All,

 I remember back in the 60's, Mr. Wizard came to our town and recruited
a few people from my school
 to appear on his TV show.  One of my classmates made it to the show.  I
was a standby alternate.  
 I never got to appear though because all of the chosen participants
showed up. 
 But it still was quite a thrill to even be considered for the Mr.
Wizard program.  I also remember
 that we were the school heroes for a few weeks after that.  

 It sure brings back memories.  

 Thanks Mr. Wizard for the honor of meeting and knowing you.




								Regards,

								   Jim

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Of Alex Harford
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 10:40 AM
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Subject: Re: [OT] RIP Mr Wizard

Jim,

I'm of the newer generation that watched him in the 80's.  There were
two inspiring shows that I remember: the light pen, where he had a
computer that he could use to 'draw' on the monitor; and an episode
about vacuum, demonstrating that there is a maximum limit that something
could draw... first from the neighbourhood boy's lungs (didn't go very
far), then to a vacuum pump, which made it further, but still hit a
limit.

He will be missed.  I'm thinking about buying the DVD set for my nephews
who are getting to be the right age for the shows.

Alex

On 6/13/07, Jim Korman <jkorman@alltel.net> wrote:
> Saw this morning that "Mr. Wizard", Don Herbert died on June 12th.
>
> http://www.mrwizardstudios.com/
> http://www.mrwizardstudios.com/bioandtimeline.htm
>
> I remember watching his shows in the early/mid 1960s. Definitely one 
> who used TV in a positive manner.
>
> Jim
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