Beakman's World Rocks!!!
I was introduced to this show in the early 90s and I always thought it was fantastic, original and fun. Then it disappeared and all I would see was that dipshit Bill Nye around everywhere teaching kids about science. Trust me, folks, that douche has absolutely nothing on Beakman's World. Beakman made learning way funner (yes, I meant to say it that way) than anything I was ever introduced to back in school (I found this with Schoolhouse Rock as well, but that's a subject for another time). If you have a few moments, please enjoy these samplings and check around your cable dial for Beakman's World. After having been off the air for a decade or so it has shown back up on not one but two of my cable stations. Every weekend I find two new eps. to enjoy (but be aware that TiVo doesn't always get the descriptions correct. Most of the time whatever it says the topic is, it isn't, so if you're seeing the same ep. listed twice you should record both because odds are they're different) and I've been recording them all. If only I knew how to record them to my computer and edit them into little chunks for posting on YouTube. I like to share.
The next clip is one I enjoy because a couple times on the show Paul Zaloom (Beakman) and Mark Ritts (Lester the rat) played these sports announcers and it's hilarious. If you watched the first one you will have noticed that the girl sidekick is different from clip to clip. The first one had Alanna Ubach as Josie and during those episodes Beakman was a little less manic than when he was joined by Senta Moses as Phoebe. I enjoy the less manic Beakman, but I take what I can get. And, yes, Lester is always terrific.
My last clip is one I had forgotten all about until I was searching for Beakman clips. It comes from some Bette Midler show called Mondo Beyond (which I have no memory of at all, even though I dig Bette) and it stars Paul Zaloom. This is where I'd first seen him (hell, it may have been the only place I'd seen him before Beakman) and when the clip started I was waiting for him to show up. Once he started his bit, I knew it all over again. Even before he did it I was chiming in with the "dokdokdokdokdok" Trust me, it's worth a gander. Enjoy, please.
The next clip is one I enjoy because a couple times on the show Paul Zaloom (Beakman) and Mark Ritts (Lester the rat) played these sports announcers and it's hilarious. If you watched the first one you will have noticed that the girl sidekick is different from clip to clip. The first one had Alanna Ubach as Josie and during those episodes Beakman was a little less manic than when he was joined by Senta Moses as Phoebe. I enjoy the less manic Beakman, but I take what I can get. And, yes, Lester is always terrific.
My last clip is one I had forgotten all about until I was searching for Beakman clips. It comes from some Bette Midler show called Mondo Beyond (which I have no memory of at all, even though I dig Bette) and it stars Paul Zaloom. This is where I'd first seen him (hell, it may have been the only place I'd seen him before Beakman) and when the clip started I was waiting for him to show up. Once he started his bit, I knew it all over again. Even before he did it I was chiming in with the "dokdokdokdokdok" Trust me, it's worth a gander. Enjoy, please.
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