A character in MythBusters
Rob Lee
MythBusters · 556 quotes
3rd most-quoted character in MythBusters: in 88 of its 556 quotes
Most scenes with: Adam Savage (25), Tory Belleci (9), Jamie Hyneman (8)
[Tory has swung a hammer at a nail, but missed.]
I was inches away from hitting it.
Inches?
"I was just inches away!"
[Tory swings again and misses again.]
I hit the same spot as before.
Then why don't you put the nail there? (laughs)
It's worth noting that a smart remark rarely goes unpunished.
[Tory swings again, but the hammer slips out of his hand and hits Grant]
[Adam has just lit a panel of cotton. It is burning extremely slowly in contrast to the rapid destruction of the Hindenburg.]
We don't need a high-speed on this, we need a time-lapse.
[Cue time-lapse of the panel burning.]
Anything you say, Adam.
[Adam had just ignited the hydrogen under a skin sample covering a wooden box, which explodes violently.]
WHOA! (in quiet voice) Okaaaay... is everybody okay?
Eh... fresh underwear for Mr. Savage, please.
[Jamie is about to shoot an oven door with a shotgun.]
(with British accent) All right, Jamie, here's your motivation: this oven door 'as run off with your wife, [Jamie laughs] and you've decided to gear up and get even. So go for it!
[Jamie shoots oven door couple of times. Adam starts laughing at the second shot.]
I guess the moral is: don't elope with Mrs. Hyneman.
...and our trio of tall-tale tacklers (are) speaking in bull.
Moooo!
Those are whales.
...and Grant stunt-double requires an CPR.
[Grant is seen performing "CPR" on his dummy.]
Don't give up on me now!
Are you done playing with yourself?
[Discussing a myth that will involve Tory skydiving.]
Logistically, it's a little more complicated than just throwing a dummy out of a plane.
[Camera shot moves to broken dummy.]
Logistically, more difficult. [Camera shot slides over to show Tory and the dummy side by side.] But essentially the same.
But it seems that either the sun or the jet lag has got to Tory.
We are going to start at the giant iguana. And if that doesn't happen, we will go north until we see the two humongous parrots. Hopefully they won't eat us. And let's not forget the floating dolphin head! Everyone wants to see it! I know I do!
[about vacuum chambers] And you're actually gonna let us use it?
Yeah, I think I will, it's just, uh, be careful.
He's obviously never seen the show before.
Non-dairy creamer cannon in three, two, one...
The cannon exploded, one of the biggest explosions on the show.
Oh my God. That was frightening.
Terrifying.
Did you get that on high-speed?
Yeah, we did remember to push the R button, on the off-chance that this might be one of the biggest fireballs ever.
This was frightening. But seriously, there was a moment where we were like "Oh crap, this was a bad idea."
All I heard in my head was run, and I started up the hill as fast as I could go. And I'm still on my adrenaline buzz right now.
And as Adam once said...
Gravity, man... it's not just a good idea - it's the LAW!
Kari's got the science behind the myth covered... and if she can just find her way to the door, we'll be on our way.
[Kari fumbles briefly with the door before turning to the ophthalmologist in exasperation.]
I can't see anything still.
Pay 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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