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Breaking Glass

Episode Number: 41    Season Num: 3    First Aired: Wednesday May 18, 2005    Prod Code: n/a
Can an singer really break glass just by using their voice? Can you make a jet engine out of vacuum cleaner parts? Is it true that a rolling stone gathers no moss.

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Star: Adam Savage (Host),  Nikos Andronikos (Narrator (Australian Version)),  Tory Belleci (Mythbuilder),  Kari Byron (Mythbuilder),  Scottie Chapman (Mythbuilder),  Christine Chamberlain (Mythtern (Episode 16 - )),  Robert Lee (XXVI) (Narrator),  Heather Joseph-Witham (Folklorist),  Jamie Hyneman (Host)
Guest Star: Jamie Vendera (Himself)

Notes

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When Adam was trying to break the glass, he actually broke it in three seconds. (edit)
During the episode, a shopkeeper let Tori start a fire on one of his vacuums, showing that a fire can start on a vacuum (edit)

Quotes

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Tori: Why is that we always have a problem? (edit)
Scottie: This can take a long, long, long, time. (edit)
Jamie: What am I doing wrong?
Jamie Vendera: You need to shave your moustache. (edit)
Adam (Hearing Jamie's pitch and laughing) i had a nightmare like this once. (edit)
Jamie: You know us being the Mythbusters, we must see what it takes to turn an ordinary vacuum into a jet engine.
Tori: You must have read my résumé, im the man for your job. (edit)

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To stop fires, vacuums have saftey features to stop a catastrophe such as a fire. (edit)
The Rolling Stone gather no moss, was the longest test in the entire show, it took them six months to complete. (edit)
Acording to the researchers, this episode of Mythbusters was the first time that the claim that a human voice can break glass has been filmed. (edit)

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Breaking Glass
"Exactly why I watch this series"
After the horrible Hollywood on Trail episode this show picks its up from its heals with this wonderful episode that deal with one classic myth: “Can an unassisted human voice break a wine glass?”
Continue » Posted Jun 27, 2005 9:10 pm PST
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