Mr. Wizard is dead.
 

One of my most favorite television hosts has passed away. I remmeber watching reruns of his old show, the black and white one, and I remmeber never missing an episode of his Nickelodeon Mr Wizard series. I fucking love science. Mr. Wizard and 3...2...1...Contact were my favorite shows as a kid.


Mr. Herbert died on Tuesday after a long struggle with multiple myeloma, the Los Angeles Times reported. His legacy is the thousands of children he inspired to get involved in science. Many of them are practicing scientists today.

Don Herbert was born on July 10, 1917, in Waconia, Minnesota. He and his family moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and then to La Crosse, Wisconsin. Herbert graduated from LaCrosse State Teachers College in 1940. He worked as an actor and stagehand in a Minnesota theater group for a year. In 1941, he moved to New York City. Herbert then enlisted in the Army Air Force and flew 56 missions as a B-24 bomber pilot in Europe. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with three oak-leaf clusters for service to his country.


Here is an interview with Mr. Wizard from WIRED magazine

He almost lived to be 100.

what an awesome guy

Rob: do you love science or are you in love with it?

I am IN Love with it and I love it and I wish science was a curvy brunette with soft bootay and nice strong thighs and./...

like this one ?

 

Or this one ?

more like this!

I thought this thread was gonna be about Rick Wakeman, but I'm OK with Dita too.

I wasn't expecting to get half a chub while reading Mr. Wizard's obit.

Yeah it's a shame I grew up watching that show & learning alot of cool stuff some of which I still remember!