Bill Nye is certainly not the first to launch a show like this. My dad
clearly remembers Mr. Wizard from his childhood, and "Beakman's World"
was the most recent kids' science show I saw before I happened upon
Bill. Mr. Wizard was Old Reliable. You could always count on learning
something interesting from his show. While Mr. Wizard's show was very
educational, it was generally rather stiff. Some more recent shows have
sought to spice up their science a bit, but many have gone too far in
the other direction. Such as Beakman. The science is buried under all
the weirdness, which causes a bit of a headache after a while.
Bill Nye's show possesses just the right mix of education and
entertainment to hold a captive audience and teach them quite a bit too.
Each show has a theme which is introduced in ever more creative ways by
Bill Nye, much to the annoyance of the unseen Voice whose job it is to
keep Bill on track. The kids on the show present simple experiments
children can do at home while Bill explains the scientific concepts of
the day and demonstrates them in his lab and out "in the field" with
experts. Towards the end of the show, the audience is treated to a music
video parody recapping everything learned in the episode. Never has tv
science been so much fun!
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