Mr. Wizard, aka Don Herbert, rose to fame in the '50s as host of Watch Mr. Wizard on NBC. In the '80s, he impressed a new generation on Nickelodeon's Mr. Wizard's World.

Herbert died in 2007 at the age of 89, but not before returning to screen in Nickelodeon ’s Mr. Wizard’s World in the ’80s — and becoming such an icon in the process that he received his ...

We still use fiber optics today. Mr. Wizard was active up to and through, the Internet age. His shows were rebroadcast on Nickelodeon, and his DVDs are still selling.

'Watch Mr. Wizard,' which aired on NBC from 1951 to 1965, featured host Don Herbert performing a series of science experiments using everyday objects—glass bottles, cans, aquariums, matches—to ...

Mr. Wizard (Don Herbert) may be gone, but we’ll always remember him being hilariously sarcastic to child actors in this supercut.