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Mr. Wizard dies, results from the afterlife forthcoming
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He filled me with warm, fuzzy feelings of science in my youth. An interest n the natural world. I wonder if anyone else would like to share their childhood memories.
Mr. Wizard made me more interested in learning about science than eight years of public school teachers and a year's worth of college science courses...good night sweet prince
This is really sad news, I agree with SpecialMiek. I think his show did more for children's interest in science than most schools, or much else for that matter.
I remember watching this early in the morning before school. I always wished I could get my hands on some dry ice, or that computer trivia game they would play, haha.
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Agreed, between the show, and some book full of Mr Wizard experiments to try at home I got as a kid, I found more interest in science than anything in school ever brought me.
Though on hindsight the idea of an older gentleman inviting youngsters to his home for...special experiments...is a little creepy, Mr. Wizard was awesome. Youngsters today have Bill Nye and Mythbusters and Planet Earth and that Alton Brown guy on the Food Network, all of which do fine work in bringing science to the masses, but Mr. Wizard was the best.
Since it hasn't been mentioned yet, his name was Don Herbert. My friends and I took some sort of geekish pleasure in knowing that and referring to him as such instead of the plebian "Mr. Wizard."
Though on hindsight the idea of an older gentleman inviting youngsters to his home for...special experiments...is a little creepy, Mr. Wizard was awesome. Youngsters today have Bill Nye and Mythbusters and Planet Earth and that Alton Brown guy on the Food Network, all of which do fine work in bringing science to the masses, but Mr. Wizard was the best.
Bill Nye is still around? I assumed he vanished ages ago.
My favorite episode was on displacement, and he was making this kid get in a barrel of water. The kid obviously didn't want to do it. He was screaming about how cold the water was and Don was like, "Get in the fucking barrel, brat!" and then they had to cut and come back because the kid refused to go under.
10. Let's flush a canned ham down the toilet
9. Will your head fit here?
8. What happens when you lick a wasp's nest?
7. Getting free HBO
6. How many beers before you make a pass at Bea Arthur?
5. How much Crisco can you eat?
4. Substituting Folgers Crystals for freshly brewed coffee
3. Dressing like *Mrs.* Wizard
2. Big pockets for super shoplifting
1. Those two flight attendants in Dallas
Thanks, Mr. Wizard, for bringing some light into our lives and making science fun.
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ShogunHair long; money long; me and broke wizards we don't get alongRegistered Userregular
edited June 2007
My favorite episode was the one where he explained to this kid how you could take a sheet of paper and cut it into a circle that was six feet in diameter or some shit. I thought to myself at the time (age 11 or so) it couldn't be done and I was confident in that assumption. Naturally he proved my ass wrong in thirty seconds, but the show made me think about things. It was a good show, and if they had gotten a bigger budget I bet some crazy cool shit could've come out of it.
My favorite episode was on displacement, and he was making this kid get in a barrel of water. The kid obviously didn't want to do it. He was screaming about how cold the water was and Don was like, "Get in the fucking barrel, brat!" and then they had to cut and come back because the kid refused to go under.
Haha, I remember that one.
I loved the one where he turned into a skeleton and scared the shit out of the kid, before showing him how to do it.
Though on hindsight the idea of an older gentleman inviting youngsters to his home for...special experiments...is a little creepy, Mr. Wizard was awesome. Youngsters today have Bill Nye and Mythbusters and Planet Earth and that Alton Brown guy on the Food Network, all of which do fine work in bringing science to the masses, but Mr. Wizard was the best.
Bill Nye is still around? I assumed he vanished ages ago.
Man, I haven't seen Bill Nye in years. But in related news, I'm pretty sure Beakman's World is still on network television.
I remember the Mr. Wizard where he dipped the metal container in dry ice after heating it.. something like that.. and it collapsed to a lot of wow reactions. Also when he would wrap huge fricking soap bubbles around kids.
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MorninglordI'm tired of being Batman,so today I'll be Owl.Registered Userregular
edited June 2007
I am too young to remember this man and it is sad that I only learn about the great things he has done after he is already gone.
To his life.
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Though on hindsight the idea of an older gentleman inviting youngsters to his home for...special experiments...is a little creepy, Mr. Wizard was awesome. Youngsters today have Bill Nye and Mythbusters and Planet Earth and that Alton Brown guy on the Food Network, all of which do fine work in bringing science to the masses, but Mr. Wizard was the best.
Bill Nye is still around? I assumed he vanished ages ago.
Man, I haven't seen Bill Nye in years. But in related news, I'm pretty sure Beakman's World is still on network television.
Yep, I think it's at least still syndicated. Don't know if they're still making it.
Though on hindsight the idea of an older gentleman inviting youngsters to his home for...special experiments...is a little creepy, Mr. Wizard was awesome. Youngsters today have Bill Nye and Mythbusters and Planet Earth and that Alton Brown guy on the Food Network, all of which do fine work in bringing science to the masses, but Mr. Wizard was the best.
Bill Nye is still around? I assumed he vanished ages ago.
Man, I haven't seen Bill Nye in years. But in related news, I'm pretty sure Beakman's World is still on network television.
Yep, I think it's at least still syndicated. Don't know if they're still making it.
No, the show got canceled back in 2003-2004. After that Nye taught at Cornell for a couple years, I'm not sure what he's doing now.
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I loved that show, and that guy.
I remember watching this early in the morning before school. I always wished I could get my hands on some dry ice, or that computer trivia game they would play, haha.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
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Bill Nye is still around? I assumed he vanished ages ago.
Haven't you heard? Science and reasoning are dead. It's all about t3h jesus now.
Thanks, Mr. Wizard, for bringing some light into our lives and making science fun.
rip Mr. Herbert
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Seriously. I thought he died at least a decade ago.
Haha, I remember that one.
I loved the one where he turned into a skeleton and scared the shit out of the kid, before showing him how to do it.
Remember that bit from 'Dinosaurs'?
"You light that fuse, Timmy, while I step behind this lead shield..."
Man, I haven't seen Bill Nye in years. But in related news, I'm pretty sure Beakman's World is still on network television.
I remember the Mr. Wizard where he dipped the metal container in dry ice after heating it.. something like that.. and it collapsed to a lot of wow reactions. Also when he would wrap huge fricking soap bubbles around kids.
To his life.
Yep, I think it's at least still syndicated. Don't know if they're still making it.
Still, the death of any populizer of science is a great loss; there are too few of them as it is.
No, the show got canceled back in 2003-2004. After that Nye taught at Cornell for a couple years, I'm not sure what he's doing now.
There are DVDs of both his original black and white show, and the more recent one from 1980's Nickelodeon.
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