Mythbusters : Discovery Channel

Adam Savage, Cover … Dad

Posted by Kristen Lomasney Wed May 23, 2012 04:45 PM ET | 0

Yesterday, my boyfriend emailed me a photo of the latest issue of Wired, which he’d just received in the mail. “Adam’s on the cover,” he wrote. I probably should have known this in advance, but it’s been a busy ... Read more

Adam Savage’s Maker Faire Presentation

Posted by Kristen Lomasney Wed May 23, 2012 01:13 PM ET | 0

I have known Adam Savage for just shy of a decade, but somehow I did NOT know the story behind his hat. Did you? I’m going to be really embarrassed if I’m the ONLY one who was in the ... Read more

Adam Savage’s Commencement Speech

Posted by Kristen Lomasney Wed May 23, 2012 12:21 PM ET | 0

The year I graduated from Johns Hopkins, Lee Iacocca — chairman of the Chrysler Group at the time – gave the commencement address. No offense to Mr. Iacocca, but in contrast, this year’s graduating class at Sarah Lawrence College... Read more

Step Inside Adam’s Man Cave

Posted by Kristen Lomasney Tue May 22, 2012 01:40 PM ET | 0

I was in San Francisco last week, and I had the incredible — and I do mean incredible — pleasure of SEEING ADAM’S MAN CAVE IN PERSON! My boyfriend was with me, and if I was excited to be ... Read more

The MythBusters’ Charitable Bowling Battle

Posted by Kristen Lomasney Tue May 22, 2012 01:28 PM ET | 0

When I was in San Francisco last week, I emailed Adam Savage from the airplane with my arrival information. “Are you coming to our end-of-season bowling event?” he asked. No, I hadn’t heard about it. “You’re coming.... Read more

See the Dandy Warhols Live

Posted by Kristen Lomasney Tue May 22, 2012 12:40 PM ET | 0

As you know, last fall the Dandy Warhols revamped the MythBusters theme song. It just so happens that I — as well as many of the MythBusters cast and crew – am a HUGE Dandy Warhols fan, so when ... Read more

It’s Like Threading a Needle With … an Excavator?

Posted by Kristen Lomasney Thu May 3, 2012 03:39 PM ET | 0

We all have skills we can boast about, and one of mine has always been the ability to thread a needle on the first try. I was very proud of that ability until I watched this video from MythBusters: ... Read more

Was Jamie Bribed to Wear High Heels?

Posted by Kristen Lomasney Tue May 1, 2012 03:59 PM ET | 0

Were you surprised to see Jamie Hyneman wearing saucy red stilettos in MythBusters: Driving in Heels the other night? You weren’t the only one, as revealed in the MythBusters Aftershow. “Everybody seemed to be surprised that I would [put... Read more

So … Who’s the Best Navigator?

Posted by Kristen Lomasney Thu Apr 26, 2012 11:10 AM ET | 0

I am a woman who prides herself on her mad navigation skillz … … which is why I so enjoyed the debate among Grant Imahara, Tory Belleci and Kari Byron about who among them gives the best directions during ... Read more

About Those Fake Breasts …

Posted by Kristen Lomasney Wed Apr 25, 2012 05:03 PM ET | 0

If you saw Sunday’s MythBusters: Battle of the Sexes, then you watched the men-vs-women driving test. And you are aware that because it was vital that the subjects’ identity and gender were invisible to the driving instructor, each... Read more

See Jamie and Adam at the USA Science Festival

Posted by Kristen Lomasney Tue Apr 24, 2012 02:07 PM ET | 0

If you’re in the D.C. area, as Discovery Channel’s headquarters is, you’re in luck this weekend, because Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman will be speaking at the 2012 USA Science Festival. Yay! Specifically, Jamie and Adam will be... Read more

Putting Fuel in Liz Lemon’s Tank

Posted by Kristen Lomasney Fri Apr 20, 2012 09:53 AM ET | 0

In the second pop-culture — but first … um … sexual — reference of the week, the MythBusters have been mentioned on network television. This time, it’s 30 Rock. (Again.) Watch for not one but two libido-stirring... Read more

When Experiments Just Won’t Work

Posted by Kristen Lomasney Fri Apr 20, 2012 08:57 AM ET | 0

You know, sometimes things … just don’t work out as hoped. It doesn’t matter how hard you try, how many different ways you try, or even how long you try, sometimes some things just aren’t in the cards. You ... Read more

Is Tory Sad? Or Mad? Test Yourself

Posted by Kristen Lomasney Fri Apr 20, 2012 08:50 AM ET | 0

Tell me that you’ve never had this conversation with someone of the opposite sex: “Ohhhh, honey, you shouldn’t have said that. She was really upset.” “No, she wasn’t! She thought it was funny!” “Um,... Read more

See Who Wins the Battle of the Sexes

Posted by Kristen Lomasney Thu Apr 19, 2012 01:30 PM ET | 0

Hurrah! Finally, after nine years, the MythBusters are taking on the battle of the sexes. OK, sure, a couple of years ago they tested which gender can withstand pain better. But this time, they are taking on a whole ... Read more