Explosive Surfing and Lead Balloons | MythBusters | Season 5 Episode 27 | Full Episode
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
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Adam and Jamie test whether a lead balloon actually can fly, while the team investigate surfing on an explosive wave!
Using science as a tool, Hollywood special effects experts attempt to debunk rumours, urban legends and popular myths that have captivated the minds of many individuals.
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The lead balloon was the first time a "Busted" feel like a win more than a loss.
Indeed :D
So true
not sure it was the first, but i know there were others
Adam talked about how tricky the lead-foil was to get on his YT-channel.
They had an US-maker of lead-foil that promised them the thickness they required for the myth but they actuall broke their equipment trying to get the lead rolled that thin. They then found the German company who not only made them the foil as thin as they needed it, but I think 30% thinner than that.
18 months for filming day would have been hell.
I wonder how the source of the lead foil felt about the experiment.
@@anna9072 I mean, all Adam talks about is how an amazing, awesome and fast job they did, so if anything that is probaly the best publicity they could ask for.
@ I would think they’d be thrilled, but I was just wondering if they thought it was cool, or just weird.
@@anna9072oh I'm sure they thought it was weird but cool at the same time, and getting to flex their German machine tolerances is one of Germany's favorite things to do lol
I dont know where i heard this, but either adam or (likely) jamie once said that lead balloon is what truly inspired them up to that point in the show. Before, they felt that they would just be doing explosions and a few wacky builds here and there, but for the most part you could tell how a myth would go from the start, and/or that the show probably wouldnt last long bc they would run out of myths that were possible to test and people would get bored. But when they made the lead balloon, something that by all accounts should have been impossible, it showed them that nothing was beyond their attention, or their ability. It showed them that they could really work some magic on the show, and that nothing should be underestimated in the Mythbusters workshop.
I miss this show greatly. I'm sad that the new version never took off, i had high hopes.
I'll be honest I'm sad the new one didn't take off but at the same time glad because I really didn't feel like the hosts they picked were good and it just felt like closer to school science fair stuff and advertising for tool brands so in a way I'm glad they cancelled it when they did because it just didn't feel like mythbusters with those guys and hearing new news about mythbusters would have just made me sad remembering it's different, kinda like when I see Alice in chains on a lineup, I get so excited and then realize again Layne is dead and it's not Alice in chains anymore, he is a massive part of what made them so amazing
I mean it still kinda was obvious, lead might be heavy but one can just make it thinner
Leed balloon is Adam's favorite myth. Jamie was initially hesitant to do the story but it clicked into place for him during the small scale build.
The lead foil took a year and a half to procure. Two times they had a supplier say they could roll the foil thin enough and both times they broke their machines trying. Jamie himself ended up sourcing the foil from the German manufacturer. They were able to roll the lead foil thinner than Jamie specified and provided the foil for free.
@S4NCE "One can just make it thinner". On paper, sure; but actually building it sets apart the scifi writers from the engineers.
@pyramear5414 and the thing is while you could absolutely make a few atom thick sheet of lead through like vapor deposition or something like that but trying to actually use it for anything at that point wouldn't work cause there wouldn't be enough to hold itself together not on a surface
Adam: 🤓
Jamie: (/:€
Genius 😂
The design and making of the lead balloon was truly compelling. I'm so glad these are on youtube now.
Here here! Used to watch them as a little kid but now I can watch them on my computer😂
Adam has said that the lead foil was one of the hardest things to source for all of Mythbusters, because no company in North America could reliably create such thin foil. Only makes me appreciate one of my favorite episodes even more!
They were, but they were deleted
Adam said during a Tested episode that Jamie wasn't really into this myth until they got hold of lead foil thin enough and managed to have a prototype floating in the air. It's hard working on a project for which you see no future and it's not always because of a lack of interest. Sometimes all the available facts point towards it just not working out, so you don't want to invest any effort or passion. Props to anyone who is then willing to completely change their tune when it looks that the project may be worthwhile afterall.
That is science we need more of this.
