I caught Bill Nye's new show on the telly today. He stopped making episodes of Bill Nye The Science Guy (BNTSG) a few years ago. Boy did i enjoy the show; although that wasn't the case when i first saw it. I grew up watching Mr. Wizard's World. With that show, the excitement came from the experiments themselves. Don (Mr Wizard's real name) was about exciting as an insurance salesman, but the science itself was really cool. Several years later, the next science\entertainment show i watched was Beakman's World. Beakman was a wacky guy with big hair. In his lab he has his assistant, Josie, and Lester, a guy in a rat suit. This show was more about the spectacle but had enough interesting science thrown in to make it cool. When i first saw BNTSG, i just thought he was a more boring version of Beakman. I took a while to adjust to the different pace, but i eventually did and have learned a great many things from him since.
His new show is called Eyes of Nye. Bill has given up his blue lab coat and bow ties (well, not completely -- he still sports to occasional bow tie but also has long ones as well). This time around the show seems to focus on more "adult topics." Today's show was about addiction. Other topics include modified foods, cloning, and the evolution of sex. You can find out why he's back in this interview with Wired. Looks like it will be airing here in Grand Rapids on WGVU Saturdays at 4:00 pm.
Posted by Matthew at May 7, 2005 10:14 PM