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  • The 80's...

    She sure was a weird guy...

  • Crist I haven't seen this in forever. miss waking up at 5am to this

  • I remember this! ... I had no idea how tripped out this intro was. What other crazy things was I exposed to?! (:O

  • More proof of why the 80's were truly the Golden Age of childhood.

  • OMG I just totally flashed back 25 years!

  • man how awesome was Nickelodeon back then...?!

  • Wow I remember this show as a kid and it brings back soo much memories, I'm 29-years-old now and when I see this intro I feel the kid in me.

  • @90sAreAllThat Midnight Be Here!!!! Channel "ToonNick"!!! "Classic Nickelodeon" Coming Soon...

  • I miss this show! :D

  • cute :D

  • what is so funny is me and my friends had a backyard wrestling match and my tag name was mr. wizzard my dad said that mr wizzard is a show from the 80s on nickelodian lol!

  • ah the good ole days back when nick was worth while to watch.

    im actually watching the sopranos right now and thought of this show...tony called some old guy mr wizard and i thought of this show.

  • It always bothered me that you can see that ship heading for the cliff, but you don't get to actually see it fall over the edge.

  • It is too bad that TV seemed to reach its peak years ago when it comes to quality programming, especially towards children.

  • I used to get up at 530 before school to watch this on nick

  • @steelfoe Was it on that early in the morning? I remember getting up way early to watch it. I thought it was like 6:30am. Regardless, that show was bad ass. Hands down my faveorite show as a kid.

  • I used to wake up early in the morning just to watch this.. It was on like at 5am

  • Thank. You. So. Much.!!!!!!

  • OMG I loved that show. I always remember having "Mr Wizard" coming to our school....then being dissappointed that it was one of his assistants.

  • I was born in '84. I remember this show coming on REALLY REALLY early in the morning like 6am here in Chicago. I've spent years trying to remember the name of this show. I am so happy I finally came across it. I have tears in my eyes remembering how cool I thought this was and looking forward to the new experiments. This, Bill Nye and Beakman, made learning fun and cool. I soo miss the 80s/.90s. :'(

  • I used to watch that when I was about 5 to 8 years old on Nick. It would always air Saturday morning.

  • 0:05 magnets! now we'll know how they work...

  • This intro reminds me of being up at 5:00 in the morning because I heard the coffee pot turn on.

  • no wonder kids are morons today.....

    this show was very well done...and educational too.

  • @mbenzsl2000 There has been a mad dash to get rid of these kinds of shows for the last 16, 17 years. Now replaced by "shows" about screamming, squabbling whores, crass rich nobodies, midgets playing in chocolet, cracked out teens, people looking for junk, pawn shop antics, vapid couples living in posh houses, and the proving or disproving of urban myths by blowing things up. We have lost our way, Devo was right!

  • 90s kid here, but I loved this show! Not only was it educational, but it was fun as well!

    ...I could have sworn it was called Mr. Wizard's Supermarket Science, though...

  • So random lol

  • Obviously the Nick logo seen here in Bazooka letter font appeared before Nick actually adopted the logo.

  • Mr. Wizard, get me outta here!!!

  • Oh, this intro brings back sooo many memories! *hugs self*

  • I totally admire the techno-scientific optimism that Mr. Wizard promoted on his show. As I kid growing up in the 80's, I was always inspired by the "horizons of the future" that educational programming had back then. It's a kind of enthusiasm that is much needed today. Meritocratic, forward thinking, inquisitive, intelligent. My nieces have no concept of this kind of TV. Would love to have this show on DVD.

  • OMG wow.. i used to watch this before heading to the bus stop for school when i was 4-6

  • @thefogg word i was in high school watching the in the morning

    it was this lassie dennis the menace and mtv always showed blondie rapture video

  • @thefogg

    Hell ya. Also I watched transformers/Gi Joe before going to school. Oh lord good old days ;b

  • More of a child of the 90s, don't recall much 87-89 stuff, but I sure remembered this show and loved it when I'd be lucky enough to be awake to see it!

  • I loved this as a kid. Forgive me if this was asked and subsequently answered, but is this available on DVD?

  • this show used to come on DUMB early, like 5 30 in the morning!

  • Proof that Canadian tv was 10x better then any American made crap.

  • Holy crap! I haven't seen this intro in nearly 20 years! :D

  • Polaroid is gone. So is the incandescent lightbulb in some municipalities. But we're still using the space shuttle, for at least another year.

  • The end of this video has a link to "1987 Mr. Wizard explores siphons with girl assistant," but the "istant" got cut off. So, "1987 Mr. Wizard explores siphons with girl ass."

