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when I woke up this morning Mr. Wizard was dead

by John at 6/13/2007 04:41:00 PM

Don Herbert died last night. He was 89.

Back in Junior High, Steve and I used to leave school at lunch time, walk to my house, eat some soup, and watch What Will They Think of Next* and, I think, Mr. Wizard's World (the 80's incarnation of his science show for kids), on cable TV. Or maybe we watched Mr. Wizard after school. The memories are getting fuzzier as I get older. I do recall trying to make a steam-powered jet boat out of a tin can and a candle, and a hot air ballon out of a paper bag and some liquor.

Anyway, I can't do him justice, but Mr. Wizard was a different caliber - Bill Nye the Science Guy was probably his rightful heir, although he was never as cool and understated as Mr. Wizard. Beakman? That guy was a hyperactive DayGlo® twit.

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* Hosted by Joe Campanella, whose son went to highschool with Wendy.

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