The discovery channel show mythbusters made a serious case for dont try. The owner of the home damaged in the mythbusters cannonball accident said hes working on repairing the damage. A stunt for the tv show mythbusters sent an errant cannonball through a california familys house and into a parked minivan nearby. Mythbusters cannonball rips through house, van state. The san francisco chronicle reports that the television show was taping an experiment tuesday afternoon at the alameda county sheriffs department bomb disposal. Dec 06, 2011 mythbusters cannonball rips through house, van. Mythbusters cannonball accidentally goes through house, hits. Dec 08, 2011 december 8, 2011 the mythbusters accidentally misfired a cannonball which hit a house and a minivan. Nov 11, 2012 directed by steve christiansen, lauren gray williams. Mythbusters cannonball hits dublin home, minivan sfgate. Check out some classic mythbusters testing results. Mythbusters cannonball mishap hits house, car, mini van and road. Dec 07, 2011 the discovery channels san franciscobased series mythbusters caught some california residents by surprise when a cannonball accidentally tore through a neighborhood during filming.
Dec 09, 2011 while theres never been a more hyped experiment in the nine season history of discovery channels mythbusters, the cannonball through a house incident wont make the cut on any upcoming episode. Mythbusters stars adam savage, right, and jamie hyneman approach the home damaged by an errant cannonball fired during a filming of an episode of their show, wednesday, dec. Mythbusters stunt sends cannonball through house abc news. Mythbusters cannonball goes through nearby house what was the myth curving cannonballs. The test which led to the accident appears to air on this sundays episode. Dec 08, 2011 before landing here the cannonball traveled through a home a few blocks away on cassata place after being misfired during the taping of an episode of the discovery channel show mythbusters at. Im just trying to get my house fixed, said the owner, who did not identify.
Sheriffs deputies are still measuring how, exactly, the cannonball flew from a bomb range in the rolling hills flanking a suburban san francisco bay area neighborhood and rocketed into the. Mythbusters cannonball rips through house, van the boston. Mythbusters apparently to air cannonball accident tonight wired. Channel show sent the 30pound cannonball soaring through dublin. Mythbusters cannonball rips through house, van local news. They probably wont be able to do it again and declare it busted. The mythbusters long history of accidents and mishaps cnet. Close up the owner of the home damaged in the mythbusters cannonball accident said hes working on repairing the damage. With jamie hyneman, adam savage, tory belleci, kari byron. The owner of the home damaged in the mythbusters cannonball accident said hes. Hosts for the discovery channel show fired the cannonball tuesday as they filmed an episode testing whether other types of projectiles shot. Mythbusters cannonball mishap hits house, car, mini van and. Dec 07, 2011 the popular mythbusters show on the discovery channel is facing scrutiny after an incident tuesday in which a cannonball was sent whizzing through a san franciscoarea neighborhood producers. Mythbusters stars adam savage, left, and jamie hyneman walk past a child seeking autographs as they exit the home damaged by an errant cannonball fired during a filming of an episode of their.
The popular mythbusters show on the discovery channel is facing scrutiny after an incident tuesday in which a cannonball was sent whizzing through. Mythbusters accidentally shot a cannonball into someones home. Mythbusters are just lackey special effects fools who try to test dumb myths like hollywood movies no need to bust when the creators of stunts are available to give first hand knowledge of the socalled myth stunt. For a shot heard around the world, the mythbusters cannonball misfire only really rocked one suburban neighborhood. And sure, cue the inevitable jokes about mythbusting murphys law. Mythbusters cannon ball accident caused by unforeseen bounce. Mythbusters wont air cannonball accident on the show. Now a map lets you see the wayward projectiles path through dublin, california. Producers for the discovery channel show fired the cannonball for an episode tuesday as they attempted to test whether other types of. Mythbusters cannonball rips through house, van chicago.
Mythbusters crew shoots cannonball through a house and a. The discovery channel show mythbusters made a serious case for dont try this at home when one of its science experiments involving homemade cannons went awry, crashing through a san. Dec 08, 2011 a stunt for the tv show mythbusters sent an errant cannonball through a california familys house and into a parked minivan a few hundred feet away. Mythbusters apologize, say cannonball episode will never. The nowfamous cannonball incident is just the latest in a long string of experiments gone wrong on the hit discovery channel show. Mythbusters apologize, say cannonball episode will never air. After it took a bad bounce, the cannonball crashed through a home, across several lanes of traffic, and hit the roof of another residence before. Adam and jamie test whether a mattress can really cushion a watery wipeout. Before landing here the cannonball traveled through a home a few blocks away on cassata place after being misfired during the taping of an episode of the discovery channel show mythbusters at. Mythbusters cannonball sails through neighborhood the. Dec 07, 2011 mythbusters cannonball rips through house, van. Dec 06, 2011 a cannonball misfired by the mythbusters tv show crew blasted through an east dublin home tuesday afternoon while its occupants were asleep.
