Adam Savage’s TestedSeason 2017
TV-G
Host of Discovery Channel's long-running series MythBusters, Adam Savage has spent his life making things. From a cardboard suit of Excalibur armor when he was 13 to a REAL suit of Excalibur armor (with Terry English) when he was 50, Adam has built just about everything you can think of, including (but not limited to): Star Wars spaceships, Totoro costumes, NERF mods and movie prop replicas. In fact, over his career as an industrial and special effects designer/fabricator, actor, educator and television personality, there isn’t much Adam Savage has not done. See what Adam and his team will tackle next!
Tested is also: Norman Chan, Simone Giertz, Joey Fameli, Gunther Kirsch, Ryan Kiser, Kishore Hari, Sean Charlesworth, Jeremy Williams, Kayte Sabicer, Bill Doran, Arial Waldman, Darrell Maloney and Kristen Lomasney.
Tested is also: Norman Chan, Simone Giertz, Joey Fameli, Gunther Kirsch, Ryan Kiser, Kishore Hari, Sean Charlesworth, Jeremy Williams, Kayte Sabicer, Bill Doran, Arial Waldman, Darrell Maloney and Kristen Lomasney.
Where to Watch Adam Savage’s Tested • Season 2017
9 Episodes
- Ping Pong Machine Gun!
E1Ping Pong Machine Gun!One Day Build time! Using some materials left from a previous ping pong-related builds, Adam makes a ping pong machine gun that he's wanted to make since he was a teenager. And this rapid-fire prop will be used in Adam and Michael Steven's touring show Brain Candy Live! - Custom NERF Rifle
E2Custom NERF RifleIn 2016, Adam took part in Imgur's secret Santa gift exchange, surprising a fan with a custom modded and painted Nerf rifle! For today's One Day Build, Adam shows how he took the Nerf toy apart and put it back together with his functional and aesthetic improvements. - Chewbacca's Bandolier!
E3Chewbacca's Bandolier!Time for some Star Wars prop building--Adam Savage makes an upgrade to one of his favorite costumes! Adam's never been satisfied with the original bandolier strap and satchel he made for his Chewbacca cosplay, so today he fabricates new ones from scratch with metal and leather. And of course Adam hides an easter egg into this Wookiee prop! - Chewbacca and C-3PO!
E4Chewbacca and C-3PO!It's no secret that Adam's a big fan of Chewbacca. So for his newest cosplay build, Adam revamps his Chewie costume to carry an animatronic threepio, as depicted in The Empire Strikes Back. It's going to require a bit of disassembly, engineering, and problem-solving to turn two costumes into one that's still wearable! - Foam Cosplay Sword!
E7Foam Cosplay Sword!Let's flash back to a build that was part of Adam's preparation for this year's Comic-Con! For his King Arthur armor cosplay, Adam needed a foam sword that would be suitable for the convention floor. He turned to the LARP community to find a prop, and today's build is making that sword look better with different techniques for metallic finishing. To the airbrush! - Cave Bathroom Upgrade
E8Cave Bathroom UpgradeFor today's One Day Build, we've partnered with DEWALT® to use their FLEXVOLT® tools to give Adam's cave an upgrade. In fact, Adam is showing a part of his shop that we've never shown before: the bathroom! Adam revamps this corner of curiosities to make better use of its space, doing the build in situ!
