Bill Nye The Science Guy Was Scientifically WEIRD!
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- Опубліковано 10 лис 2022
- Bill Nye The Science Guy was a show that followed my throughout my childhood and Bill Nye himself continues on trying to still teach in other ways today through new show, but specifically Bill Nye The Science Guy was a game changer in helping me learn and understand various different topics while still entertaining me. Let's get nostalgic!
Written By: Jordan Fringe
Edited By: Jordan Fringe
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Thanks so much for watching! Let me know if you grew up with Bill Nye The Science Guy, I'd love to hear your personal memories with the show!
I did and I remember how great it was
Also yes schools still use bill
Hi
I remember watching some of the VHS in elementary school there was one about car crashes, earthquake and the moon. The whole class would cheer theme
Bill Nye and Beckman's (?) World for the win!
Bill Nye and the magic school bus are there only 2 shows that actually invested me in learning about science and made it interesting.
Arnold NOOOOOOOOOO
Arnold then dies
What about School House Rock?
Bill Nye, Magic School Bus, Kenny the Shark, Time Warp Trio, Tutenstein, Schoolhouse Rock, Animanaics (on occasion), Maya & Miguel, and Sagwa the Chinese Siamese Cat (though I'll admit the latter two were more about different languages and cultures). Point is, all of these were educational.
Does anyone remember Mr. P Body? You know, the vhs video that was played during health class?
Kids WB, One Saturday Morning, and PBS Kids in an educational way always made learning for me and my siblings totally fun just like school lol. But Seasme Street, the Magic School Bus, Bill Nye, Animanicas, Tiny Toons, BTAS, Pinky and the Brain, Arthur, Dragon Tales, Pokemon, Schoolhouse Rock, Recess and others were great shows of "no cable" kids TV.
This guy was the savior of classrooms. The light that brightened everyone's schoolday, because you got have fun and learn at the same time. And even if you didn't care about the learning bit, it was nice just to get a respite from classwork.
My 2 friends I grew up with in Seattle, their fathers knew Bill Nye when he was working in Boeing, first days of almost live. I know Bill Nye before the science came.
@@maenad1231 *Insert the inside sound of pea-sized brains trying to remember what happened in the Bill Nye episode*
You could be talkin bout the show, or when they turn the lights back on after with the life brightening part 😂 but 100%
I dunno that shit was actually pretty boring. I think the idea of watching TV during school is why people remember it fondly.
Back in 2010, my 7th grade science class was 25% Quizzes and PowerPoints, while 75% were Bill Nye episodes. From then on, I legit passed all my science classes with flying colors because not only did I remembered the key things from what Bill taught, but he just got me really interested in science.
mine also would show bill nye
A lot of people teach science as just memorizing facts but bill showed it for what it is, exploration
And that's something everyone can understand the appeal of
Cool. ☺️
As an elementary school teacher, I can confirm that Bill still makes his way into classrooms!
Is there anything in there that has become dated since release?
@@tails183 The nice thing about physics and the other sciences is that not a whole lot changes over time; we might learn more, sure, but if the science was done properly there should be no major changes to make the old knowlege "obsolete" with time.
Ofcourse bills still in the classrooms, how else are we gonna turn the kids trans?
@@airplanemxde3057 thank you
Things like this made learning fun in elementary. Then you get to middle school and beyond just wish the clock would reach 3pm.
Ive always said the best way to teach kids is by prioritizing entertainment with the education being more secondary, quite frankly the enduring popularity of stuff like Bill Nye and Magic School Bus proves my point.
Cyber Chase was on PBS after school as well
Wild on almost live! Watch almost live and see how you think of his adult humor lol
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The unbridled joy of walking into class to see the TV and know it’s a Bill Nye day is UNMATCHED
Bill Nye and Schoolhouse Rock were the best!
Except for the few times in my life when the TV was there so us kids could see some history changing event, like 9/11 🥴
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I remember one day in middle school my science teacher made us watch a Bill Nye episode. I'd never seen the show before so I came home per usual and casually mentioned my teacher had us watch this weird show about a guy named Bill or something and both my older siblings shouted "YOU MEAN BILL NYE??" Still have never watched another episode since then but have since discovered the guy is not weird and is in fact a pretty cool dude.
