Chickens vs. Jet Speed! - Mythbusters - S01 EP10 - Science Documentary

[@shaunshareed3063]

This one really gave the whole "we actually don't get along but we respect each other and just want to find the answers to the myth". Just goes to show you don't really need to like or get along with someone just to work together and do some amazing stuff together.

[@Disinterested1]

actual respect

[@jivy1022]

On adam's you tube which us still active btw hes said he and jamie had more time on camera where they couldnt stand each other than he could count . It never resulted in him or jamie wanting quit though. That would be contract negotation time for both of them being the thing that made them contemplate waking away. He has admitted he and jamie arent in cintact and given yhe opportunity to eork with jamie he probavly wont because over a decade is enough. Soo it seems as though yhey were coworkers and not friends.

[@MihailBFC]

​@jivy1022 it actually shocked me that they aren't friends...but is understandable; they are different people with different views of the world, and you could see in the videos that they don't like each other that much( I've watched the whole series multiple times by now)

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

But throughout the show it's also visible that they warmed up towards each other.

[@Legion563]

@@HappyBeezerStudios Oh for sure, they definitely warmed up to each other or at least tolerated each other a lot more in the later seasons. In these early seasons they outright seem like they really dislike each other at times etc.

[@RenatoSantino]

funny how the first season really feels like two guys just doing dumb stuff in the backyard

[@Geographus666]

Well, it pretty much was just that.

[@tensaiproductionz4107]

I love the fact that, compared to what I saw when I was younger, Jamie is honestly the more reckless one out of them all in the first seasons. Wanting chaos, destruction, making questionable components - and later he just slowly starts to be the one to have safety in mind, and that he also calms down a bit. Adam I honestly didn't think was this assertive and safety oriented when it came to butting heads with Jamie, but when you first start working with someone, ya kinda start on an uneven surface when it comes to understanding the other.

[@FracturedPixels]

You can see the show still finding its feet in the first season. Adam and Jamie hadn't quite worked out their "Characters"; Adam's goofier more reckless persona hadn't been established yet.

[@thomasjoychild4962]

Oh yeah! Adam gets visibly hyped about things more, but Jamie was and remained the bigger "mad scientist" of the two of them.

[@drewb427]

10:15 “give us a countdown then” “2-3-1” 😂😂😂

[@yig_501]

i fell asleep last night watxhing this i thought i was just tired lol

[@cleverusername9369]

Classic Hyneman

[@TheTrueBatBrain]

It's wild when you think about how they're just launching an air cannon with destructive force just out of the back of the shop like that, how times change

[@stevenrhodes8338]

Not to mention collection dog pee, lmao early Mythbusters was insane

[@VashStarwind]

If you did that today, technically you wouldnt be doing anything illegal unless you were deliberately aiming it at someone

[@TheTrueBatBrain]

@@VashStarwind true, it's just crazy to see them manually operating the valve from that close, or even sitting on it when they wouldn't be near it later

[@Pagliacci_Rex]

Yeah, they would have done this at Alameda and done it remotely behind glass.

[@SuperJerbear96]

.😂s

[@kim98677]

Lmao at the salesman obviously lying straight to their face 😂😭

[@Gandalf22476]

Adam: "Do you think this thing could wash 50lbs of laundry?" Salesman: "Oh yea, definitely." Can't even fit 50lbs.

[@jeepien]

Spoken like a salesman.

[@baileescott401]

Adam: sees supersonic washing machine "looks a little slower than the spin cycle to me" WHAT CLOTHES ARE YOU WASHING MY DUDE

[@kim98677]

Its so much fun watching this as an adult. Jamie used to seem like a grouch, now i notice that hes actually, nice and as much of a madman if not more than adam 😂 Still, what i remember most is them being good role models, you're allowed to be mad at each other but also recognize you went a bit far even uf you're right.

[@cleverusername9369]

14:30 "who knows what the damage to the neighbors would've been had this gotten out" Wait a few seasons, you'll find out, with a cannonball.

[@Andrew-fd7cu]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂I'm dead af lmaooo

[@JAKOB1977]

The down to earth aproach' are such a blast in these older videos, even going to scrap yards and pick up various things and talk about prices 6:04 These older episodes have a raw & honest attitude, that sadly were lost over the years... where things got a lot more staged and censored.. thx for sharing these older goldnuggets.