He said something along the lines of:
Jamie: I'm not interested in this
Also Jamie: Calling every foil maker possible internationally to make it happen
😂
@@FreejackVesa i mean Jamie is a professional and he was getting paid so I can totally see him saying "I don't think its going to work, but I'm not going to phone it in just because I have my doubts. I will give it the best possible chance of working small scale and if it fails at the starting line then we can write it off." then him seeing it work in the small scale "ok its still horribly impractical but lets see how far we can push this"
@@wolfyblackknight8321 I'm saying that's pretty much literally what Adam said. I watch tested too and Adam verbally said almost the same thing that I wrote. I'm not disagreeing or arguing with you
@@FreejackVesa neither am I just saying I can see Jamie deadpan saying that "I don't see this working but this is my job and I'm not going to put out shoddy work just because I have doubts" if anything its a complement to Jamie's work ethic that he still puts in considerable effort despite what was seemingly a lost cause.
my apologies if my wording made it seem like I was trying to start an argument
I love how Kari DID put some muscle definition on Grantbot's guns there :D
Also, Jamie saying the lead balloon was "the most bizarre thing we ever put together" while the plan for the steam machine gun (aka rotation slingshot of death) was still visible behind Adam's back when planning the cube is extremely funny. Like, oh yeah, the high pressure whirling death machine? That's a dime a dozen - just another day at M5..
I like this Frank Doyle guy too.
Narrator:"How about 3 pounds of TNT?"
Frank:"How about 50?"
@@KandiKlover "When we ask JD we want a hole in the wall all he ask is how BIG"
This has to be THE most complex construction of Adams in the series. Almost impossible. Wonderful execution indeed. Even Jamie was in awe, or as close as he could get.
As close as he could get: legitimately impressed. Honestly, if a design I made impressed Jamie, I'd consider that a job well done
It’s an ingenious design for sure. Reminds me of my ice fishing tent.
It's really rare that Jamie praises Adam, but it feels so good :)
I like how when they're putting together the first pieces of the lead balloon, Adam starts speaking noticeably quieter than he normally does during his speaking segment, so as not to disturb everyone else who is doing some really delicate work. It's kind of funny but also cool how seriously they're taking this honestly kind of silly task. Classic episode tbh.
I miss TV-shows like this :( it was a good show, fun interesting, nerdy and a bit of education in too.
The show still exists
@@bigjordognew episodes new castm and crew?
I am rewatching these and realize that it wasn’t really educational, it was not encouraging people to try new things - it was just pure entertainment, cut short enough to be fun to watch and a message “don’t do this at home!”.
@@aliancemd it's a bit educational.
@@aliancemd The show always talks about physics, chemistry, historical context, engineering, etc. The core of the TV show is to use the scientific method to check whether a myth is false, true or plausible.
How the hell is that not educational?
I love that Adams first thougth was to build a D20 ^^
I didn't click that it was a D20 until I looked up the shape out of curiosity and immediately thought "Oh, a D20. lol"
jamie contragulating adam for this design is just ❤
It was scripted.
@@michaelmayhem350nah, I think he was genuinely impressed. From what I'm hearing from interviews and from Adam himself. Jaimie didn't think it was going to work because of the material.
Should have tested if RowboGrant could catch a regular wave before testing him on a TNT wave. Might have been catchable if he started closer and rowed faster. Big wave surfers use jetski towing to get enough speed
"Underwater Explosives Expert Van Romero" is an incredible title.
Oh that led balloon was so fiddly, congratulations to everyone for their inhuman care, patients. But especially the ingenuity!
13:24 "I wish I was that piece of tape right now" xD
I absolutely raised my hand xD
The lead balloon story really showed that you *can* make great television about a simple physics experiment. Sadly, very few studios and TV stations think that's still something worthwhile to do.
I must say how Mister Hyneman asks if the other person speaks English is close enough to german that everybody would understand
If The Hyneman asks, you answer, regardless of language...
