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The Mythbusters Thread
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Very true! Mythbusters is one of my favorite shows, especially that Kari Byron..... mmmm that makes the show worth watching just for that quality 
Which of them is the better MythBuster of course. (Sorry rockthecasbah, we couldn't include Kari in the poll, or it would be a landslide
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I love mythbusters...Adam gets a little too excited though
I think the myth they give to the sidekicks most of the time is more interesting than the ones Adam and Jamie try to bust.
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I think the myth they give to the sidekicks most of the time is more interesting than the ones Adam and Jamie try to bust.
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Mythbusters is FANTASTIC.
Seriously, the best show I've seen for a while. I could watch HOURS of it, and I sometimes do!
Imagine if they could combine Mythbusters and Good Eats. Oh, wow. *drool*
Seriously, the best show I've seen for a while. I could watch HOURS of it, and I sometimes do!
Imagine if they could combine Mythbusters and Good Eats. Oh, wow. *drool*
No.
One of my faves is the episode where they build the James Bond-style ejection seat, then try to convince people to sit in it.
Also was fun to watch Jamie shoot a .50 cal into the swimming pool.
Another hilarious one was watching Adam vomit into the water when they dropped him into the whirlpool...
the balloons episode with the death claw was also quite good
http://www.joe-mammy.com/pages/features/kari-byron/baloons-lrg.jpg
http://www.joe-mammy.com/pages/features/kari-byron/baloons-lrg.jpg
man, i love this show. really enjoy when discovery does a marathon, and puts like 20 episodes back to back. even if i have seen them before, i still watch again.
can you imagine how cool that job would be. wake up, drink coffee, go to work, build stuff, and then blow it up. and get paid for doing it. wow, just wow!
can you imagine how cool that job would be. wake up, drink coffee, go to work, build stuff, and then blow it up. and get paid for doing it. wow, just wow!
Can't believe it took 15 posts for someone to mention the explosions!
The cement truck explosion was the best one. The train station explosion was pretty cool too though.
Excellent show...very entertaining. We've missed a lot of episodes over the years though, so we've now got our TiVo working over time to find the ones we've missed.
Their application of the scientific methods (specifically thoroughness and use of controls) often leaves a lot to be desired, but that's partly a function of the difficulty/expense of the experiments and partly a function of the limitations of keeping the show reasonable. (Jamie and Adam have complained about that a little bit in the past.) It still bugs me when they don't test things as thoroughly as they could have, but it's still great TV.
Their application of the scientific methods (specifically thoroughness and use of controls) often leaves a lot to be desired, but that's partly a function of the difficulty/expense of the experiments and partly a function of the limitations of keeping the show reasonable. (Jamie and Adam have complained about that a little bit in the past.) It still bugs me when they don't test things as thoroughly as they could have, but it's still great TV.
I was surprised by the one where they test the trucks to see which one goes farther on one tank of gas. One with the tailgate up, one with the tailgate down.
I can't believe tailgate down won.
I can't believe tailgate down won.
I was surprised by the one where they test the trucks to see which one goes farther on one tank of gas. One with the tailgate up, one with the tailgate down.
I can't believe tailgate down won.
Or in that same thread, windows down AC off, or windows up, AC on.
I was surprised by the one where they test the trucks to see which one goes farther on one tank of gas. One with the tailgate up, one with the tailgate down.
I can't believe tailgate down won.
FWIW, I get better mileage when I drop the tailgate on my truck. Which I generally do anytime there's no loose crap in the bed.
I wanted their jobs up until the episode with the dead pigs in the Corvette. I definitely did not envy them that day.
well, someone has to say it...
I think that this show is trash. They always do an absolute half-@$$ed job of everything, yet somehow they "prove" it true or false. More than that, they often seem to outright contradict their "proven" answer.
To me, nothing is more infuriating that the dissemination of horrible scientific method.
sorry
I think that this show is trash. They always do an absolute half-@$$ed job of everything, yet somehow they "prove" it true or false. More than that, they often seem to outright contradict their "proven" answer.
To me, nothing is more infuriating that the dissemination of horrible scientific method.
sorry
I enjoy the show, but it's definitely not always the most rigorous scientifically, but they try...
My most recent favorite was the gas cylinder one. Watching it go through the cinder block wall made me remember all the times I didn't handle cylinders with quite the respect that they are due.
I've also enjoyed the couple of episodes of Good Eats where Alton Brown does "Myth ... ummm ... Smashers."
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My most recent favorite was the gas cylinder one. Watching it go through the cinder block wall made me remember all the times I didn't handle cylinders with quite the respect that they are due.
I've also enjoyed the couple of episodes of Good Eats where Alton Brown does "Myth ... ummm ... Smashers."
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Mythbusters is a great show, although i usually miss it. I still have to see the one where they recreate the Hindenburg.