Anyone remember "Mr. Wizard" ?

[AG3Y]

I have been seeing some of the other threads discussing some of the old programs that were found on the television networks before the days of Japanese Animation Cartoons, and "GameBoys" came along to spoil our kids imaginations!

I can remember watching Don Herbert, "Mr. Wizard" and being just transfixed by his experiments that were done either "live" or in a real-time filmed setting.

Sometimes things didn't always go exactly as expected, but Herbert always had a way of using even the "glitches" to his advantage as he taught his young disciples the principals of the scientific method, and the fundamentals of Physics and Chemistry.

His programs were not necessarily aimed directly at amateur radio per sae, but his methods and demeanor were very impressionable on this young person's mind!

I wonder who you might have turned to when you were trying to make heads and tails out of your young world? Who encouraged you down the path you took to adulthood, or whatever stage of life you are in now ?

It should be interesting to hear from you all!

BTW, the "Noggin" cable channel is featuring some old kinescopes of the original programs!

73 from Jim AG3Y

[W0LC]

Who?

[AG3Y]

This is WHO ! (http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/W/htmlW/watchmrwiz/watchmrwiz.htm)

[w3bny]

I remember Mr. Clean Mrs. Bunnie made me use it on the kitchen floor just yesterday. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[K0RGR]

Actually, that was "Mr. Wizard" this is "Who":

"WHO" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/)

[N7AAO]

Quote[/b] (K0RGR @ Oct. 13 2004,11:18)]Actually, that was "Mr. Wizard" this is "Who":

"WHO" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/)
No, that's Doctor WHO!

"The" Who was a band...

WHO is short for World Health Organization...

And, don't forget... WHO is on First! http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[w3bny]

Actually,

Yer all wrong.

This is Mr. Hoo!

http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/graphics/greatf.jpg

HOO-HOO http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[N7AAO]

Quote[/b] (KB3JLZ @ Oct. 13 2004,11:50)]Actually,

Yer all wrong.

This is Mr. Hoo!

http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/graphics/greatf.jpg

HOO-HOO #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
Who you saying Hoo too? http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[w3bny]

Who? Oh HOO...

Not you? :blush:

[KA7RRA]

I remember Mr Wizard I used to watched all the time...

I think TV was a lot better back then than it is now

KA7RRA

[K4JSR]

Bill, K0RGR, please say hello to your Dahlek, Clementine
for me.

Actually, Mr. Wizard was my hero as a youth. I never new that he really was a WWII hero.
It is hard to believe that a veteran of WWII could be
so patient and gentle. However most of the ones that
I know have always been patient and gentle. Not an easy
task when having to deal with the likes of me! http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/blues.gif

My hat is off to all American and Allied Veterans.
Thank all of you from the bottom of my heart! http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/unclesam.gif

73, Cal K4JSR

[W0LC]

Quote[/b] (AG3Y @ Oct. 13 2004,10:56)]This is WHO ! (http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/W/htmlW/watchmrwiz/watchmrwiz.htm)
Sorry. Who? Never heard of him.

[AG3Y]

I bet I could do a poll on those that remember "Mr. Wizard" and those that don't and find that the age split is right at about 50 ! I graduated from High School the year "Mr. Wizard" went off the air. I guess I was too busy at that time to miss him, but I do get a kick out of the old programs, even now! Yes, I sure do miss having the likes of Don Herbert, and Fred Rogers around !

73 , Jim

[K7JBQ]

Jim,

I'll bet the "over" is higher than that.
I used to watch it, so you know which side of the divide I'm on.

73,
Bill

[K7JBQ]

Postscript:

I just had an interesting thought: Imagine a sequel, starring our own Orv.

Of course, it would be retitled: "Read the Book, Dumba$$"

73,
Bill

[WB2WIK]

I liked Mr. Wizard, and watched the show all the time.

It was in black and white, and initially produced before the days of video tape, so you got to see it "live," at least the first time. That's one of the things that made old TV so cool. If they made mistakes, they figured out ways to deal with it rather than do a re-take. No re-takes when you're live.

Of course, I think Herbert was almost solely responsible for the expression, "Don't try this at home, kids!"

