What was that PBS show with the guy in a body suit teaching about organs?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around recalling a specific PBS television show featuring a character dressed in a body suit painted with organs, who taught viewers about various organ systems. Participants share memories of the show and other PBS programs from their childhood.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory, Meta-discussion

Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses joy in remembering the show "Eureka!" and shares links to related PBS shows.
  • Another participant recalls a similar show but struggles to remember its name, describing the host's appearance and the educational content.
  • Some participants discuss their access to PBS, noting differences in cable availability in Canada and the U.S.
  • A participant suggests the name "Slim Goodbody" as the character in question, providing a link for reference.
  • There is curiosity about the search terms used to find information about the show.
  • A later reply mentions another PBS personality, Julius Sumner Miller, in a nostalgic context.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the existence of the show and the character Slim Goodbody, but there is no consensus on specific details or memories related to the show.

Contextual Notes

Some participants express uncertainty about the exact year the show aired and the difficulty in finding comprehensive lists of old PBS programs.

FrancisZ
I am so happy right now, because I just remembered something that I literally haven't thought of in about 24 years...


"Eureka!" the TV show that used to be on Channel 13 PBS (WNET in New York anyway).

I looked it up and there it is on Youtube...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by-7kkAu2Pg


God I used to love that crazy song. And then it got me to wondering about a bunch of other shows I used to watch on PBS (this was pretty much before I went to school, and also early grammar school).


There was 321 Contact...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2-LEBc2sO8


I'm a sucker for cheesy songs, I know.


Anyway...I have a question for you. And it's hard.


There once was this other show which I cannot recall the name of; though it was one of my favorites at that time.


Essentially, there was this guy on PBS dressed in a body suit, literally painted with organs all over it. And he would spend each episode tell viewers about the various organ systems. This was exactly where I had first learned about vertebrae, I'll never forget it. The guy had a man-fro of some sort to, as I recall (kind of a hippie show).



Thing of it is though: I just can't remember the name of it. Any ideas?
 
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I'm just getting blank panels for your examples.
Couldn't help you anyhow, though; I never got cable until 4 years ago.

edit: Never mind; the links are up now.
 
Danger said:
I'm just getting blank panels for your examples.
Couldn't help you anyhow, though; I never got cable until 4 years ago.

edit: Never mind; the links are up now.

PBS isn't cable. I didn't get cable until just before 9/11 myself, either.
 
I'm in Canada. PBS is available only on cable up here. :frown:
 
FrancisZ said:
There once was this other show which I cannot recall the name of; though it was one of my favorites at that time.


Essentially, there was this guy on PBS dressed in a body suit, literally painted with organs all over it. And he would spend each episode tell viewers about the various organ systems. This was exactly where I had first learned about vertebrae, I'll never forget it. The guy had a man-fro of some sort to, as I recall (kind of a hippie show).



Thing of it is though: I just can't remember the name of it. Any ideas?

Do you remember approximately what year it was on. I do recall seeing something like that but didn't have any luck finding it. I would think there is a list of old pbs programs somewhere.

I always like "In the News".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qAM6YU3N1g
 
FrancisZ said:

Essentially, there was this guy on PBS dressed in a body suit, literally painted with organs all over it. And he would spend each episode tell viewers about the various organ systems. This was exactly where I had first learned about vertebrae, I'll never forget it. The guy had a man-fro of some sort to, as I recall (kind of a hippie show).



Thing of it is though: I just can't remember the name of it. Any ideas?
Slim Goodbody (I am the google queen).

http://www.retrojunk.com/details_tvshows/1920-mr-slim-goodbody/
 
Ivan Seeking said:
What words did you enter for the search?

Just curious
tv show body organs suit
 
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Julius Sumner Miller is the reason I'm in physics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCcZyW-6-5o

I remember Slim Goodbody... but his white-guy fro was scary, while Julius' do somehow made the cut. Maybe being dressed in real clothes helped Julius out too.
 

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