Tv's Mr. Wizard passes.

[markw]

No, I'm not talking about Harrry's father. I'm talking about the guy whose TV show in the 50's and 60's most likely had a lot to do with some of us old farts getting hooked on science and the like.

http://www.comcast.net/entertainment/index.jsp?cat=ENTERTAINMENT&fn=/2007/06/12/687958.html

They don't make 'em like him anymore.

 

[Resident Loser]

Imagine that...

No, I'm not talking about Harrry's father. I'm talking about the guy whose TV show in the 50's and 60's most likely had a lot to do with some of us old farts getting hooked on science and the like.

http://www.comcast.net/entertainment/index.jsp?cat=ENTERTAINMENT&fn=/2007/06/12/687958.html

They don't make 'em like him anymore.

...a tee-vee show that made you think! Of course, there are some prerequisites on the part of the viewer for such a show to work and nowadays, uh...I remember watching faithfully, I think it was Saturday mornings.

But, "toys" were different too...Way more educational than the current stuff...Building blocks, Tinkertoys, Lincoln Logs...things like that caused you to imagine in a positve manner IMO and stimulated creativity. Erector sets, chemistry sets...and heck, I had a hand-me-down, three-power microscope when I was eight or nine...endlessly fascinating how a piece of tissue or a really thin slice of potato looked under that level of magnification...Did someone say gyroscope?

Now it seems to be how many laser-totin' mechanical lizards can you zap?

jimHJJ(...and then, of course, there were crystal radios, etc...)

 

[Tomorrow]

I spent many saturday mornings watching him teach me how to make volcanos, baking soda powered submarines, generate electricity, etc. Then I'd watch Tom Corbett, Space Ranger. And then I got old.

Mr. Wizard will be missed by many of us early boomers. And yep, nowadays actually learning something on tv in the U.S. is strictly against FCC regulations, I think.

 

[Tomorrow]

Here's the first book I ever bought with my own money. This guy started me on my trek to study physics at UC Berkeley, lol.

By the way, it's personally signed by Don Herbert. I got it through a Kellogg's cereal box offer. The thing is even gold embossed with my name on the cover. Pretty cool for an 8 year old, I thought at the time.

 

[Audioholics]

He's certainly no Barney, Teletubby or Doodle-Bop, but I suppose he'll still be missed for what meager contributions he made to TV back when they didn't have such sophisticated programming as they have now...*






*For you COMPLETE imbeciles reading this, this is sarcasm.