- "Beakman's World" was shot on tape but is made to look like film through a process called "film finish".
- When "Beakman's World" was on the air, the show received over 1,000 letters a week from children, adults and educators all over the United States, Canada, and as far away as Sweden.
- Lester's foam rubber and fake fur rat costume weighs 30 pounds and has a 6 foot-long tail.
- The Penguins are named Don and Herb, after Don Herbert who starred as Mr. Wizard in "Watch Mr. Wizard," the 1951-55 science show.
- Mark Ritts (Lester) was one of the puppeteers behind the Penguins.
- Beakman's lab coat was specially made with extra pockets add shoulder pads, and it is dyed with his signature neon green.
- "Beakman's World" printed its scripts on recycled paper and uses both sides of the page.
- There are over 5,000 sound effects in every half hour episode.
- Paul Zaloom (Beakman) is the first recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship – a grant awarded to support the work of creative artists – to star in a television series.
- Lester may be the only rodent with a Harvard education. Mark Ritts, the actor/puppeteer who plays Lester graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in English literature in 1968.
- Eliza Schneider (Liza) was Rochester, New York's spelling bee champ and a junior high winning pole valuter.
- In June, 1994 Paul Zaloom testified before the House Telecommunications & Finance subcommittee hearing on children's television in Washington D.C.
