I was wondering...being Matt & Jeff get on these forums too. Is there any chance they could let us know if someones post would be used ina future show? When someone posts something & it gets many replies or even intrigues Matt or Jeff, maybe one of you guys could reply on that post & give your take on it or even say if it's going to be on a show at all. Just a thought.

Yeah absolutely. I've said it before, that it would be nice if you guys had a read only post with a simple list of show ideas. You could put what's been done and what ideas will be covered in the future. Put a sticky on it so it stays at the top so everyone can check it before posting new ideas. It would be nice easy feedback from you guys to let us know what's coming up. It would be alot more exciting to know in advance, that, an idea I was part of is going to be used. Rather than not knowing and having to wait and see.

YOU'RE absolutely right.

Taking the fan's into the creative and scheduling process might go a long way in increasing interest in the show.

I got to see a brief glimpse of this when I visited the Studio in Boston. They keep
a large board with Idea's on yellow cards on the wall ( in the war room), the producers sit around and brain storm and sell their pet idea's for the up coming season.... then things
have to be lined up, things ordered, people guests have to be booked and scheduled.

The real trouble comes when they try to pull off the impossible, and make it possible.

They Did in the show I was in Vacuum Implosions! I got to see the final high speed takes, it was musical Science it was awesome fusion!

I met and spoke with everyone on the show except Mark ( on vacation ) While I was around.
The behind the scenes stuff if really interesting, they the pyrotechnics experts, the makeup, even art, the talent, and grips are all running around pulling things together in a very rapid fire pace so when John Tindal the director yells action, the High speed camera's trigger and it comes off without a hitch.

One Scene we shot was a very expensive One-shot,
one take only scene, we either got the shot or we didn't get the shot. It was so expensive because one of our Props was a 4700 gallon Stainless Steel tank, we had no spare it either worked or it didn't.

Those camera's aren't Cheap Either, I think they are about 250 K Each, and when a shot went wonky and a camera got drenched in 5 degree C Water, you should have seen the Behind the scenes panic...

Not everything works the first time, or worse it works and a plane flies over head on the same fm Mic channel and the sound gets stepped on...

Its all controlled chaos, and it amazing the level of detail, work, research and luck that is required to pull off a shot.

I was very excited to have worked with the Time WARP CREW, and had the time of my life on set, even if the practical joke almost gave me a heart attack.

okay I'll tell you... The Practical Joke.

Every Crews got one. The Guy that loves to pull jokes, well I don't know if this was his first or last time for this but they were filming for another segment and I was bored, waiting, for my time to shine.

Well so, I sat on the tarmac (outdoor shooting)
Moonbay Boston at the Fire Academy Training Grounds, so I leaned back against a weight bag.
( weight bag a heavy bag filled with sand or lead shot to hold lights or reflective mirrors from shifting or tipping in the wind). I got comfortable, and leaned back closing my eyes, okay I fell asleep, I had done the tourist thing the day before running all over Boston,
(the night of the T-Rail Crash look it up), so I was tired.

Next thing I know I hear this fake Humming sound
and Hear the Word "CLEAR" being shouted in my ear.... My eyes pop open to see AED paddles over my chest... They safety Guy /paramedic was roaring with laughter, and I never closed my eyes on set every again!

I got to know the Safety Crew, they're the ones who are supposed to save us when we have done something stupid, usually that's something simple like tripping over a camera cord, and skinning your knee.

But with Vacuum Implosions we had a real risk of
steam burns, and twisted steel being to close to human flesh, so I was happy to know we had real quality safety people on the set.

We were testing the Laws of Physic's And Chemistry in a real world setting with Sea Breezes and weather to contend with, and in those circumstances there were to many varibles
to try and watch for all the time.

I figured our little shots had about a 95-98% Success Chance, our medium shot had about a 85-95% chance of success and our Big Shot had about a 50-70% chance of success in a lab, out on the tarmac with wind, and weather fronts moving in who knows?

Before Editing all the shots looked great, and it should make for a great show.

All Real Science, they everyone can see and understand, with the footage we got!

Look for the Science Of Vacuum Implosions
or maybe Impatient Science for a title when they
go to put it on air. Its one you must see.

WOW cool stuff Doc.
SEE NOW I'M INTERESTED AGAIN.
I can't wait to see it because I know it's coming up.
Right on DoctorSlime, thanks for the insight, but more importantly, Thank you for coming here to share that with us.