14x03 - Cooking Chaos

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This is just wrong.

This is terrifying.

Come on, Jamie!

...the team feels the fear
and doubles the danger

For two crazy commercial myths.

I'm going to need
some psychotherapy after this.

First, Adam and Jamie are at
the end of their tethers...

Are you kidding?
This is a hobby?

Holy [bleep]

...testing if you could
bob for an apple...

He did it!

...in the midst
of a 100-foot bungee jump.

What did I get myself
into?

Then, Kari, Tory, and Grant
get some serious air

Taking on an ad
that serves up sky-high sport.

But can you play tennis...

A little scary.
I'm not going to lie.

...on the wing
of a plane in flight?

Whoo!

Who are the Mythbusters?

Adam Savage...

I got the chicken!

...and Jamie Hyneman.

I'm ready.

Between them, more than 30 years
of special-effects experience.

Together with Grant Imahara...

Start the car!

...Kari Byron...

Fire!

...and Tory Belleci...

Let's chop this car up!

...they don't
just tell the myths...

Bye-bye!

...they put them to the test.

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There's a commercial
out there

That shows a guy bungee jumping
off of a platform 100 feet

Into a little barrel
full of apples.

And when he comes up,
he's got an apple in his teeth.

I see a lot of bungee jumping
in our future.

Yep.

Because when the crazy
commercial in question aired,

It took the harmless,
age-old act of apple bobbing

And added
a frightening 100-foot fall.

But can you really get the drop
on a bungee apple bob...

And pull it off injury-free?

Well, with Jamie's famous fear
of heights...

It really is quite hairy.

...this could be
his worst nightmare.

That is absolutely awful.

To my mind, there's three things
we've got to investigate

In this.

One is, can your depth
of your drop of bungee jumping

Be made precise enough
so that when you hit the water

You don't hit the bottom
and k*ll yourself?

Two... Can you actually aim
where you fall in bungee jumping

To hit a target
as small as a barrel?

And three,
if all of that works,

Can you actually come up
with an apple in your teeth?

And we have to
do all this?

I was thinking that we could
start out with buster doing it.

Well,
better buster than me.

Yeah, that's what
I was thinking.

So, to test this bungee bob,

It's off to cunningham pool
in vallejo, california.

To conduct this experiment,

We're going to need
a few key ingredients.

First and foremost are apples
and a barrel to put them in.

We've chosen a fairly large one.

A crane to do our dropping from
and a bungee basket.

It is from this platform


That all of our bungee drops
will happen from.

But before the Mythbusters
start jumping,

Firstly,
they're bringing in a fall guy.

We need a buster
who can stand on his own,

A rigid buster
who weighs as much as we do

But can actually stand up
so he can drop consistently.

And so, meet buster's
latest incarnation,

Bungee buster.

He's made
out of pvc plumbing parts

That will be all glued together
and filled with sand and water

To achieve the correct weight.

He'll serve as our analog
for our initial testing.

Now that buster is rigid enough

To hold
the correct fall posture...

Okay.

With the harness in hand,
that's about 196.

That's our target weight
for everything.

...he'll need to weigh
exactly what Jamie does.

And there we go.

We're right at 195.

Everything is going
just as planned.

So,
with their fall guy complete,

It's time to test part one
of this myth.

Excellent.

Can our bungee experts
tune buster's fall

So that when he hits the water,

He won't hit the bottom
of the barrel?

If I had to hazard a guess, i'd
say Jamie is in the basket now

Probably complaining
about the height.

He doesn't like them.

Oh, man.

I hate heights.

This is terrifying.

In three, two, one.

Yeah!

That was beautiful.

A perfect touch.

With a maximum depth
of just 18 inches,

That was a perfect drop
for a bob.

The question is,
is it always that easy?

In three, two, one.

Come on, baby.

Aw, that was perfect!

Yeah!

Fantastic.

Two in a row
absolutely the same.

We've got our mark.

Buster did
really, really well.

And our bungee experts
really can dial him in

So that he drops at the same
spot every single time.

I... I really think
it's time for us to jump.

And by us,
I mean you first.

Ugh.

Don't get me wrong.

When I do it, i'm going to
hate it just as much.

So, now that buster has proven

That the depth
is repeatable and safe,

It's time to try it with
a much more human analog.