As a 90s kid I'm thankful for this man. I got to meet him around a decade ago in college because he spoke at mine. The guy is the sweetest and most down to earth person I've ever had the pleasure of meeting and even though I didn't end up in a field a science I did learn so much from all of his shows he had over the years. Definitely in the top 3 of coolest people I've met in person ever.
As a 2000s kid, Bill Nye the Science Guy was my childhood. That was a picture of an overhead projector at the beginning. My most memorable moment of that show was the Episode about the Earth's Crust with the skit where Ritchie's folks kept telling their son to eat his crust.
Same ☺! OMG, thank you for reminding of that one! I remember that now!!!! I wonder if that was the first episode I ever saw or not. Hahaha that was great :)))
I thought I was the only one who had that scene stuck in their head after so many years.
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I'm sure Bill Nye was one of the catalysts for my love for science. I knew of people who hated science and I was just like "how?" Now as an adult with a BS in Mechanical Engineering, I am thankful for this show
I used to love science, until I got to highschool. It got to complicated for me that I started to hate it.
A BS in Mechanical Engineering. Just like Bill himself.
Holy hell, I think I liked Good Eats with Alton Brown because it was basically like Bill Nye the Science Guy for cooking, wish more shows adopted this style of edutainment. might've actually stayed interested in learning lol
Yes
I love that show. That show raised me. Most of what I know when it comes to food and stuff came from that show.
RIght? It's no wonder Good Eats was good.
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Idk why everyone thinks being boring & talking w/ little to no emotion is a good way to teach... 😩🤦🏽♀️
You've really been nailing these mini docs, I love the vibe, the casualness while still being thorough AF. You've really been finding your groove, and I'm here for it.
This was my childhood right here and I loved to learn from this man in my science and health classes
the way we all wanted to sing the theme song at the beginning of this video 😅
I owe this man my career, he made me LOVE science. As a kid he made it almost…. magical? It never felt like learning because it was just fun. That was 15 years ago but I’m currently in the middle of my PhD. I guess that love hasn’t faded :)
you must be a scientist cause I feel a reaction.
No love for his cameraman that reacted in a bored tone to what Bill was saying? One of my favorite little additions that made this show so great.
Oh yeah. The “uhhhhh Bill?” Guy. Yes!
I watched Billy Nye almost every day when I was a kid and one of the episodes that stands out to me is an episode where he explained why we threw up, after my siblings and I had been up all night throwing up... it was equal parts fascinating and disgusting hours after being sick.
Wow haha what a coincidence!
@@ollie2111 I know. I was scarred, it lives with me to this day.
That's a scary feeling I haven't thrown up since the fourth grade but yeah it's not a good feeling at all a few times I felt like I was going to do it but I don't know it feels like I swallowed it
That's weird & amazing. 😩🤣🤣
Jordan, I just wanna say: I been watching your channel for a while now, and you are absolutely killing it, dude.
Thanks so much! Truly appreciate it!
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so the last episode aired in 99? that’s awesome cause I was born in 01 and graduated in 2019 and I have a great abundance of memories watchin this science guy.. just that says a lot about how well the show was perceived
Its really interesting to hear about all the people that watched the show in class. Since we didn't when I was in school, but since it was local I just watched it on tv all the time.
In 5th grade, my school had a science day every Thursday. It was split between 3 classrooms, and we would spend a bit of time in each one. The first room was where we watched Bill Nye, the second was a lab, and 3rd was a test. It was one of my favorite days of the week, and moving classrooms really helped break the monotony of sitting in the same room for hours.
Interesting video. Not from the US so I can't really relate to this guy. Although, I saw he was quite iconic. Thanks for detailing his story and concept. Feels more grounded compared to Bill Nye but in France, in the 2000's we also had an iconic kids science show 🧪 called "C'est pas sorcier !" basically "It's not that complex !" that featured young science guys that explained all kind of phenomenon from volcanoes, to animals, to how candies were made. It was a really fun educational show with an episodic structure where Jamie was probably the french equivalent of your Bill Nye. He was mostly know for all his colorful science model that explained the topic of the day. Quite funny the US had this show equivalent around almost the same period. Guess science really does rules ha ha 😁!