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  • i hear a kookaburra

  • I remember my alarm clock going off about 10 minutes before 6, getting up, pouring myself my favorite bowl of cereal and orange juice and turning on Nickelodeon at 6:00 AM to watch Mr. Wizard. All of the great science experiments, heck even the kids on the show showed great interest in his science experiments. Good times!

  • This used to be one of my favorite shows to watch when I was growing up. Seeing that old Polaroid camera is kind of tripping me out. I haven't seen one of those even referenced in like a decade.

  • i watched this every morning before school. we went from this to dora the explorer?...explains a lot....

  • @Thule000 There are other shows besides Mr. Wizard and Dora the Explorer. What needs to happen in this ever changing world is maintaining a healthy perspective of it.  You as one person can't change tv programming, but one can sift through the programming and find some preferences. There are plenty of options. I miss these days, but the memory isn't going anywhere.

  • !!!! too awesome! I haven't seen this since I was 5 or so. THANKS A MILLION FOR POSTING!!

  • WOW. Man. Just wow. Mr. Wizard was like all of our teachers at once.

  • Brings back tons of memories

  • i love this, it's awesome, brings back memories

  • Why doesn't Nick start making a new version of this show?

  • I remember this!!! it also played in the early 90's

  • i leanrned so many awsome things from this show growing up..it was one of my favs..:)

  • This is a trip. I would watch this in the morning and then go to school and do the experiment. This is nuts! Youtube is great!

  • Remember when this used to come on at like 5 in the morning?

  • Yes! Oh my goodness. I was like three and I didn't know what was going on, but this was pixalated mess was entertaining me.

  • @gnd567

    fuck yeah

  • my 4th/5th teacher used to make it watch this! good memories!

  • I love and hate this guy.

    I Love him because he taught me really neat science and usable knowledge when most TV (especially now) is complete junk. That, and he could do more on an Apple ][e then I could ever do on a modern quad-core. Seriously.

    I hate him though because he got me interested in science. Science is an awful field to be in when the prevailing culture is blind consumerism. With every 'Made In China' purchase you make, God sends another engineer's job overseas.

  • used to watch ycdtotv seen the commercials.

  • Every morning before school!

  • man this takes me back.....i feel old.

  • I haven't seen this intro in 20 years!

  • If you were really a fan you had his book, Supermarket Science. I only wish my mom hadn't given it away!

  • I remember growing up with this show, same with Eurka's Castle. Mr. Wizard was and is a Science GOD, Kids nowadays wold probably get bored with it if he was still alive. and "if" it was still on the air.

  • Oh my goodness! I wasn't born until 89, but this show would be on at like 5 in the morning when I was in kindergarten or so, I loved it! I've always wanted to know what this mysterious show in my memory was called.

  • Hmm.

    A-HA!

  • nick sucks now

  • @tonymo21588 Nick doesn't even deserve the name "Nick" now. God! Between having Mysterious Cities of Gold, Mr. Wizard's World, Spartakus, and so many more....today it SUCKS beyond belief. I miss Doug---the last of the good shows. I once was lucky enough to meet Dave Coulier and we talked about OUT OF CONTROL (my favorite show). I loved Mr. Wizard---I was among the MANY he turned onto science.

  • @tonymo21588

    agreed

  • MR.WIZARD IS GOD... damn remember Saturday's??? Rainy day...crap outside.... what did u do turn on Nickelodeon and watch Mr.Wizard,You cant do that on television, Out of Control, and Lights Camera Action.....Damn i miss them shows!!!

  • @Shezusrice I LOVED OUT OF CONTROL. I met Dave Coulier at a comedy club, after his set, and told him how my best friend and I would CRACK UP watching him.

  • oh man i just rewatched the one where a kid and mr wizard are making a fiery volcano. mr wizard is like you might have made one out of paper mache but this one is made out of asbestos LOL.

  • Fun memories of this show.I miss the

    80's old Nickelodeon =(

  • tv was so much better back when I was a kid

  • amen to that. its nothing but junk these days. this was quality tv.

  • wow!!!!!

  • yes i used to watch this and its even cooler now!

  • I hated this show as a kid...I thought it was so boring.......how wrong I was

  • I remember a few experiments from this show. I used to watch it all the time. I remember watching Nickelodeon when it was still being broadcasted from Canada before Nick Studios.

  • This needs to be put back on TV for the children of today.

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  • I used to watch Mr. Wizard's World when I was little.

  • me too..I loved the computer stuff.

  • This was far and away the quintessential science television show oriented toward youth. It's unfortunate that more modern children-oriented television shows are filled to the brim with over sensationalized content aimed at lining some marketing executive's pocket. I wonder if this type of simplistic programming will ever survive in the mainstream media again?

  • Couldn't agree with you MORE!

