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

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  • 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.
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Komentáře • 257

  • @p529.
    @p529. Před 21 dnem +336

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

    • @ColinBFClarke
      @ColinBFClarke Před 20 dny +1

      They fucked over a lot of people who purchased these shows

    • @girlsdrinkfeck
      @girlsdrinkfeck Před 20 dny +6

      @@ColinBFClarke what like 2 decades ago ? 🤣🤣

    • @ColinBFClarke
      @ColinBFClarke Před 20 dny

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

    • @aidanwelch4763
      @aidanwelch4763 Před 20 dny +1

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

    • @aidanwelch4763
      @aidanwelch4763 Před 20 dny

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

  • @IneptOrange
    @IneptOrange Před 20 dny +81

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

  • @ichiroutakashima4503
    @ichiroutakashima4503 Před 21 dnem +116

    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
      @ejo1996 Před 20 dny +8

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

    • @jocax188723
      @jocax188723 Před 20 dny +13

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

    • @brandonmajor92
      @brandonmajor92 Před 20 dny +5

      Jamie was the brains,Jamie was the brawns haha

    • @ichiroutakashima4503
      @ichiroutakashima4503 Před 20 dny

      @@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
      @grahamsong4585 Před 11 dny

      Even pest cat exterminator 😂

  • @Zorothegallade-gg7zg
    @Zorothegallade-gg7zg Před 21 dnem +141

    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
      @Zonyxe Před 20 dny +23

      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
      @borntoclimb7116 Před 20 dny

      Yes

    • @najssiness
      @najssiness Před 20 dny +1

      Yeah I was thinking that this really didnt age well

    • @IneptOrange
      @IneptOrange Před 20 dny +2

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

    • @ninasayswhat
      @ninasayswhat Před 20 dny +4

      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
    @ninasayswhat Před 20 dny +23

    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
      @lordskrothus Před 3 dny

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

  • @Lagbeard
    @Lagbeard Před 20 dny +25

    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
      @C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13 Před 18 dny +1

      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
      @sparrowflyaway Před 16 dny +3

      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
      @crelos3549 Před 16 hodinami +1

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

    • @Lagbeard
      @Lagbeard Před 11 hodinami

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

  • @ITIMEEE
    @ITIMEEE Před 21 dnem +31

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

  • @deadsomethingdoggo9643
    @deadsomethingdoggo9643 Před 21 dnem +98

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

    • @LootableCorpse
      @LootableCorpse Před 20 dny

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

    • @girafmad
      @girafmad Před 19 dny

      So what is he takling about?

    • @zoutewand
      @zoutewand Před 19 dny +2

      ​@@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
      @Nope-w3c Před 17 dny +4

      why is a simple double entendre such an issue?

  • @Jayjay-qe6um
    @Jayjay-qe6um Před 20 dny +6

    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
    @steveboston5948 Před 20 dny +16

    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
      @MajBuffalo Před 20 dny +1

      RIP to Kari, too 😢

    • @zoutewand
      @zoutewand Před 19 dny +1

      ​@@MajBuffalo
      It was Jessie that died, not Kari

    • @MajBuffalo
      @MajBuffalo Před 19 dny +3

      @@zoutewand truuuuu, my bad

    • @zoutewand
      @zoutewand Před 18 dny +2

      @@MajBuffalo 💗 no stress

  • @josephkarl2061
    @josephkarl2061 Před 20 dny +10

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

  • @chriscreaturo8809
    @chriscreaturo8809 Před 20 dny +6

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

  • @Paveway-chan
    @Paveway-chan Před 19 dny +8

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

    • @kungfudavie
      @kungfudavie Před 7 dny

      Wonder if that was a semi automatic bolt action too

    • @JamesChurchill3
      @JamesChurchill3 Před 2 dny +1

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

  • @ryanwatts7817
    @ryanwatts7817 Před 21 dnem +48

    A moments silence for all the bees😢🫡

    • @Schmorgus
      @Schmorgus Před 20 dny +7

      All 2 of them.

    • @ryanwatts7817
      @ryanwatts7817 Před 20 dny +2

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

  • @brokenglassshimmerlikestar3407

    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
      @Schmorgus Před 20 dny +3

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

  • @madmick6275
    @madmick6275 Před 20 dny +11

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

    • @thalivenom4972
      @thalivenom4972 Před 18 dny

      dont let your cats run feral then

    • @joshyc2006
      @joshyc2006 Před 16 dny +1

      Not if you love birds 😅

    • @madmick6275
      @madmick6275 Před 16 dny

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

    • @madmick6275
      @madmick6275 Před 16 dny

      @@joshyc2006 I do like birds!

