Ask Adam Savage: Injuries and Sleepless Nights During MythBusters

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[@jaredmehrlich6683]

Baba Booey Baba Booey Baba Booey

[@meinkamph5327]

You drinking that Diat Crapple, Is the most cringiest.. WTF man, that sh!t is disgusting. You are from California.

[@HariSeldon913]

The injury you forgot was having your eyebrow burned off. That used to be in the opening credits too.

[@michaelripley4528]

@@HariSeldon913 my thougts too🥰

[@wizardgmb]

You stated there were no injuries while taping Mythbusters segments, just before & after tests.. Is that for you & Jamie only? I recall Tori getting injured testing breaking a fall with a building canopy & testing a bicycle myth.

[@glytchmeister9856]

Jaimie doing it 8 times and only then rather relatively politely asking if it can be over is both terrifyingly impressive and hilarious.

[@skunked42]

Jamie is just on another level.

[@dustinrausch5008]

And isn't he the one who has the bigger fear of heights? I'm pretty sure I remember that being a thing from Duct Tape Bridge.

[@steppman2]

@@dustinrausch5008 yes

[@OyvindBjorgo]

Jamie asking "can this be over?" should be a pretty unquestionable sign that things are too far over the edge. :P

[@johnabbottphotography]

...unless he's being asked to share his feelings. :)

[@MostorAstrakan]

I'm with Penn and Teller on this. They adamantly refuse anything that could harm anyone. All the gore, all the danger, is certified fake. Penn said they consider it morally wrong to make the audience complicit in harming a human being or even an animal for entertainment.

[@jaredmehrlich6683]

Adam Ant Lee

[@rodchallis8031]

Since the episodes weren't live, I never had much trepidation that what we were watching was going to end up in some kind of catastrophe. But, I do remember the Water Torture myth, and how one could see how much anxiety it was causing Kari Byron. Made me uncomfortable, and I wanted the plug pulled on that sooner than it was.

[@ChrisCandreva]

I'm with Penn also. Myth busters though is a bit more than entertainment. There are things that were learned, data on survivability of explosions. At least one person survived driving into water because of their work. There was some purpose.

[@rodchallis8031]

@@ChrisCandreva As a result of the car in the water episode, I resolved to always carry a Buck Knife with me when I drive. It makes a fine gift for whoever has to drag my soggy dead carcass out of the water.

[@gohawks3571]

@@rodchallis8031 Same; I hated that. And the electric fence shocking, and burning Adam's feet.... Uhg/shutter!

[@LinenAssociate]

Wife: "Bye, Indy!" Adam : "Hey, lady! You call me Doctor Jones!"

[@peteluis2849]

Adam- "Am I missing an eyebrow?" 😄 Jamie- "Ya and some hair on top..." Adam- "Sh** I have a date tonight!" 😧

[@LesFelts]

HaHa! The look on Adam's face after Jaime's response was priceless.

[@seanj3667]

Right here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGHQh3Z8p5akf9E

[@dustinrausch5008]

If I remember right, in an interview he mentioned that that wasn't just a date, it was the date where he was planning to propose. Fortunately, the singed hair didn't stop him, nor did it stop her from saying yes.

[@peteluis2849]

@@dustinrausch5008 ya I remember him mentioning that

[@LG123ABC]

I remember watching the one where Adam got shocked by the Ark of the Covenant replica and seemed genuinely angry and ready to fire someone over it.

[@mikel9567]

He was pissed about it. No one knew that they were playing a joke on him. If I recall correctly they actually had a big meeting over it.

[@karrot16]

Didn't they hook up an electric cattle fence device to it? I was just reading those devices average 2,000-10,000 volts. If you've ever had electricity flow through your body, it is a very intense and painful sensation

[@hughmann3952]

Yup. According to the clip, he stated that the one they used was 10,000 volts. I also recall hearing in one Q&A or other that it wasn’t the B team’s decision. It was some asshat producer type or other. Or something.

