File No: 009937

License Number: 2009000937

Groom Information

Name: DAVIS , RICHARD CHARLES Age: 45
Birthplace: WASHINGTON DC Race: WHITE Res: 139 MARKET STREET
Town: CHARLESTON County: CHARLESTON State: SC Marriage No: 2

Bride Information

Name: ALEXANDER , VIRGINIA MACON Age: 29
Birthplace: NORTH CAROLINA Race: WHITE Res: 21 CRAVEN AVENUE
Town: CHARLESTON County: CHARLESTON State: SC Marriage No: 1

Application Date: 4/ 9/2009

Marriage Date: 4/10/2009

Yikes.  Wow.  Call me… well, call me whatever, but I never saw that coming!  Wow.

Richard C. Davis, who heads Team Trademark, intends to document the lodge’s rehabilitation as part of the real estate company’s reality series, due to air on TLC in April. The show had an 18 month hiatus.

Unless Adam Savage’s Twitter account has been hacked or he’s more than a month early on an April Fool’s joke, he reports the breaking news:

This just in Mythbuster fans: Kari Byron is pregnant! Congrats Kari, I can’t wait to meet the new mythbuster!

Smash Lab conversations seem more “scripted”.

But, looking at Mythbusters, it’s certainly “scriped” as well.  Maybe it’s that the Smash Lab gang just looks like they’re trying too hard to be spontaneous?

That means we need to find interviews with the Smash Lab “cast”, outside of the show.  Especially Deanne.  Hmmm…

Speaking of Ginger… is it me, or has some of the Richard Davis magic worn off?  Maybe my schedule just changed and I’m not watching as much TV or something… but there doesn’t seem to be as much “Real Estate Pros” buzz out there anymore?

But… why?

On paper, Smash Lab looks like a slam-dunk.  But in reality, compared to Mythbusters, it seems… well, “dumb”.   Sure, Adam and Jamie (and Grant and Kari and Tory) do silly things, but there seems to be an air of, “Yeah, it’s silly, but it’ll be cool!”  In Smash Lab, silly stuff seems to be done in the name of scientific investigation.

Example:  Last night I caught the “magnetic fire escape” episode, where their two choices were “freefall to a dead stop at the bottom” or “creep your way down slowly”.   (The concept of “use increasingly strong magnets to decelerate a freefall” never appeared.)  So, to “test” this, they used a 30-degree ramp… and freefall-dude ended up crashing off the bottom.  On Mythbusters, I could see Adam doing the same thing… but it would be in the context of, “Hey, this looks like fun!  I want to try it!”  Not “I’m riding a glorified skateboard to gather valid data”.

Anyway, back to the Deanne vs. Kari question.  With all due respect, Deanne (who, I’m sure, is very bright) comes across as a ditz.  Kari doesn’t.  Why?

They’re both cute.  Is it just because Deanne is “girl next door who’ll grow up to be June Cleaver” cute and Kari is “girl next door who’s riding a tractor” cute?  Is it really just the difference in their voices?  Are we guys blinded by Kari’s red hair and can’t see Deanne’s hidden Kari qualities?  The mystery continues…

And in the frenetic video that flashed by on the screen, I spotted a woman.

She’s Deanne Bell and, as an attractive not-quite-30-year-old, she’s hitting the exact same demographic that Kari did when she appeared on the scene.

The Smash Lab site says “new episodes” are coming, which implies that there were old episodes.  It seems Deanne was (is?) on PBS in “Design Squad”… but I haven’t heard of that one, either.

Has anyone else heard of this person?  Credentials seem impressive enough, as TV show hosts go.  I’m looking forward to catching my first Smash Lab episode in a couple weeks…

Charleston County Court Records

Year: 2007 Type: DR Location: 10 Number: 004494

Plaintiff: DAVIS, RICHARD C. Defendant: DAVIS, KIMBERLY S.

Filing Code: DISSOLUSION OF MARRIAGE Disposition Code: FC DISPOSED OF BY TRIAL OR HEA
Filing Date: 11/29/2007 Disposition Date: 12/21/2007
Judge Code: JACK A LANDIS Disposition Type: 6

Event Desc: FINAL HEARING MIE File Number: n/a
Event Date: 12/21/2007 Date to MIE: n/a
Event Time: 0900 Date from MIE: n/a

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