The Paper Crossbow Experiment! | Season 4 Episode 5

The Paper Crossbow Experiment! | Season 4 Episode 5 | Full Episode

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22 күн бұрын

Adam and Jamie explore a myth about a prisoner crafting a crossbow out of everyday items.
Using science as a tool, Hollywood special effects experts attempt to debunk rumours, urban legends and popular myths that have captivated the minds of many individuals.
#MythBusters #FactOrFiction

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@p529. 20 күн бұрын

I'm so glad these are ending up on KZfaq. Thanks a lot guys

@ColinBFClarke 20 күн бұрын

They fucked over a lot of people who purchased these shows

@girlsdrinkfeck 20 күн бұрын

@@ColinBFClarke what like 2 decades ago ? 🤣🤣

@ColinBFClarke 20 күн бұрын

@@girlsdrinkfeck you don't seem smart enough to comprehend theft

@aidanwelch4763 20 күн бұрын

For some reason they're not accessible in the US. Maybe because of HBO Max

@aidanwelch4763 20 күн бұрын

@@banhatlessducks Interesting, so that channel bought the license(at least in some countries)?

@IneptOrange 20 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for releasing these instead of locking them behind a Hulu membership or something

@ichiroutakashima4503 20 күн бұрын

Rewatching this series makes me really realize that Jamie has pretty much done it all, like, the guy is almost licensed on every single thing. Yet, only a few knows about it. He's really well accomplished.

@ejo1996 20 күн бұрын

Jamie is that guy that everyone has heard of, but ideally, would never see.

@jocax188723 20 күн бұрын

“Only a few know about it.” Exactly the way he wants it.

@brandonmajor92 20 күн бұрын

Jamie was the brains,Jamie was the brawns haha

@ichiroutakashima4503 20 күн бұрын

@@jocax188723 Which is actually very rare for humans. Most people want to get recognized, at least from my viewpoint, Jamie clearly was that "the quiet guy in the room you don't want to mess with".

@grahamsong4585 11 күн бұрын

Even pest cat exterminator 😂

@Zorothegallade-gg7zg 20 күн бұрын

If you find a bee nest near your house, contact a nearby farmer or beekeeper to come pick it up. Bees are a precious resource and both the farmers and the bees will be thankful if the nest is moved where bees can live properly and receive the right care.

@Zonyxe 20 күн бұрын

Yeah, this myth/episode did not age well. Making light of just going out to kill bees is pretty terrible, given what we know these days

@borntoclimb7116 20 күн бұрын

Yes

@najssiness 20 күн бұрын

Yeah I was thinking that this really didnt age well

@IneptOrange 20 күн бұрын

Yeah I felt pretty weird about that one. I love bees :(

@ninasayswhat 20 күн бұрын

The bees you’ll find making nests are unlikely to be honey bees - and honey bees (contrary to popular belief) can actually harm local and wider bee species*, they’re essentially livestock. Call a removal dude not a farmer, and don’t use weed killer, leave the area and leave areas of bare soil to help bees.

@ninasayswhat 20 күн бұрын

Some bee information for everyone complaining about this episode - honey bees are not the ones we should be saving. Honey bees are livestock, there are loads of them. They have been transported all across the globe to places they wouldn’t usually bee (heh), and they out compete other bee species. They’re actually an ecologists nightmare. If you wanna help bees, don’t use weed killer, leave the weeds and leave patches of bare soil (for the solitary bees, the most common types of bees).

@lordskrothus 3 күн бұрын

there is not such thing as a solitary bee and all bees are getting fucked by pestisides

@Lagbeard 20 күн бұрын

The biggest problem with the crossbows is really how the heck would anyone manage to hide those in a prison cell.

@C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13 18 күн бұрын

If you possess the ingenuity to make the thing, you'd be able to figure out a way to keep it out of sight.

@sparrowflyaway 16 күн бұрын

It's paper. So long as you keep it dismantled and hide the pieces around your cell until you intend to actually use it, it's unlikely to get entirely confiscated for being a weapon - and even if they do take a piece, you can just get more paper and remake it.

@crelos3549 13 сағат бұрын

Same argument could be made with a bunch of other real weapons people have created in prison

@Lagbeard 7 сағат бұрын

@@sparrowflyaway You can't exactly unglue the parts to dismantle it.

