Ask Adam Savage: Learning to Stunt Drive on MythBusters
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3 жыл бұрынTested member Jared Hinderer asks: "Throughout the show, there were a lot of vehicle myths, and you and all the other presenters seemed to have a decent grasp of stunt driving and car control. Did you ever take lessons in stunt driving in a formal setting, or did it just come down to 'on the job training' from the professional drivers on set?" Thanks, Jared, for your question! Join this channel to support Tested and get access to perks, like asking Adam a question:
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@Zack-nd8ef 3 жыл бұрын
what an amazing show, i do miss it
@paradox6427 3 жыл бұрын
Hi Adam, I think ive seen every episode of Myth Busters I really enjoyed them
@tracystuntlady6343 3 жыл бұрын
Stunt driver here. My number one priority when you hire me is the protection and safety of people and property. Calmness and sense of presence definitely plays into that. People that love to drive fast are racing drivers. People that love to be daring are daredevils. People that love to be safe are stunt workers.
@templarw20 3 жыл бұрын
The stunt people being calm makes sense. I remember a show years and years ago where a guy was going to be set on fire, and talked about how he wasn't going to hesitate to abort if things went wrong. I remember his words, "I'm a stunt man, not a daredevil."
@derekmcfadyen127 3 жыл бұрын
How right that guy is !
@benjaminshropshire2900 3 жыл бұрын
There is a team used to describe people who deal with risk on a regular bases and don't seek to make it less exciting: that term is "dead".
@michaelramon2411 3 жыл бұрын
Makes sense. The job isn't really "do dangerous things." It's "survive dangerous things repeatedly."
@azhagPL 3 жыл бұрын
Speaking of last names, what Adam ancestor's neighbours must have thinking of them, to call them Savage.
@gmcmaster1985 3 жыл бұрын
It’s pretty common, there is/was a wrestler called Randy Savage
@smashy_smasherton 3 жыл бұрын
I would have thought it came from a trade rather than a description, but apparently it means “wild , uncontrolled” in old English/ French.
@Bad_Wolf_Media 3 жыл бұрын
@@gmcmaster1985 The wrestler's last name was a stage name. His name was actually Randy Poffo. His brother is "Leapin'" Lanny Poffo.
@bmxscape 3 жыл бұрын
@@gmcmaster1985 how does that make it common..
@Richard_Nickerson 3 жыл бұрын
@@smashy_smasherton You're unfamiliar with the meaning of "savage"?
@jimmysgameclips 3 жыл бұрын
Me: 'Haven't driven in years, don't know if I'd be into it as a grown adult' Me on the forklift course: 'WOOOOOOOOOOOOO BABY!'
@jrpipik 3 жыл бұрын
Hinder comes from the word for injure or damage probably going back to the word for behind in Germanic languages, so the name could use any of those senses rather than our modern sense of impede. But hind also means a female deer and it's not too much of a stretch to think Hinderer might be a hunter. In Old English hind also meant a farm worker, so the name could come from there, as well.
@JesseCohen 3 жыл бұрын
Hinderer Knives makes even more sense now…
@stone5against1 3 жыл бұрын
Love the rant on the guys last name, given that your own surname is Savage :p
@adambent6712 3 жыл бұрын
Lol wonder what the deal was with Mr savages ancestors.
@benedict6897 3 жыл бұрын
That's a bloody good question lol
@smashy_smasherton 3 жыл бұрын
Let us know when you find out, Mr. Bent.
@adambent6712 3 жыл бұрын
@@smashy_smasherton yeah guess I had that coming
@alangreig4261 3 жыл бұрын
@@adambent6712 haha
@nightslayer78 3 жыл бұрын
@@adambent6712 Someone was probably like "that person needs to get bent" So they made them Bent.
@Richard_Nickerson 3 жыл бұрын
1. I love Bill Bryson, 2. It makes total sense that stunt people aren't cliché adrenaline junkies. They need to consistently perform accurately under pressure and be professional.
@Digital-Dan 3 жыл бұрын
Sometimes he's great, and sometimes he's kind of an annoying type, and sometimes he's just meh and I put him down.
