The Most Fascinating (and Most Humble) MythBusters Guest
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- Which MythBusters guest was the most fascinating? Was there a guest who, despite their incredible accomplishments or talents, blew Adam away in how humble they were? In this live stream excerpt Adam answers these MythBusters-related questions from Tested members @sshelle and @Thomas_Esson, whom we thank for their support. Who did you find the most fascinating person on MythBusters?
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Why is Adam so enjoyable? Because he so full of gratitude for his life, his friends, and what he was able to do. Its wonderful to watch ❤
Who wouldnt be? Adam had a forrest gump life..poking around in all sorts of todays pop culture, met celebrities and the president..only thing missing is a medal of honor 😂
Adam has to be up there as one of the most humble people you'll ever meet. He never seems to miss an opportunity to sing other people's praises or marvel in what they have accomplished.
I met Ricky when I was working at a newspaper that he was being interviewed by. He sat down with me and made a card that I had independently chosen appear in the wallet that never left my pocket. That kind of close up magic absolutely floors me.
I wonder at what point he lifted your wallet off you😂 probably the handshake
Ricky leaves his house with a trick on his mind to do to a random someone he might meet lol
@ChriaM-uk7wn I haven't a clue. Whenever he did it, he was really subtle. And how he got it back in my pocket, I may never know.
That is a great trick. Many years ago, I used to do that in a lady's purse. A wallet would be much harder.
Lucky
I have "the only difference between science and screwing around is writing it down" taped to the front of the lab notebook I used for my PhD
Ricky Jay said the trick to embedding playing cards in a watermelon is convincing the audience that the watermelon is tougher than it is
“I need to replumb my compressor lines” love how you have the same sort of problems the rest of us regular people have. Problems that we know won’t go away on their own. Oh well… one day I’ll get around to it
Tip: use both teflon tape AND pipe dope on top of that, then don't be shy to tighten those tapered threads down...especially in 1/2" and bigger, they take way more torque and will seal better if you get em' good and tight. Also, ball valves for shutoffs everywhere!
This is so relatable. The number of times I've been in the house and heard the air compressor kick on in the shop and groaned. 😂
@@SomeGuysGarage I just got a brand new compressor and need to plumb my home shop and I agree with the thing about ball valves, pipe dope and Teflon tape. When I've had to plumb a compressor for work a few times I also made sure that I put quick couplers every 10 ft or so cuz I hate having to drag a long hose around the shop and let it get all filthy. I will surely be doing that here.
NGL, I first had a mental image of Adam holding a plumb bob to make sure it was properly plumb, questioned myself what difference THAT would make, then getting the Aha! moment of the OTHER definition of 'plumbing'.
I'll do it tomorrow
I build satellites for a living and have been a programmer for 45 years. I use that 'writing it down' phrase ALL THE TIME. Really glad to know the actual source (I thought Adam had come up with it!).
Adam also didn't come up with "I reject your reality and substitute my own."
@@AngelusNielson Neither he claims to have.
The sentence is from The Dungeonmaster (originally Ragewar: The Challenges of Excalibrate and Digital Knights).
He acknowledged that.
@@avelord6135 I never claimed Adam claimed the origin of the phrase, just that it's not originally his.
I love it as well, and bust it out anytime someone doesn't consider them a scientist... Because honestly, doing science and being a scientist, doesn't REQUIRE you to have a fancy and expensive degree, or to work at a prestigious or high paying job.
You can be a scientist and do meaningful work as long as you do it methodically and write everything down! In this day and age, I still use it for anyone recording videos, attributing "writing it down" to any means of documenting entering, to which recording video if definitely a valid method in my eyes! _(usually people are talking, to offset not seeing what's being used, etc, which would ordinarily be noted on paper)_
When he said the pictures were of topless woman, that was like an ultimate whiplash for a second
As a straight-out marketing move, I think it was brilliant. GUARANTEED, people would buy the book, for one reason or another.
_Cards As Weapons_ came out in 1977, and _Learned Pigs_ in 1986. Adam is misremembering, and since I have not seen either book in decades, I do not recall which of them (or both) had the topless women. But it might relieve your whiplash if you remember that stage magicians tend to be heavily employed in Las Vegas.
