Bill Nye the Science Guy or Beakman's world? Vol. educational shows in the '90s

[pr0phecy718]

 

[spot rusherz]

Reading Rainbow > ___________


My son Kunta learned how to read, they gave my dude a educational TV show

 

[illoquent aka dsk]

Originally Posted by Spot Rusherz

Reading Rainbow > ___________


My son Kunta learned how to read, they gave my dude a educational TV show

Bill Nye was that dude...

 

[maxb7ty]

Originally Posted by Spot Rusherz

Reading Rainbow > ___________


My son Kunta learned how to read, they gave my dude a educational TV show

True. But to answer the question, Beakman anyday>That squabble Bill Nye

 

[sooperhooper]

Beakman FTW

i wonder what he, the chick and lester the rat are doing now? It's almost like they're my friends or something.
Bill nye wan't bad either tho.

 

[pr0phecy718]

Originally Posted by sooperhooper

Beakman FTW

i wonder what he, the chick and lester the rat are doing now? It's almost like they're my friends or something.
Bill nye wan't bad either tho.

I wonder that too,and what they look like now

 

[one love]

i hated those videos but now that they show these boring %@% videos instead i miss them

 

[ill w1lliam]

Beakmans world came first I believe. Bill Nye was like the newer version with all the neat and clean technology and lab and stuff. Still they both were goodBeakman was kinda corny sometimes.

 

[jawn piece]

Beakman's World hands down...Nye was always suspect to me

 

[georgehimself]

Mr. Wizard FTW!
"Holy!"

 

[sooperhooper]

Here's some info on lester the rat from wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Ritts

 

[fantastic4our]

Originally Posted by iLLoQuent aka DSK

Bill Nye was that dude...

 

[pr0phecy718]

Zaloom teaches classes related to activism and puppeteering at CalArts in Los Angeles. He continues to perform as Beakman in Beakman Live! stage shows, and is involved in any number of artistic projects as an advisor and mentor.Called"one of the most original and talented political satirists working in the theater" by the New York Times, Paul Zaloom is an OBIE-winning puppeteerand performance artist who has written, designed and performed 12 solo spectacles, including Fruit of Zaloom, Zaloominations, and Creature from the BlueZaloom.

His highly idiosyncratic work utilizes techniques such as overhead projection, government document expose, cantastoria (picture performance), and hand, rod,shadow, found object, and dummy puppets.

Zaloom has performed his work across the U.S. at many types of venues, including the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, the Walker Arts Center, SpoletoFestival USA, UCLA Performing Arts Series, the American Repertory Theater, L.A.'s Museum of Contemporary Art, King Tut's Wah-Wah Hut, and hundreds ofothers. He's also played the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Scotland; Les Semaines de la Marionette, Paris; the UNIMA World Congress, Dresden; Vienna Festival;and many others on 9 international tours.

Zaloom has received a Village Voice OBIE, an American Theater Wing Design Award, New York Dance and Performance Award (the "Bessie"), L.A. WeeklyCritics' Award, and 4 Citations of Excellence in the Art of Puppetry from UNIMA-USA. He's also been granted a Guggenheim Fellowship, 4 Jim HensonFoundation grants, a COLA Fellowship, 4 National Endowment for the Arts grants, to name a few.

He has taught puppetry and cantastoria at colleges and universities in the US and Europe, including Cal Arts, Rhode Island School of Design, EmersonCollege, the Omega Institute, George Mason University, the University of Michigan, and the Institut Internationale de la Marrionnette, Charlesville, France,amongst others.

 

[trillipinotrapstar]

Bill Nye.

"Inertia is a property of matter" - still remember that in the theme song.

 

[jawn piece]

Originally Posted by sooperhooper

Here's some info on lester the rat from wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rittshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Ritts

"A Harvard graduate with a degree in English literature"

..who woulda thought

 

[gottagitdemjs]

Beakman's World. I still remember the episode where they taught us why farts smell.

 

[aveezythebeast]

BILL bill bill bill bill bill billlll

 

[pr0phecy718]

Hmm not bad

 

[posite fiend]

i use to love watching both of em, that was my nap time in middle school, "ok kids were gonna watch bill nye today" id be like YES, and run to mylocker to grab my coat and bury myself in my desk, lol, magic school bus use to be the business too

 

[crazy dav0]

bill nye >

 

[antonlavey]

Bill Nye FTW

 

[jdocs]

....who else trapped there fart in a jar after that episode?

 

[pr0phecy718]

Originally Posted by jawn piece

Originally Posted by sooperhooper

Here's some info on lester the rat from wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rittshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rittshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Ritts

"A Harvard graduate with a degree in English literature"

..who woulda thought

never thought a guy in rat suit would be a harvard grad

 

[cameltrophy24]

mr. wizard was greater than all. half you young dudes probably don't even know who he is, or was.

 

[geminifly]

Beakmans World FTW

90s tv>>>>>>>'00s tv