@Animaniac-vd5st 3 жыл бұрын
You had me at "Bill Bryson". "A Short History of Nearly Everything" is one of my favourite books ever.
@groofay 3 жыл бұрын
I feel called out by the surname talk; my ancestor was probably thrilled when they got to him. "What's distinctive about him? Hmmm...I suppose we haven't named anyone for their general Britishness yet. Right, from now on your surname is 'Briton.'"
@jonathan__g 3 жыл бұрын
Not only stunt drivers but driving instructors and license testers I found to have calm nerves too. They are not afraid to just hand over the wheel to a novice driver who quite possibly never drove before and let people make mistakes (within reason). I will be forever impressed watching my driving instructor show me how to parallel park from the passenger seat without breaking a sweat.
@dillonvandergriff4124 3 жыл бұрын
You must have better driving instructors than I do.
@tienenaar2295 3 жыл бұрын
I was a state VIP personal driver for years! Driving around ministers, head of state, royals, ... Did get a basic training course but most of the "job" I learned on the job. Doing skids, high speed driving, close protection driving, ... Loved it but I'm glad never overhead abad accident! The being calm comes from being mentally very busy working the car and looking for potential problems and what would be needed to solve it. Just being prepared for when it happens so you can react in a split second.
@lachlanbernon9695 3 жыл бұрын
One of my inspirations growing up appreciate u so much bro. Good to see ur still at myth busters even after it’s ended. Much love from gold coast Australia
@GuanoLad 3 жыл бұрын
A couple of driving myths I enjoyed watching were the one where the blind person drove, and the Batmobile one.
@enormhi 3 жыл бұрын
Speaking of last names, my last name is an old Dutch word for Warrior, which I think is pretty cool, my ancestors must have been pretty badass.
@iamover9000yearsold 3 жыл бұрын
Let me guess. Kreijger, Streijder?
@enormhi 3 жыл бұрын
@@iamover9000yearsold Wijgman, van het oude Wijg
@iamover9000yearsold 3 жыл бұрын
@@enormhi Oh wow I've heard that name before and that never occurred to me
@HansonProMusic 3 жыл бұрын
Hey Adam, Just a thought on shop safety for your digits. In this video your wood table vise looks to be 2 inches open. During the video you stick your fingers in this open area. Might I humbly suggest that closing this vise when finished could help prevent an accident.
@speedwaynutt 3 жыл бұрын
Honestly I always imagined the driving around in the RC Cars would be scary but awesome.
@TomOConnor-BlobOpera 3 жыл бұрын
I am so happy to hear that Adam is also a Bill Bryson fan.
@projekt6_official 3 жыл бұрын
Bill Bryson is one of my favorite authors. If you haven't already, check out "A Walk in the Woods" and "In a Sunburned Country" - they're fantastic!
@davidmarden4789 3 жыл бұрын
Adam, anytime you want to do some wheel to wheel racing, you have a seat my enduro car. We run both Sonoma and Laguna Seca in both 24hrs of Lemons and Lucky Dog Racing Series.
@salaltschul3604 3 жыл бұрын
I love Adam even more. Mother Tongue is one of my all-time favourite books and I really love that Adam is so familiar with it. I think we'd appreciate all the same weirdnesses about the English language even though we speak two different dialects (sort of), he American English and me Australian English....mate.
@michaelwood1279 3 жыл бұрын
How often did you get the response "you want to do what?" From the stunt coordinator. I can imagine "So we want to try a vehicle with square wheels"
@ketsuekikumori9145 3 жыл бұрын
When Adam was going over the origin of sir names, I remembered a scene in Frasier. Niles and Daphne were going over names for their baby. Daphne was suggesting a bunch of names from a lot of old professions, like John Smith being named so because of his profession, a blacksmith.
@Kitsunekun2 3 жыл бұрын
I just ordered Mother Tongue on your ecommendation Adam.
