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Everyone always gets so concerned with the relationship between Adam and Jamie, but can we just appreciate the fact that Jamie pulled Adam out of his office for the sole reason of sharing a new piece of knowledge/understanding? He knew and understood exactly what Adam would take from that failed attempt? That is the best kind of working relationship.
I have heard that in the early episodes, the producers/people holding the strings, tried to manufacture conflict between Adam and Jamie, so to adhere to classic reality-show cliches somewhat more. But then they eventually gave up.
I have had great working relationships with most people in my 25 years of being a professional (insert my profession at the time), but RARELY ever spent personal time with any of them. And usually, I felt uncomfortable in the scenario. I don't want to be friends with my coworkers, I have friends for that.
I learned after Mythbusters ended that Adam and Jamie didn't get along super well, but after watching several of these videos it's clear that they both had a great deal of respect for each other; what an amazing pair of people!
They had respect for each other but they never hung out after work or considered each other true friends. It’s like having your work buddies and your real friends
Fully, FULLY agreed. To be able to seamlessly and efficaciously work for over a decade with a person you don’t at all like is just the epitome of professionalism and mutual respect.
Adam: "Wow. I fundamentally understand steel in a way I didn't five minutes ago." Jamie: "I know. That's why I brought you down." I love that so much. Taking something that didn't go as planned and turning it into a learning experience.
This was an epiphany shared. Not only that but a understanding and respect for your partner to see that they would get it, and gain from the experience.
@@scottbartlett4853 ikr. The first thing that came to Jamie's mind was "I need to show Adam" and then Adam realizing what happened without Jamie's input perfectly shows how alike their thought process is. Great minds that think alike.
6:26 Just here to say that I am the guy who told Adam about how we were hydroforming Handpans. I am thankful that I had the opportunity to let him know and to shake his hand and say thanks on behalf of our industry.
what i love the most about mythbusters is that, even to this date, and from very young people, you'd hear "no, that is/isn't true, mythbusters have proven it" and everyone would just accept it like the absolute truth. man, thats a level of science you can't get everywhere. thank you so much for that.
I don’t know if “actually Mythbuster proved it, that’s the absolute truth” is the legacy that they would want from Mythbusters. Much better would be “Mythbusters did an experiment that suggested it’s not true, but what if we revised the hypothesis a little/refined the experiment somewhat and did a test of our own?”
I'm just going to put this here, I grew up in the group home system as a misbehaved kid. I used to force all the kids in our grouphome to let me put in Mythbusters whenever it was aired. It was one of the few things at that difficult time that really brought me happiness and helped shape the way I think and do things today. Thank you Adam and Jamie and the rest of the team, yall were like parents/teachers I never had at home.
I also was in residential centers, group homes, and youth correctional centers. I wasn't a bad kid I just needed some good parenting to keep me out of trouble. For me the Mythbusters came after 18 but they kept me out of alot of trouble. Happy to say now 42and never been in trouble with the law after the age of 17
2:58 It is true that, if you held your face in exactly the same position for a year or two, your muscles would freeze like that. I'm a paraplegic and I haven't walked in over 10 years. My ankles froze into a neutral position about a year and a half in. I was also told by my physical therapy team not to sleep sitting up too much because I would end up locked in a sitting position. If you don't stretch your muscles, they do freeze.
Similar but different experience, my dog was paralyzed this time last year and even with physical therapy it took us six months to unlock her toes to get them to bend again. She's walking decently now and is as happy as ever
Isn't that like frozen shoulder? When I busted my shoulder, my doctor told me to try and move it (in very small increments ofcourse) as soon as I could, as long as it didn't hurt otherwise it would lock up from lack of motion.
@@OverMotoren Same with anything, I have goats and if they get attacked by a dog or whatever you need to get them up and about again asap or they freeze up. While they are down you need to work their joints thru the full range of movement a few times every few hours or they (muscles) shrink up and lactic acid builds up which greatly restricts movement to the stage they can't walk. Reversing it can take your time for a couple of days and is painful for the goat. Any more than say, 5 or 6 days down and it's a dead goat (not) walking.
You might not see this Adam, but you guys helped a young kid through so many days of pain in the hospital in the early 2000s. That kid was me; I want to thank you for that. I know I am not alone. I am rewatching every episode of MythBusters on MAX this month and it's reminded me of all the times the show was on the tv while I was in the hospital bed. Thank you for all your work and getting my mind off the pain, please pass on this thank you to Jamie. A fan for life, Jamie C.
Back then mythbusters was discovery's golden goose. I can see the people in charge saying "anything they want to do, let them do it." Within the budget of course.
When Discovery stopped the early-season shenanigins like dirtying white shirts and forcing competitive breakdowns, and let the guys have their heads, yes, they started to make real TV. The concept of 'reality' TV was shown to be the control-freak crap it was, and collaboration and exploration was shown to be the success it is.
@@cmdraftbrn Just like in every industry, the lowest common denominator enjoys it enough that it's worth doing it since it's a much cheaper way to make tv. Profits before the art.
It was the last and only reason I hung on to cable TV as long as I did. I finally dropped cable and watched MythBusters on Amazon instead and never looked back to the rest of the garbage that was on. Is was a real shame that Discovery and TLC turned into total crap reality and showed the real and fake sleaze that America had become. I can only imagine how bad it must be now that we've crossed into the idiocracy.
I've been a teacher of physics for 30 years. I have no higher compliment I could give to the Mythbusters concept and Adam and Jamie and the others than to say that I have long wished to have the budget, space, and time to have the lab experiences in physics courses be more like Mythbusters. No greater learning experience could have been given to students than to present something to be tested, have them work out how they would test it, how would they measure it, and how they would analyze the results. It would have been wicked.
I absolutely loved Mythbusters growing up.. it shaped my problem solving abilities that has helped me in life in the most mysterious ways.. by the way, the disappearing cement truck changed a few standards in the military for safe blast radius measures. Just saying.
One of the Most Iconic Adam Breaking point moments for me has to the Myth ping pong ball raising a boat. Adam needs a cookie is a line I will never forget after Jamie and Adam had a on screen disagreement over ways to do the myth
@@thegardenofeatin5965 I don't have the source on-hand, but later on one of Adam or Jamie said that the line wasn't actually the snarky dismissal it came across as on-air. Basically, diabetic or not, Adam would get so wrapped up in his work that he would forget to eat. That would affect his blood sugar, which in turn would affect his mood and make him grumpy. So "Adam needs a cookie" was a legitimate suggestion in the sense of "He needs to freakin' eat something, that'll put him in a better mood."
