WATCH MR. WIZARD - On March 3, 1951, a revolutionary new type of program burst onto America's TV screens. The amazing Mr. Wizard, Don Herbert, was teaching pre-teens real science in a fun and fascinating way. Whether it was observing his model volcano that really smoked and spewed lava, or the cockroaches tied with tiny thread harnesses in order to time their races, kids were learning concepts in mineralogy or locomotion and loving it.
WATCH MR. WIZARD was a huge success, broadcast on 91 stations by 1954. Critics and educators loved it too ? hundreds of schools incorporated the show into their curriculum. By 1965 there were over 50,000 Mr. Wizard Science clubs formed. Don Herbert won critical acclaim and numerous awards, including a Peabody Award, for his long career teaching science to young people, which continued up until his passing in 2007.
Bonus - WINKY DINK AND YOU - TV's first interactive kid's show ran from 1953-1957. Children would rescue Winky from danger by drawing a rope, a ladder, a door on the screen using the special Winky Dink kit.
Not rated. Black and white. 115 minutes. Region 0 encoding (may be played worldwide). |
