RIP Mythbusters

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:13 pm

http://www.tvguide.com/news/mythbusters ... discovery/

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:16 pm

Good, Discovery Channel. Your transformation to a pale shadow of your former self is almost complete.

June '15

A key to the strong performance was Discovery’s dominance among men 25-54, with the network claiming the top five ad-supported cable entertainment series — all unscripted — for the month of May. Leading the way was “Deadliest Catch” (1.45 million men 25-54), followed by “Fast N’ Loud” (1.26 million), “Street Outlaws” (1.21 million), “Alaskan Bush People” (1.13 million) and “Naked and Afraid” (1.04 million). Among the series it beat were History’s “Pawn Stars” and AMC’s final season of “Mad Men.”

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:22 pm

MythBusters By the Numbers

Total number of myths: 1,015 myths (548 busted, 251 confirmed, 216 plausible)

Maybe they ran out of myths.

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 6:28 pm

Ah, well, they had a good run.

For some reason, I lost interest somewhere roughly around the exact moment they ditched the build team. #TeamKari

Stop hitting me!

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 6:40 pm

I thought this was a thread announcing Rip joining the show.

...now I'm disappointed twice over.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 6:45 pm

Haven't watched since about season 7 or 8.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 8:50 pm

Max Peck wrote:Ah, well, they had a good run.

For some reason, I lost interest somewhere roughly around the exact moment they ditched the build team. #TeamKari

Stop hitting me!

I'm the exact opposite. I really liked the re-focused show without the B Team.

I'm going to miss the show a lot. Guess I'm going to have to start watching "Tested" now for my Adam fix.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 10:53 pm

I watch Tested all the time. Also I catch a lot of Mythbusters stuff on YouTube.

cheeba · Post by **cheeba** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 12:22 am

Max Peck wrote:For some reason, I lost interest somewhere roughly around the exact moment they ditched the build team. #TeamKari

Same. Those 3 each added much-needed personality to the show. The only one of the last season I saw was the Star Wars episode, which was pretty dumb, I thought.

Rumpy · Post by **Rumpy** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 12:37 am

It's not surprising, given that the last season was drastically retooled, possibly with a lower budget. Still, it couldn't have lasted forever, and with the internet, I'm sure they could still do an internet show together.

My favourite episode was the Apollo Hoax episode.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 9:17 am

I'll be sad to see it go. I've enjoyed the show, and have loved watching it with my kids. It has been a great tool for teaching critical thinking and the scientific method (even if, occasionally, as an example of what not to do.) Of course, any time they made a major mistake, they'd admit to it, and often go back and do it again the right way. That's a worthwhile thing.

Personally, I thought the show was at its best early on, before they had much of a budget. They put more emphasis on how they were testing, and less on the dramatic moment of the test. It was always fun watching them figure out how to test a myth with a minimal budget. I remember episodes when they'd want to test a car myth, and only had the budget for a single junked out used car. Then we got to watch them figure out how to make it work.

In later seasons, they'd just buy a fleet of matching vehicles behind the scenes and put all of the screen time into watching them blow up.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 9:34 am

Blackhawk wrote:Personally, I thought the show was at its best early on, before they had much of a budget.

And likely the oversight of lawyers and insurance companies.

It was a good show, but IMHO they should have ended it when someone thought it would be a great idea to cut the "B" team. I'd also agree that having a bigger budget likely was a problem (oddly enough) as they were probably encouraged to "make it bigger" for ratings. With that kind of pressure - to outdo what was done a show before or last season, I'm sure it was exhausting.

tru1cy · Post by **tru1cy** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 9:36 am

Really enjoyed the show but the writing was on the wall when the cut Grant, Kari and Tory from the show, Honestly, I bet Jaime was just ready to let it go. Sad, it was a very great science show once

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 9:40 am

It wouldn't surprise me to see Jaime go to ground and back to M5 Industries as his only gig and working back into the effects industry.

Adam will land on his feet and continue to be an energetic media presence.

I'd love to see Adam, Mike Rowe, Bill Nye, and Neil deGrasse Tyson do a special/miniseries/tour together.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 9:44 am

I think cutting the 'B' team was mostly just a 'try one more thing before we cancel' measure.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 9:49 am

Thinking about it, I wouldn't be surprised to see Adam running with a new show very, very quickly. I've watched some of his stuff on YouTube about his personal projects, and some of them are pretty amazing.

I also wouldn't be surprised to see periodic Mythbusters 'features.'

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 9:55 am

Blackhawk wrote:I think cutting the 'B' team was mostly just a 'try one more thing before we cancel' measure.

It was either that or they were going to write a new baby into the show.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 9:58 am

Cousin Oliver Will.

tru1cy · Post by **tru1cy** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 9:58 am

Isgrimnur wrote:It wouldn't surprise me to see Jaime go to ground and back to M5 Industries as his only gig and working back into the effects industry.

Adam will land on his feet and continue to be an energetic media presence.

I'd love to see Adam, Mike Rowe, Bill Nye, and Neil deGrasse Tyson do a special/miniseries/tour together.

Did you lose a bet to J.D,? I had to do a double take when I saw the avatar change?

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 9:58 am

Yes. And if KC can finish them off, it will be over shortly.

wonderpug · Post by **wonderpug** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 9:59 am

Isgrimnur wrote:I'd love to see Adam, Mike Rowe, Bill Nye, and Neil deGrasse Tyson do a special/miniseries/tour together.

Don't forget the Smarter Every Day guy!

Arkon · Post by **Arkon** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 10:52 am

One article I read about this earlier this morning mentioned that Adam and Jamie were moving on to executive produce a show on CBS I believe it was.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 11:09 am

CSI: San Francisco, where every murder is committed by some Rube Goldberg, Final Destination style trap.