7:38 this is why Adam is awesome. He doesn't stop at just answering the question, he goes full tilt gets visual aids, which being awesome he has lying around his workshop, and makes sure as many people as possible are going to understand the thing he is explaning.
I am now addicted to this channel. I've watched almost all of the Mythbusters episodes, and I love these "Monday morning" unpacking of some of the things that we didn't see or know or think of at the time. Adam, the energy that you bring to anything where curiosity is involved... It's contagious and delightful. I couldn't watch one of your videos and not be smiling by the end if I tried.
What amazes me about Adam is his power of recollection in these. There is no way I would be able to give such concise information about a thing that I did that many years ago with such vivid detail. Thank you, Adam. You're a treasure to us all.
When you are exited and enthusiastic about what you are doing as Adam was there are things that stand out, like we all remember our favourite myths they busted or not and how they did it.
Just thinking about steel drums similar in size to the “torpedo” Adam talks about, odds are the steel drum instrument Adam mentions are handpans. If I had to guess, hydroforming probably explains the shift from hand made instruments towards mass production in that industry over the last few years. Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.
I also suspect handpans (or what used to exclusively be a “hang”), and am kind of disappointed that there’s no official answer as Adam said there would be
I’ve always enjoyed those “OOOHHHH, so if you do this, that happens.” Moments from the Mythbusters episodes. These EPIPHANY moments are what taught me how to problem solve. And yeah, I remember the Truck Squish episodes. I could tell how frustrated both Adam and Jamie were with how many times these experiments failed…..
I submitted the myth that one can't polish a turd, I was laughed off the discovery/mythbusters forum by moderators and the community, then about a year later they aired the episode.
Let me just say that I appreciate that you stuck with the "squished car" episode. That was one of the most interesting episodes ever (appealed to my inner 6 year old boy)!
Mythbusters reminds me of a story: A Manager went up to the CEO with a letter. It was his resignation. CEO asked about it and the Manager told him how a bad decision he made has cost the company a million dollars. CEO tore up the letter and said "Why would I let you go when I just spent a million dollars training you?".
"I'm gonna put my cockpit and fart catcher away." That alone is worth all the time I've spent watching this channel. Humungous hugs back to you and all the crew for everything you put into making the videos and sharing them with us. I love all y'alls.
I've been binge watching Mythbusters through the pandemic, with everything you've said about how you and Jamie weren't friends, but had this unique working relationship. What stands out again and again is when something worked as a result of both of you working together. Not to mention that moment where you both understood that the other person contributed to your understanding of how to manipulate ideas and materials to get to a final result. That was a special collaboration, and I think (hope?) that you both realize that each of you made each other a much greater maker and thinker for having known each other.
Every time I see Adam do a Jaime impression, I learn something new about Jaime and appreciate the way y'all worked together more and more, despite the polar opposite personalities.
It makes me so happy that Adam still tells stories about Mythbusters even though it ended a while ago ! And somehow still has new stories for everything
"I know, that's why I brought you down" perfect Jamie impression. Also assuming he had the same thought and realization, which is why he wanted you to see he? (Meaning because he had also figured it out, not because he needed you to figure it out, and was also entertained by watching you figure it out)
I could never give you yhe gratitude and appreciation I have for your endless passion for curiosity, learning, and teaching. I've learned so much from you here at Tested (as well as Mythbusters) and how much joy it gives you to explain and demonstrate with such generosity of time is tremendously inspiring. Thank you, Mr. Savage.
With the whole face aging part where he brings up the presidents, you see it even more in the military. Especially the Marine Corps. I had a 36 year old master sergeant who looked like he was in his mid 50s. When you do and see the things we do, it really puts a toll on your body in so many ways.
I love hearing you talk about these Mythbuster episodes. I watched all of them and it's fun to hear what was going on both in your mind and physically and mechanically. You guys were awesome and I miss you both. :)
One specific myth I remember getting the Red light was I think something involving a treadmill or getting launched off the back of a truck but Grants group of the mythbusters did that one
That was one visual that has stuck in my memory even to this day (2023). The episode was about drunkenness. They would each drink an ounce and try the tests, both mental and physical. I think they were also trying out "Myths" about what would keep or make you more sober. Exercising was one of the myths and to do that they each got on the tread mill to exercise. Well Adam was mostly blotto and tripped up, fell on the treadmill and was shot to the end and off! It was funny as hell to me. Another piece from that same myth was a slap in the face to bring you out of the drunken state. Hell, when Jamie slapped Adams' face, it was a hard one and almost knocked Adams' head off. I loved Mythbusters and would catch it as often as I could.
Happy new year! Loved the story with the steel, just goes to show the benefit of having multiple people with different ways of thinking working on things!
Those "Huh....oooooh" moments are one of my favorite parts about trying to make things. A little piece of information suddenly make a whole bunch of pieces click. Getting a whole bunch of makers in a space just making stuff would be awesome largely because of that type of information exchanging.
Adam, along with so many other people, I watched you while growing up and today I am an electronic engineer and maker. Thank you for everything you and the team have done. I miss Grant and Mythbusters but you guys will forever live on in my heart.
Here's an idea for testing the 'your face will stick that way' myth. I play french horn. I brought my wife to a conference once and she thought it was hilariously great that everyone had 'horn face' as she described it. So I agree that in the long term your face reflects how you use it. It seems plausible to get a bunch of people and see if it's guessable better than chance whether a person is a horn player or not. (You could swap out horn player for other instruments or professions potentially as well.)
It is, however, also true (a tautology in fact) that if you don't stop making a face, you will keep making that face, and so, in effect, your face will stay that way, at least in the short term 😆
We did something like this at my school. We had a bunch of middle school kids touring the highschool, and for some reason someone decided to see if they could pick the band kids out of a crowd. 6 of the 7 people they picked were trumpet players.
I am so impressed with your style of extemporaneous presentation. Apparently unedited, one shot and done. A giant vocabulary doesn’t ensure competent communication. You, sir are gifted with a comfortable, entertaining, and exception talent that few possess and I savor each moment of your presentation. Well done, sir. Exceptionally well done.