@@LordStarbeard If I was on the phone and know who I was talking I would have fainted
He could have easily just spoken English. Eppstein im Taunus is a stones throw from Frankfurt am Main. Beautiful place and like most of Germany is full of the kind of Germans who begin a sentence with, "I do apologise about the awful state of my English" then proceed to speak better English than native speakers.
@@andrewince8824really? When i was in Neu Ulm 10-15 years ago i was surprised that so few people including young people didnt use english, luckily my poor highschool excusse for german came in handy.
@@grimmner Eppstein is a few km from Frankfurt and as such has a very high level of English due to the sheer amount of international business in the region. Going to the more remote areas and toward Eastern Germany you'll find fewer English speakers but in and around the big Western cities there's a long history of good English. My friends grandfather was born an raised in Mainz, speaks excellent English due to his work in the 60's. Lovely chap too, fantastic knowledge of local beers.
18:05 the rowbot pun is way too funny
Grant's response is hilarious, too. That little "mmMmmMm" like he's trying not to laugh, groaning at the dumb joke, and a tiny bit miffed that he hadn't come up with the pun first.
47:30 That went down like a lead balloon!
Glad I seen this! I missed it when it came out! The moments you can go back and enjoy episodes you missed!
I adore this show and this might be my all time favourite episode.
Bless the Mythbusters always made learning exciting
The blue lips and dizziness (at 45:53) means Adam might have been about suffocate with all that Helium😅
It's almost 2025, and I'm watching this becauese its still some of the best contant available.
The lead foil used by Adam and Jamie is produced in Eppstein im Taunus (Epp-stine im T-ow-nuss, not Epp-steen). Beautiful little place in the Taunus mountains a short distance from Frankfurt am Main, even if one must unfortunately travel through Höchst to get there.
One of my favourite places in Deutschland with beautiful mountain hikes, stunning scenery and the best Italian restaurant perched up on a mountain right next to Kaisertempel.
The Germans know their stuff, that's for sure
There's nothing better than week-old lead burritos! I bet they're every bit as good as the paint chips I ate back in 1956! Keep uploading because THIS is wholesome quality entertainment at its finest!
Talk about a heavy meal.
I don't remember Jamie ever being so complimentary and warm with Adam. It's nice.
they should have won an award for this, it was really incredible
they may have busted an idiom, but they invented a new one. "as fragile as a lead balloon".
0:52 Nearly died laughing at Jamie's dive here.
Jamie, I thought you were a dive master!
I’m so glad this is on UA-cam. Now I can watch 17 episodes in a row like when it was on tv. ❤
21:47 we could be so lucky. The world needs more Grant 💔RIP
The led balloon is just awesome.
RIP Grant 😢
11:05 made me smile
The one I always notice between Adam and Jaime. Adam always does the most complicated design while jaime does simple
My favorite tv show❤️
Same here !
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All-time favorite ! 💜
45:56 Adam's lip is turning blue... how much helium he inhale in that episode?
Yes
Watching them test the shockwaves in water with dry ice bombs, after also having watched the do try this at home special, honestly terrifying.
9:53 oh Grant...lol
My dad said he thought the saying was still valid because of how hard it was to make the lead balloon to work.
This show was an absolute blessing
I have to say the lead balloon was truly impressive.
One of the best episodes ever!
Im so glad the led balloon is a success and i dont care about the destruction after the win. Greetings from Germany, whats the next, a led Zeppelin?:)
Lead balloon is a legendary story
The rig that they used to make the balloon reminds me of in Honey I shrunk the kids how they pretty much had to be on this break thing to try and find the kids shrunk down into the size of ants.
i have never seen the helium liferaft episode . the lead balloon is one of mythbusters best builds
12:17 this man Jamie knows like 19 different languages lived out in the wilderness. Master diver, all kind of random things He had to be the inspiration for the Dos Equis man
Idk why the burrito skit had me 😂😂😂
Sixty five avacados, it's not enough, I know, but they're not in season
respect for jamie's "sprechen sie deutsch" it was very good for an american!!
Well it was "Sprechen Sie englisch" but it was alright. It was atleast very understandable.
great show
A lead bloody balloon, that's still an amazing feat of engineering.
