All episodes Season 8 S08E01 2010-03-24 60 min 2000s Discovery

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Soda Cup Killer

TV Flash files “Soda Cup Killer” as the first listed hour of season 8 — MythBusters (2003–2016) on Discovery, season 8, episode 1, aired 2010-03-24, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S08E01: listed hour 144 of 273 in the MythBusters guide, first listed hour of season 8. It aired 2010-03-24 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Boomerang Bullet” (S07E24). Next is “Dive to Survive” (S08E02).

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Where does Soda Cup Killer sit in the MythBusters guide?

S08E01 is listed hour 144 of 273 — first listed hour of season 8, season 8 episode 1.

When did MythBusters S08E01 air?

Soda Cup Killer aired 2010-03-24 and is listed at 60 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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Why this series still plays

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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