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Pilot 3: Larry's Lawn-Chair Balloon, Goldfinger, Poppy-Seed Drug Test - MythBusters

EPISODE TITLE: Pilot 3: Larry's Lawn-Chair Balloon, Goldfinger, Poppy-Seed Drug Test

ORIGINAL AIR DATE: 3/7/2003

SYNOPSIS: A guy named Larry Walters attached approximately 45 weather balloons to this lawn chair. One of the tethers broke on the unemployed truck driver's little invention, shooting him straight up into the air. Apparently he sailed to 16,000 feet, where he was spotted by airline pilots, eventually closing LAX airport. He was finally rescued by a helicopter after he floated out to sea. Is this popular Internet legend full of hot air? Will Jamie and Adam close LAX?

In the 1964 James Bond classic, Goldfinger, the villain's secretary is murdered with the dreaded gold body paint, causing death by skin suffocation.

Supposedly, leaving a small patch of skin unpainted at the base of the spine will save the victim. Unfortunately, the movie's producers didn't have this vital piece of information, dooming actress Shirley Eaton to death on set. Who will be the guinea pig in this experiment?

On a tastier note, can eating a poppy-seed bagel produce a positive result for opiate use in a drug screen? Our brave hosts test these stories so you don't have to.


Myths Features in This Episode

Myth #1: Larry's Lawn-Chair Balloon
Larry Walters attached about 45 weather balloons to this lawn chair. One of the tethers broke on hisinvention, shooting him 16,000 feet straight up into the air, where he was spotted by airline pilots, eventually closing LAX airport. He was finally rescued by a helicopter after he floated out to sea. Is this popular Internet legend full of hot air?

Myth #2: Goldfinger
In the 1964 James Bond classic, Goldfinger, the villain's secretary is murdered with the dreaded gold body paint, causing death by skin suffocation. If the producers would have left a small patch of skin unpainted at the base of her spine, would she have been saved?

Myth #3: Poppy-Seed Drug Test
Can eating a poppy-seed bagel produce a positive result for opiate use in a drug screen?
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  • Jamie - "...it doesnt look like we'll get you up to 100ft by holding on to the ropes so we're going to let you go." Adam - "Um, I'd like to stay under 100ft thank you."




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