Timestamps: 00:12 When sorting your LEGos do you mix different sets? What about non-legos? 02:14 Top 3 favourite places in San Francisco 07:31 Did you plant any easter eggs in your models at ILM? 10:24 Besides miyazaki's movies do you like any other animated series? 11:25 How do you make big life decisions? 17:00 Did you ever meet George Lucas? 20:44 Do you have any tips for self-forgiveness for absolute failures? 24:30 Which version of Blade Runner would you suggest as the quintessential version to watch? 27:28 What was your favorite projects .... (for kids?) 29:43 How do you decide when to throw out stuff? 32:40 Do you keep the boxes and instructions for LEGO sets? 34:06 Audio book talk 35:15 What would you say was the easiest and hardest part to plan about the book? 38:35 How otfen do you get recognized and stopped in public? 39:30 Are you doing home improvement during quarantine or rather things that you would already be making? 43:31 What is the earliest prop project that you kept? 47:01 Is the any project you've been putting off for years waiting for the right moment? 48:32 What is you start and end of day procedure for the shop? 49:13 What do you feel are the pros and cons of having your shop in a separate location from you home? 52:12 Is there a silver lining that could come from this pandemic (in regars to makers) ?

@aserta

4 жыл бұрын

Up you go.

@suchoudh

4 жыл бұрын

Thank u so much for being so generous.

@FlameMage2

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@cryalowicki

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@onurefeozkan

3 жыл бұрын

thx

I'm 41, and when I grow up I want to be Adam Savage.

@davidburroughs2244

3 жыл бұрын

Me, too, and I'm 63

@kennyball3956

3 жыл бұрын

Do u think Adam is grown up ?

@MathieuArpin

3 жыл бұрын

Adam Savage. everyone’s cool older brother.

@eta2670

3 жыл бұрын

I’m 25, I want to stay that young x)

@masjuggalo

3 жыл бұрын

If you grow up can you be Adam

The second book needs to be titled "Every Flat Surface is a Workbench"

@laveturnerjones3954

3 жыл бұрын

or the more popular one: every flat surface is junk storage

@TrotFoxGreyfoot

3 жыл бұрын

@@laveturnerjones3954 YES.

@laveturnerjones3954

3 жыл бұрын

@RedKing just relaying the story of my life here. The bottom of the junk piles usualy holds the 1 tool you need too

I think it is hilarious when you run off screen to find something............with child like enthusiasm. Love it 😂

@shawnkarg3794

4 жыл бұрын

I was just telling someone about that yesterday. I've been hooked on these videos, and it HAS become a "running gag."

@almagill

4 жыл бұрын

I need to do a screen grab to use as wallpaper. Or a Zoom background :) Hmm....

@mijicmugendo

3 жыл бұрын

I love those bits aswell 🤣

@Lebowski69

3 жыл бұрын

haha, he did it just as I read your comment

@teethminer19

3 жыл бұрын

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Thanks for the "forgive yourself" bit, to the person who asked the question and to Adam for his response. I really needed it. Thanks!

@pegleg2959

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. Such a coincidence because I was just talking to my Dad about the mistakes I’ve made and really don’t want to repeat.

@greybeardmc

2 жыл бұрын

A previous question put me in mind of a mistake I made in my life that was very painful at the time. But looking back through the years, I think of "time machine thought experiments" like, "would I change anything", the answer is always no. Yes, it sounds like a mistake at the time, and it was painful, but I healed, and I'm a better man for it, and in a better position because of it. You don't know what will happen in the future because of today's mistakes but they form the tapestry of your life. Accept them and let them be part of that tapestry (speaking of tapestry, the Star Trek Next Generation episode "Tapestry" deals with this very well).

@burkhardiagaming5675

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@bardsamok9221

9 ай бұрын

It seems a cruel irony of life that truly attempting improvement so acutely painful. Perhaps that's the key, to face through the painful process in the short term, for the greater freedom on a life long scale.

