NEWS:
- Set your DVR. This vs That is going to be featured on the premiere of NBC’s new primetime news magazine, Rock Center with Brian Williams on October 31st.
- Thanks to copyright protection, you are no longer permitted to say - when referring to two different things - “this” or “that.” However, you may still say “one thing” or “another.” But even that is going to end. Soon.
- When you watch the This vs That segment about airplane boarding, don’t miss the guy who makes a ham sandwich with his feet. You’ll be amazed where he stores the mustard jar.
- The interchange where the 405 meets the 101 is the most dangerous stretch of road in the US. The second? Whatever road Gary Busey is on right now.
EPISODE 1Fastest way to board a plane?Back to front, front to back or some other method? We test Astro Physicist, Dr. Jason Steffen's "Optimum Boarding Method" on a 757 with 100 passengers. And to make it just like a real flight, our pilot is drunk. Plus, to reveal the hotter BBQ fuel -- propane or natural gas -- we explode giant cafeteria sized cans of baked beans.
EPISODE 2Better flotation device and way to make popcorn?Joined by the leader in Aircraft Emergency Procedure Training, a former United Pilot, the Chief of Thoracic Surgery from Cedar's Sinai and Ben Bostic, a survivor of US Air Flight 1549 that ditched in the Hudson River, we conduct a series of flotation device experiments.
EPISODE 3Fastest way through traffic carpet stain remover?With 17 cameras mounted to cars, on roof-tops, garages and on highway overpasses, we had three limousines suffer a 15 mile morning commute, passing through the most heavily trafficked interchange in America.
EPISODE 4Safest roof for your house in a hurricaneIn a hurricane, how safe is your house? To find out, we built a house and got a fan that blows wind and rain 125 miles per hour and blew the roof off. Why? To scientifically prove which type of roof is safest: a roof whose incline is steep or gentle? Also, we like to see big stuff crumble.
EPISODE 5Hybrid vs Combustion engine challenge & paper vs plasticTo find out which vehicle type really gets better gas mileage on the highway, professional drivers drove 5 cars simultaneously 20 miles around a 1/4 mile track at 40mph. We had two Priuses, a Honda Civic (hybrid), a Chevy Aveo and a Smart Car. Which do you think got the best mpgs?
EPISODE 6Smarter pet: dog or cat & best way to remove blood from carpet?Which animal is better at learning and can better indicate danger or anxiety? Under the supervision of the head of UCLA's Department of Animal Cognition, we put dogs and cats to the test.
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OUR EXPERTSThis vs That worked side by side with experts from UCLA, Cedars Sinai & Fermi Lab, along with the premier instructors of airline emergency training, a United pilot, a survivor of US Air Flight 1549 and the scientist who literally invented stain resistant carpet (among many others).
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