History Series / BeakmansWorld

-->'''Beakman:''' Here's a lamp plug, this is a plug for a toaster oven, 'Be sure to watch "Beakman's World" right here on this station'; [[JustForPun this is a plug for our show...]]

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: Don and Herb, the duo of penguins that begin every episode by tuning into the show. Usually they begin the episode with a personal anecdote or a couple of jokes.

* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: Don and Herb

* FingerlessGloves: Omnipresent on Liza

** The MadLibsCatchphrase intro to Beakmania didn't actually start until about the fifth episode. Also, in the pilot, Beakman didn't have his trademark lab coat, there was no LovelyAssistant, and Lester was a puppet (as operated by Mark Ritts).

* EyeCatch: the robotic-voiced bumpers, which, sadly, are not to be found on Netflix's copy (though, oddly, the Creator/{{BKN}} EyeCatch is on most of the first season copy.)

* FillingTheSilence: The episodes themselves are unable to keep a lull of even a second; the plots move at breakneck speed to incorporate as much action as possible, all the characters are prone to unprompted bouts of yelling and speaking very quickly, and nearly every sudden movement is accompanied by an equally sudden StockSoundEffect.

A Saturday morning kids' ScienceShow 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).

The show lasted from September, 1992 to March, 1997. 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 has also run in syndication (first before moving from TLC to CBS, then more recently starting in 2007, with Creator/{{BKN}} syndicating it for a few years starting in 1999), as well as Spanish-dubbed reruns on Univision's kids block, ''Planeta U''. Zaloom himself still plays Beakman in live shows, including in places like Brazil and Mexico, where Beakman's popularity is [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff through the roof]] thanks to having been run in local cable networks (TV Cultura in Brazil, Creator/TheWB and Once TV in Mexico).

* DontExplainTheJoke: [[LampshadeHanging "See, it's not funny when you have to explain it."]] [[CompletelyMissingThePoint "Well, could you draw me a picture, then?"]]

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. Helping him on his quest for science is guy-in-a-rat-suit (and resident skeptic who would be a DeadpanSnarker 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 Creator/SentaMoses as Phoebe).

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: It wouldn't be a 1990s kids' show without this trope, and, since it explored a lot of biological subject matter (such as the formation of vomit, snot, urine, body odor[[note]]both foot odor and armpit odor[[/note]], and flatulence), there was a lot of ToiletHumor (including one episode where Beakman is asked, "Can a toilet explode if it's flushed?" and Lester having a PottyEmergency) as well (though it was no worse than what you would find in the cartoons like ''Rugrats'' or ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow''). However, there were some lines and scenes that went beyond that:
** Herb: "Turn Beakman on." Don [sensually]: "I love you, Beakman."
** Lester the Rat was shown on the phone to an unidentified female telling her that "I can keep the nose on if that's what you like..."
** In one scene, Lester is reading [[Magazine/{{Playboy}} A Ratboy magazine]], which he scrambles to hide when Beakman and Liza come into the scene.
** Roy G Biv (on an episode that explores how rainbows and color are formed) is quite obviously TheStoner. Pointed out in his second appearance, when he admits that his memories of his last visit were pretty hazy, and Beakman notes afterward that they were lucky he even found his way to the lab.
** Calling a pair of doohickies that demonstrate rotational inertia "Beakman Rotational Aerodynamic Thingies"...gives way to plenty of "spinning our thingies" jokes...
** The entire last segment, on flatulence, but especially when Beakman says that the gas has to go through the...drumroll please...'''ANAL SPHINCTER'''!

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: It wouldn't be a 1990s kids' show without this trope, and, since it explored a lot of biological subject matter (such as the formation of vomit, snot, urine, body odor, and flatulence), there was a lot of ToiletHumor as well (though it was no worse than what you would find in the cartoons like ''Rugrats'' or ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow''). However, there were some lines and scenes that went beyond that:

** "Nothing disappears!" Soon replaced with "Everything goes somewhere!"

The show lasted from September, 1992 to March, 1997. 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 has also run in syndication (first before moving from TLC to CBS, then more recently starting in 2007, with Creator/{{BKN}} syndicating it for a few years starting in 1999), as well as Spanish-dubbed reruns on Univision's kids block, ''Planeta U''. Zaloom himself still plays Beakman in live shows, including in places like Brazil and Mexico, where Beakman's popularity is [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff through the roof]] thanks to having been run in local cable networks (TV Cultura in Brazil, Warner Channel and Once TV in Mexico).

* EdutainmentShow: The show teaches kids about general science, although compared to its contemporary Series/{{Bill Nye|The Science Guy}}, ''Beakman's World'' skews more towards the entertainment side with slapstick.

* HairDecorations: So many are in the girls' hair that you lose count after awhile.

The show lasted from September, 1992 to March, 1997. 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 has also run in syndication (first before moving from TLC to CBS, then more recently starting in 2007, with Creator/{{BKN}} syndicating it for a few years starting in 1999), as well as Spanish-dubbed reruns on Univision's kids block, ''Planeta U''. Zaloom himself still plays Beakman in live shows, including in places like Brazil (TV Cultura) and Mexico (Warner Channel and Once TV), where Beakman's popularity is [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff through the roof]].

!!You [[TheGlomp glomp]] em! I'll [[CurbStompBattle stomp]] 'em! Let's {{Caramelldansen}}!