Mythbusters
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Guest, did you like the last podcast notification?? Well here's the second one, and for the third podcast! Yep. This Thursday 8-8-24 at 7pm Central
Go here to check out his podcast thread for info on topics and links!Go into the FoH discord and find the Happy Time Fun Hour channel and give it a listen!
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Seems you are correct.
Starting off the mild revamp as a Simpsons thing though...god. Just horrible.
Next episodes are:
Indiana Jones, A-Team, Video games special, Transformers...and something else.
I enjoyed the show more when they were working as helpers as opposed to the later seasons where they were working as separate but equal teams. I enjoyed their personalities but the show took a hit when that format got changed IMO.
Since they are coming up on the end of their contract I assume this just trimmed some of the fat off the budget for the final 2 or 3 seasons. I imagine costs ballooned when they were given their own portion of the show.
Since they are coming up on the end of their contract I assume this just trimmed some of the fat off the budget for the final 2 or 3 seasons. I imagine costs ballooned when they were given their own portion of the show.
I liked the premise. I liked the show more when it approached near/quasi scientific methodology, such as near randomized trials if I remember correctly. It lost me when it began testing idioms; although, polishing a turd was somewhat amusing.
Hoss
Make America's Team Great Again
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Because it gets you thinking deeply about silly things which leads to interesting questions (or discoveries). Also, they do some impressive stuff with duct tape. My problem with them is after 2 or 3 episodes, I'll be yelling at the TV because they're morons who don't know how to put a myth to the test.
Cantatus
Lord Nagafen Raider
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When they were just doing general "movie myths" and focusing on typical movie contrivances, I didn't mind it too much. Things like driving through fruit stands, bouncing off awnings, ejection seats, etc. were all sort of cool to see put in practice, and you see them done so often you start to wonder if they're actually true or not. When they started getting down to more specific movies, it just started getting a little ridiculous. I mean, who really thought you couldflip one car over another another to shoot through the skylight?
I didn't mind the cherry bomb part of the Simpsons one, but the wrecking ball one was really ridiculous. They didn't even test it with real world implications. They built the dummy to Homer Simpson's dimensions. I guess no one believes someone throwing themselves between a wrecking ball and a house would really save it, so they had to go that way, but testing cartoon physics? What are they going to test next? Whether Road Runner could really run through a painting in the wall? If the Flinstones could really get their cars moving that fast with just their feet? If Daffy Duck's bill would really blow off in an explosion?
Vaclav
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I've actually really enjoyed the last 2 episodes, much better than the first part of the season.