@bardsamok9221

9 ай бұрын

Easier said than done. But it may not be so difficult to achieve as we dread it will be. Positivity in the face of adversity. Forward thoughtfully.

I really really appreciate your candid honesty, Adam. It's pretty special to have someone so well known be so down to earth and willing to spend hours and hours just talking about life's silly problems.

I'm watching this Q&A while my daughter reads. She asks me what I'm watching, and I explain the history of Adam and Mythbusters. She then asks me if they investigate unicorns and if the tooth fairy is real. So now when she's done with her reading, we're going to watch Mythbusters. I'm super excited to finally share this with her!

@SGRebooted

Жыл бұрын

Did she enjoy it?

Adam: I know it’s a lot of work for you, but I’m SERIOUSLY digging the daily content! Thank you! 21:00 I’m currently going through something that may turn into an “absolute failure”. Your words here actually helped me to hear.

We had some bowling pins.... Let me do some quick math *draws in the air, mumble, mumble, mumble* WE HAD A MUCH LARGER TRIANGLE OF BOWLING PINS!! 😂😂😂

If I ever get my own shop, it will have a plaque that says "This is where I inhale the world, and exhale my thoughts about it." - Adam Savage, 2020

@codelicious6590

3 жыл бұрын

This is where I inhale the glue and exhale the cigarette smoke.

@eternal2319

2 жыл бұрын

This where I rip and tear, until it is done.

"You can recover from any decision" ... wow, as a fan of good quotes, I have to say, I think that is one of the most enjoyable and rewarding ones I have ever heard. Thanks man.

As a lower middle class child, I grew to appreciate Mega Blocks as a necessary evil. I didn't want to use them but sometimes they were required for finishing larger projects when money was tight. I'd try to hide them in the middle of projects though

Adam, I watched this almost 2 years after this video was released and Im pretty sure COVID is gonna be gone in just two weeks, we really mean it this time! Jokes aside, I usually listen to your videos in the background while working around my house, and this one really spoke to me. Your positive views about STEAM and the Maker Movement have impacted my life tremendously. The thing that surprised me the most is your comments about self forgiveness. Ive been in therapy a few years, and when you mentioned self forgiveness, it felt like one of those light bulb moments that changes your life. Thank you for making this content and making the world a better place using the platform youve built through a career of making.

Savage: We only need two bikes and we have four bikes, so we're putting two in storage. Also Savage: We don't have enough storage space. Kondo: Frowns.

Your answers on self-forgiveness were really heartfelt and important to me. Thank you Adam.

Love story-time with Adam. Hearing about old buildings and shananigans that they did when they where young. Man back in the ninthies...we where so free.

15:37 "...did you really want me to walk down story lane?" Yeah. yeah we do. The stream of consciousness is enjoyable.

I love how you talk and it feels like we're in the same room❤️ I don't feel as lonely

Hey Adam! I know you probably won't even see this but I just wanted to say thanks for everything over the years. From laughs to learning and everything in between, thank you.

25:12 Totally with you about not skipping the original theatrical Blade Runner cut. Admittedly, it's not my go-to for watching today. But knowing all that extra information right out of the gate gave me a much better understanding of the story and setting for the more 'advanced' cuts.

This has become my favorite thing on youtube. It`s so awesome to listen to Adam speak entusiastically about everything, really puts me in a good mood. It`s allmost like I become a kid again and it`s story time 😂 Can`t wait for next one allready. Cheers from Norway ✌

You should hear yourself: "The glue chapter really came together."

God the bowling pins lmao, I totally get it. It's like having a cartoon sound effect play in real life to punctuate a funny moment.

Every Frame a painting is super amazing! Wish they would do more videos, that is the most relevant thing I have ever seen on youtube.

Adam, your content is amazing and this energy and enthusiasm is absolutely what the world needs right now! ❤️ Thank you for everything that you do and please keep on, these sessions mean some rays of sunlight in these dark times for a lot of us!