No one was injured, but the cannonball did considerable property damage, crashing through the walls of a familys house and landing in a car. Mythbusters crew shoots cannonball through a house and a van. Dec 07, 2011 a cannonball fired by the mythbusters went through a house, across a road, and into a car, but the accident injured no one a 5. Moreover, unlike the cannonballs created in this episode, jamies original stone cannonball was made using only eraspecific hand tools and chisels. The cannonball then bounced its way out through the wall of the house, crossed a road, smashed a few tiles that were carelessly lying around on the roof of another house and finally took a seat. Their job is to bust myths, but they busted up a california neighbourhood yesterday evening when an errant cannonball crashed through a minivan and a house. Mythbusters cannon ball accident caused by unforeseen. Using a simple air cannon and four pig corpses, the mythbusters proved that a cannonball could penetrate at least four pigs with a single shot. Errant mythbusters cannonball hits east bay house the. Cbs a cast iron cannonball rocketed through two homes and landed inside a minivan tuesday when a mythbusters tv experiment went wrong. Directed by steve christiansen, lauren gray williams. Mythbusters cannonball rips through house, van news.
Dec 07, 2011 zany experiments testing scientific theories in realworld settings have earned the tv show mythbusters a devoted following, but a stunt gone awry met with an unhappy audience when an errant cannonball went shooting through a california familys bedroom. The episode of mythbusters being filmed when a cannonball accidentally went through a house and into a car will never air, according to adam savage and jamie hyneman, who were actually not the. Im just trying to get my house fixed, said the owner, who did not identify himself, in a short interview with the contra costa times. Id like to see them try to replicate the myth that a cannonball that is initially fired at a bunch of water can wind up skipping off a hill, go through a house 700 yards away, go through 6 lanes of traffic and come to rest in a car. Meanwhile, kari, tory and grant tackle a blast from the past as they test if cannonballs made of stone can really cause carnage. Map charts path of mythbusters wayward cannonball wired. Originally the cannonball myth was scheduled to air the previous season. So how exactly does this affect the do not try this at home warnings at the beginning of each episode. Dec 08, 2011 the popular mythbusters show on the discovery channel has been put an episode on hold pending a full investigation into an incident tuesday in which a cannonball was sent whizzing through a san francisco area neighborhood. On december 6, 2011, while taping for the cannonball chemistry story, a homemade cannon test sent a cannonball through a residential neighborhood in dublin, california. Dec 07, 2011 before landing here the cannonball traveled through a home a few blocks away on cassata place after being misfired during the taping of an episode of the discovery channel show mythbusters at. Jan 17, 2007 wooden shrapnel from a cannonball impact to pirate ship causes more damage than the cannonball impact itself.
In an experiment gone awry, a cannonball aimed at water containers on a bomb disposal range misses its target and rips through a suburban house. Mythbusters crew shoots a cannonball through a house and a van as stunt goes terribly wrong. December 8, 2011 the mythbusters accidentally misfired a cannonball which hit a house and a minivan. Mythbusters cannonball mishap hits house, car, mini van. Dec 07, 2011 a new mythbusters experiment that went horribly wrong as they were testing different projectiles to shoot out of a cannon their control went astray and went through a house bounced on a road and. Dec 08, 2011 it wasnt what the crew from the tv show mythbusters set out to do, but they did demonstrate that a cannonball can miss its target completely, pass through the front door of a house and out an. Once it was launched, the cannonball traveled about 700 feet, bounced in front of the home, then tore through the front door and exited through a wall on the back of the house.
Dec 07, 2011 yesterday mythbusters shot a cannonball into someones home, and no they werent trying to bust the myth of shooting a cannonball into someones home. For a shot heard around the world, the mythbusters cannonball misfire only. I heard about the cannonball pinballing around houses and. In an experiment gone awry, a cannonball aimed at water containers on a bomb disposal range misses its target and rips through a suburban. Mythbusters stunt goes awry, sends cannonball rocketing. On december 6, 2011, while conducting the cannonball chemistry experiment, the mythbusters crew accidentally sent a cannonball through the side of a house and into a minivan in a dublin, california, neighborhood.
A cannon misfire sends a cannonball through a nearby home on. The episode of mythbusters being filmed when a cannonball accidentally went through a house and into a car will never air, according to adam savage and jamie hyneman, who were actually not the ones. Dec 08, 2011 mythbusters cannonball rips through house, van. The mythbusters accidentally misfired a cannonball which hit a house and a minivan. Kari, grant, tory, adam and jamie talk frankly about the most terrifying and terrible day on the show ever.
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