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Submitted by C Conders
The reason kids these days are so poorly educated is because they don’t have nerd-crack like Bill Nye to keep them interested in the things they were learning in school. Bill Nye could make just about anything interesting.
Look at this – Bill Nye is teaching us about mammals using Suicidal Tendencies’ “Institutionalized”:
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I frigging loved Bill Nye!!! I still remember some of the stuff he imparted to us!
(first?)
Bill Ny
THE SCIENCE GUY!
god i loved that show
but i always thought every once in a while he’d get fed up and just say “MAGIC! It’s magic ok? Simplified b*tch!”
but he was always cool
am i the only one who loved the songs at the end to make you remember the lessons? i still sing the amphibian one every time!
::Belts out:: R-E-C-Y-C-L-E find out what it means to me R-E-C-Y-C-L-E somethin somethin somehtin!!!! oh and i remember once my mom freaked out cause she walked in the room during “lets talk about STRESS baby!” lmao! awesome…i miss him…
Do not any of you people remember he started on “Almost Live” here in Seattle? That was the coolest! Plus, I knew him somewhat personally because before he bacame famous as Bill Nye the Science Guy, he worked at a company my Dad worked for and I got to meet him.
SPEED WALKER
yes, he friggin rocked, i have a signed book from him
Oh man, I loved that show! I got to watch it in 8th grade last year ago, too! ^_^
My 7th grade science teacher shows an episode of Bill Nye to us about once a week on whatever topic we are studying. It’s great review and a bit of young-minded craziness to clear my mind.
He was in on of our driving school videos about trucks (inertia)
God, I always looked forward to the day when the teacher was too lazy to teach and instead just put in a Bill Nye tape. It was so much win.
Bill Nye, the Science guy! *starts humming theme*
Sorry about above, haven’t posted here before. Bill Nye actually has a current show running on the Science Channel (112 for me). Its called “Stuff happens”. Its mildly entertaining, not as great as it was back when I was a child but hes not dead just yet, so theirs hope.
I think I saw a little of that. Bill was trying to make me feel bad about eating sugar because of the environmental impact…which, dammit, Bill, you were (a lot) more fun years ago and do not attempt to come between me and my sugar.
Its not overall a terrible show. Ive seen a few episodes. I watch it when i catch it but dont hunt it down on my own.
He’s not geting in between you and your sugar. “There are alternatives!”
LOVE me some Bill Nye B-)
Give me Mr. Wizard instead!!!
both were great. I also loved square One TV. I was such a geek!!!!
I loved Square One TV! I’m sure my mother did too as it kept my brothers and I occupied and out of her hair for a little while.
This!
That!
Someting Entirely Different!
Bill Ny was great, but he’s got nothing on Mr. Wizard.
WORD! Mr. Wizard blew shit up!
Bill Nye has blown up his fair share of shit in his day too! Mr. Wizard did rule the science show world until Bill Nye. But comparing the two is like comparing Jerry Lewis to Robin Williams or Jim Carrey.
OMG, I love bill nye. He was recently on an episode of Stargate Atlantis, and was making me feel all… reminiscent…
I loved both Bill Nye and Beakman. Bill’s show was for the actual science student, Beakman more for the ADD types. I had crushes on them both as well (but now Beakman is gay, boo.)
oh my gad! i had a crush on both of them too! ahhhh!!
bill nye the science guy…bill, bill, bill!!!
Oh good more people like me who had crushes on Bill Nye and Beakman.
OMFG this is awesome, a forum filled with geeky chicks… Wait……… You aren’t dudes are you? lol.
But Beakman vs Bill Nye was the eternal debate back when I was in school, we even had a class vote on it, Bill Nye won by like a 3-1 margin. But then again, our class was pretty geeky, lol.
That was the first episode of SGA I watched- because it had Bill Nye- and then I proceeded to get addicted and watch the whole series from the beginning. …It was pretty awesome having him on there, especially with the hitting on Jewel Staite.
I strongly believe my current love for science (notably chemistry and biology) is because I watched this show religiously growing up. I wish I had the Science Channel so I could watch Stuff Happens, but there’s been a few episodes of it that have aired on TLC and I squee’d with happiness as I watched them.
