About this season
Some Assembly Required is a Discovery Channel TV series which premiered in the United States on December 27, 2007 and originally aired in 2007 and 2008. Hosts Brian Unger and physicist Lou Bloomfield explain how various things are manufactured and participate in the manufacturing process. The show is also titled as How Stuff's Made in the UK.
Episodes (12)
1. Crash Test Dummies
Aired 7 August 2008 • 60 min
Join Brian as he learns the painstaking process in which crash-test dummies are assembled. Next, Brian travels to a company that make old-fashioned kettle chips.
2. Fire Trucks
Aired 7 August 2008 • 60 min
Brian travels to Dublin Ohio, home of Sutphen fire engines to learn how to build one. Then, Brian travels to the Rio Grande Valley of Texas to see how pure, white, refined sugar is made.
3. Leatherman
Aired 14 August 2008 • 60 min
Join Brian at the Leatherman factory, where they make their cool new tool-the Skeletool. Then, Brian heads to Simmons in Charlotte, North Carolina to uncover the science of how they make the Simmons Beautyrest.
4. Bow & Arrow
Aired 14 August 2008 • 60 min
Brian travels to Eugene, Oregon to work with the Bow-Tech craftsman to create a state-of-the-art compound bow. Next, he goes to Monrovia, North Carolina where the legendary Ludwig drums are pounded out for rock stars & wannabes all over the world.
5. Crayons
Aired 21 August 2008 • 60 min
Brian Unger travels to Easton, Pennsylvania to make...washable crayons, the much-loved tool of young artists. Then, he heads to Orrville, Ohio to build the breath-taking pipe organs that Schantz installs in churches nationwide.
6. Cast Iron Cookware
Aired 21 August 2008 • 60 min
Brian travels to South Pittsburg, Tennessee to the Lodge Cast Iron Cookware to learn how to make cast-iron cookware. Then, on to Old Town, Maine where for the last 100 years the craftsmen of Old Town Canoes have made some of the world's finest watercraft.
7. Newspaper; Pool Table
Aired 28 September 2008 • 60 min
Brian Unger heads to the home of country music, Nashville Tennessee to assemble the city's 100-year old newspaper. Join Brian Unger as he heads to Portland, Tennessee to learn how to build a world-class pool table.
8. Semi Tractor Trailer
Aired 28 September 2008 • 60 min
How do you build a semi tractor-trailer capable of pulling up to 80,000 tons and make it fuel efficient? Brian Unger finds out at the Peterbilt factory. Then, he heads to Upper Sandusky, Ohio to make a shotgun that's been around since 1937.
9. Sourdough Bread
Aired 4 September 2008 • 60 min
Brian tries his hand at making bread in San Francisco, and then hops over to the East Coast to take a look at a rigid-inflatable boat.
10. Aluminum Foil
Aired 4 September 2008 • 60 min
In this episode Brian visits Honda ATV factory to see how an ATV is manufactured Also a look round the Alcoa Aluminum plant to observe the making of aluminum foil.
11. Tennis Balls
Aired 11 September 2008 • 60 min
Brian examines tennis balls in Arizona, and then heads to Maine to look at some kayaks. Also: silly putty.
12. Golf Balls
Aired 11 September 2008 • 60 min
Included in this episode Titleist golf balls; panty hose at Holt Hosiery. Also: a segment on the tape measure.