It's a shame that part where Jamie pulled you out of your office didn't make it on camera, that would have been such a cool thing to learn about on the show
"From Steelpan to Handpan In 2018 Colin was interviewed by Ray Funk about handpans." “The creator of the hydroforming process Colin Foulke calls himself a “problem solver” without formal engineering training who got interested in handpans and was hooked. Foulke began has experiments with handpans by employing various hand sinking techniques until a chance viewing of the television show Mythbusters demonstrated hydroforming. A light went on and developed his own method of the hydroforming for handpans. This method uses a pressure washer and metal forms and can sink a steelpan shell in just a few minutes. Now, over 40 manufacturers around the world use this method.”
Mythbusters was absolutely my favorite show I love rewatching the series and seeing the evolution of the show. Definitely love both Adam and Jamie they’re amazing people who were not afraid to try the unconventional methods to try and solve something no matter how small it was. Always happy to see you doing well Adam I love your videos. Happy New Year 🎆🎈🎊.
In recent years I've become more aware of parasocial relationships between people like me and a youtuber/celebrity, and learned to think of it differently than i would a relationship between friends. That being said, it's an absolute pleasure to be able to watch the process and follow along with one of the people who are the reason myself and many others are a scientist, a tinkerer, and mechanically inclined to this day. Watching the builds and tool tips feels genuinely like if Bill Nye met up with the Doc from Back to the future. Happy new year Adam 🎉 and thank you for inspiring great things.
I thought it was Jamie who wanted to do that. I thought I recalled him saying how safe it actually was, and how he can't believe the execs or insurance would have a problem with it.
I thought that was more the credit card companys that blocked that one. Discovery was willing, but when they contacted the CC places I think they balked.
Probably bigger than discovery there, doesn’t seem like the kind of thing corporations and governments want people to know. It’s effectively encouraging crime
I know it's similiar but different world, having watched some non destructive testing that didn't go as planned and ate up a whole week was not fun. But the other hand was I'd been around some pretty bad malfunctions in machinery before so it was kinda expected too.
That compact compact has to one of those myths where the odds are against you. Unless you can get the trucks to hit the beetle 100% perfectly, you can neither prove or disprove the myth.
Adam it's so good to see you again man. I miss Jamie. My dad's a Communications engineer and I grew up watching you guys. You instilled a love for engineering in me. Didn't go on to make a career of it although I wish I did. But I consider myself a rudimentary tinkerer. And an engineering mindset and my basic comprehension has served me well in my career. Thank you.
Was so surprised to see their soft drinks everywhere in SF when I was there - and strangely a wider range than you normally find here in AU. Reckon he is ready for the Bundaberg Rum though? haha
Thank you so much for coming back on that weekend, because that episode is what made me fall in love with Mythbusters and by extension science and scepticism and the scientific method. I owe much if my outlook on the world to watching a car get smashed between two trucks, and I wouldn't have it any other way
Just wanted to take a minute and express how influential you and Jaime have been to my life. My children absolutely loved Mythbusters (though we all miss seeing new episodes). As a matter of fact I started a successful handyman service being motivated by you all. I just recently discovered your channel on you tube and I couldn't be happier about it. You all put out soo much love, integrity and positivity into the world. I just want to thank you and send our love. You're a good person Adam. Keep up the great work you do.
Hey Adam. That technique is called bulge press forming. I work for an aircraft manufacturer (NOT Boeing) and that is one way we put shapes in various inconel parts. It is amazing what can be done with water pressure.
From the little bit of research I did it appears the drum is from the islands known as "Steelpan" there is a similar drum that could also be made by hydroforming called a "handpan" but that would require a bit of extra work.
Whenever I look back at my career I realize that my combination of machining, welding/fabricating, assembly, and mechanical engineering knowledge and experience perfectly qualifies me to be a mythbuster. It just sounds like the coolest job ever.
OMG, as a long time musician those steel drums have been made by hammering them together forever. That’s amazing to me that you improved how they make them.
Are they pronounced "sheeves" or "shivs"? This is a constant debate at work. Management and team leads say it's shiv, the customer and the engineers on the floor say sheeve.
@@FurryWrecker911 SHEAVE- technically pronounced shēv (sheeve) but has been known to be referred to in nautical terms as a "shiver", pretty much sailor slang for sheave on second thought that'd probably be where the so well known pirate phrase "shiver me timbers" came from, or vice versa. Ya learn something new every day!
@@mrmeestah6177 shiver me timbers means the wood in the boat is splitting. A sheave is a specific type of pulley. There are all sorts of pulleys that exist.
@@mrmeestah6177 I've heard that an order to "shiver timbers" means, specifically, to fire on the masts in order to disable a ship without sinking her. I could be wrong.
You know, the first time I watched that pancake VW episode, I was screaming at the screen for you guys to just put the semis on train tracks to keep them in line. Did you ever consider that, and if so, was there a reason you didn't/couldn't do that? Also, Happy New Year.
Setting up train tracks can be difficult and time consuming. In retrospect it may have been the better idea. But, at the time would have seemed like a lot of extra work and expense with the hope that their plan would work out.
Always a pleasure to hear the stories behind the scenes! I believe the miniature steel drum you are referring to is the 'Hang Drum' beautiful instrument and would make absolute sense for them to be formed using the method described!
I have to thank you all from Myth Busters, you brought some cool concepts surrounding fact finding to my living room which paired really nicely with my pursuit inechanical function and design. Mythbusters indirectly provided me with a source of perspective that was rather RAM like but instead of memory RAP random access perspective. Thank you for years of scientific and engineering entertainment. I am also thrilled to see that I can still binge on your pursuits but with more of a shop talk perspective.
“Discovery would free up the money and time for us to do the episode” Yeah, I’m gonna call BS on that. Or did the RFID episode sneak out and I didn’t see it.
Now it’s official. I now have two favourites episodes from Mythbusters: The episide with the exploding cement truck, and the one I saw on replay yesterday…:The truck plowing through cars! I was in tears… 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
When I was assigned to U.S.S. Camden (AOE-2) we paid a port call at NAS Alameda. I only came to know of the air station's decommissioning by watching "Myth Busters."
