S02E09: Elevator of Death, Levitation Machine
If an elevator suddenly falls, can you save yourself in the nick of time by jumping just before it hits bottom? Will the MythBusters be able to create a homemade levitation machine?
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Season 1
Jet-Assisted Chevy
S1E1 / 23 Jan 2003
Biscuit Bazooka
S1E2 / 23 Jan 2003
Poppy-Seed Drug Test
S1E3 / 07 Mar 2003
Exploding Toilet
S1E4 / 23 Sep 2003
Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station
S1E5 / 03 Oct 2003
Barrel of Bricks
S1E6 / 10 Oct 2003
Penny Drop
S1E7 / 17 Oct 2003
Buried Alive
S1E8 / 24 Oct 2003
Lightning Strikes/Tongue Piercing
S1E9 / 07 Nov 2003
Stinky Car
S1E10 / 05 Dec 2003
Alcatraz Escape
S1E11 / 12 Dec 2003
Season 2
Explosive Decompression
S2E1 / 11 Jan 2004
Chicken Gun
S2E2 / 18 Jan 2004
Break Step Bridge
S2E3 / 25 Jan 2004
Sinking Titanic
S2E4 / 22 Feb 2004
Buried in Concrete
S2E5 / 25 Feb 2004
Myths Revisited
S2E6 / 08 Jun 2004
Scuba Diver and Car Capers
S2E7 / 27 Jul 2004
Ancient Death Ray
S2E8 / 29 Sep 2004
Elevator of Death, Levitation Machine
S2E9 / 06 Oct 2004
Beat the Radar Detector
S2E10 / 13 Oct 2004
Quicksand
S2E11 / 20 Oct 2004
Exploding Jawbreaker
S2E12 / 27 Oct 2004
Pingpong Rescue
S2E13 / 03 Nov 2004
Boom-Lift Catapult
S2E14 / 10 Nov 2004
Exploding House
S2E15 / 16 Nov 2004
Ming Dynasty Astronaut
S2E16 / 05 Dec 2004
Viewers-Choice/Christmas Special
S2E17 / 22 Dec 2004
Season 3
Brown Note
S3E1 / 16 Feb 2005
Salsa Escape
S3E2 / 23 Feb 2005
Exploding Port-a-Potty
S3E3 / 02 Mar 2005
Is Yawning Contagious?
S3E4 / 09 Mar 2005
Cooling a Six-Pack
S3E5 / 23 Mar 2005
Son of a Gun
S3E6 / 30 Mar 2005
Breaking Glass
S3E7 / 18 May 2005
Jet Pack
S3E8 / 09 Jun 2005
Killer Brace Position
S3E9 / 22 Jun 2005
Bullet Proof Water
S3E10 / 13 Jul 2005
Jaws Special
S3E11 / 17 Jul 2005
Border Slingshot
S3E12 / 27 Jul 2005
Killer Tissue Box
S3E13 / 03 Aug 2005
Escape Slide Parachute
S3E14 / 10 Aug 2005
MythBusters Revisited
S3E15 / 12 Oct 2005
Chinese Invasion Alarm
S3E16 / 19 Oct 2005
Confederate Rocket
S3E17 / 26 Oct 2005
Vodka Myths
S3E18 / 02 Nov 2005
Steel Toe-Cap Amputation
S3E19 / 09 Nov 2005
Seasickness - Kill or Cure
S3E20 / 16 Nov 2005
Season 4
Paper Crossbow
S4E1 / 11 Jan 2006
Shredded Plane
S4E2 / 18 Jan 2006
Archimedes Death Ray Revisited
S4E3 / 25 Jan 2006
Helium Football
S4E4 / 01 Feb 2006
Franklin's Kite
S4E5 / 08 Mar 2006
Cell Phones on Planes
S4E6 / 15 Mar 2006
Bullets Fired Up
S4E7 / 19 Apr 2006
Myths Re-Opened
S4E8 / 26 Apr 2006
Mind Control
S4E9 / 03 May 2006
Exploding Pants
S4E10 / 10 May 2006
Crimes and Myth-Demeanors (1)
S4E11 / 12 Jul 2006
Steam Cannon
S4E12 / 19 Jul 2006
Whirlpool/Snowplow
S4E13 / 26 Jul 2006
Mentos and Soda
S4E14 / 09 Aug 2006
Shattering Subwoofer
