Popular Mechanics for Kids
6.20.2011
Back in the 1990s there was a show that sparked just about every corner of my creative and crazy mind. I was addicted to this show like I was addicted to Pokemon. Popular Mechanic for Kids was a show that started back in 1997. This show was not as geeky as it sounds, it was pretty cool. Like Mythbusters, except they didn't bust any myths or blow things up each episode. This is the show that launched Elisha Cuthbert's career as a host next to Jay Baruchel, both of them now very successful in the tv show and movie circuit. Even though they only worked together for about one year then Jay got replaced by some other dude, that first year was a year I remember in episodes of this show. Many of the science concepts I know today are because of these two, once teens.
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| Elisha Cuthbert in The Girl Next Door |
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| Jay Baruchel from The Sorcerer's Apprentice |
This is what both Jay and Elisha used to look like in the show, they were so adorable! Doing science and hosting. Both of them were constantly taken places to experiment, taste, observe, do, try, conclude, think, etc, about many topics that could be easy for the audience to understand. From roller coaster physics to food tastings like seal meat and eyeballs.
This small clip is from the episode where they visit the World Trade Center. This I saw when I still lived back in Venezuela and this was one of the few times I saw a small introduction to the Twin Towers.
You should have been a host. :)