The show ran about the same time as and covered similar topics to Beakman's World, in fact sharing one crew member, editor/writer/director Michael Gross. He made an appearance on the Disney Channel's New Mickey Mouse Club in its forty-eighth episode Anything Can Happen Day. Before this show, Bill Nye had previously worked alongside Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future: The Animated Series, where Nye played Doc Brown's assistant and demonstrated several experiments.
Bill Nye the Science Guy has been likened to a modern Mr. Wizard. Bill's TV persona is a tall and slender scientist wearing a lab coat and a bow-tie. He mixes the serious science of everyday things with fast-paced action and humor. Each show begins with Bill walking onto the set, called "Nye Labs", which is filled with scientific visuals (including many "of science" contraptions announced dramatically, such as "The slingshots of Science!") relevant to the topic of the show. Most episodes contain a mock detriot tigers dark blue and white hats song parody and music video in the "Soundtrack of Science" by "Not That Bad Records", substituting a scientific roundup of the episode for the lyrics to a popular song. Each show ends with Bill explaining his departure in a clever description of an activity on topic. The credits sometimes rolled next to a series of outtakes from the episode. Other times, outtakes are shown at the time they actually happened.
Another detriot tigers dark blue and white hats popular member of the cast is the announcer Pat Cashman, whom Nye knew from his time on Almost Live!. Some announcers who subbed in for Cashman include Ernie Anderson, Gary Owens, and Brian Cummings. In 1996, Bill made a guest appearance on Cartoon Network's talk-show Space Ghost Coast to Coast in its twenty-fourth episode, Boo! with Michael Norman. A year later, he made a guest appearance on the long-running PBS series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
List of episodes
Episodes
Season
Episode number
Episode name
"Soundtrack of Science"
1
1
Flight
Nyevana - "Smells Like Air Pressure"
Parody of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana
2
Earth's Crust
Magmadonna - "Crust"
Parody of "Vogue" by Madonna
3
Dinosaurs
J.C. - "Mr. Dino"
Parody of "Mr. Wendal" by Arrested Development
4
Skin
No music video
5
Buoyancy
Sure Floats-alot - "Bill's Got Boat"
Parody of "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot
6
Gravity
Attraction Action - "G-R-A-V-I-T-Y"
Parody of "Twilight Zone" by 2 Unlimited
7
Digestion
Dy Gestion - "Can't Eat This"
Parody of "Can't Truss It" by Public Enemy
8
Phases of Matter
Phaze Change - "Solid Liquid Gas"
Parody of "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" by Digable Planets
9
Biodiversity
Bio Di Versity - "We're all Connected"
Parody of "Connected" by Stereo MC's
10
Simple Machines
The Pulley Ramp Five - "ABC's of Machinery"
Parody of "ABC" by The Jackson 5
11
The Moon
The Lunatics - "Moon Cycle"
Parody of "Bicycle Race" by Queen
12
Sound
Gloria Wavelength and the Vibrations - "Sound is a VIBE"
Parody of "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor
13
Garbage
Trash E. Trash - "R.E.C.Y.C.L.E."
Parody of "Respect" by Aretha Franklin
14
Structure
Stress N' Tension - "Let's Talk About Stress"
Parody of "Let's Talk About Sex" by Salt-n-Pepa
15
Earth's Seasons
A Tilted Development - "Rhyme and Season"
16
Light & Color
The Bent Wavelengths - "Light and Colour"
Parody of "Trust and Dread and the Fugitive Mind" by Megadeth
17
Cells
Mighty Chondria - "Cellular Haze"
Parody of "Purple Haze" by Jimi Hendrix
18
Electrical Current
Billy Ray Cyrcuits - "AC/DC Charge"
Parody of "Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray Cyrus
19
Outer Space
Elve Centuri - "Celestial Hotel"
Parody of "Heartbreak Hotel" by Elvis Presley
20
Eyeball
The Eye Doctors - "Two Eyes"
Parody of "Two Princes" by The Spin Doctors
2
21
Magnetism
N.S. Cool J. - "Opposites Attract"
Parody of "Insane in the Brain" by Cypress Hill
22
Wind
Wind Dee - "Wind Is In Your Hair"
Parody of "Groove Is In The Heart" by Deee-Lite
23
Blood and Circulation
AB+ - "Blood Stream"
Parody of "Love Shack" by The B-52's
24
Chemical Reactions
Chemical Reactions - "Don't Try This at Home"
Parody of "State of Attraction" by Paula Abdul
25
Static Electricity
The Sticky Socks - "Static Electricity"
Parody of "Turning Japanese" by The Vapors
26
Food Web
Food Webby Web - "(It's The) Food Web"
Parody of "Who Am I (What's My Name)?" by Snoop Dogg
27
Light Optics
Queen Lighteefa - "B.E.N.T."
Parody of "U.N.I.T.Y." by Queen Latifah
28
Bones and Muscles
Steppenbone - "Bones in my Body"
Parody of "Born to be Wild" by Steppenwolf
29
Oceanography
Gulfstream Girls - "Deep Ocean Currents"
Parody of "California Girls" by The Beach Boys
30
Heat
LeHot - "LeHeat"
Parody of "Le Freak" by Chic
31
Insects
UB Buggy - "Jah Mon, Insects Rule"
Style Parody of UB40
32
Balance
Torquer - "Balance This"
Parody of "Get Off This" by Cracker
33
The Sun
Deep Yellow - "My Favorite Star"
Parody of "Highway Star" by Deep Purple
34
Brain
En Lobe - "Whatta Brain"
Parody of "Whatta Man" by En Vogue with Salt-n-Pepa
35
Forests
John Cougar Loggincamp - "Second Growth"
Style Parody of John Mellencamp
36
Communication
Mary Chapin Communicator - "How Can We Communicate"
Parody of "He Thinks He'll Keep Her" by Mary Chapin Carpenter
37
Momentum
Momentisey - "The Faster You Push Me"
Parody of "The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get" by Morrissey
38
Reptiles
No music video - the commercial-free PBS version of the episode, however, had a brief spoof entitled "Cold Blooded".
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