@@somercet1 that did remedy it by bit ngl
I found cards as weapons online and there’s less than 7 images haha. it wasn’t like a porno
We have went full circle back into puritans.
I'm a Highschool Research teacher and I have been inspired by your work with the rest of the ILM and Mythbusters crew. Just last week, I am incorporating shorts and clips of the show into my lessons and teaching my students all about the "creative process of science." Now though, I think I need to amend the quote to add Alexander Jason.
Once again, Thank you for continuing to tell amazing stories.
Acting is one of those things that when you are really good at it, everyone thinks it’s easy.
It's also one of those things that when people are not good at it but still make gobs of money, everyone thinks it must be easy
@@TheGreatAtario Then for many, tragic heartbreaking consequences happen... or worse... :(
You did not butcher anything about the history of the professor. Spot on.
The sad thing about Popoff is despite being exposed as a fraud and a con artists, he continued to defraud people doing the same thing and is making millions. If you can latch onto a person's faith and refusal to think critically you can take them for everything they have. :(
It's pretty common for cult members to stay in the cult even after it's been proven to be a scam.
Difficult to disabuse someone of a concept when they *want* to believe.
Seems popoff needs to popoff to some place far far away 😂
@@andylindsaytunesShun the nonbeliever. Shun shun shunn....
Trump learned a lot from him
I just heard the phrase bounced around in French between two engineers i work with. The thing has gotten wings so large, they transcend language.
Thank you for the story on how the "writing it down" phrase came about, that is such a great phrase this clip needs to be saved for posterity so the origin is never forgotten. :)
I read something similar in a magazine article, where the writer talked about his son who wanted to do an experiement involving fire. He told the boy that he could go ahead, but he had to write down the result. Otherwise it's not science, it's arson.
I don't remember if it was before Mythbusters, but ever since reading that I've made sure my office has a good supply of notebooks.
You said Randi and Popoff and I thought, That was him?!
When Adam said he had met some famous people, I instantly thought jadedly I bet he’ll say president Obama, chuckled when he did and then sat in stunned disbelief when he followed it up with sitting next to Mr. Wizard at a dinner. I mean, meeting a president, neat, but Mr. Wizard was a person who had great effect on my childhood and adolescence. As a child I was fascinated with his tv show. We didn’t have cable growing up, but my grandmother did. So she would record every episode for me on the vcr and it was something I could watch on tv when I visited my grandparents. At the time I appreciated having something I could watch, when I got older I appreciated the act of recording it. It showed how she thought of me when I wasn’t there and I appreciate the regular interruption of their schedule to accommodate me. From buying multiple tapes, keeping up with the schedule and ensuring she was at home to record and allotting time to have the tv on the channel for that period of time for recording. Mr. Wizard not only taught me science and kept my curiosity engaged, but helped me understand the love of my family.
that's so fucking beautiful ;')
Don Herbert, AKA Mr. Wizard, made my childhood. I saw the original shows in the 1960s on PBS in the days before Sesame Street appeared (1969) and bought his book. Did everything in it. He's part, a large part, of why I became a science educator once my IT career ended.
Ricky Jay, what a legend! One of the most talented and, by all accounts, nicest guys.
The New Yorker did several very long articles (as is their wont) about and/or with Ricky Jay over the decades. Every one is filled with fascinating details and discussions, and I always wondered how much got cut for length. He is one of the most interesting people to have ever lived, not because of anything world-changing, but because of his perspectives and his unbounded curiosity, his willingness to both teach and to learn, and his humility in all things.
I only know about him from seeing him in the James Bond movie. Had to think about it for a bit trying to remember where I remembered him from. "Is the missile ready to fire?" "Press the magic button Benji disappears" "Then it seems you've outlived your contract". lol
I love how Adam goes the extra mile to avoid offending others.
My dad is a magician and even just growing up adjacent to that world makes me think about everything differently. And the magic castle is truly amazing
As soon as I saw the photo of Ricky-Jay I knew who he was, but I remember him most as The Amazing Maleeni from The X Files.
Nah, he's Kurt from Boogie Nights.
-"No, hey, gotcha. You've gotta go somewhere...so hey, wtf? It's only the photography of the movie we're talking about.."
