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Mr. Wizard is dead...
Don Herbert, aka Mr. Wizard, dead at 89
Don Herbert taught science on television to kids on the 1951-1964 series Watch Mr. Wizard. I was a little young to remember that show, but I do
remember watching him when the show was revived in the 1980s as Mr. Wizard's World. There was also another version of the show in Canada titled Mr.
Wizard that ran from 1971-1975, and a short-lived ABC Saturday morning show in 1971 called Curiosity Shop.
The science shows weren't the only TV shows that Herbert was on. He started as an actor in the 1950s and appeared on General Electric Theater. He was
also a guest on the very first episode of Late Night with David Letterman on February 1, 1982. There have been many parodies of Mr. Wizard over the
years, including skits from Bob and Ray and the police lab guy on Police Squad!
Herbert died of bone cancer near Los Angeles on Tuesday.
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i remember him being on nickelodeon when we first got cable when i was a kid
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| Quote: | Originally posted by juandiablo
i remember him being on nickelodeon when we first got cable when i was a kid |
Me too. The kids on the show were always pretty lame but he did great w/ them. I rember one experiment that proved 10 inches of snow equals one inch
of rain.
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He was no doubt the inspiration for Beakman's World. Anyone remember that?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DaveMoral
He was no doubt the inspiration for Beakman's World. Anyone remember that? |
Beakman was awesome!!
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Indeed, never yet seen a wackier science show than that one.
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i miss the days of nickelodeon and being a kid
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I remember watching Mr Wizard when I was a kid, though it was in the 80s and early 90s yet they didn't look from the 70's lol. Was a wicked show.
Didn't like Beakman much, Bill Nye was awesome though.
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When I was a young ass lad I remember catching him on at at the wee'est hours of the morning.
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