I think the instrument you were talking about whose manufacturing changed due to that Mythbusters segment is the Hang Drum since it's made out of a metal bubble/hemisphere sort of thing.
We miss you guys so much! I am so glad you are still active because I could not imagine life without you! It’s because of you guys that my son is going to be a structural engineer! Thank you! Happy new year!
The 1' inch thick oval plates Jamie made to make that possible were also used in the episode with the episode: Amphibious Bicycle. Where Adam and Jamie tested one amphibious bicycle made from empty water fountain jugs in a swimming pool (Built by Adam to match a same style which was inspired by a internet image) to then later crossing a lake where Adam and Jamie raced. Jamie used this technique to make a set of 4x water pontoons for his amphibious bicycle. (This is thee only other example of this technique I can think of that was on screen during the run of mythbusters.)
I was present with a front row seat when two tractor-trailers were pried apart on I-80 in Nevada. They found a completely flattened car between them. I will never forget it.
At 2:00 -- I once read that Abe Lincoln was about to choose a Cabinet member, but all his advisors wanted someone else. "I don't like the way he looks," said Lincoln. "No one can control the way they look!" his advisors responded. "He can by the time he's 40 (years old)" was the explanation.
Seeing "what happened" was way better than seeing "what to do" with statements ranging from, "I reject your reality and substitute my own." to, "Apparently I need a cookie." Holding up a mangled part and saying, "Well, there's your problem." Thoroughly love your present format. Especially leaving politics out of it. I can't avoid it elsewhere and I love that this is an oasis of non-political respite. Really! Thanks!
Adam, where did you get that Nostromo shirt!? It looks awesome! I want one! I grew up watching Mythbusters and have major nostalgia hearing about these episodes. I'm glad you're still engaging with us like this!
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I believe you were referring to the steelpan drum or calypso steel drum? m.th-cam.com/video/YySsRyRHWew/w-d-xo.html
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Everyone always gets so concerned with the relationship between Adam and Jamie, but can we just appreciate the fact that Jamie pulled Adam out of his office for the sole reason of sharing a new piece of knowledge/understanding? He knew and understood exactly what Adam would take from that failed attempt?
That is the best kind of working relationship.
They weren't/aren't friends, but they have something even better: tremendous mutual respect
they had a strange realtionship which is work relationship, by not being very frieds. idk how :)
I have heard that in the early episodes, the producers/people holding the strings, tried to manufacture conflict between Adam and Jamie, so to adhere to classic reality-show cliches somewhat more. But then they eventually gave up.
I have had great working relationships with most people in my 25 years of being a professional (insert my profession at the time), but RARELY ever spent personal time with any of them. And usually, I felt uncomfortable in the scenario. I don't want to be friends with my coworkers, I have friends for that.
That is why it was such a great show that lasted as long as it did.
I learned after Mythbusters ended that Adam and Jamie didn't get along super well, but after watching several of these videos it's clear that they both had a great deal of respect for each other; what an amazing pair of people!
They had respect for each other but they never hung out after work or considered each other true friends. It’s like having your work buddies and your real friends
they did get alone and enjoyed working together but didnt have a friendship outside of the show
I mean they just weren’t close friends. They were good colleagues, and that’s enough.
Fully, FULLY agreed. To be able to seamlessly and efficaciously work for over a decade with a person you don’t at all like is just the epitome of professionalism and mutual respect.
Honestly, for a long time, I thought they were lovers. Yin Yang soulmates.
Adam: "Wow. I fundamentally understand steel in a way I didn't five minutes ago."
Jamie: "I know. That's why I brought you down."
I love that so much. Taking something that didn't go as planned and turning it into a learning experience.
This was an epiphany shared. Not only that but a understanding and respect for your partner to see that they would get it, and gain from the experience.
It says more that Adam had to be notified of a big bang...
@@Vamptonius Maybe loud noises were a common occurrence in the shop.
@@scottbartlett4853 ikr. The first thing that came to Jamie's mind was "I need to show Adam" and then Adam realizing what happened without Jamie's input perfectly shows how alike their thought process is. Great minds that think alike.
I can just imagine a floating moustache and Adam doing his voice impression.
6:26 Just here to say that I am the guy who told Adam about how we were hydroforming Handpans. I am thankful that I had the opportunity to let him know and to shake his hand and say thanks on behalf of our industry.
Here's my story on how I developed the first hydro machine for our industry based on Mythbusters.
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Fascinating video, watched the whole thing and checked out your website too. Looks like you’ve continued to innovate since doing the hydroforming.
@@ColinFoulke Interesting!
Out of curiosity, you mentiopn your machine takes around 6 minutes, how long does hand forming a pan take?
@@ColinFoulke Oh wow! That's a significant improement!
That's incredibly awesome, thank you for sharing!!
what i love the most about mythbusters is that, even to this date, and from very young people, you'd hear "no, that is/isn't true, mythbusters have proven it" and everyone would just accept it like the absolute truth. man, thats a level of science you can't get everywhere. thank you so much for that.
I don’t know if “actually Mythbuster proved it, that’s the absolute truth” is the legacy that they would want from Mythbusters. Much better would be “Mythbusters did an experiment that suggested it’s not true, but what if we revised the hypothesis a little/refined the experiment somewhat and did a test of our own?”
I do this all the time with driving while on the phone.
@@Pablo360able Did you *not* see the 'do *not* try this at home' disclaimer on literally every episode?
@@cavalieroutdoors6036 the mythbusters didn't do any of their tests at home either, what's your point
@@cavalieroutdoors6036 That for the lawyers! Jamie and Adam would themselves absolutely want us to try this at home!
I'm just going to put this here, I grew up in the group home system as a misbehaved kid. I used to force all the kids in our grouphome to let me put in Mythbusters whenever it was aired. It was one of the few things at that difficult time that really brought me happiness and helped shape the way I think and do things today. Thank you Adam and Jamie and the rest of the team, yall were like parents/teachers I never had at home.
Aye brother went through placement aswell.
Youre valid and loved man by someone.
Never give up on being you.
I used to be in treatment centers and group homes
I genuinely hope things are going better for you these days.
