put the blasting dough in there in the form of a nice round ball. 443 00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:31,800 Remember, after their hesitant small scale test... 444 00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:36,320 Wow! It didn't work. 445 00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:41,040 ...Martin saw real explosives as the key to success. 446 00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:43,840 But be careful what you wish for. 447 00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:49,880 I am worried. I didn't think that 500g of puff pastry was like a baseball. 448 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:56,240 I fear that the screens just smoke and with them our chances. 449 00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:59,760 With their sausages loaded and ready is it time to see- 450 00:36:59,840 --> 00:37:04,480 -if they built an awesome painting machine. 451 00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:11,600 - 500 g of puff pastry fries our burger. - Yep! Forget bloody meat here. 452 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:15,800 - It will fly to pieces. - Just hope it doesn't all blow up. 453 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:20,880 - You can count on that. - The red team, large-scale test. 454 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:23,880 In three, two, one... 455 00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:37,120 It worked! And the walls were painted. 456 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:40,600 It was a real blow. 457 00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:45,200 A real bang which caused serious damage. 458 00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:49,480 How much were the walls painted that still stands? 459 00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:53,320 - How do you think it went? - I think we won! 460 00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:58,400 - We won something, for sure. - You crushed the 60 cm in the middle. 461 00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:04,920 The red team crushed the middle and managed to paint 33%- 462 00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:08,320 -minus some walls. 463 00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:11,560 I'm not too happy with the result. 464 00:38:11,640 --> 00:38:16,800 The pressure wave did not distribute the paint as we wanted. 465 00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:20,320 But it was spectacular, for the walls were pushed out. 466 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:25,640 So we succeeded with a goal. 467 00:38:25,720 --> 00:38:30,200 - Was it the right amount of puff pastry? - It was a little too much. 468 00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:38,000 In accordance with the myth, the room should remain after it has been painted. 469 00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:44,680 Two explosions completed, and the myth seems to be busted. 470 00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:48,800 But both the green and the red the team got color out in all directions- 471 00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:51,400 -due to the pressure wave. 472 00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:56,680 But the blue team distributes its color via 36 ampoule launchers. 473 00:38:56,760 --> 00:39:00,760 Dandelion can succeed channel the pressure wave- 474 00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:04,840 - via the throwers so that the color thrown out on the four walls. 475 00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:09,120 But if something goes wrong, then we put the legs on the back! 476 00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:14,960 - Have you stolen a dragster engine? - This crab is home-built. 477 00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:18,000 If I believe it? Yes. 478 00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:21,720 That's over 300 kg of steel. Even if it tears a little- 479 00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:25,440 -teach the throwers to spread the paint well. 480 00:39:26,720 --> 00:39:28,800 We can start. 481 00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:33,520 It's the final blow and the last hope for the myth. 482 00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:39,360 Blue team, full scale, Dandelion of Doom, in three, two, one... 483 00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:51,520 Oh no! 484 00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:58,680 The bang blasted off the Dandelions lid and almost tore the room- 485 00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:01,920 -and 36 pipes reputation. 486 00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:13,080 Hey there, the crab. How is it? Was it fun? 487 00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:18,120 What a trip, but it's for science! 488 00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:21,600 - Oh no, yes! - Quite a lot was painted. 489 00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:27,120 This was our goal. A meeting in the middle and ignore the edges. 490 00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:33,640 When we went in, there was a lot of pie, but in the middle we painted a lot. 491 00:40:33,720 --> 00:40:37,720 So we hope the judges counting the pieces that flew away. 492 00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:44,160 But how well is the blue team doing loud bangs in the room? 493 00:40:45,720 --> 00:40:52,560 Here are the results, in percentages: The Blue Team - 24%. 494 00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:56,600 The Green Team: 29%. 495 00:40:56,680 --> 00:41:01,240 The Red Team: 33%. 496 00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:07,680 But only the green team arranged so much paint- 497 00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:10,600 -without ruining the room. 498 00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:14,320 So, congratulations, green team! 499 00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:24,800 And this myth is busted. Adam and Jamie has tried three times. 500 00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:29,360 We tried now. It is not possible to paint a room well with explosives. 501 00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:33,960 Now we will hand out the desirable one The Mythbusters MVP dent. 502 00:41:34,040 --> 00:41:39,920 This week we want to highlight someone which despite a real small-scale flop- 503 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:44,000 - continued to think outside the box and was a free cutter- 504 00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:46,920 -with some crazy "Mythbusters" magic. 505 00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:49,920 This week's MVP is Hackett. 506 00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:55,360 - Thank you. - Congratulations. 507 00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:59,120 - I know a lot about routers. - Good job. 508 00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:02,760 I liked the whole green team was the MVP. 509 00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:05,920 Crazy ideas are cheap, easy and easily accessible. 510 00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:10,440 The difficult thing is to realize them, and the team helped me with that. 511 00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:15,680 And here's the bad news. Someone other than Hackett gets to go home. 512 00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:21,960 I've talked to Nelson, Marshall and the rest of the Mythbusters team. 513 00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:26,320 And we mean that this person, despite his extreme cleverness- 514 00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:30,640 - lacks the ability to communicate as a Mythbuster must do. 515 00:42:30,720 --> 00:42:33,440 The one who gets to go home this week is... 516 00:42:34,880 --> 00:42:37,920 - Legs. - Sorry. 517 00:42:39,560 --> 00:42:43,280 - You're smart. - It was great fun. 518 00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:46,200 It was fun to work with the catapult chair. 519 00:42:48,720 --> 00:42:52,720 It was so damn fun, and getting to blow things up like this... 520 00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:57,320 - There is paint on the walls. - It was completely unreal. 521 00:42:57,400 --> 00:43:04,000 Despite our decorators, then this myth is completely busted. 522 00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:16,360 In the next section: 523 00:43:16,440 --> 00:43:19,720 It's all man on deck... 524 00:43:21,720 --> 00:43:26,720 - ...when the cardboard boat myth is tested. - Jump into the boat! 525 00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:31,160 And guns are fired to blind a villain. 526 00:43:31,720 --> 00:43:34,800 - Did I hit something? - Watch to see who can… 527 00:43:34,880 --> 00:43:38,680 ...become a Mythbuster.