Or, y'know, this:

The untitled drama, which has received a script commitment from the network, revolves around two Hollywood special effects artists who are recruited by the CIA to complete seemingly impossible covert ops missions by creatively using the most basic tools from their craft.

Savage and Hyneman will executive produce the CBS Television Studios drama alongside Gail Berman and her Jackal Group and MGM Television. Sisters and writing duo Lilla and Nora Zuckerman (Suits, Haven, Human Target, Fringe) will pen the script as well as serve as exec producers.

So, F/X: The Series: The Next Generation...?

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 11:16 am

Isgrimnur wrote: Or, y'know, this:

The untitled drama, which has received a script commitment from the network, revolves around two Hollywood special effects artists who are recruited by the CIA to complete seemingly impossible covert ops missions by creatively using the most basic tools from their craft.

Savage and Hyneman will executive produce the CBS Television Studios drama alongside Gail Berman and her Jackal Group and MGM Television. Sisters and writing duo Lilla and Nora Zuckerman (Suits, Haven, Human Target, Fringe) will pen the script as well as serve as exec producers.
So, F/X: The Series: The Next Generation...?

I think you need to work a bit of MacGyver in there too.

Rumpy · Post by **Rumpy** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 12:28 pm

Blackhawk wrote:I think cutting the 'B' team was mostly just a 'try one more thing before we cancel' measure.

I'm willing to bet they knew they were cancelled long before last season when they cut the B team. Discovery probably let them have one last hurrah by going back to basics.

tru1cy · Post by **tru1cy** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 12:41 pm

Something I did not know . They respected each other, but didn't like each other either

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 12:45 pm

I thought that was common knowledge by now. I'm surprised they even tried to run the show after axing the rest of the team. They had to know it was on the last legs. Curious to see what Adam does next.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 12:46 pm

I've heard multiple times that Adam was shocked when he got the call from Jamie to co-host, as they didn't exactly hit it off when they met. Goes to show that Jamie knew what the show needed rather than what would have kept him happiest.

Scuzz · Post by **Scuzz** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 1:06 pm

Moliere wrote:MythBusters By the Numbers

Total number of myths: 1,015 myths (548 busted, 251 confirmed, 216 plausible)
Maybe they ran out of myths.

I thought they ran out of interesting myths long ago. I mean I enjoyed the show, but most of the stuff they checked out was hardly mythic in nature now.

Scuzz · Post by **Scuzz** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 1:10 pm

Has anyone seen the touring Mythbusters show? They are scheduled here (2nd time) in the fall for what is being called their "final" tour. They apparently demonstrate stuff on stage or something.

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 1:33 pm

Scuzz wrote:Has anyone seen the touring Mythbusters show? They are scheduled here (2nd time) in the fall for what is being called their "final" tour. They apparently demonstrate stuff on stage or something.

I haven't seen it, but I've read a lot about it. In the interviews linked above, Jaime doesn't expect it to continue - he is done-done. So if you want to see it, now is the time.

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 2:23 pm

I watched the show (and discussed it with friends) but didn't follow it otherwise in any sort of fannish way. I've probably heard that they weren't good friends without it really registering (not hanging out with each other outside work sounds vaguely familar), but I had no idea that they actually didn't get along. The contrast in personalities was always obvious, but it always seemed reasonably friendly to me.

At any rate, kudos to the both of them for making it work as superbly as they did, and especially for pushing back against that producer who wanted to emphasize the disagreements. One of the reasons I hate most reality-style shows is because of how common it is for them to focus on interpersonal conflict to make up for lack of actual interesting content.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 12:12 pm

The build team from Mythbusters (Grant, Tory and Kari) are getting a 10 episode series on Netflix this December called "The White Rabbit Project":

The subjects they tackle are those that you find when you ‘go down the rabbit hole on the internet.’ Then they showed a hilarious teaser clip of Tory and Kari sitting down for some wine, except Tory is strapped up to a bunch of wires and Kari is attempting to control his arm movements remotely. You can imagine how well it turned out.”

I thought it was a big mistake to cut them from Mythbusters and I guess someone finally realized how great the three of them are together.

Rumpy · Post by **Rumpy** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 1:00 pm

Yeah, I figured they'd land somewhere. While Adam and Jamie were the heart of the show, I think the three others were the soul, and I think they're a large part of why the show was so successful. You could see that the 3 of them had chemistry, growing to become actual friends, and you could see that play out in their interactions.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 10:26 pm

I assume it was budgetary reasons -- the show just couldn't support their salaries anymore.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 10:55 pm

I always figured it was a last ditch effort to save the show. Ratings were dropping and they were willing to scramble things just to see if it would pull it back.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Mon Nov 28, 2016 4:27 pm

Here's the first trailer

The coolest tech. The weirdest weapons. The craziest escapes. Three science-loving sleuths put them under the microscope.

Kari Byron, Tory Belleci and Grant Imahara rank history's greatest inventions, heists and more in this series from the producers of "MythBusters."

Coming 12/9

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Nov 28, 2016 5:52 pm

Works for me.

Rumpy · Post by **Rumpy** » Mon Nov 28, 2016 6:05 pm

That looks pretty good. Captures some of the humour of Mythbusters.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Aug 28, 2019 12:47 pm

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Combs was on television frequently, appearing on Overhaulin’, All Girls Garage, and even served as a host of Mythbusters.

Combs was an accomplished off-road racer as well, competing in the Baja 1000 and was the first woman to place at a King of Hammers event; in 2016 she had a 1st-place finish at the King of Hammers, earning her the nickname “Queen of Hammers.”