[@soulreapermagnum]

@@hughmann3952 "I also recall hearing in one Q&A or other that it wasn’t the B team’s decision. It was some asshat producer type or other. Or something." i've read that too somewhere. and to add, that producer was promptly fire.

[@huwday1131]

@@karrot16 Aside from anything else, it was pretty dangerous. You can reach out and touch a cattle fence with relatively little actual danger (if you don't count the pain), because the electricity travels along your arm and down your leg to ground. But if I recall right, Adam grabbed the two bits of the Ark in each hand. If one was the earth and the other the high-voltage, it would have put 10k volts -across his chest-, which is something you should never do. Something I learned from the Plasma Channel is to always practice the "one hand in pocket" rule when playing with high voltage, precisely because of this.

[@louisyoung1916]

I would pre-order a t-shirt that says, "That's not the inspirational story I was hoping for, dude!" 😂

[@JonReevesLA]

I don't know about "no injuries executing a myth" -- "Am I missing an eyebrow?" comes to mind...

[@Heegaherger]

The electric fence episode, Adam and Christine getting hit with molten sugar, Tory's shin during a falling myth. Other injuries happen around the myth not actual testing, like the lip in the vacuum motor.

[@tapio_m6861]

@@Heegaherger Tory trying to jump over the cart with a bike...

[@shaymorcormick8743]

The vacuum kiss

[@Heegaherger]

@@tapio_m6861 I almost listed that one, but that was not actually during a test

[@lifeimitatingdeath3608]

Eyebrows don't feel pain.

[@OneSneakySloth]

The only real injury I remember happening during the execution of a myth was the time Tory really banged his shin on the window sill whilst doing a climbing myth. Still makes me cringe.

[@Jimorian]

And was it Grant or Tory who got a seriously bad rope burn on his hands with the jail escape rappel?

[@ameliatbh001]

@@Jimorian I'm pretty sure it was Grant. And I have to say, I also thought of Tory smashing his leg on the windowsill when it came to injuries on Mythbusters. I suppose there was also his wagon jump attempt from Drive Shaft Pole Vault, but he walked that off and it wasn't pertaining to a myth anyway.

[@gamehulk]

I recall when they put Kari, Adam, and Tori in some airplane seats and dropped them from like 5 feet up to test crash positions or something. I remember Kari complaining of having a messed up neck or back after that.

[@Coonwhiz]

Didn't Tori wipe out pretty badly on a bicycle?

[@treborrrrr]

@@Coonwhiz IIRC that was just him messing around on the bike, not part of the test? Could be wrong though, it's been a decade or two.

[@robertkielty5094]

"Can this be over?" That made me chuckle. 😄

[@Blowinshiddup]

Ask any Mythbusters fan about injuries, and EVERYONE immediately jumps to Tory's epic endo/faceplant on the bike. It's achieved legendary status.

[@juliettaylorswift]

and adams vacuum motor lip incident

[@Skotzenn]

I think of Tory cracking his shin on the concrete window sil during the ledge grab myth.

[@brilongenecker]

I also think about when the gang shocked Adam. He wasn't very happy that one.

[@Soldier7sixx]

@@Skotzennthat’s the one I thought of

[@Seahorse1414]

Am I missing....an eyebrow ?

[@MistWing]

Regarding the episode where Adam climbed the building, my favorite part of that episode was Jamie 'quietly' (HA!) climbing up the air shaft. That was hilarious

[@edwardphilibin3151]

"Thor, God if Thunder, is trying to enter my building!"

[@Merennulli]

This makes me wonder how much trouble the "junior team" got in with the Ark of the Covenant build when they electrified it and shocked Adam.

[@airierwitch4116]

As I recall, it was mostly a producer pushing them to "prank" adam with it even though they weren't comfortable with it. Said producer was swiftly fired.