You ever have people barf
when they're at the very end

Because of all the food
in their stomach

Just wants to come
straight back out?

Had just about everything.

Well,
I guess this is the whole rig.

I'm all trussed up like a pig

And ready to go to slaughter...

Uh
or something like that.

This is one ride
the beret can't come on.

And Jamie has the long trip
to 100 feet

To contemplate
what he's about to do.

How you feeling?

As good
as I'll ever feel.

That's all we can ask,
right?

Yeah, this is just
one thing to do.

Now, you want to kind of stiffen
that chest out a little bit.

There you go.

Hands behind you,
and i've got you.

Okay.
So, when you're ready.

There you go. Just put your
hands on your butt.

This is --
This is just wrong.

Okay. I'm going to have you
lean out just a little bit.

And then, we're going
to do the countdown.

Are you ready?
Yeah.

Okay.
I'm going to have you lean out.

I got you.

Here we go!



Next, the team is on the ball

For a high-flying stunt.

So,
like Adam and Jamie's myth,

Our next myth
is also about flying.

But it's flying
with a twist.

See, a top-ranked tennis pro
plays a match with his wingman.

Oh, okay. I know what
you're talking about.
I've seen this video.

It's where
they're playing tennis

On the wing of a plane
while it's in flight.

Right. And they're both
strapped to the wings.
The plane takes off.

And then they start volleying
the ball back and forth

Despite how fast
the plane is going.

This commercial
elevates the game of tennis

To 5,000 feet

As novak djokovic
and his partner

Rally across a wing.

But is this just an advertising
flight of fancy,

Or could you really
play a high-altitude grand slam?

Okay. So, what this myth
really boils down to is,

Can you actually
have a tennis rally

On the wing
of a plane in flight

With winds rushing past you
at 35 miles an hour?

Wait,
why only 35 miles an hour?

Well, I did a little research,
and it turns out,

The plane in the clip
is an antonov an-2,

Which is capable of flying
at speeds as low as 35.

Wow.

All we need to do now
is learn how to wing walk.

I mean, you guys have
played tennis before, right?

No.
Unh-unh.

Mm.

Looks like this one
just got a little harder.

Tennis lessons?

So, before takeoff,
first thing's first.

They've got to get the team
match-ready.

So, we've come to u.C. Berkeley
to get a couple tennis lessons

From their head coach,
peter wright.

Because let's face it.

Just because
you put us in these outfits

Does not mean
we know how to play at all.

We are seriously going to need
some help here.

Well, Kari and Grant
may be tennis first-timers...

Okay, remember, firm wrist,
out in front a little bit.

Firm wrist, out in front.

Good.
Good, there we go.

This is it.

Yeah!

...and Tory hasn't played
since high school...

Tory's a natural.
Look at this guy.

Good. Out there in front.
Nice and firm in the wrist.

Beautiful.

...but with a little expert
guidance from their coach...

Hey, we're not sucking as bad as
I thought we were going to.

Okay.

...they soon get into the swing.

This is no problem.

Who's that djokovic guy?

We're able to volley
consistently.

But, unfortunately,
that's not the whole story,

Because this tennis match
happens

On the wing of a plane
in flight.

It's a calm, clear day,
and we're volleying fine,

But that is more like
volleying in a storm.

Instant storm!

All right. So, this is
how it's going to work.

We have our fans over
here that are going to
simulate our headwind.

We're going to start at 15 miles
an hour and then amp it up.

You guys ready?

Let's do it!

At 15 miles per hour,
it's clear that the wind

Is affecting
the trajectory of the ball.

Bring it up to 35!

It's when the wind machine
goes up to 35 miles an hour

Where it gets interesting,

And the ball no longer travels
in a straight line.

Sometimes it does a corkscrew.
Sometimes it just drops.

This is much harder
at air speed!

Aah!

But after
a little bit of adjustment

By turning my back to the wind
and aiming my racket upwind,

I find that I can get
a pretty decent volley going.

Yeah!

So, yes, it's difficult --
Very difficult --

But not impossible.

The team was able to volley

In winds of 35 miles per hour,

Which means this myth
is cleared for takeoff.

Now all we have to do
is learn to wing walk.

That should be a piece of cake.

Coming up, can the Hyneman
conquer his fear of heights?

This is terrifying.