  • @rivierakid
    @rivierakid Před 20 dny +3

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

  • @FracturedPixels
    @FracturedPixels Před 20 dny +3

    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
      @Syncromatic Před 20 dny +4

      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
    @tarre206 Před 20 dny

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

  • @SkyOctopus1
    @SkyOctopus1 Před 20 dny +3

    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
      @Si74l0rd Před 3 dny

      Frog gigging is pretty common in the southern states.

  • @cejannuzi
    @cejannuzi Před 18 dny +5

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

    • @richardmontegue3131
      @richardmontegue3131 Před 16 dny

      But you lose flexibility, which is key in a crossbow

    • @richardmontegue3131
      @richardmontegue3131 Před 16 dny

      But then you lose flexibility

    • @Si74l0rd
      @Si74l0rd Před 3 dny

      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
    @watosmate8935 Před 21 dnem +5

    Swear jamie and adam always get the best myths

  • @michaeldurling250
    @michaeldurling250 Před 21 dnem +16

    I like that Grants inmate number is Pi. Lol

  • @borntoclimb7116
    @borntoclimb7116 Před 20 dny +1

    I Love those old Episodes. Thanks you.

  • @TheHelado36
    @TheHelado36 Před 20 dny

    This is pure gold to have Mythbusters to enjoy !

  • @liolp808
    @liolp808 Před 5 dny

    Jamie browsing underwear killed me!

  • @andrewsiasparks
    @andrewsiasparks Před 20 dny +7

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

    • @Schmorgus
      @Schmorgus Před 20 dny +1

      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
      @maxbracegirdle9990 Před 20 dny +5

      ​@@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??

  • @WHAMaTRON
    @WHAMaTRON Před 19 dny

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

  • @Kaldrin
    @Kaldrin Před 20 dny

    Thank you for releasing these episodes for free

  • @luismaldonado1494
    @luismaldonado1494 Před 6 dny

    @14:24 "A quick product test" LOL

  • @freshfishonly
    @freshfishonly Před 21 dnem

    one of the best episodes

  • @Nope-w3c
    @Nope-w3c Před 17 dny

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

  • @ChrisBlackTV
    @ChrisBlackTV Před 4 dny

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

  • @swedichboy1000
    @swedichboy1000 Před 21 dnem

    Another iconic episode.

  • @daled4191
    @daled4191 Před 16 dny

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

  • @jescowan26
    @jescowan26 Před 20 dny

    this is one of my top ten episodes

  • @justjones5430
    @justjones5430 Před 20 dny +1

    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
    @ideges-smasszer Před 20 dny +5

    Vernell seems like a cool dude 😂

  • @EsteemedReptile
    @EsteemedReptile Před 17 dny

    Jamies "yaaay" gives me life

  • @martin09091989
    @martin09091989 Před 16 dny

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

  • @David-hi9rp
    @David-hi9rp Před 19 dny

    Finally you have fixed the sound bloody hell finally

  • @drewb427
    @drewb427 Před 20 dny

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

  • @NightRunner0016
    @NightRunner0016 Před 20 dny +1

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

  • @jubuttib
    @jubuttib Před 5 dny

    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
    @adriansimi5051 Před 4 dny

    Built one of those,miss those days😞

  • @Luzarioth
    @Luzarioth Před 9 dny

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

  • @r3stl3sstoo
    @r3stl3sstoo Před 20 dny +1

    this is my favorite episode of masterchef UK

  • @AskanHelstroem
    @AskanHelstroem Před 20 dny +1

    15:00 German surrealist painter: Unica Zürn

  • @mrawood1
    @mrawood1 Před 20 dny

    15:11 "Done with a capital E" 😆

  • @ndingo
    @ndingo Před 21 dnem +4

    3:25 Those prison made weapons are kind of creepy

  • @TiborRoussou
    @TiborRoussou Před 18 hodinami

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

  • @Pedro-tl7jg
    @Pedro-tl7jg Před 21 dnem +2

    that bolty is straight out of Rust damn

  • @bokimalou
    @bokimalou Před 20 dny

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

  • @kingnothing3964
    @kingnothing3964 Před 21 dnem

    I am absolutely eating these episodes up

  • @vhwft
    @vhwft Před 7 hodinami

    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
    @HenRy-uc3fz Před dnem

    I like how Jaime gets so cut

  • @hamishwhitehenderson5197

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

  • @danieldyck4460
    @danieldyck4460 Před 20 dny +2

    The vodka might be a bee repellent though

  • @keithfish1957
    @keithfish1957 Před 18 dny

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

  • @heret1c385
    @heret1c385 Před 20 dny

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

  • @kristjanp.6613
    @kristjanp.6613 Před 7 dny

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

  • @Playalives
    @Playalives Před 19 dny

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

  • @ET_AYY_LMAO
    @ET_AYY_LMAO Před 21 dnem

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

  • @DeathLine971
    @DeathLine971 Před hodinou

    The vodka trick with bees actually work but u have to spray at them. My theory is that alcohol sucks the water out of them and they die very quickly. I use this trick to kill all types of bugs

