Mythbusters - Cement Truck Explosion

[VerdeMorte]

0:04, a rare sight jaime caught off guard by an explosion

usually adam's the one to do that

[jonanlsh]

jamie got big boom

[SCE2AUX]

Sound effect from 100 feet away: "Welcome to Heaven. Gee, you're dumb."

[barretxiii]

"Well THERE'S your problem..."

[marcoloco21]

Doesnt the opening explosion sound like the sound to the begining of misirlou the theme song of pulp fiction?

[FemaleGallade]

Chuck Norris whoopee cushion.

[ElectrumZephyr]

Bullet Bills from Super Mario Bros 3 suddenly became INFINITELY more hardcore.

[xbeast133]

xbeast133 want BIG boom.

[WillRennar]

And you thought the fine for illegal parking was bad in YOUR neighborhood!

[Scoutspriest]

thumbs up if you hear a fart in 0:02

[mikelan11]

@Scoutspriest you're so immature... here, have a thumb.

[Leijonafani]

@Scoutspriest I was farting inside of that truck, and it explode...

[lukeyboy402]

Ooops to much dynamite so it go caaaaaaaaaaaabooooooooooooom!!­!!!!

[biega100]

it sounded like a sonic boom

[MARSPALMA]

0:03 - EPIC - pres " 1 " to enjoy the sound :]

[LuckyShotMations]

In fucking sane!!!

[lobbiester]

The sound is what makes this my favourite explosion

[ajanami]

As much would like to say, "Has anyone seen my truck? He stood right here" xD

The truck was and now is gone xD

[skunkFU25]

keep pressing 2 and watch Jamie dance

[skunkFU25]

chuck norris made a poo poo

[skunkFU25]

chuck norris farted

[TyJando]

DVVVVVVVVVvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv....­.......!

[Vassalius]

It's that sound. It's the sound that makes this explosion soooo memorable.

[Thegrandhighoracle]

@Vassalius That BEWWWWW sound at the beginning? I agree.

[YaoiMeowmaster]

2 people who watched this video are trucks.

[andremus3]

O.O awesomest thing ive EVER SEEN lol

[Squadron503]

Well there's your problem

[77socom]

That would be an epicly awesome alarm clock =D XD

[ZypherZZZ10]

i want a job like this, i can blow shit up without getting blown up back. oh yea u get paid for it too

[ddrummmerkick]

it was there and then it was not there O.O

[zachdMX721]

thats whats sooo great about Mythbusters!! every time they ise Explosives. they do the myth thin use wayyy more then they need and this happens. i love the show. and it on as im typing this. :)

[WillRennar]

It would appear 2 cement trucks watched this video.

[KingOfKatamari]

"This doesn't even have anything to do with the myth anymore, this is just a big boom..." - Jamie Hyneman, minutes after the explosion.

[gunnerblade]

That explosion will forever remain my favorite just because of the sound.That is the most wonderful sound I've ever heard

[blastbone123]

In the words of Jamie:

"Talk about removing cement. There is no cement. There is no truck."

[xWinglessAngel24x]

this made me laugh -replays-

[glimmer2158]

That blowed up good.

[arbiter2212]

later they showed the aftermath, the only thing left was the axles

[combattrucker70]

0:03 XD

[yoyohihiyohi]

That's an awesome sound!!!!! I wonder how far the furthest piece went

[wildgoosespeeder]

DAMN!

[WillRennar]

Fire in the hole.

[vp21ct]

DIOOOOOOOOOJJJJJEEE!!

[ObadiahBlack]

Do you know how cool this would sound as a Text Message Ringtone? Just sitting in a restaurant somewhere, then......*BOOM!* Eyes would be on you so fast...

[MNel86]

Did you how fast that thing flew apart?!?!?! Jesus

[Heliox4PL]

Next time we'll try to remove Chernobyl out of maps using nuclear bomb!

[H5lion]

KAAAAAAAAA-BLOEFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

[smokin3000gt]

GA DOOOOOSH!!

