Talk:How It's Made

Wiki
The wiki links in the episodes need some cleanup work. Are there any other resources on the internet or otherwise regarding this show other than the one official website? Abeneal 20:38, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Can someone verify the comment in the trivia section claiming a human hand in the potato machine? This sounds like an u1rban legend.

Anybody have any information on the theme song and general soundtrack of the series?
 * AFAIK, it's produced by somebody called Dazmo Musique, which appears to be these people: http://dazmomusique.com/. HIM wouldn't be the same without it though! KingDaveRa 13:00, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

How I Mad?
Anybody know why the titles only spelled out 'How I Mad' ?


 * The original show was called "Comment C'est Fait", so I presume the titles originally spelt "Comment".86.177.243.58 (talk) 00:46, 28 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Our reserchers have concluded that it is a contracton of "how am I mad?", this is a hidden message to see if you would notice it it and if so you were considered to be "mad" Your pal Stewie — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.13.8.48 (talk) 20:26, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Season 3, Episode 31
If anyone's seen this episode, the part of horse drawn carriages is wrong. They clearly weld many parts, and every time, they say that they soldered it. Near the end in the making of the wheel, they solder it, and say "After a quick welding of the wires...". They got Soldering and Welding reversed. Any thoughts/confirmation? Ard0 01:37, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
 * It could actually be right, if the article on Soldering is anything to go by. Carriages, being an old technology, using old techniques, would suggest they wouldn't be able to weld metal, but they probably could solder. Assuming they are building the carriages in a 'classic' way, it could well be right. It could still be wrong though! KingDaveRa 21:57, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * No, I saw them arc-welding in one episode and they not only called it "soldering" they also pronounced the silent "L." Probably due to a combination of translation errors from French to English and inexperience on the part of the writers. Landroo (talk) 16:07, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
 * You're probably thinking of Series 2, Episode 22 (Safes — False Teeth — Airplanes — Maple Syrup). The segment on safes repeatedly misidentifies welding operations on steel plates with MIG welders as "soldering" and a turret lathe as a "turret".  In the airplane segment it also states that 80°C is "twice as hot" as 40°C; it's only 12.7% hotter on an absolute temperature scale, the only valid way one could make such a comparison.  Since it used the Celsius scale for temperature and centimeter thicknesses for the steel plates in the narration, this one may have been the Canadian English version, as during that time it would have been re-dubbed for United States audiences with Fahrenheit degrees and inches, respectively.  Can't say if the terminology errors also exist in the United States version, as I haven't seen it.  If this sample is typical of the writing for the show, it probably contains many factual errors — just like Wikipedia. &mdash; QuicksilverT @ 16:39, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Categorize items?
I wikilinked all the items and episodes, however maybe we can categorize every item covered. I want input before I embark since we're going to do over 100 articles! BuickCenturyDriver 04:56, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Mr. Rogers
The "Picture Picture" segments on Mr. Rogers have absolutely nothing to do with this series and the references to them should be removed.
 * Why not, both the show and that specific content serve the same purpose, to show how things are made. BuickCenturyDriver (Honk, contribs, odometer ) 02:40, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I'll admit that saying the Mr. Rogers pioneered the practice is outside of WP:NPOV, but it's verifiable that the show had factory segments. BuickCenturyDriver (Honk, contribs, odometer ) 20:21, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Human Hand?
If you're talking about the scene where a guy puts his hand into the falling potato slices to show what they look like, that scene is still shown in reruns, at least in America. Julyo 10:28, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Brooks Moore is best
Is anyone else disappointed by the replacement of Brooks T. Moore? I think he did the best job narrating the show. TMC1221 (talk) 02:13, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

An anonymous poster added "Hundreds of fans of the show have expressed their disappointment on the show's website regarding these changes. Despite theses expressions of disappointment, the show's team has not made any direct responses regarding this matter." I also agree that such an unverified claim should be removed. But if it can be verified, then I think it should be added to the article. TMC1221 (talk) 01:18, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm not very good at rules as to what can be sourced for things like this, but here's a link for you: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/3/bring-back-brooks-moore-to-the-tv-series-how-its-made —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.47.28.82 (talk) 02:21, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Brooks Telephone Moore is Back, tell his uncie Paddy this good news — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.13.8.48 (talk) 20:27, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Howitsmade.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:10, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Factory Made
What's the relation between this show and the similar new show, "Factory Made"? TMC1221 (talk) 02:09, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Untrue statement
The statement "In April 2007, all episodes run in the United States (on the Discovery Channel and Science Channel) had the individual season openings replaced with a new opening used for every episode." is not true. The segments all use their original openings at this time, and I believe that they did in 2007 as well. My proof is what I see when I watch it; I will leave it to others to do the research and change the page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lriley47 (talk • contribs) 14:15, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