[@michaeldurling250]

The near injuries I remember is goofing off....Tory: the 360 swing and him breaking the normal one and falling on his back, his bike ride face plant on the tarmac trying to go over a little ramp. Then Adam sticking his mouth in the vacuum is a classic.

[@button-puncher]

Ugh. Yeah, getting part of your face sucked in to spinning blades. That must have been a jagged wound that took a while to heal.

[@drewc1197]

The bike faceplant was the worst! Gross and horrifying, skeeves me out more than gore movies.

[@MorningDusk7734]

The worst for me was when Tori banged his knee on the windowsill one story below when he fell.

[@asphalt-cowboy9479]

Idrk how to put into words how much you and the rest of the Mythbusters team impacted my life. You guys where a much needed escape from the everyday chaos that was my childhood and are solely responsible for any interest that I have in how things work. So for those very simplified reasons I'd just like to say thank you.

[@obeseperson]

fo real

[@savannahm.laurentian1286]

Underwater car was one of the scariest episodes to WATCH. This was so, not only because of the too real real time fear of losing you guys & the primal fear of seeing fear on tape, but also because we HAVE to believe that we can increase our odds by the knowing.

[@aaronarmstrong353]

I've experienced slowed time during an accident. I still can't explain how I had time to make 1/3 choices with potential outcomes. Granted it only felt I got extra seconds but it was enough. I decided to only risk my own safety and drove into a lake. Surreal is the best word I can associate in those moments.

[@hammer1349]

I've seen something similar described as 'fight time'. Time seems to simultaneously speed up but also slow down, everything becomes a lot clearer and reaction speed basically shoots through the roof. Peak fight or flight instinct kicking in

[@christiankoll1528]

I had a similar experience when someone pulled out in front of me on a highway when it was raining. I had milliseconds to swerve, missed the truck by what seemed like an inch, and then corrected out of a hydroplane that had me sideways in the road with oncoming traffic. All this was happening at 60 mph. I don't think I could have done it if I'd have planned it or put any thought into it, my inner James Bond just took over; and it was the strangest sensation of being in total control while relying on instict and reflex. I know that doesn't make much sense, but that's the best way i can describe it. Thankfully, nobody got hurt, but it was maybe the scariest few seconds of my life.

[@jeffmansfield914]

Tori face-planting trying to do a bicycle jump wasn’t part of a myth, so I think Adam’s right that there weren’t any injuries in execution of mythbusting. 😉

[@dont155]

Omg I don't think I've ever laughed harder than when Tory face planted... it was so much funnier because the girls coyishly baited him into it... 🤣🤣🤣

[@GameDesignerJDG]

What about the time Adam said "Am I missing an eyebrow?"

[@GameDesignerJDG]

Looking at the video, at that time, he says "I'm fine, I'm fine. Am I missing an eyebrow?" which might be even funnier, but also disproves my point.

[@steffanaarts-greven1352]

@@GameDesignerJDG the question wasn't about not getting hurt at all but at the requirement of getting hurt intentionally in order to prove or bust the myth.

[@GameDesignerJDG]

@@steffanaarts-greven1352 also true.

[@JoshuaLenerville]

As someone who dressed as Indy for two weeks in Egypt, I can understand his excitement for it.

[@jaredmehrlich6683]

You did? Sounds fun!

[@JoshuaLenerville]

@Jared Mehrlich I sure did! All the way from the Mediterranean Sea, The Giza Plateau, Thebes, Aswan, Abu Simbel, etc... Wherever it seemed that Indy would fit it, I went dressed as him.

[@jaredmehrlich6683]

@@JoshuaLenerville haha that's awesome!

[@juliavincent1671]

Your description of a human's response to falling reminded me of one of my favorite stories about my mom. When my mom was at the end of her first marriage and getting divorced she took up sky diving. She did it for years and did 90 something jumps before stopping around the time she married my dad. When I first found out about it as a teenager, I asked her why she decided to start, and she said "When I was falling, I couldn't think about anything else. I couldn't think about anything going on in my life - I just had to make sure I pulled the cord at the right time." That was the day I learned that my mom is a badass.

