My immediate response was also Adam Savage. I say this while laying in bed, background watching mythbusters as I do every night. I’m studying to become an engineer and it’s literally because of this show and how interested it got me in science and just understanding how things work as a kid.
It’s been a dream of mine for years to meet the man and thank him, but he seems to keep himself quite busy these days. I just watched a 12 minute video of him simply talking about a pencil and I hope he never changes.