How Did MythBusters' Blueprints Work?
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How far ahead were the MythBusters blueprints planned? Which was the hardest to complete? Tested members Thomas Esson and @joshmm141 asked Eric Haven, published cartoon artist and longtime MythBusters producer, and here are his answers!
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I miss the Mythbusters era of my life. There really hasn't been a tv show thats come close since.
absolutely. we need more mythbusters
Agree 💯
The genuine vibe of curiosity is almost unattainable in today's cutthroat profit driven TV landscape. It's a shame but I think we'll just have to stick to reruns of mythbusters for now
Me too! My kids were young during that time and I have such great memories of watching Mythbusters with them! Good times 😊
Agreed
I'm so happy I'm the steward of one of these treasures.
You're the steward of much more than one of the blue prints, mr Hill.
Thanks you for all your wonderful work, science Goku.
I always enjoy watching science hemsworth's videos👍🏻🤣. Even got noitced by the BBC for work in fake science videos.
Kyle, which blueprint did you get to keep?
@@nickyoung9108 It was the sword-swinging robot, Science Thor and Adam made a frame for it in "One Day Builds: Mythbusters Blueprint Display with Kyle Hill"
As am I now (4 actually) after the last auction and I can't wait to receive them and figure out some sort of display/mounting solution. They're big and I live in an apartment. Love the build that Kyle and Adam did, so I'll probably go down that path, though with far less skill.
these interviews with the people who helped produce the mythbusters is amazing. really enjoying them
So glad! More to come!
Now I want to see a compilation of all the blueprint drawings from Mythbusters in order. It would be really cool to see the evolution and the change from when Jamie and Adam were drawing them
This!
EXACTLY!!
Gotta ask Discovery for that.
I said someone should have made a book of these blueprint drawings! Wouldn't that be worth it to buy!?
@@passage9993 it would make great wall art too, maybe on a canvas print
My favorite line from this show is when they were testing ways to save fuel and they couldn't explain how a particular device was supposed to work.
"It uses an electromagnetic field to vibrate the fuel molecules, making them burn better. But what does that mean? Well, we asked our graphic artist, but he didn't know either." That literally had me on the floor laughing 😂.
Could probably take that to an actual scientist, and they would not know how to explain it 😂
one of the cool things is once the show took off people were wiling to donate all sorts of things just so they couod watch it get destroyed on television. I recall one episode where a kid and his mom donated their old car, and he got to be on set to watch it explode.
Earl the Caddy.
This is perhaps the coolest correction I'll ever make. Adam, you said Big Daddy Kane, who's an iconic 80s rapper and member of the Juice Crew. But you definitely meant Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, creator of Rat Fink and iconic hot rod artist.
I just want to boast that I checked the comments before going all "uM, aCtuaLLy" myself.
I do wish you showed us examples of the drawings or even the filming process
They can’t show a lot of stuff from the actual show
They showed a few going on auction to raise money for Grant Imahara's charity shortly after he passed. I also believe that the final episode Mythbusters episode actually did a brief behind the scenes bit for the blueprint sketches.
Discovery Warner guards all that IP extremely tightly. No footage. At most, an occasional still. Tested respects that. Ironically, random public people have posted video and the show music composer has posted the music. But Tested can't touch it.
Correct I watched the whole thing expecting that because of the thumbnail
The blueprints were definitely a highlight of the show for me! It streamlined the flow of the episode for viewers and made it easier for us to concentrate on y'all's REACTIONS to what was going on, instead of 'WHAT is actually going on here?'
Very cool to hear from the man behind the blueprints. More videos on stuff like this, please!
More to come!
The comment about not telling your job a skill you don’t want to do is very funny! When I was studying music tech they told all of us “if you want to be an assistant recording engineer and actually spend time recording, don’t tell em you know how to solder!” 😂
The blueprints MADE that show. I'm very visual and appreciated them. They summarized and made everything "click" and was a welcomed break. I think they saved time; a picture says a thousand words. The blueprints and narration were as signature as Jamie's beret and white shirt.