Second to that sister!
I was alwayes curious about how things worked, but couldn’t alwayes wrap my brain around a conscept. Bill Nye could explain any thing. Some people said he “made it fun” but realy, this stuff is awsome all on it’s own, to me any way. Hes kinda like a great science teacher I never actualy had a class with.
Now that Im older I pick up on things a lot faster than most, I think it’s because my little brain got rewired by this show!
LOL!
they still show us that..
im frigging 12!
I’m 13 and in elementary school that was like all we watched!
I remember he explained evaporation so perfectly I immediately began seeing everything as composed of moving molecules.
http://billnyefacts.googlepages.com/
All I wanted was a Pepsi!
My seventh grade science teacher always let us watch this show! Much better than reading the textbook. More teachers should adopt that kind of teaching style. Kids learn more if they’re interested.
Lol I’m in 8th grade and my science shows us Bill Nye all the time! It’s the only reason I learn in his class!
I loved him… But apparently he’s a huge douchebag.
My 7th grade science teacher let us watch so much Bill… on laserdisc… it was epic.
*sigh*
Alton Brown (Good Eats) is awesome cause he reminds me of a Bill who cooks.
Now that you mention it…Alton Brown is Bill Nye in the kitchen. Never noticed that before.
That Institutionalized parody was indeed epic, epic win. I was a Bill Nye junkie as a kid, I watched the show every afternoon after school, but I dont remember that skit. Thanks for digging up that gem!
WOOOT Bill Nye rules
WOO! Bill Nye ROCKS!
Everything I know about science, I learned from this man
hehe, never knew he was famous
just know him from the Epcot-show “Universe of Engery” with Ellen DeGeneres
but then again: I’m just a stupid foreigner
Energy that is
OMG I remember that!!! I totally forgot about that.
The Eyes of Nye was one of his better shows. Aimed at young adults rather then kids.
OMG I LOVE this show. I owe all my elementary knowledge of science and stuff to this guy and the magic school bus. Some channel needs to do re-runs of this show cause I would definitely watch it. WOOOOOO
He’s coming to speak at my school (University at Buffalo), and everyone I’ve talked to about it has said, “Hell yeah, of course I’m going!”
Bill Bill Bill Bill!
Everything I know about science I learned from Bill Nye and The Magic School Bus. God bless 90’s PBS
YES x 9000!!!
Bill Nye is totally coming to my campus on February 11. And the show sold out in a day and a half. I never got tickets. SO lame.
hell yah magic school bus~!! ive STILL retained so much science knowledge from both these shows~!! specially MS. ms frizz was awesome…:D the baking,ant,bee sound episodes are the only reason i STILL know about those subjects XD i had these older kids in my neighborhood ranting about using sprinklers and wasting water. my 7yr old self blew them out of the water with my explanation of the water cycle. the had nothing to say to that lolol and i thought i was pretty smug XD aw good times. man i learned so much from these shows. anyone remember Richard Scaries?? now THAT was an awesome show…they dont have TV for kids like that anymore…..just have crap now….
To this day, every time I hear “solid” in a science class, I have to hold my arm out and say “Solid” like the beatnik guy in the “phases of matter” episode.
They actually play this in our science class occasionally, and we always love watching it. Such a shame we only get to watch it at the end of the term when there is nothing else to do.
I miss my 5th grade science class. Whenever we didn’t go up to the big multipurpose room for something fancy (l think that only happened about once a month) the teacher would just put in a bill nye tape and the entire room would fall silent for a half hour. it was epic win.
And OMFG Magic School Bus was THE SHIT. Speaking of those two 90’s PBS classics, does anyone else remember the old computer games? I remember the bill nye game had this crazy plot about a meteor and the two magic school bus games being…um, I think an ocean one and a inside the human body type thing. It was made of win, but I never got far in the bill nye one. The intro was sweet (played it a bunch), then I just got stuck, pissed off and went back to play more Myst. So, bill nye outsmarted me, but myst was easy.
This is the guy who turned me into a scientist!
Lions, Tigers, and Bears – oh my!
