> HOW LONG HAS THAT BEEN SITTING IN YOUR DRIVEWAY? > ABOUT FIVE YEARS. > Narrator: "MYTHBUSTERS" FANS JUST KEEP ON GIVING. > I'VE DRIVEN ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE SUBURBS BECAUSE WE GOT A FAN HERE WHO'S WILLING TO RELINQUISH HIS SMALL EUROPEAN VEHICLE TO BE COMPLETELY PANCAKED BETWEEN OUR TWO SEMITRUCKS. BUT HOW ABOUT THE SMALL MATTER OF THE COMPACT? NO PROBLEM. PCHEW! > Narrator: THEY'VE GOT THE TRACK, THE TRUCKS, AND THE TRAILERS. THOSE TWO ARE GONNA MEET AND FORM A "T." AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE "T" IS GONNA BE GROUND ZERO, WHERE TWO SEMIS WILL COLLIDE AND HOPEFULLY MAKE AN ALREADY COMPACT EUROPEAN CAR EVEN MORE COMPACT. > WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR HERE IS A STRAIGHT 3,000-FOOT RUN. WITHOUT HAVING TO CLOSE OFF PUBLIC ROADS.
BY AN AMAZING COINCIDENCE, THIS ALAMEDA FREEWAY WAS SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED FOR - YOU GUESSED IT - "MATRIX RELOADED." ONE OF THE BIGGEST SETS IN MOVIE HISTORY, IT ALLOWED THE DIRECTOR TO SHOOT TAKE AFTER TAKE. > Narrator: EMPTY FREEWAYS DON'T GROW ON TREES, EXCEPT, OF COURSE, IN HOLLYWOOD. > I'VE COME HERE TO ALAMEDA IN SEARCH OF A LOCATION FOR WHAT I HOPE WILL BE THE GREATEST CRASH IN "MYTHBUSTERS" HISTORY. > Narrator: WHILE TORY AND KARI HAVE BEEN SHOPPING FOR SEMIS, BUILD-TEAM BUDDY GRANT HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR A VACANT STRETCH OF FREEWAY TO SMASH THEM ON. IT SOUNDS LIKE, FROM DAN'S POINT OF VIEW, WITH THE RIGHT SIZE, MASS, MOMENTUM, AND SHAPE, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SMASH THIS LITTLE CAR INTO A PANCAKE. > THE PLAUSIBILITY OF THIS MYTH IS ACTUALLY LOOKING REALLY GOOD. > Narrator: LOOKS LIKE THE MYTHBUSTERS HAVE PULLED OFF ANOTHER PIECE OF PRIZED PANHANDLING, AND THE MYTH IS UP AND RUNNING. > SO WE CAN TAKE THAT TRUCK AND THAT TRUCK, GET US A COUPLE TRAILERS, WE'RE GOOD TO GO. > Narrator: ALL THAT'S MISSING ARE A COUPLE OF TRAILERS TO TRASH. THEY'RE FLAT-FRONTED FOR MAXIMUM SQUASHING POWER. > Narrator: MANAGER DAN GREEN SHOWS THEM SOME TRUCKS WITH A CAB-OVER-ENGINE CONFIGURATION. I WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN FUSE THEM TOGETHER. > I ACTUALLY REALLY HOPE THAT IS THE CASE. SO I GUESS CONCEIVABLY THEY COULD MOLD - THE PARTS COULD MOLD TOGETHER IF THE SPEED AND EVERYTHING WAS THE RIGHT CONDITIONS. SO, IF WE DID HAVE A HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH TWO SEMITRUCKS, DO YOU THINK THEY WOULD FUSE TOGETHER? > THE TRUCKS ARE MADE OUT OF SHEET METAL, AND THEY HAVE - SOME OF THE STEEL IS PRETTY MALLEABLE IN THE FRONT. AND WE'RE HERE TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND A COUPLE OF TRUCKS THAT WE CAN SMASH UP IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION. THE TRAIL TAKES THEM TO THE SPECIALTY TRUCK PARK.
WITH A BUDGET THE SIZE OF "RELOADED'S" DAILY DOUGHNUT ALLOWANCE, KARI AND TORY HIT THE ROAD IN SEARCH OF TWO FREE SEMITRAILERS. THE MYTHBUSTERS PLAN TO PULL THIS OFF WITH REAL TRUCKS AND A WITH A COMPACT CAR IN BETWEEN. > Narrator: AND THAT'S WHAT YOU GOT, MINUS THE COMPACT, IN THE MOVIE "MATRIX RELOADED." IN THIS FAMOUS COLLISION, THE TWO SEMITRAILERS DID FUSE TOGETHER. IT'S THE BIGGEST IMPACT - A HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH TWO FULL-SIZED SEMITRAILER TRUCKS GOING 60, 75 MILES AN HOUR. > YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH KARI'S SCENARIO IS A LITTLE LESS PLAUSIBLE, I THINK THAT'S THE ONE WE SHOULD DO BECAUSE IT'S THE ONE THAT HAS THE BIGGEST SPECTACLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE SAME THING - THE DRIVER GOT PANCAKED. THE WAY I HEARD IT, THOUGH, IS THAT ONE OF THE TRUCKS WAS TAILGATING ANOTHER. AND THEY FIND A SMALL EUROPEAN CAR COMPLETELY SQUISHED INTO A PANCAKE - WITH THE DRIVER STILL INSIDE. AND THEY START TO PULL THE TRUCKS APART TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE SMELL. AFTER A WHILE, THERE'S A REALLY TERRIBLE SORT OF DECOMPOSING SMELL. THE COLLISION IS SO STRONG THAT THEY ARE FUSED TOGETHER AND HAVE TO BE TAKEN AWAY TO A WRECKAGE YARD IN ONE PIECE. > THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT! > Narrator: THEY DON'T JUST TELL THE MYTHS. > AREN'T TRACER ROUNDS ILLEGAL? > Narrator: BETWEEN THEM, MORE THAN 30 YEARS' SPECIAL-EFFECTS EXPERIENCE.
> Narrator: WHO ARE THE MYTHBUSTERS? ADAM SAVAGE. > Narrator: AND CAN *** CURE BAD BREATH AND CHEESY FEET? GRANT AND ADAM GO HEAD TO TOE IN AN UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL HYGIENE TEST. > Narrator: OR WITH BIG RIGS ON THE LOOSE, ARE THE MYTHBUSTERS TOAST? > DETAILS. > Narrator: IS PANCAKE DAY FOR THIS COMPACT IN THE HEAD-ON FROM HELL? > ONCE YOU GUYS GO, YOU JUST GO. OOH-AHH! OOH-AHH! > Narrator: ON THIS EPISODE OF "MYTHBUSTERS".