What kind of poll.A mythbusters thread isn't complete without an Adam or Jamie poll!
What kind of poll.
No.Are the mythbusters a remake of ghost busters?
via wikipedia,Are the mythbusters a remake of ghost busters?
MythBusters is an American pop science television program on the Discovery Channel starring special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, who use their skills and expertise to test the validity of various rumors and urban legends in popular culture. The show, narrated by Robert Lee, is filmed primarily at M5 Industries Hyneman's special effects workshop and in the surrounding San Francisco Bay Area.
wikipedia said:M5 Industries (M5i) is a visual effects company located in San Francisco, California whose primary focus is special effects props for commercials and film, stop motion animation, and animatronic puppets, they also extend into prototype development and various display projects.
M5 Industries has produced special effects for many commercials, such as a motorized 7 Up machine that shoots soda cans at people and a remote-controlled shoe for Nike. The company's previous works date back to The Right Stuff (1983).
The company was founded by Jamie Hyneman, co-host of MythBusters with Adam Savage on the Discovery Channel. The show is taped primarily in the M5 shop.
The name M5 is a misnomer. The company originally intended to be named after MI6 which provided James Bond with his gadgets in the movies.
and then blow it up.
I was surprised by the one where they test the trucks to see which one goes farther on one tank of gas. One with the tailgate up, one with the tailgate down.
I can't believe tailgate down won.
I was surprised by the one where they test the trucks to see which one goes farther on one tank of gas. One with the tailgate up, one with the tailgate down.
I can't believe tailgate down won.
FWIW, I get better mileage when I drop the tailgate on my truck. Which I generally do anytime there's no loose crap in the bed.
I wanted their jobs up until the episode with the dead pigs in the Corvette. I definitely did not envy them that day.