Wow that is awesome!!!! 😃😃 so cool to hear about similar yet different things in other countries 😊.
YESSS C'EST PAS SORCIER C'ETAIT LE FEU !!!! Vraiment cette série a fait mon enfance c'était trop bien
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Dude, I'm old enough to remember those roll out TVs and everything. I'm sure they do show those old Bill Nye episodes today, because they did when I was in high school and that was like 2010-2014 or so, I'm sure not much has changed lol
Bill Nye is an absolute legend! I loved watching him as a kid, and he contributed to my fascination of science.
Watch almost live!!! He started on almost live first before Bill Nye the science guy ever started. Grunge Rock!
As an instructional aid working at a middle school, I can confirm bill nye still makes an appearance every now and then 😂 some episodes I remember watching when I was in elementary/middle school too!
I started the 1st grade in 2001, so you can BET that his show was a huge part of my education. It really was the highlight of my month when we got to watch these videos. I was one of those kids who didn't struggle at all, and was often bored in class. These videos were entertaining and held me the whole time.
Loved his show along with Beakman's World. They were instrumental in directing me toward a lot of "nerdy" interests, and I do not regret they did.
As a 90s kid, this guy was a regular fixture in my class. It was always fun and educational.
I miss those good old days…
He started in Seattle
The best part of Bill Nye the Science guy was the parodies. Criss Cross, Third Eye Blind, TLC, Nirvana, Gloria Gaynor, even Billy Ray Cyrus. It was amazing, and something I wouldn't truly appreciate until I was an adult lmao.
I remember the Billy Ray Cyrus one. ACDC charge
I never really considered Bill Nye's show to be something that would air on Television as a kid, I thought Bill Nye was something that was only on special school only VHS tapes. I only saw his show at school but I really did like his show.
I always thought it was just a VHS tape at school thing until after school one day I went to a new friend's house and she immediately turned on the TV to watch Bill Nye. Her and her usual after school friend watched it every day apparently and I was happy to join them when I could.
Oh man, I will agree 100% that when the science teacher pulled out the TV cart, we knew it was going to be a great day...except when we had to take notes on what we watched. That sucked.
I was always more of a Beakman's World gal, but I do love Bill Nye's enthusiasm and dedication.
Beakman's world was my go to everytime!
@@liguyabrown2787 it's the show that taught me how to rip a phone book in half. Too bad those don't exist anymore lol
@@CinnamonGrrlErin1 It 's truly a shame. I learn how to stack a fork on toothpick from them.
@@CinnamonGrrlErin1 Rip a phone book? 😩🤣
@@liguyabrown2787 Stack a fork on a toothpick?! 🤔😩🤣🤣
Ayyyy ADHD gang!!!
I agree that engaging lessons are a must. Like…I will put in 100% effort because I’m that kind of person(and I honestly have to put in that effort if I want to get anywhere at all….), but I will always learn the topic better if the person teaching it is doing it in a way that keeps me engaged.
The 90s were honestly a good time for ADHD tv content. The “random” noise and color and sound really help keep the monkey in my brain from causing trouble.
As an aside, you should do a video on Cosmos. It isn’t quite your typical audience, but it would mean a lot to me personally. The world needs more Carl Sagan, and you could drive some eyeballs to him.
My sixth grade teacher (who also taught science for all kids in grades 4 to 6) was amazing at making school fun and engaging. He was funny, made everything interactive, and would do random things like climb in our window and begin class like that wasn't a strange way to enter the room. 😂 I loved his science lessons. There was always so much creativity, laughter, and teamwork. He once had us make planes or something and then launched them from the school's roof! We all stood on the ground and tried to catch them. So many good memories.
Its an unspoken tradition of my generation and anyone in their 20's. When you hear the theme song for Bill nye, you have to chant along with it.
I'm from gen z and Bill nye was an important staple in my school life, even in high school (along with magic school bus)
One of my favorite bits was the kid who never ate crusts
I loved watching Bill Nye episodes in science class. It made science approachable and exciting to our education level. I’ll always have fond memories of that show.
Edutainment is an underrated way of helping kids learn.
It may have been weird, but it was a great show and had one of the best theme songs ever :3 I remember watching all the way up to grade 8 in school too.
