What Happened To The MythBusters?
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10 years ago Mythbusters was one of the most popular science-based shows in the world and the longest-running show on Discovery. Fans loved watching the crews put popular urban legends and myths to the test on a regular basis. Yet, despite the popularity of the show, in 2015, Mythbusters announced that they only had one season left of the show. While this was rather surprising for casual watchers, enthusiasts were already aware of some of the background issues behind the show. Shortly before the show got canceled, Mythbusters got rid of the B crew. Also, the show was starting to focus more on cinematic explosions and theatrics instead of the myths themselves. All of these factors had caused viewership to slowly decline over the years to the point where the crew would have to accept lower compensation. Given that the show had already been running for over a decade at this point, the crew decided to call it a day while things were still good instead of milking the show till the very last second. This video explains what happened to Mythbusters and why Mythbusters got canceled despite its popularity.
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Mythbusters was so successful because it was one of those rare shows that managed to 'capture lightning in a bottle' so to speak. It was the right show at the right time with a cast that had fantastic on-screen chemistry. Regardless of their off-screen relationships, they all worked together very well in front of the camera. They all managed to be very entertaining without being fake or stupid, which is something very hard for shows like this to accomplish.
Exactly. For all the shows that fail after a single season every once in a while things just come together.
But even these things do have a limited lifespan before repeating itself and becomming stale.
14 years is an insane run for a show on science. They did amazing with the possibilities they where given.
Totally agree. The show could've easily devolved into more of a cheesy reality television format. The strength of the cast and the exploration of the myths transcended your typical reality-based show.
Couldn’t have put it better, sometimes we can over analyse things. It just worked and I loved watching it.
@@baronvonlimbourgh1716 Science channel didn't exist at the time that this series premiered early in 2002 or so as digital cable services weren't widely available back then and discovery networks only had two channels at the time (the main one and TLC,aka The Lousy Channel).
@@michaezell4607 on the subject of science.
RIP, Grant! That was a rough one.
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sigh .. yeah he would have still been creating and entertaining until this day. I pray he is in a better place.
@@LogicallyAnswered lmao this reply is the equivalent to "F" in chat
@@LogicallyAnswered rip tho
Adam and Jamie are definitely a good example of professionalism and showing that you don't have to work with your friends and you don't have to be friends with your coworkers. You also don't have to trash talk people you don't like. They spent decades working together with a mutual respect for the others work, work ethic, and mental process even though they didn't get along on a personal level and had their own ideas for how things should be built.
Exactly 💯
not really they were both extremely princess and cant manage to be in the same room most of the time, they both claimed the same thing, the show was the only thing that keeps them together
Penn and Teller are the same way. They dont speak to each other outside of performing shows and arent friends but have respect for each other
I think people mix up two people not being friends with each other as then disliking each other. Jamie and Adam don’t seem to dislike each other (based on what each of them have said in interviews) they just aren’t friends.
Ye
14 years is a helluva run for any show. Mythbusters helped influence a younger generation of makers and science geeks to embrace who they are and what they're doing. RIP Grant.
And jessi combs
meh not really as Simpsons is still running
@@raven4k998 14 years is still extremely long. The simpsons is one of the rare exceptions and anyways the simpsons in pretty bad now a days
Grant may had leave us, but his legacy will live for a long time. As of right now, since 202, Battlebots, series and competition in which Jamie, Adam and Grant were competing in the past, has named it's award for most impressive and technologicly advanced robot of the season, as Grant Imahara Award, in memory of his.
It is amazing how two groups of people acted polar opposites of each other!! And this show was evident of that!!
For real hahaha
@@LogicallyAnswered mmmmm
Honestly having your highest rated episode being the finally is such a rare and impressive feat! Very few shows have pull this off, much less episodic shows without overarching plot lines
"Never had dinner together!" Honestly, being friends with people you work with is way overblown, it's perfectly normal. Maybe because I'm in my 40's and realized nobody at work is ever really your friend or I'm just dead inside.
They are called Co-workers or associates.
same here, fine to work with and have a laugh, not to socialise outside work, I usually have enough of their ugly faces after 8hrs a day all week ;)
I regularly hang out with exactly 1 former co-worker. There are a couple more I would count as friends and we chat regularly, but we don't hang out all the time.
