February 20, 2008

A "Not American Idol" Post before Mythbusters comes on

So I flipped on the TV to catch a few minutes of "Mythbusters" before I crash. The channel was on some "Big Brother" clone show before I changed channels. They had some dopey-looking blond chick and a large-haired black fellow, which two people I kind of gathered are married or otherwise paired together (I won't swear to this, I change the channel fairly quickly),

Anyway, as I changed the channel, all I could think of was Joy and Crabman.

Yes, it's late. Cut me some slack here.

Posted by Ken S at February 20, 2008 09:01 PM | TrackBack (0) |
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I'm not allowed to watch Mythbusters at home, my wife says it's something about a reflexive sigh whenever the camera is on Kari Byron.

Posted by: Tainted Bill at February 21, 2008 05:03 AM

Man, that's rough. Mine doesn't mind, but she comments that it's such a "guy" show, what with stuff blowing up all the time. She thinks Daughter Number Two would be great on that show, what with stuff blowing up all the time.

Speaking of blowing shit up, have you watched "Smash Lab"? Ads make it look kind of like "Mythbusters" but without the science content.

Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at February 21, 2008 05:26 AM

It is NOT a "guy show" either!

Women can appreciate a good explosion just as much as men can. I have had more "bonding" moments with research students or people I was otherwise randomly paired up to work with, simply because I mentioned Mythbusters. And at least half of those people were female.

And I totally loved that they were trying to blow stuff up with sodium last night. (There's a bit of video out there from a British science show where they work down that column of the periodic table, getting bigger and bigger explosions. I think they didn't get all the way down the column; at some point the British version of the ATF told them they had to stop...)

I've wanted to watch Smash Lab but 9 pm is bordering on "too late" for me these days.

Posted by: ricki at February 21, 2008 06:34 AM

I love women who love explosions!

Yeah, the sodium thing was pretty good, but I was surprised they didn't comment on the most blatently foolish thing in that McGyver clip - he appeared to be handling it with bare fingers.

BTW, in a jr. high science class back in the early Pleistocene, we made a hang glider out of bamboo. No engine, though, just a long rope and lots of teenagers to make it go high and fast.

Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at February 21, 2008 06:42 AM

I frigging LOVE Mythbusters. LOVE.

Posted by: caltechgirl at February 21, 2008 08:42 AM

oh, and Smash lab sucks. Really sucks. Not worth staying up for, Ricki. Not at all.

The explosions and destruction are good, but seriously the people are TERRIBLE. Especially the "science chick" who clearly DOES NOT KNOW A FREAKING THING about physics or designing an experiment.

For example, they wanted to crash a car into a barrier and set up a "baseline" by crashing a car into ANOTHER CAR. Wrong on so many levels. OF COURSE the fucking impact was greater when you hit the barrier than the other car, moron. The barrier is stationary, the other car has WHEELS and can increase the energy dispersal by MOVING AWAY. A concrete barrier cannot.

I sense an FFO-worthy rant coming, and it's only Thursday so I'll stop.

Posted by: caltechgirl at February 21, 2008 08:49 AM