Adam Savage
Adam John Savage | |
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| Born | July 15, 1967 |
| Occupation | MythBusters co-host |
| Spouse | Julia |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Website | http://www.adamsavage.com/ |
Adam Savage (born Adam John Savage on July 15, 1967) is an American television co-host on the program MythBusters on the Discovery Channel.
Early Life
Born in New York City, Savage was raised in Westchester County, New York. The son of a painter/animator/director, Adam was a child actor, voicing animated characters that his father produced for Sesame Street. He played Mr. Whipple's stockboy "Jimmy" in a Charmin commercial and a drowning young man saved by a lifeguard in the 1985 Billy Joel music video "You're Only Human (Second Wind)."[1]
Employment
During his life he has been an animator, graphic designer, carpenter, television show host, set designer, toy designer, and has many sculptures on display in museums across the country.
MythBusters
On MythBusters, Savage is famous for silly and juvenile behaviour and for sometimes doing ill-advised things for a laugh. His best known show quote appears in the beginning of most of the episodes: "I reject your reality and substitute my own!" (This quote was originally from the movie The Dungeonmaster and popularized during the show's 10th regular episode, where he and fellow Mythbuster Jamie Hyneman tested the "rip a car off its rear axle" myth as seen in the movie American Graffiti.) He used the quote after being challenged about earlier predictions of the likelihood of the myth's validity (he had significantly underestimated the likelihood of what actually happened and had tried to change his estimates after the fact, only to be busted by the camera crew). In later episodes, he wears a T-shirt that contains the aforementioned quote. He has also frequently worn an "I do all my own stunts" T-shirt.
In an interview Savage gave at The Amaz!ng Meeting 5, he expressed an interest in proving natural selection over creationism on "MythBusters".
"My goal this year is to prove natural selection on the show. It's gonna take a while, it's gonna be very hard to make it fascinating on film in the context of our narrative structure, but I figure screw it. The sky's the limit. Let's do natural selection. I'm sick of fifty percent of this country thinking creationism is reasonable. It's appalling. And I have the unique ability, maybe, to sell this idea to Discovery, and they'll, they might allow me to do it, and I'm gonna try as hard as I can." [2]
Family life
He currently lives in San Francisco with his wife and twin sons Addison and Reilly.
External links
- Adam Savage's personal website
- Adam Savage at IMDb
- Adam Savage's biography from the Discovery Channel
- Interview with Adam at The Sneeze
- Adam in You're Only Human (Second Wind) video "getting saved"
References
- ^ "Youtube Video". http://Youtube.com/watch?v=UbuU1OtaX4g. Retrieved 2007-04-25.
{{cite web}}: External link in|work= - ^ "A podcast in which Savage is interviewed". http://skepticality.libsyn.com. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
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