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The Science Guy Returns
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."
Apparently it was too hard to actually link it in the post? http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.04/play.html ?pg=4
He even made the sundial used on the Mars Rovers.
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Yes, Bill Nye did get his TV start on Almost Live, which ran from 1984 to 1999. I regret its passing. They tried to go national if I recall, but much of the humour was very Seattle area specific. Bill Nye was one of the best regular bits they did. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0149413/
For anyone interested, Bill Nye will be speaking at the Skeptics Society meeting on April 24. Details here.
Meetings are at Cal Tech (Pasadena, CA)
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Beakman's World was more entertaining and more informative than either of those...
Irritable, left-wing and possibly humorous bumper stickers and t-shirts
I liked his Speed Walker sketches . . . a superhero that walked heel-toe, heel-toe . . . and he was also one of the "High-Five'en White Guys"
Bill Nye was an engineer at Boeing before he was a comedian. He was on Almost Live! for years. I remember when I first saw the Bill Nye the Science Guy character was in an Almost Live! sketch. He was spoofing Mr. Wizard and I think he was really inept and caught himself on fire. Later, he took the character on David Letterman and doing other TV guest spots, before finally getting his own show.
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Having since lived in Boston, I'm a bit more used to hearing that, but as a midwestern kid in the mid-80s I thought it was the funniest thing ever.
That aside, it was definitely an awesome show. But Bill Nye wins for slick delivery.
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If you're looking for dry science videos, try the avgeeks . . . a collection of over 14000 dry videos like those cheesy ones made for high school students in the 60's
Think again. This is public television. There is no exec making decisions, Nye has grants from the National Science Foundation.
Creativity abounds.
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First, it wasn't a girl, he was a teenage boy.[1]
;)
Second, it wasn't a spinning wheel, it was a wheel with lit fireworks which was spinning.
Third, it wasn't "Wicked!" he was saying "Pretty Wicked!"
Yeesh, get your facts straight.
[1] Of all of the above, I'm the least sure of this.
I've still got his voice on my answering machine! It'll be great to see him back on TV.
The other speaker at the event was Dr. Jill Tarter, Director of Research at SETI. Jodie Foster's Character in the movie, Contact, was based on Dr. Tarter. She was also a great speaker and cool to work with.
Don Herbert is his name, I believe. And yes he was an entertainer and not a true scientist. However he had bachelor degrees in English, and General Science. I'm guessing the General Science degree means like a high school science teacher level of science.
I/O, I/O, its off to disk I go, with a read and a write, and a bit and a byte, I/O, I/O, I/O, I/O
You could buy them on DVD if you want.
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http://www.mrwizardstudios.com/watchmrwizardvolum