Adam once again thank you for taking the time to chat to us, supper awesome. may you & the family be safe and good health, thanks again from South Africa

Because of your videos and because of your upbeat attitude and just overall positive vibe it makes having the virus rolling around out there feel just overall "less" and being cooped up alot more bearable when I watch anything that you post. Thank God for Adam Savage!! Thank you for brightening my days when I needed it.

This is the best content I can find on youtube !

@tested

4 жыл бұрын

Aw, thank you!

@JC_R8MEOW

3 жыл бұрын

Facts.

@AnalogDude_

3 жыл бұрын

Adam Savage is indeed a unique talent

Fantastic episode! Really appreciated the stories the insight and I'm looking forward to my copy of the book. It was ordered in early December and it still hasn't arrived up here in Canada. Not sure why but can't wait to crack it open!

This content is what people need right now. You're like a mentor to all of us!

Adam as a person who has suffered from severe depression since the age of 13 I want to say thank you for doing what you do as you always brighten up the darkness and your positivity even through this pandemic has really helped me get through it

@charlie9ine

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for saying this. I’m in the same boat. I’ve managed to override my depression sufficiently to become an internationally acclaimed artist. I get inspired by people who are not only talented but seem to have unlimited energy and optimism. I’m sure Adam has his dark side too. I have only two gears. Inertia and full gas. Hang in there. Make stuff. It’s always a way to contribute. That’s a great thing.

@aheckers

2 жыл бұрын

@@charlie9ine Right there with ya, Chuck ~

@TheRavenMagi

2 жыл бұрын

charlie9ine I agree and have suffered since I was 7.

What an absolute legend. Adam would make the ultimate coffee buddy. Always a great conversation and you always leave feeling like you've learned something. The would would be a much better place if more of us followed in his foot steps.

Hearing him talk about Lucas, It's only fitting to say right now RIP Alan Ladd Jr, without him, Star Wars wouldn't be what it is

Whenever Adam says "Hold on - wait!" and exits stage left, about two beats later I find myself half expecting the Magee's-closet sound effect.

@cymeriandesigns

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, good one. How many people are going to recognize that reference?

@davidburroughs2244

3 жыл бұрын

I caught it, too

@TimMillernapavalleyfilmworks

3 жыл бұрын

I think i know what your referring to

@boneclawwalker3778

2 жыл бұрын

My dad was the one who taught me about that reference and you just reminded me of him, thank you

I love that the run away to find something is in real time. No edits. Just life.

57:39 Awesome story! We need more of this type of thinking across the board.

52:50 That is an amazingly resilient viewpoint and I'm glad you put it into words so that I may better understand it

I cried, I laughed and I learned. Thank you for pressing record Adam.

Wow, the sincerety, caringness (sic?) and love just makes me cry in joy.

Thank you so much Adam for doing these during lockdown I’m over in the UK and am finding lockdown very challenging right now. But getting to watch you talk and chat as if I’m having a one on one conversation with you is really calming and helping me get through this! It’s so grounding just hearing another person’s struggles and everyday stories that keeps me here and switches me back to reality. Please keep this up your such an inspiration and a truly amazing individual. Always keep making regards, Oliver

@pegleg2959

3 жыл бұрын

Well said! I’m in U.K. as well. Hope you’re having an easier time of it now.

@oliverchappell1414

3 жыл бұрын

@@pegleg2959 doing better now thanks just trying to push through and get through this thing!

It makes me so glad that Adam is a classics anime fan, as am I. Ghost in the Shell and Akira are two of my favorites.

Describing ASMR as intimate and as an audio hug is so on point to what it is.

Been living in California for 20 years now and I love hearing about your stories of the Bay Area. I dont have a lot of experience in the city myself. Went to high school in Sacramento and now I live up in Humboldt. I appreciate city life but cant do it myself. Keep up the good stuff Adam!

Started listening to Every tool is a hammer half way through this video. Its 2 hours later and I've reorganized my entire workspace and now have an intense desire to reevaluate my relationship with lists. Thank you Adam.