-"Are you giving me shit, Kurt?"
I remember when the MB episode aired, I was like "wait, wasn't he one of the baddies in Tomorrow Never Dies?" (the 2nd Bond film with Pierce Brosnan) and looking it up to find that, yes, yes he was.
"What do I look like, a magician?"
-Ricky Jay, Mystery Men
"I'm a limey fork flinger, mother!" (not Ricky, but it involved throwing things)
I love that movie.
I loved seeing him in it, but you know who I would've liked to see even more? The founding member of the team... Ut! Oh well, the world wasn't and still isn't ready for Flaming Carrot.
"Cards As Weapons" by Ricky Jay is on the Internet Archive. I took a look. Not "all" the pictures are topless women, but a few are. There is also a picture with the hilarious caption "Emmylou Harris defends herself against the too-tenacious members of the Fourth Estate by firing a card from her guitar". This is apparently a photo of Ms. Harris strumming her guitar with a playing card, and a cameraman is in the picture. I'll have to read the entire book; it seems to walk the fine lines between parody, nonsense and instruction.
Thanks for pointing out that it’s available too see in the Archive.
@@davidwilliams1060 it'll be gone shortly thanks to Chuck Wendig
No need to apologise for bouncing all over the place. You're one of the few human beings, other than me, that commands my attention for any longer than 2 minutes.
There's a 50-hour trivia contest run by a college radio station in St. Cloud, Minnesota. The team I've been a part of for 30+ years is called "Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women." We always had a copy of Ricky Jay's book at our team house.
That quote of the difference between science and screwing around was an INSTANT classic!
Ricky Jay was one of the most amazing card technicians and an expert card thrower. Very nice and humble guy and so open to showing a young magician the mechanics. Wonderful memories. Thanks for sharing.
I also enjoyed Ricky Jay from a young age. I still miss him and miss what now feels like better times. Thanks Adam for this episode.
mr wizard. now theres a name i havent heard in a long time
Loved that show as a kid.
So you know him?
Of course I know him. He's me.
Ricky Jay was so brilliant. I've been a big fan for many years
I first discovered Ricky Jay from his HBO Special "Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants" and it was one of the most entertaining and mesmerizing experiences I've enjoyed to this day.
I had already seen a BBC documentary about him (it's on UA-cam, though the recording is pretty rough) so in 1999, when I heard he was performing in London, I grabbed a ticket. He was doing that particular show. I remember it was a great performance - so good to find that now there are recordings online.
Thanks for telling us. I'm downloading the show now.
I love the comparison of science and screwing around! So much that I wrote it down. Tested should sell t-shirts of that.
Wow! I had no idea that Adam knows Michael Webber! I've gotten to know literally thousands of magicians over the years, and Michael Webber is by far the smartest, most creative/original and knowledgeable magician I know. I'd love to see more episodes about Adam's interaction with magicians.
You were absolutely right about the "writing it down" quote becoming a thing. I loved it so much I added it to my lecture slides when I became a prof!
Could not agree more about Ricky Jay. He is in the Mamet movie, "The Spanish Prisoner." An absolute joy the whole 110 minutes.
Yep! I was coming here to make the same recommendation.
Also has a huge part in Mamet's House of Games.
I love Adam‘s enthusiasm for everything. He’s still the same goofy joyful person that he was when the show started. It was one of a few shows (plus Bill Nye the science guy show years earlier) that I could get my kids to consistently watch TV with me together.
One of the range masters I had in law enforcement could skip bullets under a car and hit where he wanted to on a target on the other side. It took him one shot to range in...and then he nailed the target with every other round.
@1:11 - You were shooting the breeze - a lot like a leaking air compressor.
I'll see myself out.
I remember seeing Ricky Jay throwing cards on some TV show in the early 80's and sticking them into the watermelons and various other tricks and immediately began doing the same. I never really got to that level but I still do it on occasion just to screw around.
Thank you Adam. Its amazing watching someone that gets genuinely excited giving praise and credit to things that could so easily be taken. This video made my day so I say again thank you to you and your team for doing what you do its apricated.