[@Greysen2025]

As for time perception and acquiring more data with adrenaline, I can most certainly say YES! I was in a car accident back in 2005. It was raining heavily the 101 freeway at White Oak going south. A white car stalled in the #1 lane and a Priceline delivery vehicle passed me going about 60. As soon as I noticed the PrimetTime van was going to hit the stalled white vehicle, the rain slowed down (like Matrix 3). I saw the PrimetTime vehicle turn its wheels to avoid the accident and I remember calculating the impact force and direction would cause the van to enter into my lane. I turned my steering wheel to compensate knowing I would need to thread a narrow gap in lane #5. I felt my car wheels start to hydroplane and I applied the breaks trying to adjust the braks between hydroplaning, gripping the road and slowing without losing control. I noticed I was starting to spin and was trying to avoid hitting the only call box in the middle of a grassy slope. I looked at the PrimeTime van getting close to my vehicle just as my front passenger tire caught the asphalt curb. It spun me around. I saw my front driverside tire hit the Callao pole and I went spinning upwards and around on the grassy slope. I saw the Callao fly over my windshield and I was thinking this is similar to a ride at Disneyland. It felt like 2 minutes, but it all happened within a few seconds. When I the vehicle stopped, time caught up with me and the ultra slow speed viewing was gone. I took out my 1M candle power flashlight and I was pointing it up above the freeway inclination to signal drivers to slow down. I called 911 and apparently the officer who took my statement thought I was making things up because I had too much detail.

[@EvanCops]

Thanks for answering my question. Also I just watched that episode last night, poor jamie. Dude the roar he made of frustration, determination and fear is awe inspiring. Also my old boss used to threaten to wrap me in bubble wrap because I was always getting small cuts and stuff

[@fr33nb33n]

Taury's knee getting the business on that firefighting tower myth comes to mind.

[@hkfifty871]

That bobbing for apples episode always seemed odd to me how quickly Adam (and later Jamie) reached the point where they couldn’t keep going. It just seemed like a fairly small sample size to make a conclusion, and seemed like they reached their limit much sooner than with some other difficult and taxing myths. It makes SO much more sense now, that not having control of when you drop would make that several orders of magnitude more difficult and stressful than it even seemed.

[@donaldasayers]

Thank you for underwater car. That is one of a very few TV or video programmes that has affected my behaviour directly, I now carry a spring loaded centre punch to break the widows, tucked into my sun visor.

[@Toran77928]

Adam’s impression of Jamie’s countdown voice is absolutely amazing

[@colt5189]

I've had time slow down on me. Me I was a kid. I climbed up a tree and and went to grab a branch, that ended up being dead, and it broke and I fell backwards to the ground. And timed slowed down as I fell to where it felt like it took two minutes to hit the ground. And the other strange thing was as I was falling in "slow motion" I could feel the branches graze my arms/hands as I fell down, and I could feel each branch individually as everything felt real slowed down.I tried to replicate it by falling out of trees, but never could do it again.

[@tetsubo57]

I have a dear friend that got married onboard a plane in flight. Her father did not join them. His reasoning? "The last time I went up in a plane someone shoved me out over Normandy into a war." No one argued with him over it.

[@jakobvanklinken]

That must be a pretty big daughter-father age difference then! Unless she's older herself ofc

[@tetsubo57]

@@jakobvanklinken There was a 22 year age gap between the oldest and youngest siblings. My friend is in her 40s however.

[@EvanCops]

Hes a living legend.

[@alexandermacdougall7873]

Time slowing down in a car accident (when you're rolling,sliding,and flipping anyhow) is a very real sensation. It's hard to explain if you've never experienced it. An incredibly weird sensation in that time slows down while simultaneously speeding up.

