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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 January 2025. TV show host and special effects expert (born 1956) Jamie Hyneman Hyneman in 2016 Born James Franklin Hyneman (1956-09-25) September 25, 1956 (age 68) Marshall, Michigan, U.S. Alma mater Indiana University Occupation(s) CEO, M5 Industries Years active 1985–present Spouse Eileen Walsh ...
This arrangement continued until August 2014, when it was announced at the end of "Plane Boarding" that Tory Belleci, Kari Byron, and Grant Imahara would be leaving the show. Savage and Hyneman subsequently hosted the final two seasons alone. [3] [4] On October 21, 2015, it was announced that MythBusters would air its 14th and final season in ...
Jamie Hyneman is a main cast member on MythBusters, along with Adam Savage. [4] His demeanor on the show is calm, logical and no-nonsense, in stark contrast to Savage's more animated, impulsive and energetic persona. [5] The two often have very different ideas for performing experiments and building devices.
Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman joined the website in 2012. [4] [5] Hyneman left the company in early 2016. After the end of the pair's show MythBusters early that same year, Savage increased the amount of content he was producing for the YouTube channel and the site. [6] [7] In April 2016, Will Smith left Tested to start his own company, Foo VR. [8]
Jamie was concerned that using only a belt to support his weight could lead to serious injury, so he did a short test swing only a few feet above the ground while carrying a Leia dummy. He was able to complete the swing but suffered considerable pain; as a result, he declared the second part of the myth plausible but likely to injure a person ...
From left, Grant Imahara, Adam Savage, Kari Byron, Jamie Hyneman and Tory Belleci starred on "MythBusters." (Photo: Everett Collection) (©Discovery Channel/Courtesy Everett Collection)
In this episode, Adam and Jamie also created homemade pyrotechnics using water, liquid soap, and methane, and smoke bombs from saltpeter and sugar; demonstrated a way to blow the canister off a stack of Pringles chips by using hydrogen gas, leaving the chips intact; and assembled a dry ice bomb. Adam also implies that more improvised explosives ...
Read our full recap of season 7, episode 12. If William had thought his day was at rock bottom, there is more to come when dear old dad Jamie spots Ian as a prisoner.