I wasn't expecting Ricky Jay to be discussed. The documentary about him, "Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay" has had an outsized effect on the trajectory of my life. I'm not actually interested in pursuing magic or trickery, but he really was a fascinating character, and the way he spoke of his grandfather and other mentors really got me thinking about what it takes to become excellent at something. As always, I love hearing your thoughts on life and your personal experiences.
Only recently found out full episodes are being uploaded to YT by the official MB channel. Love love love watching them again.
As a professional magician I'm loving this episode. And Dai Vernon was amazing. Derren Brown (uk based mentalist) wrote a book for magicians just as he made it big. He talks about a similar change in philosophy. Magicians used to display themselves as petty gods, omnipotent but trivial. Dai was the start fo the change that Derren then continued, Magicians stopped being gods and became heroes, all be it heroes in thier own mind.
You had me at Mr Wizard..... that man was like a god to me when I was a kid!
I was a tech theater student in college and one of the actors wanted to become a stage magician. He said that acting was the second most important part right behind the magic it’s self.
I love hearing these stories. You tell them so well, it is the mark of a true entertainer. I just watched the bullet episode last week, that you were talking about here. I was shocked to see how much energy the bullet had after impacting the black top. It went through a sheet of metal! Impressive.
As a fellow unicyclist and juggler, I know how rare it can be to find a kindred spirit.
i never realized who he was in one of my favorite movies (A Ranger, A Cook, and a Hole in the Sky) and now I'm understanding having him play a card shark means all the card stuff was probably real.
The only person who never makes mistakes is the person who never does anything.
great story telling! I love finding out about the vast, and fascinating, back story of a person I am only mildly familiar with. Thanks!
I was just telling someone today about James Randi. I love how you throw his name out as if everyone knows who he was. They should.
What a fun watch. I could just feel Adams enthusiasm through this whole episode.
What a great story. As someone who has been juggling for 20+ years, and competed at the International level, I love this feeling of connecting across time to before I was even born with Adam visiting the still ongoing convention. Awesome stuff!
When you stood up to turn off your compressor, just after mentioning Ricky Jay, I absolutely expected it to be a setup into a magic trick. I thought just as you went off frame you were going to appear on the other side of your desk 😅
I so enjoy these tales that you weave. Gives great insight and context to what MythBusters was all about.
Please tell me that the bomb squads and fire departments, and all of the special "supervisory" guests had fun helping on the show. It looked like that to me. Frank Doyle used to frequent the electronics store my ex worked at, he was the sweetest guy.
I caught a quick glimpse of Ricky Jay in profile on this video. It made me wonder if I had seen him before. It turns out that I had, on the movie Mystery Men. He was Captain Amazing's publicist.
1. I knew Ricky Jay as a James Bond Villian henceman. But his real life seems crazier than fiction! 2. I also had no idea of his background at all until re-watching Mythbusters later on and spotting him. 4. Part of me would love tp know more about the history of Magic. But part of me doesn't want to peek behind the curtain.
The Ricky Jay/Dai Vernon connection was magical indeed. If you've not read it, "The Magician and the Card Shark" is an absolutely fascinating history of Vernon's search for a card cheat who mastered the center deal, which was thought to be impossible by every magician who ever worked with cards. Turns out, with only a few years of practicing it every day for 10 hours, it is indeed possible! And he taught it to Ricky Jay.
Answering with 13 minutes of jumping around is an perfectly appropriate testament to the bazillion ways in which Ricky Jay was fascinating.
13:04 THAT LIVES IN MY PHONE'S CLIPBOARD RENT FREE!
_"The only difference between screwing around and science, is writing it down."_
- *Adam Savage* [Mythbusters]
And someone within the last 6mo had informed me it was actuality said to Adam by someone else, and *_I thought_* I had updated my quote, but hadn't. Someone at tested must've seen me say exactly that last week... ☺️
If so, _THANK YOU!_ ♥️
If *not,* damn what a coincidence... 😅
And yes I DID update it this time 😁
_"The only difference between screwing around and science, is writing it down."_
- *Adam Savage* [Mythbusters]
_[originally Alexander Jason]_
Ricky Jay played a character called Henry Gupta in the 1997 James Bond movie "Tomorrow Never Dies" I never knew that he could throw playing cards. Until I saw a deleted scene where he was actually throwing playing cards into something. I can't remember what he was throwing them into though. But the scene ultimately didn't make it into the film
The science and writing it down was a great quote. There were a lot over the years. I made a couple of T-shirts with Mythbusters quotes. One of the best-sellers was, "Failure is ALWAYS an option". Another was, "We always use the blue rope!". I forget which myth, but Grant and Tory were arguing over which color rope to use (one was stronger than the other). The one they used, which wasn't blue, snapped. Hence the quote.
