Nerdist: Although we may lose friends and family members their spirits continue to manifest in the things they left behind. Legendary Mythbuster Adam Savage gives us a reminder of this poignant fact in a new video showcasing a tour through the late, great Grant Imahara’s workshop in Los Angeles. And while it’s fascinating to see how the electrical engineer and television host worked in his off-time, it’s impossible not to wonder what Imahara could’ve built there if he’d had more time on Earth.
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As a huge Mythbusters fan, hearing about the death of Grant Imahara was completely unexpected and extremely sad. Grant Imahara was the second Mythbusters host to die after Jessi Combs died the previous year in a work related accident. It is amazing that Grant Imahara's shop has been completely preserved. On top of this, Fon Davis did an absolutely wonderful job giving the tour. The stories that Fon Davis includes in the tour has he talks about each tool adds to the emotional significance of the video. As Fon Davis states at the end of the video, "it is difficult to accept," that Grant Imahara is no longer in the space working, hence why it hadn't been dismantled yet. He did mention however that he is going to be working on donating some of the tools to local robotics teams that Grant Imahara had been working with. The end of video really was an emotional moment.
This article and video was both heart warming and heart breaking. I grew up watching Mythbusters all the time, and I even saw one or two of their live shows as well. Hearing about the passing of Grant Imahara was heartbreaking – it was so sudden and out of the blue. Taking a closer look into his more personal life, this workshop – It was really interesting to see what kinds of things he did off camera. I dream to one day have a little fabrication shop like Grant had set up in this space. Watching the tour, it made me smile seeing all the little details of the space, hearing how meticulously everything was planned out down to the last inch. I could picture Grant Imahara walking through those doors, sitting down, and just getting right to work, building whatever new, quirky piece of technology or machinery he had come up with. It is nice to know that they are preserving his workshop for future generations to learn through. The passing of Grant Imahara was sudden and shocking, but I think they are doing an excellent job of preserving his memory.
I remember when I was a kid and I would watch the discovery channel with my family and we'd always watch Mythbusters. I didn't just think it was an interesting show, I remember thinking it was cool that there was someone who looked like me making things on TV. Grant Imahara's career in electrical engineering fused with film special effects is just jaw dropping and awe-inspiring. All of his tools and mementos in his shop are reminiscent of say, a scene shop for theatre. Having Adam Savage, not just his coworker but great friend show off the shop felt better than say some random person for Nerdist to do it. Also allowing people to still create and build in his shop is a legacy I think he'd want for himself and his shop. His death is such a loss to the world and I hope he knows the impact he's made on at least one person in this world.
Mythbusters was one of those shows that had me trying to convince my parents to get the special cable subscription so I could watch it on the Discovery Channel. Mybusters is quite possibly the catalyst for my interest in building things and figuring out how things work. I absolutely love the fact that Adam Savage has gone on to continue working as an educator for all ages and hosting the “Tested” channel on YouTube and continuing a similar work as Mythbusters. While I do not know much about Grant’s work outside of Mythbusters, it is not surprising to see his workshop and the amount of equipment and tools he has. Additionally, I really appreciate that they have decided to keep his workshop more or less as it was when he used it to preserve the memory. Overall the whole article was incredibly interesting and sad because of the loss of Grant.
It's wild to me that Grant's shop still exists in such a condition. Mythbusters definitely had a massive influence on what I wanted to do and I think the work that M5 and M6 did was vital for our generation of makers. Seeing the people of Mythbusters and Tested work is always insane and I was inspired by their process of problem solving, it always made me wish I had more problems to solve so I could have that same kind of iterative design mentality. I'm glad that Adam was the one to do this tour because it makes me happy to hear him talk of Grant whenever he comes up on Tested. It highlights one of the reasons I like to do theatre instead of just taking my skills to a place like general construction which is that I feel theatre has an intense camaraderie that can't be matched. And it shows every time Adam get's a chance to talk about Grant.
I remember being so sad when I learned about Grant Imahara’s death. I had obsessively watched Mythbusters throughout my childhood and it really sparked my will to create and explore fabrication. Grant set up his shop space so meticulously and carefully and you can see how efficiently it’s all laid out. I can almost see him spending hours shuffling everything around getting it right. I’d love to be able to have a shop like that one day.
It was so sweet watching Adam Savage take the tour through his old friend’s workshop and geek out over everything. It seems like this was a great way of keeping his spirit alive. The end shot of the empty space hit me. It also kind of makes me wonder what sorts of projects Grant left unfinished. All of the tools and things in his shop suspended in time. I hope that some day they’ll be able to use the shop in his memory.
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