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Popular Mechanics for Kids is an educational Canadian television series based on Popular Mechanics magazine. It was notable for starting the careers of both Elisha Cuthbert and Jay Baruchel. The show's purpose was to teach viewers how things work. It was awarded the Parents Choice Award in 2003, and was nominated for the Gemini Awards. The show was filmed primarily in Montreal, Quebec, and is currently distributed on VHS / DVD by Koch Vision.
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Episode 1 - Fly At Your Own Risk
Release Date: 1998-09-20Elisha literally flies in a vertical wind tunnel.
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Episode 2 - North Pole
Release Date: 1998-09-26Elisha puts on her parka and heads way up North on a lone journey into the fascinating world of the Inuit people.
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Episode 3 - Whodunnit!?
Release Date: 1998-10-03Tyler and Elisha want nothing but the truth as they help detectives survey a crime scene.
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Episode 4 - Gross Out
Release Date: 1998-10-10Elisha and Tyler discover our wonderfully disgusting world when they visit a recycling plant that turns rotten leftovers into animal food.
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Episode 5 - Ocean Adventures
Release Date: 1998-10-17Tyler goes solo and embarks on a wild adventure in the ocean.
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Episode 6 - Police Force
Release Date: 1998-10-24Tyler joins the L.A.P.D to learn how to handle a car safely in a high-speed chase and learns how to fire a gun in a reflex-test.
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Episode 7 - Sports: Riding, Gliding and Sliding
Release Date: 1998-10-30Tyler and Elisha set out to conquer the elements.
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Episode 8 - FX!
Release Date: 1998-11-07Enter the wonderful world of make-believe as Tyler and Elisha explain the secrets of moviemaking.
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Episode 9 - Earth Power
Release Date: 1998-11-14Elisha hovers above the Kilauea volcano, Tyler gets blown away by a tornado and Charlie shows us how to make a fake hurricane.
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Episode 10 - Talk To the Animals
Release Date: 1998-11-21Check out the world of animal training as Elisha and Tyler meet a biologist.
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Episode 11 - After Dark
Release Date: 1998-11-28Elisha learns how to make neon lights and Tyler is wired up in a sleep lab to learn how active our brains are during sleep.
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Episode 12 - Emergency Rescues!
Release Date: 1998-12-05The co-hosts race against time to make some daring rescues including a person who is buried in an avalanche!
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Episode 13 - Under the Big Top
Release Date: 1998-12-12Elisha goes to circus school and discovers just how much effort it takes to walk a tightrope.
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Episode 14 - Zero Gravity
Release Date: 1998-12-19Elisha operates one of the world's largest optic infrared telescopes and experiences negative gravity and weightlessness.
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Episode 15 - Swamps and Gators
Release Date: 1998-12-26Our thrill-seeking co-hosts take us on a journey inside swamplands, one of nature's most eerie universes.
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Episode 16 - Mega Trucks
Release Date: 1999-01-02Teens learn about science and technology.
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Episode 17 - Boom!
Release Date: 1999-01-09Elisha learns to set up and design a fireworks show and Tyler helps blast rocks at a quarry and learns what these materials are used to make
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Episode 18 - The Fastest...
Release Date: 1999-01-16In an episode that goes by faster than a speeding bullet, Tyler rides in a RamJet and races against Olympic champion Donovan Bailey.
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Episode 19 - Our Greatest Hits II
Release Date: 1999-01-23A collection of Tyler and Elisha's best and most exciting adventures from Season 2 of Popular Mechanics for Kids.
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Episode 20 - Creepy Crawlers
Release Date: 1999-01-30Tyler and Elisha discover what makes bugs both gross and fascinating.
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Episode 21 - Monster Trucks
Release Date: 1999-02-06Tyler and Elisha explore the world of monumental machines.
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Episode 22 - How Do They Do That?
Release Date: 1999-02-13The crew searches for answers to kid's most frequently asked questions and goes on adventures that have been suggested by young viewers.