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The Mismatched 'MythBusters'
biohack writes "Most fans of the MythBusters would agree that the two hosts of the show, Adam and Jamie, are 'diametrically opposed in every aspect of their lives'. The Christian Science Monitor story about the MythBusters explores the connection between the backgrounds of the hosts (who knew that Jamie had a degree in Russian literature?) and their creative differences on and off camera." From the article: "It took Hyneman a of couple years to feel comfortable talking in front of a camera, let alone to strangers on the street. 'You have to remember that I'm a guy who is happiest in a dark room just thinking,' he says. 'I'm not a sociable person. I don't like to talk.' Savage, on the other hand, is outgoing. They're clearly the Oscar and Felix of myth busting ... 'Jamie is all about total, complete, and utter control. Thinking first and then acting. Adam is about acting first and then thinking.'"
I guess this busts the myth that they're the same person.
slow news day.
I agree. They should fire the rest of the team and hire more like Keri. And have more myths about bikinis. And nudist colonies. And release a Mythbusters Red-headed Women Uncensored DVD.
Why are women so complicated? Find out how little I know here.
Their show is far more educational and entertaining than most of the shit that is on TV. But the educational value it does provide is quite petty, and often quite bad, as it misinforms the viewer.
But all of that is made up for when they blow up cement trucks.
> It is well known that one reason people grow facial hair is to build a personal "wall" between themselves and the world.
Another reason: to look fucking awesome! http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/
there is no need to sign your posts. this isn't usenet. your username is right there above your post. stop it.
He was a production assistant assistant? Very cool.
With such a high-paying gig like that, I'd love to watch over his shoulder when he enters his PIN number at the ATM machine.
I was at a San Francisco restaurant at lunchtime waiting for a friend to arrive near the Metreon off of Market St. I needed a cigarette so I stood in the alley off of 4th St. I was just kind of lazily pacing back and forth puffing on my delicious cigarette and I turned around. Adam Savage walked by on 4th street and happened to look down the alley at me. I just said "Hey Mythbuster!" and stared at him like a stunned monkey. (It was just an odd place to see someone I had seen on TV the night before.)
He replied "How's it goin'?" And I didn't say anything. I just stood there.
I think he was referring to me in that article. People who say "Hey" and nothing else.
Not an exciting story but what the hell...
Also, one is a Leo and the other is a Capricorn, so you know there'll be some friction, but overall when the two signs get together, they are very powerful.
there is no need to sign your posts. this isn't usenet. your username is right there above your post. stop it.
If your post is any indication...
When all you've got is a hammer, sometimes it's just a lot of fun to swing it wildly and see what falls over.
But... Christian Science Monitor... isn't Christian Science an oxymoron?
No.
LK
"Hi. This is my friend, Jack Shit, and you don't know him." - Lord Kano
Just thinking, yeah right!
Insightful? Don't you know it's bad luck to be superstitious?
Cress, cress, lovely lovely cress
"Most fans of the MythBusters would agree that the two hosts of the show, Adam and Jamie, are 'diametrically opposed in every aspect of their lives'.
One's a clean-cut professional cop who plays it by the rules. The other's a wild rookie who'll use every trick in the book to get to the truth!
Explosions bring everyone together!
Please, for the good of Humanity, vote Obama.
Clearly, this is why you should have set your sights higher. Say... a degree in Physics.
Says the person who settled for Physics because he couldn't handle pure Mathematics.
You can only drink 30 or 40 glasses of beer a day, no matter how rich you are.
-- Colonel Adolphus Busch
See? See how he lashes out at those who question the creepy way in which he was raised? Total freak-job. Probably has all sorts of weird kinks (not that there is anything wrong with that) and will end up desiring a sex-change before his 40th birthday.
But other than that, home school is great! You'll never have to worry about scoring with the hot girl in your science class 'cause she's your sister.
Blar.
If a job's not worth doing, it's not worth doing right.
Yeah it's high time we had some new psychological conditions and creative names to go with them.
1. Basement Dweller Syndrome (BDS): Lives in parent's basement despite making nearly 6 figure salaries. Addicted to WoW or FPS games. Characterized by pale skin and almost always either overweight or underweight. Argumentative and caustic when confronted online, pushover in real life. Contact with females infrequent and awkward. Generally high IQ although rampant fanboyism leads one to doubt it.
2. Curmudgeon Coder Disorder (CCD): Loves to program difficult software. Is happiest when working on complex, multi-layered problems. Socially inept by choice but strangely, gets along well with development teams. Level of expertise allows for many personality quirks to be overlooked. See 'Robot guy' from the movie Grandma's Boy. For some mysterious reason people afflicted with CCD somehow end up married with children.
3. Profit.
Please turn in your nerd card on the way out the door. Obviously you got it under false pretenses if you don't know what "Mythbusters" is.