  • @bluaresix i really could.y agree with ya more, this show was about learning...period, it was a fun watch without the frills

  • @bluaresix I agree. The science show genre has seemed to have died out. It's quite sad

  • @bluaresix truer words have never been spoken about this show.... Brings back great memories :)

  • I used to wake up by 6am just to watch this.

  • i thought i was the only one =P

  • nope, i did too!

  • Loved the show when I was a kid. Theme sounds like 80s King Crimson.

  • This was HANDS DOWN my fave show as a kid. Yes I was a geek (and still am). I used to get up early in the AM to watch this. Don Herbert was awesome . I especially liked episodes that dealt with fire. I remember seeing a full set of Mr.Wizard DVD's online, but they were like $100. I may just have to save up some money to get them.

    This show RULES

  • Yes this brings back so many memories. If only today's Nickelodeon could be just half of what it used to be..........

  • WICKED!!!

  • Mr. Wizard is the MAN.

  • he WAS. I heard he has since passed on.

  • Yes. Don Herbert AKA Mr. Wizard Passed away June 12 2007, 2 days after his 90th birthday.

  • Now we're talking about a show for kids with an interest in how things work. Mr. Wizard held my attention every second of the the show. It came on while I would wait for the bus. There was nothing like snow days or sick days. That's when I could try some of his experiments after the show went off. I was so envious of how he had his Atari computer contected to the tv mounted in the wall. I had to sit with my Radio Shack TRS80 Color Computer on my lap, bummer. Thanks Mr. Wizard!

  • I loved this show!!!! Guess he paved the way for Bill Nye the Science Guy!!

  • I used to watch this, used to come on after "you can't do that on television"

  • since 1983

  • i remember this!!! i was born in '89!!!! RIP Mr. Wizard!!!

  • used to love this show.

  • wow...

  • god I remember the creaky wheels on the shopping cart!

  • wow! that brought back soo many memories!!

  • I was HOOKED on this show. I think it is a large part of the reason I am now a scientist. I was lucky enough to be able to send a fan thank-you letter to Don Herbert before he passed away (bless his soul)... I think many of his shows are on DVD now...

  • I think this show had the biggest influence on me when I was little. It was like the cool version of Reading Rainbow.

    I agree. This was REAL television.

  • Dude, had to get SO EARLY to catch this show! This was REAL tv! Loved it!

  • I loved this show, was always amazed at the experiemtns they did onthis whenI was a kid :D

  • Ahhh!!! This brings back memories!!! Used to catch it early every Saturday morning as a kid...Whatever happened to good programming like this?

  • Mr. Wizard ROCKS.

  • This makes me feel so old. I almost want to kill myself, thinking of how quick time passes is too sad.

  • If you really think Rev Wright is right maybe you should.

  • Racist!

  • LOL How can I be racist when I'm a minority as well?! You assume that I'm racist because I disagree with Wright's world views? Wrights world view's are extreme to the Nth degree. So pardon me if I dont agree with his "God damn America" rhetoric. I LOVE my country. If you dont feel the same way, kindly leave and leave ONE beacon of freedom for free people who have no problems with working HARD to EARN their fair share.

  • this is what dreams are made of.

  • It was my favorite show. Thank you for posting the intro.

  • I am starting to feel a bit old , I miss Mr. Wizard.

  • This was such a great show. He wasn't as cool as MacGyver though, but much more educational as I think about it. Mr wizard + fighting bad guys = MacGyver

  • OMG even the beginning sounds are so familiar again.

  • Daaaamn, this brings back emmories. I was always fascinated when watchingthis as a kid :)

  • Ah, I remember this! Back when Nickelodeon mattered.

  • I LOVED this show as a kid. It was on at 5 in the morning on Nickelodeon. I remember trying so hard to stay up that late just to watch it.

  • Hell I even remember the intro and this show was years before my time. It must have been the reruns by the early 90's before it was taken off the air.

  • YES! I loved Mr.WIzards world. He brought a whole generation of kids into the world of chemistry, physics, and biology. And what did we do with this knowledge? Well made crack, crystal meth, ecstasy, global warming, and octomoms. THANKS MR.WIZARD!

  • I wonder if Mr Wizard was ever questioned, as to why he was showing kids his world.....

  • Mr. Wizard was SO cool! I remember he actually did some experiments with gunpowder and gasoline! (not together of course!)  They were edited out and replaced with less dangerous experiments.

  • OMG I SOOOOOOOO MISS THE OLD NICK *cries*

  • another children's TV hero along with Mr. Fred Rogers, the world sure could use more people and Tv shows in this day and age. i'm glad to have been able to watch a lot of these shows.

  • This was on before Bill Nye the Science Guy came into town

  • The Z in wizard looks like the ones billy madison makes

  • I wonder why he never discussed or explained Einstein's theory of general relativity on the program?

