MythBusters — Season 1, Episode 9: Lightning Strikes/Tongue Piercing

Episode synopsis

Is it possible to make a cannon out of a tree? Could a drunk person really fool a Breathalyzer test? Can Adam's tongue piercing withstand the electric force of a lightning bolt?

About MythBusters

MythBusters is a science entertainment television program created and produced by Australia's Beyond Television Productions for the Discovery Channel. The show's hosts, special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, use elements of the scientific method to test the validity of rumors, myths, movie scenes, adages, Internet videos, and news stories.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Jet-Assisted Chevy
• E2Biscuit Bazooka
• E3Poppy-Seed Drug Test
• E4Exploding Toilet
• E5Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station
• E6Barrel of Bricks
• E7Penny Drop
• E8Buried Alive
• E10Stinky Car
• E11Alcatraz Escape