I was very fortunate to have a 6th grade Science teacher who was superb and encouraged lab experiments that were often very similar to what "Mr. Wizard" was doing. That was great fun. Especially when we tricked the teacher and bleached his skin with potassium permaganate. Darn, that stuff just doesn't wash off.

WB2WIK/6

[N0KLT]

Actually, they brought back Don Herber/Mr Wizard for a short time when my son was younger. I don't remember how old my son would have been or how long ago this was, but I know I was all excited that they were bringing the show back. My son was less then excited by the show, I guess his laid back style didn't play as well with the newer generations of kids. My guess would have been about 20 yrs ago maybe only 15, I really don't have anything to tie the time frame to. I do know the show was not on long. Don looked and sounded just about the same except a little thinner up top and thicker down lower and somewhat grayer. I know I used to try to never miss one of his shows when I was a kid. And how I envied the kids who got to help him in the lab and field experiments.

Gary NØKLT

[WD8OQX]

Quote[/b] ]

Not content to rest on his laurels, in 1984 Herbert developed an updated and faster-paced Mr. Wizard's World that was seen three times a week on Nickelodeon, the children's cable network.


I remember this one - my stepsons (at the time) & I really liked watching this - I think we ALL learned something.....

Back in those days, you had 3 networks to choose from. If you were lucky to live where there were 3. We had one station that came in, about 150 miles away in Buffalo. It went all statiked up every airplane that went over. Or at least we thought it was planes. Probably just tropo conditions. So if Mr. Wizard was on that channel, we got to see him. Think we did sometimes. Say kids, what time is it?
N7SYY

[W5MEJ]

Yes, I remember "Mr. Wizard." #My favorite, though, is Julius Sumner Miller. #He had the "Why is it so?" program, and then "Demonstrations in Physics." #The local PBS station still plays episodes of "Demonstrations in Physics" from time to time, usually late at night, and I will sit up and watch as long as they will play them.

Good Stuff!

Chuck

[W5NIG]

Interestingly enough I was watching Mister Wizard on satellite just a few days ago! I don't remember what network it was on though...

The YL asked me what I was watching and I told her and I got the blank stare. Guess she missed out on this good stuff!

M@

[K3UD]

Wathed Mr. Wizard quite a bit in the late 50s through the early 60s. Thanks for the tip about Noggin.

Also,

At some point someone was doing a parody of Mr. Wizard called Mr. Science. For some reason I think it was SNL but does anyone else remember it?

73
George
K3UD

[N0KLT]

On the lines of Mr Wizard, a show I thought was good on ETV was Adam's Apple, sort of an updated and higher tech Mr Wizard. They had several different crew members, sometimes an audience, as I remember. I know I watched it with my son as he was growing up. They had everything from basic science projects that could be done in the kitchen to NASA or JPL things. People sent in questions or situations, if I remember correctly and they tried to cover the answers on the show. Good educational stuff and usually very entertaining also. But I still think Mr Wizard was the best and most fun. I guess it was because back then, as someone earlier said, we only had 3 networks and most of the time couldnt get all 3 at the same time where I lived. At the time, Mr Wizard was like nothing else on the air and showed us things we had never seen before. Now we have who knows how many channels and how many shows competing to show us the same thing or type of thing.

And the answer to what time is it kids (from an earlier post) is : It's Hoody Doody Time

Gary NØKLT

[kb7aqd]

I recall "Mr. Wizard" when his show was on our local PBS outlet. Great show! And, no, Mom and Dad did not let me "try this at home". Metallic sodium...dropped into water...Hmmm...

I also recall a show with the synthesized theme song, "Popcorn". The adult host and child guests asked science questions of a room-sized computer comprised of a blue screen and a wall full of corrugated foam packing material.

The host had heavy sideburns, a 70's style orange-yellow wide collared shirt, a leather vest, denim bell-bottoms, and boots. Cannot recall the title, but the theme song sticks in my mind. Was it called "Earth Lab"?

"Big Blue Marble" featured children playing games, singing, and pursuing hobbies around the world. I was intrigued by their offer to provide addresses of worldwide pen pals, and they did their part...but the kids never answered any of the letters we sent! It was only years later that I became a ham operator, and completed the task the show suggested!


