Mr. Wizard dead
Don Herbert, AKA Mr. Wizard, died this morning. According to his Wikipedia article, he once opened a Mr. Wizard center outside of Boston (now closed). Did anyone here ever go there?
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I always thought an interesting paper would be comparing the kids who watched Mr. Wizard and the kids who watched Beakman's World. Basically the same shows, but oh so different. I LOVED Mr. Wizard and to him I say thanks and RIP.
I like that this blog actually has a sense of place.
that comparison is unfair: beakman came along waaaaay later, and owes a great debt to mr. wizard. also; are you suggesting beakman was lacking? i loved beakman!
a better comparison would be beakman to bill nye, who was just a waste of space.
No, my point is that Mr. Wizard was a very quite, gentle show. I liked Beakman's World, but it was full of costumes and crazy sfx and camera shots to keep kids attention. I was just trying to say that the two shows illustrate how different little kids are in the 90's as compared to the 80's.
ditto jon
I've never seen Beakman's world, but I really enjoyed Mr. Wizard's World. RIP
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