@ITIMEEE 20 күн бұрын

1:55 lol Adams impression of jamieis 100 percent accurate.

@maasicas 20 күн бұрын

He did an impression of Jamie, not his father. Pay attention.

@Clyde__Frog 20 күн бұрын

Why, thank you father..

@slovnicurling9808 20 күн бұрын

🙄

@deadsomethingdoggo9643 20 күн бұрын

22:27 "Generally I would prefer more" this one left me gagging knowing that everyone around him knows what hes really talking about.

@LootableCorpse 20 күн бұрын

Gagging at a penetration joke? What planet are you from?

@girafmad 19 күн бұрын

So what is he takling about?

@zoutewand 19 күн бұрын

@@girafmad I think the person you replied to just meant the actual joke? Like yeah he's talking about sex that's why it's funny, I don't think there's anything deeper about it

@Nope-w3c 16 күн бұрын

why is a simple double entendre such an issue?

@Jayjay-qe6um 20 күн бұрын

One of my favorite episodes, mainly because I'm still impressed by the inmates for ingenuity of creating weapons (most especially the plumbing gun).

@steveboston5948 20 күн бұрын

Series 4, dated 2005. Can't believe how long it's been since Mythbusters aired. I've already watched every episode, but they were cut to 30-35 minutes due to adverts. It's brilliant seeing some 'new' stuff 20 years later from the amazing Jamie, Adam, Tory, Kari and Grant (what an incredible man he was - humanity needs more Grants. RIP).

@MajBuffalo 20 күн бұрын

RIP to Kari, too 😢

@zoutewand 19 күн бұрын

@@MajBuffalo It was Jessie that died, not Kari

@MajBuffalo 18 күн бұрын

@@zoutewand truuuuu, my bad

@zoutewand 18 күн бұрын

@@MajBuffalo 💗 no stress

@josephkarl2061 20 күн бұрын

12:22 "Oh honey!" Kari has seen some things 😂

@chriscreaturo8809 20 күн бұрын

Vernell sounds so hyped when he’s explaining how big and vast the prison is

@Paveway-chan 19 күн бұрын

The inmates made an honest-to-Browning makeshift M3 Grease Gun 😂

@kungfudavie 7 күн бұрын

Wonder if that was a semi automatic bolt action too

@JamesChurchill3 2 күн бұрын

Semi auto because making it fully automatic would be illegal as an NFA item.

@ryanwatts7817 20 күн бұрын

A moments silence for all the bees😢🫡

@Schmorgus 20 күн бұрын

All 2 of them.

@ryanwatts7817 20 күн бұрын

@@Schmorgus tbf I typed this before we saw the results and the revival

@brokenglassshimmerlikestar3407 20 күн бұрын

Hahahaha they got so much San Fran Chinese newspapers to make the crossbow! When the camera zoom in I can pause and read the community news twenty years ago lol

@Schmorgus 20 күн бұрын

So that's what it was! xD I got so confused why it was covered with Asian letters!

@madmick6275 20 күн бұрын

"That is why there's no cats left int the neighbourhood!" Geez that would go down well today! LOL.

@thalivenom4972 18 күн бұрын

dont let your cats run feral then

@joshyc2006 16 күн бұрын

Not if you love birds 😅

@madmick6275 16 күн бұрын

@@thalivenom4972 I dont own cats and i don't like them either doesn't mean i go around killing them.

@madmick6275 16 күн бұрын

@@joshyc2006 I do like birds!

@rivierakid 20 күн бұрын

This has to be at least a top 5 episode for me. Insane!

@FracturedPixels 20 күн бұрын

This episode ignited my love for making. I still remember building my first paper crossbow when I was 7 or 8, I was so infatuated with the concept.

@Syncromatic 20 күн бұрын

I was about to express worry about a kid making crossbows when I had a flashback to myself making one from a pen and balloon and using it to launch sharp metal files across my bedroom… so no complaints from me I guess :)

@tarre206 20 күн бұрын

thx MythBusters!!!! your show was never broadcasted in Spain and I much appreciate that you upload the episodes!!!!!