[@JaceArveduin]

Since I happened on a new upload: Thanks for the recommendation on the Blundstone boots. They've been great.

[@Cimone90]

"I have a vacuum powered climbing machine up in my loft" of course you do. Lol

[@billbucktube]

Really fabulous insights on your experiences on the show. It is still mind blowing that it lasted that many years!

[@gerrymichaud3851]

Adam was the center of a bubble wrap burrito! Thank you and the Mythbusters team for the show. Whenever there is a marathon I watch it.

[@Tinil0]

The whole "You can get used to suffering through it, but you can't get used to falling" reminds me of how I used to be TERRIFIED of needles...and I am also someone in a body that is a total lemon. I end up needing blood draws and IV fairly regularly. I have needles shoved into me semi-regularly and have for the last decade or so of my life. Even worse, because part of my condition is frequent dehydration and anemia, my veins are an absolute bitch to poke. I get dry sticks CONSTANTLY. For anyone who has the pleasure of not having medical issues, a dry stick is where they stick the needle into your flesh, don't hit the vein, and then spend some time moving it back and forth or pulling it slightly out before pushing it in a slightly different direction in hopes of finding that vein. It's just flat-out someone digging around in your flesh with a needle. It is not fun. It also happens to me regularly enough that I am probably approaching triple digits in dry pokes now. It's just a regular occurrence sadly. I will never get used to the feeling of needles digging around my flesh, though I have gotten decent at suffering through it.

[@cameronnewton7053]

I have to say, falling is absolutely terrifying, I have been on a camp where you are pulled up on a giant swing, a harness is strung from 2 trees and a team of people pull you up on a pulley system you then pull a release strong on the rope, that first fall when you pull the string is terrifying, it does get fun after that though.

[@Admiralgrusbil]

I've done both bungee jumping and parachuting and there is something just really enjoyable about just floating in the air.

[@poppyrider5541]

Same. Weird innit. I love falling but it's still terrifying to throw yourself over the edge.

[@personzorz]

Speak for yourself

[@woodworks2123]

Tory definitely got hurt on that bike. Ouch. That video is imprinted on my brain for life.

[@RichardHopkinsLobosSolos]

There were a couple of injuries that I remember seeing. Once was when Adam was horsing around with the vacuum and messed up his lower lip. The other is when the build team was testing hanging by finger tips and Tory barked up his shin when he dropped and hit the window ledge. There's also the bike and the wagon, but that's a totally different matter.

[@Nico42ke]

Can this be over!? :D that was gold

[@lancebaileypoetry1938]

consider doing a video on oils and lubricants in the shop for various project uses, etc. I know there are a lot of opinions on using specific oils for toy trains, small motors, etc.

[@anikun]

Regarding the suction cups, id say while more complex, the individual cups are safer, as in you should always maintain 3 points of contact, and even if one fails to engage you can always try again without too much worry over pulling the other 3 away from the wall

[@AndyVallEEngineer]

I remember when you were testing walking on fire for someone not knowing how to do it. If I remember right, you had some burns.

[@eirebhoy132]

One of the interns (can’t remember her name) get burnt also in the exploding jawbreaker myth too, maybe didn’t have degree burns on her but I’d have thought that would count as an injury.

[@Topflightdigitalmedia]

Aaaannnnddd..... que the montage of EVERY accident and injury they got on film. Starting with the time Tori tried to jump a bicycle and landed on his face!! 🤣🤣

[@losergene7002]

I love these everytime.

[@brianterrell1496]

You have never spoke more truth. Falling is a horrible feeling the worst.

[@RC3117]

Why hello Adam, a fellow 7 hour sleeper. I have so many friends and family who sleep 8-10 hours and they all think I'm nuts. Glad to have a hero to point to showing that I'm not crazy!

[@charlierumsfeld6626]

I used a Sony Porta Pak recording system in high school. I was part of a team that recorded ball games for the athletic department. Had a lot of fun. It was heavy as hell to lug around .

