Fans have a lot of questions for Adam Savage, but one of the most obvious has to do with whether or not there was some overarching point to it all, you know, besides just having fun and teaching viewers how colds spread. In a recent Tested video, Savage answered the question in a pretty unexpected way. As it turns out, the biggest thing he learned wasn't how to fire a cannon without putting a hole in some random person's house or how to safely get out of the car you just drove into a swimming pool. Nope. "My job is to paint myself into a corner," he said, "and then film myself getting out."
So in other words, the biggest lesson Adam Savage learned on MythBusters wasn't practical, it was professional. How do you create a problem just big enough to solve in one episode, make it entertaining, and ensure that it will have a satisfying resolution? It's definitely a lot harder than it sounds.
Now, after Savage actually answered this question he appeared to think about it for a moment, and he then acknowledged that this hard-earned skill that will likely be a part of the fabric of his existence forever and ever probably doesn't apply to anything but television, but hey, whatever. It's not like he's going to be putting his resume out there in the regular job market any time soon.
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