S4E15 / 16 Aug 2006
Crimes and Myth-Demeanors (2)
S4E16 / 23 Aug 2006
Earthquake Machine
S4E17 / 30 Aug 2006
Deadly Straw
S4E18 / 06 Sep 2006
Mega Movie Myths
S4E19 / 13 Sep 2006
Killer Cable Snaps
S4E20 / 11 Oct 2006
Air Cylinder Rocket
S4E21 / 18 Oct 2006
More Myths Revisited
S4E22 / 25 Oct 2006
Exploding Lighter
S4E23 / 01 Nov 2006
Concrete Glider
S4E24 / 08 Nov 2006
Firearms Folklore
S4E25 / 29 Nov 2006
Anti-Gravity Device
S4E26 / 06 Dec 2006
Holiday Special
S4E27 / 06 Dec 2006
22,000-Foot Fall
S4E28 / 13 Dec 2006
Season 5
Hindenburg Mystery
S5E1 / 10 Jan 2007
Pirate Special (1)
S5E2 / 17 Jan 2007
Underwater Car
S5E3 / 24 Jan 2007
Speed Cameras
S5E4 / 07 Mar 2007
Dog Myths
S5E5 / 14 Mar 2007
More Myths Reopened
S5E6 / 21 Mar 2007
Voice Flame Extinguisher
S5E7 / 11 Apr 2007
Birds in a Truck
S5E8 / 18 Apr 2007
Walking on Water
S5E9 / 25 Apr 2007
Western Myths
S5E10 / 30 May 2007
Big Rig Myths
S5E11 / 06 Jun 2007
Grenades and Guts
S5E12 / 13 Jun 2007
Snow Special
S5E13 / 20 Jun 2007
Baseball Myths
S5E14 / 08 Aug 2007
Viewers' Special (1)
S5E15 / 15 Aug 2007
Red Flag to a Bull
S5E16 / 22 Aug 2007
Superhero Hour
S5E17 / 29 Aug 2007
Myth Revolution
S5E18 / 05 Sep 2007
Trailblazers
S5E19 / 31 Oct 2007
Exploding Water Heater
S5E20 / 07 Nov 2007
Special Supersized Myths
S5E21 / 14 Nov 2007
Shooting Fish in a Barrel
S5E22 / 21 Nov 2007
Pirates (2)
S5E23 / 28 Nov 2007
Confederate Steam Gun
S5E24 / 05 Dec 2007
Airplane Hour
S5E25 / 12 Dec 2007
Season 6
James Bond (1)
S6E1 / 16 Jan 2008
Lead Balloon
S6E2 / 23 Jan 2008
Airplane on a Conveyor Belt
S6E3 / 30 Jan 2008
James Bond (2)
S6E4 / 06 Feb 2008
Viewers' Special (2)
S6E5 / 13 Feb 2008
MacGyver Myths
S6E6 / 20 Feb 2008
Alaska Special (1)
S6E7 / 23 Apr 2008
Shark Week Special
S6E8 / 27 Jul 2008
Exploding Steak
S6E9 / 06 Aug 2008
NASA Moon Landing
S6E10 / 27 Aug 2008
Viral Hour
S6E11 / 03 Sep 2008
Phone Book Friction
S6E12 / 10 Sep 2008
Water Stun Gun
S6E13 / 17 Sep 2008
Blind Driving
S6E14 / 08 Oct 2008
Ninjas
S6E15 / 15 Oct 2008
Alcohol Myths
S6E16 / 22 Oct 2008
Motorcycle Flip
S6E17 / 29 Oct 2008
Coffin Punch
S6E18 / 05 Nov 2008
End With a Bang
S6E19 / 12 Nov 2008
Season 7
Demolition Derby
S7E1 / 08 Apr 2009
Alaska Special (2)
S7E2 / 15 Apr 2009
Banana Slip/Double Dip
S7E3 / 22 Apr 2009
YouTube Special
S7E4 / 29 Apr 2009
Swimming in Syrup
S7E5 / 06 May 2009
Exploding Bumper
S7E6 / 13 May 2009
Seesaw Saga
S7E7 / 20 May 2009
Thermite vs. Ice
S7E8 / 27 May 2009
Prison Escape
S7E9 / 03 Jun 2009
Curving Bullets
S7E10 / 10 Jun 2009
Car vs. Rain
S7E11 / 17 Jun 2009
Knock Your Socks Off
S7E12 / 07 Oct 2009
Duct Tape Hour
S7E13 / 14 Oct 2009
Clean Car vs. Dirty Car
S7E14 / 21 Oct 2009
Greased Lightning
S7E15 / 28 Oct 2009
Hurricane Windows
