Mr. Wizard Dead At 89

G Fresh · Post by **G Fresh** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:49 pm

Before there was Bill Nye, before there was Beakman, there was this guy. Honestly, I didn't even know he was still alive.

Garr · Post by **Garr** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:33 am

What a loss. . .

Loved that show.

MrSpall · Post by **MrSpall** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:26 am

Damn. I grew up on Mr. Wizard.

Garr · Post by **Garr** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 7:41 am

MrSpall wrote:Damn. I grew up on Mr. Wizard.

I didn't know he was a member of the clergy.

Al Quandt · Post by **Al Quandt** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:00 am

Garr wrote:
MrSpall wrote:Damn. I grew up on Mr. Wizard.
I didn't know he was a member of the clergy.

LMAO

deek · Post by **deek** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:04 am

Yeah, I thought he was dead already...

I always heard about Mr. Wizard growing up, but I never watched the show, or whatever. Wasn't it on cable or something? If so, that's why...family didn't have cable until after I went off to college...bummer...

Garr · Post by **Garr** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:06 am

Nickelodeon. I saw a few episodes, but cable came and went in my family as economics allowed. I remember having it in the early '80s and then not again until I was near HS graduation.

deek · Post by **deek** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:13 am

That makes sense...I was poor = no cable:) I remember going over to Garr's house in high school, cause he lived in a big house, had cable, computers, video games and his own room...it was fun getting out of our hellhole and living like a king (relatively speaking)!

Garr · Post by **Garr** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:20 am

Yeah, I guess perspective comes into play there. My family started out poor and my dad's hard work and luck (mostly hard work) changed that. When he came back from Viet Nam he went to work for IPFW and got a biology degree and a chemistry degree and practically got paid to do it because he worked there and got the GI Bill. The first house they bought was a real P.O.S. and my dad refurbished the whole thing, converted it into a duplex, and rented the upstairs to tenants. It's a long, convoluted story, but to make it short: GM came to Fort Wayne and it ends with Mom and Dad owning a campground in Michigan while dad commutes to Fort Wayne every day to work as a nurse in GM's mini-hospital.

By the time I was in high school, we certainly weren't poor anymore, but if you'd known me in middle school, well. . .a different story for sure.

deek · Post by **deek** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:32 am

Whoa...sorry for the derailment...didn't mean to prompt that!

RIP, Mr. Wizard. But at 89, I am sure he lived a full and happy life!

poopstains · Post by **poopstains** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 5:50 pm

I will never forget the giant case full of mouse traps and ping pong balls.

Post by **cwallace** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 5:55 pm

Did it list cause of death? What he mixing something and it blew up? lol...

I loved the show..watched it all the time. To this DAY I can recall specific lessons in science that I know just because of that show...and even relay some of his experiments from the show to explain them to Kayla...

It was always on around the time of Fraggle Rock on HBO...they were after school favorites...

Chris

Garr · Post by **Garr** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:54 pm

cancer.

WBOB · Post by **WBOB** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:21 am

Garr wrote:cancer.

....bone!

inkspot · Post by **inkspot** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 4:21 pm

poopstains wrote:I will never forget the giant case full of mouse traps and ping pong balls.

Haha...yeah! That and the one with being able to step through a single sheet of paper by folding it a certain way, then cutting it, and it would create a giant hole you could walk through. Those are always the first two things that come to mind when I hear the name Mr. Wizard.

R.I.P. Mr. Wizard