I also was in residential centers, group homes, and youth correctional centers. I wasn't a bad kid I just needed some good parenting to keep me out of trouble. For me the Mythbusters came after 18 but they kept me out of alot of trouble. Happy to say now 42and never been in trouble with the law after the age of 17
2:58 It is true that, if you held your face in exactly the same position for a year or two, your muscles would freeze like that. I'm a paraplegic and I haven't walked in over 10 years. My ankles froze into a neutral position about a year and a half in. I was also told by my physical therapy team not to sleep sitting up too much because I would end up locked in a sitting position. If you don't stretch your muscles, they do freeze.
Thank you for this.
Similar but different experience, my dog was paralyzed this time last year and even with physical therapy it took us six months to unlock her toes to get them to bend again. She's walking decently now and is as happy as ever
Isn't that like frozen shoulder? When I busted my shoulder, my doctor told me to try and move it (in very small increments ofcourse) as soon as I could, as long as it didn't hurt otherwise it would lock up from lack of motion.
@@rogue3398 Blessings be upon you for your dedication to your doggy friend.
@@OverMotoren Same with anything, I have goats and if they get attacked by a dog or whatever you need to get them up and about again asap or they freeze up. While they are down you need to work their joints thru the full range of movement a few times every few hours or they (muscles) shrink up and lactic acid builds up which greatly restricts movement to the stage they can't walk. Reversing it can take your time for a couple of days and is painful for the goat. Any more than say, 5 or 6 days down and it's a dead goat (not) walking.
You might not see this Adam, but you guys helped a young kid through so many days of pain in the hospital in the early 2000s. That kid was me; I want to thank you for that. I know I am not alone. I am rewatching every episode of MythBusters on MAX this month and it's reminded me of all the times the show was on the tv while I was in the hospital bed. Thank you for all your work and getting my mind off the pain, please pass on this thank you to Jamie. A fan for life, Jamie C.
Back then mythbusters was discovery's golden goose. I can see the people in charge saying "anything they want to do, let them do it." Within the budget of course.
When Discovery stopped the early-season shenanigins like dirtying white shirts and forcing competitive breakdowns, and let the guys have their heads, yes, they started to make real TV.
The concept of 'reality' TV was shown to be the control-freak crap it was, and collaboration and exploration was shown to be the success it is.
'reality' tv is what killed tv. its fake as hell. loaded to the gills with manufactured drama.
@@cmdraftbrn Just like in every industry, the lowest common denominator enjoys it enough that it's worth doing it since it's a much cheaper way to make tv. Profits before the art.
Discovery would let them do whatever, sure. Its the insurance company they needed to convince
It was the last and only reason I hung on to cable TV as long as I did. I finally dropped cable and watched MythBusters on Amazon instead and never looked back to the rest of the garbage that was on. Is was a real shame that Discovery and TLC turned into total crap reality and showed the real and fake sleaze that America had become. I can only imagine how bad it must be now that we've crossed into the idiocracy.
I've been a teacher of physics for 30 years. I have no higher compliment I could give to the Mythbusters concept and Adam and Jamie and the others than to say that I have long wished to have the budget, space, and time to have the lab experiences in physics courses be more like Mythbusters. No greater learning experience could have been given to students than to present something to be tested, have them work out how they would test it, how would they measure it, and how they would analyze the results. It would have been wicked.
The instrument Adam is referring to is called Hang or Handpan.
Thank you!
Came here to say this. 😂
Thanks, so then i had to find a video of it of course
th-cam.com/video/ZT6kW7QjrPM/w-d-xo.html
I have known that instrument as a pantam.
this name reflects the influence of the Indian Ghatam
What episode of myth busters was this
I absolutely loved Mythbusters growing up.. it shaped my problem solving abilities that has helped me in life in the most mysterious ways..
by the way, the disappearing cement truck changed a few standards in the military for safe blast radius measures. Just saying.
One of the Most Iconic Adam Breaking point moments for me has to the Myth ping pong ball raising a boat. Adam needs a cookie is a line I will never forget after Jamie and Adam had a on screen disagreement over ways to do the myth
I seem to remember that line being said a few times, and it made me think that Adam was diabetic.
Any idea which episode it was?
@@newtscamander2461 i'm fairly sure the "Adam needs a cookie" line came from the killler quicksand episode.
@@thegardenofeatin5965 I don't have the source on-hand, but later on one of Adam or Jamie said that the line wasn't actually the snarky dismissal it came across as on-air. Basically, diabetic or not, Adam would get so wrapped up in his work that he would forget to eat. That would affect his blood sugar, which in turn would affect his mood and make him grumpy. So "Adam needs a cookie" was a legitimate suggestion in the sense of "He needs to freakin' eat something, that'll put him in a better mood."
@@EmptyeyeDotCom and thus begat, 'you're not you when you're hungry'.
Which snickers took full advantage of.
7:38 this is why Adam is awesome. He doesn't stop at just answering the question, he goes full tilt gets visual aids, which being awesome he has lying around his workshop, and makes sure as many people as possible are going to understand the thing he is explaning.
I am now addicted to this channel. I've watched almost all of the Mythbusters episodes, and I love these "Monday morning" unpacking of some of the things that we didn't see or know or think of at the time.
Adam, the energy that you bring to anything where curiosity is involved... It's contagious and delightful. I couldn't watch one of your videos and not be smiling by the end if I tried.
Thank you for your comment - we’ll pass it along to Adam!
What amazes me about Adam is his power of recollection in these. There is no way I would be able to give such concise information about a thing that I did that many years ago with such vivid detail. Thank you, Adam. You're a treasure to us all.
When you are exited and enthusiastic about what you are doing as Adam was there are things that stand out, like we all remember our favourite myths they busted or not and how they did it.
The show worked so well because Jamie was the solid practicality contrasting Adam's exuberance nature.
No question the chemistry and dynamics between the two hosts, and eventually the two teams, was key to the show's success. I love me some Mythbusters.
The Straight Man + Foil combo never fails, it's awesome.
The "Odd Couple" of the science world.
Yeah. Perfect Storm. They were like the Mr. Roger's of explosions.
Yes, he has said as much - and it's also the reason he doubts they will ever work together again.
Just thinking about steel drums similar in size to the “torpedo” Adam talks about, odds are the steel drum instrument Adam mentions are handpans. If I had to guess, hydroforming probably explains the shift from hand made instruments towards mass production in that industry over the last few years. Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.