  • @airi9673
    @airi9673 Před 4 dny

    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
    @trystan6819 Před 9 dny

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

  • @abe-danger
    @abe-danger Před 17 dny

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

  • @user-pk9qh2cx1u
    @user-pk9qh2cx1u Před 5 dny

    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
    @rjspires Před 5 dny

    The bee vodka myth was broadcasted in the UK.

  • @PhilLagging
    @PhilLagging Před 21 dnem +10

    please don’t kill any kind of bees…

    • @colinofay7237
      @colinofay7237 Před 21 dnem

      I don't like it, but its only 12

    • @Schmorgus
      @Schmorgus Před 20 dny

      @@colinofay7237 Only 2 bees died though.

    • @eggyjames393
      @eggyjames393 Před 20 dny

      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
    @campbellhenderson9335 Před 20 dny +1

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

  • @minmb82
    @minmb82 Před 20 dny +2

    The beekeepers were high as fuck

  • @jeremy2958
    @jeremy2958 Před 3 dny

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

  • @youruberhasarrived2081
    @youruberhasarrived2081 Před 21 dnem

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

  • @fxopl6041
    @fxopl6041 Před 21 dnem +6

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

  • @krokodil191
    @krokodil191 Před 21 dnem +2

    22:26 😂😂

  • @Art.URO-LM
    @Art.URO-LM Před 20 dny

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

  • @DoctorNemmo
    @DoctorNemmo Před 10 dny

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

  • @Baron-Ortega
    @Baron-Ortega Před 20 dny

    Vernell seemed like a cool guy

  • @fxopl6041
    @fxopl6041 Před 21 dnem +1

    Beekiller nr1 is still Breakcleaner

  • @JGPlunder
    @JGPlunder Před 6 dny

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

  • @Ott3r5losh
    @Ott3r5losh Před 20 dny

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

  • @iiiuuj
    @iiiuuj Před 20 dny

    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
    @Lrofmaulol Před 20 dny +10

    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
      @richardmontegue3131 Před 16 dny

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

    • @Lrofmaulol
      @Lrofmaulol Před 16 dny +1

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

    • @richardmontegue3131
      @richardmontegue3131 Před 14 dny

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

    • @Lrofmaulol
      @Lrofmaulol Před 14 dny

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

  • @chiiicharooon
    @chiiicharooon Před 20 dny

    I'm glad the narrator got back to his mic

  • @tortoisetortellini6503

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

  • @doarares
    @doarares Před 19 dny

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

  • @leszekmozga3295
    @leszekmozga3295 Před 19 dny +1

    killing bees not cool

  • @SimplyTakuma
    @SimplyTakuma Před 3 dny

    22:22 LOL

  • @maltesefalcon85
    @maltesefalcon85 Před 20 dny

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

  • @alangarland8571
    @alangarland8571 Před 20 dny

    What are footpounds?

  • @rustybroomhandle
    @rustybroomhandle Před 20 dny +1

    "Let me show you its features..."

  • @Swingingbells
    @Swingingbells Před 19 dny

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

  • @mocko69
    @mocko69 Před 21 dnem +39

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

    • @rafael_lana
      @rafael_lana Před 21 dnem +3

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

    • @brokenglassshimmerlikestar3407
      @brokenglassshimmerlikestar3407 Před 20 dny +1

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

    • @boarfaceswinejaw4516
      @boarfaceswinejaw4516 Před 20 dny +1

      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
      @boarfaceswinejaw4516 Před 20 dny

      @@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
      @rafael_lana Před 20 dny +1

      @@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
    @maxbracegirdle9990 Před 20 dny

    3:40 A semi automatic bolt action??

  • @shsd7579
    @shsd7579 Před 19 dny

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

  • @realghoststories1210
    @realghoststories1210 Před 21 dnem +12

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

    • @colinofay7237
      @colinofay7237 Před 21 dnem +7

      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
      @d4slaimless Před 19 dny

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

  • @treehuger1978
    @treehuger1978 Před 20 dny

    im here for the bee hugger comments

  • @SHEPSCREATIVE
    @SHEPSCREATIVE Před 12 dny

    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.

  • @t_broek
    @t_broek Před 18 dny

    22:30 lmaooo