S7E16 / 04 Nov 2009
Crash and Burn
S7E17 / 11 Nov 2009
Myth Evolution
S7E18 / 18 Nov 2009
Dumpster Diving
S7E19 / 25 Nov 2009
Antacid Jail Break
S7E20 / 02 Dec 2009
Unarmed and Unharmed
S7E21 / 09 Dec 2009
Hidden Nasties
S7E22 / 16 Dec 2009
Mini Myth Mayhem
S7E23 / 28 Dec 2009
Season 8
Boomerang Bullet
S8E1 / 04 Jan 2010
Soda Cup Killer
S8E2 / 24 Mar 2010
Dive to Survive
S8E3 / 31 Mar 2010
Spy Car Escape (1)
S8E4 / 07 Apr 2010
Bottle Bash
S8E5 / 14 Apr 2010
No Pain, No Gain
S8E6 / 28 Apr 2010
Mythssion Control
S8E7 / 05 May 2010
Duct Tape Hour (2)
S8E8 / 12 May 2010
Waterslide Wipeout
S8E9 / 19 May 2010
Fireball Stun Gun
S8E10 / 02 Jun 2010
Flu Fiction
S8E11 / 09 Jun 2010
Hair of the Dog
S8E12 / 06 Oct 2010
Storm Chasing Myths
S8E13 / 13 Oct 2010
Cold Feet
S8E14 / 20 Oct 2010
Tablecloth Chaos
S8E15 / 27 Oct 2010
Arrow Machine Gun
S8E16 / 03 Nov 2010
Mini Myth Madness
S8E17 / 10 Nov 2010
Reverse Engineering
S8E18 / 17 Nov 2010
Inverted Underwater Car
S8E19 / 24 Nov 2010
Bug Special
S8E20 / 01 Dec 2010
President's Challenge
S8E21 / 08 Dec 2010
Green Hornet Special
S8E22 / 15 Dec 2010
Operation Valkyrie
S8E23 / 22 Dec 2010
Season 9
Mission Impossible Mask
S9E1 / 06 Apr 2011
Blue Ice
S9E2 / 13 Apr 2011
Running on Water
S9E3 / 20 Apr 2011
Bubble Trouble
S9E4 / 27 Apr 2011
Torpedo Tastic
S9E5 / 04 May 2011
Blow Your Own Sail
S9E6 / 11 May 2011
Spy Car (2)
S9E7 / 18 May 2011
Dodge a Bullet
S9E8 / 01 Jun 2011
Fixing a Flat
S9E9 / 08 Jun 2011
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
S9E10 / 15 Jun 2011
Let There be Light
S9E11 / 22 Jun 2011
Paper Armor
S9E12 / 29 Jun 2011
Bikes and Bazookas
S9E13 / 28 Sep 2011
Newton's Crane Cradle
S9E14 / 05 Oct 2011
Walk a Straight Line
S9E15 / 12 Oct 2011
Duct Tape Plane
S9E16 / 19 Oct 2011
Flying Guillotine
S9E17 / 26 Oct 2011
Drain Disaster
S9E18 / 02 Nov 2011
Wet and Wild
S9E19 / 16 Nov 2011
Wheel of Mythfortune
S9E20 / 23 Nov 2011
Toilet Bomb
S9E21 / 30 Nov 2011
Season 10
Duct Tape Island
S10E1 / 25 Mar 2012
Fire vs. Ice
S10E2 / 01 Apr 2012
Square Wheels
S10E3 / 08 Apr 2012
Swinging Pirates
S10E4 / 15 Apr 2012
Battle of the Sexes
S10E5 / 22 Apr 2012
Driving in Heels
S10E6 / 29 Apr 2012
Revenge of the Myth
S10E7 / 06 May 2012
Bouncing Bullet
S10E8 / 13 May 2012
Mailbag Special
S10E9 / 20 May 2012
Bubble Pack Plunge
S10E10 / 03 Jun 2012
Duel Dilemmas
S10E11 / 10 Jun 2012
Hollywood Gunslingers
S10E12 / 17 Jun 2012
Jawsome Shark Special
S10E13 / 13 Aug 2012
Titanic Survival
S10E14 / 07 Oct 2012
Trench Torpedo
S10E15 / 14 Oct 2012
Hail Hijynx
S10E16 / 21 Oct 2012
Fright Night
S10E17 / 28 Oct 2012
Mini Myth Medley
S10E18 / 04 Nov 2012
Cannonball Chemistry
S10E19 / 11 Nov 2012
Food Fables
S10E20 / 18 Nov 2012
Season 11
JATO Rocket Car: Mission Accomplished?