Handpan seems to be the common name
Yeah steel drums tend to be one sided as well. I think they stamp them rather than hydroforming
I also suspect handpans (or what used to exclusively be a “hang”), and am kind of disappointed that there’s no official answer as Adam said there would be
Cheap saxophone corpuses are made the same way.. Probably because they invented this method as well :D
@@JB-fh1bb It's all but confirmed. These guys reference the mythbusters video here th-cam.com/video/Yf2ssRUMqAQ/w-d-xo.html
I’ve always enjoyed those “OOOHHHH, so if you do this, that happens.” Moments from the Mythbusters episodes. These EPIPHANY moments are what taught me how to problem solve.
And yeah, I remember the Truck Squish episodes. I could tell how frustrated both Adam and Jamie were with how many times these experiments failed…..
Watching them get excited over a new idea is one of the more joyous things in life.
It's nice of Dr. Octavius to hold Adam's phone for him. He gets a lot of grief, but he's not a bad guy.
I submitted the myth that one can't polish a turd, I was laughed off the discovery/mythbusters forum by moderators and the community, then about a year later they aired the episode.
That one was hilarious and oddly enlightening.
It was a great suggestion. This is Kristen, the GM of Tested who ran the MythBusters fan site and the forums. How were you laughed off by the mods?
@@tested *grabs popcorn * 🍿
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Isn't the whole saying "you can't polish a turd, but you can roll it in glitter"? That would be an easier one to prove.
Thank you so much for answering my question Adam! Also thanks to the Tested crew for making these livestreams happen.
Let me just say that I appreciate that you stuck with the "squished car" episode. That was one of the most interesting episodes ever (appealed to my inner 6 year old boy)!
Mythbusters reminds me of a story: A Manager went up to the CEO with a letter. It was his resignation. CEO asked about it and the Manager told him how a bad decision he made has cost the company a million dollars. CEO tore up the letter and said "Why would I let you go when I just spent a million dollars training you?".
Lovely story thank you
"I'm gonna put my cockpit and fart catcher away." That alone is worth all the time I've spent watching this channel. Humungous hugs back to you and all the crew for everything you put into making the videos and sharing them with us. I love all y'alls.
I've been binge watching Mythbusters through the pandemic, with everything you've said about how you and Jamie weren't friends, but had this unique working relationship.
What stands out again and again is when something worked as a result of both of you working together. Not to mention that moment where you both understood that the other person contributed to your understanding of how to manipulate ideas and materials to get to a final result.
That was a special collaboration, and I think (hope?) that you both realize that each of you made each other a much greater maker and thinker for having known each other.
Every time I see Adam do a Jaime impression, I learn something new about Jaime and appreciate the way y'all worked together more and more, despite the polar opposite personalities.
It makes me so happy that Adam still tells stories about Mythbusters even though it ended a while ago ! And somehow still has new stories for everything
i mean there was soooo much behind the scence they just couldn't or didnt have time to show.
sooooo much cut content.
Jamie and Adam are one of the most iconic duos in history. Thanks for all the content over the years.
"I know, that's why I brought you down" perfect Jamie impression.
Also assuming he had the same thought and realization, which is why he wanted you to see he? (Meaning because he had also figured it out, not because he needed you to figure it out, and was also entertained by watching you figure it out)
I will always have fond memories of you guys, Mike Rowe with Dirty Jobs and Bill Nye . We were always shown your episodes in school
Yes! The best ever shows👍
@@gohawks3571 I can do without Bill Nye lately
@@il400 Did I miss something? Not that I'm on top of people or whatever, but I don't follow...
@@gohawks3571 He's kind of a political shill lately
@@banjobill8420 agreed-completely
I could never give you yhe gratitude and appreciation I have for your endless passion for curiosity, learning, and teaching. I've learned so much from you here at Tested (as well as Mythbusters) and how much joy it gives you to explain and demonstrate with such generosity of time is tremendously inspiring. Thank you, Mr. Savage.
With the whole face aging part where he brings up the presidents, you see it even more in the military. Especially the Marine Corps. I had a 36 year old master sergeant who looked like he was in his mid 50s. When you do and see the things we do, it really puts a toll on your body in so many ways.
back in around '07 we got sent with ANGLICO to Darwin and the oic was this major that looked 12
I love hearing you talk about these Mythbuster episodes. I watched all of them and it's fun to hear what was going on both in your mind and physically and mechanically. You guys were awesome and I miss you both. :)
Is the metal drum a “handpan”? They’re so lovely sounding and just the right shape.
I was thinking “hang drum”
I watched a TH-cam video of hang drum duo and the tune was soothing
Handpan is correct. Hang is a brand name for the original.
One specific myth I remember getting the Red light was I think something involving a treadmill or getting launched off the back of a truck but Grants group of the mythbusters did that one
There was one that always comes to mind, was the RFID chip thing. Adam was doing a seminar or something and said they were told they couldn't air it.
That was one visual that has stuck in my memory even to this day (2023). The episode was about drunkenness. They would each drink an ounce and try the tests, both mental and physical. I think they were also trying out "Myths" about what would keep or make you more sober. Exercising was one of the myths and to do that they each got on the tread mill to exercise. Well Adam was mostly blotto and tripped up, fell on the treadmill and was shot to the end and off! It was funny as hell to me. Another piece from that same myth was a slap in the face to bring you out of the drunken state. Hell, when Jamie slapped Adams' face, it was a hard one and almost knocked Adams' head off.
I loved Mythbusters and would catch it as often as I could.
Happy new year! Loved the story with the steel, just goes to show the benefit of having multiple people with different ways of thinking working on things!
Those "Huh....oooooh" moments are one of my favorite parts about trying to make things. A little piece of information suddenly make a whole bunch of pieces click. Getting a whole bunch of makers in a space just making stuff would be awesome largely because of that type of information exchanging.
Adam, along with so many other people, I watched you while growing up and today I am an electronic engineer and maker. Thank you for everything you and the team have done. I miss Grant and Mythbusters but you guys will forever live on in my heart.
Hope 2022 is better for all here
Not holding out much hope but 🤞
War never changes
We lost Betty White in 2021, 2022 can't top that
Here's an idea for testing the 'your face will stick that way' myth. I play french horn. I brought my wife to a conference once and she thought it was hilariously great that everyone had 'horn face' as she described it. So I agree that in the long term your face reflects how you use it. It seems plausible to get a bunch of people and see if it's guessable better than chance whether a person is a horn player or not. (You could swap out horn player for other instruments or professions potentially as well.)
