# Tory, Kari and Grant Leaving Mythbusters **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 22, 2014, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169 "2014-08-22T04:27:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/41 "2014-08-22T18:38:16Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > They’re guys who work very well together and have almost totally opposite personalities. They seem to have a very deep trust and regard for each other, but don’t hang out outside of work. > [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Like Penn and Teller. the current one isn’t the first Teller. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/42 "2014-08-22T18:44:08Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > the current one isn’t the first Teller. 😕 This must be a whoosh. Teller and Penn Jillette have been performing together for 40 years, since they were part of a trio called Asparagus Valley Cultural Society. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/43 "2014-08-22T18:45:45Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > They seem to have a very deep trust and regard for each other, but don’t hang out outside of work. > [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Like Penn and Teller. Their last conversation: PENN: We never talk anymore! TELLER: Shut up, shut up, shut up! > [@johnpost](#): > > the current one isn’t the first Teller. > [@cochrane](#): > > 😕 This must be a whoosh. Teller and Penn Jillette have been performing together for 40 years, since they were part of a trio called Asparagus Valley Cultural Society. A Simpsons reference. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/44 "2014-08-22T18:48:28Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Their last conversation: > > PENN: We never talk anymore! > TELLER: Shut up, shut up, shut up! > > A Simpsons reference. Ah, OK. I am indeed whooshed. \* reaches in pocket for comb. ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/45 "2014-08-22T18:58:10Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Yes, and Kari’s statements also make it pretty obvious it wasn’t their call. It would’ve been nice to let the trio address the fans on-camera even if they were not choosing to leave. I tried a quick google and no luck - what did she say? (paraphrases are totally ok) Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/46 "2014-08-22T19:12:42Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > PENN: We never talk anymore! > TELLER: Shut up, shut up, shut up! Uhm … isn’t the order reversed here? :dubious: 😕 ---
**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:** [August 22, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/47 "2014-08-22T19:15:33Z")
> [@Lasciel](#): > > I tried a quick google and no luck - what did she say? (paraphrases are totally ok) > > Thanks! It’s in the linked article in the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/48 "2014-08-22T19:51:00Z")
Mythbusters is one the very few shows I missed after giving up cable tv, but really, at this point it’s one of those “zombie shows” that’s still limping along years after it stopped being interesting. (Saturday Night Live is probably the archetypal example of this.) I guess you should put me in the camp that’s surprised they’re still making new episodes. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/49 "2014-08-22T20:22:36Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > I fell out of the habit of watching the show. I liked it best in the early seasons when it had more of a homemade, shade-tree mechanic vibe. It got a little too polished and a little too big. Exactly. One of my favorite moments was in the “lawn chair balloonist” episode, where we see Adam fretting over the cost of the balloons. In recent years, they magically come up with anything and everything they need. > [@madmonk28](#): > > When it first came on, I thought Adam and Jamie were a bickering gay couple, they had this weird chemistry. I fondly remember Jamie calling Adam a “big baby” during an argument and Adam storming off camera in a huff. I’m hoping we’ll see more stuff like that. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/50 "2014-08-22T20:51:25Z")
I’m going to miss them. I didn’t care about any of their “things crashing into things” myths. What I liked were the episodes where they were human guinea pigs. Any episode where the goal was to make Grant miserable are my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Enlightening\_Meditation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecc23a/32.png) [@Enlightening\_Meditation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enlightening_Meditation)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/51 "2014-08-22T21:21:38Z")
Are they hiring? I have technical degree and a bit of creativity. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/52 "2014-08-22T21:39:56Z")
I haven’t seen the show in a few years because I’ve been cable deficient. I think if I was watching regularly I’d hate to see Grant gone. He was pretty awesome. I don’t mind Kari and Tory, but I do think they would make good hosts for a reboot of “That’s Incredible!” Having a B-team busting B-myths was not that great of an idea. Seems like it should be more time spent with Jamie and Adam working with assistants and various shops. I wonder if they will tackle the myth of a pool crashing through a fraternity house floor without collapsing the building. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/53 "2014-08-22T21:46:57Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Uhm … isn’t the order reversed here? :dubious: 😕 I think the idea is that Teller is beyond tired of listening to Penn run his mouth - and these would be the first words out of _his_ mouth. ETA : See? It’s just as funny when explained. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/54 "2014-08-22T21:49:47Z")
