Mythbusters tests Star Trek Gorn cannon

In the original series of Star Trek, there was an episode called 'Arena' (based on a non-Trek short story) in which Kirk and an alien ship captain of the Gorn race have to fight each other, and Kirk improvises a cannon and shoots the Gorn (but refuses to kill him....)

Of course, the team at Mythbusters had to test that improvised cannon sooner or later. It's a pity I didn't find out about it until the episode was half-over! Even if it wasn't for the Star Trek connection I'd watch since their theory is that if an experiment doesn't work out, add more explosives. Works for me!

Of course the real flaw in the Mythbusters' test is that the Star Trek episode took place on an alien world and Kirk had to use alien materials for the cannon--- that bamboo-looking thing Kirk turned into a cannon was an alien thing which could have been as hard as steel--- though Kirk had no way of knowing that without testing it.....