And later,
it's anyone for tennis?

Let's do this.

Whoo-hoo!

This is scary.

Jamie Hyneman hates heights.

I hate heights.

Jamie Hyneman doesn't understand
extreme spots.

Why do people like doing things
that get them terrified?

But to test the myth

That you could apple bob
from the end of a bungee cord...

This is just wrong.

...Jamie Hyneman is about to
take a giant leap from 100 feet.

Here we go!



Nice!

Excellent form,
Jamie.

That's just one of the most
things that I have done.

You're upside down,
you're accelerating like

And it's just "ugh!"

Did you hear
the, like

let's do it again.

Let's get it over with.

Calibrating the bungee for Jamie

Unfortunately involves
a bit of trial and error.

Here we go again.

And after that error,

He's got to repeat the trial
to dial in his depth.

I'm going to need
some psychotherapy after this.



And that's more like it.

Like buster,
Jamie was dunked just enough

To survive a vertical apple bob.

Was that a refreshing splash
there, Jamie?

I was a little bit
more conscious

Of what
was actually happening.

I saw the water coming up.

Yeah? It didn't hurt to hit it,
though?

No, it didn't hurt to hit it
at all.

That's just awful.

So, now that they've wet
the Hyneman's head,

The next mythical metric
is accuracy.

How is that for position?

Good, perfect.

Looks good? Okay.

This time around,

It's going to be
target practice.

Here we go!



Yeah!

You hit it!

Whoo-hoo-hoo!

Despite the fact Jamie had very
little control over his fall,

He still dunked his dome
inside the stand-in barrel.

Yeah!

I saw the ring coming up.

I think I hit it
pretty well right in the middle.

And I guess i'm doing
what i'm supposed to be doing.

And because Adam
was the apple-bobbing champion

Of his school...

Now they should stay on.

The next step...

Is Adam making the jump.

Holy

Here we go.
I'm going to lean you forward.

Okay, wait.
All right, lean me forward.

You got me?
Yep, I got you.



Whoo! Yeah!

Yeah!

Whoo!

Ugh!
I'd like to go home now.

Being his first try...

My face hit
the middle of the barrel.

Doesn't get any sweeter
than that.

Ah, man. If I never
do that again,

It's way too soon.

Yeah, you're just going to
have to bleep it,

Because that's real.

Pbht!



Well, now that they've got
the depth and accuracy sorted,

How do they like them apples?

After a spot
of turbulent tennis,

It's time to take to the skies.

Or is it?

All right, bad news.

Well, good news for me,
because i'm scared of heights.

The insurers think
that us wing walking

Is going to be
too dangerous.

We're not allowed
to go up in a plane.

Seriously? How are we
going to test this myth?

Okay,
i've got a substitute.

How about we build the wing
out of a platform,

We affix it
to the back of a truck

And drive it down the runway
at alameda?

That's a really good idea.

I mean, essentially,
this myth

Is about the ball's behavior
in a headwind, right?

I love it... A low-flying plane
that doesn't get off the ground.

Now, we're just going to have to
have a successful volley.

That might be harder.

So, to find out if
you can play tennis at altitude,

The team is going to have to
bring this myth

A lot closer to the ground.

But building a plane
on the back of a truck

Is not something you can wing.

Okay,
so that makes a total of...

And with the safety
of the Mythbusters at stake,

Grant is dotting his is
and crossing his t-beams.

And his final design
has a 40-foot wing

And a 15-foot tower,

Along with a network of supports
that will keep this fixed wing

Firmly in place
on the back of the truck.

So,
now that we've built our wing

And we've got the measurements

Of the actual truck
we're going to use,

It's time to build the thing
that connects the two,

Which I call the tower.

That's quite a thing.

It's got a lot of crossmembers
and supports.

But without all those things,
the people on the wing

Would be flapping up and down
several inches,

Making it
not only very dangerous

But also damn near impossible
to play tennis.

The tower and supports
are super heavy-duty

To brace the wing.

It's a good thing
this thing doesn't have to fly.

And finally,

After three days of cutting,
welding, and triangulating,

They're ready to assemble
their flightless flying machine.

This ought to do.

Oh, my god.
This is perfect.

We've outgrown the shop.
Our build was just too big.

The wings were too wide,
and we couldn't build it there.

