# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549/61 "2011-09-26T07:51:51Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Well to the Mythbusters’ credit, Jamie and Adam are the Real Thing, genuinely smart, capable guys who are much more interested in the experiments than in being media creatures. I mean, look at the guys who star in the various Mythbusters clones that have come out. It’s kind of obvious that the execs who came up with them said, “Yeah, let’s get some guys exactly like the Mythbusters, except better looking … more buff … younger … more accessible personalities if you know what I mean … more camera savvy … and a hot female team member or two while we’re at it … otherwise, though, exactly like Jamie and Adam!” Like Jessi, that callow blonde headed tight tittied bimbo they got while Kari was on maternity leave. It was as if they scrounged in the dumpster behind the set of Overhaulin’ or Let’s Paint Shitty Cars for a stand in. I cannot stand any episodes she’s in. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549/62 "2011-09-26T07:55:49Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > Like Jessi, that callow blonde headed tight tittied bimbo they got while Kari was on maternity leave. It was as if they scrounged in the dumpster behind the set of Overhaulin’ or Let’s Paint Shitty Cars for a stand in. I cannot stand any episodes she’s in. I found her completely annoying and developed a crush on her. I couldn’t stop watching and yet it hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549/63 "2011-09-26T13:35:08Z")
> [@Palo\_Verde](#): > > Just curious, what shows do you consider Mythbuster clones? Already answered: > [@](#): > > My guess is that they’re worried if they just become another 'lets blow it up, take it apart or build something" they’ll become the same as most of the other shows on right now (Worlds biggest fix, Deconstructed, Build Destroy Build Junkyard Wars, etc) And as mentioned above, Smash Labs. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549/64 "2011-09-26T13:46:51Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Ah yes, Hollywood producers and their insane desire for MORE DRAMA! MORE CONFLICT! > > I can almost picture some coked up Producer demanding that Adam sleep with Jamie’s wife and that they make that a central part of the new season. Or perhaps a love triangle between Grant, Kari and Tori, with Scottie thrown in for good measure. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549/65 "2011-09-26T17:10:57Z")
> [@Electric\_Warrior](#): > > Adam and Jamie have stated somewhere or other that the directors/producers of the early episodes told them to argue on screen, but the Mythbusters weren’t comfortable with it and eventually built up enough creative input to say no. > > I also believe the same story was behind the Ark shock, and that nobody was happy they had been incited into doing it. You know, that makes the extent of the post Ark shock guilty silence a little more understandable. If someone gets mildly hurt from your bad idea, you can “Oh no! I’m so sorry; I didn’t think it would hurt that much!” But when you really did think it might hurt, but someone else talked you into it against your better judgement, there’s not much you can do, but stand around in awkward silence. Too bad we couldn’t watch footage of Jamie ripping the producer a new one afterwards; that would have been entertaining conflict, right? ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549/66 "2011-09-26T17:39:54Z")
> [@Quercus](#): > > Too bad we couldn’t watch footage of Jamie ripping the producer a new one afterwards; that would have been entertaining conflict, right? I would pay good money to see this. (I like the narrator too, by the way.) ---
**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, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549/67 "2011-09-26T17:48:47Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > (I like the narrator too, by the way.) Vindication! ---
**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, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549/68 "2011-09-26T18:05:22Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > [Zombie Feynman disagrees with you.](http://xkcd.com/397/) No, Zombie Feynman and I are in accord. We both realize the show is about experimentation. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549/69 "2011-09-26T18:20:22Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > 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 I like MB’s, and I don’t search for mistakes, but last season (I think it was) during one of those scripted exchanges between Kari and Grant… Three cameras. One showing both of them, one close on Grant, and one close on Kari. All went smoothly, so that I _almost_ didn’t notice a glaring continuity error. IIRC it was something about how Kari’s was wearing her sweater. The mistake was the equivalent of a lapel pin switching sides during one closeup reaction shot. I know the exchanges are scripted, but the accidental conspicuous fakery was surprising. . ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549/70 "2011-09-26T18:49:27Z")
Regarding the more frequent bickering on the earlier episodes: the first couple of times I saw the show in its first season, I thought they were a bickering gay couple who also busted myths. Also, they use a different narrator overseas (since measurements are given in metric) and it is just a little bit off. ---
**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, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549/71 "2011-09-26T18:52:02Z")
The promos for the marathon had Tory, Kari and Grant doing and re-doing their lines. Well, except for Grant, who only had one ‘line’, and that was to laugh like a mad scientist. It was funny cuz Tory flubbed his line a few times and then nailed it, only to have Kari flub the next line. Then, instead of having Tory do his line over, they edited in Kari saying her line correctly. And Grant laughing. Poor Grant. He always seems like the red-headed stepchild. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549/72 "2011-09-26T18:54:50Z")
> [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > The wife and I SWORE they were gay for the first season or so. > > Not that there’s anything wrong with that. 😃 Well, the thing is, I don’t get a huge gay vibe from him, except for the moustache. I don’t care, and so what if he or anyone else is, and all… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-notice-watching-a-mythbusters-marathon/597549.md?page=3)