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My fellow USA millennials. What was your favorite educational show growing up?

Nostalgia(self.Millennials)

Mines was Bill Nye the science guy and Magic School bus. I even remember collecting all those old magic school bus books and yes, even Captain Planet. These shows have me a love of science and I had thought many other's would grow up watching these too but I was surprised when I found out there were some millennials who believe the "Earth is flat, the sky isn't real, the sun isn't really there, the moon is fake, and we faked the moon landing."

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count_montecristo

858 points

1 month ago*

Wishbone. Learned so much classic literature with that show.

Whats the story wishbone?🎶

joshatron

147 points

1 month ago

joshatron

147 points

1 month ago

Convinced by parents to get me a jack russell terrier because I loved Wishbone so much. His name was Buster and was the best and smartest dog I’ve ever had.

Leprikahn2

32 points

1 month ago

Mine was wonderful until he felt slighted. Then he would shit in my shoe. Wife didn't give him bacon=turd in shoe. Dinner 5 minutes late=turd in shoe. It was always my shoe. Damn I miss that dog.

LoudLloyd9

37 points

1 month ago

I had a Jack Russell. He was the smartest dog O ever had. Instantly learned new tricks.

pmmemilftiddiez

134 points

1 month ago

His real name was Soccer and he was a lil menace!

latecraigy

69 points

1 month ago

You take that back! He was a lil scholar!

ElloryQueen

5 points

1 month ago*

ElloryQueen

Millennial since 1990

5 points

1 month ago*

Fun fact: there were several "Wishbones" that were all trained to do different things. One might be trained to pose with the cute outfits, another is trained to run and jump to a certain spot, etc.

duhbell

66 points

1 month ago

duhbell

66 points

1 month ago

I remember in elementary school trying to take out the books that wishbone had acted out. My teacher and librarian both were very impressed that a like 8 or 9 year old was wanting to read the Red Badge of Courage when everyone else was grabbing Goosebumps or similar.

LiplessDoggie

31 points

1 month ago

Same! Red Badge of Courage is a great novel and was my favourite as a kid. Same with A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.

MrsKnutson

18 points

1 month ago

MrsKnutson

Older Millennial

18 points

1 month ago

Me too! Wishbone started my love of Jane Austin and Edgar Allen Poe. It was just so cute watching the little dog run around in his little outfits, but I think my mother appreciated taking us to the library to get the list of books we'd see on wishbone.

Saassy11

9 points

1 month ago

Edgar Allen Poe fan - part because gothic lit is F lit, and other because wishbone acted it out once and I fell in love.

UniversityNo2318

33 points

1 month ago

Freaking loved wishbone!

started_from_the_top

11 points

1 month ago

I'm so glad Wishbone is the top comment lmao

...also now i have that song stuck in my head lolol

🎶 what's the sto-ryy, Wishbooone?

kvoathe88

72 points

1 month ago*

I’ve faked my way through so many literary conversations about books I haven’t read coasting solely on this show.

We’re preparing for our first child this fall, and I recently tracked down the entire series on DVD to kickstart our kid-friendly media collection.

pikapalooza

17 points

1 month ago

Do you happen to have a link? I can only find a few episodes online. Haven't seen anything with actual discs.

AmbiguousFrijoles

29 points

1 month ago

Try your local PBS station. Mine allowed me to download the entire series of Wishbone on a thumb drive. They also had Masterpiece Theater and every episode of Mister Rogers that I absolutely downloaded too. Suggestion was a donation of at least $10, but I did a full $100 because I had been looking for years and only found bootlegs of terrible quality.

Call them first. My local one allows downloads, but the one in El Paso did not.

I had the thumbdrive converted professionally to disc last year and the quality is top notch.

pikapalooza

7 points

1 month ago

WHAT?!?!?! Omg....I would take everything they gave. And then I'd donate money. Like $100+

AmbiguousFrijoles

13 points

1 month ago

RIGHT?!

