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| Linda Wolkovitch | .... | associate producer / coordinating producer / ... (177 episodes, 2004-2012) |
| Eric Haven | .... | associate producer / field producer / ... (152 episodes, 2005-2012) |
| John Hunt | .... | associate producer (89 episodes, 2006-2012) |
| Alice Dallow | .... | associate producer / producer / ... (67 episodes, 2003-2012) |
| Mary Donahue | .... | executive producer (56 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Tabitha Lentle | .... | producer (54 episodes, 2006-2010) |
| Dennis Kwon | .... | associate producer (52 episodes, 2009-2012) |
| Lauren Gray Williams | .... | producer / senior producer / ... (51 episodes, 2010-2012) |
| Dan Tapster | .... | executive producer (37 episodes, 2009-2012) |
| John Luscombe | .... | executive producer: Beyond Productions / executive producer (34 episodes, 2005-2012) |
| Brian Dean | .... | coordinating producer: Discovery Channel / producer: Discovery Channel / ... (32 episodes, 2009-2012) |
| Sadhana Jethanandani | .... | line producer (30 episodes, 2009-2012) |
| Tracy Rudolph | .... | executive producer: Discovery Channel / supervising producer / ... (29 episodes, 2009-2012) |
| Jamie Hyneman | .... | executive producer (29 episodes, 2010-2012) |
| Adam Savage | .... | executive producer (29 episodes, 2010-2012) |
| Peter Rees | .... | series producer / executive producer (27 episodes, 2003-2010) |
| Yvette Solis | .... | associate producer (24 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Rob Hammersley | .... | co-executive producer (22 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Steve Christiansen | .... | producer / supervising producer / ... (22 episodes, 2009-2012) |
| Jacquelyn Marker | .... | associate producer (17 episodes, 2010-2012) |
| Cameo Wallace | .... | executive producer: Discovery Channel (11 episodes, 2012) |
| Andrew Farrell | .... | producer / post producer (9 episodes, 2004-2010) |
| Mark D'Anna | .... | associate producer (9 episodes, 2010) |
| Scott Rettberg | .... | associate producer (7 episodes, 2006) |
| Wendy Woll | .... | producer (4 episodes, 2009) |
| Sadhana Hethanandani | .... | line producer (4 episodes, 2010) |
| Brian Leckey | .... | producer / senior producer (3 episodes, 2009-2012) |
| Jessica Mallett | .... | senior post producer (3 episodes, 2012) |
| Richard Dowlearn | .... | producer (2 episodes, 2005-2010) |
| Sean Gallagher | .... | executive producer (2 episodes, 2010) |
| Gena McCarthy | .... | executive producer (2 episodes, 2010) |
| Judy Plavnick | .... | executive producer (2 episodes, 2010) |
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| Jaime Lipsky | .... | post-production manager / production manager / ... (130 episodes, 2007-2012) |
| Clark Bunting | .... | executive in charge of production: Discovery Channel / executive in charge of production (22 episodes, 2008-2012) |
| Sydni Dreher | .... | production manager: Discovery Channel (13 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Chris Golding | .... | production manager: Discovery Channel / production manager / ... (8 episodes, 2009-2011) |
| Karen Oberman | .... | unit manager / production manager: San Francisco / ... (8 episodes, 2009-2011) |
| Mary Bender | .... | production manager: Discovery Channel (7 episodes, 2011) |
| Lyndsay Kenwright | .... | post-production manager / post production manager / ... (6 episodes, 2011) |
| Jaime Levin | .... | junior production manager (4 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Betsy Ledonne | .... | production manager: Discovery Channel (4 episodes, 2012) |
| John B. Ford | .... | executive in charge of production / executive in charge of production: Discovery Channel (2 episodes, 2009) |
| Jenny Fulton | .... | post production team (2 episodes, 2011) |
| Shane Grace | .... | post production team (2 episodes, 2011) |
| Sadhana Jethanandani | .... | post production team (2 episodes, 2011) |
| Rose Kang | .... | post production team (2 episodes, 2011) |
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| Caroline Audcent | .... | production manager (unknown episodes) |
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| Matthew Noble | .... | shop team / production team (25 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Tory Fink | .... | shop team / production team (23 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Donald Best | .... | shop team / construction / ... (22 episodes, 2009-2012) |
| Eric Heyneker | .... | shop team / production team (21 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Jesse Cohen | .... | shop team (19 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Danny Firpo | .... | shop team (16 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Joseph Sargent | .... | shop team / production team (10 episodes, 2012) |
| Chris Rocha | .... | shop team (7 episodes, 2009-2011) |
| Matt Cordova | .... | shop team (6 episodes, 2009-2011) |
| Thatchery Drummond | .... | shop team (5 episodes, 2009-2011) |
| Will Nail | .... | shop team (5 episodes, 2009-2011) |
