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Another Dahl here: Not to speak for Hugo, But the family name is common enough in the area of Germany and Scandinavian countries, So specific relatives aren’t guaranteed. Some places all entries found in a ’phone book’ are relatives and some places you can find a healthy list. Other than Roald Dahl, Other non relatives of the same name are: Anders Dahl, the botanist who named the dahlia, And Robert A. Dahl. Dahl (like dale in English) means valley making it a likely option for natural landscape family names
"There is no formula for success! There is a formula for failure though, and it involves thinking you know the formula for success..." - That is a great quote, instant classic Adam Savage!
Adams wrong though, or perhaps too modest to suggest it, but there IS a formula for success, and it ALWAYS involves, smart, funny, eloquent, and interesting people. People like the Mythbusters !!
Grew up watching Mythbusters, amazing show! The thing I noticed was that in the beginning we saw a lot more of the process. At the end of the show, it was just replaying the same clips of what could happen in the end, over and over, while skipping over the actual process and builld. It was amazing, I loved it. But at the end, it got too "reality showy" where they focused just showing big booms and intercuts, at the cost of the most interesting part. I know this has nothing to do with the cast, Adam or jamie but the production/editing. But THAT is the one thing I would want have seen changed in this amazing show :) Thank you for the years of great content and inspiration to all us who watched it!
Thanks for mentioning that about saying Grant's name. I'm just a viewer, and whenever I think of him I get a little sad knowing he's not with us anymore. And I didn't even KNOW him. Thanks for everything you did on Mythbusters, and everything you continue to do on this channel and elsewhere.
My favorite Myth was Bullet in The Fuse Box. Myth: Someone was shot by "a bullet in the fuse box of a truck". They brought an old truck into the shop that had the old style round glass fuses. To shorten the story, when it worked Adam was as giddy as a school girl. They redid the test a few more times. Adam was giggling, every, time. I think he said lets do it again. Then he ran to reset.
- "Oh no no no. There's no rewriting of the script. It's all done. We just want you to read it" - "Oh that's easy then. I don't just don't want to read it" We need the rest of this story
Haven't seen anyone here saying they saw that show or even something similar. Its production may have depended on Adam's star value to go forward. Adam taking himself out may well have killed that project, or even pointed out huge problems with the format they thought they wanted. (Like reading off facts is not teaching science, it's teaching trivia.)
You are right to be proud of Mythbusters. It was must-see TV for me. I never missed an original episode. The dynamic between you and Jamie was wonderful. Grant, Kari, and Tory rounded out the show perfectly. Thanks for the wonderful years you've given us.
The jackknifing of a semi-truck/trailer occurs when the momentum of the trailer begins to put a larger sideways component into the truck than forward component, causing the truck to begin to skid and lose control. This is a dynamic situation and has much to do with the individual center of gravity of truck and trailer, coefficient of friction between tires and pavement, wheelbase of truck, wheelbase of trailer, balance of braking force on each axle, velocity, and so on. You can go to any truckstop or delivery dock and see them maneuver around the lot at angles WAY beyond 22° with no loss of control or any other issue. Properly turning a corner at a regular intersection normally exceeds 22°. Log trucks for example have mechanical linkage that helps the back tires track closer to the tires of the truck in tight turns ... without physically breaking parts, they would be impossible to jackknife in a normal sense. Adam, you were correct to refuse to read information that gives an absolute without addressing any other variables. This is exactly why people like Bill Nye, Alan Alda and other "science" narrators are so frustrating to me. In many cases, they do not understand what they are claiming to their audience for themselves. Other science show hosts like Neil deGrasse Tyson, for example, try to simplify incredibly challenging scientific concepts to the point that they aren't necessarily correct anymore. These people seem to read the script whether it is scientifically correct or not and are in actuality doing their audiences a dis-service. There is a false understanding created there and it hurts REAL understanding in the long run. True science is a rabbit hole with almost infinite branches ... the deeper you go, the more possibilities and questions and knowledge will appear before you. Thanks for the integrity, Adam. Best wishes and thanks.
I agree with almost everything you said but I think you (and almost everyone else) may be missing the point of science narrators and presenters. In my opinion, people like Nye and Tyson present simplified, introductory level science topics, the point of which is to introduce the audience to an idea. It's not a graduate class on the subject. It's more like a class audit. I think it's supposed to give access the ideas to hopefully spark a deeper interest and encourage people to look further into the subjects on their own if they so desire. I would never cite Cosmos or Star Talk or Bill Nye's show in a paper or discussion but something they present on their show might inspire me to do further research for my own edifice and I think that's great.