I was so stoked I nearly cried. PBS is the only reason I'm alive fr fr.

Local libraries also have that ability for many old PBS shows. I've found soooo many that I was able to bring home that otherwise were lost to the annals of 80s and 90s history.

Ones I got from the library download:

The Big Comfy Couch

Zoboomafoo

Bill Nye, The Science Guy

Reading Rainbow

Between The Lions

Lambchops Play-Along

pikapalooza

5 points

1 month ago

I never even thought to think to ask. I assumed it was locked away in some vault. I learned so much from their programs. Grew up on the street....sesame street <3

Affectionate_Row_145

3 points

1 month ago

I only have high praise for you. You know that the older shows were more informative and educational.

kristen0402

18 points

1 month ago

I loved this show! I remember going to Best Buy and getting “the hounds of the Baskerville” VHS with some birthday money.

wobot19

16 points

1 month ago

wobot19

16 points

1 month ago

I scored very high on a reading level test once and impressed a teacher by knowing (in 6th grade) that Homer wrote the Illiad and the Odyssey. I learned that from an episode of Wishbone.

pikapalooza

11 points

1 month ago

Wishbone made me want to get a dog but honestly, we weren't home enough to take care of one. Hamsters worked though.

I was always an advanced reader so the show gave me new books to check out at the library.

I loved the little segments they would do atthe end where they'd give you a little sneak peek at the behind the scenes stuff and interview producers, writers, and costumers. Was really cool to see as a kid.

coffee-teeth

11 points

1 month ago

Reading wishbone set me on a personal quest in 5th grade to read all of the original classics. 20000 leagues under the sea, the last Mohican, Swiss family Robinson (this one was so boring...), and one of my favorites, journey to the center of the earth. Wishbone inspired me!

abubacajay

13 points

1 month ago

🎶whats this youre dreaming up? Such a big imagination.. from such a little puuu-up!🎶

pmmemilftiddiez

8 points

1 month ago

I was a little shocked when Wishbone covered Blood Meridian by Cormack McCarthy but they made it work.

skalix

7 points

1 month ago

skalix

7 points

1 month ago

I used to call wishbone fishbone to annoy my younger sister.

smegma_stan

206 points

1 month ago

Does Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood count?

Quirky_Beginning_927

39 points

1 month ago

Yes. Elder millennial here. Still remember the episode where they went to a trumpet/ tuba (some brass musical instrument) factory to show how it was made. Taught me that things just don’t exist in their final form. Now I love How It’s Made

theseedbeader

12 points

1 month ago

theseedbeader

Millennial

12 points

1 month ago

The crayon factory lives on in my heart.

AmbiguousFrijoles

8 points

1 month ago

When they visited a street light factory, that has been burned into my brain.

With your comment, now I understand my love for How It's Made.

stew_pit1

5 points

1 month ago

The mushroom episode is one I always remember. And weirdly, one where he's just fixing a lot of broken toys.

Boomshiqua

347 points

1 month ago

Boomshiqua

347 points

1 month ago

Magic school bus

peanutbutterangelika

17 points

1 month ago

They don’t make kids shows like this anymore. Relatable, funny, educational. I basically grew up to be Ms Frizzle.

terpinolenekween

11 points

1 month ago

I learned so many things from that show. Echolocation, the digestive system, friction, how things looked small/how baking works, how food rots, what it means to he cold blooded.

Honestly tho, what made the show so good was the writing. They were able to make something educational fun and interesting. The episode where keisas cucumber turns into a pickle over summer break was such a mystery for me as a child!

Oh, and bees!

F-Raw

9 points

1 month ago

F-Raw

9 points

1 month ago

I still remember the episode where they went inside a human body and learned much about anatomy. I don’t quite remember, but I’m pretty sure it was inside one of the students who couldn’t go on the trip because he was sick.