| Mike Kennan | .... | shop team / production team (5 episodes, 2012) |
| David Nip | .... | production team / shop team (5 episodes, 2012) |
| Jonathan Nunley-Kilborn | .... | production team / shop team (5 episodes, 2012) |
| Andrew Conlon | .... | art production assistant (4 episodes, 2010) |
| Dennis Kwon | .... | production team (3 episodes, 2012) |
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| Matt Jepson | .... | location sound / sound: greenscreen / ... (32 episodes, 2009-2012) |
| Alison Rider | .... | location sound / sound: greenscreen / ... (24 episodes, 2009-2012) |
| Jen Longhurst | .... | sound recordist (23 episodes, 2004-2008) |
| Judith Henry | .... | sound recordist (19 episodes, 2003-2004) |
| Tony Jensen | .... | location sound (7 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Brice Picard | .... | sound re-recording mixer (5 episodes, 2003-2004) |
| Dale Warren | .... | sound mixer (3 episodes, 2003) |
| Mark Tanner | .... | sound mixer (2 episodes, 2007-2010) |
| Sebastian Dunn | .... | sound recordist (2 episodes, 2007) |
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| Ben Hanson | .... | camera operator / camera operator: greenscreen (44 episodes, 2007-2012) |
| Scott Sorensen | .... | camera operator / high speed camera / ... (32 episodes, 2009-2012) |
| Duncan Clark | .... | high speed camera / second camera / ... (30 episodes, 2009-2012) |
| Christopher Norris | .... | second camera operator (29 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Will Nail | .... | high speed camera / second camera / ... (26 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Scott Stoneback | .... | camera operator (24 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Peter Rees | .... | camera operator (14 episodes, 2003-2004) |
| Tim Alewood | .... | second camera operator (12 episodes, 2004-2005) |
| Emery Clay III | .... | camera operator (12 episodes, 2008-2011) |
| Jeremy Wong | .... | high speed camera operator (7 episodes, 2004-2005) |
| Peter Heap | .... | camera operator (3 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Hitesh Makan | .... | camera operator (2 episodes, 2010) |
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| Paul Henry | .... | camera operator (unknown episodes) |
| Nathan Patterson | .... | high speed camera / second camera operator (unknown episodes) |
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| Anthony Toy | .... | on-line editor (27 episodes, 2007-2012) |
| Jeff Cunich | .... | edit assistant / post team (25 episodes, 2010-2012) |
| Shane Grace | .... | post team (22 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Korey Powell | .... | assistant editor (21 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Lyndsay Kenwright | .... | post-production coordinator / editorial department / ... (20 episodes, 2005-2011) |
| Rebecca Clare | .... | post team (18 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Nathan Brand | .... | post team (8 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Cameron Power | .... | edit assistant (8 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Ra-ey Saleh | .... | on-line editor (4 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Travis Handley | .... | post team (3 episodes, 2012) |
| Belinda Hobbs | .... | edit assistant (3 episodes, 2012) |
| Rob Jones | .... | edit assistant / post team (2 episodes, 2009-2011) |
| Geri Berman | .... | post team (2 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Sébastien Le Corre | .... | edit assistant (2 episodes, 2011) |
| David Quinn | .... | edit assistant (2 episodes, 2012) |
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| Sarah Graham | .... | post-production (unknown episodes) |
| Amanda Hastie | .... | post-production (unknown episodes) |
| Cliff Wilding | .... | assistant editor (unknown episodes) |
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| Ria Castle | .... | production coordinator / post-production ap / ... (87 episodes, 2008-2012) |
| Dennis Kwon | .... | researcher (47 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| John Hunt | .... | researcher (44 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Jon Blumberg | .... | production coordinator (35 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Eric Haven | .... | researcher (33 episodes, 2004-2005) |
| Peter Tehan | .... | legal and business affairs / legal service / ... (33 episodes, 2009-2012) |
| Matt Cordova | .... | runner (32 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Mark Wheeler | .... | production accountant (32 episodes, 2009-2012) |
| Jenny Fulton | .... | stock footage researcher / researcher / ... (30 episodes, 2009-2012) |
| Anita Bezjak | .... | program development manager: Beyond Productions (29 episodes, 2009-2012) |
| Jenny O'Shea | .... | vice president production: business: Beyond Productions / head of production operations and business: Beyond Productions (29 episodes, 2009-2012) |
| John Luscombe | .... | senior vice president: Beyond Productions (28 episodes, 2009-2012) |
