The start of the Behind the Myths Tour with Mythbusters Adam and Jamie.

Mythbusters

In early December there was a week when I was repeatedly reading about the famed Discovery TV show Mythbusters in the news. First, there was the “tragedy” where one of its experimental cantaloupe-sized cannonballs overshot its target and went through a suburban house and then a minivan, just about a mile from Tori’s old home. Then I read in the Coloradoan that the Mythbusters crew was going on tour, including a stop at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland.

Out-of-control projectiles shot from homemade contraptions must not scare me that much because then I purchased two tickets for the Loveland show: one for myself and another for Kelly. I wouldn’t have to drag her out kicking and screaming like I do in some Tortoise & Hare races, for example. This is because she is a bona fide science geek, er, buff.

This was the itinerary of the show:

  • A boy hitting a carnival high striker harder than a man three times his size by virtual of being given a much longer hammer.
  • Adam sitting on a bed of nails.
  • A woman and man pedaling a bicycle water pump contraption, with the victor getting water to pump out onto the head of the opponent.
  • Adam being hoisted up in air hanging onto to two interleaved phone books that were held together by clamping force/friction.
  • Jamie shooting an arrow at Adam.
  • An audience member wearing a suit of armor and being shot at by a paint ball gun.
  • Question and answer sessions with Adam and Jamie.
  • An on-stage explosion as the finale.

Below are some videos I took at the event. This was the paintball gun versus suit-of-armor demonstration:

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And this was the explosion:

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The show was less educational than I expected, but extremely entertaining. “Adam and Jamie have the coolest job in the world,” I enthused at one point.

No one got hurt and no buildings were destroyed. Kelly and I also managed to not get hit by any errant cannonballs.

The start of the Behind the Myths Tour with Mythbusters Adam and Jamie.
The start of the Behind the Myths Tour with Mythbusters Adam and Jamie.
A woman and a man on a bicycle water pump challenge.
A woman and a man on a bicycle water pump challenge.
Adam hanging from a telephone book.
Adam hanging from a telephone book.
Adam and Jamie getting tied up.
Adam and Jamie getting tied up.
Jamie shooting an arrow at Adam.
Jamie shooting an arrow at Adam.
Adam answering some questions.
Adam answering some questions.
An audience member after putting on a suit of armor.
An audience member after putting on a suit of armor.
The audience member in a suit of armor getting shot at with a paintball gun.
The audience member in a suit of armor getting shot at with a paintball gun.
The suit of armor guy survives the paintball ambush!
The suit of armor guy survives the paintball ambush!