This reminds me of that "Speed of dark" Vsauce video, where Michael explains that if you know little, you understand very little the expanse of you "unknowns". But as your knowledge grows, your bubble of known information expands, but so does the barrier representing how much you don't understand. I think a lot of presenters are under a weird kind of pressure, to walk the line between understandable to the drooling masses, while being correct enough to appeal to those of us with perceived knowledge in a given field. P.s. Adam's videos always have the best conversations in the comments
@@wakamiwailer I understand your point and agree for the most part. However, when science narrators choose to tackle a very complex subject, say climate for instance, and they take the stand that we're ruining the planet, that's when I have issue. The fact is that climate change is normal for the Earth. It is also a fact that we humans are having an effect on the climate, but to unequivocally state that humans are destroying the Earth is not good science. Inspiring minds to seek the truth is a good thing, oversimplifying complex systems and frightening people is not.
Yes, to "simplify incredibly challenging scientific concepts" is a dangerous game. It ends up in what Richard Feynman called "telling lies to children" and why he refused to endorse a number of textbooks. I'll add my thanks to Adam for not doing that.
Whew. Hearing Grant's name teared me up this morning, and the note about only talking about what you *know*, focusing on the why and how... Crazy how formative Mythbusters was for me. Grant on Mythbusters was why I started building robots in elementary and specialized in Robotics in my undergrad. I've leaped into game design, and teach introductory CS, and I have no doubt my teaching style came in large part from watching Mythbusters. It's my real year of teaching, and it warms my heart to see hundreds of students getting excited, engaged, and connect with subjects they didn't even know existed a few months ago. Love hearing about the Mythbusters days! So nostalgic and refreshing.
Failure is always an option. Especially with science. Sometimes that's the best result we'll ever get to see. And naturally I think that logic has carried from the experiments to apply to the show itself, at least in my opinion. Thank you for the perfect imperfection!
Tell that to Jean Krantz. JK. I agree, the lessons learned in the substance of the show could be directly applied to making the show making the show potentially perpetual.
We had the opportunity to visit with Grant one time. He was wonderful, especially to our young daughter who was visibility star struck. I understand why you would have trouble talking about the loss of your friend. I’m sorry for your loss. Thank you for continuing to share with us.
Getting a bit misty-eyed there at 08:00 - lovely. It's pretty obvious to see how much you love your craft and how big of a life-changing experience it was making Myth Busters. Bravo.
I hit the brakes in the rain one time and my trailer came came alongside my tractor at nearly 90 degrees. I got off the foot brakes and started to gently work the trolley brake (rear wheels only) and I gradually brought the trailer back in line behind me. I missed my turn, but I didn't jack knife!
Honestly, I think these Q&As are way better than those Adam has done in person at conventions and whatnot. It's just him talking with no interference from anybody.
I'm late to the party so to say. I didn't know grant passed. He was an amazing mind. I looked up to him and all of the mythbuster. You guys are the sole reason I found science fun. The real world applications of science is what motivated to pursue a science based career.
Mythbusters was truly the best show to have ever aired on television in my humble opinion. I have very fond memories watching it way back in 2003 as a kid in middle school all the way up to as an adult. It got me interested in science, and gave me the ability to question things using the scientific method. For that I am very grateful. I truly believe that show played a big role in shaping who I am today. Also, RIP Grant. What a legend.
There may be no recipe, but there has to be key quality ingredients. Your knowledge, charisma, delivery, enthusiasm, passion, a desire to articulate and yet keep it fun... come on, those are key ingredients. And someone has structured it somewhere, cut & edited footage keeping it lively rather than flat. It’s just one of those things maybe. Throw some stuff together and somehow a gem falls out. And it truly is a great success when someone finds themselves doing something they love or fall into loving. Different things float different peoples boats. And to think that Adam etc managed to land MB and just ride that wave, with all the odd bonus things that spin off that ride.... awesome. You got to be happy. I think Grant would be proud of himself too.
I absolutely love that you’re doing these videos Adam. You guys built something fantastic and it’s nice to still get little pieces of it like this even after it’s over.
I am 21, so when I say a major reason why I think science, and making things is so cool, is because of that show, your show. So I can't even explain how happy I am to hear this was truly a fun time in your life. Not just some chaotic drama filled set .
I doubt adam will ever see this but i just heard about grant today. If u do see it i hope ur well doc. Loved him and would love u to do a wee tribute build. Something silly u can auction for STEAM. Just introduced my nephew to mbusters so now there is four generations of my family appreciating u guys.
