A Snowy Legends Special | MythBusters | Season 5 Episode 13

A Snowy Legends Special | MythBusters | Season 5 Episode 13 | Full Episode

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@anaiaram 3 ай бұрын

i love how we're drip fed bits of insane lore about Jamie's life, one anecdote or unexpected skill at a time

@Goalsplus 3 ай бұрын

True. Even those fictional ones that Adam makes up add to the real mystery.

@zebjensen4251 21 күн бұрын

makes you wonder what else can be learned from the hynemman species.

@haydendegrow945 Жыл бұрын

As a Canadian who earned his learner's permit in the middle of winter, that snow driving thing brought back frightening memories... Where in the name of HEAVEN did people think that reversing on snow is better? They clearly have not been to Saskatchewan in January! Stay safe everyone! Winter is coming

@themoonsevilsister1561 Жыл бұрын

winter's already here in newfoundland

@Stukov81-TTV Жыл бұрын

i live in the snowy mountains ... reverse driving may not be safer. But for sure it is easier to drive up a mountain on a snowtrack for most cars in reverse gear. That's not true for 4-wheel-drive of course.

@timthompson7205 11 ай бұрын

You live in Saskatchewan? How do you even know which direction you’re driving? Is that why Regina and Saskatoon have ring roads? To give you some sense of direction? 😊😂

@haydendegrow945 11 ай бұрын

@@timthompson7205 LOL never thought of it that way🤣

@bellybutthole 11 ай бұрын

Norway here: Sometimes they so stupidly misunderstand the myth. Driving backwards is not a myth, it's just that it HAS to be a FRONT WHEEL DRIVE car and it HAS to be a HILL you want to ASCEND. It all obviously has to do with weight distribution when going up a hill and where the driven wheels are located. What is also nice is that if you start to slide down said hill, you are now going forward again which is easier to control -as we clearly saw. This has helped me in a pinch several times, but it's not for going fast or in traffic. So no, it's not busted, it just made them look fools on this one. Also a trick I can give is if you find yourself stuck spinning one wheel, is to lightly push the brake pedal as to make the brakes work as a poor mans limited slip differential. If rear wheel drive, use the parking brake instead, also lightly.

@foxik7272 8 ай бұрын

Damn Mythbusters is the only show where I can watch someone scream with a megaphone at a "flour Moountain" and me still be curious if it falls or not 😂

@furistasTedis 4 ай бұрын

It’s sad that it’s finished.. but today, I don’t think it would be so successful, because people watching some strange people on TikTok doing nothing interesting or scientific

@MisterDamocles 11 күн бұрын

5:15 I remember first seeing this and was laughing hysterically. Just imagine a giant Adam Savage yelling at a mountain.

@iGotBadHumor1 11 ай бұрын

Some guy has a job throwing dynamite out of the window of a helicopter. WTF am I doing with my life?

@cezarcatalin1406 10 ай бұрын

Well, nothing stops you doing something similar. You just have to improvise.

@amsivertson 9 ай бұрын

Through the late 80s and early 90s I worked as a downhill ski instructor & racing coach in the Canadian Rockies (mostly at Norquay & Mystic Ridge), and in that area the Ski Patrol and Parks Canada and the RCMP would set avalanches off by firing shells, (we called the rockets) - firing them from guns mounted on the rooftop of the teahouse at the top of the big ski lift. I used to bring my ski school kids up to watch them fire these things off, and they’d give us their big binoculars to watch the avalanches. It was very cool.

@iGotBadHumor1 9 ай бұрын

@@amsivertson thanks for sharing, cool story :)

@Pinkmann5200 6 ай бұрын

They spent 15 years each working on tight schedules, this is a payoff ..

@casperbachjunckerkennild2592 10 ай бұрын

I have caused an avalanche with some of my classmates skiing in France in 2000... Only a small one, but it scared the hell out of me! The skipatrol had to use explosives to control the rest of the mountain, which is prone to avalanches. It's hard to predict the next one 😢

@demondragonshi5161 Жыл бұрын

As someone who drives in snow often enough, the snow driving part hurt to watch

@ParanoidCarrot 4 ай бұрын

i know what you mean :D

@darkoflight4938 3 ай бұрын

Indeed it is. Up here in Sweden it´s a matter of life or death if you are lacking in the winter driving skills department. As a bus driver (as I am) it´s even more important to know what you are doing. On a ordinary car, a good set of studded Swedish or Finnish made winter tires is the shit. It will keep the margins on your side + the driving skills of course. These guys have hardly even seen snow or ice which is understandable. It´s a whole different ball game. Then again, this is television. Entertainment. It´s supposed to be a bit dramatic.

@bghoody5665 3 ай бұрын

Yeah if all they were trying to prove is that they suck at driving on snow, mission accomplished because they didn't prove anything else.

@br.m 29 күн бұрын

As someone who licked a metal pole in the winter, the pole licking part hurt to watch. Even more so due to the gross pig tongue and stale saliva... Nasty.