[@christophermitchellsr9492]

It's fun but deadly. You have to love Jamie's seance of humor .the early episodes set the stage for the show to be such a big hit . thanks for posting these full episodes .

[@camobubba98]

I remember watching these when it aired. I was a little kid and my whole family would huddle around the TV every week to watch it. They definitely knew how to capture an audience 🤣

[@tharakarama1234]

😊😊​@@camobubba98

[@hamishwhitehenderson5197]

scence

[@km_attack]

@@hamishwhitehenderson5197 No.. lol... You're both wrong. *sense

[@jookles]

@@km_attackNope. YOU’RE WRONG! It’s cents*

[@brandonaustin2907]

So let's be realistic for a second. The "grain of truth" is probably that someone did bust their head open trying to jam too much laundry in the machine by climbing on it like that, not because the machine did anything, but just from falling.

[@bueb8674]

Just a quick psa; if you're stuffing the washing machine full, your laundry isn't getting washed very well. It needs to have some room to tumble around. Apparently 2 of the 4 people in the shared unit I live in don't understand this...

[@antonypost19]

26:44 "this will fly apart at some point" that sounds more like a promise than a warning and im here for it 🤘

[@foramagasobeselettucepurpl6911]

6:59 Sounds like, at the time of filming this episode, Jamie was unfamiliar with the phrase, "better safe than sorry".

[@KamenRiderRaiden]

Funny how the roles seem to have flipped goin on in seasons...

[@dalehammond3591]

I'm getting Home Improvement dishwasher vibes with the washing machine.

[@Not-TheOne]

I'm so happy they steered away from Adam and Jamie badmouthing each other. They still did it, but more in jest. Would have turned into some kind of Homeboys of Jersey crap.

[@A_N1ne]

same. that sort of rivalry and bad mouthing is something I disliked in a lot of the Discovery shows. made them feel more like reality tv and not science/tech tv.

[@hamishwhitehenderson5197]

I mean it's probably the least dramatic beefing I've ever seen, Adam apologises profusely and Jamie goes with his idea instead.

[@A_N1ne]

@@hamishwhitehenderson5197 true but that's how it started on shows like American Chopper, which would later be scaled up to full on (artificial) rivalries and augments. turning those shows into more of a reality tv drama show instead of what they originally started out as. something I really don't like in tv shows

[@CaptainCraigKWMRZ]

But... They aren't from Jersey! Pretty arrogant. I'm sick of Yankee mentality.

[@hamishwhitehenderson5197]

@@CaptainCraigKWMRZ I'm going to assume they mean the large state south of New York City famous for obnoxious orange wideboys and the mafia and not the crown dependency in the English Channel famous for giving it it's name and not much else. (insert joke about it better to be from nowhere than to be from New Jersey)

[@exploremore8608]

Keep up the good work by posting these it’s bringing back memories of my childhood binge watching and watching the marathons of MythBusters. Keep it up. Good to the guy that is posting these

[@MrBushman123]

Its a french entertainment/content production company that posts these. They own the rights to quite a few popular TV shows and post some of them on the tube as a business model (they rightfully own it and get fully monitized. Its all about the $$$ on the tube, as anywhere and everywhere i guess.

[@magawengway]

I feel like the problem with the chicken test was with the valve, so many variables were involved including Jamie manually opening it, the moment the value was opened most of the energy was expelled, I reckon if this was to be done now it would be with a computer to open a valve that opens from the centre outwards rather than the top down, it would mitigate most of the flaws of the test, so then the impact the chickens had, frozen or thawed, would actually matter

[@aidankilleen7372]

Ah yes, the washing machine of theseus.

[@TheMrherbgreen]

"gentlemen, thaw your chickens"

[@kylegoode7846]

This is one of my favorite mythbusters episodes

[@alexs6746]

These guys have the spirit of mark rober with the budget to back it up. I loved this show

[@s.f.nightingale1735]

Who's Mark Rober?

[@alexs6746]

@@s.f.nightingale1735 KZbinr, he builds things and tests things

[@somedude3443]

Mythbusters: "We need to build a chicken cannon!" Every Canadian watching: "Should we tell them about Royal Canadian Air Farce?"