I love this dude. Mythbusters was and is among the most interesting, educational and informative shows I've seen. And great fun. The magic was in the cast. My brother and I spent so many late evenings watching every episode. Making our hypotheses and seeing how they panned out.
Hey Adam savage! I would say that Mythbusters is just perfect as it is. because of this show, I love to do DIY with science applications! it is a pleasure to watch this show
Actually.. A tractor trailer CAN indeed recover from a Jacknife even at a greater angle if you utilize the trolley (trailer) brakes only. If you restrain the weight of the trailer from "pushing" the tractor into a jack, the tractors inertia will want to keep going straight as you hold trailer back forcing it to recover 😉, more obviously on wet or slippery conditions. The trick is being fast enough to react. Been there.
I never met Grant I only knew him from robot wars and myth busters but I too have a hard time thinking of him and not shedding a tear 😿 The beautiful human he was showed through
RU-vid tip of the day. When writing the title, make sure it's long enough that it gets cut off so people have to click on it to find out what the last words actually read. The actual video don't matter.
That's a very interesting observation, Adam. There are a lot of people of all flavors who are reading, writing, and arriving at conclusions these days who don't understand what they are reading, writing, and concluding. In the end, veritas est veritas, and everything else is flotsam. Hmmm... Might need to copywrite that.
I feel like the "no" is obvious unless you've got a ton of hubris. If you knew when you started that it was going to be wildly successful... Why start out differently and risk screwing it up?
There was a simple naïveté that made MB so compelling. Even as the props and builds became more complex or ornate, they were decorated by the artists making them. The show truly felt driven by the teams. And that’s something that imitators and the attempted reboot missed. Everyone felt like they were trying to make a TV show. MB always felt like they were simply asking a question. And everything else was in service of that.
One question has always bugged me since getting the early seasons on DVD: do you still smoke or have you gone cold turkey? I asked ‘cause there were several episodes in the early seasons where you smoked on camera. Watch this while binge watching MythBusters on Discovery+. Already made it to Season 4 Crimes and Mythdemeanors episode.
Not sure if you could have changed anything without compromising the shows identity. Though I still wish Adam and Jamie were actual friends. When I was watching as a young teenager I thought everyone on the show were also friends with how they worked together.
I understand you, but I also find it great, to see an example of a professional working relationship, without everyone having to be friends. Quite often the people you work best with, are very different from the kind of people you want to hang around.
I call bs on the jackknife theory. Just last winter I saved my semi from a jackknife when the transmission went into automatic by itself and downshifted in the middle of a cloverleaf. That was well past 22 degrees.
I wonder if you use metric system (well actually its SI system and it's units but basicly its the same) or just imperial? How do you find Imperial System comparing it to Metric?
The lack of book training among the hosts was probably an X Factor for MB. In the show, the explanations were never condescending because the hosts were mostly artists, not college professors. I think Grant was the most educated, and the show showed him designing circuits from scratch. But compare that to the old kind of science show hosted by a physics professor wearing a white lab coat. Ironically, a major catchphrase of the show became, "We're what you call experts." But not experts in the tenured professor kind of expert.
The success of MB is based on the impression of being genuine. MB largely kept the credibility of the Discovery network (meaning sister channels too) at a time when "but aliens" (said by the guy with a Centauri haircut) was a punch line to the entire science themed shows on TV at the time. Might I suggest that the MB family get together and write a compilation book about "The accidental TV stars" where you each describe a half dozen or so incidents where you realized that you had a bit of fame?
Whoever came up with that garbage about beyond 22 degrees being unrecoverable is WRONG. Some 40 years ago I was riding in the passenger seat of a MACK truck pulling a tank trailer. A car pulled out in front of us in short distance. We began to jackknife as much as 90 degrees, me looking straight into the side of the trailer out my window, but the driver was quick. He went steady on the trailer brakes released the truck brakes and accelerated while cross steering and pulled us out of it with just a slight dimple in the rear of the cab on my side. Fortunately only about half a mile from our office where we pulled in and just about passed out. I am guessing the dimple came as the trailer was beginning to roll to the right as this was occurring , cause we frequently would make turns that tight when backing into some locations.
As a viewer, I noticed there were times when it was explicitly stated that you were under a time crunch, with only a few days to complete certain relatively large-scale experiments. I understand this is due to the realities of working for a TV station that needs to air episodes quickly, but I do wonder how much more you & the rest of the team could've done with a more flexible time budget.