[@smashingintoyou]

Adam is such a wonderful muse for child like wonder and adult like restraint all at once. What a beautiful time to have all these wonderful entertainers to have been. Adam is my Bob Ross, Steve Erwin, Mr Rogers, of exciting exploration of the execution of science. ❤️

[@TheAmericanDane]

I hope this somehow gets back to Adam, probably not but it’s so refreshing to hear him say that there was a dip but it was also invigorating! People need to hear this!

[@thunderbirdbrown3002]

I'm so glad you have this channel.I watched this alone,then with kids from the pilot to the till the end.I wept Abit when it was over.Your like family and this means Alot.Getcha Pull🥃-CHEERS 🍻🤘🏿🤓🎸\m/

[@TheKillertoma11]

The florescent light above your head always reminds me of a boss health bar and it makes me giggle every time

[@littlekong7685]

During an international safety standards survey, multiple transport industries were asked about acceptable injuries and acceptable fatality percentages. Most said 0 and 0, but when pressed for worst case scenarios, car manufacturers said they could tolerate a few injuries and 1-2 fatalities a year based on total number of cars on the road vs cost to fix issues. Airlines had fewer acceptable injury rates, but much higher acceptable fatality rates, due to if there was a crash many more would likely perish, and cost of correction is significant. This went for bicycle, motorbike, scooter, tram, train, bus, etc. They all has similar numbers for acceptable injuries or fatalities based on insurance and liability etc. The only industry, world wide, across all participants to say 0 and keep 0, was the elevator industry. Manufacturers, maintenance personnel, and inspectors all said the same thing. There is no reason anyone should be injured on an escalator/elevator/gondola, and there is no reason anyone should die on one. Any injury requires review and correction, no exceptions, dam the cost. And amazingly, for distance travelled (which is the longest of any transport industry), elevator and escalators are the single safest form of travel per km per person by a HUGE margin. They do not tolerate unsafe things, seems mythbusters tried to do the same. Eliminate any risk, do not tolerate the potential of risk for expediency or cost savings.

[@kaini3275]

CAN THIS BE OVER? is such funny phrasing, especially in Jamie's voice.

[@ChristopherMcKee-qv2zy]

Adam, if you're reading this... I think it's time to revisit the cement truck episode from first season. Was it ever discussed to rotate the mixer so the solid block of concrete was on top, then use a pile driver (or two) as "thumpers" to eventually jar the concrete loose. Using gravity as our friend, I wonder if this shows any potential of succeeding. Thanks and have a great day!

[@TheKillertoma11]

"Am I missing, an eyebrow?" Stayed in my head all this time and I still quote that line anytime something goes amiss at work

[@erikleorga]

It's a long shot but Tested needs to introduce Adam to the comic video Suction Cup Man. I immediately thought of that when he mentioned climbing with suction cups. Seriously!

[@iancryar6431]

I bungee jump and I fully admit the 1st time I was nervous but I got used to it and then I get excited every time I get to go

[@HelloKittyFanMan]

Oh my gosh, that bungee-jumping episode sounds really scary! I'll have to try to find it, because sadly I couldn't always afford my paid TV service during your whole series.

[@JewishBanker911]

Cheers from Australia.

[@dullahan7677]

The one injury my mind always jumps to in regards to Mythbusters is the corner of Adam's mouth getting shredded by the vacuum cleaner motor.

[@RyTions]

I want to know more about accident time perception, sounds really interesting

[@susantownsend8397]

My grandmother always said you can get used to anything but hanging. I’ve long wondered where she got that.

[@marcelovolcato8892]

Accident time perception is true. Been there, felt that. And it was awful.

[@CarboniteDreamer]

i know that episode when they had to bungee jump into the swimming pool really took a toll on them both.

[@clumpytat3rs]

I was thinking when they shocked the hell out of Adam and he got so crazy pissed at tory, Kari, and grant.

