Cute clip of young Jamie
Posted by Starlight-Edith@reddit | mythbusters | View on Reddit | 27 comments
I never noticed this adorable clip of Jamie when he was younger in the intro until now! He’s practically a baby here! Wow!
(This is from the intro to the very first episode, I don’t know if they change this in later intros)
Now you all get to see it too, if you hadn’t noticed it before!
Burning_Wreck@reddit
That would be the early Robot Wars games in San Francisco. Jamie came up with the first full-body spinner, "Blendo". He took a cooking wok, mounted it upside down and made it spin. Blendo was removed from the competition because it kept destroying the other robots and throwing pieces of them over the barricade and into the audience! (No ceiling on the arena back then, it was all new.)
There are clips on YouTube and one episode of Tested where Adam talks about it.
abbarach@reddit
Blendo was also gas powered (using a lawnmower engine) and starting it with a cordless drill was so sketchy that Jaime wouldn't let anyone else do it.
It was basically an upside-down lawnmower driven by remote control. And there were not the sorts of safety standards that are in place these days. The organizers basically said "this is so destructive that it'll chew through everything, including the area itself. It'll absolutely win, but we can't safely let it compete. We'll give you a trophy if you stand down from the competition."
Hunter_X_101@reddit
The concept of a first place trophy and an identical "we had to kick you out early because our rules weren't prepared for how terrifying this is" trophy is endlessly amusing to me.
Quakarot@reddit
Lol, just mashing the stuff that’s near him into a death machine is peak Jamie
Mediocre_Scott@reddit
Peak Jamie is making things fit with lard
ISFJ_Dad@reddit
Young Jamie? Jamie look that up.
Thirty_Helens_Agree@reddit
I actually remember watching this episode of Robot Wars before Mythbusters. Jamie dominated the competition with a simple, efficient design.
Sufficient_Prompt888@reddit
Just Jamie being Jamie. Man is fucking brilliant
ExcaliburZSH@reddit
There is a person how decided on a look and stuck with it
corobo@reddit
When it works it works, absolutely can't blame him - dude nailed it in terms of it looks good and is hella personal branded
Jessica_Iowa@reddit
He said basically this when asked about his beret during one of the shopping specials.
Cat_Punk@reddit
And now that I’m going bald, I’ve decided to go the same route
LarsSitn@reddit
I listened to Mythfits yesterday and Kari said he's a professor now in Finland. I wonder what kind of hat he wears in that weather.
She also said that he looks exactly the same... Wasn't surprised to hear that :)
External-Caramel690@reddit
Kari recently posted a pic of him on her Instagram, when they met up, which she mentioned on Mythfits.
LarsSitn@reddit
Oh I didn't see that on her profile, I thought he's be opposed to that
Mediocre_Scott@reddit
Whimsical train engineer
Elliotsbutterscotch@reddit
he is cute lol! xD
Evan64m@reddit
He looks like the mission impossible mask of him from that episode
lucassster@reddit
Could absolutely pass as a screenshot from robocop.
blightedquark@reddit
Blendo!
CommercialExotic2038@reddit
I ran into him at SF Costco.
Nepeta33@reddit
wow, he was so young!
470vinyl@reddit
That aspect ratio hurts me.
BoffinBrain@reddit
Confirmed!
Constant-Still-8443@reddit
This is part of that "30 years of special affects experience" we're told about
Dense-Song3172@reddit
In retrospect CP wasn't the best team name 😅
jblak23@reddit
Back from his days wrasslin' robits 🤖