Flashback- Mr Wizard's World

As a child there were few things that interested me more than science. I was especially (and still am!) fond of astronomy, but all studies caught my attention. I poured over books from the public library containing do-it-yourself experiments that you could do at home. The fascinated and awed me. That fascination and awe carried over to watching one of my favorite television personalities: Don Herbert, better known to the world as "Mr. Wizard".

Herbert began his science program in 1951 under the title "Watch Mr. Wizard". The show was broadcast on
NBC, and ran until 1965, producing 547 live broadcasts. It was shortly revived from 1971-72 on the Canadian NBC affiliate, producing 26 more shows.

Herbert then developed a show for the fast-growing kids channel Nickelodeon. The showed was faster paced, and now titled "Mr. Wizard's World". It aired three times a week, with 78 episodes produced until the show was cancelled in 1990, but it continued on for over another decade in reruns.

Mr. Wizard continued to produce materials for science teachers until his death in 2007. Don Herbert fascinated children all over the world, and sparked an interest in science in many. His fun and easy-to-understand explanations of scientific principals laid a foundation for future science personalities to follow.