Meet Mr. Wizard, Television’s Original Science Guy In the 1950s and 1960s, Don Herbert broadcast some of the most mesmerizing, ... Most kids’ programming was still cartoons.

Mr. Wizard died June 12, but his followers are still blowing the lid off. Professor Larry drops the tab into the tube. "You all might want to scoot back a little." Gasp.

Mr. Wizard’s televised science experiments were popular with kids but also older viewers, as the Peabody Awards noted in 1953 when it bestowed one of its honors on Watch Mr. Wiz ...

quicklist:title: 'Bill Nye the Science Guy'text: Inheriting the mantle from Mr. Wizard was William "Bill" Nye, who hosted the PBS show, "Bill Nye the Science Guy," 1993 to 1998.

The Mr. Wizard show made a long-term cultural impact, engendering parodies including "Ask Mr. Lizard!" on the TV cartoon Dinosaurs, "Ask Mr. Stupid" on the '90s cartoon The Ren and Stimpy Show ...

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Mr. Wizard was the initial sociocultural inspiration for a generation who became our teacher's teachers, our inventors, our lab rat. And to those of us who look for inspiring figures in a world ...