Unlike many of my friends who have commented on the death of Don “Mr. Wizard” Herbert, I am old enough to have watched his first television show, way back in the late 1950’s/early 1960’s. The show had a profound effect on me and did more to encourage my interest in science than anything else.
Thank you, Mr. Wizard. You did good.
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While I’m not nearly as gnarled and ancient as you are, I did recall reading in the 1970s some of the Mr. Wizard science books that he wrote.
I also saw a few of the later scientific demonstrations he did on other shows (?Nickelodeon).
As a populizer for science and the scientific method to younger fans (heck, there were at one time 50 THOUSAND “Mr. Wizard” scientific fan clubs by 1965. This is a tremendous loss in many ways, and there really is no one else filling this void at this time.
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I am more than jealous of you getting to see “Watch Mr. Wizard,” which ceased production shortly before I was born… “Mr. Wizard’s World” on Nick was weak tea. And I’m remembering a color version of a Mr. Wizard show on NBC in the mid-Seventies, but I might be out-o-my-skull.
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While I’m not nearly as gnarled and ancient as you are, I did recall reading in the 1970s some of the Mr. Wizard science books that he wrote.
I also saw a few of the later scientific demonstrations he did on other shows (?Nickelodeon).
As a populizer for science and the scientific method to younger fans (heck, there were at one time 50 THOUSAND “Mr. Wizard” scientific fan clubs by 1965. This is a tremendous loss in many ways, and there really is no one else filling this void at this time.
::B::
I am more than jealous of you getting to see “Watch Mr. Wizard,” which ceased production shortly before I was born… “Mr. Wizard’s World” on Nick was weak tea. And I’m remembering a color version of a Mr. Wizard show on NBC in the mid-Seventies, but I might be out-o-my-skull.