is he a part of the solution here or the -- >> no, no. he merely tasks us with -- with the story and then we report back to him how it goes. >> i'm a huge fan of the show. you make -- you take these big questions that all of us wonder, myths, urban puzzles, you know, if you will. and find solutions. essentially kind of making science cool and fun. is that why you got into doing what you do? is that why you're getting involved here? >> not at all. we're totally unquifalified to scientists. we never set out to actually be educational or to inspire kids. i think that's actually why the show works. kids can smell that kind of crap a mile away. >> how did you get into this if you -- you're not scientists by nature or -- >> well, we're both -- we're both special effects artists by training. that's what we were doing when the show came along. the idea initially was to have a couple of guys get -- that could build just about anything, do more than talk about urban