# Things you notice watching a Mythbusters marathon **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 25, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549 "2011-09-25T14:02:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549/41 "2011-09-26T00:12:21Z")
Rather a crude way to phrase it, but I can certainly understand the sentiment. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549/42 "2011-09-26T00:17:03Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Adam went through a lengthy period of doing lots of “funny voices” on camera. He seems to have dialed it back a little, which is fine with me. A little of that is OK, but I swear there were some episodes where he did the entire thing in a fake Cockney accent or whatever. If one of my co-workers did that, I’d strangle them. > > One of my other favorite awkward/awesome moments is when Scottie (Oh, how I miss her) and Kari goaded Tory into trying to jump that wagon on his bicycle, and he did a massive face-plant onto the concrete as a result. > > IIRC, Scottie is the only other woman who’s actually been in the cast. The other women who have been on the show were either one-season “Mythterns” or Kari’s maternity replacement or whatever. There was one other woman who was on rather frequently for a short period of time. The one that got burned with the gobstopper-- dark hair, button nose. She did seem far too emotional for Mythbusters. She cried, not because she got burned but because she freaked when she got burned. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549/43 "2011-09-26T00:21:18Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Rather a crude way to phrase it, but I can certainly understand the sentiment. My apologies. You just go back to your tea and crumpets, Lord Thistlewick. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549/44 "2011-09-26T00:32:21Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > I notice my boner every time Kari is on camera. Almost Swiftian in its rapier-like subtlety. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549/45 "2011-09-26T00:34:56Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > There was one other woman who was on rather frequently for a short period of time. The one that got burned with the gobstopper-- dark hair, button nose. She did seem far too emotional for Mythbusters. She cried, not because she got burned but because she freaked when she got burned. That would be [Christine Chamberlain](http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/meet/christine-chamberlain.html), who won a Discovery Channel contest (she really had no other qualifications) and was on the show for season two and the first part of season three. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549/46 "2011-09-26T01:19:34Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I can’t wait until they guillotine someone to see if the head retains conscienceness. Be nice if it was that narrator. Apparently the British audience gets a British announcer who is even worse. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549/47 "2011-09-26T01:45:43Z")
Mythbuster’s editor must have a lot of DVR stock, because the show is perfect for it. It’s a little known fact that entire Mybuster catalogue, sans recaps, is only 55 minutes long. It was shot over the course of a single Labor Day Weekend in 2002. ---
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549/48 "2011-09-26T02:11:27Z")
Did you notice each episode could be trimmed to five minutes? ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549/49 "2011-09-26T02:55:26Z")
> [@An\_Arky](#): > > Jamie is somewhere on the autism spectrum and what’s up with the gay moustache, Kari is only there for eye candy, the rest are replaceable. The wife and I SWORE they were gay for the first season or so. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549/50 "2011-09-26T03:08:28Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > There was one other woman who was on rather frequently for a short period of time. The one that got burned with the gobstopper-- dark hair, button nose. She did seem far too emotional for Mythbusters. She cried, not because she got burned but because she freaked when she got burned. Was that Christine? The one I mentioned above, from the plywood zipline episode? ETA: Looks like **Monkey** says so ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549/51 "2011-09-26T03:12:51Z")
I like the narrator. ☹ > [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](#): > > Did you notice each episode could be trimmed to five minutes? Welcome to television. ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549/52 "2011-09-26T03:48:53Z")
There are definitely much better ways the Mythbusters could have filled out the rest of the 44 minutes that don’t involve the exact moment when the myths are proven true or false. I would have liked to see more of the planning process - diagrams and calculations leading to the tests - but it looks like TV ratings favor the slapstick and goofy antics. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549/53 "2011-09-26T04:09:17Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > That would be [Christine Chamberlain](http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/meet/christine-chamberlain.html), who won a Discovery Channel contest (she really had no other qualifications) and was on the show for season two and the first part of season three. Ah, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549/54 "2011-09-26T04:18:54Z")
If you want a science course, sign up for community college. _Mythbusters_ isn’t supposed to be education or research - they basically conduct scientific experiments for entertainment. And a major part of that entertainment is the cast - if you don’t like the cast members, you’re not going to like the show. Personally, I think the current cast has a great balance of personalities that works well together. And I feel they’re all contributing to the show beyond just standing in front of the camera - the cast we see actually makes a significant contribution to developing and running the experiments. Plus, Kari is totally hot. ---
**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549/55 "2011-09-26T05:23:18Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > It’s a little known fact that entire Mybuster catalogue, sans recaps, is only 55 minutes long. It was shot over the course of a single Labor Day Weekend in 2002. Priceless 😃 ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549/56 "2011-09-26T05:30:04Z")
> [@Polerius](#): > > Priceless 😃 Thanks. Shit, I misspelled My **th** buster. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549/57 "2011-09-26T05:51:21Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > If you want a science course, sign up for community college. _Mythbusters_ isn’t supposed to be education or research - they basically conduct scientific experiments for entertainment. And a major part of that entertainment is the cast - if you don’t like the cast members, you’re not going to like the show. Personally, I think the current cast has a great balance of personalities that works well together. And I feel they’re all contributing to the show beyond just standing in front of the camera - the cast we see actually makes a significant contribution to developing and running the experiments. > > Plus, Kari is totally hot. Well, I like the cast and I think they have great chemistry, but I wish the show’s producers wouldn’t require them to act, because they absolutely suck at it. You can immediately tell when one of their interactions is a genuine conversation or reaction that got captured on camera, or an “as you know” phony conversation. The latter is painful to watch, because they’re so obviously awkward at it. Particularly noticeable with Kari and Grant ; less so with Adam and Jamie because it’s not that Jamie is awkward - he just visibly doesn’t give a shit so watching faux-excited Adam next to meh-Jamie is amusingly jarring. [QUOTE=Evil Captor] Thinking about it, the build team members on Mythbusters fit those qualifications too, except they all seem to have some qualifications for being there, though I’m not sure what Tory Belacci’s is. [/QUOTE] Far as I can tell, he has a knack for getting himself hurt in stupid ways. Crucial skillset ! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549/58 "2011-09-26T06:04:49Z")
Eh, Buster’s better at that. ---
**Author:** ![Chelonaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9a140/32.png) [@Chelonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chelonaut)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549/59 "2011-09-26T06:33:24Z")
My biggest gripe about the show is the filler. I borrowed two DVD-sets from a friend and enjoyed watching them, but only thanks to much use of the fast forward-button. But my next biggest gripe is > [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I can’t wait until they guillotine someone to see if the head retains conscienceness. Be nice if it was that narrator. that it’s not bloody _enough_. The second the words “ballistic gel” are mentioned, I know I’m going to be bored by the next ten minutes (except I skip them, but you know). I’ve seen one episode they used a pigs carcass for … blowing up or something. But usually they muck about with the damn gel for what seems eternities and end up with some vaguely creepy anthropomorphic … thing to test the myth of the week. Are they afraid of protests if they use dead animals? ---
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> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > If you want a science course, sign up for community college. _Mythbusters_ isn’t supposed to be education or research - they basically conduct scientific experiments for entertainment. [Zombie Feynman disagrees with you.](http://xkcd.com/397/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549.md?page=4)