It is, however, also true (a tautology in fact) that if you don't stop making a face, you will keep making that face, and so, in effect, your face will stay that way, at least in the short term 😆
We did something like this at my school. We had a bunch of middle school kids touring the highschool, and for some reason someone decided to see if they could pick the band kids out of a crowd. 6 of the 7 people they picked were trumpet players.
Some of the R2 domes you get in the builders club are hydro formed (most are spin formed). I've one of the hydro domes and its great! :D
Lol, I was just thinking this! Although at the time I write this, the hydro-formed domes are pretty much the only option outside 3d printing.
Lee Towersey does standard spin formed laser cut domes.
I am so impressed with your style of extemporaneous presentation. Apparently unedited, one shot and done. A giant vocabulary doesn’t ensure competent communication. You, sir are gifted with a comfortable, entertaining, and exception talent that few possess and I savor each moment of your presentation. Well done, sir. Exceptionally well done.
It's a shame that part where Jamie pulled you out of your office didn't make it on camera, that would have been such a cool thing to learn about on the show
"From Steelpan to Handpan
In 2018 Colin was interviewed by Ray Funk about handpans."
“The creator of the hydroforming process Colin Foulke calls himself a “problem solver” without formal engineering training who got interested in handpans and was hooked. Foulke began has experiments with handpans by employing various hand sinking techniques until a chance viewing of the television show Mythbusters demonstrated hydroforming. A light went on and developed his own method of the hydroforming for handpans. This method uses a pressure washer and metal forms and can sink a steelpan shell in just a few minutes. Now, over 40 manufacturers around the world use this method.”
Mythbusters was absolutely my favorite show I love rewatching the series and seeing the evolution of the show. Definitely love both Adam and Jamie they’re amazing people who were not afraid to try the unconventional methods to try and solve something no matter how small it was. Always happy to see you doing well Adam I love your videos. Happy New Year 🎆🎈🎊.
4:05 easily my favourite episode of the show so thanks for sticking through ;)
In recent years I've become more aware of parasocial relationships between people like me and a youtuber/celebrity, and learned to think of it differently than i would a relationship between friends.
That being said, it's an absolute pleasure to be able to watch the process and follow along with one of the people who are the reason myself and many others are a scientist, a tinkerer, and mechanically inclined to this day.
Watching the builds and tool tips feels genuinely like if Bill Nye met up with the Doc from Back to the future. Happy new year Adam 🎉 and thank you for inspiring great things.
Man I love seeing Adam go off about things, hes just so earnest in his wonder and joy.
I think there was one occasion where staff didn't let the Built Team throw Tory off an active treadmill from the back of a moving truck.
Good decision, given Tory's bad luck with accidents!
I thought it was Jamie who wanted to do that. I thought I recalled him saying how safe it actually was, and how he can't believe the execs or insurance would have a problem with it.
I'm so glad you are here Adam!!🤘🏿🤓 Thank you for being you. Dude 🤘🏿🤓
Adam - "Discovery did not stop us from doing any myth we were interested in..."
Also Adam - "How hackable is R.F.I.D.?"
I thought that was more the credit card companys that blocked that one. Discovery was willing, but when they contacted the CC places I think they balked.
Probably bigger than discovery there, doesn’t seem like the kind of thing corporations and governments want people to know. It’s effectively encouraging crime
Nothing's funnier than people saying there's an answer in the comments, and then never giving one.
Thanks Adam, you're a real TH-camr.
Hey Adam, I'm actually from NJ and enjoyed the impersonation. Thanks again for the mention. I always enjoy your videos.
Adam is the best kind of nerd. Nothing but enthusiasm and love.
I know it's similiar but different world, having watched some non destructive testing that didn't go as planned and ate up a whole week was not fun. But the other hand was I'd been around some pretty bad malfunctions in machinery before so it was kinda expected too.
That's exactly why we watched it. Because you guys were able to do exactly what you needed to do to make your point. Make it entertaining.
Man I could listen to Adam talk all day.
Pictures of soldiers before and after deployments is another example.
For those that are wondering about the musical Instrument, I’m guessing it was some specific brand of handpan. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handpan
Came to the comments to find the answer to that question. Thank you!
I just watched Mythbusters with my kids like we used to.And now we're watching you here!!!!!🤘🏿🤓🤘🏿
That compact compact has to one of those myths where the odds are against you.
Unless you can get the trucks to hit the beetle 100% perfectly, you can neither prove or disprove the myth.
Adam it's so good to see you again man. I miss Jamie. My dad's a Communications engineer and I grew up watching you guys. You instilled a love for engineering in me. Didn't go on to make a career of it although I wish I did. But I consider myself a rudimentary tinkerer. And an engineering mindset and my basic comprehension has served me well in my career. Thank you.
Adam has been hanging out with Australians too long, love the Bundaberg ginger beer product placement!
He drinks it a LOT lately. Previously, he was in a Diet Snapple stage.
@@tested Their Sarsaparilla is nice too. I've been drinking one just now while listening to Adam.
Was so surprised to see their soft drinks everywhere in SF when I was there - and strangely a wider range than you normally find here in AU. Reckon he is ready for the Bundaberg Rum though? haha
Thank you so much for coming back on that weekend, because that episode is what made me fall in love with Mythbusters and by extension science and scepticism and the scientific method. I owe much if my outlook on the world to watching a car get smashed between two trucks, and I wouldn't have it any other way
Happy new year Adam and the Tested crew!
Thank you! Same to you and yours!
Just wanted to take a minute and express how influential you and Jaime have been to my life. My children absolutely loved Mythbusters (though we all miss seeing new episodes). As a matter of fact I started a successful handyman service being motivated by you all. I just recently discovered your channel on you tube and I couldn't be happier about it. You all put out soo much love, integrity and positivity into the world. I just want to thank you and send our love. You're a good person Adam. Keep up the great work you do.
Always love your Mythbusters stories!
As an Aussie who LOVES Ginger Beer. Its Awesome to see you Adam drinking our very famous Bundaberg Ginger Beer. Love ya show. Love Myth Busters
Hey Adam. That technique is called bulge press forming. I work for an aircraft manufacturer (NOT Boeing) and that is one way we put shapes in various inconel parts. It is amazing what can be done with water pressure.