@SkyOctopus1 20 күн бұрын

Though I love mythbusters, I can't say I'm a fan of Jamie jokingly(?) referring to shooting cats with a crossbow. He previously also talked about spearing frogs for fun. It's not the kind of thing we want to be advertising.

@Si74l0rd 3 күн бұрын

Frog gigging is pretty common in the southern states.

@cejannuzi 18 күн бұрын

If you can make glue, then you can make paper mache', which would be more rigid than their constructions.

@richardmontegue3131 16 күн бұрын

But you lose flexibility, which is key in a crossbow

@richardmontegue3131 16 күн бұрын

But then you lose flexibility

@Si74l0rd 3 күн бұрын

Yeah I was surprised that for all the brains and consultants, there was no mention of water sticks. Not so much for the props, but for the rest of the frame and the parts where you need the rigidity. Water sticks are the easiest to make and most common prison weapon, along with shivs. You're returning wood pulp to a more solid state, with sufficient compression you get something akin to particle board, and there are plenty of home crossbow builds using that.

@watosmate8935 20 күн бұрын

Swear jamie and adam always get the best myths

@brettjarvs7458 20 күн бұрын

It is their show.

@Kolfonik 20 күн бұрын

You mean the original stars of the show?

@watosmate8935 20 күн бұрын

@@brettjarvs7458 may get too pick

@michaeldurling250 20 күн бұрын

I like that Grants inmate number is Pi. Lol

@borntoclimb7116 20 күн бұрын

I Love those old Episodes. Thanks you.

@TheHelado36 20 күн бұрын

This is pure gold to have Mythbusters to enjoy !

@andrewsiasparks 20 күн бұрын

Funny how they asked Adam for ID when they can put you in prison without even knowing or seeing your ID 😅

@Schmorgus 20 күн бұрын

Without the ID, they can hold you for a while (depending on crime). They can't actually register you for prison time. And the reason he asked, is because of security.

@maxbracegirdle9990 20 күн бұрын

@@Schmorgus Well thee reason he asked was for the shot. They would have already been cleared for entry beforehand, notice how the c as Mera man didn't get asked??

@liolp808 5 күн бұрын

Jamie browsing underwear killed me!

@WHAMaTRON 19 күн бұрын

I’m so glad these are ending up on KZfaq. Thanks a lot guys

@Kaldrin 20 күн бұрын

Thank you for releasing these episodes for free

@luismaldonado1494 6 күн бұрын

@14:24 "A quick product test" LOL

@freshfishonly 20 күн бұрын

one of the best episodes

@Nope-w3c 16 күн бұрын

No way! Full episodes?! That's SO cool!

@ChrisBlackTV 3 күн бұрын

So many innuendos in this single episode, they sure were able to get away with way more back then 😂

@swedichboy1000 20 күн бұрын

Another iconic episode.

@daled4191 16 күн бұрын

I missed this show so much. Was my comfort show during childhood

@jescowan26 20 күн бұрын

this is one of my top ten episodes

@justjones5430 20 күн бұрын

For the crossbow I would've tried to make a laminated bow from paper, glue & fabric and use that as part of the power delivery. 😊

@ideges-smasszer 20 күн бұрын

Vernell seems like a cool dude 😂

@EsteemedReptile 17 күн бұрын

Jamies "yaaay" gives me life

@martin09091989 15 күн бұрын

The beekeepers are definitely are good old hippies, and might have much more going on then vodka! 😂

@David-hi9rp 19 күн бұрын

Finally you have fixed the sound bloody hell finally

@drewb427 20 күн бұрын

2:24 Saul Goodman’s car parked out front 😂

@NightRunner0016 20 күн бұрын

There will be a whole generation of people that will think mythbusters is just a KZfaq channel...

@jubuttib 5 күн бұрын

3:43 "semi-automatic bolt-action" These are mutually exclusive tho, and I'm surprised they'd make a semi-automatic when making a full auto is easier (no auto-sears etc. needed, just let the bolt cycle).