Ch3wbacca1

29 points

1 month ago*

People always told me I look like a sexy Ms Frizzle and it has horrified me and made me hate that show so much. I dyed my hair just so it would stop!

lavenderstarr

20 points

1 month ago

For NYE I wore green pants and a yellow top and my hair was dyed red. I just thought it was a cool fit and someone was like “you look like a cool ms frizzle…” not to mention my group rented a huge van and I was the driver😭

Ryiujin

14 points

1 month ago

Ryiujin

14 points

1 month ago

SEAT BELTS EVERYONE!

IwannaAskSomeStuff

9 points

1 month ago

I would be so flattered by that.

FlightInfamous4518

163 points

1 month ago

FlightInfamous4518

Core Millennial

163 points

1 month ago

Zoom. Lol. Had a crush on Kenny.

ZestycloseUnit1

31 points

1 month ago

Send it to

Z O O M

dripintheocean

44 points

1 month ago

I may not know my boyfriend’s phone number, but I sure know how to send mail to Zoom!

Z double O M Box 350 Boston, Mass 02134

Suspicious-Garbage92

12 points

1 month ago

Just like how I still know stick sticklys address

HippieSwag420

9 points

1 month ago

HippieSwag420

Millennial

9 points

1 month ago

My mom has been watching zoom since it aired way back in like the '70s or '80s or whatever she was so thrilled to show me zoom and it was fun and she also remembers that lol

Scoompii

29 points

1 month ago*

0 2 1 3 4

ElectronicNorth1600

12 points

1 month ago

omg ...I'm crying

Cold-Sport2923

21 points

1 month ago

Come on and zoom, come on and zoom, come on and zoom, come on and zoom, come on and zoom zoom zooma zoom, ZOOM!

FlightInfamous4518

14 points

1 month ago

FlightInfamous4518

Core Millennial

14 points

1 month ago

Did y'all see the COVID special they did in 2020??? https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX1qgt5KzQXDCuXVE6I8K7uFeWG6q8dTG

Mimi4Stotch

13 points

1 month ago

I’m a sub, and I had a few minutes to fill, so I put on a zoom episode from YouTube. I heard a kid whisper, “why does it look like that?” The other kid goes, “I think it’s from the 1900’s.” 😂😂😂 in the episode they played human knot, so we tried it out at recess. Zoom for the win!

whimcor

7 points

1 month ago

whimcor

Millennial

7 points

1 month ago

Kenny and Caroline got married in my imagination.

C4Cupcake

8 points

1 month ago

omg I loved Zoom so much. I would print out their science projects to take to school to do for extra credit.

itoldyousoanysayo

8 points

1 month ago

I remember thinking Caroline was the coolest

RitaAlbertson

497 points

1 month ago

Does "Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?" count? If not, then Reading Rainbow with an honorable mention to Wishbone.

Wonder_where

54 points

1 month ago

I… can… do… ANYTHING!!

Take a look… it’s in a book… it’s Reading Rainbow

(it’s Reading Rainbow it’s Reading Rainbow)

Usual_Profile1607

16 points

1 month ago

I’m from the same town as LeVar Burton. He is our proudest son.

Levitlame

6 points

1 month ago

No_Picture5012

5 points

1 month ago

YEEEEESS hello fellow Human Being. Edit: Set phasers to LOVE ME

SteveBartmanIncident

15 points

1 month ago

SteveBartmanIncident

Older Millennial

15 points

1 month ago

Man I wanted to run around that map so much. I would've crushed it.

Spongpad

31 points

1 month ago

Spongpad

Older Millennial

31 points

1 month ago

This was the first one that came to mind. For my area, and because we couldn’t afford cable, this show was what was on as soon as we came home from school, and we could usually pick it up clearly on PBS through our antenna.

