# I just met Bill Nye The Science Guy! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 20, 2005, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-met-bill-nye-the-science-guy/317834 "2005-08-20T00:57:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-met-bill-nye-the-science-guy/317834/21 "2005-08-21T04:36:48Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > I especially liked the ‘Billy Kwan’ skits with the flying feet. He was great as Billy Kwan, but I’ll always think of him as a high fivin’ white guy. ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-met-bill-nye-the-science-guy/317834/22 "2005-08-21T05:45:41Z")
I noticed you live in Arlington. Having lived there for 7 years in the 90s, I’m curious as to what part of town you saw him in? ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-met-bill-nye-the-science-guy/317834/23 "2005-08-21T13:47:57Z")
I had lunch with him one time, and he wore my wool mittens to handle dry ice. (I knitted them myself.) I’m very much enjoying _Eyes of Nye_! The one on addiction was particularly fascinating. Was that the first episode? Dr. Drew was on it. Rock. Rock on! ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-met-bill-nye-the-science-guy/317834/24 "2005-08-21T14:04:48Z")
My kids and I saw his live show at the Field Museum in Chicago. He was very cool. Science needs spokespeople like Nye–why did his show stop? It was so good. ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-met-bill-nye-the-science-guy/317834/25 "2005-08-21T15:49:14Z")
> [@Ferret Herder](#): > > Hah, whenever I describe Alton Brown’s show to someone who’s never seen it, I tell them, “It’s like Bill Nye the Science Guy, but for cooking!” I’m _so_ glad I’m not the only one who uses that reference point to describe Alton. And, **An Arky** , I too am jealous. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-met-bill-nye-the-science-guy/317834/26 "2005-08-21T15:55:47Z")
> [@Hugh Jass](#): > > I noticed you live in Arlington. Having lived there for 7 years in the 90s, I’m curious as to what part of town you saw him in? Westover. ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-met-bill-nye-the-science-guy/317834/27 "2005-08-21T17:52:48Z")
Westover? On Washington Blvd? Near that hardware store? and the independent grocery store and post office? I lived in those apartments right near there. That was MY 7-11. Bill Nye was at MY 7-11! From 8 years ago, but still! ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-met-bill-nye-the-science-guy/317834/28 "2005-08-22T00:29:46Z")
That’s the place. And that’s _my_ 7-11 now…hahahahah! 😃 We’re quite the star-crossed little neighborhood. Patch Adams lives around here somewhere; my wife has seen him. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-met-bill-nye-the-science-guy/317834/29 "2005-08-22T01:20:57Z")
> [@Roland Orzabal](#): > > [vibrato falsetto] _ **BEAKMAAA-AA-AA-AAN!** _ [/vf] > > Say what you will about the merits and flaws of the two men, but one thing cannot be denied: the penguins ruled. It’s impossible to to meet Beakman: he’s a fictional character from a TV show, inspired by a fictional character from a comic strip. Bill Nye, however, is not. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-met-bill-nye-the-science-guy/317834.md?page=1)