Who is The Mythbusters

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Who are these Mythbusters?

The Mythbusters are a talented team of people who combine science, robotics, engineering, ballistics gel, explosives, and many other ingredients, to test urban myths. The main on-screen members of the team are Adam Savage, Jamie Hyneman, Kari Byron, Grant Imahara, and Tory Belleci.

An introduction to Mythbusters 

Who are the Mythbusters?

English Mythbusters Intro

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Adam Savage says this is his favorite myth explosion yet! 

The guys test the old movie cliche where a bad guy lays a line of black powder leading to a full powder keg, lights the line, which burns up to the keg like a fuse, and the keg explodes. Ka-boom! Adam shows off some of his goofy accents and his sense of humor. Even Jamie seems to be enjoying himself! This is a really fun segment.

Mythbusters - Powder Trail

Episode of the Discovery Channel's Mythbusters were Adam and Jamie find out if it is possible to stop a powder trail from reaching the keg.

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Mythbusters video: How can you not love this stuff? 

Mythbusters - Fun With Gas

New episodes air Wednesdays @ 9PM ET only on the Discovery Channel! Get more video at http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbusters/ Adam demonstrates how (and explains why) helium turns you into Donald Duck, and sulfur hexafluoride into Satan.

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Three reasons to love The Mythbusters 

3. Adam and Jamie are so different from one another, and it's fun to watch how they (don't always) get along.

2. Science has never been more entertaining.

1. Big boom!


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The Mythbusters at a Glance 

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MythBusters is a popular science television program produced by Australian company Beyond Television ProductionsBeyond Productions Ventures. originally for the Discovery Channel in the United States and Canada. The series has since been distributed by a number of international broadcasters, including SBS in Australia, and BBC2 in the UK. The series stars special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, who use basic elements of the scientific method to test the validity of various rumors, myths, movie scenes, internet videos and news stories in popular culture.

Filming for MythBusters is based in San Francisco, California, United States though some elements of production are done in Artarmon, Australia. Planning and some experimentation usually takes place at the cast's workshops; experiments that require more space or special accommodations are filmed on location, typically around the Bay Area of San Francisco. During the second season, several members of Savage and Hyneman's team ("The Build Team") were organized into a second team of MythBusters, and now typically test separate myths from the main duo.

Meet Adam Savage 

the funny one


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Biographical information from imdb.com:

Adam Savage started his varied career as a child actor. His father worked on Sesame Street as a Muppeteer and he learned very early on about "behind the scene" work on a television show. He appeared in some episodes of Sesame Street. Later on, as a teenager, he starred in the Billy Joel video for "Second Wind" and a Charmin toilet paper commercial with Mr. Whipple as Jimmy the stock boy.

Adam has worked as an interior designer, a set designer for the Fool's Fury playhouse in San Francisco, and an artist. His artwork has been displayed in San Francisco, New York and Charleston, West Virginia. He also worked in toy prototyping, working in research and development for Zoob toys, and designing several displays and a large "Zoob Dude" model for them. Adam has worked on many TV commercials for Pizza Hut, Burger King and Coca-Cola, among others. He designed his own robot for Battlebots, "Claymore".

However, Adam is best known for his work in Sci-Fi movies and of course, Mythbusters. He was employed by George Lucas' special effects shop, Industrial Light and Magic, working with Tori Bellici and Grant Imahara. He has worked on Space Cowboys, Galaxy Quest, Star Wars 1 and 2, The Matrix sequels and Bicentennial Man, among others. In 2002, Adam and Jamie Hyneman, long time collaborators on various projects, including the BattleBots robot Blendo, got together to film 3 pilot episodes for Mythbusters. The rest is history. Adam plays around with heavy machinery, indulges in building elaborate rigs, and gets to blow stuff up - always putting his body on the line for the show. He has donated every body fluid imaginable for scientific testing in the course of the show, and has taken many hits for the team. He provides much of the 'comic relief' to co-host Hyneman's 'straight-man' persona.

Adam is the father of twin sons.
IMDb Mini Biography By: ladydeakin

Adam Whitney Savage (born July 15, 1967) is an American industrial design and special effects engineer, actor, educator, and co-host of the Discovery Channel television series MythBusters.

