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Some Assembly Required

  • 2008
  • Ended
  • Documentary · Comedy
  • ~1h / ep
  • 3 seasons
  • 5.0/10

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.

Latest: Season 2 · 2008

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  1. E1. Crash Test Dummies

    Aug 7, 2008 · 60m

    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.

  2. E2. Fire Trucks

    Aug 7, 2008 · 60m

    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.

  3. E3. Leatherman

    Aug 14, 2008 · 60m

    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.

  4. E4. Bow & Arrow

    Aug 14, 2008 · 60m

    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.

  5. E5. Crayons

    Aug 21, 2008 · 60m

    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.

  6. E6. Cast Iron Cookware

    Aug 21, 2008 · 60m

    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.

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