From grade 1 to 8 the show went from being beloved, to considered a little bit cringe, to being loved because of the cringe. Nothing is better than a bunch of young teens chanting Bill! Bill! Bill! 😂
Ah yes, This and The Magic School Bus were 2 shows my class would show when our science teachers were too busy grading papers or was too lazy or tired to teach today
As a child of the 90s, Bill Nye is a pure icon
I was super lucky as a kid and got to meet him. This was nearly 25 years ago. He was super nice and was excited to know that I had dressed up as him for Halloween the year before. I still have a signed copy of his book he had at that time. He is why I have a thirst for knowledge and an undying love of science.
Lucky! I've always wanted to meet him. My aunt has a couple times and my cousin is in the episode about magnets.
I think this show has influenced me to make something similar to this, only it’s more focused on the world: cultures, people, language, and history of each place I visit. It’ll be like a pseudo-traveling show where I put on a cloak to “teleport” me to the location of topic.
Cool. ☺️ Are you working on it now?
Bruh i will never forget this man, he had the whole class lit when we watched his videos. everybody would sing his theme song 😂😂. bill, bill, bill, bill, bill, bill!!
Last year he came to my college campus and spoke about climate change. Tickets sold out in minutes!! So cool to see how his impact has lasted the years.
Can confirm they still play Bill Nye in schools. I was shocked when my kids came home and told me they watched in class.
I can't think of any educational shows like this these days. It's probably Nye or the boring text books.
The good old box tv that was almost black and white it was so unsaturated, the excitement of being one of the kids that’s allowed to go get it, and those projectors were the reason I need glasses lol our teacher would just leave it on while we were changing classes or going to lunch and I’d just look into it every time idk why.
Wasn’t Expecting him to do a live action tv show. Oh how I love this show.
This show always remains a true classic in my elementary and junior high years in science classes. I enjoyed the satire and quirkiness which would help me get invested in the program.
It’s also cool that the show was shot in many parts of Seattle (as a Washington State resident, I applaud this!) Almost Live! is also a winner with creating this.
Finally, the voice of the announcer of the show, Pat Cashman, was the best choice in also keeping the show interesting as well!
Fun fact: My mom actually went to the same high school as Bill and apparently even went to the dance with him.
You should do a video on HBO'S educational show CRASHBOX. The animation in that was crazy!
Every since elementary schools show this stuff, I’m been loving the show so much!
Remember the Three Nyes Blind?
I remember in middle school our teacher played us Bill Nye and because we had so much nostalgia for it from elementary, the whole class was chanting Bill
I grew up watching Bill nye at my school loving it and watching you gives the series the love it deserves makes me happy, I'm sure they are alot of people that grew up watching this, I can't wait for your next video.
That explains why me and so many other people my age are also pleasantly weird 😆
I grew up watching Bill Nye the Science Guy it was Education Entertainment but it was definitely entertaining. I also remember my 5th Grade Teacher putting it on the Projection Screen in school man those were the days.
Bill Nye and Magic school bus were a mainstay for school. Even in my high school years ago we used magic school bus for chemistry.
I actually got to see him in person when I was in 5th grade! It was a lecture at a college about the importance of accurate scientific education and why fundamentalism interfering in education was wrong, and at the time I wasn’t as receptive due to being a kid raised in the Bible Belt, but he was absolutely right. Love this man.
I knew the day was finna be a good one when the teacher rolled out the TV. We would start clapping and cheering 😂
It was crazy watching the volcano episode with my mom. She remembered very clearly evacuating from Spokane, WA when Mount St. Helens blew. I remember one of the times we flew up to visit her family (we lived in Texas at the time) and getting to see Helens's blown apart side from the eruption.
I can confirm that at least in 2017 they still showed Bill Nye in school
I Had a science teacher that would regale us many times (often before playing an episode)with a tale of meeting Bill Nye...in her retailing of events he came of as and I quote "arrogant" and then she would proceed to show us an episode anyways, and as a kid, I honestly didn't care because his show was the best part of her class.
Edit: think I was either in 5th/6th grade
I remember watching this a lot in Middle School. It was a great show lol.
