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Anyone Remember Mr. Wizard?

Postby Autobot032 » Wed Jun 13, 2007 3:31 am

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I do.

Unfortunately, he passed away today at the age of 89, due to bone cancer.

Rest in peace good sir, you were entertaining to say the least.

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Postby Me, Grimlock! » Wed Jun 13, 2007 4:41 am

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Yeah. I do. Wow. He's gone. :shock:
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Postby Barricade » Wed Jun 13, 2007 5:40 am

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:sad: :sad: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MR.WIZARD WAS THE SH*T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is a sad day :oops:
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Postby Lorekeeper » Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:33 am

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I used to adore the Mr. Wizard show on Nickelodeon. Apparently, there was an even older iteration of it back in the black and white TV days that my siblings used to watch. Bill Nye was wacky, but Mr. Wizard was old school.
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Postby Cyber Bishop » Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:57 am

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I heard this on the news this morning.. :( :-(
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Postby LuckytheWonderLlama » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:30 am

The World is a little less smart today.

Looks like we're gonna need another Timmy.
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Postby Prowl76 » Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:01 am

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Help me Mr. Wizard. I used to like watching him. He will be missed.
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Postby God Magnus » Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:18 am

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Aw, that was one of my favorite shows ever. The man was definitely an icon and really helped trigger my love of science.

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Postby Philcom » Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:56 pm

I happen to know that the cancer caused him a lot of suffering, it was time, he's at peace now.
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Postby Senor Hugo » Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:55 pm

Heard about it last night.

Mr.Wizard was awesome.

At least now he's not suffering and pulling wicked experiments in the big laboratory in the sky.
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Postby Starscream's Girl » Wed Jun 13, 2007 3:41 pm

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I use to watch him also. All the ppl we knew from our childhood are passing on.
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Postby decepticonjon » Wed Jun 13, 2007 3:45 pm

i grew up on mr. wizard..
that sucks.
on a random side note, anyone remember beakman's world?
that show was great
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Postby Homer » Wed Jun 13, 2007 4:45 pm

That show used to be the heat, man. I used to watch that everyday.

Sucks that he is gone though. Hell, I thought he was already dead.


You can order the DVD boxed sets of both the old black and white version and the Nickelodeon version we grew up with here:
http://www.mrwizardstudios.com/
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Postby Bombus distinguendus » Fri Jun 15, 2007 2:39 am

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"were gonna need another timmy!" lmao..anyways wow thats crazy. i remember back in the day when nick first was around and if i remember right his show was put on at like 5am? i never really watched it cuz it was on at such a weird time. watch now there gonna but that out on DVD soon. Mr. Wizard Season 1! lol....
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Postby Drahken » Fri Jun 15, 2007 6:22 pm

Mr wizard beat the pants off of later shows like friggin bill nye (bill nye was just annoying). To be honest though, I'm surprised he lived this long. He was pretty old back when his show was on. He also did some of those cable in the classroom things years later.
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Postby Cliff Jumper » Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:20 pm

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Mr. Wizard rocked.
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Postby Rogue. » Sat Jun 16, 2007 10:21 am

:-(

I loved watching Mr. Wizard back in the 80s. Those were the days, early Nickelodeon programming. He'll be missed...
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