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TV Stunt Goes Awry, Sends Cannonball Rocketing Through Homes
« on: December 07, 2011, 08:02:43 AM »
 :o Anybody here watch "Mythbusters"
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A cast iron cannonball rocketed through two homes and landed inside a minivan Tuesday when a “Mythbusters” TV experiment went wrong.

Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage are hosts of the scientific experimentation show, which airs on The Discovery Channel. The pair was reportedly trying to figure out how fast a cannonball would travel, when it misfired and shot hundreds of feet in the air.

“This cannonball was supposed to go through several barrels of water and through a cinder block, and then ultimately into the side of the hill,” said J.D. Nelson of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department.

Instead the cannonball flew over the foothills surrounding Camp Parks Military Firing Reservation, before spiraling back toward Dublin like a cruise missile.

Holy shit! :lmao: Video at the link http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/12/06/tv-experiment-goes-awry-sends-cannonball-rocketing-through-homes/
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Re: TV Stunt Goes Awry, Sends Cannonball Rocketing Through Homes
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2011, 08:54:53 AM »
Now there's a REAL 'Don't try this at home.'

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Re: TV Stunt Goes Awry, Sends Cannonball Rocketing Through Homes
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2011, 09:00:25 AM »
Myth confirmed?
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Re: TV Stunt Goes Awry, Sends Cannonball Rocketing Through Homes
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2011, 10:25:58 AM »
 :lmao:

That one will likely end up on the cutting room floor....until they air their "blooper" show.
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Re: TV Stunt Goes Awry, Sends Cannonball Rocketing Through Homes
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2011, 10:45:25 AM »
Quote from: Eupher on December 07, 2011, 10:25:58 AM
:lmao:

That one will likely end up on the cutting room floor....until they air their "blooper" show.
Or settle the 10 lawsuits that are likely to follow! :rotf:
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Re: TV Stunt Goes Awry, Sends Cannonball Rocketing Through Homes
« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2011, 10:51:44 AM »
I doubt they even knew the extent of the damage until after the cameras were off.
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Re: TV Stunt Goes Awry, Sends Cannonball Rocketing Through Homes
« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2011, 02:29:36 PM »
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Re: TV Stunt Goes Awry, Sends Cannonball Rocketing Through Homes
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2011, 06:58:11 AM »
The New York Post is saying something about the Mythbusters testing "the efficacy of different types of cannonballs."

Here's a hint--That one worked!
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Re: TV Stunt Goes Awry, Sends Cannonball Rocketing Through Homes
« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2011, 10:31:05 AM »
Thankfully no one was hurt.
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Re: TV Stunt Goes Awry, Sends Cannonball Rocketing Through Homes
« Reply #9 on: December 09, 2011, 12:11:03 AM »
Quote from: Eupher on December 07, 2011, 10:25:58 AM
:lmao:

That one will likely end up on the cutting room floor....until they air their "blooper" show.

Not this one. They've already said that the episode that this was supposed to be in will not be shown on their show.
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Re: TV Stunt Goes Awry, Sends Cannonball Rocketing Through Homes
« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2011, 09:27:23 PM »
I see a new Mayhem commercial!

Mayhem: I'm a cannonball for a TV show. Unfortunately, the guy that prepped the cannon had it in for the producer so he pointed it at your house....



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Re: TV Stunt Goes Awry, Sends Cannonball Rocketing Through Homes
« Reply #11 on: December 11, 2011, 09:45:14 PM »
 :lmao: (Glad nobody got hurt).

Whaddya bet they go this way next time?

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-3eLL4LVt0[/youtube]
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Re: TV Stunt Goes Awry, Sends Cannonball Rocketing Through Homes
« Reply #12 on: December 12, 2011, 07:25:03 AM »
Quote from: I_B_Perky on December 11, 2011, 09:27:23 PM
I see a new Mayhem commercial!

Mayhem: I'm a cannonball for a TV show. Unfortunately, the guy that prepped the cannon had it in for the producer so he pointed it at your house....



 :-) :-)

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