This is the point in the show where we say, ‘Oh, what else do we have in the van that’s flammable?’
ADAM SAVAGEThis is the point in the show where we say, ‘Oh, what else do we have in the van that’s flammable?’
ADAM SAVAGEAfter 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.
ADAM SAVAGEIts strength lies in its open architecture and its ability to allow a framework where all voices can be heard.
ADAM SAVAGEThey’re not very good ideas, but at least they’re ideas!
ADAM SAVAGEI’ve regularly had to do things that were never done before, from designing complex motion-control rigs to figuring out how to animate chocolate.
ADAM SAVAGEThat’s a very powerful thing to realize as a kid. LEGOs were a key part of that.
ADAM SAVAGEI think the whole thing that Jamie [Hyneman] and I have in working together is that we are constantly simplifying each other’s designs,
ADAM SAVAGEFailure is always an option.
ADAM SAVAGEIn the spirit of science, there really is no such thing as a ‘failed experiment.’ Any test that yields valid data is a valid test.
ADAM SAVAGEIt’s a pointless delay that wrecks my pace – and mood.
ADAM SAVAGEI’m always going to be making costumes. It’s one of the ways I relax my brain.
ADAM SAVAGEWe 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.
ADAM SAVAGEYou will hurt people you love, and help people you detest.
ADAM SAVAGEI find it’s too much for me to read endless critiques, even if we’re being well-defended, of exactly what we’re doing.
ADAM SAVAGEWell, first he called me up to tell me to clear my crap back out of his shop – and he said, “
ADAM SAVAGEI believe that inside every tool is a hammer.
ADAM SAVAGE