For those fond of the show...

[fleetfootmike]

... that delightful and irreverant abuse of the experimental method, Brainiac, starts a new season on Sky One in the UK tomorrow at 8pm

Remember....

...we do this so you don't have to.

Comments

[redaxe.livejournal.com]

delightful and irreverant abuse of the experimental method...we do this so you don't have to.

Sounds interesting. Is it anything like Mythbusters, in which urban legends are tested for their potential to have actually happened?

[keristor.livejournal.com]

Well, some (like the myth that mobile phones can cause fires at gas stations -- but they did show that a mobile phone can blow up a caravan!). They like blowing things up a *lot*. Oh, and tests to see whether women really do get more beautiful when men are drunk (in fact anything to do with getting drunk and blowing things up would probably be a Good Thing).

It's rather fun...

No they didn't ...

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

... they tried to blow up a caravan with a mobile phone, and then with about a dozen, all set to buzz and ring and vibrate and flash (with the caravan chock full of petrol vapour) and there was no "earthshattering kaboom". So they had a hippy wear a nylon shellsuit (tracksuit) and rub his arms together vigourously while standing in a bucket (to build up a static charge, the bucket stopped it draining to earth) ... and then he touched the bare end of a wire leading to the caravan which only then went kablooey!

They did a test of whether people were actually funnier when the audience were on laughing gas, and even the German standup had them rolling in the aisles!

[bardling.livejournal.com]

Oooh, neat!
Now, despite having the TV finally connected to the areal, I'm not sure whether we get Sky One... but still neat. :)