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All episodes Season 2 S02E03 2003-10-10 47 min 2000s Discovery

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Barrel of Bricks, Peeing on the Third Rail, EEL Skin Wallet

TV Flash files “Barrel of Bricks, Peeing on the Third Rail, EEL Skin Wallet” as hour 6 of 273 in the TV Flash guide — MythBusters (2003–2016) on Discovery, season 2, episode 3, aired 2003-10-10, 47 min.

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This leaf is S02E03: listed hour 6 of 273 in the MythBusters guide, hour 3 of 13 in season 2. It aired 2003-10-10 (47 min). The listed hour before it is “Cell Phone+Gas Station=Explosion??, Exploding Implants, Exploding CDs” (S02E02). Next is “Penny Drop, Microwave Madness!, Radio Fillings” (S02E04).

MythBusters — Barrel of Bricks, Peeing on the Third Rail, EEL Skin Wallet (S02E03)

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Episode #6 – "Barrel of Bricks" Myths tested: Can a bricklayer hoisting a wooden barrel full of bricks with a pulley from the top of a three-story building fall and hit a man multiple times? Can a person be electrocuted by urinating on the third rail? Can an eel skin wallet erase a credit card? The story of the unlucky construction worker and the barrel of 500 lb. of bricks is tested. Also, you'll see if peeing on the third rail can kill you, along with credit cards not working due to an eel skin wallet.

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Where does Barrel of Bricks, Peeing on the Third Rail, EEL Skin Wallet sit in the MythBusters guide?

S02E03 is listed hour 6 of 273 — hour 3 of 13 in season 2, season 2 episode 3.

When did MythBusters S02E03 air?

Barrel of Bricks, Peeing on the Third Rail, EEL Skin Wallet aired 2003-10-10 and is listed at 47 minutes.

Is MythBusters just explosions?

Explosions for the cheap seats after the hypothesis. Special-effects experts treating urban legends as lab assignments — confirmed or busted as the ritual.

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Filed by Vivian Cross · The Carpet Report · Show package

Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage treat urban legends like lab assignments, then detonate the hypothesis for the cheap seats. MythBusters made STEM mass entertainment: goggles, build-team chaos, and the confirmed-or-busted verdict ritual that turned method into a good time.

Someone on that lot said blow something up for the cheap seats, and then they did it with a hypothesis. Peter Rees's MythBusters (2003–2016) put Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage on Discovery as a global science-popularization hit: special-effects experts testing urban legends and movie physics, Kari Byron, Tory Belleci, Grant Imahara on the build team, goggles as the carpet look, confirmed-or-busted as the verdict ritual. Education as entertainment. STEM as mass-market catchphrase culture. Twenty seasons in this…

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