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EPISODE TITLE: Episode 53: Exploding Pants,Great Gas Conspiracy

ORIGINAL AIR DATE: 5/10/2006

SYNOPSIS: Tory, Kari and Grant investigate one truly dangerous fashion disaster: spontaneous trouser combustion. It's a problem far too prevalent among farmers. The MythBusters call in the help of the FBI to investigate this trouser tall tale. Meanwhile, Adam and Jamie try to save viewers some hard-earned cash in the Great Gas Conspiracy. When the motor car was born, the great gas conspiracy was the afterbirth. According to conspiracy theorists, gas companies and car manufacturers deliberately make cars so that they guzzle fuel. Then, behind closed doors, the two groups share the profits.


Myths Features in This Episode

Myth #1: Exploding Pants
Tory, Kari and Grant investigate one truly dangerous fashion disaster: spontaneous trouser combustion.

Myth #2: Great Gas Conspiracy
Meanwhile, Adam and Jamie try to save viewers some hard-earned cash in the Great Gas Conspiracy. When the motor car was born, the great gas conspiracy was the afterbirth. According to conspiracy theorists, gas companies and car manufacturers deliberately make cars so that they guzzle fuel. Then, behind closed doors, the two groups share the profits.

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Best Quotes by the MythBusters:

  • "Did somebody order some exploding pants?" Tory
  • "3 seconds to blow buster up, and 3 hours to find all the pieces." - Tory




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spkrook gas conspiracy 0 Mar 27 2008, 5:12 PM EDT by spkrook
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a 1959 opel with a fuel vaporization system set a guiness book record in the 1970's for getting over 300 mpg. the car still exists and was recently purchased by a seattle area collector.

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