Dr. Science

I saw a couple episodes of this in the 1980s and always wondered why it didn't catch on. The theme song (with a silly backstory about how Dr. Science got his degree) was cool, and I can still sing it, especially the last line: "I know more than you do, call me Dr. Science!" The supporting cast was fine, but the star of the show was Dan Coffey as the bombastic, self-important Dr. Science, who came up with absolutely insane answers for the questions sent in by "viewers". In one, for instance, temporal dislocations were explained by reference to "time flies", which were supposedly insects that had to be eradicated before things could go back to normal. At the end of each show, they'd all stand around and make nutty conversation holding coffee mugs with their names on them: "Judy", "Dr. Science", etc. Lots of fun. I've never seen any clips of the show anywhere, but I'll keep looking.

Damn, I loved this show! It's one of those happy productions aimed at kids (tweens, mostly) but also great for adults with a quirky sense of humor and fun. The "science" is preposterous, of course, but that's the whole point!

Back when these were airing I never imagined that there could possibly be people who were so ludicrously gullible that they'd actually believe and even promulgate such utterly stupid pseudo-scientific notions, but then came the web. David Icke? Millions of new Flat-Earthers? The Dr. Science show is vastly more credible (and entertaining) than these cretinous yahoos!

I recorded a few episodes from TV back in the 1980's, but I didn't have the technology to digitize them until after the video quality had considerably degraded. I tried my best to clean up and enhance them, but the results were still pretty poor.

But I don't care -- I delight in watching them anyway! They're a fine cure for a blue mood, or if you just want to laugh.

Thanks enormously to the cast, especially Merle Kessler, the main writer.