You knew it was gonna be a good class until you heard “we’re going to be taking notes”
As a fifth grade teacher, my kids groan and complain every time I put this show on. They hate it and it breaks my heart.
What the heck is wrong with those kids?? Seriously though, that IS heartbreaking. Any idea WHY they hate it?
WHAT.
@@DawnDavidson I think they just see it a this "old", cheesy, and out dated tv show. Also, with the invention of smart boards and streaming services, we watch a lot more movies/tv shows than I did back in elementary school, so I think the novelty of it is also non-existent.
I was part of that early 2000s kids, where whenever the teachers would play Bill Nye or the Magic School Bus, the CRT TV on trolleys would have both a DVD player and a VCR.
That strange projector was simply called an overhead projector. The things to be projected would be on clear plastic sheets and placed on the flat part. A light was underneath the sheet. The part that sticks up from it has a mirror in it.
The light would essentially take the image on the sheet, bounce it off the mirror, and onto a wall, board, or pull down screen.
Nothing was worse than the crash you felt after the high of your teacher wheeling that TV in, only for them to follow it with an accompanying worksheet…
Bill nye was the bomb when we had to watch it in school the way he just explains everything science related was fun it's better than what most teachers teach nowadays
I grew up in the 90s and was obsessed with Bill Nye and to a lesser extent Beakman's World. I had what seemed like dozens of VHS tapes my parents recorded from the TV with four episodes per tape. I would watch them religiously and take what I learned to school to "impress" others. I credit the show with instilling me with an early interest in science.
Also I remember the brain episode freaking me out as a kid.
bill nye was my 5th grade science teacher. we had a teacher that was retiring at the end of the year and he refused to actually teach anything so every single day, Monday-Thursday, we watched bill nye and on Fridays we’d test over what we watched. the show sparked my love for science and led me to go to engineering school. i’m also an avid VHS collector and have probably 10 or so episodes on vhs that i rewatch every so often. when i have kids there’s no doubt that i’ll introduce his show to them to spark a love of science in them as well!
Lazy biology teacher here. Yes, we still use Bill Nye.
Hopefully not his Netflix show.
On VHS?
Fun fact the Russian guy from Rocky "Dolph lundgren" is more qualified to be a scientist than Bill Nye is
21 now definitely still grew up with Bill. The man is legend in science. We must preserve these tapes for future generations
This is gonna sound crazy … but way back when I was in 3rd grade (I’m 23 rn)…. My teacher Mr. Webster announced to our class that Bill Nye passed away. Our class was shook because he let us watch Bill all the time. We all started crying and we ended up having recess the whole day. We were all so depressed and distraught as children. Bill was dead in my mind for years …. Until one day I hear he was coming out with another show but for adults. I’ve been confused ever since.
Bill nye was the guy that got me into science. I loved everything about it.
This show made school fun growing up!
While in college, I was a part of the college radio station. Use to run the educational programming there. One show I use to always run was "Bill Nye The Planetary Guy". So at some point Bill Nye was recording educational stuff that played for the college students who probably grew up watching his show. Bill Nye has baby sat us our whole lives so far.
I was today years old when i realized Good Eats with Alton Brown is just a food version of this show and now I need to see a video on that
I tried to go back and watch a few bill nye episodes a few months back, and holy shit that show was built for ADD and ADHD people. But i think this show is why i always did well in science classes, it made everything entertaining.
Bill Nye was awesome and my hero. Then as I grew up, he became more insane. And now, I question everything he has ever taught us (me) in his shows.
Bill Nye is basically simplified linear Vsauce episode. That’s why we love it.
growing up in the 2000s and watching Bill’s videos is exactly why I show my 4th and 5th grade students his videos today!
Bill Nye was the highlights of my elementary science classes. To me, Bill Nye made science fun whereas Ms. Frizzle made science terrifying for me. To this day I cant hear TMSB theme without cowering in fear.
I would watch The Magic School Bus if it was on TV, but that's about it. I always felt embarrassed admitting it freaked me out a little, but it did! We never watched that one in school, though.
Don't forget about my mans Beakman 🙌
In 5th grade we got to watch Bill Nye every Friday. Sure, we had to write 10 facts we learned from the episode but that was a small price to pay for the absolute delight of Bill.