I never really understood why they split the teams up in the first place. It was great to watch everyone interact and work together in the early episodes. Now it’s like the two teams have been living in separate houses and not spoken to each other for years. except for the occasional family get-together. How was that supposed to make a better show? Someone said that it lets them work on twice as many myths, but, um, more myths does not equal a more interesting show. If anything, the opposite is true. I’d much rather see more of the building and problem solving that goes into each myth, rather than watch them rush through a dozen myth in ten minutes, overlaid with a bunch of dumb cartoon graphics and boing-boing sound effects. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/55 "2014-08-22T22:12:34Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Uhm … isn’t the order reversed here? :dubious: 😕 > [@jimbuff314](#): > > I think the idea is that Teller is beyond tired of listening to Penn run his mouth - and these would be the first words out of _his_ mouth. > > ETA : See? It’s just as funny when explained. I thought about doing it both ways but I think it’s funnier if Penn says they don’t talk _anymore_ and Teller is screaming at him. The other way around it’s just sort of an observation about their status quo. > [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > I never really understood why they split the teams up in the first place. I assume it was largely a scheduling thing. In the early days Kari and Grant and Tory weren’t as well known and they probably felt viewers wouldn’t follow along unless they met up with Adam and Jamie at the end. As they became more established that probably didn’t seem necessary, and that meant it probably wasn’t worth the effort it took to get all five of them off of their various myths and in the studio at the same time. Although they did sometimes team up for special events. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/56 "2014-08-22T22:17:14Z")
> [@sciurophobic](#): > > I’m going to miss them. I didn’t care about any of their “things crashing into things” myths. What I liked were the episodes where they were human guinea pigs. Any episode where the goal was to make Grant miserable are my favorites. “Something just touched my FOOOOOT!” ---
**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/57 "2014-08-22T22:41:56Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > I never really understood why they split the teams up in the first place. They sort of answered this at their live show last weekend. Their main workshop is smaller than you’d think. As they expanded they couldn’t or wouldn’t move, so they rented a second location for the build team. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/58 "2014-08-22T22:45:01Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I assume it was largely a scheduling thing. In the early days Kari and Grant and Tory weren’t as well known and they probably felt viewers wouldn’t follow along unless they met up with Adam and Jamie at the end. As they became more established that probably didn’t seem necessary, and that meant it probably wasn’t worth the effort it took to get all five of them off of their various myths and in the studio at the same time. Although they did sometimes team up for special events. My guess would be that either: 1. Because myths can’t be guaranteed to complete in a week or a month (some have taken them 6 months or more to test), there’s always the risk that you’ll end up short of content, because of some mis-step. More myths by more teams allows you greater security. 2. They figured that the A-plot/B-plot style of storytelling would help to retain viewers through commercials better. With only a single start-to-finish story, there’s always the risk that people won’t stick through for the money shot. By providing smaller payoffs throughout the episode, they’re able to keep people entertained, while showing previews of later payoffs. (Or so goes the theory.) Once they started down that path, I guess they were just locked into it. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/59 "2014-08-22T23:27:56Z")
I always felt that Grant’s considerable talents were wasted in the “let’s blow shit up in the desert” myths. I’d really like to see something where he designs and builds something, perhaps in tandem with Adam and Jamie’s more empirical brilliance. If Mythbusters was a band, Kari and Tori are just the bass player and the drummer: they’re amusing enough, but pretty replaceable. ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/60 "2014-08-23T00:09:43Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > It’s in the linked article in the OP. Ah, my misunderstanding. The way I read it, I thought he was referring to additional things she had said. Thanks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169.md?page=4)