Talk:List of MythBusters cast members

Thanks User:Drat for all the help on this page. I see it's part of the MythBusters template now.

We need to add to it. I arbitrarily created the template:

Cast Name: Title - Information or episodes. Bold, colon, italics, dash, regular text.

Tracer Ammo Ban
Don't know who put that tracer ammo is banned - it's not (at least in the US). Hard to find? Yes. Banned? No.--Davidwiz 16:55, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Tracers are illegal in california. http://www.gunlaw.com/10commontraps.htm --Charles —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.224.175.192 (talk) 10:51, 15 February 2007 (UTC).

Scottie Chapman Blog
Is that blog post for Scottie Chapman really relevant for her mythbusters job, or is it talking about somewhere she worked subsequently? She doesn't mention which in the post, and the timing seems to be off since I thought she left mythbusters earlier than 2006. 207.215.10.108 21:47, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * The blog post was clearly referring to a later job, so I'm gonna lose that line. Pjbflynn 05:52, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I thought she was still there, just not on the show anymore. Can't remember where I heard that, though. EVula 21:52, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Include Medics in Cast
Anyone think the medics should be included? I know one named Sanjay was in several episodes and did speak on camera, so he and others might qualify BT14 08:20, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Australian Voice Over man
In earlier episodes of the show, there was an Australian who did the voice overs. These were not dubbed over, they were the original. Though the DVD versions have been re-dubbed with the current voice.

Alan Normandy
With all the times he's helped the Mythbusters with their gun myths, shouldn't he be on here too? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.126.168.205 (talk • contribs)
 * He is.--Drat (Talk) 07:20, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Ted Removal?
Ted is no longer on Mythbusters, he appeared in one Myth and is "dead" now. Shouldn't we remove his paragraph?

Guests?
I know the guest section looks for expansion, but it seems like the kind of section that should be wiped, not expanded. Many of the listed people are not in any way notable. I highly doubt anyone in the world will look up wikipedia to find out more about the guy who sold the mythbusters vacuum parts, or the guy who they consulted on elevator safety in one episode. I would like to hear arguments as to why these kinds of entries should remain. Until then, I am being bold and deleting them. They can be reverted if there is actual support for them TheHYPO (talk) 09:35, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree, the article is to note recurring guests and honorary mythbusters, not to provide credits for every appearance on MythBusters Silent52 (talk) 09:42, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Shouldn't the pigeon wrangler in Birds in a Truck be included here? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.227.18.184 (talk) 16:42, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Medic?
How about a mention of Sanjay the medic? He was in the Goldfinger retest and the Chinese Water Torture. I think he's been in at least one other episode so that warrants mention right? BT14 (talk) 07:22, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I feel that we should put his name under the list of honorable Mythbusters. Not only has he been there for most of the season behind the scenes, but he has also recently died.  This past week's episode was dedicated to him, and i feel it would be fitting to add his name to the list. sources for him having died:

http://www.prlog.org/10999164-sanjay-singh-mythbusters-live-report.html http://www.apknews.com/10/sanjay-singh-mythbusters.html http://www.gossipjackal.com/entertainment/2010/10/14/sanjay-singh-remembered-on-mythbusters/ Osmo250 (talk) 18:16, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree he should be added, so I did. Marshall Stax (talk) 10:31, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

"Earl"
Can anyone confirm how often the car was featured? Obviously in the exploding gas tank myth, and in the nose-drop to kill it; but was it used in any other myths in between? Two appearances shouldn't qualify for this article. TheHYPO (talk) 05:53, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
 * How about the Exploding truck tire myth, where they turned "Earl" into a Dynomometer —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.227.18.184 (talk) 16:43, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Exploding Truck Tire happened after Earl's nose dive, so that isn't valid. I do remember Earl was used for "Boom-Lift Catapult" briefly (second test, where the boom lift was attached to the car engine still in the car), and I believe that it was actually the car used in " Biscuit Aerosol Bazooka" for the Myths Revisited episode (though I cannot confirm that).  That makes three, possibly four episodes it appeared in.  Incidentally, the gas tank explosion myth was only one of a long series of myths tested with the car in that particular episode; the entire series of myths was called "Car Capers".  There may be more appearances I missed (I do not know whether or not it was the car used in "Beat the Radar Detector", for example), but those are the ones I remember.  —MarsJenkar  (talk | contribs) 18:57, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I feel it is going to be difficult to know for certain. I dispute Mars statement, in that exploding truck tire was _shown_ after the nose dive, but were they _filmed_ in the same order?  When watching many shows back-to-back, I see Kari/Tori/Grant in the same shirts across different shows, showing they taped the discussion for one myth on the same day as another, then added more discussion later.  Either way, I don't see Earl as noteworthy anyway, but are you applying the same criteria for everything else?  What's the magic number of appearances and what's justification for that number?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by MJ56003 (talk • contribs) 00:22, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Over two years later...I just viewed the Exploding Truck Tire myth again. That was definitely not Earl; it wasn't even close to the same type of car.  Plus, for "Earl" to appear in that myth, it'd have to be over two years of delay between airings (more like three, to account for taping).  I don't know of any taping delays that long for any myth.  In other news, I can now confirm that Earl was indeed the car used to test "Beat the Radar Detector", as I have also watched that episode. —MarsJenkar  (talk | contribs) 03:53, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Buster conflict?
I've noticed that in the Buster section, in the second paragraph it refers to the remodeled Buster as "Buster 2.0", but in the last paragraph it claims that there was a second Buster, called "Buster 2.0 - not to be confused with the remodeled Buster 1.0". Can someone confirm? --09SentraSpecV (talk) 17:15, 14 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Confirmed; both the remodeled Buster 1.0 and the all-new Buster were referred to as "Buster 2.0" in their respective first appearances. It *is* confusing, but them's the facts. —MarsJenkar  (talk | contribs) 18:41, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Folklorist Heather Joseph-Witham
Was Heather Joseph-Witham terminated from the program for a reason? Zeyra (talk) 01:05, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I think I've heard someone say that it was simply format reasons, i.e. getting more time with the builds and stuff. I have no reference to it, however. (Barton Fink) 18:53, 17 November 2015 (CET).