@adriansimi5051 4 күн бұрын

Built one of those,miss those days😞

@Luzarioth 8 күн бұрын

37:14 That thing reminds me of a Cylone Basestar ^^*

@r3stl3sstoo 20 күн бұрын

this is my favorite episode of masterchef UK

@AskanHelstroem 20 күн бұрын

15:00 German surrealist painter: Unica Zürn

@mrawood1 20 күн бұрын

15:11 "Done with a capital E" 😆

@ndingo 20 күн бұрын

3:25 Those prison made weapons are kind of creepy

@TiborRoussou 14 сағат бұрын

9:59 Seen that coming. Bet it hurt like hell.

@Pedro-tl7jg 20 күн бұрын

that bolty is straight out of Rust damn

@Zorothegallade-gg7zg 20 күн бұрын

Like in KSP, when in doubt add more struts.

@bokimalou 20 күн бұрын

Oh yes, my favorite show, Master Chef UK where they bust cooking myths.

@kingnothing3964 20 күн бұрын

I am absolutely eating these episodes up

@vhwft 4 сағат бұрын

2:00 the way he snatched the bow back, he was not impressed. These two have always seemed to have a bit of an off relationship

@HenRy-uc3fz Күн бұрын

I like how Jaime gets so cut

@hamishwhitehenderson5197 18 күн бұрын

I like Adam's Hunter S Thompson t-shirt.

@danieldyck4460 20 күн бұрын

The vodka might be a bee repellent though

@keithfish1957 18 күн бұрын

Everybody don’t just use these episodes to go to sleep. Watch them b4 they are removed

@kristjanp.6613 6 күн бұрын

Interesting detail: the imaginary inmate's number at 38:17 is pi, 3.1415927

@heret1c385 20 күн бұрын

wow this one is fresh of the press, I didn't even notice

@Playalives 19 күн бұрын

about 15 mins in and now i know where the idea for the tide commercial came from

@ET_AYY_LMAO 20 күн бұрын

I think you could make pretty good bows usnig paper laminate composite with a good adhesive like cyano acrylate or epoxy resin.

@airi9673 4 күн бұрын

it's a bit sad to see that they don't realize that the type of hunting game is defined by the toughness of the skin, hair, muscled, bone locations and depth of the vital organs. humans are considered small game, not because of the weight or size but because they're simply physically as weak or weaker than a rabbit.

@trystan6819 9 күн бұрын

Fun episode of MasterChef, never seem them cook up stuff like this

@abe-danger 17 күн бұрын

wow, Adam's crossbow is impressive, looks and power, haha!

@user-pk9qh2cx1u 5 күн бұрын

I would prefer if they werent mixed. First Jamie&Co to finish and then Tori&Co to finish. To messy with the mix back and forth.

@rjspires 5 күн бұрын

The bee vodka myth was broadcasted in the UK.

@PhilLagging 20 күн бұрын

please don’t kill any kind of bees…

@colinofay7237 20 күн бұрын

I don't like it, but its only 12

@Schmorgus 20 күн бұрын

@@colinofay7237 Only 2 bees died though.

@eggyjames393 20 күн бұрын

Bees literally only live up to 40 days if they’re lucky before dying of old age 2 dead bees is nothing when they took them from a healthy hive that already replaced them the minute they were taken

@campbellhenderson9335 20 күн бұрын

Hey I just wanted to jump on the bandwagon and say something about bees.

@jeremy2958 3 күн бұрын

woah the into considers all five as mythbusters instead of joining them

@minmb82 20 күн бұрын

The beekeepers were high as fuck

@youruberhasarrived2081 20 күн бұрын

4:42 They even got Steve Harvey to do some talking

@fxopl6041 20 күн бұрын

" Hey guys are you guys willing to give us your bees so we can make them drunk or probably kill them?" Well sure!

@krokodil191 20 күн бұрын

22:26 😂😂

@Art.URO-LM 20 күн бұрын

Please, for the following videos put the myths of Archimedes 😁🙏

@DoctorNemmo 10 күн бұрын

Adam and Jamie claim they weren't friends, but when you look at this episode you realize they were pals.