73
Robert

[ac3p]

Yep. Mr. Wizard was a favorite of mine in the 50's in black and white. That was in the pre-PBS days too.

Don Herbert was great.

Other favorite shows of the time was CBS's Omnibus, especially the Young People's Concert Series with Leonard Bernsteirn breaking down the major classical works for kids.

Kind of wondered how I got from there to Led Zeppelin.

Been a long strange trip.

[w5alt]

Quote[/b] (AG3Y @ Oct. 13 2004,13:53)]Who encouraged you down the path you took to adulthood, or whatever stage of life you are in now ?
Actually I have been drug down the path towards adulthood kicking and screaming the whole way. My wife and my boss swear I still haven't made it, but that's OK with me.

I did think Mr. Wizard was pretty cool, though. I only got in trouble a couple times trying to modify his experiments. None resulted in serious injury.

73,
Walt, W5ALT

[KA9VQF]

Don Hubert was on David Letterman in the last year or so. {unless I was seeing a really old repeat} They did a bit of the usual interview stuff and part of it was about how dangerous using hydrogen gas was. It would make a dandy fuel for cars but everyone knows what happened to the Hindenburg right?

They moved over to a bench that was set up on the stage to do some experiments with several balloons filled with hydrogen. When Dave asked where he had gotten the gas, Don replied that he had cracked off enough hydrogen to inflate the balloons back stage.

[K5CEY]

Remember when Mr. Wizard included the phrase "fcmb&b" in most of his episodes? As a side message, he always promoted the fact that the kids should always have a healthy breakfast of "fruit,cereal,milk,bread,and butter".
# #I sure miss Omnibus and Studio One. And Captain Video, Rocket Rangers,- Kukla,Fran,and Ollie, Science Fiction Theater, Johnny Jupiter, and blah blah blah.
# #Early-mid Fifties B&W TV was cool. (even on a 7 inch National TV-7 and later an RCA 10 inch 630).
# # # # # # # # # # #John

[AC4BB]

I loved Mr. Wizard when it was a new show. It's still on the air on The Discovery Science Channel. Last weekend there was a Mr. Wizard marathon I watched several hours of it and it was still fun. I had forgotten how to make a "tornado in a bottle and how to put an egg in a bottle". Hats off to you Don Herbert, and may your show live on in re-runs because it sure beats the crap out of anything MTV is doing.........

Bryan: AC4BB

[N0KLT]

Quote[/b] (AC4BB @ Oct. 18 2004,01:31)]I loved Mr. Wizard when it was a new show. It's still on the air on The Discovery Science Channel. Last weekend there was a Mr. Wizard marathon I watched several hours of it and it was still fun. I had forgotten how to make a "tornado in a bottle and how to put an egg in a bottle". Hats off to you Don Herbert, and may your show live on in re-runs because it sure beats the crap out of anything MTV is doing.........

Bryan: AC4BB
Heck, test patterns(remember those) beat what MTV has on the air.


Gary NØKLT

[AG3Y]

Quote[/b] (W5MEJ @ Oct. 14 2004,01:06)]Yes, I remember "Mr. Wizard." #My favorite, though, is Julius Sumner Miller. #He had the "Why is it so?" program, and then "Demonstrations in Physics." #The local PBS station still plays episodes of "Demonstrations in Physics" from time to time, usually late at night, and I will sit up and watch as long as they will play them.

Good Stuff!

Chuck
Now there was a guy that was a bit off the wall. I always thought that the old professor in the "Back to the Future" series was kind of modeled after him!

Yup, rolled up sleeves, hair all over the place, that kind of "wild" look in his eyes ( what eyes ! ) and that somewhat raspy voice, full of excitement!

The don't make 'em like that, anymore ! http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

73 from Jim http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif

[N1XHF]

I used to watch him as kid on Nickelodeon back when there used to be some actual decent programming on TV for children. (other than PBS)

[wa6itf]

Quote[/b] (AG3Y @ Oct. 13 2004,10:53)]I have been seeing some of the other threads discussing some of the old programs that were found on the television networks before the days of Japanese Animation Cartoons, and "GameBoys" came along to spoil our kids imaginations!

I can remember watching Don Herbert, "Mr. Wizard" and being just transfixed by his experiments that were done either "live" or in a real-time filmed setting.

