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Some Assembly Required Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - Episode 1

First aired: Dec/27/2007

Brian Unger and Lou Bloomfield try their luck at sewing together a moonbounce. Later, they head to a Zamboni manufacturing plant in order to see how ice resurfacers are pieced together. Finally, they head out in order to see just how sand is turned into wind-resistant windows.



2 :01x02 - Episode 2

First aired: Jan/08/2008

A trip to see how Les Paul guitars are built inside the Gibson factory. Also, a look at the Batesville casket company and Burt's Bee lip balm.



3 :01x03 - Episode 3

First aired: Jan/15/2008

A look at the Jelly Belly jellybean factory and a view of the insides of a bowling ball at the Ebonite bowling ball ompany. Also, a toilet that is environmentally compliant.



4 :01x04 - Episode 4

First aired: Jan/22/2008

A look at how cheddar cheese is flavored at the Henning's Cheese Factory. Also, a look at the New Balance shoe factory and the making of Steinway pianos.



5 :01x05 - Episode 5

First aired: Jan/29/2008

Host Brian takes a look at the creation of Samurai swords when he heads to Japan to meet the descendants who designed the perfect steel needed. Meanwhile, back at home Lou informs us about the molecular properties of steel. Then, Brian and Lou assemble a lawn mower at the John Deere factory.



6 :01x06 - Episode 6

First aired: Feb/05/2008

Brian and Lou take a swing at making high-tech golf clubs engineered to improve a player's shot every swing. Then they cross the pond to Austria to build a redesigned BMW diesel engine that's no longer slow, noisy or dirty. Back on U.S. soil, the duo goes underground to blast salt out of the mines.



7 :01x07 - Episode 7

First aired: Feb/12/2008

Hosts Brian and Lou distill whiskey, make a cat's eye marble, and build an unsinkable boat.



8 :01x08 - Episode 8

First aired: Aug/07/2008

A close look at the assembly process for crash test dummies, along with a visit to a company which produces kettle chips.



9 :01x09 - Episode 9

First aired: Aug/07/2008

Brian heads to Dublin, Ohio where he visits the Sutphen fire engine company, and then to Rio Grande Valley, Texas to see how refined sugar is created.