[@bknesheim]

ref: 10:40 Free fall from what height ? At least diving from 5 m and 10 m trigger no fear response after doing it for some time.

[@SpicyFPV]

Abrupt and unpredicted falling is what I think triggers an involuntary bodily response in most/all people. They kind of talk about that a little in the movie Inception, when they use it as the "kick" to wake them up. Otherwise falling, when you are planning to fall, is feared by some and sought after by others!

[@SpicyFPV]

What about the myth of trying to "wake up" a drunken person where Adam let Jamie slap the sh!t out of him in slow motion? Lol. Watching how elastic a person's face is was pretty entertaining!

[@neilperry2224]

Yes when you have an accident, it happened when I was taken off my mc. I went over the handlebars and my brain truly slowed down enough to see where I was sliding into, a kerb! Headfirst! I even had time to see where the taxi had driven to and stopped. I got up with no pain, even though I had bruised my thigh black, and broken my lower leg bone, and then kick started my mc with a slight wince of pain in the right leg and worked for 3 nights 2 days with a broken swollen leg. Now it's about 1/2 " shorter than left leg.

[@charlierumsfeld6626]

Been there, done that

[@psychonaut1829]

I wasnt at all afraid of falling until i actually jumped off a 30 foot rock in Hawaii when i was a kid. i almost couldn't do it again a second and third time. i was never able to do it after that. I believe no one can get used to that feeling.

[@blahorgaslisk7763]

Jumped off rocks when I was a kid. Back then it was just fun. That feeling of falling for more than a second was so great, loved it. But today? I kind of doubt I'd be able to do it. Back when I was fifteen, I think it was, I suddenly developed a fear of heights. There was nothing I can identify as a trigger, just one day at a museum I'd been to several times before I suddenly got a panic attack. We were looking at the skeleton of a blue whale from a walkway about 30 feet up. I'd been there many times and never thought anything about it before, but now I suddenly felt how I was about to fall even though there was a high rail making it impossible. The walkway is about ten feet across so it's not some kind of balancing act. But feeling total panic I backed up to the middle, walked over to one of the pillars that went from the roof to the floor and put my back against it. Took a couple of minutes trying to figure out what was happening, which turned out to be my brain screaming in panic, before taking aim at the door and walking in a straight line out of the room without looking to the side. The summer before I had a job scraping paint on tin roofs four floors up. Never felt a twinge... Over the years I've gotten over most of it, but I still feel uncomfortable when working on a high ladder and other similar situations.

[@shaymorcormick8743]

Not being in control of your fall ugh I totally get that. When I was in basic navy training the guy that was supposed to tap you to let you know to jump from diving board shoved me in back under lungs. I hit the water with the wind knocked out of me already

[@EvanCops]

Oh my god that sounds awful

[@shaymorcormick8743]

@@EvanCops I got a mouth full of water, I'm a big guy so I sank nearly to the bottom of that pool too. I remember opening my eyes to see two of the instructors coming towards me. I've actually drowned once before so I was determined not to again

[@jessegodsey]

So, here is what I would like to see you do that I don't think you have done. Build a Dobsonian telescope, a nice size one, maybe truss design with your own primary mirror box design, etc.

[@jamesonpenguin]

This reminds me of when Jamie walked across the duct tape bridge... "That was absolutely awful"😂

[@Veggie_King]

I was literally thinking they should make an injury comp after seeing his cut thumb on the lightsaber build

[@Timmymtd]

Adam savage is awesome

[@ApolloVIIIYouAreGoForTLI]

I went to watch my mate go Skydiving once & I asked the guy my mate was tandem jumping with if he had gotten bored doing these tandem jumps but I was shocked when he said its the same rush all these years later.

[@HelloKittyFanMan]

"A certain amount of bubble wrap that can protect you from a fall"? Well, that depends on how high, at least until you reach terminal velocity, doesn't it?