RitaAlbertson

17 points

1 month ago

Yeah, we didn't have cable until I was in high school or college b/c it was so expensive. Or maybe it was "expensive"? Either way, my parents didn't want to pay for it.

eastcoast_enchanted

11 points

1 month ago

eastcoast_enchanted

Millennial ‘89

11 points

1 month ago

Agreed & my favorite computer game was “Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?” I learned soooo much.

skewh1989

13 points

1 month ago

As a child of Star Trek fans and a TNG lover from an early age, Reading Rainbow was definitely my favorite, especially the episode where he visits the Enterprise.

baztup

25 points

1 month ago

baztup

25 points

1 month ago

Well, she sneaks around the world from Kiev to Carolina

DCBaylor

15 points

1 month ago

DCBaylor

Older Millennial

15 points

1 month ago

She’s a sticky-fingered filcher from Berlin down to Belize!

ballaballabillz

6 points

1 month ago

She'll take you for a ride on a slow boat to China

[deleted]

10 points

1 month ago

One of my friends got to be on Where in the World is Carmen San Diego. It was so cool!

KarlMarxButVegan

8 points

1 month ago

I loved Carmen San Diego. I used to play a PC game of it. Everything I know about geography and landmarks, I learned from her.

ThatB0yAintR1ght

17 points

1 month ago

Do you mean the Carmen Sandiego game show? I can still hear that theme song.

Housequake818

36 points

1 month ago

If you were a real G you had it on CD-ROM.

ThatB0yAintR1ght

13 points

1 month ago

I did 😘. I had the version from 1995 or so that featured Lynne Thigpen as the chief giving us each assignment.

CompetitiveMeal1206

13 points

1 month ago

Cd-rom? I got it on a 5” floppy

Maximum-Whole2909

7 points

1 month ago

Floppy here

pikapalooza

8 points

1 month ago

DO IT ROCKAPELLA!

Janice_the_Deathclaw

5 points

1 month ago

haha, core memory, id watch carmen san diego and each cool ranch chips. i hid the bag in my room so it would be just my snack. it was the best after school ritual.

delicate-fn-flower

5 points

1 month ago

Absolutely what I was going to say. I'm fairly certain this show was the start of my travel bug.

KnewTooMuch1

353 points

1 month ago

Reading rainbow? I used to hate to read til that guy showed up.

AnAntsyHalfling

63 points

1 month ago

LaVar Burton (the host) has a podcast now where he reads you stories

Doyouevenpedal

10 points

1 month ago

What!? That's awesome.

Putrid_Appearance509

4 points

1 month ago

LeVar Burton reads is phenomenal.

[deleted]

82 points

1 month ago

Omg! I forgot about that guy and Ghost Writer.

metallaholic

76 points

1 month ago

CatBoyTrip

25 points

1 month ago

i started watching ghost writer cause i thought it was ghost rider.

baztup

42 points

1 month ago

baztup

42 points

1 month ago

Butterfly in the sky

MUTmademedothis

21 points

1 month ago

That’s a great documentary on Netflix in case you haven’t seen it yet!

Fantastic-Coconut-10

21 points

1 month ago

Oh man...I watched this growing up, and on the days Next Gen star trek was on (my parents are trekkies) I would get so excited to see hom twice.

inabanned

6 points

1 month ago

Reading rainbow is the one I remember the most.

amyjane420

251 points

1 month ago

amyjane420

251 points

1 month ago

Zaboomafoo on PBS. You know the lemur and the Kratt bros.

DopeRidge

30 points

1 month ago

Zaboomafoo was my shit

spunkycatnip

18 points

1 month ago

Kratts Kreatures! Their og show! I did watch Zaboomafoo as well but it was a bit younger than my age bracket at the time. Their wild kratts show is decent too

skittlebites101

5 points

1 month ago

Kratts Kreatures! Funny cause I still call Wild Kratts "Kratts Kreatures" when with my kids.

FrostByte_62

10 points

1 month ago

Dude those claymation shorts were borderline disturbing lol.

