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Encyclopedia > Adam Savage
Adam John Savage

Born July 15, 1967 (1967-07-15) (age 40)
Flag of the United States New York City, New York, United States
Occupation MythBusters co-host
Children 2 sons
Website
http://www.adamsavage.com/

Adam John Savage (born July 15, 1967) is an American television co-host on the program MythBusters on the Discovery Channel. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 196th day of the year (197th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This article is about the state. ... MythBusters is an American popular science television program on the Discovery Channel starring American special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, who use basic elements of the scientific method to test the validity of various rumors, urban legends and news stories in popular culture. ... is the 196th day of the year (197th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... MythBusters is an American popular science television program on the Discovery Channel starring American special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, who use basic elements of the scientific method to test the validity of various rumors, urban legends and news stories in popular culture. ... Discovery Channel is a cable and satellite TV channel founded by John Hendricks which is distributed by Discovery Communications. ...

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Early life

Born on July 15,1967 in New York City, Savage was raised in Westchester County, New York. The son of a painter/animator/director, Savage 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)". New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Westchester County is a primarily suburban county located in the U.S. state of New York with about 950,000 residents. ... This article is about the state. ... A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... Sesame Street is an American educational childrens television series for preschoolers and is a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both education and entertainment. ... Ladies, please dont squeeze the Charmin! Mr. ... Charmin (pronounced SHAR-min) is a brand-name of extra-soft toilet paper owned by Procter & Gamble. ... William Joseph Martin Billy Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. ... Youre Only Human (Second Wind) is a hit song written and performed by Billy Joel for the express purpose of teenage suicide prevention. ...


Career

During his life he has been an animator, graphic designer, carpenter, projectionist, film developer, television show host, set designer, toy designer, and has many sculptures on display in museums across the United States. He also has had roles in the movies, Ever Since the World Ended [1] as a helpful engineer and The Darwin Awards [2] where he played an Army Surplus Store Owner (with co-MythBusters presenter Jamie Hyneman) who sold a man a jet engine for his pickup truck. An animator is an artist who creates multiple images called frames that form an illusion of movement called animation when rapidly displayed. ... Graphics are often utilitarian and anonymous,[1] as these pictographs from the US National Park Service illustrate. ... For other uses, see Carpenter (disambiguation). ... A movie projector is an opto-mechanical device for displaying moving pictures. ... Scenic design also known as Stage design is the creation of theatrical scenery. ... A teddy bear A toy is an object used in play. ... The Darwin Awards is a comedy film based on the website of the same name. ... James Earl Hyneman (born September 25, 1956), known as Jamie Hyneman, is an American visual effects expert, best known for being the co-host of the television series MythBusters on the Discovery Channel. ...


In an interview Savage gave at The Amaz!ng Meeting 5, he expressed an interest in proving natural selection over creationism on MythBusters. The James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1996 by magician and skeptic James Randi after his departure from CSICOP in 1994. ... For other uses, see Natural selection (disambiguation). ... Creationism is a religious belief that humanity, life, the Earth, and the universe were created in their original form by a deity or deities (often the Abrahamic God of Judaism, Christianity and Islam), whose existence is presupposed. ...

"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." [3]

In 2007 Savage gave the commencement speech for the graduates of the College of Engineering at UC Santa Barbara.


Savage made a cameo appearance along with Jamie Hyneman on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation on the May 1st, 2008 episode entitled "The Theory of Everything." CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular Alliance Atlantis/CBS police procedural television series, running since October 2000, about a team of forensic scientists. ...


External links

For the in-memory database management system, see In-memory database. ... Penn Radio was an hour-long talk radio show, debuting January 3, 2006, hosted by Penn Jillette and Michael Goudeau and produced by Happy Jack Landreth and Patrick DiFazio. ...

References

  1. ^ IMDB listing for Ever Since the World Ended
  2. ^ IMDB listing for The Darwin Awards
  3. ^ A podcast in which Savage is interviewed. http://skepticality.libsyn.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-04.
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NAME Savage, Adam
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SHORT DESCRIPTION United States television co-host, Special effects artisan
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City, New York
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... MythBusters is an American popular science television program on the Discovery Channel starring American special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, who use basic elements of the scientific method to test the validity of various rumors, urban legends and news stories in popular culture. ... James Earl Hyneman (born September 25, 1956), known as Jamie Hyneman, is an American visual effects expert, best known for being the co-host of the television series MythBusters on the Discovery Channel. ... Kari Elizabeth Byron (born December 18, 1974) is a San Francisco-based artist and television personality, best known for her featured role on the Discovery Channel show MythBusters. ... Grant Imahara (born October 23, 1970 in Los Angeles, California) is a Japanese-American electronics and radio control expert who is well-known for his work as a Build Team member on the American television show MythBusters. ... Salvatore Belleci, better known as Tory Belleci, (born October 30, 1973), in Monterey, California, is a film maker and model maker. ... This is a list of additional cast members of the television series MythBusters. ... This is an episode list of the popular science television series MythBusters on The Discovery Channel. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: MythBusters The cast/crew of the television series MythBusters performs experiments to verify or debunk urban legends, old wives tales, and the like. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: MythBusters The cast/crew of the television series MythBusters performs experiments to verify or debunk urban legends, old wives tales, and the like. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: MythBusters The cast/crew of the television series MythBusters performs experiments to verify or debunk urban legends, old wives tales, and the like. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: MythBusters The cast/crew of the television series MythBusters performs experiments to verify or debunk urban legends, old wives tales, and the like. ... // Original Airdate: January 10, 2007 Original Airdate: January 17, 2007 Original Airdate: January 24, 2007 According to the American Automobile Association, an estimated 11,000 vehicles crashed into bodies of water in one year. ... The cast of the television series MythBusters perform experiments to verify or debunk urban legends, old wives tales, and the like. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: MythBusters The cast of the television series MythBusters performs experiments to verify or debunk urban legends, old wives tales, and the like. ... M5 Industries is a visual effects company located in San Francisco, California whose primary focus is special effects props for commercials and film, stop motion animation, and animatronic puppets, they also extend into prototype development and various display projects. ... Special effects (abbreviated SPFX or SFX) are used in the film, television, and entertainment industry to create effects that cannot be achieved by normal means, such as depicting travel to other star systems. ... is the 196th day of the year (197th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This article is about the state. ...

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