Hydroforming?
I can say with absolute 100 per cent confidence that i am not getting anywhere near 60 psi out of my faucet
I give credit to myth busters for sparking my interest in mechanical and electrical engineering. Cheers!
From the little bit of research I did it appears the drum is from the islands known as "Steelpan" there is a similar drum that could also be made by hydroforming called a "handpan" but that would require a bit of extra work.
A handpan perhaps was the instrument?
That’s what I was thinking.
Excellent choice with the Bundaberg soda. The ginger beer is absolutely delicious.
Ha props for the Joe Py impression - terrible as it may’ve been ☺️ Awesome that you watch him!
Whenever I look back at my career I realize that my combination of machining, welding/fabricating, assembly, and mechanical engineering knowledge and experience perfectly qualifies me to be a mythbuster.
It just sounds like the coolest job ever.
I wonder what the steel drum is called 🤔
Think he might be talking about the handpan/steelpan (UFO like metal drum)
HANGPAN
OMG, as a long time musician those steel drums have been made by hammering them together forever. That’s amazing to me that you improved how they make them.
Am I the only one that thinks the flatus container should have been called the Flatus
Aperatus
Retrieval
Thing
Or F.A.R.T. for short
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@@NoName-zn1sb YES
For anyone curious, when you become an engineer, you start calling pulleys 'sheaves'
Are they pronounced "sheeves" or "shivs"? This is a constant debate at work. Management and team leads say it's shiv, the customer and the engineers on the floor say sheeve.
@@FurryWrecker911 SHEAVE- technically pronounced shēv (sheeve) but has been known to be referred to in nautical terms as a "shiver", pretty much sailor slang for sheave
on second thought that'd probably be where the so well known pirate phrase "shiver me timbers" came from, or vice versa. Ya learn something new every day!
@@mrmeestah6177 shiver me timbers means the wood in the boat is splitting. A sheave is a specific type of pulley. There are all sorts of pulleys that exist.
@@mrmeestah6177 @nubreed13
Holy smokes, that's where that phrase comes from!
@@mrmeestah6177 I've heard that an order to "shiver timbers" means, specifically, to fire on the masts in order to disable a ship without sinking her. I could be wrong.
I just love that you have two bottles of Bundaberg ginger beer on your table. That drink is made about 100km from where I live.
You know, the first time I watched that pancake VW episode, I was screaming at the screen for you guys to just put the semis on train tracks to keep them in line. Did you ever consider that, and if so, was there a reason you didn't/couldn't do that?
Also, Happy New Year.
Excellent!
Setting up train tracks can be difficult and time consuming. In retrospect it may have been the better idea. But, at the time would have seemed like a lot of extra work and expense with the hope that their plan would work out.
no train track needed, just a lot of C channel that the truck tires fit into to guide them.
I think that may have been something they couldn't do on the runway, honestly.
Always a pleasure to hear the stories behind the scenes! I believe the miniature steel drum you are referring to is the 'Hang Drum' beautiful instrument and would make absolute sense for them to be formed using the method described!
Mythbusters and Dirty Jobs... I miss those days!
Dirty Jobs is coming back!
I have to thank you all from Myth Busters, you brought some cool concepts surrounding fact finding to my living room which paired really nicely with my pursuit inechanical function and design. Mythbusters indirectly provided me with a source of perspective that was rather RAM like but instead of memory RAP random access perspective. Thank you for years of scientific and engineering entertainment. I am also thrilled to see that I can still binge on your pursuits but with more of a shop talk perspective.
“Discovery would free up the money and time for us to do the episode”
Yeah, I’m gonna call BS on that. Or did the RFID episode sneak out and I didn’t see it.
I was stationed at Alameda NAS at MARTD (Marine Air Reserve Training Detachment) from 1965 to 1971.Our squadron of A4 Skyhawks used that runway!
Now it’s official. I now have two favourites episodes from Mythbusters: The episide with the exploding cement truck, and the one I saw on replay yesterday…:The truck plowing through cars! I was in tears… 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
When I was assigned to U.S.S. Camden (AOE-2) we paid a port call at NAS Alameda. I only came to know of the air station's decommissioning by watching "Myth Busters."
I think the instrument you were talking about whose manufacturing changed due to that Mythbusters segment is the Hang Drum since it's made out of a metal bubble/hemisphere sort of thing.
We miss you guys so much! I am so glad you are still active because I could not imagine life without you! It’s because of you guys that my son is going to be a structural engineer! Thank you! Happy new year!
The 1' inch thick oval plates Jamie made to make that possible were also used in the episode with the episode: Amphibious Bicycle. Where Adam and Jamie tested one amphibious bicycle made from empty water fountain jugs in a swimming pool (Built by Adam to match a same style which was inspired by a internet image) to then later crossing a lake where Adam and Jamie raced. Jamie used this technique to make a set of 4x water pontoons for his amphibious bicycle. (This is thee only other example of this technique I can think of that was on screen during the run of mythbusters.)
I was present with a front row seat when two tractor-trailers were pried apart on I-80 in Nevada. They found a completely flattened car between them. I will never forget it.
I remember the episode with the truck's, that was a tough one, and the amount of trucks used
At 2:00 -- I once read that Abe Lincoln was about to choose a Cabinet member, but all his advisors wanted someone else. "I don't like the way he looks," said Lincoln. "No one can control the way they look!" his advisors responded. "He can by the time he's 40 (years old)" was the explanation.
Adam, you are an absolute joy to watch. You are definitely in my top 10 favorite humans.
Seeing "what happened" was way better than seeing "what to do" with statements ranging from, "I reject your reality and substitute my own." to, "Apparently I need a cookie." Holding up a mangled part and saying, "Well, there's your problem." Thoroughly love your present format. Especially leaving politics out of it. I can't avoid it elsewhere and I love that this is an oasis of non-political respite. Really!
Thanks!
Adam, where did you get that Nostromo shirt!? It looks awesome! I want one!
I grew up watching Mythbusters and have major nostalgia hearing about these episodes. I'm glad you're still engaging with us like this!
We did a video on it! th-cam.com/video/j7HiJWulFdo/w-d-xo.html