Mythbusters marks the end of my days watching cable television.
LMAO Ed "Big Daddy" Roth did Ratfink....Big Daddy Kane is a rapper lol
Aw, I was hoping Adam was just into Golden Age hip hop music.
I have just started rewatching mythbusters from the start and I had thought the blueprints looked different to why I remember and the change of artist would be why! So cool to know
I loved watching Mythbusters and Good Eats growing up. I loved the really technical aspect of how things worked and just general educational chaos that was provided with those two shows. Good Eats was a Mythbuster like cooking show on Food Network and honestly made such an impact on my curiosity growing up.
Mythbusters blueprints are so iconic. Such a key part of the "feel" of the show. It's great to hear how they evolved.
There are few, very few, shows that were as magical as Mythbusters. Mythbusters, obviously, but then shows like Survivorman, and the BBC Top Gear (Jeremy, Hammond, and May), The Grand Tour, Jeremy's Farm...etc. i can watch and rewatch them till the end of time. They made me want to be there sooo much hanging out with them, working on the various projects.
Has Adam talked about where the idea for the blueprints came from? Did Jamie simply have blueprint paper around the shop that they grabbed one day when in need of something to draw on? Or was it a visualization technique suggested by someone on the production team? I feel like this has probably been answered, but I can't recall.
I too would like to know the answer to this
I love these glimpses into the show and how it was made. They're so interesting.
Hey Adam, @3:00 ever been in one made by ItalMec so the micro switches failed constantly and allowed you to boom horizontally when it thought you were booming vertically? Yeah, they then fall over. I was 4 stories up at the time. Luckily, I only broke both collarbones, a handful of ribs, had some internal bleeding, whiplash and concussion! The basket was a right-off 😁
I remember getting excited when the hour came for a new episode, and the christmas special, etc. There are a lot of amazing science channels like Veritasium that get me excited but i would love to see adam keep doing mythbuster-style experiment, on youtube, on a cheaper scale and just go with it. I'm SURE he'd get millions of people loving it and getting a bigger budget from sponsers or subscribers, etc. seriously i just love the science, the process, the ideas, the failures, the fun. Please Adam do more myth busting or just science experiments to explain science phenomenoms that would be amazing. There don't need to be grandiose, expensive video or experiments. There is a TON of science that is cheap and amazing to do. I don't care about explosions and guns. I was as fascinated about "does music make plant grow faster" as with the "does a hammer thrown before a falling person breaks the water tension enough to lower body damage of a falling person in water" and so on
I honestly think that there are so many YT channels that cover most aspects of what MB was and did, that it would be hard to come up with new and unique content. No one channel does it all, but collectively, a lot is just already out there.
Veritasium is a controvsy seeking hack, he is not, nor ever will be, mythbusters level.
Mythbusters is the last cable TV show that I really enjoyed and looked forward to. I watched the show almost religiously, and by the time it went off the air my whole family was sick of the direction most of network television was taking and all of us ended our cable/satellite subscriptions. I think Mythbusters will always be remembered as one of the best shows ever.
They need to bring this show back to TV
They tried and it sucked because the hosts weren't good. Nobody talks about how Mythbusters was actually rebooted, even discovery tried to bury it.
@@HaarschmuckfachgeschafttadpoleYeah, the new hosts didn't have the same chemistry.
There have been a number of reboots: MythBusters the Search, MythBusters 2.0, MythBusters Jr and Motor Mythbusters.
@@Haarschmuckfachgeschafttadpole can't have been as bad as the original hosts.
I feel there is a Siskel and Ebert quality to the original hosts. Similarly, rebooting their show was impossible as well at the same level. Sometimes contrast has a better quality than hosts whose personality jibes perfectly.
At what point in the process of one episode, did its blueprint get made?