I'm not sure where to put this suggestion, but I do not believe this is a 'runaway production', just because it is not produced in California. It is a Canadian production, period. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.241.14.133 (talk) 22:33, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Age?
Didn't this show start as educational films in the 1970's with the same name? 76.66.195.63 (talk) 00:55, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Useless article
The article as it currently stands should be deleted. It covers all kinds of tangential information, yet never once mentions the purpose of the television series. Tag for Speedy Deletion, anyone?&mdash;QuicksilverT @ 22:32, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Line drawing art-work
Does anyone know who the artist is who does the line-drawing art during the episode? There's usually a part of the show where the narrator goes off on a 'in the past' bit, showing the development of the item in question, with the artwork going on in the background. It always finishes with a scribbled signature, but I've never been able to work out who it is. Thanks! Zsingaya (talk) 00:33, 18 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Historical segment artist Emmanuel Claudais Balazer (talk) 02:23, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

Idents
How come there aren't any pictures of it's old idents to the current one now used? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.108.193.59 (talk) 22:22, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

The Puns
Oh My God... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 183.171.163.64 (talk) 08:25, 2 February 2013 (UTC)


 * I got such a laugh out of the citation needed in "... with humorous puns." appearing in the second paragraph. PerryTachett (talk) 22:57, 27 December 2014 (UTC)

2001 and 27 seasons
Premiered in 2001 and in its 27th season. What am I missing? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 11:49, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Each season has 13 episodes, but sometimes there are multiple seasons in a year. JenniferRSong (talk) 08:25, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Jennifer. That makes sense. Thank you kindly. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:35, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Original How it's Made Series (1982)
The first How It's Made series was actually released in 1982 by Gabriel Hoss. The format was different back then: small 4-minute segments, instrumental music, no narration and bilingual opening and closing credits. I remember seeing them on Télé-Québec and Super Écran as interstitial programs. More information here:


 * Episode from the original series on YouTube
 * Press release celebrating the 30th "birthday" of the original series
 * Poster listing the 31 original episodes

My question is: should information about the original series be added to the existing How It's Made / Comment c'est fait entries or should there be a separate entry? AirOdyssey (Talk) 23:13, 26 April 2017 (UTC)


 * I'm the person who uploaded the video of your first link. If people want some context, I bought the VHS (a heavy BASF tape) at a garage sell in about 2012-13 in Le Centre du Québec in the province of Québec and got to digitize and post it 8 years ago (time goes by fast). Let's say I'm surprised to see it linked. I hope someone will adjust the article as I was wondering if this article talked about it and it seems like it's still not been changed. If I still have the OG recording on my DVR, I may reupload it upscaled to 1080p60 so it doesn't get compressed by youtube. 24.122.136.22 (talk) 15:24, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
 * That's interesting. But due to the nature of the original (1982) show (obscure and old, not widespread), I think it should be included in this article instead. IBuiltASnowCarrot (talk) 03:56, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

Troubles reliably verifying the supposed cancellation of the series
While it's been obvious to watchers of the program that there hasn't been any obviously new material for quite some amount of time, it seems we have some considerable trouble attempting to verify whether there is indeed going to be no more new material going forward. A cursory search does reveal that the franchise is still being actively exploited as recently as 2021, albeit with recycled material from prior seasons in themed compilation "episodes" of sorts, rather than completely new episodes with new material.

I fear we've entered a WP:CIRCULAR sort of problem here where because our article claims it is definitively cancelled/ended, that ends up in Google's cards for queries along the lines of "How It's Made still running" (which is one of the suggested options if you just search the program's title), and then pages on low-quality sites chasing SEO are repeating this claim without any free-standing backing of their own when someone goes to verify their statement. In much the same way that I wouldn't use Trakt's program page to substantiate my claim despite it being a good service otherwise, we're in desperate need of something with solid backing to answer this question definitively one way or the other. If someone's actually able to break the circle, preferably with a public statement from Bell Media and/or MAJ to a reliable publication, or heck, even going through LinkedIn pages of people associated with the production of the program to see if they let loose that the program did cease production, that would be fantastic. Perhaps an ATIP request to the Canadian government would be worth exploring considering that production is financed with the help of both Canada's federal and Quebec's provincial film tax credits, but that'd stray into WP:OR territory unfortunately.

I've left the two sources alone with the better source/failed verification tags in the meantime until or unless such time that we can replace them with an RS that passes verification. ConCompS talk 01:37, 29 January 2024 (UTC)