Its neither one or the other. Just cause you work with someone, why should they be your friends? You didnt chose them, the company did. Same can be said of people from the same school/univerisity.
You can be cordial, but thats not friendship.
Now, thats people you get to know, you may find things in common with some, and with time maybe befriend a few of them.
I have worked with thousands of different people along the years, maybe i have 1-2 friends, who i got to know through work.
The difference is, no one in this comments section has been on a national television show with their coworkers. In that instance, yeah it's pretty important to be social.
My Lowly Opinion: The biggest problem with being able to see Mythbusters was that it was mired to Discovery Channel, which didn't make the leap to streaming until recently. To make matters worse, Discovery has gone out of their way to distance themselves from actual science in favor of click-baity nonsense like big foot and river monsters and ancient aliens, to name just a few. Sadly, Mythbusters was a casualty of the cable media era dying out as streaming rose in popularity. Those who wanted to watch it couldn't (because the releases on Amazon Instant Video were few and far between), and those remaining on cable didn't care for science as much as theatrics.
If they wanted to keep it going they could have easilly moved the show to amazon or something.
Things like this just have a limited lifespan. At a certain point it starts repeating itself and run out of things realisticly able to do on a show within a certain budget. At which point it becomes stale.
14 years is a hell of a run for a science show. I think they got out of it everything that the concept was able to provide.
River monster is educational, you learn about fish, yes not really that fun but they are still fish.
River monsters is in no way click baity. Theres tons of educational information about fresh water fish, their habitat, behaviour, myth that may or may not be true. They also go into culture and significance of certain fish and why theyre so unique and special.
@@wildwilie I would definitely count River Monsters as scientific, not to mention a bit of social studies thrown in for good measure.
That's all TV though. They invariably start chasing larger and larger audiences which unfortunately means focusing more on dumb crap. The fact that dumb crap appeals to the largest audience really says something profound about us as a species or a society, and not in a good way.
I think Adam and Jamie demonstrated that you could have a working relationship with someone without having to necessarily like them. Pretty cool to show that having simple respect could still produce so much greatness
You could absolutely see the stark contrast of both Adam and Jamie.
I don't have to tell you who was great working with the camera and who was the analytical skilled one
Furthermore they both knew this. Jamie was the one who called Adam because he knew that the show needed him.
It was quite clear from early on that they never really got along. Jamie showed frustrations concerning Adam's antics quite a few times, and in later seasons, you could really see the tension build between the two.
One has a successful youtube channel and the other…
Absolutely. I mean you can especially see the conflict in the earlier seasons. They never seemed to hate each other, but they 2 were so completely different that the 2 really were never going to share enough in common to form a friendship. Especially with how the People at discovery would put the 2 against each other in build offs and other situations that put them in direct competition with each other.
I remember one of the early seasons they did a behind the seasons and Jamie outright said that the aspect bothered him and I don't blame them. He was always a no nonsense skilled engineer who liked to run his shop in an organized and efficient manor while literally every other member of the cast were what is referred to in the industry as shop tornados and would leave tools out creating messes and overall pulling pranks on each other. Which of course makes for good TV and does happen in a lot of shops, but not the environment that I would enjoy working in nor did it seem that Jamie liked.
The cohesion simply was not there and over 14 years all of that would wear on anyone.
@@maxspecs Yes, but not everything revolves around UA-cam and social media followings, not everyone wants that to be their career path. Call me a boomer but, It's only been these last 8 years did kids say "I wanna be a famous UA-camr" or a Tiktok star when asked what they want to be when they grow up. Back in 2010? UA-cam was a hobby. No one saw it as a career path. Back then, 1mil subs was a big deal, not many people could achieve that. Now? 1 million is far more common. Yet so many people still can't make it as a big UA-camr. Being a famous UA-camr is the modern day "I wanna be the next Metallica". Might I remind you, clout chasing and "muh social media followers" is only a recent thing. Doing stupid shit like tidepod challenges and whatever dumb trendy shit is barely considered a career and quite frankly, most people don't give a shit about your social media following. Flexing your Instagram followers or successful UA-cam channel doesn't automatically give you a free pass in life.
