My dignity and good television – they’ll never meet.
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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That you have to do the heavy lifting while you’re here. And when you don’t, well, you suffer the consequences.
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it 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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Am I about to feel really, really stupid?
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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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In 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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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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The ‘Mythbusters’ crew, we monitor the Discovery boards, we look for the new ideas that are being forwarded on those boards, and we keep track of what’s going on, we keep updated.
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Sometimes my brain writes a check that reality can’t cash.
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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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There is no dignity in television.
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And I’ve concluded, after careful consideration, that this person keeping score is me.
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Firemen have the coolest toys ever!
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You know, it’s the best job I’ve ever had, on its worst day it’s better than anything else, but it’s a huge amount of responsibility
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I am now standing in a mixture of cooling fluid, gasoline, and cola.
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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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