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Beakman lives!
« on: October 30, 2020, 10:36:33 PM »
This popped up on my Youtube feed. Channel is called Captain Disillusion.

https://youtu.be/sT_bTnkwLuE

Not familiar with the channel but it seems a decent watch. Sciency stuff in a format obviously aimed at kids. This episode had special guest star Paul Zaloom, better known as Beakman from Beakman's World. Loved the show and thought he was a much better scientist than Bill "Expert On Everything I Know Nothing About" Nye. More entertaining too.

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Re: Beakman lives!
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2020, 01:07:59 AM »
That was awesome. I had completely forgotten about Beakman's World.

And my children are at a perfect age to appreciate it now. Excellent! Thank you.
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Re: Beakman lives!
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2020, 01:41:18 AM »
Quote from: Brad Johnson on October 30, 2020, 10:36:33 PM
Bill "Expert On Everything I Know Nothing About" Nye.

Bill Nye The Actor Guy as I call him
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Re: Beakman lives!
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2020, 02:04:09 AM »
Beakman's Motor, two views:





Elegant !

You're welcome.

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REF (Detailed instructions):
http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rjh/marneyg/techlab/beakman.htm

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Re: Beakman lives!
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2020, 07:31:51 AM »
I, too, loved Beakman. Watched it religiously for quite awhile.

Dang. Just found out that Mark Ritts, who played Lester the Lab Rat, died of kidney cancer a few years ago.

And yes, Beakman was TONS better than Bill "I'm not really a scientist" Nye.
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Re: Beakman lives!
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2020, 10:59:58 AM »
I remember watching that show growing up.
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Re: Beakman lives!
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2020, 11:25:30 AM »
Looking up the Wiki on Paul Zaloom, I didn't realize he was associated with the Dante's Inferno film that used paper puppets, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante%27s_Inferno_(2007_film) If you haven't seen it I highly suggest watching it. It is really good.
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"so I ended up getting the above because I didn't want to make a whole production of sticking something between my knees and cranking. To me, the cranking on mine is pretty effortless, at least on the coarse setting. Maybe if someone has arthritis or something, it would be more difficult for them." - Ben

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Re: Beakman lives!
« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2020, 05:42:12 PM »
I grew up with "Mr Wizard," Don Herbert, in the mid-twentieth century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Herbert

The others came later, so I rarely watched them.  But I was impressed (as  you can tell) by the elegance (almost every part had multiple funcions) of the Beakman Motor.

I guess I wasn't the only one, since it approached legendary status for a while.

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