Wednesday, April 27, 2005

Mythbusters: Mr. Wizard Meets Wildboyz Over the weekend, I came across a great new show: "Mythbusters" on The Discovery Channel. On it, hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman use science to separate fact from fiction on various urban legends: Will your tattoo explode in an MRI machine? (No.) How long does it take to find a needle in a haystack? (About a day.) Part of the charm of the show comes from Adam and Jamie's on-screen chemistry, and part comes from their ability and willingness to blow stuff up and put themselves in the center of the action in order to demonstrate, rather than simply explain, why something is or isn't possible. Call it Mr. Wizard meets Wildboyz. Perhaps Mythbusters can engineer a crossover episode with The Office to answer Gareth's question: Will there ever be a boy born who can swim faster than a shark? 11:58:55 AM    comment []