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Some Assembly Required
2008 5.0 (1 votes) 3 Seasons
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Documentary Comedy
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Discovery

Some Assembly Required

Overview

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.

Top Cast

Brian Unger
Brian Unger

Seasons

Season 2 (2008)

No overview available.

12 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Crash Test Dummies
2008-08-07

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.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 2: Fire Trucks
2008-08-07

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.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 3: Leatherman
2008-08-14

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.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 4: Bow & Arrow
2008-08-14

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.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 5: Crayons
2008-08-21

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.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 6: Cast Iron Cookware
2008-08-21

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.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 7: Newspaper; Pool Table
2008-09-28

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.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 8: Semi Tractor Trailer
2008-09-28

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.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 9: Sourdough Bread
2008-09-04

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.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 10: Aluminum Foil
2008-09-04

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.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 11: Tennis Balls
2008-09-11

Brian examines tennis balls in Arizona, and then heads to Maine to look at some kayaks. Also: silly putty.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 12: Golf Balls
2008-09-11

Included in this episode Titleist golf balls; panty hose at Holt Hosiery. Also: a segment on the tape measure.

Runtime: 60 min
Season 3 ()

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0 episodes

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