@cskellum4 3 жыл бұрын
Mother Tongue also has short section on obscene place names that’s rather hilarious
@McArRuIzO 3 жыл бұрын
05:20 lol... for some reason that is EXACTLY the kind of visual I get when I think of a stuntman.
@DanielRusco 3 жыл бұрын
This episode is brought to you by the phrase “raison d’être”!
@JH-ee5xv 3 жыл бұрын
I’ve know the phrase most of my adult life, but have never heard anyone use it in conversation
@MattsInTheBelfry 3 жыл бұрын
I toast therefore I am!
@heartofdawn2341 3 жыл бұрын
There are old stunt people and there are bold stunt people, but there are no old, bold stunt people. When you're doing such a dangerous job, you want to be clear, calm, and level-headed, even in the worst case scenario.
@The_Potionist 3 жыл бұрын
Thumbnail was Taxi Dave 🤣
@Jaxam01 3 жыл бұрын
Did you ever try the double decker bus skid they train UK bus drivers on?
@juliettaylorswift 3 жыл бұрын
didn't look closely at it on other videos so assumed it was a plexiglass sheet so someone could be close watching like if you were teaching...mirror is a much simpler explanation and now i see the reflection not being the table saw
@Hotlooksamerica 3 жыл бұрын
Shakespeare is one of many insult names that later became a last name. (Literally meaning one who shakes his own spear)
@Markmeister1989 3 жыл бұрын
I swear to God. I saw that episode with the reverse driving today on TV. 😅😂
@BussyConnoisseur 3 жыл бұрын
Most stunt individuals are like... How do I make this look the most dangerous while being as safe as possible... Then there are just times where it's like, I'll just have to take the hit and hope I don't get hurt too badly
@krzysztofmazurkiewicz5270 3 жыл бұрын
I wish they would do a reboot of this show one day. The original not JR
@Merennulli 3 жыл бұрын
I think the most interesting last name I heard was in high school. My biology teacher was "Miss Slaughter" (yes, she did teach dissection, and I recall she leaned into that irony). I would hope it was an alternative to "Butcher" and not something more gruesome.
@Karajorma 3 жыл бұрын
Just imagine if she had anyone in her family go into the military! Or get a PhD!
@zyn87 3 жыл бұрын
There are slaughters everywhere where I live. Never thaught it unusual.
@Merennulli 3 жыл бұрын
@@zyn87 It's the juxtaposition that makes it noteworthy. Someone named "slaughter" who kills animals for a living for reasons that aren't related to where the family name came from.
@zyn87 3 жыл бұрын
@@Merennulli yes, I know.
@NetAndyCz 3 жыл бұрын
I think that adrenaline junkie-type stuntpeople do not survive very long.
@SinZ163 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, if you want to make a career out of it, it needs to be repeatable and chasing the adrenaline requires constant escalation
@ethanheyne 3 жыл бұрын
Red shirts.
@ryanharold152 3 жыл бұрын
Mythbusters was awesome
@The_Other_Ghost 3 жыл бұрын
A Walk In The Woods by Bill Bryson is also worth it.
@jerrysstories711 3 жыл бұрын
Hinder comes from the German hinter, which means behind. To hinder means to hold something back, but the surname hinderer means a person from the hinterlands. Hinterlands originally meant the lands beyond/behind a coastal or river port -- same as words like backwater, backcountry, backlands... So not, this poor bloke's ancestors wasn't just named for hindering people. :-)
@Gamah1991 3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like Adam needs to take up autocross or racing....
@johnbeauvais3159 3 жыл бұрын
My name means beautiful town and is courtesy of a little town in France that I would love to visit one day.
@louisyoung1916 3 жыл бұрын
"We got to do some really outlandish crap." If only students in science classes got to say that more often. 😀 Cool shout-out for Bill Bryson, too. Another really interesting book of his is "The Body: A Guide for Occupants". 🙂
@sschmidtevalue 3 жыл бұрын
I've read all of Bill Brysons books with gusto except that I'm too squeamish to finish the Body book.
