Growing up in New York, I was sort of shocked when I realized that my children are Californians.
ADAM SAVAGEIn the summer of 2002, we had spent six weeks shooting the three pilots of Mythbusters, and Jamie[Hyneman] called me up afterward
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We are always works in progress.
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There’s this group online that I frequent.
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There is so much history in New York State, from the Erie Canal to the Catskills, the birth of American stand-up comedy.
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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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Breaking something big into its constituent parts will help you organize your thoughts, but it can also force you to confront the depth of your ignorance and the hugeness of the task.
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Whether it’s the experiments on ‘MythBusters’ or my earlier work in special effects for movies
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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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In theory, cars are fairly simple. If they don’t start, it’s either the fuel system or the electrical system.
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I’ve regularly had to do things that were never done before, from designing complex motion-control rigs to figuring out how to animate chocolate.
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There are jokes I tell in the show that don’t get laughs unless I am in front of an audience of critical thinkers.
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The best-case scenario is that the glass shatters in my face! How do you think that makes me feel?
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There’s few things that get you over your own crap more than working hard.
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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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We don’t necessarily stand by our faults every time, but we will always stand by our methodologies and ethos.
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We didn’t set out to be educators or even scientists, and we don’t purport that what we do is real science but we’re demonstrating a methodology by which one can engage and satisfy your curiosity.
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