Event Details
"An Evening with Bill Nye"
In the Spotlight: Bill Nye
Date(s): 02/17/2009
Event time: 7:00pm
About this event: It was in Seattle that Bill began to combine his love of science with his flair for comedy, when he won the Steve Martin look-alike contest and developed dual careers as an engineer by day and a stand-up comic by night. Eventually, he quit his day job and made the transition to comedy writer and performer on Seattle's home-grown ensemble comedy show "Almost Live." This is where "Bill Nye the Science Guy" was born. The show appeared before Saturday Night Live and later on Comedy Central, originating at KING-TV, Seattle's NBC affiliate. With fellow KING-TV alumni Jim McKenna and Erren Gottlieb, Bill made a number of award winning shows, including the show he became so well known for, "Bill Nye the Science Guy." The Science Guy show ran on weekends at first and then later on PBS five nights a week and in syndication on weekends. In some markets, you could see the Science Guy seven days a week. While working on the Science Guy show, Bill won seven national Emmy Awards for writing, performing, and producing. The show won 28 Emmys in five years. In between creating the shows, he wrote four kids' books about science. His fifth book, "Bill Nye's Great Big Book of Tiny Germs" was published in spring 2005. Bill Nye is the host of two current television series. "The 100 Greatest Discoveries" airs on the Science Channel. "The Eyes of Nye" is shown on PBS stations across the country.
Event Location: MSC Ballroom, USF Tampa Campus