A true rolemodel; RIP Mr. Wizard.<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Herbert">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Herbert</a>from Wiki "Herbert was a general science and English major at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse who was interested in drama, until his career as an actor was interrupted by World War II when he joined the United States Army as a private. He later became an officer and joined the United States Army Air Corps and became a B-24 bomber pilot who flew 56 missions with the Fifteenth Air Force and participated in the invasion of Italy. When Herbert was discharged in 1945 he was a captain and had earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters."
You must feel really cool now, especially knowing his family has been in here reading all the supportive comments (see Namaha below). Your mother must be so proud of you.
i always liked the episode referencing holograms when he scared the s**t out of the kid who came in the back door of the house with the "talking" skeleton in the corner.rest in peace mr. herbert, you were a huge part in making my childhood awesome.christ i have such a lump in my throat.
I take some comfort in knowing I'm not alone in being hit pretty hard by the news of his passing. Like many of you, I hadn't thought about him in probably 20 years. But this news has made it all come flooding back in. I hope he was able to know what an influence he was on so many of us. And I hope that online store is ready for the slug of orders that are going to be coming. My kids certainly need Mr. Wizard!
Mr. Wizard, I learned much more from you than science. I learned the value of patience, focus, and thinking. I learned that nothing in the world is mundane or uninteresting. I learned from a gentle, sincere man how to treat others with respect. The 1950’s TV show, Watch Mr. Wizard, though ostensibly relaxed, was actually fast paced – not because it was wild and frenetic, but rather because to keep up we needed to think. You did not rob children of the opportunity to discover. Rather you drew children into discovery, first in your simple but amazing demonstrations and then in the things you showed us how to do ourselves.As a UM physics grad student in the late 1960’s, I found one thing virtually all of us students had in common. We were guided there by Mr. Wizard, who inspired our curiosity and showed us how to learn from the world on our own. Farewell and thanks, Mr. Wizard. I wonder if we will ever really appreciate how much you did for us.
jynxeduJun 13, 2007
A true rolemodel; RIP Mr. Wizard.<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Herbert">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Herbert</a>from Wiki "Herbert was a general science and English major at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse who was interested in drama, until his career as an actor was interrupted by World War II when he joined the United States Army as a private. He later became an officer and joined the United States Army Air Corps and became a B-24 bomber pilot who flew 56 missions with the Fifteenth Air Force and participated in the invasion of Italy. When Herbert was discharged in 1945 he was a captain and had earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters."
kwilliam71Jun 13, 2007
You must feel really cool now, especially knowing his family has been in here reading all the supportive comments (see Namaha below). Your mother must be so proud of you.
markofthedeadJun 13, 2007
i always liked the episode referencing holograms when he scared the s**t out of the kid who came in the back door of the house with the "talking" skeleton in the corner.rest in peace mr. herbert, you were a huge part in making my childhood awesome.christ i have such a lump in my throat.
apollomurgaJun 13, 2007
honestly i do not know who this is, but i sure hope he RIP
ultimate_edJun 14, 2007
I take some comfort in knowing I'm not alone in being hit pretty hard by the news of his passing. Like many of you, I hadn't thought about him in probably 20 years. But this news has made it all come flooding back in. I hope he was able to know what an influence he was on so many of us. And I hope that online store is ready for the slug of orders that are going to be coming. My kids certainly need Mr. Wizard!
tladewskiJun 16, 2007
Mr. Wizard, I learned much more from you than science. I learned the value of patience, focus, and thinking. I learned that nothing in the world is mundane or uninteresting. I learned from a gentle, sincere man how to treat others with respect. The 1950’s TV show, Watch Mr. Wizard, though ostensibly relaxed, was actually fast paced – not because it was wild and frenetic, but rather because to keep up we needed to think. You did not rob children of the opportunity to discover. Rather you drew children into discovery, first in your simple but amazing demonstrations and then in the things you showed us how to do ourselves.As a UM physics grad student in the late 1960’s, I found one thing virtually all of us students had in common. We were guided there by Mr. Wizard, who inspired our curiosity and showed us how to learn from the world on our own. Farewell and thanks, Mr. Wizard. I wonder if we will ever really appreciate how much you did for us.
danskoSep 9, 2007
May he rest in peace.<a class="user" href="http://www.danskoshoes.us">http://www.danskoshoes.us</a>