I grew up in Italy. Never watched programs like the ones you guys mention, but in Italy there was such a strong insistence on science and the scientific method both in school and outside. Not sure why.

Despite having the Vatican and the home of the catholic church, Italy is surprisingly against unsubstantiated claims. Must be the Marxist influence from the East of Europe.

It wasn't exactly a science show per se, but my favorite of these was Square One. It was more about math, math tricks, and problem solving. I used to sit, riveted to my seat, hoping for George Frankly and Kate Monday/Pat Tuesday (the latter of which I had a major crush on) on Mathnet to math their way out of some situation. Guess that explains my eventual pure mathematics degree. One thing I forgot until just now is that Mathnet had James Earl Jones as a police captain at one point.

I’ve watched all of those and loved them. As a kid, I was interested in how the body works. I don’t know if you remember Mr. Goodbody? I enjoyed his spots in Captain Kangaroo then later on he had his own show

This is great! Thanks for sharing. My 9 yo son will love this! Me to, probably...

I remember Mr. Wizard.
I am not certain that those experiments in real time, would hold the attention of today's viewers.

i'm glad they're doing it for kids. myself, i can't watch mythbusters because it's NOISY! it distracts from what they're doing. it would be more exciting if they didn't try to make it exciting, you know? same content but less shouting, less background music, or different music anyway. nothing against it conceptually, just seems they're trying to dumb it down, and it's not dumb. (hmm, it occurs to me that it already plays as if it's for kids, without there being a junior!)

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