As the first thing, based on the initial thoughts of what the myth will look like? As the last thing, based on what has happened while filming? After the rough cut, so it's based on what the viewers are about to see?
Stay tuned for our next video with Eric, going out Tuesday.
Eric seems like such a nice, down to earth guy.
Adam, these interviews are fascinating as they answer many questions, then and now.
The Mythbuster's blueprints help me feel like art was approachable and doable even by someone who felt like they couldn't draw. They were also the reason I decided to take a drafting class in high school.
So with 2023 being the 20th anniversary what's everyone's favourite memories of Mythbusters
The overall excitement that everyone brought to the table to make the show.
The general concept of 'recreating the myth' not only did it result in some amazing explosions (hot water heater, toaster ignited gas, etc) but it was fascinating to see just how close or far from reality the myth actually was.
Who! Twenty years already??? Seems like yesterday
Right?
Yes
Rat Fink! OMG! There's a blast from the past for sure! My dad has been in the auto industry (repair & upholstery) for like 60 years. The showroom of his shop has always been chock-full of Rat Fink figures and memorabilia. Some amazing memories of being a kid and going to see dad at work, playing with Rat Fink toys in the showroom for hours.
Indeed - a blast from the past. I've not seen it anywhere in a long time. It seems to have completely fallen out of pop culture.
I wish there was a art book off all the blue prints
Love hearing from the people in the background of MythBusters that we never got to see. I hope this series continues. My kids were young when MythBusters started, your show is my fondest memories with the whole family around the TV.
Fascinating interview. I'd love to see more of these with crew that worked behind the scenes of Mythbusters.
Blueprints were always amazing....still love watching them as I have them all on VHS :)
the handshake at the start of the video was pleasingly firm
That was a fun episode! I always loved the blueprints as well.
Thanks for sharing such a cool story.
I was hoping that they could show some blueprints when talking about them.. I really loved the blueprints, but want to see some blueprints when they talk about it
I bought one in the last auction. I hope to secure a second one in the next auction.
Ah, next video (which goes out on Tuesday). We should have included some of the auction ones as B-roll, you’re right.
I was thinking about this just yesterday, what a timing
I have always adored those blueprint drawings. During this discussion they unfortunately didn't get to the question that I've always desperately wanted to know, which is exactly what paper and pen they used for the drawings. The pens seem to have been metallic silver sharpies, but I have never been able to find paper of the same color that accepts the ink properly. Any ideas?
Find some paper that *does* accept the sharpies properly and dye it?
Actual blueprints use the cyanotype process. You apply a photosensitive solution made of two iron salts (wikipedia has more details) to paper and let it dry in the dark. Clamp the paper to something which blocks light (a drawing on tracing paper, a piece of seaweed, etc) and expose to sunlight or some other UV light source. UV converts the dry salts to an insoluble blue pigment (Prussian blue). You then wash out the unexposed salts with cold water. The process is fairly cheap and very safe -- you can buy "sunprint kits" that are a bunch of pre-prepared paper sheets, meant for children to use.
So you could prepare your paper of choice and expose the whole sheet to get a "blank" blueprint. Or you could skip the light exposure step and just brush Prussian blue ink on the paper.
So, how is it, Tested can use a still from Mythbusters as a thumbnail, but can't, when Eric is talking about this blueprint or that blueprint, cut to an image of it? Sure would be great to help, dare I say, illustrate his comments
Stay awesome, Tested!
Cheers
@@CaptainHoratioPugwash Sure looks like Fair Use to me.....
@clintonallenanderson, we should have used B-roll of the auction blueprints as B-roll. Our next video with Eric does, which goes out on Tuesday. But fair use or not, Discovery has a very aggressive copyright crawler that claims copyright immediately and turns off monetization for the channel that’s using it and redirects it to Discovery. We can’t afford for it to continue to happen, as it not only demonetizes us but gives us a strike. I personally got banned from Facebook while working at Discovery, uploading MythBusters video to the MythBusters Facebook group, which was part of my job. There are no humans involved, only machines, and it took me a week to get my account back. Not worth it, unfortunately. (Kristen)
@@CaptainHoratioPugwash Sounds like the making of some really great civil disobedience.... I'm in!