S11E1 / 01 May 2013
Deadliest Catch Crabtastic Special
S11E2 / 08 May 2013
Down and Dirty/Earthquake Survival
S11E3 / 15 May 2013
Indy Car Special
S11E4 / 22 May 2013
Battle of the Sexes: Round 2
S11E5 / 29 May 2013
Motorcycle Water Ski
S11E6 / 05 Jun 2013
Hypermiling/Crash Cushions
S11E7 / 12 Jun 2013
Duct Tape Canyon
S11E8 / 19 Jun 2013
Painting With Explosives/Bifurcated Boat
S11E9 / 26 Jun 2013
Breaking Bad Special
S11E10 / 12 Aug 2013
Zombie Special
S11E11 / 17 Oct 2013
Season 12
Star Wars Special
S12E1 / 04 Jan 2014
Moonshiner Myths
S12E2 / 11 Jan 2014
Hollywood Car Crash Cliches
S12E3 / 18 Jan 2014
Car Chase Chaos / Animal Antics
S12E4 / 25 Jan 2014
*DO* Try This at Home?
S12E5 / 01 Feb 2014
Mythssion Impossible
S12E6 / 15 Feb 2014
Bullet Baloney
S12E7 / 22 Feb 2014
Supersonic Ping Pong/Ice Cannon
S12E8 / 01 Mar 2014
Fire in the Hole
S12E9 / 10 Jul 2014
Household Disasters
S12E10 / 17 Jul 2014
Commercial Myths
S12E11 / 24 Jul 2014
Road Rage
S12E12 / 31 Jul 2014
Laws of Attraction
S12E13 / 07 Aug 2014
Traffic Tricks
S12E14 / 07 Aug 2014
Plane Boarding
S12E15 / 21 Aug 2014
Season 13
The Simpsons: D'oh!
S13E1 / 10 Jan 2015
The Busters of the Lost Myths
S13E2 / 17 Jan 2015
A-Team Special
S13E3 / 24 Jan 2015
Video Game Special
S13E4 / 31 Jan 2015
Transformers
S13E5 / 07 Feb 2015
San Francisco Drift
S13E6 / 14 Feb 2015
Blow It Out of the Water
S13E7 / 18 Jul 2015
Flights of Fantasy
S13E8 / 25 Jul 2015
Accidental Ammo
S13E9 / 01 Aug 2015
Dangerous Driving
S13E10 / 08 Aug 2015
Supernatural Shooters
S13E11 / 15 Aug 2015
Unfinished Business
S13E12 / 22 Aug 2015
MythBusters vs. Jaws
S13E13 / 29 Aug 2015
Star Wars (2) - The Myths Strike Back
S13E14 / 05 Sep 2015
Season 14
MythBusters Revealed
S14E1 / 02 Jan 2016
The Explosion Special
S14E2 / 09 Jan 2016
Tanker Crush
S14E3 / 16 Jan 2016
Cooking Chaos
S14E4 / 23 Jan 2016
Driven to Destruction
S14E5 / 30 Jan 2016
Volunteer Special
S14E6 / 06 Feb 2016
Failure Is Not an Option!
S14E7 / 13 Feb 2016
Rocketman
S14E8 / 20 Feb 2016
Reddit Special
S14E9 / 27 Feb 2016
Grand Finale
S14E10 / 05 Mar 2016
Reunion
S14E11 / 05 Mar 2016
Season 15
Heads Will Roll
S15E1 / 15 Nov 2017
Chimney Cannon
S15E2 / 22 Nov 2017
Earthquake Water Heater
S15E3 / 29 Nov 2017
Rock 'n' Roll Road Rage
S15E4 / 06 Dec 2017
Invisible Assassins
S15E5 / 13 Dec 2017
Dead Body Double
S15E6 / 20 Dec 2017
Season 16
Fire Arrow vs. Gas Tank
S16E1 / 03 Jan 2018
Pane In The Glass
S16E2 / 10 Jan 2018
Wild Wild West
S16E3 / 17 Jan 2018
Spike In The Road
S16E4 / 24 Jan 2018
Dynamite Deposit
S16E5 / 31 Jan 2018Backseat Getaway Driver
S16E6 / 07 Feb 2018Electrified Escape
S16E7 / 14 Feb 2018Dropping a Bomb
S16E8 / 21 Feb 2018
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