Mythbusters is brutally and entertainingly empirical, which limits what can be done. You couldn't necessarily test the whole gamut of hoax claims, but you could test some of the subordinate claims such as whether stars would show up on film. But even that falls short of their standard formula, which involves an apparatus going up (or down) in flames and/or Adam getting hurt.
They could test the impressibility of particulates. It's often claimed that you can't get a sharp footprint in dry particulates. There might be some opportunity to build an apparatus there to ensure dryness.
They could test the scouring potential of a jet or rocket exhaust on a compacted regolith. Since that would involve powerful machinery and the chance for destruction, that might be quite entertaining.
They could investigate LM stability by building a rocket-powered model with identical mass distributions and comparing it to models with other mass distributions.
Does NASA Ames have a vacuum chamber? Maybe they could demonstrate diffuse light reflection in the absence of air, to debunk fill lighting arguments. Or arrange to drop a hammer and a feather.
They could demonstrate scatter, parallel shadows, and other photographic effects, but that wouldn't be as exciting as blowing up something.
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