Audiences of critical thinkers are my favorite kinds of audiences.
ADAM SAVAGEit was actually mummified, skin and all – but in a fit of space-saving zeal, they actually cut off the head and they cut off the feet and they burned the rest in a bonfire.
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The main trend with the theme episodes is that anywhere there is a misconception about the way the physical world works, we’re finding fertile material.
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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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Its strength lies in its open architecture and its ability to allow a framework where all voices can be heard.
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I felt like I had kind of played it out, and I wanted to see what was next, and then came Mythbusters.
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The fact is that the British Museum had a complete specimen of a dodo in their collection up until the 18th century
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These are people from everywhere, from Lawrence Livermore and JPL and Sandia National Labs, the FBI, all over the place, real scientists who see what we’re doing, and they consistently thank us.
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Nearly every one of these – from R2D2 to Hellboy’s revolver – ends with the paint job. And it’s not just cosmetic.
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That’s our job – to strap rockets onto everything.
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And I’ve concluded, after careful consideration, that this person keeping score is me.
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Prayer doesn’t work because someone out there is listening, it works because someone in here is listening.
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Firemen have the coolest toys ever!
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I’ve learned over decades of building that a deadline is a potent tool for problem-solving.
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Well, that was kind of fun, wasn’t it? I mean, I don’t see where this could go, because we pretty much did everything. But it was fun.”
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I find it’s too much for me to read endless critiques, even if we’re being well-defended, of exactly what we’re doing.
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I think the whole thing that Jamie [Hyneman] and I have in working together is that we are constantly simplifying each other’s designs,
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