My choir director told us once, "Always leave the stage with them wanting more."
I think it fits with this, we didn't see it get nickeled and dimed into oblivion, it ended just right.
It's like breaking bad, it ended at a good mark. Unlike many series' *Dexter* cough cough.
What I really loved about this show as a scientist myself was how it was teaching its viewers the procedure of formulating research questions, doing background research, formulating the hypothesis, testing the hypothesis and discussing the results. This is exactly the essence of how scientists work. Each episode was structured like a science paper in itself, only made fun and entertaining to keep the audience engaged.
At the same time, the show was an excellent example of interdisciplinary attitude to problem-solving, where engineers often asked anthropologists and ethnographers to provide additional context about certain urban legends. Such a collaboration between natural sciences and humanities is very rare and highly appreciated.
Having grown up with it,I think it greatly shaped the way i see problems and solutiong. I wonder what the next generation has to inspire them to do the same
RIP Grant. I still watch Adam on his channel here on YT. I remember when Mythbusters first aired, I was in middle school. It was so amazing for me growing up with this show.
Adam has stated that he respects Jamie and the differences in the way they tackle myths has actually benefitted the viewers. Adam does have a lot of fun and yes sometimes Jamie is way too serious but I think at the end of every myth we got to see the hard work that both of them put into bringing these myths into our homes.
Having two people with such opposing ways of tackling problems and testing things is very beneficial for the kind of work they were doing. Neither of them would have gotten the best solution every time. Sometimes is was jamie with the big brain idea and sometimes it was adam. Sometimes they both put their ideas into practice to see which one was going to be better suited to the task.
I think that is the main reason the kept being willing to work together. As men of science they understood how valuable it is to have someone who sees things so different than you have a look at the problem too. They also both did good work.
I think the two being so different in that way is what made the show work so well. If you had two Jamies or two Adams it wouldn't have had the same amusing appeal.
It's very obvious from Adam's UA-cam channel that the producers and uncredited staff actually came up with most of the testing methods. It's excruciating to watch Adam build things badly. The show wasn't that dumb. They were mostly actors.
@@toomanymarys7355 source needed*
Gota give credit to the two main leads for putting aside their differences to make the show work.
Mythbusters is a show that defined a generation. it’s one of the most important shows of our generation. And it’s literally saved lives
I tuned out slowly as it became more and more about explosions. I'm sure seeing bigger and bigger explosions in person is pretty cool, but it loses its appeal pretty fast on tv.
Ur not wrong, even in movies
This was what lost part of my interest. I was more interested in the myths over lets blow something up.
Towards the end, it lost it's originality and was almost only explosions and movie specials. I'm not saying the concept of a movie special is bad, but it seemed obvious that they were starting from a movie, which was probably a sponsor, and then coming up with something *mediocre* to test, rather than starting with a great myth and building a show around it
Yup. The show eventually declined because they ran out of material. It's honestly amazing they were able to keep it going for 14 years. Likely the main reason it lasted as long as it did is due to the likability of the cast. They were just fun to watch.
In fairness, both Adam and Jaime weren't scientists; they were SFX guys from Hollywood, so it was almost like they came full circle. But yes, about halfway through the "myths" stopped being actual myths.
I agree. They clearly were out of ideas. Those last few seasons felt tired.
@@LordSluggo To be fair your typical scientist is not usually someone you want to be the person building things. Not that they can't also be builders its just not usually a part of their job so it may very well not be a part of their skillset unless they happen to be doing it as a hobby. SFX guys from hollywood were always building stuff back in the day though. A lot less of it now that CGI has taken over so much but you get the point.
They did science, using the scientific method. So yes they were/are. That isn't taking anything away from other people who study to be scientists, but they are scientists
My son and I were avid fans of the show. He's 22 now and every once in a while something from the show will pop up in a conversation.
Also, Grant's passing was a huge blow for us, it felt like we lost someone we knew.
Adam and Jamie had one of my favorite television dynamics. It makes sense in retrospect that they respected each other but didn’t view each other as friends because that’s the vibe they gave off.
