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.'"

Comments

another myth busted

[digitalderbs]

I guess this busts the myth that they're the same person.

slow news day.

Re:What about...

[Unknown_monkey]

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.

Re:Beard as personal wall

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

I saw Adam one time...

[myth_of_sisyphus]

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...

Re:I saw Adam one time...

[6]

hey

Re:Does it make anyone else feel a little dirty?

[Lord Kano]

But... Christian Science Monitor... isn't Christian Science an oxymoron?

No.

LK

Re:Moo

[StoatBringer]

Insightful? Don't you know it's bad luck to be superstitious?

Re:Rubbish

[ZombieWomble]

I have a PhD in chemistry, and I have learnt stuff from mythbusters. I now know that the terminal velocity of a penny is lower than that of a human, and that high velocity rounds shatter when they are fired into water.

Clearly, this is why you should have set your sights higher. Say... a degree in Physics.

Re:Rubbish

[crawling_chaos]

Says the person who settled for Physics because he couldn't handle pure Mathematics.

Re:Does anyone get the impression....

[Dun Malg]

Indeed... he might just be *gasp* shy and anal. God forbid such people should exist and not have some sort of "condition".

Oh no, that can't be it. My skill at maintaining a network, but inability to get along with people is clearly Asperger's. The notion that I am simply a very skilled and intelligent jackass is simply not possible. See, I have a condition which makes me act like a dick...