[Darkstonedeity]

KA-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM.

[logandarklighter]

I LOVE that sound! I've never heard any explosion that sounds like that! LOL

My theory: It has to do with the fact that they packed the explosives into a big metal cylinder that had some measure of elasticity to it. Think about it - metal will bend and stretch under the right forces before giving way. I think what we are hearing is the wavefront of the explosion STRETCHING the metal of the container before giving way. In other words, the biggest METAL "balloon" pop in history!

[guitarman63mm]

I highly doubt that. It sounded more like a ricochet to me, as if the barrel acted as a resonating chamber. The force of the blast likely made the metal vibrate.

Your theory makes sense in that when under tension, a material will have a higher pitch. The pitch rose very quickly, and, once the barrel was completely disintegrated, dropped in pitch rapidly.

Any comments from those more familiar with acoustics and psychoacoustics?

[MaXiMux87]

geez, this one was my favorit of all time. sounds like mach reach

[mrshmuga9]

best one ever

[Sh1zor]

pffft this rly sounds like a fart

[yamiyugifangirl]

I love that explosion XDD

[VillageThinking]

I wonder what it is that made the explosion sound like a giant fart.

[Airtran9906]

Reminds me of a 2000 pound JDAM dropped from a B-1B. :D :D :D :D explosions always make me smile

[llamalover02]

lol Jamie lmost jumps out of his skin lol big boom make me happy 8D

[ismellfish69]

i almost sharted my pants laughing at the sound of the explosion

[Firworx325]

This is my favorite explosion. The sound is amazing! Very effective too, by the way.

[Rubberduckyofdoomy]

i love that noise so much "BVVVVVVOOOMMM"

[jcnp24]

The best explosion EVER!!

[whitestarline08]

i love the simple description

do you know how to check and see if the mythbusters have been around? check the area for debris!!

[KnitterX]

Loudest fart ever.

[hiddenbutdeadly]

@KnitterX i know i was laughing like mad when i heard it :)

[leoquaz]

it's not a BOOOOOMM or boom or whatever......i think the correct way to express yourself about this explosion is the following....(put your tongue outside your mouth, close your mouth with your tongue pressioned between the lips, now inspire the largest amount of air that your lungs allowed to, then blow throug you mouth the fast as you can!!) i think that the sound that come out is the nearest (similar) of that GREAT explosion!!!

Sorry the english.....i'm brazilian!!

[Xend54]

pretty good though :)

[toragar]

Good news, the cements gone. Bad news, so's the truck.

[iammjolnir]

@toragar So the truck's in orbit. At least the cement's been removed from it.

[ghoohg551]

@toragar the truck being gone is good news too XD

[PoisonCrisp14]

thats not just a boom. thats lika supaBOOM!! a whole new level of booom!

[sylvesterstallone09]

awesome boom

[MzRockstarr]

Jaimie Want Big Boom.

[Martintheauthor]

Jamie GOT Big Boom

[freekjuh123]

I parked him Just here!

but where he is?

[Solarchos]

BOOOOOOOOOM~!!!!!  :D

[iloveweed5329]

holly fuck !!!!! :O it looks like the end and the front of the truck went flying like a bullet!! that fucking awesome!!!

[WILLTHECANADIAN]

That was waaaay too sudden

[CharinZain]

You cant think in explotions without thinking in Mythbusters.

[t0mm4n]

I watched this at school. XD

[marthmaster79]

...God I love this explosion ...it makes me smile :)...

[Spyder131343]

the myth was about removing cement from inside the truck, they went a little too far xD

[MultiFacedCeilingCat]

If you can't remove the cement, remove the truck. Simple, yet effective.

[burn1995]

850 pounds of commercial explosives... itll be expensive though simple.

[Cerberusballs]

@Spyder131343 Too far? The Mythbusters?  Impossible.

[webcamer242]

@Spyder131343 when in dout-use C4 :)

[kirblake]

that broke the sound barrier o.O

[ryudragon7]

that broke my house when it happend and I am across country lol.