I think we all have had people we’ve worked with who liked professionally but not personally.
That way there is room to critique in a professional way without upsetting friendships, it works and the end result is more respect for each other.
One of the most famous cases was Siskel and Ebert. By far the most popular movie critics of all time, their tv show was almost must watch tv for a number of years, yet the only time they ever saw each other was on set. In fact, during a show they asked each other questions and Roger Ebert asked Gene Siskel if Gene actually liked him. "I have no idea if you like me or not," Roger said.
Another prime example is Ashton Kucher and Mila Kunis on That 70 Show. When they were acting they really didn't get along, probably in part because Mila was so much younger than everyone else. It all worked out in the end.
People work with for friends all the time and eventually fall out, so 🤷🏾♀️
There's actually been 2 mythbusters who have passed away. Grant Imahara and Jessi Combs (she featured in mythbusters when Kari was on maternity leave)
I believe she was also their fabricator in earlier episodes as well
@@jako1234567890jako yes I agree
She actually was one of the main cast in the earlier seasons. She actually worked with k
Kary and Tory before grant came onto the show.
@@jako1234567890jako that was another mythbuster, you’re thinking of Scotti who was replaced by Grant
@@zackeryhardy9504 different person, you’re remembering Scotti who Grant replaced
I loved mythbusters so much growing up. one of my favorite shows. it was so good.
Same!!
Rip Grant. It hit me like a train when the news broke. What a talent and gone too soon.
For me, the main era of Mythbusters as rougghly between 2011 and 2015, because it was broadcasted the most at these times here in Czechia. And my god, me and even my mother, we both loved it. But yea, its true that it is better to end strong than weak... ;) . Great video, thank you for it! :)
Being part Asian I grew up idolizing the show and specifically Grant. It was so inspiring to watch such a science focused fun show as a kid and still have fond memories to this day. It was such a shock when we lost Grant at such a young age.
This show changed me so much.
It made me want to build things, it made me want to make art, it made me feel like engineering and physics could be so much fun… and as someone with a learning disability, I had not been introduced to those subjects in a way that made me happy.
Through mythbusters I started watching Star Trek, learning about film, doing my own experiments and taking a woodshop class to learn how to build things… I miss this show. All the time. I miss being so excited to watch new episodes, feeling so inspired that I’d jump around during commercial breaks (ADHD is mighty strong) and I miss feeling like someday I could feel just as happy with my career as they did.
Most of all… I wish Grant was still here. He was engaged at the time he passed away… probably planning a 50th birthday celebration with his fiancée as well as the most geek themed wedding you’ve ever seen… it’s not fair.
I'm one of those super fans you mentioned. I always loved Mythbusters. I have DVDs of Mythbusters seasons. I don't know how many discussions I've ended with 'The mythbusters did it'. To this day if I hear someone say 'bull in a china shop' I reply 'you know that saying isn't true'
Just shouted 'No' at the TV when you said about Grant passing. Unbelievable and I can't believe I didn't know that. RIP Grant, you were awesome.
RIP Grant. Never knew he passed away, that was a bit of a shock
Me too
It just goes to show you have to enjoy life everyday and not put things off especially your family and parents
As one day it will be too late when they are gone
Trust me , been there and done that
Jessi Combs also died a few years back in a land speed record attempt.
I was a avid viewer of Mythbusters back in the day in my university years, often downloading all the episodes I could fit on my hard drive. I 100% agree that they started making the show all about explosions which was when my interest in the show started to decline. I also found that the release schedule started to become sporatic so it was hard to stay caught up and I moved on to other things. Other then watching the White Rabbit Project, I haven't kept up with anything related to Mythbusters, but I enjoy being the guy that says "They proved that on Mythbusters".
Mythbusters had a profound impact on my family. It started out with just me, but each of my kids grabbed on to it to the point that it has significantly influenced their lives as adults. It is part of our family culture and i consider it to be one of the very most important TV shows that we watched as a family. It certainly dominated the recording space on our DVR!
Oh, one other thing: Adam also had a cameo in "The Expanse", which he has talked a bunch about on Tested. Thanks for doing this episode!
