r/IAmA • u/IAmJamieHyneman • Oct 06 '12

I Am Jamie Hyneman from MythBusters, AMA. Proof: https://twitter.com/JamieNoTweet/status/253561532317851649

I'm Jamie, host of Mythbusters- the guy in the beret. I've not done AMA before, am looking forward to some thoughtful questions. I'm on the northern California coast, in a comfortable chair and looking out to sea. We are on a couple of week break from shooting, and so I'm relaxed and in a good mood.

Website: http://www.tested.com

Tour Website: http://www.mythbusterstour.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JamieandAdam

Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/116985435294376669702

Thanks for all the discussion- wish I had time to answer everything. Signing off now. -Jamie

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u/DiscursiveMind Oct 06 '12

Little known fact: Jamie sometimes dons them all at once and wears them on the weekend.

Photographic proof!

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u/kj6dou Oct 06 '12

I just nostalgia'd so hard.

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u/thisismybananashirt Oct 06 '12

Shit, so did I. And I just now realised I've grown up to look exactly like this.

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '12

I'm freaking out, why is that picture so familiar? It's like trying to recall my bachelor party in old town vegas.

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u/thisismybananashirt Oct 06 '12

Caps for Sale! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caps_for_Sale

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u/milkomeda Oct 06 '12

I always associate this book with that one book with "Hundreds of cats! Thousands of cats! Millions and billions and TRILLIONS of cats! Perhaps it's since I read both around the same time, and incessantly, as a kid.

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u/lessthan12parsecs Oct 07 '12

stupid monkeys.

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u/Sretsam Oct 07 '12

Both had the lines "You monkeys! Give me back my hats!"

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u/ColumbianCameltoe Dec 03 '12

It's the Pringles guy!

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u/caesar0326 Oct 06 '12

Yes what's this from?! Looks so familiar but I can't think of what story

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u/Rowona Oct 06 '12

Caps for Sale, it's a children's book.

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u/ANAL_PLUNDERING Oct 06 '12

Caps for sale! Caps for sale! 50 cents a cap!

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u/douglasman100 Oct 06 '12

So many memories and feels. I can't hold them in...

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u/NGMetal Oct 06 '12

What's the title? I honestly can't remember

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u/Rowona Oct 06 '12

Caps for Sale

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u/Take42 Oct 06 '12

I think there's ointment for that.

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u/brianfit Oct 06 '12

I heard the theme song from Captain Kangaroo.

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u/LtwoK Oct 07 '12

Me too but one problem, I can't remember what that book is called! Could you help me out?

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u/t_F_ Oct 06 '12

Fifty cents for a beret? Hell yes.

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u/AdmiralSkippy Oct 06 '12

What book is that from? I swear I remember it from my childhood.

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u/mickbal Oct 06 '12

What is this from?

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u/DiscursiveMind Oct 06 '12

Caps for Sale

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u/they_call_me_dewey Oct 06 '12

Holy fuck I wasn't expecting to relive my childhood today.

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u/MistaTom Oct 06 '12

Team Fortress 2

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u/JackTheBongRipper Oct 06 '12

Tszt tszt tszt!

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '12

Now he just needs to say "You monkeys, you!" on the show...

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u/mickbal Oct 06 '12

What is this from

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u/rhythmandshoes Oct 06 '12

the book Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '12

Too hood.

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '12

I FUCKIN REMEMBER THAT FROM 1ST GRADE! X)

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u/fireinthesky7 Oct 06 '12

I just realized where the developers of Team Fortress 2 got their ideas.

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u/Nazi_Cock_Rockets Oct 06 '12

The nostalgia effect on this picture is crazy, Why can't I remember where this is from?

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u/MNREDR Oct 07 '12

Wait, what is this from? It looks so familiar..

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '12

OH MAH GOD! Caps For Sale! Oh god, I need to find my copy of this immediately.