Also bill nye the science guy really got me through school, surviving my parents, and depression, he was a surrogate tv dad love ya bill
I loved this show. I learned so much from it and used one of the facts I learned in health class.
That is totally correct and he gave me the inspiration to be a writer that and pretty much basically almost every single fairy tale I grump with
You're right, BNTSG is my childhood concentrated and distilled down into 22 minute chunks. So much of humor and attitude of the 90's is present but also the hope that Bill tried to give us at the end of the day. To this day my family quotes several of those silly bumpers he did. The episode with the alligators or crocodiles had a few seconds of stock footage of tons of crocs piled up on a watering hole shore and they were all trying to convince Bill to come swim. Now when someone in my family is trying to get someone to do something stupid I always hear "come on in Bill.. The waters nice!"
Lucky I was born to live through the transition from old projector before hooking up to a computer to new projector that they mounted to the ceiling waiting to fall on someone
Goddamn this episode was a 20/10
One time at a talk Q&A I got to ask Bill why he got out of aerospace and into edutainment. He said that at Boeing, everything was about next quarter. Everything was so short sighted and driven by quick profits that it often undermined doing anything with a real impact. He became disillusioned with the whole system, right around the time he was also really getting into his standup comedy hobby. Eventually he just got fed up and decided to make the jump. At the time, I was burning out at my job, and in large part it inspired me to go back to school and go into a totally different field. Ironically, I was originally a chemist, in no small part because of Bill's show. I moved to computer science and have been much happier (the field on the whole seems better suited to the ADHD neurotype).
I believe it. My uncle was a chemist at boeing for years. Made good money there though he retired years ago and now works at a car dealership cause he got bored not having a job lol.
Your live action bits with your avatar's head superimposed over the live body was quite well done, and I enjoyed the work you put into it a lot. Also, I grew up just outside of Seattle, so Bill Nye was a pretty big part of my childhood, even outside of school. This episode was quite a lot of fun to watch!
I remember me, my friends, and classmates shouted "Bill!, Bill! Bill!" Whenever my science teacher would play it
Ah, good memories.
Loved watching Bill Nye in class, kinda sad he's insane nowadays but the original show is still cool
How's he insane now?
@@theworstspeedrunner His new show.
@@jackbishop8610 what's he doing in his new show that makes him insane
Just looked it up and it's like he's currently 2 different people at once and its very weird
@@jackbishop8610 You're gonna have to be more specific. Last I checked people who call him insane tend to be.... right wingers, so to speak, and their judgement of sanity is like bizarro world.
As I have graduated this year in May, I remember it being played in middle school and freshman year of high school. Two episodes that I remember are the recycling and air/liquid/gas episode. I was surprised to learn how old the show actually was but still love it to this day.
I loved watching Bill Nye, and actually loved seeing him appear within a fiction show once (I think it was Stargate SG-1). Also, to answer your question, yes, that is an Overhead Projector. And seeing that did make me feel a bit old, despite being 22 years old! :P
It was Stargate Atlantis spinoff to SG1. That episode was great. Bill Nye and Rodney Mccay's interactions were funny.
I learned exponentially more from educational TV than I ever did from school. I would have killed for access to UA-cam like it exists today back then. It’s such an underrated resource
I remember watching this throughout my education and it was so loved by most of my class mates. Kids would sing along to the theme song, it was always so fun. As a kid I wasn't super into science, but I did always enjoy Bill Nye. I'll have to check out his other stuff now! I am glad that this show exists
Dude is definitely a treasure. Growing up in the 90's this stuff was always the best. Resonated with me in my younger days, that's for sure.
I graduated from high school in 1983, so I never got to see Bill's show in the classroom. Thanks for giving me an idea of what it was like.
Great video! I was a little too old for Saturday morning children's television when he started, and was at the end of High School -- however I did see his show a few times, and knew the theme song easily. He was fun, and I liked what he was about, even if I didn't actually watch much of it. Since then, I've had some great friends who ADORED him, and I get sympathetically happy on their behalf, when I hear of him. I will say that his show is a great thing to watch with kids when you're babysitting, I've done that several times, but you do have to be prepared for the kid(s) to want to try some of his home examples.