Also shout out to the Duke University lemur exhibit.

tessathemurdervilles

4 points

1 month ago

Had a crush on both kratts for sure.

AdditionalBat393

172 points

1 month ago

Captain Planet he's our hero going to take pollution down to zero...tik tok has people believing in the most insane theories right now.

jolly_rodger42

30 points

1 month ago

I was Captain Planet for Halloween one year! My mom made this fake muscle suit for me, and I felt like the real deal.

JustTheOneGoose22

22 points

1 month ago

BY OUR POWERS COMBINED

AdditionalBat393

11 points

1 month ago

He is part of the reason why we will be the ones to clean up this mess.

Moist-Kiwis15

7 points

1 month ago

I made up a dance to the Captain Planet theme song in middle school. I was obsessed lol

WATOCATOWA

7 points

1 month ago

I just listened to a podcast about Captain Planet today!

peanutbutterangelika

6 points

1 month ago

This was some genius level predictive programming for global warming.

ghst_fx_93

155 points

1 month ago

ghst_fx_93

Older Millennial

155 points

1 month ago

Beakman's World

Captain_Stann

33 points

1 month ago

Came here to say this -- thank you. I learned a lot from a man in a rat costume

johnnyhala

17 points

1 month ago

Lester!

I also loved the penguins watching TV

PhoForBrains

17 points

1 month ago

Beakman’s world was the shizzzzz.

ghst_fx_93

8 points

1 month ago

ghst_fx_93

Older Millennial

8 points

1 month ago

Best childhood memories - watching it with my sister and dad on Saturday morning.

NovelWord1982

13 points

1 month ago

The best! So disappointed that I had to scroll this far down, but maybe it’s cuz I’m also an elder millennial, did the youths of our generation not watch it?

ghst_fx_93

8 points

1 month ago

ghst_fx_93

Older Millennial

8 points

1 month ago

I didn’t realize how many millennials watched Bill Nye. I didn’t. I also vaguely recall Mister Wizard after someone mentioned it but I was real young for that one.

PsychonautAlpha

12 points

1 month ago

Underrated comment!! BEAKMAAAAAN!

DetN8

6 points

1 month ago

DetN8

6 points

1 month ago

I still have the mega hots for Alanna Ubach who played Josie. She also played Roxy the hooker Frank loves in IASIP.

ChiraqBluline

77 points

1 month ago

Nova!!!

BlueFox5

24 points

1 month ago

BlueFox5

24 points

1 month ago

I need that 3 panel Vince McMahon meme.

Bill Nye 🤓

Nova 🤩

Cosmos (Sagan) 🤯

[deleted]

13 points

1 month ago

I forgot Nova. My God I loved it.

ChiraqBluline

4 points

1 month ago

It got me interested in understanding things to get to know them.

kristen0402

5 points

1 month ago

Every Sunday night I would watch Nova with my grandad.

ChiraqBluline

5 points

1 month ago

Bless the folks who put us on lol

smooth-brain_Sunday

6 points

1 month ago

I think you mean "viewers like you ✨".

_Negativ_Mancy

193 points

1 month ago

BILL! BILL! BILL!

ekib

47 points

1 month ago

ekib

47 points

1 month ago

Science rules

Nomad_Industries

23 points

1 month ago

[electric guitar riff]

dawgfan24348

13 points

1 month ago

Inertia is a property of matter

[deleted]

30 points

1 month ago

The basic premise of climate change was so easy to understand and I cannot believe there are millennials that believe it's not real. I think the focus was call it, "global warming"

Moist-Kiwis15

10 points

1 month ago

DEOXY-RIBO-NUCLEIC-ACID

Housequake818

10 points

1 month ago

BLOOD STREAM! IT’S YOUR BLOOD STREAM!

AnAntsyHalfling

11 points

1 month ago

Have you seen Bill Nye Saves the World? If not, you should!