Otherwise, we wouldn't be able
to get it out the door,

Over the bridge, and through
the tunnel to the runway.

Let's build a plane.

So, we came out here
to an actual hangar,

Which is perfect, because
we're making an "airplane."

And the best part is, behind
those giant doors is our runway.

So, all of our pieces
have been unloaded,

And now it's time for assembly.

We're welding together
the two wing halves

To give us a 40-foot wingspan.

Nicely aligned.

Next, we're welding this tower
onto the wings

And adding extra supports

So it'll give us
another 8 feet of height.

And after we're done with that,
we flip it all over

And put it on top
of this big-a*s truck.

This doesn't look dangerous
at all.

At 15 feet off the ground,

The guys may not
technically be flying,

But they may as well be.

Oh, this just doesn't seem
like a good idea anymore.

This is terrifying.

This is so high
off the ground.

If this thing flexes at all,

One of them
is wetting their pants.

And with 40,000 pounds
of steel in place,

The guys weld it
to the truck bed.

I would have to say, out of all
the welds on this thing,

These are probably
the most important.

Yeah!

There you go.
Like a glove.

Perfect.

Just like we planned it.

All right, so our makeshift
airplane is finally complete.

We've got a 40-foot wingspan

That is supported by about 4,000
pounds of steel and cabling.

It should be very sturdy.

We have our safety rigs in place
so the boys will be safe.

We have an anemometer
strapped up there

So that we can get
precision wind speeds.

It's completely supported
by a turbo-diesel tow truck.

Now all we've got to do
is try it out on the runway.

Yep.

After four days
of intense endeavor...

This is awesome.

...they now have the closest
thing possible to a plane.

This is definitely something
you don't see every day.

So, with their no-fly zone
established,

It's game on for this myth.

The Mythbusters
are at the end of their rope

Testing if you can bob
for an apple on a bungee cord.

So now, we've got our height
and our weight dialed in

To where our heads
are penetrating the water

Just a few inches.

And we've also
nailed the accuracy.

Yeah!

So now it's time
to bring in the hard part,

Which is
biting onto one of these

Or, more accurately,
one of these,

Because this might break
your teeth or your nose.

We don't know yet.

So, these foam ones,

We'll see how we do with those
first.

So, what do you think? Are you
ready to go for an apple?

I'll be quite honest
with you.

I don't need to stand
on ceremony to tell you

That is pretty much

The most unpleasant thing
I have ever done.

Whoo!

You want to
take this one home?

I thought
I was off the hook,

But, hey, you know, if you
really don't want to do it,

I'm getting used to it.

I'll deal with it.

Thank you, sir.

Jamie's
taking this one for the team.

Target's in place.

Our Hyneman's
getting himself rigged up.

And all we need to do is fill
our barrel with some apples.

But wrapping his jaws around
an apple in the blink of an eye

Isn't going to be easy.

How are you feeling?

Horrible.



What did I get myself into?

I didn't hit the target.

I'm not sure whether
that was me or the lineup.

Even a little gust of wind
is enough to push you off.

I don't have
a whole lot of choice.

Either i'm going
right into the ring or i'm not.

So, Jamie missed the target but
not in a direction we expected.

And he missed it
because of that flag.

No, no, no, not because
of politics or anything.

Because of the wind
that is blowing that flag

Blew him slightly off target.

Thanks to the wind,
targeting Jamie's jump

Is nowhere near as reliable
as earlier.

And that's making this myth look
more and more like just that --

A myth.



Oh!

Where's your apple?
There's no apple in your face.

I bit something,
and I pulled it up.

No.
Apparently, it was water.

I bit the ring.

Oh, you bit the ring.

Yep. They don't call it
apple bobbing for no reason.

All of the apples bobbed out
of the path of Jamie's jaws.

So, he bit down
on the only thing not moving.

I was like, "i'm not leaving
here without something.

I'm biting down on something,"
and I did.

That's the
funniest thing i've ever seen.

The title of this is
"we almost caught a Hyneman."

So, after a day of jump
after jump after jump,

Jamie's ready to call it.

Every time I tried, it was like

The stress equivalent
of having an automobile crash.

And I was desperate
to get that apple.

But no matter how hard I tried,
I couldn't do it.

I'm going to call it busted.

Busted.

But it's not the end of the line
for this myth yet.