[@xl000]

it's nice that they releasing the whole catalogue in a clean 1080p no need to look for other sources, it's straight for the copyright holder Banijay

[@thomasjoychild4962]

14:19 I do recall them finding out later that the ballistic shielding they'd been using for everything with explosions and projectiles was actually not nearly as good as they'd thought, though.

[@RekkGaming]

YES! More season 1 Thanks this shit is OG

[@brittanybecker170]

Any other Canadian viewers immediately think of Air Farce when the chicken cannon is mentioned? Edit: LOL, hats off to the researcher for knowing the origin of Air Farce's beloved skit! Too bad we didn't get a clip from the Air Farce show but I'm guessing its unlikely anyone knew about it.

[@rollingmetal949]

I wonder was this before the production decided to leave the fights off camera? There are comments and stern discussions in many episodes sure but Adam cursing in Jamie's face was clearly on the more serious end

[@jumbles1986]

I've heard Adam say in interviews that the crew used to encourage them to bicker and it took a while for them to settle into a format that didn't require that.

[@J-1410]

A director or producer was changed after the first season or so as he was aiming for the show to be more like American Chopper. Adam and Jamie have mentioned it before.

[@SimplyTakuma]

I love the respect at 08:40 even both didn't like each other but keep it on, and even further until the show ends in 14 seasons.

[@lulana9545]

Wait, they just weren't friends. They never said that they didn't like each other? Like, you don't need to be friends with your work colleagues to still be amicable with them.

[@mm3mm3]

My all time favorite show!😊😊😊😊😊

[@cracklecracklebaybay5612]

19:52 Not convinced by his response, that it can do that much weight of laundry. 😆

[@cracklecracklebaybay5612]

22:32 Exactly my prediction. 😆

[@jeremymcadam7400]

Adam had a "Deep" moment at the end there

[@senbrandybuck4492]

The beautiful dance of the springtime Buster ❤️

[@oldhillbillybuckkowalski]

I cant say much about the difference between a frozen or thawed chicken impact but I can tell you for certain when firing potatoes, oranges, or a load of grapes from a "Spud Gun " there is a hell of a difference between frozen and solid that becomes very obvious when hitting car windsheilds or sheetmetal like doors and fenders.

[@goatah]

It’s kinda lame they busted it off the impact time alone despite the high speed showing the area of the impact being larger on the thawed chicken. Like, it’s penetrating an elastic surface, area matters.

[@oldhillbillybuckkowalski]

@@goatah exactly. That's why a .30/06 shooting a 180 grain JSP might do less damage than a 12 gauge slug at close range but penetrate way further or when hitting a barrier it can't penetrate will create a bigger dent. Even though the slug and the rifle bullet may have similar energy at 10 feet the slug is a big soft projectile that deform easily and transfers that energy over a larger area causing more area to be damaged but not damaged to the extent of what the rifle bullet did. When you process a deer the meat surrounding the bullets path through the deer is pulverized in a 3 to 4 inch area all along the bullets path usually all the way through the deer were as the slug may have an 8 inch wound channel thats pulverized but it only went 12 to 14 inches into the deer. If they had simply got some windshields rated for bird strikes they would certainly have seen that a thawed chicken transfers its energy immediately while the frozen one penetrated and distributed its energy gradually which obviously means the thawed chicken stops on impact because without energy remaining it cannot continue to travel, frozen continues to travel until it has used all its kinetic energy.

[@VeilingSun]

I really miss the parts like at 25:55 where they just show them working on the item. Particularly when Jamie goes to that local engineering company for special parts. I don't work in this industry and I've always wondered what goes on in those light industrial companies.

[@harlyquin]

27:22 dont even think about putting your lip in that Adam

[@brianfasher9378]

Somebody has to say it.....SCFCA - Sub Caliber Frozen Chicken Ammunition

[@santiagoquagliaroli8763]

Don't forget the DS for discarding sabot

[@tfrowlett8752]

I wish they had airplane shops like that in Australia more

[@breannahidalgo6328]

RIP Grant and Jessie you will be missed

[@CaptainCraigKWMRZ]

Of course. You are the 341 comment stating this.

[@Pagliacci_Rex]

That story of the washing machine: Consequences!

[@MikeHunt..]

