“I can be educational, but if I'm not funny and entertaining, too, who's going to come and listen to me or watch me on TV.”

— Bill Nye

[NewsBank, D-01, Bill Nye, the Science Guy, brings humor to normally serious field, The Daily Gazette, Schenectady, New York, March 9, 2005, Bill Buell]

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