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Mr. Wizard is gone...

I lost another part of my childhood today. I got home and read the unfortunate news that Mr. Wizard(Don Herbert) had died. Mr. Wizard is one my earliest childhood and favorite tv memories. He is one of three tv personalities that I loved watching early as a child that have now died. (The other two? Mr. Rogers and Jim Henson.)

I remember my mom waking me up early in the morning, getting ready for preschool(and later elementary school), eating breakfast, and watching Mr. Wizard on Nickelodeon. This was back in the day when Nickelodeon was just starting out on cable. Back in the day when they had "You Can't Do That on Television", "Today's Special","Double Dare", "Danger Mouse, "Banana Man","Super Ted", "Inspector Gadget", etc... I could go on and on.

Anyways, the mornings on Nickelodeon for me always consisted of the 50's/60's versions of "Lassie", "Dennis the Menace", and then "Mr. Wizard's World". I used to love to watch the experiments and lessons that Mr. Wizard and his assistant would pull off. Whether it was an experiment dealing with some chemical, or if it was just him teaching me about how computers worked, I loved it. Even in retrospect, the experiments are still cool. I would always wish that one day I could meet him and get him to show me a science experiment.

He always got me excited to go to school and learn about science. All throughout elementary school, science was my favorite subject. I always participated in the Science Fairs and I even went to the summer science camps at school called, "Camp Discovery". I credit Mr. Wizard for all of it. If it wasn't for him, I probably wouldn't like computers the way I do. If it wasn't for him, I probably wouldn't appreciate science and the new discoveries that are found every day. I will always be grateful to Mr. Wizard for being a wonderful part of my childhood. I will always be grateful for everything that he taught me even though I never got a chance to meet him.

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