For anyone that cares, the origin of heavy metal was Tony Iommi losing the tips of 2 fingers in a hydraulic press and making leather covered steel prosthesis' to be able to play guitar.
that's not the origin of it. nor were his false fingertips steel, according to any source I can find.
@@DaveDexterMusic `So what's the anwser? tell me more!
@@leontanghe183 The reason I've heard that makes most sense is because 'metal is heavier than rock'. Which even if itsnt true I choose to believe lol
Peak Mythbusters. ❤
TNT explodes about 4000 m / s, not 7000.
7000 is closer to "plastic" explosives (such as hexogene, "heksogeeni", or hexotol, "heksotoli", which are, as far as I was tought on par with "C4").
Still, TNT is awesome explosive, and certainly great for this myth.
Detonation velocity 6900 m/s
21:45 If only we were that lucky.
Jaime: who wants a moustache ride?
just curious but what would have happened if you had a shear wall in the quary to denate next to to mak a bigger one derectionsl wave
Have you lost your damn mind😂😂😂😂
Improbable origami !
Awesome awesome water show SC
I wonder if they were inspired by honey I shrunk the kids when they made the rig to lay out the lead sheets. The rig the dad used to search for the shrunken kods in the back yard without stepping on them by accident
Sprechen Sie Englisch?
This episode is owned by the german government.😂😂😂
3:36 just say you build a D20 ...
_Has_ Jamie ever worked in a medical setting? Because his blue paper no-go zone here 27:06 really does remind me of a sterile field in an OR.
Thinking the list of what Jamie has not done, is shorter than the list of what he has accomplished in life so far
IMO they should've moved the explosives closer to the shoreline the waves were running towards.
does the NODOUDT license plate bother anyone else???
I almost forgot Adam had red hair. It's so blond now (not even really gray, but blond)
R.I.P. GRANT
1783 was the first balloon flight.
Now if someone made a balloon out of Gallium now that would be amazing but impossible...
99 aluminum balloons does have a ring to it.
12:13 "german maker of lead foils called Epstein." 😂
I wonder if they are still named like that after certain "Pizza" debacle.
Now they are Eppsteinfoils
❤
The lead manufacturer has an unfortunate name...
Next time. Can we play like
Led Zeppelin?
Lead Balloon like Bloons Td 5 or 6?
Lead Bloons first apear in TD2 which came out in 2007. Lead Balloon was aired in 2008.
@ Coincidence?
@@Dragonmann23Yeah as stated the idiom was already really old at the time. Both just happened to think of the idiom at the same time.
If you want a wave big enough to surf.....you need a nuke.
Bend with your knees not at your waist.
My trusty bomb shooter monkey on round 28: 47:23
I want a UA-cam version of Mythbusters! No “bleeps” or censorship… a new age version. If Adam and Jamie won’t do it, let’s find someone that will!😊
what is this alooominum they keep talking about ? Never heard of it…..
Easier way to explode a bottle
Toilet bowl cleaner and aluminum foil
Judging by some of the most-watch portions of these videos suggest people are fast-forwarding past the Keri/Tori/Grant bits, I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought they added nothing to this show.
Heavy metal the movie?
Also Metal has so many sub-genre’s.
For one being Symphonic Melodic Metal.
Led Zeppelin
wow can't remember Adam being so chubby 😂
The video of the dynamite surfers is recorded in Copenhagen, Denmark and its a fake... this never happend...
R.I.P. Grant
Adams attempts at doing accents are always cringe af
RIP Grant
It's funny watching the obvious fake videos now that fooled a lot of people back when they were made years ago. The surfing video is so obviously faked with jump cuts it's laughable.
Was the lead foil made in an island????
Looks like they're building sperm and egg out of tin foil at 4:40 😂😂😂 CHECK IT‼️
I miss Grant :c RIP ❤
Wish this had the UK voice over guy
mmmm...Kari, she fine
lololol
Interesting fact= Adam and Jaimie lost 50 IQ points just to shoot this episode, resulting from lead poisoning.
and excessive helium intake