show idea: april fool special.

The evident problems with this are;

Beyond Productions doesn't set the airdates of episodes, Discovery Channel does.

Adam and Jamie are Producers on the show, and as such it would be impossible to hide such a show from them. You also have to remember that it seems that the entire cast is closely involved in the selection of myths, which would make it very difficult to hide what was going on even from the build team.

Oh, don't get me wrong I wasn't dismissing the idea just noting the problems such a thing would have. I had a similar idea with the saying 'you don't know what you have until its gone'. The idea would be for one team to steal small items from the other teams shop and see how long it took anyone to notice.

The major problem with the idea was of course hiding the myth from the team in question - which given Adam and Jamie's role of producers would eliminate them from the running.

All they would need is the keys to the relevant shop, or at least someone on the 'inside' to let them in, and they could pull the pranks after the other team has gone home. This would work better than trying to pull any pranks in a workshop full of people, as there is a VERY good chance that someone is going to work out what is going on rather quickly that way. (Remember that we are not just talking about the cast, but everyone else who is working in the shop(s)).

My idea was to do this over some period of time, removing small and fairly unused things and then moving onto larger and more used/important items. (They'd need to replace the items before anyone starts talking about there being a thief in the shop - such accusations can wreck even the best groups very quickly. Might be best to 'borrow' an item for a single day and replace it that night - or just move items where they are unlikely to be discovered so they are not in fact missing from the shop at all.)

That would work once or twice, but after people are going to get suspicious if this inside man is always able to find the things that are missing or misplaced.

The other problem is that if this goes on for any length of time it would stop being viewed as funny and simply become annoying, especially if the team is working hard. Care would also have to be taken to ensure that people don't end up spending time looking for something rather than working.

Meaning that it would require some very careful planning to pull off without affecting whatever myth they are meant to be filming.

Personally I suspect that as much fun as this may sound to us, it would be judged as impractical and potentially disruptive and as such not be seriously considered for the show.

*And for any lurking Mythbusters*

Of course I could be in a position to have heard rumours about such a myth being on the list or planned and simply double-bluffing you. Not that I'm trying to make anyone paranoid or anything...its not like you've lost or misplaced anything recently is it...?

have then recite an inventory and then "disappear" things that were not on the list. have a penalty box - and let the "thieves" disappear 5 items not on the list each night, and see how many go away before someone notices something missing.

Baghdad Battery.....

I aint sure if a series of piratical jokes would go down well with Adam or Jamie?....

And trust me I aint trying to p---(oor water)on anyone's bonfire here, I just wanna ask, is there room for jokers on the team?...

With Adam and Jamie all such shows were long before they became Executive Producers - so it was possible to keep them out of the planning process for individual myths. While this still holds for the build team, it has been noted in several interviews/comments that the cast have always been closely involved in the planning process. If you look closely at the 'unknown' myths they have done it seems that they were aware of what was being tested in a general way, just not the specifics.

This makes sense if you think about it, since no one could force any of the cast to do anything they don't want to - or at least are unwilling to try for some reason.

The 'bosses' in question would be the executives at Discovery and Beyond Productions, but they don't concern themselves with the planning of specific episodes - although Discovery clearly asks MB to tie episodes into other shows (Storm Chasers) or network wide events (Shark Week). As I think Producer Dan made clear in his interview he works very closely with Adam and Jamie, and while he might technically 'outrank' them it seems that he is understandably hesitant to do so.

As I've said, I'm not knocking the idea just pointing out that there are many, many practical problems to deal with - and for once these problems are mostly behind the scenes stuff. Even the best practical jokers know that you have to pick the right time and person. Pick the wrong person or the wrong time and all you do is stir up bad feeling, and that can wreck the closest groups in very short order.

The idea is not to make a fool out of them by force, the idea is to play an April Fools trick and let them decide if they want to put that onto their show or not - or get their agreement to be used on another show.