MythBusters Come to UNT

Jamie Hyneman, center, and Adam Savage, right, co-hosts of the Discovery Channel's <em>MythBusters</em>, spoke on campus and participated in student-moderated interviews as part of UNT's Distinguished Lecture Series in September. (Photo by Jonathan Reynolds)Leave it to Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman to see that no myth goes unsolved.

Savage and Hyneman — co-hosts of the Discovery Channel's MythBusters, one of the network's highest rated shows — spoke on campus in September as part of UNT's Distinguished Lecture Series.

Although no myths were busted during their time on campus, the duo participated in moderated interviews, a Q&A session and presented videos to the audience. They have logged 160 episode hours and counting, tackled more than 750 myths and performed nearly 2,500 experiments on MythBusters.

Both have long careers in film, commercials and special effects. Savage's resume includes films such as Star Wars episodes 1 and 2, The Mummy and Terminator 3. Hyneman is CEO of M5 Industries, a visual effects company, where MythBusters is filmed. Learn about upcoming lectures.

 

 

 

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