Meet Jamie Hyneman 

the one with the beret

James Earl "Jamie" Hyneman (born September 25, 1956) is an American special effects expert, best known for being the co-host of the television series MythBusters. He is also the initiator of M5 Industries, a special effects workshop where MythBusters is filmed. He is also known among Robot Wars devotees for his robot entry, Blendo, which, for a time, was deemed too dangerous for entry in the competition.

Mythbusters bloopers 

Mythbusters - funny bloopers - Not seen on TV

A collection of hilarious mythbusters bloopers. See my new mythbusters video: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=vo5MJJZaDEc Please rate this vid and leave a comment if you like.

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Mythbuster Adam tries to walk on water 

we called this stuff "oobleck" when I was a kid

Mythbusters- Walking on "Water"

HOORAY FOR CORNSTARCH!

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Meet Tory Belleci 

the cute one


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Salvatore "Tory" Belleci (born October 30, 1970 in Monterey, California) is a filmmaker and model maker. He is best known for his work on the Discovery Channel television program MythBusters. He has also worked with Industrial Light and Magic on films such as Category: Star Wars Episode I - : The Phantom Menace|The Phantom Menace and Category: Star Wars Episode II - : Attack of the Clones|Attack of the Clones. The Federation battleships and podracers are some of Tory's pieces. He attended San Francisco State University.

Tory Belleci has a long history working with fire and explosives. At an early age his dad showed him how to make a Molotov cocktail. He later built what was essentially a homemade flamethrower. Things got a little out of control when he accidentally lit part of his house on fire.

Tory has been quoted saying he became interested in the special effects industry after doing a report on movie special effects while in high school. In 1994, after graduating from San Francisco State University's film school, he started working with Jamie Hyneman at a small production company. Tory worked as a stage manager, running errands and cleaning the shop, but quickly moved up the ranks. A few years later Tory started work at Industrial Light and Magic. Tory worked for ILM for eight years as a model builder, sculptor, and painter. Tory began work on Discovery Channel's "Mythbusters" in 2003 doing work behind the scenes and in the second season was featured as part of the show's build team and got on screen credit in the shows third season. In 2005 Tory convinced fellow ILM veteran Grant Imahara to join the show.

Tory worked on the Matrix trilogy, Van Helsing, Peter Pan, Starship Troopers, Galaxy Quest and Bicentennial Man Busted (Mythbusters book) p.12.

One of his short films has appeared on the Sci-Fi Channel and in the Slamdance Film Festival.

He is often considered by fellow MythBusters Kari Byron and Grant Imahara to be more of a daredevil and as such often performs...

You mean Benjamin Franklin wasn't a US President? 

Wasn't he...? Damn it...

At the wrap-up of the "Franklin's Kite" experiment, hilarity ensues.

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Mythbusters highlights video 

MythBusters mix

The best bits from MythBusters so far, new series is on the Discovery Channel this month.

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Quick, what do you think of Mythbusters? 

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Some great behind the scenes Mythbusters video 

See how the Mythbusters kill time, act silly, and annoy Jamie. Fun!

Mythbusters - Killing time

The Mythbusters relaxing between takes!

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Mythbusters crazy Rube Goldberg Christmas machine 

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Vote for your favorite Mythbusters lines 

Got a favorite line I missed? Add it!

Adam: I reject your reality, and substitute my own.

1 point

Jamie: I don't think our death ray is working. I'm standing right in it, and I'm not dead yet.

1 point

Adam: Killer quicksand. Is that why I'm standing here in this stupid pith helmet? Jamie: No, your standing there in that stupid pith helmet because you're an idiot.

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Adam: How hard can it be to blow up a room full of gasoline?

1 point

Adam: Just thinkin' this one through from a mechanical standpoint... I'd be totally pleased with two inches of penetration. Jamie: Generally, I prefer a little bit more.

1 point

Tory: If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing, right?

1 point

Adam: Who the hell could be calling me? I can't answer that, I'm tying a pig stomach into a skeleton.

1 point

Adam: The only thing we're told we can't do is burn them, blow them up, or lose them. Tory: Has he watched the show?

1 point

Kari: These will explode, these will melt, this will kill you - this is great.