@CaptainHoratioPugwash You would let anyone use your copyrights and trademarks for free? I highly doubt that.
@@moondog3056 I didn't suggest that anyone should?
Really loved the drawings, with narration. Brilliant, unique... A picture's worth a thousand words. ❤️😎👍
Eric, I loved seeing those blueprints, they were so cool and helped tell the story of what Adam & Jamie were about to do on the episode. Miss the show but at least I’m able to introduce my children to the experience.
Worth sticking to the end just to hear about the stickers
What a fun interview!
Yes, the blueprints were, at least in my opinion, an integral part of the show. Sure the show would've been good even without them, but it wouldn't have been the same show! 😊 ❤
Adam and Jamie did a bit together about 10 years ago on bendable glass ,, and at the end said who knows where this technology will go ,, maybe time to revisit this.......
Two things I'd like to hear more about:
1. How were Blueprints done, technically? I've always wondered what it was like to create them.
2. Can you talk about the brief time with the wonderful Jesse Combs? Sorely missed.
Dan
My Opinion: If im A Business owner and they knocked on my door, they needed something, i woulld say "Sure, take what you want... Just make it spectacular!"
I really enjoyed and appreciated the blueprints. Totally a cornerstone of the charm of the show for me.
Mythbusters would be a massive hit if it were to come back. I miss it so much
So nice to put a face to the hand!
The episode escapes me but I remember one of the blueprint sketches being particularly cartoony. Almost Simpsons-esque.
Mythbusters was the best part of my childhood growing up! I learned alot and enjoyed the fun along the way!
Great interview. Have you considered interviewing Larry Gonick? He was one of my favorite science communicators before MythBusters aired, and I still recommend his books.
That was special, thanks for sharing. Charles
Glad you enjoyed it!
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5:55 Yeah, that's when the company decides to assign you work under "other tasks"...
Seriously.. I absolutely loved this show.
I'm mechanically inclined, love science, and the production of this show was beautiful
👍👽
Loved them!
Regarding not telling employer ones multiple other skills: I have always tried to down-play the years spent in advertisement, graphic and interior design, as I can see the tasks that would become my responsibility. Rather, I always try to promote some other colleague, who shows some interest or knowledge in the field required. I rather keep going the way my job is evolving, than return to the thing I left before the current employer.
Adam- has the longevity and loyalty of Mythbusters fans surprised you? The depth of interest in the production and behind the scenes is not evident for other shows.
Those blueprints are so iconic
Hey. Could you split up the BluePrint auctions?
Looking through the propstore auctions, there are several that are 3 and one is 4 blueprints. There are very few of those Blueprints out in the world. Some of us who followed the show would really love to have one. Grouping them means that many fewer can get one, and the competition will be that much stiffer.
Please? Thanks a lot for your consideration, and for your awesome channel.
Thank you.
So Eric says "His comics have appeared in the LA Weekly, the SF Bay Guardian, Mad Magazine, and Kramers Ergot. His book UR was nominated for an Eisner Award, humor category." And the toy company Adam worked for appears to be ZOOB. Enquiring minds...
One of my questions made it! Love these videos!!
Perhaps the biggest drawback from 'Adam Savage's Tested' is that whenever some part of Myth Busters is talked about-- there are no visual references shown so we know what is being talked about. I understand that it's likely either due to budget/time constraints, or legal issues, but it sure would be wonderfully helpful to people like me to actually see clips of what is being talked about. Rant over.
Legal issues - we don’t own the copyright to MythBusters footage, Discovery does, and we’d get immediately demonetized. Ask us how we know!
