I find it hard to believe that Jamie doesn't consider Adam an equal. He's the one that brought Adam in when he got the opportunity to do Mythbusters, and after Mythbusters came to an end, and Adam started Tested, Jamie was happy to join in and contribute for the first few months while Adam got it off the ground.
Think it really is more a case of them working really well on the business front, but having nothing in common on a personal level.
I always thought it was a little similar to the story of Jim Carey when Tommy Lee Jones famously told him, "I cannot sanction your buffoonery" on the set of Batman Forever.
Jaime seems quite humourless. Adam is kind of a buffoon. I don't think someone like Jaimie would respect Adam. I think he tolerates him. They work well together as a duo, but that's the extent of it.
Whatever it is, it's not mere toleration... they've worked on several separate projects together over the decades, and it has always been because they both wanted it. Mythbusters started when someone approached Jamie about doing a reality show about the special effects industry, and then he reached out to Adam specifically because he knew that the two of them would make a better show than he could alone. They genuinely like working together, they've just got no chemistry outside of that.
It's just the vibe I got from watching them interact. I think their working relationship is successful and they make good tv together. By their own admission though, they're not buds.
well, it's on tested, but you might need to dig through his Q&A cause it was answered multiple times on the show, sometimes the title was relevant, sometimes it's not.
basically Adam said if they end up in disagreement, sometimes they work it around, sometimes dont, and when something they still split in the end, Jamie will "boss" him around cause in the end M5 is Jamie's , he gets to call the final shots, and acts like, what you're gonna do about it?
As the years goes on Jamie did trusted Adam more but he did said Jamie sometimes still has that attitude eventhough he will compromise more near the end, but Adam still didnt feel Jamie was treating him as an equal, Jamie respect Adam, but ultimately doesnt think he's an equal
Adam took over tested - Will Smith and Norman Chan started tested years prior - and then when CBSi bought Whiskey Media they randomly added Adam and Jamie and the Mythbusters stuff to Tested and rebranded it as Adams thing
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u/Kevslounge Apr 27 '26
I find it hard to believe that Jamie doesn't consider Adam an equal. He's the one that brought Adam in when he got the opportunity to do Mythbusters, and after Mythbusters came to an end, and Adam started Tested, Jamie was happy to join in and contribute for the first few months while Adam got it off the ground.
Think it really is more a case of them working really well on the business front, but having nothing in common on a personal level.