Sometimes things didn't always go exactly as expected, but Herbert always had a way of using even the "glitches" to his advantage as he taught his young disciples the principals of the scientific method, and the fundamentals of Physics and Chemistry.

His programs were not necessarily aimed directly at amateur radio per sae, but his methods and demeanor were very impressionable on this young person's mind!

I wonder who you might have turned to when you were trying to make heads and tails out of your young world? Who encouraged you down the path you took to adulthood, or whatever stage of life you are in now ?

It should be interesting to hear from you all!

BTW, the "Noggin" cable channel is featuring some old kinescopes of the original programs!

73 from Jim AG3Y
Jim and all,

If you enjoyed "Watch Mr. Wizard" then you will be very happy to know that Don Herbert is still alive, well, living out here in California and far from retired. The last time I spoke to him -- about 16 months ago -- he was developing yet another offshoot to the original Mr. Wizard "franchaise."

By the way, there is a very remote ham radio connection to "Mr. Wizard." Actually two. First, I kind of remember Don once saying he had been a ham radio operator -- back in Chicago -- when the show originated from the Cereal Institute. He may have even mentioned his old call sign, but I cannot recall.

The other connection is a person who went to work for the "Watch Mr. Wizard" show as a "PA" or "Production Assistant" during his senior year in high school (1959) and then wen't up the ladder to where he was the shows Producer when it webt off the air in NYC. Thats my close buddy Henry, K2SSQ -- who is best known as the "inventor" of the "Umbrella Communicator" used by the space alien "ET" to "phone home" in the Spielberg movie of the same name.

But, perhapps, my fondest memory of Watch Mr Wizard was the Saturday in 1959 when I was visiting the set -- then at 30 Rockefeller Cebter -- the NBC Building. I too was still in high school. The show was done "live" to the East coast as videotape was not yet available or in budget for most programs. The rest of the country saw it on film delay using a process we called "Kinescope." A 16 mm optical sound film made using a special camera aimed at a tiny and very bright CRT monitor.

Anyhow, the "run through" had been flawless. Don and the little girl (actress Rita McLaughlin) were ready. I'm in the "booth" wearing a headset lent me by the Associate Director tuned to the "Stage PL" and I am enjoyimg myself to the fullest.

The Director counts down into the show. The off-stage announcer is cued and entones: "Watch Mr Wizard. Thats what all the kids in the neighborhood call him because he shows them the magic of science in everyday living. Now, hes is Mr. Wizard."

Don introduces the days topic. He starts the first experiment and it fails. He goes on to the next and it does not work either. And so it goes for the next 27 or 28 minutes. Just one of those days when nothing seemed to go right -- live -- in front of 3 cameras -- and only god knows how many viewers. But nobody cried or made excuses.

It was early TV. Live TV. Real and in real time. Everyone just smiled -- and broke into a wider grin when the Technical Director -- a guy named "Stoddy" took off his headset and quipped: "Maybe we should have filmed the runthrough."

And for this scribe, it was the moment that I knew my "grown up" career would be working in the broadcast bizzz. And thats the way it has been for the last 40+ years. So I guess you could say that "Mr Wizard" impacted my life in a different way from most -- and kind of lead me to where I am today.

de
Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF

[wa6itf]

Call this a P-S: I just did a "Google" search and the very first item up was a short history on both Don Herbert and the Watch Mr. Wizard program. The URL is:

http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/W/htmlW/watchmrwiz/watchmrwiz.htm

While it contains a list of a few of the principals involved with the show, two not mentioned are Henry Feinberg, K2SSQ , who as I said rose from a part-timer to one of the Producers. Nor does it mention the rather amazing Florence Horn, who was the Office Manager for Don Herbert's Prism Productions -- and who culd pull of any last minute miracle needed by a TV show to get on the air. I can also hapilly tell you that both of these people are alive, well and still residing in the NY - NJ Metro area.

[KC0KBH]

I have a MR. Wizard book.

[AG3Y]

Now that's what I call AMAZING ! Here is a young man that wasn't even alive ( if my math is correct ) when "Mr. Wizard" was on the air "live", and his life has been influenced by Don Herbert! I could only wish that I would be able to say that my life has that lasting and significant an impact, but I don't imagine that it ever will!

