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Saturday, June 23, 2007

Don Herbert a.k.a. "Mr. Wizard" still is teaching.

Mr. Wizard Studios - Home Page

Don Herbert - aka Mr. Wizard Mr. Wizard - Then & Now. This is the official website for Television's One & Only "Mr. Wizard"... owned & operated by Mr.Wizard ... www.mrwizardstudios.com/

When we keep the things that people have done in their life alive they never truly are forgotten. As I have said before. We keep those we love alive by remembering them, speaking of them, and sharing them. This does not change throughout history. So thus I remember to post these things for you not to forget and have the opportunity to still enjoy him. LI


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It is with deep sadness that we regret to announce the passing of Don Herbert - the one and only "Mr. Wizard". Don lost his battle with cancer today, June 12, 2007, at 9 AM Pacific Daylight Time - slightly more than one month shy of his 90th birthday. He was lovingly surrounded by his family, who are at once, saddened by his passing, and relieved that he is no longer suffering.

We all feel extremely lucky to have had him in our lives and to have known and worked with Don over the years. We have also been tremendously honored to carry on his legacy as an original and truly legendary figure in the worlds of both Television and Science Education. He has been inspirational and influential in so many ways and on so many lives and we are comforted in the fact that his ground breaking work and legacy will continue to inspire many more people for years to come.

Thank you so much to all of you for your support and sympathy.

Sincerely, The Family

For those of you who would like to share your thoughts on Don Herbert or anything Mr. Wizard related, we've decided to add a guestbook for your convenience. Follow this link for the Official Mr. Wizard Studios Guestbook.

We've also posted a new blog at the following link: The Official Mr. Wizard Studios Blog.

We're honored to report that Don has been honored by a resolution in the US House of Representatives.
Here are 2 links where you can "read all about it":
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=3294833
http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4513

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Selected Episodes from the original "Watch Mr. Wizard" Television Show are Now Available on DVD!! Click the photo above for more information on this timeless, classic piece of Television History.

Volumes 1 through 8 Now Available
32 Episodes in All!!

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Don Herbert - aka Mr. Wizard
Mr. Wizard - Then & Now

This is the official website for Television's One & Only "Mr. Wizard"... owned & operated by Mr.Wizard himself, Don Herbert.

Don conceived and wrote the 'Watch Mr.Wizard' show that first aired on National Television in 1951 on NBC.

At this site you will find a wealth of information about the various Shows and Projects that Mr. Wizard has brought to you for more than 50 Golden Years.

Watch Mr. Wizard DVD Product Photo

Selected Episodes from the "Mr. Wizard's World" TV show that was originally seen on Nickelodeon are Now Available on DVD! Click the photo above for more information on this groundbreaking Cable TV show from the 80's and 90's.

Volumes 1 through 8 Now Available
32 Episodes in All!!

Click to hear Mr. Wizard!!

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Friday, June 22, 2007

Mr. Wizard made learning science interesting. RIP

June 13, 2007 Found on blondeheroine's blog.

When TV had quality shows. I remember this teacher. Sad news that we all are born to do one thing for sure. LI

Mr. Wizard - A Sad Day for Kids of the 80s

Let me take you back a little bit. About twenty or so years (gulp). Thousands of kids would wake-up, yawn, stretch and make their way to their television sets.

It was the 80s and while we had more television programming to choose from than those who grew up in the previous decades, there was still nowhere near the mess of over-stylized children's programming that there is today. However, we had this new channel that was all about kids. Nickelodeon, it was called. Never "Nick" and, for the most part, way more interesting than Nickelodeon's only competition at the time: The Disney Channel.mr. wizard young

We'd turn the dial (still had those then if you had an older set) and find ourselves inside the house of a man who was known as Mr. Wizard. This was before Law and Order: SVU and MySpace. It was innocent and safe and fun. We were all welcome inside Mr. Wizard's home and while we were there, we were going to do something novel: we were going to learn.

Perhaps what was truly fascinating about this was that, not only were we willingly going to absorb the knowledge handed to us by this science wizard, but we wanted to learn. And later on, after the show was over, we'd tell our friends about what we'd learned and even try a few of the experiments ourselves.

I even had my own personal favorite. It involved salt and an ice cube. You see, once you placed the ice cube in a bowl of water, you placed a string on top of the cube. After doing so, you then sprinkled a little salt onto the cube. The salt additive causes the ice to begin to melt and, like magic, you're able to pick up the cube with the string. To this day, whenever I see a salt truck salting the streets (which is rare here in the South), I think of that ice cube.

mr. wizard's world nickelodeon I'm not the only one who remembers Mr. Wizard fondly. After the news of Don Herbert's passing, sites that are better known for tough talking cyber crowds filled with nostalgic posts from the children of the 80s who had once tuned into Nickelodeon after a nutritious bowl of Fruity Pebbles. Gone (for the most part - there's always a jerk in the crowd) were the snarky quips and quick-witted insults. Digg's own post about the passing of Mr. Wizard quickly filled with memories of the show and how Mr. Wizard made being a geek cool. Members of Ohnotheydidnt, a site better known for its humorous yet sometimes harsh criticism of celebrities, took the news pretty hard as well. The post informing visitors of his passing soon became a living memorial for the children's television host as members of the site posted remembrances of key episodes they had enjoyed. The few YouTube videos that contained clips from the show became a place for fans to remember and comment on the man who had taught them science better than their own elementary school teachers.

Mr. Herbert's own messageboard on Internet Movie Database also filled with sympathy posts including one from his own grandson that detailed how his grandfather hadn't been doing well for quite some time and had grown tired of being attended to by others.

I don't know what Mr. Wizard's scientific take on memories was, but there are certainly many floating around about him tonight. In memoriam of a fixture of my own childhood, here's a look back at the man who made science fun for the Atari and Nintendo generation. Perhaps he's enjoying a nice conversation with Mr. Rogers and Jim Henson right about now.

Mr. Wizard was anti-global warming before anti-global warming was cool: (some of her pictures are not visable)

Don Herbert a.k.a. "Mr. Wizard" - July 10, 1917 - June 12, 2007

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