Also self-confidence. Some people would have been afraid to suggest hiring somebody else. Discovery could easily have decided to hire Adam instead of Jamie rather than hire them both as co-hosts.
No one’s mentioned the Rolling Stones in this thread. Don’t Keith and Mick detest each other?
This. There’s clearly no real animosity between them, but outside of their work they have nothing in common. Lots of people at my work fit the same criteria. We work well together, and don’t socialize outside of work. If we were on TV, it would look pretty similar.
Penn and Teller are another good example. Great chemistry on screen, separate lives off.
I get where you’re coming from. I can’t tell you how hard I laughed - literally rolling on the floor - when I found out AFTER reading this Onion article that Punkin Chunkin was a real show by seeing a commercial spot for it on the Discovery Channel… But I still love the Mythbusters show in particular because unlike some of its imitators in spirit, they exhibit scientific value in their process not their actions. They always analyze and debate how reasonable what their approach is before going about doing it, and usually do some sanity check trials first on smaller samples or scales too.
More importantly, they often change the whole direction of a series of experiments midstream when it becomes clear that their initial hypothesis was wrong, and they’re not afraid to revisit old myths (and, often, prove their previous conclusions wrong in doing so) if fans point out errors in their methodology.
The de-evolution of channels like Discovery and the History Channel into mindless redneck fodder is real and sad. But blaming it on Adam and Jamie rather than the idiot execs who misunderstand what makes “Mythbusters” great is like blaming J.R.R. Tolkien for the existence of “Eragon.”
Laurel and Hardy WEREN’T friends, it’s true, but they weren’t constantly feuding or at odds.Abbott and Costello OFTEN fought, because both had big egos and strong opinions.It wasn’t like that with Laurel & Hardy- Oliver Hardy had enormous respect for Stan Laurel, who was the undisputed boss of the team,. Hardy was usually happy to do whatever Laurel decided would work best.
They rarely socialized because their interests and their circles of friends were so different. That is, at the end of the day, Oliver Hardy didn’t groan, “Thank God I can get away from that jerk Stan.” Rather, it was more like, "Well, I’m off to play golf. See you tomorrow, Stan. "
Sorry to keep you waiting. Try it now.(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.)
I saw a loop of Discovery Channel, edited, Kari butt shots for download, on a celebrity site, the other day. I wasn’t quite that desperate.
Don’t get me wrong, it is certainly voyeuristic ephemera of quite some value, but I would just feel dirty.
Link please.
Oh yeah…
I can’t believe you guys are discussing Kari’s butt like this. Time to change the topic.
Does anyone else think that Kari’s boobs are bigger this season? Seriously, I even watched a DVD of an earlier season to confirm this.
Having a baby will do that.
I think Jessi Combs (who subbed for Kari while Kari was on maternity leave) is at least as hot, and maybe just a little hotter, than Kari.
There was a Christmas episode within the last couple of years in which they did a gift exchange that was so forced and awkward that if I had thought they were friends, I wouldn’t havfe after seeing that.
However, if they actively don’t like each other, that’s disappointing.
I don’t see why people are disappointed to hear Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage are buddies. I don’t think they hate each other. They’re just two people who work well together but don’t have the personalities to be friends.
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.”
Hm, yes she is cute, but Kari has a sparkle that just boosts her appeal.
Acquaintance.
It’s just that when people see two guys on TV who are always together, they assume they are always together when they aren’t on TV. Except, if you’re on a show with a guy, you’re already spending most of the day with them, and now you wanna get together on the weekends and play golf with them?
Matt and Trey may be hetero life partners, but most people who work together on TV aren’t.