Well, keep up the good work, welcome to the wonderful world of Ham Radio! I hope we can have a chat on the air some day !

73, Jim

[ka6gjn]

You bet I remember him (age 57) (me, I mean). I remember his "new" show in the 80's, but don't think I ever saw it. I can't say for sure if my interest in science led to me watching him, or it was he who stimulated my interest in science, but the fascination has never waned. Even as a kid, it was one of the only tv shows I would go out of my way to watch.

Being on the west coast, I only got to see the film versions, of course, but I do remember experiments failing. But the show kept on going, and I learned the principles he was teaching. And did I ever envy his assistants.

There is a show with a "modern" format, which does much the same thing, probably on PBS. It's "Bill Nye the Science Guy," I think. My understanding is that he is/was an engineer or scientist with Boeing in Seattle -- Ok, Redmond, and I think Boeing still subsidizes the show.

I was at the Ford Museum in Michigan a few years ago, and they had a tent set up with presentations by "Mr. Wizard." I was disappointed, but not surprised, that the presenter was an "assistant," and not the real Mr. Wizard, but the show was just as captivating as ever. I brought my kids along for cover.

My wife was a great Mr. Wizard fan, too. She turned into a musician, though. Go figure.

There were two other science shows that I loved. One was Science in Action, with Dr. Earl S. Harold, who was, I think, curator of the natural science museum in San Francisco (the name escapes me at the moment), or maybe the aquarium. The other must have been a show dedicated to medicine. I don't remember the host, but I do remember the backdrop was a "view" of the Golden Gate bridge, and the opening music was a Sousa march. Does anybody else remember those?

KA6GJN

[KC0NBW]

Quote[/b] (N0KLT @ Oct. 14 2004,07:32)]And the answer to what time is it kids (from an earlier post) #is : It's Hoody Doody Time

Gary NØKLT
? http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

it was "howdy doody time" in minnesota http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif

who can name the characters ?

[N0KLT]

Hoody Doody
Buffalo Bob Smith
Clarabell the Clown
Dilly Dally
Chief Thunderthud
Princess SummerFallWinterSpring
Phineas T. Bluster
are the only ones that come to mind right now plus I can remember some long shaggy goofy looking puppet thing that I can't for the life of me Remember the name for.

I am sure there were other characters but I am drawing a blank on any of them right now. Didn't Mr Bluster have a nephew? Too many years and too many grey hairs sapping my memory. All quiet in the Peanut Gallery these days. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[KC0NBW]

Quote[/b] (N0KLT @ Jan. 16 2005,18:30)]Hoody Doody
Buffalo Bob Smith
Clarabell the Clown
Dilly Dally
Chief Thunderthud
Princess SummerFallWinterSpring
Phineas T. Bluster
are the only ones that come to mind right now plus I can remember some long shaggy goofy looking puppet thing that I can't for the life of me Remember the name for.

I am sure there were other characters but I am drawing a blank on any of them right now. Didn't Mr Bluster have a nephew? Too many years and too many grey hairs sapping my memory. All quiet in the Peanut Gallery these days. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
flubadub ! a mixture of several different animals.

who played the first clarabell?

[wa6itf]

I just got a note and a great URL for all you Mr. Wizard fans. Don Herbert has a new website where he sells some of the old shows and some teacher training material The URL is http://www.mrwizardstudios.com You will also find his bio there and information on a new book he has written.

Enjoy!

de
Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF
ARNewsline, Inc.

[N0KLT]

Quote[/b] (KC0NBW @ Jan. 16 2005,19:39)]who played the first clarabell?
Bob Keeshan wasn't it? aka The Captain aka Captain Kangaroo.

Yeah, Flub-a-dub. He looked like a duckbill platypus crossed with a feather boa that had some giraffe in its background if i remember correctly.