Usually Adam and Jamie are introduced together in the opening, with Tori, Grant and Kari listed as “and joining them.” I can remember one episode where they listed all five members in the intro as full hosts, but I guess the producers didn’t like that, and they went back to their second tier listings soon after.
Mythbusters was one of those shows that my daughter and I would watch together as she grew up. The show ran for pretty much the entirety of her childhood. As a result, she became very interested in subjects like math & science. She has recently graduated college with a BS in biology and is now pursuing her master's degree with intentions of continuing beyond that. I'm sure Adam and Jamie would be proud to know how much their influence played a part in sparking her imagination and career goals.
I wish Mythbusters came out when I was a kid. I love learning the truth about myths aka the lies we have been told.
You will really love the JFK story and the c19 because both are myths in the way they have been told.
you can start by mythbusting religions
@@kendelion ?
@@silverhawkscape2677 :)
The explanation about the relationship between Adam and Jamie is extremely reductive. Adam has explained a lot of times that it was a rewarding work relationship but that they aren't friends and can drive each other batty.
It reminds me how people always thought the trio from Top Gear and Grand Tour were friends but they've all said many times that they've never really liked each other and don't associate outside of the show.
I was obsessed with Mythbusters as a kid! I now teach math and science to 4th graders (and definitely at least part of my personal interest in science came from Mythbusters). I love making references to the show to my students, and the crazy thing is many of them have actually heard and even seen Mythbusters! They would have all been toddlers when the show ended, yet several of them are familiar with it. It really shows you how timeless the show is, and how even after all these years it is still engaging and inspiring kids in math and science!
Mythbusters will never die, as now everywhere private channels create theme-based Mythbusters, some of them are for certain games, some others about auto-mechanics and other.
Btw the best episode was surviving on an island with duct tape.
Grant died just about 2 weeks after my Dad passed. We used to watch Mythbusters obsessively together, watching all day on their Thanksgiving Day marathons. Those are some of my favorite memories. The last episode we watched together was Tanker crush, though Dad was pretty out of it that day.
I discovered MythBusters in 2005 and fell in love with it. A lot of allowance $, followed by paychecks, went to purchasing episodes...something I have never done with any other show. I miss the show so much. Grant's passing was shocking. Rest in peace, sir.
same it was a show that spoke to me on many levels and I am sad a little bit inside each and every day since it finished, although Adams channel helps fill some of the void but its not quite the same, the show came along at the right time with the right people with a great concept that evolved naturally and that is what made it amazing, I hope one day they will do a reunion episode on Discovery for the 20th anniversary
It became mostly schlock science, bangs, pops, and explosions so it jumped the shark when it had to continuously one up itself in shock value. People who stayed glued those final years were those who already probably felt they had a large time investment. I'd definitely get tired of working on the same show over ten years without a huge pay raise; may as well call it the explosion show and there are hundreds of those just wrecking things. Mythbusters was one of they very few worthwhile things to watch imo during the period of years it aired.
5:48 only woman left on the show, neglects to name the fastest woman. Jessi Combs, also died in 2019, first person to break the speed record in 40 years. 522.783mph!
Scottie was the first women working with Tori and Kari, Jessi covered Kari's maturity leave much later on. Also mythtern Jess was on camera a lot in the beginning too. I was sad when I learned about Jessi Combs passing though I am a racing fan too.
@@perkusionrols oh my goodness, I thought that was Jessi all those years ago! Thanks for the correction friendo, I'm actually gonna read into both of them
Not friends doesn’t mean they hated each other. I’m sure their relationship was more like 2 work colleagues. They talk to each other and work together at work, but go their separate ways at the end of the day.
Brother, glad you're back and ready to deliver on these videos!! Hope you have an amazing week!!!
Thanks man! I hope you have a fabulous week as well!
One of the only shows my father, brother, and I watch every year. I remember a decade ago when I learned Adam and Jamie weren't friends.
Mythbusters and How Its Made literally raised half of us older Gen Z kids. I remember getting on the Discovery channel every night in the late 2000's/early 2010's and watch episodes endlessly until I fell asleep. Definitely the coolest boring shows ever.
