As a new fan of Mythbusters, I’ve noticed that the producers of the show are seemingly obsessed with blurring all logos - on clothing, cars etc. I’ve seen it done occasionally on different show but not to the extent on Mythbusters. Anyone know why?

People were disappointed to find out the truth, but I find it sort of poetic. I see it as the mythbusting cycle closing on itself, like an ouroboros.

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I’ve been trying to build up a collection of physical media here lately so I can try to escape all the hassle of streaming services, I can’t find any concrete info on if the series ever got an official physical release or if it was just a handful of episodes

I’d really love to own a physical box set of the full series, but I can’t find any that don’t seem VERY sketchy

I wish they'd tested Sir Don Bradman's childhood practice technique that supposedly helped his extraordinary batting - that would take months!

For those who aren't Australian or British: Sir Donald Bradman (1908-2001) was an Australian cricket player (national team 1928-1948, skipping WW2) whose batting average was - and remains - light-years beyond anyone else at international level, at 99.94 runs/innings (the next best was in the early 60s or 70s/innings).

As a child he would repeatedly hit a golf ball with a cricket stump against a water tank in the backyard - a cricket ball is about the same size as a tennis ball, and stumps are less than half the width of a cricket bat. "The Don" demonstrated this for the newsreels in 1932 (Don Bradman in How I Play Cricket).

So, would this practice method improve someone's batting technique? Thoughts?

Antigravity Device episode

"I reject your reality, and substitute my own!"

I just watched pirates part 2, and right after it was steam power machine gun. After the entire pirate episode of Adam going over the top with his pirate accent, when pitching machine gun he started doing an over-exaggerated nerd accent and partway through I thought “good lord just talk like a f*ing adult.”

But it also reminded me of friends I have that are perfectly normal but sometimes do things they think are hilarious and everyone else just gets annoyed. So it’s perfectly reasonable to be annoyed at someone’s behavior while still being great friends. It just makes them annoying at times.

Also similarly though, Adam seems to have mellowed with age, and I feel like his personality on the show is not the personality he uses anymore. Especially the characters and accents.

Does anyone know what all of the Mythbusters are doing now? Including the Mythbusters Jr cast, Christine, and Jess?

Note: With the exception of Adam and Grant

Adam is an independent contractor, and YouTuber.

Edit: I forgot about Jessie Combs, she passed away in an accident trying to break a land speed record.

I want to make my own myth-busting show for YouTube but I need some ideas of what to test.

Here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJPYF49YtPY

Now for some context, there are several posts here about this episode not being available to stream and I still see comments and DMs of people looking to get their hands on a copy.

It is finally available and in a better quality than what I have seen before (1080p with no Discovery logo burned in).

This version is 94min while the HDTV version I have seen before was 87min, this could be due to frame rate differences or a different edit.

Well, it's actually the Actor, Rex Linn. But damn if I didn't do a double take when he appeared on screen.

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Hi. Guys im. Really interested in Having a look at it an episode both adam and hyneman were exploding something and they made a small gun chase firing system where they pressed a button and ignites the e match electronic igniter any idea pleas

Did I miss it or were any of your guest, from the police, firefighters, or any of the specialists black?

I just watched the Baseball Special on YouTube and I’m a little irked.

They tested whether sliding into a base is faster than running to it.

Problem is, when they ran to the base, they tried to stop right in the base.

When I played softball as a child we were actually taught to run through the base, meaning you ran to the base, touched it with your foot, and kept going to slow down naturally.

My coach also told me that the reason baseball players slid into a base rather than running to it was because it made the catcher on the base have to work harder to tag the player with the caught ball before reaching the base, resulting in an Out.

I guess my question is a two parter:

1. Is the technique I was taught in softball legal in baseball?

2. Is running through the base faster or just as fast as the slide?

In the "Commercial Myths" episode s16e3. They tested myths from commercials, namely bungee jumping for apples and playing tennis on an airplane. Does anyone know what the original commercials were selling?