MythBusters (2011 season)
Myth statement Status Notes
... a punch Busted They first hung up a pig carcass and took turns punching it , but had to pull their punches in order to keep from injuring their hands . The results did not resemble the movie sound effects , so Adam attached a ballistic-gelatin fist to a baseball bat and swung it at the carcass full force , with similar results . Sound designer Steve Boeddeker explained that the movie punch was heavily manipulated and built up from various sounds to build drama
... a reloading gun . ( Not in the version of the episode aired in the US . ) Confirmed Adam cocked a .45 caliber pistol and its sound closely matched its movie counterpart . Steve explained that this is because modern sound engineers can record sounds of actual guns and save those sounds in a digital library for future use . This can apply to any gun regardless of size and caliber
... a rattlesnake s rattle Confirmed Owen Maercks , a snake expert , brought in a rattlesnake and coaxed it to shake its tail , producing a sound very close to its movie counterpart
... a gun fitted with a suppressor Plausible Adam and Jamie visited a shooting range and fired .45 caliber and 9mm pistols , both with and without suppressors . With the help of sound expert Roger Schwenke , they found that the suppressor reduced the sound level considerably , from 161 to 126 decibels for the .45 . The movie sound effect was not a perfect match , but did have enough similarity to result in a plausible verdict
... an explosion Busted In the opening sequence of the myth , Jamie blew up a car rigged with primer cord and 2 US gal ( 8 l ) gallons of gasoline . He , Adam , and Roger observed that the movie explosion had a longer duration and covered a wider range of frequencies . A second attempt , using 2.2 lb ( 1 kg ) of C-4 , gave a more substantial blast but still did not match the movie
Episode 165 – `` Blow Your Own Sail '' -- Sounds Bogus
Adam and Jamie compared movie sound effects to their real-world counterparts by recording samples of both . They looked into the realistic nature of ...
The cast of the television series MythBusters perform experiments to verify or debunk urban legends, old wives' tales, and the like. This is a list of the myths tested on the show as well as the results of the experiments (the myth is Busted, Plausible, or Confirmed). On March 16, 2011, Discovery Channel announced that the 2011 season would commence airing on April 6, 2011.