Exactly!
For some reason, Jamie being a triple doctor and building firefighting tanks is exactly what I expected. Adam and Grant I already knew. Kari and Tori are the ones I was curious about, just a shame I have zero reason to watch any TV anymore.
Anyway, I'd rather the show end suddenly after 15 strong years than get milked for all it's worth and die slowly. Many, many quotes and anecdotes from Mythbusters will stick with me forever.
I honestly forgot about Grant passing, and that part of the video hit me like a ton of bricks! 😢
I'm in my mid 40's, and I always hated the sciences growing up, but stumbling onto Mythbusters changed all that. I never knew science could be fun, they proved me wrong in the most positive of ways. Okay, so I don't work in sciences today, but I have a massive love for it, and it all started with the two of them, back before the trio team joined them.
I also loved that you had the young team in Tory, Grant and Kari doing the more "young" and "rebellious" myths (hope you get what I mean by that), and having the more "mature" guys doing the more serious myths. It didn't make sense before the second team become a regular feature to have Jamie and Adam doing full on pop culture stuff, it often felt a bit, strange. That's why I really felt the show pop off when the second team became regulars, cause the myths they were testing usually fit the personalities of the people testing them.
No matter how you look at it, I think Mythbusters has done something amazing, something that will only benefit the technology of the future. Just like the Star Trek cause so many people to start dreaming, and it berthed so many future aerospace engineers, engineers of all kinds really, scientists. Basically, it peaked to many peoples curiosity causing them to choose a scientific background. I do genuinely believe Mythbusters has done the same, and will continue to do in the foreseeable future. There is a reason why there are science teachers who utilize Mythbusters and integrate some of what they have done in the shows into their classes. Cause they found a way to make science fun!
I so wish they would have been around when I was a kid in school, I might have paid a lot more attention in my science classes and gotten higher grades. ;-)
Science isn't bad, only bad teachers make it so.
Mythbusters is still one of my favourite shows, but since we lost Grant and honorary Mythbuster Jessi Combs I can't watch it without feeling sad. It's interesting to hear Jamie has pretty much faded out of public life as he didn't seem to be that comfortable on screen.
RIP Grant! It still hurts and you are missed.
I grew up on this! All of them were great A team and B team. Myths got me interested into the physics and chemistry of what they did in the show. I would Google the myths afterwards and find out how explosions worked etc. All good things must come to an end. Rip Grant.
The words "Mythbusters did that" became a mantra heard in every home.
One night I stumbled across a funny man with a walrus moustache yelling at a duck "quack, dammit". I was hooked immediately, loved nearly every minute of the show and admired the cast's abilities and dedication. It's sad it stopped, but as the old showbiz saying does 'leave 'em wanting more'. I never drive past a concrete truck without thinking of the big bang!
Passed, not in the past. 😐
nothing quiet like opening the tv to this show =) oh those times. thank you so much.
Ah yes the nostalgia
Great vid, never really got into Mythbusters but had loads of friends who did, this video gave a much better insight! Maybe a vid about the downfall and shutdown of BlueSky Studios could be interesting
Thanks for the suggestion man!
RIP Grant, my mom survived an intracranial aneurysm when I was in 3rd grade and suffered a stroke as a result.
Those things are brutal and they sneak up on you with no warning.
I remember watching Mythbusters when I came home from preschool and elementary school. It had a big part in my life. Although I study linguistics and other social sciences, I am still following what is going on with scientific spheres and whatnot. I still refer to the show when someone follows a busted myth.
I loved mythbusters, I watched until 2011. In 2012 I was so focused in studying to get into college, and then moved out of my parents house so I didn't have cable TV anymore. Never heard of this last episode recap I'll look for
It’s beautiful
Why your parents kicked you out of the house?
If you have discovery plus, they have all the seasons
Assistia no Fantastico ?
@@magnero2749 eu via no Discovery meus pais assinaram a Directv que depois virou a Sky
I gotta say, of all celebrities we lost in the 2020s, and it was starting to look like the 2016 dumpster fire all over again,
Grant Imahara hit me HARD. Like SERIOUSLY hard. Grant was the star Wars kid we all were, who MADE it. He was literally living the dream, having worked for ILM, and even making his own droids, and had his own (droid) workshop.
