MythBustersFail

[Rizon]

Oooooops

Cannonball from ‘Mythbusters’ show crashes through Calif. home & lands in minivan (http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/television/cannonball-mythbusters-show-crashes-calif-home-amp-lands-minivan-article-1.988169)

'Mythbusters' cannonball accident leaves questions, worries and repairs (http://www.contracostatimes.com/top-stories/ci_19490280)

[Drake]

“If someone asked me two days ago, 'Could this homemade cannon shoot that far, off a hill into this neighborhood?' I would have said no way. But now it's confirmed."


From the cop in the first article. That has to be an intentional homage to the show, right?

[Ryan S]

Why was everyone sleeping at 4pm?

[tarcone]

Wow. What was the velocity of that cannonball?

[Grover]

Wow. What was the velocity of that cannonball?

I believe, I might be wrong, but I believe that it was moving at 1,000 feet per second.

[EagleFan]

Why was everyone sleeping at 4pm?

Post afternoon delight nap...

[cartman]

When I lived out in California, my apartment was on the other side of the bomb range from where the cannonball landed. If they would have shot west instead of east, it would have landed in the vicinity of my old place.

[Rizon]

...

[Draft Dodger]

houses were busted

[molson]

It's amazing to me that reality-type TV shows haven't caused more mayhem and destruction in our society. I definitely thought that was would be the case 10 years ago or so. So I say, the occasional cannonball through the window is a small price to play for lowbrow, inexpensive, writer-free casual entertainment!!

[cartman]

That's the first time I've heard of MythBusters being described as 'lowbrow'.

[EagleFan]

It's amazing to me that reality-type TV shows haven't caused more mayhem and destruction in our society. I definitely thought that was would be the case 10 years ago or so. So I say, the occasional cannonball through the window is a small price to play for lowbrow, inexpensive, writer-free casual entertainment!!

Have you ever seen that show? This isn't what I believe anyone would call "reality TV" or at least not something to group with it. It's definitely not lowbrow, doubt that it is very inexpensive and instead of writers they have technical experts that are used.

[flounder]

It's just engineering. They're like the Oompa Loompas of science.

/Sheldon

[DaddyTorgo]

It's just engineering. They're like the Oompa Loompas of science.

/Sheldon

Haha. Well played. Is that an actual quote, or are you just channeling Sheldon?

[molson]

Have you ever seen that show? This isn't what I believe anyone would call "reality TV" or at least not something to group with it. It's definitely not lowbrow, doubt that it is very inexpensive and instead of writers they have technical experts that are used.

It's still TV. They're blowing shit up and shooting cannonballs into houses.

Maybe it's not lowbrow for TV, but I'd put it in the realm of reality TV of the last decade that I'm surprised hasn't caused more property damage/mayhem/fatalities.

[flounder]

Haha. Well played. Is that an actual quote, or are you just channeling Sheldon?

An actual quote (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owk-zZt1y04) :)

[cuervo72]

It's just engineering. They're like the Oompa Loompas of science.

/Sheldon

Community is dying due to jokes like these?

[Radii]

Community is dying due to jokes like these?

That and Whitney, yep.

[cthomer5000]

It's amazing to me that reality-type TV shows haven't caused more mayhem and destruction in our society. I definitely thought that was would be the case 10 years ago or so. So I say, the occasional cannonball through the window is a small price to play for lowbrow, inexpensive, writer-free casual entertainment!!

Lowbrow? I'm assuming you have never watched an episode of Mythbusters?

[EagleFan]

It's still TV. They're blowing shit up and shooting cannonballs into houses.

Maybe it's not lowbrow for TV, but I'd put it in the realm of reality TV of the last decade that I'm surprised hasn't caused more property damage/mayhem/fatalities.

Not sure what you would call reality TV but I wouldn't classify this show as reality TV. Reality TV is Survivor, Real Housewives of whatever stupid place they have found, Jersey Shore, Big Brother, etc... Where is the damage, mayhem and fatalities coning from in those shows? Mayhem from the idiots acting like idiots in some of those shows.

Is it TV you have a problem with? Reality TV? Mythbusters itself?

I'm not seeing the outrage. Did Kari turn you down?

Everything that I have seen them do usually has an incredible amount of safety precautions built in.

[molson]

Not sure what you would call reality TV but I wouldn't classify this show as reality TV. Reality TV is Survivor, Real Housewives of whatever stupid place they have found, Jersey Shore, Big Brother, etc... Where is the damage, mayhem and fatalities coning from in those shows? Mayhem from the idiots acting like idiots in some of those shows.

Is it TV you have a problem with? Reality TV? Mythbusters itself?

I'm not seeing the outrage. Did Kari turn you down?

Everything that I have seen them do usually has an incredible amount of safety precautions built in.

Maybe "unscripted TV" is a better term. That's not an exact definition either, because even "reality shows" have guidelines and scripts, as does mythbusters. But I would include it among the explosion of shows over the last 10-15 years ago that have a non-fiction subject. Whether that be science, dating, housewives, midgets, the morbidly obese, whatever. I thought that that explosion would lead to more real-life "incidents" like this, that's all. No "outrage," I could care less.

[MJ4H]

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