Brian Unger
Some Assembly Required (2008)
Season 2
Some Assembly Required is a Discovery Channel TV series which premiered in the United States on December 27, 2007 and originally aired in 2007 and 2008. Hosts Brian Unger and physicist Lou Bloomfield explain how various things are manufactured and participate in the manufacturing process. The show is also titled as How Stuff's Made in the UK.
Released Aug. 7, 2008
Episode 60 min
7+
Genres: Comedy, Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.manufacturing
Network: Discovery
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S2E1 - Crash Test Dummies
Join Brian as he learns the painstaking process in which crash-test dummies are assembled. Next, Brian travels to a company that make old-fashioned kettle chips.
Aug. 7, 2008, midnight
S2E2 - Fire Trucks
Brian travels to Dublin Ohio, home of Sutphen fire engines to learn how to build one. Then, Brian travels to the Rio Grande Valley of Texas to see how pure, white, refined sugar is made.
Aug. 7, 2008, midnight
S2E3 - Leatherman
Join Brian at the Leatherman factory, where they make their cool new tool-the Skeletool. Then, Brian heads to Simmons in Charlotte, North Carolina to uncover the science of how they make the Simmons Beautyrest.
Aug. 14, 2008, midnight
S2E4 - Bow & Arrow
Brian travels to Eugene, Oregon to work with the Bow-Tech craftsman to create a state-of-the-art compound bow. Next, he goes to Monrovia, North Carolina where the legendary Ludwig drums are pounded out for rock stars & wannabes all over the world.
Aug. 14, 2008, midnight
S2E5 - Crayons
Brian Unger travels to Easton, Pennsylvania to make...washable crayons, the much-loved tool of young artists. Then, he heads to Orrville, Ohio to build the breath-taking pipe organs that Schantz installs in churches nationwide.
Aug. 21, 2008, midnight
S2E6 - Cast Iron Cookware
Brian travels to South Pittsburg, Tennessee to the Lodge Cast Iron Cookware to learn how to make cast-iron cookware. Then, on to Old Town, Maine where for the last 100 years the craftsmen of Old Town Canoes have made some of the world's finest watercraft.
Aug. 21, 2008, midnight
S2E7 - Newspaper; Pool Table
Brian Unger heads to the home of country music, Nashville Tennessee to assemble the city's 100-year old newspaper. Join Brian Unger as he heads to Portland, Tennessee to learn how to build a world-class pool table.
Sept. 28, 2008, midnight
S2E8 - Semi Tractor Trailer
How do you build a semi tractor-trailer capable of pulling up to 80,000 tons and make it fuel efficient? Brian Unger finds out at the Peterbilt factory. Then, he heads to Upper Sandusky, Ohio to make a shotgun that's been around since 1937.
Sept. 28, 2008, midnight
S2E9 - Sourdough Bread
Brian tries his hand at making bread in San Francisco, and then hops over to the East Coast to take a look at a rigid-inflatable boat.
Sept. 4, 2008, midnight
S2E10 - Aluminum Foil
In this episode Brian visits Honda ATV factory to see how an ATV is manufactured Also a look round the Alcoa Aluminum plant to observe the making of aluminum foil.
Sept. 4, 2008, midnight
S2E11 - Tennis Balls
Brian examines tennis balls in Arizona, and then heads to Maine to look at some kayaks. Also: silly putty.
Sept. 11, 2008, midnight
S2E12 - Golf Balls
Included in this episode Titleist golf balls; panty hose at Holt Hosiery. Also: a segment on the tape measure.
Sept. 11, 2008, midnight
Network: Discovery
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 1200 min.
Released: Aug. 7, 2008
Last Air Date: Sept. 28, 2008, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
Common sense age: 7+
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