AdamKiller quicksand. Is that why I'm standing here in this stupid pith helmet?
No, you're standing there in that stupid pith helmet because you're an idiot.
A character in MythBusters
Played by Adam Savage
MythBusters · 556 quotes
Most-quoted character in MythBusters: in 283 of its 556 quotes
Most scenes with: Jamie Hyneman (64), Rob Lee (25), Kari Byron (12)
AdamKiller quicksand. Is that why I'm standing here in this stupid pith helmet?
No, you're standing there in that stupid pith helmet because you're an idiot.
Myth totally failed. Completely busted. Totally, completely busted.
And Buster: busted. And boomlift: busted.
And everything's busted.
AdamGround:
busted.
MythBusters.
AdamBreaking big things for science, every day.
[One of the crew members' phone rings; cast and crew crack up]
NASA can put a man on the moon.
AdamBut can the MythBusters find a needle in a haystack?
That means the first stop is a hay store.
AdamUh, otherwise known as a farm.
Ah, the hay store.
AdamIts funny, because if you asked me to pick out what you would think of as your traditional, y'know, "movie-type" hay, I would point to the straw.
Traditional "movie hay?"
AdamYeah, y'know, like the people are always getting stuck in a hay bale or rolling in the hay, or whatever they do in the movies? Thats what I would think of as hay.
Having a roll in the hay with your girlfriend?
AdamYeah... don't get all red-faced.
AdamI can see the cut now, "Hey! We'll be drinking mimosas in an hour or two."...
Adam[in a flashback clip] We'll be, like, sipping mimosas on the beach...
Adam...Cut to, "6 hours later, Adam's team is still going at it."
6 hours later, Adam's team is still going at it.
Adam"They've found two needles..."
They've found two needles...
Adam"But still have the smallest needle and the bone needle to go."
But still have the smallest needle and the bone needle to go.
AdamThis is adding some magnets to the front end of our feed trough. These are super strong neodymium magnets. And see if we can't pick the needle out at the very beginning.
You just had your finger on it!
Good idea. Jamie thought of it ages ago.
[From the recording] If you were in college, you'd be a freshman!
AdamYou called the plant a freshman?
[embarrassed] I... I was running out of material!!!
Kind of makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside, don't it?
AdamIf you mean it makes me feel like I feel about the Easter Bunny or Santa Claus, yeah, that kind of warm and fuzzy, cause it's a FANTASY!
[The MythBusters are about to subject a ballistics gel bust of Adam to a custom-made razor-sharp ceiling fan.]
AdamAs long as you're going to do it with me, let's make sure everyone knows who it is.
[Adam then puts his glasses onto the bust.]
AdamYou'll have to tell me how it turns out 'cause I can't see a damned thing.
[Points to the bust.] Judging by the Coke bottles on this thing, he can't see a thing either
AdamAbsolutely, and so probably some human cranium, we've done this before when we did Penny Drop..
Human cranium? We have human cranium?
AdamI have the human cranium in storage, yep.
You would!
AdamWe have one of everything here at MythBusters.
Don't shoot me with that pellet gun.
AdamI'm not gonna shoot anyone with the pellet gun...[imitating southern accent] Not unless I have to!
Did I ever tell you that I worked as a concrete inspector for several months up in Seattle?
AdamWas this before or after you were the big animal veterinarian for the circus?
No, I never did that. You must be mistaken.
Time for us to pit our skills against each other.
AdamYou have an unfair advantage because you've broken out of a Mexican prison before.
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