Archive for August 2008

Adam Savage: [holding an original floatation barrel from the movie Jaws] The only thing we’re told we can’t do is burn them, blow them up, or lose them!
Salvatore “Tory” Belleci: Has he watched the show?

Jamie Hyneman: Good shot, Adam!
Adam Savage: Thank you, Uncle Jamie.

Talk’s cheap. Whiskey costs money.
Hugh ‘Polar Bear’ Roland various episodes

Adam Savage: [Fake arrow on his head] Coming up, could a ninja snatch an arrow out of the air?
Jamie Hyneman: Sorry about that, man.
Adam: That’s okay.

Scottie Chapman: Maybe it’s a myth that methane is flammable.
Adam Savage: It’s not a myth. We’re just idiots.

Salvatore “Tory” Belleci: [after frying balistics gel Ben Franklin] Well, we killed a dead president.
Grant Imahara: He was never president.
[Grant and Kari walk away, stifling giggles.]
Tory: He wasn’t President? Damn it.

Salvatore “Tory” Belleci: [mixing explosive chemicals in order to explode pants] Frank, why are you standing so far away?
Frank Doyle: Because I want to live.
Tory: I guess the second question is, why am I standing so close?

Adam Savage: Remember, don’t try this at home.
Jamie Hyneman: We’re what you call “experts.”

Adam Savage: [Christine and Tory Belleci tape pizza boxes to Adam’s arms] We’re at the Icarus part of the evening. I think you know what happened to Icarus!

[wearing a laytex suit] I feel kinda sexy!
Jamie Hyneman