Occupation: Host Birth: September 25, 1956
I've learned that I can pretty much do anything I've wanted to as long as I was methodical and diligent about it. It may not sound very exciting real….
One of the things I'm likely to start building in my shop is a vehicle wherein each wheel has basically a flight-simulator base as its suspension. It….
We don't have formal training, that makes what we're experiencing a little bit more accessible to the viewers. If we actually knew what we were doing….
I think "MythBusters" is a step up from special effects because we not only have to make things look like they work, they actually do have to work. I….
When I figured that I could do anything if I was simply methodical about it. I went to the library - and this was before the Internet - and I searche….
Actually I'm pretty adamant about, you know, the whole God thing and it seems that skeptics are by and large atheists or something approaching that, ….
I think LEGOs are one of the best toys ever developed. While LEGOs are sold in kits in order to build specific things, there [are] very few people wh….
Science isn't just for scientists and guys in lab coats. It's something that everybody can do..
One of our neighbors is a salami distributor, and they pretty well - I mean, we used their salami to make a rocket engine out of. They just look at u….
Sometimes the best people to be around are not exactly like you - because if they were, what is the point? If they contribute something different tha….
Duct tape is not a perfect solution to anything. But with a little creativity, in a pinch, it's an adequate solution to just about everything..
If it turns out that we're doing proper science from time to time, it just happens to be that that's the most efficient way of doing it. We go into e….
Any day we create that much shrapnel is a good day..
The idea that you can contribute is really important, especially for a kid..
We should point out that if we feel like we've upset somebody and they're vitriolic, if people are actively pursuing some sort of complaint, then we'….
There are a lot of things that I'd do differently. But I can't imagine being more fortunate than I have been..
I have to say for both of us [ with Adam Savage], this experience that we've been having here has changed us dramatically, and we've evolved since we….
All of the experiments are really cool. Probably one of the better ones is "Running in the Rain." It depends on circumstances: how fast are you runni….
We're constantly pushing these materials and processes to the extreme to see what will happen. It's an insight into things that you don't normally se….
I always enjoy seeing Adam [Savage] in pain..
There are a lot of times when we can just time something and say "busted" or "confirmed" or whatever, instead of building a robot or some gadget to m….