MythBusters Special 10: "MythBusters Holiday Special"
Air Date: December 6, 2006
If a frozen turkey falls, it can crush your foot.
confirmed
The frozen turkey completely crushed a ballistics gel foot, breaking many of the simulated bones embedded in it.
If a frozen turkey falls, it can crush your dog.
plausible
Two ballistics gel replicas of dogs were used and were completely crushed. When taken to a vet for analysis, the vet stated that if the dogs managed to survive their injuries, their prognosis would not be very bright. The myth was deemed plausible because the MythBusters were unable to test the myth on real animals.
You can cook a turkey with a microwave radio.
busted
The MythBusters were unable to attach the turkey to a full size radio antenna, though the manager stated that the antenna only used several watts of power compared to the several hundred used by microwaves. The MythBusters then tried to test the myth on a smaller vehicle-mounted microwave dish, but the only heating resulted from sitting in the sun.
You can cook a turkey with a radar antenna.
busted
The MythBusters attached the turkey to a spinning radar antenna, but when measured, they found that the turkey actually ‘lost’ heat. Frustrated with the lack of results, Tory inserted an explosive stuffing into the turkey and put it in a microwave, resulting in a large explosion.
You can keep needles from falling of the Christmas tree by adding fertilizer.
busted
Fertilized Christmas trees lost the most amount of leaves and its leaves became very discolored.
You can keep needles from falling of the Christmas tree by adding bleach.
plausible
Tied with nitric oxide at least amount of needles lost, but the tree looked sickly.
You can keep needles from falling of the Christmas tree by adding lemon-lime soda.
busted
Results were similar to the control.
You can keep needles from falling of the Christmas tree by adding pain releiver.
busted
Results were similar to the control.
You can keep needles from falling of the Christmas tree by adding nitric oxide (from Viagra).
plausible
Tied with bleach at least amount of needles lost, but the tree looked sickly.
You can keep needles from falling of the Christmas tree by adding hairspray.
plausible
Declared the winner for being both the best looking and among the best in terms of controlling needle loss, though the added flammability of the hairspray to the drying Christmas tree could increase the tree’s natural fire hazard risk.
You can keep needles from falling of the Christmas tree by urethane.
busted
Results were similar to the control.
I don’t know what the deal with the radar system was. However the satellite dish that was used on the back of the van, most likely wasn’t actually transmitting. There is a cut off switch inside the transmitter that turns it off if there is no incoming signal. Also, the transmission beam rises upwards at about a 45 degree angle from the dish, not straight out from it. At point blank range the transmission beam is also about the size of a pencil or less. If you apply power to the diagnostic port on the transmitter you can force it to turn on, and eventually burn your way through a turkey. At least I assume you could. I’ve done it with hot dogs, Turkeys are a bit bigger…
July 3, 2007 at 1:06 PMI like your show; I want you to see if you can make a fire by rubbing two sticks together.
September 14, 2007 at 11:24 AMBradley Watch Man VS Wild or Survivorman he does it all the time on tv.
December 5, 2007 at 11:36 AMThe best way to keep a christmas tree needles from falling is to drill 3 to 4 holes up in the base of the trunk of the tree about 1/2″ in dia ans as deep as you can and fill the holes with cotton balls. The cotton ball soak the water up into the tree. My tree drinks about a 1/2 to 3/4 of a gal of water each day. By the time i take down the tree it has grown buds on the ends of the branches and they drip from the water.
December 27, 2007 at 8:39 PMawesome
December 27, 2007 at 11:31 PMNot only keeping needles on, but making it look good like the same you do it on hair, lol.
January 10, 2008 at 10:07 AMyou mean falling ‘off’ in every one of those, right? Not falling ‘of’?
January 29, 2008 at 6:00 AMIn response to Bradley Jones.To my experience,you can make a fire by rubbing two sticks.
July 17, 2008 at 3:18 AMAs Spelling Gestapo stated, I think you either wanted “You can keep needles from falling OFF of the Christmas tree by…” or “You can keep needles from falling ofF the Christmas tree by…” but it is currently a bit confusing for non-native speakers.
September 17, 2008 at 4:17 PM