1 point

Adam: My dignity and good television - they'll never meet.

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Kari: Y'know my people come from a long line of goat shavers, so I feel it's in my blood.

1 point

Adam: Can we not do any more of these "oogie-boogie" myths, please?

1 point

Jamie: It looks kinda like - poo.

1 point

Adam: 80 lbs. of gunpowder, 22 idiots, 1 crash-test dummy - priceless.

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Kari: Dumbass peas.

1 point

Adam: Let's get on our knees and pray. I don't know to whom. Is there a patron saint of ballistics gel?

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Jamie: Jamie wants big boom!

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Jamie: I always enjoy seeing Adam in pain.

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Jamie: [wearing a wetsuit] I feel kinda sexy!

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Adam: We don't need ears for testing lethality of bullets at terminal velocity man!

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Adam: I've only ever broken one bone in my body - my neck.

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Adam: Come, Silent Walrus, let us storm the castle! I will don my safety gear.

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Rob Lee (US Narrator): Eh... fresh underwear for Mr. Savage, please.

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Rob Lee (US Narrator): For this cooking lesson, Adam will need the fire suit, and it's safety masks all around. So, just like gumbo night at Adam's.

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Adam: Roger that! We have flatus contained. AWOO-AH! AWOO-AH!

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Adam: It's the disco mirror from hell!

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Adam: [giggling] I got him right in his left nostril! Oh dude! that is so going right in his nose!

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Jamie: I've always had a fascination with crossbows. I've had this one since I was a teenager. That's why there are no cats left in the neighborhood.

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Adam: Big boom, big boom, big boom!

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Mythbusters pirate patch experiment... Aaaargh! 

The team figures out the benefits of wearing a patch over a perfectly good eye.

mythbusters pirate special part 9

conclusion of the night vision test

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Meet Kari Byron 

the girl with brains and beauty



An excerpt from discovery.com:

After graduating from San Francisco State and traveling the world, Kari began her career as an artist, working in sculpture and painting and holding successful exhibitions at some of San Francisco's leading galleries. "Artist" was only one of many hats she wore while searching for her place in the world. Her sculpting skills and love for odd jobs soon led her into the field of model-making and toy-prototyping, which led to a job with Jamie Hyneman at M5 Industries. It was at M5 that Kari got her first big break with the MythBusters team.

During the "vacuum toilet" segment of one of the first episodes (which examined whether a person could get sucked into an airplane toilet), Jamie needed a 3-D scan of a person's backside, and Kari had the right ... well, you know. Basically, she was in the right place at the right time.

Oh, and you may have heard that Kari was featured in the magazine FHM. Here is more information on that article, including photos.

Kari Elizabeth Byron (born December 18, 1974) is a San Francisco-based artist and television host, best known for her featured role on the Discovery Channel show MythBusters.

Meet Grant Imahara 

the one who loves robots


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Grant Masaru Imahara (born October 23, 1970 in Los Angeles, California) is a Japanese American electronics and radio control expert, best known for his work as a Build Team member on the American television show MythBusters.

Check out Grant's book on robots! 

Grant Imahara wrote a book on building battlebots. Kickin' Bot: An Illustrated Guide to Building Combat Robots (ExtremeTech)

Mythbusters on Flickr 

Myth Busters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman by JavaProgrammer_

Myth Busters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman at the 2006 JavaOne party in San Fran...

Jamie playing Segway Polo by kwc

Adam Savage speaks by FrogMiller

Adam Savage appears on the Discovery Channel's Television Program Mythbusters. ...

Adam Savage! by Ricky Romero

Adam Savage from MythBusters was on the show floor, at a Lego booth!

ADAM SAVAGE by docbliny

Adam Savage by digitalhooligan

Adam Savage from the Discovery Channel show 'Mythbusters' by Frederic Poirot

Mission district, San Francisco, CA (02/20/2006)

Kari Byron speaking at Baxter Hall, Cal-Tech by FrogMiller

Kari Byron speaking before the Skeptics Society at Cal-Tech, Pasadena. She is a...

Kari Byron and a skeptical friend by FrogMiller

Kari Byron from Mythbusters with an attendee at the Amazing Meeting in Las Vegas...

