Comments on: Mr. Wizard

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 07:43:56 +0000

Another fact about ‘Beakman’s World’: The two penguins were named Don and Herbert, I assume in homage of our Mr. Wizard.

Another such homage was on ‘Dinosaurs’ was a science show called “Mr. Lizard”, where the catchphrase was always ‘We’re gonna need another Timmy!’

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:03:55 +0000

I was 8 when Mr. Wizard’s World debuted on Nick and I remember that being one of the few non-cartoon shows I was interested in at that age. I remember being intensely disappointed when I found out that the episodes were taped in Alberta, Canada – more than a few miles from my home in Mississippi – and that I’d never have the chance to be on the show and do experiments with him.

Bill Nye appears to be the successor to Don Herbert’s legacy and while I thoroughly appreciate what Nye does and has done, nobody (imho) could do it better than Mr. Wizard.

By: Doc

Doc — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:47:32 +0000

Mr. Wizard was one of my two childhood heroes – he showed us that science and technology were fun and useful and contibuted to the common good. I credit my going into the technology fields to his influence.

My other hero was Hopalong Cassiday.

Both taught me to always question self-proclaimed authority. Find the answers for yourself. Maybe that wasn’t their plan, but I learned it from them anyway.

Doc Stuart

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:38:30 +0000

That makes me so sad! I was also a big Mr. Wizard fan back in the day. Later, there was Beakman’s World, which was good and in the same “science is fun” vein, but lacked Mr. Wizard’s simple charm.

By: Jason!

Jason! — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:13:25 +0000

No! That’s horrible! Mr. Wizard was awesome… that’s really a shame. He’s one of the influences that got me into science in the first place. I’m sure he’ll be missed.

I wish kids had something similar to his show nowadays…

By: lee

lee — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:13:03 +0000

there is a great feature on him at the latimes.com website