@Baron-Ortega 20 күн бұрын

Vernell seemed like a cool guy

@fxopl6041 20 күн бұрын

Beekiller nr1 is still Breakcleaner

@JGPlunder 6 күн бұрын

You can tell by those weak rolls that the Mythbusters aren't experienced with rolling joints. Lol

@Ott3r5losh 20 күн бұрын

2:43 Crazy to see Obama before he was El Presidente

@iiiuuj 20 күн бұрын

they suspose to be blue boxers made out of constricting a poleyester amd wastebadn has lot of lil white elastics right around the thing

@Lrofmaulol 20 күн бұрын

I dislike how they changed from "killing bees" to "it's a repellent" when they talked to the beekeepers. I disliked the whole premise tbh. You don't kill bees.

@richardmontegue3131 16 күн бұрын

Honey bees aren’t the important ones, millions are bread each year on farms and such

@Lrofmaulol 15 күн бұрын

@@richardmontegue3131 I didn't say anything about honey bees specifically

@richardmontegue3131 14 күн бұрын

@@Lrofmaulol the bees they killed were honey bees, not important

@Lrofmaulol 14 күн бұрын

@@richardmontegue3131 Thanks for repeating yourself instead of addressing the point.

@chiiicharooon 20 күн бұрын

I'm glad the narrator got back to his mic

@tortoisetortellini6503 19 күн бұрын

Ok now, be honest, tell us how inmates made the glue.

@doarares 19 күн бұрын

Is it possible to stop a speeding car with a giant scrap yard magnet?

@leszekmozga3295 19 күн бұрын

killing bees not cool

@SimplyTakuma 3 күн бұрын

22:22 LOL

@maltesefalcon85 20 күн бұрын

given we assume that the inmates had access to tools you could make a gnarly home made crossbow using pycrete and those materials

@rustybroomhandle 20 күн бұрын

"Let me show you its features..."

@TheAetheris 20 күн бұрын

*Laughs in german*

@Swingingbells 19 күн бұрын

It's the alcohol fumes that are lethal to insects. I think the test box was too well ventilated.

@alangarland8571 20 күн бұрын

What are footpounds?

@mocko69 20 күн бұрын

Killing bees purposefully and so cheerfully would NEVER make it on TV in 2024 lol

@rafael_lana 20 күн бұрын

I give it 10 years for people being against using paper.

@brokenglassshimmerlikestar3407 20 күн бұрын

MythBusters also used pig carcasses a lot. That "meat man" crushed in diving suit one was particularly gruesome lol

@boarfaceswinejaw4516 20 күн бұрын

i think you're forgetting the existence of hells kitchen and Survivor, the latter of which frequently features contestants killing animals to feed themselves.

@boarfaceswinejaw4516 20 күн бұрын

@@rafael_lana people still eat veal, despite it being tortured baby cows. paper isn't going away, nor are the killing of small animals.

@rafael_lana 20 күн бұрын

@@boarfaceswinejaw4516 I never said it was going away, I said people would start complaining about it. More than 12 bees probably died of old age in that hive during the segment on that bee farm. Taking a handful of worker bees for science from a healthy colony is completely inconsequential. It's like cutting a branch from a big tree. People need to chill

@maxbracegirdle9990 20 күн бұрын

3:40 A semi automatic bolt action??

@shsd7579 19 күн бұрын

The crossbows were probably not glued they were most likely toghtly wrapped and yhen tied together with strips of cloth ripped from bedsheets :)

@realghoststories1210 20 күн бұрын

The bee killer thing didn't age well. Considering bees are now being endangered.

@colinofay7237 20 күн бұрын

It was only 12 of them, and honey bees aren't endangered. I don't like the idea of killing them, but people in the comments should chill out

@d4slaimless 19 күн бұрын

@@colinofay7237 It wasn't even 12. Actually died only 2. No idea what they did with those that remained alive tho.

@treehuger1978 20 күн бұрын

im here for the bee hugger comments

@SHEPSCREATIVE 12 күн бұрын

I generally love mythbusters........then they just casually attempted to kill bees. Coz if there's one thing we know, it's that bees aren't important at all to an area's ecosystem or anything. Also, I did notice their referring to it as a "Bee Repellant" when talking to the beekeepers. A bit of guilt maybe? Or maybe they just thought that anyone who works with bees regularly may not be inclined to slaughter a living thing for TV ratings. Anyone who casually kills something for entertainment raises red flags in my mind. Pretty disappointed with the Mythbusters team at the moment.