I remember seeing RIcky Jay on TV when I was about 13. So that would have been 1974ish. I loved his card throwing which I and many had never seen before. I tried throwing cards using what I thought was his technique. It probably wasn't. I pinched the cards between the ends of my pointer and middle finger and flicked them with an arm throw that started from my shoulder. Soon my buddies and I were having card fights (indoors of course). I'm very glad I watched this video.
Thank you for these two stories today. I love how normal you are (air compressor) and the look on your face when you're sharing something you love.
I got to meet him when he was doing a special in the Local DC Theater where I was working. I was on stage with him for the staff run watching his 3 card work. Since I knew what to look for, I was. And I barely caught it. Because of what it was I went with the 'trick'. Was a wonderful gentleman. He also demonstrated one of his mechanicals(?) which was wonderous and wonderful.
If only I could have 5 minutes with Adam to gush, say thanks, and tell him how he's impacted my life. :)
Success is determined by those whom prove the impossible, possible.
He was on The Unit tv show, and was such an awesome guy, i had the book and showed him how i threw the cards and he said you're 20 yrs away from doing it right and patted me on the back with a rough laugh and i'm Adam's age. Great guy, i was doing plain clothes armed security on a show with more guns in the armory than you would believe. BEST GUEST. Vince Gilligan who knew he was a soft spoken nice guy, he was one i would like to hang out with, Sofia bush too. I got my ticket to get my star wars card signed by the real C3P0 since Adam, isn't at FanX this year.
I coulda sworn that the first time I saw the Ricky Jay with naked women thing was in playboy or penthouse magazine. I knew him as a magician from tv in the 70’s or 80’s and then I saw this magazine article/pictorial around the same time and just assumed that the magazine thought this was a fun topic and to keep it in the same vein as the rest of the mag, they added the girls. I would even suggest that the article predated his book.
Mythbusters is one of the shows that never gets old no matter how many times you have watched that episode. Similar to dirty jobs.
"If it's not written down it never happened." was a line that was used to good effect in the (IIRC) Tom Clancy book, 'Executive Orders'.
A similar phrase has existed in law enforcement for decades. "If it's not in the report, it didn't happen". Which is why it's so critically important to a) write good, accurate, detailed reports of incidents and, b) why, when you're having to testify about what happened a year or two (or more) ago, you re-familiarize yourself with that report and make sure you know it inside and out. Because mentioning some detail during cross-examination that isn't in the report is a ticket to being publicly dissected and humiliated by the opposing counsel...and that's just the beginning.
Only now did I realise that Ricky Jay was in Deadwood.. wow
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
I saw the title of this video and knew the answer right away. In fact I've been waiting since he died to hear you talk about him. Ricky told a lot of stories and it's hard to believe all of them could be true. His whole life was a magic trick and even if you couldn't be sure what was real you were still left amazed by having experienced a bit of it.
I didn't even hear the dang compressor. Still works, a bit of compressor noise every now and then isn't the end of things!
Wait a dang minute. I'm only 1:13 into this so far but are you telling me you can have a compressor that DOESN'T leak down constantly? What sorcery do you speak of sir?
The funny thing about the Peter Popov story is that it's such a simple graft it almost seems impossible that it would fool anyone.
The audience must have been in complete denial of even the slightest chance of anything about his sermons being dishonest.
Another weird part for me is that they interviewed the people as they came in so that they could record all that personal info. And it seems those people conveniently forgot that so that they could be amazed.
Mr. Wizard helped form the basis of my curious nature. I'm so grateful for the exposure to science and technology he gave me as a kid.
I saw the title of this video and immediately thought to myself "it was Ricky Jay, wasn't it?".
Well done!
I cannot believe this is how I learned that a certain Supernatural episode was loosely based on a true story.
