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Beakman's World (1992)
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Beakman's World (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Beakman's World is an educational children's television show. 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 on The Learning Channel cable network and in national syndication. 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 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.
Style: educational, exciting, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, feel good, vintage
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: experiment, scientist, mad scientist, science, heroes, laboratory, escapades, inventions and discoveries, disorder, goofy hero, experimenting, rat, scientific experiment, education, scientific discovery, creativity, science and technology, science project, educational program, lab rat, science teacher, science class, knowledge, live action, family
Time: 90s
Keyword: educational film

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, feel good and sitcom films and TV series with plots about friends, disorder, youth, family relations, friendship, escapades and live action mostly in Family, Comedy and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Beakman's World: Zoboomafoo (1999), Oh Yuck! (2017), The Electric Company (2006), Son of Flubber (1962), The Jim Henson Hour (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Zoboomafoo (1999)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 29 min.
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Story: Zoboomafoo is an American children's television series that aired from January 25, 1999, to April 28, 2001, and is still shown today in syndication depending on the area, and it is regularly shown on PBS Kids Sprout. A total of 65 episodes were ...
Style: educational, semi serious, humorous
Audience: kids, toddlers, family friendly, preschool
Plot: puppet, animal, monkey, competition, friends, animal life, friendship, pets, educational program, ape, lemur, male protagonist ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
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Oh Yuck! (2017)
Genre: Family
Country: Canada
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Story: Oh Yuck is a fast-paced, fact-laden, laugh out loud, narrative comedy series for 11-13 year old kids that mixes live action with animation to explore the science behind all things ooey, gooey, slimy and mucky.
Style: entertaining, thought provoking, educational, funny, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens
Plot: educational program, scientific experiment, laboratory, education, science, science and technology, scientist, research laboratory, training, experiment, satire
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The Electric Company (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
TV show
Story: The Electric Company is an American television series for young children aged 4–8 on PBS, derived from the 1971 series. The series premiered as a four-episode mini-marathon on PBS on January 19, 2009, then became a weekly series with an episode ...
Style: feel good, humorous, funny, satirical, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: friends, chef, mischievous children, teenage life, music, friendship, teenager, group of friends, adolescence, children, teenage protagonist, satire ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Son of Flubber (1962)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Medfield's lovable but hopelessly absent-minded professor -- Ned Brainard (Fred MacMurray) -- bounces back in this classic Disney film with hilarious new mishaps when he experiments with the amazing by-products of his startling anti-gravity ...
Style: melancholic, intense, not serious, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: mad scientist, american football, college, inventor, experiment gone awry, family life, inventions and discoveries, goofy hero, disorder, fish out of water, child as adult, nothing goes right ...
Time: 60s, year 1963
Place: pentagon
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The Jim Henson Hour (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: The Jim Henson Hour is a short-lived television series that aired on NBC in 1989. It was developed as a showcase for The Jim Henson Company's various puppet creations, including the popular Muppet characters. Only nine of the twelve episodes ...
Style: anthology, exciting, semi serious, feel good, humorous
Audience: kids, family outing, adult
Plot: puppet, muppets, sesame street, heroes, escapades, ambition, danger, buddies, workplace, disorder, toys, friends ...
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Gilligan's Island (1964)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Gilligan's Island is an American sitcom created and produced by Sherwood Schwartz and originally produced by United Artists Television. The situation comedy series featured Bob Denver; Alan Hale, Jr.; Jim Backus; Natalie Schafer; Tina Louise; ...
Style: sitcom, retro, epic, slapstick comedy, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing
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Fudge (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 20 min.
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Story: Fudge is an American children's television series based on a series of Judy Blume books about a young boy nicknamed Fudge. The series ran for two seasons, with 24 episodes following a telefilm adaptation of Blume's novel Fudge-A-Mania, ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, feel good, touching, humorous
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: family relations, youth, siblings relations, skyscraper, sibling rivalry, elevator, friend, school, parents, little brother, apartment
Time: 90s
Place: usa, new york
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Blippi (2014)
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min.
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Story: FUN EDUCATIONAL videos for children! Kids will learn colors, learn shapes, learn numbers, learn letters, the alphabet, abc's and so much more with Blippi's nursery rhymes, educational songs, and educational videos! Blippi ties in things ...
Style: educational, captivating, feel good, light, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: teaching, education, humour, training
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Zoom (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story: Zoom is an American television series]], for ages 8 & up created almost entirely by children, which aired on Public Broadcasting Service originally from January 4, 1999 to June 24, 2005. It was a remake of a 1972 TV series by the same name. Both ...
Style: fast, semi serious, realistic, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, preschool
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Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Family
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Duration: 30 min.
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Style: sitcom, feel good, humorous, sincere, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style: educational, semi serious, touching, humorous, feel good
Audience: kids, toddlers, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
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Time: 90s
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57%
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The Boatniks (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Young and awkward, The Coast-Guard's ensign Thomas Garland suffers from the comparison with his late father, a war hero. Which does not prevent him from falling for pretty Kate Fairchild, a young woman who runs a sailing school. Of course the ...
Style: slapstick, exciting, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens
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Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Duration: 30 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Family
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Duration: 30 min.
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Audience: kids, family outing
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
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Style: sitcom, humorous, captivating, feel good, realistic ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story: Two of a Kind is an American sitcom that aired on ABC as part of the network's TGIF line-up, starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. The show aired from September 25, 1998 to July 9, 1999. The series was produced by Griffard/Adler Productions, ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
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53%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story: The Hogan Family is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from March 1, 1986 to May 7, 1990, and on CBS from September 15, 1990 until July 20, 1991. It was produced by Miller-Boyett Productions, along with Tal Productions, Inc., ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, semi serious, touching, offbeat ...
Audience: kids, family outing
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Genre: Comedy, Family
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Kirby Buckets (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
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TV show
Story: This single-camera animation/live-action hybrid comedy revolves around Kirby Buckets, a kid who dreams of being the biggest animator in the world. His drawings take shape as he and his best friends, Fish and Eli, go on outrageous adventures.
Style: semi serious, exciting, humorous, stylized, absurd ...
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Mr. Bean (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Family
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TV show
Story: Mr Bean turns simple everyday tasks into chaotic situations and will leave you in stitches as he creates havoc wherever he goes.
Style: humorous, not serious, sitcom, feel good, light ...
Audience: teens, kids
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⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
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Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Yet another variation on Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee At King Arthur's Court." Here, a computer malfunction causes a science researcher to be sent back in time with her laptop, which she uses to amaze the court.
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, entertaining, slapstick ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
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⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Waffles + Mochi (2021)
Genre: Family
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Curious puppet pals Waffles and Mochi travel the world exploring the wonders of food and culture while learning how to cook with fresh ingredients.
Style: educational, entertaining, humorous, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: cooking, food, puppetry, chef, puppet, supermarket, cooking and food, cookery, friends, education, travel, culture ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Yeralash (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: «Eralash» (Turkic "mixed, mishmash") is a Soviet, then Russian, children's comic newsreel published since 1974 at the Gorky Central Film Studio for Children and Youth films; it was shown first in cinemas, then on television. The ...
Style: entertaining, humorous, feel good, captivating, sincere
Audience: kids, family outing, teens
Plot: friendship, society, youth, friends, school, family relations, love and romance, life philosophy, love, mother son relationship, joke, parents and children ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 70s, future
Place: ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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