Good video. I loved the show and watched it weekly until the end.
Losing Grant was a tough one. I knew that he had been involved in Battlebots since early on. I was touched when they named the best technological achievement the Grant Imahara award.
I was also wondering so
Thanks for the clarification
Well, hope your questions were answered
The explosion where they accidentally shredded a concrete mixer into metal scraps of a foot long or less.
the girl who was kidnapped and used one of the myths to escape her captors.
the one where Kerry chainsawed a tree in half...using a rapid-fire machine gun.
The list goes on. So many memories.
I kinda agree with the statement at 5:00, the explosions were fun of course but for me it was always about the science and the journey to get to the result.
It is so sad that there wasn't the respect between the 2 main mythbusters that they never dined together by themselves. Pretty much from the beginning of mythbusters there was obvious friction even with what made it to air. The build team were probably what kept mythbusters going for as long as it did. They had the personalities and friendships that just shined through. I worked with someone who in my mind was very like Jamie. He was incredibly smart and competent but just wasn't anything like a people person. When I lost my job due to staff cuts losing that workmate meant nothing to me. Several others I have kept in touch with in the decades since.
RIP Grant, you will be missed !
New subscriber here because of the video..loved mythbusters especially grant and Tory
The single best factual TV show ever to come out of the USA. I've been watching the early seasons again for the first time since they were broadcast and it is superb television. There is nothing that even comes close to it being made now.
i also watched mythbusters a lot when i was younger and enjoyed it every time i did. I also believe not only did it influence an entire generation of engineers and chemists it also brought up entire genres in the tuber community
Adam wasn’t tired, he loved being able to experiment. But I respect his decision. Discovery was my thing thanks to them but they don’t care about what makes them. Love carry, she was my crush as a pre teen.-
Rest In Peace Himabara, you gave us so much.
A brilliant show, much missed. Still can’t believe that Grant passed, so sad. 💔
Great series. Thanks for the memories
I loved the series. Even if it was badly dubbed in German and sometimes you really had to concentrate on either the English or the German. I don't think I missed a single one. They covered up the fact that they were never best friends very well. I never thought. When my children get to the right age, it will become mandatory for them.
Mythbusters was my childhood into Early Adulthood. I watched basically every episode that ever came out. I watch Adam's channel on UA-cam because of how much I loved his energy in the show. and of course I watch Mythbuster style channels on youtube today
Tory has been working with the guys from Jackass over the past few years. He was on The Explosion Show which was produced by Gorilla Flicks (Jeff Tremaine director of Jackass's production company) and was in the 4th Jackass film Jackass Forever, honestly seeing how much stuff the Jackass guys are doing these days I think that's where we will see more of him.
Mythbusters was definitely the show that helped grow my interest in science. I grew up watching the show and graduated from school a year ago, and now I'm looking to decide on a career path to go down. Although it's sad the show is not running any more, it will always have a special place in my heart.
Thanks for the video! I watched MythBusters with my son almost every morning before school when he was in Middle School. Great show, something I would have watched when I was a kid. But when you watch an entire series of a show over a few months, you see how it changes. It had become an explosion factory, and lost some of it's original magic, so it was time to go out while it was still good, as you say. I could tell that Kari, Grant and Tory were like The Three Amigos, and Adam and Jamie had to work together because their contract said so. It seemed like Adam's enthusiastic exuberance somehow grated on Jamie's nerves. He seemed like someone who finds it hard to laugh. Oh well! Very sad to hear about Grant's tragic death :-(.
BTW, my son is now a Freshman at CU Boulder, studying mechanical Engineering😊.
I seen every episode and could watch them all again!
I used to teach science report writing using mythbusters. Students would watch and jot down the hypothesis, method, and discuss the results and finally draw a conclusion based on the show. Thanks for detailing what happened to the show and starts. Didn't know about Grant - sad.
