Retrotechtacular: Mr. Wizard Jams With IBM

You may not remember [Mr. Wizard], but he was a staple of nerd kids over a few decades, teaching science to kids via the magic of television. The Computer History Archives Project has a partially r…

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Don Herbert (1917-2007) — a Peabody Award-winner as MR. WIZARD — was born on this date.

Here he is teaching 1960s kids how to light his birthday candle. (Or make a bomb, I'm not sure.)

Episodes of his TV shows from the 1950s-'80s are on his official YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/@MrWizardStudios/videos

#ClassicTV #1960sTV #1980sTV #MrWizard #MrWizardsWorld

Today in 1951 — WATCH MR. WIZARD debuted on NBC.

Don Herbert hosted this Peabody Award-winning science series until 1965 – and again on Nickelodeon in the 1980s.

#OnThisDay #ClassicTV #MrWizard #1950sTV #1960sTV #MrWizardsWorld

@neiltyson On one hand I was impressed because I grew up with #MrWizard and other #whitemenofscience 🤔 on the other WE HAD TO HAVE A F**ING MARCH IN SUPPORT OF SCIENCE.😡 https://flic.kr/p/TVdVvt Picture of my Bride with a sign we made for my uncle Bill #physicist
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Today in 1951 — WATCH MR. WIZARD debuted on NBC.

#DonHerbert hosted this science series until 1965 – and again on Nickelodeon in the 1980s.

#OnThisDay #ClassicTV #MrWizard #1950sTV #1960sTV #MrWizardsWorld

the corbomite maneuver

BoneQuest No. 5,881 for March 7th 2015