MythBusters
Volunteer Special
TV Flash files “Volunteer Special” as hour 253 of 273 in the TV Flash guide — MythBusters (2003–2016) on Discovery, season 19, episode 5, aired 2016-02-06, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S19E05: listed hour 253 of 273 in the MythBusters guide, hour 5 of 11 in season 19. It aired 2016-02-06 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Driven to Destruction” (S19E04). Next is “Failure Is Not an Option!” (S19E06).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
In their 14 years, the MythBusters have used more than 3,500 human guinea pigs, and in this special, they pay homage to each! First, Jamie and Adam summon up an army of 200 zombies to determine the ultimate weapon when the apocalypse comes. Then, using 120 shopping volunteers, the MythBusters find out the best way to wait in line at the store: Is it the "pick a lane" method or the more modern serpentine?
Viewer FAQ
Where does Volunteer Special sit in the MythBusters guide?
S19E05 is listed hour 253 of 273 — hour 5 of 11 in season 19, season 19 episode 5.
When did MythBusters S19E05 air?
Volunteer Special aired 2016-02-06 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.
In the series
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…
Filed against
- Jamie Hyneman as Host
Jamie Hyneman hosted MythBusters like a lab assignment with a blast radius — urban legends detonated for the cheap seats, STEM as mass entertainment, goggles and a confirmed-or-busted verdict ritual. 2000s method as a good time. TV Flash…
- Adam Savage as Host
Adam Savage co-hosted MythBusters as if urban legends were lab assignments — then detonated the hypothesis for the cheap seats. Jamie Hyneman’s opposite number, goggles, build-team chaos, confirmed-or-busted as a ritual that turned method…
- Kari Byron as Build Team
Kari Byron’s MythBusters Build Team turned urban legends into lab assignments — Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage detonating the hypothesis for the cheap seats, STEM as mass entertainment, goggles, chaos, confirmed-or-busted as ritual. Method…
- Tory Belleci as Build Team
Tory Belleci was MythBusters Build Team — goggles, chaos, and the confirmed-or-busted ritual that turned urban legends into lab assignments you could detonate for the cheap seats. Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage owned the hypothesis; the…
- Grant Imahara as Build Team
Grant Imahara built the chaos on MythBusters as Build Team — Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage detonating urban legends for the cheap seats, STEM as mass entertainment, goggles and a confirmed-or-busted verdict ritual. TV Flash files him as…