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Hammer Bridge Drop, Buried Alive, Cola

Season 1, Episode 5, Aired Oct 24, 2003

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Can a person jumping off a bridge be saved from death by throwing a hammer into the water to break the rigidity of the surface? How long will the air last in a coffin if you are buried alive? Can cola clean rust, cook a steak, or remove bloodstains?moreless

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Kellie L. Gillespie

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Paul Turek

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William Miller

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Adam Savage

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Jamie Hyneman

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Heather Joseph-Witham

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Robert Lee (XXVI)

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Nikos Andronikos

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In this episode of Mythbusters, Jamie and Adam see if you can be saved from death by a hammer. Also how air can last in your coffin. And cola has many other uses then just drink it.moreless

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I thought this episode was great! Well I say that often but I really do like this episode. I always new that a hammer wouldnt really help you... Anyways, its intersting how long Jamie withstanded that coffin. I thought it would be short, but Jamie made it seem so much longer. IT WAS COOL. Also I guess coke has more use then just drinking it. The cola has a lot more use. Ill remember that when im cleaning some of my chrom in my car. Very nice info I can use, the Mythbusters always seem to find a way to surprise me.moreless
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- During the Buried Alive myth, one of the priests said that if the people didn't die from natural cause, they would die by their undertaker.
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- People could not really live an hour in a casket in the panic state due to the fact that they would lose too much oxygen.
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- Jamie: Its not bad, smells like food. Adam: Will you eat it? Jamie: No. Adam: Oh and after all that talk you won't eat it.
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- Adam (Pouring cola on an engine) Im telling you right now im not doing this on my car.
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- Adam: The steak floats in the acid, but not in the cola. Jamie: Thats amazing! I would have guessed the other way around.
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- Jamie: Hey Adam, you missed a spot. Adam: I know.
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- Jamie: Your side sucks. Adam: My side sucks, but the cola did a good job.
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- Adam (looks at Jamie) Hey! And hes alive!
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- Adam: Your comfort is our first priority. Jamie (Laughs): Im gonna need to rest in peace.
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- Adam: (After Jamie is shut in a coffin) Feeling anything unusual? Jamie: I'm thinking about sex a lot Adam: I said unusual Jamie
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- Jamie: Adam will use any excuse to run around in his undies. I think.
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- Adam: So, we'll take the dummy to the top of this crane and drop him into the water a bunch of times? Jamie: That's it. Dummy's gonna get to go swimming. Adam: Oh, I love this job
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- Adam: We put the leading chrome cleaner up against a can of soda and a piece of tinfoil. Jamie: It's aluminum foil. Adam: What did I say? Jamie: Tinfoil. Adam: Tinfoil, aluminum foil, it's all the same. Jamie: I thought you wanted to be scientific? Adam: Just be quiet and scrub, Cinderella.
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- Adam: Are you ready Jamie? Jamie: (from inside of a coffin) Farewell, cruel world. Adam: (laughing) Bye-bye, Hyneman
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NOTES (5)
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- This episode was released on Mythbusters: Collection 1.
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- During the Hammer Bridge Drop, Buster hit the water so hard, foam came out of his body and some metal parts broke.
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- For the Buried Alive myth, Jamie needed an emergency oxygen tank because it could run out of oxygen in the casket.
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- It appears in this episode that Jamie has a fear of heights
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- During the hammer drop experiment, Buster lost one of his legs in the muck; Adam dove in, but couldn't find it. It wasn't revealed here, but Jamie had to come back over to weekend to dredge it up.
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- Adam: Just be quiet and scrub, Cinderella. This is a reference to the Disney character Cinderella, who was always bossed around and forced to cook and clean.
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