# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/101 "2014-08-26T20:18:29Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > I will miss the slow-motion shots of Kari bouncing up and down wearing tight clothing. Was there any other reason to watch the show? ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/102 "2014-08-27T18:27:16Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > If you polled a hundred people, a hundred of them would say that their expectation of a lead balloon is a lead envelope filled with a gas. People go based on what makes sense in context, not based on which method of phrasing has the most examples on its side. > [@Princhester](#): > > What \*\*Sage Rat \*\*said. What you are saying makes strict logical sense, **Irishman** , but I’d never thought that a lead balloon was anything other than a lighter-than-air-gas filled balloon with an envelope made of lead, before you pointed out the anomaly. That’s just weird to me. I wouldn’t have thought anyone would interpret “going over like a lead balloon” to mean a lead membrane filled with gas, but rather a big hunk of lead. That’s the point of the aphorism. It’s something that is the very opposite of a balloon. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/103 "2014-08-27T18:35:44Z")
I agree with Irishman. In context, to me, “lead balloon” has always indicated a balloon-shaped hunk of lead. Maybe it was solid all the way through or partially hollow, but certainly a substantial piece of metal, not merely a “membrane” or an “envelope” made of lead. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/104 "2014-08-27T18:39:47Z")
Agreed with Irishman, Acsenray and Lasciel. ---
**Author:** ![phreesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/105 "2014-08-27T18:45:25Z")
Continues hijack… With regard to the lead balloon, I think both sides are right. One would not expect a helium balloon with a lead skin to float nor would one expect a balloon-shaped piece of lead to float. (I would also note that I would not expect a red balloon to be filled with ‘red’. English is weird) Personally, I always envisioned it as a normal-sized lead balloon filled with helium. And, I’ll add that the efforts made to make it happen were pretty amazing and great TV. With regard to splitting the team, I’m indifferent. However, I am intrigued by why it happened. Was there some kind of disagreement (i.e. contracts) or was it a decision to shake things up? Very curious. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/106 "2014-08-27T18:47:59Z")
To be perfectly honest, I’d rather watch Grant, Tori and Kari than Jamie and Adam. That moustache disturbs me. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/107 "2014-08-27T19:27:02Z")
> [@phreesh](#): > > And, I’ll add that the efforts made to make it happen were pretty amazing and great TV. It was entertaining to watch. > [@](#): > > With regard to splitting the team, I’m indifferent. However, I am intrigued by why it happened. Was there some kind of disagreement (i.e. contracts) or was it a decision to shake things up? Very curious. We don’t know and are forced to speculate. Seems their contracts may have been up, so it’s a cost savings? Eliminating the build team means getting rid of the second shop, and possibly the second camera crew. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/108 "2014-08-27T20:12:25Z")
I rarely watch the show anymore, but mostly because it just doesn’t come on at a time that fits for me. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/109 "2014-12-20T04:10:32Z")
Mythbusters reveal new format, explain cast changes – exclusive > **['Mythbusters' reveal new format, explain cast changes](https://ew.com/article/2014/12/19/mythbusters-interview/)** > > 'Mythbusters' reveal new format, explain cast changes ---
**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:** [December 20, 2014, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/110 "2014-12-20T09:55:05Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > Mythbusters reveal new format, explain cast changes – exclusive > > [Dotdash Meredith - America's Largest Digital & Print Publisher](http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/12/19/mythbusters-interview/) Quoting Adam from the link: > [@](#): > > One of the biggest changes of Kari, Grant, and Tory’s departure is that Jamie and I now have to produce all 42-and-a-half minutes of the episode, but we don’t have twice as much time to shoot it. That means the mental work for the show doubled. Here’s my tip for the guys: Don’t worry about that, just slow the narrative down a bit. For a number of seasons now, the show has felt like it’s constantly hyped up on triple espressos. Just use more of the footage that you have. There’s plenty of material, surely. You don’t have to have a cut, a visual effect, a big boom or someone whooping or howling every two seconds. You don’t have to cut out a ton of the building process and replace it with a five second animated summary. That doesn’t feel streamlined, it just feels like you all fell into a bucket of speed or something. Really, our attention spans aren’t that short. Honestly, if they do a single myth per episode, and simply fill 20 of those minutes with footage of the guys goofing around, discussing, and building things, I’ll be a happy camper. We want to see all that stuff. I mean, don’t we? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/111 "2014-12-20T11:40:07Z")
From what I’ve heard Adam say about it in other interviews, that is what they’re doing. It will be a new emphasis on the creating, building, and problem-solving side of things. I look forward to it, as long as they don’t accidentally ruin things somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/112 "2014-12-20T19:19:23Z")
A agree–I’d like to see more of the process, from brainstorming to design to construction and trouble-shooting. I think this change could be a very good thing. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/113 "2014-12-20T19:50:10Z")
