The Never-Aired Myth Jamie Killed With One Question

[@tested]

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[@lizardmilk]

One of the things I loved about Mythbusters is that the show quickly abandoned the reality tv formula of conflict and forced drama. I remember the first couple episodes there was some conflict between Adam and Jamie, but they quickly moved away from it. While Reality tv embraced conflict, forced drama, and artificial pressures of deadline, Mythbusters focused purely on collaboration, respect and the sheer joy of creation. I think that is what set it apart and why I love the show.

[@Elwaves2925]

That would explain my reaction to it. Mythbusters skipped me by completely and was already over by the time anything of note really registered about it. After discovering this channel last year I decided to check MB and watched the first few episodes. It seemed like there was something off with Adam and Jamie and it put me off watching any further, so I stopped. If it was faked drama/conflict, that would do it.

[@paulvamos7319]

I agree! I laughed and learned a lot from that show! 😂 The Savage One, Walrus Man, Tomboy Byron, Samaritan Belachie and Battling Imahara! I loved the rocket car and the chicken cannon episodes the best! 😊

[@EvanCurrie]

@@Elwaves2925 Yeah, early on they had a producer who was pushing that fake drama stuff... WITHOUT informing Adam and Jamie about it. If you try again, push through those early episodes until you get the Ark of Covenant episode... you WILL cringe at that episode, and then afterwards... it all changes. A certain someone's job didn't survive that episode. and you WILL know the exact moment they got fired.

[@nixquev]

"Friction in the Kitchen" doesn't sound super PG and I'm super laughing about it.

[@bbarnhouse9022]

Makes me think of the spatula scene in Stripes

[@mattknowsnothing]

Ha! I see what you did there😅

[@hrothgar014]

The Aunt Jemima treatment.

[@hrothgar014]

And you slice the garlic with a razor blade. Goodfellas.

[@commaJim]

Super laughing

[@ThatBoomerDude56]

Outrunning an actual huge spherical stone would be horrifically difficult and expensive to test. And really easy to calculate using ordinary physics.

[@EarnestVictory]

Not putting in perhaps the most iconic scene from the property you are testing because it would not have substance. That's artistic integrity. ...By way of scientific integrity, but still. Adam talks a lot about how doing Mythbusters taught him that he was a scientist. I hope everyone involved knows that they were making art, as well.

[@Jydmd]

Hey Adam, just finished your book, I really enjoyed it. While building a small workshop in my shed this summer, I discovered we have lots in common on our philosophy about organizing. I bought a complete set of basic hand tools (pliers, screwdrivers, hammers, etc) that I could hang on the wall at the ready. I already have a complete set in the house and another in the garage, but after my third run from the shed to the house because I needed a smaller screwdriver because the one I brought didn’t quite fit, I decided to get yet another set. My wife had the great idea to put a loop on the edge of the workbench to hang a tape measure, and some magnetic strips on the wall so I can hang any tool or doodad that might take some precious place on the bench or roll around and disappear (I’m looking at you, drill chuck key). I always have a Shop-Vac and broom nearby, so I can clean as I go. I won’t close up the shop until it is clean.

[@basketvector7311]

I dont think you're giving the ancient Hovitos sufficient credit. They chipped away at that stone until it was perfectly spherical so that it would block the entrance of the cave. That was it's purpose, Indiana was just in the way. So, perfect spherical rocks DO exist and would be very straightforward to estimate weight and friction. Not a test for Zorbs though.

[@Ron_Rhodes]

I always wondered why Indy didn't just walk toward the stone ball and duck between the ramps on either side.

[@davidmccarthy6061]

Learned today that I should say, "Yes, chef." more often than not. She does the meal planning while I'm more of a need-food-wing-it-with-whatever-we've-got kind of cook.

[@erikleorga]

My dad and I butt heads constantly during the construction projects we're working on. He's obsessive over layers of unattainable perfection, and I want to work things in the most efficient and least wasteful manner. He's also retired and slower now than he ever was before, wanting to read the whole newspaper every day, watch the news morning, afternoon, evening, and night every day. That is a weird dichotomy.

[@MrGBH]

"Didn't have any network pressures to be concerned with" And then Zazlav took over

[@kimaboe]

He took over Discovery in 2006, they lasted 10 years under his rule. Most of their best work was in that period, so not sure he had much of an impact.

[@georgekostaras]

Adam I always enjoy your insights about myth busters

[@RottyDad824]

its interesting that a tool guy with an understanding of a great many things would reject using the better tool for a job to the point that it created an argument with his Missus. by the way, it would be interesting to see an experiment or a "test" to see how blade shapes and thicknesses with varying edge and bevel angles effect cutting of various substances. how possible is it to make the thinnest slices with a heavier knife.