Now stop stretching this poor old brain cells. Thinking like this hurts!! http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[KC0NBW]

yep, it was the captain himself!

as far as the stretching, we all need the exercize!http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif

[KC0NBW]

i just looked it up in the imdb and keeshan was not the first clarabell!

another interesting point was william shatner was on the show for a while too!
i never knew that! http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif

[AG3Y]

Quote[/b] (ka6gjn @ Jan. 16 2005,19:54)]There is a show with a "modern" format, which does much the same thing, probably on PBS. #It's "Bill Nye the Science Guy," I think. #My understanding is that he is/was an engineer or scientist with Boeing in Seattle -- Ok, Redmond, and I think Boeing still subsidizes the show. #
The presence that "Mr. Wizard" and "Bill Nye" have on the tube are diametrically opposite. #I suspect that this is also a reflection of the time in which the two shows have been produced.

Don Herbert was always careful, methodical, and had a very "laid back" approach to his experiments and program.

Bill Nye, on the other hand, flits around the set, uses electronic cuts and other production techniques that would have been impossible to do in Herbert's time, and would not have suited Herbert's personality and style at all, anyway!

Which do I prefer? #I guess, considering I am an O.T. , that I would have to go with Don Herbert. #But I am glad that someone such as Nye, is attempting to make science "popular" and relevant in the lives of today's teens and pre-teens. #Someone has to do it, and he seems to have a knack at it !

73, Jim

[W0LC]

Again, Who?

Never heard of him. I led a sheltered life!
Only caught the three stooges on TV back then, along with 12 O-clock High, Rat Patrol, Garrison's Guriellas, Hogan's Heros, Combat! Clut series to be sure!

[kl7aj]

Of course I remember Mr. Wizard! We used to watch him every Wednesday in Fifth Grade science. (The only time we were allowed to watch TV in class http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Eric

[n2nh]

Quote[/b] (W0LC @ Jan. 17 2005,12:31)]Again, Who?

Never heard of him. I led a sheltered life!
Only caught the three stooges on TV back then, along with 12 O-clock High, Rat Patrol, Garrison's Guriellas, Hogan's Heros, Combat! Clut series to be sure!
That's just a tad ahead of my time as is Kookla, Fran and Ollie, but I'm surprised nobody remembers Soupy Sales and how big he was. It was allegedly the only show the Rat Pack Appeared on, as well as the show the Rolling Stones did their first US appearance.

John/N2NH

[kb2iof]

I sure do! It was one of my favorite shows. Although, when I grew up watching it, I believe Mr. Wizard was someone else on Nickelodean in the 80's. I remember my mom getting me a T-shirt from the show for me...man was I exstatic!!


Jerry A. Greene
JAG Music, Multimedia & Publishing
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[ka6gjn]

A funny thing happened to me on the way . . .

Actually I was sitting down, having lunch yesterday with a friend who is a computer forensics expert. While he was showing the waiter how to make a rocket out of a tea bag,he said, "I've been fascinated with science (Well, duh! I mean he's a computer forensics expert!) all my life. Do you remember Mr. Wizard?"

Uh, yeah.

It makes you wonder, doesn't it? My generation, and all that have followed, actually, have been deeply impacted by Sputnik, and everything that arose from it. But just how much impact did Mr. Wizard have on those of us who grew up with a thirst for the very knowledge so essential, not just to the "space race," but to the entire, breathtaking pace of technology, and all that comes with it, that we have experienced? Judging from the fascinating posts to this thread, and my friend's comments, we owe him a lot.

Bill, WA6ITF, I doubt that Don Herbert is aware of this thread. Maybe you could print it, or something, and send it to him. Tell him "thanks" from those of us whom he influnced.

[wa6itf]

Quote[/b] (ka6gjn @ Jan. 22 2005,12:43)]Bill, WA6ITF, I doubt that Don Herbert is aware of this thread. Maybe you could print it, or something, and send it to him. Tell him "thanks" from those of us whom he influnced.
I already have.

[KI4LZK]

Quote[/b] (K7JBQ @ Oct. 13 2004,14:20)]Jim,

I'll bet the "over" is higher than that.
I used to watch it, so you know which side of the divide I'm on.

73,
Bill
I watched Mr. Wizard and I am only 18.
My dad used to work nights at a packing house in Great Bend, KS he would come home and wake me up and we would watch gomer pile and then Mr. Wizard. I miss that show. The Local library has copies of all the episodes he did, I check one out everyonce in a while just to see them.

Great TV

[w3bny]

I keep a can of Mr. Wizard in the upstairs bathroom next to my QRZ magazines