5/10/2007 - Banned Mythbusters Segments (2 videos)

One of the coolest Mythbusters episodes was the one with "Facts about Flatulence". I admit it, I laugh at toilet jokes, so this episode kept me rolling on the floor. You'd have to admit it too, the idea of a grown man trying to collect a sample of his own "gas" with a flatulence containment unit while laying in a bathtub is pretty funny. Adam Savage did this to test the myth that you can die from your own fumes (this myth was false, by the way).

Despite being on cable, they sort of held back on what they could do on the show. For example, they purposely did not use the "fart" word. Instead, they used the scientific term "flatus". As it turns out, the Discovery Channel banned them from airing two more flatus myths: Pretty Girls Don't Pass Gas, and Farts Can Be Lit. I only found out about these banned segments through YouTube, of course. These were shown at MIT when the Mythbusters visited the campus:





Where can I get one of those Flatus Ignition Seats?