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The Mythbusters build team, Tory Belleci, Kari Byron, and Grant Imahara.

Kari and Tory by kwc

Adam, Kari and Grant by kwc

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Kari Byron of Mythbusters.

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Mythbusters Kari at ICON26

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"Segway Polo" Mythbusters "Jamie Hyneman" &a...

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Grant Imahara

Grant by kwc

Tory Belleci by Adam Preble

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Mythbuster Tory Belleci by natural gas

At Dragoncon 2006, Atlanta, GA.

Tory Belleci by yetanothernancy

Mythbusters Tory at ICON26

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Torrie Belleci at his table in the Walk of Fame.

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Mythbusters Tory Belleci

Want to put together a Jamie Hyneman costume? 

or just look super-cool down at the warehouse-special effects lab

Jamie Hyneman is known for his dark beret and always-clean white shirt, layered over a dark long sleeve tee. Roll up the sleeves on the white shirt a bit, and match the tops with some tan pants and red Chuck Taylor shoes.

JERZEES Heavyweight Blend Long Sleeve Tee

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Cutter & Buck® Vintage Twill Sportshirt

Get this twill overshirt in white. Don't forget to roll up the sleeves so you can see the black tee underneath.

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Wool Beret - Black

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How about an Adam Savage costume? 

Adam Savage typically sports black jeans and a black short sleeve shirt. Sometimes the shirt is a black polo, and sometimes it's a plain black tee. Sometimes the black tee has a printed slogan. Adam also wears black framed glasses, and his hat of choice is an Indiana Jones style fedora. Here are some suggested pieces, to get you in the Adam Savage groove.

Hanes Adult Beefy-Tee - Available in 40 Colors

Get this short sleeve tee in black.

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Fun and Funky "Buddy's" Buddy Holly Party Glasses

Add Adam's glasses.

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Dexter Men's Ricky II Bowling Shoes - Black

Choose some black shoes.

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Download your Mythbusters desktop backgrounds here 

Wear your favorite Mythbusters quotes on your chest! 

Here are a some of my favorite quotes from Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, featured on shirts at CafePress!

"Am I missing an eyebrow?" (Adam)


"Everyone behind the blast shield!" (Jamie)


"Come, Silent Walrus." (Adam to Jamie)


"If it's worth doing, it's worth over-doing." (Mythbusters' Creed)

Have you met a Mythbuster? What's your favorite myth? Let's hear it! 

Share your stories, sightings, thoughts, rants, raves...

EverythingMouse wrote...

I really enjoy this show - I sometimes use it as the basis for my children's science lessons. So much more interesting for children to see science in action like this!

ReplyPosted April 19, 2009

hlkljgk wrote...

one of the best shows on tv - which i no longer have... :/
great lens!

ReplyPosted April 17, 2009

Lensmaster

mike wrote

i would like to know were you get your stuff from.

Reply Posted November 12, 2008

TrueFX wrote...

All of them are my favorites!
The best team on television!

ReplyPosted October 21, 2008

DrRichard wrote...

I love MythBusters so this is a GREAT LENS! Thanks, 5 stars...

ReplyPosted October 08, 2008

slicknotes2008 wrote...

I love you guys and wanna see you do the jellybear trick! can't wait to see what you pull out of hat next!

ReplyPosted January 31, 2008

EasyW wrote...

Cool Mythbuster lens! Well done ;) Stop by and rate my Wedding Themes lens!

ReplyPosted November 05, 2007

shopperholic wrote...

Great lens for a cool show

ReplyPosted October 22, 2007

GypsyPirate wrote...

I love this show. And, you have built such a great lens. Thanks for all your hard work, it's great!

ReplyPosted September 25, 2007

More Mythbusters news, links, and stuff 

The Sneeze - Half zine. Half blog. Half not good with fractions.
August 23, 2005
Adam Savage Interview - Part 1
MythBusters is easily one of my favorite shows on TV. If you've never seen it, hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman use their years of special effects experience to scientifically put urban legends to the test-- and blow up a lot of stuff in the proces
Geek Blog » MythBusters
Great article on the Mythbusters team, from geekmonthly magazine, posted January 25, 2008.