| Catherine Hoyle | .... | legal and business affairs (27 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Cari Hantsbarger | .... | production coordinator / production team (26 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Sara Kaplan | .... | senior production coordinator: Discovery Channel / production coordinator / ... (25 episodes, 2009-2012) |
| Nancy Daniels | .... | executive vice president of production and development: Discovery Channel (22 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Bob Parr | .... | risk management (20 episodes, 2008) |
| Rose Kang | .... | production coordinator (20 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Denise Contis | .... | senior vice president of production & development: Discovery Channel (17 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Michael Bushroe | .... | researcher (16 episodes, 2006-2011) |
| Hatiche Karamese | .... | production coordinator (16 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Edward Schlesinger | .... | researcher (12 episodes, 2008) |
| Peter Rees | .... | experiment designer / science advisor (9 episodes, 2003-2004) |
| Scott Trimble | .... | location consultant / location scout (9 episodes, 2004-2009) |
| Kris Butler | .... | head set medic (8 episodes, 2004-2010) |
| Elisha Rivers | .... | research intern (8 episodes, 2006) |
| Angus Fotheringham | .... | legal service / legal and business affairs / ... (7 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Daniel De Rogatis | .... | production coordinator / researcher (5 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Kevin Tao Mohs | .... | vice president of production: Discovery Channel (5 episodes, 2010-2011) |
| Tracy Rudolph | .... | production assistant: Discovery Channel (5 episodes, 2011) |
| Yvette Solis | .... | production coordinator / production team (4 episodes, 2010-2011) |
| Francesca Garigue | .... | production coordinator (4 episodes, 2012) |
| Janet Hillis | .... | production coordinator (4 episodes, 2012) |
| Rahim Jackson | .... | production coordinator: Discovery Channel (4 episodes, 2012) |
| Alicia Wenman | .... | production coordinator (4 episodes, 2012) |
| Alice Dallow | .... | researcher (3 episodes, 2003) |
| Meghan Driscoll | .... | production coordinator (2 episodes, 2011) |
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| Jim Rockwell | .... | safety officer (unknown episodes) |
| Kirsten L. Strom | .... | consultant (unknown episodes) |
| Garett Zunt | .... | researcher (unknown episodes) |
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| J.D. Nelson | .... | special thanks / special thanks: Alameda County Sheriff's Office (10 episodes, 2009-2012) |
| Frank Doyle | .... | special thanks / special thanks: Butte County Inter-Agency Bomb Squad (5 episodes, 2010-2012) |
| Doug DeLong | .... | special thanks (4 episodes, 2009-2012) |
| Rhett Allain | .... | special thanks (3 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Alexander Jason | .... | special thanks (3 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Stephen Smith | .... | special thanks / special thanks: NASA Ames Research Center (2 episodes, 2010-2012) |
| Marvin Ruff | .... | special thanks (2 episodes, 2011-2012) |
| Nick Concolino | .... | special thanks (2 episodes, 2012) |
| David Harding | .... | special thanks (2 episodes, 2012) |
| Randy Lamb | .... | special thanks (2 episodes, 2012) |
| Daniel Meyer | .... | special thanks (2 episodes, 2012) |
| Dan Powell | .... | special thanks (2 episodes, 2012) |
| Brian Schumacher | .... | special thanks (2 episodes, 2012) |
| Jason Winger | .... | special thanks (2 episodes, 2012) |
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Rarely do we, the television audience, experience the privilege of a show that is equal parts educational and entertaining. Not that I'm learning anything from it, mind you, but other people very well might.
The simple premise is that our two hosts, Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, recreate the conditions of popular myths to verify or, as is more often the case, bust them. Of course, a premise alone does not a good show make. The fun comes from watching Jamie and Adam gleefully trounce the sometimes ridiculous stories. Adam is the energetic and outgoing one, taking every opportunity to goof off and make the work look more like play, whereas Jamie reacts to things with a much drier sense of humor and is somewhat more sarcastic. I was as disappointed as anyone upon learning of the inclusion of three "Jr. Mythbusters" for the second season, but my concern was ill-founded, as I realized that they had just as much personality as Jamie and Adam, and my conclusion is that anyone who thinks the show has gone downhill as a result of the new additions is simply averse to any change whatsoever. The show remains a favorite.
On a side note, you really have to admire how smart these guys are. Most of what they do can be traced back to physics, which makes me respect them all the more, based on my consistent inability to grasp the simplest of concepts in this particular field.