Popular Mechanics for Kids
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Popular Mechanics for Kids (sometimes shortened to PMK) was a Canadian children's television series, based on the magazine Popular Mechanics. The show's purpose was to teach young kids how things work. It aired between 1997 and 2001 on Global. It is most notable for starting the careers of Elisha Cuthbert, Tyler Kyte (who started in the second series) and Jay Baruchel. Jay was replaced after season 1 by Tyler Kyte. They were later joined by Vanessa Lengies, though none of her segments featured the other cast members. It currently airs on Discovery Kids Canada and BBC Kids. It also starred Charles Powell as Charlie.
The show was filmed in Montreal, and is currently distributed on home video/DVD by Koch Vision.
It also aired in the United States in syndication.
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- Maniac Brainiac
- Cool Tool
- Charlie's Experiment/Tip
- Mechanix with Nix and Tix, later known as just Nix & Tix (it was a mini cartoon segment with a boy named Nix and a dog named Tix)
- Action!
- Coming Up on PMK
- Rewind and Fast Forward
- FACTory
- Under the Hood
- Gear Gutz
- Sparks
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