I’m actually optimistic, too. It’s been a while since I’ve been paying much attention to the show, but there was an episode from just this year that I actually enjoyed a lot: The one with the supersonic ping-pong cannon, where the guys (spoilers here, I guess) launch ping-pong balls out of a tube at speeds above mach 1. For one thing, it involved building something outrageous. Secondly, there was a lot of problem solving, as they kept running into new and unexpected problems at every stage of the build, and had to come up with clever solutions. And thirdly, for a little while there Adam seemed to slip into that obsessive mode, where he just has to keep fiddling with this thing until it works, dammit! I love that, and I don’t remember having seen it for a while. The episode also had the Build Team making an ice cannon, but, for some reason, that part wasn’t nearly as entertaining, even though it was very much the same kind of story. So, yeah. If we can get more stuff like the Adam and Jamie part of that episode, I’ll be happy. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/114 "2014-12-20T19:53:41Z")
Grant is mythbusting for McDonalds now. I think it can be a good thing. A lot of crazy accusations has been made about Fast food. The ingredients, how much factory processing, how its prepared in the restaurant kitchen, and so on. I’m glad that McDonalds is tackling this problem and explaining how their food is made. > **[McDonald’s Brings in a Mythbuster to Prove Its McRibs Aren’t That Gross](https://slate.com/business/2014/11/mcdonald-s-mcrib-mythbuster-watch-grant-imahara-and-wes-bellamy-see-how-mcribs-are-made.html)** > > There are a lot of questions about the McDonald's McRib. Is it real pork? Does it contain plastic? Will it bounce? McDonald's also isn't too crazy... ---
**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:** [December 21, 2014, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/115 "2014-12-21T10:38:46Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Grant is mythbusting for McDonalds now. I think it can be a good thing. A lot of crazy accusations has been made about Fast food. The ingredients, how much factory processing, how its prepared in the restaurant kitchen, and so on. I’m glad that McDonalds is tackling this problem and explaining how their food is made. > > [McDonald's McRib mythbuster: Watch Grant Imahara and Wes Bellamy see how McRibs are made.](http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2014/11/04/mcdonald_s_mcrib_mythbuster_watch_grant_imahara_and_wes_bellamy_see_how.html) Kari is narrating a series of “life hack” commercials for American Express: https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLTpbyO1bm6ovCbOMUOvYzpPwtUnOsfSAu&wmode=transparent&rel=0&autohide=1&showinfo=1&enablejsapi=1 Luigi…I mean Tory, is presumably doing something, but I suspect that Grant and Kari have the best chance of a reasonable career as mini-stars ahead of them. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2014, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/116 "2014-12-21T10:50:37Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > Luigi…I mean Tory, is presumably doing something, but I suspect that Grant and Kari have the best chance of a reasonable career as mini-stars ahead of them. Yeah, Tory is in a bit of a pickle, I fear. The problem with being the mythbusting comic relief / doofus sidekick, is that it’s so freaking context specific. Unless he can find some other mythbuster to attach himself to, I can’t off to the top of my mind see where he can put that schtick to good use. ---
**Author:** ![DeptfordX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DeptfordX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeptfordX)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/117 "2014-12-21T22:45:17Z")
On the other hand, Mythbusters is in heavy syndication here in the Uk and I am sure the same is true of most of the worlds cable markets. Unless Tony and the others had the worlds worst entertainment lawyer the residuals alone are probably going to set him up for life. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/118 "2014-12-21T22:53:32Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > Kari is narrating a series of “life hack” commercials for American Express: > > [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTpbyO1bm6ovCbOMUOvYzpPwtUnOsfSAu](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTpbyO1bm6ovCbOMUOvYzpPwtUnOsfSAu) > > Luigi…I mean Tory, is presumably doing something, but I suspect that Grant and Kari have the best chance of a reasonable career as mini-stars ahead of them. Yeah, Kari is smart, hot, female and telegenic, Grant makes the robots for Star Wars, and Tory is, uh, a carpenter who does pratfalls. Hope he’s invested wisely. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/119 "2014-12-22T00:43:27Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > Yeah, Kari is smart, hot, female and telegenic, Grant makes the robots for Star Wars, and Tory is, uh, a carpenter who does pratfalls. Hope he’s invested wisely. Tory can get plenty of work so long as he doesn’t insist on being in show biz. He’s hardly going to go hungry with his skills. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotGrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PatriotGrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotGrrrl)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/120 "2014-12-22T02:18:25Z")
Grant is also going to be working with Mouser Electronics. > [@](#): > > Together Mouser and Mr. Imahara will invite the engineering community on a journey to empower innovation. Mouser will create a series of webisode videos with Grant as the host, featuring unique content highlighting innovative, creative engineers worldwide. There will be features on the newest products and technical expertise to help speed new designs. The partnership will provide both inspiration and guidance, plus contribute to the culture of inventive thinking. It’s another way Mouser is personally connecting itself to engineers through innovation and creativity that defines engineering design. [Mouser](http://www.mouser.com/empoweringinnovation/?cm_mmc=PressRelease-PR-_-EmpoweringInnovation-_-Empowering+Innovation/+Mouser+Electronics+Announces+New+Partnership+with+Grant+Imahara-_-2014-11-05) [YouTube playlist](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhG1tweiEqg&index=4&list=PLBFFfxVbvpNT9AQvbsPuK4n3J8Cwl62BE) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169.md?page=7)