Sorry, but I had to thumbs-down this. I prefer to get my science from a dude in a wig, a cute assistant, and a guy in a rat suit. No offense to Bill, but he was a bit too bland for my tastes. Then again, I was in high school back then, so I was looking more for entertainment than education on concepts that I mostly already understood.
Beakman was Bill Nye for the Special Ed and ADD kids
No, kids are not only poorly educated because of this…look at the “kid friendly” crap they are showing on tv now…no longer do you have educational programming you have mindless dribble spewing out from pointless plots. Like that messed up show dealing with a girl with pink hair who is supposed to be a lil kid when is most obviously a young adult…its scares me…no wonder the younger generation is the way it is..its pathetic e.e ok I’m done
Actually, preschool entertainment today is much more educational than it has ever been. The concepts may seem different to you, but think about how silly Big Bird and Snuffy seemed to our parents and grandparents. The show you are referring to is designed to encourage kids to be more active and is not neccessarily meant to be intellectually stimulating so much so as socially stimulating. Also, I think they cast the part well, they chose a young actress with a diminuative stature to play the part. If you told me that kid was 10, I’d believe you.
On to a second point, how many movies or television shows that are popular with adults have no meaningful plot? You should probably take a step down off of your parapet and examine what aspects of your life are pointless
BEST SHOW EVERRRRRRRRRRRRRR
seriously
They let us watch those videos all the way into grade 9! (grade 10 now, only boring science movies )
From the Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Dept:
When Bill and Magic Schoolbus were on I was a RELIGIOUS donor / member of my local PBS station, KQED. My kids watched (and I taped) every episode.
Later, older daughter was accepted at Stanford, MIT, Wash U St. Louis, U. Michigan (full ride), Berkeley (Regents Scholarship), UCSD, UCLA, and wait-listed at Harvard. Currently at MIT. Don’t have data on son yet
This is not a coincidence. Thank you Bill, and whoever wrote Magic Bus.
PS. I am no longer a member of KQED.
Wow…….Bill Nye. He used to scare the hell out of me. My 7th grade science teacher (who was obssessed with the word ‘critters’) pulled out a DVD of him once…
The entire class screamed and took cover under our desks.
Nothing freakier than a head on a lightbulb
Somebody give him the Nobel Prize. He hasn’t discovered anything, but his TV show is one of the awesomest ever. That’s got to count for something, right?
Yah! He deseves a Noble Prize! I just hated the end when the kids sang a retarded song.
I’ll agree that the show is awesome! My physics teacher in high school said that she met him in person once at a conference, and he was kindof a dink in real life. Apparently he looked down on her because she was just a high school teacher and he was on TV. The show is still great though! Entertaining and informative.
Bill Nye the Science Guy ROX UR SOX!!!
i luved it when the teacher showed us a Bill Nye Tape instead of a boring one with the English accent. (No offense to ppl with English accents.)
Bill Nye DOES still ROCK UR SOCKS!!!
Bill Nye = The only one Chuck Norris ever feared.
yeaya (pronounced Yee-ah-ya)
does anyone even know where you can get the episodes anymore…
this was good television and kids have crapy TV now AKA: Sponge bob *dies a slow death*
I remember singing along with the theme song and dancing our little hearts out. We always loved the topic songs at the end, they were hilarious! Ah, the days our teacher was too busy to teach us and put on Bill Nye (B.N.). We always knew because homeroom was right next to science class and we would sing along through the window between the classrooms as well. I’ve seen “Stuff Happens”, and it’s cool too.
BILL BILL BILL BILL BN THE SCIENCE GUY! 65!
he’s still on tv. he’s on the planet green channel on a show called “stuff happens.” It’s just as campy as the original and is pretty cool
i loved this show as a kid
Beakman!!
We only ever got that over here, but it rocked!
Also I must throw in a vote for the current show Brainiac, love how they blow up caravans hehe
And I go:
I’m okay. I was just thinking, you know. Why don’t you get me a Pepsi?
And she goes:
NO, you’re a mammal!
NO~! Beakmans world was better!!
I LOVED BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY!
I learnt how to spell and pronounce deoxyribonucleic acid after watching that show!
I wonder what happened to him…
Bill Nye is why I’m studying to become a science teacher right now.
we still watch bill nye at my high school. we win!