In S1E12, "Faith", the preacher isn't guessing random people's ailments, but curing them. Turns out his wife, rather than talking to him on a radio, was forcing a Reaper to transfer those terminal illnesses to other people, killing them. Fascinating.
In fact, it sounds like the plot of the film Red Lights
Ricky Jay and "Cards as Weapons"...amazing guy, he went to Cornell and used to hang around in Collegetown. He was also in the TV series Deadwood.
It amazes me how our lives ran in parallel. In the early 1980s juggling, unicycle, and magic became a fad that swept the country. I was raised in the New Orleans French quarter, and a whole troop rented the lower front of my building. Of course I learned to juggle, and the rest too. Then as you went into the space fantasy industry I went into the aerospace industry, and we both did historic work.
An article noting the fad claimed MRI imaging of the brain of jugglers, and people learning to juggle showed increased blood flow to frontal cognitive lobes, short, and long term memory lobes, balance areas, muscle centers. Basically most major brain centers are exercised. It was suggested, and one of the earliest times I heard term, it was good for multi tasking. The article said big corporations were encouraging their executives to take up juggling.
I love that the two celebs that immediately come to mind are Obama and Mr Wizard. 🤣I love you Adam. Thanks again for the years of entertainment and inspiration.
Great show Adam! I very much enjoy the experiences. I admit that with my own issues I struggle to watch the work you do sometimes, but I love the results. This is the second time I've heard him say that thing about "show me the money." I don't know which story is accurate, but I read an interview with Cameron Crowe when Jerry Maguire came out and he said that he thought "The Quan" was going to be a thing and not "Show me the money."
Adam I would love to see you meet up with Penn and Teller to talk about magic and how to build tricks. PLEASE 😂
I loved "killer playing card," and I honestly was surprised that Mythbusters didn't try and do a revisit with it after the superhero special to see if the Joker's metal playing cards could have done the deed. Oh well!
The ‘cards’ book can be found as a PDF on The Internet Archive.
I suspect Ricky's book was banned in some places, for the "weapons" AND the topless women
Thank you for sharing your stories! 😊
The second I heard RJ's name I lit up. I am certain that, in many ways, my fascination with the way that humans can be tricked by their own brains really took form when I saw "Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants." I'd grown up watching illusionists aplenty, but that's when I began to really recognize that I was more drawn to the Vernon-side of stage magic than grandiose stunts with elaborate stage drama.
On a side note, since I've never seen "Tenet," so Adam's whole clipboard thing took me aback. Made me wonder if the Tenet writer saw "The Paper" in 1994 or if this "Clipboard Theory" is a lot older than I realized.
McDougal (Randy Quaid): Here's your damn clipboard. The next time you want office supplies...
Henry (Michael Keaton): Keep the clipboard. The clipboard's for you. A clipboard and a confident wave will get you into any building in the world.
The clipboard in question then gets them into a NYC police precinct, while the entire force is on high-alert. :) If you haven't seen "The Paper" I cannot recommend it highly enough. I've easily seen it 1000 times.
Adam made the hair on my legs and arms and back stand up when he talked about his experience when he entered the juggling convention. I knew how to juggle three balls in a regular and reverse cascade and then I was at a local weekly juggling meeting. And now I'm hooked.
Gotta recommend the Ricky Jay doc, Deceptive Practice. Fantastic watch.
OK dammit. You know how to tell I'm a fan? You said that quote, and I almost teared up. What an awesome story to end up at a signature moment. Beautiful!!
I would loved to have seen Ricky Jay perform live, what an amazing talent.
I can't believe this is the eighth time I'm smashing open my piggy bank on the same day!
My vote is Travis Tomasie. Also because he was a shooting coach of mine 😀
Bravo Adam! Inspiring and uplifting..I may be critical when it’s due, but in the spirit of this segment, thank you😌
"From what I understand from my friends who are magicians" is such a wonderful line out of context.
Juggling conventions are awesome! I don't do much juggling anymore, as I was just learning a new skill and didn't keep at it. But to see a huge room or gym full of people juggling was awe-inspiring.
When I was a kid, I really didn't like magicians. I perceived them as grifters and charlatans. It wasn't until I got into modern skepticism in my 20's that I finally understood what great teachers magicians are.