Mythbusters was one of the things me and my dad really bonded over when I was younger. We're pretty different people in our interests, he's the type to work on cars and go camping, I'm the type to play games and think up cool ideas before thinking of ways to make them work in real life. But we both love science, and we both think in similar ways. I'll always love this show, because without it I'm not sure I would love my dad like I do today.
I loved Mythbusters. I still remember when the show started and I was instantly hooked. The couple final season were definitely starting to show a decline so I think Mythbusters ended at the right time and didn't forcefully just keep the show going.
As for the chemistry between Adam and Jamie, it's not all that surprising that they're not actually friends. I get along very well with many of my coworkers but I'm not actually friends with any of them and we don't really communicate outside of work.
As for Grant, I was genuinely shocked to hear the news about his passing. He was one of my favorites in the show and overall a good person. The world will surely miss him.
I loved that show, could never understand why it was cancelled until now. I didn't know Grant died either, that was a shock!
Grant gave me my best friend. While 99.999% do not understand this ( so obscure, even people that look it up wont see his influence). He did change my life 10 years ago. And thank him for that. Never expected the changes he made in my life. Cyptic for a reason.
Thing about genuine people. They make changes in people's lives even without realizing (he knew who I was, but probably didn't know he changed my life so much).
Mythbusters was one of my three favorite TV shows. I still miss it.
Top Gear and Brainiac were the two others BTW.
Better to end on a reasonable note than to just fade away. Fourteen years was a great run. Love Adam's Tested.
Literally my childhood right here
I always wished junkyard wars kept going. That was my favourite show of all.
I love Mythbusters as a kid. Easily my favorite TV show back then. I loved it so much that the end of it brought little 12 year old me to tears. As a way of honoring and remembering them I named 5 of my team members in my pokemon sun team after each of the Mythbusters.
Nice to know 8 year old me wasn’t the only one who cried watching the last episode
I remember watching mythbusters every week with my family when I was little. It was always a good night.
In 2018 or 2019 Adam explained what happened to the build team: when he and Jamie first started the show they were under 10 year contracts and while the show continued to grow in popularity, their pay never did.
When their contracts were up the show was still at its height of popularity and so they signed on for 5 more years for much more money.
Then the shows ratings started to decline, which meant less advertiser revenue coming in. He said Discovery approached him and Jamie about taking a pay cut, but they refused... so in order to cut the shows budget they got rid of the build team.
(This might be coming from the clips in this video with Adam on the stage talking to the audience about the show)
I'd also put out there that both Adam and Jamie have said they weren't friends and almost everybody takes that to mean they didn't like eachother... but I'd just be thinking its more that they just aren't friends.
I've worked with people where I could say they seemed like an OK person, even likable, but just for one reason or another I'd never say we were friends, just colleagues and they are probably not somebody I would ever go out with for drinks or dinner unless it was some kind of company function... that either its not something they'd ask (Hey, you wanna go for drinks after work?) or that I would either.
Mythbusters is one of those shows we get super comfortable with and when the inevitable ending happens, we are left feeling like we lost part of the family...unfortunately, we did with the loss of Grant. #Tears #Prayers
Another reason may simply be that many people began to ditch cable around that time. It's why I lost touch with the Mythbusters. I have great memories of the show.
My boss said you don’t have to be friends, just be friendly.
Awesome video bro
I would like to see next
How I meet your mother cast 😁
Hahaha, thanks for the suggestion man
Why?
I feel like Adam's UA-cam channel is the spiritual successor to Mythbusters, in the sense that it carries on that original vibe. He builds so much stuff on that channel and his shop is just so cool.
I was 27 years old so I grew up in the 80's way before Mythbusters was a thing. The similar show I grew up and loved was a British show that also aired in America called "Junkyard Wars" or in UK called "Scrapheap Challenge". I loved Mythbusters but I feel they took a lot of inspiration from Junkyard Wars.
Considering some of their on air fights in the early seasons, I'm not surprised that Adam and Jamie didn't get along. Those were some of the most real feeling fights I ever saw on a reality TV show
I think enough time has passed and their are enough new myths that I am ready for another Mythbusters show.
And now I want to rewatch Mythbasters and have a loong list of similar shows to explore! 😎