No chickens were harmed in the making of this video

[@inkognito-dc8ot]

the weight isn't helping to quick-release the valve. jamie has to fight it's inertia, which more than counteracts it's gravitational pull.

[@Dark0neone]

That wad is just freaking glorious.

[@km_attack]

That's what she said.

[@daemonburns-waight2421]

18:11 'Woof!'

[@MitchCyan]

26:01 Is that the stinky corvette before they sold it? With loads of air fresheners in it.

[@ImranIsak]

Ohh, this one's a classic

[@roryoutdoors5431]

Chicken Cannon Salute to Canadian Politics! Any old Canuck geezer worth their salt remembers the Royal Canadian Air Farce!

[@clayday5299]

Good and awesome

[@lordbarristertimsh8050]

This was the very first episode of Mythbusters I ever saw, it was back when Mythbusters was still on Netflix which should give you a good idea of how bloody long ago this was. Also, I have no idea how that myth of the Killer Washing Machine originated, it has not a single basis in fact: my guess is that it was the premise for a comedy sketch parodying the sitcom Home Improvement that was submitted to a show like S.N.L. or In Living Color , it got rejected, and someone, in their "infinite wisdom" decided to turn it into a story to titillate simple-minded folk.

[@lulana9545]

Lol xD most of us saw this when it first aired on live TV. That should give you an idea how long ago that was xD Netflix xD Just lol

[@tarnishedknight9909]

Savage feels strange when he's not wearing his black frames

[@Lopez_the_heavy]

12:23 someone tell Bruce to PULL the pallet jack 😂

[@robmckennie4203]

Did you not see the 10 people pulling? His job was just to steer

[@specificocean9490]

@@robmckennie4203 yes, but theyre pulling the jack in the wrong direction

[@daemonburns-waight2421]

@@specificocean9490 I use those at work, can confirm they function forward and backward

[@specificocean9490]

@@daemonburns-waight2421 as you can see in the video, yes, it works, no, its not correct.

[@shapshane8241]

23:23 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jasondavis8372]

These nerds getting upset with each other over nerd stuff is the wholesome content I needed today

[@gorgha3988]

The really, REALLY clucked up the chicken gun tests IMO. They only tested speeds, not power of impact. A frozen chicken is much much harder than a thawed one. Of course it is going to impact harder than a thawed bird. It's the difference between shooting canon ball made of metal and one made of a split ball. One is going to punch right through what it hits, or explode in to shards. The other is going to squish, spread out, and deform. MAYBE the thawed one would go through the properly rated screen depending on the speeds they fire at, but now we'll never know.

[@SkopiousIsHere]

armor piercing discarding chicken

[@erentr7167]

09:11 that was like a the office moment where they look at the camera

[@isaacdave5603]

Awsome 😮

[@possibear]

he's the chicken man!

[@789costela]

Talk aboute *fast* food 😁

[@skyborne80]

As a Canadian, I just gotta ask: Pumpkin shooting contests? Really?? Americans 🤦🏻‍♂️🤣

[@andrewcao1526]

Awesome good

[@MetalFan10101]

Good

[@JohlBrown]

i you can tell adam (fittingly named has seen stuff in these early episodes)

[@mattp6467]

500 bucks for a tank off a compressor?

[@Dark0neone]

The chicken gun is more powerful than a .308 lmao. About 33.1% more powerful

[@haydenhack]

2 3 1 ...haha..nobody calls me stupid :0

[@JohlBrown]

came here from Who Let the Dogs Out? When PUPs Become BlackCat's Best Friend Ryan Rath & Matthew Boyle i watched this episode on tv

[@MrBushman123]

Nobody can push out an octopus after swallowing their seed. Busted that stupid m wide open!

[@markjohnson7887]

No, stomach acid isn't there to dissolve the food. Where did this guy get his education?

[@cobaltwoof]

Anyone know why they are blocking these in the United States?

[@lulana9545]

License deals probably? Maybe the European company just purchased the European distribution rights?

[@magnemoe1]

Now the frozen chicken will have the same energy as the normal one but it should be much better at penetrating as its harder. Same way you use hard bullets to punch trough armor who will easy stop an bullet with an lead core but not one with an tungsten core. Doing that test on say a 2-3" thick plank wall would show an difference I think.