@lelanddyke8386 3 жыл бұрын
Lol@ last names
@TheWasteOfTime 3 жыл бұрын
Gods I'm jealous. Of all the dumb ideas I've had in my adult life, taking a stunt driving course is one which I keep coming back to.
@elevown 3 жыл бұрын
It makes sense professional stunt people would be super calm types- I think adrenalin junkies wouldnt live long in a job like that! Its all about filming a stunt in a controlled and safe way.
@mattwatson2441 3 жыл бұрын
I would consider myself an adrenaline junkie with my hobbies and activities that I have done but I tend to get in a hyper focused and calm calculating mind set when doing said activities. Rarely is it doing something from a “wing-it” mind set unless it is a low risk task or decision like choosing what I’m eating for a meal.
@Rabcup 3 жыл бұрын
This is not the first time he mentioned the name Hinderer and went on this rant lmao Thought I was watching a video from a few months ago
@plethman3669 3 жыл бұрын
had me on hinderer.
@aksen303 3 жыл бұрын
wait...did Adam say "fanging around" at 5:52? did he pick that up from australian crew members on mythbusters?
@MonkeyspankO 3 жыл бұрын
Zoe Bell is awesome!
@chuckvanderbildt 3 жыл бұрын
Is it just my imagination, or has this already been posted three of four times?
@EmilTB95 3 жыл бұрын
I think so
@albindahlberg4199 3 жыл бұрын
I dont think this exact clip has been posted, but I believe he has answered this exact same question before. I recognised the last name but in the beginning.
@tested 3 жыл бұрын
No, it's a new question and a new answer, but Adam talked about stunt driving before, answering a different question: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q91kltaI1svUm3U.html
@viktoriah777 3 жыл бұрын
Something about it felt similar to me as well, so I searched for it. It seems that in "Ask Adam Savage: The Importance of Portfolio", the surname "Hinderer" elicits the same response from Adam. Though the question itself is different.
@albindahlberg4199 3 жыл бұрын
@@viktoriah777 thank you! I thought i was going mad!
@RGC-gn2nm 3 жыл бұрын
Both are true.
@zacharytribou2728 3 жыл бұрын
I've always wanted to drive a stick but the mechanical complexity of it still stumps me to this day
@MegaEddie45 3 жыл бұрын
You can do it ! It’s a process . But one that once you learn is second nature . Everyone can learn it ! Usually manual transmission are simpler compared to an auto
@johnbeauvais3159 3 жыл бұрын
I learned to drive stick on a 1944 Dodge Weapons Carrier. The way I learned was with the engine off I worked through all the gears several times getting used to the feel and where I needed to put my hand. Then I would work the clutch a few times to feel for where it began to engage. Then I turned on the engine and felt the clutch engage and disengage. Then I started trying to move in first. The biggest thing for me was learning that if I felt like the engine was going to stall just mash in the clutch and let everything stop and start over.
@CaptainHoratioPugwash 3 жыл бұрын
As with anything it's just practice. Remember driving 'stick' as you call it is basically the norm in Europe and it sounds way harder in theory than it actually is.
@bmxscape 3 жыл бұрын
have you ever rode a bicycle? shifting works the same way. motorcycle is even closer since you have a clutch. download a game with realistic clutch and shifting physics such as "beamNG" to get a better understanding of how things work
@terviswater1063 3 жыл бұрын
So they stunt company tried harder for Tory than anyone else when doing the stunts then? Cause like you barely got to do any while Tory was around.
@treycooper3715 3 жыл бұрын
Calm people live!
@rjc0234 3 жыл бұрын
This is the 3rd time i have seen Adam SAVAGE go on about last names, and never bring up his own one!
@e24mpwr 3 жыл бұрын
WE WANNA HEAR ABOUT THE SHARP MILL!!!!!!
@TheFranchiseCA 3 жыл бұрын
I've known several astronauts and test pilots. They personify the stereotype of an accountant. Just even-tempered all the time.
@busshock 3 жыл бұрын
Nothing to do with what Adam was talking about, but it just occurred to me that you could put those leather table mats in a frame and sell them as art.
