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[miles]

I originally read this as "Jaime the science FIEND" and totally think it sounds better. Some wacky latino just FIENDING for Science, baby, FIENDING!


Also: not scandinavian hip-hop, but much much better:Bollywood Meets Beatles (choreography: Luigi Galvani)

This was fuck*ng incredible.

[wombat]

I'm heartbroken that anyone could not love Bill Nye and kind of bewildered that he was once a stand up comic.  But he will always have a place in my heart because without videos of his TV show, I would never have survived teaching zoo summer camp, at least not with any vestiges of sanity.

[AugustWest]

I'm ok with Bill Nye, but Beakmon was a much funnier, edgier show.  And his sidekicks were hot.  Also, Beakman's strip in the Sunday funnies is usually pretty good.

[mudokon]

As far as I know, Bill Nye does a lot of work for the NASA Channel these days. But most of the time I have trouble remembering that a NASA Channel even exists.

[Bobby Isosceles]

It's the other way around, dude.  Bill Nye was a stand-up comic...

I remember him primarily as a cast member of Almost Live, a sketch comedy show from Seattle that I believe had a brief run on Comedy Central.

Finally, someone else remembers that show! Remember how the headbangers in the "LAME LIST" were Soundgarden, before they got famous?

[Bobby Isosceles]

I originally read this as "Jaime the science FIEND" and totally think it sounds better. Some wacky latino just FIENDING for Science, baby, FIENDING!


Also: not scandinavian hip-hop, but much much better:Bollywood Meets Beatles (choreography: Luigi Galvani)

This was fuck*ng incredible.

Better than sex and half as coordinated.

[Lister]

It's the other way around, dude.  Bill Nye was a stand-up comic who did a bit about one of those 5AM science guys that would come on before his fuck*ng cartoons in the morning.  He's what we in the business would call a "hack."

Beakman was the real fuck*ng deal.

And the chicks on the show were fuck*ng HOT.

Not entirely true.  Bill Nye was a mechanical engineer before he did TV comedy.  He worked for Boeing on the 747.

Beakman (actor Paul Zaloom) was based on a comic strip character created by Jok Church in 1991.  Jok himself seems to be the real deal.

So I guess when I say "not entirely true," I mean "almost entirely false."  Except for the hot chicks.

[Doc]

I remember the Beakman show was kind of cool and I saw Bill Nye once on Jay Leno but your pitiful american science pales in the presence of the venerable australian Dr. Karl. Apart from blind patriotism I have to be behind anyone who can use the phrase 'peripherally involved with the carnival circuit' in a demonstration of scientific principles.

[antioch]

Whenever Paul Zaloom came to Scitrek, he performed the same demonstrations as we did (long vinyl pressure baloons, Van de Graff) but just totally destroyed us all in terms of performance and relating the concepts. While he was in town he did this crazy 1-man play or something at an arthaus.

I would like to add that lovers meet for a moment...usually. I would like to reiterate this 3 or 4 more times than is nessesary.

[misterqueue]

Oh my.. look at what I've started.

Also, after a quick peek at the archives I'm not sure if I'm relieved or frightened that Jough has my back.

Maybe relieved but in that Kraftwerk kinda way... you know.. with pee.

[CortJstr]

It's the other way around, dude.  Bill Nye was a stand-up comic...

I remember him primarily as a cast member of Almost Live, a sketch comedy show from Seattle that I believe had a brief run on Comedy Central.

Finally, someone else remembers that show! Remember how the headbangers in the "LAME LIST" were Soundgarden, before they got famous?

It was on Comedy Central for a while and even appeared on my NBC affiliate a few times. Usually opposite a football game or after Showtime at the Apollo or something. Mind Your Manners With Billy Kwan!

If Comedy Central dropped it's 19 Daily Show knock-offs and brought back Almost Live, Viva Variety, and The Vacant Lot I might never have to change the channel.

[BatzRadio]

I didn't really watch Beakman or Bill Nye, as I was too busy with the wonderful and frightening world of college at the time.

Mr. Wizard, though, I remember fairly well before kicking off to school. More than anything, I remember a magnificent obsession the show had with dry ice.

And that's really all I gots.

[Mantonio]

I didn't really watch Beakman or Bill Nye, as I was too busy with the wonderful and frightening world of college at the time.

Mr. Wizard, though, I remember fairly well before kicking off to school. More than anything, I remember a magnificent obsession the show had with dry ice.

And that's really all I gots.

It was thanks to Mr. Wizard that I discovered how cool liquid nitrogen was. Who knew it was possible to shatter something like a Gummy Bear or air with a hammer?

[miles]

It's the other way around, dude.  Bill Nye was a stand-up comic...

I remember him primarily as a cast member of Almost Live, a sketch comedy show from Seattle that I believe had a brief run on Comedy Central.

Finally, someone else remembers that show! Remember how the headbangers in the "LAME LIST" were Soundgarden, before they got famous?

LAAAAAME!

That show was kind of a big deal up in Seattle, so I think a lot of people around my age and older would know it.  I think Bill Nye was the only cast member that went on to really do something, although Pat Cashman was a popular radio personality in the area.