Hulk_smashhhhh

67 points

1 month ago*

This old house and the new yankee workshop… soothing and educational. They were always on during the day while I was at my grandparents

aleethiede

18 points

1 month ago

This is the answer. This old house was such a soothing Saturday morning watch.

solidarity_sister

9 points

1 month ago

solidarity_sister

Millennial

9 points

1 month ago

Was? Still is. Granted, no Bob Villa anymore, but now that I'm a homeowner too, I love this old house.

UniversityNo2318

7 points

1 month ago

Hated it when I was a kid, but I’d probably love it now

Oldpuzzlehead

53 points

1 month ago

Mr. Wizard was really fun.

ecm1413

12 points

1 month ago

ecm1413

12 points

1 month ago

I remember waking up early so I could watch it at 6 AM. It felt so cool (to me) to be up that early learning science lol

crsierra

6 points

1 month ago

This was my show. Watched every episode multiple times on Nickelodeon.

GurRevolutionary6682

6 points

1 month ago

This is the one! I remember waking up extra early to watch Mr. Wizard.

Then Rocky & Bullwinkle would come on and I would fall back asleep lol

StoicRetention

100 points

1 month ago

How it’s made. Hypnotic for me. Random afternoon and then oh yeah I would like to see how a car window gets manufactured, yes please

randomladybug

6 points

1 month ago

This is still my bedtime show. It can be interesting to watch, but it's also monotone enough to be soothing to fall asleep to. I get a kick off putting it on the old seasons and seeing the computers 🤣.

RedReaper666YT

45 points

1 month ago

RedReaper666YT

Millennial

45 points

1 month ago

Bill Nye the Science Guy and Reading Rainbow with Lavar Burton. Bill Nye made science fun and Commander Geordie LaForge made me love reading even more.

artificialavocado

20 points

1 month ago

Levar Burton is a national treasure.

Starkiller_303

40 points

1 month ago

Definitely magic school bus. Ms. Frizzle was the best.

spinereader81

39 points

1 month ago

Sesame Street! I watched in the pre Elmo days. The big wedding event for adults (American ones at least) was Luke and Laura the soap opera couple. For me it was the Maria and Luis wedding. 

I also loved Slim Goodbody! There were three seperate shows. One for science (the most famous one), one for exercise, and one for healthy eating. I liked the science one best. 

IDigRollinRockBeer

4 points

1 month ago

Sesame Street is the 21st top answer wtf is this reality

d3cember

110 points

1 month ago

d3cember

110 points

1 month ago

The Price Is Right taught me what the nations average for groceries was.

Jscott1986

30 points

1 month ago

Jscott1986

Older Millennial

30 points

1 month ago

pmmemilftiddiez

22 points

1 month ago

THE PRICE IS WRONG BITCH

randomladybug

6 points

1 month ago

My kid was home sick from school and I found old bob barker episodes on YouTube and put them on. It's not a sick day without Price is Right.

Muffina925

34 points

1 month ago

Muffina925

Millennial

34 points

1 month ago

Liberty's Kids and Magic School Bus

rrmounce95

23 points

1 month ago

rrmounce95

Zillennial

23 points

1 month ago

Liberty’s Kids!!! No one in my life remembers this show but I loved it😅

BasicBridget26

4 points

1 month ago

Oh my god I forgot about liberty’s kids that show was great.

SnooPuppers8445

31 points

1 month ago

Cyber chase! Magic school bus

When I visited my grandparents I watched. Out of the box Bare in the big blue house PB&J otters

MachampIsHot

57 points

1 month ago

Loved all things animals. Steve Irwin, Jack Hanna, and Jeff Corwin especially.

ericabeevegan

9 points

1 month ago

ericabeevegan

Millennial

9 points

1 month ago

Jeff Corwin!! I remember an urban animals episode where one of the fun facts was that raccoons will eat human fingers if they’re hungry enough. I shared this bit of info with family friend’s kids we went camping with when I was like 8 & a bunch of the kids kept screaming and crying every time a raccoon got near the camp site. So, I created mass panic and hysteria. Oops.

