Kari Byron, who joined the team in season 2, can be seen in Jamie's shop working on a computer in the first episode.
Jamie Hyneman and Grant Imahara are both former competitors in "BattleBots" (2000).
Among the shelves of spare parts on the M5 Industries workshop where the series is filmed are boxes which purportedly contain: - Seat Belts - Rolled Wire - Plexi Scraps - Clay (Colored) - Putrid Pork - Rubber Balls - Sports Balls - Plastic Tubes - Fresh Fish - Leg Gear - Extension Cords - Suits and Booties - Safety Harness - Fiber Optics - Small Pumps - Netting - Filaments - Models (Trains) - Oil Clay - UltraCal - Squirrel Cage Fans
Series creator/producer Peter Rees (I) originally pitched the show to all the Australian TV networks but all of them turned him down. Rees then pitched the show to the Discovery Channel which picked it up.
On the show Adam Savage is frequently wearing t-shirts with various references to and quotes from the show printed on them.