@ap6806 3 жыл бұрын
Clay Cullen
@Nickwillfixit 3 жыл бұрын
I loved the truck that had a wedge ram and had to push the cars aside. Here is a surname for you mine is Ing first name Nick I kid you not.
@Digital-Dan 3 жыл бұрын
My odd personal feeling is that drifting and burnouts are the most evil of the things kids (of all ages) do to have fun. I can't imagine that for any given internal combustion vehicle you could do more environmental damage than you do when you're drifting; or could put more age on the vehicle and its components. This is why I founded the ABS, but as of now I'm its only member.
@mkdrivingzone 3 жыл бұрын
Driving instructors in general tend to be calm, relaxed people. If they aren't, they are in the wrong job.
@Snaakie83 3 жыл бұрын
Hinderer is a southern German name for someone living at the edges, or backside of a village.
@lucpet95 3 жыл бұрын
It just dawned on me that Adam must be half Italian. ;-D
@derekmcfadyen127 3 жыл бұрын
Not first .... not last 😃
@elaineluikart5459 3 жыл бұрын
Stunt people need to be clear thinkers so the can predict all the things that could go wrong and prevent them before they do.
@paradox6427 3 жыл бұрын
Hi everybody, does anyone remember the name of the other Discovery channel show Adam was in
@tested 3 жыл бұрын
Adam has been in several ... Dangerous Toys, Can You Live Forever, Savage Builds, MythBusters Jr and Unchained Reaction.
@paradox6427 3 жыл бұрын
@@tested looks like I have a lot of shows to watch thanks Adam very cool stuff
@jeromethiel4323 3 жыл бұрын
There are old stunt people. There are bold stunt people. There are no old bold stunt people... ^-^
@XdeadsoulXful 3 жыл бұрын
im getting deja vu from the start...
@nathans5773 2 жыл бұрын
Comment for the algorithm
@zakreviewandvideos9800 3 жыл бұрын
Can you pl make a realistic dinosaur costume you can find the instruction on only dinosaurs
@crimsonemperor2219 3 жыл бұрын
If i take my names definition from their orgin i get First name Old Celtic orgin: High/Noble Last name Spanish orgin: Gifted to/Given away Its rather bleak......
@danceswithcarsdc 3 жыл бұрын
So motorCycles instead of Cars? Try stunts/busting with those? Some UniCycle? Some oddly reversed steering contraption ? GyroCopter? Human passengerized Drone?
@PlutoniumBoss 3 жыл бұрын
I hypothesize it's natural selection. Stunt drivers who don't remain calm and in control at all times in a vehicle don't survive long enough to pass on their teachings.
@ThomasMenno 3 жыл бұрын
First
@fr33nb33n 3 жыл бұрын
Porsh? No, Adam.
@NikolajChristensen 3 жыл бұрын
Hey kids :|
@tomrogue13 3 жыл бұрын
Am I the first???
@HisDaveness 3 жыл бұрын
Daredevils are adrenaline junkies. Stunt experts are not. Daredevils make terrible stunt experts. It's only a matter of time before they get someone hurt.
@rpavlik1 3 жыл бұрын
I imagine the un-centered stunt people don't last very long in the profession or the world of the living.
@robban3168 3 жыл бұрын
This is an old episode
@hughoxford8735 3 жыл бұрын
Why did you say Myths were busted when they were confirmed, (i.e. they were proved to by myths), and confirmed when they were demonstrated not to be?
@NjK601 3 жыл бұрын
I have a Ukrainian last name, and no matter how many searches and translator programs I try, it just seems to be gibberish.. Rather annoying
@technoe02 3 жыл бұрын
What kind of spoiled rich kid signs up for a Patreon to a millionaire?
@hadinossanosam4459 3 жыл бұрын
What kind of unfriendly person comments about others' generosity in supporting something they like?
@tested 3 жыл бұрын
Tested channel membership supports the small Tested crew that works very hard to bring daily videos to KZfaq with as few ads as possible, so everyone can enjoy them. It also goes to build materials, Tested contributors, camera and other equipment, rent, etc. It does support Adam personally.
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