We had a great time at the Mythbusters live stage show in Regina tonight. We had good seats (fourth row) but best of all we had VIP passes for the meet-and-greet, private Q&A and photo-op with Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage afterward–as you can see from the photo. And best of best of all, we kept the fact we had VIP passes a secret from daughter Alice, who was as thrilled as I’ve ever seen her–thrilled speechless, in fact–when we revealed the passes at the end of the evening as the rest of the audience was filing out.
During the Q&A I asked the guys if they’re science fiction readers, and turn out they both are. Jamie asked my name but didn’t recognize it (not surprising), but I did get a chance to chat with him for a few seconds after our photo and he talked about how that was all he read growing up, but he just doesn’t have as much time to read fiction now as he used too…not to surprising, considering!
I suspected they were SF fans since so many people come to an interest in science and technology through science fiction: I was pleased to find out I was right.
If you get a chance to catch their live show, I highly recommend it. It was great fun, and they’re exactly the same on stage, and in person, as on TV.
