I think one of the defining moments of adulthood is the realization that nobody’s going to take care of you.
ADAM SAVAGEIn addition to the pleasure of having the piece, there is a deep and abiding pleasure for me assembling something in my head
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Failure is always an option.
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Forever, the way we’ve done that is through storytelling. It is difficult to let the truth get in the way of a good story.
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I’m actually the fourth generation in my family to have no practical use for the church, or God, or religion. My children continue this trend.
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That aesthetic of the Star Wars universe: the do-it-yourself, hotrod ethic that George Lucas exported from his childhood, is exactly the same kind of soul behind what we do and build for the show.
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Am I missing an eyebrow?
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If I haven’t had any long term psychological side effects from all the things I’ve already done on this show, this isn’t gonna hurt much more.
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We’re always trying to make the process apparent. So, we have learned to try and never rely on a technological solution when an analogue one is in front of us.
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Put me in front of a crowd of science teachers or astronauts! The guileless aren’t our audience – it’s the critical thinkers we love.
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The skeptical community is absolutely near and dear to the Mythbusters’ heart and there’s no small reason that they’ve embraced us.
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Well, first he called me up to tell me to clear my crap back out of his shop – and he said, “
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I’m obsessed with the form of a toolbox.
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Am I about to feel really, really stupid?
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After all those years of doing remote detonations, where we just push a button and something explodes, to actually see a nice big fat line of black smoke heading toward something that will blow up is very satisfying.
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That’s a very powerful thing to realize as a kid. LEGOs were a key part of that.
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I mean it’s ridiculous. People just walk up and grab you and hold you, because they love Chewbacca so much.
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