@@tested Yeah, that's what I thought! Thanks for letting me know for certain, appreciated :)
I love you so much Adam!!❤❤❤
3:58 vibes
I've been rewatching Mythbusters, and in a sort of related question: How real were the sections pre myth where the cast appears to explain the myths to one another. I assume they were written for the audience and maybe even filmed after the myths.
Nov 18 2023 I rewatched the boom lift epsiode, and Nov 19 2023 I'm watching this episode.
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When do we get to see JD Nelson on the show? Would love to see you talk to him.
Great video sir you are awesome
would be cool to see the originals myth lady from the first 2 seasons who would tell us what the myth was from
The funny thing about Blue Prints is they haven't been BLUE in decades. I recall when I started in design in the 1980's they were reproduced as BLUE LINES. Over the years I worked with original Actual Blue Prints but the latest I recall being dated in the 1950's. I also certainly don't miss the smell of either eradicator fluid or the Ammonia from the Blue Print machines!
is there an extendend version of this?
No, but we have two more videos with Eric coming out. The next is on Tuesday.
absolutely loving this series of videos from all the BTS people of the show. I'd LOVE to see one with the voiceover narrator guy (can't remember his name, sorry!) His voice is iconic to me now and is what I hear in my head anytime I think of the show.
He is bloody delightful.
Eric IS. So much this.
Adam thank you. I asked once and you made a story. Who painted blue prints? Thanks for the story. Have a great weekend.
"I'm a great finder" of all the logistics things I do... It's basically that.
was not expecting the rat fink reference here on science youtube
Wow…this little tid bit of Mythbusters history is great!
I’d always wondered who was involved with it…😎👍
How does this get produced without showing any of them, is it a rights thing, none of them on hand? Just curious. They were in deed a favorite part of the episodes for me. I always thought it was Adam drawing them though, nice to put a name and a face to them.
It’s a rights thing, yes, but we could have used B-roll of the blueprints from the auction. That’s on us.
Thanks.
Dude, you think Boom Lifts are terrifying? Try the one man lifts! Those are down right nightmare fuel. You're basically suspended in a bucket off end of a sloppy telescoping stick. I'm not afraid of heights, but god damn I was wanting to be tied off to anything else other than that damn lift.
woooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Eric HAVEN!!!
This guy is the man !
Eric is not only an exceptional artist and producer, he’s an incredible human and universally beloved by the cast, crew and executives!
HEY!!!
IT'S ERIC!!!
Is there a machine in that cabinet most of this video is centered on, or is that just "x-scale fixturing"?
More importantly, where on earth did you get all of those mini milk-crates?
4:30 The cowboy blueprint is at czcams.com/video/aEpuGm6pCDY/video.html (at the beginning)
8:47 Big Daddy Kane graphics? What is Adam referring to here? I know the rapper but i don't know that he did graphics, did he?
adam, big fan of mythbusters did u make those mini milk crates in your shop or can i buy some
He 3D printed them.
hey i know where you got those milk crates you 3d printed in the back ground XD im in that patreon too lol....looks like you customized a few of em ;)
Adam please build a spacex starship
Sumerian Gudea Blueprints
Who else wants to see Adam do a blueprint intro for his one day builds?
@Tested please make it happen!
Oh, interesting idea!!!!!
Artists make the world better :)
Interesting video. I'd like to point out, Adam meant Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, not Big Daddy Kane.
Big Daddy Kane!
Wait, it was a live drawing? With a camera man? What? How! We need to see! I have no clue how that was done, there was no hand or pencil or anything visible on the show haha.
I've watched every episode numerous times, am a passionate "Since the debut" viewer (as in planned my nightly schedule around when MythBusters was showing), still love the low-budget slide guitar theme and background music, and enjoy all manner of MB trivia. I knew that there was a male Blueprint Artist for some time, but am I delusional in my recollection of seeing female hands (which I believed were mostly Kari's) in the majority of Blueprint Drawing scenes?