whats the name of that TV scientist from the 90's?

[xchodax]

I've been killing myself trying to rmb the name of this guy/show... back in the mid 90's i guess there were two or three really big kid science shows...one was bill nye another was pmk...but theres one more that i can't rmb the name of. The scientist had big afro-ish hair that looked like he just came outta an oven...and he had 2 side kicks..one was a girl in tights and the other was a big guy dressed up as a rat...

does anyone know wat im talkin about?

[bang]

BEAAAKKKMAN'S WOOOORLLD
it's still on..weirdly enough
saw it on tv last week early morning around 8am on a weekend

[Sharp]

Yeah beakmans world. He wore funny shirts all the time

[xchodax]

omg! thank you lol...i was starting to think i was going crazy cuz none of my friends new wat i was talking about... lol thank you!

[cmge]

great show...

[somemale]

I thought BIll Nye the science guy was the best.

[xetrog]

anyone remember Dr. Fad?

[5abSingh]

hah found this:
Link

[EH100501AC]

hah found this:
Link

But wouldn't really enjoy it as much nowadays compared to when we were kids...Not showing too much promise from that link as it's a geocities page and it's from March. It's well into Fall already and no signs of Beakman

[MkmBandit]

oh man memories.. I used to watch those science shows religiously before school when I was younger.. What ever happened to the quality programming we used to get in the 90's

[eightyeight]

oh man memories.. I used to watch those science shows religiously before school when I was younger.. What ever happened to the quality programming we used to get in the 90's

Now Discovery Channel is like my new PMK.. learning is fun???

im friggin addicted to how its made, daily planet, mythbusters, etc....

[BeaverLiquor]

beakman/nye were good but mr wizard is still the best though

[McLaren]

Dr. Emmet Brown and his Flux Capacitor?

[grant]

But wouldn't really enjoy it as much nowadays compared to when we were kids...Not showing too much promise from that link as it's a geocities page and it's from March. It's well into Fall already and no signs of Beakman

that webpage says that, as of sep 30th, it has 97% coverage and will be renewed for a new season. Also there's a link to a NY times article but you have to subscribe.

[quikkid]

From the article:

For Quality TV, Mad Scientist Returns

*Please Note: Archive articles do not include photos, charts or graphics. More information.

September 30, 2006, Saturday
By ELIZABETH JENSEN (NYT); The Arts/Cultural Desk
Late Edition - Final, Section B, Page 9, Column 1, 916 words

DISPLAYING ABSTRACT - Sixteen years ago Congress adopted the Children's Television Act to increase the amount of educational and informational programming for youth on broadcast stations, leading to the creation of the award-winning mad-scientist series ''Beakman's World.'' On Tuesday the Federal Communications Commission updated the rules to increase the amount of educational ...