![]() Catchphrase "Bada-Bing, Bada-Bang, Bada-Boom.".When Lester introduces Beakman to his "fiancee", Cindy the Camel, Beakman asks what happened to Rhonda the Cow from the previous season.Many props that were previously used in demonstrations are seen lying around the center, most notably the working diagram of a car engine.Butt-Monkey: Poor Lester just cannot catch a break.Brick Break: Done in a "Wide Beak-World of Sports Segment", with Lester breaking his hand on the board, and then Phoebe successfully breaking it.Becoming the Costume: In a way Lester apparently has an empathic connection with his rat suit.causing him to cry when Beakman stands on the suit's tail, and causing him to burst into giggle fits when someone tickles his rat feet.when he's not even wearing them.The others usually think he's been moved to tears by the presentation, but Lester always tells them something else is making him cry, like "You're standing on my tail" or "I'm out of popcorn". Bait-and-Switch Sentiment: Several times after showing something to the audience, Lester is seen crying.Aside Glance: Lester often turns to the audience to make a snarky comment.You glomp em! I'll stomp 'em! Let's Caramelldansen! Zaloom himself still plays Beakman in live shows, including in places like Brazil and Mexico, where Beakman's popularity is through the roof thanks to having been run in local cable networks (TV Cultura in Brazil, The WB and Once TV in Mexico).Īs it ran during the same stretch as Bill Nye the Science Guy, the two shows get compared often. The show has also run in syndication (first before moving from TLC to CBS, then more recently starting in 2007, with BKN syndicating it for a few years starting in 1999), as well as Spanish-dubbed reruns on Univision's kids block, Planeta U. A total of three-and-a-half seasons' worth of shows stretched out to a full five seasons, first on TLC, then on CBS. The show lasted from September 1992 to March 1997. There were also several skits besides the Beakman Challenge that occured on Beakmania, including "Those Disgusting Animals" and "Cooking with Art Burn". Some staples of the show included Famous Dead Guys who'd drop by the studio, accompanied by the sudden disappearance of one of the cast ( wink, wink), to tackle the question at hand. The Tag gave the viewer one more piece of information, then ended with Don and Herb turn off Beakman after some witty hijinks. The third act was much like the first, focusing on another single question. The second act was Beakmania, a rapid-fire run through many short questions, followed by a longer skit with a fun experiment or The Beakman Challenge. The first act focused entirely on one question (or, less often, a series of questions revolving around a single topic). ![]() Wizard, aka Don Herbert) turned on the show after some witty hijinks. Each episode started with The Teaser, in which South Pole penguins Don and Herb (a Shout-Out to Mr. The structure of the show was pretty controlled for being so chaotic. Helping him on his quest for science is guy-in-a-rat-suit (and resident skeptic who would be a Deadpan Snarker if he weren't wrong all the time) Lester (played by the late puppeteer Mark Ritts), and the lovely young female assistant, of which there would eventually be three ( Alanna Ubach as Josie Eliza Schneider as Liza and Senta Moses as Phoebe). The show starred Beakman, played by puppeteer Paul Zaloom, as he answered questions from viewers with a zany tower wig and a green lab-coat. A Saturday morning kids' Science Show created by Columbia Pictures Television based on an award winning comic strip titled You Can With Beakman And Jax, Beakman's World was a fast-paced romp through many scientific questions, some of which are considered gross, like "How is snot formed?", "What is vomit?", "What causes foot odor?" and "Why do we fart?" (which aired on the series finale). ![]()
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