Series · Comedy, Reality, Documentary
Science of Stupid (2014)
This show combines cold hard science with some of the craziest, most spectacular and painful user generated clips ever recorded. Richard Hammond introduces all manner of mishaps featuring brave, if misguided individuals from around the world and then explains the science behind their failure and humiliation with the use of bespoke animations and super slo-mo cinematography. Every episode features between 50 and 60 clips of misadventure – ordinary folk making extraordinary mistakes. Each week watch stunts involving weightlifting, shooting guns or jumping over cars, that have gone wrong, paused, re-wound, and re-played and analysed to determine exactly what went wrong and why. Richard explains the physics, chemistry and biology at play, then presents forensic details to explain the stupidity that resulted in failure. He’ll look at everything including weight, volume, momentum, combustion and even how the brain operates. This is misadventure explained. This is the Science of Stupid.
- Creator
- Richard Hammond
- Network
- National Geographic
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- First aired
- April 9, 2014
- Status
- Returning
Cast
Dallas CampbellSelf - Host
Richard HammondSelf - Host
Episodes
0/14 watched- Episode 1: Don't Lose Your Lunch30 min · Apr 9, 2014
- Episode 2: Ring of Fire30 min · Apr 9, 2014
- Episode 3: Dancing Disasters30 min · Apr 16, 2014
- Episode 4: Discus for Dummies30 min · Apr 16, 2014
- Episode 5: Airbags vs. Airheads30 min · Apr 23, 2014
- Episode 6: Zip Line Fails30 min · Apr 23, 2014
- Episode 7: Karate Flops30 min · Apr 30, 2014
- Episode 8: Learning to Fly30 min · Apr 30, 2014
- Episode 9: Rooftop Drops30 min · Apr 30, 2014
- Episode 10: Human Tower Disasters30 min · Apr 30, 2014
- Episode 11: Poolside Fails30 min · May 7, 2014
- Episode 12: Bungee Cord Snaps30 min · May 7, 2014
- Episode 13: Pole Vault Mishaps30 min · May 14, 2014
- Episode 14: Jet Pack Failure30 min · May 14, 2014
