A review
by Marketing and Public Relations Intern, Mckell Keeney
I stepped
out of the rare rain and into the sold-out Mythbusters Live show on Friday,
November 22 at Mesa Arts Center. The lobby was buzzing with people vying to get
closer to the merchandise tables. These guys have ardent fans! Inside the
acoustically amazing Ikeda Theater, the props on stage were intriguing, and
video was playing with teasers for the upcoming season of Mythbusters that
starts in January. It looks like they’re going to be demoing the new Tesla
electric car, a sporty but pricey head-turner. What a sweet job perk! I would
love to take a Tesla through its paces.
Adam Savage
is a very funny guy. He thinks on his feet, reacting instantly to the audience.
Jamie is philosophical. I was thinking that neither of them used their big
platform to promote a particular cause (such as saving the environment or world
peace), but then I remembered that during the Q&A session, someone asked
Jamie how Mythbusters came to be. Jamie said he went to the Caribbean to open a
dive shop. Before long, he realized that wasn’t what he wanted to do. He
decided he wanted to do something in science. He kept working at it until he was
successful. His message to the audience was to follow our dreams, and to keep
working on them without giving up. In other words, “Dream Big and Keep at It”!
That’s a great inspirational reminder from someone who chose his path, and who
continues to achieve his goals through persistence.
About 10
audience members were recruited throughout the show to come up on stage and
assist. A mother and daughter helped prepare phone books for a
power-of-friction demonstration with Adam up on a pulley putting his trust in
phone books to keep him from a fall to the stage. A 13-year-old boy was
enlisted to help demonstrate a law of physics involving an oversized
sledgehammer. The show ender and most exciting stunt was a paint ball attack on
an audience member dressed in Adam’s metal coat of armor. Keep an eye on Mesa
Arts Center’s newsletter and website for announcements of tickets sales for
shows next year that you won’t want to miss!