[2DNoodleRusselmurdoc]

idk care what you think, this is better than the WW2 myth explosion!!! just because of the shrapnel sound goes SSSSSSSPPPPPRRRRRROOOMMMMNNNN

[deathmetalrulz2]

You hear the explosion after it blows up.. they were quite a ways from it.. just like if you get hit with a rifle at 2,000 yds.. u feel it and you don't hear the shot until you you hit the ground.

[o0Dreamlike0o]

Woa, seems cool but not very pleasant xD

[fancypantzd]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[peterbilt3795]

that would be fun to blow up a truck like that

[guzzabub]

It sounds like a sonic boom 5x faster than a Blue angel

[VincentsDarkFangirl]

that was such a big boom that it sound less like a boom and more like Vrshoom

[estemshorn]

damn, jamie's mustache must've farted

[andrucks]

Damn thats a sexy Booom.

[malib0osted]

Damn you can hear the shrapnel fly so fast that it sounds like some one farting XD

[Varicent]

LOL! holy shit that sounds like pure evil.

[fishaman77]

Oh...My...Gosh. That is the biggest non-fake explosion I've ever seen,ever.

[rolyful]

look up 'bad day at the marshmellow factory' for the biggest one in history (besides a bomb)

[Cardozi654]

this is my favorite explosion

[0254133]

hey, were did 40,000 lbs go, lol xD

[Nicen26]

Do it again

[zupmarc36]

i thought i heard a fart noise when it blew up

[enobnala90]

HELL YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Drem0raL0rd]

That sounds evil ...

[swgeek63092]

best explosion ever... just wish the sound quality was better :)

[ApocalypX]

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[supergsx]

Craziest explosion ive ever seen.

[chubbest28]

these were supose to be slow acting explosives

[NotMyDuty]

but anyway... it sounds soo cool!! *WUUMMM*

[CliCkdamowz9]

Ther wuz nothing left this is 2 kool 2 buleev i hope evree1 agreez with me

[CliCkdamowz9]

wow that was a huge boom and watz realy wierd was that the sound came after the explosion anyway it wuz still soo awsome by so far

[NotMyDuty]

should the sound come before the explosion?!?! ^^ sound has a velocity of 343 m/s (1234,8 km/h) and so it takes some time after the explosion till you can hear it! ;)

[jlasud]

I think he was thinking that the high explosive shockwave is much faster than the speed of sound.

[NotMyDuty]

could be... :)

but anyway, the explosion is great!!!

[ssj1234goku]

I LOVE THAT SOUND SO MUCH!

[godsmackrocks12]

jamie wanted big boom, jamie got big boom =P

[angelofwriting]

the most beautiful explosion that I have ever seen. Vaporization at it's best!

[DanholeAsspee123]

Sounds like a crap load of shit shooting out someones ass at 100 psi.

[chubbest28]

i love that sound!

[knaggelpuff]

Theres not even a molecule left of this cement truck... wow man... "PIOEEEEOOOOOM" !!!!!!

[pleasenjoi93]

Right at the beginning the front and back of the truck just fly out of view within the first like 2 frames, then the rest explodes. They showed it in slow motion when it aired.

[emiel1234567890]

best bomb ever!!

[skellingtonfreak]

nice on cutting to the chase and going BOOM!!! this is Myth Busters BEST boom yet!!! purely because it's not a BOOM. this truck went PEW!!! it's HILARIOUS!!! i watched it 30 times in a row with my friend. we LMAOed EVERY TIME!!! good on you!!!

[Soccerpersonz10]

Yep, this isnt just a cement truck going boom, its a cement truck disentergrating.

[throtri]

I hate trucks!

[gr33npuff1n]

awesome. 5/5

[freddyXDyeah]

cool boooom

[PeterLorre]

i like the way it sounds!

[dogyasha123]

hell yaXD it sounds like a galaxy blowing up in the movies from a hypersonic bomb....ya i made that upXD