  • and how would he go about explaining that to a little kid? lol

  • I LOVED THIS SHOW WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID!! i always got scared of the intro tho...

  • A class act Don "Mr. Wizard" Herbert was.

    He took the time with youngsters to

    express his knowledge and good-

    natured relationships with them.

    May he rest in peace.

  • i used to watch this show everytime it came on.. i miss the old Nickelodeon...

  • I always remember as a kid I liked the intro and they would always do cool experiments.

  • I loved this show as a kid. I remember the "high tech robot" they gave basic commands to, and the filling a glass of water across the room with string, and walking through the single sheet of paper (standard) just by cutting it. He was cool. I also remember him as being quite the pyromaniac too. Blowing up balloons (literally). Or how about the egg soaking in vinegar? I wanna be Mr. Wizard! All those cool experiments and the kids clean up the mess!

  • ahhh this brings back memories!!!

  • omg, I haven't seen this since I was like 5, I just felt like I got up at 5 in the morning and this was on nick.

  • Haha, I remember waking up at the crack of dawn to watch this show in elementary school. I completely forgot about this show until I saw the intro. Wow, where have the times gone? I'm in grad school now!

  • Wow, I'd totally forgotten how the show started, but when I was watching it, I remembered every little bit of it! This was one of my absolute favorite shows when I was little, and I still remember a lot of the stuff I learned on it.

  • I never liked it to much as a kid, but I would do anything to have this and all the other greats back instead of the trash that nickelodeon airs today.

  • I agree! They leave nothing but garbage now for nieces and nephews to watch.

  • What a trip! I feel like I just got home from school and I'm kicking off my velcro shoes.

  • AWESOME! This show was great!

  • This was a fun show to watch! Made education worthwhile :-)

    R.I.P Don Herbert aka Mr. Wizard

  • oh my god, haven't seen this intro in 20 years... thanks!

  • I couldn't get enough of this show as a kid.

  • I watched Mr. Wizard when I was in high school during the 80's. During the 70's when I was in elementary I watched Science is searching, Science is everywhere, and Science is discovery on PBS. All three of those shows had the same narrator but I don't know his name. Is it possible to get a link to those old shows?

  • Thank you.

    RIP Don Herbert (Wr. Wizard)

  • I used to love this show!

    This is what kids TV used to be. Now, it's all mindless garbage.

  • Couldn't agree with you more!

  • ugh. yes! i see what you mean, being 12 yself. my dad and mom were lucky!

  • Man, the opening instantly came back to me (especially the magnet pulling the shopping cart). The glory days of kid's television, the awesomeness of Mr. Wizard, the fun atmosphere of Nickelodeon back in the day!

  • I love it! It's because of Mr. Wizard that I know so many odd ball things. As 2 sharp objects poking you come closer, eventually they fell like 1. If you inhale a strong scent deeply, eventually you can't smell it. It's impossible to suck liquid through a straw over a certain hight. Heating a can, sealing it and dousing it with cold water will cause it to crumple.

    See, these are the useless facts that I've come to love, and they're all thanks to this great show!

  • [QUOTE]any child of the 80's will remember this![/QUOTE]

    Well, I was born in 1985 and remember seeing reruns of Mr. Wizard in the early-to-mid-1990s.

  • Yeah, same here. They were usually on at 6:00AM on Nickolodean. Channel 47 for me :-)) Well thats what it use to be :-(

  • I remember that was the second last show that aired on Nickolodean for the day. The other show was "Vic's Vacant Lot", then after that, it would change into the A&E Channel.

  • i still have the mr. wizzards supermarket science book that was puplised back then

  • i still cant believe mr wizard died,my account is named in memory of him :(

  • Awesome!!

  • This was hands down my fave show as a kid. I would be up at 6am to watch this. I especially loved any episodes that involved fire (yes I was a pyro as a kid) :D Don Herbert ROCKS! I would buy the DVD's if they weren't so damn expensive.

  • Wake up. Bowl of Cookie Crisp, glass of Tang anda poptart while watching Mr.Wizard. After that, play with G.I. Joes and NES, contra,mario 2, legend of zelda gold cartridge, excitebike, dragon warrior)my top 5. Life was much simpler then.

  • contra...

    up up

    down down

    left right

    left right

    b a

    b a

    start or select start for 2 players.

  • yeah man. do you remember the blood code for MK1 on the Genesis. A B A C A B B.

  • ...Is that where you learned to curse?

  • I used to watch this every morning before I went to elementary school! Awesome.

  • This was wedged deep in my memory core, and I have rediscovered it. Another rerun I used to watch at 5 am. :)

  • The 80's/90's version was a shadow of the 50's version.

  • This was always on at 5 in the morning