Golden Gate Park : 1017 acres Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland (in the middle of the city) : 1750 acres.

@MyUnquenchableThirst

4 жыл бұрын

thanks

@davidclark9611

3 жыл бұрын

Forest Park in Portland, Oregon is over 5000 acres, amazing and beautiful but it's mostly forest. Golden Gate Park is amazing (loved going there when I lived in the Sunset District), plus it has windmills AND bison!

@DavidLindes

3 жыл бұрын

What tripped me out was when I first realized that GG Park was ~20% bigger than Central Park in NYC: 843 acres.

@RobCartwright

2 жыл бұрын

Forest Park in St. Louis is over 6,000 acres. Massive green spaces, museums, outdoor opera house, a zoo, etc. Really worth of visit if you're ever near St. Louis.

For some reason I love it when Adam tells us to "wait right there" and runs off camera ;)

Absolutely my favorite Adam video. Near perfect content. Really wish there was a *true* HD version instead of the streaming quality.

@outshimed

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah seems like they could afford to up the quality, not sure of the bottleneck here

@martinfinne7259

3 жыл бұрын

I think they once talked about that the network can't take it. I think it is fine, if it is important for us to see it becomes at least a show and tell or even a longer video. :-)

Thank you everybody I'll be here all week. And the week after that, and the week after that, and ....

Adam's a great public speaker, I could listen to him for ever

As an avid LEGO builder in my mid 50's, yes LEGO has a feel to it that is polished and feels right. Everything else just feels off.

I remember going through all my old kids stuff and art projects in our attic. It was amazing!

You are a very wise and caring person. You allow us to see your soul. Thank you most sincerely from my heart ❤

Never watched you just talk before Adam, you're a propper dude. Really enjoyed this!

Adam sharing his childhood teddy bear portrait is one of the most heart-warming moments of my year.

For bladerunner I found it very informative to read the book. Actually, listened to the unabridged audio book. But, after that the movies made a LOT more sense.

I hope you have a great year man, you deserve it for helping us stay sane

I don't want to gush, but thanks for everything you and the people at tested do. I'm not going to say i watch everything beginning to end, but what i do watch is always inspiring and helpful. Keep it up.

Also your bowling pin story is AWESOME.....I laughed so hard!!!!!!

Is 2 A.M. and I'm waiting for a few renders to finish. I watch Adam stand and run back to his workshop looking for I'm sure is a lovely piece. He comes back empty handed, and is even better because he'll look for it some other time and share that piece with even more details and memories. No TV, nor cinema will allow this kind of engagement. I love it. I love to hear your stories. I'll be here. Waiting happily.

It is great to sit and enjoy a discussion on host of subjects with Adam. It is like sitting in a garage with your neighbor while you enjoy a beer together.

I would like to hear more philosophical stuff from Adam

Adam, I appreciate you and your skills; excellent points of views from time to time as well. Something I feel needs to be recognized on a level greater than it ever is, is the fact you and Jamie worked together for many years, while, if I may identify it as, not desiring ones company, treated one another with consideration and at minimum, a human respect. My observations, although admittedly minimum, have always been, the two of you do not dislike each other, the clashing of character makes it challenging to interact from time to time. With that you still find ways to do it constructively and appropriately. Thank you for sharing all of things you do.

Thanks for posting this Adam.

This whole format is both soothing and very helpful, and by that I mean, I am binge watching your "Ask Adam" videos like a background podcast. At the moment, I am sorting my LEGO pieces in tandem with this particular video. So a few of the topics addressed here are actually relevant to my current task at hand. Obviously there was the early question about sorting LEGO that is directly applicable, but there are also the segments about our current health climate and how that has impacted or personal environments, whether it be through house cleaning or otherwise. I've collected LEGO my entire life to the point where I've grown completely attached. But I never seriously worked on sorting my pieces, and they typically get dispersed in every area of my room. Sorting them was just impossibly daunting and, as you may have guessed, became a pipe dream I'd set aside for later. But now, with our current health crisis, I have more time at home to dedicate to procrastinated projects. And I have seriously considered my commitments. So podcasts, and streams that mirror the podcast formula, have become my go-to auditory companion as I work. I might also sign up to Audible soon as a potential multitasking alternative.