[@this-is-slammin-549]

How is Jaime these days? He’s keeping a low profile.

[@lessefrost]

Jamie owns and runs the special effects workshop M5, where they filmed mythbusters. They still do tons of work for film and commercials to this day!

[@cvirtue]

I like hearing about the process everyone on the crew went through to triage stories.

[@pete275]

But doesn't the big ball fall at the same speed regardless of its weight ? Like once it can beat air resistance, any solid ball will do

[@richardlaiche8303]

Every time I slice garlic I think about the prison cooking scene in Goodfellas. I just don't trust myself with a razor blade.

[@mecahhannah]

Adam you're awesome and I love you and your channel and Mythbusters so much thanks for everything!❤

[@Coletoff]

Amazing to wake up to adam

[@Mike1614YT]

the movie already proved a man could outrun a huge fake stone. ha!

[@lavxlee]

I got here right after a stefan milo video about those cool *almost perfectly spherical stones in costa rica 😅

[@NoInfoFound]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="358">5:58</a> Adam discovers the one true requirement for a happy marriage: "Yes dear, you are right!"

[@soul0360]

I know, that I'm ruining the "joke". As I understand it, from this and other talks. Their marriage is about, figuring out who has the expertise. Accepting constructive criticism. And making each other better, in every way. Or maybe it's just me projecting. What I would have loved, to have ever had, in a relationship? Dunno. I've never been happy in a relationship, where either party (most often me), was "the dominant one".

[@wiliame]

oh... gonna be fun to se it you make some woodworkign on the lath :D (maybe with ur wife too!!)

[@Dee-Eddy]

Really, I find more and more that being on the same page with your wife is really what it is all about, just recently we started to just decide that it is my fault.

[@bebophippie1781]

RFID episode

[@justinepaula-robilliard]

Oh, I have a bunch of very cringe stories, that I look back at and think, Oh just how pathetic my brain was..very cringe..

[@smolbleat]

Bleat!

[@Crayphor]

My wife and I also have friction around cooking since we have totally clashing styles. I would say that she is the better cook because she knows how to mix and create flavors with no external information. She would say I am a good (idk if she would say better) cook because I am very particular about making things perfect and I follow a variety of recipes. If I am cooking and she tries to help, I get frustrated since she will use the wrong knives or pans for the wrong situations. If she is cooking and I try to help, she gets frustrated because I ask too many questions to make sure I'm following the recipe that she is coming up with.

[@internalerror00]

My wife and I have recently started working together starting and building the infrastructure for her new business, and it's honestly made me feel much closer to her. Married 13 years, and this may be the most collaborative project we've ever worked on together. Seeing how our skill sets compliment each other and being excited together when we've brought to life things we've been long discussing. It's a wonderful experience to share.

[@sixstix965]

@Adam Savage's Tested i hope you see this message but i actually proved the knock your socks off myth when i got hit by a car in 8th grade it was a while after your episode on it aired im 20 now for context but i was riding my bike when it happened and lost my shoe which i am mostly certain i had tied nice and tight ive been a massive massive fan of yours for as long as i can remember

[@ericcox6764]

Many years ago in Lexington, Kentucky, a child was struck by a car and didn't survive. I remember seeing a video from the scene on the news that night. Of course, they used discretion during their broadcast, but there was some video of one of the shoes in the street. What you said about losing your shoe is absolutely possible. I hope that you didn't have any long-term issues from that accident.

[@Marmut_Oren]

Mampir pak

[@danielberg7644]

You could of used a real round stone and timed it. Then have a timed a runner separately. Ask Spielberg what kind of rock it was or what type of rock is located in the country the scene was set in.

[@williamschultz3294]

The hair

[@genericuser4611]

Hello

[@pemo2676]

hi

[@rexneilson6048]

What's up

[@samus88]

Wait, what do you mean? Most movie myth you test would apply to "we don't know the parameters" tho? You always take screenshots of movies, and infer measurements and make assumptions of the contruction and materials of any given objects. Wouldn't you have done that for the boulder??

[@elcorado83]

I also think it would have been easy to identify a realistic stone material from the movie. Granite would have been too heavy, too hard to be made into a sphere practically. Sandstone would likely have broken once it hit the bottom of the slope. That's a starting point. Keep using logic like this, rule out various rock types (what rock was not native to that area, etc), until there's only a few rock types left. Then.. ...using the movie, judge the speed of the ball, and use scale models and rock types to then rule out other rocks until you are left with the correct most likely rock type used. Then use the movie and measurements to figure the speed of the ball. Or simply just use the speed of the movie ball as the speed of the Zorb and see if it could have caught adam, given the dark uneven cave he had to navigate while running. Simples.