@anuradhapriyankara5226 4 ай бұрын

Looks like they all went on a vacation to a skii resort and had load of fun blowing up snow and drifting cars in reverse 😂😂

@themoonsevilsister1561 Жыл бұрын

in canada they tell you in schools not to put your tongues on poles, it's practically a PSA thing

@alaric_ 6 ай бұрын

Back in the 80's when i was a very small kid, i got my tongue momentarily frozen into a steel laundry drying pole. Never again.....

@InsanePorcupine 4 ай бұрын

When i was a kid some kid got his tongue stuck to a pole at school lol

@mishtergoose2851 3 ай бұрын

What if i tripple dog dared you?

@themoonsevilsister1561 3 ай бұрын

@@mishtergoose2851 then I'd get some hot water and do it it's really quite easy to melt yourself off it

@mishtergoose2851 3 ай бұрын

@@themoonsevilsister1561 ik lol just couldn't help making the reference

@akronymus 10 ай бұрын

Driving reverse ist helpful when climbing a steep slope with a FWD. Nothing else. Back wheel steering is crap, so reversing mostly is crappy.

@Hammermongo 8 ай бұрын

I had the sticking tongue effect with an ice cube once, that was a hassle to get off

@Buchstabensuppe75 Жыл бұрын

the going in reverse on a frontwheel car is not a myth. here in austria we learn it in driving school. but its about going uphill not on a straight line

@Stukov81-TTV Жыл бұрын

exactly it makes a big difference when driving uphill. I also live in austria

@Sareth94 8 ай бұрын

that's because going reverse uphill in a FWD will put more of the vehicles weight on the front drive wheel. It's the incline that shifts the traction, not the driving backwards itself. RWD cars just get that effect by themselves going forward, because the drivewheels are already downhill. There's something to be said about driving backwards sinking the front suspension as opposed to raising out of it, but at those speeds that's minimal.

@brendanmatelan2129 11 күн бұрын

7:50 Tori always cracks me up

@leonneldayoc5715 Жыл бұрын

they should have invited a pro stunt driver for the reverse driving

@TSchep-dh2ui 5 күн бұрын

Gets a gun to be loud; happens to be one of the quietest smg you can get

@Hamartia64 13 күн бұрын

13:42 for a big puppy

@corssecurity Жыл бұрын

Only in California would they be unfamiliar with the metal pole tongue touch. There's this thing called winter throughout the world. Was Slim Whitman not available?

@DungeonBricks 8 ай бұрын

Not only in California. At 34 I've never seen or been close to snow, let alone anything dealing with those conditions, so its fun to me see those things I saw in American media growing up are actually accurate (nor not, as it happens)

@hexlart8481 6 ай бұрын

I mean, I grew up in the mountains of California. A ski resort town. There _definitely_ is snow in cali, its not all Los Angeles beaches (or in this case the San Francisco bay). Its a real big state with a huge diversity of geography and climate.

@TGPDrunknHick Ай бұрын

I mean tongue stuck to an icy pole food was normal. Like icy things cause tongue to stick to them. don't need an actual metal pole to figure that one out.

@daniimariin 5 ай бұрын

Who ever is choosing and cropping things to make these thumbnails, needs a raise 😂

@joccuthill3695 Жыл бұрын

liz is a vibe

@mishtergoose2851 3 ай бұрын

34:44 but did they use the right tires? Any good Canadian/snow driver knows you gotta swap those bad boys out for your winters, and also those folks have never driven in snow before! Ya gotta get some folks who are experienced with cold weather driving

@sami-pekkaleskinen222 4 ай бұрын

As some1 who lives in Finland.. winter driving is not a problem

@RebeccaRhymer 4 ай бұрын

Yes, it is the majority condition of the year, so no problem for the most up here.

@jace8785 6 ай бұрын

I believe that the shape of the mountain should also be taken into account for the avalanche myth, as the shape could intensify the sound waves of the yodeling by echoing it, increasing the the intensity of the sound.

@seraphina985 Ай бұрын

I wonder if what might have helped unstick the tongue after a few seconds might have been the layer of ice. Ice is a pretty good insulator once it forms maybe it provides just enough insulation that the temperature gradient across it is enough the outside starts to thaw using the heat coming from the warm blood flowing through the tongue.

@hannuala-olla4302 Ай бұрын

"90 on the nose" How can he tell that from measuring his tongue?

@Xenoxion 9 ай бұрын

They really did the tongue sticks to frozen pole. Did they not have winter where they were, were they never children?

@renierbonthuyzen9703 4 ай бұрын

what we've learned about mythbuster drivers today are 2 things. Either Americans are terrible drivers or the myth wasn't properly tested. Get drivers used to driving in snow to do the experiment....and that can drive. In previous episodes they've proven themselves to be terrible reverse drivers under normal conditions.

