# Do Adam & Jamie (from Mythbusters) get on that well? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 4, 2008, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adam-jamie-from-mythbusters-get-on-that-well/447992 "2008-05-04T10:55:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2011, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adam-jamie-from-mythbusters-get-on-that-well/447992/121 "2011-10-22T23:10:28Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > I think there needs to be a word for “get along just fine other than occasionally annoying each other, but aren’t really friends in any way,” because whenever Adam says “Jamie and I don’t like each other,” people take that as “they hate each other.” It’s a sentiment you don’t hear people voice that often in this kind of context, especially in public, so “we don’t like each other” is usually taken to mean “we dislike each other.” When I posted earlier I hadn’t seen the excavator episode, but now I have- and at the end of the rowing segment, Adam does say something very close to ‘this is an example of how Jamie and I work well together even though we don’t like each other.’ What they are is coworkers. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adam-jamie-from-mythbusters-get-on-that-well/447992/122 "2011-10-23T04:53:20Z")
> [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](#): > > I think [Jessi Combs](http://web.mac.com/jessicombs/jessi_combs/galleria/Pages/portfolio.html#3) (who subbed for Kari while Kari was on maternity leave) is at least as hot, and maybe just a little hotter, than Kari. Agreed, and IMO, hotter. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adam-jamie-from-mythbusters-get-on-that-well/447992/123 "2011-10-23T06:53:26Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > It’s a sentiment you don’t hear people voice that often in this kind of context, especially in public, so “we don’t like each other” is usually taken to mean “we dislike each other.” When I posted earlier I hadn’t seen the excavator episode, but now I have- and at the end of the rowing segment, Adam does say something very close to ‘this is an example of how Jamie and I work well together even though we don’t like each other.’ What they are is coworkers. I think they’ve both been asked this question enough, together and in public, that Adam didn’t feel it worth hem-hawing over. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adam-jamie-from-mythbusters-get-on-that-well/447992/124 "2011-10-26T15:12:49Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > Sorry to keep you waiting. [Try it now.](http://www.lfexaminer.com/IMG_0322.JPG)(Hit “refresh” if it hasn’t changed.) > > And thanks for the chance to let me show it off again! > > (Of course, now that I’m a married man, I no longer have fantasies about Kari or any one other than my wonderful wife.) Aww, much better! ---
**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adam-jamie-from-mythbusters-get-on-that-well/447992/125 "2011-10-27T22:04:29Z")
> [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](#): > > I think [Jessi Combs](http://web.mac.com/jessicombs/jessi_combs/galleria/Pages/portfolio.html#3) (who subbed for Kari while Kari was on maternity leave) is at least as hot, and maybe just a little hotter, than Kari. Holy HotRod! Some of those pictures are stunning! Those curves! Those --uh…headlights! Oh, and who’s the blonde sitting astride, anyway? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adam-jamie-from-mythbusters-get-on-that-well/447992/126 "2011-10-27T22:41:24Z")
I really miss some of the Adam/Jamie interaction from the first few series, when the show had so much more of a “backstage” feel to it, and you could actually see them interact for real. These days, they mostly just come across as… a couple of television presenters. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adam-jamie-from-mythbusters-get-on-that-well/447992/127 "2011-10-28T01:19:18Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > I really miss some of the Adam/Jamie interaction from the first few series, when the show had so much more of a “backstage” feel to it, and you could actually see them interact for real. These days, they mostly just come across as… a couple of television presenters. One of my favorite moments from the early seasons was one experiment where you could tell Adam and Jamie were getting on each other’s nerves. I think it was the first time Adam did his fingers impression of Jamie’s mustache. They don’t do that as much anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adam-jamie-from-mythbusters-get-on-that-well/447992/128 "2011-10-28T06:59:46Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > I really miss some of the Adam/Jamie interaction from the first few series, when the show had so much more of a “backstage” feel to it, and you could actually see them interact for real. These days, they mostly just come across as… a couple of television presenters. I agree. Particularly now that the show has run out of good myths, they should go to a one-myth-per-ep format and rotate between the build teams, showing more of the building stage and so on. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adam-jamie-from-mythbusters-get-on-that-well/447992/129 "2011-10-28T15:13:51Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > One of my favorite moments from the early seasons was one experiment where you could tell Adam and Jamie were getting on each other’s nerves. I think it was the first time Adam did his fingers impression of Jamie’s mustache. They don’t do that as much anymore. Actually, Grant was the one who came up with that move. I don’t think he did it on TV first (if ever), but Adam admits it was Grant’s invention. ---
**Author:** ![calgarywino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@calgarywino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calgarywino)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adam-jamie-from-mythbusters-get-on-that-well/447992/130 "2012-06-13T15:21:39Z")
I have been curious about this for a while and had my suspicions since they are so polar opposite in their personalities. In the “Duct Tape Plane” episode in the sequence where Adam amd Jamie have to row a barge to shore with excavators Adam actually admits to them not getting along but being able to work together well in getting their effort coordinated. However as unfeasible as it seems, his statement could be just a dramtic device ! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adam-jamie-from-mythbusters-get-on-that-well/447992.md?page=6)