Who remembers Mr. Wizard?

[debodun]

His actual name was Don Herbert. He had a TV show in the 1950s & 60s (which was also rebooted in the 1980s) that demonstrated scientific topics geared for young people. he lived to be 89 passing in June 2007. As a project in 7th grade, students had to write letters to celebrities. As one of my subjects, I chose Mr. Herbert. I received a nice letter and photo from him. I think he had some influence on me choosing a career that was scientifically orientated.

 

[moviequeen1]

I remember watching that show

 

[GoodEnuff]

Me, too! It was so good!

 

[IrishEyes]

I loved watching him, he made science interesting

 

[JustDave]

I got a Mr. Wizard Science Secrets Set for Christmas once. You could do many interesting things with it. I barely scratched the surface. It came with a hard back book to explain what you could do, and also explained a lot of other things as well. I spent more time with the book than I did with the set.

 

[JustDave]

His actual name was Don Herbert. He had a TV show in the 1950s & 60s (which was also rebooted in the 1980s) that demonstrated scientific topics geared for young people. he lived to be 89 passing in June 2007. As a project in 7th grade, students had to write letters to celebrities. As one of my subjects, I chose Mr. Herbert. I received a nice letter and photo from him. I think he had some influence on me choosing a career that was scientifically orientated.

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Major cool for a kid. An important letter you obviously kept.

 

[Llynn]

I was a fan of his show.