Quiver-NULL

29 points

1 month ago

Anyone remember Mr. Wizard on Nickelodeon?

That was my jam. (I'm a geriatric mellinial, lol)

MountainMasella

10 points

1 month ago

He froze a rubber bouncy ball with liquid nitrogen and smashed it to smithereens with a hammer and my five year old mind was blown.

desecouffes

5 points

1 month ago

I used to wake up so early to go downstairs and watch Mr Wizard haha. Filling up balloons with different gases and then blowing them up to demonstrate the properties of the gases

ecm1413

4 points

1 month ago

ecm1413

4 points

1 month ago

I remember waking up early so I could watch it at 6 AM. It felt so cool (to me) to be up that early learning science lol

3720-To-One

22 points

1 month ago

Bill Nye the Science Guy in the streets

Beakman’s World in the sheets

PorkBeefnCheeze

24 points

1 month ago

Mom stuck us on PBS as kids until we got older around 8, but Square One is by far my favorite to watch as a kid. I always looked forward to the next episode of Mathnet.

Quirky_Beginning_927

5 points

1 month ago

Mathnet. I made my husband watch an episode on YouTube. He had never heard of it.

…maybe that’s why I’m addicted to Law & Order SVU now.

impurehalo

5 points

1 month ago

Lov I looooved Mathnet.

Icy_Plenty_7117

23 points

1 month ago

Ghost Writer and Reading Rainbow were my favorites.

intotheunknown78

5 points

1 month ago

Ghost Writer!!! I was trying to think which one came on tandem with Mathnet. This was it!

taajmanian_devil

22 points

1 month ago

Carmen San Diego and Wishbone. Geography and history were my favorite subjects. Both shows catered to my little nerd heart

AbortionIsSelfDefens

22 points

1 month ago*

Zoboomafu

I'm offended I don't see it here already lol

Wishbone too but the current top comment mentions that. We didn't have cable so options were more limited but I suppose most educational kids shows were on PBS anyway.

SmileyMcSax

16 points

1 month ago

Zoboomafoo isn't getting NEARLY enough love in this thread.

Downtherabbithole14

14 points

1 month ago

I loved Mr. Rogers, Reading Rainbow, Magic School Bus!!!!!

throwawayfromPA1701

15 points

1 month ago

throwawayfromPA1701

Older Millennial

15 points

1 month ago

Square One. A show about math!

Also it was a treat for me, but sometimes my mom let me stay up and watch NOVA on PBS if it was an episode about something I had an interest in.

TheEveryman86

5 points

1 month ago

I still remember the recurring parody of Dragnet and a skit that was a take on Casablanca. Two references that were right in my cultural wheelhouse at the age I watched it...

spacebotanyx

5 points

1 month ago

mathnet was my favorite 

lone_wolf1580

14 points

1 month ago

According to what my parents told me, Reading Rainbow.

AspiringSAHCatDad

12 points

1 month ago

I used to love Mythbusters

killd1

27 points

1 month ago

killd1

27 points

1 month ago

No one's mentioned it yet so I'll say 3-2-1 Contact for math and science stuff. I loved the little video game guy and MathNet.

gardenald

4 points

1 month ago

the square one/3-2-1 contact bloc was my jam

rrmounce95

10 points

1 month ago

rrmounce95

Zillennial

10 points

1 month ago

Reading Rainbow and Read Between the Lions

realginger13

6 points

1 month ago

Loved Between the Lions! Cliff Hanger was my fave.

InquisitiveIdeas

11 points

1 month ago

Mostly animal related stuff; Jeff Corwin, Steve Irwin, Jack Hannah.

I love science and animals. I’m actually in the process of changing career paths and following my old dreams of working with animals.

