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The Science Guy Returns

Posted by Zonk on from the science-rules! dept.

hende_jman writes "When I was in high school, the dry science videos that I watched in my classes made me miss the silly and sometimes irreverent Bill Nye the Science Guy. So I was excited to read in the latest issue of Wired that everyone's favorite Science Guy is coming out with a new show, The Eyes of Nye where he tackles some more serious issues like addiction, sex, cloning, and climate change."

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  1. Bill Nye ad sex... by brilinux · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh God, get that image out of my mind!

    1. Re:Bill Nye ad sex... by Skyshadow · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, the abstinence-only crowd apparently has more creativity than I would have assumed.

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    2. Re:Bill Nye ad sex... by The+Amazing+Fish+Boy · · Score: 4, Funny

      Bill Nye: "So you see, if we take the Ultra-Glide Lubrication Of Science and rub it well over the penis..."
      Deep voice guy: "You know, Bill, I don't know that this is such a... AUUUGH!!!"
      Child Assistant Kwon: "Wahhhh, I thought we were talking about grasshoppers today... can I have my passport now?"

  2. Bill Nye by KillerDeathRobot · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bill Nye was the best science teacher because he was also a comedian. I remember seeing him once on some old sketch comedy show (Almost Live?) where he talked about his girlfriend from hell or something.

    Incidentally, my 8th grade science teacher looked almost exactly like Bill Nye.

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  3. Bow Tie by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's something disturbing about the image of a pasty, thin nerd in a bow tie talking about sex.

    Oh god, is that why my wife grimaces whenever we make love??

    1. Re:Bow Tie by AvantLegion · · Score: 4, Funny
      >> Oh god, is that why my wife grimaces whenever we make love??

      Weird, she never does that with me...

  4. So that's what's causing it by snuf23 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow. Addicted clones having sex are bringing about climate change?
    I can't wait for this show!

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  5. My favorite Mr. Wizard by StefanJ · · Score: 4, Funny

    Times were different back then. No PC nonsense, and his science demonstrations were always geared to practical things of use to awkward young science fans growing up in the conformist 1950s.

    Like the time Mr. Wizard showed you how to perform a prefontal lobotomy on a school bully using a #2 pencil, an American History text book, and a pipe cleaner.

    The guest star / subject was "Whitey" from Leave it to Beaver. He was never the same after that. Of course, what actually slowed him down -- the operation or the home-brewed benzine-based anesthesia -- wasn't clear.

  6. Re:Nye at the Skeptic Society by gekkotron · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sure you'd like us to believe that.

  7. Re:I'd go for Beakman's World, personally by Mr.Progressive · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tell me about it. I'd sooooo bang that fat guy in the rat suit. Wait... what?

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