Request to move article
I think this article should just be called "List of MythBusters cast members," and should include Savage and Hyneman. 76.219.170.8 (talk) 09:23, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Sgt. J.D. Nelson
Just visited the Alameda County Sheriff's Office site and Sgt. J.D. Nelson is stated as the Public Information Officer ― has he taken a new position? http://www.alamedacountysheriff.org/ADMIN/admin_top.htm Wass Pogoreloff (talk) 16:44, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Dedication to Erik Gates
The episode Mini Myth Mayhem was dedicated to Erik Gates after his death. It can be seen immediately after the show's credits. Sanjay's dedication is mentioned in his own description, so I think it's right that we add Gates' as well. I've also reorganized the contents on this talk page, as some weren't following the proper format and were simply adding their topics to the very top of the page. 96.241.125.51 (talk) 22:40, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Someone needs to seriously edit the Frank Doyle entry
Disgraced? Really? Listen, even if everything written in his section is true - and the citations to references are few and far between - it just goes on and on. It doesn't have much to do with his appearances on the show, and seems to have been written by someone with a vendetta against the guy. We don't need a history of the lawsuit. It needs to be edited waaaaay down. Jgroub (talk) 05:35, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

Pseudo references
Someone unfamiliar with how to cite sources on Wikipedia added a list of references that do not seem to be used.: 8.^ War Against the Greens, p. 249. 9.^ Staff (June 1, 1990). "New evidence in bombing". Willits News (Willits News). 10.^ Albion Monitor, 28 May 1999, by Nicholas Wilson, at http://www.albionmonitor.com/9905a/jbrevisited.html Retrieved 21 June 2012. 11.^ a b Bosk, Beth (January 13, 1997). "The FBI Bomb School Connection". New Settler (Albion Monitor). Retrieved June 21, 2012. 12.^ Wilken, Claudia (October 15, 1997). "Bari et al. v. Doyle et al.". Decision and Order, pp. 18-20, 29 (United States District Court for the Northern District of California). Retrieved June 17, 2012. 13. "Bari bomb jurors apparently having a real tough time / After 2 weeks of deliberations, still haven't reached all verdicts". The San Francisco Chronicle. June 11, 2002. 14.^ Wilken, Claudia (October 15, 1997). "Bari et al. v. Doyle et al.". Decision and Order (United States District Court for the Northern District of California). Retrieved June 17, 2012. 36pp. 19-22 (United States District Court for the Northern District of California). Retrieved June 17, 2012. 15.^ The Encyclopedia of American Law Enforcement, pp. 155-156. 16.^ Wilken, Claudia (October 15, 1997). "Bari et al. v. Doyle et al.". Decision and Order, pp. 64-66 (United States District Court for the Northern District of California). Retrieved June 17, 2012. 17.^ "Environmentalists Win Bombing Lawsuit". The New York Times. June 12, 2002. 18.^ "Truth Is Still Elusive In 1990 Pipe Bombing". The New York Times. June 16, 2002. 19.^ Wilken, Claudia (October 15, 1997). "Bari et al. v. Doyle et al.". Decision and Order, pp. 60-64 (United States District Court for the Northern District of California). Retrieved June 17, 2012. 20.^ "Cops, FBI lied about probe, juror says / Woman speaks out on Earth First trial after gag order lifted". The San Francisco Chronicle. September 5, 2010.

I'm going to dig through history a bit and see if I can figure out what they were trying to say about Doyle. We'll need to determine if any of the sources actually mention Mythbusters. Otherwise, the material is simply off-topic for this article. - Sum mer PhD  (talk) 14:38, 20 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, that was easy enough. These edits were a serious case of coatracking. This article is about Mythbusters. At the moment, the article states Boyle is a retired FBI agent. An extensive history of one case he was in some way connected to prior to the show is completely off-topic. If a reliable source discussing his connection with the show mentions the case, we might as well. I see no indication that any of these sources make the cut. - Sum mer PhD  (talk) 14:48, 20 October 2012 (UTC)
 * No citations, but I do recall that in one of the specials, Adam did briefly mention that Frank was involved with the Unabomber capture, but that was in passing, and likely would not justify the excessive coatracking used here. —MarsJenkar  (talk | contribs) 14:05, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
 * OK, I've got the source. It was the Location, Location, Location special--when they talk about the Alameda County Bomb Disposal Range (near the end of the episode), Adam briefly talks about Frank Doyle and what he's done.  Adam said one line about Frank assisting with the Unabomber capture, but no more than that.  I would say it still doesn't justify the additional extraneous info. —MarsJenkar  (talk | contribs) 04:28, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

Non-human cast
The enormous section on the non-human cast has a total of two references. Maybe three. It strikes me that it should be entirely deleted, or slimmed down a lot.104.163.152.238 (talk) 04:19, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
 * It could do with some pruning but the non-human cast, especially Buster, have played a huge part in the series. -- Aussie Legend  ( ✉ ) 07:20, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Sure, but the section has almost zero refs. Seems like Cruft, perhaps.104.163.152.238 (talk) 21:27, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
 * TV programs in general do tend to lack sources because the episodes themselves are acceptable primary sources. -- Aussie Legend  ( ✉ ) 15:30, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

remove permanent cast member section?
Seems like the permanent case member section doesn't apply as the show is discontinued. Everyone should be in the former cast members (or now just "cast members") section.