MythBusters

Originally Posted by Fjordor

No, no links. But I am 90% sure it was based on the same myth. I guess they did a follow up episode then. I haven't been keeping track of TV stuff for like the past year.

Nowadays they have been going back and reviewing old myths that could have been done better. I've seen about three episodes now where they go back and do some old ones differently to check for different resutls.

The experiment you're referring to was the same myth with the plywood builder, and they indeed did want to find out how much force was required for lift. They discovered that if there was enough wind to cause any lift it would rip the plywood right out of your hands. Their final verdict was this myth would only work if you had clamps for hands.

Anyways, yeah, great show. I'm a little saddened by the amount of reruns they have flying around. I rarley see new episodes anymore. This show has basically been put into hiatus bin for me. I'll return to it some day down the road, maybe on DVD or whatever.

Jam it back in, in the dark.