terça-feira, 4 de janeiro de 2011

Beakman

TV Cultura volta a exibir O Mundo de Beakman

Programa sobre ciência era exibido na década de 90
O Mundo de Beakman, programa que ensinou ciências para uma geração de telespectadores nos anos 90 vai voltar a ser exibido na TV brasileira. A TV Cultura, de São Paulo, vai reprisar em 2011 a série O Mundo de Beakman (Beakman’s World).

A atração volta ao ar nesta segunda-feira, dia 3 de janeiro, às 19h15, e será exibida de segunda a sexta-feira.

O Mundo de Beakman trazia Paul Zaloom como Beakman, um cientista excêntrico e engraçado, que fazia experiências científicas acompanhados de uma assistente de laboratórios (foram três, interpretadas por Alanna Ubach, Eliza Schneider e Senta Moses) e por um rato de laboratório (Mark Ritts). O programa ainda mostrava dois fantoches, os pinguims Don e Herb, que faziam comentários engraçados direto de um iglu.

O programa foi produzido originalmente em 1992 e teve 91 programas até o seu fim, em 1997.




Beakman's World is an educational children's television show produced by ELP Communications, Columbia Pictures Television, Universal Belo Productions, and Columbia TriStar Television Distribution.
The program is based on the Universal Press Syndicate syndicated comic strip You Can With Beakman and Jax created by Jok Church. The series premiered September 18, 1992[1] on The Learning Channel (TLC) cable network and in national syndication (225 stations, a freshman year record). On September 18, 1993 it moved from national syndication to CBS Saturday morning children’s lineup. At the peak of its popularity, it was seen in nearly 90 countries around the world. The series was canceled in mid-1998. Reruns returned to national syndication in September 2006, after which it was transferred to local stations such as KICU. The show debuted a year prior to Bill Nye the Science Guy, which covered similar topics. The show's host, Paul Zaloom, still performs as Beakman in live appearances around the globe.


Premise
The program starred Paul Zaloom as Beakman, an eccentric scientist who performed comical experiments and demonstrations in response to viewer mail to illustrate various scientific concepts from density to electricity to flatulence. When his experiments were successful, he would often exclaim "Zaloom!", referring to his last name.
Over the years, Beakman was aided in his experiments by a female assistant just as in the comic strip on which it was based. The assistant's name changed throughout the show's run; for the episodes of season 1, it was Josie (played by Alanna Ubach); for the episodes of seasons 2 and 3, it was Liza (played by Eliza Schneider); and for the episodes of season 4, it was Phoebe (played by Senta Moses). Beakman was also assisted by his "lab rat" Lester. In the pilot episode, Lester was a puppet, but in every subsequent episode he was simply a clueless, crude man (Mark Ritts) in a tattered rat suit. In a running joke, it was never asserted that his character was actually supposed to be a rat; rather he was specifically identified by himself and others as a guy in a rat suit, or as a serious actor with a bad agent. Sometimes unwilling to help out, Lester was often persuaded by Beakman with the promise of food. Another occasional cast member is the unseen cameraman "Ray," who is played by prop-master Ron Jancula's hands. Ray assists Beakman by handing him various items, such as the "boguscope." It is suggested throughout the program that Ray has a romantic crush on the show's unnamed makeup lady. Actress Jean Stapleton also appeared on the show as Beakman's mother, "Beakmom". In some of the skits during the show the character Professor I.M. Boring (also played by Paul Zaloom, in a dual role) makes appearances and talks about various science topics. Zaloom also appeared as various 'guest scientists' and historic figures, such as Thomas A. Edison, Robert H. Goddard, and Philo T. Farnsworth. When Senta Moses was added to the show's cast, the producers began to use a majority of the sound effects from the NBC game show Scrabble.
One segment of the show was the famed "Beakman Challenge". During this segment, Beakman would challenge Lester to do a stunt that illustrated a basic scientific feat. During the first season, virtually every challenge related to either Air Pressure or Bernoulli's Principle. The show addressed this during the second season, by having Lester exclaim to Beakman (as he was explaining the science behind a trick) "AIR PRESSURE! IT'S ALWAYS AIR PRESSURE!"
At the beginning and end of the show, as well as before or after commercial breaks, the show featured short scenes portraying puppet penguins, Don (voiced by Bert Berdis) and Herb (Alan Barzman), at the South Pole watching Beakman’s World on television. The penguins were named after Don Herbert, who starred as Mr. Wizard in Watch Mr. Wizard. Mark Ritts (Lester) was also one of the puppeteers operating the penguins.
Beakman's World currently plays in weekend syndication in the United States and in several other countries. It is distributed by Sony Pictures Television in the U.S. and Sony Pictures Television International in other countries. A Spanish-dubbed version airs currently on Univision (titled El Mundo de Beakman) as part of its Planeta U programming block.
As of 10/17/2010, all 4 seasons are available, as streaming content only, on Netflix.



Beakman's World (O Mundo de Beakman no Brasil) foi um programa educativo de TV estrelado pelo ator americano Paul Zaloom no papel do Professor Beakman.
No programa original de Beakman, era lido cartas de tele-espectadores reais, dos EUA, porém com a tradução para português e exibição no Brasil foi utilizado nomes fictícios, o que era o gancho para a realização de experiências (que ensinava como reproduzi-las em casa) e a abordagem divertida de conceitos científicos. Ocasionalmente interpretava cientistas já falecidos, como Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Bernoulli, Alexander Graham Bell, Charles Darwin e Benjamin Franklin.
O Professor Beakman era acompanhado pelo seu rato de laborátorio Lester (Mark Ritts) e de assistentes como Josie (Alana Ubach), Liza (Eliza Schneider) e Phoebe (Senta Moses), que mudaram ao longo da série, e por vezes alguns apresentados pelo próprio Beakman, como Art Burns, Meekman (o irmão de Beakman), O Homem Equilíbrio, Vlavaav, e o Professor Chatoff.
Muito popular por tornar a ciência divertida, a série foi transmitida no Brasil pela TV Cultura entre 1994 e 2002, com uma breve passagem pela Rede Record, no programa Agente G, em 1997. Também foi exibido pelo canal Cl@se de 2000 a 2005 e em 2006 pelo canal a cabo Boomerang, nos horários das 15h30 e das 21h. Recentemente , a TV Cultura anunciou a volta do programa a partir de janeiro de 2011 dentro do bloco Sessão da Hora , que atualmente exibe as séries Ciencia Travessa e Escola 2.0 .



     

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