I love and hate Mythbusters. The show did a great job of teaching kids skepticism and how to test claims and frankly it was fun to watch, but its success marked the beginning of the end. After the success of Mythbusters, reality TV shows took over and Discovery stopped showing documentaries. The Learning Channel stopped showing documentaries. The History Channel stopped showing documentaries. And just like that, I lost all interest in cable TV. Food Network continued to have shows about food, and so I kept watching that, but my interest in cable TV overall started to fall off dramatically. I then started looking elsewhere to waste my time: computer games, social media, RU-vid, and of course digital streaming services. At this point, my entertainment is almost entirely from streaming services. I really would not care if the entire cable industry imploded overnight, and Mythbusters played a big role in my change in attitude.
Adam spittin facts!!! Misery is a very good teacher, it was an awesome idea and concept! Thanks for all the great content! Rip: Grant, he was always so funny and inspiring.
I still watch episodes if I happen to run across them. Your right of course it was perfect in it's dynamic and obviously had it not the success would not have been there, it's what kept me coming, the science and the way all of you interacted with each other with all the quirks that came out over time because they did.
Yes. I have lost three of my four best friends, and it is really fucking hard. It's been five years since the first of those best friends died, and I'm still not at a point where I can talk about it without it being really emotionally taxing on my mental state. The sadness and grief of that is so profound that it is hard to communicate it to people who haven't gone through it. I still have troubles going and visiting their graves personally. It is too hard on me emotionally. And I've gotten shit for it in the past by other people who were grieving the same deaths. It's tough. I wish people would stop being judgmental about this and start realizing that we all have different ways to cope and grieve.
@@neruneri Lost a sister when I was four and that was in 88. Even now talking about it causes me some emotional discomfort. Lost my younger brother 3 years ago in november and that still hurts to. So totally understand where Adam and you are coming from. Edit: Spelling
Especially when you lose a loved one without having the chance to say your farewells. That is particularly brutal for what is already a thoroughly painful experience.
Then again, that was possibly one of many contributing factors in Adam and Jamie wanting more control and eventually becoming executive producers. The show might have been very different without that.
@@saifourwinds God, Jamie's line "Let's not do any more 'oogie-boogie' myths" was so genuine. And of all the ones to pick, that's not even a familiar one.
I always believed Adam and Jamie did not have enough screen time with Grant, Tori, and Kari. I wanted to see them do more myths as a group when I watched this as a young teen.
Adam and Jamie really though they weren’t friends had a great process, so did The second team. They probably just decided they could get more done that way.
@@sumwon6973 that's exactly what it was. He talks about it in one of his other vids. The one about why M7 split off from M5 i think. As the show got larger they needed to split off both for space reasons in the original Shop and also so they could film enough content for the full seasons. It also meant they could have more things going simultaneously so if something got delayed or didn't work for the show they had backup footage of a different myth to use for an episode
The show hosts of Myth Busters weren't pretending to be know-it-alls. And that made the viewer feel like they were immersed, like they were investigating and discovering with the show hosts. And, in my opinion, the chemistry between Jamie and Adam was fantastic!
Originally, the urban legends lady was the designated know-it-all, which might be partly why she didn't fit with the show's evolving ethos. Yet her segments helped define what the show was supposed to be about.
@@TheeGrumpy Idk I never saw her as a know it all. Adam has said in another episode of Tested that the reason that Heather unfortunately got fazed out (I LOVED her segments) was because the show moved away from folklore and urban legends, and she was on as a folklorist. That's the reason.
Thanks for this, I didn't realise what it was. Kept looking around my room for the source of the noise and even accused my girlfriend of being the culprit :D
@@rosonowski I get it's light-hearted but some universal relationship advice never accuse your significant other of anything no matter how trivial unless your know 100% with proof. It can only breed mistrust and negativity and never has a benefit. Edit: rip hit the wrong reply meant the post following yours
RE: Trucks jack-knifing. In the early 70s I was on an engineering team that developed an electronic brake controller for travel trailers and fifth wheelers which is still being manufactured and now used around the world. I was also the test pilot - the unwitting test pilot, that is. And I discovered the propensity of such vehicles to jack-knife in a pickup truck towing a horse trailer on country roads. It was an exciting time in my young life.
Exactly, Mythbusters was an organic thing... trying to figure out how to built it any other way could have resulted in the show being something different... or terrible.
That seems to be a problem with a lot of shows, ie trying to get that organic feel, but instead ending up with something that looks heavily scripted & fake. I think the joy of Mythbusters is never being quite sure how things were going to pan out.