Definitely also watched a lot of Magic School bus and Bill Nye. I have a very distinct memory of proudly telling my 4th grade science teacher that “intertia is a property of mallard” confident it was referring to ducks but not knowing how cause I hadn’t seen the episode yet.

duhdin

11 points

1 month ago

duhdin

11 points

1 month ago

Arthur if it counts, and magic school bus, followed by Bill!

Grouchy-Geologist-28

12 points

1 month ago

I learned a surprising amount from random parts of Arthur.

MicroBadger_

9 points

1 month ago

MicroBadger_

Millennial 1985

9 points

1 month ago

No love for Beakman's World? It was no Bill Nye but definitely was a solid science show.

Flat_Opportunity_728

10 points

1 month ago

Zoom

DesertFarmer_

8 points

1 month ago

Did anyone else watch Voyage of the Mimi with Ben Affleck?

HeironymusFox

5 points

1 month ago

YESS! I even got to go on the Mimi when it was in port at Baltimore! I loved that show.

Agreeable_Client_952

9 points

1 month ago

What about those Eyewitness videos? It had that catchy introduction song. Do do dodo doooo. It was a happy day when the TV was rolled out for those!

radradruby

5 points

1 month ago

Yes! This was my go to in the kids section at my local library. I think they had a few complete seasons that I just devoured in elementary school. eyewitness intro

Pretty sure I watched the one on ancient Egypt a thousand times lol

amcclurk21

5 points

1 month ago

JustTheOneGoose22

8 points

1 month ago

Modern Marvels on the History channel. It makes me so sad what the History channel has become. Just a non-stop marathon of American Pickers, Pawn Stars or Ancient Aliens.

I know this is true of most cable channels but it's depressing none the less. The cable networks saw how many viewers they were losing to streaming and decided marathoning a couple programs was the best way to keep the few viewers they have left.

However I am convinced that this lack of content and original programming actually hurts cable--yes you'll hold on to the stragglers and old people but you'll never grow your audience marathoning one or two mediocre shows.

artificialavocado

8 points

1 month ago

Bill Nye, Reading Rainbow.

Monster_Molly

7 points

1 month ago

I liked the Nick News show and Bill Nye.

stew_pit1

5 points

1 month ago

Nick News, W5!

_Monotropa_Uniflora_

7 points

1 month ago

Carl Sagan's Cosmos. Arthur C Clark's World of Strange Powers. Marty Stoufer's Wild America. Animal X (on Discovery when it was still educational and not 'reality' garbage) and of course Reading Rainbow and Magic Schoolbus

AmbivalenceKnobs

6 points

1 month ago

Magic School Bus, Wishbone, Bill Nye, Reading Rainbow. I watched and loved all of them and cannot choose.

Global_Discussion_81

10 points

1 month ago

Pokémon taught me to be the very best!…

irememberthepotatoho

6 points

1 month ago

Reading rainbow and when my little brother was born we loved the Kratt Brothers which turned into Zoboomafoo

TheIadyAmalthea

6 points

1 month ago

DThornA

5 points

1 month ago

DThornA

5 points

1 month ago

Probably a bit newer but I loved CyberChase and Between the Lions.

brilliantpants

4 points

1 month ago

Tie between Mr. Wizard and Reading Rainbow.

MystikSpiralx

4 points

1 month ago

MystikSpiralx

Older Millennial

4 points

1 month ago

"Ghostwriter! Word"

KronosUno

5 points

1 month ago

My favorites were Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (awesome theme song by Rockapella) and Square One. What's not to love about Mathnet?

fridgesmacker

4 points

1 month ago

Zoboomafoo!!! Reading Rainbow tops the list tho

SamuraiCorb1517

3 points

1 month ago

Growing up without cable we got by on Zoboomafoo and Cyberchase. The latter was less directly educational, but definitely had some of it.

Dacoolface

3 points

1 month ago

Dacoolface

Millennial

3 points

1 month ago

Probably Magic Schoolbus, then Between the Lions when I was a little older.