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Muppets Named Top Scientists
praedictus writes "Apparently Bunsen and Beaker of Muppet fame have been nominated favorite TV scientist in a poll conducted by the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BA). and the BBC, soundly beating other contenders such as Mr. Spock, and Agent Scully."
Why wasn't Quatermass on the short list? It's astounding to think that early TV SF horror shows were broadcast live.
Scully had degrees in physics and medicine. How is she not a scientist? In fact, that's why she was paired with Mulder. She was the objective yin to Mulder's crazed yang. She didn't accept anything she couldn't directly observe or quantify.
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Mr. Wizard rocked. Definately one of the better shows on Nickelodeon in the day. I'm not sure if it's still or in syndication these days as I don't have cable, but it was a great show to learn growing up. Check out these facts from the pre Nickelodeon days
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More like scienticians. Prof Frink might rate. I would nominate John Harrison from the wonderful A&E adaptation of Longitude. Their list is pretty silly.
Yeah, but. But. She's hot.
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This is kind of a repeat of a reply post I just did, but it is important enough to bring to the top level - A Beakman's World DVD is due out tommorrow (September 7th)! Only $10.
Show support for a show that never should have been taken off the air, and throw a copy of any Bill Nye stuff you happen to see on teh ground in a gesture of disgust.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
How on earth did this get modded insightful? Mods who use the Oscars as their only authoritative source for the meaning of words?
Nominate:
To name, or designate by name, for an office or place; to appoint
Dr. Emmett Brown : The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style?
Dr. Emmett Brown : What on Earth's this thing I'm wearing?
Marty McFly : Ah, this, this is a radiation suit.
Dr. Emmett Brown : Radiation suit? Of course, because of all the fallout from the atomic wars.
Dr. Emmett Brown : If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour... you're gonna see some serious shit.
Marty McFly : Wait a minute, Doc, are you trying to tell me that my mother has got the hots for me?
Dr. Emmett Brown : Precisely.
Marty McFly : Whoa, this is heavy.
Dr. Emmett Brown : There's that word again; "heavy". Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the earth's gravitational pull?
Marty McFly : So does it run on regular unleaded gasoline?
Dr. Emmett Brown : Unfortunately no, it needs something with a little more kick - plutonium.
Marty McFly : Plutonium... wait, are you telling me that this sucker is nuclear?
Dr. Emmett Brown : No no no, this sucker's electrical, but it requires a nuclear reaction to generate the 1.21 gigawatts of electricity I need.
Marty McFly : Doc, you don't just walk into a store and buy plutonium... did you rip that off?
Dr. Emmett Brown : Shhhhhh. Of course. From a group of Libyan nationalists. They wanted me to build them a bomb, so I took their plutonium and in turn, gave them a shiny bomb-casing filled with used pinball machine parts
[seeing a poster for the Enchantment Under the Sea dance]
Dr. Emmett Brown : Look. There's a rhythmic ceremonial ritual coming up.
Doc : The time-traveling is just too dangerous. Better that I devote myself to study the other great mystery of the universe: women!
Marty McFly : That's right, Doc. November 12, 1955.
Doc : Unbelievable, that old Biff could have chosen that particular date. It could mean that, that point in time inherently contains some sort of cosmic significance. Almost as if it were the junction point for the entire space-time continuum. On the other hand, it could just be an amazing coincidence.
Young Doc : No wonder this circuit failed. It says "Made in Japan".
Marty McFly : What do you mean, Doc? All the best stuff is made in Japan.
Young Doc : Unbelievable.
Doc : Clara was one in a million. One in a billion. One in a googolplex!
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