PROGRAMMING ON THEIR CHANNEL AND
THAT IS WHY I WAS BROUGHT IN
BECAUSE I'M A MIST BUSTERS SUPER
FAN AND I NEED TO SEE MORE GREAT
SCIENCE ON TV.
MYTH BUSTERS, THE SEARCH IS THE
STEPPINGSTONE IN DOING THAT.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO START ALL OVER
AGAIN WITH PEOPLE YOU NEVER
HEARD OF.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE DI
DISINGENUOUS TO THE FANS.
WE WANT TO INTRODUCE THE
CONTESTANT
CONTESTANTS, WHO THEY ARE, THEIR
QUIRKS, ENTHUSIASM AND SKILLS TO
FANS OF MYTH BUSTERS, NEW AND
OLD, TO SEE IF THEY HAVE WHAT IT
TAKES TO BE THE NEXT GENERATION.
>> Mark: I LOVE THE CONCEPT.
EVERY SHOW YOU HAVE TO START BY
BUSTING A MYTH.
HOW DO YOU GET STARTED ON THAT?
WHERE DOES THAT COME FROM?
>> SURE.
THIS IS SORT OF AN ODD CASE
BECAUSE WE DO HAVE MYTHS, OLD
AND NEW, ON THIS SHOW.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE PAINTING
WITH EXPLOSIVES AND NEEDLE IN A
HAY STACK, BUT THESE ARE THE
KIND OF MYTHS OUR CONTESTANTS
COULD FEASIBLY IMPROVE UPON FROM
THE ORIGINAL SHOW.
THIS IS MORE -- THE CONFIRMATION
AND BUSTING OF MYTHS IS VERY
IMPORTANT, OBVIOUSLY, AND WE ARE
ALL GOING TO LEARN SOMETHING,
BUT WE WANT TO SEE IF THESE
CONTESTANTS HAVE WHAT IT TAKES
TO GET TO THAT POINT.
DO THEY KNOW HOW TO TEST AND
EXPERIMENT AND CAN THEY DO THAT,
CAN THEY MAKE THE TOOLS
NECESSARY AND DO THE EXPERIMENTS
NECESSARY TO GET TO THE POINT.
THE PROCESS OF BEING A MYTH
BUSTER IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN
THE END POINT, WHICH IS WHAT WE
ARE LOOKING FOR.
>> Mark: I AGREE.
WITH THE ORIGINAL SHOW, THAT WAS
A BIG PART OF IT.
THE PROCESS, TESTING EVERYTHING,
USING THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD.
I LOVE THAT.
THE STEM PROGRAM IN SCHOOLS
RIGHT NOW IS HUGE.
WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING TO MAKE
SURE THAT IS PART OF YOUR SHOW?
>> SURE.
SO I MEAN, FOR ME AS A
PROFESSIONAL SCIENCE
COMMUNICATOR, GETTING YOUNG
PEOPLE INTERESTED IN STEAM - I
LIKE TO SAY STEAM BECAUSE ART IS
VERY IMPORTANT AS WELL.
IT IS CRITICAL TO ME THAT ANY
SHOW I'M PART OF HAS THAT
ELEMENT OF INSPIRATION AND
DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS OF PEOPLE TO
SHOW THAT YOU CAN DO SCIENCE AT
HOME.
YOU, THE VIEWERS, CAN DO SCIENCE
AND LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR WORLD
AND EVEN BUST MYTHS.
ON THIS SHOW THE CONTESTANTS
HAVE A VERY DIVERSE BACKGROUND
OF GENDERS AND ETHNICITY
I
ETHNICITIES.
THEY ARE ENGINEERS AND MAKERS
AND YOUTUBE STARS AND PHD
SCIENTISTS.
ONE FROM FLORIDA HAS A PHD FROM
THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, MIND
YOU.
WE WANTED THESE CONTESTANTS TO
HAVE THIS SET OF SKILLS BECAUSE
WE WANT TO SHOW THAT ANYONE CAN
GET INTO SCIENCE AND ESPECIALL
ANYONE CAN GET INTO STEAM
PROGRAMS.
THAT IS WHAT ULTIMATELY HOPE
HAPPENS BECAUSE THAT IS THE
LEGACY OF MYTH BUSTERS.
HOWEVER WELL THE SHOW DOES AND
WHATEVER HAPPENS WITH THE NEXT
SHOW GOING FORWARD, I HOPE IT
CAN HAVE SOME OF THE SAME
INSPIRATIONAL QUALITIES THE OLD
SHOW DID.
>> Mark: KYLE, I'M EXCITED TO
CHECK IT OUT.
WHERE CAN WE GO TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT IT?