Chicago suburbanite here.. got fam in San Fran, my dad’s from Redwood City. This year in particular, watching our amazing cities, all sized of towns, the main streets, the old industrial parks, shoreline and rail yards.. the little remaining patches of woods and marshes, get demolished and engulfed by outside developers like a Sims game has given me a grief so deep and pervasive..

Adam, your thoughts at the end of this Ask Adam video (about the Maker Movement) are as timely in December 2021 as they were in May 2020. I was pushed into retirement in October 2020, at age 61, and after taking a year to chill and rebalance, I've found a new path forward, and will found my own drone services firm. You help motivate me as I go through the fits and starts of building my own motivation to get this started. I love your live chats. Thank you.

Thanks Adam, your honesty and candor are the therapy I needed right now.

This was pure bliss for me- a map obsessed, San Franciscan. Love this City. P.S: Saw you in the mission (years ago) rolling around on a one wheeler.

I love how you knoll all about Lego Adam!

Once again, your insight and honesty are beyond anything I learned to expect from even motivated patients in 30 years of providing counseling and therapy...Thank you... you are imperfect and human... and just wonderful... keep getting better at forgiving yourself... from a pro... you deserve it... you really do... I wish you well

2:52 It is. It was not only the inspiration for Central Park, it's also large by quite a bit. GGP is 1,017 acres while Central is only 843 acres.

I love how these questions are everywhere.

Your videos are a real treasure to me, my biggest thanks to you Adam!

Awesome discussion about San Francisco. Having grown up there myself--in the Richmond District, that space between Golden Gate Park and the Presidio, I loved this. Sad though--when I looked up my favorite theater-it's no longer there. It was one of George Lucas' as well. One theater, one big screen--where I first saw Star Wars.

Ever been to Land’s End Lookout? I thought it was spectacular! Can see the Golden Gate all the way out to the mouth of the bay... you are standing almost at the furthest point until the Pacific Ocean... amazing!

Good Sir Adam, this was way cool - especially your closing message - be well, bruh - and good on you, and yours... be safe and well

Cool, thanks for sharing so much. God bless.

Yes! Blade Runner is best seen theatrical cut first, and one of the directors cuts afterward. Once that voiceover gives you the layout, the director's cut is so immersive, not just visually but that ambient soundscape reveals so many layers to that world.

I used to have a shop with near infinite storage. 15,000 sq ft old warehouse, could stack things 40' high! It's not as nice as it sounds. I was always running around looking for things scattered over a HUGE area and going up and down stairs. Inevitably every project would require at least one tool or part from the other far corner of the place. My favorite part was my tool room, about 12x12, kept dehumidified and well organized, most of my tools were in there. Nice to keep all the tools in an ideal environment for them, and charge everything in one place. This room was also very secure so anything of high value was kept there. When you have such a giant building, it seems random people will always find their way in when you have a door open or something, security can be a big headache. A shop that size needs a crew of at least 2-3 people just to dig around for stuff!

Absolutely the best viewing on KZread at this moment in time 😉👌

What a way to describe a shop, or any space you call your own creative space. "No shop is a Tardis". Love it!

OMG! Japan town Bowl... I started out there as a pinsetter mechanic when they first opened, and became the Head mechanic a few years later, before moving on to a 40 year career in IT in 1978. I still have a couple of unused pins sitting on my bookcase from those days. You're so correct about the many interesting enclaves and secret places... like the "other" crookedest street, that is actually a steeper grade than Lombard. There are so many places that are gone... you mentioned the industrial areas, who can forget Goodman Lumber on Bayshore that was a SF institution.

Nearly 2 years down the line and i still find some of your points still salient.