@danwarrjack 4 ай бұрын

😂 “wHy dIdNt yOu tAkE cOnTrOl oF tHe sItUaTiOn?!“ Why didn’t you take control of your own 😂

@shawnfuton6746 8 ай бұрын

Everyone in Canada during the driving in snow myth, "meh". 🙂 I did my road test in January during a moderate snow storm. Driving in snow isn't hard, you just need to know what to do and keep it slow. Front wheel drive is great in snow, all power and much of the weight are up front. Driving on black ice, you're screwed. Stay off the road.

@xXturbo86Xx 6 ай бұрын

These peashooters will not cause an avalanche. Try some 20mil antiair gun and you might just make it.

@jonathanvokes6064 8 ай бұрын

13:20 was that a spinal tap reference 😂😂

@mocko69 10 ай бұрын

More seasons pleaseee

@gerald8573 6 ай бұрын

That's not "busted" that's like saying "hey we tested this one dude and he didn't get sick. So that means this virus is not deadly". Jamie was 100% correct. And to Adam's "scientific" comment: No, that's simply not enough data to come to a scientific conclusion.

@Qualc1 6 ай бұрын

sloppy tongue my favourite

@artur6359 3 ай бұрын

On a sad note: Liz Masterson has passed away in 2017 after losing a battle against ovarian cancer.

@kuunib7325 11 ай бұрын

Damn driving on snow and ice is really not easy. You aren't the one that dictates speed in such conditions it's the road that determines max speed, you can steer all you want but if you slip you aren't steering anything anymore.

@timthompson7205 11 ай бұрын

I grew up in Germany on the Swiss border. I’m not a fan of yodeling at all but I’ve heard a lot and can appreciate it. That woman is the first tone deaf yodeler I’ve ever heard. Man she’s bad. Since when is freezing your tongue to a pole a myth? Every Canadian or Northern American kid has done that before. The trick about it is keeping enough saliva in your mouth to warm the metal and get your tongue back off. That and don’t do it when it’s worse than minus 5 C

@Matthew-h6e 7 ай бұрын

You can just wrap your hands around your mouth to contain the heat, and then exhale warm air until your tongue finally thaws free.

@RebeccaRhymer 4 ай бұрын

Globally, children in regions experiencing substantial winter conditions have done it at least once.

@cyphi474 6 ай бұрын

It has only sense in front drive, front engine, car.

@furistasTedis 4 ай бұрын

28:42 actually is not :) but I understand it’s a show and they couldn’t finish it all in 5 minutes :)

@furistasTedis 4 ай бұрын

35:41 the serious question and maybe Adam can answer it, did they changed to winter from summer tires before the test? :)

@mishtergoose2851 3 ай бұрын

MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY 💯💯💯 im a born and raised Canadian and that was my very first thought lol

@andrewince8824 11 ай бұрын

Without the chain you'll see a difference between FWD and RWD. RWD is incredibly squirrely under aggressive acceleration, it's why they drift so well.

@martinb8013 10 ай бұрын

I think if we all lose our collective memories, yodelling is something we’d be quite happy never to remember

@fallenstar9894 10 ай бұрын

Adam: “YODEL!!”

@SyntheticFuture 2 ай бұрын

It's a shame they didn't take the "driving backwards" lessons before these episodes. They proved you can very effectively drive backwards with the right technique. That much have helped here as well.

@LuniZZs 9 ай бұрын

and driving backwards in a front wheel car is just like driving a back wheel drive car. when is good for getting grip is thinner tires or wheels or 4x4

@LuniZZs 9 ай бұрын

its because of the weight of the motor it have better grip and if you get stuck with a front wheel you just sit on the hood and you will get grip again. and if the motor is in the back you just stand on the back and jump and it will get the grip again.

@idahagen9760 4 ай бұрын

Yodeling specifically might not cause avalanches, but shouting can. Like Jamie said at the end, skiers can cause an avalanche, and the combination of shouting and skiing at the exact wrong spot can trigger one. But not yodeling from as far away as they tried it. Also, reversing in snow is just stupid. And who even reverses that fast to begin with?

@InsanePorcupine 4 ай бұрын

That mountain sucks

@maartengaat8718 Жыл бұрын

Reverse on the mirrors not looking back.

@derGameplayDJ 11 ай бұрын

Why?? You're SUPPOSED to look back when driving in reverse...

@maartengaat8718 11 ай бұрын

@@derGameplayDJ yes and where are mirrors for? Looking behind you. When you twist youre body it's harder to steer

@Iaintwoke 7 ай бұрын

@@derGameplayDJTell truck drivers that.

@br.m 29 күн бұрын

@@maartengaat8718 Mirrors are on cars so the driver can pay attention to what is around them. They are not there for when you want to drive backwards. Turning around is not harder to steer. It is easier to see a wider view and to process information. Mirrors distort things and didn't you notice on the mirrors saying "objects in mirror are closer than they appear"?