[referring to whether brandy from a St. Bernard will bring a person back from the brink of death] Or this is like an apertif before I eat the dog?
AdamYou can't say that!
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)
[referring to whether brandy from a St. Bernard will bring a person back from the brink of death] Or this is like an apertif before I eat the dog?
AdamYou can't say that!
Excellent! I see everybody got the message
Yeah, Dress for Demolition Derby Special
So what's exactly going on here?
AdamHa, ha, ha!, You're gonna love this (Points to Jamie) Tell em'
Well, its the...
AdamMYTHBUSTERS DEMOLITION DERBY SPECIAL!!!
Sweet!
AdamI know..., (Points to Jamie)give him the details!
Well, we've got...
AdamFOUR MYTHS ABOUT SMASHING, TRASHING AND CRASHING CARS, BUSSES AND TRUCKS!!!
Nice...
(Clears Throat)
To do this we'll be using...
AdamHELICOPTERS, EXPLOSIVES AND ROCKET SLEDS...
(Stares daggers at Adam)
AdamWhat?!?
And as Adam once said...
AdamGravity, man... it's not just a good idea - it's the LAW!
[Speaking through walkie-talkie] Hey guys?
Adam[Also speaking through walkie-talkie] Yeah?
See if you can keep up, okay?
AdamHa! Roger that, Secret Agent Code Name Walrus!
AdamMan, Jamie, it snowed like crazy out here last night!
Yeah, this is how it snows in San Francisco: in plastic bags!
Can we show a naked snowman on television? This is a family show.
AdamMaybe we'll put a fig leaf.
Let's count 'em down [the top 10 most popular myths] Top 40 style.
AdamAll right, get ready for your favorite myth!
Adam[In strange accent] Do not try what you are about to see at home. We are what you call 'experts'.
[Silence]
[In normal voice] And what am I supposed to say?
Adam[Attempting to imitate Jamie's voice, while moving Jamie's jaw by hand] That is right, we do this for a living.
I think we need to have one of us get into the chainmail. Not me.
AdamNot me.
Clearly Jamie.
[After being loaned some of the original floating barrel props used in the movie Jaws.]
AdamThe only thing we're told we can't do is burn them, blow them up, or lose them.
Has he watched the show?
Adam(pretending to be a pirate) Let's pillage
I don't know if that's legal in California.
[On Buster's new skin]
I don't like the pink color, it's a little creepy.
AdamYeah, it's a little creepy, but so is what we do to Buster.
AdamPay close attention, 'cause here's exactly what's going to happen. At the top of this cone are ten bottles of cola. At a prescribed moment, Jamie will yank on this string, releasing a Mento into each of those ten bottles, which will then spray cola down into this funnel, down into this tube, up to this pair of wires, which will make an electrical contact, which will release this motor... [deep breath] ...sending this bowling ball spinning, spinning, spinning, spinning, spinning, spinning, spinning, spinning, spinning, spinning down. It'll stop, but the bowling ball will keep on spinning, release itself from the screw, fall down, hit all ten Santa bowling pins, which will yank on the string, send the skiers down. The skiers going down will yank on this magnet, which will release this soda bottle, sending the party favor going bup-bup-bup-bup-bup, going like this, boop, releasing this Mento, tick-a-tick-a-tick-a-tick-a, all the way down into the basket, releasing this Mento, tick-a-tick-a-tick-a-tick-a, all the way down into this basket. This ball will go down here, toonk, toonk, doonk, release the train, whoo-hoo, all the way around, all the way around into the present - boom! The present closes, releases a Mento into this bottle of soda, sending this robot, pushing the candle under the string, the candle will burn through the string, the string will release the hammer, hammer will... [smacks hands together] ...hit the stove. The stove, which has a roast in it, will release its roast onto this seesaw, onto the dinosaur platform, jiggling this thing, releasing the, uh, two little doodads here, which will send this seesaw going this way, releasing the ball into this robot, turning him on. This robot will find his way eventually to this hand, which will - boom! - turn this switch on, sending the Jacob's ladder... [makes electrical noises] ...like Frankenstein's monster. That will set off this fuse... [makes sizzling noises] ...boom! Setting the cannon off, the cannon will release the pirate's hat, the pirate's hat will turn on the monkeys. The monkeys will go down the ramp... [out of breath] ...releasing the nut from this nutcracker's mouth - which I just did - releasing another Mento into this bottle of soda, sending this thing spinning, pulling a string out which lets this foot kick the broken crutch here, sending Buster crashing into the ground. And that's what's gonna happen.
Happen or not, you've just witnessed the longest piece to camera in MythBusters history.
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