[@bikerfirefarter7280]

Ark of the Covernant! He didn't do that twice. I once accidently got across a 4kv capacitor bank, designed to 'blow' short-circuits in an electrostatic precipitator. Hand to hand. And I am NOT going to repeat that either. Just once is too much, don't even think it, thankyouverymuch.

[@Boop__Doop]

I want to see like a 3 hour video of addam just going on tangents and telling stories

[@brokenacoustic]

Unfortunately, you cant actually 'bank' sleep...you either get it or you dont lol

[@TheROOTminus1]

I took the analogy as having a nap to pay off an overdraft. You can go short on sleep up to a couple of hours and only need to catch up, but if you go into an unarranged overdraft, you need to pay it back asap, with interest.

[@virgiljericho664]

I remember in the myth about hanging off a ledge by only fingers that tory fell off the Firefighter tower, and hit his shin on one of the windows. Yikes

[@michaelripley4528]

How about “am i missing an eyebrow” episode?😄 that was an accident i presume - love that shot 🫶🏻

[@NunyaBizznezz6969]

I always wondered.. the frequency machine to clean a cement truck... Why did we not try to get a bridge waving with that instead of Jamie's little soldiers

[@louishennessey5322]

Hi Adam hope your well and just wondering should you make a replica of the royal sceptre with the the star of Africa

[@davide.s.9880]

My all time favorite MB episode was for me hands down the Confederate Rocket.

[@mellchiril]

When I think of injuries on the show that made me go 'oof that does really not look pleasant'... There's Tory on hanging from a building with his fingertips, falling, and knocking his leg onto a windowsill, bleeding all the way down to the ground. There's Tory (again...) trying to jump over some stuff on a bike and faceplanting himself into the pavement with enough force to make me relieved his face was still in place. And there's Adam, and I don't even really remember what he was doing, but he put his face close to some sort of sucking device and I believe there were blades in them or something? And his lips got sucked into the device, shaving the skin clean off, causing him to bleed all over his teeth. There were probably plenty more, but these three stick out to me, the Tory falling off the building one most of all because you could just feel the impact of it somehow.

[@alanrogers7090]

I remember the guy climbing a building in the 1978 Superman movie.

[@Keithmwalton]

Is that a vintage Wilton vise or so they still make them?

[@callmeshaggy5166]

Before watching I'm gonna guess that nighttime shark one on a sunken shipwreck, but idk if shark weeks counts as one of the specials

[@JustLocal]

Done!

[@MajorMel]

"You can buy a system like that with vacuums... I actually have one" ....of course you do XD

[@nealmacdonald9896]

I have a surgeons nightmare for a neck so bungy jumping is out of the question for me. I could tear my head from my body easier than the average joe.

[@johnthatcher2293]

I thought you got injured in the atomic Jawbreaker episode.

[@oliverrose7796]

There was that one episode where you stuck your arm in a tube full of daddy longleg spiders and let them bite you lol.

[@nathkrupa3463]

I am big fan of you sir ❤️ i watched every episodes myth Busters showe on discovery channel great testing matheds why myth Busters showe is stopping myth Busters showe is awesome sir. Sir you making myth Busters showes some times you most dengerous stunts and tests sir please be careful. Thank you so much sir.

[@TheAmericanDane]

I think falling and loud noises might be the only two things we are innately afraid of? There could be something there

[@DHealey]

Drunk Adam on the treadmill. Tory getting hit by the sword swinging robot. Adam being electrocuted by an electric fence zapper.

[@stargazer7644]

He was shocked by an electric fence controller. If he had been electrocuted, he wouldn't be around any longer.

[@christianwilke305]

Would you consider being on the safety third podcast?

[@DarthTigger]

"Accident Brain Perception" : I realize that this is anecdotal but I believe that I experienced this once. I was skiing and my ski tip grabbed, and while I was flying through the air it felt like an eternity to me.