Can a bit
of Mythbusters' ingenuity

Finally grab some
forbidden fruit?

At the alameda runway,

The Mythbusters
are finally cleared to fly.

So, it's game faces on

As our two best tennis players
serve up some science.

Now, in the video,
you see the two tennis players

Rally about 20 times
back and forth.

But, for us, we're only
going to try to do five,

Because we figure
five is enough.

That's going to
prove the concept.

So, that's the magic number.

If we can get five,
we can confirm this myth.

Starting to get
a little nervous.

Okay. So, while we're up here on
the wing at 35 miles per hour,

There's a lot to think about.

We're dealing with
a massive headwind,

The wing's going to be
vibrating and flexing,

And we've got to
keep our balance,

And we've got to play tennis,
all without moving our feet.

It's going to be a lot.

And for that reason, they won't
just be harnessed to the wing.

They'll be tethered to it,
as well.

All right.
Make sure you get this right.

Let's do this.

Then, it's over to captain byron
for takeoff.

Okay, here we go.

Whoo-hoo!

This is scary.
I'm not going to lie.

It's a little scary, yeah.

Remember, this is the first time

The boys have set foot
on the wing,

And a fall could spell disaster.

But as Kari accelerates,

The guys slowly get
their air legs.

Just getting the racket
to, like, swing is difficult.

Aah!

With the air speed reached...



...it's go time.

And almost immediately,
it's clear

That rallying up here
is a whole different ball game.

The wind, coupled with
the bounce and the danger,

Is making this a lot harder
than their earlier fan test.

I don't know if we returned
one ball to each other.

I think we did one.
Okay.

We need to get at least five in
order for this to be confirmed.

All right, well,

Seeing as this is the first time
we've ever tried this,

I think one out of 1,000
is okay.

We're going to do better
this time.

You ready?

Ready.

The second time around,
it's silence on the court

As Tory and Grant concentrate
hard on hitting the ball.

But after five minutes
at 35 miles per hour,

Their longest rally
is just two hits.

I felt like
we were getting close there.

Ah, we're still
pretty, pretty off

From making this confirmed
or busted.

Hi!

How was it?

Yeah, you know what?
I give up.

I mean, the guys in this video
were world-class tennis experts.

I've had one lesson.

That was really hard.

The ball does such crazy things.
It's hard to swing your racket.

But I think it is possible.

And bear in mind, the guy
who was in the commercial,

Novak djokovic,

Is one of the top-rated players,
if not the top-rated player,

In the world.

I'm not him, unfortunately.

I think we need somebody
better than me.

So, to give this myth
a fighting chance,

They're swapping rookie imahara
for tennis pro tyler browne.

Now, Tory's
a pretty good tennis player,

But tyler's a pro.

So, hopefully,
this will up our tennis game.

We're going to throw them both
back up onto the wing

And try this test again.

Did you ever think
in your wildest

That tennis
would lead you to this?

Not in my lifetime.



Oh!

Ooh, that was four.

From the start,

Tyler and Tory are consistently
returning the ball.

One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven!

We did it!

You did it!

And after just four minutes

At wind speeds
of over 40 miles an hour...

...Tory and pro tyler

Are confirming this myth
all over the place.

Yeah!

Whoo!

We did it!

That was great!

I think
we can confirm this.

I mean,
even in the strongest winds,

We were still able
to keep the rally going.

Yeah. On your best rally,
I counted 12.

Yeah.

We got into this rhythm, and
it was just like bam, bam, bam.

I think it's confirmed.
I think it's confirmed.

Well, there's one more thing
I want to do.

Now that you've proved
you can do it at this distance,

I think we need to extend you
out further onto the wing

And look a little more
like the video.

That sounds terrifying,
but I think we should go for it.

Yeah!

After the break...

I think they have
a lot simpler rigs

For taking the top of your head
off in surgery.

Come on, Jamie!

Do not try what you are
about to see at home.

We're what you call
experts.

And we have advisors
to keep us safe.

This crazy
commercial caper is busted.

But now what the Mythbusters
want to know is,

Could you bungee bob
with an apple apparatus?

So,
we've got build a machine

That can be strapped to the head
that can catch an apple.

What about using
something like

A face shield
or a welding helmet?

You know,
those things have that ratchet

That really grab on to your head
nice and snug.