I once found fake Legos while visiting Crete, and the best part was the name. They were called lebq and the series that those particular lebqs were a part of was called star wart.

Wonderful wonderful wonderful

I don't know why, but Adam mentioning Metropolis (around 10:30), an anime none of my friends know about and that I have not watched since I was 7 or 8 around when it came out (my parents just saw a cartoon and thought nothing else of it) made my heart clench. Not in any bad way, but it did. That was the same day I watched Princess Mononoke for the first time which is still probably my favorite Miyazaki film and still makes me tear up a little bit. These are memories I haven't thought about in at least a decade. This is really just a long winded and seemingly unrelated way of saying thank you, Mr. Savage. The lockdown has been difficult for my family, between a younger sister with a compromised immune system, my parents living in their garage for the first four months while they waited for a new house to be built, my older sister and her family dealing with injuries and illnesses beyond even the current plague, and my father being diagnosed with (and beating!) cancer. Despite not having to deal with any of those hardships being on my own shoulders, I've been doing my best to keep everyone else in the best places they can possibly be (I'm aware that sounds self-centered, I'm just not great at finding the proper words for these things). I know for a fact that watching Mythbusters during my middle and high school years helped me through some very dark times and I can definitely say that you are continuing that trend even today. Thank you again, and to all of the team for the channel. Stay safe everyone.

Adam is a fantastic teacher, and that feels like an understatement. Take notes folks! Take notes. :D

I really like Mr. Savage, I am afraid that we would not see eye to eye on many subjects but I appreciate his honesty.

Asking you about failure is not a really fair question but you’ve given it your best effort. I applaud your sense of responsibility to people

Our visit to S.F. was one of our most favorite. Climbing Lombard Street was very cool. Anchor Brewing tour gives free beer samples. Cable car mechanical building also great. We went on a party boat to watch 4th of July fireworks but the fog was so thick the displays were just barely visible. Muir Woods, Alcatraz and Sonoma wineries were also fun. GO!

Damn, Adam is so great and wholesome. I love this videos.

Having just quit a job after 10 years, Adam's comment about the 'shitbirds are the people that do the same thing to you over and over again' rings horrifyingly true. That was my old boss to a T. Wise words.

As someone who is 50 years old I would have to say that avoiding people who are unwilling to learn from others and change their ways to get along is the best advice Adam has ever given. I know people who have gained little or no inner wisdom after 20-30 years of adulthood and they seem to fail at everything. These are the kinds of people who will bring you down as well.

Bicentennial Park in Anchirage is 4 sq mi. It's untouched forest, other than a road that runs though it at a diagonal, NW to SE, toward Mt. Wolverine. Bear and Moose live in the "park". Amazing to walk around during the extremely early summer sunrise!

"...and we set up, not 10, but like... let's see... (mental calculation) zebzsajuzebeh... We set up a much bigger triangle of bowling pins..." That was great! And what a hilarious story. You crack me up! 😂🤣🤙

Agreed, a person isn't done baking until they reach about 28 years old. And you did arrive a great piece of advice. " You can recover from almost any decision."

I saw Blade Runner without the narration in a huge empty theatre a few decades ago. It was one of the best movie experiences I’ve ever had.

Dear Mr Savage's I have sat and listen to you speak on all a group of points from people that watch you on TV, and it gives us a good point on how think, I now belive you are a real person with a great home life with your wife and kid. I wish I had the same in my life, it because of me I did a bad job in my life, but this is not about me this is about you and your people in your live and how you did you work and loved your people and the great time you all had, I hope to see more of you and your thing you make please do a project with you and you kid even you hide that thy are your Kids. the bearded old man

I was in SF ages ago for a business trip and unfortunately missed the last ferry to Alcatraz by about an hour. The wife and I made it back last fall and made sure to make a trip to Alcatraz. I love abandoned infrastructure, such a great place to tour.

I look at what Lucas and Rodenberry did in creating those universes and I'm in awe . What those two franchises have given us is incalculable .