Oh my gosh! I LOVE Bill Nye! I saw a Bill Nye Paper Rycycling Kit at Wal-Mart around Christmas and couldn’t help but smile. Shame I didn’t buy it. We still watch him in Science at my school. I always get a little excitied when the teacher tells us were watch Bill. He makes science fun!
LOVE Bill Nye the Science Guy!
He saved me in 8th grade when I didn’t do my science fair project on time. Two days before it was due I saw Bill put a sharpened wooden skewer through a blown-up balloon and it didn’t pop it! And he explained how the structure of the balloon’s latex will allow the skewer to be pushed through without tearing it. I did my report on that and much to my surprise the teacher was amazed and I got an A! xD
Bill Nye was OK, but Mr. Wizard was way better and much cooler! Where’s the Wiz?!
go on rotten.com its a kool site
go on youtube type in funny shit it funnyyyyyyyyyyy
i farted it stinks
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he sounds gay
bill nye the science guy
gay
DAMMIT AKON STOP SPAMMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh… damn. Now I feel OLD.
And my friends thought I was weird because I picked this over SpongeBob. If only every science teacher could be that awesome….
actually now teachers aren’t even allowed to play bill nye because they havent released the show yet, thus any copy they have is “pirated”……
My son was introduced to Bill Nye in school and fell in love with the program. I haven’t found it on DVD yet, but youtube does offer some episodes which my son will track down and watch.
oh man, so much win here. i still watch bill nye in high school advanced science :p
I WANT TO WATH BILL NYE ALL OVER AGAIN I ALSO WANT 2 WATCH ALL OF HIS VIDEOS THEY ARE GREAT I WISH THEY COULD PLAY THEM ON t.v. AGAIN CAUSE HE RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beakmans world was a million times better than Bill Nye.
Bill Nye was awesome! We watched his shows constantly even in like high school. My physics teacher from college was actually on the show once to show how a particle accelerator works.
Bill Nye is the best! Thank you from tons of kids!
Oh, the immense surge of geeky joy I received from seeing this- god! I have to thank you for this reminder. :3
He’s due for an epic comeback. Notice his show ends and now all the kids are suddenly little retards and bastards to boot. COME BACK BILL, help our stupid children! (he made an appearance on Stargate Atlantis. did anyone see? EPIC XD)
I learn more from his video and actually remember them, then the crap my teacher taught me, Bill Nye Rules
They still use the DVDs of this in schools!
even at my gcse level! :p
can anyone else NOT say the name of his show without singing it in their head?
I mostly remember Bill Nye from Almost Live, a show that was legendary in Seattle. He was one of the main actors for the show and one of his skits was “Bill Nye the Science Guy”. I remember when he left the show to start his science show. I never watched the science show as, unlike Almost Live, it was geared towards kids.
I knew there’s a reason why I’m a science major… and yes, the theme is permanently stuck in my head from watching it so much.
That guy was awesome.
Seriously, everyone who has ever heard of Bill Nye and seen an episode wants that show back. It was from him that I learned about liquid nitrogen’s epic freezing effects.
Do not defy the facts from Bill Nye the science guy!
I have my 8th grade students make their own “Bill Nye” videos at the end of the school year. They love it.
I must say, this is by far one of the top three epic wins EVER! I learned more from Bill Nye than I EVER did from all of my teachers combined (I’m a junior in high school), and it’s sad that they don’t show it anymore..or, if they do–I certainly don’t get the channel.
Bill Nye = the shiz XD
OMG Bill Nye was amazing!! My dad loved that I watched this show because I didn’t really like science but Bill Nye made it awesome =) And I loved the songs at the end (they did one based on “Semi Charmed Kind of Life” by Third Eye Blind which was my favorite!)
Bill Nye is the Pimp Shit!! He taught so many kids who hated science all kinds of things. They seriously need to start reruns or put it on DVD I would totally buy that!!
I loved Bill Nye and the even earlier show Newton’s Apple. I’ve always been curious about how things work ever since I was a little kid so I ate shows like these up.
bill nye always went a little too far with everything that he was involved with. most people didn’t mind, but i did.