That's perfect.
There we go.

My first thought is
something like a bear trap,

Something like a, you know,
pair of jaws

With a spring-load
and a catch.

Touch an apple,
and it grabs on to it.

I'd want to have it actually
work off of my own mouth.

We want this to be able to open
quite a bit further

Than I can open my mouth.

Right,
so we'll need to have

A little bit
of a mechanical advantage on it.

If you're going to have it work
off of your jaw,

We're going to have to
move a point here down.

The plan is
to create a mechanical jaw

That Jamie operates
by opening his own mouth.

There you go. Okay.
That movement looks good.

That looks really good,

And that looks like that's
our nodal point right there.

Okay.
Tell you what.

Do you want to start
working on the chin strap,

And I'll start working
on a set of teeth?

Okay.

So, the guys divide to conquer.

Jamie takes on the chin

While Adam
gives their jaw teeth.

Yes.

That looks like
it'll grab an apple.

Let's go see Jamie.

And now to put it all together
for the ultimate robo-gob.

This is insane.

It is totally insane.

Now let me see.
Go ahead. Put it on.

Let's try it out.

Their device has got a bigger
mouth than Jamie and even Adam.

But will it work upside down
and underwater?

That's not bad.
Cool.

Well, let's fill the tub
and put some apples in it.

Go ahead.

To test it,
the guys have rigged up

A down-home
apple-bobbing bungee.

Okay, man.



Go.

Go.

Go.

Go.



Hey!

He did it!

Okay, now let me down.

Beautiful.
Let him down.

It is possible.

That's their first
successful bob so far.

And it's clear that their device

Has the kind of jaws
that this stunt needs.

At alameda, Tory and tyler
are spreading their wings.

So far, to my surprise,

This myth
is going really, really well.

I mean, we got the plane.
We got the proper wind speed.

We've got the boys actually
having a really good rally

Up on the wing,

Because Tory's upped his game
with a pro.

Yeah! You did it!

Now,
before you criticize the fact

That they're
a little too close together

And it doesn't look
entirely like the video,

We're going to address that.

We're pushing them out
to the outer edges.

At 32 feet apart,

Tory and tyler
will be more exposed.

It's a little bouncier
this time, that's for sure.

So, can they still rally in
wind speeds of 35 miles per hour

As the wing flexes and bounces
beneath them?

Tyler, you ready?

Yep.

Wait, why did you shake
your head when you said yes?

Because i'm scared.

Once again, captain byron
slowly accelerates the truck.







But way out on the wing,
for Tory and tyler,

Every crack in the tarmac
is magnified.

Whoo!

Oh!

There's a lot more bounce
the further out that we are.

That's causing us to panic
when there's a huge bump,

And we're like, "forget the
ball. I'm not going to die."

Not only that,
the wind is starting to pick up,

Which is making it a lot more
difficult to place the ball.

I'm noticing that i'm having to
hit a lot further into the wind

So that way it'll blow back
into the other player.

Attempt one didn't result
in a five-hit rally.

But for attempt two,
they're switching ends.

We just need to
hit it five times.

This time,
tyler is hitting into the wind.



Whoa!

Oh!

We were close!
We were like four.

We just need to
get one more.

Yeah!

Whoo-hoo!

We did it!

Whoo!



Traveling at over


At a distance of 32 feet,

Tory and tyler
incredibly confirm the myth.

Dude,
I can't believe it!

Dude,
we had a complete rally!

They may have used cg, but it is
possible to do in real life.

Yeah, I had my doubts,

But we did prove
that it's possible.

Wow.
How often does that happen?

The internet was true!

This is life imitating art.

I cannot believe
this actually worked.

I mean,
how often does it happen

That we find
some crazy cgi internet video

And we can replicate it
in reality?

That was so much fun!

But I was so worried

That we were not going to
be able to pull this off.

We kept trying and trying,
could not get a volley going.

But, finally,
we were able to get it.

And the best part is,
we've confirmed this myth!

Before the Mythbusters
perfected their robo-gob...

Go.

...Adam first took a turn at
the vertical apple bob unaided.

All right, stop.

I kept on bouncing an apple
off my lips.

As wide as I can open, i'm not
getting any purchase on them.

And they're just
going to move away

Unless you had
a really big mouth.