[@kikixchannel]

I mean, they had the frozen chicken blast through that bullet-proof screen...All they needed to do was lower the power and see whether both frozen and thawed would break those. If they didn't want to destroy those (I don't know whether they are or are not super-pricy), they could just use a few panes of regular plexy one behind the other. My bet is that at a point that frozen barely destroys all of them, thawed would be stopped on first two or three. Why? Because unlike the frozen chicken that passed its energy into the obstacle, the energy of the thawed chicken would go into obliterating the chicken itself. So yeah, they didn't even test the myth in the first place. The myth wasn't about which chicken has more energy flying but which causes more destruction with that energy. You simply cannot check that by shooting them both at an item that neither has ANY chance of destroying. The way energy is passed is just totally different.

[@atvheads]

@ 1:40 The air cannon was already made before they made it, fantastic.

[@mUrmeLi39]

you obviously don't know how tv-shows are filmed and cut together in the editing phase. the scenes are not in exact chronological order..

[@atvheads]

@@mUrmeLi39 You obviously don't know what humour is.

[@doctorsuave]

@@atvheadsI mean if that’s a legitimate attempt at humor you might not know either. At best it’s a neutral observation with sass added.

[@atvheads]

@@doctorsuave The last word fantastic would have been ironic for people in my age. Im sorry if i offended anyone, :)

[@colinofay7237]

25:55 i want to know The 10hp motor, what electric car? Could it be a golf cart?

[@KeeganYF12]

Considering that it was 2003, could be a few things. The Vanguard Citicar had only 6 horsepower and that was decades before Mythbusters.

[@anthonykluk2096]

Definitely glad they got rid of the folklore lady, it's not like she's bad or anything it just feels very weird to have an expert in urban folklore on a science show. Like where are they going to bring a Bible scholar on if they did any biblical myths?😂😂😂

[@iP0intNLaugh]

Hit up Jesus himself for some myths

[@kkumi1782]

How much bread, and fish, can you fit in a basket...

[@mattp6467]

A 25lb bag is hard to lift?

[@iP0intNLaugh]

For us nerds it is

[@bigsmackisback2052]

Funny story about chickens and jets, the royal air force sent engineers over to the states because some engines the US bought was failing the chicken tests, the RAF engineers went over and found they were in fact using frozen chickens instead....

[@NeilRohrig]

Adam certainly calmed down with adge but he's rather rude during these early episodes. I see now why they clashed so often.

[@bridgetdonnelly8407]

What thrift store did they go to

[@harlyquin]

23:40 I'm sure lots of people have, if all your cloths are in the wash and your standing next to the washing machine naked waiting for it to be done

[@KamenRiderRaiden]

If you have nothing but your last pair of undies on you WEILL unlock the secret of Hammerspace to get it all in one load

[@kitchenerleslie6177]

He tinks he's glad our families built a civilized country.

[@SoloPilot6]

Wrong kind of windshield. The chicken gun is used for testing the heavy windshields on jet aircraft, not the flimsy Plexiglas of a light plane.

[@kylegoode7846]

The myth that they where trying to test is not about jet aircraft it is about high speed trains and the difference between the effects of frozen and not frozen chickens as far as the impact of the chicken through a windshield they were using a light aircraft because that is what they could get

[@k.y.6148]

Am I the only one who saw the old man in the blue dress on the street when they were carrying the laundry?

[@archivis]

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[@punkr0ckgurl75]

Adam reminds me of the kind of guy in high school ,who would’ve gotten his ass kicked cuz he was obnoxious, annoying and would throw hissy fits cuz he liked messing with people by being a goof but could NOT take being fucked with in return. I can picture him crying and acting like that kid on KZbin who’d freak out all the time…

[@inmyopinion6836]

I think the obvious choice of venue, the female womb is what you missed. People DO have sex in the ocean! Hydraulic action could place the egg in the proper location. Conditions for gestation is THE question!

[@omnirath]

Yeah but having sex in the ocean doesn’t provoke ectopic pregnancy around octopuses

[@inmyopinion6836]

@@omnirath What? Can you explain that one?

[@km_attack]

"What do you do for a living?"..... "I'm a Folklorist"... GTFO with that

[@timfondiggle2582]

Omg this "folklorist" was the worste