I just want to point out that
I was the apple-bobbing champion

Of my fourth-, fifth-,
and sixth-grade class

But only because
I was always willing

To go
to the bottom of the barrel

To get purchase on it
and pull it out triumphantly.

But grabbing it off the top,
the surface of the water?

It's just not going to happen.

Hello.

We have been bobbing for apples
from the end of a bungee cord.

And so far, we've determined
that bungee jumping

Is a process
that can be made precise enough

To hit both
a perfect and safe depth

And a perfect x-y coordinate,
like a barrel.

But we have been unsuccessful in
catching an apple with our teeth

From said barrel.

So, Jamie and I have built
a mechanical mouth,

Which we have bolted
to Jamie's head.

And any minute now, he is
going to make the final leap

And attempt to catch an apple
in his "teeth."

Yep.

The unassisted apple bob
is busted.

But can the Hyneman,
now half man, half machine,

Snatch the apple
from the jaws of defeat?

Argh!

I've got to say,
i'm not looking forward to this.

Even after doing that jump
a half a dozen times,

I'm, like, dreading it.

I mean, it's over
in just a fraction of a second,

But it's just awful.

I think they have
a lot simpler rigs

For taking the top of your head
off in surgery.

On top of that,
I have to wear this thing,

Which is not unlike
some sort of t*rture device.

And then, if I don't get it
the first time,

I'm going to have to just
keep doing it and doing it

Until I get it.

Yep.

There's only one way to test
their apple-bobbing jaws.

And unfortunately for Jamie,
that way is down.

Man, this is awful

Ugh!

All right, Jamie.

Whenever you're ready, let's
make apple-bobbing history.

Okay. You got me?
- I got you.

Leaning out.
Okay.

Here we go!



A new day means
the cord has to warm up.

And that, along with the wind,

Is not good news
for the Hyneman.

So, I wasn't in line,
and I didn't quite reach, right?

Yep.

And if you cycle quickly,
you should reach.

And they're going to
move the target slightly

To where you were
actually landing,

Because the wind's picked up.

I want to go home.

Ugh!

Jamie's first attempt
at bobbing for apples

With the mechanical mouth
didn't work.

It wasn't a failure.

The bungee cords
didn't go long enough.

Cycling quickly
should take care of that.

And the target was a little off
because the wind has picked up.

So, we're going to move it
about 18 inches that way.

And, hopefully, this is the last
dive he has to ever do, ever.

Well, I think we can safely say

That Jamie hopes that, too.

Yeah, I tell you what.

I've got to get it on this one,
or that's it.

I've had enough.
This is...

It's just... It's all too weird.
The tension is building.

It's starting to get to me.

Jamie's fear of heights

Is trumping the desire
to replicate the circumstances.

So, this will be
his final bite of the apple.

All right, Jamie.
Whenever you're ready.

The wind has gusted.

You've got a strong
east wind right now at the flag.

What do you think?

I think
we can get this done.

Okay.

I'm going to have you lean out,
and we're going to go for it.

Okay.

Okay, here we go!



that was an epic attempt.

And when you play it
in real time...

...Jamie had hardly a second
to operate the jaws.

Well, he got something.

Jamie's got a taste for that
ring, and he's never letting go.

How are you feeling,
captain?

In theory,
this thing could grab an apple.

But how many times am I going to
have to do it to get it right?

And, I mean, i'm up there.

And it's... It's --
It's just all too weird.

You know what? It is.
I mean, look at me.

I know.

I'm upside down.

As if it's not bad enough,

You've got this
stuck to your head.

"Aah! What's happening?

Let me out of here."

That's it.
We're calling it.

Bobbing for apples
is busted.

Bobbing with
a what-would-it-take rig

On your head...
Maybe, maybe not.

Who cares? I'm going home.
We're done.

In a final analysis,
Jamie performed like a champion.

He made the dive.

He made many, many, many dives.

He hit the target perfectly,

Except the wind
had twisted him around.

And instead of an apple,
he got a ring.

But we are calling it there.

We have found
the Hyneman's limit.

We have found
the savage's limit.

It would have been your limit,
too.

This myth is totally busted.

You cannot bob for apples
from the end of a bungee cord.

Well, that's it.

You got anything clever
to say

For the walk
off into the sunset?

Nice. Goodbye.